0003244: Digging ramp in unrevealed open space causes the ramp to be dug into the floor below

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0003244	Dwarf Fortress	Dwarf Mode -- Jobs, Designations	public	2010-09-15 21:11	2014-08-01 13:33

Reporter	Quietust	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	have not tried
Status	new	Resolution	open
Product Version	0.31.13

Summary	0003244: Digging ramp in unrevealed open space causes the ramp to be dug into the floor below
Description	If you dig directly above an unrevealed open space and designate a ramp to be dug below such that the tile that would contain the ramp is actually empty space, the ramp will actually be dug in the tile 1 Z-level below the original designation - if this happens to be within stone, the tile will be mined out, otherwise nothing will actually be excavated. In the case of piercing a cavern, it will reveal the area around the mined tile but will not actually breach the cavern and allow other creatures to enter.
Additional Information	A save file will be posted upon request, though I'll have to generate a tiny world and do a bit of trial and error to locate the caverns (since the "reveal" utility has not yet been updated for version 0.31.13). The case of designating a ramp in an unrevealed empty tile that also has an empty tile underneath it looks to be the same as the scenario described in 0002101.
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Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2010-09-15 21:11	Quietust	New Issue
2014-08-01 13:33	Quietust	Note Added: 0028097

Quietust 2014-08-01 13:33 reporter ~0028097	For what it's worth, this is still an issue in 0.40.05, albeit rather minor. I can also confirm that it dates back to version 0.28.181.40d, likely all the way back to the introduction of the "Carve Ramp" job.