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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0000368Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Jobs, Designationspublic2010-04-03 23:582014-08-13 10:48
ReporterAmpersand Assigned Touser6 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status resolvedResolutionunable to reproduce 
PlatformAMD Phenom 2 x4OSWindows 7 
Product Version0.31.01 
Summary0000368: Smooth Stone designation removes stairways
DescriptionDesignating, but not digging out downward stairways, I mass designated the area to be smoothed by my engravers. The engravers get to work slowly, and the miners quickly dig out the stairways I came back later, and found the staircases gone, one at a time as a the engravers moved across the room
Steps To Reproduce1. Designate a square to have a staircase dug out.

2. Designate the same square to be smoothed over.

2 1/2. The staircase must not yet be dug when you designate the smooth order, and the miner must get to the square before the engraver

3. Wait.

Additional InformationWhile this may actually be what is supposed to happen when you order staircases to be smoothed, I myself don't know, it still doesn't make a lot of sense.
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has duplicate 0004822 resolveduser1294 Overlap problem between downward staircase designations and smoothing the floor 

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Brandon816

2010-04-04 01:51

reporter   ~0000825

Last edited: 2010-04-04 01:52

 Is the staircase still actually there and just not visible? I mean, are the dwarves still able to use it even though it looks like it's not there? When you smooth a wall or floor, the graphic for it changes. Maybe staircases just don't have a 'smooth' graphic, since they aren't supposed to be smoothed, so it defaults to looking like a normal floor tile, while the staircase is still physically there.

Also, try as I might, I could not reproduce this by following your instructions. Maybe there was something else involved that caused this behavior.

Ampersand

2010-04-09 01:56

reporter   ~0002275

I still can get this to happen consistently. You can not have the staircase already dug when you designate the smoothing, you must designate the downward staircase, designate the smoothing, and have the miner dig out the stairway before the engraver comes to smooth over the floor.

Yes, the staircase is actually gone, and you have to dig out a new one.

user6

2011-04-01 13:03

  ~0016950

Reminder sent to: Ampersand

Does this reproduce in 0.31.25?

user1294

2011-08-12 14:32

  ~0018491

Overseer in 0004822 had this problem as well.

4maskwolf

2014-08-13 10:33

reporter   ~0028953

I have never seen this problem in 0.34.11 onward, have many times dug out stairways and then smooth-designated the area they were in. Was this fixed in the transition from 0.31.xx to 0.34.xx?

user6

2014-08-13 10:48

  ~0028957

Please reopen this report or PM a manager on the forums if this problem is still present in 0.40.08+.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2010-04-03 23:58 Ampersand New Issue
2010-04-04 01:51 Brandon816 Note Added: 0000825
2010-04-04 01:52 Brandon816 Note Edited: 0000825
2010-04-09 01:56 Ampersand Note Added: 0002275
2011-04-01 13:03 user6 Note Added: 0016950
2011-04-01 13:03 user6 Tag Attached: AWAITING UPDATE
2011-08-12 14:31 user1294 Relationship added has duplicate 0004822
2011-08-12 14:32 user1294 Tag Detached: AWAITING UPDATE
2011-08-12 14:32 user1294 Note Added: 0018491
2014-08-13 10:33 4maskwolf Note Added: 0028953
2014-08-13 10:48 user6 Note Added: 0028957
2014-08-13 10:48 user6 Status new => resolved
2014-08-13 10:48 user6 Resolution open => unable to reproduce
2014-08-13 10:48 user6 Assigned To => user6