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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0007760Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Jobs, Constructions (walls etc)public2017-12-06 14:07
ReporterLoci Assigned ToLoci  
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status confirmedResolutionopen 
Product Version0.40.05 
Summary0007760: Dwarves construct walls from wrong side, wall themselves out of fortress or into alcove
DescriptionDwarves who collect building material on the far side of a wall-to-be-constructed return to the construction site and build the wall from the far side. This can result in the dwarf becoming walled out of the fortress, or walled into an alcove.
Steps To Reproducedig a one-tile mine shaft
forbid all the material on the closer (fortress) side of the planned wall
order a wall constructed using material from the far side of the wall
watch as your dwarf walls himself in

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Additional Informationlikely fallout from the fix for 0005991
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related to 0005991 resolvedToady One Dwarf tries to build wall standing on the construction site 

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Quietust

2014-07-31 08:27

reporter   ~0028034

Notably, it has been reported on the forums that the old trick of constructing and suspending a building on the "wrong" tile (to prevent the builder from standing there) no longer works.

Loci

2014-07-31 08:58

viewer   ~0028038

That "trick" hasn't worked since v0.31 / early v0.34.

Loci

2017-12-06 14:07

viewer   ~0037243

confirmed v0.44.02

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Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2014-07-31 08:20 Loci New Issue
2014-07-31 08:27 Quietust Note Added: 0028034
2014-07-31 08:36 user6 Relationship added related to 0005991
2014-07-31 08:58 Loci Note Added: 0028038
2017-12-06 14:07 Loci Note Added: 0037243
2017-12-06 14:07 Loci Assigned To => Loci
2017-12-06 14:07 Loci Status new => confirmed