How do I dig down or up no stairs?

[Mordiaky]

when I dig this out, there are now 2 rooms at 4 x 4 x 1 but I want a 4 x 4 x 2 how can I do this? it has this thin layer between the floor

[Tinasbuddy]

no clue what this means, are you asking how to make a room 2 tiles/levels high?

[Ern_Rep]

You can channel through the floor in the mining menu. This removes the floor and creates a ramp beneath if there is still material there. A thing to note when channeling is that if the floor is unsupported, you can cause a cave in which results in lots of FUN! So work from the edges and leave a path for your miners.

[Mordiaky]

Originally posted by Tinasbuddy:

no clue what this means, are you asking how to make a room 2 tiles/levels high?

so in the original DF, you have 2 layers on a block, the block, and the floor that block sits on, when you mine, you mine the block and leave the floor, you can go down a level and mine the block at the same spot above it and that floor layer still remains. I was wondering how in the steam version do i remove that "middle" layer floor

[Soul4hdwn]

Originally posted by Mordiaky:

Originally posted by Tinasbuddy:

no clue what this means, are you asking how to make a room 2 tiles/levels high?

so in the original DF, you have 2 layers on a block, the block, and the floor that block sits on, when you mine, you mine the block and leave the floor, you can go down a level and mine the block at the same spot above it and that floor layer still remains. I was wondering how in the steam version do i remove that "middle" layer floor

you use the channel option.
preferably from floor above but can still be done from below via ramps i think, otherwise they can dig above if the channeling operation is done above a floor.

[Tarithel]

ramps

[koimeiji]

If you want to make a multi-level room safely, start from the very top and channel your way downwards one layer at a time.
Otherwise you risk cave-ins unless you babysit your miners.

If you already have a room and want to make it higher, channel from above from the interior outwards. Again, you'll have to baby your dwarves while doing this otherwise you greatly risk caveins.

[Eirish]

Okay, so the ramps are actually a "hole" straight down but with.... ramps? For the dwarfs to climb on? What if I want a badass walkway or bridge with nothing but magma or darkness beneath?? Like just clear the tile and no ramp/channel no nothing