Rock Blocks

[Salvatore Incarbone]

Is there a known issue with the task of making rock blocks? I've had this issue on two separate worlds were I assign the task to make them but the dwarfs just ignore the task, they just make other items on the same Stoneworker's Workshop.

I'm sure I was able to make them before. Could there be a setting that I changed? I'm relatively new so I'm not that familiar with all the settings.

[Boomshanka]

On the workshop there is a option for general orders usually set to 5. you could set that to 0 so any work orders for rock...like doors , tables or whatever your making, wont be made at that workstation, then you can set a specific order at that workstation for the blocks you want. the blocks should get made there and there alone.

[AlP]

Rock blocks uses Stonecutting, is that the labor you have enabled?

[Salvatore Incarbone]

Damn, it was the labor...I thought that was the necessary labor for wall smoothing lol.

Thanks for the replies fellow dwafs!

[Guided]

the '!' on the job order will set that job as 'important' and they will do that job before others.

so long as you dont put '!' on all jobs that should be the one that gets done before others.

other things to note are the material you've asked it to be made of.

you can select this via the 'magnifying glass' icon on the job.
if the stone name has a number on the right hand side, you have it available
and can select that knowing they have the materials to make it

[Guided]

Originally posted by Salvatore Incarbone:

Damn, it was the labor...I thought that was the necessary labor for wall smoothing lol.

Thanks for the replies fellow dwafs! :craftsdwarf:

didnt want to say this since it can confuse new people.

but you can assign a work shop.

this will automatically add that workshop to the dwarf labours.
click on workshop, click the icon of 'dwarf face'
select dwarf

[BlackSmokeDMax]

This is most likely due to having different skills being used.

Making rock blocks I think is the same skill as the smoothing operation for walls/floors. (stonecutter)

While most other things in the workshop like making furniture are from the Stoneworker job.

[Salvatore Incarbone]

I've been assigning workshops to dwarfs, don't like having random unskilled dwarfs making my crafts. But adding the workshop skill to it seems to not have been enough. As @AlP said, I was missing the Stonecutting labor enabled for those dwarfs. I had it enabled for other dwarfs but because they were not in charge of the workshops, nobody was making my rock blocks.

I'm currently doing hundreds of blocks, they will be doing some overtime today.

[Guided]

:D

personally didn't know this.
will have to check the wiki to see if any other workshops are affected by job alignment :D