floodgate doesn't work

[P@3ru6@T0p]

can't link lever. game say: "need accessible mechanisms", but i already have two floodgates. what could be the problem?

[BonPadre]

Originally posted by P@3ru6@T0p:

can't link lever. game say: "need accessible mechanisms", but i already have two floodgates. what could be the problem?

Mechanism ?
Like actually craft mechanism @ a mechanic shop

[Elur]

Path from floodgate to a valid mechanism item in your stockpile might be blocked or inaccessible. Also - did you make mechanisms at the Mechanic's workshop?

[Endemonadia]

This means u dont have a mechanism sitting in a Stockpile.

[P@3ru6@T0p]

Originally posted by BonPadre:

Originally posted by P@3ru6@T0p:

can't link lever. game say: "need accessible mechanisms", but i already have two floodgates. what could be the problem?

Mechanism ?
Like actually craft mechanism @ a mechanic shop

I have some mechanisms from a mechanic shop

[P@3ru6@T0p]

I made about 15 mechanisms, but nothing happened. However, now I bought 4 pieces from the caravan and for some reason they came up. Thanks to everyone who responded!

[MadAsgardian]

You might need a mechanism stockpile -- in some cases I believe an item isn't seen as available if it's sitting in a workshop.

[Doctor Zalgo]

Originally posted by MadAsgardian:

You might need a mechanism stockpile -- in some cases I believe an item isn't seen as available if it's sitting in a workshop.

If they're tagged for future relocation (i.e., a dwarf has noticed that they need to be moved to a stockpile but hasn't gotten to it yet), it won't appear as available for any other uses until it has been moved and the tag is removed. If you need it urgently, you can forbid the item briefly and then unforbid it, which will remove the tag and allow it to be used for other reasons (but if you unpause and wait a second or two, the original dwarf will notice it still needs to be moved and retag it).

Another option is that you've accidentally cut off access between the floodgate and the mechanisms using a flood grate.

[Maltavius]

Or you have Burrows that doesn't include the stockpile where the mechanisms are placed.

[Gedsaro]

Originally posted by Maltavius:

Or you have Burrows that doesn't include the stockpile where the mechanisms are placed.

This, burrows if you forget about them can cause all kinds of problems. I wonderd why my miner would go pick up his damn pickaxe and mine!
It was because he was in a burrow, his pickaxe had gotten stored in a bin outside his burrow, therefore he would not go get his damn pick.