0001673: Dwarves suspend contruction of Wall "item blocking site"

Notes
(0005821) Darayavaush (reporter) 2010-05-01 08:50	the items may be forbidden

(0005822) Myxine (reporter) 2010-05-01 09:00	It does happen with non-forbidden items as well (and items that aren't reserved for a task.) Just thought of something: maybe it's because the builders don't have stone/wood/item hauling enabled?

(0005827) WurmD (reporter) 2010-05-01 10:18	these wooden logs aren't forbidden. but now that you mention, the first dwarf to cancel the job, in fact did not have the wood hauling job on. The second one did, but that canceling was made from afar.. the dwarf didn't walk all the way there. hmmm

(0005839) Footkerchief (manager) 2010-05-01 12:20 edited on: 2010-05-01 12:21	If the logs were selected for building another section of wall, the dwarf building the first section of wall will be unable to move them. This is expected behavior. It's a common occurrence when you're trying to build walls where logs are already lying. I don't think the hauling labors should matter, but it's worth a try I guess.

(0005853) DoctorZuber (reporter) 2010-05-01 13:37 edited on: 2010-05-01 13:38	This happens in 40d as well, most common reasons are... - the object is forbidden - the object is owned - The building material is inaccessible - someone else is already trying to move the object The last is what Footkerchief is explaining. If dwarf A is trying to haul the object for some reason and dwarf B is trying to build a wall on top of the object, dwarf B will fail because the object is already in use by dwarf A. If anything prevents your builder from moving the object, the jobs will get suspended. This is all quite normal. Another one that can happen that seems to be a bit more common in 0.31 seems to be a pathing issue. What happens here is the material you selected to build it with is actually inaccessible. If you're repeatedly having trouble with the same construction, I would suggest... - dump everything off the tile before building. - rebuild, and use x to make sure your dwarf is using a material he can get to. This workaround tends to fix most problems. The only one you can't really fix is owned objects (SOCKS!!!) that are left in a tile. The only solution I know of for these is magma.

(0005854) Footkerchief (manager) 2010-05-01 13:40	^^^ Owned objects can also be pushed around by flowing water (has to be shallower than 7/7).

(0006263) Darayavaush (reporter) 2010-05-06 05:45	after 3 hours' pain in the ass and trying EVERYTHING (dumping, fobridding, digging out a space right beside needed tile) I read this report and understood that this stone was designated for mid-air wall half a map away. damn. I DEMAND that Toady makes some sort of marking (like there's D for dumping and F for forbidding) near item's name to mark that it is being used, so it can't be forbidden or dumped (since it won't be forbidden or dumped anyway)

(0006279) Footkerchief (manager) 2010-05-06 08:53 edited on: 2010-05-06 08:54	Demand it here, and lose the attitude: http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?board=5.0 [^] Anyway, any updates, WurmD? Did the above explanations clear things up?

(0010679) Kanddak (reporter) 2010-07-19 13:53	The thing that bugs me is a long-standing 40d leftover: Suppose you have Tile A and Tile B adjacent to each other, respectively occupied by Rock A and Rock B. If you order a two-tile wall to be built on Tiles A and B, and select Rocks A and B to do it with (because they have distance 0), often Rock A will end up tasked for Wall B and vice versa, and when a dwarf comes along and grabs Rock A to build Wall B, he cancels the job and suspends construction because Rock B is blocking the site because it's tasked for building Wall A.

(0016441) Footkerchief (manager) 2011-03-21 07:17	The bug aspects of this report are covered by 0001027.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2010-05-01 08:32	WurmD	New Issue
2010-05-01 08:50	Darayavaush	Note Added: 0005821
2010-05-01 09:00	Myxine	Note Added: 0005822
2010-05-01 09:59	WurmD	Issue Monitored: WurmD
2010-05-01 10:18	WurmD	Note Added: 0005827
2010-05-01 12:20	Footkerchief	Note Added: 0005839
2010-05-01 12:21	Footkerchief	Note Edited: 0005839	View Revisions
2010-05-01 12:21	Footkerchief	Issue Monitored: Footkerchief
2010-05-01 13:37	DoctorZuber	Note Added: 0005853
2010-05-01 13:38	DoctorZuber	Note Edited: 0005853	View Revisions
2010-05-01 13:40	Footkerchief	Note Added: 0005854
2010-05-06 05:45	Darayavaush	Note Added: 0006263
2010-05-06 06:38	FunkyWaltDogg	Tag Attached: Not a bug
2010-05-06 08:53	Footkerchief	Note Added: 0006279
2010-05-06 08:54	Footkerchief	Note Edited: 0006279	View Revisions
2010-07-19 13:53	Kanddak	Note Added: 0010679
2011-03-21 07:17	Footkerchief	Note Added: 0016441
2011-03-21 07:17	Footkerchief	Relationship added	duplicate of 0001027
2011-03-21 07:17	Footkerchief	Status	new => resolved
2011-03-21 07:17	Footkerchief	Resolution	open => duplicate
2011-03-21 07:17	Footkerchief	Assigned To	=> Footkerchief