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Dwarf Fortress
Frontrox:
--- Quote from: Jess on April 28, 2010, 11:34:03 PM ---I give up with stairs.
I've tried placing down stairs.. then going a level bellow and mining the area out - NOTHING.
Tried up and downstairs. once again nothing.
They wont even mine out the bottom from the bottom!
Someone care to tell me step by step how to do it!!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caWYkvo72aE&feature=related
Jess:
im doing that and it refuses to work.
in his video he can make stairs anywhere..
but it wont let me make stairs in a area that isnt carved out.
Jess:
I'm so fustrated this doesnt make sense.
I'm building a staircase to go down, so it builds on the floor above and i try to mine out the bottom to place another staircase! but it doesnt mine out! and i cant place a staircase on the floor bellow because the wall is there
GAHHHHHHHHHHH
No Karma Loss:
--- Quote from: Jess on April 28, 2010, 11:55:33 PM ---im doing that and it refuses to work.
in his video he can make stairs anywhere..
but it wont let me make stairs in a area that isnt carved out.
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Open Designations (d) and select and select Downward Stairway (j). Place one where you want your stairs. Go down one layer (>) and select Upward Stairway (u). Place one in the exact same spot. Stairs! You can also substitute any of those with Up/Down Stairway (i) if you want to go more than 2 layers.
If you want to make stairs in the open/a mined out square, you'll have to use Building (b) -> Wall/Floor/Stairs (C) -> Up Stair (u), wait for the dwarves to build it, then go up a layer (<) and put a Down Stair (b->C->d) on top of it.
Jess:
MOTHER forgetER IVE BEEN USING BUILD stuff