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0002498Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Jobs, Equipmentpublic2010-06-28 10:522010-08-14 02:51
lokomotivet 
Footkerchief 
highmajorrandom
resolvedno change required 
0.31.08 
 
0002498: Miner refusing to pick up his dropped Copper pick.
Link to original thread.
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=60315.0 [^]

Bugged save download.
http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=2591 [^]

Short story: Miner dwarf with a copper pick was sent out to dig out/drain out a waterhole in a wall to generate some mud. As soon he digs and the water pours out. He just runs away from the water and on his way drops his copper pick on the ground. He doesn't want to pick it up again, even after trying out several options (see thread for more details).
Equipment, mining, pick
Issue History
2010-06-28 10:52lokomotivetNew Issue
2010-06-28 11:15FootkerchiefNote Added: 0009259
2010-06-28 11:15FootkerchiefTag Attached: AWAITING UPDATE
2010-06-28 14:11lokomotivetNote Added: 0009268
2010-06-28 14:32FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0000535
2010-06-28 17:24oliverNote Added: 0009280
2010-06-29 07:52lokomotivetNote Added: 0009303
2010-06-29 08:34FootkerchiefTag Detached: AWAITING UPDATE
2010-06-30 17:27Khym ChanurIssue Monitored: Khym Chanur
2010-07-12 14:57TomiTapioTag Attached: Equipment
2010-07-12 14:57TomiTapioTag Attached: mining
2010-07-12 14:57TomiTapioTag Attached: pick
2010-07-12 15:43DwarfuNote Added: 0010074
2010-07-12 15:45DwarfuNote Edited: 0010074bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0010074#r3907
2010-07-12 15:47DwarfuNote Edited: 0010074bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0010074#r3908
2010-07-12 16:23FootkerchiefRelationship deletedrelated to 0000535
2010-07-12 16:24FootkerchiefNote Added: 0010077
2010-07-12 16:24FootkerchiefTag Attached: AWAITING UPDATE
2010-07-16 09:00FootkerchiefStatusnew => resolved
2010-07-16 09:00FootkerchiefResolutionopen => no change required
2010-07-16 09:00FootkerchiefAssigned To => Footkerchief
2010-08-10 00:10DwarfuTag Detached: AWAITING UPDATE
2010-08-14 02:51Khym ChanurIssue End Monitor: Khym Chanur

Notes
(0009259)
Footkerchief   
2010-06-28 11:15   
Are you using Dwarf Therapist to enable/disable the Mining labor?
(0009268)
lokomotivet   
2010-06-28 14:11   
Nope, no mods or tools at all. Just pure DF.
(0009280)
oliver   
2010-06-28 17:24   
I've seen similar problems with uncertain cause (no DT involved either). Sometimes, there will be dwarves with mining enabled, and free picks in a stockpile, but they prefer to sit around with No Job rather than getting a pick and going mining. It is possibly related to picks becoming available only after the mining labor is enabled.

Workaround: Turn on woodcutting, wait for them to get a Pickup Equipment job, turn on mining again.
(0009303)
lokomotivet   
2010-06-29 07:52   
Workaround did work but this should be fixed anyways : )
(0010074)
Dwarfu   
2010-07-12 15:43   
(edited on: 2010-07-12 15:47)
Not sure what the bug is supposed to be, but the dwarf just doesn't have mining enabled. As soon as you enable it, he runs over and grabs the pick - no workaround needed. You most likely disabled the labor by accident.

I even had him continue digging and when the next little pond poured out, he ran but kept his pick in hand.

FYI to further reporters, the miner dwarf isn't on break and does not have any other jobs, there is no military (no commander noble or squads), the pick is not forbidden, not claimed as owned by another dwarf and not tasked, this is the starting seven dwarfs and there isn't an arsenal dwarf noble.

I wouldn't even link this to 0000535, as there isn't a military at all.

(0010077)
Footkerchief   
2010-07-12 16:24   
Thanks for checking out the save, Dwarfu.

lokomotivet, any comments before I mark this as resolved?