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0009408Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Jobs, Designationspublic2015-12-22 00:332015-12-22 12:06
Reporternomad_delta 
Assigned Tolethosor 
PrioritynormalSeveritymajorReproducibilityalways
StatusresolvedResolutionduplicate 
PlatformOSWindowsOS Version10
Product Version0.42.03 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0009408: Miners won't channel straight down more than a few z-levels
DescriptionIn the new version I can't seem to get miners to dig a single channel straight down over more than a couple Z-levels. Previously when I would designate a 1-tile vertical stack of channels across many z-levels, a miner would start digging from the top and then become trapped in the hole and thus have to keep digging until reaching the bottom. Now when I try to do this, they channel for only a few z-levels and then somehow climb out of the hole and give up.

I'm attaching a save as an example with a vertical channel shaft already designated straight down for the surface. Watch as a miner digs only a few z-levels down before crawling back out and then being unable to get back in:

http://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=11537 [^]
Steps To ReproduceDesignate a single 1x1 vertical shaft for channeling many tiles straight down.
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duplicate of 0008667confirmed lethosor Miners climb out of vertical chutes while digging, refuse to continue 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2015-12-22 00:33nomad_deltaNew Issue
2015-12-22 00:55DetrosNote Added: 0034117
2015-12-22 09:02TalvienoNote Added: 0034120
2015-12-22 11:46nomad_deltaNote Added: 0034124
2015-12-22 11:46nomad_deltaNote Edited: 0034124bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0034124#r13742
2015-12-22 12:06lethosorNote Added: 0034125
2015-12-22 12:06lethosorRelationship addedduplicate of 0008667
2015-12-22 12:06lethosorStatusnew => resolved
2015-12-22 12:06lethosorResolutionopen => duplicate
2015-12-22 12:06lethosorAssigned To => lethosor

Notes
(0034117)
Detros   
2015-12-22 00:55   
May be related to 0009383, "Mining over z levels takes forever" or 0007910, "Miners will not finish mining".
(0034120)
Talvieno   
2015-12-22 09:02   
Not related to 0009383; that's a different issue entirely.
(0034124)
nomad_delta   
2015-12-22 11:46   
It's definitely easily repeatable, I just downloaded a fresh copy of 0.42.03, unzipped it, genned a new world, embarked, and told the miners to dig a vertical channel-shaft 1x1 straight down 20 z-levels. The miner got about 3 z-levels into it before climbing out and going back to "No Job".

I swear I used to be able to do this in previous versions, this was my go-to method for building garbage chutes, etc.
(0034125)
lethosor   
2015-12-22 12:06   
This is 0008667.