0000368: Smooth Stone designation removes stairways

(0000825)
Brandon816 (reporter)
2010-04-04 01:51
edited on: 2010-04-04 01:52

Is the staircase still actually there and just not visible? I mean, are the dwarves still able to use it even though it looks like it's not there? When you smooth a wall or floor, the graphic for it changes. Maybe staircases just don't have a 'smooth' graphic, since they aren't supposed to be smoothed, so it defaults to looking like a normal floor tile, while the staircase is still physically there.

Also, try as I might, I could not reproduce this by following your instructions. Maybe there was something else involved that caused this behavior.

(0002275)
Ampersand (reporter)
2010-04-09 01:56

I still can get this to happen consistently. You can not have the staircase already dug when you designate the smoothing, you must designate the downward staircase, designate the smoothing, and have the miner dig out the stairway before the engraver comes to smooth over the floor.

Yes, the staircase is actually gone, and you have to dig out a new one.

(0016950)
Footkerchief (manager)
2011-04-01 13:03

Reminder sent to: Ampersand

Does this reproduce in 0.31.25?

(0018491)
Knight Otu (manager)
2011-08-12 14:32

Overseer in 0004822 had this problem as well.

(0028953)
4maskwolf (reporter)
2014-08-13 10:33

I have never seen this problem in 0.34.11 onward, have many times dug out stairways and then smooth-designated the area they were in. Was this fixed in the transition from 0.31.xx to 0.34.xx?

(0028957)
Footkerchief (manager)
2014-08-13 10:48

Please reopen this report or PM a manager on the forums if this problem is still present in 0.40.08+.

Notes
(0000825) Brandon816 (reporter) 2010-04-04 01:51 edited on: 2010-04-04 01:52	Is the staircase still actually there and just not visible? I mean, are the dwarves still able to use it even though it looks like it's not there? When you smooth a wall or floor, the graphic for it changes. Maybe staircases just don't have a 'smooth' graphic, since they aren't supposed to be smoothed, so it defaults to looking like a normal floor tile, while the staircase is still physically there. Also, try as I might, I could not reproduce this by following your instructions. Maybe there was something else involved that caused this behavior.

(0002275) Ampersand (reporter) 2010-04-09 01:56	I still can get this to happen consistently. You can not have the staircase already dug when you designate the smoothing, you must designate the downward staircase, designate the smoothing, and have the miner dig out the stairway before the engraver comes to smooth over the floor. Yes, the staircase is actually gone, and you have to dig out a new one.

(0016950) Footkerchief (manager) 2011-04-01 13:03	Reminder sent to: Ampersand Does this reproduce in 0.31.25?

(0018491) Knight Otu (manager) 2011-08-12 14:32	Overseer in 0004822 had this problem as well.

(0028953) 4maskwolf (reporter) 2014-08-13 10:33	I have never seen this problem in 0.34.11 onward, have many times dug out stairways and then smooth-designated the area they were in. Was this fixed in the transition from 0.31.xx to 0.34.xx?

(0028957) Footkerchief (manager) 2014-08-13 10:48	Please reopen this report or PM a manager on the forums if this problem is still present in 0.40.08+.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2010-04-03 23:58	Ampersand	New Issue
2010-04-04 01:51	Brandon816	Note Added: 0000825
2010-04-04 01:52	Brandon816	Note Edited: 0000825	View Revisions
2010-04-09 01:56	Ampersand	Note Added: 0002275
2011-04-01 13:03	Footkerchief	Note Added: 0016950
2011-04-01 13:03	Footkerchief	Tag Attached: AWAITING UPDATE
2011-08-12 14:31	Knight Otu	Relationship added	has duplicate 0004822
2011-08-12 14:32	Knight Otu	Tag Detached: AWAITING UPDATE
2011-08-12 14:32	Knight Otu	Note Added: 0018491
2014-08-13 10:33	4maskwolf	Note Added: 0028953
2014-08-13 10:48	Footkerchief	Note Added: 0028957
2014-08-13 10:48	Footkerchief	Status	new => resolved
2014-08-13 10:48	Footkerchief	Resolution	open => unable to reproduce
2014-08-13 10:48	Footkerchief	Assigned To	=> Footkerchief