0006381: Dwarves stand on top of some walls when constructing, then cancel/suspend do to blocking their own site

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0006381

Dwarf Fortress

Dwarf Mode -- Jobs, Constructions (walls etc)

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2013-10-14 17:55

2013-10-15 02:16

Reporter

Frogwarrior

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Knight Otu

Priority

normal

Severity

minor

Reproducibility

have not tried

Status

resolved

Resolution

duplicate

Platform

Windows XP

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0.34.11

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Summary

0006381: Dwarves stand on top of some walls when constructing, then cancel/suspend do to blocking their own site

Description

I'm building an elevated archery range / watchtower above my fort's entrance, but my dwarves are having trouble constructing the walls. Most are taken care of with no problems, but there are a few squares near the corners of the construction site that the dwarves will almost always stand on top of when building - and then will suspend construction because a creature, i.e. themselves, is blocking the construction site! If I order a long wall segment built with the problem site in the middle (so there are unbuilt walls extending beyond the structure I want, which I then suspend), sometimes (but not always) it will be constructed normally. With one site I had to resort to removing the ground the wall was being built over so that standing on the site was no longer an option.

Steps To Reproduce

I have not tried to reproduce this in a different file or in different locations. In the specific sites in question it was pretty persistent though.

Additional Information

I also noticed that dwarves no longer follow the same "left-hand rule" they used to for constructions, deconstructions, and mining - possibly a bug in however this was reworked?