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DF Suggestions / Re: Every building should BE a stockpile
« on: August 02, 2014, 11:55:02 pm »
I think ultimately, workshop tasks should be split into multiple steps and buildings. To that end, having a stockpile as a separate thing from, say, a forge is a good thing. So I think there are better ways to solve the problems you're aiming for.
It does seem reasonable that workshops have a way of showing which stockpiles are linked to them.
Linking building to building could be a way to create multi-step work tasks, but for that to work, you'd want the same dwarf using both workshops stations. For example, you could have a gem polishing workshop linked to a gem encrusting workshop. Then the same dwarf would polish a batch of gems, and proceed to encrust them on some objects. Alternatively, the present system of having too queues, with a stockpile between, for polishing and encrusting would still be possible.
It does seem reasonable that workshops have a way of showing which stockpiles are linked to them.
Linking building to building could be a way to create multi-step work tasks, but for that to work, you'd want the same dwarf using both workshops stations. For example, you could have a gem polishing workshop linked to a gem encrusting workshop. Then the same dwarf would polish a batch of gems, and proceed to encrust them on some objects. Alternatively, the present system of having too queues, with a stockpile between, for polishing and encrusting would still be possible.