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[krenshala]

I take the "no coffers / bags built in the hospital zone" route.  Which means you need to setup the following stockpiles within the hospital area.

- Finished Goods, splints & crutches, 3-8 tiles
- Cloth - Thread (plant-based), only 2-3 tiles worth
- Cloth - Cloth (plant-based), only 2-4 tiles worth
- Bars - Soap, no containers, 4-12 tiles worth, usually in a room next to the well
- Furniture, Wood Buckets, 4-12 tiles worth, again near the well
- Gypsum plaster/powder

But I'm not sure how to specify a stockpile for the gypsum powder and it always seems to end up in my cloth/silk/leather furniture bag stockpiles instead.

You are forgetting bins.  The splint/crutch stockpile only needs one tile with a bin. Same for Cloth, Thread and Bars. Thats four tiles plus the bucket and plaster storage.

[Snaake]

But I'm not sure how to specify a stockpile for the gypsum powder and it always seems to end up in my cloth/silk/leather furniture bag stockpiles instead.

Have you checked if there's an entry under the type category for finished goods or maybe furniture? I remember sand bags can be set under furniture... Well, the wiki says gypsum plaster is listed under stones (dwarven logic!), so try that.

Was also about to say the same about the cloth etc. stockpiles not needing so much space with bins, but on the other hand it could be nice to see what you're low on, without using loo(k). The question is, if you don't use actual hospital storage, does it still split up eg. 1 piece of cloth into the "hospital units" and remember how many are left, or is the wastage from using 1 whole piece of cloth per bandage etc. something you just have to live with?

[wuphonsreach]

I dislike 1x1 stockpiles, because the dwarves always place an empty barrel/bin there and makes it hard to see at a glance how much you might have.  Which is why I always have 1x2 up to 1x4 stockpiles for the things, even with bins.

Creating a stone stockpile that accepts gypsum will not result in Gypsum Plaster bags ending up in the stockpile like you want.

[Broseph Stalin]

Figure out which stockpile holds gypsum then create one and dump a bunch of plaster in it if it's the correct stockpile they shouldn't move it.

[Snaake]

Figure out which stockpile holds gypsum then create one and dump a bunch of plaster in it if it's the correct stockpile they shouldn't move it.

This. I didn't find gypsum plaster (bags) under the types in furniture, or under any of the stone categories. It possible/probable that gypsum plaster is stored in stone stockpiles, but not available as a setting in there, in which case you could enable stone but forbid all categories. Or permit all categories, but toggle off all the stones (probably the most certain option, assuming it indeed doesn't count as gypsum itself). Or find the right category, permit only that, but with all the stones off... you get the idea.

[krenshala]

Rereading this thread, for some reason I want to say, "Did you check the bar/block stockpile settings?"

[crazysheep]

Figure out which stockpile holds gypsum then create one and dump a bunch of plaster in it if it's the correct stockpile they shouldn't move it.

This. I didn't find gypsum plaster (bags) under the types in furniture, or under any of the stone categories. It possible/probable that gypsum plaster is stored in stone stockpiles, but not available as a setting in there, in which case you could enable stone but forbid all categories. Or permit all categories, but toggle off all the stones (probably the most certain option, assuming it indeed doesn't count as gypsum itself). Or find the right category, permit only that, but with all the stones off... you get the idea.

Gypsum powder bags are actually stored in furniture stockpiles. However, I don't know the exact settings to turn off gypsum powder storage in those stockpiles yet.

[L3TUC3]

Figure out which stockpile holds gypsum then create one and dump a bunch of plaster in it if it's the correct stockpile they shouldn't move it.

This. I didn't find gypsum plaster (bags) under the types in furniture, or under any of the stone categories. It possible/probable that gypsum plaster is stored in stone stockpiles, but not available as a setting in there, in which case you could enable stone but forbid all categories. Or permit all categories, but toggle off all the stones (probably the most certain option, assuming it indeed doesn't count as gypsum itself). Or find the right category, permit only that, but with all the stones off... you get the idea.

Gypsum powder bags are actually stored in furniture stockpiles. However, I don't know the exact settings to turn off gypsum powder storage in those stockpiles yet.

It's stuck under bags/boxes. I usually have excess plaster through embark/trade and it always ends up in a stockpile just for bags near my querns and farmer workshops. It's pretty annoying.

[Snaake]

Figure out which stockpile holds gypsum then create one and dump a bunch of plaster in it if it's the correct stockpile they shouldn't move it.

This. I didn't find gypsum plaster (bags) under the types in furniture, or under any of the stone categories. It possible/probable that gypsum plaster is stored in stone stockpiles, but not available as a setting in there, in which case you could enable stone but forbid all categories. Or permit all categories, but toggle off all the stones (probably the most certain option, assuming it indeed doesn't count as gypsum itself). Or find the right category, permit only that, but with all the stones off... you get the idea.

Gypsum powder bags are actually stored in furniture stockpiles. However, I don't know the exact settings to turn off gypsum powder storage in those stockpiles yet.

It's stuck under bags/boxes. I usually have excess plaster through embark/trade and it always ends up in a stockpile just for bags near my querns and farmer workshops. It's pretty annoying.

Ok, so make a bags/boxes stockpile in your hospital that only takes from links, and whenever you want to add plaster to it, dump the bags there and unforbid them. Clunky, but works.

[Sutremaine]

If gypsum powder bags get stored in the furniture stockpile but you can't see the option, then a blanket enable followed by manual disabling of everything you can see should flag the stockpile correctly. It's a minor bug that crops up across versions, with something different each time.