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[Twitchy]

i have a county, with ~120 dwarves, it is going very smoothly (that should have been my first tip off that something was wrong)

except the fact that after my dwarves built my metalforge, they decided to all pretend they didnt have the metalcrafting/armoring/ etc skills needed to forge anything...

i have plenty of coke, and lots of ore, all i need for the forging is for the dwarves to start the job...

despite the fact i gave them all the skills, i had 57 idleing dwarves while the nobels mandated metal goods, and my forge stood waiting (yes i designated the tasks in the forge, but they just stay not started)

also, i can not even manage to deconstruct the metal forge, the dwarves refuse to even do that much (so i need to buy a new anvil if i want to try with a new forge)


any ideas?

[KenboCalrissian]

Check out the top-right image here on the Wiki.  The dark squares are considered impassable, and a common cause is accidentally placing a workshop in such a way that it blocks access to the room.  Though... in the case of the metalsmith's shop, I can't really see any possible way of doing that?

Have you been deconstructing floors or constructing walls lately?  It's possible you've accidentally sealed the path to it.  Also, check that you don't have doors leading to it forbidden.

Could you post a screenshot of the shop's location so we can determine if location has anything to do with it?

[Derakon]

You may also have forbidden the materials the forge is made out of. Use the 't' command on the forge and see if any of its components are forbidden; if they are, then the forge is unusable.

[Sykirobme]

Just to be sure: you've smelted the ore, yes?

[Twitchy]

to save me the hassle of getting a screenshot online, im just going to say this, ive seen dwarves walk through the shop to get to my stone/ore stockpiles.

i have..
81 iron bars
9 gold bars
10 silver bars
14 coper bars
8 brass bars
3 pig iron bars
33 platinum bars
2 electrum bars
2 tin bars
2 fine pewter bars
...

the list goes on (i have a dozen leg craftsdwarfts, so im rolling in the fake money.. but noone to mint coins )

[Quietust]

Have you followed Derakon's suggestion and verified that you haven't accidentally forbidden the forge's building material and/or anvil? It's very easy to accidentally forbid a workshop's materials when trying to steer a Strange Mood toward more valuable components or when trying to force your masons to use a particular type of stone.

[Twitchy]

the siltstone it was made up of was forbidden, i fixed that, and .. well my dwarves got attacked, i killed them all and now the dwarves are too busy looting dead bodies, so ill let you know once that mellows out if the problem is fixed.

feel free to continue discussing the topic however.

[Twitchy]

all fixed by the way. thankyou all. may your failures be epic. ;-)