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[Chandorin]

The last two games I've played, my masons are suddenly refusing to recognize that I've got massive piles of stone and rock sitting around the fortress:  no matter what I try to build (or what I use -- rock, or light/dark stone), the job is immediately canceled because he "needs (substance)".  Any ideas as to what's causing this or how to fix it?

[Toady One]

Are the worker, building and material all mutual accessible?  Are the materials associated to haul jobs in the [j] screen?

[Chandorin]

Yep -- there's a clear path between the mason's workshop and the stone piles, and all of my dwarves are enabled to haul stone.  (I even tried setting one to do nothing BUT haul rocks, as it might have been a priority thing, and no dice).  In the past, I've always seen Masons go and get their own stone if nobody else was available, but he refuses to leave the workshop.

[Toady One]

Wait, so there were or there weren't haul jobs?  If there are haul jobs in the stone, the mason can't use it.  Getting the haul jobs active is a different issue.

[Chandorin]

I have a number of dwarves trying to store items IN the stockpiles right now.  Nobody's even trying to haul stone OUT of them, though.

[Toady One]

Does it have to do with the blocking squares of the workshop?  If the mason refuses to leave the shop this is often the issue.  When you place a shop, the dark green squares block movement.

[Chandorin]

Thank you!  That turned out to be it -- I was trying to squeeze my workshops into perfectly fitting 3x3 chambers, and didn't realize that in the mason's case, that meant the door was blocked due to the dark green squares overlapping it.  My fault, sorry to waste your time.