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dragonmaster765

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i can't mine!
« on: June 24, 2011, 04:14:24 pm »

I'm a newbie so it might be my mistake, but I hit 'd' to designate mining, then 'd' again to mine, but when I hit enter in two places to start, nothing happens. Does anyone have advice?
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Re: i can't mine!
« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2011, 05:25:05 pm »

If you are on the surface you use channeling or stairs to dig down. Mining only mines walls on the current level you are looking at.

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Re: i can't mine!
« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2011, 07:15:22 am »

Try to channel a 1x1 place ([ d ] > [ h ]) and than go a z-level lower ([ shift ] + [ . ]). Mining should be possible than.
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Re: i can't mine!
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2011, 06:28:23 pm »

Did you forget to bring a pickaxe to dig with? It gets really annoying when you do.

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Re: i can't mine!
« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2011, 07:09:28 pm »

Also can command d-h (channel) or d-d (mine) then paint target tiles with the mouse. And yeah, embark with one anvil and 2-3 picks, 1-3 axes.
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Re: i can't mine!
« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2011, 07:48:47 pm »

If you are on the surface you use channeling or stairs to dig down. Mining only mines walls on the current level you are looking at.
Yeah. I just started so nothing is underground yet. That's probably what I need to do. Thanks!
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