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[TerminatorII]

I think there should be an INIT option so your dwarves will automatically mine out any vein they start mining in. I.E. you designate at least 1 square in a mineral vein and they automatically designate every square touching that one (of the same mineral type) for mining.



I know it's a really old suggestion, but I figured I'd dig it up again.

[Ivefan]

I thought of something similar recently, a designation point set to designated ore which gives orders to miners to mine it out.

[Name Lips]

That might be strange now... when you open a cavern, sometimes dozens of metal/mineral veins/clusters are exposed. Do we really want our miners to charge down there en masse and start mining them?

[Ivefan]

That might be strange now... when you open a cavern, sometimes dozens of metal/mineral veins/clusters are exposed. Do we really want our miners to charge down there en masse and start mining them?

The suggestion is that one designates a starting point on a found vein, not that dwarves go dig all veins discovered.

[Shzar]

It would be neat if you would do this with burrows. You would make a burrow underground, assign a miner to it, and he would dig out all the ore and precious stones, and maybe flux too.

[Safe-Keeper]

Been suggested many times before, and I agree wholeheartedly -- being able to designate a vein for mining would be a great timesaver.

[Twiggie]

you'd have to make a separate designation to dig out a vein though.

i dont want my miners digging out 50 bn squares when i just told them to dig a critical staircase.

[Footkerchief]

I know it's a really old suggestion, but I figured I'd dig it up again.

It's already #7 in Eternal Suggestion Voting, and since Toady will be working on the top ~10 items after this release's bugs are handled, there's little need to voice further support for the idea.