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0002403Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Buildings, Machinespublic2010-06-20 18:222010-06-23 19:56
ReporterDarthCloakedDwarf 
Assigned ToFootkerchief 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
StatusresolvedResolutionno change required 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product Version0.31.08 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0002403: Vertical axles cannot be resized
DescriptionVertical axles cannot be resized, unlike horizontal ones, which can.
Steps To ReproduceTry to build a 4-tile vertical axle.
Additional InformationIt won't work.
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Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2010-06-20 18:22DarthCloakedDwarfNew Issue
2010-06-20 18:27clc02Note Added: 0008822
2010-06-20 18:33QuietustNote Added: 0008823
2010-06-20 18:46DarthCloakedDwarfNote Added: 0008825
2010-06-20 18:47FootkerchiefNote Added: 0008826
2010-06-20 18:47FootkerchiefStatusnew => resolved
2010-06-20 18:47FootkerchiefResolutionopen => no change required
2010-06-20 18:47FootkerchiefAssigned To => Footkerchief
2010-06-20 18:48FootkerchiefNote Edited: 0008826bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0008826#r3372
2010-06-20 18:48DarthCloakedDwarfNote Added: 0008827
2010-06-20 18:48DarthCloakedDwarfStatusresolved => needs feedback
2010-06-20 18:48DarthCloakedDwarfResolutionno change required => reopened
2010-06-20 18:48FootkerchiefNote Edited: 0008826bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0008826#r3373
2010-06-20 18:51oliverIssue Monitored: oliver
2010-06-20 19:00FootkerchiefNote Added: 0008832
2010-06-20 19:02DarthCloakedDwarfNote Added: 0008836
2010-06-20 19:02DarthCloakedDwarfStatusneeds feedback => assigned
2010-06-20 19:08FootkerchiefNote Added: 0008837
2010-06-20 19:09FootkerchiefNote Edited: 0008837bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0008837#r3378
2010-06-20 19:10FootkerchiefNote Edited: 0008837bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0008837#r3379
2010-06-20 19:17DarthCloakedDwarfNote Added: 0008838
2010-06-20 19:18DarthCloakedDwarfNote Deleted: 0008825
2010-06-20 19:20FootkerchiefStatusassigned => resolved
2010-06-20 19:20FootkerchiefResolutionreopened => no change required
2010-06-23 19:56oliverIssue End Monitor: oliver

Notes
(0008822)
clc02   
2010-06-20 18:27   
... There's really is no reason why you would want that. Go up, build a gear assembly, then use horizontal axle to go 4 over. Besides consider it as a spinning length of wood, it should be going up only, it shouldn't be big enough to span multiple tiles.
(0008823)
Quietust   
2010-06-20 18:33   
Buildings cannot span multiple Z-levels.
(0008826)
Footkerchief   
2010-06-20 18:47   
(edited on: 2010-06-20 18:48)
Quietust is correct: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=30026.msg831163#msg831163 [^]

"The main hurdle is the multi-z nature of such things, since all buildings currently reside on a single z level and the ramifications of that are quite pervasive [...]"

This isn't a bug. It's a feature that Toady has deliberately omitted for the time being.
(0008827)
DarthCloakedDwarf   
2010-06-20 18:48   
The problem is that north-south (vertical on the DF grid) axles cannot be resized.
(0008832)
Footkerchief   
2010-06-20 19:00   
I'm not having any trouble resizing a N/S horizontal axle with the u/m controls.
(0008836)
DarthCloakedDwarf   
2010-06-20 19:02   
N/S horizontal axle? How can you have a vertical horizontal axle?
(0008837)
Footkerchief   
2010-06-20 19:08   
(edited on: 2010-06-20 19:10)
The building labeled "horizontal axle" is horizontal to the dwarves, i.e., parallel to the ground. Just build a couple of them with different orientations and it'll all make sense. A "vertical axle" is for transmitting power between Z-levels. Clear now? And don't call people "the peanut gallery," thanks.
(0008838)
DarthCloakedDwarf   
2010-06-20 19:17   
Oh, whoops. I thought people were just being snarky.