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:Regarding custom stockpiles:  I'm pretty sure that setting one up using the custom menu is 100% identical to setting up a standard one and then editing it.  Caveats: You're more likely to mess up the selection when using custom (because it remembers your prior one), whereas you're more likely to mess up the barrels / bins settings when editing an existing one (because those are only set at creation time).
 
:Regarding custom stockpiles:  I'm pretty sure that setting one up using the custom menu is 100% identical to setting up a standard one and then editing it.  Caveats: You're more likely to mess up the selection when using custom (because it remembers your prior one), whereas you're more likely to mess up the barrels / bins settings when editing an existing one (because those are only set at creation time).
  
:Remember also that items must match ALL filters.  That means you must allow some or all "metals" / "materials" selections; some or all  "core quality" and "total quality" modifiers; "usable" and/or "unusable" for weapons/armour; etc.  Selecting "weapons, bolts, steel, masterful, usable" will get you '''only''' masterful steel bolts, and that's also the '''minimum''' needed to get them.  Even something as broad as "weapons, bolts, all materials/metals, all qualities" will get you exactly nothing if you accidentally uncheck "usable".
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:Remember also that items must match ALL filters.  That means you must allow some or all "core quality" and "total quality" modifiers; you must allow "usable" and/or "unusable" for weapons/armour; etc.
  
 
:Also, remember that dwarves may not move items in barrels/bins between stockpiles unless the new stockpile also accepts barrels/bins.  To truly unbarrel / unbin stuff, you may have to dump it and reclaim it.
 
:Also, remember that dwarves may not move items in barrels/bins between stockpiles unless the new stockpile also accepts barrels/bins.  To truly unbarrel / unbin stuff, you may have to dump it and reclaim it.
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:Regarding not being able to use multiple refuse piles:  Remember that dwarves will not collect outdoor refuse unless you enable it.  That means you cannot create a stockpile for corpses / bodyparts (not bones) outdoors, and a stockpile for bones (not corpses) indoors, and expect your dwarves to take the bones indoors once the corpses rot away.  You must use {{k|o}}-{{k|r}}-{{k|o}} to enable outdoor refuse collection.
 
:Regarding not being able to use multiple refuse piles:  Remember that dwarves will not collect outdoor refuse unless you enable it.  That means you cannot create a stockpile for corpses / bodyparts (not bones) outdoors, and a stockpile for bones (not corpses) indoors, and expect your dwarves to take the bones indoors once the corpses rot away.  You must use {{k|o}}-{{k|r}}-{{k|o}} to enable outdoor refuse collection.
  
:Hope these help.  Maybe they should be in the article, dunno.  I've never seen any of the problems mentioned in this section, and I use custom stockpiles a lot. — [[User:Wisq|Wisq]] ([[User talk:Wisq|talk]]) 03:14, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
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:Hope these help.  Maybe they should be in the article, dunno.  I've never seen any of the problems mentioned in this section, and I use custom stockpiles a lot. — [[User:Wisq|Wisq]] ([[User talk:Wisq|talk]]) 03:04, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
  
 
::I think some of it may also be in the way dwarfs decide what to do where first.  In mining, they'll gravitate toward the top left every time.  Set up a huge stockpile, maybe 20x20, and they'll fill the top row from the left first, then go to the second row, walking over the closer ones to get to that top row.  It's possible that stockpiles are being treated the same, or something parallel.  If you have your custom piles draw from the generic ones, that might solve it, if after a wasted task to put the items in the generic stockpile the first time. But either way, bottom line is: if you want a custom stockpile with X in it, your generic stockpiles have to be tweaked to NOT accept X.--[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 16:50, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
 
::I think some of it may also be in the way dwarfs decide what to do where first.  In mining, they'll gravitate toward the top left every time.  Set up a huge stockpile, maybe 20x20, and they'll fill the top row from the left first, then go to the second row, walking over the closer ones to get to that top row.  It's possible that stockpiles are being treated the same, or something parallel.  If you have your custom piles draw from the generic ones, that might solve it, if after a wasted task to put the items in the generic stockpile the first time. But either way, bottom line is: if you want a custom stockpile with X in it, your generic stockpiles have to be tweaked to NOT accept X.--[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 16:50, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

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