From the Dwarves:FFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK OFF

[TimmyGudge]

thought this would lighten the mood

[Nepthan]

+ 1

[cgbnab]

thought this would lighten the mood

The one in the back is one the ground! It's a weak spot! Shoot! Shoot! SHOOT!

[ImpalerWrG]

What we really need is the ability to construct a DOOR with key underground, then we just mine a room with a 1 tile gap connecting it to the rest of the cave and install the door, bingo theirs your house dwarf house.

[Einlanser]

I don't see why a workaround isn't possible. The supports have a radius around them preventing a collapse so long as you mine in that particular area. I'm going to make a bit of a leap here, but it seems reasonable to assume that destroying the support doesn't immediately cause a cave in, so couldn't you use the supports to carve out the area you wished to inhabit, and then destroy them?

[DigDog]

Wishful thinking. Destroying a support causes a cave-in every time, no matter if there are other supports near or not.

[Maiden]

Also, you can't build houses in mined out tiles right now anyways...

You walk up to it and then nothing happens... no red text, no signpost...


Edit: Turns out, you just can't build right next to a mine support