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0011418Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Non-dwarf Citizenspublic2020-02-25 18:062020-02-26 18:35
Reportermrmagolor 
Assigned ToLoci 
PrioritylowSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
StatusacknowledgedResolutionopen 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product Version0.47.02 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0011418: Endless pathing errors attempting to eat inaccessible food
DescriptionIf you have monster slayers in your fort, they will constantly cancel their task due to being "unable to find path".

errorlog.txt looks something like follows:

path fail: dwarf,Eat,177,6,169 -> 14,158,84: Id 0002573:Path Goal Start Eat Job:Station Mill Building at 176,8,169

...times like a million

Steps To Reproduce1. Have a monster slayer visit
2. Allow them residency
3. Have them go into the caverns and eventually get hungry
4. Ye olde message spam
Additional InformationCuriously, thus far this only seems to apply to the "eat" job...

This fort was also a reclamation - I did not have this issue when i first played this fort before abandoning it.

My conclusion is that they're trying to path to food in undiscovered area.
TagsNo tags attached.
Relationships
related to 0002869confirmed Dwarfu Massive "item inaccessible"/"could not find path" spam results from hauling jobs targeting unrevealed items 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2020-02-25 18:06mrmagolorNew Issue
2020-02-25 18:13mrmagolorNote Added: 0040207
2020-02-25 19:56TalvienoNote Added: 0040208
2020-02-26 14:40mrmagolorNote Added: 0040212
2020-02-26 18:32LociNote Added: 0040218
2020-02-26 18:34LociAssigned To => Loci
2020-02-26 18:34LociPriorityhigh => low
2020-02-26 18:34LociSeveritymajor => minor
2020-02-26 18:34LociStatusnew => acknowledged
2020-02-26 18:34LociSummaryMonster slayers have endless pathing errors => Endless pathing errors attempting to eat inaccessible food
2020-02-26 18:35LociRelationship addedrelated to 0002869

Notes
(0040207)
mrmagolor   
2020-02-25 18:13   
EDIT: Strangely enough, one of my marksdwarves is in the tavern, which has food contained within it, thus further confounding this mystery (unless dwarves don't take proximity into account for eating/drinking)
(0040208)
Talvieno   
2020-02-25 19:56   
Is a save available, perchance?
(0040212)
mrmagolor   
2020-02-26 14:40   
Sadly, I already expelled the affected mercenaries, and didn't think of making a save at the time.
(0040218)
Loci   
2020-02-26 18:32   
It's likely they were specifically targeting a preferred food that is only available somewhere inaccessible. The game doesn't exclude unrevealed tiles when creating jobs, but does exclude them when pathing to perform the jobs (0002869). You can "bulk forbid" over the unrevealed areas to make unrevealed objects unavailable.