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0005676Dwarf FortressPathfindingpublic2012-03-18 07:412014-07-16 08:10
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PrioritynormalSeveritymajorReproducibilityalways
StatusnewResolutionopen 
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Product Version0.34.05 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0005676: Dwarves Fail to Respect Burrows When Fleeing Enemy
DescriptionThis only became apparent when I used an alert burrow to prevent Dwarves from walking into a region with Abhorent Muck rainfall. A Nightwing attacked, and everyone scattered in all directions, ignoring the burrow restriction completely. Presumably the walls belowground have prevented this behavior from being observed before now.

This reminds me of the Invisible Fence someone once sold us to keep our dogs in the yard. After we bought it, it turned out that it only really works if you have a real fence to slow them down if they attempt to jump or tunnel. Otherwise they pass over the wire too quickly for the shock collar to make any impact on their behavior.
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TagsIntentional/Expected?
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related to 0001145resolved Toady One Dwarves will only flee in one direction. 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2012-03-18 07:41slinkNew Issue
2012-03-18 17:54NW_KohakuNote Added: 0021569
2012-03-18 18:32slinkNote Added: 0021571
2012-03-19 06:29FootkerchiefTag Attached: Intentional/Expected?
2012-03-19 08:07TeddyNote Added: 0021600
2014-07-16 08:10FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0001145
2018-04-16 18:28HuntthetrollIssue Monitored: Huntthetroll

Notes
(0021569)
NW_Kohaku   
2012-03-18 17:54   
Burrows don't restrict pathing, they only restrict the areas they will look at when deciding what jobs to perform or what to path to. (And military matters override this.) If you have a burrow that only includes a dwarf's room, dining hall, food stockpile, and workspace, with none of the hallways in between, they will still path through the areas outside their burrow in order to get there. Wiki: http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Burrow [^]

While having some sort of restrict-pathfinding-to-this-area thing would be nice, that is not an intended feature of the current system.
(0021571)
slink   
2012-03-18 18:32   
If civilians will leave the Alert burrow at will, it isn't much use. I am not talking about walking over a doorsill between adjoining portions of the burrow. I am talking about running completely out of it and over the horizon, during a lockdown.
(0021600)
Teddy   
2012-03-19 08:07   
I've had numerous dwarves die a painful death at the hands of ambushers and invaders because they run straight past my fort enterance when fleeing, even though my alert restrict all civilians to a burrow inside the fort. I can understand that civilians flee out of burrows when they're threatened by enemies inside it and there's no other way, but they should try to run toward their burrows if they get the chance.