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0005997Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Jobs, Eating/Drinkingpublic2012-06-09 03:472012-06-10 13:41
Reporterun_def 
Assigned To 
PriorityhighSeveritymajorReproducibilityhave not tried
StatusnewResolutionopen 
PlatformPCOSWindowsOS Version7
Product Version0.34.10 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0005997: Dwarves, pathfinding issue when eating? Walking constantly back and forth in a "V' shape.
DescriptionI reclaimed my last fortress (after nobles were broken), and began to build up. After several years in-game, I noticed some strange behaviour in a few of my dwarves. Some of them will randomly pick up food, or a bin of food, take it outside the fortress to the far northwest corner, and set it down. Then, they start to walk in a V pattern, with the vertex of the v centered close to the food. They will do this until they starve to death, but after some time they occasionally figure it out and head back and eat some different food, and get back to work. I've seen as many as 12 dwarves at one time exhibiting this behaviour. I tried restricting their movements with burrows, pathway restrictions, but nothing worked.
Steps To ReproduceNo idea, sorry!
Additional InformationI uploaded the save file with the problem described - the dwarves are currently in the northwest corner, at ground level.

DFFD save file

http://dffd.wimbli.com/download.php?id=6460&f=region1.zip [^]
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Relationships
related to 0005937resolved Toady One Hauler with bin wanders in circles 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2012-06-09 03:47un_defNew Issue
2012-06-09 05:55QuietustNote Added: 0022932
2012-06-09 10:43FootkerchiefNote Added: 0022936
2012-06-09 10:43FootkerchiefTag Attached: AWAITING UPDATE
2012-06-09 16:00un_defNote Added: 0022937
2012-06-10 13:41FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0005937
2012-06-10 13:41FootkerchiefTag Detached: AWAITING UPDATE

Notes
(0022932)
Quietust   
2012-06-09 05:55   
This sounds similar to 0005937
(0022936)
Footkerchief   
2012-06-09 10:43   
Reminder sent to: un_def

Does your save reproduce the problem in the newest version, 0.34.11?
(0022937)
un_def   
2012-06-09 16:00   
Yes, it does. It appears any dwarf who is sent to that area of the map because at least reasonably stuck for some time, as well. That is, I sent haulers to try and take the food out, and they were stuck, I set miners to try and dig a new, easier path to the region, and they were stuck as well.