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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0006819Dwarf FortressPathfindingpublic2014-07-09 06:192015-01-06 08:49
ReporterVenusThorn 
Assigned ToFootkerchief 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
StatusconfirmedResolutionopen 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product Version0.40.01 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0006819: Caravan wagons try to path through 7/7 water
DescriptionI dug a 2-square wide moat around my fortress, and filled it with water. When the autaum caravan arrived, instead of going around the moat and over the bridge i built, as it would in earlier versions, it would go straight through the moat. On the way out, the wagons attempted to pass through the moat again, but got stuck just after entering it. They sat there for a while, until finally they repathfounded and went towards the bridge, but took a sharp turn and got stuck in the moat again. After which I just raised the bridge with them stuck on top, gobbling up all the candy inside of the dwarven piñatas..
Steps To ReproduceBuild a 2-square wide/1-square deep moat around a trade depot, with or without a lowered bridge. Fill with water, and wait for the caravan.
Additional InformationCaravan guards and and the smaller donkey-caravans (I don't know what they are officially called) seem to go straight through the water as well, whether they had the swimming skill or not was unknown.
On a side note, while the wagons were stuck on the bridge, the guards just sat in the moat, until a Weredeer lay seige to the fortress, approaching the guards sitting in the moat. An epic battle ensued underwater.
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Relationships
related to 0006903resolved Toady One Fleeing dwarves ignore dangerous terrain 
has duplicate 0007082resolved Footkerchief Traders being suicidical 
has duplicate 0007987resolved Footkerchief Traders try to ford the river, then go insane. 
related to 0008074assigned Footkerchief Submerged dwarves refuse to escape water 
related to 0008146new  Retreating siege jumps into lake 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2014-07-09 06:19VenusThornNew Issue
2014-07-11 20:32FootkerchiefRelationship addedhas duplicate 0007082
2014-07-15 09:26AxDeathNote Added: 0026486
2014-07-15 09:57TalvienoNote Added: 0026493
2014-08-13 05:24FootkerchiefRelationship addedhas duplicate 0007987
2014-08-13 05:24FootkerchiefSummaryCaravan Wagons don't avoid 7/7 water => Caravan wagons try to path through 7/7 water
2014-08-13 10:26musicmastermshNote Added: 0028952
2014-08-13 10:26musicmastermshNote Edited: 0028952bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0028952#r11107
2014-08-13 10:38musicmastermshNote Edited: 0028952bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0028952#r11108
2014-08-13 12:21FootkerchiefNote Added: 0028969
2014-08-18 11:42musicmastermshNote Added: 0029241
2014-08-18 11:59FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0006903
2014-08-18 12:01TalvienoNote Added: 0029250
2014-08-19 06:42FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0008074
2014-08-24 19:14FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0008146
2015-01-06 08:49FootkerchiefAssigned To => Footkerchief
2015-01-06 08:49FootkerchiefStatusnew => confirmed

Notes
(0026486)
AxDeath   
2014-07-15 09:26   
I think this is related to 0006903, mildly scared dwarves constantly leap to their deaths.
(0026493)
Talvieno   
2014-07-15 09:57   
I can second that this occurs. I dug a moat too.
(0028952)
musicmastermsh   
2014-08-13 10:26   
(edited on: 2014-08-13 10:38)
40.08

What I've seen of this is wagons behaving normally (or they're just blocked by trees, who knows) while the mule or donkeyback portions of the caravan go for a swim. In a natural river next to a bridge, in my case, but this seems to be the same thing.

Outpost liason exhibits the same behavior.
(0028969)
Footkerchief   
2014-08-13 12:21   
Please upload a save that demonstrates the problem to http://dffd.wimbli.com/ [^] and post the link here.
(0029241)
musicmastermsh   
2014-08-18 11:42   
I had a savepoint right before a liason went for a swim - upon closer inspection, he was running in fear from a vulture flying overhead when he jumped into the water. A second time around from that same save, he pathed differently and avoided the river. The same vulture then scared him all over the map for about five minutes (several separate sequential cases of losing his mind and running, then regaining control and trying to path off the map) before he finally made it to the edge of the map.
(0029250)
Talvieno   
2014-08-18 12:01   
On my save there was no running in fear, they simply pathed directly through the water. It's fairly easy to replicate and I may do it later - you just don't give the caravan an alternate path. In my save the moat was only a single tile across, and that may be part of it.