0007055: AI doesn't use Climbing to stop falls

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0007055

Dwarf Fortress

Dwarf Mode -- Idle Behavior

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2014-07-11 07:33

2014-07-13 16:05

Reporter

HmH

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low

Severity

tweak

Reproducibility

always

Status

new

Resolution

open

Platform

.40.02

Windows 7

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Summary

0007055: AI doesn't use Climbing to stop falls

Description

AI-controlled creatures don't attempt to hold nearby walls the way adventurers can, which means that once they go into a fall, they won't use Climbing to save themselves. This is probably something that needs to be tweaked, as it contributes heavily to the lethality of falls in Dwarf Mode.

Steps To Reproduce

In Arena Mode:
Spawn a climbing- and learning-capable creature(a dwarf, for instance) with a high Climbing skill several Z-levels up in the air next to a wall.

The creature falls, even though its skills were more than sufficient to save itself.
After it hits the ground, no additional skill points in Climbing are gained. This indicates that the creature did not make any attempts, even failed ones, to hold nearby walls, as each attempt yields 10 points.

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