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0000871Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Tradepublic2010-04-09 05:152014-05-01 08:35
Reporterflertallsformer 
Assigned To 
PrioritylowSeverityminorReproducibilitysometimes
StatusnewResolutionopen 
PlatformPCOSWindowsOS VersionVista
Product Version0.31.01 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0000871: Traders/merchants go crazy (berserk/insane/melancholy) if trade depot doesn't exist when they arrive
DescriptionI didn't have a Depot ready for when the traders came, although i did build one when i got the message.
After standing at the map edge for close to a season, the trader went berserk, and was killed by his own escort.
Steps To ReproduceWait for traders, build depot after traders have arrived.

Only tried this on one fortress.
Additional Informationpossibly related to ticket 466 ?
TagsAI, depot, pathfinding, traders
Relationships
related to 0000466confirmed lethosor Multiple trade depots cause the merchants/traders to behave oddly 
related to 0003259new  Loyalty cascade after ordering squad to attack were-citizens, merchants/traders, guards, or liaison 
has duplicate 0001508resolved Footkerchief Traders go crazy if no Depot is available 
has duplicate 0003494resolved Footkerchief Trader refuses to leave when no trade depot is ever built 
has duplicate 0005191resolved Footkerchief If merchants arrive and no trade depot is built for them, they go crazy instead of leaving 
has duplicate 0003526resolved Logical2u Trader Mental Illness 
related to 0002895new  Caravan guards hang around as "Friendly" after the merchants leave 
related to 0005534resolved Footkerchief Traders stop leaving the map 
related to 0006478acknowledged Footkerchief Merchants sometimes refuse to leave map when they cannot reach depot initially. 
related to 0006625confirmed Footkerchief Merchants climb up tree and go insane 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2010-04-09 05:15flertallsformerNew Issue
2010-04-09 06:20JimmyTag Attached: AI
2010-04-09 06:20JimmyTag Attached: depot
2010-04-09 06:20JimmyTag Attached: pathfinding
2010-04-09 06:20JimmyTag Attached: traders
2010-04-25 10:33FootkerchiefRelationship addedparent of 0001508
2011-04-01 13:10FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0000466
2012-02-26 07:50FootkerchiefNote Added: 0020731
2012-02-26 07:50FootkerchiefRelationship replacedhas duplicate 0001508
2012-02-26 07:51FootkerchiefRelationship addedhas duplicate 0003494
2012-02-26 07:51FootkerchiefRelationship addedhas duplicate 0005191
2012-02-26 07:52FootkerchiefRelationship addedhas duplicate 0003526
2012-02-26 07:52FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0003259
2012-02-26 07:54XotanoNote Added: 0020732
2012-02-26 07:55FootkerchiefSummaryMerchant goes Berserk => Traders/merchants go crazy (berserk/insane/melancholy) if trade depot doesn't exist when they arrive
2012-02-26 08:14FootkerchiefNote Edited: 0020731bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0020731#r7720
2012-02-26 10:20FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0002895
2012-02-26 13:25CespinarveNote Added: 0020760
2012-02-26 14:12FootkerchiefNote Added: 0020763
2012-03-08 19:37FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0005534
2012-05-03 11:23nshapterNote Added: 0022423
2013-03-03 23:58DwarfuNote Added: 0023868
2013-03-03 23:58DwarfuTag Attached: AWAITING UPDATE
2013-03-08 17:29DwarfuTag Detached: AWAITING UPDATE
2013-03-08 17:30DwarfuNote Added: 0023903
2014-05-01 08:35QuietustNote Added: 0024744
2014-07-01 21:03FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0006478
2014-07-08 08:39FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0006625

Notes
(0020731)
Footkerchief   
2012-02-26 07:50   
(edited on: 2012-02-26 08:14)
Turns out this one has racked up a lot of stealth duplicates over the years.

Saves:
0005191, Cespinarve: http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=5550 [^]
(0020732)
Xotano   
2012-02-26 07:54   
traders will go crazy if you trap them in the depot, but that is intended. after the depot finished building he should have went to it, that or he should have just not shown up as you didn't have a depot.
(0020760)
Cespinarve   
2012-02-26 13:25   
I had no Depot, never built one. He still went nuts. Really wanted my trade, I guess.
(0020763)
Footkerchief   
2012-02-26 14:12   
From what I can tell in the other reports, if the traders arrive while a depot doesn't exist, it doesn't matter whether you subsequently build one or not.
(0022423)
nshapter   
2012-05-03 11:23   
This happens in 34.07 vanilla as well.
(0023868)
Dwarfu   
2013-03-03 23:58   
Has anyone seen this happen in versions 34.08 and above?
(0023903)
Dwarfu   
2013-03-08 17:30   
Nevermind, I just had it happen in 34.11. A couple of the merchants left, but one remained, both the merchant and the horse went mad. No depot existed when they arrived, and I didn't subsequently build one.
(0024744)
Quietust   
2014-05-01 08:35   
If I recall correctly, this was a problem in version 0.28.181.40d as well - in fact, there's an account of it happening in the SomethingAwful succession fortress "Headshoots" (an Elven caravan arrives in Update 62, and in Update 65 they all went insane).