0003375: Site finder wastes a lot of time searching through sites after it's found a match

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(0013220) smjjames (reporter) 2010-10-05 20:29 edited on: 2010-10-05 20:32	Its been like that for a very long time, it's just the way it works and Toady realizes that it's kind of inefficient. This is more of a suggestion than anything since the site finder doesn't just need a fix, it needs an overhaul. Given all the new features, its much easier to just go and scout out sites yourself.

(0013222) kwieland (reporter) 2010-10-06 06:13	Why would you even need the site finder anymore? Previously you might need it to find lava, HFS, caves, etc. Now, you're guarantied to have these things. Evil/savagery/etc are pretty easy to find visually using the map.

(0014203) Naros (reporter) 2010-11-25 03:16	Reason for continued existance of the site finder and why this should be closed --> "I've redistributed mineral, animals and plants. Metal isn't as easy to find, so I've added metal/soil to the site finder, allowed it to mark multiple hits (one per map square), allowed you to break out of it as it is chugging along" - Toady Kwieland, remember that DF has quite a few features that have little to no use right now, but would take effort to remove. And as they're the basis for planned future additions, it would be a waste of effort. Plus leaving them in potentially causes awesome bugs, which are both awesome, and can be fixed before said future additions get implemented.

(0014205) tatterdemalian (reporter) 2010-11-25 06:29	Would it be that hard for the site finder to dump an output file of all the matches it found, rather than just moving the site to the first one in the list, though? I would rather have a site finder that searched the entire world and returned a list of every match it could find, than one that stops the search at the first site.

(0014207) Footkerchief (manager) 2010-11-25 08:47	Good catch, Naros.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2010-10-05 18:21	Malibu Stacey	New Issue
2010-10-05 20:29	smjjames	Note Added: 0013220
2010-10-05 20:32	smjjames	Note Edited: 0013220	View Revisions
2010-10-06 04:29	Malibu Stacey	Tag Attached: embark
2010-10-06 04:29	Malibu Stacey	Tag Attached: Probable Quick Fix
2010-10-06 06:13	kwieland	Note Added: 0013222
2010-11-24 12:00	Footkerchief	Tag Detached: Probable Quick Fix
2010-11-25 03:13	Naros	Tag Attached: CLOSE THIS
2010-11-25 03:16	Naros	Note Added: 0014203
2010-11-25 03:17	Naros	Tag Attached: site finder
2010-11-25 06:29	tatterdemalian	Note Added: 0014205
2010-11-25 08:47	Footkerchief	Note Added: 0014207
2010-11-25 08:47	Footkerchief	Status	new => resolved
2010-11-25 08:47	Footkerchief	Fixed in Version	=> 0.31.19
2010-11-25 08:47	Footkerchief	Resolution	open => fixed
2010-11-25 08:47	Footkerchief	Assigned To	=> Footkerchief
2010-11-25 08:48	Footkerchief	Status	resolved => assigned
2010-11-25 08:48	Footkerchief	Assigned To	Footkerchief => Toady One
2010-11-25 08:48	Footkerchief	Status	assigned => resolved
2010-11-25 14:37	Logical2u	Tag Detached: CLOSE THIS

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