0000074: Zones not getting cleaned up after removal (persist after save/load too)

(0000111)
Greyhawk (reporter)
2010-04-01 22:43

To work around, I found setting it from 'rectangle' to 'Flow' or 'Floor Flow' then in the remove zone mode press SHIFT-X would clean it up properly.

(0000234)
Deadman DJ (reporter)
2010-04-02 11:02

I encountered this on XP Pro SP3. It seems that any kind of zone will work for this.

(0000660)
DoctorZuber (reporter)
2010-04-03 14:27
edited on: 2010-04-03 14:55

I see it too. it's still there in the (R) building list.

And apparently having walls placed on one or more of the old zone tiles prevents removal with your workaround too.... *sigh* guess I need to tear some walls down, again...

okay, well that didn't work. the murky pond had a tile I couldn't reach with flow removal, so I may be stuck with that zone.

I did discover an alternate workaround, if your zone still exists you can neatly remove it by selecting it and using shift x without needing to mess with flow select or anything.

(0002872)
Rafal99 (reporter)
2010-04-11 13:39

Just discovered this bug.
Now I have 8 'zombie' zones, that are still in rooms list. But cannot be selected or removed in any way... :/

(0003620)
smjjames (reporter)
2010-04-14 21:37

Still there in .03

(0005144)
EvilGrin (reporter)
2010-04-26 10:49
edited on: 2010-04-26 10:50

Also discovered this bug persists through a Fortress Abandon/Reclaim. So whatever is causing it is getting saved in the with the region data rather than the fortress save (!).

(0005317)
fake_robot (reporter)
2010-04-27 03:12

I am also getting the phantom fill pond jobs after zone deletion. Also, Greyhawk, you have to fill a pond from 1z above, so you'd have to have the area you want to muddy, then 1 z above it have a channeled hole where you would place the pond zone, this will allow your dorfs to throw water into the hole, they won't afaik just throw it onto a floor tile.

(0005388)
wonmean (reporter)
2010-04-27 13:46

I've found that if you deactivate your zone (in this case, a pond) by pressing 'a' before deleting, the job screen item no longer shows up.

I'm not sure about the Shift-R screen, however.

(0005764)
hyndis (reporter)
2010-04-30 12:59

You can also deactivate it by turning off the fill pond task. Without that task on the zone the job will instantly be canceled and the dwarf will haul the bucket back to the stockpile.

Once its deactivate you can remove the zone with no problems.

The issue seems to be that removing the zone does not automatically remove the task, and if you remove the zone without first removing the task it becomes impossible to ever remove the task because it can only be done via that zone which no longer exists.

(0006750)
immibis (reporter)
2010-05-15 23:50

The issue actually seems to be that 0-tile zones do not get deleted properly. If you press shift-x to delete the entire zone at once, the zone gets deleted immediately. If you remove all the tiles from the zone, it doesn't, and there's no way to delete it because it has no tiles to put the cursor on.

(0007765)
Toady One (administrator)
2010-06-06 00:44

This has been fixed for 0.31.06. You should delete zones with shift+X until then. Even trimming down zones can be problematic for hospital zones, so hold off on that until 0.31.06.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2010-04-01 19:07	Greyhawk	New Issue
2010-04-01 22:43	Greyhawk	Note Added: 0000111
2010-04-02 06:27	Todestool	Tag Attached: zone
2010-04-02 11:02	Deadman DJ	Note Added: 0000234
2010-04-02 20:29	Greyhawk	Issue Monitored: Greyhawk
2010-04-03 14:27	DoctorZuber	Note Added: 0000660
2010-04-03 14:29	DoctorZuber	Note Edited: 0000660	View Revisions
2010-04-03 14:55	DoctorZuber	Note Edited: 0000660	View Revisions
2010-04-07 05:39	Dame de la Licorne	Issue Monitored: Dame de la Licorne
2010-04-11 00:38	Footkerchief	Relationship added	parent of 0000679
2010-04-11 00:39	Footkerchief	Relationship added	parent of 0000154
2010-04-11 00:39	Footkerchief	Relationship added	parent of 0000971
2010-04-11 13:39	Rafal99	Note Added: 0002872
2010-04-14 21:37	smjjames	Note Added: 0003620
2010-04-15 17:49	Footkerchief	Relationship deleted	parent of 0000679
2010-04-15 17:49	Footkerchief	Relationship added	parent of 0000679
2010-04-15 17:50	Footkerchief	Relationship deleted	parent of 0000971
2010-04-15 17:52	Footkerchief	Relationship replaced	has duplicate 0000679
2010-04-15 17:52	Footkerchief	Relationship added	has duplicate 0000971
2010-04-15 17:52	Footkerchief	Relationship added	has duplicate 0001213
2010-04-16 09:14	Jinalealia	Issue Monitored: Jinalealia
2010-04-26 10:49	EvilGrin	Note Added: 0005144
2010-04-26 10:50	EvilGrin	Note Edited: 0005144	View Revisions
2010-04-26 19:11	Footkerchief	Relationship added	related to 0001173
2010-04-26 19:16	Footkerchief	Relationship added	parent of 0001554
2010-04-26 20:04	Footkerchief	Sticky Issue	No => Yes
2010-04-27 03:12	fake_robot	Note Added: 0005317
2010-04-27 13:46	wonmean	Note Added: 0005388
2010-04-28 14:03	Footkerchief	Category	General => Dwarf Mode -- Jobs, Activity Zones
2010-04-30 06:15	Logical2u	Relationship added	parent of 0001652
2010-04-30 12:59	hyndis	Note Added: 0005764
2010-05-05 00:17	Footkerchief	Relationship added	related to 0001735
2010-05-11 17:18	EvilGrin	Issue Monitored: EvilGrin
2010-05-15 23:50	immibis	Note Added: 0006750
2010-06-06 00:35	Toady One	Relationship replaced	related to 0000154
2010-06-06 00:43	Toady One	Relationship replaced	related to 0001554
2010-06-06 00:44	Toady One	Note Added: 0007765
2010-06-06 00:44	Toady One	Status	new => resolved
2010-06-06 00:44	Toady One	Fixed in Version	=> 0.31.06
2010-06-06 00:44	Toady One	Resolution	open => fixed
2010-06-06 00:44	Toady One	Assigned To	=> Toady One
2010-06-06 05:06	Dame de la Licorne	Issue End Monitor: Dame de la Licorne
2010-06-06 06:55	Logical2u	Relationship added	has duplicate 0002182
2010-06-06 09:37	Footkerchief	Sticky Issue	Yes => No
2010-06-06 09:49	Greyhawk	Issue End Monitor: Greyhawk
2010-06-09 06:45	Toady One	Status	resolved => closed
2010-06-09 07:56	Footkerchief	Status	closed => resolved
2010-06-11 12:07	Jinalealia	Issue End Monitor: Jinalealia
2010-08-27 00:41	Dwarfu	Relationship added	has duplicate 0000932

Notes
(0000111) Greyhawk (reporter) 2010-04-01 22:43	To work around, I found setting it from 'rectangle' to 'Flow' or 'Floor Flow' then in the remove zone mode press SHIFT-X would clean it up properly.

(0000234) Deadman DJ (reporter) 2010-04-02 11:02	I encountered this on XP Pro SP3. It seems that any kind of zone will work for this.

(0000660) DoctorZuber (reporter) 2010-04-03 14:27 edited on: 2010-04-03 14:55	I see it too. it's still there in the (R) building list. And apparently having walls placed on one or more of the old zone tiles prevents removal with your workaround too.... sigh guess I need to tear some walls down, again... okay, well that didn't work. the murky pond had a tile I couldn't reach with flow removal, so I may be stuck with that zone. I did discover an alternate workaround, if your zone still exists you can neatly remove it by selecting it and using shift x without needing to mess with flow select or anything.

(0002872) Rafal99 (reporter) 2010-04-11 13:39	Just discovered this bug. Now I have 8 'zombie' zones, that are still in rooms list. But cannot be selected or removed in any way... :/

(0003620) smjjames (reporter) 2010-04-14 21:37	Still there in .03

(0005144) EvilGrin (reporter) 2010-04-26 10:49 edited on: 2010-04-26 10:50	Also discovered this bug persists through a Fortress Abandon/Reclaim. So whatever is causing it is getting saved in the with the region data rather than the fortress save (!).

(0005317) fake_robot (reporter) 2010-04-27 03:12	I am also getting the phantom fill pond jobs after zone deletion. Also, Greyhawk, you have to fill a pond from 1z above, so you'd have to have the area you want to muddy, then 1 z above it have a channeled hole where you would place the pond zone, this will allow your dorfs to throw water into the hole, they won't afaik just throw it onto a floor tile.

(0005388) wonmean (reporter) 2010-04-27 13:46	I've found that if you deactivate your zone (in this case, a pond) by pressing 'a' before deleting, the job screen item no longer shows up. I'm not sure about the Shift-R screen, however.

(0005764) hyndis (reporter) 2010-04-30 12:59	You can also deactivate it by turning off the fill pond task. Without that task on the zone the job will instantly be canceled and the dwarf will haul the bucket back to the stockpile. Once its deactivate you can remove the zone with no problems. The issue seems to be that removing the zone does not automatically remove the task, and if you remove the zone without first removing the task it becomes impossible to ever remove the task because it can only be done via that zone which no longer exists.

(0006750) immibis (reporter) 2010-05-15 23:50	The issue actually seems to be that 0-tile zones do not get deleted properly. If you press shift-x to delete the entire zone at once, the zone gets deleted immediately. If you remove all the tiles from the zone, it doesn't, and there's no way to delete it because it has no tiles to put the cursor on.

(0007765) Toady One (administrator) 2010-06-06 00:44	This has been fixed for 0.31.06. You should delete zones with shift+X until then. Even trimming down zones can be problematic for hospital zones, so hold off on that until 0.31.06.