0009667: Sieges cause nonexistent merchants to dump their items (shows on stocks screen, can't interact)

Notes
(0034941) jjl2357 (reporter) 2016-03-30 17:59	If it makes any difference, all the goblins were dead by the time the caravan was supposed to show up on the screen, judging from previous years.

(0035072) Abdulijubjub (reporter) 2016-05-03 01:06 edited on: 2016-05-03 01:15	I had the same happen to me (pile of red items that seem to be off the map, no more human caravans for 8 years now). However, I got a notification and it let me haul goods to the depot, until I eventually got a messages that they would be leaving soon, despite never entering the fortress with any units, then they "left". I don't remember if it was just after a siege though.

(0035076) zahlman (reporter) 2016-05-04 00:32	I've been seeing caravans just plain give up and leave these piles of red items with no apparent cause at all. The single wagon of a human caravan reached a slope, then seems to have more or less disappeared; it left an accessible pile on the outskirts of my fort plus another edge-of-the-map pile. The game generated the "traders will be leaving soon" and "traders have embarked on their journey" messages at the normal time intervals, even though the actual traders were long gone. The next season, a dwarf caravan started pathing to my depot, then while I was dealing with the outpost liaison, all the wagons spontaneously turned around and pathed back off the map, without attempting to unload at the depot. At first I thought this was a result of channelling a path for water too close to the map edge, or paving all around the map edge with 'paved road'; but it doesn't look like the wagons have any trouble negotiating my outer fort design (it's a 1x1 embark). This never seems to happen in the first year, so now I'm wondering if it's related to the bug where the first-year outpost liaison doesn't leave (bug 9303).

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2016-03-30 17:57	jjl2357	New Issue
2016-03-30 17:59	jjl2357	Note Added: 0034941
2016-05-03 00:42	Abdulijubjub	Issue Monitored: Abdulijubjub
2016-05-03 00:42	Abdulijubjub	Issue End Monitor: Abdulijubjub
2016-05-03 01:06	Abdulijubjub	Note Added: 0035072
2016-05-03 01:15	Abdulijubjub	Note Edited: 0035072	View Revisions
2016-05-04 00:32	zahlman	Note Added: 0035076
2016-05-16 16:42	Dwarfu	Note Added: 0035199
2016-05-16 16:44	Dwarfu	Summary	Sieges cause nonexistent merchants to dump their items and never come back => Sieges cause nonexistent merchants to dump their items (shows on stocks screen, can't interact)
2016-05-16 16:44	Dwarfu	Relationship added	has duplicate 0009756
2016-05-16 16:47	Dwarfu	Relationship deleted	has duplicate 0009756
2016-05-16 16:47	Dwarfu	Note Deleted: 0035199
2016-05-16 16:49	Dwarfu	Relationship added	duplicate of 0009594
2016-05-16 16:49	Dwarfu	Status	new => resolved
2016-05-16 16:49	Dwarfu	Resolution	open => duplicate
2016-05-16 16:49	Dwarfu	Assigned To	=> Dwarfu