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0001565Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Environmentpublic2010-06-09 06:46
ReporterThoranius Assigned Touser6 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionduplicate 
PlatformCustom Built PCOSWindows 7 HomeOS VersionPremium 64-bit
Product Version0.31.03 
Summary0001565: Dwarves walk over streams as if it were land.
DescriptionDwarves will walk over streams on a regular basis, with no risk of drowning, or even falling down into the bottom section of 7/7 depth water on the next level down on the Z axis, like they do when chasing monsters into your run-of-the-mill pond drowning incident. Also is a factor when attempting to place grate or floor tiles over the stream, they can be highlighted to be placed in the middle with no land connection without a problem.
Steps To ReproduceReproduced about 100 times in a single game going through my normal routine of flooring over the 5 edge tiles of the stream to prevent drowning, and grates over the rest of the stream in between, until I realized my dwarves were happily running over the stream like it was frozen over (which it wasn't, flow was showing normally in the graphics, and it was in the summer months on a warm rated map zone.)
Additional InformationNot really a gamebreaker detail of any degree, just unnerving to watch when your not expecting it, thinking your going to lose one of your few starting dwarves early on to an accidental drowning. But, at least now we can focus on preventing our dwarves from drowning in ponds of standing water after they foolishly fall in while chasing a gator, groundhog, cougar, any any other creature with a bit of swimming skill and common sense.
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duplicate of 0000963 closeduser6 Embark on a brook 

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EvilGrin

2010-04-26 20:46

reporter   ~0005263

Was this a Brook or a River? If this was a Brook, AFAIK, this is normal.

Logical2u

2010-04-26 20:48

manager   ~0005264

Not a bug.
Streams are designed to be "shallow" rivers. So Toady gave them a special tile that essentially is a walkable water tile.

Embark on a river though, and you have a whole different story!

Not a bug.

Duplicate of 0000963

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2010-04-26 20:34 Thoranius New Issue
2010-04-26 20:46 EvilGrin Note Added: 0005263
2010-04-26 20:48 Logical2u Note Added: 0005264
2010-04-26 20:51 user6 Relationship added duplicate of 0000963
2010-04-26 20:51 user6 Status new => resolved
2010-04-26 20:51 user6 Resolution open => duplicate
2010-04-26 20:51 user6 Assigned To => user6
2010-06-09 06:46 Toady One Status resolved => closed