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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0000178Dwarf FortressAdventure Mode -- Stealthpublic2014-07-15 07:36
ReporterPencilinHand Assigned ToToady One  
PrioritylowSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status resolvedResolutionfixed 
PlatformFuijitsu Lifebook T4220OSWindows XP Tablet Edition 2005OS VersionSP3
Fixed in Version0.40.01 
Summary0000178: Megabeasts and other creatures ignore sneaking....
DescriptionWhile sneaking Megabeasts seem to always be able to see you. The same applies with creatures that you encounter on the travel screen. Even if you get away from them and start sneaking they always still see you. NOTE: This is not the same as always being discovered or spotted.
Steps To ReproduceHide from a Megabeast or the creature(s) in a random travel encounter and they will still path to and fight you. But hiding and sneaking seems to work correctly on other native populations in both cases.
Additional InformationI have tested this from novice to master ambusher and it always reproduces. This might be a new feature but it is still showing my adventurer as sneaking successfully even though the enemies are pathing to and fighting him in out of the way places.
Tagsambush, Fixed in 0.40.01?, megabeast, Sneak

Relationships

related to 0001203 resolvedToady One might tame animals prematurely detect ambushers in some cases? 
parent of 0002914 resolveduser6 Sometimes attacking creatures while sneaking will not break you out of sneak mode 
related to 0000975 new Animals steal items from stealthed invaders 

Activities

BMacZero

2010-04-05 15:33

reporter   ~0001238

It appears the enemy still cannot "see" you, as I was able to [t]ravel away even though the bronze collosus I was fighting was only a few tiles away.

PencilinHand

2010-04-05 17:30

reporter   ~0001264

It is my expectation that I should be "discovered" before an enemy starts to attack me. This did not seem to be the case. Furthermore, on occasion, I have found it possible to continue sneaking long after I have started engaging something.

user6

2010-04-13 14:17

  ~0003326

Last edited: 2010-04-13 14:22

In my experience, this isn't specific to megabeasts or ambushes or anything -- anyone's who's targeting/chasing you when you start sneaking never actually loses sight of you. And ranged weapon users shoot at you while you're sneaking even if they never saw you not-sneaking.

PencilinHand

2010-04-13 21:37

reporter   ~0003396

Last edited: 2010-04-13 21:41

It is my experience that megabeasts often target you and come after you even if you are sneaking long before you draw close to them. They pursue without having ever spotted my adventurers. Some of the behavior I have seen may very well be game play changes but I don't think everything is kosher as they say.

user6

2010-04-15 11:42

  ~0003732

Last edited: 2010-04-15 11:42

Oh yeah, I didn't mean that what I described is intended behavior. Sneaking definitely has some bugs.

user6

2014-01-27 13:03

  ~0024403

Possibly fixed in the upcoming release due to the sneaking rewrite.

thvaz

2014-07-12 09:35

reporter   ~0025985

Just tried this on a mountain titan, and he couldn't see me until I exposed myself, so I think it was fixed. Maybe you want to try more tests.

UristDaVinci

2014-07-13 13:06

reporter   ~0026195

FYI for people testing in 0.40.xx, note that some creatures (night creatures in particular) have blood-vision and can detect you through walls.

user6

2014-07-15 07:36

  ~0026468

Please PM me on the forums if this bug isn't actually fixed.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2010-04-02 14:12 PencilinHand New Issue
2010-04-05 15:33 BMacZero Note Added: 0001238
2010-04-05 17:30 PencilinHand Note Added: 0001264
2010-04-13 14:17 user6 Note Added: 0003326
2010-04-13 14:22 user6 Note Edited: 0003326
2010-04-13 21:37 PencilinHand Note Added: 0003396
2010-04-13 21:41 PencilinHand Note Edited: 0003396
2010-04-15 11:40 user6 Relationship added parent of 0001203
2010-04-15 11:40 user6 Category General => Adventure Mode -- Stealth
2010-04-15 11:42 user6 Note Added: 0003732
2010-04-15 11:42 user6 Note Edited: 0003732
2010-04-15 16:47 Lac Tag Attached: megabeast
2010-04-15 16:47 Lac Tag Attached: ambush
2010-04-15 16:47 Lac Tag Attached: Sneak
2010-08-01 13:17 user6 Relationship added parent of 0002914
2011-08-02 11:15 user6 Relationship added related to 0000975
2014-01-27 13:03 user6 Tag Attached: Fixed in 0.34.12?
2014-01-27 13:03 user6 Note Added: 0024403
2014-07-07 22:23 user6 Tag Renamed Fixed in 0.34.12? => Fixed in 0.40.01?
2014-07-09 19:38 user6 Relationship added related to 0006810
2014-07-12 09:35 thvaz Note Added: 0025985
2014-07-13 13:06 UristDaVinci Note Added: 0026195
2014-07-15 07:33 user6 Relationship replaced related to 0001203
2014-07-15 07:33 user6 Relationship deleted related to 0006810
2014-07-15 07:36 user6 Note Added: 0026468
2014-07-15 07:36 user6 Status new => resolved
2014-07-15 07:36 user6 Fixed in Version => 0.40.01
2014-07-15 07:36 user6 Resolution open => fixed
2014-07-15 07:36 user6 Assigned To => Toady One