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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0005894Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Buildings, Machinespublic2012-05-15 15:54
ReporterQuietust Assigned ToToady One  
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status resolvedResolutionfixed 
Product Version0.34.08 
Fixed in Version0.34.09 
Summary0005894: Rollers sometimes keep working even when powered off
DescriptionI built a long west->east roller along a track that led straight to a series of upward ramps (which were too steep), and after a short while the cart would start rapidly swapping between the ramp tile and the roller tile. Even after I turned off the rollers, the cart would continue bouncing back and forth as if it were being powered.

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If I send a dwarf to walk over the oscillating cart, it quickly gets beaten to death; upon deconstructing the rollers, the cart finally stops moving and can be safely collected.
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Quietust

2012-05-15 10:18

reporter   ~0022529

I just tried again, and even if I place a new cart onto the unpowered rails (and ensure that there are no orders to move the cart), it still accelerates down the track on its own.

ag

2012-05-15 11:26

reporter   ~0022531

And IMHO, that amount of rollers should be capable of pushing the cart up that ramp: otherwise there is not much point in them really, because on level ground dwarves appear to push a cart with enough power it should be able to cross an average embark from side to side. If nothing else, maybe rollers placed directly on a ramp should push the cart up with constant minimum speed, so that at least it does go up.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2012-05-15 09:58 Quietust New Issue
2012-05-15 10:18 Quietust Note Added: 0022529
2012-05-15 11:26 ag Note Added: 0022531
2012-05-15 15:54 Toady One Status new => resolved
2012-05-15 15:54 Toady One Fixed in Version => Next Version
2012-05-15 15:54 Toady One Resolution open => fixed
2012-05-15 15:54 Toady One Assigned To => Toady One