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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0007929Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Idle Behaviorpublic2014-08-11 11:16
ReporterTimestamp Assigned Touser6 
PriorityhighSeverityminorReproducibilitysometimes
Status assignedResolutionopen 
PlatformWindowsOSWindows 7OS VersionWin7UltimateSP1
Product Version0.40.06 
Summary0007929: Dwarves Randomly Idling
DescriptionMy dwarves are randoly idling. I embarked, built a few things (from craftsdwarfs wkshop, carpenters wkshop, masons wkshop) and when I found zinc in the ground and burnt 3 charcoal and dug a channel, designated it as a pond to have my dwarves fill the hole with water - my dwarves started not taking on new jobs. They weren't eating, sleeping or on break - they just said 'No Job' and stood in the meeting area without taking on new jobs.

I had a carpenter not building walls, a metalsmith not making cages and a farmer not harvesting his plump helmets.

I restarted my game and they all took on their jobs.

This was very strange.
Steps To Reproduce...designate a pond and have the job finish?
Additional InformationI embarked underneath a tree in its roots and had to make the square/root my miner was standing on/in to be mined out and the miner to dig a stairwell back up to the surface and then channel out on and around the caravan to free my dwarves.
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edmus

2014-08-10 03:32

reporter   ~0028704

Are you sure hey have their labours enabled?

user6

2014-08-10 07:29

  ~0028710

My guess is that either 1) the channels cut off the area or 2) they're stuck in a burrow. If neither of those explains it, please upload a save to http://dffd.wimbli.com/ and post the link here.

Timestamp

2014-08-10 19:10

reporter   ~0028771

None of those do. Also, sorry it's named region1, haha.
http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=9351
@edmus: Yeah, and they picked up their jobs right after I restarted the game.

user6

2014-08-10 19:41

  ~0028774

Okay, so the save won't demonstrate the problem?

Timestamp

2014-08-10 21:54

reporter   ~0028778

I believe not

user6

2014-08-11 05:49

  ~0028788

Okay -- if you do manage to get a save that demonstrates the problem, please upload that one.

Loci

2014-08-11 11:16

viewer   ~0028814

There is often a delay before some types of jobs are assigned. How long did you wait?

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Date Modified Username Field Change
2014-08-10 03:14 Timestamp New Issue
2014-08-10 03:32 edmus Note Added: 0028704
2014-08-10 07:29 user6 Note Added: 0028710
2014-08-10 07:29 user6 Assigned To => user6
2014-08-10 07:29 user6 Status new => feedback
2014-08-10 19:10 Timestamp Note Added: 0028771
2014-08-10 19:10 Timestamp Status feedback => assigned
2014-08-10 19:41 user6 Note Added: 0028774
2014-08-10 21:54 Timestamp Note Added: 0028778
2014-08-11 05:49 user6 Note Added: 0028788
2014-08-11 11:16 Loci Note Added: 0028814