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0008738Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Invasionspublic2018-10-17 15:31
ReporterButton Assigned Touser6 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status assignedResolutionopen 
Product Version0.40.23 
Summary0008738: Separated enemy squad stalls out
DescriptionIf a squad of invaders is separated from each other and have no path to each other, they just stand around until they eventually leave.
Steps To Reproduce1. Create bridge-a-pult on a river
2. Bridge-a-pult part of a siege squad to the opposite side of the river
3. Watch
Additional InformationRelated to 0001598
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related to 0001598 resolvedToady One Enemy squads will never abandon their caged leader 

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user6

2015-01-13 14:31

  ~0031924

Last edited: 2015-01-13 14:38

Does "separated from each other" mean "separated from the leader", or does separating a non-leader still cause the leader to stand around?

Possibly a simpler way to put it: does the leader ever stand around?

Button

2015-01-14 14:09

reporter   ~0031929

I'm pretty sure that separating anyone causes everyone to stand around, but it's possible that, by chance, every time I've separated someone it's been the leader.

taleden

2018-10-17 15:31

reporter   ~0038876

I just encountered this issue as well, when using a retracting bridge to drop invaders into a drowning pit trap. Whenever a squad leader fell in and became separated from their squad, the others behind them stopped dead and wouldn't budge; because the leader was neither dead nor caged but simply inaccessible, no new leader as assigned.

So I wrote a DFHack script to detect invaders whose group leader was unreachable and promote one of them to be a new group leader for the others. After running that, the stalled and idle invaders picked right up again pathing into the fort behind their newly nominated leaders.

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Date Modified Username Field Change
2015-01-13 11:47 Button New Issue
2015-01-13 11:47 Button Tag Attached: Save Included
2015-01-13 11:47 Button Tag Attached: Save Needs Testing
2015-01-13 14:31 user6 Note Added: 0031924
2015-01-13 14:31 user6 Assigned To => user6
2015-01-13 14:31 user6 Status new => feedback
2015-01-13 14:38 user6 Note Edited: 0031924
2015-01-14 14:09 Button Note Added: 0031929
2015-01-14 14:09 Button Status feedback => assigned
2015-01-14 14:42 user6 Relationship added related to 0001598
2018-10-17 15:31 taleden Note Added: 0038876