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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0000891Dwarf FortressPathfindingpublic2014-01-27 13:19
ReporterSirPenguin Assigned Touser6 
PrioritynormalSeveritymajorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status resolvedResolutionunable to reproduce 
Product Version0.31.01 
Summary0000891: New HFS pathing troubles; ends up in a pathing "freeze"
DescriptionThis post will contain necessary spoilers.



I recently breached "hell" and had a whole slew of demons fly up to kill me and my fort. That was cool and all...until I had only two dwarves left. Every demon decided to path towards a sleeping dwarf. They were forced down a single tile wide hallway, and it seemed that all but 2 of the demons ended up "stuck" in the hallway, as if they were all waiting for the other to move out of the way.

The dwarf eventually died, but the demons remaiend stuck in the hallway despite another dwarf living in a different part of the fort. The demons are still stuck.

After observing them it appears that they're stuck in some sort of "making room" loop. After room is made (you can see a demon dart into a doorway for a split second), it seems that same demon then moves into a spot that is freed. As such they're stuck forever.

Saving and reloading did NOT fix this problem
Additional InformationThere is absolutely nothing preventing their pathing to the last dwarf in the fort. Indeed, several dead dwarves are on the same level as him.

I suspect it has to do with their flier tag?

Save - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=U0ZZXYHW
TagsHFS, pathfinding

Relationships

parent of 0000628 resolveduser11 Crash while under attack by HFS 
related to 0001340 new Walling off HFS kills FPS 

Activities

SirPenguin

2010-04-12 21:27

reporter   ~0003200

Problem still occurs in .03, which is a shame. I was hoping to have a proper end to that fort :(

user6

2010-04-19 13:38

  ~0004263

Last edited: 2010-04-19 13:38

This may be related to an old bug:

# 000812 □ [pathfinding] (http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=6793.0) dwarves can get stuck in a looping pattern trying to avoid each other

user6

2014-01-27 13:19

  ~0024405

Save is no longer available. If you have a save that demonstrates this problem in the latest version, please upload it to http://dffd.wimbli.com/ and reopen this report (or PM me on the forums).

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2010-04-09 12:46 SirPenguin New Issue
2010-04-12 21:27 SirPenguin Note Added: 0003200
2010-04-12 21:27 SirPenguin Tag Attached: pathfinding
2010-04-12 21:27 SirPenguin Tag Attached: HFS
2010-04-19 13:38 user6 Note Added: 0004263
2010-04-19 13:38 user6 Note Edited: 0004263
2010-04-19 13:40 user6 Relationship added related to 0001340
2011-03-13 06:28 user11 Relationship added parent of 0000628
2014-01-27 13:19 user6 Note Added: 0024405
2014-01-27 13:19 user6 Status new => resolved
2014-01-27 13:19 user6 Resolution open => unable to reproduce
2014-01-27 13:19 user6 Assigned To => user6