0007305: Caravan arrives dead. - Dwarf Fortress Bug Tracker

(0026406)
Footkerchief (manager)
2014-07-14 18:55

Wait, when it zoomed to the corpses, was that a caravan announcement or a siege announcement?

(0026412)
Blotterwize (reporter)
2014-07-14 20:43

It was a siege announcement. Although it appears as though the two events are mixed up. And I am still in siege mode some hours later, there never was a siege. And strangely, the dead caravan/siege is very slowly moving along the edge of the map. I say this because their position on the ground is changing when I go back to check on them. Actually I just caught the elf corpse move 1 tile, her name is Nisa Glacierhaze.

(0026415)
Footkerchief (manager)
2014-07-14 21:23
edited on: 2014-07-14 21:23

What makes you think it's a caravan at all? It sounds like an undead/necromancer siege.

(0026418)
Blotterwize (reporter)
2014-07-14 21:26
edited on: 2014-07-14 21:26

http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=8982 [^]

Here is the save folder.

(0026420)
Footkerchief (manager)
2014-07-14 21:41

Have you tried sending dwarves out to chop them into tiny pieces?

(0026427)
Blotterwize (reporter)
2014-07-14 22:19
edited on: 2014-07-14 22:21

Eventually yes, after 6 hours of getting on with my fort, I wanted the siege mode to end, and thought that if I killed those units, it might trigger the end of the siege.

So they turned out to be undead, which Ive never seen in the whole time Ive been playing DF, it's always goblins first, then more goblins. There were 6 undead, and my fortress of 46 dwarves promptly died. I may have killed 1 corpse, but not sure.

And I found the caravan leader / liaison up a tree stark raving mad, and his mule at the base of the tree going mad too.

(0026428)
Blotterwize (reporter)
2014-07-14 22:22

I'm so used to DF playing exactly the same way .. snatchers, then gobs, then goblin siege with a big critter or two. That I didn't know something totally different was happening.

(0026429)
Footkerchief (manager)
2014-07-14 22:34

I'm glad the game was able to surprise you! I'll close this one, but there are various other caravan reports e.g. 0006625 and 0007185.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2014-07-14 18:52	Blotterwize	New Issue
2014-07-14 18:55	Footkerchief	Note Added: 0026406
2014-07-14 18:55	Footkerchief	Assigned To	=> Footkerchief
2014-07-14 18:55	Footkerchief	Status	new => needs feedback
2014-07-14 20:43	Blotterwize	Note Added: 0026412
2014-07-14 20:43	Blotterwize	Status	needs feedback => assigned
2014-07-14 21:23	Footkerchief	Note Added: 0026415
2014-07-14 21:23	Footkerchief	Note Edited: 0026415	View Revisions
2014-07-14 21:24	Footkerchief	Status	assigned => needs feedback
2014-07-14 21:26	Blotterwize	Note Added: 0026418
2014-07-14 21:26	Blotterwize	Status	needs feedback => assigned
2014-07-14 21:26	Blotterwize	Note Edited: 0026418	View Revisions
2014-07-14 21:41	Footkerchief	Note Added: 0026420
2014-07-14 21:41	Footkerchief	Status	assigned => needs feedback
2014-07-14 22:19	Blotterwize	Note Added: 0026427
2014-07-14 22:19	Blotterwize	Status	needs feedback => assigned
2014-07-14 22:21	Blotterwize	Note Edited: 0026427	View Revisions
2014-07-14 22:22	Blotterwize	Note Added: 0026428
2014-07-14 22:33	Footkerchief	Relationship added	related to 0006625
2014-07-14 22:34	Footkerchief	Note Added: 0026429
2014-07-14 22:34	Footkerchief	Status	assigned => resolved
2014-07-14 22:34	Footkerchief	Resolution	open => no change required

Notes
(0026406) Footkerchief (manager) 2014-07-14 18:55	Wait, when it zoomed to the corpses, was that a caravan announcement or a siege announcement?

(0026412) Blotterwize (reporter) 2014-07-14 20:43	It was a siege announcement. Although it appears as though the two events are mixed up. And I am still in siege mode some hours later, there never was a siege. And strangely, the dead caravan/siege is very slowly moving along the edge of the map. I say this because their position on the ground is changing when I go back to check on them. Actually I just caught the elf corpse move 1 tile, her name is Nisa Glacierhaze.

(0026415) Footkerchief (manager) 2014-07-14 21:23 edited on: 2014-07-14 21:23	What makes you think it's a caravan at all? It sounds like an undead/necromancer siege.

(0026418) Blotterwize (reporter) 2014-07-14 21:26 edited on: 2014-07-14 21:26	http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=8982 [^] Here is the save folder.

(0026420) Footkerchief (manager) 2014-07-14 21:41	Have you tried sending dwarves out to chop them into tiny pieces?

(0026427) Blotterwize (reporter) 2014-07-14 22:19 edited on: 2014-07-14 22:21	Eventually yes, after 6 hours of getting on with my fort, I wanted the siege mode to end, and thought that if I killed those units, it might trigger the end of the siege. So they turned out to be undead, which Ive never seen in the whole time Ive been playing DF, it's always goblins first, then more goblins. There were 6 undead, and my fortress of 46 dwarves promptly died. I may have killed 1 corpse, but not sure. And I found the caravan leader / liaison up a tree stark raving mad, and his mule at the base of the tree going mad too.

(0026428) Blotterwize (reporter) 2014-07-14 22:22	I'm so used to DF playing exactly the same way .. snatchers, then gobs, then goblin siege with a big critter or two. That I didn't know something totally different was happening.

(0026429) Footkerchief (manager) 2014-07-14 22:34	I'm glad the game was able to surprise you! I'll close this one, but there are various other caravan reports e.g. 0006625 and 0007185.