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0002881Dwarf FortressCreaturespublic2010-07-28 17:272014-01-20 17:19
eerr 
Footkerchief 
normalminorhave not tried
resolvedduplicate 
0.31.12 
 
0002881: Roaming fun beast is easily distracted and unable to move out of corridor
A forgotten beast, that looks like a giant Hoary marmot, is stuck moving between two tiles in a coridor,between my cavern and the entrance to my fortress.
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duplicate of 0000362confirmed Footkerchief Interrupted by forgotten beast -- Through 20 z-levels of solid rock with no possible path 
Issue History
2010-07-28 17:27eerrNew Issue
2010-07-28 17:34FootkerchiefNote Added: 0011214
2010-07-28 17:34FootkerchiefRelationship addedduplicate of 0000362
2010-07-28 17:34FootkerchiefStatusnew => resolved
2010-07-28 17:34FootkerchiefResolutionopen => duplicate
2010-07-28 17:34FootkerchiefAssigned To => Footkerchief
2010-07-28 18:46eerrNote Added: 0011220
2010-07-28 18:46eerrStatusresolved => needs feedback
2010-07-28 18:46eerrResolutionduplicate => reopened
2010-07-28 18:48eerrNote Edited: 0011220bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0011220#r4382
2010-07-28 18:56FootkerchiefSummaryRoaming fun beast, easily distracted, unable to move out of coridor => Roaming fun beast is easily distracted and unable to move out of coridor
2010-07-28 18:57FootkerchiefRelationship replacedchild of 0000362
2010-07-28 19:01FootkerchiefAssigned ToFootkerchief =>
2010-07-28 19:01FootkerchiefStatusneeds feedback => new
2010-07-28 19:01FootkerchiefResolutionreopened => open
2010-07-28 19:01FootkerchiefSummaryRoaming fun beast is easily distracted and unable to move out of coridor => Roaming fun beast is easily distracted and unable to move out of corridor
2010-07-28 19:04FootkerchiefNote Added: 0011221
2010-07-29 12:53eerrNote Added: 0011261
2011-03-28 15:38FootkerchiefNote Added: 0016740
2011-03-28 15:38FootkerchiefTag Attached: AWAITING UPDATE
2014-01-20 17:19FootkerchiefRelationship replacedduplicate of 0000362
2014-01-20 17:19FootkerchiefStatusnew => resolved
2014-01-20 17:19FootkerchiefResolutionopen => duplicate
2014-01-20 17:19FootkerchiefAssigned To => Footkerchief
2014-01-20 17:19FootkerchiefTag Detached: AWAITING UPDATE

Notes
(0011214)
Footkerchief   
2010-07-28 17:34   
This is 0000362. It would be helpful to upload your save to http://dffd.wimbli.com/ [^] and post the link as a note on 0000362.
(0011220)
eerr   
2010-07-28 18:46   
(edited on: 2010-07-28 18:48)
Note: my description appears to collide with another bug report.
While they are both pathing issues, in my bug, it is the beast which is pathing funny, not the dwarves

Also save: http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=2846 [^]

can you change the summary from
Roaming fun beast, easily distracted, unable to move out of coridor
to
Roaming fun beast is easily distracted and unable to move out of coridor

(0011221)
Footkerchief   
2010-07-28 19:04   
They may not be the exact same bug, but most of the notes at 0000362 seem to imply that the FB is stuck. 0001470 mentions FBs "camping a stairwell" -- did the FB gain access to the corridor via stairs?
(0011261)
eerr   
2010-07-29 12:53   
I think, 0000362 implies that even if the forgotten beast could fly, the odds of the beast reaching his dwarves are very very small.

Honestly both 0000362 ,0001470 I think both sound like the beasts have Ultra-powered wail attacks, striking fear into dwarves everywhere. Or psionic mind blasts distracting any dwarves.

My forgotten Hoary marmot is between my cavern and the main digging shaft, a 3x3 stairwell. He is in the connecting cooridor.
He apparently can't decide wether to go up the shaft and kill the goblin siege, or wether to head back into the cavern and kill a little doggy.

Playing through, the goblins attacked and killed the forgotten beast.
Then my fortress crumbled to its bitter end.(as expected)

My stair arrangement might be a bit funny, as the digging shaft opens up into an empty room, which contains another shaft up to my living quarters. From there, the living quarters open up to the three main shafts that go to the surface.
(0016740)
Footkerchief   
2011-03-28 15:38   
Reminder sent to: eerr

Does your save still reproduce the problem in 0.31.25?