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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0006903Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Combatpublic2014-07-09 18:382014-08-17 20:52
ReporterShinotsa 
Assigned ToToady One 
PrioritynormalSeveritymajorReproducibilityalways
StatusresolvedResolutionfixed 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product Version0.40.01 
Target VersionFixed in Version0.40.09 
Summary0006903: Fleeing dwarves ignore dangerous terrain
DescriptionDwarves will run off of cliffs and into rivers when fleeing. My experience was with a fortress positioned next to a waterfall. When invaders arrived, civilian dwarves (and two military dwarves with no discipline skill) fled and threw themselves either off of the cliff or into the river that fed the waterfall. Later on in play, many more dwarves did the same when the ghosts from the first wave of jumpers began to haunt them.
Steps To ReproduceHave undisciplined dwarves stand near dangerous terrain and introduce a threat that makes them flee.
Additional InformationDisciplined dwarves swam through murky pools when chasing the invaders, so it may be reliant on general combat pathfinding instead of the fleeing behavior.
Tagsfalling, Intentional/Expected?, pathfinding
Relationships
related to 0001145resolved Toady One Dwarves will only flee in one direction. 
related to 0006819confirmed Footkerchief Caravan wagons try to path through 7/7 water 
related to 0006800new  Immigrants spawn in inaccessible area, try to jump canyon, die 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2014-07-09 18:38ShinotsaNew Issue
2014-07-09 19:16PeepsNote Added: 0025445
2014-07-09 19:42FootkerchiefTag Attached: Intentional/Expected?
2014-07-09 21:28ShinotsaNote Added: 0025476
2014-07-11 19:58ZzarkLinuxNote Added: 0025914
2014-07-15 09:24AxDeathNote Added: 0026484
2014-07-15 09:24AxDeathNote Edited: 0026484bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0026484#r9863
2014-08-10 21:09SkidNote Added: 0028776
2014-08-10 21:42SkidNote Edited: 0028776bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0028776#r11051
2014-08-10 21:44SkidTag Attached: falling
2014-08-10 23:12KanddakIssue Monitored: Kanddak
2014-08-10 23:20SkidNote Edited: 0028776bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0028776#r11052
2014-08-10 23:28SkidIssue Monitored: Skid
2014-08-11 01:18SkidTag Attached: pathfinding
2014-08-11 06:00FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0001145
2014-08-11 06:00FootkerchiefAssigned To => Footkerchief
2014-08-11 06:00FootkerchiefStatusnew => confirmed
2014-08-16 12:55Toady OneNote Added: 0029145
2014-08-16 12:55Toady OneStatusconfirmed => resolved
2014-08-16 12:55Toady OneFixed in Version => Next Version
2014-08-16 12:55Toady OneResolutionopen => fixed
2014-08-16 12:55Toady OneAssigned ToFootkerchief => Toady One
2014-08-17 11:25SkidIssue End Monitor: Skid
2014-08-17 20:52KanddakIssue End Monitor: Kanddak
2014-08-18 11:59FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0006819
2014-08-20 13:25FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0006800
2014-08-24 19:14FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0008146
2014-08-24 21:37FootkerchiefRelationship deletedrelated to 0008146

Notes
(0025445)
Peeps   
2014-07-09 19:16   
Toned down a bit this sounds like it could be a feature.
Sufficiently terrified units too scared to see where they're going blunder over cliffs / into walls / into eachother?
(0025476)
Shinotsa   
2014-07-09 21:28   
I believe the key point here that should be mentioned is that out of approximately 20 dwarves, all but 4 died through this lemming routine. This was not a controlled behavior from a few unhinged, unhappy, or easily frightened dwarves, but a mass exodus into the afterlife.
(0025914)
ZzarkLinux   
2014-07-11 19:58   
Is this related to this bug?
0006819: Caravan Wagons don't avoid 7/7 water
http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=6819 [^]
(0026484)
AxDeath   
2014-07-15 09:24   
Same results here, v40.03. An entire fortress of dwarves, frightened by a few zombies, leap from the walls of the fort, into the waiting arms of other zombies.
I agree it might make a nice feature, but it would need to be toned down a lot. and I think i'd prefer a bravery modifier for arrow slits. Dwarves should take heart in strong walls, not see them as a diving board.
(0028776)
Skid   
2014-08-10 21:09   
(edited on: 2014-08-10 23:20)
Also experiencing this bug in 40.07. Dwarves path right off the side of a bridge and across a cliff face instead of fleeing into the open fortress entrance, leading to 100% death amongst all civilian dwarves who catch sight of a goblin.

Have a save here demonstrating. http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=9352 [^]
(0029145)
Toady One   
2014-08-16 12:55   
The leaping should be much less common now for 0.40.09.