0006478: Merchants sometimes refuse to leave map when they cannot reach depot initially.

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0006478

Dwarf Fortress

Dwarf Mode -- Diplomacy

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2014-05-01 07:20

2014-07-06 21:00

Reporter

nirruden

Assigned To

Footkerchief

Priority

low

Severity

minor

Reproducibility

have not tried

Status

acknowledged

Resolution

open

Platform

Windows 7 64-bit

OS Version

Product Version

0.34.11

Target Version

Fixed in Version

Summary

0006478: Merchants sometimes refuse to leave map when they cannot reach depot initially.

Description

Was streaming last night and caught a second or third occurrence of a bug I've seen before.

Merchants who arrive while access to the Depot is prevented (by a raising bridge) will loiter on the map and refuse to leave before they go insane.

Steps To Reproduce

1. Have a depot (mine was underground on a clear 3-wide path).
2. Construct a bridge that can be used to block access (mine was a raising bridge)
3. Sever access BEFORE a caravan arrives. (I raised the bridge.)
4. Wait for merchants to arrive. (My merchants were elves.)
5. Merchants loiter at the edge of the map, complaining about no depot.
6. Merchants never leave, eventually going mad (bserserk or melancholy).

Additional Information

No further restrictions on merchant travel were in play - this embark was on a featureless and flat glacier with no trees or rocks in the way of travel, and the merchants were never allowed into my fort to be trapped inside. The merchants were never attacked or harassed, and simply stopped at the edge of the map until merchants and animals went stark raving mad.

Will try to provide video from stream, may be able to provide save but will have to dig through seasonal saves to check.

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0000871

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Traders/merchants go crazy (berserk/insane/melancholy) if trade depot doesn't exist when they arrive

Notes
(0024743) nirruden (reporter) 2014-05-01 07:21 edited on: 2014-05-01 07:25	Not a strictly wagon issue - the elves bring no wagons. Probably related to or shares cause with issue 871: http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=871. [^]

(0024874) 4maskwolf (reporter) 2014-07-04 22:29 edited on: 2014-07-04 22:30	This is a longstanding issue that's been around since at least 40d

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2014-05-01 07:20	nirruden	New Issue
2014-05-01 07:21	nirruden	Note Added: 0024743
2014-05-01 07:23	nirruden	Note Edited: 0024743	View Revisions
2014-05-01 07:25	nirruden	Note Edited: 0024743	View Revisions
2014-05-01 07:25	nirruden	Note Edited: 0024743	View Revisions
2014-05-01 07:25	nirruden	Note Edited: 0024743	View Revisions
2014-07-01 21:03	Footkerchief	Relationship added	related to 0000871
2014-07-04 22:29	4maskwolf	Note Added: 0024874
2014-07-04 22:30	4maskwolf	Note Edited: 0024874	View Revisions
2014-07-06 21:00	Footkerchief	Assigned To	=> Footkerchief
2014-07-06 21:00	Footkerchief	Status	new => acknowledged