0008738: Separated enemy squad stalls out - Dwarf Fortress Bug Tracker

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(0031924) Footkerchief (manager) 2015-01-13 14:31 edited on: 2015-01-13 14:38	Does "separated from each other" mean "separated from the leader", or does separating a non-leader still cause the leader to stand around? Possibly a simpler way to put it: does the leader ever stand around?

(0031929) Button (reporter) 2015-01-14 14:09	I'm pretty sure that separating anyone causes everyone to stand around, but it's possible that, by chance, every time I've separated someone it's been the leader.

(0038876) taleden (reporter) 2018-10-17 15:31	I just encountered this issue as well, when using a retracting bridge to drop invaders into a drowning pit trap. Whenever a squad leader fell in and became separated from their squad, the others behind them stopped dead and wouldn't budge; because the leader was neither dead nor caged but simply inaccessible, no new leader as assigned. So I wrote a DFHack script to detect invaders whose group leader was unreachable and promote one of them to be a new group leader for the others. After running that, the stalled and idle invaders picked right up again pathing into the fort behind their newly nominated leaders.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2015-01-13 11:47	Button	New Issue
2015-01-13 11:47	Button	Tag Attached: Save Included
2015-01-13 11:47	Button	Tag Attached: Save Needs Testing
2015-01-13 14:31	Footkerchief	Note Added: 0031924
2015-01-13 14:31	Footkerchief	Assigned To	=> Footkerchief
2015-01-13 14:31	Footkerchief	Status	new => needs feedback
2015-01-13 14:38	Footkerchief	Note Edited: 0031924	View Revisions
2015-01-14 14:09	Button	Note Added: 0031929
2015-01-14 14:09	Button	Status	needs feedback => assigned
2015-01-14 14:42	Footkerchief	Relationship added	related to 0001598
2018-10-17 15:31	taleden	Note Added: 0038876