0006189: Wagons of different races cannot pass each other.

(0023548)
Quietust (reporter)
2012-09-10 16:40

Under normal circumstances, it's highly unusual for two caravans to be on the map at the same time - caravans typically only stay for a month or so, and then it's another 2 months before the next one shows up. Did you lock the Human caravan inside your fortress for a prolonged period of time, or did they just take several months to load up their goods?

(0023549)
PetWolverine (reporter)
2012-09-10 18:34

I have two caravans at the same time on a regular basis. In fact, right now in my current fort, it's mid-winter and the humans are just now leaving; I've long since finished trading with the dwarves and they're still packing up. It's a result of trading a huge number of small, low-value items to them - in the case of my current dwarven caravan, nearly 200k worth of tattered clothing and bone and stone crafts.

(0023551)
king doom (reporter)
2012-09-11 04:12

PetWolverine is correct - if you trade large amounts of items that aren't in bins, usually because you can't spare the bins due to lack of wood, the caravans can take months to pack everything up after trading has finished.

(0023682)
HiEv (reporter)
2012-10-26 16:32

Sounds like the description in bug 0005687 to me.

(0023686)
kwieland (reporter)
2012-10-27 18:13

Related should be the capacity of wagons.

I've noticed that two wagons from the SAME caravan can block each other. I had a fort with an entrance path with a two-way entry. It seemed that the caravans would choose randomly which way to go. The paths ultimately came back together, and the wagons happened to meet in the middle of the union/tee would result in the two wagons just stalling out there. Eventually they would "die" and dump all their stuff where they were.

(0023825)
Quietust (reporter)
2013-01-07 17:08

If caravans are taking more than 2 months to pack up, there's almost definitely something wrong - past versions of the game didn't have this problem.

Incidentally, the "place designations while paused to instantly pack up" exploit (which could be used to avoid this problem) was fixed in version 0.34.11 - perhaps the fix introduced another bug which makes caravans load far more slowly than they used to...

(0024592)
AltF4 (reporter)
2014-03-07 21:40

I had this happen in the area surrounding my fortress. No where near any tunnel.

(0027221)
Button (reporter)
2014-07-22 12:08

I had this problem in 0.40.03 with two wagons of the *same civilization*. The trade route runs through a courtyard, and they took different paths around the traps in the center, and then collided head-on at the place where their paths re-joined.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2012-09-10 07:19	king doom	New Issue
2012-09-10 07:21	king doom	Tag Attached: pathing
2012-09-10 16:40	Quietust	Note Added: 0023548
2012-09-10 18:34	PetWolverine	Note Added: 0023549
2012-09-11 04:12	king doom	Note Added: 0023551
2012-09-11 20:51	Footkerchief	Relationship added	related to 0005351
2012-10-26 16:32	HiEv	Note Added: 0023682
2012-10-27 18:13	kwieland	Note Added: 0023686
2012-11-18 12:31	arclance	Issue Monitored: arclance
2013-01-07 17:08	Quietust	Note Added: 0023825
2014-03-07 21:40	AltF4	Note Added: 0024592
2014-03-08 12:41	Footkerchief	Assigned To	=> Footkerchief
2014-03-08 12:41	Footkerchief	Status	new => acknowledged
2014-07-22 12:08	Button	Note Added: 0027221

Notes
(0023548) Quietust (reporter) 2012-09-10 16:40	Under normal circumstances, it's highly unusual for two caravans to be on the map at the same time - caravans typically only stay for a month or so, and then it's another 2 months before the next one shows up. Did you lock the Human caravan inside your fortress for a prolonged period of time, or did they just take several months to load up their goods?

(0023549) PetWolverine (reporter) 2012-09-10 18:34	I have two caravans at the same time on a regular basis. In fact, right now in my current fort, it's mid-winter and the humans are just now leaving; I've long since finished trading with the dwarves and they're still packing up. It's a result of trading a huge number of small, low-value items to them - in the case of my current dwarven caravan, nearly 200k worth of tattered clothing and bone and stone crafts.

(0023551) king doom (reporter) 2012-09-11 04:12	PetWolverine is correct - if you trade large amounts of items that aren't in bins, usually because you can't spare the bins due to lack of wood, the caravans can take months to pack everything up after trading has finished.

(0023682) HiEv (reporter) 2012-10-26 16:32	Sounds like the description in bug 0005687 to me.

(0023686) kwieland (reporter) 2012-10-27 18:13	Related should be the capacity of wagons. I've noticed that two wagons from the SAME caravan can block each other. I had a fort with an entrance path with a two-way entry. It seemed that the caravans would choose randomly which way to go. The paths ultimately came back together, and the wagons happened to meet in the middle of the union/tee would result in the two wagons just stalling out there. Eventually they would "die" and dump all their stuff where they were.

(0023825) Quietust (reporter) 2013-01-07 17:08	If caravans are taking more than 2 months to pack up, there's almost definitely something wrong - past versions of the game didn't have this problem. Incidentally, the "place designations while paused to instantly pack up" exploit (which could be used to avoid this problem) was fixed in version 0.34.11 - perhaps the fix introduced another bug which makes caravans load far more slowly than they used to...

(0024592) AltF4 (reporter) 2014-03-07 21:40	I had this happen in the area surrounding my fortress. No where near any tunnel.

(0027221) Button (reporter) 2014-07-22 12:08	I had this problem in 0.40.03 with two wagons of the same civilization. The trade route runs through a courtyard, and they took different paths around the traps in the center, and then collided head-on at the place where their paths re-joined.