0006541: Generated dwarf fortress has no exit

(0024906)
Footkerchief (manager)
2014-07-07 20:14

[T]ravel menu also doesn't permit movement.

(0024910)
Smirk (reporter)
2014-07-07 20:18

Happened here as well. Save over at the Depot: http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=8739 [^]

(0025414)
smjjames (reporter)
2014-07-09 16:35
edited on: 2014-07-09 16:47

I have one that I suspect is a fort without access. http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=8819 [^]

There are bedrooms, but no beds, and no dwarves to be seen around.

Edit: Nvm, found some dwarves and there is access, I guess it's just a big fort. Still odd that the crafting floor is empty of dwarves though.

(0026089)
fourpotatoes (reporter)
2014-07-13 00:10

Unless I'm just blind, this save also exhibits the problem: http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=8928 [^]

(0026119)
cephalo (reporter)
2014-07-13 07:04

Yeah, this is a biggie. Even when there is a way out, I have to say I've spent 90 percent of my adventure mode play trying to find the exit. That's enough to make a new player quit the game, to search for hours only to realize that you have searched everywhere and you are indeed sealed off from the world.

(0029844)
smjjames (reporter)
2014-08-31 17:14
edited on: 2014-08-31 17:18

I was investigating about a worldgen mountainhome ruins and when I couldn't find the supposed entrance, I used DFhack reveal (and temporarily giving humans low light vision) and there it was. At least I think it's the ruined mountainhome of Bootclans.

Wouldn't have known it was there if I didn't use DFhack's reveal.

Version 40.10 http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=9585 [^]

(0031432)
marcelteaching (reporter)
2014-12-22 08:15

Just reported a bug, a workshop blocked the way out in 40.22.

(0031836)
ptb_ptb (reporter)
2015-01-10 05:22

I would estimate these 'no exit' fortresses are generated about once in every twenty times, or a bit more often. Here's a DF 0.40.24 save

http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=10410 [^]

(0037925)
uioped1 (reporter)
2018-03-13 16:26

just got one in 44.05

(0038158)
Loci (manager)
2018-04-14 09:11

v0.44.09: sionlife posted a save in 0010707:

http://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=13678 [^]

(0038618)
Oskar636 (reporter)
2018-07-19 08:20

Confirmed in 0.44.12
I would actually put this bug not in Adventure Mode but in overall world creation.
My suggestion for a placeholder fix would be to check in adventure mode if there's a connection to the ground level, or something like that, somehow.
http://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=13907 [^]

(0038624)
Dwarfu (manager)
2018-07-21 09:12

nadorou's save from 0010845
http://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=13912 [^]

(0038844)
Max_TM (reporter)
2018-10-03 11:13

Just making sure folks stuck in an exitless fort have already tried to travel and use the careful move up/down keys to see if that gets them up to the surface, because it's very unobvious if you don't notice the little compass cursor in travel mode go from a O to either < or > arrows.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2014-07-07 19:55	Robsoie	New Issue
2014-07-07 20:11	Footkerchief	Assigned To	=> Footkerchief
2014-07-07 20:11	Footkerchief	Status	new => confirmed
2014-07-07 20:14	Footkerchief	Note Added: 0024906
2014-07-07 20:18	Smirk	Note Added: 0024910
2014-07-07 20:33	Footkerchief	Summary	Adventure mode , dwarf starting in fortress alone and without exit => Generated dwarf fortress has no exit
2014-07-08 20:05	Footkerchief	Relationship added	has duplicate 0006753
2014-07-09 16:35	smjjames	Note Added: 0025414
2014-07-09 16:44	smjjames	Note Edited: 0025414	View Revisions
2014-07-09 16:47	smjjames	Note Edited: 0025414	View Revisions
2014-07-09 17:03	Footkerchief	Status	confirmed => acknowledged
2014-07-10 15:57	Footkerchief	Relationship added	has duplicate 0006981
2014-07-13 00:10	fourpotatoes	Note Added: 0026089
2014-07-13 00:14	Footkerchief	Relationship added	has duplicate 0007188
2014-07-13 07:04	cephalo	Note Added: 0026119
2014-07-13 17:52	Footkerchief	Relationship added	has duplicate 0007244
2014-07-14 00:51	fourpotatoes	Issue Monitored: fourpotatoes
2014-07-17 11:41	Dwarfu	Relationship added	has duplicate 0007425
2014-07-18 08:01	Footkerchief	Relationship added	related to 0007379
2014-07-23 07:11	Footkerchief	Relationship added	has duplicate 0007579
2014-08-08 11:30	Footkerchief	Status	acknowledged => confirmed
2014-08-31 17:14	smjjames	Note Added: 0029844
2014-08-31 17:18	smjjames	Note Edited: 0029844	View Revisions
2014-11-14 06:51	Footkerchief	Relationship added	has duplicate 0008547
2014-12-22 08:15	marcelteaching	Note Added: 0031432
2014-12-23 13:10	Footkerchief	Relationship added	related to 0008656
2015-01-10 05:22	ptb_ptb	Note Added: 0031836
2018-01-16 08:45	lethosor	Relationship added	has duplicate 0008808
2018-03-13 16:26	uioped1	Note Added: 0037925
2018-04-14 09:09	Loci	Relationship added	has duplicate 0010707
2018-04-14 09:11	Loci	Note Added: 0038158
2018-04-16 08:44	Huntthetroll	Issue Monitored: Huntthetroll
2018-07-19 08:20	Oskar636	Note Added: 0038618
2018-07-21 09:10	Dwarfu	Relationship added	has duplicate 0010845
2018-07-21 09:12	Dwarfu	Note Added: 0038624
2018-10-03 11:13	Max_TM	Note Added: 0038844
2019-10-13 14:55	Loci	Relationship added	has duplicate 0011162

Notes
(0024906) Footkerchief (manager) 2014-07-07 20:14	[T]ravel menu also doesn't permit movement.

(0024910) Smirk (reporter) 2014-07-07 20:18	Happened here as well. Save over at the Depot: http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=8739 [^]

(0025414) smjjames (reporter) 2014-07-09 16:35 edited on: 2014-07-09 16:47	I have one that I suspect is a fort without access. http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=8819 [^] There are bedrooms, but no beds, and no dwarves to be seen around. Edit: Nvm, found some dwarves and there is access, I guess it's just a big fort. Still odd that the crafting floor is empty of dwarves though.

(0026089) fourpotatoes (reporter) 2014-07-13 00:10	Unless I'm just blind, this save also exhibits the problem: http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=8928 [^]

(0026119) cephalo (reporter) 2014-07-13 07:04	Yeah, this is a biggie. Even when there is a way out, I have to say I've spent 90 percent of my adventure mode play trying to find the exit. That's enough to make a new player quit the game, to search for hours only to realize that you have searched everywhere and you are indeed sealed off from the world.

(0029844) smjjames (reporter) 2014-08-31 17:14 edited on: 2014-08-31 17:18	I was investigating about a worldgen mountainhome ruins and when I couldn't find the supposed entrance, I used DFhack reveal (and temporarily giving humans low light vision) and there it was. At least I think it's the ruined mountainhome of Bootclans. Wouldn't have known it was there if I didn't use DFhack's reveal. Version 40.10 http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=9585 [^]

(0031432) marcelteaching (reporter) 2014-12-22 08:15	Just reported a bug, a workshop blocked the way out in 40.22.

(0031836) ptb_ptb (reporter) 2015-01-10 05:22	I would estimate these 'no exit' fortresses are generated about once in every twenty times, or a bit more often. Here's a DF 0.40.24 save http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=10410 [^]

(0037925) uioped1 (reporter) 2018-03-13 16:26	just got one in 44.05

(0038158) Loci (manager) 2018-04-14 09:11	v0.44.09: sionlife posted a save in 0010707: http://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=13678 [^]

(0038618) Oskar636 (reporter) 2018-07-19 08:20	Confirmed in 0.44.12 I would actually put this bug not in Adventure Mode but in overall world creation. My suggestion for a placeholder fix would be to check in adventure mode if there's a connection to the ground level, or something like that, somehow. http://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=13907 [^]

(0038624) Dwarfu (manager) 2018-07-21 09:12	nadorou's save from 0010845 http://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=13912 [^]

(0038844) Max_TM (reporter) 2018-10-03 11:13	Just making sure folks stuck in an exitless fort have already tried to travel and use the careful move up/down keys to see if that gets them up to the surface, because it's very unobvious if you don't notice the little compass cursor in travel mode go from a O to either < or > arrows.