0007811: Dwarves caught in their own cage traps

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(0028207) Rafal99 (reporter) 2014-08-03 03:54	Unconscious dwarves trigger cage traps. Is it possible in your case the dwarves fell unconscious during the combat?

(0028231) Footkerchief (manager) 2014-08-03 10:47 edited on: 2014-08-03 10:47	Sounds like a loyalty cascade like in 0003259, but please reopen if they're merely unconscious and not actually hostile.

(0028240) salkryn (reporter) 2014-08-03 15:02	They are conscious and still listed as active citizens of my fortress, but have been moved to the stockpile like they were hostile. I cannot assign them to another cage that I've built, and dumping the cages doesn't remove them. The dwarves have made no attempt to free them or even feed them. They are slowly starving to death because the game doesn't seem to know quite what to do with them and has settled on just ignoring them until they die.

(0028265) Steb (reporter) 2014-08-04 04:54	You should be able to release a caged dwarf by constructing the cage, linking it to a lever and pulling the lever. This will deconstruct the cage and free the dwarf. This will let you check if there is any other weird behaviour.

(0028277) Button (reporter) 2014-08-04 09:37 edited on: 2014-08-04 09:49	Dodging onto a trap will trigger the trap, even if the creature that dodged is a member of the civ, or trapavoid. I actually don't see it on the wiki - I should add it in.

(0028423) salkryn (reporter) 2014-08-06 01:33	Placing the cages and reassigning the dwarves seems to have worked, although I left one where he was after he transformed while trapped in the cage.

(0030766) Scrabbling (reporter) 2014-10-28 03:23	Same thing happened to me. My problem is that after building the cage and unassigning the captured dwarf he is mostly ignored by the game. Details: She shows up in the Unit Lists -> Citizens screen, but she is not in her squad anymore and I can't assign her to a squad (she is just not in the list). Dwarf Therapist doesn't list her anymore. Furthermore I built the cage in my hospital and before I unassigned her, she got fed and watered by my other dwarves. After the release however everyone stopped treating her. Since she would need a crutch and nobody is giving her one, she can't sustain herself... In the Status -> Health screen she is marked as "Diagnosis required", "Crutch required" and - by now - "Very Drowsy".

(0030810) Carlo (reporter) 2014-10-31 07:36 edited on: 2014-11-04 05:58	i have a similar issue: it's a while i've noticed a female dwarf is caged.. i guess it happened while fortress was repelling some wereiguana however now she's in a zinc cage: i've tried to build every zinc cage but it's not listed it's not listed among units, nor on the therapist, i can't dump her, and she ended in animals stockpile, but i can trade her Odd thing is that i've trapped 4 humans as well (not sure if merchants or if goblins' companions) and i can move, chain, assign to cages, pastures, etc since i'm here: is there any way to check whether those humans are hostile? EDIT as for my little caged prisoners i've just noticed that when "an evil force" comes, it's a mixed squad: humans, goblins, and... dwarves!!!

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2014-08-03 03:39	salkryn	New Issue
2014-08-03 03:54	Rafal99	Note Added: 0028207
2014-08-03 10:47	Footkerchief	Note Added: 0028231
2014-08-03 10:47	Footkerchief	Relationship added	duplicate of 0003259
2014-08-03 10:47	Footkerchief	Status	new => resolved
2014-08-03 10:47	Footkerchief	Resolution	open => duplicate
2014-08-03 10:47	Footkerchief	Assigned To	=> Footkerchief
2014-08-03 10:47	Footkerchief	Note Edited: 0028231	View Revisions
2014-08-03 15:02	salkryn	Note Added: 0028240
2014-08-03 15:02	salkryn	Status	resolved => needs feedback
2014-08-03 15:02	salkryn	Resolution	duplicate => reopened
2014-08-04 04:54	Steb	Note Added: 0028265
2014-08-04 09:37	Button	Note Added: 0028277
2014-08-04 09:37	Button	Tag Attached: Intentional/Expected?
2014-08-04 09:41	Button	Note Edited: 0028277	View Revisions
2014-08-04 09:49	Button	Note Edited: 0028277	View Revisions
2014-08-06 01:33	salkryn	Note Added: 0028423
2014-08-06 01:33	salkryn	Status	needs feedback => assigned
2014-10-28 03:23	Scrabbling	Note Added: 0030766
2014-10-31 07:36	Carlo	Note Added: 0030810
2014-10-31 07:37	Carlo	Note Edited: 0030810	View Revisions
2014-11-01 03:07	Carlo	Issue Monitored: Carlo
2014-11-04 05:58	Carlo	Note Edited: 0030810	View Revisions