0007860: Ambush alert but game focus on a very deep and completly unexplored place

(0028403)
Footkerchief (manager)
2014-08-05 16:04

Is your fortress a reclaim?

(0028404)
Robsoie (reporter)
2014-08-05 16:06
edited on: 2014-08-05 16:07

Yes, it's a reclaim of a fortress i mistakenly abandonned instead of retiring , choosing the wrong option.
But a fortress i designed myself, not one of the randomly generated one that can go deep
looks really the same case as the one you linked except the ruins were mine

(0029737)
dwarf herder (reporter)
2014-08-27 22:15
edited on: 2014-09-07 21:40

Had this same thing happen in 40.10 with DF starter pack on windows 7 64bit. created a new world, embarked and was immediately slaughtered by alligators. did a reclaim and shortly after arriving, I received the ambush message and the view was switched to deep under ground. Units page showed only wild animals, no hostile units. Have a save file, but no where to host it yet.

file uploaded here; http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=9641 [^]

(0031156)
Urist McMontesOca (reporter)
2014-11-24 15:57

I've also had this problem in 0.40.18 (although, I think the map was created in 0.40.14).

Same circunstances:
* Reclaimed fortress.
* Warning came from deep underground.

It was basically a "virgin map". I have barely struck the earth when I was stopped by the yet unpierced aquifer, so I'm pretty sure I've never had the chance to get down there.

(0031306)
MrC (reporter)
2014-12-09 17:53

I can confirm this bug has happened to me also on a reclaimed fortress.

(0032342)
Robsoie (reporter)
2015-03-07 13:16

Happened several times on 40.24 to my reclaimed fortresses too.

(0035808)
Charadin (reporter)
2016-08-25 13:49

Issue still persists as of 43.05. Reclaimed fortress hadn't dug below z-36, got ambush alerts at z-76 five times in rapid sucession

(0035810)
InfantIguana (reporter)
2016-08-25 14:30

I had an issue similar to this. An alert claimed that a long-lost dwarf's corpse had been found, but the alert pointed at an unexplored tile several z-levels below the surface. The fortress had been reclaimed.

(0037306)
sionlife (reporter)
2017-12-14 13:38

Confirmed this has happened in 44.02.

(0038975)
Graysire (reporter)
2018-11-29 15:14

Still occurring in 44.12, my 3rd reclaim of a site and it's occasionally spamming me with "ambushes" at Z 48-50 while I haven't been down 1 Z level yet. As a sidenote I am noticing the lack of some named zombie parts, maybe they somehow moved to the caverns?

(0040082)
uselessmcminer (reporter)
2020-02-16 09:33

So this occurs in 47.02

I figured out the issue though. It was caused by hostile rodent men triggering the ambushes. I guess cause I opened the caverns on my first run of the fortress

(0040083)
Loci (manager)
2020-02-16 09:33

v0.47.02: uselessmcminer posted a save in 0011378:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/suvce39wnz27ga4/AABIUL9Y3EtQ7v_T5sdSVq16a?dl=0 [^]

(0040084)
uselessmcminer (reporter)
2020-02-16 09:36

although what is weird is that it keeps repeating ambush alerts. I guess cause animal tribes are bugged

(0040085)
Shonai_Dweller (reporter)
2020-02-16 13:27

Repeated ambush alerts is the way ambushes act in general right now. Every new couple of critters revealed is "an ambush, curse them!". Since goblins don't ambush right now it's not seen that often.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2014-08-05 15:39	Robsoie	New Issue
2014-08-05 16:04	Footkerchief	Note Added: 0028403
2014-08-05 16:04	Footkerchief	Assigned To	=> Footkerchief
2014-08-05 16:04	Footkerchief	Status	new => needs feedback
2014-08-05 16:04	Footkerchief	Relationship added	duplicate of 0007473
2014-08-05 16:06	Robsoie	Note Added: 0028404
2014-08-05 16:06	Robsoie	Status	needs feedback => assigned
2014-08-05 16:06	Robsoie	Note Edited: 0028404	View Revisions
2014-08-05 16:07	Robsoie	Note Edited: 0028404	View Revisions
2014-08-05 16:07	Robsoie	Note Edited: 0028404	View Revisions
2014-08-27 22:15	dwarf herder	Note Added: 0029737
2014-09-07 21:40	dwarf herder	Note Edited: 0029737	View Revisions
2014-11-24 15:57	Urist McMontesOca	Note Added: 0031156
2014-11-24 21:49	Footkerchief	Relationship replaced	has duplicate 0007473
2014-11-24 21:50	Footkerchief	Relationship added	related to 0006600
2014-11-24 21:50	Footkerchief	Status	assigned => confirmed
2014-12-09 17:53	MrC	Note Added: 0031306
2014-12-10 07:38	Knight Otu	Relationship added	has duplicate 0008614
2015-03-07 13:16	Robsoie	Note Added: 0032342
2016-08-25 13:49	Charadin	Note Added: 0035808
2016-08-25 14:30	InfantIguana	Note Added: 0035810
2017-12-14 13:38	sionlife	Note Added: 0037306
2018-11-29 15:10	Graysire	Issue Monitored: Graysire
2018-11-29 15:14	Graysire	Note Added: 0038975
2020-02-16 09:32	Loci	Relationship added	has duplicate 0011378
2020-02-16 09:33	uselessmcminer	Note Added: 0040082
2020-02-16 09:33	Loci	Note Added: 0040083
2020-02-16 09:36	uselessmcminer	Note Added: 0040084
2020-02-16 13:27	Shonai_Dweller	Note Added: 0040085

Notes
(0028403) Footkerchief (manager) 2014-08-05 16:04	Is your fortress a reclaim?

(0028404) Robsoie (reporter) 2014-08-05 16:06 edited on: 2014-08-05 16:07	Yes, it's a reclaim of a fortress i mistakenly abandonned instead of retiring , choosing the wrong option. But a fortress i designed myself, not one of the randomly generated one that can go deep looks really the same case as the one you linked except the ruins were mine

(0029737) dwarf herder (reporter) 2014-08-27 22:15 edited on: 2014-09-07 21:40	Had this same thing happen in 40.10 with DF starter pack on windows 7 64bit. created a new world, embarked and was immediately slaughtered by alligators. did a reclaim and shortly after arriving, I received the ambush message and the view was switched to deep under ground. Units page showed only wild animals, no hostile units. Have a save file, but no where to host it yet. file uploaded here; http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=9641 [^]

(0031156) Urist McMontesOca (reporter) 2014-11-24 15:57	I've also had this problem in 0.40.18 (although, I think the map was created in 0.40.14). Same circunstances: * Reclaimed fortress. * Warning came from deep underground. It was basically a "virgin map". I have barely struck the earth when I was stopped by the yet unpierced aquifer, so I'm pretty sure I've never had the chance to get down there.

(0031306) MrC (reporter) 2014-12-09 17:53	I can confirm this bug has happened to me also on a reclaimed fortress.

(0032342) Robsoie (reporter) 2015-03-07 13:16	Happened several times on 40.24 to my reclaimed fortresses too.

(0035808) Charadin (reporter) 2016-08-25 13:49	Issue still persists as of 43.05. Reclaimed fortress hadn't dug below z-36, got ambush alerts at z-76 five times in rapid sucession

(0035810) InfantIguana (reporter) 2016-08-25 14:30	I had an issue similar to this. An alert claimed that a long-lost dwarf's corpse had been found, but the alert pointed at an unexplored tile several z-levels below the surface. The fortress had been reclaimed.

(0037306) sionlife (reporter) 2017-12-14 13:38	Confirmed this has happened in 44.02.

(0038975) Graysire (reporter) 2018-11-29 15:14	Still occurring in 44.12, my 3rd reclaim of a site and it's occasionally spamming me with "ambushes" at Z 48-50 while I haven't been down 1 Z level yet. As a sidenote I am noticing the lack of some named zombie parts, maybe they somehow moved to the caverns?

(0040082) uselessmcminer (reporter) 2020-02-16 09:33	So this occurs in 47.02 I figured out the issue though. It was caused by hostile rodent men triggering the ambushes. I guess cause I opened the caverns on my first run of the fortress

(0040083) Loci (manager) 2020-02-16 09:33	v0.47.02: uselessmcminer posted a save in 0011378: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/suvce39wnz27ga4/AABIUL9Y3EtQ7v_T5sdSVq16a?dl=0 [^]

(0040084) uselessmcminer (reporter) 2020-02-16 09:36	although what is weird is that it keeps repeating ambush alerts. I guess cause animal tribes are bugged

(0040085) Shonai_Dweller (reporter) 2020-02-16 13:27	Repeated ambush alerts is the way ambushes act in general right now. Every new couple of critters revealed is "an ambush, curse them!". Since goblins don't ambush right now it's not seen that often.