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Leonidas

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Peasant Trapped Behind Statue
« on: October 28, 2007, 10:35:00 pm »
I've been scattering statues around my fortress, and several of the peasants who install them end up stuck behind them, that is, standing in the same square as the statue and unable to move.

1.  Is this a known bug?
2.  Is there a way to build statues so as to avoid this problem?

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gloogorshkin

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Re: Peasant Trapped Behind Statue
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2007, 10:43:00 pm »
It is known, and I don't know of any way to prevent it from happening.  If you don't mind the unhappy thought, you can get a dwarf out from a statue by drafting him into the military and stationing him away from the statue.  Just make sure to undraft him afterwards; if it's a peasant it might lead to two unhappy thoughts though, so make sure he is happy first or you might get some rioting from him.
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Grek

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Re: Peasant Trapped Behind Statue
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2007, 10:43:00 pm »
Yes. Yes. Remove the statue and try again when it happens.
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John

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Re: Peasant Trapped Behind Statue
« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2007, 10:46:00 pm »
Much easier to just move the statue, I think.
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Karlito

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Re: Peasant Trapped Behind Statue
« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2007, 10:48:00 pm »
They unstick themselves after awhile though.
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Pacho

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Re: Peasant Trapped Behind Statue
« Reply #5 on: October 28, 2007, 10:58:00 pm »
They will eventually manage to get out of the tile all by themselves.  Its annoying if they start generating cancellation messages, but they always work their way out.
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Solara

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Re: Peasant Trapped Behind Statue
« Reply #6 on: October 29, 2007, 07:59:00 am »
I've had limited success with drafting them into the military. The simplest solution is just to download teleport.exe from the wiki. Works great for when dwarves get stuck in magma smelters too.
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Re: Peasant Trapped Behind Statue
« Reply #7 on: October 29, 2007, 11:02:00 am »
I've found in the past that it's the particular statue I was trying to make that they kept getting stuck behind. Either I left that statue alone, or it just stopped happening. Can't remember which!
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Re: Peasant Trapped Behind Statue
« Reply #8 on: October 29, 2007, 01:08:00 pm »
quote:
Originally posted by Solara:
<STRONG>I've had limited success with drafting them into the military. The simplest solution is just to download teleport.exe from the wiki. Works great for when dwarves get stuck in magma smelters too.</STRONG>

Except someone has apparently WIPED THE ENTIRE WIKI, so we don't have our utilities anymore...   :(

Edit:  Nevermind it was just moved, and the link to it hadn't been added yet.  I got scared.

[ October 29, 2007: Message edited by: Sappho ]

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