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[BorkBorkGoesTheCode]

DF 44.12: I didn't think the sudden disappearance of one of the fort stairwells was anything to worry about, but wow was I wrong. Upon returning from a hunt in a nearby cavern, I discovered my starting fortress and its inhabitants had disappeared with all surface connections, leaving only the seven-tile wide tunnel system and an abandoned settlement marker where the fortress once stood. How can I deal with this situation? Should I give up or try wandering through the cavern system to a nearby fort?

Context: Started a new game in adventure mode as a human crossbowman living in a procedurally generated dwarf fort placed in a mountain range. The stairs disappeared first, then the two dwarven soldiers posted in the tunnels disappeared after moving away from them.

[Bumber]

Keep a save for a bug report?

[BorkBorkGoesTheCode]

I don't have a save from before the disappearance, but I still have a copy of the world. I savescummed then asked the warrior dwarves to join me as entertainers after performing near them; this prevented their disappearance and the conversion of the fort icon, but the stairs are still gone. They're currently moving with my character through the cave system to a nearby fort. Before the stairs disappeared the option to retire was replaced with "Give in to starvation". The world was created with mostly-default world settings and a modmod of Black Powder Firearms mod. Legends viewer doesn't mention any site abandonments related to the mountain hall Warmthgirder.

[adamkad1]

maybe the fortress got abandoned for some reason?

[BorkBorkGoesTheCode]

I've checked that possibility using legends mode and noted the result in my other comment.

I've found another 7-tile tunnel system and followed it to a dead end; it seems all surface connections connected to the 7-tile hallways have been deleted in all fortresses. I've archived a save in case anyone wants to debug the world. I'm currently playing the world using Peridexiserrant's starter pack.


Side note: the tunnel systems really need cistern and well rest stops to keep travelers alive.

[BorkBorkGoesTheCode]

The wiki page describing the tunnels says fast travel is possible from the tunnel system but I can't get it to happen; all I get is the standard 9-tile underground map in the Travel menu. Things to note: 1. My character seemed to "forget" exploring areas of the map; some spots seemed to revert to unexplored territory. 2. The fort was sparsely populated and most dwarves encountered had military professions.

Ah that's how underground Fast travel works.