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targetstar

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i think dwarves can see through walls
« on: March 29, 2012, 07:02:27 pm »
well bridges mostly, so i was seiged, and i was caought off guard so i have 1 casulty, only problem is, i have aroudn 20 or so captive, they been sent to my dungen but the 2nd wave appered so i raised my bridges so my cages can get reset, unfortantly, when ever my guys get near the entrence to replace the cage traps, they look up and see the goblin army on the other side of the bridge, so y?
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Re: i think dwarves can see through walls
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2012, 07:24:24 pm »
Bridges don't have complete coverage. They're not like walls or floors. The dwarves also have a tendancy to get panicky no matter where the goblins are if they're crossbow/bowgoblins.

At least, mine do.

And then they get shot a lot.
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Re: i think dwarves can see through walls
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2012, 07:29:19 pm »
there goblin, and they are all Lashers riding giant olm, well how do i get them to stop running in circle, cause i got all my mechanic running in circle lowing the speed of which i can make mechanics, and prepare a another row of traps up ahead.
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Re: i think dwarves can see through walls
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2012, 07:33:48 pm »
Is there a roof above the bridge?
Is it labeled as 'outside'?
If it's 'inside' they should cut it out. Constructing a roof after the siege should help.
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Re: i think dwarves can see through walls
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2012, 02:44:24 am »
I got the same problem. The gobs were actually a z level above and ahead of the bridge closing the entrance, and they were shooting through the gap of the cavern ceiling and the bridge that wasn't in the entrance but in front of it. Not that they actually hit anything, but it made my dorfs panicky

edit: included the 'I g' at the beginning of the post, don't know how it got left out
« Last Edit: April 02, 2012, 08:59:53 am by Garath »
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Re: i think dwarves can see through walls
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2012, 05:15:34 am »
Quote from: targetstar on March 29, 2012, 07:29:19 pm
well how do i get them to stop running in circle

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Re: i think dwarves can see through walls
« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2012, 06:40:19 pm »
It is the same problem. If they can see them, doesn't matter if they hit or not. They're not gonna be happy.
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Re: i think dwarves can see through walls
« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2012, 01:33:09 am »
Yeah.  I recieved the msg about a deep pit, while mining near a cavern.  I hadn't recieved the cavern msg yet.  The miner hadn't even penetrated a cavern or deep pit, he just decided to send the message.  The miner sensed it through the floor.  Later I dropped a z-level, and there it was, cavern message, and a deep pit.
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Re: i think dwarves can see through walls
« Reply #8 on: April 02, 2012, 03:07:03 am »
Quote from: targetstar on March 29, 2012, 07:29:19 pm
there goblin, and they are all Lashers riding giant olm, well how do i get them to stop running in circle, cause i got all my mechanic running in circle lowing the speed of which i can make mechanics, and prepare a another row of traps up ahead.

You should probably not base your defense on replacing traps during a siege. Personally I leave most traps outside the alert-restricted-burrow during sieges. I also forbid them to avoid cancellation spam and accidents.

Perhaps you are able to build/carve a fortification and fire back with a fresh marksdwarf or two? Sounds like good target practice ;)
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