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Nihilich

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Dwarves falling down stairs
« on: July 31, 2014, 07:40:15 pm »
Like many others, I tend to design my fortresses around large, central staircases. However, as of late I've begun noticing strange spatters of blood in areas with no combatants and combat reports consisting entirely of "dwarf takes the full force of the impact through their shirt." Are my dwarves tripping down the stairs?
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Nihilich

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Re: Dwarves falling down stairs
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2014, 07:52:14 pm »
Also:
  • Have any of you guys experienced this
  • Is this related to the clumsiness trait
  • Can I train it out
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Loci

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Re: Dwarves falling down stairs
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2014, 07:54:12 pm »
Are you using burrows? Someone reported their children became quite clumsy when assigned to a burrow. In my own experience, assigning cats to a pasture ringing my central stair has caused them to occasionally fall down the stairwell. I suspect some aspect of the new momentum mechanics has problems with crossing a boundary.
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Re: Dwarves falling down stairs
« Reply #3 on: August 01, 2014, 01:54:12 am »
Quote from: Nihilich on July 31, 2014, 07:40:15 pm
... Are my dwarves tripping down the stairs?

Yes, with sufficient emphasis on the verb in question.
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Re: Dwarves falling down stairs
« Reply #4 on: August 01, 2014, 02:32:33 am »
Could it be related to climbing in any way?

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Re: Dwarves falling down stairs
« Reply #5 on: August 01, 2014, 06:21:21 am »
Yes, dwarves can fall down a staircase.  Any creature that goes unconscious (or i think also webbed) on a stair tile will 'fall'.

Note that the game calculates falling down a stair by acting as if the entire staircase didnt exist.  I also often have a large centre stair leading all the way to the surface, I have seen dwarves pass out from exhaustion battling goblins in the courtyard only to fall 65 z-levels (makes a big splash).  I also once lost an entire squad of axe lords when they got hit by a knockout syndrome-cloud and all fell asleep on a stair, bodies landed on the forge deck
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Re: Dwarves falling down stairs
« Reply #6 on: August 01, 2014, 06:41:05 am »
Hatches are your friend.
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Re: Dwarves falling down stairs
« Reply #7 on: August 02, 2014, 11:43:14 am »
Quote from: celem on August 01, 2014, 06:21:21 am
Yes, dwarves can fall down a staircase.  Any creature that goes unconscious (or i think also webbed) on a stair tile will 'fall'.

I really don't think that's the case in the new version. With the advent of sleepwalking dwarves, they would all automatically end up at the bottom of the stairwell if merely being unconscious caused them to fall.

However, once a creature is marked as "falling" stair tiles do nothing to stop the descent. Adding hatch covers every few levels is a good preventative measure.
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