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[Bumber]

A zone that triggers on the presence of certain creature types would be very handy. Sometimes a dangerous enemy enters at an impractical area of the map, and one needs to constantly check back on its progress towards your fort; else be faced with the likes of "Urist McLegendarySmith cancels forge candy sword: Interrupted by Giant Cave Spider".

What this zone/burrow would allow you to do is select types of creature to trigger on and the action to take. Such actions might include deploying hunters/soldiers or triggering an alert announcement (which could be configured in announcements.txt.) A standing order could exist for zone hunting only. Creature categories might include individual species, everything excluding a list of species, hostiles, sentients, and trainability (based on civ knowledge.)

[Dirst]

A zone that triggers on the presence of certain creature types would be very handy. Sometimes a dangerous enemy enters at an impractical area of the map, and one needs to constantly check back on its progress towards your fort; else be faced with the likes of "Urist McLegendarySmith cancels forge candy sword: Interrupted by Giant Cave Spider".

What this zone/burrow would allow you to do is select types of creature to trigger on and the action to take. Such actions might include deploying hunters/soldiers or triggering an alert announcement (which could be configured in announcements.txt.) A standing order could exist for zone hunting only. Creature categories might include individual species, everything excluding a list of species, hostiles, sentients, and trainability (based on civ knowledge.)

I like the goal, but I think it would fit better with DF as a squad order similar to "defend burrow" except that spotting something there "raises the alarm" by invoking a user-defined alert level.  A later version might allow for the use of trained animals instead of sentient guards, though highly complex setups might push the bounds of credulity.  Now, was that the incoming-GCS barking pattern or the incoming-olm-man barking pattern?

[Bumber]

I like the goal, but I think it would fit better with DF as a squad order similar to "defend burrow" except that spotting something there "raises the alarm" by invoking a user-defined alert level.  A later version might allow for the use of trained animals instead of sentient guards, though highly complex setups might push the bounds of credulity.  Now, was that the incoming-GCS barking pattern or the incoming-olm-man barking pattern?

It could require visibility of the enemy, which will likely become a feature with the lighting arc.