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Author Topic: [40d] Creatures hang in the air  (Read 680 times)

Nikinyo

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[40d] Creatures hang in the air
« on: November 19, 2008, 09:56:50 am »
My champions were sparring in barracks as usual. Then, suddenly one of them got thrown in the air by his colleague and just stuck there. He is hanging there for more then 10 years already... I tried many things, like dropping ceiling on him, but it didn't work.

It also happened a few times (3 or so in 25 years) with some goblins, but I just loaded DF from Autosave before it happened.

Should I send a save, or maybe post a screenshot?
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Re: [40d] Creatures hang in the air
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2008, 10:18:28 am »
Yeah it's a pretty annoying bug, there's already an entry on the dev page for floating wagons but this might be a separate issue.

I managed to fix this when it happened to me using Dwarf Companion.  I also managed to use the same method to fix somebody else's save, so it seems like a reliable method.  I described my experience here: http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=25838.msg300972#msg300972
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Re: [40d] Creatures hang in the air
« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2008, 10:37:26 am »
Thanks! I'll try to use Companion.
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Re: [40d] Creatures hang in the air
« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2008, 10:02:58 pm »
I got it as well and I'm so glad I finally found where the official forums were! The links seem to be broken on the DF page :/

Anyway, to the point, trial and error and some 15 minutes later, it seems that the flag that made my dwarf champion "land" back in the barracks was 0x1.4 in DwarfCompanion v0.14 (the version you posted above).

So just edit the said dwarf and remove that flag :)

I'm so glad I found an answer and it seems I'll become a regular over here ;p
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Re: [40d] Creatures hang in the air
« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2008, 02:47:38 am »
Oh cool, that's useful info.  I went ahead and wrote on Bartavelle's wiki page so hopefully he can include a description for that flag in the next version of DC.
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Re: [40d] Creatures hang in the air
« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2008, 08:19:49 am »
Quote from: Footkerchief on November 22, 2008, 02:47:38 am
Oh cool, that's useful info.  I went ahead and wrote on Bartavelle's wiki page so hopefully he can include a description for that flag in the next version of DC.

That's cool, that's cool, I found it :)
I would have forgotten to report it to him ;)
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