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[Dorten]

Yeah, it's cool, that dwarves learned to get round other dwarves, and it looks really cool when a horde of dwarves run in the open field... but! I've witnessed this:

code:

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 ++++++++++++++++z+y++++++++++++ -> Exit

That's the catwalk I was building for my marksdwarvwes. Pluses are floors, and everything else is either open space or walls. So. The mason is coming from the Exit, to build a wall at spot 'x'. At the spot 'y' he meets another mason, who goes back to the exit. So the first mason goes ALL THE WAY AROUND to spot 'z', actually PASSING his destination, then turns around and proceeds to x.

Think, a check whether the round-way will take less time than simple ducking or not needs to be implemented. Its ridiculous without one.

[MaxVance]

I agree. Dwarven pathfinding is still not optimal in many situations; for example, my masons will often go way out of their way to get to the mines, than go all the way down to get a rock which was exactly five Z-levels under their shop, then all the way back up, passing the rock stockpile that was six squares away.

[Anjey aka PM]

quote:Originally posted by MaxVance:
<STRONG>I agree. Dwarven pathfinding is still not optimal in many situations; for example, my masons will often go way out of their way to get to the mines, than go all the way down to get a rock which was exactly five Z-levels under their shop, then all the way back up, passing the rock stockpile that was six squares away.</STRONG>

not related to reported bug

[Tayrin]

There was a report of something quite similar here, where dwarves would keep bumping into each other and switching to the alternate path, though the passing-the-destination part was not mentioned.

The report is listed under bug 812, anyway:

quote:000812 □ [pathfinding] (Report) dwarves can get stuck in a looping pattern trying to avoid each other

[Draco18s]

That must be what happened when I built a grate underground and watch a dwarf take a looping path above ground (through a LOT of restricted area) to get to the grate nearly directly below him (rather than taking the stairs to his left) and passing the work area.  The gate had been dropped by the previous peasant walking towards the untaken stairs prior to dropping the grate for a drink.