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[urmane]

So for my second siege, the goblins and giant olms are just sitting up near the lake, doing nothing.  It's been quite a while now - I was expecting them to be more aggressive (although I suppose if I could prosecute a siege simply by lying down near a lake, that's not a bad way to go   )

Confusingly, when I sounded the civilian alert, the Mayor took off up the side of the mountain - he's just around a hill from the invaders, also just sitting there.  The outpost liaison had just arrived, and the chased the Mayor up the hill.  I have nothing complicated set up, and his skills are just farming/plant gathering/cooking/cleaning.

I'm going to send my squads out, mostly because I'm tired of waiting with everybody stuck in the siege burrow, but I'm wondering if anyone has any thoughts?

[NESgamer190]

The siege wants to prevent the dwarven olympics from happening!  Run, little mayor, run!

In all seriousness, I'd call that a lucky break for ya, especially if the fortress could be entered.

[urmane]

I may have figured it out - I sent my squads after the invaders, and crushed them - but I hadn't seen a group of Trolls, who went in the entrance after I left.  Perhaps the Mayor saw them.  After killing them, too, I saw yet *another* group of goblins on foot in the other corner of the map, but they were fleeing.  Guess I need to look at all Z's more carefully when I'm invaded.  Lost one Axedwarf, may he rest in peace.

Here's another question, though - how long does it take for the drawbridge to go up?  I must have made a mistake somewhere, because it's not working, unless it really takes ages to go up ... it's hard to see now, too, all covered with moss and troll parts ...

[guitarxe]

Draw bridge goes up a few frames after the level is pulled. Now how long it takes for someone to actually pull the lever depends entirely on your fortress layout and your dwarves.

[Firehawk45]

did a goblin drown in the lake? Because then the rest of the siege would just stand around gazing at the sky

[knutor]

If your all sealed up.  They won't come and step on trap, unless some bait is exposed.  I like to keep a cage of nonpet kittens, nearby the traps.  With the kitten cage lever inside the Danger burrow, for a safe and easy pull.  So when a siege stalls out like this, I can give them some motivation, to lure them into a lawn full of traps.

[i2amroy]

Here's another question, though - how long does it take for the drawbridge to go up?  I must have made a mistake somewhere, because it's not working, unless it really takes ages to go up ... it's hard to see now, too, all covered with moss and troll parts ...

A drawbridge will go up/down 100 ticks (for reference, 1 dwarf step = ~10 ticks) after the lever is pulled unless there is at least one creature of size 1200000 on/under the drawbridge. If there is a large creature present then the bridge will either refuse to raise or it will break (if coming down).

Also note that bridges work on on/off signals, not toggles. This means that if you pull a lever (sending "on") and then connect it to a bridge and pull it again (sending "off"), the bridge won't do anything until you pull it a third time (sending "on").