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ikachan

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Listing creatures as compromised
« on: January 08, 2013, 12:06:23 pm »

For I start I apologise if this is already done.
So I had always found it a bit annoying when I have some trolls trapped in a hole and when my dwarves see them from high above they immediately cancel their jobs. What I think would be useful is the ability to go to the (u)nit screen and list the creature as (C)ompromised. This would make your dwarves ignore the creatures listed as compromised because they know they're in no danger. Some exceptions could be:
-when a dwarf is able to see a clear path between them and the compromised creature.
-Or if the dwarf has a natural fear of the creature.

What are your thoughts?
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GreatWyrmGold

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Re: Listing creatures as compromised
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2013, 06:37:31 pm »

Could work, needs some more refinement, and been suggested before.
(Often as a patch to some other suggestion, but sometimes as a separate one.)
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Silverionmox

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Re: Listing creatures as compromised
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2013, 03:31:46 pm »

It's an improvement, if not a solution, to a longstanding AI weakness that doesn't require expensive calculations like pathfinding. And I see no reasons not to do it.
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