Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[someone12345]

My depot is marked inaccessible, even though there is a three tile wide path from the depot to the map edge, and all off the boulders on the path have been smoothed. In fact, not a single tile on the map is marked as accessible. The merchants still come, but they do not bring wagons. Why is this?

[Torrasque666]

I'm gonna guess.... traps. Do you have traps anywhere in its path? Wagon's can't pass over traps.

[smjjames]

Also check for trees, but I'm thinking maybe traps too.

[Greiger]

Traps, trees, and boulders all block wagon pathing. 
Wagons also cannot use stairs and must use ramps.
Wagons are three tiles wide, so there must be a three tile wide path from your depot to the edge of the map. 
Wagons were also implemented before diagonal movement, and as such are incapable of moving diagonally. (Just like how catapults and ballista are unable to fire up or down), so make sure the route has room for 90 degree turns.

[rhesusmacabre]

Wagons also cannot use stairs and must use ramps.

Not only can they not use stairs, but also they cannot cross them horizontally.

If the entire map is marked as inaccessible, this means the blockage (or at least a blockage) is right next to your depot. The access overlay is calculated outwards from the depot, and not inwards from the edge.

[someone12345]

I'm gonna guess.... traps. Do you have traps anywhere in its path? Wagon's can't pass over traps.

Every one of my traps is behind the depot.

Traps, trees, and boulders all block wagon pathing. 
Wagons also cannot use stairs and must use ramps.
Wagons are three tiles wide, so there must be a three tile wide path from your depot to the edge of the map. 
Wagons were also implemented before diagonal movement, and as such are incapable of moving diagonally. (Just like how catapults and ballista are unable to fire up or down), so make sure the route has room for 90 degree turns.

There are no trees, boulders, or stairs from the edge of the map to the depot. I have a road from the depot to the map edge. The road is built on a plain, so it is only on a single z-level. The road is absolutely straight.

[Quietust]

Press Shift+D and look at the depot to find out how far its path actually reaches - wagon-accessible tiles are calculated starting at the depot and moving toward the map edge, not vice-versa.

A pair of screenshots would also be nice, both with and without the depot accessibility info visible.

[smjjames]

You could have another construction blocking the path by accident, not sure if doors will block wagons. Turn on the depot access overlay and follow the green pathway to see where it ends, the blockage will be there.

Edit: Ninja'd, heh. As Q said, screenshots would be nice too.

[someone12345]

You could have another construction blocking the path by accident, not sure if doors will block wagons. Turn on the depot access overlay and follow the green pathway to see where it ends, the blockage will be there.

Edit: Ninja'd, heh. As Q said, screenshots would be nice too.

I will try that.

[WhimsyWink]

I had forgotten that it measures from the depot out ... so when I saw the whole map red I assumed I had too many trees for a path (heavily forested embark)

Z-1 showed green to the exit ... turned out I had a pebble right outside the entrance that I hadn't noticed