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[wooks]

Hello, Ive got a stuck FB with some very nasty dust in my !!research!! hospital. He wont seem to path into my open fortress or to my baited trap so I can catch him. He wandered around the caverns for probably a year or more while I was building my trap to ensnare him for a poisoned bolt project, but seems to have become "distracted." I tried sending in a nice naked consort human volunteer to get him moving again, which worked except that he immediately froze again after killing the harlet enjoying a chat with her. Any help getting him to go back on the normal war-path would be much appreciated.

[PatrikLundell]

I know of two reasons for FBs to get stuck:
- Pathing: They can get stuck in the air, in pools, and pace back and forth trying to decide how to get to that juicy door, only to decide the other direction is better.
- Building destruction mesmerization. Building destroyers need to be two tiles perpendicularly away from the target to destroy it, and if the get closer than that they get stuck. They can be temporarily distracted by a target to kill, and if they manage to approach the building from a proper angle they may destroy it after a fairly short time. Artifact buildings cannot be destroyed, and thus can trap building destroyers even when properly aligned.

I suspect it's case #2, in which case you need to get rid of the distraction. A closed door can probably be removed from the other side by a sacrificial worker, but I'd rather organize a cave-in that smashes the building only (and make sure it won't leave through the hole in the roof by sealing the area above before pulling the lever). In a hospital it can target coffers, beds, and traction benches, typically, although you may also have doors or a well.

[wooks]

You were right! A quick cave-in solved the issue. I suppose he got stuck a little too close to a building as in bug:4585