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slMagnvox

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Erratic pathing (Cancels job: Path blocked)
« on: July 17, 2008, 01:08:32 am »
In my shiny new .28...39b I've noticed some odd dwarf pathing behavior.  Ever since I've played DF, when a dwarf assumes a job they'll make a bee line for the material, make a bee line for the workshop, without any deviations except the standard emergencies.  Namely seeing a groundhog, eat, sleep, drink or giving birth.

Since playing 39b I've seen dwarves kind of stutter on their way to jobs.  I've seen dwarves pick up a material and drop it on the way to the workshop reverting back to No Job.  I've watched a couple of masons zig zag between getting another block to build a wall or .. going somewhere else, not positive.  I watched my architect design a section of road and then get distracted before finishing it.  Naturally, if this was just to eat/sleep/drink I wouldn't be concerned, but I'm noticing this when eat/sleep/drink isn't the imperative. (Note to self, play next round of DF with full job cancelation disclosure.)

Anyone else noticing anything along these lines?  Is it just my imagination or is DF using both of my CPU cores now?  Like the shorter sleep cycles.

EDIT Update:  Turning on all job cancellation messages reveals many many job canceled:  Path blocked messages.  Many considering starting seven fill half a screen in a hundred ticks or so.
« Last Edit: July 17, 2008, 01:17:07 am by slMagnvox »
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Walliard

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Re: Erratic pathing (Cancels job: Path blocked)
« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2008, 01:28:50 am »
Toady's fixed the bug, and a new patch release should be out tomorrow.
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Toady, how much of DF is inspired by Labyrinth? Is Armok actually David Bowie? Because that would simultaneously be disturbing and awesome.

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Re: Erratic pathing (Cancels job: Path blocked)
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2008, 01:31:47 am »
Solution:
Make wider hallways.
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Re: Erratic pathing (Cancels job: Path blocked)
« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2008, 01:33:49 am »
Yeah, I was sure there'd be some other posts about this.  Already on page three of Bug Reports, [39b] Dwarf cancels job: Path Blocked? is the relevant thread if anyone else wants to check it out.

Also, I don't mine hallways, I mine caverns.  So thats not it.  Thanks though!
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Re: Erratic pathing (Cancels job: Path blocked)
« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2008, 04:45:42 am »
Fixed, according to dev notes.
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