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FZE

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A firefly has comprimised my fortress security.
« on: April 28, 2010, 06:46:00 pm »
Okay, I've read about this happening, and I've had it happen to me several times, resulting in goblin-related dwarf massacres, but I've searched for a solution to no avail. There is a firefly corpse stuck in my fortress' front door. I've claimed it and marked it for dumping, but no one ever bothers to get it out of the door.

Once and for all, how can I get my dwarves to debug the security system?
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DarthCloakedDwarf

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Re: A firefly has comprimised my fortress security.
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2010, 06:46:58 pm »
Magma?
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Re: A firefly has comprimised my fortress security.
« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2010, 06:47:03 pm »
Ah, of course. A monarch butterfly once compromised the security of Boatmurdered.

In any case, check to see if your dwarves are set to gather refuse from the outside.
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Re: A firefly has comprimised my fortress security.
« Reply #3 on: April 28, 2010, 06:48:06 pm »
Build a wall either side of the entrance, and more it forward/backward one space.
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FZE

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Re: A firefly has comprimised my fortress security.
« Reply #4 on: April 28, 2010, 06:56:17 pm »
Quote from: Redem on April 28, 2010, 06:48:06 pm
Build a wall either side of the entrance, and more it forward/backward one space.

Ahhh! That I actually did resort to last fortress, and as soon as the new door was ready?

NYEEEERM RACCOON INTO SAWBLADES and I was back in the same boat.

Quote from: Jim Groovester on April 28, 2010, 06:47:03 pm
In any case, check to see if your dwarves are set to gather refuse from the outside.

Aye! That did it! Thanks much, you've saved dozens of dwarven lives here today.
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Re: A firefly has comprimised my fortress security.
« Reply #5 on: April 28, 2010, 07:03:17 pm »
A safer alternative in general is to use Floodgates, Grates, or Bridges for your main entrace, since they'll just destroy anything caught in them instead of getting stuck open.
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Re: A firefly has comprimised my fortress security.
« Reply #6 on: April 28, 2010, 07:09:10 pm »
floodgates jam as well. I find grates dug over a pit never jam, are not vulnerable to building destroyer 2's ability to negate, and can be filled with magma/pit straight down to hell/magma sea/tame GCS cave/etc
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Re: A firefly has comprimised my fortress security.
« Reply #7 on: April 28, 2010, 07:57:24 pm »
Quote from: FZE on April 28, 2010, 06:56:17 pm
Aye! That did it! Thanks much, you've saved dozens of dwarven lives here today.

When did this become a good thing?
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