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Mythos

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My military doesn't seem to understand kill orders. Help?
« on: October 03, 2010, 05:31:09 pm »
I just had an Ettin come and when I gave my military a kill order for it, they proceeded to go sit in the statue garden and do absolutely nothing. Luckily they're apparently vulnerable to cage traps and nobody was by my entrance when it came along, but I'm worried about this for the next time enemies come. What went wrong with the kill order?
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Quote from: Azkanan on December 05, 2009, 02:03:01 pm
So, I tediously awaited the arrival of the dwarven caravan (I'm set up on a island, see)... And, they came. My fingers tingled, my nose twitched and my toes tickled... they came around the corner, over my bridge... Into my courtyard... Onto my trade depot...

Then everything near it exploded in a cloud of blood.

Gearheart

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Re: My military doesn't seem to understand kill orders. Help?
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2010, 05:43:53 pm »
It's usually better to just issue a move order to where the enemy is heading, because kill commands can be rather erratic at times.
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Mythos

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Re: My military doesn't seem to understand kill orders. Help?
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2010, 05:45:53 pm »
Alright, in the future I'll just tell them to go in the direction of the enemy. I'm surprised I haven't had any goblins yet...
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Quote from: Azkanan on December 05, 2009, 02:03:01 pm
So, I tediously awaited the arrival of the dwarven caravan (I'm set up on a island, see)... And, they came. My fingers tingled, my nose twitched and my toes tickled... they came around the corner, over my bridge... Into my courtyard... Onto my trade depot...

Then everything near it exploded in a cloud of blood.

FleshForge

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Re: My military doesn't seem to understand kill orders. Help?
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2010, 11:10:22 pm »
Worlds genned in versions .13/.14 are bugged like that, no invaders. 
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krenshala

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Re: My military doesn't seem to understand kill orders. Help?
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2010, 11:14:51 pm »
I issued a kill order once, the first time I actually had active military fighting stuff, and I think I got a message stating the dwarves could not follow the order.  They were already fighting at the time, however, so I think that was the reason.

When in combat, are dwarves always unable to follow new orders (more or kill gave me the same result until about 20 seconds after the left melee)?
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Dwarfnorris101

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Re: My military doesn't seem to understand kill orders. Help?
« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2010, 11:21:12 pm »
ive had this happen too, and sometimes if they have no available path at the time (forbidden door) they will unequip their gear and then have the reequip, etc...
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