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GRead

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ocean waves destroy caravans?
« on: March 01, 2008, 04:12:00 am »
Just started a new fort on a beach map with a crazy idea in mind, and it just so happens my wagon is *right on the oceans edge* and I have to rush to get all the items out of it lest they be dragged away into the ocean.

I settled pretty much right here, and my trade depot was just out of range of the waves; without ramping a path to the upper edge, the only access points to my depot are along the beach; so the trade caravan arrives, and I go to check on things at base, and suddenly there's just a pile of stuff where the wagons were and my dwarves are looting the former merchandise out of the surf.

There was no wildlife down there and no ambushers so I have no clue what happened, other than to assume, given how little distance the wagon covered, that it got hit with a wave and destroyed.

Didn't see this in reported bugs or a brief search so putting it out here

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Re: ocean waves destroy caravans?
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2008, 04:25:00 am »
The waves cut off the wagon's pathfinding and without any way to move, and no movement possible to get out of said situation, they get scuttled.
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Re: ocean waves destroy caravans?
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2008, 07:35:00 am »
I've got this situation too.
I woder can we do the same with flood gates blocking the path?
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