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[Archinerd]

Last night I ran into a bug that saved the lives of my dwarves. In late fall my fortress ran out of food due to mismanagement on my part.

The dwarven merchants showed up, carrying with them fresh meat and fish. My dwarves smelled all that food a mile away, and ran out and helped themselves to the merchants food. This no doubt saved my dwarves long enough to get my first harvest, but I'm pretty sure this isn't intended.

I did trade the dwarves a stone mechanism for nothing to pay for the food once they set up, but this isn't an ideal way to trade for food.

thanks

[Draxxalon]

Known issue, can happen with all of the merchants.

[AlStar]

It's not an issue - hungry dwarves steal food from merchants. Period. That's how it's set up to happen.

The only bug is that currently the merchants don't seem to care as much as they should about it.

[ November 07, 2006: Message edited by: AlStar ]

[CogDissident]

It does devalue your fortress as if you had seized the goods, because if you export less than you import, they do get upset. I think.

[qalnor]

quote:Originally posted by AlStar:
[QB]The only bug is that currently the merchants don't seem to care as much as they should about it.
QB]

I don't think this should necessarily be called a bug either, it isn't exactly diplomatic to start killing a bunch of another nation's peasants on account of them stealing food.

The merchants have guards to ward off attacks, not settle diplomatic issues.

[Shingo]

I'd say that it'd make a lot of sense for the guards to accost anyone foolish enough to try to steal from the caravan. That is, unless they find themselves overwhelmingly outnumbered and out-classed by the fortress military, in which case they leave. However, next year, they come back with some "friends" and settle things.