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0001169Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Militarypublic2010-04-14 16:032010-07-25 14:17
ReporterEz 
Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeveritymajorReproducibilityalways
StatusnewResolutionopen 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product Version0.31.03 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0001169: Soldiers follow enemies into the water, and then drown
DescriptionIf a dorf is fighting a critter (undead in my case, I'm sure it applies to living as well) and said critter falls into a lake or a pond, the dorf follows it and eventually drowns in the 7/7 water. The lake had no ramps or any other means of access other than just jumping in.
I haven't tested whether or not they also jump off a cliff or into a lake that's more than 1 z-level deep.
Steps To Reproduce1) Use a wrestler to knock an undead critter into a pond
2) Issue a kill order on said critter
3) Watch as dorfs happily jump to their watery graves
Additional InformationIt already happened twice to me:
1) Single squad of 3 dorfs, two jumped down into the pond and killed the critter, then drowned. The third dorf was elsewhere so he survived.
2) Two squads, 1 wrestler and 3 axedorfs. Wrestler knocked the critter into a pond, jumped in and continued to fight it. Axedorfs arrived, jumped in, killed it, third axedorf arrived late and didn't jump in as there was nothing to kill anymore. Save for the last one all of them drowned.
Tags0.31.03, combat, Dwarf, kill, Military, pond, water
Relationships
related to 0000481acknowledged Toady One Kill/attack commands/orders don't work 
has duplicate 0002855resolved Footkerchief Dwarf Voluntarily Drowns Self Chasing Creature 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2010-04-14 16:03EzNew Issue
2010-04-14 23:12EzTag Attached: 0.31.03
2010-04-14 23:12EzTag Attached: combat
2010-04-14 23:12EzTag Attached: Dwarf
2010-04-14 23:12EzTag Attached: kill
2010-04-14 23:12EzTag Attached: Military
2010-04-14 23:12EzTag Attached: pond
2010-04-14 23:12EzTag Attached: water
2010-04-21 11:31desendoNote Added: 0004477
2010-05-14 19:42InspirationNote Added: 0006709
2010-05-14 22:55HugnaNote Added: 0006712
2010-07-02 07:45toybasherNote Added: 0009517
2010-07-12 00:16DoctorZuberNote Added: 0010007
2010-07-12 00:22DoctorZuberNote Edited: 0010007bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0010007#r3866
2010-07-15 18:52RossMIssue Monitored: RossM
2010-07-25 14:17FootkerchiefSummaryKill order makes dorfs jump into lakes => Soldiers chase animals and other enemies into the water
2010-07-25 14:17FootkerchiefSummarySoldiers chase animals and other enemies into the water => Soldiers follow enemies into the water, and then drown
2010-07-25 14:17FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0000481
2010-07-26 13:39FootkerchiefRelationship addedhas duplicate 0002855
2018-04-16 10:51HuntthetrollIssue Monitored: Huntthetroll

Notes
(0004477)
desendo   
2010-04-21 11:31   
got the same situation. dwarfs tends to jump to ponds and rivers while chasing kill-ordered critter
(0006709)
Inspiration   
2010-05-14 19:42   
Confirmed. Lost my only miner to it. Not to mention that he was SUPPOSED to be using that damn copper pick of his...
(0006712)
Hugna   
2010-05-14 22:55   
My dwarves used to be able to swim back out after a bit of drowning. However, i tested it upon the no_breathe tag, and in about a couple seconds of it, they swam back out. For adventure modes with no_breathe, i had to PUSH them out of the water to keep them from drowning. Alt+Move when someone is in the way when you move makes them move to your previous location and you go in. Assuming enough, there most likely will be an ability for other dwarves to drag them out of the water, to prevent other dwarves from drowning.
(0009517)
toybasher   
2010-07-02 07:45   
Intentional? I mean you told them to kill something in water.

Then again, the dwarves should have common sense not to jump into some water without knowing how to swim.
(0010007)
DoctorZuber   
2010-07-12 00:16   
(edited on: 2010-07-12 00:22)
Doesn't need to be a kill order. Just activated a squad to deal with a rhesus macqaw swarm, and two (of seven) dwarves drowned pursuing them into the river.