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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0004773Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Buildings, Generalpublic2011-07-21 16:572011-08-08 14:15
Reportervasiln 
Assigned To 
PrioritylowSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
StatusnewResolutionopen 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product Version0.31.25 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0004773: Ghosts obstruct doors
DescriptionGhosts standing on squares occupied by doors obstruct those doors, keeping them open (hence unable to be locked)
Steps To ReproduceDifficult, since you can't control ghosts.

a) Kill lots of dwarves and don't bury them

b) Build lots of doors
Additional InformationKind of a cool bug, don't mind having ghosts screw with fortress operation in minor ways like this. Ghost in question is a restless haunt, in case anyone is curious (as it would be perfectly appropriate for a poltergeist to do this :) )
Tagsdoor, ghost, Intentional/Expected?
Relationships
related to 0006417new  Ghosts count as creatures that block constructions 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2011-07-21 16:57vasilnNew Issue
2011-07-21 18:00QuietustNote Added: 0018290
2011-07-21 22:37vasilnNote Added: 0018291
2011-07-28 09:59FootkerchiefTag Attached: Intentional/Expected?
2011-08-08 13:27vasilnTag Attached: door
2011-08-08 13:27vasilnTag Attached: ghost
2011-08-08 14:15vasilnNote Added: 0018459
2014-01-20 17:07FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0006417

Notes
(0018290)
Quietust   
2011-07-21 18:00   
Do the ghosts actually open closed doors, or do they just prevent doors from being closed if they're standing on one when another dwarf walks through?

It might be an interesting feature (assuming it doesn't already happen) for ghosts to actually unlock locked doors.
(0018291)
vasiln   
2011-07-21 22:37   
That's a good question. Hard to test directly since I can't get the ghosts to do what I want, but I'll keep an eye out.
(0018459)
vasiln   
2011-08-08 14:15   
Finally caught a ghost in the act of passing through a door without anyone else around. The door opened for the ghost.