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0007860Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Invasionspublic2014-08-05 15:392020-02-16 13:27
ReporterRobsoie 
Assigned ToFootkerchief 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
StatusconfirmedResolutionopen 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product Version0.40.06 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0007860: Ambush alert but game focus on a very deep and completly unexplored place
Descriptionsave here :
http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=9303 [^]

Press a to see the list of message , select one of the 2 ambushes warning and press z to zoom to location.

DF will zoom to some very deep place (depth 128 ! ) that is completely unexplored as i'm very far to have dug down such level.

I sent my military (there are only the 7 starting dwarves) to station all over the surface without finding anyone.
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Additional Information
TagsNo tags attached.
Relationships
related to 0006600confirmed Footkerchief Ambush by harmless noble when reclaiming ruin 
has duplicate 0007473resolved Footkerchief Underground ambush in reclaimed ruin announced for unrevealed area 
has duplicate 0008614resolved Knight Otu Deep underground unrevealed ambush 
has duplicate 0011378resolved Loci Random announcement of an ambush underground 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2014-08-05 15:39RobsoieNew Issue
2014-08-05 16:04FootkerchiefNote Added: 0028403
2014-08-05 16:04FootkerchiefAssigned To => Footkerchief
2014-08-05 16:04FootkerchiefStatusnew => needs feedback
2014-08-05 16:04FootkerchiefRelationship addedduplicate of 0007473
2014-08-05 16:06RobsoieNote Added: 0028404
2014-08-05 16:06RobsoieStatusneeds feedback => assigned
2014-08-05 16:06RobsoieNote Edited: 0028404bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0028404#r10813
2014-08-05 16:07RobsoieNote Edited: 0028404bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0028404#r10814
2014-08-05 16:07RobsoieNote Edited: 0028404bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0028404#r10815
2014-08-27 22:15dwarf herderNote Added: 0029737
2014-09-07 21:40dwarf herderNote Edited: 0029737bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0029737#r11697
2014-11-24 15:57Urist McMontesOcaNote Added: 0031156
2014-11-24 21:49FootkerchiefRelationship replacedhas duplicate 0007473
2014-11-24 21:50FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0006600
2014-11-24 21:50FootkerchiefStatusassigned => confirmed
2014-12-09 17:53MrCNote Added: 0031306
2014-12-10 07:38Knight OtuRelationship addedhas duplicate 0008614
2015-03-07 13:16RobsoieNote Added: 0032342
2016-08-25 13:49CharadinNote Added: 0035808
2016-08-25 14:30InfantIguanaNote Added: 0035810
2017-12-14 13:38sionlifeNote Added: 0037306
2018-11-29 15:10GraysireIssue Monitored: Graysire
2018-11-29 15:14GraysireNote Added: 0038975
2020-02-16 09:32LociRelationship addedhas duplicate 0011378
2020-02-16 09:33uselessmcminerNote Added: 0040082
2020-02-16 09:33LociNote Added: 0040083
2020-02-16 09:36uselessmcminerNote Added: 0040084
2020-02-16 13:27Shonai_DwellerNote Added: 0040085

Notes
(0028403)
Footkerchief   
2014-08-05 16:04   
Is your fortress a reclaim?
(0028404)
Robsoie   
2014-08-05 16:06   
(edited on: 2014-08-05 16:07)
Yes, it's a reclaim of a fortress i mistakenly abandonned instead of retiring , choosing the wrong option.
But a fortress i designed myself, not one of the randomly generated one that can go deep
looks really the same case as the one you linked except the ruins were mine
(0029737)
dwarf herder   
2014-08-27 22:15   
(edited on: 2014-09-07 21:40)
Had this same thing happen in 40.10 with DF starter pack on windows 7 64bit. created a new world, embarked and was immediately slaughtered by alligators. did a reclaim and shortly after arriving, I received the ambush message and the view was switched to deep under ground. Units page showed only wild animals, no hostile units. Have a save file, but no where to host it yet.

file uploaded here; http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=9641 [^]
(0031156)
Urist McMontesOca   
2014-11-24 15:57   
I've also had this problem in 0.40.18 (although, I think the map was created in 0.40.14).

Same circunstances:
* Reclaimed fortress.
* Warning came from deep underground.

It was basically a "virgin map". I have barely struck the earth when I was stopped by the yet unpierced aquifer, so I'm pretty sure I've never had the chance to get down there.
(0031306)
MrC   
2014-12-09 17:53   
I can confirm this bug has happened to me also on a reclaimed fortress.
(0032342)
Robsoie   
2015-03-07 13:16   
Happened several times on 40.24 to my reclaimed fortresses too.
(0035808)
Charadin   
2016-08-25 13:49   
Issue still persists as of 43.05. Reclaimed fortress hadn't dug below z-36, got ambush alerts at z-76 five times in rapid sucession
(0035810)
InfantIguana   
2016-08-25 14:30   
I had an issue similar to this. An alert claimed that a long-lost dwarf's corpse had been found, but the alert pointed at an unexplored tile several z-levels below the surface. The fortress had been reclaimed.
(0037306)
sionlife   
2017-12-14 13:38   
Confirmed this has happened in 44.02.
(0038975)
Graysire   
2018-11-29 15:14   
Still occurring in 44.12, my 3rd reclaim of a site and it's occasionally spamming me with "ambushes" at Z 48-50 while I haven't been down 1 Z level yet. As a sidenote I am noticing the lack of some named zombie parts, maybe they somehow moved to the caverns?
(0040082)
uselessmcminer   
2020-02-16 09:33   
So this occurs in 47.02

I figured out the issue though. It was caused by hostile rodent men triggering the ambushes. I guess cause I opened the caverns on my first run of the fortress
(0040083)
Loci   
2020-02-16 09:33   
v0.47.02: uselessmcminer posted a save in 0011378:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/suvce39wnz27ga4/AABIUL9Y3EtQ7v_T5sdSVq16a?dl=0 [^]
(0040084)
uselessmcminer   
2020-02-16 09:36   
although what is weird is that it keeps repeating ambush alerts. I guess cause animal tribes are bugged
(0040085)
Shonai_Dweller   
2020-02-16 13:27   
Repeated ambush alerts is the way ambushes act in general right now. Every new couple of critters revealed is "an ambush, curse them!". Since goblins don't ambush right now it's not seen that often.