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0008987Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Jobs, Activity Zonespublic2015-06-07 19:182015-12-18 16:41
NW_Kohaku 
lethosor 
normalminorsometimes
acknowledgedopen 
PCWindowsWindows 7
0.40.24 
 
0008987: Dwarves continue to use stepladders to attempt picking fruit after zone removed and trees cut down
At the start of an embark, I set up one of these newfangled fruit-picking zones, mostly just to try the thing out. After a while, however, I was ready to start creating a "greenhouse" that was more protected, so I deleted the zone that was sitting over the area I was walling in and preparing to channel.

My plant gatherer dwarves, however, were having none of that, and steadfastly continued to bring stepladders into the area I had cordoned off, and trying to climb stepladders to pick fruit from trees I had already chopped down.
http://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=10917 [^] - Autumnal seasonal save of my first year in the fort where I noticed this behavior.

What seems to trigger the behavior, however, is deleting the zone before deactivating or removing the fruit-picking behavior.
I was forced for a while to just plain forbid the stepladders to get the dwarves to step down from them, and/or disable plant gathering.

I only managed to correct this behavior for good by designating a new area for fruit picking, and then disabling the fruit-picking action in the zone options, THEN deleting the zone. Simply deleting the zone, itself, resulted in the continued attempts at picking fruit from non-existent trees.
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related to 0008960new  Fallen fruit gathering does not respect activity zones 
related to 0009414acknowledged lethosor Herbalist gathers from removed gathering zone 
Issue History
2015-06-07 19:18NW_KohakuNew Issue
2015-06-17 11:22kattybatsNote Added: 0032783
2015-06-17 16:52lethosorAssigned To => lethosor
2015-06-17 16:52lethosorStatusnew => acknowledged
2015-06-17 16:53lethosorRelationship addedrelated to 0008960
2015-12-18 16:41m-logikNote Added: 0034031
2017-02-16 02:26Knight OtuRelationship addedrelated to 0009414
2017-06-08 19:13HuntthetrollIssue Monitored: Huntthetroll

Notes
(0032783)
kattybats   
2015-06-17 11:22   
I can verify this issue in my game.
(0034031)
m-logik   
2015-12-18 16:41   
This bug is still present in .42.03.