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So its not the games fault people were collecting arrows outside, it was the player.

Or unless it is told to use a different weapon.

This would be perfect.

[ February 10, 2008: Message edited by: The-Moon ]

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Originally posted by Joror:
<STRONG>I have had a new fort, not even one year old, suddenly go very slow on me. It dropped from a smooth 100fps down to a trickling 15fps.
I have been unable to determine what exactly caused this slowdown. (didn't have autosave on, so could not jump back to a previous save)

These are the last few events that are in my log:
- Stray dog (tame) has given birth to puppies
(should not be a problem, got no pet-locked doors, and this is my two dogs' first litter, so puppy-spam seems unlikely)
- Digging designation cancelled: damp stone located
(Sounds very suspicous, the damp stone is for a big lake - but there are no leaks.)
- The merchants from Belalurvad have embarked on their journey
(not sure if this happened before or after the slowdown began, but seems innocent enough)

So far I've tried these things to remove source of the slowdown:
- Blocking off the main hallways to stop pathfinding
- Puncturing the lake wall (slowmotion flooding..)
- Slaughtered the new puppies (No infernal fps-eating demon-puppy among them)

All that failed, so bug reporting I am - save available here: http://home.parse.nl/~daan/dwarffortress/region2.zip</STRONG>

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In fact i just recently had this problem on the last map i was playing.

However i think the slow down happened before the merchants came.

Game went from 150FPS, down to 50FPS    

I did however find a bug, i don't know if its related tho.

I built a pit to toss some pigs into, and i view it to throw animals into it and it had on the list something like "(tame) cardinal" at the bottom.

I check the "U" list as well as my animal list under the "Z" menu.

I couldn't find this cardinal.

So i was thinking that maybe that had something to do with a all the sudden lag, which wouldn't normally occur in the first year.

Normally my fps will stay at 100 good into the second year.

Joror, make a pit area, and try to assign a animal too it, but don't assign nothing, just check and see if theres any animals in that list, that should not be there.

Btw: I'm not 100% sure, but i think the lag may have happened after i loaded up a save. I don't think i was playing the game and it started to lag, i would have noticed that for sure, as i'm always checking the FPS as i play.

I think this happened after i loaded the map.

[ April 28, 2008: Message edited by: The-Moon ]

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Originally posted by Chariot:
<STRONG>dwarves will be scared away by any creature that could possibly get to them, or that they could get to, in any way. that includes falling.

if theres no possible way, even by falling, for them to reach each other, it wont scare them</STRONG>

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Well then if thats the case. The dwarfs should not be scared unless they fall. If they fall then they need to be scared and they need to get out of the water.

Dwarfs should only be scared if something can get to them.

As long as its not programed to make them walk off the bridge. Then they shouldnt be scared of whats down there, unless whats down there has a missle attack, or is tall enough to reach them.

Another Fucked bug.

My people go into the water, and never climb back out.

I lost a wood cutter because of that already.

Thats a really bad bug which needs to get fixed asap.

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2nd level
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