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[The_Almighty_Demoham]

Got a dwarven caravan to accept 200K+ worth of shell and rock crafts without selling them the bins. Now they've been stuck for over 2 seasons in the depot.

I thought maybe they were going very slowly about it, but i checked the trade goods left in the depot and it remained the same (unless the order they are shown in isn't the same that they are loaded in?)

I've also made sure they were never scared off.

Any ideas on what to do (besides murder, because i really need this export)?

[Killgoth]

It may be a pathing problem.  Press "D" to see available pathing.  Green area is clear for the caravan to move through, red indicates a block in the path.  It is quite possible a tree sprouted while the caravan was staying.  Chop down trees or mine any boulders that are blocking the way out.

They will eventually go insane if they can't/don't leave.

[The_Almighty_Demoham]

It's not the pathing; the road is clear for them to move through (i made sure), the problem is they're not packing any of the items i've traded with them. 3 seasons and they still haven't put any more away than at the start. i really don't just want to kill them.

[anewaname]

What about deconstructing the depot? They may leave unhappy, but they should leave. Then you can give them the export the next time they arrive.

[Urist9876]

DFHACK command caravan list gives info about caravans, possibly indicating the problem.

You could also try "caravan leave" to set them on their way.

Packing can take quite a while. As long as they leave before getting insane, no problem.

[Bumber]

What have the other civ caravans been doing?

[ulf]

Noted that a lot of caravans take a long time to leave, and occationally parts of it will wander into my fort when trying to leave. Building a road for them seems to help them find their way. As soon as a little of it is ready, they seem to figure out where to go.

[The_Almighty_Demoham]

Sorry for not responding; i ended up killing the merchants anyway and sold all my crafts with the next caravan.

What have the other civ caravans been doing?

Elves came over whilst the dwarves were still stuck and seemingly had no trouble using the depot
The dwarven caravan that came after were sold the exact same, if not more, amount of goods and packed up and left within a season.

DFHACK command caravan list gives info about caravans, possibly indicating the problem.

You could also try "caravan leave" to set them on their way.

Packing can take quite a while. As long as they leave before getting insane, no problem.

Thanks, i'll keep this in mind in case i ever get the same problem.

[delphonso]

I've heard of a wagon collision bug. If two wagoms run into each other, one or both can get stuck. Perhaps this happened in your depot? Took them ages to load, collided, then got stuck and didn't move or load any more.