Soft-lock - Assigning targets during siege?

[mattregul]

Ran the AI over night and woke up to a soft-lock, at a 7th year goblin siege . Deleted save and started a new world, and hit soft-lock again, on the 7th year, goblin invasion.

• Squad 1 has assigned targets, but 2 & 3 do not.
• Squad 3 has zero members
• I can esc out and the game & ai continue normally, but only squad 1 heads into battle battle
  • Side-note - Perhaps future enhancement could check if squads are idle? ex: one squad went down to fight a forgotten beast, while the others went up to fight a siege? (Maybe the AI already handles this?)

Console Log

00007-10-02:0990 found next cavern
00007-10-03:0001 Ordering squad The Frills of Working to kill Smunstu Aslotsaslu, Goblin Spearman: marauder
00007-10-03:0001 Ordering squad The Fenced Fortifications to kill Osta Urarstato, Goblin Pikeman: marauder
00007-10-03:0001 Ordering squad The Frills of Working to kill Ngoso Urarangot, Goblin Lasher: marauder
00007-10-03:0001 Ordering squad The Fenced Fortifications to kill Strodno Ultaslaxu, Goblin Bowman: marauder
00007-10-03:0001 Ordering squad The Frills of Working to kill Tode Omospostest, Goblin Hammerman: marauder
00007-10-03:0001 Ordering squad The Fenced Fortifications to kill Nako Utesdusmun, Goblin Axeman: marauder
00007-10-03:0001 Ordering squad The Mechanical Champions to kill Ngokang Uksosmugub, Goblin Axeman: marauder
00007-10-03:0001 Ordering squad The Frills of Working to kill Smunstu Spubtastosbûb, Goblin Bowman: marauder
00007-10-03:0001 Ordering squad The Fenced Fortifications to kill Atu Okalsong, Goblin Spearman: marauder
00007-10-03:0001 Ordering squad The Mechanical Champions to kill Quelge Ejedatkil, Goblin Hammerman: marauder

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ai status

(df-ai from 7/20/18 build master)

[DFHack]# ai
Dwarf Fortress 0.44.12
  Windows 64-bit
df-ai 0.44.12-r1-7-g4f1caba0
  code 4f1caba055d0b53f839557707b9a326d9daf94a7
DFHack 0.44.12-r1-0-gc2a64b35
  library c2a64b3573abbee549761f5c1c2626eec7a6e81c
  structures 23500e4e9bd1885365d0a2ef1746c321c1dd5094
Plan: check_furnish: 55, check_idle: 1, check_rooms: 1, construct_activityzone: 1, construct_farmplot: 120, dig_room: 3, furnish: 503, monitor_farm_irrigation: 120, setup_farmplot: 34, want_dig: 92, waiting to dig: bedroom (plan)
furnishing: archery_target: 5, armor_stand: 56, bed: 54, bookcase: 1, cabinet: 62, cage: 24, chair: 5, chest: 63, coffin: 72, door: 107, hatch: 32, restraint: 10, table: 1, traction_bench: 7, weapon_rack: 9
Pop: 94 citizen, 5 military, 21 pet, 0 visitor, 0 resident
Stocks: need: armor_feet, armor_hands, armor_head, armor_legs, armor_shield, armor_stand, armor_torso, backpack, barrel, bed, bin, cabinet, cage_metal, chair, chest, clothes_feet, clothes_hands, clothes_head, clothes_legs, clothes_torso, coal, coffin, door, dye, dye_seeds, flask, food_storage, gypsum, hatch_cover, paper, plaster_powder, quire, raw_coke, rope, slurry, table, thread_seeds, traction_bench, weapon_rack, weapon_ranged; use: clay, cloth_nodye, drink_fruit, drink_plant, food_ingredients, metal_ore, mill_plant, rough_gem, tallow, wool
Camera: inactive (previously: Inod Rigòthsat, hammerer; Sigun Rigòthnåzom, Weaponsmith; Etur Lolorònul, Miller)
[DFHack]#

[BenLubar]

Yeah, I've been trying to figure out why this is happening for the last few days. It seems like it happens whenever multiple squads are being assigned targets at the same time.

[BenLubar]

By the way, the bug that causes ai version's output to be merged with the next command's output was fixed in e409f8c0de234834584c4a3ca322d7116786ca34.

[mattregul]

Uneducated guess: Perhaps you need to delay a little between each squad? Maybe the game is still iterating the list for squad 1 while you're attempting to assign squad 2's targets?