Stone traps not triggering

[londonjkk]

My stone traps are not triggering. Pls see below screenshot. I am under siege from two necros and their undead horde walked past about 30 loaded stone traps. None triggered! What is happening and how do i fix it? Thanks

https://ibb.co/x3M9x4L

[Smurf-O-Pax]

Just from the look of it. Main entrance, everyone visiting your Fort can see the Traps. There is something like spies ingame maybe that happened and they just know were the Traps are. Or you need better mechanisms in the traps. The higher the quality of the mechanism the better the Trap will work.

[malthenielsen]

Probably they were not loaded.

There's some labor settings that tell dwarves when and when not to load traps outside and in general. You want to go and check that out.

I had the same thing happen, undead came, I build traos - but my setting told dwarves to not load traps during a siege, so when I let the undead through the traps they walked right through.

The graphics difference between a loaded and non-loaded stone trap isn't opvious, so you can miss it the first time.

[Wanderer]

I have the same problem with my traps, but underground. The beasts (clowns) just walk through them. I have different types of traps: retracting weapons linked to the pressure plate, weapon traps with different types of weapon in it, stone traps. By the way, I used gabbro and orthoclase mechanisms, most of them are of very high quality.

The pressure plate 100% is not working - it is also linked to the bridge, which must lift after something steps on it (the plate is configured for creatures of all size from humans to dragons).

Weapon traps - I don't understand how they work. They are loaded with serrated disks, blades, blowguns with blowdarts, spears, steel short swords. That kind of stuff. Seemingly they don't need to be linked to anything with mechanisms. Am I right?

The stone traps worked for me earlier, but in my new setup the beast just keep walking on them without any effect.

Screenshot, big spoilers for the endgame:
https://ibb.co/vxLmMdP

[76561188078797539]

Originally posted by Wanderer:

The beasts (clowns) just walk through them.

All clowns are [TRAPAVOID]: https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Trapavoid

[Wanderer]

Originally posted by Sheepify:

Originally posted by Wanderer:

The beasts (clowns) just walk through them.

All clowns are [TRAPAVOID]: https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Trapavoid

Thanks a lot, seems like it was a vanity project. :)

[76561188078797539]

Originally posted by Wanderer:

Thanks a lot, seems like it was a vanity project. :)

Just turn it into obsidian garden crafts zone.

"It was inevitable."