Hatches Fall Through Auto Horizontal Pneumatic Doors

Yep, I had one fall through a horizontal manual airlock at the bottom of my base yesterday. I was sadface because I was in the process of coaxing him to the bathroom. Now he's stuck waaaaay down in a mining hole :<

turn the door vertical and leave the top off the hatch will jump on then stand in.  Hatch trap.  Works for morbs, dupes can even use the doors while full of mobs they wont path out unless you flag door open.  I had a dupe sit in a doorway with 7 hatch and sit and eat an entire meal..... Its a working creature trap if used properly.  Seemingly by design

Which is neat! ... if you want it trapped. Right now I use that for berry illumination by trapping a bug.

In this case it is early (cycle 4!) and I am just discovering and blocking areas for later herding to where I want them.

So the issue isn't that the door works, both as a barrier and a trap when vertical, but that horizontal doors behave differently as critter barriers than vertical ones - for hatches only - not for shine bugs.

 

 

Edited February 6, 2018 by Hechicera