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Misc. Robots
Hauling Bots and Fire in 1.6
Never had any issues with this before 1.6, so I assume it's a new issue. I'm having a problem with my hauling bots ignoring fire when pathfinding, and thus running right into wildfires and catching on fire themselves. The second they have taken any damage from the fire, they ignore all zoning and beeline back to their hauling stations, catching things on fire the entire way as they go. They won't stop when colonists engage them to put the fire out, and take a fair amount of time before they slow down from the damage, making it an incredibly tedious task to try and put them out before they set an IED on fire. On top of this, every time one of them catches fire it counts as a colonist on fire, and the game locks into 1x speed until it's resolved.

Is this a known issue or working as intended? Is there anything I can do to stop it from happening aside from adjusting the robot zones every time a forest fire takes root, or keeping my hauling bots inside base walls at all times (which would defeat their primary purpose of keeping my colonists from hauling from all over the map all the time)?