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{{quality|Fine|09:46, 1 February 2011 (UTC)}}{{av}}
 
{{quality|Fine|09:46, 1 February 2011 (UTC)}}{{av}}
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'''PLEASE SUBMIT BUGS TO THE OFFICIAL BUG TRACKER - THEY WON'T GET FIXED IF THEY ARE ONLY LISTED HERE.'''<br />
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'''[http://bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/ Dwarf Fortress Bug Tracker]'''
  
Dwarf Fortress is a constant work in progress, and is thus full of '''bugs'''. Some of them are minor and completely harmless, some are small and annoying, and some are major and even game-changing. This page is a historical list of some of the best-known bugs in v0.31; an official compilation of all bugs, and their development status, can be found on the [http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/my_view_page.php Mantis Bug Tracker]. Please do '''not''' report new bugs for this version; if the problem still exists in the current development version it should be reported on the [http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/my_view_page.php bug tracker] for that version instead. If you have issues signing up for the bug tracker, see the [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?board=6.0 forum bug tracker board] for instructions (but don't report bugs on the forum either).
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'''Please link to the mantis tracker issue as well as the forum post if possible.'''
  
Bugs fixed in v0.31 have been moved to [[Recently fixed bugs and issues]].
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'''This page recently underwent a major cleanup edit. See the talk page for more info.'''
  
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:As the version is new, and we're still discovering bugs,  a lot of unverifiable information is going to get added to this thread.  It is recommended that new entries be added with "'''(confirmation needed)'''", and that others can discuss and document each bug on the discussion page.  Following confirmation of a bug with a specific description of what's occurring, the parenthetical can be removed. 
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:Please also read the 'Not Actually Bugs' section before adding bug reports!
  
 
==Not Actually Bugs==
 
==Not Actually Bugs==
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:Check your keybindings!  By default the keys to add and remove items and skills are + and - on the numpad.
 
:Check your keybindings!  By default the keys to add and remove items and skills are + and - on the numpad.
  
*But even + and - don't work!
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*{{L|Wrestling}} will take much longer than combat using any kind of weapon (unlike in 40d.) One can set init/announcements.txt to show wrestling chokeholds in fort mode.
:[[40d:Laptop_keyboard|This]] page might help
 
 
 
*[[Wrestling]] will take much longer than combat using any kind of weapon (unlike in 40d.) One can set init/announcements.txt to show wrestling chokeholds in fort mode.
 
 
 
*Fey moods can request body parts - it just means it needs various parts that go in the refuse pile, shells, hair, etc.
 
  
 
== Embarking ==
 
== Embarking ==
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*You may get a "Cavern Collapse" announcement as soon as you arrive.  (Perhaps many times, if you have a volcano in your ocean...)
 
*You may get a "Cavern Collapse" announcement as soon as you arrive.  (Perhaps many times, if you have a volcano in your ocean...)
:[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=51 Bug Tracker]
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:[http://bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=51 Bug Tracker]
  
 
*Reclaiming a fortress removes all mud from the caverns, causing problems such as no more underground trees. {{Bug|133}}
 
*Reclaiming a fortress removes all mud from the caverns, causing problems such as no more underground trees. {{Bug|133}}
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*Magma tubes remain the same shape and size the whole way down and may be square.  
 
*Magma tubes remain the same shape and size the whole way down and may be square.  
 
:[http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=52412.0 Forum Link]
 
:[http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=52412.0 Forum Link]
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*<s>There are currently very few or even no fish. This includes brooks, rivers, oceans, ponds, lakes (underground and otherwise). You may get a few turtles sometimes.
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:[http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=52217.0 Forum Link]
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:[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=2015 Bug Tracker]</s>
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Fixed in .22. There may still be an issue with fish getting extinct eventually after 20+ years.
  
 
== Buildings and Zones ==
 
== Buildings and Zones ==
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*<s>Can't farm on dry soil underground.
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:[http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=51951.msg1123336#msg1123336 Forum Link]</s>
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:[http://bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=13 Bug Tracker] -- '''Fixed''' in .31.19.
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:Also, when you have selected Smooth Stone for a farm plot area, the dwarves will clean away the mud right from under the farm plots, rendering them useless until re-irrigated and rebuilt.
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*Construction and/or deconstruction can occasionally force some dwarves to idle.   
 
*Construction and/or deconstruction can occasionally force some dwarves to idle.   
 
:[http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=51953.msg1123250#msg1123250 Forum Link]
 
:[http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=51953.msg1123250#msg1123250 Forum Link]
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*<s>When linking buildings to levers/pressure plates, the view may center on a different building than the one that is currently selected.  (However, the view switches to the correct building after it is selected)</s>
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:[http://bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=1915 Bug Tracker] -- '''Fixed''' in .31.13.
  
 
*Setting workshop profiles according to minimum and maximum skill levels does not work, typically resulting in no one being able to use the workshop. Setting a profile for individual dwarves still works.
 
*Setting workshop profiles according to minimum and maximum skill levels does not work, typically resulting in no one being able to use the workshop. Setting a profile for individual dwarves still works.
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*Alligators can wear armor
 
*Alligators can wear armor
 
:[http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=51953.msg1123104#msg1123104 Forum Link]
 
:[http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=51953.msg1123104#msg1123104 Forum Link]
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*<s>Non-alive creatures (like bronze colossuses, zombies and blizzard men) cannot be destroyed (possibly because they can't bleed to death nor have their brain destroyed).  Arena testing has revealed that [[dragonfire]] and [[magma]] can melt bronze colossuses, and falling from very high up may kill some undead creatures.</s>
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:[http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=51953.msg1123220#msg1123220 Forum Link] -- '''Fixed''' in .10
  
 
*Shield-bashing has no effect with a wooden shield
 
*Shield-bashing has no effect with a wooden shield
 
:[http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=51953.msg1123499#msg1123499 Forum Link]
 
:[http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=51953.msg1123499#msg1123499 Forum Link]
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*<s>Ballistae have been nerfed considerably: They now easily glance off normal clothing and are very unlikely to kill anything with armour.</s>
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:-- '''Fixed''' in .10
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*<s>Animals with teeth do nearly no damage.  Don't count on your wardogs to help defend your fortress.</s>
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:[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=55798.0 Workaround]
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:[http://bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=744 Bug Tracker] -- '''Fixed''' {{version|0.31.06}}
  
 
== Labors ==
 
== Labors ==
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*Hunting Issues
 
*Hunting Issues
 
:[http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=51953.msg1123228#msg1123228 Forum Link]
 
:[http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=51953.msg1123228#msg1123228 Forum Link]
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*<s>Miners now cancel mining designations when they can't reach them</s>
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:[http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=51953.msg1123272#msg1123272 Forum Link] -- '''Fixed''' {{version|0.31.03}}
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*<s>Metal goblets are sometimes iron, regardless of input</s>
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:[http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=51953.msg1123533#msg1123533 Forum Link] --'''Fixed''' {{version|0.31.11}}
  
 
*Manager screen doesn't show you materials for traction benches
 
*Manager screen doesn't show you materials for traction benches
 
:[http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=51953.msg1123533#msg1123533 Forum Link]
 
:[http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=51953.msg1123533#msg1123533 Forum Link]
  
*Metal items may require fewer bars/wafers than announcements lead you to believe.  This mainly results in [[adamantine]] being far less scarce than it should be, since most items require only a single wafer instead of up to 9.
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*<s>Workers are too dedicated, dehydrate themselves.  This was intended as a helpful feature, as dwarves will try to finish what they are doing before running off to eat.  However, many players view it as a bug, because it can cause dwarves that are far from food to begin with to starve to death.  Working while hungry or thirsty also causes unhappy thoughts, slower work, and worse quality work.</s>
:[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=130 Bug Tracker]
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:[http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=51953.msg1123599#msg1123599 Forum Link]
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:[http://bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=8 Bug Tracker] --'''Fixed''' {{version|0.31.07}}
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*<s>Cooking with alcohol is buggy</s>
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:[http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=51953.msg1123702#msg1123702 Forum Link] -- '''Fixed''' {{version|0.31.08}}
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*<s>When crafting shell crafts, craftsdwarves never actually produce a shell craft, but instead sit forever with the same shell, with their skills increasing.</s>
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:[http://bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=206 Bug Tracker] -- '''Fixed''' {{version|0.31.11}}
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*<s>Dwarves take orders to prepare meals with liquid ingredients like dwarven syrup, wine, and rum, but almost never do it and instead dump the liquid inside the kitchen where it sits cluttering it up and can't be moved...  Because it's liquid.</s>
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:[http://bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=138 Bug Tracker]
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:Workaround: Using dwarven syrup works just fine for me, but my cook always grabs at least one solid ingredient.  Ie, 3 stacks of syrup + one stack of cheese -> finished and edible meal.
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:Workaround: The liquid seems to be underneath the kitchen.  If you remove the kitchen, some dwarf will come along and clean the spill.  Then you can remake the kitchen.  I'd recommend simply disabling all cooking of booze.
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:-- '''Fixed''' {{version|0.31.08}}
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*<s>Making Rock Short Sword results in a wooden short sword. Especially annoying when making an adamantine sword! (multiple reports)</s>
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:[http://bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=256 Bug Tracker]
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:-- '''Fixed''' {{version|0.31.13}}
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*Metal items may require fewer bars/wafers than announcements lead you to believe.  Since price of items is affected by what went into creating it, this can lead to your adamantine armor being worth far less than it would otherwise.
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:[http://bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=130 Bug Tracker]
  
 
*Wood cutter.  Tried to upgrade his axe to a steel one, never cut another tree in his life after being forced to dump his copper battle axe.  It's like wood cutting had a seperate profile and he was the only one excluded;  Sure enough, turned one of my jewelers into wood cutter and it worked fine for him.
 
*Wood cutter.  Tried to upgrade his axe to a steel one, never cut another tree in his life after being forced to dump his copper battle axe.  It's like wood cutting had a seperate profile and he was the only one excluded;  Sure enough, turned one of my jewelers into wood cutter and it worked fine for him.
  
 
*Woodcutters can chop down trees with (wooden) training axes.
 
*Woodcutters can chop down trees with (wooden) training axes.
:[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=712 Bug Tracker]
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:[http://bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=712 Bug Tracker]
  
 
*Immigrants can arrive with only peasant labors enabled, even if they are legendary jewelers. They may sometimes have weird labors enabled. (Stonecrafting master lye makers.)
 
*Immigrants can arrive with only peasant labors enabled, even if they are legendary jewelers. They may sometimes have weird labors enabled. (Stonecrafting master lye makers.)
:[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=110 Bug Tracker]
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:[http://bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=110 Bug Tracker]
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*In the {{k|o}}rders menu, there are options (in {{k|W}}orkshops) for auto {{k|b}}utcher, auto {{k|k}}itchen and auto {{k|f}}ishery. All three of these respond to {{k|b}} only, {{k|k}} and {{k|f}} do nothing.
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:[http://bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=68 Bug Tracker]
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*<s>Parties never end, sometimes eating up half the labor force.</s>
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:Workaround: Undesignate whatever the party is gathered around and it will end.
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:-- '''Fixed''' {{version|0.31.11}}
  
*In the {{k|o}}rders menu, there are options (in {{k|W}}orkshops) for auto {{k|b}}utcher, auto {{k|k}}itchen and auto {{k|f}}ishery. Pressing {{k|b}} toggles the visible status of all 3, while {{k|k}} and {{k|f}} appear to do nothing (but actually toggle the options correctly). Fix (binary patch) exists for Win32 versions.
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*<s>Soap-making task is missing from the workshop. Issuing work order through the manager does work.  Also with cutting clear and crystal glass.</s>
:[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=68 Bug Tracker]
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:The soap making task has two reagents, one of which is a barrel that [CONTAINS_LYE]. The bucket the lye is produced in doesn't count, since it's a bucket, not a barrel. Make sure you have 1) a dwarf with the appropriate hauling task enabled, 2) an empty, usable barrel, and 3) a food stockpile with lye allowed that accepts barreled inventory. Once the lye is in the barrel in the stockpile, check the soap shop again. Don't know why the glass is wonky, though. -[[Special:Contributions/76.102.26.49|76.102.26.49]] 06:27, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
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:-- '''Fixed''' {{version|0.31.09}}
  
* Making crystal glass is broken. Fix (binary patch) exists for Win32 versions.
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* Making crystal glass is broken. Workaround (binary patch) exists for Win32 SDL version.
 
: [http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=1498 Bug Tracker]
 
: [http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=1498 Bug Tracker]
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*<s>Making waterskin in leather works results in a weird item called "flask" (simply that, no mention of leather or whatever) that is never used and stays forever in the workshop. Those don't seem to cause clutter in the workshop either.  (A metal variant (Ex. Iron) is now capable of being created at a metal smith, probably causing this bug.  Soldiers will carry an Metal Flask).</s>
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:[http://bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=93 Bug Tracker]
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: "Flask" can be traded, but isn't automatically moved to stockpiles (It's neither a leather good nor a finished good). They do seem to clutter leatherworkers shops, which must then be destroyed and rebuilt (0.31.06). ~Neftaly Hernandez
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: You can also use the View Items in Buildings command {{k|t}} to mark the Flasks for {{k|d}}umping to remove the clutter (0.31.06). ~mk
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::More on metal flasks- a friend of mine noticed that when he assigned the job "make iron flask", in would go iron bars and charcoal, and out would come 3 ''gold'' flasks. I did the same thing, except I used coke instead of charcoal, and got 3 gypsum plaster flasks.
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:::Making adamantine flasks results in iron flasks.
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:-- '''Fixed''', works fine in .16
  
 
*Dwarves will occasionally go exceptionally out of their way to get a material while a giant stockpile is sitting beside them (I saw my carpenter travel half the map to get a log while there was a stockpile of 20 logs beside him)
 
*Dwarves will occasionally go exceptionally out of their way to get a material while a giant stockpile is sitting beside them (I saw my carpenter travel half the map to get a log while there was a stockpile of 20 logs beside him)
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:True, but I wasn't using wood for anything, only had 2 carpenters active and the wood was on the same Z plane as my workshops. The usual explanation doesn't fly for the one event I saw.
 
:True, but I wasn't using wood for anything, only had 2 carpenters active and the wood was on the same Z plane as my workshops. The usual explanation doesn't fly for the one event I saw.
 
::Perhaps they had the wood hauling labor enabled and were going to haul it?
 
::Perhaps they had the wood hauling labor enabled and were going to haul it?
:I did have a similar event, where I put some food for a militia force to patrol a cavern I uncovered around 40 z-levels down from my legendary dining hall. This resulted in 20+ dwarves venturing through deep dangerous caverns to get food. It was particularly bad when a forgotten beast showed up and massacred 15 of them.
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I did have a similar event, where I put some food for a militia force to patrol a cavern I uncovered around 40 z-levels down from my legendary dining hall. This resulted in 20+ dwarves venturing through deep dangerous caverns to get food. It was particularly bad when a forgotten beast showed up and massacred 15 of them.
  
 
*Canceling a job at the metalsmith can jam the shop if the item was being actively produced at that time (Cancelled job to stop untrained armorer from working on an adamantium plate armor, shop jammed and no other orders ever went through. Ordered deconstruction and then halted deconstruction to clear this up.)
 
*Canceling a job at the metalsmith can jam the shop if the item was being actively produced at that time (Cancelled job to stop untrained armorer from working on an adamantium plate armor, shop jammed and no other orders ever went through. Ordered deconstruction and then halted deconstruction to clear this up.)
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* Dwarves sometimes fail in collecting webs due to pathing issues.
 
* Dwarves sometimes fail in collecting webs due to pathing issues.
: [http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=4876 Bug Tracker]
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: [http://bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=4876 Bug Tracker]
  
 
== Moods ==
 
== Moods ==
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*<s>Fey moods can request body parts</s>
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:Not a bug, just means it needs various parts that go in the refuse pile, shells, hair, etc.
  
 
*Fey moods can request "rock bars."  Has been seen to ignore all metal bars, ores, other rock, and rock.  (Confirmed)
 
*Fey moods can request "rock bars."  Has been seen to ignore all metal bars, ores, other rock, and rock.  (Confirmed)
 
:I've had the same situation, but my dwarf made do with bars of [[Coke]].   
 
:I've had the same situation, but my dwarf made do with bars of [[Coke]].   
 
:Rock bars refer to bars of any inorganic material, since inorganic materials have all been lumped together.
 
:Rock bars refer to bars of any inorganic material, since inorganic materials have all been lumped together.
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*<s>Fey mood; Dwarf took only dog bones into the craftsdwarf's shop. Produced an iron figurine with an image of waves in dog bone on it.</s>{{bug|0093}} and {{bug|0359}} '''Fixed''' {{v|0.31.11}}
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*<s>Fey mood;A different but related bug: in most versions, all bone artifacts are stripped of all additional decorations </s> {{bug|2806}}'''Fixed''' {{v|0.31.22}}.
  
 
*Glass Makers will not use a Magma Glass Furnace to manufacture their artifact. A traditional Glass Furnace is needed. (0.31.04-.17)
 
*Glass Makers will not use a Magma Glass Furnace to manufacture their artifact. A traditional Glass Furnace is needed. (0.31.04-.17)
 
:Confirmed to occur in .17.  [[Special:Contributions/74.192.98.80|74.192.98.80]]
 
:Confirmed to occur in .17.  [[Special:Contributions/74.192.98.80|74.192.98.80]]
  
*Sometimes a possessed dwarf will not use the requested materials even though all of them are available. (Not the same as the "rock bars" issue.) I think they don't want to take leather out of a bin.
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== Creature Data ==
:Players having this problem should install the latest release of DFHack and run the "showmood" plugin to confirm exactly what it is that the moody dwarf wants (and compare it to what has been collected so far). --[[User:Quietust|Quietust]] 21:57, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
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*<s>Descriptions sometimes take strange objects: "She likes to consume she"</s>
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:[http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=51953.msg1123533#msg1123533 Forum Link]
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:[http://bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=582 Bug Tracker] -- '''Fixed''' {{version|0.31.14}}
  
== Creature Data ==
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*Giants and giantesses are mapped to the wrong gender.
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:Fixed
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*Unicorns give birth to elk fawns.
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:Fixed
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*Mountain goat fawns are called "Stray Horse foal", although having all the features of a mountain goat.
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:This is due to what is assumed to be a copy/paste error in the raws - The raws list "Mountain goat kid" as well as <b>"Horse foal"</b> as possible child names, so it randomly picks one.
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:Fixed
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*<s>In BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:STANDARD_HEAD_POSITIONS both eyelids are around the right eye and clean the left eye</s>
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:Fixed
  
 
== Stockpiles ==
 
== Stockpiles ==
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:[http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=51953.msg1123474#msg1123474 Forum Link]
 
:[http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=51953.msg1123474#msg1123474 Forum Link]
  
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*<s>Dead vermin never rot</s>
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:[http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=51953.msg1123731#msg1123731 Forum Link]
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:[http://bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=161 Bug Tracker] -- '''Fixed''' {{version|0.31.04}}
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*<s>"Take from stockpile" is broken</s>
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:[http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=52126.0 Forum Link]
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: Fixed in .10
 
*There is no category for wood blocks. As such, wood blocks can not be removed from carpentry workshops.  
 
*There is no category for wood blocks. As such, wood blocks can not be removed from carpentry workshops.  
 
:[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=439 Bug Tracker]
 
:[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=439 Bug Tracker]
  
 
*When setting stockpile options for a "Weapons/Trap Components" pile, the "Metal" list does not contain "iron".
 
*When setting stockpile options for a "Weapons/Trap Components" pile, the "Metal" list does not contain "iron".
:[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=4449 Bug Tracker]
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:[http://bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=4449 Bug Tracker]
  
 
== Military ==
 
== Military ==
'''[[Military|Main Military Page]]'''
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'''{{L|Military|Main Military Page}}'''
'''[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=535 Main Military Equipment Bug Tracker Page]'''
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'''[http://bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=535 Main Military Equipment Bug Tracker Page]'''
 
<s>*If you set a kill order (squads -> kill -> select the target from the map) and the target escapes to outside of the map -> crash. (segmentation fault).  </s> Fixed in .25, thankfully.
 
<s>*If you set a kill order (squads -> kill -> select the target from the map) and the target escapes to outside of the map -> crash. (segmentation fault).  </s> Fixed in .25, thankfully.
 
*Dwarves who are assigned to squads seem to be permanently affixed to the soldier life - changing schedules, training options, switching out dwarves, disbanding the squad: nothing works. All they do is eat, drink, sleep, Individual Combat Drill and take Kill orders. (Multiple reports, bug incidence is somewhat inconsistent, deconstructing assigned barracks sometimes helps.)
 
*Dwarves who are assigned to squads seem to be permanently affixed to the soldier life - changing schedules, training options, switching out dwarves, disbanding the squad: nothing works. All they do is eat, drink, sleep, Individual Combat Drill and take Kill orders. (Multiple reports, bug incidence is somewhat inconsistent, deconstructing assigned barracks sometimes helps.)
:[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=605 Bug Tracker] --'''Acknowledged''' (There may be several duplicate bug reports.)
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:[http://bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=605 Bug Tracker] --'''Acknowledged''' (There may be several duplicate bug reports.)
  
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*<s>The [[arsenal dwarf]] may assign weapons/armor that do not belong to you.</s>
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:[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=1290 Bug Tracker-Goblins] -- '''Fixed''' {{version|0.31.06}}
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:[http://bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=1526 Bug Tracker-Caravans] -- '''Fixed''' {{version|0.31.06}}
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:Arsenal dwarf position deleted in .10
 
*Squads can get into a "permanent civilian life" and will never go into "recruit mode" unless ordered to "station" or "Kill a target", upon canceling this order they will go back to civilian mode.  (Although they will perform individual combat drills, but in civilian garbs unless you replaced their equipment) [[User:Kenji 03|Kenji 03]] 11:54, 5 April 2010 (UTC).
 
*Squads can get into a "permanent civilian life" and will never go into "recruit mode" unless ordered to "station" or "Kill a target", upon canceling this order they will go back to civilian mode.  (Although they will perform individual combat drills, but in civilian garbs unless you replaced their equipment) [[User:Kenji 03|Kenji 03]] 11:54, 5 April 2010 (UTC).
 
:You mean they're supposed to not be civilians while training? Oh... yeah maybe that is a bug, never seen anything else personally - foarl 10:19, 09 April, 2010
 
:You mean they're supposed to not be civilians while training? Oh... yeah maybe that is a bug, never seen anything else personally - foarl 10:19, 09 April, 2010
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:::Yes I can verify this bug.  I have version .10 and it is still present-- None of the 4 dwarfs in 1 of my 2 squads will take on 'active' military roles such as macedwarf, marksdwarf, etc...  unless they are performing a move or attack order.  When a kill order was cancelled (because it was completed) they even dumped their weapons and armor right where they were!  At the same time the other squad works fine other than they are all endlessly waiting for a training excercise to begin.  I was able to work around this by disbanding the squad, firing the militia captain & recreating them.  17:00EST 19 July, 2010
 
:::Yes I can verify this bug.  I have version .10 and it is still present-- None of the 4 dwarfs in 1 of my 2 squads will take on 'active' military roles such as macedwarf, marksdwarf, etc...  unless they are performing a move or attack order.  When a kill order was cancelled (because it was completed) they even dumped their weapons and armor right where they were!  At the same time the other squad works fine other than they are all endlessly waiting for a training excercise to begin.  I was able to work around this by disbanding the squad, firing the militia captain & recreating them.  17:00EST 19 July, 2010
 
::::This sounds like it may be a misunderstanding of the military system, because this is actually the default mode for soldiers.  If their current task is "no scheduled order", they'll do civilian life + combat drills (without the soldier icon, and possibly without uniforms), but they'll respond to move/attack orders normally.  The "inactive" schedule (the '''default''' schedule) has "no scheduled order" throughout. &mdash;&nbsp;[[User:Wisq|Wisq]]&nbsp;([[User talk:Wisq|talk]]) 05:45, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
 
::::This sounds like it may be a misunderstanding of the military system, because this is actually the default mode for soldiers.  If their current task is "no scheduled order", they'll do civilian life + combat drills (without the soldier icon, and possibly without uniforms), but they'll respond to move/attack orders normally.  The "inactive" schedule (the '''default''' schedule) has "no scheduled order" throughout. &mdash;&nbsp;[[User:Wisq|Wisq]]&nbsp;([[User talk:Wisq|talk]]) 05:45, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
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*<s>Bolts assigned to a squad that is then disbanded do not free up for use by other squads automatically.</s>
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:-- '''Fixed''' {{version|0.31.11}}
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*The default settings are such that your military dwarfs will train, train, train, and possibly starve in the process.  [[Thirsty]] and [[Hungry]] tags are guaranteed to appear for any soldier (as they are when a dwarf does anything else in this release) because Dwarves will now try to complete a task before they eat/drink.
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:{{L|Military/Guide}} -- '''Fixed''' Training dwarfs eat and drink properly in .16 (stationed military will not eat but are fed by civilians)
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*<s>Dwarves will continue to train in barracks even after being removed from a squad. (Because they are completing the task they started before they will move on to something else, changing your alert helps here as well).</s>
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:-- '''Fixed''' {{version|0.31.11}}
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*<s>Dwarves will sometimes use many weapons and armor at once.  When they have two weapons in the same hand, they seem to be unable to attack with either weapon.</s>
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:[http://bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=648 Bug Tracker] -- '''Fixed''' {{version|0.31.11}}
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*<s>Dwarves who die are still listed in the military screen in their squad without any notification of their death. This could lead to a user assigning the best equipment to a squad leader without knowledge of his demise.</s>
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:[http://bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=182 Bug Tracker] -- '''Fixed''' {{version|0.31.11}}
  
 
*When [[Reclaim]]ing a lost fortress, soldiers will not use any armour or weapons assigned to them, insisting on training and fighting unarmoured and barehanded. This behaviour seems related to the [[arsenal dwarf]] position - when the fortress population becomes high enough and a dwarf is assigned to the position, soldiers will finally use the equipment they have been assigned. It seems that, on reclaiming, the game acts as if you need to have an arsenal dwarf right from the start, despite there not being any way to assign one.
 
*When [[Reclaim]]ing a lost fortress, soldiers will not use any armour or weapons assigned to them, insisting on training and fighting unarmoured and barehanded. This behaviour seems related to the [[arsenal dwarf]] position - when the fortress population becomes high enough and a dwarf is assigned to the position, soldiers will finally use the equipment they have been assigned. It seems that, on reclaiming, the game acts as if you need to have an arsenal dwarf right from the start, despite there not being any way to assign one.
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*<s>Copying an empty order causes an immediate crash.</s>
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:[http://bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=35 Bug Tracker] -- '''Fixed''' {{version|0.31.03}}
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*<s>Going to the schedule grid of the inactive group causes an immediate crash. </s>
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:[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=156 Bug Tracker] -- '''Fixed''' {{version|0.31.03}}
  
 
*Military orders are not removed from memory when saving/abandoning a game. When loading another savegame or starting a new fortress these orders will be applied to its squads.
 
*Military orders are not removed from memory when saving/abandoning a game. When loading another savegame or starting a new fortress these orders will be applied to its squads.
 
:[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=1806 Bug Tracker]
 
:[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=1806 Bug Tracker]
 
:Workaround: Quit and restart df before loading a savegame or starting a new game.
 
:Workaround: Quit and restart df before loading a savegame or starting a new game.
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* <s>Marksdwarves use any assigned bolts for training, regardless of ammunition settings.</s> 
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:[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=2840 Bug Tracker] -- '''Fixed''' {{version|0.31.22}}
  
 
== Medicine ==
 
== Medicine ==
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*<s>Surgeons may endlessly perform surgery on dwarves with no effect.</s>
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:[http://bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=318 Bug Tracker]
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:Fixed
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*<s>Surgeon provided constant "suturing," each time using up thread.  May be related to above problem.</s> -- '''Fixed''' {{version|0.31.07}}
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*<s>Any blood smear or pool can spread indefinitely.  The most common problem is a pool of blood in a high-traffic area.  This causes every dwarf that touches it to get blood on them.  Each dwarf will then eventually wash it off, creating another pool of blood by the well, which is likely another high-traffic area.  Eventually you end up with the dining room and food stockpiles all coated with several dozen different creatures' blood.</s>
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:[http://bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=296 Bug Tracker] -- '''Fixed''' {{version|0.31.16}} - An init setting to stop blood spreading has been added.
  
 
*Dwarves raid caravans for cloth (maybe thread as well) for the hospital zone.
 
*Dwarves raid caravans for cloth (maybe thread as well) for the hospital zone.
:[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=66 Bug tracker]
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:[http://bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=66 Bug tracker]
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*a bone doctor may get stuck on an 'apply cast' job while getting water. a workaround is to forbid all buckets, unforbid one and wait until it gets filled (e.g. to give to another patient or to fill a pond), forbid the filled bucket to cancel the job, then unforbid it and wait for the apply cast job to start again
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:[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=62361.0 forum thread]
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:[http://bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=2627 bug tracker] -- '''Fixed'''
  
 
== Items ==
 
== Items ==
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*<s>Eating a masterwork meal will cause the cook to suffer art defacement.</s> -- '''Fixed''' {{version|0.31.07}}
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*<s>Quarry bush leaves might not appear in the kitchen menu, and dwarves might not cook them, rendering them useless except for trading.</s>
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:[http://bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=47 Bug Tracker] -- '''Fixed''' {{version|0.31.02}}
  
 
*Obsidian does not appear in the accounting stone menu.
 
*Obsidian does not appear in the accounting stone menu.
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*Dwarves are incapable of putting on clothing that they've acquired, causing them to wander around naked as their clothes wear out.  
 
*Dwarves are incapable of putting on clothing that they've acquired, causing them to wander around naked as their clothes wear out.  
:[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=2481 Bug Tracker]
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:[http://bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=2481 Bug Tracker]
  
 
==Nobles==
 
==Nobles==
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*<s>When the mayor dies, all nobles are removed until a new mayor is elected.</s>
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:Workaround: To speed up this process, set the population required for mayors to '1' in the raws (raw>objects>entity_default.txt).
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:[http://bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=141 Bug Tracker] -- '''Fixed''' {{version|0.31.05}}
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*<s>Former mayors continue to demand accomodations and make mandates.  You can check their mandates by going to that specific dwarf's thoughts.  This can cause [[fun]] as dwarves are arrested for not fufilling demands.</s>
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:[http://bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=814 Bug Tracker] -- '''Fixed''' {{version|0.31.05}}
  
 
*Dungeon masters (along with the appointed nobles Hammerer and Tax Collector, but those are missed significantly less) will never turn up, no matter how the Fortress progresses.
 
*Dungeon masters (along with the appointed nobles Hammerer and Tax Collector, but those are missed significantly less) will never turn up, no matter how the Fortress progresses.
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== Graphics ==
 
== Graphics ==
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*<s>Arena does not work for graphics mode.</s>
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:[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=53505.0 Forum Link]
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:[http://bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=42 Bug Tracker] -- '''Fixed''' {{version|0.31.02}}
  
 
*After generating a world and embarking, you may notice missing tiles.
 
*After generating a world and embarking, you may notice missing tiles.
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*In the 'z'-status menu, there is no image for nobles/administrators. Instead, there is an empty space where the purple dwarf should be.
 
*In the 'z'-status menu, there is no image for nobles/administrators. Instead, there is an empty space where the purple dwarf should be.
:[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=375 Bug Tracker] --'''Open'''
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:[http://bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=375 Bug Tracker] --'''Open'''
  
 
== Saves ==
 
== Saves ==
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==Trading and Depot==
 
==Trading and Depot==
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*<s>Elf traders may stay a long time.</s>
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:This is because creatures that the elves come with do not have pack animal values set on them, yet elves are able to use any creature as a pack animal.  Check what is carrying their goods when they arrive.  Often it will be warthogs, which do not have trade capacity values.  Which apparently makes them carry enormous, ridiculous loads and take forever to load/unpack.
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:Workaround: A fix is to go into the creature_large_topical.txt file and add in [TRADE_CAPACITY:XXXX] under the warthog's [PACK_ANIMAL] entry (where XXXX is the weight you want them to carry). Or just remove the [PACK_ANIMAL] tag altogether. Be forewarned, you may or may not have to make a new world for the fix to take effect.
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:Workaround: with the game paused and the depot in view, designate treecutting {{k|d}} - {{k|t}}, and just hold down the mouse button until the depot display no longer flashes between items very quickly.
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::Why this works: it has been known that certain parts of the game engine keep running while the game is paused.  These include cat-dwarf adoptions and the trade liaison conversation.  It appears to also apply to traders loading up their goods, and probably to unloading goods as well.
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:[http://bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=325 Bug Tracker] -- '''Fixed''' {{version|0.31.06}}
  
 
*No one brings wagons, even if there is a clear path to your depot.
 
*No one brings wagons, even if there is a clear path to your depot.
:[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=197 Bug Tracker]
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:[http://bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=197 Bug Tracker]
  
 
*Dwarves may try to eat unowned food at the Depot, but realize their mistake halfway and stop... then try again... you can see where this is going.
 
*Dwarves may try to eat unowned food at the Depot, but realize their mistake halfway and stop... then try again... you can see where this is going.
 
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:[http://bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=237 Bug Tracker]
*Wagons do not park in the same Depot of where the items and merchants are, if there is another Depot. This makes it impossible to trade unless you destroy the wagon's Depot.
 
 
 
*(But if you keep this up until the merchants decide to leave, they will not pack their items, but instead leave them there. Destroying the Depots will make the merchants actually go; they can't leave without their wagons.)
 
 
 
:[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=237 Bug Tracker]
 
  
 
== Program Lockup ==
 
== Program Lockup ==
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:In addition, Dwarf Fortress.exe process is not terminated after this crash, though window closes, requires manual termination of process to stop it.
 
:In addition, Dwarf Fortress.exe process is not terminated after this crash, though window closes, requires manual termination of process to stop it.
 
::This is not a specific error, but a general class of errors that may occur in windows. Try running in compatibility mode (available in most Win7 editions) --[[Special:Contributions/72.64.105.184|72.64.105.184]] 04:29, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
 
::This is not a specific error, but a general class of errors that may occur in windows. Try running in compatibility mode (available in most Win7 editions) --[[Special:Contributions/72.64.105.184|72.64.105.184]] 04:29, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
:Running DF on Win7, I do not experience any crashes. I do however experience lockups when saving, although these just pass over if I wait long enough. --[[Special:Contributions/194.78.66.68|194.78.66.68]] 14:31, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
 
::If waiting long enough causes it to return to the titlescreen, then it wasn't a lockup - it was just taking a long time to do its job. It's only a lockup if it '''never''' comes back. --[[User:Quietust|Quietust]] 14:41, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
 
 
== Feature Corruption ==
 
Aborting an embark (especially after using the Site Finder) can leave "feature-*.dat" files behind in the /data/save/current/ directory; if a new world is generated at this point, that data will be incorporated into the new world, resulting in horribly corrupted embarks - [[raw adamantine]] spires reaching high into the sky, [[slade]] landscapes, and often outright crashes on embark. This can be avoided by deleting the feature-*.dat files prior to the first embark; the bug itself was not fixed until version 0.34.03.
 
 
[[Category:Game development]]
 

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