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0001086Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Idle Behaviorpublic2014-01-27 21:04
ReporterJiri Petru Assigned To 
PrioritylowSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status newResolutionopen 
Product Version0.31.03 
Summary0001086: Dwarves can die of dehydration while drinking
DescriptionI had a dehydrated dwarf who finally managed to get to the booze stockpile. He grabbed a barrel and stared guzzing... then died of dehydration before he was able to finish the drink.

Seems like the thirst status gets updated only after the dwarf finishes drinking. With drinking taking quite a long time (several game days) it's possible for dwarf to die mid-task.

I'd expect there to be some kind of mechanism preventing dwarves from dying of thirst once they manage to start drinking.
Steps To ReproduceDifficult :) It requires a very precise timing.
Additional InformationThe same probably goes for eating and starvation.
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Rafal99

2010-04-13 19:01

reporter   ~0003362

I can confirm that, happened to one of my dwarves too.

hyndis

2010-04-30 09:32

reporter   ~0005750

This also happened in 40D.

It takes some time to finish drinking, and even in 40D, with pile and piles of booze barrels, all of my dwarves were complaining of thirst because by the time they finished drinking they were already flashing blue for thirsty.

Its possible that if the dwarf is already dehydrated it could simply take too long for them to finish drinking, such that they will die of thirst while drinking. Same thing even in 40D.

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Date Modified Username Field Change
2010-04-13 09:34 Jiri Petru New Issue
2010-04-13 19:01 Rafal99 Note Added: 0003362
2010-04-30 09:32 hyndis Note Added: 0005750
2014-01-27 21:04 user6 Relationship added related to 0002290