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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0000193Dwarf FortressCreaturespublic2018-01-13 14:38
Reporteruser11Assigned To 
PrioritylowSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status newResolutionopen 
PlatformXPS M1730 LaptopOSWindows Vista Home PremiumOS VersionSP2
Summary0000193: Unique forgotten beasts each create generic entries for fat, tallow, leather, extract
DescriptionTrying to place a stockpile setting for tallow alone (can we please get these separated out so it is easy to select all of one and not the other?) and I came across all the forgotten beasts, each with an entry, but only as generic fat and tallow.
Steps To ReproducePlace a [p]ile.
Select Food.
Select Fat.
Scroll down until you see "forgotten beast tallow" or ..."fat".
Additional InformationNot sure how to handle this one. Perhaps show their names to identify their entries or just give one entry that covers the lot of 'em.

http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac11/Mondoshawan/phat.jpg
Tagsfat, forgotten beast, stockpile, tallow

Relationships

has duplicate 0003351 resolveduser6 Forgotten beast leather is listed multiple times. 
has duplicate 0000409 resolveduser6 Stockpile Settings: Forgotten Beast Extract 
related to 0001625 new duplicate foodpile "savanna titan" entry 
related to 0000385 resolveduser6 "unknown frozen creature substance chops" in stocks menu 

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Brandon816

2010-04-04 15:16

reporter   ~0000938

Their are also many (156) entries for 'forgotten beast extract' under 'extract (animal)'.

Huntthetroll

2018-01-13 12:17

reporter   ~0037603

This or a similar bug continues to affect artwork as of 0.44.04. Since any artwork can include generic images of any creature type, you can have e.g. an image of "two forgotten beasts, three forgotten beasts and a forgotten beast," i.e. "two generic versions of Forgotten Beast A, three generic versions of Forgotten Beast B, and one generic version of Forgotten Beast C." Titans, also being procedurally-generated and unique creatures, get this treatment as well: "The item is an image of savanna titans in dolomite."

Oh, and conversation is also affected. Characters that like to tell jokes will sometimes say, "Did you hear the one about the [Creature Type A] and the [Creature Type B]?" Because of this bug, a lot of these statements turn into "Did you hear the one about the forgotten beasts and the forgotten beasts?"

These creatures are called "forgotten beasts" for a reason. People shouldn't know what most of them look like!

Urlance Woolsbane

2018-01-13 14:38

reporter   ~0037606

This is arguably emergent behavior more than it is a bug. See also: Bogeymen.

Hopefully Toady will add a [PRODUCTS_UNKNOWN] flag or somesuch, thereby fixing all instances of this nature.

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Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2010-04-02 16:15 user11 New Issue
2010-04-02 16:15 user11 Tag Attached: stockpile
2010-04-02 16:15 user11 Tag Attached: fat
2010-04-02 16:15 user11 Tag Attached: forgotten beast
2010-04-02 16:15 user11 Tag Attached: tallow
2010-04-04 15:16 Brandon816 Note Added: 0000938
2010-04-29 13:39 user6 Category General => Creatures
2010-10-02 11:56 user11 Relationship added related to 0003351
2010-12-03 10:56 user6 Relationship added related to 0001625
2010-12-03 10:56 user6 Relationship added has duplicate 0000409
2010-12-03 10:57 user6 Summary Unique forgotten beasts each create generic entries for fat/tallow => Unique forgotten beasts each create generic entries for fat, tallow, leather, extract
2010-12-03 10:57 user6 Relationship replaced has duplicate 0003351
2010-12-03 11:24 user6 Relationship added related to 0000385
2018-01-13 12:17 Huntthetroll Note Added: 0037603
2018-01-13 14:38 Urlance Woolsbane Note Added: 0037606