View Issue Details

IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0001978Dwarf FortressCreaturespublic2014-08-13 13:37
Reporteruser11Assigned Touser6 
PrioritylowSeveritytrivialReproducibilityalways
Status confirmedResolutionopen 
PlatformXPS M1730 LaptopOSWindows Vista Home PremiumOS VersionSP2
Product Version0.31.04 
Summary0001978: Ant mounds and bee hives appear in stone and ice (even after waterways thaw)
DescriptionNot sure if the placement of ant mounds is tied to the actual raw creature file for ants, but the mounds are being placed where they shouldn't appear, namely in stone and ice.

I checked and the biome is cold, not freezing, but it is cold enough for the stream to be frozen, yet there is an ant mound on it. The picture also shows two ant mounds directly in limestone.

creature_insects.txt shows that [CREATURE:ANT] has the tag [VERMIN_SOIL_COLONY] - I am assuming that means the mounds should only be placed in soil & not just the ants themselves. It appears the tag [BIOME:NOT_FREEZING] actually checks out.
Steps To Reproduce1) Embark on a site/biome with temperatures cold enough to freeze the local waters or in an area with exposed stone layers (not soil).
2) Observe placement of ant mounds.
Additional Informationhttp://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac11/Mondoshawan/adaptableants.jpg
TagsNo tags attached.

Relationships

parent of 0003054 new Floating ant hills and bee hives above rivers/ponds/brooks/waterways 
parent of 0004182 new Wild bee colonies will form on frozen ponds 
has duplicate 0004212 resolveduser11 Bee hives float on the ocean 
has duplicate 0005790 resolveduser11 Hive spawns on snowed on ice. Ice melts. 
has duplicate 0006265 resolveduser1294 Beehives float in midair after ice thaw 
has duplicate 0007442 resolveduser11 Ant colony generated over ice, but remained when the river thawed 
related to 0002049 resolveduser6 World gen road constructed on river bed that floods after embark 
Not all the children of this issue are yet resolved or closed.

Activities

Logical2u

2010-05-19 20:02

manager   ~0007037

This is an incredibly old bug.

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=9152.msg93547#msg93547

user6

2010-05-19 23:29

  ~0007043

Also:

# 000480 □ [dwarf mode][environment] ant colonies start on frozen brook squares/glaciers/etc., as long as glacier isn't only biome

JimiD

2011-03-10 12:23

reporter   ~0016057

For what its worth, save with colony here:

http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=3942

Talvieno

2014-07-15 10:08

manager   ~0026494

Can confirm that this still happens in 40.03.

Add Note

Note

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2010-05-19 17:40 user11 New Issue
2010-05-19 20:02 Logical2u Note Added: 0007037
2010-05-19 23:29 user6 Note Added: 0007043
2010-08-17 15:53 user11 Relationship added parent of 0003054
2010-12-10 13:20 user6 Tag Attached: Fixed in 0.31.19?
2011-02-20 14:53 user11 Tag Detached: Fixed in 0.31.19?
2011-02-20 14:54 user11 Summary Ant mounds appear in ice and stone => Ant mounds an bee hives appear in ice and stone
2011-02-20 14:54 user11 Summary Ant mounds an bee hives appear in ice and stone => Ant mounds and bee hives appear in ice and stone
2011-03-10 07:31 user6 Relationship added parent of 0004182
2011-03-10 12:23 JimiD Note Added: 0016057
2011-03-13 17:09 user11 Summary Ant mounds and bee hives appear in ice and stone => Ant mounds and bee hives appear in stone and ice (even after waterways thaw)
2011-03-13 17:09 user11 Relationship added has duplicate 0004212
2011-06-28 14:53 user11 Relationship added has duplicate 0004525
2011-06-28 14:55 user11 Relationship deleted has duplicate 0004525
2012-04-08 10:06 user11 Relationship added has duplicate 0005790
2012-12-17 02:53 user1294 Relationship added has duplicate 0006265
2014-07-15 10:08 Talvieno Note Added: 0026494
2014-07-17 21:19 user11 Relationship added has duplicate 0007442
2014-08-13 13:37 user6 Assigned To => user6
2014-08-13 13:37 user6 Status new => confirmed
2015-01-11 07:42 user6 Relationship added related to 0002049