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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0002984Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Interface, Announcements: Message Spampublic2014-07-17 07:30
ReporterQwazzerman Assigned Touser6 
PrioritylowSeverityminorReproducibilitysometimes
Status resolvedResolutionno change required 
OSWindows XP 
Product Version0.31.12 
Summary0002984: Mass reports of minerals and gems found in cavern
DescriptionWhen a cavern is discovered and mining begins, there are intermittent bursts of announcements listing some (around a dozen) of the notable mineable materials that can be seen throughout the cavern (all levels). It seems to make the announcements every time a single tile is mined out.
There are sometimes repeat announcements of minerals (possibly for different veins?).
Steps To ReproduceDoesn't happen immediately upon discovery of cavern. I start mining the caverns from the top down (channeling out the ceiling above rock columns).
Additional InformationTo my recollection, it doesn't happen on a new map with exposed gems on the surface, only in caverns.
TagsIntentional/Expected?

Relationships

related to 0001111 resolvedToady One Ore/gem frequency parameters don't work 
related to 0000397 confirmedlethosor Creatures fall too fast through magma, die of bleeding instead of melting/suffocating, scout out/reveal areas while dying 

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Qwazzerman

2010-08-08 20:56

reporter   ~0011644

A thought: perhaps this is due to new sections of the cavern being revealed?

Logical2u

2010-08-09 06:01

manager   ~0011653

You're exactly right with your note.

When you breach the cavern, the game starts tracking line-of-sight. You should have gotten dozens of announcements about minerals once it was first revealed, although it probably depends on the cavern shape. It gives you announcements for all the gems and such you can currently see, and adds more announcements as you can start to see more.

So probably when you start your mining operation, your dwarves start exploring more and more deeply into the cavern, adding (many) more veins to your knowledge, generating the dozens of announcements.

The repeat announcements are probably repeated veins.

cephalo

2014-07-17 06:57

reporter   ~0026741

If this was never an issue, can we close it?

user6

2014-07-17 07:30

  ~0026745

Yeah, I think that's reasonable.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2010-08-08 20:52 Qwazzerman New Issue
2010-08-08 20:56 Qwazzerman Note Added: 0011644
2010-08-09 06:01 Logical2u Note Added: 0011653
2010-08-18 16:45 Logical2u Relationship added child of 0001111
2014-01-21 20:12 user6 Relationship replaced related to 0001111
2014-01-21 20:14 user6 Relationship added related to 0000397
2014-07-17 06:57 cephalo Note Added: 0026741
2014-07-17 07:12 Button Tag Attached: Intentional/Expected?
2014-07-17 07:30 user6 Note Added: 0026745
2014-07-17 07:30 user6 Status new => resolved
2014-07-17 07:30 user6 Resolution open => no change required
2014-07-17 07:30 user6 Assigned To => user6