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0003160Dwarf FortressItemspublic2017-05-31 21:32
ReporterQuietust Assigned Touser11 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status confirmedResolutionopen 
Product Version0.31.12 
Summary0003160: Fat does not rot
DescriptionI've had over 400 globs of unrendered fat sitting forbidden in my garbage dump zone for nearly a year, and none of them have rotted yet, despite the fat template having both [ROTS] and [EMITS_MIASMA].
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Logical2u

2010-09-05 14:24

manager   ~0012429

1. Is it indoors?
2. There are reports that things are rotting really slowly right now. As in, more than a year for corpses to rot, sort of thing.

Quietust

2010-09-05 14:57

reporter   ~0012431

Yes, it's indoors. Corpses in the nearby refuse stockpile rot quite rapidly by comparison.

user6

2010-09-07 10:16

  ~0012483

Uploading a save might be helpful for this one.

Quietust

2010-09-07 11:18

reporter   ~0012485

Save available here: http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=3075

Quietust

2010-09-07 15:56

reporter   ~0012489

I should also add that I don't think I've ever seen fat rot in previous versions either - I recall doing a test in 40d where I dumped a bunch of animal fat in an outdoor garbage dump and it never disappeared.

Quietust

2010-09-18 21:31

reporter   ~0012804

Just did a test in 0.31.13 where I let three stacks of fat (dog fat [13], dog fat [13], two-humped camel fat [15]) sit forbidden outdoors for over a year. They never rotted, though they did occasionally become "laced with water" when they got rained on.

Quietust

2013-07-03 09:03

reporter   ~0024048

This seems to be a historical issue - only specific item types can rot (as determined by how items are 'categorized' into subgroups for performance), and GLOB isn't one of them.

The complete list of rottable items, as of 0.34.11, appears to be as follows: CORPSE, CORPSEPIECE, REMAINS, MEAT, FISH, FISH_RAW, SEEDS, PLANT, LEAVES, CHEESE, FOOD, and EGG.

Loci

2017-05-31 21:32

viewer   ~0036581

Confirmed in v0.43.05x32.

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Date Modified Username Field Change
2010-09-05 10:15 Quietust New Issue
2010-09-05 14:24 Logical2u Note Added: 0012429
2010-09-05 14:57 Quietust Note Added: 0012431
2010-09-07 10:16 user6 Note Added: 0012483
2010-09-07 11:18 Quietust Note Added: 0012485
2010-09-07 15:56 Quietust Note Added: 0012489
2010-09-18 21:31 Quietust Note Added: 0012804
2013-07-03 09:03 Quietust Note Added: 0024048
2016-01-17 17:44 user11 Assigned To => user11
2016-01-17 17:44 user11 Status new => confirmed
2017-05-31 21:32 Loci Note Added: 0036581