0005368: Friendly werebeast-Peasant arrives with "megabeast" announcement, gets caught in cage trap - Dwarf Fortress Bug Tracker

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0005368	Dwarf Fortress	Dwarf Mode -- Interface, Announcements	public	2012-02-21 09:32	2017-10-29 11:36

Reporter	HammerDave	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	have not tried
Status	new	Resolution	open
Platform	Windows SDL
Product Version	0.34.02

Summary	0005368: Friendly werebeast-Peasant arrives with "megabeast" announcement, gets caught in cage trap
Description	Lots of stuff that doesn't add up here. A megabeast style announcement popped up: The Peasant Erib IbeshatŒs has come! A short, sturdy creature fond of drink and industry. This peasant did not appear at the map edge. The announcement popped up when he got trapped by one of my entrance cage traps. He shows up in the unit list as friendly with not much more information. Possible bugs (may all be symptoms of the same underlying condition) * Why is a friendly dwarf getting announced like a megabeast? A hostile might make a little more sense, but a friendly is just weird. * How is a friendly getting caged? * Why doesn't the announcement show up until the trap springs? I have made a copy of the save in case it's needed, but will hold off using dffd space. I figure the next step will be to try to release him and see what he does.
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~~user6~~ 2012-02-21 09:41 ~0020387	He's probably a were-beast. What moon phase is it?

HammerDave 2012-02-21 12:36 reporter ~0020404	I'm not doing so well with bug reporting, eh? lol You're exactly right, this is a feature. Not positive there isn't still a bug in there somewhere, but likely not. Just don't know Toady well enough to know whether cage-trapping the undiscovered beast is an intended behavior or not. It would be more stealthy if not... Built the cage, started connecting it with mechanisms. The icon blinking behind the cage changes to a Ñ. What the heck, haven't seen that character used before. Go to K screen, and whaddya know, it's a were-lizard. And the handy new moon indicator confirms, we're at full moon phase. Loving the new features, even when they fool me into thinking something is broken. <woo hoo>

Landric 2012-02-27 02:34 reporter ~0020791	Still interesting it causes dwarves to flee and cage traps to trigger when its in pesant (or "friendly") form. Is this a feature too?

Loci 2017-10-29 11:36 viewer ~0036814	Werebeasts "sneak" in avoiding traps, lose their trap-avoidance and try to flee when they revert to their normal form, and post an announcement when "discovered" (by a cage trap in your example). The form of the announcement is a bit odd when the werebeast has already reverted to a meek "friendly" unit, but everything else here seems intentional.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2012-02-21 09:32	HammerDave	New Issue
2012-02-21 09:41	~~user6~~	Note Added: 0020387
2012-02-21 12:36	HammerDave	Note Added: 0020404
2012-02-26 16:19	Logical2u	Relationship added	related to 0005466
2012-02-26 16:19	Logical2u	Summary	Peasant arrives with "megabeast" announcement, friendly, caged => Werebeast-Peasant arrives with "megabeast" announcement, friendly, caged
2012-02-27 02:34	Landric	Note Added: 0020791
2012-02-27 06:32	~~user6~~	Relationship replaced	has duplicate 0005466
2012-02-27 06:32	~~user6~~	Relationship added	related to 0005224
2012-02-29 08:27	~~user6~~	Relationship added	related to 0005508
2012-04-23 06:55	~~user6~~	Relationship added	has duplicate 0005827
2012-04-23 06:56	~~user6~~	Summary	Werebeast-Peasant arrives with "megabeast" announcement, friendly, caged => Friendly werebeast-Peasant arrives with "megabeast" announcement, gets caught in cage trap
2017-10-29 11:36	Loci	Note Added: 0036814