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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0005551Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Jobs, Childcarepublic2016-08-01 04:55
Reporterfossphur Assigned Touser6 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status confirmedResolutionopen 
PlatformwindowsOSwindows 7OS Version64bit
Product Version0.34.04 
Summary0005551: Migrant mother ignores baby
DescriptionI received a small wave of migrants in my first summer, 3 adults and a baby. The baby is one year old but crawled on to the map by itself and was ignored by the mother. The mother then, in early Autumn, had another baby. Now the first baby has no hope of being cared for and is hungry/thirsty/dying.
Additional InformationThe baby is not visible as a citizen in Dwarf Therapist.
Tags0.34.02, baby, childcare, migrant baby

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parent of 0009197 new Guests´ baby is left at fortress as a "friendy" unit. 
has duplicate 0005258 resolveduser6 Immigrant babies from previous fort don't get picked up 
has duplicate 0007498 resolveduser6 Migrant Babies not carried by mother 
has duplicate 0007509 resolveduser1294 Immigrant mother leaves baby to crawl to fort 
has duplicate 0007972 resolveduser1294 Baby immigrants come crawling to fortess not being carried by an adult. 
Not all the children of this issue are yet resolved or closed.

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user6

2012-03-05 08:18

  ~0021112

Reminder sent to: fossphur

Please upload a save demonstrating this problem to http://dffd.wimbli.com/, otherwise we can't do anything about this report.

fossphur

2012-03-05 09:01

reporter   ~0021126

http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=5784

Here is a link to the save. I thought I'd completely lost the save but I found one where the original baby had already died.

SilverEcho

2012-03-22 19:50

reporter   ~0021670

I had two migrant waves that each had a mother ignoring her baby. In both cases, saving and continuing caused the mother to seek the infant.

save: http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=5971

I'm not sure how useful that will be, since saving seems to fix it. If it happens again, I'll see if saving while their migrant status is still on works any differently.

greycat

2012-04-17 13:14

reporter   ~0022291

Last edited: 2012-04-18 08:02

I also have a fortress showing this bug (in 0.34.07). First wave of immigrants arrived in the summer of the first year (131) -- a married couple and their two children. The first child has the title "Dwarven Child", and is a four-year-old boy, born in 127. The second child has the title "Dwarven Baby", and is a three-year-old girl, born in 128.

The "Baby" moves very slowly and erratically, and has been ignored by the other dwarves so far. The "Child" moves at normal speed and was able to report to the meeting zone in a timely manner. (The "Baby" did finally crawl into the fortress, but it was uncertain whether she'd do so before being picked off by wildlife.)

There are already two saves uploaded, so I'll just hold on to this one unless someone specifically requests it.

(Edit: later, after saving and reloading (possibly more than once), the mother is now carrying her 3-year-old "baby" around.)

greycat

2012-04-18 07:59

reporter   ~0022301

In this same fortress, the "Child" (4-year-old boy) is now performing the "Plant Seeds" job. I don't know if this is the same bug or a different bug; children are not supposed to be performing that job as far as I know (they can harvest, but not plant).

"v-p" still says "A child does as it pleases!", and will not let me assign or unassign labors.

greycat

2012-04-18 13:27

reporter   ~0022309

More immigrant waves, more data points.

As far as I can tell, if a family from a previous (abandoned) fortress shows up, their youngest child is *always* given the "Dwarven Baby" label, regardless of how old it is.

The Baby becomes a Child when the calendar advances to that child's birthday.

Saving and reloading seems to kickstart the mothering instinct, making mothers go pick up their babies. (Unless the mother's possessed, etc.)

SteveTheRed

2014-07-20 17:35

reporter   ~0027084

Still there in 0.40.03

Dame de la Licorne

2014-08-04 12:58

reporter   ~0028304

Last edited: 2014-08-04 13:27

Playing a fort genned in 0.40.05 that was moved to 0.40.06. I just received a one month old baby in the latest migrant wave, which the mother is steadfastly ignoring.

Oddity: Same fort, needed to reload a save before that migrant wave (for unrelated reasons), and just got a new migrant wave with a baby, in which the mother did turn back and pick the baby up.

BenLubar

2014-08-13 13:54

reporter   ~0028987

0.40.08 - migrant mother ignored baby until I saved and reloaded. Baby was starving and immediately cured of starvation when picked up. Baby has alcohol deprivation sickness and "often feels lustful".

Immediately after reloading (I had saved so I could upload the world for this bug) the mother did this:

"Monom Uzolsashas, Metalsmith cancels Store Item in Vehicle: Seeking Infant."

I've only ever seen that right after a dwarf gives birth.

http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=9385

It seems the workaround is to just save and reload after each migrant wave that has babies in it.

awdixon

2015-12-28 08:20

reporter   ~0034235

Still present in 42.03. Same for me as BenLubar, save and reload causes mother to cancel task at reload to go pick up infant.

Sinistar

2016-08-01 04:55

reporter   ~0035730

Can confirm as of 0.43.05 the issue still exists. Observed it in two different forts, two different worlds. Save + reload fixes it still.

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Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2012-03-04 22:41 fossphur New Issue
2012-03-04 22:42 fossphur Tag Attached: 0.34.02
2012-03-04 22:42 fossphur Tag Attached: baby
2012-03-04 22:42 fossphur Tag Attached: childcare
2012-03-04 22:42 fossphur Tag Attached: migrant baby
2012-03-05 08:18 user6 Note Added: 0021112
2012-03-05 08:18 user6 Tag Attached: AWAITING UPDATE
2012-03-05 09:01 fossphur Note Added: 0021126
2012-03-22 19:50 SilverEcho Note Added: 0021670
2012-04-11 12:06 user6 Tag Detached: AWAITING UPDATE
2012-04-17 13:14 greycat Note Added: 0022291
2012-04-17 13:14 greycat Note Edited: 0022291
2012-04-18 07:59 greycat Note Added: 0022301
2012-04-18 08:02 greycat Note Edited: 0022291
2012-04-18 13:27 greycat Note Added: 0022309
2014-07-19 18:11 user6 Relationship added has duplicate 0005258
2014-07-19 18:11 user6 Summary Migrant mother ignores baby, has another => Migrant mother ignores baby
2014-07-19 18:11 user6 Relationship added has duplicate 0007498
2014-07-20 07:21 user1294 Relationship added has duplicate 0007509
2014-07-20 17:35 SteveTheRed Note Added: 0027084
2014-08-04 12:58 Dame de la Licorne Note Added: 0028304
2014-08-04 13:00 Dame de la Licorne Note Edited: 0028304
2014-08-04 13:27 Dame de la Licorne Note Edited: 0028304
2014-08-08 16:19 user6 Assigned To => user6
2014-08-08 16:19 user6 Status new => confirmed
2014-08-12 05:33 user1294 Relationship added has duplicate 0007972
2014-08-13 13:54 BenLubar Note Added: 0028987
2015-12-04 22:27 user11 Relationship added parent of 0009197
2015-12-28 08:20 awdixon Note Added: 0034235
2016-08-01 04:55 Sinistar Note Added: 0035730