0007925: When asking for directions to something/somewhere, they can refer you to someone who is actually dead

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0007925	Dwarf Fortress	Adventure Mode -- Conversation	public	2014-08-09 11:43	2014-08-09 12:56

Reporter	smjjames	Assigned To	~~user6~~
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	assigned	Resolution	open
Platform	Windows 8
Product Version	0.40.05

Summary	0007925: When asking for directions to something/somewhere, they can refer you to someone who is actually dead
Description	In this hamlet, when I asked about whereabouts for some vampires, they (well, the lord of the hamlet and the pikeman I'm currently talking to in the save) referred to a Risas Grassfold. I tried checking in the houses and asking there, same response, waited a while in case the person was on patrol and nope. Went and looked for the patrol and wasn't there either. Being confused as to where this person was, I checked Legends Viewer, and it turns out that she died that year, probably during the two week calendar generation before I started the adventurer.
Steps To Reproduce	Random chance Savegame: http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=9333
Additional Information	I'm using mayday graphics and modded kobolds to have normal speech and for trolls to be able to speak as well, but that shouldn't affect it. Likely related to 0000924
Tags	No tags attached.

~~user6~~ 2014-08-09 11:49 ~0028663	Information isn't always magically transmitted anymore. Do you have reason to think that they should have known she was dead?

smjjames 2014-08-09 12:56 reporter ~0028669 Last edited: 2014-08-09 13:14	Legends Viewer says she died of old age and she was living in that town. She was actually the local lawgiver (position 0 according to Legends Viewer) and was replaced by the current one. So yes I have reason to think they should have known she was dead. However, it says she died in 200, the current worldgen year, so I have no idea. I could try to find living relatives and see if I can get anything. Since she died at worldgen end in 200, I guess theres some sort of grey area. Fakeedit: I looked at legends and while most relatives are either dead or are too far removed, there is a neice who lives in a dark tower, but no guarantee I'll run into her in that crowded place. There aren't any relatives living in human hamlets or towns that I can find in LegendsViewer.

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Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2014-08-09 11:43	smjjames	New Issue
2014-08-09 11:49	~~user6~~	Note Added: 0028663
2014-08-09 11:49	~~user6~~	Assigned To	=> user6
2014-08-09 11:49	~~user6~~	Status	new => feedback
2014-08-09 12:56	smjjames	Note Added: 0028669
2014-08-09 12:56	smjjames	Status	feedback => assigned
2014-08-09 13:07	smjjames	Note Edited: 0028669
2014-08-09 13:14	smjjames	Note Edited: 0028669