0009838: Blind adventurers cannot start conversations by shouting

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0009838	Dwarf Fortress	Adventure Mode -- Conversation	public	2016-06-15 04:40	2016-06-15 21:47

Reporter	Atomic Chicken	Assigned To
Priority	low	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	new	Resolution	open
Product Version	0.43.03

Summary	0009838: Blind adventurers cannot start conversations by shouting
Description	When playing as a blind unit in adventurer mode (i.e. damaged SIGHT organs, no EXTRAVISION, dark screen), attempting to start a conversation with friendly units in the vicinity by selecting "shout out to everybody" will result in the adventurer being completely ignored.
Steps To Reproduce	1. Spawn a couple of units on the same team in arena mode, with the conflict level set to "Encounter". 2. Blind one of the units (such as by controlling a wrestler to gouge out the eyes). 3. Take control of the blind unit and "shout out to everybody". 4. For comparison, repeat step 3 with a non-blind unit.
Additional Information	The only way to start conversations with another unit as a blind adventurer right now is to walk around prone until you happen to land on the same tile as that unit, at which point the unit will be available for selection. As soon as the adventurer steps away from said tile, the conversation cannot continue. Performances carried out by the blind adventurer are noticed and commented on by other units.
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Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2016-06-15 04:40	Atomic Chicken	New Issue
2016-06-15 21:47	Max_TM	Note Added: 0035415

Max_TM 2016-06-15 21:47 reporter ~0035415	Confirming this was the way it worked back in 40.24 for conversations, so yeah it's kind of frustrating that you can't even shout to see if anyone is even around.