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damocles

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[40c]Dwarf died of thirst for no reason
« on: August 26, 2008, 08:47:13 am »
One of my dwarves just committed suicide very slowly...

I noticed him digging out a room and he had the blue arrow indicating he was thirsty.  I then noticed him a little later still thirsty, still doing jobs.  Okay, so I took off all (and I mean all) his labour tasks, assuming he would then go drink.  No such luck, he just hung around in corridors getting thirstier, and now hungry too.

I checked and there was tons of booze, a water supply, plenty of food, and free tables in the dining hall.  All of this was about 10 tiles away from his location.  Nothing there to interrupt him.  He wasn't in a mood and hadn't gone bananas (or at least there were no message to that effect).  He just stood around slowly dying of thirst for no good reason.  So I made him sheriff and assigned him a personal dining room with food and booze nearby.  He still did nothing.  Then he went to sleep (not in the bedrooms, but on the floor). I thought maybe he was wounded, but he was in perfect health other than a serious thirst.  Then he died.

Strange bug.  I couldn't find any reason for him not to get a drink.
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THLawrence

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Re: [40c]Dwarf died of thirst for no reason
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2008, 10:25:37 am »
If he fell asleep on the floor he may have been stuck in somewhere and couldn't get to the rest of the fort. Do you still have a copy of the game? Or maybe even a screenshot?
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Rear Admiral Choco

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Re: [40c]Dwarf died of thirst for no reason
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2008, 12:37:36 pm »
Yeah, I often get my miners stuck somewhere where they can't get a drink and I don't realize it until they're almost dead.
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MMad

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Re: [40c]Dwarf died of thirst for no reason
« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2008, 05:52:26 pm »
Sounds really strange indeed. :) I don't suppose you have a save of the bug happening?
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Re: [40c]Dwarf died of thirst for no reason
« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2008, 06:06:08 pm »
Was his location separated from the other stuff (drink, food, dining rooms, et cetera) by anything that was even the slightest bit out of the ordinary?  Ramps, stairs, workshops that a dwarf must walk through to get somewhere, and so on?  There can be various arrangements that block travel which aren't immediately obvious to everyone.  I've certainly been tripped up by such things a few times.
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Re: [40c]Dwarf died of thirst for no reason
« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2008, 09:14:38 am »
a tree and a pit blocked my miner off (its usually the miners who die of it) and i didn't realize it till he starved to death
being stuck in "attend meeting" does not mean he can actually reach my mayor.
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