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[DarthCloakedDwarf]

A friend and I implemented a polymorph ability turning one creature into another, but then when we went to view the description of the creature, DF crashed instantly upon viewing the description.

Does anyone know exactly what causes this and how to avoid it?

[Kobold Troubadour]

Mmmm...it's been quite sometime but some say it's because sometimes the whole bodypart descriptions get in the way (like maybe eye colors changing/missing from the new form, etc.) and it "confuses" the game thus crashing. If it is, it may only be just one of the reasons...so yeah, either experiment more, limit it (like not checking the newly cursed bloke, only certain races use it,etc.), or simply not use it anymore.

[Replica]

Does your errorlog say anything about this new creature form?

Generally when something is missing from a creature you get an asslong 2mb errorlog telling you about the same error a few hundred times in case the reader missed it.

[i2amroy]

It's a known bug. There is a way to fix it, though it is a tad labor intensive. Basically what you need to do is go into each creature involved in the transformation and move the [DESCRIPTION:XX] tokens to be present below the castes instead of above them. So for example dragons would look like this:

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[CASTE:FEMALE]
[FEMALE]
[CASTE_NAME:dragon:dragons:draconic]
[DESCRIPTION:A gigantic reptilian creature.  It is magical and can breath fire.  These monsters can live for thousands of years.]
[CASTE:MALE]
[MALE]
[CASTE_NAME:dragon:dragons:draconic]
[DESCRIPTION:A gigantic reptilian creature.  It is magical and can breath fire.  These monsters can live for thousands of years.]You might also be required to mess with the body description tokens in some cases, but I believe that just moving the description will fix the majority of the crashes.

[DarthCloakedDwarf]

I'll try this and see if it works. Thanks!

[Aescula]

Just tested (as I tend to be DCD's codemonkey at times, I don't mind ;3) and it seems to work!  Still needs stresstesting, but to be honest, it looks way more successful than before.