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Mimodo

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Burial not happening
« on: August 13, 2012, 10:05:23 pm »
So, I've now got a whole bunch of dead migrants lying around which I want to put in a coffin to prevent the wrath of the undead. I have plenty of coffins, all with burial enabled, I have a direct path to where they are lying dead, and disabling all but burial, they will sit there saying "no job"

Under the job list (j), there is no job queued saying "place item in tomb" or whatever the job task is normally called. To them, there is no evidence that the bodies are yet to be entombed, other than the dead bodies...

How do I rectify ths problem? Because I really don't fancy having ghosts haunt the place... I only recently put own about 10 of them
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Re: Burial not happening
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2012, 10:14:28 pm »
Your dwarves need to discover the bodies first, try that.
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Re: Burial not happening
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2012, 10:21:00 pm »
3 of them are "missing", but the others have been confirmed dead (by the ones who were waiting to die).

Since the ones who reported the deaths are now dead, does this mean that my living dwarves need to discover the bodies first?

Also, do I get any undead with atom smashing the migrants?
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Re: Burial not happening
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2012, 11:05:39 pm »
You will probably get ghosts, unless you slab them.
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Re: Burial not happening
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2012, 12:07:16 am »
Atom smashing can produce ghost. I once wondered why i don't have a body of one ghost dwarf, made a memorial for him, and it read that he was crushed under a drawbridge.

I didn't even noticed it, but mystery was solved.
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« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2012, 06:50:25 am »
Damn... I'm better off with a body as my stone supply is limited to the remains of the caravan which died along with the original fortress (reclaim)...

Oh well, I'll find a way to get them into the coffins eventually I hope
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Re: Burial not happening
« Reply #6 on: August 14, 2012, 08:26:15 am »
Are those bodies forbidden?
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Re: Burial not happening
« Reply #7 on: August 14, 2012, 08:27:18 am »
Quote from: Di on August 14, 2012, 08:26:15 am
Are those bodies forbidden?

Nope... just dead...

Well, actually they're now all partial skeletons... but not forbidden
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Re: Burial not happening
« Reply #8 on: August 14, 2012, 08:37:46 am »
Quote from: Mimodo on August 14, 2012, 06:50:25 am
Damn... I'm better off with a body as my stone supply is limited to the remains of the caravan which died along with the original fortress (reclaim)...

Oh well, I'll find a way to get them into the coffins eventually I hope
Use wooden caskets as stopgap coffins.
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Re: Burial not happening
« Reply #9 on: August 14, 2012, 12:10:58 pm »
o > r > Dwarves claim dead?
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« Reply #10 on: August 14, 2012, 01:18:25 pm »
corpse stockpile?
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Re: Burial not happening
« Reply #11 on: August 14, 2012, 02:51:42 pm »
Make sure the corpses aren't forbidden?
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