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Draco18s

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[40d+] Corpses in Refuse Piles Spout Miasma
« on: January 02, 2009, 10:47:12 pm »
I thought the whole point of the refuse pile was so that refuse didn't generate miasma.
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Re: [40d+] Corpses in Refuse Piles Spout Miasma
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2009, 10:52:10 pm »
Wrong, you're thinking of coffins.

Aside from those, the only way to prevent miasma is to keep corpses outside.


I'm guessing the reason you're only just noticing that it doesn't prevent them from stinking up the joint is because you've almost always kept your refuse piles outside until now?
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Re: [40d+] Corpses in Refuse Piles Spout Miasma
« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2009, 12:38:38 am »
I'm pretty sure I've had indoor "everything" refuse piles before.
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Re: [40d+] Corpses in Refuse Piles Spout Miasma
« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2009, 10:30:25 pm »
As far as I know, refuse piles are helpful in keeping all the miasma spewing gibblets in one spot, and if the pile is sectioned off along with a pair of double doors, miasma shouldn't have a chance of spreading into your main fort areas.
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Re: [40d+] Corpses in Refuse Piles Spout Miasma
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2009, 05:29:18 pm »
Only food stockpiles seem to stop rotting.
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Re: [40d+] Corpses in Refuse Piles Spout Miasma
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2009, 11:32:58 am »
hmmm.... mixing foodstockpiles with corpses.... I think you're onto something here!
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Re: [40d+] Corpses in Refuse Piles Spout Miasma
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2009, 10:19:27 pm »
Quote from: LegoLord on January 04, 2009, 05:29:18 pm
Only food stockpiles seem to stop rotting.

Some food items in food stockpiles still rot. Slowed down if in barrels.

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Most items are not subject to wear when stored in stockpiles, inside, notably prepared meals, drinks and plants. Some items, in particular plants and cooked meals, will still rot when lying around outside of stockpiles, in workshops, or, worse, in water.

Storage in barrels will delay wear both in and out of stockpiles.

Some food, specifically uncooked meat, fish, and clothes are still subject to wear when stored in stockpiles. Wear of barrelled meat or fish will set in roughly 2 seasons after butchering or arriving at the area with traders, increasing by roughly one level per season. Raw fish will instead rot.

Mangled food can still be cooked, seemingly without quality loss, although the value of the prepared food will be calculated using the reduced value of the ingredients.
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