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Snall

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Dead enemies appearing?
« on: March 27, 2009, 04:33:24 pm »
I'm on a Wilderness map with lots of different stuff and a running river (through a canyon).  I have TONS of deceased Lizardman, Frogman, Snakeman corpses and now starting to get Ratman and Antman corpses.  I have no idea where they are (Playing with largest possible map) and can't remember how to find corpses (I think there's a way).  But there's no LIVE enemies on the map (Except some kol thieves) so where are they coming from??
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Jim Groovester

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Re: Dead enemies appearing?
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2009, 04:37:04 pm »
You have hidden underground features that are waiting for your exploitation. The problem is finding them. Supposedly, there's the Trade Depot access thingamajig, where you can look underground for where the access is flashing red Xs where it has no business. I'm sure somebody else can explain it better, because I usually map out all the features on a map I want to play on a different save.
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Snall

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Re: Dead enemies appearing?
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2009, 04:43:16 pm »
No that's enough. Sounds good.  Now I best train my marksdwarves...
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zchris13

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Re: Dead enemies appearing?
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2009, 10:05:03 pm »
Hammerdwarfs.  Gonna need it when you run out of arrows.
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Snall

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Re: Dead enemies appearing?
« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2009, 10:08:07 pm »
You obviously haven't seen my forest and bone collections..bolts shall darken the sky..er..underground...hmm...make a lot of noise!
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zchris13

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Re: Dead enemies appearing?
« Reply #5 on: March 27, 2009, 10:39:52 pm »
STAB ENEMIES REPEATEDLY WITH POINTY PARTS!!!!!!!!!

Yes, but can your dwarves carry all those bolts, hmmm?
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Snall

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Re: Dead enemies appearing?
« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2009, 11:05:51 pm »
I shall store bolt caches around the fort....
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Re: Dead enemies appearing?
« Reply #7 on: March 28, 2009, 11:11:28 am »
Back to the original question...

Go to the stocks screen (on the "z" status menu).  Corpses are on the last page.  If your record keeper has gotten the precision high enough, you'll be able to use the tab key to see individual corpses.  Then pick one and zoom to it ("z" key, I think).  That'll take you to where it is, even if it isn't revealed yet.  Hotkey it or something, and start digging your way there, and eventually you'll find it.
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Re: Dead enemies appearing?
« Reply #8 on: March 28, 2009, 11:18:21 am »
Quote from: Snall on March 27, 2009, 10:08:07 pm
You obviously haven't seen my forest and bone collections..bolts shall darken the sky..er..underground...hmm...make a lot of noise!

Then they will fight in the shade!
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prklts

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Re: Dead enemies appearing?
« Reply #9 on: March 28, 2009, 01:29:13 pm »
What has killed these enemies? Is it a bug?

They may have died normally due to the way rules were intended, but then their corpses probably shouldn't appear on the list of known creatures. Maybe that's the bug.
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Re: Dead enemies appearing?
« Reply #10 on: March 28, 2009, 01:37:10 pm »
I have creatures in bottomless pits die a lot, I'm not sure why, usually ratmen and antmen, but any creatures that die on your map will be listed on the units screen, it sucks. :/
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« Reply #11 on: March 28, 2009, 04:36:34 pm »
It's nice to have friends who hear my pain.

Good job, bay12games forum.
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Re: Dead enemies appearing?
« Reply #12 on: March 28, 2009, 04:54:25 pm »
Quote from: prklts on March 28, 2009, 01:29:13 pm
What has killed these enemies? Is it a bug?

They may have died normally due to the way rules were intended, but then their corpses probably shouldn't appear on the list of known creatures. Maybe that's the bug.

Creatures in hidden features will die normaly due to two reasons. First is due to age, most chasm (and I believe some underground water) have a life span of a bout 2 years.  Second is falling into the chasm, this seems more common with underground rivers than chasms/pits.  I ended up modding most underground creatures to live 50-100 years just so I could have a chance to get to them before they all died off.
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