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Arekis

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A flesh ball is crashing my DF
« on: July 16, 2010, 11:28:46 pm »
I have a flesh ball wandering one of my caverns.  If I try to query it with 'k', my DF crashes.  I migrated the save from .08 to .10, but I don't remember if I tried querying it then.  Any advice on how to debug something like this?  I believe my raws are correct.  The only change I've done was an edit to the domestic cat.

Of course I can simply avoid querying it, but that's neither here nor there.
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Passive Fist

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Re: A flesh ball is crashing my DF
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2010, 11:44:15 pm »
If you just want it gone you can use the Runesmith utility to kill it.  Sorry but that's as much help as I can be on this subject :P
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Arekis

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Re: A flesh ball is crashing my DF
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2010, 01:46:21 am »
Thanks, I might have to resort to that.  I previously had a fort where some creature/caravan/something would show up at a specific date and the game would always crash.  Lost a decent fort there, hoping to not lose this one to a silly bug.
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Re: A flesh ball is crashing my DF
« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2010, 12:54:27 pm »
Can't you just send your guys in, kill it and butcher it?   
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Re: A flesh ball is crashing my DF
« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2010, 01:59:16 pm »
O, the lone flesh ball, destroyer of worlds!

I'd guess it's part of a larger problem given that creatures have inexplicably crashed your game before. Some system-related, mayhap?
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Arekis

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Re: A flesh ball is crashing my DF
« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2010, 05:24:29 pm »
Quote from: s20dan on July 17, 2010, 12:54:27 pm
Can't you just send your guys in, kill it and butcher it?   
He was in an isolated section of the caverns, so I couldn't get to him before.  I did some tunneling and managed to kill him without crashing the game.  I was sure engaging it in combat would cause a crash...

Quote from: Bronzebeard on July 17, 2010, 01:59:16 pm
O, the lone flesh ball, destroyer of worlds!

I'd guess it's part of a larger problem given that creatures have inexplicably crashed your game before. Some system-related, mayhap?
It's possible.  I'm curious if the cause of some of these crashes is my ineptitude to migrate saves appropriately or making modifications to the game, tho they are very minor.  My only mod is editing the raws for the cat, though...

Well, the flesh ball is dead now.  So far the catastrophe has been averted.
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Re: A flesh ball is crashing my DF
« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2010, 06:06:16 pm »
Quote from: Arekis on July 17, 2010, 05:24:29 pm
Quote from: s20dan on July 17, 2010, 12:54:27 pm
Can't you just send your guys in, kill it and butcher it?   
He was in an isolated section of the caverns, so I couldn't get to him before.  I did some tunneling and managed to kill him without crashing the game.  I was sure engaging it in combat would cause a crash...

Quote from: Bronzebeard on July 17, 2010, 01:59:16 pm
O, the lone flesh ball, destroyer of worlds!

I'd guess it's part of a larger problem given that creatures have inexplicably crashed your game before. Some system-related, mayhap?
It's possible.  I'm curious if the cause of some of these crashes is my ineptitude to migrate saves appropriately or making modifications to the game, tho they are very minor.  My only mod is editing the raws for the cat, though...

Well, the flesh ball is dead now.  So far the catastrophe has been averted.

As you say.

I only pray that the impending armada dispatched from deep within the Flesh Ball Empire coming to avenge their fallen brother takes its sweet time...
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