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[RogerN]

A bunch of immigrants were slaughtered by a pack of beak dogs, and I didn't want to lose more dwarves as my citizens attempted to put their bodies into tombs.  Therefore I went to the standing orders page and switched "Dwarves gather bodies" to "Dwarves ignore bodies."

Unfortunately, though, several of my citizens continued their attempts to "Place item in tomb".  Forbidding the corpses didn't seem to help (until I figured out #2)

1. Does this option only apply to graveyards, not coffins?

2. After forbidding the corpses, I discovered why my dwarves continued to "Place item in tomb."  Several of the victims were torn into chunks, and there were odd body parts (i.e. severed heads) scattered around the area which I had missed.  My citizens kept trying to retrieve the heads and limbs of the victims.  Should the "dwarves ignore bodies" apply to body parts as well?

[ February 06, 2008: Message edited by: RogerN ]

[Wiles]

They probably already had the task started once you had told them not to gather corpses. It doesn't cancel existing jobs, just stops new ones from being made. To get a dwarf to stop you could enlist him in the military, or force him to go indoors. At least that's how I understand it. I haven't played in a while  

[Toady One]

It looks like ignore bodies only applies to the graveyard.  That should probably be changed.