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[Terratoch]

Is it possible for a dwarfs happiness value to overflow, making them more than happy, or rather, go insane, berserk, melancholy, etc?
I ask because in two instances I've had a dwarf snap for no apparent reason, resulting in (the first time) a contained loyalty cascade, and the second, a less than contained loyalty cascade.

[Loud Whispers]

Nope.

[NW_Kohaku]

Hypothetically, yes. 

I highly doubt it would ever happen without you doing something very out of the ordinary or memory hacking, however.  Even using a (signed) short, you have to hit 32767 to overflow.  It takes extreme circumstances to ever break 1000 happiness.

[Terratoch]

Okay then there's some weird bug going on that randomly causes a dwarf to read as "berserk" for no reason at all that I can think of. They weren't exposed to tragic death, they didn't fail to create their artifact, nothing. I just saw this message "Urist McDwarf was cancels job: interrupted by Urist McMetalworker". So I checked the unit list, and sure enough, Urist McMetalworker was under the "Others" tab listed as Berserk. So I had my two-dwarf militia kill him... and now they're enemies of the state, which would be just fine, except that UristMcHammerLord is equipped with... stuff.
I'm running Masterwork DF, so I suppose this bug is localized to that Mod, so I will report it there too and see.

[Darekun]

Okay then there's some weird bug going on that randomly causes a dwarf to read as "berserk" for no reason at all that I can think of. They weren't exposed to tragic death, they didn't fail to create their artifact, nothing.

Hmm, syndrome that inflicts [CRAZED]?

[thegoatgod_pan]

Something is totally wrong.  Are you sure the berserker was not an outpost liason who went mad after being unable to leave?  Normally berserkers go enemy and never, ever cause loyalty cascades as you say it did.


So make sure it isn't an outpost liason losing it and turning into mcrandom metalcrafter (as they do when the liason career disappears)

Then notable issues you should check before the bug report:

The hated pest encounter is a huge drop: e.g. if he was unhappy for some reason anyway and then saw a rat (assuming he particularly hates rats and it says so in his personality) the pest just might push him over the edge.

Aside from that can you definitely rule out:

1. failed mood

2. dead relatives

3. dead friends

4. Rotting friends, relatives or pets

How do you know the dwarf was happy to begin with--hard to check once they are berserk?

[Loud Whispers]

Could be a possible fog/mist

[Girlinhat]

If it's Masterwork, then it's likely a feature.

Really, seems half the issues people are bringing up are features of masterwork...

[thegoatgod_pan]

I am going to double post and insist it was outpost liason losing it

[Flying Dice]

If it's Masterwork, then it's likely a feature.

Really, seems half the issues people are bringing up are features of masterwork...

Barring that, a liason.

[KodKod]

Nudity or clothes rotting, perhaps?

[Panopticon]

Could be lycanthropy, I have had dwarfs show as berserk when they turn into monsters.

[psychologicalshock]

Dwarves sometimes become unhappy in combat for a few ticks but then revert back to their old mood.

[Terratoch]

Something is totally wrong.  Are you sure the berserker was not an outpost liason who went mad after being unable to leave?  Normally berserkers go enemy and never, ever cause loyalty cascades as you say it did.


So make sure it isn't an outpost liason losing it and turning into mcrandom metalcrafter (as they do when the liason career disappears)

Then notable issues you should check before the bug report:

The hated pest encounter is a huge drop: e.g. if he was unhappy for some reason anyway and then saw a rat (assuming he particularly hates rats and it says so in his personality) the pest just might push him over the edge.

Aside from that can you definitely rule out:

1. failed mood

2. dead relatives

3. dead friends

4. Rotting friends, relatives or pets

How do you know the dwarf was happy to begin with--hard to check once they are berserk?

I've got a save just seconds before Urist McCrazyPants snaps. He's not a liason, he was ecstatic just a few milliseconds before going all homicidal. He was downstairs collecting metal to smelt before going ballistic. No dead friends or relatives, to this point we've only had one death where this guy died from a training spear in the danger room somehow. No failed mood unless... is it possible he was flagged for a fey mood, but never took over the workshop? If that's the case, why is he going berserk each and every time instead of some other random crazy/etc? Anyway, it doesn't show him as a monster either. Where can I post this save so that it can be examined? I'm using Masterwork DF mod BTW.

[NW_Kohaku]

Where can I post this save so that it can be examined?

http://dffd.wimbli.com/submit.php

If it's Masterwork, it might be worth asking Meph if maybe he somehow did something that does this on purpose, though.