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[Vinum]

Hello Meph,

To begin with,i would like to thank you for your magnificent work (a master work, i'd say) and for your efforts to keep it above the pure awesomeness level.

As for the title, i would like to highlight this problem i frequently end up against: between the second and third year of life of my fortresses, the game just crashes instantly, forcing me to close the Windows error message before doing anything else. I cannot understand the reason of such event: first it all led to believe that a dwarf, instead of giving birth to a similar, actually generated a divide-by-zero catastrophy which put and end to the universe, but killing her seconds before the birth didn't help much, for at the very same day (28 of late summer if i am correct) the game kept crashing. And the same goes for the second fortress, generated from a freshly created, brand new world, without the birth event this time.

I remember the same problem occurred in the earliest version of MW 2, never to happen again... until now.

Any idea about what's going on?

[Vinum]

Happened again, this time near the end of autumn.

Could this be related to caravans?

[Meph]

It can be a corrupted world, but unlikely.
It can be a creature that enters the map, but unlikely.
It can be a noble/civ-member that enters the map.
It can be an item that enters the map with traders.
It can be an item you create/a reaction you finish.
It can be whatever. 

Crashes are notoriously hard to narrow down. Check your errorlog, then your gamelog and see the very last entry in it. Load a previous save (best a few minutes/seconds before the crash) and cancel all jobs and see if it stops the crash.

Remember to use seasonal autosave, and the included quicksave Ctrl+Q, or by "record the history of your fort" in the scriptorium, it will also run quicksave for you. Save often.

Thats all I can say.

[BoffoDorf]

Just pmed you about my crash aholic... Here is the error log from 102 winter the game is basically vanilla in a swamp, no warpstone no blue prints used, nothing crazy like Arena's or evil fun stuff or anything. I have no idea what the error log is saying. Game log is just me repeatedly reloading.

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Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: ARENA_GRIMELING:KOBOLD_ARENA
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: ARENA_SCORPION_DESERT_GIANT:KOBOLD_ARENA
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: ARENA_BLIZZARD_MAN:KOBOLD_ARENA
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: ARENA_RAPTOR_DRAGON:KOBOLD_ARENA
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: ARENA_GREEN_DEVOURER:KOBOLD_ARENA
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: ARENA_DEEP_ONE:KOBOLD_ARENA
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: ARENA_UMBER_HULK:KOBOLD_ARENA
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: ARENA_BALOR_DETAILED:KOBOLD_ARENA
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: GIANT_KEA:FEMALE
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: GIANT_KEA:MALE
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: KEA_MAN:FEMALE
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: KEA_MAN:MALE
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: HONEY BADGER, GIANT:FEMALE
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: HONEY BADGER, GIANT:MALE
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: HONEY BADGER MAN:FEMALE
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: HONEY BADGER MAN:MALE
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: GIANT_KEA:FEMALE
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: GIANT_KEA:MALE
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: HONEY BADGER, GIANT:FEMALE
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: HONEY BADGER, GIANT:MALE
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
*** Error(s) finalizing the reaction CRATE_SKAVEN_LOOT_KOBOLD
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
*** Error(s) finalizing the reaction CRATE_SKAVEN_LOOT_KOBOLD_BIG
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
*** Error(s) finalizing the reaction CRATE_SKAVEN_LOOT_KOBOLD_BIG_SIEGE
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
*** Error(s) finalizing the reaction CRATE_SKAVEN_LOOT_KOBOLD_SIEGE
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
*** Error(s) finalizing the reaction MUTATE_CHANGLING_KOBOLD
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
*** Error(s) finalizing the reaction MUTATE_SPRITE_KOBOLD
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
*** Error(s) finalizing the reaction LANDMINE_TOXIC
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
*** Error(s) finalizing the reaction TURRET_WARPSTONE
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
*** Error(s) finalizing the reaction MUTATE_CHANGLING
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
*** Error(s) finalizing the reaction MUTATE_SPRITE
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
*** Error(s) finalizing the reaction BUY_WARPSTONE_D
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
*** Error(s) finalizing the reaction WARPSTONE_SELL_D
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
*** Error(s) finalizing the interaction SPIRIT_BEAR_KOBOLD
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: SPIRIT_BEAR_KOBOLD:MALE
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: ARENA_GRIMELING:KOBOLD_ARENA
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: ARENA_SCORPION_DESERT_GIANT:KOBOLD_ARENA
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: ARENA_BLIZZARD_MAN:KOBOLD_ARENA
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: ARENA_RAPTOR_DRAGON:KOBOLD_ARENA
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: ARENA_GREEN_DEVOURER:KOBOLD_ARENA
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: ARENA_DEEP_ONE:KOBOLD_ARENA
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: ARENA_UMBER_HULK:KOBOLD_ARENA
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: ARENA_BALOR_DETAILED:KOBOLD_ARENA
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: GIANT_KEA:FEMALE
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: GIANT_KEA:MALE
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: KEA_MAN:FEMALE
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: KEA_MAN:MALE
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: HONEY BADGER, GIANT:FEMALE
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: HONEY BADGER, GIANT:MALE
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: HONEY BADGER MAN:FEMALE
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: HONEY BADGER MAN:MALE
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: GIANT_KEA:FEMALE
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: GIANT_KEA:MALE
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: HONEY BADGER, GIANT:FEMALE
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: HONEY BADGER, GIANT:MALE
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
*** Error(s) finalizing the reaction CRATE_SKAVEN_LOOT_KOBOLD
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
*** Error(s) finalizing the reaction CRATE_SKAVEN_LOOT_KOBOLD_BIG
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
*** Error(s) finalizing the reaction CRATE_SKAVEN_LOOT_KOBOLD_BIG_SIEGE
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
*** Error(s) finalizing the reaction CRATE_SKAVEN_LOOT_KOBOLD_SIEGE
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
*** Error(s) finalizing the reaction MUTATE_CHANGLING_KOBOLD
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
*** Error(s) finalizing the reaction MUTATE_SPRITE_KOBOLD
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
*** Error(s) finalizing the reaction LANDMINE_TOXIC
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
*** Error(s) finalizing the reaction TURRET_WARPSTONE
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
*** Error(s) finalizing the reaction MUTATE_CHANGLING
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
*** Error(s) finalizing the reaction MUTATE_SPRITE
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
*** Error(s) finalizing the reaction BUY_WARPSTONE_D
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
*** Error(s) finalizing the reaction WARPSTONE_SELL_D
Unrecognized Inorganic Token: WARPSTONE_SOLID
*** Error(s) finalizing the interaction SPIRIT_BEAR_KOBOLD
Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect: SPIRIT_BEAR_KOBOLD:MALE

[urmane]

I think those are "normal" errors.  If you look at errorlog right after startup, for instance, you'll see the first line as:

Color Mod Ending and Unrecognized Caste Token in Body Transformation Effect can be ignored.


I have all those other messages, and also have a lot of them from very long running forts in linuxv3a3, as well as stuff like:
path fail: .
*** Error(s) finalizing the reaction TURRET_WARPSTONE..
DOUBLE TAGGED ITEM: Store Item in Stockpile, Bar/Block Bin (wooden) <#9>

and that fort ran fine until FPS death.  I don't that's the cause of your problem, unfortunately.

[Meph]

The warpstone stuff is just because you play without warpstone, so it cant find it. makes no difference.

the missing creatures are orc/kobold creatures that only exist when you play with those races. They are used in some reactions, but those you can only do when you play orc/kobold... again, no problem, when you switch races the errorlog will complain about missing dwarven pets.

I'll just wait for the save to have a look.

[Varyag]

between the second and third year of life of my fortresses, the game just crashes instantly, forcing me to close the Windows error message before doing anything else. I cannot understand the reason of such event: first it all led to believe that a dwarf, instead of giving birth to a similar, actually generated a divide-by-zero catastrophy which put and end to the universe, but killing her seconds before the birth didn't help much, for at the very same day (28 of late summer if i am correct) the game kept crashing.

Any idea about what's going on?

I don't understand exactly what you're saying but it sound like the same problem i had and managed to use df hack to stop it. You should use df hack reveal hell to reveal all creatures and then slayrace everything that isn't your dwarves. Unreveal and unpause. See what happens, might save your fort.

If it works, post here to let us know.

[Vinum]

Hello people!

Thanks for your advices, bur killing everything, wheter it moves or not, seems not to help much.

As for the save, could you please tell me how i can post one?

In the meanwhile, i downloaded again MW and started anew fort, we'll see if this problem persists.

Again, thanks for your help, everyone!

[fricy]

@Vinum: Do you use the LAA patcher? The only time the game crashes for me is when I forget to patch the dwarf fortress.exe after an update.

[Meph]

You can use DFFD, mediafire, dropbox, whatever you like. Then post a link. But give a description about it, when exactly your crash happens... if its in 2 mins I'll test, if its in 3 hours sometime in later-winter of 103, I wont. ^^

[Vinum]

Ok, here it is: http://www.mediafire.com/download/5k82co80ycp46qf/Crashes+everywhere..rar

The crash will happen in a couple of minutes, between the 8 and the 9 of early autumn.

During the which, it will happen:

a gemcutter will begin and complete his artifact in time;

the mayor will have a chit chat with a gnome;

the baron will go berserk an die with honor. Probably.

Sometimes a kobold even showed up.

But it will actually take a minute or two to crash, i promise 

[Meph]

Again autumn... sound like a caravan to me. They are brining items that crash the game, which is odd. At least thats my best educated guess that I can do.

[urmane]

Chit-chat with a gnome ... maybe it's the first screen of the trade agreement?  That lists lots of items ...

[Godlysockpuppet]

I built a boneyard and as soon as I hit shift enter (to select the totems in the construction screen) my game crashed... I couldn't even load the save from the start of that season either because it crashed while loading :/

[Meph]

Hu?

That starts to sound serious. Godlysockpuppet, is this reproducable?

If its corrupted world, my best guess is dfhack scripts, the makeworshipper and moddablegods, or dwarvennames. Nothing else affects the worldfile.