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[MVladO]

Hi,
I wasn't sure where to ask this, so I hope I don't offend Armok and moderation.
So I picked up DF again year after giving it up due to bugs and steam release coming soon (Haha). I read that many bugs has been fixed, including infamous corrupted equipment bug.
So I started a new fort 3x3 embark and I was shocked, how did the performance indeed improve. Better fps, literally no random crashes for weeks... until...
So I had an artifact stolen and decided I can only get it back by a raid mission to it's new location. I had assembled a "suicide squad" composed of depressed troublemaker as a commander and mercenaries,  all having no uniform assigned, and sent them to a stealth mission to non hostile human civilisation. Unfortunately the leader became so depressed he stopped moving,  so I expelled him from fortress and replaced with another dwarf. They set off to the mission and I had to end there.
So I saved the game,  and yeah it crashed while saving. To my surprise when I came back,  the game was actually saved but:
I have a massive fps drop
All of the squad evaporated (vacant in military menu)
No mission report
Human civilisation is now hostile
Game started crashing, when saving or expelling units

So my questions are:
Was there anything I could do/not do to launch this raid safely for my save?
Is there anything I can do to help the performance?
I started expelling outsider bards and poets in desperate attempt to save fps but about every 3rd expel crashes game. Will slaughtering all my animals help or is it unrelated to path finding?
Should I report this to bug tracker? I think those bugs must be well known by now
I really wish I could restrain myself from inviding. There were other peaceful things I wanted to learn in this play through, but now it seems like I need to abandon the fortress
Will my whole world be corrupted now?

[DoubleG]

This does make me a little nervous. Might have to start backing up my saves. :O

As to your question, raids are still pretty new and may be kinda buggy. Think it's best not to save while they are away, wait for their mission to be resolved.

Have you tried DFHack, see if it has scripts that might help. At the least you can purge contaminants, might improve FPS. Error might be with civ relations, no idea if there's any scripts that might help with that.

[MVladO]

Yes I have DFhack embedded in LNP . Thank you, I will learn how to use cleaning scripts

[Schmaven]

I'm not sure about all the details of bugs due to raiding.  But if you get a repeatable crash, definitely upload your save to the bug tracker.  Even if the same has already been submitted, your save might have an extra bit of info that makes it easier to resolve.