I pretty much registered just to post this. I recently tried updating to .39c, but it would crash on start-up since the "index" file in data was "corrupted." I'm not ENTIRELY sure why that was, but whatever, I just reverted to .38c. So I'm playing for a (great) while, and finally Autumn rolls around. I sit in my fortress, eagerly awaiting the Dwarven caravan, and presumably the Goblin siege that will accompany it.
Ahhh, the Dwarven caravan arrives! Excellent! I trade with them, expecting the Goblins to show up at any minute. Finally, a message arrives of impending atta... wait, what? "A Kobold caravan from Stlolotrilmis has arrived."
In prior years, having checked the Civ menu, it told me that I imported "annoyance" from them, and exported "aggression," or some such thing. Obviously, I was less than totally diplomatic with their prior "envoys" (read: thieves) they sent me. Just to make sure this isn't some kind of crazy kobold ruse to win entry into my base, I once again checked the Civ menu, and insanely enough, I was at peace with the foul dogs!
So my question to you: is this some kind of crazy bug that may (or may not) be associated with the index file? Could this be some kind of "working as intended" thing? Or did I totally just get a new trading partner to send me food and alcohol? Whatever it is, I'm saving the game and exiting until I can figure out how to take screenshots.