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Author Topic: Immigrants cancel Immigrate: Syncronised Possession  (Read 8852 times)

Killas[SiN]

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Immigrants cancel Immigrate: Syncronised Possession
« on: September 05, 2009, 02:51:12 am »
Ok guys, the wierdest thing happened to me on DF last night.

I had a desert fortress, well into its 4th year, doing all sweet. Had loads of space; was well organised;strong military... Basically an ideal fortress. Then, immigrants came. I thought, oh sweet! My dudes could use some help.
But when all 15 of the immigrants came out of the edge of the map... The ingame announcer said...

"X has been struck by a strange mood!"
I didn't catch the name of the person as another message came straight away after it...  So I clicked "A" to see the announcement...
"X has been struck by a strange mood!" x15

What the...?
I had ALL 15 immigrants simultaneously get possessed within 20 seconds of entering the map.
Also, they didn't have any names. They're names were " ".
Within a few (game) months they went insane and there was so much clothes strewn around you'd think H.G Well's Martians invaded.

I forgot to take screenshots so I loaded back and the exact same thing happened. Except this time I pressed "Prn Scr." on my keyboard.
Then my computer crashed. Now the gamefile is corrupted.

What the heck?
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Quote from: Virroken on October 19, 2009, 01:53:29 am
You should make Korean pros into game-ending, SPEED:0 megabeasts.
A Jaedong appears at your fort.
DF: gg
DF has left the game.

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Re: Immigrants cancel Immigrate: Syncronised Possession
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2009, 03:07:07 am »
This is called a "glitch". 

It's not a bug, since you're the only(?) person to report it.  Stuff like this happens on computers.

I'd erase and reload DF, and shrug and write it off as a once-only occurrence.
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Re: Immigrants cancel Immigrate: Syncronised Possession
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2009, 03:14:24 am »
So, did they have names when they entered the map or what?
Amusing glitch though. Too bad they didn't make a rush for their respected shops and churned out 15 artifacts in a row.
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« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2009, 03:21:02 am »
Quote from: Albedo on September 05, 2009, 03:07:07 am
This is called a "glitch". 

It's not a bug, since you're the only(?) person to report it.  Stuff like this happens on computers.

I'd erase and reload DF, and shrug and write it off as a once-only occurrence.

Hey, no need to patronize me. Besides, before I tried to take the screenshot it happened again. It was the first time it had ever happened, all the other times immigrants came it never occured. It doesn't now.

Quote from: Ieb on September 05, 2009, 03:14:24 am
So, did they have names when they entered the map or what?
Amusing glitch though. Too bad they didn't make a rush for their respected shops and churned out 15 artifacts in a row.

Yeah, that would have been cool and no, they didn't

They came as " Ranger" and " Stoneworker" when the norm is "Urist 'Dorfy' Mcdorf, Ranger".
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Quote from: Virroken on October 19, 2009, 01:53:29 am
You should make Korean pros into game-ending, SPEED:0 megabeasts.
A Jaedong appears at your fort.
DF: gg
DF has left the game.

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Re: Immigrants cancel Immigrate: Syncronised Possession
« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2009, 03:53:19 am »
Sounds cool actually.

"I am Ranger."
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« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2009, 06:58:26 am »
"I am Soaper"
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Re: Immigrants cancel Immigrate: Syncronised Possession
« Reply #6 on: September 05, 2009, 07:13:31 am »
"I am juggernaut, bitch"
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Re: Immigrants cancel Immigrate: Syncronised Possession
« Reply #7 on: September 05, 2009, 09:49:36 am »
"I am albino sasquatch, bitch"
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Re: Immigrants cancel Immigrate: Syncronised Possession
« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2009, 10:21:53 am »
"I am Handicapped Fortress Guard, bitch"
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Re: Immigrants cancel Immigrate: Syncronised Possession
« Reply #9 on: September 05, 2009, 10:59:29 am »
"I am Death, destroyer of worlds."

The lever was pulled. Volcanoes around the world erupted.
Innocent natives drowned in the flood of magma.
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Re: Immigrants cancel Immigrate: Syncronised Possession
« Reply #10 on: September 05, 2009, 11:03:46 am »
I am Error
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« Reply #11 on: September 05, 2009, 11:23:08 am »
Quote from: Ieb on September 05, 2009, 10:59:29 am
"I am Death, destroyer of worlds."

The lever was pulled. Volcanoes around the world erupted.
Innocent natives drowned in the flood of magma.

Robert Oppenheimer was a Dwarf?
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Re: Immigrants cancel Immigrate: Syncronised Possession
« Reply #12 on: September 05, 2009, 11:50:15 am »
I am Spartacus.
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Re: Immigrants cancel Immigrate: Syncronised Possession
« Reply #13 on: September 05, 2009, 01:38:20 pm »
Quote from: Vester on September 05, 2009, 11:23:08 am
Quote from: Ieb on September 05, 2009, 10:59:29 am
"I am Death, destroyer of worlds."

The lever was pulled. Volcanoes around the world erupted.
Innocent natives drowned in the flood of magma.

Robert Oppenheimer was a Dwarf?

Or Vishnu, one of the two.
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Quote from: smjjames on July 31, 2009, 02:41:30 pm
I'm talking about the bronze colossus. It's supposed to be made entirely of bronze.
But really he's just a softie inside. They all are really. When megabeasts come to your fort you never welcome them inside and give them a hug, do you. You heartless bastards...

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Re: Immigrants cancel Immigrate: Syncronised Possession
« Reply #14 on: September 05, 2009, 02:09:07 pm »
Quote from: Killas[SiN] on September 05, 2009, 03:21:02 am
Hey, no need to patronize me.

You asked a very basic question with a very simple (and obvious?) answer, and I had no idea what your understanding of computers was. 

Notice no one else has expanded on my very simple answer - nothing more to say, so how was I patronizing?  Must all just be avoiding patronizing you as well.  More polite if I'd pretended you had said nothing I suppose.  ;)
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