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[Jing]

in my current fortress (i've made a save), one of my dwarves has taken to mood and is requesting raw clear glass.  I have raw clear glass, cut clear glass, made from magma and non magma furnaces.  He refuses to take it.

This is at least the second instance, in this fortress, where clear glass has been a mood item and the dwarf refuses to get it when it is in stock.

this is on the latest version; no mods or 3rd pt apps used; the init file has the following items turned off: Cave ins, economy, rent, invaders.

a search on the topic [terms: raw clear glass] (and bug list) has only shown that clear glass can't be cut at the jewelers.

edit: corrected typo (raq -> raw)

[ June 11, 2008: Message edited by: Jing ]

[MaxVance]

You don't have it forbidden, do you?

[Cavalcadeofcats]

You're certain they want clear glass, and not crystal?

[Derakon]

Moody dwarves should never want glass, specifically, any more. They may want uncut gems, but not glass.

What exactly is the dwarf saying he wants? And what version are you running?

[Jing]

it is absolutely certain this time that what they want is "raw... clear..." translating to raw clear glass.

It absolutely is not forbidden (I don't forbid things as I generally have no need to)

But in point of fact, I have rough rock crystals and cut and uncut gems of several opal varieties as well.  In addition to cut and uncut raw green glass.

As i've said, latest version (38c)
Mutterings (takings)
Cloth... thread... (
Blocks.... bricks... (
Raw.... Clear.... (
Leather... skin... (cat leather)
Bones... yes... (dog bones (3))
a shell... (turtle shell)
Bars... metal... (gold bars)

And to answer the obvious questions: Yes, I have cloth (reed and pig tail) available, yes i have blocks and rough rocks available (not going to list them all), and no the dwarf has no expressed preference for any of the remaining materials.

This is not necessarily the order in which the items were obtained.

A previous craftsdwarf also went insane... among the requests were gems; my stocks then and now are not noticeably different in terms of variety of materials on hand (and minimum of 1 of each).

I have zipped the region into a save (the dwarf is still in the leatherworks with a fair bit of time to spare before insanity or berserker emo rage settles in) if Toady or anyone else wants to take a look at it; I don't have any upload space though?

[ein Syndication]

You can always upload to Dwarf Fortress File Depot, there should be a bugged save section.

[Jing]

thank you... done http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=215

[Daniel Charms]

Do you have any silk cloth? "Cloth... thread..." doesn't necessarily refer to plant cloth and your dwarf might be needing silk to continue.

[Derakon]

I looked up the demand texts on the wiki and "raw...clear" does indeed refer to raw clear glass, so it seems likely that's what he's actually looking for. I guess you managed to find some way to trigger code that was supposed to have been disabled.

[Narushima]

I'm totally not sure about that, but maybe he needs more glass, and will not fetch it until you have enough readied.

[Qmarx]

You can check the exact thing(s) he needs with dwarf companion.  And change it, if it's bugged.

[Dadamh]

For that matter, he may want bauxite first, giant cave spider silk next, and then raw glass.  They can sometimes be very specific in the order that they gather materials.

[Tylui]

In my experiences, they're ALWAYS picky about the order.  For me, they'll always get hung up on like the second or third ingredient, then once that's done, they'll run off for all the rest of the things they want. *shrug*

[ein Syndication]

Companion says leather, bones, shell, any metal bar, silk clothes, raw gems, blocks?, and cut gem?. His workshop has leather, bones, shell, and metal bars, so he's likely hung up on silk cloth. Even if you somehow manage to get that, I have a feeling the "cut gem?" means he's looking for a specific gem, but I could be wrong. Either way, he's a possessed mood, so all you'll get from it is a fancy leather item but no skill, so I'd say it's an acceptable loss.

[Jing]

Retracting bug report: I just had an artifact made with clear glass.  So it does seem the issue was lack of silk.  Apologies, and thank you.