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[Inari]

Yeah, I get the "cleaning game object" crash too, and while I've so far had no problem loading the resultant save file, I'm worried that it might cause grief down the track.  It also leaves the DF process hanging, which is easy enough to terminate, but still.  Anybody know what's going on here?

Also, what's the [PET] tweak?  Is that the no exotics thing?

[debvon]

To clarify it seems like most of my crashes occur after inputting too many commands. I keep a browser open above the DF client so I can have a documentary going at the same time. When I bugger around with both of the windows I'll often hear an error beep and down goes the DF client, along with an error message. That's not the only time it happens though, sometimes when I hit too many keys that I didn't mean to press with the client window focused, it'll do the same thing.

Edit: I think I was wrong. I just got another crash but it had nothing to do with switching windows. While trying to build a carpenter's workshop, I pressed enter to select the logs and that's when it crashed. What could be causing this?

[Fellhuhn]

I don't know about the windows version but my Linux .18 crashes everytime a kobold thief leaves the map. So it is unplayable.

[debvon]

And now it crashed when pressing 'k'. Hmm

[lotopius]

Mine crashes due to "contaminant overload".
Checking the doctors or a warrior's inventory after an ambush or a siege is a guaranteed return to windows.
Idem for floor tiles with "k" once the dwarves have been cleaned. I have to use dfclean immediately.

[Sutremaine]

Also, what's the [PET] tweak?  Is that the no exotics thing?

Yes, though not necessarily done via No Exotics.

[lgw]

I don't know about the windows version but my Linux .18 crashes everytime a kobold thief leaves the map. So it is unplayable.

The crash happens when your military is chasing the thief and it leaves the map, actually.  You will have to rely on traps instead of steel, but the GNU version is playable.

[katana]

I seem to crash when ordering kill commands on gremlins/kobolds/snatchers.

[Hyndis]

Don't use kill commands. Just use defend burrow. Make the entire surface a burrow. Order your dwarves to defend it. They will automatically attack all hostiles that appear on the surface. Its all entirely automatic.

[AlBravo]

My game crashes when saving manually 90% of the time (while cleaning game objects). I still get the save and can continue so it doesn't bother me much. Still, does anybody know what's causing this?

I was getting this a lot.  Then my saves became corrupt.  I could load them but not save them.  I'm on Win 7 64bit with 8GB RAM and installed on D: not C:.  Time to start over.  Maybe with .16.

[Aoi]

Don't use kill commands. Just use defend burrow. Make the entire surface a burrow. Order your dwarves to defend it. They will automatically attack all hostiles that appear on the surface. Its all entirely automatic.

Will this drive them nuts with long sessions on duty, or can you just leave them this way?

[fargred]

(sorry for the crosspost from another thread, but it seems to be better fitted here:)
Every time I try to link something to my lever, thus selecting it, adding a new task and then choosing the type of object that should be linked (eg bridges, doors...) it crashes (before the list of possible objects appears). When it occured the first time, I actually lost a good hour of gameplay, but realoading the old file, playing a while again and making a new save didn't do the trick either...

[Hyndis]

Don't use kill commands. Just use defend burrow. Make the entire surface a burrow. Order your dwarves to defend it. They will automatically attack all hostiles that appear on the surface. Its all entirely automatic.

Will this drive them nuts with long sessions on duty, or can you just leave them this way?

Only if you leave them on duty all year round. Make squads and give them shifts. Some months on duty, some months on training, some months off duty.

You can also use this method to "hunt" in the caverns. With steel swords and axes. They will attack everything hostile, including wildlife. As almost all cavern wildlife is hostile they will be very busy in the caverns.

[CharlieBrown]

Hello,

I'm extremely new to dwarf fortress and while trying to play it using 40_08 starter pack r2 and following some tutorials it's been impossible for me to play it because the game keeps crashing every time I resume it. I can set orders and stuff but I have yet to see the game live only because it will crash every time, which is unfortunate. Is this a known issue? is it because I'm using an old version (not sure if I am) in windows 8 or just because I'm a noob and completely missing something very obvious? Any help would be appreciated, I've been trying to approach the game for a while now and it would be a shame if in the end I just can't

[Quietust]

Does your starter pack include any version of DFHack? If so, DELETE IT and wait until a fixed version is available.