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Lagslayer

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dust troubles
« on: March 06, 2011, 05:32:58 pm »
I had a runin with a forgotten beast with a dust attack. It killed a couple of dogs and a bunch of dwarves got hit with the dust. One of them also got a ripped tendon, but I digress. They all have a flashing white "X" and won't move. Why aren't they requesting a diagnosis and how can I fix the issue?

edit: it seems they were stunned, but there is also a bunch of forgotten beast extract all over the floor. It's all frozen, somehow, and it's all in the caverns. Why is this? Is it still dangerous? Will it ever unfreeze?
« Last Edit: March 06, 2011, 05:36:57 pm by Lagslayer »
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Urist McBusDriver

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Re: dust troubles
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2011, 05:36:16 pm »
!!magma!!

(I have no idea.)
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Re: dust troubles
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2011, 05:39:00 pm »
Sounds like it gives complete bodily paralysis. That sucks.

Sound like magma is the only humane solution. I'm sorry. Dwarfane solution.
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Re: dust troubles
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2011, 05:47:00 pm »
As !!FUN!! as that sounds, they are all up and about again. I'll keep this updated with the outcome.
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Re: dust troubles
« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2011, 05:55:09 pm »
The only way to deal with deadly dust beasts is to chuck kittens at them until they die. When they use deadly dust they actually hit themselves with it, meaning each time they activate it there is a risk of them pushing themselves into a wall and killing themselves.
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Re: dust troubles
« Reply #5 on: March 06, 2011, 06:36:32 pm »
The "frozen" thing is just an artifact of how material templates work. It's just made of a material that's solid at room temperature; it hasn't been frozen by any special means.

And it's still dangerous. Designate the whole area as a restricted traffic area so people won't walk on it so much.

Flooding can be used with mixed results; it's hard to get rid of it completely, but you can force some of it down a drain or onto the walls where people won't touch it.
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Re: dust troubles
« Reply #6 on: March 06, 2011, 06:38:16 pm »
One dwarf is having trouble breathing, but still no other problems. I may have lucked out. I just removed the extract with dfcleanmap.
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Re: dust troubles
« Reply #7 on: March 06, 2011, 06:39:12 pm »
Oh. Well, that's no !!fun!! :p
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Re: dust troubles
« Reply #8 on: March 06, 2011, 07:00:53 pm »
Sorry to disappoint :(. The FB was an eyeless panda, so maybe this will cheer you up.

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm316/daxfan101/Animals/pirate.jpg
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Re: dust troubles
« Reply #9 on: March 06, 2011, 07:03:46 pm »
Sounds like it causes low-level paralysis.  Some FB cause instant necrosis of the brain, some cause mild tingling in the extremities.  They can't all be deadly...  Sadly, since you can't order dwarves to clean things, DFCleanmap is kinda your only option, aside from the glorious magma purge.
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« Reply #10 on: March 06, 2011, 07:44:53 pm »
It would be FUN to water purge it and carry all that contaminant into a moat that you could dump siegers into.
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Re: dust troubles
« Reply #11 on: March 06, 2011, 07:51:19 pm »
I don't think contaminants will go up.
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Re: dust troubles
« Reply #12 on: March 06, 2011, 09:36:46 pm »
Quote from: Girlinhat on March 06, 2011, 07:51:19 pm
I don't think contaminants will go up.

You don't seem to realize where you are.

We will find a way. We always do.
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Re: dust troubles
« Reply #13 on: March 06, 2011, 09:39:18 pm »
Granted, they won't go up via water alone...  Now, a dwarf with dirty feet, who walks through your moat...
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« Reply #14 on: March 06, 2011, 09:53:15 pm »
You could always take your moat down to cavern level.
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