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[Relee]

I had my game paused, and I was setting dig orders for a new fortress when suddenly at the bottom of the screen I got an announcement that one of my cats had adopted one of my dwarves.

I was under the impression that these sorts of things didn't happen while the game is paused. o.o

Edit: Oh yeah, important. v0.27.176.38c

[ February 25, 2008: Message edited by: Relee ]

[Torak]

Known bug where Idle dwarves gain experience from conversing while the game is paused and you designate areas to be mined (with the mouse)

[Relee]

I wasn't using the mouse. I've never actually used the mouse with Dwarf Fortress. o.o

[Griz]

quote:Originally posted by Torak:
<STRONG>Known bug where Idle dwarves gain experience from conversing while the game is paused and you designate areas to be mined (with the mouse)</STRONG>

I thought that was fixed

2/20: stopped chats/art appreciation from happening during pause

but it looks like there's some related bugs in today's version. I was designating dig areas while someone was having a meeting with the liaison, and the trade meeting screens were coming up while paused.

[ February 26, 2008: Message edited by: Griz ]

[xomg]

Water flickers while you're designating stuff, too. I can't remember if it used to, but it suggests that the game is still looping through stuff when paused that it perhaps shouldn't be.

[Toady One]

The flickering isn't the game looping, that's just some silliness with the cursor position I decided to leave in.  I'll look into the other part.

[aha]

Could it be flooded announcements buffer? I play with scrolling gamelog and the messages in DF sometimes appear 15 seconds later than in gamelog.

[penguinofhonor]

quote:Originally posted by Toady One:
<STRONG>The flickering isn't the game looping, that's just some silliness with the cursor position I decided to leave in.  I'll look into the other part.</STRONG>

Yes, I've noticed that the way the water flickers depends on the location of your cursor, and it will always be in the same place if your cursor is in the same place. If you move it back to the old place, the water will flicker back to the old way.

[Rawl]

quote:Originally posted by Relee:
<STRONG>I had my game paused, and I was setting dig orders for a new fortress when suddenly at the bottom of the screen I got an announcement that one of my cats had adopted one of my dwarves.

I was under the impression that these sorts of things didn't happen while the game is paused. o.o

Edit: Oh yeah, important. v0.27.176.38c

[ February 25, 2008: Message edited by: Relee ]</STRONG>

Reconfirming: I was designating a LARGE area to mine with the keyboard and I the reports of cats adopting dwarves. I've never seen it while doing short designations, but while I do large designations that is when I get them.

[Crafty Barnardo]

quote:Originally posted by Griz:
<STRONG>but it looks like there's some related bugs in today's version. I was designating dig areas while someone was having a meeting with the liaison, and the trade meeting screens were coming up while paused.</STRONG>

This is also a handy exploit.  Meetings with liaisons are interminably long in game time because your broker keeps going off to sleep or eat (why can't they talk and eat at the same time?) But if you pause while a meeting is taking place, and go designate something (I think it can be anything), the meeting will advance through the pause.  The meeting effectively becomes instantaneous.

[Wolfius]

quote:Originally posted by Crafty Barnardo:
<STRONG>

This is also a handy exploit.  Meetings with liaisons are interminably long in game time because your broker keeps going off to sleep or eat (why can't they talk and eat at the same time?) But if you pause while a meeting is taking place, and go designate something (I think it can be anything), the meeting will advance through the pause.  The meeting effectively becomes instantaneous.</STRONG>

Something I'll keep in mind - my last meeting took something like six months.

[Gaulgath]

I recently had a dwarf hit champion while the game was paused. He had been sparring, and I was designating areas to be mined (with the keyboard.)

[Zironic]

Muauaahah Instant CHampions! To beat the instantly appearing goblins!

[Fedor]

Just a quick bump on this bug report.  My bookkeeper went from no skill to legendary instantaneously (in game time) because of a whole bunch of mining designations I did.

[Jay]

What version are you using?
I could swear this thing was fixed in 40d or one of the 40dx versions...