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to bug report or not to bug report- that is the question.
« on: April 28, 2011, 10:10:02 pm »

Recently, I have come down with a terrible infection of Dwarf Fortress Alt-Itis. It seemed that no matter how many fortresses I made, or locations I embarked on, I could not find one that satisfied me. Until...

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Re: to bug report or not to bug report- that is the question.
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2011, 10:11:56 pm »

Given that you seem to have modded the world pretty heavily, I doubt that would be usable as  a bug report. Try checking the raws to see if you accidentally duplicated any raws or anything like that.
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Re: to bug report or not to bug report- that is the question.
« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2011, 11:02:29 pm »

I have also noticed that this appears to be a very good embark. I see fire clay, hematite, coal, cassiterite, copper, tetrahedrite, cinnabar, rock salt, cobaltite, gold, aluminum, buaxite, platinum, magnetite, and a whole bunch of less important things.

edit- Like a volcano, for instance.
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Re: to bug report or not to bug report- that is the question.
« Reply #3 on: April 28, 2011, 11:22:56 pm »

Dem minerals.

Check Errorlog.txt. And check for other duplicate raws.

Check everything's material, and check all sentient's descriptions.
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Re: to bug report or not to bug report- that is the question.
« Reply #4 on: April 28, 2011, 11:43:48 pm »

This is normal. It'll sometimes happen on any game.
Just be sure that you don't get horrifying screams.
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« Reply #5 on: April 28, 2011, 11:47:03 pm »

I've seen others report similar results if they have been generating a number of worlds without exiting completely out of DF between them.
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Re: to bug report or not to bug report- that is the question.
« Reply #6 on: April 29, 2011, 08:35:29 am »

I've seen others report similar results if they have been generating a number of worlds without exiting completely out of DF between them.

AH! That I was doing. Alright, mystery solved.
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