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[Zomg]

I had a strange mood dwarf that asked for, in order: Metal bars, cut gems, plant cloth, wood, rough gems, rough green glass, rough clear glass.

Short version: It seems to be possible that a strange mood rough gem demand that happens to grab a piece of rough glass can break a strange mood.

Possibly relevant information: I happened to save the game after he'd collected metal bars and cut gems. I didn't have any plant cloth at the time, but I sent my herbalist to gather to find some rope reeds. In the meantime I built the glass industry buildings and made both rough clear glass and rough green glass. Eventually I made some plant cloth. The strange mood dwarf collected it, then gathered a log, and then he picked up the rough clear glass and then the rough green glass, then became stuck again. Ok, I thought, "I guess the rough gems demand just picked up the nearest gem, which happened to be the clear glass", so I made another rough clear glass to satisfy his final request - but he didn't move to pick it up, even though it was not tasked or forbidden. I then mined several other rough gems, thinking I had somehow skipped over the rough gem request, but he wouldn't move for any of them.

I decided to close the program and reload from my save because I suspected there was a bug involved. This time I decided I would wait until the strange mood dwarf had gathered everything besides the two pieces of glass before I actually made the rough glass. This time after collecting the wood he moved on to his rough gem request and retrieved the nearest gem, which happened to be a wood opal. I then created both pieces of rough glass, which he then collected. He then began construction normally. There were plenty of wood opals available in the first scenario, so I think something funny was clearly involved.

[Markatta]

Did you have any rough green glass when he stopped? You say you made another clear glass but he might have picked up the green glass instead of another gem and then searching for another green glass for his green glass request.

[Zomg]

Hmm, that's vaguely possible - I didn't try making any new green glass, but it would still be oddly out-of-order, since I watched him every step of the way as he picked up the clear, then the green, and then refused a second clear while his demands were rough gem/rough green/rough clear in that order.

[oksir]

In the old 2D version I sometimes also had moods that just didn't work, even though the dwarf had all the materials. They always involved huge lists of items with gems and glass.
You can look at the workshop with 't' to see what the dwarf has gathered so far. If you think it's a real bug, which I think it is, you should post the save.