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Muffy St. Bernard

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Quickly Flashing Names
« on: May 22, 2008, 12:19:00 pm »

Awhile back, one of my popular dwarves died. Now, several years, later, I've noticed that the name of that dwarf flashes frantically in the "relationship" list when I view the relationships of dwarves that knew her. I think it flashes between red and yellow (I don't have the game in front of me).

Does this mean anything in particular, or is it a glitch of some kind? The flashing is so crazy that it LOOKS like something's wrong.

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Re: Quickly Flashing Names
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2008, 12:23:00 pm »

It means their !!ON FIRE!!

Usually dead, it means you should find them and make sure they don't take out your whole fortress in a blaze of glory.

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Re: Quickly Flashing Names
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2008, 12:31:00 pm »

One of the caravan's escort swordsdwarfs leapt into my caldera in the first year...two years later he was still lighting up my units list like a spastic Christmas display.
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Muffy St. Bernard

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Re: Quickly Flashing Names
« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2008, 02:22:00 pm »

On fire!

You bet she was on fire, she went up in a puff of smoke when she dug into a magma pipe (I thought she'd be able to "run for it," but...no...losing is fun!)

I very much doubt she's still burning, though. There was nothing left of her.

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LumenPlacidum

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« Reply #4 on: May 22, 2008, 03:41:00 pm »

Does the units list EVER purge the old deceased creatures?  I've got a list maybe 40 long of dead cave swallowmen I've never seen.
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Re: Quickly Flashing Names
« Reply #5 on: May 22, 2008, 07:48:00 pm »

quote:
Originally posted by LumenPlacidum:
<STRONG>Does the units list EVER purge the old deceased creatures?  I've got a list maybe 40 long of dead cave swallowmen I've never seen.</STRONG>

Nope.
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