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Author Topic: Concerning "Trader" Migrants  (Read 3417 times)

Madventurer

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Concerning "Trader" Migrants
« on: May 02, 2012, 01:12:12 pm »
I just noticed one of them has same name as one of caravan guards from last season.
Has anyone else noticed this or have I missed a topic about it?
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Sphalerite

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Re: Concerning "Trader" Migrants
« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2012, 01:17:56 pm »
Quietust mentioned this in the bug report.

http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=5098

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After searching through a full disassembly to find the code responsible for setting the "merchant" flag (and only finding the code for spawning caravan merchants), I suspect that what's actually happening is that former caravan merchants are having their profession changed from "Merchant" to "Trader" (either by some special rule or by recalculating it based on their skills) when they leave the map, making them eligible to become a migrant.
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