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[QuantumMenace]

This is definitely restricted to the biome that covers most of the site. There is a small intrusion of another biome in the middle of the map's west border, and its outline becomes apparent if it snows in that small patch during winter while raining almost everywhere else. Animals that appear there can make it further from the edge of the map, but die instantly 1 step into the larger biome.

[Chimpanzee]

This reminded me of a fortress of mine, where one day the evil rain started to instantly kill anything non-undead making contact with it. It caused instant heavy bleeding, that's all I remember. Traders instantly melted. Dwarves running outside inevitably bled to death. The dwarves trying to reach the corpses also bled to death.

On topic: I have no idea what caused the emission of Unholy Murk, considering your fortress was not situated in an evil biome.

[McDonald]

Hippomane Mancinella isn't quite as bad as the unholy murk seems to be, but it's not that far from it.

We really need that tree in DF.

[Halnoth]

This same thing just happened on my embark. Mid-Autumn came around and everything above ground turned into creeping vapor husks. It is very odd. Its a shame too because it was a fantastic embark.

Edit: just checked the surroundings and the entire 16x16 are untamed wilds

[Caz]

...While reading this thread I have DF open in the window beside. Then I notice it's paused, with "A cloud of nefarious murk has drifted nearby!"


*runs away screaming from the cursed thread*


Edit: while looking for a place to embark I've noticed that the usually-evil purple and red/grey tree zones are marked as "wilderness". Could it be that the zones are being mislabeled as neutral when they are really evil zones?

[Spacespinner]

...While reading this thread I have DF open in the window beside. Then I notice it's paused, with "A cloud of nefarious murk has drifted nearby!"


*runs away screaming from the cursed thread*


Edit: while looking for a place to embark I've noticed that the usually-evil purple and red/grey tree zones are marked as "wilderness". Could it be that the zones are being mislabeled as neutral when they are really evil zones?

I don't usually do evil biomes, but shouldn't the local flora give it away? Check which ones are unique to evil zones.

[Caz]

...While reading this thread I have DF open in the window beside. Then I notice it's paused, with "A cloud of nefarious murk has drifted nearby!"


*runs away screaming from the cursed thread*


Edit: while looking for a place to embark I've noticed that the usually-evil purple and red/grey tree zones are marked as "wilderness". Could it be that the zones are being mislabeled as neutral when they are really evil zones?

I don't usually do evil biomes, but shouldn't the local flora give it away? Check which ones are unique to evil zones.

I embarked in a 'Haunted' zone on purpose and found that there are no evil trees. Apricot, pears, hazelnuts etc. No evil grass either, and no wildlife. Maybe evil areas are bugged for this version.

[Broseph Stalin]

I don't usually do evil biomes, but shouldn't the local flora give it away? Check which ones are unique to evil zones.

They come in different flavors. Some have nothing but dead trees and the grass is made of eyeballs but some look completely normal until it starts raining the blood of the gods.

[Spacespinner]

Ah, I thought even the normal looking grasses still chose from a list. Scratch that then. What about by wildlife?

[Swonnrr]

Means little but I embarked on the evil beach a short distance from your fort and discovered clouds of unholy murk. No new theories.

Is it possible there was a tree direcrly over your entrance before you started building?

This draw my attention, toady said that now, invaders and mounts are taken from real world population.

Is it possible that an historic goblin/kobold, or even an animal (can they travel?) was infected with the unholy murk, but not killed because legends mode, and spread it when entering the map?
I doubt the wild animal theory, mostly because I don't think they can leave a biome, but the goblin/kobold one wouldn't surprise me.

[Di]

Contaminant syndromes aren't that contagious these days when we have dwarves wearing clothes and stuff. Syndrome only takes hold if you touch it with unprotected bodypart.
Not to mention that even adventurers fast traveling through evil biomes aren't affected.

[Broseph Stalin]

This draw my attention, toady said that now, invaders and mounts are taken from real world population.

Is it possible that an historic goblin/kobold, or even an animal (can they travel?) was infected with the unholy murk, but not killed because legends mode, and spread it when entering the map?
I doubt the wild animal theory, mostly because I don't think they can leave a biome, but the goblin/kobold one wouldn't surprise me.

Not possible. As soon as the game began calculating their contamination they would bleed out. A dwarf entering an effected square is covered over EVERY body part instantaneously, if it was just spread then it would only effect dwarves that stepped in it and only the feet.

[Urist Da Vinci]

The MOMENT the survivor steps above ground (from the save file), all body parts and items gain an unholy murk covering. If it was on the ground it would only get on the feet (unless the creature is crawling), so it is probably some type of bugged weather.

[martinuzz]

Has anyone yet tried turning off weather in the init before toying with the save?

[Broseph Stalin]

Has anyone yet tried turning off weather in the init before toying with the save?

No effect.