Bay 12 Games Forum

Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  
Pages: [1] 2

Author Topic: Are dwarfs supposed to eat mud?  (Read 2292 times)

sprat

  • Escaped Lunatic
  • I like warhammers
    • View Profile
Are dwarfs supposed to eat mud?
« on: March 28, 2020, 07:58:55 am »
After one mud man in third layer cavern got killed (by a forgotten beast) it left a piece of mud which then got claimed by a dwarf who proceeded to happily haul it to the dining room and ate it there.

There was absolutely no scarcity of food.

Also the dwarf in question didn't seem to be hungry - only thirsty (she went for a drink afterwards).






Nothing fun happened afterwards...

I guess wiki might need updating as it states:
Quote
When killed, mud men turn into a glob of mud which can't be used for anything.
(from https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Mud_man, emphasis mine)

DF version 47.04 (win).
Logged

Superdorf

  • Bay Watcher
  • Soothly we live in mighty years!
    • View Profile
Re: Are dwarfs supposed to eat mud?
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2020, 08:01:46 am »
Whaaa

Did... did the dwarf get an unhappy thought from eating said mud?
Logged
Quote from: Frumple on April 30, 2023, 07:07:58 am
Falling angel met the rising ape, and the sound it made was

klonk
Quote from: Toady One on March 02, 2019, 10:33:31 pm
tormenting the player is important
Sigtext

sprat

  • Escaped Lunatic
  • I like warhammers
    • View Profile
Re: Are dwarfs supposed to eat mud?
« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2020, 08:38:20 am »
No, no unhappy thought - just ate it and continued like normal.
Logged

mko

  • Bay Watcher
    • View Profile
Re: Are dwarfs supposed to eat mud?
« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2020, 09:45:49 am »
Logged

PatrikLundell

  • Bay Watcher
    • View Profile
Re: Are dwarfs supposed to eat mud?
« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2020, 09:50:33 am »
I'd check the preferences of that dorf (still sounds like a bug, though, although modding can cause odd effects).

And, elves have ethics that allow them to "devour" defeated enemies. I don't think that's supposed to appear in fortress mode, though.
Logged

Naryar

  • Bay Watcher
  • [SPHERE:VERMIN][LIKES_FIGHTING]
    • View Profile
Re: Are dwarfs supposed to eat mud?
« Reply #5 on: March 28, 2020, 10:05:22 am »
Maybe it counts as some sort of meat since it's creature remains ?
Logged

coalboat

  • Bay Watcher
    • View Profile
Re: Are dwarfs supposed to eat mud?
« Reply #6 on: March 28, 2020, 10:45:07 am »
Very interesting bug!
Logged

sprat

  • Escaped Lunatic
  • I like warhammers
    • View Profile
Re: Are dwarfs supposed to eat mud?
« Reply #7 on: March 28, 2020, 11:14:02 am »
Quote from: mko on March 28, 2020, 09:45:49 am
It is clearly a bug. Are you using mods that could add it, DFhack memory editing or other things that could produce this effect?
No mods or DFHack but I'm using Dwarf Therapist (for normal stuff: setting labours, nicknames, assigning to squads).

Quote from: PatrikLundell on March 28, 2020, 09:50:33 am
I'd check the preferences of that dorf (still sounds like a bug, though, although modding can cause odd effects).
Again, no mods, preferences look quite normal:


Anyway thanks, probably will file bug report but for anyone interested here's the save (before consumption - the dwarf is still hauling it to the dining hall):
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ana30so092bhmr7/mud_lunch_df_47_04.zip?dl=1
Logged

anewaname

  • Bay Watcher
  • The mattock... My choice for problem solving.
    • View Profile
Re: Are dwarfs supposed to eat mud?
« Reply #8 on: March 28, 2020, 12:02:49 pm »
It is awesome that this happened, and that you noticed it.
Logged
How did I manage to successfully apply the lessons of The Screwtape Letters to my perceptions of big grocery stores?

sprat

  • Escaped Lunatic
  • I like warhammers
    • View Profile
Re: Are dwarfs supposed to eat mud?
« Reply #9 on: March 28, 2020, 01:39:49 pm »
Quote from: anewaname on March 28, 2020, 12:02:49 pm
It is awesome that this happened, and that you noticed it.
Yeah, I was like "what the circus is this dwarf hauling in the 3rd layer?".

Anyway, bug report has been filled:
https://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=11481
Logged

Bumber

  • Bay Watcher
  • REMOVE KOBOLD
    • View Profile
Re: Are dwarfs supposed to eat mud?
« Reply #10 on: March 28, 2020, 05:33:06 pm »
Reminds me of when magma crab basalt globs were being stored in food stockpiles.
Logged
Quote from: Ispil on August 30, 2018, 01:17:08 pm
Reading his name would trigger it. Thinking of him would trigger it. No other circumstances would trigger it- it was strictly related to the concept of Bill Clinton entering the conscious mind.

THE xTROLL FUR SOCKx RUSE WAS A........... DISTACTION        the carp HAVE the wagon

A wizard has turned you into a wagon. This was inevitable (Y/y)?

delphonso

  • Bay Watcher
  • menaces with spikes of pine
    • View Profile
Re: Are dwarfs supposed to eat mud?
« Reply #11 on: March 29, 2020, 07:42:01 am »
Boy, whoever you have working in the kitchen must be really bad if your dwarves would rather eat mud...
Logged

Loud Whispers

  • Bay Watcher
  • They said we have to aim higher, so we dug deeper.
    • View Profile
    • I APPLAUD YOU SIRRAH
Re: Are dwarfs supposed to eat mud?
« Reply #12 on: March 29, 2020, 06:07:12 pm »
I always knew Dwarves had an affinity for earth but this is taking it rather literally
Logged

coalboat

  • Bay Watcher
    • View Profile
Re: Are dwarfs supposed to eat mud?
« Reply #13 on: March 29, 2020, 10:17:43 pm »
Dwarf corydoras apparently can sift through detritus to find food. Sometimes dwarfs do eat mud.
Logged

Fleeting Frames

  • Bay Watcher
  • Spooky cart at distance
    • View Profile
Re: Are dwarfs supposed to eat mud?
« Reply #14 on: April 01, 2020, 08:47:52 pm »
Yeah, they're counted as food globs:

Not tagged as edible in raws though...
Logged
Pages: [1] 2
« previous next »