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Halnoth

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Re: Ghosts grow up!
« Reply #15 on: March 24, 2011, 04:48:56 am »

Just tested it. Ghosts can die of old age and dwarves who die of old age evidently cannot become ghosts. I suppose dwarven souls have an expiration date and are reclaimed by armok after their lease expires. Armok is a ruthless loan shark.
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Re: Ghosts grow up!
« Reply #16 on: March 24, 2011, 05:29:14 am »

Hmmmm.

Do we know if ghosts can die of old age during adventurer mode?
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« Reply #17 on: March 24, 2011, 05:38:11 am »

Just tested it. Ghosts can die of old age and dwarves who die of old age evidently cannot become ghosts. I suppose dwarven souls have an expiration date and are reclaimed by armok after their lease expires. Armok is a ruthless loan shark.

I think a creature's lifespan is set the moment it is born, so the expiration date theory is probably correct.
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Re: Ghosts grow up!
« Reply #18 on: March 24, 2011, 08:54:03 am »

What announcement do you get when a ghost dies of old age?

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Re: Ghosts grow up!
« Reply #19 on: March 24, 2011, 05:25:59 pm »

What announcement do you get when a ghost dies of old age?

The same, "Dwarf has died of old age"
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Re: Ghosts grow up!
« Reply #20 on: March 31, 2011, 10:58:09 am »

Just tested it. Ghosts can die of old age and dwarves who die of old age evidently cannot become ghosts. I suppose dwarven souls have an expiration date and are reclaimed by armok after their lease expires. Armok is a ruthless loan shark.

Reported as bug: http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=4405
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Re: Ghosts grow up!
« Reply #21 on: March 31, 2011, 11:09:27 am »

From what I've gleaned from reverse-engineering the save game files, the date on which a creature will die of old age is set at the time that creature is born or created. So it makes sense that even a ghost would die of old age, if the death date isn't changed.  To fix this, Toady will need to set the death date of ghosts to infinity or -1 to make them immortal when they rise as ghosts, assuming this is possible in the DF code.
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Re: Ghosts grow up!
« Reply #22 on: March 31, 2011, 11:11:57 am »

From what I've gleaned from reverse-engineering the save game files, the date on which a creature will die of old age is set at the time that creature is born or created. So it makes sense that even a ghost would die of old age, if the death date isn't changed.  To fix this, Toady will need to set the death date of ghosts to infinity or -1 to make them immortal when they rise as ghosts, assuming this is possible in the DF code.
Or re-roll limit on rise as ghost (and add special old-age message death (and prevent from ghosts rising from unburied ghost))
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Re: Ghosts grow up!
« Reply #23 on: March 31, 2011, 11:27:38 am »

That gives me an idea for a suggestion.. if you managed to keep a dwarf alive long enough that they die of old age, they could come back as a 'peaceful' ghost, having lived a long life free of painful or violent death. Their 'hauntings' would give happy thoughts as they would comfort relatives or troubled dwarves. Though it wouldn't make much sense if they came back because of improper burial. They oughta still get mad about that.

Still, dwarves very rarely live long enough to die of old age, so a benevolent ghost would still be special enough. There are enough stories out there with mystical but helpful spirits lending a hand to the living from beyond the grave that it would be a reasonable addition to DF.

To stay slightly on-topic though, ghosts shouldn't really be able to age at all once they shed their mortal coil. So it's a good thing that it's on the bug tracker.
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Re: Ghosts grow up!
« Reply #24 on: March 31, 2011, 11:36:54 am »

Maybe good ghosts will come only after burial? And I am not sure about "Ghosts grow up!" - is it bug bug or maybe rather random feature?
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Re: Ghosts grow up!
« Reply #25 on: March 31, 2011, 11:38:36 am »

That gives me an idea for a suggestion.. if you managed to keep a dwarf alive long enough that they die of old age, they could come back as a 'peaceful' ghost, having lived a long life free of painful or violent death. Their 'hauntings' would give happy thoughts as they would comfort relatives or troubled dwarves. Though it wouldn't make much sense if they came back because of improper burial. They oughta still get mad about that.

Still, dwarves very rarely live long enough to die of old age, so a benevolent ghost would still be special enough. There are enough stories out there with mystical but helpful spirits lending a hand to the living from beyond the grave that it would be a reasonable addition to DF.

To stay slightly on-topic though, ghosts shouldn't really be able to age at all once they shed their mortal coil. So it's a good thing that it's on the bug tracker.

Yeah that would  be cool. Not a constant haunting, but a rare "appearance" to a relative or friend, that last for a few seconds and then it disappears.

"Urist McGhost has materialized!"
"Urist McGhost has disappeared."

"Was happy to see the ghost of his *father, son, friend, mother etc etc* lately"

Or

"Was unhappy to see the ghost of his grudge lately"
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Re: Ghosts grow up!
« Reply #26 on: March 31, 2011, 12:51:07 pm »

I'd support that idea of they would only show if
a) they have living relatives
b) they were important dwarves

You don't want a random happy fishmaker dwarf haunting someone when nobody actually know who he is, makes no sense to me anyway

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Re: Ghosts grow up!
« Reply #27 on: March 31, 2011, 01:02:14 pm »

You don't want a random happy fishmaker dwarf haunting someone when nobody actually know who he is, makes no sense to me anyway

Urist McExCheesemakerMigrant is quite happy to announce you he will stay with you FOREVER as a ghost !
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Re: Ghosts grow up!
« Reply #28 on: March 31, 2011, 02:09:59 pm »


"Was unhappy to see the ghost of his grudge lately"

Haven't you seen the "Has been harassed by a dead yet still annoying acquitance lately" mood message, when a ghost haunts someone who had a grudge with him?
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Re: Ghosts grow up!
« Reply #29 on: March 31, 2011, 02:15:19 pm »

So kinda like a reverse Return of The Jedi Vader syndrome?
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