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0001160Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Jobs, Farming/Farmer's Workshoppublic2010-04-14 14:012014-07-11 11:48
ReporterVes 
Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
StatusnewResolutionopen 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product Version0.31.03 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0001160: Chitin is now useless?
DescriptionA Forgotten Beast arrived at my fort, which I killed and Butchered, producing a unit of Chitin which was hauled to the Refuse pile. However the 'Tan a Hide' job did not start automatically, and when I attempted to start it manually from the workshop, the list of tasks was blank.
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Additional Information
TagsIntentional/Expected?, material
Relationships
related to 0001669new  Butchered Crundle scales (maybe others) cannot be tanned 
related to 0004506acknowledged Toady One Cave lobsters produce no shell when processed 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2010-04-14 14:01VesNew Issue
2010-04-14 14:13FootkerchiefNote Added: 0003545
2010-04-16 12:01FootkerchiefSummaryForgotten Beast Chitin cannot be tanned. => Chitin is now useless?
2010-04-16 12:09KennelTag Attached: material
2010-04-20 20:21caldfirNote Added: 0004405
2010-05-01 05:25Logical2uRelationship addedduplicate of 0001669
2010-07-24 00:06FootkerchiefNote Added: 0010897
2010-07-24 00:06FootkerchiefTag Attached: AWAITING UPDATE
2010-07-29 03:24VesNote Added: 0011236
2010-08-19 01:44DwarfuTag Detached: AWAITING UPDATE
2010-09-01 01:46Olith McHumanNote Added: 0012299
2010-09-01 01:47Olith McHumanIssue Monitored: Olith McHuman
2010-12-09 08:14FootkerchiefRelationship replacedrelated to 0001669
2011-07-03 00:42DwarfuRelationship addedrelated to 0004506
2012-03-30 01:39KogutNote Added: 0021898
2014-07-11 01:54Olith McHumanIssue End Monitor: Olith McHuman
2014-07-11 11:48ButtonTag Attached: Intentional/Expected?

Notes
(0003545)
Footkerchief   
2010-04-14 14:13   
You don't have to tan it anymore, but I'm not sure you can still make armor out of it, either.
(0004405)
caldfir   
2010-04-20 20:21   
I also had this happen. It stayed in my refuse pile that had body parts switched off, rather than being hauled to my body parts pile. That means it was somehow flagged as refuse or remains rather than body parts.

I am fairly certain you can make things out of GCS chitin still so this seems...inconsistent if not a bug.

Also a little odd, the forgotten beast was listed as having "four large horns" which never showed up anywhere at all; slightly disappointing.
(0010897)
Footkerchief   
2010-07-24 00:06   
Reminder sent to: Ves

Was your tannery in a burrow? If so, this is 0000434.
(0011236)
Ves   
2010-07-29 03:24   
I checked the save, and it wasn't in a burrow. Then I loaded up a more recent save which I had a caged GCS in and killed it, but I couldn't do anything with that chitin either.
(0012299)
Olith McHuman   
2010-09-01 01:46   
It may be worth noting that, in material_template_default.txt, chitin's template uses bone's material properties. Maybe chitin is intended to be a hard material now? Some varieties of chitin are hard.

Also, the chitin template lacks the leather tag, or any other tags that would imply any use of chitin to make stuff out of.
(0021898)
Kogut   
2012-03-30 01:39   
"Also, the chitin template lacks the leather tag, or any other tags that would imply any use of chitin to make stuff out of. " - so it is not a bug