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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0002984Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Interface, Announcements: Message Spampublic2010-08-08 20:522014-07-17 07:30
ReporterQwazzerman 
Assigned ToFootkerchief 
PrioritylowSeverityminorReproducibilitysometimes
StatusresolvedResolutionno change required 
PlatformOSWindows XPOS Version
Product Version0.31.12 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0002984: Mass reports of minerals and gems found in cavern
DescriptionWhen a cavern is discovered and mining begins, there are intermittent bursts of announcements listing some (around a dozen) of the notable mineable materials that can be seen throughout the cavern (all levels). It seems to make the announcements every time a single tile is mined out.
There are sometimes repeat announcements of minerals (possibly for different veins?).
Steps To ReproduceDoesn't happen immediately upon discovery of cavern. I start mining the caverns from the top down (channeling out the ceiling above rock columns).
Additional InformationTo my recollection, it doesn't happen on a new map with exposed gems on the surface, only in caverns.
TagsIntentional/Expected?
Relationships
related to 0001111resolved Toady One Ore/gem frequency parameters don't work 
related to 0000397confirmed lethosor Creatures fall too fast through magma, die of bleeding instead of melting/suffocating, scout out/reveal areas while dying 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2010-08-08 20:52QwazzermanNew Issue
2010-08-08 20:56QwazzermanNote Added: 0011644
2010-08-09 06:01Logical2uNote Added: 0011653
2010-08-18 16:45Logical2uRelationship addedchild of 0001111
2014-01-21 20:12FootkerchiefRelationship replacedrelated to 0001111
2014-01-21 20:14FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0000397
2014-07-17 06:57cephaloNote Added: 0026741
2014-07-17 07:12ButtonTag Attached: Intentional/Expected?
2014-07-17 07:30FootkerchiefNote Added: 0026745
2014-07-17 07:30FootkerchiefStatusnew => resolved
2014-07-17 07:30FootkerchiefResolutionopen => no change required
2014-07-17 07:30FootkerchiefAssigned To => Footkerchief

Notes
(0011644)
Qwazzerman   
2010-08-08 20:56   
A thought: perhaps this is due to new sections of the cavern being revealed?
(0011653)
Logical2u   
2010-08-09 06:01   
You're exactly right with your note.

When you breach the cavern, the game starts tracking line-of-sight. You should have gotten dozens of announcements about minerals once it was first revealed, although it probably depends on the cavern shape. It gives you announcements for all the gems and such you can currently see, and adds more announcements as you can start to see more.

So probably when you start your mining operation, your dwarves start exploring more and more deeply into the cavern, adding (many) more veins to your knowledge, generating the dozens of announcements.

The repeat announcements are probably repeated veins.
(0026741)
cephalo   
2014-07-17 06:57   
If this was never an issue, can we close it?
(0026745)
Footkerchief   
2014-07-17 07:30   
Yeah, I think that's reasonable.