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0005397Dwarf FortressLegends Mode -- Historical Figurespublic2012-02-22 12:412017-09-03 13:43
ReporterWatsst 
Assigned To 
PrioritylowSeverityminorReproducibilityN/A
StatusnewResolutionopen 
PlatformWindowsOSOS Version
Product Version0.34.02 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0005397: Many kills reported as Unknown creature
DescriptionChecking through legeneds after generating a world and many kills by historical figures are reported as 'Unknown Creature' kills.

"Zedan (the zombie dragon.... awesome) struck down an Unknown Creature"
or under kills list:
"An Unknown Creature" (no date or mention in his history)
"An Unknown creatureUnknown Creature in 76"

I used advanced parameters to create a world with more evil sites and evil rains, so I think it may be related to undead? Not sure if legends mode or kill history tracks undead properly, and the doubling of the 'unknown creature' name seems similar to some of the undead name generation bugs.
Steps To ReproduceUnable to Reproduce.
Additional InformationI did stop world gen part way through so it might be related to 0002713. Tried to reproduce this by stopping part way through on a small sized map but may need to try larger.

No mods.
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related to 0000385resolved Footkerchief "unknown frozen creature substance chops" in stocks menu 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2012-02-22 12:41WatsstNew Issue
2012-02-22 12:51FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0000385
2012-02-22 21:32WatsstNote Added: 0020518
2012-02-22 21:34WatsstNote Edited: 0020518bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0020518#r7626
2017-09-02 14:26TheCrazyHamsteRNote Added: 0036720
2017-09-03 13:43LociNote Added: 0036725

Notes
(0020518)
Watsst   
2012-02-22 21:32   
(edited on: 2012-02-22 21:34)
Just generated a new world with increased evil sites, fogs and rain, no other changes, and the 'unknown creature' is very common in legends so it does seem to be related to those. Pretty sure its undead creatures not working correctly in legends.
(0036720)
TheCrazyHamsteR   
2017-09-02 14:26   
The unknown creatures in legends are a result of enabling "Cull unimportant historical figures" in world parameters. I've seen these quite often in v0.40, v0.42 and v0.43 while using this option, and not just only in kills list, also in siege info:

"A: 1 pale brown fiend, 4 trolls, 11 goblins, 2 unknown creatures, 19 losses"
"D: 8 humans, 11 unknown creatures, 6 losses"

"Part of Licsesta, The Strifeful Conflict"
"In the early spring of 1, The Yellow Wraith attacked The Wispy Help of The Amazing Mind at Dancejudged. The pale brown fiend Arido Kingbrain the Regal General led the attack, and the defenders were led by an unknown creature."

"In the late spring of 3, the body of an unknown creature was impaled on a plum wood spear by The Yellow Wraith in Dancejudged."
(0036725)
Loci   
2017-09-03 13:43   
If you tell the game to delete information about "unimportant" creatures it isn't very surprising that the game cannot later provide that information to "flesh out" legends encounters.

If the game is reporting "unknown creatures" with culling disabled then that would presumably be a bug in creature tracking. Otherwise, the only problem I see here is "Unknown creatureUnknown Creature", likely arising from an attempt to combine two different creature data fields.