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0000697Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Combatpublic2010-04-07 01:542012-09-26 19:27
Reporterlordnincompoop 
Assigned To 
PriorityhighSeveritymajorReproducibilityhave not tried
StatusnewResolutionopen 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product Version0.31.01 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0000697: Invincible Dwarves with Speed-Heal
DescriptionIn Dwarf Mode I have a Berserk dwarf chasing around my other dwarves. However, the dwarves don't seem to get more than 3-ish injuries at a time before they magically heal themselves. This happens every few minutes or so.
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Additional Information
Tagscombat, Dwarf, Fortress Mode, kill, mood
Relationships
has duplicate 0001154closed Footkerchief sudden recovery 
has duplicate 0002419resolved Logical2u Regeneration during combat 
related to 0000033resolved Toady One Bronze colossus, skeletal creatures, fleshballs, and others are impossible to kill 
related to 0000752new  Invaders heal extremely quickly. 
related to 0001742new  Unconscious dwarf won't die from lashing 
related to 0001126confirmed Footkerchief Treated wounds don't fully heal, doctors don't remove stuck-ins 
related to 0004320resolved Toady One Dwarves come to hospital to Rest without injuries (and also endless tooth surgery) 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2010-04-07 01:54lordnincompoopNew Issue
2010-04-07 01:56lordnincompoopTag Attached: Dwarf
2010-04-07 01:56lordnincompoopTag Attached: Fortress Mode
2010-04-07 01:56lordnincompoopTag Attached: combat
2010-04-07 01:56lordnincompoopTag Attached: mood
2010-04-07 01:56lordnincompoopTag Attached: kill
2010-04-07 02:01stele007Issue Monitored: stele007
2010-04-07 02:01stele007Issue End Monitor: stele007
2010-04-07 02:03stele007Note Added: 0001705
2010-04-07 02:08SquirrelloidNote Added: 0001706
2010-04-07 03:07AbuDhabiNote Added: 0001710
2010-04-07 03:27FootkerchiefRelationship addedchild of 0000033
2010-04-07 11:17lordnincompoopNote Added: 0001806
2010-04-07 16:56FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0000752
2010-04-07 22:56G-FlexNote Added: 0001955
2010-04-09 04:02Khym ChanurIssue Monitored: Khym Chanur
2010-04-09 04:14ZasNote Added: 0002292
2010-04-13 13:58bloodystumpIssue Monitored: bloodystump
2010-04-14 11:29FootkerchiefRelationship addedhas duplicate 0001154
2010-06-21 19:08Logical2uRelationship addedduplicate of 0002419
2010-06-22 18:15FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0001742
2010-07-20 15:23FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0001126
2010-07-25 14:19FootkerchiefRelationship replacedrelated to 0000033
2011-03-24 14:38FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0004320
2012-05-25 07:46KogutNote Added: 0022722
2012-05-25 11:07FootkerchiefRelationship replacedhas duplicate 0002419
2012-09-26 19:27kreepergrimmsNote Added: 0023614

Notes
(0001705)
stele007   
2010-04-07 02:03   
Most units seem to regenerate very quickly while in combat, which makes it nigh impossible to take down tough enemies if your dwarves are undergeared. Even bright yellow (broken) injuries will heal in a matter of seconds. I've seen this happen to friendly dwarves, werewolves, and forgotten beasts.
(0001706)
Squirrelloid   
2010-04-07 02:08   
Similarly, elephants who wander through my field of stonefall traps display this rainbow of wounds that is gone less than a minute later. Only the red wounds stick.
(0001710)
AbuDhabi   
2010-04-07 03:07   
The colour coding is different than in 40d. Dark yellow is barely scratched, yellow is slightly impaired, cyan is badly impaired and only red is broken. The issue here might be instead that combat doesn't cause enough damage. The healing is probably fine, since a few minutes may represent a few days, over which minor injuries are expected to heal.
(0001806)
lordnincompoop   
2010-04-07 11:17   
Ah, but in my save the injuries healing in a minute are mostly red/cyan. And if it's causing two dwarves to go on fighting indefinitely, there's definitely a problem.
(0001955)
G-Flex   
2010-04-07 22:56   
"Dark yellow is barely scratched, yellow is slightly impaired, cyan is badly impaired and only red is broken."

This isn't very true.

Brown ("dark yellow") means superficial damage but can include wounds that cause massive bleeding if you're unlucky (since bleeding doesn't really require that the structure of the part be impaired)
Yellow means that the structural integrity of the part is compromised, but that the part can still function.
Cyan means that structural integrity isn't very affected, but that part of the function of the part is lost; you see this a lot on, say, a bruised organ.
Red means the part has lost basically all integrity whatsoever, like if bones get badly broken.
Dark grey, like usual, means the part is gone.

In other words, they no longer exist on some sort of one-dimensional scale, at least not entirely.

Red/cyan wounds healing too quickly is strange, but that could always be a case of the game just displaying information that makes you think the wounds are worse than they are. Either way, it's a problem.
(0002292)
Zas   
2010-04-09 04:14   
Yeah, this kind of explains why some of my soldiers with "yellow" injuries just stand up and go to train after being looked on by a doctor (no suturing, dressing or whatever). Nevertheless, it's still too fast. And I don't think that even the slightest injuries (like a black eye or something) should heal in a matter of seconds, it's just not realistic at all. It should take at least a day or two. Also, healing speed of monsters, animals and invaders should be the same as of the dwarfs, otherwise they are impossible to fight.
(0022722)
Kogut   
2012-05-25 07:46   
I never noticed this extremely old bug and there is no savegame here.
(0023614)
kreepergrimms   
2012-09-26 19:27   
i had something similar today, my fully geared squad all starved to death while fighting a bronze forgotten beast, i know it being bronze would cause it to be hard to kill but the damage they did was enough to kill it but after a while all i saw was wounds disappearing and them just standing and fighting chipping this or breaking that but the breaks would heal almost instantly