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0007192Dwarf FortressAdventure Mode -- Conversationpublic2014-07-13 00:002014-08-01 09:09
ReporterQrox 
Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
StatusnewResolutionopen 
PlatformWindows 7OSOS Version
Product Version0.40.02 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0007192: Adventurer self-answers in conversation with wildlife
DescriptionIn adventure mode if you try to talk to an animal (e.g. ask for a cease of hostility), and talk again, you'll be given the option to answer it yourself.
Steps To ReproduceEnter adventure mode, find an animal, try talk to him, try talk to him again. Have tested with asking for a cease of hostility, don't know if other options are the same.
Additional Information
TagsConversation
Relationships
related to 0007106new  Talking to unconscious/mute targets lets you have a conversation with yourself 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2014-07-13 00:00QroxNew Issue
2014-07-13 00:01QroxTag Attached: Conversation
2014-07-13 00:16FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0007106
2014-07-14 07:55clanlNote Added: 0026321
2014-07-14 10:24dree12Note Added: 0026328
2014-07-14 13:52smjjamesNote Added: 0026359
2014-07-15 14:42QuantumTrollNote Added: 0026537
2014-08-01 09:09TrybleNote Added: 0028081

Notes
(0026321)
clanl   
2014-07-14 07:55   
I had the same happen when talking to a pump operator.
after conversing normally for a while I asked
a)about the surroundings
I hit enter and no reply came
when pressing 'k' and continuing the conversation, the only option was to select
"ask me when I'm back home"
Upon pressing enter, the pump operator replied(!) with a regular surroundings answer, NOT with "ask me when I'm back home" (which would be the reply I'd expect from myself - I'm a traveling adventurer).

b)about troubles
same thing, it expected me to reply. However, I had no options to choose from and after trying to scroll through the itemless list with -*/+ and pressing enter, the game crashed.

Notes:
I entered a fortress, approached the trade depot, upon which a brawl broke out. I talked with several people, some actively involved in the conflict - one was a goblin that I demanded to yield.
I have a save right before entering the fort. Unfortunately I can't reproduce it. The brawl breaks out regularly, but the belligerents are different every time. I haven't been able to reproduce the conversation anomaly at all.

Should I upload the save regardless?
(0026328)
dree12   
2014-07-14 10:24   
This and 0007106 should be merged into a bug that states "talking to creatures that cannot talk causes adventurer to talk to themselves".
(0026359)
smjjames   
2014-07-14 13:52   
Hm, I think I had a similar situation when I was telling a lord to have ___ give tribute to ____ and I think I had the option of choosing whether or not to do that, wasn't sure what was going on anyway since that adventurer was spawned in the middle of a battle in a town keep and all I could glean was that there was a war going on.
(0026537)
QuantumTroll   
2014-07-15 14:42   
I have a different experience. I just talked to a Giant Weasel twice and received no response to my greeting. On the third time DF crashed to desktop. This is the only ticket I found about talking to animals.

I use a Mac, btw, and DF 0.40.02.
(0028081)
Tryble   
2014-08-01 09:09   
Yeah, using wildlife to converse with oneself causes a game crash when you try to reply to an inquiry about troubles.