0001522: Stray kitten corpse not rotting - Dwarf Fortress Bug Tracker

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(0004986) Logical2u (manager) 2010-04-25 08:19	Probably related to 0000022 in some fashion. How young was the kitten? If it was super young, it may have just been a ball of fur (literally!) and fur doesn't rot yet.

(0004988) smjjames (reporter) 2010-04-25 08:35	Certainly related to the corpses not rotting and decaying issue that was fixed for .04

(0005002) Footkerchief (manager) 2010-04-25 09:36 edited on: 2010-04-25 09:37	How young was the kitten? If it was super young, it may have just been a ball of fur (literally!) and fur doesn't rot yet. I believe that's only for butchering purposes, and that an unbutchered corpse retains all its tissue data. 0000161 was mostly about vermin -- I'm not sure Toady saw the part about full-sized creatures failing to rot. Uploading a save would probably be helpful for this bug. http://dffd.wimbli.com/ [^]

(0005011) matakuka (reporter) 2010-04-25 11:01	Save game: http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=2226 [^]

(0009096) Footkerchief (manager) 2010-06-25 11:16	Reminder sent to: matakuka Using that save, does the corpse rot in 31.08?

(0010332) kwieland (reporter) 2010-07-15 03:52	All my dead creatures now change from corpse to skeleton in 31.10, so perhaps this is fixed?

(0011727) Dwarfu (manager) 2010-08-11 20:19 edited on: 2010-08-11 20:22	I loaded this up in 31.12 and the kitten corpses on level z-5 in the refuse pile still do not rot. I threw some kittens off a ledge to make a new corpses and they didn't rot either. Rottable stuff made after these rotted in due time, while theses kitten corpses did not rot even after several seasons. All other corpses (including baby versions) and tissues that are supposed to rot appear to be rotting correctly and are being butchered correctly. The question remains if a game generated in 31.12 and above still has this problem with kitten corpses?

(0011728) Dwarfu (manager) 2010-08-11 21:36	Still happens. Embarked with 16 kittens in a fresh 31.12 world and threw them all down a pit. Let some be put in a refuse stockpile underground, and some more in a refuse stockpile on the surface. I made sure none of them lost pieces in the splat. Two on the surface rotted and turned to skeletons. Perhaps related to their size? Maybe the gigantic with incredible muscles were the only two that had enough body mass to rot and produce skeletons properly: 3 enormous yet very weak 2 enormous yet skinny 1 enormous build but is very skinny 2 gigantic 2 gigantic with incredible muscles 1 gigantic and muscular 1 gigantic and quite fat 1 incredibly skinny yet gigantic overall 3 no description Those were the only two that turned to skeletons. At the beginning of winter, there were still a corpse and a skeleton on the surface, the others having just disappeared (normal for above ground exposure). The ones underground were still there, unrotten.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2010-04-25 08:15	matakuka	New Issue
2010-04-25 08:19	Logical2u	Note Added: 0004986
2010-04-25 08:35	smjjames	Note Added: 0004988
2010-04-25 09:36	Footkerchief	Note Added: 0005002
2010-04-25 09:37	Footkerchief	Note Edited: 0005002	View Revisions
2010-04-25 09:37	Footkerchief	Relationship added	related to 0000161
2010-04-25 09:37	Footkerchief	Issue Monitored: Footkerchief
2010-04-25 11:01	matakuka	Note Added: 0005011
2010-06-25 11:16	Footkerchief	Note Added: 0009096
2010-06-25 11:17	Footkerchief	Tag Attached: AWAITING UPDATE
2010-06-25 11:18	Footkerchief	Relationship added	related to 0001280
2010-06-29 20:51	Footkerchief	Tag Attached: Save Needs Testing
2010-07-15 03:52	kwieland	Note Added: 0010332
2010-08-11 20:19	Dwarfu	Note Added: 0011727
2010-08-11 20:19	Dwarfu	Tag Detached: Save Needs Testing
2010-08-11 20:19	Dwarfu	Tag Detached: AWAITING UPDATE
2010-08-11 20:19	Dwarfu	Tag Attached: Save Included
2010-08-11 20:22	Dwarfu	Note Edited: 0011727	View Revisions
2010-08-11 21:36	Dwarfu	Note Added: 0011728
2010-09-26 09:07	Another	Issue Monitored: Another
2011-02-21 21:39	Dwarfu	Relationship added	related to 0004049
2011-02-23 08:49	Footkerchief	Relationship added	related to 0001047
2011-02-23 08:49	Footkerchief	Relationship added	related to 0000874
2011-02-23 08:50	Footkerchief	Relationship deleted	related to 0000874
2011-02-25 06:39	Footkerchief	Relationship added	has duplicate 0003929
2011-02-25 06:39	Footkerchief	Issue Monitored: mrchinchin25
2014-01-26 08:58	Footkerchief	Relationship replaced	has duplicate 0004049
2014-01-26 08:58	Footkerchief	Issue Monitored: xenophon
2014-07-23 07:21	Footkerchief	Relationship added	related to 0003744
2014-07-23 07:21	Footkerchief	Relationship added	related to 0000787
2014-07-23 10:05	Footkerchief	Relationship deleted	related to 0001047
2014-07-23 10:06	Footkerchief	Relationship added	related to 0000874