0005877: Miners channel tile they're standing on, resulting combat report is malformed

(0022472)
the_game_hunt (reporter)
2012-05-14 06:57

Same here, I can confirm this.

(0022508)
Toady One (administrator)
2012-05-15 04:15

I'm not sure what causes the malformed log, but the root cause is handled now. Does the malformed log come up in other more normal collision circumstances?

(0022513)
SmileyMan (reporter)
2012-05-15 06:05

I suppose we need hit a dwarf with a falling log, but we can't create arbitrary items in arena mode.

(0022514)
Knight Otu (manager)
2012-05-15 06:06

I've seen a report like that when a miner fell after channeling the tile below himself, with no other items in the tile, if that helps.

(0022515)
UristDaVinci (reporter)
2012-05-15 06:56

The malformed log also comes up in the case where a falling creature is wearing especially rigid/strong armor that seems to protect them from falling damage:

You slam into an obstacle!
Your left upper arm takes the full force of the impact, bruising the muscle!
it You in the upper body, but the attack is deflected by Your adamantine greaves!
You are no longer stunned.
You stand up.

(0022581)
nshapter (reporter)
2012-05-17 21:04

I'm seeing this consistently as well. I'm digging lots of channels and it's killing lots of miners. The malformed message is only one part. There is a painful fall with each square channeled if the miner is standing on it.

(0023707)
Drazinononda (reporter)
2012-11-06 15:02

IIRC the cause of the use of the third person in combat logs happens when the dwarf involved is ID# 0, which under a "Play now!" embark is always the pre-fab miner. I'm not sure whether this is true for "Prepare carefully" embarks.

(0024335)
Lielac (reporter)
2014-01-22 19:18

I've seen this malformed combat report with miners (and, as far as I can recall, only with miners) in 0.34.11 and never quite understood why it happened, but my first two dwarves in my "Prepare carefully" embark setups are always miners and if they don't die in accidents they're my main digging crew. I never noticed who *exactly* had malformed reports, but what Drazinononda said makes sense. I'd have to do some potentially injurious science to confirm it, but eh.

(0024470)
Lielac (reporter)
2014-01-29 19:05

I've also seen this happen with a pitted goblin maceman ( http://i.imgur.com/CF4goky.png [^] ) and here's the save with more goblins about to be dropped: http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=8376 [^]

I let the game keep running, and it happens again. The first goblin (that I screencapped) is Nguslu Onxosnamox, but on my version of the fort it also happens to Bax Arstrukostub. They're both macemen-- oh, wait, a previous goblin named Xuspgas (landed before Nguslu) who's a swordsman also landed funny. The swordsman Utes and both trolls I pitched down there landed normally.

(0024481)
BenLubar (reporter)
2014-01-31 13:59

This also happens when a dwarf removes a down staircase with no place to stand other than the staircase. The material used to make the staircase falls on the dwarf when they climb down the stairs.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2012-05-14 05:26	SmileyMan	New Issue
2012-05-14 06:57	the_game_hunt	Note Added: 0022472
2012-05-14 08:37	Footkerchief	Summary	Channeling square containing wooden log produces incorrectly worded combat report => Miner channels tile containing log, gets hit by log, resulting combat report is malformed
2012-05-15 04:15	Toady One	Note Added: 0022508
2012-05-15 04:15	Toady One	Assigned To	=> Toady One
2012-05-15 04:15	Toady One	Status	new => acknowledged
2012-05-15 06:05	SmileyMan	Note Added: 0022513
2012-05-15 06:06	Knight Otu	Note Added: 0022514
2012-05-15 06:56	UristDaVinci	Note Added: 0022515
2012-05-17 21:04	nshapter	Note Added: 0022581
2012-05-20 14:56	Footkerchief	Relationship added	has duplicate 0000826
2012-05-20 14:56	Footkerchief	Issue Monitored: quatch
2012-05-20 14:56	Footkerchief	Issue Monitored: lord_chaos22000
2012-05-21 19:14	Footkerchief	Relationship added	related to 0003722
2012-11-06 07:45	Footkerchief	Summary	Miner channels tile containing log, gets hit by log, resulting combat report is malformed => Miners channel tile they're standing on, resulting combat report is malformed
2012-11-06 07:45	Footkerchief	Relationship added	related to 0005991
2012-11-06 15:02	Drazinononda	Note Added: 0023707
2012-11-06 16:02	Logical2u	Relationship added	has duplicate 0006239
2014-01-22 19:18	Lielac	Note Added: 0024335
2014-01-27 10:58	Footkerchief	Relationship added	related to 0005925
2014-01-27 20:49	Footkerchief	Relationship added	has duplicate 0004778
2014-01-27 20:49	Footkerchief	Relationship added	related to 0003008
2014-01-29 19:05	Lielac	Note Added: 0024470
2014-01-31 13:59	BenLubar	Note Added: 0024481
2014-12-02 21:38	Footkerchief	Status	acknowledged => confirmed
2014-12-20 14:03	Footkerchief	Relationship added	related to 0008639
2018-04-13 10:59	Huntthetroll	Issue Monitored: Huntthetroll

Notes
(0022472) the_game_hunt (reporter) 2012-05-14 06:57	Same here, I can confirm this.

(0022508) Toady One (administrator) 2012-05-15 04:15	I'm not sure what causes the malformed log, but the root cause is handled now. Does the malformed log come up in other more normal collision circumstances?

(0022513) SmileyMan (reporter) 2012-05-15 06:05	I suppose we need hit a dwarf with a falling log, but we can't create arbitrary items in arena mode.

(0022514) Knight Otu (manager) 2012-05-15 06:06	I've seen a report like that when a miner fell after channeling the tile below himself, with no other items in the tile, if that helps.

(0022515) UristDaVinci (reporter) 2012-05-15 06:56	The malformed log also comes up in the case where a falling creature is wearing especially rigid/strong armor that seems to protect them from falling damage: You slam into an obstacle! Your left upper arm takes the full force of the impact, bruising the muscle! it You in the upper body, but the attack is deflected by Your adamantine greaves! You are no longer stunned. You stand up.

(0022581) nshapter (reporter) 2012-05-17 21:04	I'm seeing this consistently as well. I'm digging lots of channels and it's killing lots of miners. The malformed message is only one part. There is a painful fall with each square channeled if the miner is standing on it.

(0023707) Drazinononda (reporter) 2012-11-06 15:02	IIRC the cause of the use of the third person in combat logs happens when the dwarf involved is ID# 0, which under a "Play now!" embark is always the pre-fab miner. I'm not sure whether this is true for "Prepare carefully" embarks.

(0024335) Lielac (reporter) 2014-01-22 19:18	I've seen this malformed combat report with miners (and, as far as I can recall, only with miners) in 0.34.11 and never quite understood why it happened, but my first two dwarves in my "Prepare carefully" embark setups are always miners and if they don't die in accidents they're my main digging crew. I never noticed who exactly had malformed reports, but what Drazinononda said makes sense. I'd have to do some potentially injurious science to confirm it, but eh.

(0024470) Lielac (reporter) 2014-01-29 19:05	I've also seen this happen with a pitted goblin maceman ( http://i.imgur.com/CF4goky.png [^] ) and here's the save with more goblins about to be dropped: http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=8376 [^] I let the game keep running, and it happens again. The first goblin (that I screencapped) is Nguslu Onxosnamox, but on my version of the fort it also happens to Bax Arstrukostub. They're both macemen-- oh, wait, a previous goblin named Xuspgas (landed before Nguslu) who's a swordsman also landed funny. The swordsman Utes and both trolls I pitched down there landed normally.

(0024481) BenLubar (reporter) 2014-01-31 13:59	This also happens when a dwarf removes a down staircase with no place to stand other than the staircase. The material used to make the staircase falls on the dwarf when they climb down the stairs.