0003083: Invader dies in cage, items disappear?

(0011993)
Quietust (reporter)
2010-08-21 22:30

In 40d, dropping a cage into magma would cause the creature's equipment to be deposited on top of the cage trap they originally got caught in. Since this tends to be a case of "dying in a cage", it's possible the same thing happens in this case.

(0011995)
knofbath (reporter)
2010-08-21 23:43

That could be it, there's so much crap lying around the trap field after each siege that it could slip in there, I was just expecting it to be around the cage itself.

(0011997)
Footkerchief (manager)
2010-08-22 00:02

Possible underlying cause of 0002539.

(0011998)
knofbath (reporter)
2010-08-22 00:37

Let me take a guess. Basically a position tag that either isn't being updated to current location, corpse stays in cage, items drop to last known location.

And for 2539, if cage is destroyed, corpse drops to last known location as well, with all equipment it was holding at the time of capture.

(0017131)
kwieland (reporter)
2011-04-06 10:52

I've seen this as well. I had a caravan get ambushed on their way to my fort. One pack horse fell unconscious and was trapped in my cage trap where he/she later died. I wondered the same thing - where did all the crap go that the horse was hauling? It disappeared! However, after a save/load, all the junk magically reappeared on the tile where the cage trap was. Like knofbath thought.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2010-08-21 22:16	knofbath	New Issue
2010-08-21 22:30	Quietust	Note Added: 0011993
2010-08-21 23:43	knofbath	Note Added: 0011995
2010-08-22 00:02	Footkerchief	Relationship added	child of 0002539
2010-08-22 00:02	Footkerchief	Relationship replaced	related to 0002539
2010-08-22 00:02	Footkerchief	Note Added: 0011997
2010-08-22 00:37	knofbath	Note Added: 0011998
2011-03-29 22:43	Dwarfu	Relationship added	related to 0001850
2011-04-06 10:52	kwieland	Note Added: 0017131
2014-01-26 09:56	Footkerchief	Relationship added	related to 0005012
2014-01-26 09:56	Footkerchief	Relationship added	related to 0001172

Notes
(0011993) Quietust (reporter) 2010-08-21 22:30	In 40d, dropping a cage into magma would cause the creature's equipment to be deposited on top of the cage trap they originally got caught in. Since this tends to be a case of "dying in a cage", it's possible the same thing happens in this case.

(0011995) knofbath (reporter) 2010-08-21 23:43	That could be it, there's so much crap lying around the trap field after each siege that it could slip in there, I was just expecting it to be around the cage itself.

(0011997) Footkerchief (manager) 2010-08-22 00:02	Possible underlying cause of 0002539.

(0011998) knofbath (reporter) 2010-08-22 00:37	Let me take a guess. Basically a position tag that either isn't being updated to current location, corpse stays in cage, items drop to last known location. And for 2539, if cage is destroyed, corpse drops to last known location as well, with all equipment it was holding at the time of capture.

(0017131) kwieland (reporter) 2011-04-06 10:52	I've seen this as well. I had a caravan get ambushed on their way to my fort. One pack horse fell unconscious and was trapped in my cage trap where he/she later died. I wondered the same thing - where did all the crap go that the horse was hauling? It disappeared! However, after a save/load, all the junk magically reappeared on the tile where the cage trap was. Like knofbath thought.