0009503: Dwarf civilizations rarely actually die out, instead remain "dying" for centuries

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(0036008) PatrikLundell (reporter) 2016-10-27 09:12 edited on: 2016-10-27 10:00	I believe the reason for the stubborn longevity of civs lies in the structure DFHack calls df.global.world.entity_populations. I've observed the entry associated with the dwarven civ, and the counts [0] entry contains the number of dwarves in the civ. After the mountainhome (and only site) is destroyed, this number may fluctuate a little for a while and then stabilize. Exported legends info claims the civ has no members, and forcing this field to become zero before accepting a world results in a dead civ (I've only tried with civs that ought to be dead) in the attempts I've made. Presumably, the code handling refugees can sometimes "forget" them and leave them in a limbo where they can neither age, breed, come to harm. Edit: I forgot to mention that my investigation was done on 0.43.03 rather than 0.43.05, but I have no reason to suspect the logic has changed in the mean time.

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Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2016-01-22 12:26	Loci	New Issue
2016-10-27 09:12	PatrikLundell	Note Added: 0036008
2016-10-27 10:00	PatrikLundell	Note Edited: 0036008	View Revisions
2020-02-12 11:49	Huntthetroll	Issue Monitored: Huntthetroll

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