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0001220Dwarf FortressCombat -- Generalpublic2010-04-15 22:182012-03-16 15:14
ReporterLemunde 
Assigned To 
PrioritylowSeverityminorReproducibilitysometimes
StatusnewResolutionopen 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product Version0.31.03 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0001220: Combat log for creatures doesn't record the creature's death.
DescriptionI'm not sure if this is limited to forgotten beasts or if it shows up on most creatures. When I go through the combat log of a creature that has died, it doesn't show any information on how it was slain at the end. It just shows who last attacked it and ends.

On a related note, it would be nice to have the names of the dwarves that are fighting in the combat log as opposed to just "axedwarf". It'd be easier to tell which dwarves are kicking ass and which ones aren't.
Steps To ReproduceThis has pretty much been the case in all the combat logs I've seen for dead creatures but I haven't looked at enough of them to be sure it happens all the time.
Additional Information
TagsIntentional/Expected?
Relationships
has duplicate 0005407resolved Dwarfu Combat reports don't tell when a creature dies 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2010-04-15 22:18LemundeNew Issue
2010-06-30 07:53FootkerchiefTag Attached: Intentional?
2010-06-30 08:04smjjamesNote Added: 0009366
2010-06-30 08:08FootkerchiefNote Added: 0009367
2010-06-30 08:09FootkerchiefNote Edited: 0009367bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0009367#r3591
2010-06-30 08:21VelddrinnNote Added: 0009368
2010-06-30 08:31smjjamesNote Added: 0009369
2010-07-12 12:03FootkerchiefTag RenamedIntentional? => Intentional/Expected?
2011-03-29 17:27RossMNote Added: 0016778
2012-02-22 22:55DwarfuRelationship addedhas duplicate 0005407
2012-02-23 00:28PufferfishNote Added: 0020523
2012-02-23 08:13runiqIssue Monitored: runiq
2012-02-23 09:00kentoIssue Monitored: kento
2012-03-16 05:10kentoNote Added: 0021501
2012-03-16 09:24KumquatNote Added: 0021508
2012-03-16 11:53kwielandNote Added: 0021512
2012-03-16 11:53kwielandIssue Monitored: kwieland
2012-03-16 15:14DVeLNote Added: 0021517

Notes
(0009366)
smjjames   
2010-06-30 08:04   
Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the announcements log and the reports get eaten way too fast? Which is what I'm seeing in the arena.
(0009367)
Footkerchief   
2010-06-30 08:08   
(edited on: 2010-06-30 08:09)
No. The death announcement doesn't show up in the log at all.
(0009368)
Velddrinn   
2010-06-30 08:21   
I second that, last entry is usually a finishing blow, like hit in a head with it going a high arc, but no death statement.
(0009369)
smjjames   
2010-06-30 08:31   
Oh, I misinterpreted what the bug was about, sorry.
(0016778)
RossM   
2011-03-29 17:27   
Still broken in 0.31.25: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=80911.0 [^]
(0020523)
Pufferfish   
2012-02-23 00:28   
Still broken in 0.34.02 as far as I can tell.
(0021501)
kento   
2012-03-16 05:10   
I've been playing in 34.05 for five in-game years. There have been plenty of deaths, but in my logs I only just got my first combat log death report, a shot from a magma crab:

The spinning basalt laced with Chrilbis's kobold blood strikes The Stray Puppy in the head, bruising the muscle, jamming the skull through the brain and tearing apart the brain!
The Stray Puppy has been knocked unconscious!
The Stray Puppy (Tame) has been shot and killed.
(0021508)
Kumquat   
2012-03-16 09:24   
Shooting, bleeding, suffocation and infection seem to generate a message.

Death by loss of vital organ (or half the body) or just plain damage (for creatures that have no vital organs) do not.
(0021512)
kwieland   
2012-03-16 11:53   
Another issue with the logs is the "blah blah dwarf stands up" repeated several times, even minutes after the battle is over. Anyone else notice that?
(0021517)
DVeL   
2012-03-16 15:14   
I second this issue, no death conformations for me too.
I heard it is connected to "witnesses" (no message if no one can see the death), but in case of a goblin head being severed by dwarf (clear witness here!) - it is definitely a bug.
And in my experience, shooting, bleeding, suffocation and infection mentioned earlier are also missing pretty often. (Having 10-dwarf marks-squad, i still didn`t have at least ONE "shot and killed" message.