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0000234Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Interface, Unit Profilespublic2010-04-02 21:502017-05-19 06:09
ReporterOokpik 
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PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityrandom
StatusnewResolutionopen 
PlatformOSOS Version
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Summary0000234: Personality traits contradict mental attributes
DescriptionI had a dwarf spawn with "next to no willpower" in the paragraph immediately above her likes and dislikes, and "great willpower" in the paragraph immediately following. Whatever is creating those personality traits isn't cross-checking.
Steps To ReproduceI don't think you can reproduce it deliberately, but no doubt it'll happen again with enough random dwarf spawns will.
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has duplicate 0001322closed Footkerchief One dwarf, two confilicting creativity attributes 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2010-04-02 21:50OokpikNew Issue
2010-04-02 21:57lightmanIssue Monitored: lightman
2010-04-02 21:58lightmanNote Added: 0000425
2010-04-03 00:31AmpersandNote Added: 0000446
2010-04-03 07:50OokpikTag Attached: skills
2010-04-03 07:50OokpikTag Detached: skills
2010-04-03 07:53OokpikNote Added: 0000515
2010-04-03 14:59gisliNote Added: 0000674
2010-04-10 11:09FootkerchiefNote Added: 0002610
2010-04-19 01:04FootkerchiefRelationship addedhas duplicate 0001322
2010-04-29 13:29FootkerchiefCategoryGeneral => Dwarf Mode -- Interface, Unit Profiles
2012-04-06 08:02FootkerchiefSummaryPersonality traits directly contradict each other => Personality traits contradict mental attributes
2017-05-19 06:09HinaichigoNote Added: 0036554

Notes
(0000425)
lightman   
2010-04-02 21:58   
a dwarf on embark:

"She has a lot of willpower ... lousy creativity"
"She is often nervous... She is incredibly creative"

Isn't that a direct contradiction? I have a screen capture if useful.
(0000446)
Ampersand   
2010-04-03 00:31   
I've started checking through a lot of dwarfs in my games, and what I find is usually uncanny correlation between the two paragraphs. Keep in mind that they are not describing the same things, one covers intellectual skills, while the other covers personality. It is probably a matter of poor word choice for descriptors, rather than a lack of cross-checking.
(0000515)
Ookpik   
2010-04-03 07:53   
I can see lightman's example as possibly making sense: the dwarf is incredibly creative (she writes a lot of emo poetry) but her creativity is lousy (the poetry sucks). But I just don't think my example can work no matter how you extend the definition of willpower. If willpower in EITHER sense governs how the dwarf reacts to certain in-game situations, I want to know whether she's strong or weak in that regard.
(0000674)
gisli   
2010-04-03 14:59   
"He has... a large deficit of willpower."
"He possesses great willpower."

Same dwarf.
(0002610)
Footkerchief   
2010-04-10 11:09   
More reports here: http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=52611.0 [^]
(0036554)
Hinaichigo   
2017-05-19 06:09   
Is this bug still relevant after the personality rewrite?