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0002614Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Petspublic2010-07-10 20:132010-07-10 22:35
ellindsey 
Toady One 
normalmajorhave not tried
resolvedfixed 
WindowsVista
0.31.09 
0.31.10 
0002614: War animals attack traders at depot
On a save created in 31.08 and copied to 31.09. Was trading with a human trade caravan when the save was copied. When I loaded it in 31.09, my war dogs and war elephants began attacking the merchants, animals and guards at the trade depot. The traders did not run away or become hostile. My dwarves did not attack the traders or become scared of them. The guards and animals who were attacked did not attack my dwarves and appear to be only fighting back in self defense. Have not determined if this will happen with future trade visits yet.
Trade with a civilization, and let your tame animals wander over to the trade depot. Have not duplicated this yet.
Game was created on an earlier version of DF and save files were coped to this version.
animals, dog, hostility, tame, traders
has duplicate 0002618resolved Toady One Merchents guards killing all animals in fortress 
has duplicate 0002619resolved Footkerchief Squad assigned to kill mechents horse, non-assigned hunter shoots at horse and anyone in sight. 
Issue History
2010-07-10 20:13ellindseyNew Issue
2010-07-10 20:29ellindseyNote Added: 0009897
2010-07-10 20:30smjjamesNote Added: 0009898
2010-07-10 20:37TomiTapioTag Attached: dog
2010-07-10 20:37TomiTapioTag Attached: hostility
2010-07-10 20:37TomiTapioTag Attached: traders
2010-07-10 20:37TomiTapioTag Attached: tame
2010-07-10 20:37TomiTapioTag Attached: animals
2010-07-10 20:44SykeNote Added: 0009900
2010-07-10 20:46smjjamesNote Added: 0009902
2010-07-10 20:46axusNote Added: 0009903
2010-07-10 20:49neonravenNote Added: 0009904
2010-07-10 20:49SilverEchoNote Added: 0009905
2010-07-10 20:53smjjamesNote Added: 0009906
2010-07-10 20:54neonravenNote Added: 0009907
2010-07-10 20:55smjjamesNote Added: 0009908
2010-07-10 21:17moosecowNote Added: 0009910
2010-07-10 21:32axusNote Added: 0009911
2010-07-10 21:33smjjamesNote Added: 0009912
2010-07-10 21:35axusNote Edited: 0009911bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0009911#r3813
2010-07-10 22:35Toady OneNote Added: 0009915
2010-07-10 22:35Toady OneStatusnew => resolved
2010-07-10 22:35Toady OneFixed in Version => 0.31.10
2010-07-10 22:35Toady OneResolutionopen => fixed
2010-07-10 22:35Toady OneAssigned To => Toady One
2010-07-11 10:03FootkerchiefRelationship addedhas duplicate 0002618
2010-07-16 11:31FootkerchiefRelationship addedhas duplicate 0002619

Notes
(0009897)
ellindsey   
2010-07-10 20:29   
Shortly after this the humans went on an animal-killing rampage through my fortress. They did not attack any of my dwarves, and their status never changed from 'Friendly'. I had to order my military to kill them all. That did work - the designate friendly unit to be killed function seems to work now. The humans fought back only in self-defense against my military dwarves.
(0009898)
smjjames   
2010-07-10 20:30   
Maybe something wierd happened that caused a loyalty cascade-like effect?
(0009900)
Syke   
2010-07-10 20:44   
I just had the exact same thing happen (31.09).

The first thing that happened (that I noticed) was the merchants mule was captured in my cage trap. Then the humans began attacking all my tamed animals. (I also had tamed Elephants...)

It was also a save that was copied over from 31.08.
(0009902)
smjjames   
2010-07-10 20:46   
We'll have to see if its just a one time thing, but either way, very wierd.
(0009903)
axus   
2010-07-10 20:46   
Yes, same thing happened to me. It's a save transferred from 31.08, humans. Finally, a way to get rid of those pet cats ;)
(0009904)
neonraven   
2010-07-10 20:49   
Just made a new game in 31.09 and after I finished trading in the depot with the initial caravan, suddenly a merchant started attacking my freshly tamed war elephant. the outpost liaison and swordsdwarf got in on the action, as well as some war dogs. The liaison and swordsdwarf killed a dog. The elephant slaughtered all the merchants, and then started killing my dwarves :( my remaining dogs seem loyal, but the elephant is totally wild, capable of interrupting people from eating, etc even though it shows (tame)
(0009905)
SilverEcho   
2010-07-10 20:49   
I've encountered this also, almost identically. In my case, it was the dwarven caravan. I also started a new fort in the copied region and waited for the first caravan to arrive. Hostilities between my tame animals and the merchants (and Liason) began as soon as they were near.
(0009906)
smjjames   
2010-07-10 20:53   
How about a brand new region with a brand new embark? We need to know if this is something that happens with a fresh, new download and .09 game.
(0009907)
neonraven   
2010-07-10 20:54   
I experienced this with a freshly downloaded, freshly created region, brand new embark in .09.
(0009908)
smjjames   
2010-07-10 20:55   
Huh....

What the hell happened with this version? This has got to be one of the strangest bugs yet.
(0009910)
moosecow   
2010-07-10 21:17   
Happens here too on a transferred game .8 -> .9
(0009911)
axus   
2010-07-10 21:32   
(edited on: 2010-07-10 21:35)
Ooh, it just took a turn for the worse.

Goblins ambushed a dwarven caravan, so I filled out my 4-dwarf military with milkers and lye-makers, and tried to save the merchant being chased by goblins. We went out, and my axedwarf slaughtered most of them. Suddenly, I've got a lot of messages about people being interrupted by a Speardwarf. One of my military got jumped by everyone in the fortress. I tried removing him from the military but he still was killed by the fort.

Looking at the logs, my Speardwarf attacked the outpost liason, then everyone else targeted him.

(0009912)
smjjames   
2010-07-10 21:33   
Loyalty Cascade......
(0009915)
Toady One   
2010-07-10 22:35   
This should be fixed for 0.31.10.