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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0002849Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Interface, Announcementspublic2010-07-25 22:182015-01-05 16:56
Reporterboydstnp 
Assigned ToFootkerchief 
PrioritylowSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
StatusresolvedResolutionduplicate 
PlatformOSWindowsOS VersionXP home
Product Version0.31.12 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0002849: Announcements list is very short.
DescriptionThe announcements list is never longer than two pages. Much of the time just one page. This might just be an intended part of the interface though.
Steps To ReproducePlay, get some announcements, look at the list.
Additional InformationThis happened in .31.10 also.
TagsNo tags attached.
Attached Files

- Relationships
duplicate of 0001430confirmedFootkerchief Announcements vanish too quickly (next day) 

-  Notes
(0011061)
burlingk (reporter)
2010-07-26 01:38

My current save started as a 31.11 map, so it may not be effected by this issue (if it exists), but I have nine pages of announcements. :) I may start a new map to see if it happens to me.
(0011078)
boydstnp (reporter)
2010-07-26 09:12

It might be particular to 31.10 saves. I was using a 31.10 save in 31.12. I should have thought of that in the additional information.
(0011098)
Footkerchief (manager)
2010-07-26 13:00
edited on: 2010-07-26 13:00

Can you reproduce this in a save started in 31.12?

(0011110)
Egregius (reporter)
2010-07-26 15:51

What I found was that when a number of Dwarven caravan guards were battling an unkillable mud mountain titan, my announcements-list was never much more than a few lines, even though I had constant cancellations through civilians getting 'scared' when walking past the fighting area. I suspect because the endless stream of combat reports filled up the buffer.

Afterwards (now the unkillable titans are killable), I'm getting longer announcement lists again, though I am noticing they aren't saved for long.
(0011116)
Cephas (reporter)
2010-07-26 16:33

Whenever combat is going on, announcements are eliminated from the list in seconds. It happens to me whenever a siege hits my trap line.
(0011128)
smjjames (reporter)
2010-07-26 17:56
edited on: 2010-07-26 18:00

@Foot: Its been happening in the arena from time to time since .31 was released. I'm surprised nobody has noticed it earlier and said anything about it. I didn't say anything about it because its well, the arena, and we know its not quite fully polished.

I have noticed it recently in fort mode however.

As for whats causing it, I've noticed that deaths seem to reset it, in the arena anyway. At least everything on the announcement log is saved in the gamelog. Not sure about combat logs however.

(0012878)
boydstnp (reporter)
2010-09-21 21:58

OK, so I have a version 31.13 game which has the same bug. It doesn't seem to be related to deaths, since nothing has died recently. It is the 5th of Opal and the announcements screen has already lost the "winter is upon you" announcement.
(0012884)
Logical2u (manager)
2010-09-22 05:55

@boydstnp: Is anyone in combat? Or sparring?

I'd guess that combat reports are getting combined with general announcements in some intermediate stage, which determines the oldest report to show in either screen, then the two are split up into their seperate screens.
(0012910)
boydstnp (reporter)
2010-09-22 21:37
edited on: 2010-09-22 21:39

No combat or sparring is happening. I don't even have a military yet. There might be some other kind of invisible notification happening.

(0023473)
Quietust (reporter)
2012-08-17 16:55

As of version 0.31.25, there's a hard limit of 3000 announcements, and combat reports count toward that limit. I haven't checked whether or not this is still the case in version 0.34.11, but it's highly likely.
(0023765)
Quietust (reporter)
2012-12-04 10:14

This looks to be a duplicate of 0001430.
(0023770)
Knight Otu (manager)
2012-12-07 03:29

It looks like it, but boydstnp said he has that problem without combat/sparring. I'll mark them as related for now.
(0031719)
Footkerchief (manager)
2015-01-05 16:56

In the absence of further details, I'll assume this was caused by behind-the-scenes combat as in 0001430.

- Issue History
Date Modified Username Field Change
2010-07-25 22:18 boydstnp New Issue
2010-07-26 01:38 burlingk Note Added: 0011061
2010-07-26 01:44 burlingk Issue Monitored: burlingk
2010-07-26 09:12 boydstnp Note Added: 0011078
2010-07-26 13:00 Footkerchief Note Added: 0011098
2010-07-26 13:00 Footkerchief Note Edited: 0011098 View Revisions
2010-07-26 15:51 Egregius Note Added: 0011110
2010-07-26 16:33 Cephas Note Added: 0011116
2010-07-26 17:56 smjjames Note Added: 0011128
2010-07-26 17:57 smjjames Note Edited: 0011128 View Revisions
2010-07-26 18:00 smjjames Note Edited: 0011128 View Revisions
2010-09-21 21:58 boydstnp Note Added: 0012878
2010-09-22 05:55 Logical2u Note Added: 0012884
2010-09-22 21:37 boydstnp Note Added: 0012910
2010-09-22 21:39 boydstnp Note Edited: 0012910 View Revisions
2010-09-22 21:39 boydstnp Note Edited: 0012910 View Revisions
2010-10-09 19:19 burlingk Issue End Monitor: burlingk
2012-08-17 16:55 Quietust Note Added: 0023473
2012-12-04 10:14 Quietust Note Added: 0023765
2012-12-07 03:29 Knight Otu Note Added: 0023770
2012-12-07 03:29 Knight Otu Relationship added related to 0001430
2015-01-05 16:56 Footkerchief Note Added: 0031719
2015-01-05 16:56 Footkerchief Relationship replaced duplicate of 0001430
2015-01-05 16:56 Footkerchief Status new => resolved
2015-01-05 16:56 Footkerchief Resolution open => duplicate
2015-01-05 16:56 Footkerchief Assigned To => Footkerchief


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