0003160: Fat does not rot - Dwarf Fortress Bug Tracker

(0012429)
Logical2u (manager)
2010-09-05 14:24

1. Is it indoors?
2. There are reports that things are rotting really slowly right now. As in, more than a year for corpses to rot, sort of thing.

(0012431)
Quietust (reporter)
2010-09-05 14:57

Yes, it's indoors. Corpses in the nearby refuse stockpile rot quite rapidly by comparison.

(0012483)
Footkerchief (manager)
2010-09-07 10:16

Uploading a save might be helpful for this one.

(0012485)
Quietust (reporter)
2010-09-07 11:18

Save available here: http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=3075 [^]

(0012489)
Quietust (reporter)
2010-09-07 15:56

I should also add that I don't think I've ever seen fat rot in previous versions either - I recall doing a test in 40d where I dumped a bunch of animal fat in an outdoor garbage dump and it never disappeared.

(0012804)
Quietust (reporter)
2010-09-18 21:31

Just did a test in 0.31.13 where I let three stacks of fat (dog fat [13], dog fat [13], two-humped camel fat [15]) sit forbidden outdoors for over a year. They never rotted, though they did occasionally become "laced with water" when they got rained on.

(0024048)
Quietust (reporter)
2013-07-03 09:03

This seems to be a historical issue - only specific item types can rot (as determined by how items are 'categorized' into subgroups for performance), and GLOB isn't one of them.

The complete list of rottable items, as of 0.34.11, appears to be as follows: CORPSE, CORPSEPIECE, REMAINS, MEAT, FISH, FISH_RAW, SEEDS, PLANT, LEAVES, CHEESE, FOOD, and EGG.

(0036581)
Loci (manager)
2017-05-31 21:32

Confirmed in v0.43.05x32.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2010-09-05 10:15	Quietust	New Issue
2010-09-05 14:24	Logical2u	Note Added: 0012429
2010-09-05 14:57	Quietust	Note Added: 0012431
2010-09-07 10:16	Footkerchief	Note Added: 0012483
2010-09-07 11:18	Quietust	Note Added: 0012485
2010-09-07 15:56	Quietust	Note Added: 0012489
2010-09-18 21:31	Quietust	Note Added: 0012804
2013-07-03 09:03	Quietust	Note Added: 0024048
2016-01-17 17:44	Dwarfu	Assigned To	=> Dwarfu
2016-01-17 17:44	Dwarfu	Status	new => confirmed
2017-05-31 21:32	Loci	Note Added: 0036581

Notes
(0012429) Logical2u (manager) 2010-09-05 14:24	1. Is it indoors? 2. There are reports that things are rotting really slowly right now. As in, more than a year for corpses to rot, sort of thing.

(0012431) Quietust (reporter) 2010-09-05 14:57	Yes, it's indoors. Corpses in the nearby refuse stockpile rot quite rapidly by comparison.

(0012483) Footkerchief (manager) 2010-09-07 10:16	Uploading a save might be helpful for this one.

(0012485) Quietust (reporter) 2010-09-07 11:18	Save available here: http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=3075 [^]

(0012489) Quietust (reporter) 2010-09-07 15:56	I should also add that I don't think I've ever seen fat rot in previous versions either - I recall doing a test in 40d where I dumped a bunch of animal fat in an outdoor garbage dump and it never disappeared.

(0012804) Quietust (reporter) 2010-09-18 21:31	Just did a test in 0.31.13 where I let three stacks of fat (dog fat [13], dog fat [13], two-humped camel fat [15]) sit forbidden outdoors for over a year. They never rotted, though they did occasionally become "laced with water" when they got rained on.

(0024048) Quietust (reporter) 2013-07-03 09:03	This seems to be a historical issue - only specific item types can rot (as determined by how items are 'categorized' into subgroups for performance), and GLOB isn't one of them. The complete list of rottable items, as of 0.34.11, appears to be as follows: CORPSE, CORPSEPIECE, REMAINS, MEAT, FISH, FISH_RAW, SEEDS, PLANT, LEAVES, CHEESE, FOOD, and EGG.

(0036581) Loci (manager) 2017-05-31 21:32	Confirmed in v0.43.05x32.

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