0001581: "Misplaced" dwarf corpse ignored instead of buried.

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ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update
0001581	Dwarf Fortress	Dwarf Mode -- Jobs, Burial	public	2010-04-27 10:21	2012-02-10 07:36

Reporter	ultimate carl
Assigned To	Dwarfu
Priority	low	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	have not tried
Status	resolved	Resolution	unable to reproduce
Platform	PC	OS	Windows Vista	OS Version	Professional SP2
Product Version	0.31.03
Target Version		Fixed in Version

Summary	0001581: "Misplaced" dwarf corpse ignored instead of buried.
Description	I had a dwarf die from starvation due to insanity, and built a new coffin and placed it for him to be put in. I wasn't really watching this, but got a "canceled: misplaced object" message for the corpse. Removing and replacing all empty coffins (and even my outside graveyard stockpile) did not get them to try again. Designating the body for dumping did nothing. The body is just sitting there in the middle of my food stockpile and is completely ignored no matter what I try. I wasn't watching when he died, so I am unsure if he died in the food stockpile or if he was dropped there by whoever was hauling him, but that may have something to do with it.
Steps To Reproduce	1) Kill a dwarf. 2) Build a coffin and designate it for burial. 3) Let Urist McScrewUp do it wrong. 4) Make all of your dwarves cry as they see a rotting corpse every time they want a drink.
Additional Information	I powered through it and continued playing, but later lost that fortress so unfortunately I do not have a save of this. I haven't had it happen in another fortress since, either.
Tags	corpse, death
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Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2010-04-27 10:21	ultimate carl	New Issue
2010-04-27 10:27	Logical2u	Note Added: 0005354
2010-04-27 10:39	ultimate carl	Note Added: 0005356
2010-04-27 10:42	Logical2u	Note Added: 0005357
2010-04-27 10:44	ultimate carl	Note Added: 0005358
2010-04-27 10:45	ultimate carl	Tag Attached: death
2010-04-27 10:45	ultimate carl	Tag Attached: corpse
2010-04-27 12:54	Footkerchief	Note Added: 0005376
2010-04-27 12:54	Footkerchief	Issue Monitored: Footkerchief
2010-08-27 02:09	Dwarfu	Note Added: 0012135
2010-08-27 02:10	Dwarfu	Tag Attached: AWAITING UPDATE
2010-12-09 11:26	Dwarfu	Tag Detached: AWAITING UPDATE
2010-12-09 11:26	Dwarfu	Note Added: 0014472
2010-12-09 11:26	Dwarfu	Status	new => resolved
2010-12-09 11:26	Dwarfu	Resolution	open => unable to reproduce
2010-12-09 11:26	Dwarfu	Assigned To	=> Dwarfu
2012-02-08 06:46	Footkerchief	Assigned To	Dwarfu =>
2012-02-08 06:46	Footkerchief	Status	resolved => new
2012-02-08 06:46	Footkerchief	Issue Monitored: JasonMel
2012-02-08 06:46	Footkerchief	Note Added: 0019461
2012-02-08 06:47	Footkerchief	Note Edited: 0019461	bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0019461#r7295
2012-02-08 06:47	Footkerchief	Note Edited: 0019461	bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0019461#r7296
2012-02-08 09:15	JasonMel	Note Added: 0019462
2012-02-08 10:23	Footkerchief	Note Added: 0019463
2012-02-08 10:47	JasonMel	Note Added: 0019464
2012-02-08 10:58	i2amroy	Note Added: 0019465
2012-02-08 14:35	JasonMel	Note Added: 0019466
2012-02-08 14:36	JasonMel	Note Edited: 0019466	bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0019466#r7298
2012-02-08 14:37	JasonMel	Note Edited: 0019466	bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0019466#r7299
2012-02-08 21:54	Dwarfu	Note Added: 0019468
2012-02-08 22:45	JasonMel	Note Added: 0019470
2012-02-10 07:36	Dwarfu	Note Added: 0019475
2012-02-10 07:36	Dwarfu	Status	new => resolved
2012-02-10 07:36	Dwarfu	Assigned To	=> Dwarfu

Notes

Vanilla DF PC 31.25 SDL on WinXP Pro SP3
using Dwarf Therapist, Stonesense Slate, and (very occasionally, and not running at the time) Ogreseer

Alright, so I intentionally collapsed scaffolding just outside the entrance to the underground portion of the fort. The collapse "crushed" a dwarven child outright, killing him, and three others died from injuries ("suffocated") before they could be taken to the hospital underground. The three who "suffocated" were carried to the corpse stockpile more or less immediately, and subsequently interred in sarcophagi newly placed for them, all underground. Three game days later, the fourth sarcophagus, also marked for burial, was never filled. I kept strict track of the jobs that were generated following the accident, and no dwarf ever moved to pick up the crushing victim, either to bring it to the corpse stockpile or to bury him in his own coffin, which says "This is the resting place of <the victim>." in its <q>uery screen.

I don't think it was an issue of labor shortage, since anywhere from 20 to 60 dwarves have been idle the whole time, most or all with full hauling labors active.

I also don't think it was an issue of where the corpse came to rest, since one of the suffocation victims came to rest, dead, right beside the crushing victim. Both tiles were "inside, light, above ground," and both were in 3/7 water (it was a dwarven bathtub; the scaffolding was for the construction of a 4-pump mist generator above it).

I have corpses set to be forbidden on death, to prevent corpse haulers from wandering into dangerous situations, but I unforbade the corpse immediately to get him buried in a timely way, same as all the others.

Only three game days have passed since the accident, and all the relevant announcements are still in the buffer. I can provide a savegame, and I can probably even provide a detailed in-game schematic of the events using notes and/or burrows, if someone will assist me in creating a backup of my save and uploading it somewhere.

The savegame (http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=5459 [^]) is uploaded, with notes added to illustrate the events as best I can recall. The collapse was in the northeast quadrant of the area enclosed by the fort's large outer wall on level Z=0; the corpse stockpile and sarcophagi are all on the southern end of level Z=-6.

A total of 8 notes and 3 burrows added as illustrations, all named with the prefix "NB:". If anything's unclear, I'd be happy to clarify it if I can.

Additional facts: There was also a named pet blue peahen who suffocated from injuries but whom I had no interest in burying, three injured dwarves recovering in the hospital, and four or five more injured animals, all resulting from the collapse.

I also had a 4-by-5 stone stockpile in the collapse area, which may account for all the cancelled job notices in the buffer following the collapse. The stockpile is now gone, and I don't remember ever undesignating it.

After saving and submitting this save, I let the game progress for another 2 months, and still nothing was done with the offending corspe. I did notice that no creatures seem ever to enter the square the corpse occupies, either, and I can't understand why that is.

It's probably not related, but I had a problem with corpses I could never find in the previous game year. After a migrant wave was decimated by a titan who arrived nearly simultaneously, it was hard to keep track of all the death. Their ghosts haunted the fort until I built memorials to the missing dwarves.

Victims, in order of death:
Tekkud Kelzuglar (M, age 1): Crushed. Died the same tick as the collapse occurred. Came to rest in the water bath just outside the entrance. Has not been moved.
Atir Inenurist (M, age 2): Suffocated. Died after the collapse but before rescuers could arrive. Tekkud's brother. Came to rest next to Tekkud in the bath. Currently buried.
Datan Mezmebzuth (F, age 61): Suffocated. Died after the collapse but before rescuers could arrive. Currently buried.
Urdim Uruslitast, Blue Peahen: Suffocated. Died after the collapse.
Monom Kibmishos (M, age 1): Suffocated while being carried to the hospital. Currently buried.

[Just as an aside, the FB who appeared shortly after the accident is the first one I've ever seen, so that's exciting.]