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Editing 40d:Cat cancels Store Item in Stockpile: Too injured
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− | + | Your cat kills a [[vermin]]. | |
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− | + | It reaches down to pick it up. | |
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− | + | It realizes it has no hands, cries out "My hands! My beautiful hands! Someone has chopped off my beautiful han... wait, I'm a cat. I don't have hands. Right," and then continues on with its business. | |
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− | This | + | This error message is actually caused by an old bug in the system which was reintroduced in 40d. When a [[pet]] [[cat]] kills a [[vermin]] it will attempt to pick it up and carry it to their owner, to bask in the display of gratitude that every cat owner shows upon being gifted small dead animals. |
− | + | However the cat's mouth does not possess the <tt>[GRASP]</tt> tag, so it registers as unable to pick up the item and so generates this error message. Frustratingly, secondary programming picks up the task and lets the cat carry the vermin anyway. | |
− | As your cat and vermin population expands this message becomes more and more common, but it is easy enough to fix by [[modding]] (the exact steps are explained below). You don't even have to | + | == Fixing the bug == |
+ | As your cat and vermin population expands this message becomes more and more common, but it is easy enough to fix by [[modding]] (the exact steps are explained below). You don't even have to generate a new [[world]]. | ||
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And you're done. | And you're done. | ||
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− | + | Note that you don't have to edit the <tt>[ATTACK]</tt> line, even though it contains a <tt>MOUTH</tt> too. This is because the "mouth" in this case is referring to a Tag, not a Body-part (you'll note that our <tt>CAT_MOUTH</tt> has a mouth tag, too). | |
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{{Errors FAQ}} | {{Errors FAQ}} |