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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.
Relationships
duplicate of 0001430confirmed Footkerchief Announcements vanish too quickly (next day) 
Attached Files
Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2010-07-25 22:18boydstnpNew Issue
2010-07-26 01:38burlingkNote Added: 0011061
2010-07-26 01:44burlingkIssue Monitored: burlingk
2010-07-26 09:12boydstnpNote Added: 0011078
2010-07-26 13:00FootkerchiefNote Added: 0011098
2010-07-26 13:00FootkerchiefNote Edited: 0011098bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0011098#r4330
2010-07-26 15:51EgregiusNote Added: 0011110
2010-07-26 16:33CephasNote Added: 0011116
2010-07-26 17:56smjjamesNote Added: 0011128
2010-07-26 17:57smjjamesNote Edited: 0011128bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0011128#r4337
2010-07-26 18:00smjjamesNote Edited: 0011128bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0011128#r4340
2010-09-21 21:58boydstnpNote Added: 0012878
2010-09-22 05:55Logical2uNote Added: 0012884
2010-09-22 21:37boydstnpNote Added: 0012910
2010-09-22 21:39boydstnpNote Edited: 0012910bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0012910#r5021
2010-09-22 21:39boydstnpNote Edited: 0012910bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0012910#r5022
2010-10-09 19:19burlingkIssue End Monitor: burlingk
2012-08-17 16:55QuietustNote Added: 0023473
2012-12-04 10:14QuietustNote Added: 0023765
2012-12-07 03:29Knight OtuNote Added: 0023770
2012-12-07 03:29Knight OtuRelationship addedrelated to 0001430
2015-01-05 16:56FootkerchiefNote Added: 0031719
2015-01-05 16:56FootkerchiefRelationship replacedduplicate of 0001430
2015-01-05 16:56FootkerchiefStatusnew => resolved
2015-01-05 16:56FootkerchiefResolutionopen => duplicate
2015-01-05 16:56FootkerchiefAssigned To => Footkerchief

Notes
(0011061)
burlingk   
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   
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   
2010-07-26 13:00   
Can you reproduce this in a save started in 31.12?
(0011110)
Egregius   
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   
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   
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   
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   
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   
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   
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   
2012-12-04 10:14   
This looks to be a duplicate of 0001430.
(0023770)
Knight Otu   
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   
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.