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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0003911Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Jobs, Animal Handlingpublic2011-01-27 13:182012-03-26 10:44
ReporterKumquat 
Assigned ToFootkerchief 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
StatusresolvedResolutionduplicate 
PlatformWindowsOSXPOS VersionXP64
Product Version0.31.18 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0003911: Message spam: Urist McDwarf cancels Handle Large Creature: Animal inaccessible.
Description
Massive message spam:

K–buk AtŒsnakas, Tanner cancels Store Item in Bin: Handling dangerous creature.
K–buk AtŒsnakas, Tanner cancels Handle Large Creature: Animal inaccessible.

I got about 10000 lines (no kidding, either; I checked the log file) of this in a few moments. The message bar was a total mess of flicker.
Steps To Reproduce
Very bad luck, I suppose:

Confine population into a burrow while having 'cage large creature' jobs going. It takes quite precise timing: creatures in cages are not apparently considered to be inside a burrow.
Additional Information
Apparently the dwarf cannot do anything until finishing whatever animal handling he was doing, but he cannot finish the animal handling job because the animal is out of burrow. This spams a cancellation message on every tick.

Situation is persisting after save + load.

Only modding is [PET_EXOTIC] -> [PET].

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Tagsmessage spam
Relationships
duplicate of 0001937new  Animal Hauler Caught in Loop When Hauling Out of Burrow 
Attached Files
Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2011-01-27 13:18KumquatNew Issue
2011-01-27 13:30KumquatTag Attached: message spam
2011-01-27 13:31KumquatNote Added: 0014944
2011-01-28 05:38kwielandNote Added: 0014946
2011-01-28 12:34KumquatNote Added: 0014947
2011-12-09 08:47DwarfuRelationship addedchild of 0001937
2012-03-22 12:51FootkerchiefCategoryDwarf Mode -- Jobs, Cancellation and Suspension => Dwarf Mode -- Jobs, Animal Handling
2012-03-26 10:44FootkerchiefRelationship replacedduplicate of 0001937
2012-03-26 10:44FootkerchiefStatusnew => resolved
2012-03-26 10:44FootkerchiefResolutionopen => duplicate
2012-03-26 10:44FootkerchiefAssigned To => Footkerchief

Notes
(0014944)
Kumquat   
2011-01-27 13:31   
Save file: http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=3734 [^]
(0014946)
kwieland   
2011-01-28 05:38   
Was the Tanner milking an animal? Was the animal slated for butchering? Was the animal accessible to the tanner? Was the cage/rope that the animal assigned to dismantled/moved?
(0014947)
Kumquat   
2011-01-28 12:34   
No, no, not sure but apparently not (all meeting areas are in said burrow but not all underground corridors), no.

Disabling burrow restriction stops spammage.