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0004018Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Petspublic2011-02-18 14:012011-03-08 05:13
ReporterPsieye 
Assigned ToToady One 
PrioritynormalSeveritymajorReproducibilitysometimes
StatusresolvedResolutionfixed 
PlatformWindowsOSOS VersionWin7
Product Version0.31.19 
Target VersionFixed in Version0.31.20 
Summary0004018: Grazing animals don't spread out in pasture zone, starve to death as a result
DescriptionI designate a large zone as a pasture area. Grazing animals die of starvation despite the majority of the area still having grass because they like to hang around the top-left corner of the rectangular zone.
Steps To Reproduce1) Designate a huge pasture zone and assign animals to it.
2) Check back a couple months later to see if they're grazing evenly or they're hovering around one specific location and starving themselves out.
Additional Information
Tagsstarving
Relationships
related to 0004113resolved Toady One Large grazers (elephants and giraffes) can't eat fast enough to keep from starving 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2011-02-18 14:01PsieyeNew Issue
2011-02-19 19:42SirPenguinNote Added: 0015292
2011-02-19 19:42SirPenguinIssue Monitored: SirPenguin
2011-02-19 19:42SirPenguinTag Attached: starving
2011-02-24 09:26InfiltratorNote Added: 0015447
2011-02-24 09:30InfiltratorIssue Monitored: Infiltrator
2011-02-24 12:01FootkerchiefNote Added: 0015458
2011-02-24 14:46AreyarNote Added: 0015475
2011-02-24 15:06SirPenguinNote Added: 0015476
2011-02-24 17:33InfiltratorNote Added: 0015478
2011-02-24 17:36InfiltratorNote Edited: 0015478bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0015478#r5833
2011-02-24 17:39InfiltratorNote Edited: 0015478bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0015478#r5834
2011-02-25 06:38InfiltratorNote Added: 0015498
2011-02-26 15:55Toady OneStatusnew => resolved
2011-02-26 15:55Toady OneFixed in Version => 0.31.20
2011-02-26 15:55Toady OneResolutionopen => fixed
2011-02-26 15:55Toady OneAssigned To => Toady One
2011-02-28 10:53SirPenguinIssue End Monitor: SirPenguin
2011-03-03 09:51FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0004113
2011-03-08 05:13InfiltratorIssue End Monitor: Infiltrator

Notes
(0015292)
SirPenguin   
2011-02-19 19:42   
Confirming this issue. I can supply a save if need be.
(0015447)
Infiltrator   
2011-02-24 09:26   
Confirming too. If you forget to micromanage and keep moving the zone, you end up having to just slaughter them before they starve.
(0015458)
Footkerchief   
2011-02-24 12:01   
Reminder sent to: Psieye, SirPenguin

A save might be helpful for this one. http://dffd.wimbli.com/ [^]
(0015475)
Areyar   
2011-02-24 14:46   
Confirm.
I've only seen this in a tamed herd of elephant. I also trained them.

Spreading them around several pastures did not save them, so I initially figured that being assigned as a working animal and to a pasture somehow interfered with the feeding, untill I saw this bug report.
(0015476)
SirPenguin   
2011-02-24 15:06   
Thanks for the reminder, Footkerchief. I had forgotten to upload my save.

http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=3846 [^]

In it, you can see my pasture is very large. The yak to the west is starving to death, and hasn't really moved beyond the 4 tiles of peat you can see. The cow to the south is only hungry, but again, he doesn't really move beyond that area. I wanted to upload the save prior to the yak dying so Toady (or whoever) could see that part of the bug.
(0015478)
Infiltrator   
2011-02-24 17:33   
(edited on: 2011-02-24 17:39)
It seems to happens with any animal. If you stick about a dozen or so into a large pasture, you'll notice that they're very crowded around the NW corner.

The easiest way to see this is to embark with a heap of animals and nothing else, though I can upload a save too, if need be.

EDIT: Er, which you can no longer do? Have I been away from df that long or have I just not noticed before?

Hm. Well, if you play for about a year and save up animals (you seem to get a lot from migrants) you can also see this.
(0015498)
Infiltrator   
2011-02-25 06:38   
I uploaded a save for another issue: http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=3847 [^]

But you can see the pasture problem there too.

As you can see, I've been shaping the zone to try to get them away from eaten parts, but they still hang out MOSTLY (not exclusively) in the NW corner.