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0004283Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Jobs, Burialpublic2011-03-21 07:372014-01-22 09:33
ReporterGreenSpinach 
Assigned ToFootkerchief 
PrioritynormalSeveritymajorReproducibilityalways
StatusresolvedResolutionno change required 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product Version0.31.18 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0004283: Non-existent corpses are assigned to coffins
DescriptionIf there are 2 dwarves who recently died, and you build a coffin, and allow it for burial, it will be assigned to the dwarf who died first, even if his corpse is totally unretrievable. Even if he fell into the magma sea and his corpse was totally destroyed. Even if you already properly memorialized him with an engraved slab.
Also very annoying (and potentially deadly) is the fact that dead dwarves with ghosts don't get priority for burial. I once had 65 dead dwarves and only 5 dwarves to bury them with.
Steps To Reproduce1. Make a dwarf fall into a volcano, possibly by having him deconstruct part of a 1-tile wide walkway while he is standing on it.
2. Make a dwarf die by any means that leaves a retrievable corpse.
3. Make, engrave, and build a memorial slab for Urist McMelted.
4. Build a coffin and allow it for burial.
5. Notice that Urist McMelted gets the coffin even though his corpse doesn't even exist anymore. If you keep deconstructing the coffin and rebuilding it, he will keep getting it.
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related to 0003138new  Dead dwarf assigned unpathable coffin 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2011-03-21 07:37GreenSpinachNew Issue
2011-03-21 07:41QuietustNote Added: 0016443
2011-03-21 07:45QuietustNote Edited: 0016443bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0016443#r6132
2011-03-21 08:20greycatNote Added: 0016447
2011-04-05 07:42FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0003138
2014-01-22 09:33FootkerchiefStatusnew => resolved
2014-01-22 09:33FootkerchiefResolutionopen => no change required
2014-01-22 09:33FootkerchiefAssigned To => Footkerchief

Notes
(0016443)
Quietust   
2011-03-21 07:41   
(edited on: 2011-03-21 07:45)
This has always been the case in Dwarf Fortress - empty casket funerals happen in real life, so there's no reason why they shouldn't also happen here.

The fact that memorialized dwarves claim coffins is probably because the game doesn't check for it - for all it knows, the dwarf might still have a body suitable for burial.
(0016447)
greycat   
2011-03-21 08:20   
No Dwarf Left Behind. Think of it this way: your dwarves know that Urist McHappy died. They know that they want to bury him. They know that they can't get to his corpse *now*, but maybe some day they can. Maybe the river will freeze, and you'll dig out the ice -- happens to me a lot.