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0000505Dwarf FortressContaminants/Spatterpublic2010-04-05 12:312014-08-10 10:52
InsanityPrelude 
Footkerchief 
lowtexthave not tried
resolvedunable to reproduce 
Windows Vista
0.31.01 
 
0000505: "Smear of "- forgotten beast spittle not defined
My dwarves were hard at battle with a forgotten beast who shoots globs of spit (I'm assuming, since the description said "Beware its deadly spittle!") Where it lands on the ground, item view says only "Smear of " ("pool of", etc.)
This is my first FB encounter, so I don't know if it happens with all spitters.
forgotten beast, unknown material
related to 0002548resolved Toady One Forgotten beasts made of mud have wrong material state 
related to 0001747resolved Toady One Blood spatter from pack animals has blank creature name 
Issue History
2010-04-05 12:31InsanityPreludeNew Issue
2010-04-05 12:39InsanityPreludeTag Attached: forgotten beast
2010-04-05 12:40InsanityPreludeTag Attached: unknown material
2010-04-06 11:11jarvollNote Added: 0001531
2010-04-14 09:37FootkerchiefCategoryItems => Contaminants/Spatter
2010-05-05 00:03FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0001747
2010-12-03 11:24FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0002548
2014-07-29 10:54Toady OneNote Added: 0027873
2014-07-29 10:54Toady OneAssigned To => Toady One
2014-07-29 10:54Toady OneStatusnew => needs feedback
2014-08-10 10:52FootkerchiefStatusneeds feedback => resolved
2014-08-10 10:52FootkerchiefResolutionopen => unable to reproduce
2014-08-10 10:52FootkerchiefAssigned ToToady One => Footkerchief

Notes
(0001531)
jarvoll   
2010-04-06 11:11   
Confirmed, kind of. I'm fighting a similar kind of FB ("beware its deadly spittle"), and if I 'k' over it, there is "A pool of " on the same tile as the beast itself. There have been a few symbols shooting away from it that I imagine must be spit (they're white and look like _ and > printed together), but 'k'ing over the tiles, they don't show up at all - it's only telling me about the floor tiles.
(0027873)
Toady One   
2014-07-29 10:54   
Does this still happen? I couldn't get it to reproduce with a 0.40.05 spittle FB arena battle.