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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0000666Dwarf FortressContaminants/Spatterpublic2010-04-06 15:362019-03-10 13:18
ReporterKagus 
Assigned ToFootkerchief 
PrioritylowSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
StatusconfirmedResolutionopen 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product Version0.31.01 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0000666: Fighting in the air or near a ledge can leave blood spatters in midair
DescriptionAir tiles can become messy with blood spatters. Has been tested and confirmed in arena mode. Not tested with other materials.

Both aerial combat and ground combat near a ledge can produce floating spatters.
Steps To ReproduceGet someone to duke it out near a cliff and hope for the best.
Additional InformationFootkerchief: I suspect this is caused by charges that result in the victim getting shoved into open space.
Tagsblood, spatter
Relationships
related to 0000127new  Muddy open space in magma pipe 
related to 0001861new  Pools of blood and stuff on floor grates and bars 
parent of 0000838new  High-flying severed body parts can leave spatters in midair 
has duplicate 0002125closed Footkerchief Blood splatter remains on Open Space tiles. 
has duplicate 0004123resolved Footkerchief Contaminants stuck in open space 
related to 0002777new  Crash while collapsing cavern onto Demons 
related to 0005785new  Blood accumulates in the air above slopes 
related to 0005830new  Webs from Giant Cave Spider floating in the air. 
related to 0007171assigned Footkerchief Tracks appear in water 
Not all the children of this issue are yet resolved or closed.
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2010-04-06 15:36KagusNew Issue
2010-04-06 15:53FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0000127
2010-04-07 00:33KagusNote Added: 0001701
2010-04-08 18:29FootkerchiefRelationship addedparent of 0000838
2010-04-08 18:33FootkerchiefSummarySpattered Air => Fighting in the air or near a ledge can leave spatters in midair
2010-04-08 18:33FootkerchiefAdditional Information Updatedbug_revision_view_page.php?rev_id=672#r672
2010-04-09 04:38Pickled TinkNote Added: 0002296
2010-04-09 09:55FootkerchiefNote Added: 0002345
2010-04-09 12:28KagusNote Added: 0002383
2010-04-09 12:29KagusTag Attached: blood
2010-04-09 12:29KagusTag Attached: spatter
2010-05-02 01:02RusAnonNote Added: 0005901
2010-05-02 01:02RusAnonIssue Monitored: RusAnon
2010-05-02 01:28FootkerchiefNote Edited: 0002345bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0002345#r2187
2010-05-02 01:33FootkerchiefNote Added: 0005902
2010-05-02 01:36FootkerchiefNote Edited: 0005902bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0005902#r2189
2010-05-02 01:37FootkerchiefNote Edited: 0005902bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0005902#r2190
2010-05-02 11:32Corona688Note Added: 0005937
2010-06-01 20:34FootkerchiefRelationship addedhas duplicate 0002125
2010-07-21 13:51FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0002777
2010-08-24 06:40ValgurisNote Added: 0012057
2011-03-05 16:07DoctorZuberNote Added: 0015777
2011-03-05 16:09DoctorZuberNote Edited: 0015777bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0015777#r5929
2011-03-05 16:09FootkerchiefRelationship addedhas duplicate 0004123
2011-03-05 19:39DoctorZuberNote Added: 0015786
2011-03-05 19:41DoctorZuberNote Edited: 0015786bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0015786#r5931
2011-04-11 11:47FootkerchiefSummaryFighting in the air or near a ledge can leave spatters in midair => Fighting in the air or near a ledge can leave blood spatters in midair
2011-04-11 11:47FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0001861
2011-09-23 07:51GizoginjrNote Added: 0018753
2012-04-11 11:49FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0005785
2012-04-23 08:54FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0005830
2012-08-12 05:43KagusNote Added: 0023445
2012-11-29 13:44nb4estIssue Monitored: nb4est
2012-11-29 15:43nb4estNote Added: 0023753
2013-08-17 15:54HairyDudeNote Added: 0024095
2014-07-09 21:43GlomeNote Added: 0025479
2014-07-22 10:36FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0007171
2014-08-13 13:30FootkerchiefAssigned To => Footkerchief
2014-08-13 13:30FootkerchiefStatusnew => confirmed
2014-08-14 19:014maskwolfNote Added: 0029069
2014-08-14 19:024maskwolfIssue Monitored: 4maskwolf
2014-08-23 09:42TalvienoNote Added: 0029528
2014-08-23 09:43TalvienoIssue Monitored: Talvieno
2019-03-10 13:18Ninja_PrawnNote Added: 0039282

Notes
(0001701)
Kagus   
2010-04-07 00:33   
Huh, 666... Number should've gone to some sort of bug regarding the new underground features.
(0002296)
Pickled Tink   
2010-04-09 04:38   
I was running a battle of about 400 elves vs 400 humans in full adamantine armour in arena mode in part to check this, and I'm getting huge amounts of spatter in mid air well above the fight (up to the top z level, in fact).

This is because the body parts that are getting chopped off (With all the gear they are wearing, these tend to be noses, fingers, ears and such) are flying up Z levels and leaving spatter marks there (If you hover a z level or two above such a fight and watch, you'll see them appear and disappear from view. Pausing lets you examine them and see the spatter). Probably an artifact of the leave spatter as they zip along horizontally feature being applied to objects going upwards.

There are no walls near most of the fight for bouncing, so entry 838 is a duplicate of this bug, and I'll leave a note to that effect in that entry.
(0002345)
Footkerchief   
2010-04-09 09:55   
(edited on: 2010-05-02 01:28)
Pickled Tink: that's a good test case for 0000838, but I'm not convinced it has the same cause as this issue does. I'll leave both open.
(0002383)
Kagus   
2010-04-09 12:28   
The "pushed into open space" suspicion doesn't appear to hold water. Testing in the arena with two critters fighting on a single-tile-wide wall indicated that spatters would appear in the spaces adjacent to those who were fighting, just like it does on the ground. Nobody had gone flying through that particular tile.
(0005901)
RusAnon   
2010-05-02 01:02   
Not sure whether i should open new ticket.
I was trying to fight contamination and applied approach which worked in 40d: made channels and putted grates over them.
So I've got 3 issues.
1. Blood and other contaminants now are tracked across the grate.
2. Removing the grate leaves all the contaminants just hanging in the air.
3. Dorfs fall through stairs if you remove grate while they stand on it. I had 20-levels staircase below the grate, and armorer fell to the very bottom.
(0005902)
Footkerchief   
2010-05-02 01:33   
(edited on: 2010-05-02 01:37)
^^^ I'm not sure whether 1 is a bug or not. I'd recommend a new ticket for 2, making mention of 1.

3 probably deserves its own report, and has two potential bugs. The first bug is a different form of this one:

# 001069 □ [dwarf mode][jobs][building construction and destruction] (Report) bridge demolishing dwarves allow their buddies to fall through

The second potential bug is falling through a series of up/down stairs. Toady's comment suggests that this may be unintended behavior: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=19479.msg202209#msg202209 [^]
(0005937)
Corona688   
2010-05-02 11:32   
I just got this too, when a caravan shot a giant eagle out of the sky. Hover-blood!
(0012057)
Valguris   
2010-08-24 06:40   
Shooting at flying units (vultures in my case) leaves blood spatters midair as well. I'm building floor tiles and just noticed some of them without construction initiation are already red.
(0015777)
DoctorZuber   
2011-03-05 16:07   
(edited on: 2011-03-05 16:09)
flying and shooting are not necessary. I've got blood spatter in air tiles above my main entry hall.

Could be from my traps, could also be from the rare moments when I sent soldiers down the hall to clean up wounded goblins. With the traps working I don't send troops down this hall at all, I instead use water to flood the room and wash everything down below to a killing room. I have no marksdwarves. Strictly sword/axe here.
(0015786)
DoctorZuber   
2011-03-05 19:39   
(edited on: 2011-03-05 19:41)
dfcleanmap and waited for a fresh siege.

After a single battle, I've got 19 tiles of open space with blood on them. I have no marksdwarves. My entire army consists of 30 dwarves who are all dual wielding melee weapons. Many of these dwarves are legendary fighters.

The battle occurred in a three wide hallway with open space above, and the majority of the blood splatter is focused around the initial engagement area when my dwarves first met the enemy. 16 of the 19 tiles of open space spatter are found here. the remaining 3 are further down the hallway where my dwarves cut down the stragglers of the routing goblin army.

On a side note, I now have blood spatter to play with. I've turned on dwarves tracking blood around, so I'll see what happens there.
(0018753)
Gizoginjr   
2011-09-23 07:51   
Arena mode testing shows that blood splatters in midair can be left by flying creatures if they are bleeding from any wound. As they move, their path can be traced by the midair blood they leave.
(0023445)
Kagus   
2012-08-12 05:43   
Not really sure if it warrants its own bug report or not, but I also just noticed that if you disembowel a flying creature their guts will trail around in mid-air as well.

The gutless goose in question is currently lying down in thin air, which is an oddity unto itself...
(0023753)
nb4est   
2012-11-29 15:43   
I have a bolt hovering in air in the tile with blood spatter.
--
bolt
Open Space
spattering
--
Spatters is always under Open Space layer of mid-air tiles.
(0024095)
HairyDude   
2013-08-17 15:54   
This also happens with vomit. One of my marksdwarves just took out a kea man with two shots. The first one hit him in the gut and he left vomit in midair.
(0025479)
Glome   
2014-07-09 21:43   
I can confirm this bug is still present in 40.01. I have stork vomit floating in open space in fortress mode after the stork got done smashing into things as birds seem wont to do in this release.
(0029069)
4maskwolf   
2014-08-14 19:01   
I love how report 666 is still open...
(0029528)
Talvieno   
2014-08-23 09:42   
Can confirm for 40.09.
(0039282)
Ninja_Prawn   
2019-03-10 13:18   
Still happening in 44.12.

Had a dwarf fall & get injured while digging out a water cistern, walls of cistern became covered with blood. Then, on filling the cistern with water, blood was washed into four void tiles (or may have been there already). Drained the cistern, cleaned the walls, refilled - and the exact same four tiles are still bloody. Drained again, Constructed a scaffold out into the open space - scaffold tiles become bloody. Dwarves clean. Refill. No more blood.