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0008257Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Combatpublic2014-09-07 13:232015-12-03 12:07
Loci 
Footkerchief 
normaltrivialsometimes
assignedopen 
0.40.11 
 
0008257: Combat reports use "lightly tapping the target" for attacks that (unintentionally) cause no damage
An attack that was intended to cause damage but failed to do so is reported as an attack that intentionally caused no damage (using the "lightly tapping the target" text):

The Stray Dog scratches The Bushtit Man in the right hand, lightly tapping the target!
Bushtit Man: I must withdraw!
Bushtit Man: The battle rages... Ahhhhhhh! No!
Bushtit Man: I must withdraw!
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Issue History
2014-09-07 13:23LociNew Issue
2014-09-07 15:47UristDaVinciNote Added: 0030030
2014-09-07 16:01smjjamesNote Added: 0030031
2014-09-07 16:02smjjamesNote Edited: 0030031bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0030031#r11693
2014-09-07 16:09smjjamesNote Edited: 0030031bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0030031#r11694
2014-09-07 16:24smjjamesNote Edited: 0030031bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0030031#r11695
2015-01-07 08:12FootkerchiefNote Added: 0031748
2015-01-07 08:12FootkerchiefAssigned To => Footkerchief
2015-01-07 08:12FootkerchiefStatusnew => needs feedback
2015-01-07 11:50ButtonNote Added: 0031756
2015-02-09 13:47LociNote Added: 0032197
2015-02-09 13:47LociStatusneeds feedback => assigned
2015-12-03 12:07TalvienoNote Added: 0033346
2015-12-03 12:07TalvienoNote Edited: 0033346bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0033346#r13477

Notes
(0030030)
UristDaVinci   
2014-09-07 15:47   
As far as I know, there was a "sparring" flag that controlled this text appearance.

If the attacker was sparring, you would get ", lightly tapping the target!", but if not then you would get ", but the attack has no force!"

The changes to the lethal/nonlethal combat states may have messed this up. Perhaps there are related 0.40.xx sparring bugs?
(0030031)
smjjames   
2014-09-07 16:01   
(edited on: 2014-09-07 16:24)
I remember someone posting something about combat with a cave croc generating only sparring type combat reports.

Edit: I think it was a forum post and not an actual bug report.

Edit2: About the only report that I could find that is anywhere close to this one is 0007059, however, that bug has been fixed.

(0031748)
Footkerchief   
2015-01-07 08:12   
Is this bug still present? I've seen "the attack has no force" in 0.40.23.
(0031756)
Button   
2015-01-07 11:50   
I don't know about 40.23, but it was my experience in 40.10-19 or so that you'd only get "lightly tapping the target!" if it was the first attack in a conflict. I assumed it was part of the AI upping the ante.
(0032197)
Loci   
2015-02-09 13:47   
Confirmed in v0.40.24:

The Polar Bear scratches The Stray Horse in the right rear hoof, lightly tapping the target!

(This was the first and only attack of the "combat".)
(0033346)
Talvieno   
2015-12-03 12:07   
Can confirm this still happens in 42.01.