0003352: Animal hair has no use - Dwarf Fortress Bug Tracker

(0013104)
Malibu Stacey (reporter)
2010-10-01 15:56

As hooves, horns, shells, nails & teeth are all able to be made into crafts or for decoration hair should probably follow suit.

(0013107)
Dame de la Licorne (reporter)
2010-10-01 17:54
edited on: 2010-10-01 17:56

In the real world, animal hair is used to make rope and cloth, namely from horse/donkey/mule hair or sheep wool and angora goats and rabbits are bred to make angora wool (Angora sweaters, anyone?). Certain breeds of horses are raised specifically for their hair, which is used to make horse-hair blankets (primarily in the old Soviet Union, though I'm sure it happens elsewhere as well).

Edit: So this probably falls more in the realm of suggestions, rather than bugs.

(0013108)
Malibu Stacey (reporter)
2010-10-01 18:23

It becomes a bug when you have tons of the stuff cluttering your fort & you're forced to constantly dump it just to stop it taking up space in your refuse stockpiles. It doesn't rot so even moving it to a refuse stockpile outside won't help, you will eventually fill it up no matter how big the stockpile is unless you mark them all for dumping.

(0013109)
kwieland (reporter)
2010-10-01 19:16

Scale is another thing that might belong in this discussion.

(0014706)
Dwarfu (manager)
2010-12-26 14:24

Adding a relation to 0001669 because these are all tissue layers that aren't currently being used.

(0014715)
Footkerchief (manager)
2010-12-26 21:37

This will probably become "no change required" in 0.31.19.

(0015581)
greycat (reporter)
2011-02-28 13:55

Indeed -- hair has a use now in 0.31.19.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2010-10-01 15:49	Malibu Stacey	New Issue
2010-10-01 15:56	Malibu Stacey	Note Added: 0013104
2010-10-01 17:54	Dame de la Licorne	Note Added: 0013107
2010-10-01 17:56	Dame de la Licorne	Note Edited: 0013107	View Revisions
2010-10-01 18:23	Malibu Stacey	Note Added: 0013108
2010-10-01 19:16	kwieland	Note Added: 0013109
2010-11-16 07:08	Footkerchief	Tag Attached: Intentional/Expected?
2010-12-26 14:23	Dwarfu	Relationship added	related to 0001669
2010-12-26 14:24	Dwarfu	Note Added: 0014706
2010-12-26 21:37	Footkerchief	Note Added: 0014715
2010-12-26 21:37	Footkerchief	Tag Attached: Fixed in 0.31.19?
2011-02-28 13:55	greycat	Note Added: 0015581
2011-02-28 16:03	Footkerchief	Status	new => resolved
2011-02-28 16:03	Footkerchief	Fixed in Version	=> 0.31.19
2011-02-28 16:03	Footkerchief	Resolution	open => fixed
2011-02-28 16:03	Footkerchief	Assigned To	=> Toady One
2012-03-04 08:04	Dwarfu	Tag Detached: Fixed in 0.31.19?

Notes
(0013104) Malibu Stacey (reporter) 2010-10-01 15:56	As hooves, horns, shells, nails & teeth are all able to be made into crafts or for decoration hair should probably follow suit.

(0013107) Dame de la Licorne (reporter) 2010-10-01 17:54 edited on: 2010-10-01 17:56	In the real world, animal hair is used to make rope and cloth, namely from horse/donkey/mule hair or sheep wool and angora goats and rabbits are bred to make angora wool (Angora sweaters, anyone?). Certain breeds of horses are raised specifically for their hair, which is used to make horse-hair blankets (primarily in the old Soviet Union, though I'm sure it happens elsewhere as well). Edit: So this probably falls more in the realm of suggestions, rather than bugs.

(0013108) Malibu Stacey (reporter) 2010-10-01 18:23	It becomes a bug when you have tons of the stuff cluttering your fort & you're forced to constantly dump it just to stop it taking up space in your refuse stockpiles. It doesn't rot so even moving it to a refuse stockpile outside won't help, you will eventually fill it up no matter how big the stockpile is unless you mark them all for dumping.

(0013109) kwieland (reporter) 2010-10-01 19:16	Scale is another thing that might belong in this discussion.

(0014706) Dwarfu (manager) 2010-12-26 14:24	Adding a relation to 0001669 because these are all tissue layers that aren't currently being used.

(0014715) Footkerchief (manager) 2010-12-26 21:37	This will probably become "no change required" in 0.31.19.

(0015581) greycat (reporter) 2011-02-28 13:55	Indeed -- hair has a use now in 0.31.19.