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0004505Dwarf FortressAnimal Populationspublic2011-04-12 00:412014-07-27 18:25
ReporterKhym Chanur 
Assigned ToToady One 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
StatusresolvedResolutionfixed 
Platformx86 (AMD Athlon 7550 Dual-Core)OSMandriva OneOS Version2010 (2.6.33.7)
Product Version0.31.25 
Target VersionFixed in Version0.40.05 
Summary0004505: Smaller than expected underground vermin populations
DescriptionUnderground vermin like cave lobsters, cave fish and purring maggots have much lower population numbers (as shown via "export map/gen info" from Legends mode) than surface vermin with similar POPULATION_NUMBER tags. This means that most underground lakes will have no fish or lobster in them, and there are only very few purring maggots to catch.
Tags0.40.04, Fixed in 0.40.05?
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(0023215)
Quietust (reporter)
2012-07-12 06:30

I did some tests, examining populations in memory both for subregions and feature layers during a paused worldgen, and while surface populations are mostly within the expected ranges (POPULATION_NUMBER range multiplied by the number of region tiles), feature populations were indeed vastly lower - a cavern covering 29 region tiles contained only 390 naked mole dogs and 351 elk birds compared to the 435-870 and 725-1450 I would have expected. As worldgen goes on, those numbers only seem to get smaller.
(0027461)
Khym Chanur (reporter)
2014-07-24 17:15
edited on: 2014-07-24 17:41

Still present in 0.40.04. As an example, purring maggots have the same POPULATION_NUMBER stats as large roaches. In a pocket world there were 25 times as many roaches as maggots, and in a medium world 5.3 times as many.

*EDIT*: Also, the pocket world was 250 old, but the medium world was only 5 years old, so as noted in the previous comment, the disparity might grow the further worldgen goes on.

(0027737)
Khym Chanur (reporter)
2014-07-27 17:56

Something in 0.40.05 has made the problem go the opposite way, so that there seems to be too *many* underground vermin. A 250 year old pocket world had 5 times as many purring maggots as large roaches, while a 5 year old medium world had 14 times as many.

Anyway, *THIS* bug has definitely been fixed.

- Issue History
Date Modified Username Field Change
2011-04-12 00:41 Khym Chanur New Issue
2012-07-12 06:30 Quietust Note Added: 0023215
2014-07-24 17:15 Khym Chanur Note Added: 0027461
2014-07-24 17:17 lethosor Tag Attached: 0.40.04
2014-07-24 17:41 Khym Chanur Note Edited: 0027461 View Revisions
2014-07-27 17:53 Khym Chanur Tag Attached: Fixed in 0.40.05?
2014-07-27 17:56 Khym Chanur Note Added: 0027737
2014-07-27 18:25 lethosor Status new => resolved
2014-07-27 18:25 lethosor Fixed in Version => 0.40.05
2014-07-27 18:25 lethosor Resolution open => fixed
2014-07-27 18:25 lethosor Assigned To => Toady One


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