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0001875Dwarf FortressCreaturespublic2010-05-14 13:032010-06-09 06:45
Reporterderigo 
Assigned ToFootkerchief 
PrioritylowSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
StatusclosedResolutionduplicate 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product Version0.31.03 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0001875: body size appearance modifiers are dwarf-centric
DescriptionIf you inspect any large creature, like a horse, 6/7 of the time you'll be informed that the creature is 'enourmous' or larger, because its so much larger than a horse. 1/7 of the time(when the horse is 'average for a horse') you won't be informed of anything at all. When a crerature has an average appearance modifier, it's omitted from the description.

If you had a huge dragonish creature with a very wide range of body sizes, like elephant sized to blue whale sized. All of them would be 'enormous,' even though they're so different, because relative to a dwarf, they ARE enourmous.

All other appearance modifiers are creature-centric. 'Huge' is only huge if its in the top percentile for the race.


Steps To Reproduceinspect a bunch of animals.
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duplicate of 0000739resolved Toady One All animals are described as "Gigantic" 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2010-05-14 13:03derigoNew Issue
2010-05-14 13:28FootkerchiefNote Added: 0006694
2010-05-14 13:29FootkerchiefIssue Monitored: Footkerchief
2010-05-14 13:36derigoNote Added: 0006696
2010-05-14 14:09FootkerchiefNote Added: 0006697
2010-05-14 14:09FootkerchiefRelationship addedduplicate of 0000739
2010-05-14 14:09FootkerchiefStatusnew => resolved
2010-05-14 14:09FootkerchiefResolutionopen => duplicate
2010-05-14 14:09FootkerchiefAssigned To => Footkerchief
2010-06-09 06:45Toady OneStatusresolved => closed

Notes
(0006694)
Footkerchief   
2010-05-14 13:28   
Is this report substantially different from 0000739?
(0006696)
derigo   
2010-05-14 13:36   
No. I searched but didn't see that one. My bad ;p

My report is also wrong. Its not dwarf centrism. Kittens are also gigantic and fat. ;p
(0006697)
Footkerchief   
2010-05-14 14:09   
Haha, kittens too... yeah, I really have no idea why this affects everything except sentients, and in the same direction too.