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0002373Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Itemspublic2010-06-18 22:232011-06-08 11:15
ReporterCespinarve 
Assigned ToDwarfu 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
StatusresolvedResolutionduplicate 
PlatformMacOSOSXOS Version10.5.8
Product Version0.31.06 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0002373: Dwarf with nerve damage in leg never gets crutch, stays in bed forever
DescriptionLoss of sensory and motor nerve in lower left leg. Wound has been completely treated, crutches are in stock, but patient does not receive one, and never leaves his bed.
Steps To ReproduceSever the biceps fenorus of a dwarven leg and then watch him or her never walk again.
Additional Information
Tagshealthcare, nerves, wound
Relationships
duplicate of 0000681resolved Toady One Legless/footless dwarfs are ignored by healthcare 
has duplicate 0002748resolved Footkerchief Amputees never "recover" 
Attached Files
Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2010-06-18 22:23CespinarveNew Issue
2010-06-18 22:45CespinarveNote Added: 0008665
2010-06-19 22:30CespinarveIssue Monitored: Cespinarve
2010-06-22 18:17FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0000681
2010-06-30 17:22Khym ChanurIssue Monitored: Khym Chanur
2010-07-02 08:39toybasherNote Added: 0009520
2010-07-02 13:40CespinarveNote Added: 0009537
2010-07-18 09:26FootkerchiefRelationship addedhas duplicate 0002748
2010-07-18 09:26FootkerchiefSummaryNo Crutch never stand => Dwarf with nerve damage in leg never gets crutch, stays in bed forever
2010-07-18 12:13cephaloNote Added: 0010590
2010-07-18 22:03s20danNote Added: 0010613
2010-09-05 13:29TomiTapioNote Added: 0012427
2010-09-05 14:59QuietustNote Added: 0012432
2010-09-05 18:55kwielandNote Added: 0012433
2010-09-05 21:48KahunaGodNote Added: 0012438
2010-09-05 21:48KahunaGodNote Edited: 0012438bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0012438#r4833
2010-09-05 21:50KahunaGodNote Edited: 0012438bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0012438#r4834
2010-09-05 22:33KahunaGodNote Edited: 0012438bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0012438#r4839
2010-09-08 11:35Dr. FunkensteinIssue Monitored: Dr. Funkenstein
2010-09-08 12:03KennelTag Attached: healthcare
2010-09-08 12:03KennelTag Attached: nerves
2010-09-08 12:03KennelTag Attached: wound
2010-11-09 00:31JoRoIssue Monitored: JoRo
2010-11-11 16:30AlumineNote Added: 0013696
2010-11-11 16:31AlumineNote Edited: 0013696bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0013696#r5279
2010-12-10 06:06wRARIssue Monitored: wRAR
2010-12-10 08:22hyperactiveChipmunkIssue Monitored: hyperactiveChipmunk
2010-12-26 16:25AreyarNote Added: 0014714
2011-03-18 09:50DwarfuNote Added: 0016350
2011-03-18 09:50DwarfuTag Attached: Fixed in 0.31.22?
2011-04-20 09:27KumquatNote Added: 0017447
2011-04-20 10:22FootkerchiefTag Attached: Save Needs Testing
2011-04-20 10:22FootkerchiefNote Added: 0017449
2011-04-20 10:22FootkerchiefTag Attached: AWAITING UPDATE
2011-04-20 11:14CespinarveNote Added: 0017450
2011-04-20 13:21RhenayaNote Added: 0017451
2011-04-21 15:18KumquatNote Added: 0017456
2011-04-21 15:23KogutNote Added: 0017457
2011-04-21 20:15RhenayaNote Added: 0017458
2011-04-22 03:17wRARNote Added: 0017462
2011-05-14 16:48QuietustNote Added: 0017728
2011-05-14 16:49QuietustNote Edited: 0017728bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0017728#r6602
2011-05-15 08:17danarisNote Added: 0017736
2011-06-08 11:08DwarfuNote Added: 0017954
2011-06-08 11:12DwarfuTag Detached: AWAITING UPDATE
2011-06-08 11:12DwarfuTag Detached: Save Needs Testing
2011-06-08 11:13DwarfuTag Detached: Fixed in 0.31.22?
2011-06-08 11:13DwarfuRelationship replacedchild of 0000681
2011-06-08 11:15DwarfuNote Added: 0017955
2011-06-08 11:15DwarfuRelationship replacedduplicate of 0000681
2011-06-08 11:15DwarfuStatusnew => resolved
2011-06-08 11:15DwarfuResolutionopen => duplicate
2011-06-08 11:15DwarfuAssigned To => Dwarfu

Notes
(0008665)
Cespinarve   
2010-06-18 22:45   
Save file: http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=2541 [^]
(0009520)
toybasher   
2010-07-02 08:39   
I was thinking its related to how Toady removed phantom pains, now when a limb is lost (dark grey foot for example) after a while it goes away and "left foot" goes bye bye from the wounds screen entirely. I bet this confuses the doctor into thinking he isnt missing a foot or something.
(0009537)
Cespinarve   
2010-07-02 13:40   
Except that he never lost a limb. The limb is intact, just the nerve clusters were severed- apparently irrevocably. But the muscles in his hips still work,I assume the leg can be moved somewhat where it connects to the body.
(0010590)
cephalo   
2010-07-18 12:13   
I also have a dwarf in bed with motor nerve damage in one leg. Stays in bed.
(0010613)
s20dan   
2010-07-18 22:03   
I have a dwarf with this problem in 31.10
(0012427)
TomiTapio   
2010-09-05 13:29   
I say this is a major bug about crutches never being used. V31.12.
(0012432)
Quietust   
2010-09-05 14:59   
I've got an ex-Hammerdwarf in 0.31.12 who took significant damage to his lower spine (ability to stand lost, but the diagnosis failed to determine that there was nerve damage) and has been bedridden for several years. It'd be nice if he could at least go back to being a furnace operator.
(0012433)
kwieland   
2010-09-05 18:55   
My only luck with dwarfs such as those is to drop them a Z level. That seems to reset the healthcare and give the doctors another go at it.
(0012438)
KahunaGod   
2010-09-05 21:48   
(edited on: 2010-09-05 22:33)
Once you have nerve damage, your screwed. They wont ever leave the bed. Known bug.
From the wiki:

"For whatever reason, Dwarves will never, EVER be assigned crutches. No matter what. It doesn't matter what labors are or aren't assigned, where your crutches are or aren't kept, whether they're stored in containers built in the hospital or in stockpiles placed within the hospital, whether the crutches are masterworks or just tack, or what other injuries the dwarves do or do not have. What this means, in practical gameplay terms, is that a dwarf with a broken leg will recover once the leg is set with gypsum plaster - but a dwarf with sensory nerve damage, or a missing limb, will remain a bed-ridden invalid for the rest of their miserable life."

Source: http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/Hospital#ixzz0yinxfyjb [^]

I have taken to using Dwarf Therapist to set wounded like that to "Cripple", removeing them from my military and clearing all jobs. When I am feeling evil, i build them a little bed over magma and then.........

EDITS: spelling and stuff
(0013696)
Alumine   
2010-11-11 16:30   
(edited on: 2010-11-11 16:31)
I can confirm this one. Nerve damage in legs -> your dwarf stays in bed forever
Version 0.31.16
(0014714)
Areyar   
2010-12-26 16:25   
yep. v3.17, dwarf with lower leg chopped off.
Medical care is limited to getting dumped in the hospital.
No diagnosis or crutches are given, only food and water.
(0016350)
Dwarfu   
2011-03-18 09:50   
This may also be fixed. See Toady's note at 0000681:0016199:

"The current state now with fixes applied is that dwarves with one leg or a broken leg will use a crutch, and dwarves without legs or that can't use either leg but are otherwise treated and healthy will just move around slowly on the ground."
(0017447)
Kumquat   
2011-04-20 09:27   
Loaded my .18 game in .24.

Nerve-damaged (ex)military dwarf crawled off the bed to a stockpile, stopped there to get hauled back to hospital and re-diagnosed and received his crutch.

Yay.
(0017449)
Footkerchief   
2011-04-20 10:22   
Reminder sent to: Cespinarve

Cespinarve, does your save still exhibit this problem in 0.31.25?
(0017450)
Cespinarve   
2011-04-20 11:14   
Well, he didn't grab a crutch yet, but the moment I unpaused the saved game, he got up and tried to go fishing. So, this no longer exhibits this problem.
(0017451)
Rhenaya   
2011-04-20 13:21   
maybe old saves have this problems? in my newst fort (since .24) i dont have any problems, even got one with a twohanded sword in right and crutch in left hand ^^ (though not sure if this should be possible, the fighting impair is visible even on badgers)
(0017456)
Kumquat   
2011-04-21 15:18   
Production/purchase of crutches seems to trigger re-diagnosis for crutch status. Until that formerly-crippled dwarfs will just crawl around.

This is probably a feature to avoid lag from dwarfs checking if they need a crutch and if there's one available constantly.

(Rationale: I bought some crutches from the human caravan that happened to be present in the savegame. Then I noticed my 'cripple' dwarf went comatose again in the armor stockpile and had to be hauled back to hospital.)
(0017457)
Kogut   
2011-04-21 15:23   
I suggest to change "Dwarf with nerve damage in leg never gets crutch, stays in bed forever" into "crutches bugged for old saves"
(0017458)
Rhenaya   
2011-04-21 20:15   
and the "for old saves" translates into "its fixed"
(0017462)
wRAR   
2011-04-22 03:17   
0004477 looks related?
(0017728)
Quietust   
2011-05-14 16:48   
(edited on: 2011-05-14 16:49)
I just had a dwarf in version 0.31.25 get mauled by a gorilla - he sustained damage to motor and sensory nerves in both of his legs, leaving him unable to stand. After his legs were sutured and dressed, he crawled away and resumed his normal duties.

The only "complication" was that my hospital was locked at the time (to keep dwarves away from the wells), which is where 4 of my 5 crutches were stored (the 5th one was in a finished goods stockpile elsewhere). Even after multiple saves and reloads, he isn't being given any crutches.
(0017736)
danaris   
2011-05-15 08:17   
Aren't crutches only given to dwarves who still have one good leg?
(0017954)
Dwarfu   
2011-06-08 11:08   
Correct, if both legs are junk they should just crawl around. See Toady's note at 0000681:0016199.
(0017955)
Dwarfu   
2011-06-08 11:15   
Marking this as a duplicate of 0000681 (so as not to generate a new change log entry for 31.22), as Toady's fixes there seem to have fixed this per OP and Kumquat.