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0003110Dwarf FortressContaminants/Spatterpublic2010-08-27 07:202012-02-22 10:29
tzkal 
Footkerchief 
lowminorrandom
resolvedduplicate 
Windows Vista 32-bit
0.31.12 
 
0003110: Blood pools/splatterings/smears spontaneous apperance
5 years ago I killed a horse. 3 years later I started getting blood out of nowhere. It spawned only above ground, and in a localized area. Dwarfs are still able to track it, and I just started getting it 14Z levels above the ground.
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duplicate of 0000296confirmed Loci Pools/smears/spatters of blood, dust and other materials multiply themselves, get tracked around too much 
Issue History
2010-08-27 07:20tzkalNew Issue
2010-08-27 08:45QuietustNote Added: 0012153
2010-08-27 08:56CrytenNote Added: 0012154
2010-08-30 14:28tzkalNote Added: 0012269
2010-08-30 18:22DwarfuRelationship addedchild of 0000296
2010-08-30 18:22kwielandNote Added: 0012274
2012-02-22 10:29FootkerchiefRelationship replacedduplicate of 0000296
2012-02-22 10:29FootkerchiefStatusnew => resolved
2012-02-22 10:29FootkerchiefResolutionopen => duplicate
2012-02-22 10:29FootkerchiefAssigned To => Footkerchief

Notes
(0012153)
Quietust   
2010-08-27 08:45   
It was probably coating your dwarves' clothing and some rainwater washed it off. If your embark location has mostly dry weather, this might explain it.
(0012154)
Cryten   
2010-08-27 08:56   
Others from 0000296 and its various related reports have reported that the square that a creature was killed at will still generate splatter spreading even after all squares including the origin square has been cleaned. I suspect this is the case in this report.
(0012269)
tzkal   
2010-08-30 14:28   
The main problem was that this was 3 years after the last time I killed any wild animal or hunted at all.
When I start a fortress, I start getting food mainly from fishing and hunting, when there is little threat of of enemies. Then I move to start farming and butchering as my only source. The blood in question was a deer blood pool and splatter, I had no deer on the map, none being raised, and none caged. It spawned 14 Z levels above ground, where the deer died. It was on top of a tower I was constructing at the time, and only 2 people had ever been there.
The only way I can think it got there is from teleporting or spawning up there.
(0012274)
kwieland   
2010-08-30 18:22   
I agree with Q. I've seen rain and water (long story) "create" blood puddles that then contaminate entire fortresses.