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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0000374Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Buildings, Cages and Chainspublic2010-04-04 01:572014-08-28 11:49
Reporteroliver 
Assigned To 
PrioritylowSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
StatusnewResolutionopen 
PlatformOSWindows XPOS Version
Product Version0.31.01 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0000374: Deconstructing a restraint (chain/rope) with an animal tethered ends up leaving the restraint on the animal
DescriptionIf you:

- construct a chain
- assign an animal to it, wait for it to arrive
- deconstruct the chain

Then the chain ends up attached to the animal's upper body and is unavailable unless you explicitly find and dump it.
Steps To Reproduce(as above)
Additional Information
Tagsanimals, chain, deconstruct
Relationships
has duplicate 0000403closed Footkerchief removing a restraint w/animal chained destroys the rope 
has duplicate 0003087resolved Logical2u ropes 'vanish' after deconstruction. 
related to 0003912new  Chains do not prevent removal of creature by fluid flow, and become unusable after creature removed. 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2010-04-04 01:57oliverNew Issue
2010-04-04 06:02PhrostNote Added: 0000853
2010-04-04 13:30FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0000403
2010-04-11 15:54FootkerchiefRelationship replacedhas duplicate 0000403
2010-04-11 15:54FootkerchiefIssue Monitored: Footkerchief
2010-04-20 03:59ChromasphereNote Added: 0004323
2010-04-20 04:00ChromasphereNote Deleted: 0004323
2010-04-20 04:04ChromasphereNote Added: 0004324
2010-04-20 04:58NighteyesNote Added: 0004325
2010-04-20 07:26smjjamesNote Added: 0004329
2010-04-20 09:48FootkerchiefNote Added: 0004341
2010-04-20 20:36Khym ChanurIssue Monitored: Khym Chanur
2010-08-22 11:22FootkerchiefSummaryDeconstructing a chain with an animal tethered ends up leaving the chain on the animal => Deconstructing a restraint (chain/rop) with an animal tethered ends up leaving the restraint on the animal
2010-08-22 11:22FootkerchiefRelationship addedhas duplicate 0003087
2010-09-25 18:26troasTag Attached: chain
2010-09-25 18:27troasTag Attached: deconstruct
2010-09-25 18:27troasTag Attached: animals
2010-09-25 18:28troasNote Added: 0012987
2011-03-26 12:29DawideIssue Monitored: Dawide
2011-03-26 12:49FootkerchiefSummaryDeconstructing a restraint (chain/rop) with an animal tethered ends up leaving the restraint on the animal => Deconstructing a restraint (chain/rope) with an animal tethered ends up leaving the restraint on the animal
2014-01-27 14:54FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0003912
2014-08-28 11:49QuietustNote Added: 0029752

Notes
(0000853)
Phrost   
2010-04-04 06:02   
This occured in the previous version(s?) of the game as well, so not a new issue.
(0004324)
Chromasphere   
2010-04-20 04:04   
Try that in real life with a dog. What happens? ... You get a dog wandering around with a chain attached. I think it's a feature, not bug. Or at least think it should be a feature.
(0004325)
Nighteyes   
2010-04-20 04:58   
you should however be able to 'build' the chain back to the ground without going top the pain of finding it and dumping it, if it is a feature, (to be honest I like it as a feature, it just needs fixing to be able to use the chain still.)
(0004329)
smjjames   
2010-04-20 07:26   
What Chromasphere said. It sounds normal to me and its easy enough to remember to unchain the animal first.
(0004341)
Footkerchief   
2010-04-20 09:48   
This was considered a bug in the old version, so it's still a bug now.

# 000177 □ [dwarf mode][jobs][animal handling] if you remove a chain building with an animal attached, the chain stays with the animal
(0012987)
troas   
2010-09-25 18:28   
This still occurs in 31.12
(0029752)
Quietust   
2014-08-28 11:49   
For chains that are remotely deconstructed using a lever, this is quite obviously by design, since the game is explicitly inserting the chain into the unit's inventory - logically, triggering the mechanism causes the chain to detach from the floor.

The fact that it happens for manually deconstructed chains as well is probably just due to it not having special logic for that case.