[1.0.1977] Message: Capturing my colonist will anger my faction

Started by dshards, July 27, 2018, 09:29:51 PM

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dshards

Tried to arrest a colonist to sell. He resisted, and was downed. After he was downed, I went to capture him, and was given the message that capturing my own colonist would anger my own faction.

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Canute

Hi,
and where do you think is the bug ?
Arresting own pawn allways lead to a bad mood (colonist imprisoned) so basicly the msg. is right.

dshards

That's incorrect. Only the imprisoned pawn gets the negative mood modifier.

The message I've reported is the same as when you capture a pawn from another faction, causing the faction to become hostile. This implies that my faction will become hostile (ie, my colonists will attack each other on sight). You do not get this message or any similar warning from just arresting a non-downed pawn of your own faction.

Even with your logic, if all the pawns DID get a negative mood modifier when one was arrested, it would be more consistent to have a "Colonists will be unhappy" type message, similar to the one shown when banishing a pawn, or when a wanderer joins.

Capturing my own pawn is more similar to arresting my own pawn than it is to capturing another faction's pawn. So, as when arresting a colonist, I do not expect any message to be shown.

Illusion Distort

The faction message should not be when capturing own, or atleast it should have another text to better reflect the mood debuff.