[A17] Stomach (vital organ) gets suggested for amputation

[Mehni]

Upon contracting infection or gutworms, there's an option to remove the stomach.

The stomach is a vital organ.

Removing the stomach kills the patient.

Like other vital organs, stomachs should probably get the <dontSuggestAmputation>true</dontSuggestAmputation> XML tag.

[faltonico]

I didn't notice that.
But the real error is making the stomach a vital organ, not being able to remove it. It is not IRL.

[nccvoyager]

Indeed, it would seem that the bug in question is that the stomach is considered a vital organ in A17.

In older versions, the stomach was not considered a vital organ that killed the patient upon removal, and was thus completely fine for amputation/removal.
The pawn would then eat at an extremely slow rate as a result.
IIRC, this behaviour was implemented in anticipation of eventually being able to replace a stomach.

As-is, the removal of a stomach in reality is done, for certain types of cancer most often, and people can live without a stomach.

[faltonico]

What changed was:

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    <activities>
      <li>Eating_digestion</li>
    </activities>

to

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    <tags>
      <li>MetabolismSource</li>
    </tags>

I haven't tested what happens when deleting that or setting it back the way it was in A16.

[ison]

The health system has been reworked in A17. I'll leave this for Tynan to decide whether stomach should be a vital organ.

[ison]

bump

[Tynan]

It should not be a vital organ.

Of course pawns can eat even without one, which is weird, but we can allow it until they get a bionic stomach.

[ison]

Fixed, thanks.