# Are 'acid-sniper zombie' badly disguised as 'bilious soldier zombies'?

**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/are-acid-sniper-zombie-badly-disguised-as-bilious-soldier-zombies/25651
**Category:** The Garage
**Created:** [January 8, 2021, 10:54am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/are-acid-sniper-zombie-badly-disguised-as-bilious-soldier-zombies/25651 "2021-01-08T10:54:18Z")
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### Author: ![Paul\_Blay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/paul_blay/32/6803_2.png) [@Paul\_Blay](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Paul_Blay)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2021, 10:54am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/are-acid-sniper-zombie-badly-disguised-as-bilious-soldier-zombies/25651/1 "2021-01-08T10:54:19Z")

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So I got log messages of “The acid-sniper zombie launches a corrosive dart!” but the only zombie in sight was a ‘bilious soldier zombie’. Was it in disguise, or was the sniper just out of sight range?

Unfortunately I got distracted and forgot to take a game save or I would have posted a bug issue.

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### Author: ![Valase](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/valase/32/6972_2.png) [@Valase](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Valase)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/are-acid-sniper-zombie-badly-disguised-as-bilious-soldier-zombies/25651/2 "2021-01-08T17:00:58Z")

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Indeed, the `bilious soldier zombie` has a `The acid-sniper zombie launches a corrosive dart!` message on [its special attack](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/blob/58d6d54fe588daa974a57e922f7f7810f794a831/data/json/monsters/zed_soldiers.json#L101-L130), as well as the `caustic soldier zombie` still does have `The acid-support zombie launches a hail of corrosive darts!` on [its](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/blob/58d6d54fe588daa974a57e922f7f7810f794a831/data/json/monsters/zed_soldiers.json#L131-L161).

[Since the Zombies got renamed at one point](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/commit/eea09a94a98e89335594ec45fc1ba8bae76eba9a), I assume the messages were just forgotten - however, I might be wrong.  
But it’s as easy as asking @Erk if that’s intended.

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### Author: ![Erk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/erk/32/3871_2.png) [@Erk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Erk)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2021, 2:20am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/are-acid-sniper-zombie-badly-disguised-as-bilious-soldier-zombies/25651/3 "2021-02-25T02:20:30Z")

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I don’t think I was the one to rename them, but the JSON is in different places so likely it was just missed.

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### Author: ![Valase](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/valase/32/6972_2.png) [@Valase](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Valase)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2021, 2:41am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/are-acid-sniper-zombie-badly-disguised-as-bilious-soldier-zombies/25651/4 "2021-02-25T02:41:35Z")

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Well, I had to go with what the linked commit said (unless I’ve read that wrong, which is always possible).
