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[Lord Urist]

So after some mucking around, I've figured out how you can turn into an all-powerful fire elemental of firey doom. Only problem is, turning back into human form doesn't seem to be working very well, i.e. not at all.

It seems I can only make one turn-into-another creature action, and after that I cannot change into any other creature, ever. Although the return interaction is definitely firing, because the text of 'you return to human shape' is appearing when I use it.

So, question is, what am I doing wrong? How can I return to human shape after sating my thirst for destruction?
If this isn't possible, is it possible to automatically return to human shape after a given amount of time?

RAWS:

Added this to my 'wizard' creature (basically a duplicate human)

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[CAN_DO_INTERACTION:FIRE_TRANSFORM]
[CDI:TARGET:SELF_ONLY]
[CDI:USAGE_HINT:ATTACK]
[CDI:ADV_NAME:Transform into a fire elemental]
[CDI:VERB:draw upon the elemental power of fire:begins to glow like the sun itself:NA]
[CDI:TARGET_VERB:become an avatar of fire:becomes an avatar of fire]


The entirety of the fire elemental creature, the return-to-human interaction is near the top:

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[CREATURE:AVATAR_OF_FIRE]
[DESCRIPTION:A wizard who has channeled the power of fire through his own body, becoming an avatar of fire.]
[NAME:avatar of fire:avatars of fire:avatar of fire]
[CASTE_NAME:avatar of fire:avatars of fire:avatar of fire]
[CREATURE_TILE:'F'][COLOR:4:0:1]
[FIREIMMUNE][FIREIMMUNE_SUPER][LIKES_FIGHTING][MAGMA_VISION]
[NOPAIN][NOSTUN][EXTRAVISION][NONAUSEA][NOTHOUGHT][NOEXERT]
[NO_DIZZINESS]
[NO_FEVERS]
[FIXED_TEMP:10800]
[CAN_DO_INTERACTION:RETURN_TRANSFORM]
[CDI:TARGET:SELF_ONLY]
[CDI:USAGE_HINT:FLEEING]
[CDI:ADV_NAME:release the pent-up elemental energies inside you]
[CDI:VERB:release the elemental energies raging inside you:appears to draw back in on itself:NA]
[CDI:TARGET_VERB:return to human shape:returns to human shape]
[SPEED:800]
[BUILDINGDESTROYER:2]
[NO_DRINK][NO_EAT][NO_SLEEP]
[NOT_LIVING]
[CANOPENDOORS]
[NOT_BUTCHERABLE]
[NOFEAR]
[PREFSTRING:licks of fire]
[PREFSTRING:fiery countenance]
[PREFSTRING:power]
[NOBONES]
[BODY:HUMANOID_SIMPLE]
[NO_THOUGHT_CENTER_FOR_MOVEMENT]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:FLAME:FLAME_TEMPLATE]
[USE_TISSUE_TEMPLATE:FLAME:FLAME_TEMPLATE2]
[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:FLAME]
[BODY_SIZE:0:0:75000]
[BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:HEIGHT:90:95:98:100:102:105:110]
[BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:BROADNESS:90:95:98:100:102:105:110]
[ATTACK:PUNCH:BODYPART:BY_TYPE:GRASP]
[ATTACK_SKILL:GRASP_STRIKE]
[ATTACK_VERB:punch:punches]
[ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:100]
[ATTACK_FLAG_WITH]
[ATTACK_PRIORITY:MAIN]
[ATTACK:KICK:BODYPART:BY_TYPE:STANCE]
[ATTACK_SKILL:STANCE_STRIKE]
[ATTACK_VERB:kick:kicks]
[ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:100]
[ATTACK_FLAG_WITH]
[ATTACK_PRIORITY:SECOND]
[ITEMCORPSE:BAR:NO_SUBTYPE:ASH:NO_MATGLOSS]
[ALL_ACTIVE]
[SWIMS_INNATE][SWIM_SPEED:2500]
[CASTE:GENERIC]


(Yeah, needs a bit of work to make it more firey-doom, but it's a start)

The turn-into-firey-elemental-of-doom interaction:

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[INTERACTION:FIRE_TRANSFORM]
[I_SOURCE:CREATURE_ACTION]
[I_TARGET:A:CREATURE]
[IT_LOCATION:CONTEXT_CREATURE]
[I_EFFECT:ADD_SYNDROME]
[IE_TARGET:A]
[IE_IMMEDIATE]
[SYNDROME]
[CE_BODY_TRANSFORMATION:START:0]
[CE:CREATURE:AVATAR_OF_FIRE:GENERIC]


And the return-to-human interaction. Only male version atm, when I get this working I'll duplicate and create a female version:

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[INTERACTION:RETURN_TRANSFORM]
[I_SOURCE:CREATURE_ACTION]
[I_TARGET:A:CREATURE]
[IT_LOCATION:CONTEXT_CREATURE]
[I_EFFECT:ADD_SYNDROME]
[IE_TARGET:A]
[IE_IMMEDIATE]
[SYNDROME]
[CE_BODY_TRANSFORMATION:START:0]
[CE:CREATURE:WIZARD:MALE]


[Sphalerite]

Only one transformation can be active at a time.  Your turn into fiery doom transformation has no end point, so it never wears off, and blocks any further transformations.  You need to give it an ending point.

[Lord Urist]

Aha! Knew I was missing something. How does the number associated with the END: correlate to time in-game? Frames?
This means that there isn't a way to turn back when you wish, only and always and the end of the timer?

[miauw62]

Aha! Knew I was missing something. How does the number associated with the END: correlate to time in-game? Frames?
This means that there isn't a way to turn back when you wish, only and always and the end of the timer?

the END correlates with phases, wich in turn correlate with (in-game) seconds.
Not sure how much seconds a phase is tough.

[Meph]

33600 is one season in fortress mode. If I am not wrong the Adv. Mode uses a 72times faster rate however. (Or was it slower?)

[Lord Urist]

Alrighty, got it working nicely! Thanks to all for their help.

[i2amroy]

Ticks are equal to 1 second in adventure mode and 1.2 minutes in fortress mode. In fortress mode the average dwarf takes 1 step every 10 ticks (which is hilarious if you think of it time-wise since it means each dwarf is so slow that they only take one step every 12 minutes).

[Lord Urist]

What appears to be really strange is that if I have my 'wait' time on a fireball or whatever spell be 100, then I just have some small-ish delay before I can cast it again. But it seems the duration of a transformation spell should be no more than ~20, because otherwise it takes AGES to wear off. I don't think the two are syncing up nicely there...

[RadHazard]

Nope, those values use completely different units.  Although I'm not exactly sure what units the interaction cooldown periods use.

If you need any help with modding in transformations, the link in my sig has some useful information I've found out so far