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[Xangi]

Has anyone gotten custom bogeymen to actually work? I've churned out 7 and painstakingly (read: quickly) balanced them, but despite having the proper tags and functioning well in the arena, they do not appear.

Here's some code, if you want it to work you'll have to modify it a bit though, it uses some custom tissues and stuff.

Code: [Select]

[CREATURE:BGM_STABBER]
[NAME:bogeyman:bogeymen:NA]
[CASTE_NAME:bogeyman:bogeymen:NA]
[CREATURE_TILE:165][COLOR:0:0:1]
[SUPERNATURAL][OPPOSED_TO_LIFE]
[NO_EAT][NO_DRINK][NO_SLEEP][NO_DIZZINESS][NOT_LIVING]
[CANOPENDOORS][EVIL][NOBREATHE][INTELLIGENT][NOTHOUGHT][NO_THOUGHT_CENTER_FOR_MOVEMENT]
[NIGHT_CREATURE_BOGEYMAN][CLUSTER_NUMBER:3:5][LARGE_PREDATOR][LIKES_FIGHTING][FANCIFUL][AMPHIBIOUS][TRAPAVOID][LARGE_PREDATOR][SPHERE:MISERY][SPHERE:NIGHT][CANOPENDOORS]
[GLOWTILE:248][GLOWCOLOR:4:0:1]
[NATURAL_SKILL:GRASP_STRIKE:8]
[NATURAL_SKILL:MELEE_COMBAT:8]
no dodge skill, too OP
[NATURAL_SKILL:SITUATIONAL_AWARENESS:10]
[NATURAL_SKILL:WRESTLING:8]
[PHYS_ATT_RANGE:STRENGTH:450:1050:1150:1250:1350:1550:2250][PHYS_ATT_RANGE:TOUGHNESS:450:1050:1150:1250:1350:1550:2250][PHYS_ATT_RANGE:ENDURANCE:450:1050:1150:1250:1350:1550:2250][PHYS_ATT_RANGE:RECUPERATION:450:1050:1150:1250:1350:1550:2250][PHYS_ATT_RANGE:DISEASE_RESISTANCE:700:1300:1400:1500:1600:1800:2500][MENT_ATT_RANGE:ANALYTICAL_ABILITY:1250:1500:1750:2000:2500:3000:5000][MENT_ATT_RANGE:FOCUS:1250:1500:1750:2000:2500:3000:5000][MENT_ATT_RANGE:WILLPOWER:1250:1500:1750:2000:2500:3000:5000][MENT_ATT_RANGE:PATIENCE:0:333:666:1000:2333:3666:5000][MENT_ATT_RANGE:MEMORY:1250:1500:1750:2000:2500:3000:5000][MENT_ATT_RANGE:LINGUISTIC_ABILITY:450:1050:1150:1250:1350:1550:2250][MENT_ATT_RANGE:MUSICALITY:0:333:666:1000:2333:3666:5000][MENT_ATT_RANGE:SOCIAL_AWARENESS:700:1300:1400:1500:1600:1800:2500][PERSONALITY:ANXIETY:0:0:0][PERSONALITY:DEPRESSION:0:0:0][PERSONALITY:SELF_CONSCIOUSNESS:0:0:0][PERSONALITY:VULNERABILITY:0:0:0][PERSONALITY:FRIENDLINESS:0:0:0][PERSONALITY:ASSERTIVENESS:100:100:100][PERSONALITY:CHEERFULNESS:0:0:0][PERSONALITY:TRUST:0:0:0][PERSONALITY:ALTRUISM:0:0:0][PERSONALITY:COOPERATION:0:0:0][PERSONALITY:SYMPATHY:0:0:0]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:SLIME:SLIME_TEMPLATE]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:FLESH:MUSCLE_TEMPLATE]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:ORB_TISSUES]
[BODY:ORB_MAIN:ORB_SPIKE_ARMS:ORB_SPIKE_LEG]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:ORB_TISSUE_LAYERS:SHELL:SLIME:HARDBONE:FLESH:SPIKE]
[HAS_NERVES]
[SELECT_TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:SOUL]
[TL_MAJOR_ARTERIES]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:BLOOD:ICHOR_TEMPLATE]
[BLOOD:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:BLOOD:LIQUID]
[CREATURE_CLASS:POISON_IMMUNE]
[BODY_SIZE:0:0:65000]
[ATTACK:STAB:BODYPART:BY_CATEGORY:SPIKE]
[ATTACK_SKILL:GRASP_STRIKE]
[ATTACK_FLAG_WITH]
[ATTACK_VERB:stab:stabs]
[ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:10]
[ATTACK_PENETRATION_PERC:100]
[ATTACK_FLAG_EDGE]
[ATTACK_PRIORITY:MAIN]
[ALL_ACTIVE]
[SWIMS_INNATE][SWIM_SPEED:2500]
[HOMEOTHERM:10067]
[CASTE:DEFAULT]
[NO_GENDER]
[DESCRIPTION:A strange being often encountered in evil biomes. It takes the shape of a glowing red orb with two arms ending in large spikes and a single thin leg which slides along the ground.]
[SELECT_MATERIAL:ALL]
[MULTIPLY_VALUE:15]
EDIT: Yes I have set "Number of Bogeyman Types" to 0, setting it to 1 allowed the custom ones to spawn when I just tested it before this edit, testing some more, maybe my results were just a fluke before.

[Xangi]

Bumping with results.

Frankly, this is slightly disappointing, but whatever. You NEED bogeymen set to at least 1 to have them spawn at all. I even got some extracted raws and threw those bogeymen in to see if I'd just screwed up when I customized my own, and they didn't spawn. Then I set bogeymen to 1 and they spawned just fine.

I'll leave this unlocked for a while to see if anyone has any fixes or whatever, maybe I'm just dumb and missed something.

[Robosaur]

Problem is with the procedural generator. In the same way you can't create custom secrets, the problem is that the game generates a billion bogeymen, and only a small amount, if any, of your bogeyman dude.

[Xangi]

Problem is with the procedural generator. In the same way you can't create custom secrets, the problem is that the game generates a billion bogeymen, and only a small amount, if any, of your bogeyman dude.

You can create custom secrets, I did, several times. You just disable the procedural ones and then they are the only ones left. With the bogeymen though, it seems like you need at least 1 procedural one for them to appear.

[Putnam]

I've made, like, 70 custom secrets. They've all worked.

[Robosaur]

Do you ever get more than 1 of each?

Because this is news to me.

[Putnam]

I sometimes get 2 or 3 in small worlds.

[Xangi]

Well, I waited for 4 days out in the wilderness with "Number of Bogeyman Types" set to 0, and nothing attacked me besides a few wolves and a very small goblin squad. I'm going to try to allow them to spawn normally (not just at night) and see how that works out.

[pisskop]

Hang up, so the 'kinds' of boogeyman represent 1 specific creature that only has at most a few copies of itself hanging around?

Ive only ever come across 4 boogeyman at a time, for w.e. reason. If I keep killing them night after night there will eventually be no more boogeyman?

[i2amroy]

Ive only ever come across 4 boogeyman at a time, for w.e. reason. If I keep killing them night after night there will eventually be no more boogeyman?

No. Boogeymen have unlimited numbers and will keep coming back night after night.

[Xangi]

TO HELL WITH IT!

I'll rework the bogeyman creatures into something else. Topic locked.