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[Covenant Ringthane]

I apologise if this has been asked before, but how would I make dragon eggs (as in, eggs from the standard DF dragons) hatch? Well, I know how it's done, by adding a [CHILD] tag, but I'm worried that if I do it, I'll stuff up the tag and make a abomination out of my dragons. Also, how does one increase the amount of eggs laid/children born in both egg-layers and non-egg-layer species?

[BlackFlyme]

The child tag is fairly simple. Just put in [CHILD:1] The hatchling will become an adult after it becomes one year old. Higher numbers mean it will take longer to mature.

[CLUTCH_SIZE] is for how many eggs are laid in a single sitting. Dragons have [CLUTCH_SIZE:1:3], meaning they will lay one to three eggs. Just increase the numbers to increase the amount that are laid.

For animals that give live birth, the tag is [LITTERSIZE], and it runs off a minimum/maximum argument like clutch size does.

Littersize and Clutch size both have to go under the female caste, while the child token should be placed before the castes are defined.

[Covenant Ringthane]

Thanks, BlackFlyme. I've seen you help out a lot of people - I never thought I'd be one

[Zammer990]

Also, important to note. [CHILD:1] means it can breed, not that it's full size. Newborn dragons are only cat sized

[Covenant Ringthane]

I gathered. I mean, if a chicken egg hatched and a full-sized rooster came out, it'd be a bit alarming...

[Deon]

They will also stay cat-sized for their whole life unless you apply DFHack patch.

[Wannabehero]

They will also stay cat-sized for their whole life unless you apply DFHack patch.

Truth?  I always thought they could be fixed in the RAWs.  Hrmm.

DFHack is awesome, but I hate having to rely on it for stuff.

[BlackFlyme]

They will also stay cat-sized for their whole life unless you apply DFHack patch.

Truth?  I always thought they could be fixed in the RAWs.  Hrmm.

DFHack is awesome, but I hate having to rely on it for stuff.

The only way to fix it through the raws would be to make everything's birth size the same as their adult size.

[Deon]

Yep, that's why in Genesis most of creatures have BODY_SIZE:0:0, so they are born with a proper size.

[Covenant Ringthane]

They will also stay cat-sized for their whole life unless you apply DFHack patch.

Do you mean the growth bug fix? If so, I already have that.

[milo christiansen]

Rubble has an addon that will automaticly add a [CHILD:1] tag to every creature that lacks a CHILD tag and/or is DOES_NOT_EXIST or EQUIPMENT_WAGON.

[Deon]

Gotta love wagon children.

[Covenant Ringthane]

Gotta love wagon children.

Imagine the horror that would ensue upon the arrival of a wagonmancer.
Where would the DOES_NOT_EXIST children spawn, anyway?

[Seriyu]

[DOES_NOT_EXIST] keeps creatures from spawning at all, but allows them to show up in engravings and such I believe. So you'd also be getting the occasional [DOES_NOT_EXIST] child in engravings as well, as opposed to just adults.