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Art

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How to nerf Undead?
« on: January 14, 2015, 06:23:18 pm »

Hey folks.

I was thinking that undead are bit OP at the moment, and want to tweak them.

I found these lines in interaction_disturbance.txt
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[INTERACTION:EXAMPLE D RAISE]
[I_TARGET:A:CORPSE]
[IT_LOCATION:CONTEXT_ITEM]
[IT_AFFECTED_CLASS:GENERAL_POISON]
[IT_REQUIRES:FIT_FOR_ANIMATION]
[IT_FORBIDDEN:NOT_LIVING]
[IT_MANUAL_INPUT:corpses]
[I_EFFECT:ANIMATE]
[IE_TARGET:A]
[IE_IMMEDIATE]
[IE_ARENA_NAME:Animated corpse]
[SYNDROME]
[CE_FLASH_TILE:TILE:165:3:0:0:FREQUENCY:2000:1000:START:0]
[CE_PHYS_ATT_CHANGE:STRENGTH:300:1000:TOUGHNESS:300:1000:START:0]
[CE_SPEED_CHANGE:SPEED_PERC:60:START:0]
[CE_ADD_TAG:NO_AGING:NOT_LIVING:OPPOSED_TO_LIFE:EXTRAVISION:NOEXERT:NOPAIN:NOBREATHE:NOSTUN:NONAUSEA:NO_DIZZINESS:NO_FEVERS:NOEMOTION:PARALYZEIMMUNE:NOFEAR:NO_EAT:NO_DRINK:NO_SLEEP:NO_PHYS_ATT_GAIN:NO_PHYS_ATT_RUST:NOTHOUGHT:NO_THOUGHT_CENTER_FOR_MOVEMENT:NO_CONNECTIONS_FOR_MOVEMENT:START:0]
[CE_REMOVE_TAG:HAS_BLOOD:TRANCES:LIKES_FIGHTING:MISCHIEVOUS:START:0]

I also found a similar entry in interaction_secret.txt. I am not sure about the difference between the two files. I was thinking about adjusting the CE_PHYS_ATT_CHANGE to lower the strength and toughness a bit. However I see that this code is labeled as an example, so I imagine editing it won't do anything for adventure/dwarf mode.

Is there anyway to mod undead that appear in world gen by modifying this code?


Thanks.
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scamtank

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Re: How to nerf Undead?
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2015, 10:48:09 pm »

Not with that code, no. They're strictly examples, meant to show off how the system works. The actual things that matter are stuck inside Dwarf Fortress.exe.

There's a way to get at those values, but it requires this bit of external software to replace a text string hidden in the .exe's innards.
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Art

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Re: How to nerf Undead?
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2015, 12:03:52 am »

Thanks, is there a tutorial somewhere on using these materials?
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Re: How to nerf Undead?
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2015, 01:11:58 am »

Not really, seeing how we're misusing translation software after all. Here's the original thread, skip to the bottom of the first page.

Once you get a grip on things, stick this line into the template file. I personally changed the zombies/husks to only get 1.2x + 300 strength and 2x + 400 toughness instead of triple + 1000 for each.

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|[CE_PHYS_ATT_CHANGE:STRENGTH:300:1000:TOUGHNESS:300:1000:START:0]|[CE_PHYS_ATT_CHANGE:STRENGTH:120:300:TOUGHNESS:200:400:START:0]|
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Re: How to nerf Undead?
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2015, 05:12:11 pm »

You can also totally disable undead from the worldgen and then manually mod them as you wish.
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Re: How to nerf Undead?
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2015, 05:13:11 pm »

The undead was always powerful. But after you get to a high skill, they become pushovers.
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