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[Asin]

I want to make ape people, but I am a guy who does not know how to mod well. Could anyone help me?
What I want to do with the ape people:

Chimpanzee men: A species of city-dwellers, the chimpanzee men are violent thieves to basically every race except themselves. They also enslave other races. They use spears, great axes, whips/scourges, bows, and daggers/knives.
Nobles: alpha sovereign (king/queen), beta sovereign (prince/princess), gamma sovereign (lord/lady), greater warmaster (general), warmaster (militia commander), lesser warmaster (militia captain), etc. Religion: Pantheon. Major Spheres: chaos, war, fame, murder, theft, depravity, and deformity.

Gorilla men: An honorable, exceptionally strong race living in forest retreats. Unlike elves, they don't care if you sell them wood. They use maces, mauls, war hammers, morningstars, blowguns, or their powerful wrestling techniques. Nobles: elder chieftain/elder chieftess (king/queen), major chieftain/major chieftess (prince/princess), retreat leader (lord/lady), warchief (general), lieutenant (militia commander), warrior captain (militia captain), etc. Religion: Pantheon. Major Spheres: justice, loyalty, strength, courage, duty, valor, and discipline.

Orangutan men: A people known for being scholars at heart, with a burning curiosity about the world. They wield short swords, scimitars, and a weapon I want to learn to make, the staff (a very long, often wooden but rarely metal, blunt weapon). Nobles: No special names for their nobles. Religion: Pantheon. Major Spheres: dreams, creation, laws, oaths, scholarship, stars, trade, wisdom, writing, and gambling.

Bonobo men: Hard-working and mostly peaceful. Unlike their wild ancestors, they will, though very rarely, fight. Often, they start with diplomacy, but should they fight, they give no mercy. They will use battle axes, picks, and 2 new weapons I also want to make, the sickle (you obviously know about this thing) and the striker's glove (a weapon worn around the hand, increasing a punch's strength; basically brass knuckles in glove form). Nobles: field king/field queen, field heir (prince/princess), peasant lord/peasant lady, high peacekeeper (general), second-in-command peacekeeper (militia commander), peacekeeper (militia captain), etc. Religion: Pantheon. Major Spheres: agriculture, charity, fertility, family, festivals, forgiveness, happiness, love, marriage, lust, labor, hospitality, peace, weather, and healing.

[Z49000]

What problems are you having?

Also a good place to go is the Dwarf Fortress wiki's modding guide. It's very in depth, and should give you a good idea of what to do.

[Asin]

Oh yeah. But do they have a tutorial for making animal men? EDIT: I think I know my problem. I don't know how to make animal men be a legitimate civilization.

[Z49000]

Well, you can either; A: make a animal man variation of the creature or B: make an entirely new creature based on that animal.

The latter could be useful, since you seem to plan on making these apes have civs, you can add [PERSONALITY], [PHYS/MENT_ATT_RANGE], and the such. Either one would work though.



Anyhow, the animal man variation basically adds and removes new tokens to a preexisting creature, as well as replacing their original body with a humanoid body. For example, a Brown Recluse Spider goes from a spider body to a six armed humanoid, as well as having [INTELLIGENT] and a bunch of other fluff.

So, if we're making a Gorilla man, then it'd be as easy as this

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

[CREATURE:GORILLA_MAN]
   [COPY_TAGS_FROM:GORILLA]
   [APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:ANIMAL_PERSON]
   [GO_TO_END]
   [SELECT_CASTE:MALE]
      [CASTE_NAME:gorilla man:gorilla men:gorilla man]
   [SELECT_CASTE:FEMALE]
      [CASTE_NAME:gorilla woman:gorilla women:gorilla woman]
   [SELECT_CASTE:ALL]
   [APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:PUNCH_ATTACK]
   [APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:KICK_ATTACK]
   [APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:NAIL_SCRATCH_ATTACK]
   [APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:TOOTH_BITE_ATTACK]
   [APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_BIPED_GAITS:900:711:521:293:1900:2900] 30 kph
   [APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_CLIMBING_GAITS:2990:2257:1525:731:4300:6100] 12 kph
   [APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_SWIMMING_GAITS:2990:2257:1525:731:4300:6100] 12 kph
   [APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_CRAWLING_GAITS:2990:2257:1525:731:4300:6100] 12 kph
   [GO_TO_START]
   [NAME:gorilla man:gorilla men:gorilla man]
   [DESCRIPTION:A person with the head of a gorilla.]
   [POPULATION_NUMBER:5:10]
   [CLUSTER_NUMBER:1:5]
   [MAXAGE:60:80]
   [CREATURE_TILE:'G']
   [COLOR:0:0:1]
   [GO_TO_TAG:USE_TISSUE_TEMPLATE:NAIL:NAIL_TEMPLATE]
   [TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:FINGER:NAIL:FRONT]

This raw entry is actually a modified version of the rhesus macaque man's entry.

[Asin]

Oh, I see! I made an animal man version of the chimp men by modifying the spider monkey man file, copying it, and pasting it to where chimps usually live. If I decide to make an entirely new creature, it will be a (somewhat) difficult journey. I think I'll start with the animal man version first, but when I become an experienced modder, I'd be able to make my original vision. Yeah, it's probably best for a fledgling modder to start small and save his bigger ambitions for later.

[Z49000]

You're very much welcome!

[Asin]

Also this. Say I finished the animal men version. How would I upload it to the forum or DFFD for people to download it?

[Z49000]

I honestly have no clue. What I mod into my game is just for my use. I've actually never uploaded anything.

[Asin]

Oh. Okay then.

[Enemy post]

To upload to DFFD, just make a free account and click upload. Then you get taken to a page with a bunch of options and a button to choose a file off your computer to upload. You will need to compress the file, however.

[Asin]

Oh. Thank you. That'll be useful.