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Bimbus

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Other Animal People
« on: December 15, 2017, 09:10:44 pm »

I've noticed that despite having a rather diverse collection of choices to pick from, the animal people are lacking some entities that would be good candidates for future inclusion, the first and foremost, Zebra men. There are also no horse men to speak of, but zebras are the superior equine, not that I would complain if both were added down the road. Another notable exclusion is Bull/Cow men. I am aware of the existence of Minotaur in the game, but as you cannot play them in adventure mode, I think that Bull/Cow men would make a fine addition to the race roster. Lastly, it would be nice to have the option to play as Cave Spider men, as the ability to shoot/spit webs would be an amazing mechanic to mess around with in adventure mode. There are, of course, seemingly endless suggestions that could be offered up for ideas of new animal people, (as many as there are actual animals) but these were the few I felt were most "fun" and relatively simple to add to the game.
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Re: Other Animal People
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2017, 09:26:14 pm »

Cavern animal people and domestic animal people are intentionally not there.
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Re: Other Animal People
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2017, 10:10:30 pm »

Is there any logical explanation as to why.
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Re: Other Animal People
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2017, 10:13:39 pm »

Is there any logical explanation as to why.

Not sure.
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Re: Other Animal People
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2017, 12:41:34 am »

I think aurochsmen (aurochs are the extinct wild animals from which all non-bison cattle are descended) would be a better choice, as cow/bullman implies a certain level of artificial selection that might not be present in every world gen.
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Re: Other Animal People
« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2017, 06:41:24 am »

I would not be against that.
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Re: Other Animal People
« Reply #6 on: December 16, 2017, 07:46:07 am »

And you know what, you can literally just mod them in. I can give you a tutorial if you want.
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Re: Other Animal People
« Reply #7 on: December 16, 2017, 10:13:07 am »

Is there any logical explanation as to why.

Not sure.
No natural biomes (at least, for domestic creatures).
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Re: Other Animal People
« Reply #8 on: December 18, 2017, 04:13:10 am »

Ive noticed that Gila monster men cannot jump for whatever reason. Are all reptile men like this? Any chance this might be changed?
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Re: Other Animal People
« Reply #9 on: December 18, 2017, 04:21:43 am »

Ive noticed that Gila monster men cannot jump for whatever reason. Are all reptile men like this? Any chance this might be changed?

Just remove [CANNOT_JUMP] from their raws. I can teach you modding if you want.
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Re: Other Animal People
« Reply #10 on: December 19, 2017, 07:39:52 am »

So are Deer men playable? I do know that they are in the game.
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Re: Other Animal People
« Reply #11 on: December 19, 2017, 07:54:33 am »

So are Deer men playable? I do know that they are in the game.

Sometimes, animal people go extinct during worldgen. Regenerate the world.
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