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[Ramirez]

Sorry if this has been brought up before, but its something that I found interesting enough.

Testing some random things for a mod that I have in development, I found an odd conflict between picks and wood preference for different entities. If an entity has both wood preference and a digging implement it doesnt use wood to make its picks, instead using metal.

The choice of metal is the oddest part though. Wood pref entities will make their picks out of any metal in the glossary files, even ones including the [DEEP] tag, so they can turn up with adamantine picks.

Heres the relevant entity entry:

code:

 [ENTITY:WIZARD]
   [INDIV_CONTROLLABLE]
   [CREATURE:MAGE]
   [TRANSLATION:HUMAN]
   [DIGGER:ITEM_WEAPON_PICK]
   [WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_STAFF]
   [WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_WAND]
   [WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_GLOVES]
   [WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_DAGGER]
   [WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_BOW]
      [AMMO:ITEM_AMMO_MARROWS]
   [ARMOR:ITEM_ARMOR_PLATEMAIL:UNCOMMON]
   [ARMOR:ITEM_ARMOR_CHAINMAIL:COMMON]
   [ARMOR:ITEM_ARMOR_LEATHER:COMMON]
   [ARMOR:ITEM_ARMOR_COAT:COMMON]
   [ARMOR:ITEM_ARMOR_SHIRT:COMMON]
   [ARMOR:ITEM_ARMOR_CLOAK:COMMON]
   [ARMOR:ITEM_ARMOR_TUNIC:COMMON]
   [ARMOR:ITEM_ARMOR_TOGA:UNCOMMON]
   [ARMOR:ITEM_ARMOR_CAPE:COMMON]
   [ARMOR:ITEM_ARMOR_VEST:COMMON]
   [ARMOR:ITEM_ARMOR_DRESS:COMMON]
   [ARMOR:ITEM_ARMOR_ROBE:COMMON]
   [HELM:ITEM_HELM_UHELM:COMMON]
   [HELM:ITEM_HELM_CAP:COMMON]
   [HELM:ITEM_HELM_HOOD:COMMON]
   [HELM:ITEM_HELM_TURBAN:UNCOMMON]
   [HELM:ITEM_HELM_MASK:RARE]
   [HELM:ITEM_HELM_VEIL_HEAD:COMMON]
   [HELM:ITEM_HELM_VEIL_FACE:RARE]
   [HELM:ITEM_HELM_SCARF_HEAD:UNCOMMON]
   [GLOVES:ITEM_GLOVES_GAUNTLETS:UCOMMON]
   [GLOVES:ITEM_GLOVES_GLOVES:COMMON]
   [GLOVES:ITEM_GLOVES_MITTENS:COMMON]
   [SHOES:ITEM_SHOES_SHOES:COMMON]
   [SHOES:ITEM_SHOES_BOOTS:COMMON]
   [SHOES:ITEM_SHOES_BOOTS_LOW:COMMON]
   [SHOES:ITEM_SHOES_SANDAL:COMMON]
   [SHOES:ITEM_SHOES_CHAUSSE:UNCOMMON]
   [SHOES:ITEM_SHOES_SOCKS:COMMON]
   [PANTS:ITEM_PANTS_PANTS:COMMON]
   [PANTS:ITEM_PANTS_GREAVES:UNCOMMON]
   [PANTS:ITEM_PANTS_LEGGINGS:COMMON]
   [PANTS:ITEM_PANTS_LOINCLOTH:COMMON]
   [PANTS:ITEM_PANTS_THONG:UNCOMMON]
   [PANTS:ITEM_PANTS_SKIRT:COMMON]
   [PANTS:ITEM_PANTS_SKIRT_SHORT:COMMON]
   [PANTS:ITEM_PANTS_SKIRT_LONG:COMMON]
   [PANTS:ITEM_PANTS_BRAIES:UNCOMMON]
   [SHIELD:ITEM_SHIELD_BUCKLER]
   [SHIELD:ITEM_SHIELD_SHIELD]
   [TOY:ITEM_TOY_PUZZLEBOX]
   [TOY:ITEM_TOY_BOAT]
   [TOY:ITEM_TOY_HAMMER]
   [TOY:ITEM_TOY_AXE]
   [INSTRUMENT:ITEM_INSTRUMENT_FLUTE]
   [INSTRUMENT:ITEM_INSTRUMENT_TRUMPET]
   [INSTRUMENT:ITEM_INSTRUMENT_HARP]
   [INSTRUMENT:ITEM_INSTRUMENT_DRUM]
   [INSTRUMENT:ITEM_INSTRUMENT_PICCOLO]
   [CLOTHING]
   [CURRENCY:COPPER:1]
   [CURRENCY:SILVER:5]
   [CURRENCY:GOLD:15]
   [CULL_SYMBOL:ALL:SUBORDINATE]
   [CULL_SYMBOL:ALL:EVIL]
   [CULL_SYMBOL:ALL:UNTOWARD]
   [CULL_SYMBOL:ALL:NEGATIVE]
   [CULL_SYMBOL:ALL:UGLY]
   [CULL_SYMBOL:ALL:NEGATOR]
   [SELECT_SYMBOL:CIV:NAME_ENTITY_KINGDOM]
   [SELECT_SYMBOL:SITE:NAME_ENTITY_TOWN_FOUNDER]
   [RIVER_PRODUCTS]
   [OCEAN_PRODUCTS]
   [OUTDOOR_FARMING]
   [USE_ANIMAL_PRODUCTS]
   [COMMON_DOMESTIC_PACK]
   [COMMON_DOMESTIC_PULL]
   [COMMON_DOMESTIC_MOUNT]
   [COMMON_DOMESTIC_PET]
   [USE_MISC_PROCESSED_WOOD_PRODUCTS]
   [EQUIPMENT_IMPROVEMENTS]
   [SPHERE_ALIGNMENT:WAR:512]
   [ART_FACET_MODIFIER:FANCIFUL:640]
   [ART_FACET_MODIFIER:OWN_RACE:512]
   [ADVENTURE_TIER:1]
   [FRIENDLY_COLOR:7:0:1]
   [UNDEAD_CANDIDATE]
   [DEFAULT_SITE_TYPE:CITY]
   [LIKES_SITE:CITY]
   [TOLERATES_SITE:CITY]
   [TOLERATES_SITE:TREE_CITY]
   [TOLERATES_SITE:CAVE_DETAILED]
   [CAN_HAVE_MILITARY_LEADER]
   [SITE_LEADER_TYPE:STANDARD]
   [START_BIOME:ANY_GRASSLAND]
   [START_BIOME:ANY_SAVANNA]
   [START_BIOME:ANY_SHRUBLAND]
   [BIOME_SUPPORT:ANY_WETLAND:1]
   [BIOME_SUPPORT:ANY_DESERT:1]
   [BIOME_SUPPORT:ANY_FOREST:3]
   [BIOME_SUPPORT:ANY_OCEAN:8]
   [BIOME_SUPPORT:ANY_LAKE:8]
   [BIOME_SUPPORT:ANY_GRASSLAND:4]
   [BIOME_SUPPORT:ANY_SAVANNA:4]
   [BIOME_SUPPORT:ANY_SHRUBLAND:3]
   [BIOME_SUPPORT:ANY_RIVER:3]
   [DIPLOMAT]
   [MERCHANT_NOBILITY]
   [DIPLOMAT_BODYGUARDS]
   [MERCHANT_BODYGUARDS]
   [ACTIVE_SEASON:SPRING]
   [ENTITY_GROUPING:FRIENDLY]
   [SIEGER]
   [MAX_STARTING_CIV_NUMBER:10]
   [START_GROUP_NUMBER:10]
   [MAX_POP_NUMBER:1000]
   [MAX_SITE_POP_NUMBER:200]
   [RELIGION:PANTHEON]
   [MAYOR]
   [WOOD_PREF]
   [PROGRESS_TRIGGER_PRODUCTION:1]
 

The majority of it is simply copy+paste from humans so other than the addition of [WOOD_PREF] I don't know what else could cause this behavior.

[Kagus]

Yeah, Sean Mirrsen was having some troubles with that in his own mod.  I'm not sure what he did to fix it though, or even if he did fix it.

[Cosmonot]

I don't think you can really fix the issue, but I seem to recall that if you give the civ [MINOR_METAL] they'll always take copper digging implements. Of course, this would also allow the player to take copper equipment on embark, but computer-generated equipment will always be wood if possible.

[Sean Mirrsen]

Yeah, that was the way I fixed it. MINOR_METAL is the only way to restrain those without material preference other than wood. If you don't want elves to use copper, make a DIGGER-only metal that's worse than copper, and remove DIGGER from copper. The elves will end up always using the stuff for picks and only picks (or shovels, as with my mod's case), but other races will almost never ever use it, and in adventure mode, it will not appear at all.

[Torak]

I once got an adamantine shovel from the Elves. Most satisfying 's' keystroke I've ever made.

[Mephansteras]

Oh, is that what causes that? I was wondering, but didn't care enough to look into it.

Thanks!