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[Greiger]

I'm trying to make a creature that blows itself up preferrably with a HEAT attack.

I got most of the stuff together but I've never really done much with the temperature tags before.  Various attemps I made result in the game crashing when they appear, crashing when I burn them(usually with burning plants as they don't seem to use thier heat attack), or they simply die immediatly when they burn.

[CREATURE:BOMB]
   [NAME:bomb:bombs:bomb]
   [TILE:'B'][COLOR:6:0:1]
   [FLIER]
   [MODVALUE:20]
   [LIKES_FIGHTING][MAGMA_VISION]
   [GENPOWER:5]
   [BLOODTYPE:0]
   [CANOPENDOORS]
   [NOT_BUTCHERABLE][EVIL]
   [NOPAIN][EXTRAVISION][NOBREATHE][NOBLEED][NOSTUN][NONAUSEA][NOEMOTION][RECKLESS]
      [NOSTUCKINS][SEVERONBREAKS][NOSKULL][NOSKIN][NOMEAT][NOTHOUGHT][NOEXERT]
   [NOFEAR][NOEXERT]
   [PREFSTRING:explosiveness]
   [NOSMELLYROT]
   [BODY:BASIC_1PARTBODY:BASIC_3PARTARMS]
   [SIZE:5]
   [LARGE_ROAMING][FREQUENCY:50]
   [POPULATION_NUMBER:2:5]
   [CLUSTER_NUMBER:2:3]
   [LARGE_PREDATOR]
   [FIREBREATH]
   [ATTACK:MAIN:BYTYPE:MOUTH:bite:bites:1:12:HEAT][ATTACKFLAG_CANLATCH]
   [NO_DRINK][NO_EAT][NO_SLEEP]
   [ALL_ACTIVE]
   [BIOME_ANY_LAND]
   [NO_GENDER]
   [EXTRACT:bomb oil:7:0:1]
   [EXTRACT_IGNITE_POINT:10110]
   [EXTRACT_BOILING_POINT:10110]
   [BONE_IGNITE_POINT:10100]
   [BONE_BOILING_POINT:10101]
   [SPEC_HEAT:3]
   [HEATDAM_POINT:10099]
   [PERSONALITY:FRIENDLINESS:0:0:0]
   [PERSONALITY:CHEERFULNESS:0:0:0]
   [PERSONALITY:TRUST:0:0:0]
   [PERSONALITY:STRAIGHTFORWARDNESS:0:0:0]
   [PERSONALITY:ALTRUISM:0:0:0]
   [PERSONALITY:COOPERATION:0:0:0]
   [PERSONALITY:SYMPATHY:0:0:0]
   [SPHERE:FIRE]

Edited from a spirit of fire.  Ive tried [IGNITEPOINT] and [BOILINGPOINT] without the bone part as well and that also did not work.  I think it's not using it's heat attack because it dosn't have a mouth, but as far as I can tell they should still explode when heated.  Instead they either crash DF or just die instantly when heated.

Anybody have any thoughts? What I posted above crashes the game the moment they're loaded.  Ive gotten to the point where I can fight them, but they don't blow up.

[Mr.Person]

The tag your looking for is [FIXED_TEMP] I believe. I didn't know there were temp related bone tags.

Get rid of the sphere tag. It only effects the demon area they would spawn in. It might be confusing DF.

Give them a mouth of some kind. Have they been using their fire breathe?

[Greiger]

Yea, they've been using the fire breath. (and killing eachother with it)

I gave them a mouth and removed the sphere and personality tags. But there still not blowing up. They seem to crash the moment anything happens that would trigger it.  I'll try fixed temp once I get back from my job hunting. I assume I would set it to just under the ignite and boiling point?

I heard about all this exploding stuff (the exploding arrows in particular) and just had to make an adventure mode terror that does the same.  If this works it may just beat out giant cave spiders for p-i-t-a level.  

[Fenrir]

quote:Originally posted by Greiger:
<STRONG>I heard about all this exploding stuff (the exploding arrows in particular)...</STRONG>

I think that is all speculation; I have yet to make anything explode.

[Greiger]

quote:Originally posted by Fenrir:
<STRONG>
I think that is all speculation; I have yet to make anything explode.</STRONG>

D'oh!  I shoulda realized that when I read it.  And setting fixed temp at or very near the ignite and boiling just crashes it again.

Oh well.  Now I can continue my current fortress (on another DF copy) and see if gobbos will take flying wyverns into battle when angered sufficiently.  Thanks for the responses.