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Atomicdremora

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A little help for someone new?
« on: January 08, 2011, 02:24:16 pm »
I'm attempting to mod in a new megabeast, based on the anime 'The Big O'
I know that I'm messing something up in the raws, and if someone could tell me how to do the code tags I'll post them here.
Sorry to be a pest.
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rephikul

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Re: A little help for someone new?
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2011, 02:31:57 pm »
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Re: A little help for someone new?
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2011, 02:33:16 pm »
indeed. I'll post up the raws once I can ruddy well figure out how to do that.
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Re: A little help for someone new?
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2011, 02:36:13 pm »
quoting people will show the tags they used....
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Re: A little help for someone new?
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2011, 02:42:28 pm »
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can anyone figure out why I can't find this in any mode?
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Re: A little help for someone new?
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2011, 02:54:02 pm »
population and age, from the look of it.
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Re: A little help for someone new?
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2011, 02:58:54 pm »
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[CASTE_NAME:bronze colossus:bronze colossuses:bronze colossus]If they show up, they'll be called bronze colossuses.  That could make them difficult to find.
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Re: A little help for someone new?
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2011, 03:04:49 pm »
Yeah, try adding a POPULATION_NUMBER tag.  Maybe [POPULATION_NUMBER:1:1] for a min and max of 1 per year?

If you don't put a MAXAGE tag they'll be immortal, which is probably what you want.

I assume you want it to be a random creature instead of a megabeast, since you've removed the MEGABEAST tag from the bronze colossus raws it seems you based this on (you should change the CASTE_NAME tag to match the NAME tag, otherwise they'll end up being called bronze colossi instead)?

SemiEdit:  Ninja'd.  Sorta.
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Atomicdremora

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Re: A little help for someone new?
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2011, 05:38:03 pm »
Right. I've re edited my raws, and come up with this:

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[OBJECT:CREATURE]

[CREATURE:BIG_O]
[DESCRIPTION:A gigantic mechanical beast, known commonly as Megadeus]
[NAME:megadeus:megadeus:megadeus]
[CASTE_NAME:megadeus:megadeus:megadeus]
[CREATURE_TILE:'O'][COLOR:1:0:0]
[TRAPAVOID]
[FANCIFUL]
[SPEED:800]
[NOPAIN][EXTRAVISION][NOBREATHE][NOSTUN][NONAUSEA][NOEMOTION]
[INTELLIGENT][NOEXERT]
[NO_DIZZINESS]
[NO_FEVERS]
[POPULATION_NUMBER:1:10]
[BUILDINGDESTROYER:2]
[LARGE_PREDATOR]
[LARGE_ROAMING]
[NO_DRINK][NO_EAT][NO_SLEEP]
[SPHERE:METALS]
[SPHERE:STRENGTH]
[SPHERE:WAR]
[CANNOT_UNDEAD]
[CANOPENDOORS]
[NOT_BUTCHERABLE]
[BIOME:ANY_LAND]
[EQUIPS]
[NOFEAR]
[PREFSTRING:immense size]
[NOBONES]
[BODY:HUMANOID:2EYES:2EARS:NOSE:HUMANOID_JOINTS:5FINGERS:5TOES]
[NO_THOUGHT_CENTER_FOR_MOVEMENT]
[TISSUE:ARMOR]
[TISSUE_NAME:armor plating:armor plating]
[TISSUE_MATERIAL:INORGANIC:STEEL]
[MUSCULAR]
[FUNCTIONAL]
[STRUCTURAL]
[RELATIVE_THICKNESS:5]
[CONNECTS]
[TISSUE_SHAPE:LAYER]
[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:ARMOR]
[BODY_SIZE:0:0:17000000]
[BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:HEIGHT:90:95:98:100:102:105:110]
[BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:BROADNESS:90:95:98:100:102:105:110]
[ATTACK:PUNCH:BODYPART:BY_TYPE:GRASP]
[ATTACK_SKILL:GRASP_STRIKE]
[ATTACK_VERB:punch:punches]
[ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:100]
[ATTACK_FLAG_WITH]
[ATTACK_PRIORITY:MAIN]
[ATTACK:KICK:BODYPART:BY_TYPE:STANCE]
[ATTACK_SKILL:STANCE_STRIKE]
[ATTACK_VERB:kick:kicks]
[ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:100]
[ATTACK_FLAG_WITH]
[ATTACK_PRIORITY:SECOND]
[ITEMCORPSE:STATUE:NO_SUBTYPE:INORGANIC:STEEL]
[ITEMCORPSE_QUALITY:5]
[SWIMS_LEARNED][SWIM_SPEED:2500]
So far not yet showing up in arena mode. any ideas oh mighty raw magicians?
P.S thanks for helping me out.
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Re: A little help for someone new?
« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2011, 05:49:33 pm »
Oops, I didn't realize you were saying it doesn't show up in the arena.  That's a more basic problem than the one we were trying to help with (we thought it wasn't showing up in Fortress and Adventure mode, but that it did in the arena).

What is the name of the file with this creature in it?  Do you know that files that contain creatures must be named "creature_yada.txt"?  Do you have anything in your errorlog file (shows up in same directory as the DF executable.  Remember to empty it regularly!)
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Spotter's Guide to Illithids (Genesis mod-mod) genesis 3.19a4 (update canceled)

Atomicdremora

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Re: A little help for someone new?
« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2011, 05:51:06 pm »
it's in creature_O.txt, and the errorlog only shows a few pathing error crashes from my most recent game.
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Seriyu

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Re: A little help for someone new?
« Reply #11 on: January 08, 2011, 05:58:19 pm »
You're gonna need to put creature_O.txt at the top of the file, along with [OBJECT:CREATURE] I think it is, below it.

So the top of it should look as such

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creature_O.txt

[OBJECT:CREATURE]

creature info starts here
Spaces and all.
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Re: A little help for someone new?
« Reply #12 on: January 08, 2011, 05:58:54 pm »
changing the first lines to
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creature_O

[OBJECT:CREATURE]
Fixed it.

I love magic.... >:(

(In 40d, you need to have your file's name in plain text at the top, or it wouldn't work.  In this version, the file name no longer needs to match, but it seems like maybe it's expecting SOMETHING still?)

Never seen that happen before.

Edit:  Ninja'd
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Illithid Empire mod DF 31.25 (update canceled)
Spotter's Guide to Illithids (Genesis mod-mod) genesis 3.19a4 (update canceled)

Atomicdremora

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Re: A little help for someone new?
« Reply #13 on: January 08, 2011, 07:43:42 pm »
Thankyou all profusely!
I'll finally be able to give my dwarves the megadeus war machines they've always needed.


seriously, it's either this or a puppy.
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