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Troas

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So I just downloaded 31.21...
« on: March 07, 2011, 02:04:24 am »
I just downloaded 31.21, applied the Dwarven Higher Learning mod and genned a new medium high-volcanic world.  Worldgen took a bit longer than I remember it taking it 31.18, but no biggie.  I find a decent looking volcano to embark on but then notice that something is very wrong with my neighbors
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and my "dwarves" are looking very, um, scaly.
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  Did I do something horribly wrong when I applied the mod or did I uncover a !!feature!! of the new release?  Here are my world gen parameters:
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and here's the save if you are interested.
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You'd think handing out the crossbows to brain damaged dwarfs would be a bad idea but it isn't

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agatharchides

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Re: So I just downloaded 31.21...
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2011, 02:07:59 am »
I would guess the mod hasn't been updated for the latest versions and it messed up the raws. I'm not a modding expert though.
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Re: So I just downloaded 31.21...
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2011, 02:09:58 am »
Sounds like duplicate creatures in the raw files to me. Though the mod not being updated to the most recent update likely is part of the problem too.
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Re: So I just downloaded 31.21...
« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2011, 07:15:05 am »
Find errorlog.txt in your DF folder. Find the creature entries it's complaining about. Delete them.
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Re: So I just downloaded 31.21...
« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2011, 09:16:14 am »
What?! Am I the only one who thinks this is awesome? Leave them be and set up the first ever DF civilisation of scally things
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Re: So I just downloaded 31.21...
« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2011, 09:56:32 am »
Quote from: 3 on March 07, 2011, 07:15:05 am
Find errorlog.txt in your DF folder. Find the creature entries it's complaining about. Delete them.

Thanks for the pointer!  Errorlog is complaining about a lot of creatures and all six entities as being duplicated
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So I re-checked the raws, and couldn't find what I did wrong - then it dawned on me.  I made a backup copy of creature_standard and entity_default before I changed anything.  DF was reading both my modded version and the backups, causing the duplication.  After moving my backups into a zip the next world genned normally. 

Quote from: SleepyLittleFox on March 07, 2011, 09:16:14 am
What?! Am I the only one who thinks this is awesome? Leave them be and set up the first ever DF civilisation of scally things
I just may try that, I also uploaded the save if you want to try your hand as cave crocs striking the earth, with giant olms, toads, and bats as potential raiders. 
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Troas

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« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2011, 11:28:59 am »
Unfortunately cave crocodiles make very poor fortress builders.  Lacking opposable thumbs and being too self-centered to take orders are fatal flaws I'm afraid. 
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Re: So I just downloaded 31.21...
« Reply #7 on: March 07, 2011, 12:27:35 pm »
Quote from: Troas on March 07, 2011, 02:04:24 am
I just downloaded 31.21, applied the Dwarven Higher Learning mod and genned a new medium high-volcanic world.  Worldgen took a bit longer than I remember it taking it 31.18, but no biggie.  I find a decent looking volcano to embark on but then notice that something is very wrong with my neighbors
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
and my "dwarves" are looking very, um, scaly.
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
  Did I do something horribly wrong when I applied the mod or did I uncover a !!feature!! of the new release?  Here are my world gen parameters:
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
and here's the save if you are interested.

MY GOD DWARFISH EVOLUTION

apparently in this world your dwarfs have evolved scales.   I hypothesis that the world wide torture of nobles caused dwarfkind to grow scaly skin to help protect them form spike traps.  This apparent reptilian evolution may also indicate gills to protect against water death pits.  Given the number of nobles killed the year 40d most dwarfs have been related to nobles and there for the evolution spread out amongst the entire population
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From the description of the event, I think that your copy of Dwarf Fortress was on drugs when this happened. That's surely the only logical explanation for a human werewolf with deadly farts dying from it's own excrement after slaughtering some goblins comrades.

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Re: So I just downloaded 31.21...
« Reply #8 on: March 08, 2011, 05:16:10 am »
Quote from: Troas on March 07, 2011, 11:28:59 am
Unfortunately cave crocodiles make very poor fortress builders.  Lacking opposable thumbs and being too self-centered to take orders are fatal flaws I'm afraid. 
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Sounds like my dwarfs. Well except they have opposable thumbs. Well those who still have hands do at least.

Damn though, would have loved to see a underground crocodile society fending off yearly giant olm raids.
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