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[Jelle]

Hey, sorry if it's a bit of a silly question. I know how this modding stuff works more or less so normally this wouldn't be a problem, but I can"t seem to find what I'm looking for in this particular case.

I've got a moody dwarf who is demanding plant cloth specificly, wich normally isn't a problem when they are happy to find any cloth at all with my silk industry, but plant cloth is kind of a problem since I can't grow pig tails for another half year.

So perhaps one of you can point me in the right direction as to how I can make my dwarf believe all that fine silk cloth is in fact plant cloth.
Thus far I've found the materials SILK and PLANT_THREAD, but I thought I needed some sort of plant cloth item wich I can't find the likes of.

So, if any of you know where I'd add wich tag, that'd be great. I'd hate to lose my third dwarf to this plant cloth madness.

[AutomataKittay]

What about rope reed? It grows year-around. Though it sounds like you haven't done surface gathering, nor bought seeds from humans or elves.

[Jelle]

Also on an unrelated matter (I'm messing around a little until I can get my moody dwarf saved)...

If I were to mod an egg laying intelligent creature as playable race in fortress mode, how would it reproduce?

So far it seems my egg laying fortress dwellers claim nest boxes and lay eggs, how exactly they're going to be hatching it is a mystery to me though. 
Curious, it seems to be dragging barrels of alcohol to the eggs, very strange.

Also if it's a carnivore, is fish on their diet?

Anyway, the question of the plant cloth is more important!

[Eldrick Tobin]

Also on an unrelated matter (I'm messing around a little until I can get my moody dwarf saved)...

If I were to mod an egg laying intelligent creature as playable race in fortress mode, how would it reproduce?

So far it seems my egg laying fortress dwellers claim nest boxes and lay eggs, how exactly they're going to be hatching it is a mystery to me though. 

By staying at the nest until the eggs hatch. You might have to Do Things(tm) to get them to STAY PUT and not let anyone haul the eggs away to a food stockpile.

Curious, it seems to be dragging barrels of alcohol to the eggs, very strange.

Also if it's a carnivore, is fish on their diet?

Anyway, the question of the plant cloth is more important!

Try adding    [THREAD_PLANT]
to [MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:SILK_TEMPLATE]
in raw\objects\material_template_default.txt

SHOULD make silk count as both.

if that doesn't work (haven't done the !!SCIENCE!!) there's:

*Modifying a reaction to add appropriate cloth/thread -You just need to meddle with a reaction in reaction_other.txt:

[PRODUCT:100:1:CLOTH:NONE:PLANT_MAT:REED_ROPE:THREAD]

Could be tacked onto any preexisting reaction in reaction_other.txt

*adding a reaction (or building and reaction) to add the appropriate cloth/thread - Needs DFWorldTinker or equivalent and that your saves are already uncompressed

I recommend the Emergency Mood Kit... which I kludged together because of such mood antics from pieces of the Creation Forge, and some messy research. I just noticed it doesn't have a direct plant cloth reaction (thread rope and bags, but not cloth), but as you HAVE a working textile industry weaving isn't an issue.

Emergency Mood Kit on DFFD Includes Building, Reactions and Permissions

[Jelle]

Cheers

I already tried giving silk the plant_thread tag, however that caused me not to be able to make new silk cloth through silk thread.

I'll definatly try adding a new reaction, I've never done that before but it can't be to hard I guess.