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nitehawk

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Modding the game to be harder
« on: August 28, 2011, 09:48:27 am »

I am new to modding, and wiki does not answer my questions, so I figured I could as well ask here.

I embarked in an area where no goblin siege reaches. The only megabeasts that arrive are the underground ones. Guess the area is very hard to reach. Before I realized that, I built extensive defenses, which are now laying in waste.

My question is, how do I modify the raws to make the goblin ambushes and thieves stronger? Preferably many times stronger. If you have ideas how can I make the game more of a challenge, your suggestions are welcome.
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Re: Modding the game to be harder
« Reply #1 on: August 28, 2011, 09:50:59 am »

...Give the goblins wings?
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Re: Modding the game to be harder
« Reply #2 on: August 28, 2011, 09:52:16 am »

Give goblins steel, (Entity File)
[TRAP_AVOID]
[NO_FEAR]
[NO_PAIN]
[NO_BREATHE]
[SPEED:10]
Have Fun
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Re: Modding the game to be harder
« Reply #3 on: August 28, 2011, 09:54:47 am »

Give goblins steel, (Entity File)
[TRAP_AVOID]
[NO_FEAR]
[NO_PAIN]
[NO_BREATHE]
[SPEED:10]
Have Fun

Goblin supersoldiers?  Awesome.  What's the speed of an average dwarf by the way? 
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Re: Modding the game to be harder
« Reply #4 on: August 28, 2011, 01:12:24 pm »

If you're really looking for more challenging sieges, try the Fortress Defense Mod.
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Re: Modding the game to be harder
« Reply #5 on: August 28, 2011, 01:29:45 pm »

Dorfs speed is 900 i believe, and lower speeds are faster. And yes fortress defense does increase the difficulty but it cant be applied to a game in progress. You could also give goblins [PRONE_TO_RAGE:100] and the correct tags are [NOFEAR] and [NOPAIN]
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Re: Modding the game to be harder
« Reply #6 on: August 29, 2011, 08:55:39 am »

you can give [FLIER] to goblins but that won't help. If they can't reach you - then you are on the island and it's a permanent no-siege embark. Regenerate world. Don't give goblins speed 10 unless you want extreme FUN without even a chance then just give them [SPEED:500] - this way they will hit twice on each yours hit.... they will do everything twice as fast as your dorfs. And it will be enough to be dead;) With rage - you're even deadier. Unless you cheated your dorfs first speed 500 is enough to be pretty overkill. SPEED 10 will be 10 times faster and your dorfs won't even have a chance to hit.
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Re: Modding the game to be harder
« Reply #7 on: August 29, 2011, 01:00:57 pm »

You can also try increasing the [BODY_SIZE:X:X:this number right here]. This makes them pretty much tougher in anything involving strength and resistance to blows since it is basically the overall size of the creature (bigger size=more strength=harder hits). Mind you that you might need to increase this by a significant amount in order to make a difference (its in cm^3, so the size difference from dwarves to humans is 10,000).

Also for future use it might be better to post questions like this in the modding forum.
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