Topic: Creepy stuff I'm trying to mod in - and could use help with. (Read 2234 times)

Talanic · « **Reply #15 on:** February 19, 2013, 11:38:38 pm »

I feel proud of myself for actually figuring out the BY_CATEGORY part.

It's still giving me an error message (Interaction Token not recognized : FINGER_PHOBIA) but I'm testing it...

Putnam · « **Reply #16 on:** February 19, 2013, 11:46:38 pm »

Did you make a FINGER_PHOBIA interaction?

Talanic · « **Reply #17 on:** February 19, 2013, 11:49:50 pm »

I'm pretty sure that's where I'm failing. Interactions have me completely confused.

The syndrome works, now, but perhaps a little too well. What's supposed to be a blood-everywhere, creep-out-the-player syndrome is instead killing the dwarves so quickly, it took me three embarks to catch them in the act of dying. The first two times, I looked away for under thirty seconds and came back to a game over screen.

Putnam · « **Reply #18 on:** February 19, 2013, 11:52:00 pm »

Interactions aren't that bad.

Talanic · « **Reply #19 on:** February 19, 2013, 11:55:52 pm »

I thank you both for your help, but circumstances force me to make an early night of it tonight - my wife needs a ride to work in seven hours, as the only other option is walking with -18 wind chill. I'll try giving interactions a shot tomorrow morning, assuming I'm awake enough.

Deon · « **Reply #20 on:** February 20, 2013, 03:28:41 am »

You are forgiven!

Giving a ride to a wife is a good enough excuse (but only if she gives a ride back).

If you feel confused, just post your whole thingie you've got at the moment and we will tell you what's wrong.

Talanic · « **Reply #21 on:** February 20, 2013, 06:26:08 am »

Thanks. I was unable to get back to sleep after she got up, so I took her to work early with a few books. Thought I'd give this a crack before bed.

I came to the conclusion that I kind of only need a stub of an interaction - I didn't need the dwarves to *do* anything with it (unless I could think up something suitably creepy to add to the atmosphere of what I'm trying to do), just produce the message. I was wrong, apparently. I wound up adapting a fragment of a Luck spell from Dwarf Chocolate, turning it instead into a curse that would produce minor bad luck for a little while:

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Since it's not attached to the messages (of which I have several sets for maximum creep-out factor) I can just use the same interaction for different messages.

The syndrome in full as it currently stands (bleeding changed to necrosis in order to not insta-kill the dwarves - will change to bruising. Although I want blood spurting to unnerve the player a little, it wouldn't really do that much to most players of DF.):

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I put it right after the USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE defining plump helmet wine and it works.

If you're interested, the updated version of the rest of the creepy messages:

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Thanks for the help - I think I've got what I need for the moment. I've only got a couple things left for my project, including creating a devious boss (the aforementioned Exile, who needs to be something *killable* but dangerous to an entire fort's military). If you'd like to suggest any particularly dangerous monsters that you think would be a good jumping-off point, I'm all ears - in about eight hours. Going back to bed and then going off to work when I get up.

Putnam · « **Reply #22 on:** February 20, 2013, 01:26:30 pm »

you're doing the verbs incorrectly--it's 2nd person:3rd person:(mutual), the last for verbs

Talanic · « **Reply #23 on:** February 23, 2013, 11:19:52 pm »

With your help, I've gotten almost to where I want to be. The last things I want to do are turn the monsters I've created into a civ (which I should be able to do, done it before) and create an interaction that resurrects the target, turns it into a monster temporarily, lets it turn back normal for a few months, then turns it into a different monster.

RAW:

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So far, it only raises the target as a zombie. Which, while fun, isn't really what I was hoping to do. Any help?

Putnam · « **Reply #24 on:** February 23, 2013, 11:40:01 pm »

Can resurrections have syndromes?

Hugo_The_Dwarf · « **Reply #25 on:** February 24, 2013, 12:06:07 am »

Quote from: Putnam on February 23, 2013, 11:40:01 pm

Can resurrections have syndromes?

Yes

EDIT

Wait nvm I think you need to drop an ADD_SYNDROME section too. gimmie a sec

EDIT2:

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[INTERACTION:ACTIVATE_LARGE_RAT_FERAL] --- Brings dead back to life then transforms it into new creature
	[I_SOURCE:CREATURE_ACTION]
	[I_TARGET:A:CORPSE]
		[IT_LOCATION:CONTEXT_ITEM]
		[IT_CANNOT_TARGET_IF_ALREADY_AFFECTED]
		[IT_AFFECTED_CREATURE:SPAWN_ESSENCE:EVIL]
		[IT_MANUAL_INPUT:essence]
	[I_EFFECT:RESURRECT]
		[IE_TARGET:A]
		[IE_IMMEDIATE]
		[SYNDROME]
			[SYN_CLASS:SPAWN_2]
			[CE_BODY_TRANSFORMATION:START:0]
			[CE:CREATURE:RAT_LARGE_FERAL:MALE]
			[CE_ADD_TAG:OPPOSED_TO_LIFE:NOT_LIVING:START:0]

Talanic · « **Reply #26 on:** February 24, 2013, 12:41:17 am »

What's going on is apparently that I'm an idiot who was calling the wrong interaction. Thanks for the help.

Talanic · « **Reply #27 on:** February 27, 2013, 04:31:57 pm »

Last one, hopefully.

Goal: When a Grinner is in combat with a Dwarf, the Grinner has a chance to infest the dwarf, resulting in the dwarf eventually (1% chance) turning into one of the different types of Grinners.

What Actually Happens: I put dwarves into the arena next to a single Grinner. All dwarves immediately turn into Elite Grinners. This is only limited by the maximum range of the effect, which, of course, spreads as new dwarves gain the ability.

What am I messing up this time?

Data from interaction file:

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Data from creature file:

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Putnam · « **Reply #28 on:** February 27, 2013, 05:56:56 pm »

PROB, not PERC.

Talanic · « **Reply #29 on:** February 27, 2013, 06:34:12 pm »

MUCH better. Thanks!

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