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[brolol.404]

Is there a way to have dwarves or monsters summon a creature? Through a reaction or interaction or otherwise?

[Roses]

Only with DFHack

[Mediterraneo]

Which mods have a good summon reaction or interaction to learn from?
I get it will need dfhack.

[DerMeister]

Only with DFHack

Can DFHack features work in worldgen?

[Teneb]

Only with DFHack

Can DFHack features work in worldgen?

Probably not.


Also: you can make a fake summoning by pairing an animation interaction with a transformation. But obviously you need a corpse.

[brolol.404]

Only with DFHack

Can DFHack features work in worldgen?

Probably not.


Also: you can make a fake summoning by pairing an animation interaction with a transformation. But obviously you need a corpse.

Awesome. Thanks for this. I may use this. Could this be made into a reaction at a workshop? (Dwarf sacrifices another dward or uses corpse at an altar to summon a dark creature)?

[Roses]

Which mods have a good summon reaction or interaction to learn from?
I get it will need dfhack.

Masterwork has some summoning reactions iirc (I think you can make golems), but it's been awhile since I've looked at it

Can DFHack features work in worldgen?

Unfortunately no

Awesome. Thanks for this. I may use this. Could this be made into a reaction at a workshop? (Dwarf sacrifices another dward or uses corpse at an altar to summon a dark creature)?

To reliably do it you need DFHack, but there is the boiling rock syndrome method in which your reaction creates a rock which immediately boils away and has a syndrome attached to give the needed animation/transformation interaction. Problems with this method are; they might not use the interaction, they might not get the syndrome, all nearby units could get the syndrome, boiling rock can deal "damage" to buildings, and probably others that I can't think of at the moment. But it's the closest you can get to summoning without DFHack.

[brolol.404]

To reliably do it you need DFHack, but there is the boiling rock syndrome method in which your reaction creates a rock which immediately boils away and has a syndrome attached to give the needed animation/transformation interaction. Problems with this method are; they might not use the interaction, they might not get the syndrome, all nearby units could get the syndrome, boiling rock can deal "damage" to buildings, and probably others that I can't think of at the moment. But it's the closest you can get to summoning without DFHack.

I actually really like the idea of this boiling rock method and it sounds like the problems could be cool roleplay elements (trying to summon dark forces sometimes doesnt work or has dire consequences). Has someone already wrote the code for this? Can you share it? I'll give them credit in my mod. I am thinking of making a lovecraftianesc mod where you summon strange creatures/deities at an altar (workshop) maybe using the butchery labor. The reagents would either be living creatures or dwarves or corpses.

[Roses]

To reliably do it you need DFHack, but there is the boiling rock syndrome method in which your reaction creates a rock which immediately boils away and has a syndrome attached to give the needed animation/transformation interaction. Problems with this method are; they might not use the interaction, they might not get the syndrome, all nearby units could get the syndrome, boiling rock can deal "damage" to buildings, and probably others that I can't think of at the moment. But it's the closest you can get to summoning without DFHack.

I actually really like the idea of this boiling rock method and it sounds like the problems could be cool roleplay elements (trying to summon dark forces sometimes doesnt work or has dire consequences). Has someone already wrote the code for this? Can you share it? I'll give them credit in my mod. I am thinking of making a lovecraftianesc mod where you summon strange creatures/deities at an altar (workshop) maybe using the butchery labor. The reagents would either be living creatures or dwarves or corpses.

I know there is code out there, but I'm not sure if this method has been used in the last several versions. Meph might have some old code laying around that he could point you to (or you could go back through older mods), but I don't know of anyplace to send you off the top of my head.