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cdrcjsn

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Can caste types produce a creature that breeds true?
« on: April 29, 2011, 03:48:12 pm »
I was thinking of modifying geese by adding a couple of castes to them.

The normal goose will have a fairly common caste frequency.
Then I plan on adding a caste for gold laying and steel laying varieties with much rarer caste frequencies.

Is there a way to make the rarer castes to breed true once I get it?
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Re: Can caste types produce a creature that breeds true?
« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2011, 03:54:19 pm »
Yeah. Look at ant people RAWs.
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Re: Can caste types produce a creature that breeds true?
« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2011, 03:56:19 pm »
But the problem there is that the queen caste will still produce offspring that includes all other castes.

I'm asking if it's possible for the queen, once you breed one, to produce only queens?
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Re: Can caste types produce a creature that breeds true?
« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2011, 03:57:16 pm »
Unfortunately, Necro... that is not what "Breeding True" means.

No, cdrcjsn.  There is no way to control which castes have which kinds of babies, therefore you will not be able to use castes as a breed.  Sorry.
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Re: Can caste types produce a creature that breeds true?
« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2011, 03:59:10 pm »
Hmm...that's disappointing.

Is it possible for a creature to give birth to other creatures?

For example, can a Duck lay an egg that hatches into a Dog?
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Re: Can caste types produce a creature that breeds true?
« Reply #5 on: April 29, 2011, 04:01:19 pm »
No, that doesn't work as intended either.  Creatures either as Itemcorpse or Specialeggs do not operate correctly.
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Re: Can caste types produce a creature that breeds true?
« Reply #6 on: April 29, 2011, 04:03:26 pm »
Quote from: Jeoshua on April 29, 2011, 04:01:19 pm
No, that doesn't work as intended either.  Creatures either as Itemcorpse or Specialeggs do not operate correctly.
lol. That just put an image of an carp turning into an elephant.
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