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Sutremaine

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Steel armour macro, try please
« on: December 07, 2011, 09:04:43 pm »

I want to see if this works on other people's computers, since macros are handy and all.

Copy text in spoiler, save as Unarmed.mak in data/init/macros. Then get into the uniform screen and instead of pressing 'c' to create a new uniform, play the macro instead.

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What this should do is create a basic set of steel armour with a leather cloak and hood and a copper shield. It's rather like the 'Metal' uniform, but forces a mail / plate combination and encourages the use of unadorned steel over heavily-decorated lesser metals, or should do anyway (that's the reason it's not an adamantine-based uniform).

High boots may be a problem if your civ doesn't have them. The macro just picks whatever footwear is first on the list. I think what'll happen is that high boots will still be on top of the list and listed as foreign, so you'll need to slot in a 'cursor down' command between 'add boots' and 'select'. Or they could take low boots as a partial match; I don't know what the criteria are for partial match.

Cloaks and hoods shouldn't be a problem. I've never seen a fortress without them and they're the only dwarf-made [LAYER:COVER] items for their respective body parts, so I don't think you could be without them anyway.

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Re: Steel armour macro, try please
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2011, 03:53:21 am »

I'll try it today. I've not been able to get the multiple layers armor to work for me, and i do have a lot of steel armor. I might change the shield to just metal shield though. I dont always get copper early on and then i just import shields nd/or make iron shields
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Re: Steel armour macro, try please
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2011, 01:21:18 pm »

If they can't get copper they'll go for anything they can find, so long as partial match is turned on.
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I am trying to make chickens lay bees as eggs. So far it only produces a single "Tame Small Creature" when a hen lays bees.
Honestly at the time, I didn't see what could go wrong with crowding 80 military Dwarves into a small room with a necromancer for the purpose of making bacon.