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[Shooer]

Just tried infecting via own blood and it doesn't actually bring the blood into existence until they bleed.  It works but not for what I want.  Trying skin next.

[Putnam]

It probably won't work unless it's some sort of secretion.

[Hugo_The_Dwarf]

It probably won't work unless it's some sort of secretion.

Yes it has to be a secreation, Contact Syndrome. I use that to make my Zombies Rot

[Shooer]

And even then it's not going to have an effect during world gen.  So you won't see anything happen until they show up at your fort or during adventure mode.  But I may be wrong.

[lanp]

I want to breathe a vapor that when breathed in (I would also like it if it worked on contact with skin as well) causes syndromes. I started this but nothing seems to happen when I actually use it. I have a feeling I am just using the wrong material. Is this even possible?

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[CAN_DO_INTERACTION:MATERIAL_EMISSION]
      [CDI:ADV_NAME:Breath death!]
      [CDI:USAGE_HINT:ATTACK]
      [CDI:BP_REQUIRED:BY_CATEGORY:MOUTH]
      [CDI:MATERIAL:CREATURE_EXTRACT_TEMPLATE:TRAILING_VAPOR_FLOW]
      [CDI:TARGET:C:LINE_OF_SIGHT]
      [CDI:TARGET_RANGE:C:2]
      [CDI:MAX_TARGET_NUMBER:C:4]
      [CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:10]
      [SYNDROME]
         [SYN_NAME:death]
         [SYN_AFFECTED_CLASS:GENERAL_POISON]
         [SYN_INHALED]
         [CE_COUGH_BLOOD:SEV:100:PROB:100:SIZE_DILUTES:START:2:PEAK:5:END:100000]
         [CE_VOMIT_BLOOD:SEV:100:PROB:100:SIZE_DILUTES:START:2:PEAK:5:END:100000]
         [CE_BLEEDING:SEV:100:PROB:100:SIZE_DILUTES:START:2:PEAK:5:END:100000]
         [CE_PAIN:SEV:100:PROB:100:SIZE_DILUTES:START:2:PEAK:5:END:100000]

Thanks again for any help.

[monk12]

You need to attach that syndrome to the material you are exhaling- remember to make yourself immune (or not, if you like dying.)

[lanp]

You need to attach that syndrome to the material you are exhaling- remember to make yourself immune (or not, if you like dying.)

I added a new material (copied from CREATURE_EXTRACT_TEMPLATE) that should boil the moment it hits air. I also added the syndromes to it.

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[MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:DEATH_TEMPLATE]
   [USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:CREATURE_EXTRACT_TEMPLATE]
   [STATE_COLOR:ALL_SOLID:BLACK]
   [STATE_NAME:ALL_SOLID:sponge]
   [STATE_ADJ:ALL_SOLID:spongy]
   [STATE_COLOR:LIQUID:BLACK]
   [STATE_NAME:LIQUID:n/a]
   [STATE_ADJ:LIQUID:n/a]
   [STATE_COLOR:GAS:BLACK]
   [STATE_NAME:GAS:death cloud]
   [STATE_ADJ:GAS:death cloud]
   [DISPLAY_COLOR:0:0:0]
   [MATERIAL_VALUE:1]
   [MELTING_POINT:NONE]
   [MAT_FIXED_TEMP:10001]
   [BOILING_POINT:10000]
   [GENERATES_MIASMA]
   [ROTS]
   [ENTERS_BLOOD]
   [SYN_NAME:death]
         [SYN_AFFECTED_CLASS:GENERAL_POISON]
         [SYN_IMMUNE_CREATURE:ZERUEL]
         [SYN_INHALED]
         [CE_COUGH_BLOOD:SEV:100:PROB:100:SIZE_DILUTES:START:2:PEAK:5:END:100000]
         [CE_VOMIT_BLOOD:SEV:100:PROB:100:SIZE_DILUTES:START:2:PEAK:5:END:100000]
         [CE_PAIN:SEV:100:PROB:100:SIZE_DILUTES:START:2:PEAK:5:END:100000]

And then this is the attack for the creature:

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[CAN_DO_INTERACTION:MATERIAL_EMISSION]
      [CDI:ADV_NAME:Breath death!]
      [CDI:USAGE_HINT:ATTACK]
      [CDI:BP_REQUIRED:BY_CATEGORY:MOUTH]
      [CDI:MATERIAL:INORGANIC:DEATH_TEMPLATE:TRAILING_VAPOR_FLOW]
      [CDI:TARGET:C:LINE_OF_SIGHT]
      [CDI:TARGET_RANGE:C:2]
      [CDI:MAX_TARGET_NUMBER:C:4]
      [CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:10]

Still nothing happens when I perform the attack. I feel like I'm missing something very obvious. This would be way easier if I had some base to work from.

Edit: Okay, I applied some changes and the creature now uses the attack and something comes out. Sadly it seems to be magma vapor. Is there any reason why? This causes any fleshy enemies to get partially melted and they seem to die from that and not the syndromes. I just want it to be a gas that is a low temperature so it doesn't cause damage itself.

[WillowLuman]

I'm trying to make a female-only race, though I don't exactly know how to pull off reproduction.
I've thought of a possible way, but I don't know if it's actually viable.

Idea was to have the race capture male slaves from the human race. Is such slavery and reproduction even possible?
Expanding on that, how about an interaction which would turn the male humans into a caste that is never naturally born? How different can castes, physically, even be?

This was possible even in 31.25
Just give the creature the [NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTER] tag, and make a male caste with the [CONVERTED_SPOUSE] tag. This will cause the females to hunt for male humans (and elves and dwarves, but not goblins or kobolds), abduct them, and transform them into males of it's own species. The males of your species will not be placed during worldgen, except through conversion.

[Keldane]

I'm trying to make a female-only race, though I don't exactly know how to pull off reproduction.
I've thought of a possible way, but I don't know if it's actually viable.

Idea was to have the race capture male slaves from the human race. Is such slavery and reproduction even possible?
Expanding on that, how about an interaction which would turn the male humans into a caste that is never naturally born? How different can castes, physically, even be?

This was possible even in 31.25
Just give the creature the [NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTER] tag, and make a male caste with the [CONVERTED_SPOUSE] tag. This will cause the females to hunt for male humans (and elves and dwarves, but not goblins or kobolds), abduct them, and transform them into males of it's own species. The males of your species will not be placed during worldgen, except through conversion.

Have you tried this yourself? I did, but my results were, if memory serves, that the civilization failed to appear entirely no matter what settings I used.

[WillowLuman]

I'm trying to make a female-only race, though I don't exactly know how to pull off reproduction.
I've thought of a possible way, but I don't know if it's actually viable.

Idea was to have the race capture male slaves from the human race. Is such slavery and reproduction even possible?
Expanding on that, how about an interaction which would turn the male humans into a caste that is never naturally born? How different can castes, physically, even be?

This was possible even in 31.25
Just give the creature the [NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTER] tag, and make a male caste with the [CONVERTED_SPOUSE] tag. This will cause the females to hunt for male humans (and elves and dwarves, but not goblins or kobolds), abduct them, and transform them into males of it's own species. The males of your species will not be placed during worldgen, except through conversion.

Have you tried this yourself? I did, but my results were, if memory serves, that the civilization failed to appear entirely no matter what settings I used.

Yes, with humans. I changed the male to converted spouse, and watched legends fill up with "McMann was abducted. McMann was imprisoned. McMann was changed from a human to a human"

[Strabonic]

Can somebody please help me? I'm trying to make an acidic breath weapon. It works partially - expels acid, covers creatures in it, but does not causes any syndromes. What is wrong?

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        [USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:ACID:CREATURE_EXTRACT_TEMPLATE]
[STATE_NAME:ALL_SOLID:acidic ice]
[STATE_ADJ:ALL_SOLID:acidic ice]
[STATE_NAME:LIQUID:acid]
[STATE_ADJ:LIQUID:acid]
[STATE_NAME:GAS:acidic vapor]
[STATE_ADJ:GAS:acidic vapor]
[STATE_COLOR:ALL:GREEN]
         [PREFIX:NONE]
         [SYNDROME]
    [SYN_NAME:acid burn]
          [SYN_AFFECTED_CLASS:GENERAL_POISON]
          [SYN_IMMUNE_CREATURE:ZERG_ROACH:ALL]
  [SYN_CONTACT]
          [CE_PAIN:SEV:15:PROB:100:LOCALIZED:VASCULAR_ONLY:RESISTABLE:START:50:PEAK:1000:END:2000]
  [CE_BLISTERS:SEV:25:PROB:100:LOCALIZED:VASCULAR_ONLY:RESISTABLE:START:50:PEAK:1000:END:2000]
  [CE_NECROSIS:SEV:50:PROB:100:LOCALIZED:SIZE_DILUTES:START:1:PEAK:50:END:300]

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        [CAN_DO_INTERACTION:MATERIAL_EMISSION]
  [CDI:ADV_NAME:Spit acid]
  [CDI:USAGE_HINT:ATTACK]
        [CDI:MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:ACID:TRAILING_VAPOR_FLOW]
        [CDI:VERB:spit acid:spits acid:NA]
        [CDI:TARGET_VERB:are splattered with acid:is splattered with acid]
    [CDI:BP_REQUIRED:BY_CATEGORY:MOUTH]
  [CDI:TARGET:C:LINE_OF_SIGHT]
  [CDI:TARGET_RANGE:C:10]
  [CDI:MAX_TARGET_NUMBER:C:1]
  [CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:50] 

[The Grackle]

Can somebody please help me? I'm trying to make an acidic breath weapon. It works partially - expels acid, covers creatures in it, but does not causes any syndromes. What is wrong?

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        [USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:ACID:CREATURE_EXTRACT_TEMPLATE]
[STATE_NAME:ALL_SOLID:acidic ice]
[STATE_ADJ:ALL_SOLID:acidic ice]
[STATE_NAME:LIQUID:acid]
[STATE_ADJ:LIQUID:acid]
[STATE_NAME:GAS:acidic vapor]
[STATE_ADJ:GAS:acidic vapor]
[STATE_COLOR:ALL:GREEN]
         [PREFIX:NONE]
         [SYNDROME]
    [SYN_NAME:acid burn]
          [SYN_AFFECTED_CLASS:GENERAL_POISON]
          [SYN_IMMUNE_CREATURE:ZERG_ROACH:ALL]
  [SYN_CONTACT]
          [CE_PAIN:SEV:15:PROB:100:LOCALIZED:VASCULAR_ONLY:RESISTABLE:START:50:PEAK:1000:END:2000]
  [CE_BLISTERS:SEV:25:PROB:100:LOCALIZED:VASCULAR_ONLY:RESISTABLE:START:50:PEAK:1000:END:2000]
  [CE_NECROSIS:SEV:50:PROB:100:LOCALIZED:SIZE_DILUTES:START:1:PEAK:50:END:300]

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        [CAN_DO_INTERACTION:MATERIAL_EMISSION]
  [CDI:ADV_NAME:Spit acid]
  [CDI:USAGE_HINT:ATTACK]
        [CDI:MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:ACID:TRAILING_VAPOR_FLOW]
        [CDI:VERB:spit acid:spits acid:NA]
        [CDI:TARGET_VERB:are splattered with acid:is splattered with acid]
    [CDI:BP_REQUIRED:BY_CATEGORY:MOUTH]
  [CDI:TARGET:C:LINE_OF_SIGHT]
  [CDI:TARGET_RANGE:C:10]
  [CDI:MAX_TARGET_NUMBER:C:1]
  [CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:50] 

That's a very very low severity and it's a contact poison only affecting vascular tissues. 
Try starting with something like this, and adjusting the numbers.
[CE_PAIN:SEV:1000:PROB:100:RESISTABLE:START:0:PEAK:1:END:200][CE_BLISTERS:SEV:5000:PROB:100:LOCALIZED:BP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:SKIN:START:0:PEAK:10:END:2000]
[CE_NECROSIS:SEV:1000:PROB:100:LOCALIZED:BP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:SKIN:START:0:PEAK:50:END:2000]

[The Grackle]

Has anyone tried adding CE_DROWSINESS to an interaction's syndrome? It seems to work for material-contaminant syndromes, but not for interactions. It might be bugged. 

I discovered that, if you inflict an intense amount of drowsiness on a target, they will instantly go insane. They randomly go mad, melancholy, or berserk.  (It probably has to do with how liaisons and traders will go insane if they're stuck on your map too long. Like drowsiness is being used as the timer for that.) It's a cool effect, to see a dozen guys start flashing !!!!!!!, but I'd like to do it directly rather than through a cloud of boiling gas. 

[Strabonic]

Can somebody please help me? I'm trying to make an acidic breath weapon. It works partially - expels acid, covers creatures in it, but does not causes any syndromes. What is wrong?

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        [USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:ACID:CREATURE_EXTRACT_TEMPLATE]
[STATE_NAME:ALL_SOLID:acidic ice]
[STATE_ADJ:ALL_SOLID:acidic ice]
[STATE_NAME:LIQUID:acid]
[STATE_ADJ:LIQUID:acid]
[STATE_NAME:GAS:acidic vapor]
[STATE_ADJ:GAS:acidic vapor]
[STATE_COLOR:ALL:GREEN]
         [PREFIX:NONE]
         [SYNDROME]
    [SYN_NAME:acid burn]
          [SYN_AFFECTED_CLASS:GENERAL_POISON]
          [SYN_IMMUNE_CREATURE:ZERG_ROACH:ALL]
  [SYN_CONTACT]
          [CE_PAIN:SEV:15:PROB:100:LOCALIZED:VASCULAR_ONLY:RESISTABLE:START:50:PEAK:1000:END:2000]
  [CE_BLISTERS:SEV:25:PROB:100:LOCALIZED:VASCULAR_ONLY:RESISTABLE:START:50:PEAK:1000:END:2000]
  [CE_NECROSIS:SEV:50:PROB:100:LOCALIZED:SIZE_DILUTES:START:1:PEAK:50:END:300]

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        [CAN_DO_INTERACTION:MATERIAL_EMISSION]
  [CDI:ADV_NAME:Spit acid]
  [CDI:USAGE_HINT:ATTACK]
        [CDI:MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:ACID:TRAILING_VAPOR_FLOW]
        [CDI:VERB:spit acid:spits acid:NA]
        [CDI:TARGET_VERB:are splattered with acid:is splattered with acid]
    [CDI:BP_REQUIRED:BY_CATEGORY:MOUTH]
  [CDI:TARGET:C:LINE_OF_SIGHT]
  [CDI:TARGET_RANGE:C:10]
  [CDI:MAX_TARGET_NUMBER:C:1]
  [CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:50] 

That's a very very low severity and it's a contact poison only affecting vascular tissues. 
Try starting with something like this, and adjusting the numbers.
[CE_PAIN:SEV:1000:PROB:100:RESISTABLE:START:0:PEAK:1:END:200][CE_BLISTERS:SEV:5000:PROB:100:LOCALIZED:BP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:SKIN:START:0:PEAK:10:END:2000]
[CE_NECROSIS:SEV:1000:PROB:100:LOCALIZED:BP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:SKIN:START:0:PEAK:50:END:2000]

Thanks! Now my zerg roaches will be fine! 

[Di]

Is there a way to modify amount of damage done by material emission? Like making colossuses throw fireballs more dangerous than those of imps?