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[Raptor_a22]

Totally unrelated question: In order to change a creatre's egshell from a hard egg to a leathery one all I need to do is change [EGG_MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:EGGSHELL:SOLID] to [EGG_MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:LEATHERY_EGGSHELL:SOLID] yes?

[WillowLuman]

I believe so, yes. Check the saltwater crocodile raws if you're unsure.

How would I make a creeping dust interaction appear in every region for certain? I need it for ease of testing.

[Putnam]

Totally unrelated question: In order to change a creatre's egshell from a hard egg to a leathery one all I need to do is change [EGG_MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:EGGSHELL:SOLID] to [EGG_MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:LEATHERY_EGGSHELL:SOLID] yes?

No. You need to change the body detail plan, too, otherwise there will be no LEATHERY_EGGSHELL mat.

[Meph]

Quick one: Can creatures inside cages be targeted by interactions ?

(why I ask: make creature, put in cage, link cage to lever. transform a creature into a creature that insta-dies and releaes toxic gas. It wont die inside the cage, because creatures in cages dont die(?), and as soon as someone pulls the lever, creature is released, dies, gastrap.)

[Valikdu]

How do you make shearable fur?

I've added [YARN] to the material template, and added this code

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      [SET_TL_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:HAIR]
                 [TISSUE_LAYER_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:LENGTH:0:0:0:0:0:0:0]
                         [APP_MOD_RATE:1:DAILY:0:300:0:0:NO_END]
                                             [APP_MOD_DESC_RANGE:10:50:100:150:200:300]
                 [SHEARABLE_TISSUE_LAYER:LENGTH:300]

to the creature. But it doesn't seem to be actually shearable.

[Putnam]

What is the creature? I'm not sure if citizens are shearable, just in case that's the case.

[Valikdu]

Not citizen, just a domestic.

[WillowLuman]

How would I add syndromes/symptoms to someone using dfhack? Needed for a control patient.

Does [POP_RATIO:0] completely stop a caste from being born?

[Putnam]

How would I add syndromes/symptoms to someone using dfhack? Needed for a control patient.

Ask in the DFHack thread

[Valikdu]

How would I add syndromes/symptoms to someone using dfhack? Needed for a control patient.

Does [POP_RATIO:0] completely stop a caste from being born?

Apparently not. I've had some negative experience with these when I had a [crazed] caste with [POP_RATIO:0] (for a syndrome) and they came in with a caravan (several times), and... yeah. Was fun.

[WillowLuman]

Does it at least severely reduce the rates?

[Valikdu]

Think so. They only appeared a couple times.

[Putnam]

POP_RATIO:1 with ridiculously high other pop ratios will do well. POP_RATIO:0 doesn't work the way you'd think.

[Zaratustra]

Is it possible to do the following with syndromes:

* Increase/decrease a skill
* Increase/decrease reproductive rate
* Change genders

Also, is it possible to assign a metal to plant parts in the same way one does to animal parts?

[Urist Da Vinci]

... It wont die inside the cage, because creatures in cages dont die(?), ...

Creatures in cages can die. For example:
- grazing animals starving in cages
- caged creatures burn/melt/bleed when the cage is heated
- bleeding goblin in cage trap after walking through a serrated disc weapon trap
- berserk dwarf dies of thirst in cage
- cats in a cage dying of old age
etc.

The state of the drowning flag is preserved when a creature is caged, so an aquatic creature would airdrown when released from the cage. That might work for you. Perhaps a time-delayed syndrome that transforms the creatures after enough time has passed so that you can cage-load them?