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[PhoenixEggz]

I have a creature that has no biome tags, or vermin tags. Will it not show up? This is the intent: I want it to be a template creature for a giant variety, and to not appear in normal adventure mode gameplay. If it will show, how do I make sure it doesn't spawn without effecting the giant variety?

I don't think so. The giant variation just adds the [SAVAGE] and [LARGE_ROAMING] tags, it won't add a biome and the creature will still only show up in that biome.

So, if i want the giant variety to spawn naturally, I need to add a biome to it? And the lesser variety won't spawn at all, since it has no specific tags? If that's all it does, then the only point of having the lesser variety is laziness, but nevertheless..

[WillowLuman]

I have a creature that has no biome tags, or vermin tags. Will it not show up? This is the intent: I want it to be a template creature for a giant variety, and to not appear in normal adventure mode gameplay. If it will show, how do I make sure it doesn't spawn without effecting the giant variety?

I don't think so. The giant variation just adds the [SAVAGE] and [LARGE_ROAMING] tags, it won't add a biome and the creature will still only show up in that biome.

So, if i want the giant variety to spawn naturally, I need to add a biome to it? And the lesser variety won't spawn at all, since it has no specific tags? If that's all it does, then the only point of having the lesser variety is laziness, but nevertheless..

Sounds like it might be easier to just code the giant version and leave it at that.

[Squeegy]

I have a creature that has no biome tags, or vermin tags. Will it not show up? This is the intent: I want it to be a template creature for a giant variety, and to not appear in normal adventure mode gameplay. If it will show, how do I make sure it doesn't spawn without effecting the giant variety?

I don't think so. The giant variation just adds the [SAVAGE] and [LARGE_ROAMING] tags, it won't add a biome and the creature will still only show up in that biome.

So, if i want the giant variety to spawn naturally, I need to add a biome to it? And the lesser variety won't spawn at all, since it has no specific tags? If that's all it does, then the only point of having the lesser variety is laziness, but nevertheless..

Sounds like it might be easier to just code the giant version and leave it at that.

Yeah, that's what I would suggest, although I have to wonder if that might make it targeted by the giant variation and result in a 'giant giant X'?

[WillowLuman]

Just remove the [APPLY_CV] and [COPY_TAGS_FROM]

[Squeegy]

Ok, I took a look at the existing creature variations and actually there's no reason that you couldn't use the smaller one with no biome, just add the biome onto the giant version. However, there still isn't much point, since you can just make the giant version.

[PhoenixEggz]

Ok, I took a look at the existing creature variations and actually there's no reason that you couldn't use the smaller one with no biome, just add the biome onto the giant version. However, there still isn't much point, since you can just make the giant version.

I combined them anyway. The deal was that the smaller one was already made, and the giant had lots of extra tags because I didn't understand how the giant variation worked out. Thank you!

[Putnam]

Hmm... would there be any way to force the game to only have reactions show up in the manager? IIRC, there's a bug that causes this...

[WillowLuman]

Hmm... would there be any way to force the game to only have reactions show up in the manager? IIRC, there's a bug that causes this...

So that you'd need a manager in order to make certain things?

[Putnam]

Well, it's more because I don't want certain buildings to be cluttered with an extra copy of every reaction.

[WillowLuman]

Ah. Though, requiring certain nobles for reactions sounds cool...

Any way to make a creature's claws larger without making the rest of the digit larger? I want something that can really rend without being bigger than it's victims. Would increasing tissue layer thickness of CLAW be better, or increasing sharpness of local CLAW material?

[Putnam]

Change the stuff of the ATTACK token.

[WillowLuman]

Contact and penetration are already at 100%, though, and on victims much larger than the creature, all the clawing does is bruise fat. Will increasing the tissue thickness or the [MAX_EDGE] of the claw material increase penetration?

[Putnam]

Contact and penetration are already at 100%, though, and on victims much larger than the creature, all the clawing does is bruise fat. Will increasing the tissue thickness or the [MAX_EDGE] of the claw material increase penetration?

You can go over 100%.

[WillowLuman]

What exactly does [LIGHT_GEN] do, anyway?

EDIT: Thanks for the tip on attack percentage, it worked!

[i2amroy]

What exactly does [LIGHT_GEN] do, anyway?

It's an old holdover from 40d. Right now I think about all that it does is make your creature able to see better in adventure mode.