how can I make the transformations last over a long period of time, because this can work out great. I need to to add an organ every 3 months during the transformation process to Aristates. Until its complete and when at the end it transforms the guy into a full blown Aristates.
err how can I do this!!?
Ah, yes, as smakemupagus has reminded me, you'll need trueTransformation from DFHack for that, if you want multiple transformations or transformations with no time limit. It would allow you to do a 19-step process at the end of which they are essentially tireless unending metal obelisks of destruction, though it would take like 20-40 additional castes for dwarves if you're doing this in Fort mode (IIRC. Correct me if I'm wrong, but only transformations into another caste of the same creature will allow you to give said creature jobs in fort mode, correct? And you'd have to have separate castes for female dwarves, if you want them to be able to do this). Or you could theoretically use CE_ADD_TAG but that may or may not work for this, depending on what you want.
Well wait, Im not against using this Dfhack, how would I make it so my DF runs using DF hack in my modded game? I could do it this way.
What is this, "autosyndrome"
please sir forgive my ignorance...
You should see the DFHack thread somewhere in the topic list, direct all DFHack-related questions there please. Anyways, autoSyndrome allows you to guaranteed, 100% apply syndromes to creatures under certain circumstances. Meph made a guide which outlines how to apply a syndrome when a specific reaction is done using it.