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[Lord Allagon]

This may sound a bit stupid, but how do I change the size of a creature? I want to make elves the same size as humans (or at least enough to wear human-sized armor).

[Zammer990]

I'm trying to beef up my list of spells and am running across a little difficulty. I was hoping to have an interaction that is a material emission that either melts or freezes someone that gets splattered with it (i.e. super hot/super cold). I was hoping liquid_glob would work but it just acts like solid and doesn't convey any temperature information. I can get the desired effect with trailing_vapor_flow, but then the creature that emits it is caught in the blast and is quickly melted/frozen. Anyone have any ideas for what could be done?

Also, does anyone have a list of severity's and their effects? I am trying to balance the various bleeding/pain/blisters/paralysis/etc... syndromes and find it very difficult to get a good handle on what level of severity does what.

1. Make the creature from a material that has no heat dam or cold dam point, or a higher melting point/lower for blood. There's some code in the dragon raws to do this

2.100 is hardly much at all, bleeding with SEV:100 will do very little
1000 is a lot, near instant death from bleeding
no exact values although they may exist

[scamtank]

This may sound a bit stupid, but how do I change the size of a creature? I want to make elves the same size as humans (or at least enough to wear human-sized armor).

You change the appropriate BODY_SIZE number from 60000 to 80000.

[Knight Otu]

This may sound a bit stupid, but how do I change the size of a creature? I want to make elves the same size as humans (or at least enough to wear human-sized armor).

You change the appropriate BODY_SIZE number from 60000 to 80000.

70000, but yes. The last number in the last BODY_SIZE token.

[Urist Da Vinci]

I'm trying to beef up my list of spells and am running across a little difficulty. I was hoping to have an interaction that is a material emission that either melts or freezes someone that gets splattered with it (i.e. super hot/super cold). I was hoping liquid_glob would work but it just acts like solid and doesn't convey any temperature information. I can get the desired effect with trailing_vapor_flow, but then the creature that emits it is caught in the blast and is quickly melted/frozen. Anyone have any ideas for what could be done?

Also, does anyone have a list of severity's and their effects? I am trying to balance the various bleeding/pain/blisters/paralysis/etc... syndromes and find it very difficult to get a good handle on what level of severity does what.

A poison injection into the bloodstream attack that uses a supercooled/superheated poison material will freeze solid/incinerate the victim almost instantly.

[WillowLuman]

What happens if one puts SPECIALATTACK_INJECT_EXTRACT on a ranged attack?

[Putnam]

Attacks can't be ranged.

[WillowLuman]

*Facepalm* Those are interactions

[IndigoFenix]

What determines whether a civilian creature (in Fortress mode) responds to enemies by attacking or running away?  Is there a way to make a species that always or usually attacks unless it is actually in danger, or better yet (if possible), make it so that they just ignore random creatures unless they are actually being attacked?

[MagmaMcFry]

You can try [AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE].

[thistleknot]

Miner, Ambusher, Woodcutter bug.

Apparently if a dwarf is cutting some trees, or mining, or hunting, and get's called to active duty.  He drops his tool to go search for a weapon, even if that tool is a weapon.  Hence why it's not recommended to user miner, ambusher's, woodcutters for combat dwarf's.

Could there be a way to mod these tools/items/weapons so this doesn't happen?

[Putnam]

That's not a bug and no, you can't mod it. That's the intention; they switch uniform when they go on duty.

[thistleknot]

Whether we agree it's a bug or not doesn't address the modding question.  Which is, can mining be added to another item that wouldn't interfere with say, using a pick for combat?

A description of the "problem" I'm trying to avoid

Could I make an item that allows for mining (a separate item) that does not interfere w uniforms?

Say there's a token I can assign to an item that allows for mining, and gives me all the benefits of mining (such as attribute training).  Then when the dwarf is activated for combat, whether he drops it or not is not really too big a deal (maybe I can ensure the item is not wield-able by hands?), or maybe I can just ensure the dwarf is in his military uniform while off duty, therefore assigning him to the militia uniform and he just happens to carry his pick with him while he's "mining".

[Putnam]

no, you can't mod it.

[Grim Portent]

Is it possible to make a weather effect that raises the dead as zombies?