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[§k]

There's no rubber tire in the whole world. Surprisingly, there's no sponge either.

[Knight Otu]

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I created a new txt file in object folder, put this in, and genned a new world. It doesn't seem to change anything, and such rubber tire never appears.

Let's start with this one - does the file have a file name in the format creature_*.txt? Does the file itself start with the lines

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creature_* (your file name, without .txt)

[OBJECT:CREATURE]?

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[CREATURE:TIRE_RUBBER]
   [DESCRIPTION:A rubber tire.]
   [NAME:rubber tire:rubber tires:rubber tire]
   [CASTE_NAME:rubber tire:rubber tires:rubber tire]
   [CREATURE_TILE:'o'][COLOR:0:0:1]
   [FREQUENCY:10000]
   [AMPHIBIOUS][NOBONES][IMMOBILE][UNDERSWIM]
   [BENIGN][NATURAL]
   [NOT_BUTCHERABLE]
   [BIOME:ANY_OCEAN]
   [BIOME:ANY_LAKE]
   [BIOME:ANY_RIVER]
   [BIOME:ANY_LAND]
   [NO_EAT]
   [NO_DRINK]
   [NOTHOUGHT]
   [NO_THOUGHT_CENTER_FOR_MOVEMENT]
   [SWIMS_INNATE][SWIM_SPEED:900] to stop floundering
   [EXTRAVISION]
   [MUNDANE]
   [POPULATION_NUMBER:250:500]
   [PREFSTRING:anachronism]
   [BODY:BASIC_1PARTBODY_THOUGHT]
   [USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:SPONGE:SPONGE_TEMPLATE]
   [USE_TISSUE_TEMPLATE:SPONGE:SPONGE_TEMPLATE]
   [TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:SPONGE]
   [HAS_NERVES]
   [CREATURE_CLASS:GENERAL_POISON]
   [GETS_WOUND_INFECTIONS]
   [GETS_INFECTIONS_FROM_ROT]
   [BODY_SIZE:0:0:50000]
   [MAXAGE:200:300] 2 to 200?
   [ALL_ACTIVE]
   [NO_SLEEP]
   [NO_DIZZINESS]
   [SET_TL_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:SPONGE]
      [TL_COLOR_MODIFIER:RED:1]
         [TLCM_NOUN:body:SINGULAR]

I remove [BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER] to make them look all the same to each other. And what does [TL_COLOR_MODIFIER:RED:1] mean? Maybe I should change RED to BLACK?

The tire is missing LARGE_ROAMING at the very least. The TL_COLOR_MODIFIER makes the tire's body being described as red, so yes, changing it to BLACK may be what you want to do here.

[Jakob]

Is there a way to have a part of a creature be metal?

I have a monster with a spike coming out of its mouth and I want the spike to be made of metal. I've made a body definition:

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[BODY:Desthol]
[BP:UB:upper body:upper bodies][UPPERBODY][CATEGORY:BODY_UPPER]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:1000]
[BP:LB:lower body:lower bodies][CON:UB][LOWERBODY][CATEGORY:BODY_LOWER]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:1000]
[BP:MS:mouth spike:mouth spikes][CON:HD][DIGIT][CATEGORY:HEADS] ##!!HEADSPIKE!!##
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:140]
[BP:HD:head:STP][CON:UB][HEAD][CATEGORY:HEAD]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:300]
[BP:RUA:right upper arm:STP][CON:UB][LIMB][RIGHT][CATEGORY:ARM_UPPER]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:200]
[BP:LUA:left upper arm:STP][CON:UB][LIMB][LEFT][CATEGORY:ARM_UPPER]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:200]
[BP:RLA:right lower arm:STP][CON:RUA][LIMB][RIGHT][CATEGORY:ARM_LOWER]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:200]
[BP:LLA:left lower arm:STP][CON:LUA][LIMB][LEFT][CATEGORY:ARM_LOWER]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:200]
[BP:RH:right hand:STP][CON:RLA][GRASP][RIGHT][CATEGORY:HAND]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:80]
[BP:LH:left hand:STP][CON:LLA][GRASP][LEFT][CATEGORY:HAND]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:80]
[BP:RUL:right upper leg:STP][CON:LB][LIMB][RIGHT][CATEGORY:LEG_UPPER]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:500]
[BP:LUL:left upper leg:STP][CON:LB][LIMB][LEFT][CATEGORY:LEG_UPPER]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:500]
[BP:RLL:right lower leg:STP][CON:RUL][LIMB][RIGHT][CATEGORY:LEG_LOWER]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:400]
[BP:LLL:left lower leg:STP][CON:LUL][LIMB][LEFT][CATEGORY:LEG_LOWER]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:400]
[BP:RF:right foot:right feet][CON:RLL][STANCE][RIGHT][CATEGORY:FOOT]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:120]
[BP:LF:left foot:left feet][CON:LLL][STANCE][LEFT][CATEGORY:FOOT]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:120]
But I don't know how to make the spike metal. I can't find some sort of token that decides it, so I'm rather confused.

[BlackFlyme]

To make it metal, you have to make the tissue that the spike is made of to be metal. It would either require a new tissue template that has something along the lines of [TISSUE_MATERIAL:INORGANIC:IRON] or you could create a new tissue within the creature's raws that does this.

For example, you could add this tissue within the creature, below the body definition:

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[TISSUE:METAL]
 [TISSUE_NAME:metal:metal]
 [TISSUE_MATERIAL:INORGANIC:IRON]
 [STRUCTURAL]
 [RELATIVE_THICKNESS:1]
 [CONNECTS]
 [TISSUE_SHAPE:LAYER]

[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:HEADS:METAL]

[Jakob]

To make it metal, you have to make the tissue that the spike is made of to be metal. It would either require a new tissue template that has something along the lines of [TISSUE_MATERIAL:INORGANIC:IRON] or you could create a new tissue within the creature's raws that does this.

For example, you could add this tissue within the creature, below the body definition:

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[TISSUE:METAL]
 [TISSUE_NAME:metal:metal]
 [TISSUE_MATERIAL:INORGANIC:IRON]
 [STRUCTURAL]
 [RELATIVE_THICKNESS:1]
 [CONNECTS]
 [TISSUE_SHAPE:LAYER]

[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:HEADS:METAL]

But would that not make the entire head metal?

[BlackFlyme]

It will make any body part that has CATEGORY:HEADS metal. Your spike has that category, but your head just has CATEGORY:HEAD, which is off by a letter.

[Jakob]

It will make any body part that has CATEGORY:HEADS metal. Your spike has that category, but your head just has CATEGORY:HEAD, which is off by a letter.

Oh? So I can hypothetically just make it CATEGORY:FACESPIKE and then it'll be metal?

[BlackFlyme]

So long as the categories match, it should be fine.

I.e.: the body part has CATEGORY:FACESPIKE and the tissue layering has BY_CATEGORY:FACESPIKE

[Jakob]

So long as the categories match, it should be fine.

I.e.: the body part has CATEGORY:FACESPIKE and the tissue layering has BY_CATEGORY:FACESPIKE

And then in the creature raw I add [TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:SPIKE:METAL]?

No USE_TISSUE?

[BlackFlyme]

You already have a new tissue created with [TISSUE:METAL], so USE_TISSUE may not be necessary for the spike.

And remember to make certain that the categories in the body and the creature match exactly, or else it may not work correctly.

[§k]

Thank you very much Knight Otu for your very useful information. Although it still doesn't work, I'm going to suspend that for a while. I read from wiki that [FREQUENCY:] is maxed at 100, which means a quite time-consuming work to successfully change the whole frequency of wild animal spawning.

[wooks]

**snip**

[Lightningy]

Thank you very much Knight Otu for your very useful information. Although it still doesn't work, I'm going to suspend that for a while. I read from wiki that [FREQUENCY:] is maxed at 100, which means a quite time-consuming work to successfully change the whole frequency of wild animal spawning.

why dont you make multiple versions of the creature so you have more chance of them spawning e.g kar_white Kar_black etc. this means the chance of it spawning will be multiplied

[Chevaleresse]

Why isn't slade usable for equipment after I added the appropriate tags to it? Does the [IS_STONE] tag interfere?

[BlackFlyme]

Why isn't slade usable for equipment after I added the appropriate tags to it? Does the [IS_STONE] tag interfere?

I don't believe stone items can be created in the arena. But if it has [IS_METAL], then it should. Even non-combat metals can be used to create weapons in the arena.