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turgidtoupee

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Questions regarding the Arena
« on: February 15, 2012, 04:02:58 pm »

I have a few questions to do with the workings of the arena, since the info on the wiki is minimal:

1. Why are subterranean creatures not included in the list, and is there any way to include them?
2. In the add creature screen, there is something that says "u: No Effect", and pressing u I can't seem to get any effects to appear. What does this do?
3. Any way to get necromancers and their various powers into it?
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Pokon

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Re: Questions regarding the Arena
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2012, 04:06:11 pm »

1. They are excluded due to a tag on there raws. Find it, delete it, and there fine.

2&3. Copy the examples on the main page and post them into the raws. Then, enjoy the fun. ;D
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Re: Questions regarding the Arena
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2012, 04:10:57 pm »

Thanks, never realised there was a tag. One thing still eludes me though, what are the effects?
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Re: Questions regarding the Arena
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2012, 04:12:22 pm »

2&3. Copy the examples on the main page and post them into the raws. Then, enjoy the fun. ;D

Explain this in more detail, please.
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Re: Questions regarding the Arena
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2012, 04:14:29 pm »

The "No Effects" thing means you don't have any vampire/werecurse/necromancer-style interactions in your raws. This is entirely normal, as they're created randomly at the start of world gen and kept in the save file. If you put one of the example interaction files in to your raw/objects/ folder, you'll be able to create creatures that can raise the dead or transform in to another creature.
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Re: Questions regarding the Arena
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2012, 04:14:42 pm »

u: is for syndromes given via interactions. Copy the example necromancer across.
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