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Salmonpunch

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Wagon Adventurer
« on: February 27, 2012, 01:09:17 pm »
In older versions (and I beleive current ones, but its really hard to determine them from pack animals if they still exist) wagons were (technically) living creatures not unlike a sponge with wheels, some even showed up in legends mode (the wagon Grehel the industrious toe was wrecked in the dwarven city of Shipassasinated. )
Can you play as one by modding the game (adding the tags that allow speach and learning of course)
because that would be hilarious.

Also +1 for the person to notice the incredibly lame stealth pun.
« Last Edit: February 27, 2012, 01:32:59 pm by Salmonpunch »
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Re: Wagon Adventurer
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2012, 03:50:58 pm »
I did some modding, found out that the [EQUIPMENT_WAGON] tag prevents a creature from being controllable, removed it, and...


Well, it turns out wagons need legs to stand up. And eyes. For seeing. I was wandering around, absolutely blind, crawling on the floor, with a mortal injury (presumably due to the fact that I had no vital organs). I didn't instantly die, but it wasn't exactly a success either.
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Re: Wagon Adventurer
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2012, 03:54:56 pm »
Shipassasinated? sounds like it would be a new boatmurdered story.
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Re: Wagon Adventurer
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2012, 04:08:04 pm »
Quote from: Spirit of Power on February 27, 2012, 03:50:58 pm
Well, it turns out wagons need legs to stand up. And eyes. For seeing. I was wandering around, absolutely blind, crawling on the floor, with a mortal injury (presumably due to the fact that I had no vital organs). I didn't instantly die, but it wasn't exactly a success either.

Thats a shame that they aren't viable adventurers, but still thank you for your contribution to dwarven !!SCIENCE!!
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Re: Wagon Adventurer
« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2012, 05:29:41 pm »
That reads like some adventurer pissed off a god, and got cursed to roam the earth in the form of a wagon with all their senses intact.
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Re: Wagon Adventurer
« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2012, 05:34:47 pm »
Quote from: Spirit of Power on February 27, 2012, 03:50:58 pm
I did some modding, found out that the [EQUIPMENT_WAGON] tag prevents a creature from being controllable, removed it, and...


Well, it turns out wagons need legs to stand up. And eyes. For seeing. I was wandering around, absolutely blind, crawling on the floor, with a mortal injury (presumably due to the fact that I had no vital organs). I didn't instantly die, but it wasn't exactly a success either.

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Re: Wagon Adventurer
« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2012, 05:52:13 pm »
I recall someone made them into a civ once, and they actually did pretty okay, winning quite a few battles... some how.
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« Reply #7 on: February 27, 2012, 05:52:47 pm »
I need to find that thread. Added to Sig, BTW.
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Re: Wagon Adventurer
« Reply #8 on: February 27, 2012, 06:05:39 pm »
Mm? Not having internal organs doesn't bother giant sponges none.

Wagon body plan seems to include legs, they're just called wheels but categorized as legs. However, they don't seem to have a head.

I wonder if adding
   [NOBONES]
   [NO_EAT]
   [NO_DRINK]
   [NOTHOUGHT]
   [NO_THOUGHT_CENTER_FOR_MOVEMENT]
   [EXTRAVISION]

might not make wagons more viable adventurers?

It would probably also make them crawl by themselves, hence not needing to be pulled.
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Re: Wagon Adventurer
« Reply #9 on: February 27, 2012, 08:25:08 pm »
Quote from: nenjin on February 27, 2012, 05:29:41 pm
That reads like some adventurer pissed off a god, and got cursed to roam the earth in the form of a wagon with all their senses intact.

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Re: Wagon Adventurer
« Reply #10 on: February 27, 2012, 11:12:41 pm »
The issue is that [EQUIPMENT_WAGON] is what makes them wagons.
If you remove it, they're just like any other single tile creature. Nothin' special.
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