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[CyberReaver]

Okay, so I am sure this has been done before, but I wanted to make it so that any creature in the game could be trained into a war animal, and since I couldn't find anything for 34.07 with this feature, I just did it myself.  I haven't tested every creature (I don't have that kind of time), so there is a chance that it might not work for some of them, and if so, please let me know so I can fix it.

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I was attempting to make it so that I could train any creature in the game into a war animal, mostly for hilarity's sake, but I have run into the snag of it just flat out not working. If what I have read on the wiki, what I have been told and what my own understanding of the raws tells me is correct, then all I should need to do is add [TRAINABLE] to the creature, and it should work, but it just isn't. 

Here is one of the creatures I edited, selected because I happen to have some in one of my fortresses, for easy testing:
[CREATURE:MACAQUE_RHESUS]
   [DESCRIPTION:A medium-sized monkey found in woods and grassland.  It usually lives on roots and insects but can become a pest in civilized areas, roaming in large groups and begging for scraps.]
   [NAME:rhesus macaque:rhesus macaques:rhesus macaque]
   [CASTE_NAME:rhesus macaque:rhesus macaques:rhesus macaque]
   [CREATURE_TILE:'m'][COLOR:7:0:0]
   [NATURAL]
   [PETVALUE:50]
   [PET_EXOTIC]
   [TRAINABLE]
   [CURIOUSBEAST_EATER]
   [CURIOUSBEAST_ITEM]
   [GRASSTRAMPLE:0]
   [LARGE_ROAMING][FREQUENCY:10]
   [POPULATION_NUMBER:20:50]
   [CLUSTER_NUMBER:5:10][LOOSE_CLUSTERS]
   [BIOME:SHRUBLAND_TEMPERATE]
   [BIOME:SAVANNA_TEMPERATE]
   [BIOME:GRASSLAND_TEMPERATE]
   [PREFSTRING:mischief]
   [BODY:QUADRUPED:TAIL:2EYES:2EARS:NOSE:2LUNGS:HEART:GUTS:ORGANS:THROAT:NECK:SPINE:BRAIN:SKULL:MOUTH:TONGUE:5TOES_FQ_FINGERS:5TOES_RQ_ANON:GENERIC_TEETH_WITH_LARGE_EYE_TEETH:RIBCAGE:FACIAL_FEATURES]
   [BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:STANDARD_MATERIALS]
   [BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:STANDARD_TISSUES]
   [BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:VERTEBRATE_TISSUE_LAYERS:SKIN:FAT:MUSCLE:BONE:CARTILAGE]
   [BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:BODY_HAIR_TISSUE_LAYERS:HAIR]
   [USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:NAIL:NAIL_TEMPLATE]
   [USE_TISSUE_TEMPLATE:NAIL:NAIL_TEMPLATE]
   [TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:FINGER:NAIL:FRONT]
   [TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:TOE:NAIL:FRONT]
   [SELECT_TISSUE_LAYER:HEART:BY_CATEGORY:HEART]
    [PLUS_TISSUE_LAYER:SKIN:BY_CATEGORY:THROAT]
      [TL_MAJOR_ARTERIES]
   [BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:STANDARD_HEAD_POSITIONS]
   [BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:HUMANOID_RIBCAGE_POSITIONS]
   [USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:SINEW:SINEW_TEMPLATE]
   [TENDONS:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:SINEW:200]
   [LIGAMENTS:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:SINEW:200]
   [HAS_NERVES]
   [USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:BLOOD:BLOOD_TEMPLATE]
   [BLOOD:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:BLOOD:LIQUID]
   [CREATURE_CLASS:GENERAL_POISON]
   [GETS_WOUND_INFECTIONS]
   [GETS_INFECTIONS_FROM_ROT]
   [USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:PUS:PUS_TEMPLATE]
   [PUS:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:PUS:LIQUID]
   [BODY_SIZE:0:0:500]
   [BODY_SIZE:1:0:2500]
   [BODY_SIZE:2:0:5000]
   [BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:LENGTH:90:95:98:100:102:105:110]
   [BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:HEIGHT:90:95:98:100:102:105:110]
   [BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:BROADNESS:90:95:98:100:102:105:110]
   [MAXAGE:30:40]
   [ATTACK:BITE:CHILD_BODYPART_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:HEAD:BY_CATEGORY:TOOTH]
      [ATTACK_SKILL:BITE]
      [ATTACK_VERB:bite:bites]
      [ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:100]
      [ATTACK_PENETRATION_PERC:100]
      [ATTACK_FLAG_EDGE]
      [ATTACK_PRIORITY:MAIN]
      [ATTACK_FLAG_CANLATCH]
   [ATTACK:SCRATCH:CHILD_TISSUE_LAYER_GROUP:BY_TYPE:STANCE:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:NAIL]
      [ATTACK_SKILL:GRASP_STRIKE]
      [ATTACK_VERB:scratch:scratches]
      [ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:100]
      [ATTACK_PENETRATION_PERC:100]
      [ATTACK_FLAG_EDGE]
      [ATTACK_PRIORITY:SECOND]
   [CHILD:3]
   [DIURNAL]
   [HOMEOTHERM:10069]
   [SWIMS_INNATE][SWIM_SPEED:2500]
   [MUNDANE]
   [CASTE:FEMALE]
      [FEMALE]
   [CASTE:MALE]
      [MALE]
   [SELECT_CASTE:ALL]
      [SET_TL_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:HAIR]
         [TL_COLOR_MODIFIER:GRAY:1]
            [TLCM_NOUN:hair:SINGULAR]
      [SET_TL_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:SKIN]
   [TL_COLOR_MODIFIER:BROWN:1:BURNT_UMBER:1:CINNAMON:1:COPPER:1:DARK_BROWN:1:DARK_PEACH:1:DARK_TAN:1:ECRU:1:PALE_BROWN:1:PALE_CHESTNUT:1:PALE_PINK:1:PEACH:1:PINK:1:RAW_UMBER:1:SEPIA:1:TAN:1:TAUPE_PALE:1:TAUPE_SANDY:1]
            [TLCM_NOUN:skin:SINGULAR]
      [SET_TL_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:EYE:EYE]
         [TL_COLOR_MODIFIER:IRIS_EYE_BROWN:1]
            [TLCM_NOUN:eyes:PLURAL]

The tag is in there, but it doesn't seem to be doing anything; I am obviously missing some intricacy of the system, so could someone offer me a bit of advice?

[gentgeen]

If you want to change how an existing saved game works, you need to edit the files in the data folder, not the raw folder.

[CyberReaver]

Haha, thanks, I would mess up simply testing it; genned a new world, and it looks like all of the creatures are trainable. Much obliged. 

[NedeN]

Ah this is great, I have a whole mess of elk birds and cow moose that are ready for action ty