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[9joseph9]

If I am not mistaken the way civs of [CAVE_DETAILED] site type work is that sites in mountains become fortresses, and in other biomes hillocks, except for the Mountainhome (the very first site spawned with the civ), which is a fortress regardless of biome.

I once had a civ like this, which started in a swamp, but was forbidden to settle in mountains. The result was that there was only the one initial fortress in the swamp, and from then on the civ was creating just hillocks.

Now that was a while back so I don't know if new versions would do the same results, also recently new sites like forts and monasteries were added so those will probably generate always alongside the normal ones, don't know.

You can try making a mountain biome civ only, but I can't guarantee the outcome. I would wait for someone more knowledgeable.

Yeah, I tried restricting the civ to mountains only, but that just resulted in the all the dwarf civs never growing past their single starter fortress. I also tried increasing the starting and max site populations just in case mountain hall generation was somehow tied to the civ's population size, but either that wasn't it or I underestimated the size the population actually needed to be.

Thanks for responding though.

[Eric Blank]

I don't think what you want is realistically possible, for exactly the result you're describing. You can make them reliably never leave their starting site, but they have to be allowed to settle other biomes and build hillock, which will encourage new fortresses, and tunnels built between fortresses will spawn mountainhomes.

[9joseph9]

That's what I was afraid of. Oh well, thanks for the help.

[Asin]

How do you make it so a creature of a different caste has different skin and hair tones? I'm making the Orc from Dragon Quest and I want to make Orc Kings as a separate caste of the Orc.

[Atkana]

How do you make it so a creature of a different caste has different skin and hair tones? I'm making the Orc from Dragon Quest and I want to make Orc Kings as a separate caste of the Orc.

All the appearance modifiers are caste-level, so you just define the hair and skin colours in their castes (either during the caste declaration, or later by selecting the particular caste). If I remember correctly, it's important to maintain the same order of declarations (so if the hair is first for one caste, it should be first for the others), the same number of declarations (so don't skip say, the skin modifiers, for one caste), and the same number of modifiers (if you need to fill things out, it's perfectly fine to repeat the same colours multiple times) - otherwise things can get crashy when it comes to genetics (I think).

[ChaosPotato]

How do I make a noble that arrives at the fortress during the first migrant wave?

[Quaksna]

How do I make a noble that arrives at the fortress during the first migrant wave?

Not sure if that's possible. The only nobles that arrive with migrants are the liaison and the monarch, and I think the behavior is hardcoded in their [RESPONSIBILITY] token. The rest you appoint yourself, or get elected when requirements are met, but either way, they become nobles in-game in your fortress.

A way you could simulate the effect would be making a noble position with population requirement 8. As you start with 7 citizens, you won't be able to appoint the noble right away, but you will be once you get your first migrants, even if only a single citizen came. I know it's not very cool solution, but it should work, I don't think you'll force offscreen noble to come to your fort, other than the monarch. 

[ChaosPotato]

A way you could simulate the effect would be making a noble position with population requirement 8. As you start with 7 citizens, you won't be able to appoint the noble right away, but you will be once you get your first migrants, even if only a single citizen came. I know it's not very cool solution, but it should work, I don't think you'll force offscreen noble to come to your fort, other than the monarch.

That wouldn't work, the noble in question arriving to the fort is the only way I can think of to guarantee a rare caste showing up.

[Quaksna]

A way you could simulate the effect would be making a noble position with population requirement 8. As you start with 7 citizens, you won't be able to appoint the noble right away, but you will be once you get your first migrants, even if only a single citizen came. I know it's not very cool solution, but it should work, I don't think you'll force offscreen noble to come to your fort, other than the monarch.

That wouldn't work, the noble in question arriving to the fort is the only way I can think of to guarantee a rare caste showing up.

Oh I see, you need a caste.

Well I still don't think migrants are the way, you can't mod much with migrants. I guess you could get a rare caste via some DfHack summoning trickery, not sure if you're using DfHack tho. You know, with a reaction, like, I don't know, sacrifice a thousand of goat hearts to summon an ancestor god, or something. But I guess that wouldn't fit your context. It's a possibility, still.

[Strik3r]

A way you could simulate the effect would be making a noble position with population requirement 8. As you start with 7 citizens, you won't be able to appoint the noble right away, but you will be once you get your first migrants, even if only a single citizen came. I know it's not very cool solution, but it should work, I don't think you'll force offscreen noble to come to your fort, other than the monarch.

That wouldn't work, the noble in question arriving to the fort is the only way I can think of to guarantee a rare caste showing up.

Oh... I see. Maybe you should give more details. Perhaps there is another way around the issue that avoids the fickle migrant wave system?

Something i thought of but i'm not sure anyone's tested; what happens if the expedition leader is forced to be of a certain(rare) caste? Will the fortress start without an expedition leader, will it enforce the generation of at least one individual of the appropriate caste or will the game crash? Maybe you could try this and report back on your findings?

[Quaksna]

I think one thing I picked up from world gens and fort mode testing is that the caste requirement for nobles is kinda fickle. If there are individuals of the caste living, they'll take the post. When there are no around, other castes will take it, when the race is no longer around, other creatures will take it. So yeah, it works, it will give you the caste initially, but overtime it can be occupied by undesirable characters.

I did once a male-exclusive expedition leader, and it worked very consistently, I guess because both males and females are both very numerous. But rarer the caste, the more weird stuff could happen.

This could interest you Strik3r, a thing I did fairly recently - I had a invader species of energy elemental-like beings who weren't supposed to reproduce, but in the world gen civs like that won't stay for long and will generally struggle, as they can't replenish populations (initially they have like 300 members, and they won't get more of the same race). And that sucked, because these civs were supposed to be ultra powerful in the setting. So I tried to trick the world gen, that they can reproduce, while they can't. And I succeeded actually.

My first try was to make female and male castes that [DOES_NOT_EXIST]. But that doesn't work with a civ, I found out, at the start of world gen, each civ will get a share of all its castes. So males and females spawned regardless. Then, I tried to make their [POP_RATIO] to 0, but again, they did generate regardless. Pop ratio does affect this initial population tho, as they were very few, as if the ratio was 100:1, so that does something. Then I made the ultimate solution, making these castes [MAXAGE] one year. And that was it, as the first population of the civ, you can see, has birth dates like -36 or -1568 for elves and so, they're already aged adults. So what this maxage did was, effectively wiping out all the male and female castes, so they had no effect on the gameplay, nor world gen (Except for deities, who still could get those castes. But I'm okay with that, and the pop ratio should again affect how often is such deity generated). So the final result was a civ of creatures that couldn't breed, but the world gen thought they could, so their pops were rising and they could effectively compete with other civs.

It's also really interesting trying to balance civs out and make the raws so that you get some more and some less powerful, it opens many possibilities for your setting.

[Strik3r]

*snipped for length*

Oh, that is pretty interesting actually. I'm not sure what yet, but this is sure to have some applications.
I feel like stuff like this (tips, tricks and discoveries) should be collected somewhere. Sure, there is the wiki, but it's mostly just a dry reference for tokens and similar stuff. I'm thinking something like the worldgen cookbook thread, except for modding. Or perhaps more like an "ingredient guide", ha ha.

My first try was to make female and male castes that [DOES_NOT_EXIST]. But that doesn't work with a civ, I found out.

Oh, [DOES_NOT_EXIST] doesn't work at all. Or rather it's badly misnamed. The only thing it actually does is make a creature "Mythical" and always known-about, for art purposes.
I once tried to eliminate ettins or something from the world using [DOES_NOT_EXIST] but they still spawned, leaving me to conclude that [DOES_NOT_EXIST] has nothing to do with actual generation of creatures.

I suppose here's a recent discovery i made, not nearly that groundbreaking but still a nice minor detail:

TLCM_TIMING, the token used in the vanilla game for making humans' hair turn grey in old age is alot more versatile than i previously thought. Specifically the preceding TL_COLOR_MODIFIER, the same token used for all coloring of skin, hair and in my case, fur, isn't limited to just having one color.

In my mod, this is used for having the pups be born with completely white (and sparse) fur and develop into their adult coloration shortly before reaching adulthood, which will be one of the colors specified in said preceding TL_COLOR_MODIFIER tag. Such a small detail but it's one of those things that adds so much when playing fortress mode, IMO.

EDIT: Theres some other stuff too, for example the initial white color that all pups are born with is defined before any castes, while the adult colorations, the one they develop into are defined inside the castes, with males and females having different adult coloration. And it works just fine, but i suppose being able to do stuff like this hinges a bit on understanding how DF reads the raws.

[Quaksna]

Yeah in my last mod I've been dabbling with change of hair color too, cool stuff. And yes, it would be really sweet to have some modding tips collection. This thread and the other one are neat and all, but it should be stored somewhere.

[TomiTapio]

it would be really sweet to have some modding tips collection.
This thread and the other one are neat and all, but it should be stored somewhere.

OldGenesis (by Deon and myself) notes and to-do items text file has the following tricks stored:

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"try putting [DOES_NOT_DETERMINE_PRODUCT_AMOUNT] after [REAGENT "
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Item reaction products
The version 0.40 added an even more powerful form of the above. Where material reaction products can only affect what type of stuff the predestined end product is made of, item reaction products can decide the entire end result ahead of time. Item AND material.
==
in interaction_standard:
[INTERACTION:DEMORALIZE] by NordicNooob 2020
[I_SOURCE:CREATURE_ACTION]
[FREE_ACTION]
[I_TARGET:A:CREATURE]
[IT_LOCATION:CONTEXT_CREATURE]
[IT_AFFECTED_CREATURE:DWARF:ALL]
[IT_CANNOT_TARGET_IF_ALREADY_AFFECTED] dont let accumulate from 20 goblins
[I_EFFECT:ADD_SYNDROME]
[IE_TARGET:A]
[IE_IMMEDIATE]
[SYNDROME]
[SYN_NAME:being under siege]
[CE_FEEL_EMOTION:EMOTION:UNEASINESS:SEV:100:PROB:100:START:0:END:500] original Demoralize line
[CE_FEEL_EMOTION:EMOTION:NERVOUSNESS:SEV:75:PROB:100:START:10:PEAK:120:END:180:DWF_STRETCH:2]
[CE_FEEL_EMOTION:EMOTION:ANNOYANCE:SEV:112:PROB:40:START:10:PEAK:98:END:220:DWF_STRETCH:2]

[CAN_DO_INTERACTION:DEMORALIZE]
[CDI:ADV_NAME:Demoralize]
[CDI:TARGET_RANGE:A:40] was 1000, can't hear gobbos if home deep in caves
[CDI:VERB:taunt viciously:taunts viciously:NA]
[CDI:MAX_TARGET_NUMBER:A:1] dwarf creature only, not other species citizen/visitor.
[CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:3600] don't spam super often
==
[EXTRA_BUTCHER_OBJECT:BY_CATEGORY:GIZZARD] [EBO_ITEM:BOULDER:NONE:INORGANIC:NATIVE_GOLD]
[EXTRA_BUTCHER_OBJECT:BY_CATEGORY:GIZZARD] [EBO_ITEM:BOULDER:NONE:INORGANIC:HEMATITE]
--can add many without them overwriting.
==
"Only workaround I found for that is with megabeasts that have NOT_LIVING - their summons wont attack them if the summons have OPPOSED_TO_LIFE and they also wont attack the summons themselves."

melt metal stuff: "I keep a group of stockpiles that accept low-quality metal items and use 'd' 'b' 'm' over the stockpiles." -anewaname

note: admin nobles positions, can restrict to caste! https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Position_token
- note: ctrl-T in adventurer mode to do fort mode reactions?

xx didnt accept "moledog tooth" : "[REAGENT:tooth_B:1:NONE:NONE:NONE:NONE] [USE_BODY_COMPONENT][ANY_TOOTH_MATERIAL]--UNROTTEN]"   "Reagent must be a body part (CORPSE or CORPSEPIECE). Must be used even if your reagent item type is CORPSE or CORPSEPIECE, otherwise it will match any item. "

"The MATERIAL_SIZE value is divided by 3 to determine how many bars it takes to make."

- note one haulful of wood is 20-41 kg.
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[INTERACTION:CONJURE_WEAPON] by Warlord255
[I_TARGET:A:CREATURE]
[IT_LOCATION:CONTEXT_CREATURE]
[IT_MANUAL_INPUT:conjure weapon]
[I_EFFECT:CREATE_ITEM]
[IE_TARGET:A]
[IE_IMMEDIATE]
[IE_ITEM:100:1:WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_SWORD_SHORT:INORGANIC:IRON]
[IE_ITEM_QUALITY:ARTIFACT]
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world Gen Crashes that ive noticed have a few new issues that arised.. Which requires a lot of testing.
DARK FORTRESS civs cannot have defined positions currently due to Randomised possible conflicts per World Generation.
NO_EAT in creatures raw seems to cause a crash for FOREST RETREAT civs, which I had to remove that from 1 of my civs.
    -  ^ Not sure if this issue could also be with NO_DRINK or any others.
Multiple Responsibilities, meaning having 2 or more positions defining certain responsibilities, have a tendency to cause crashes for FORTRESS and TOWN/HAMLET civs.
CUSTOM_OFFICIAL#6 = butler [RESPONSIBILITY:MANAGE_LEADER_HOUSEHOLD_FOOD][RESPONSIBILITY:PREPARE_LEADER_MEALS]
CUSTOM_MARKET_OFFICIAL_#1 = grain official [RESPONSIBILITY:FOOD_SUPPLY]

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syndromes: 10k = dizzy, nauseous, slightfever. 250000 for drowsiness. "paralysis 10k+, death in 709 ticks."  paralysis syn can "CE_ADD_TAG:NOBREATHE" so no death!

"Cranking up VENGEFUL and maybe GREED on the noblemen is a very good idea though, can't believe I didn't think of that. I'll try that and see if it makes them fight more (they've already got high VIOLENT, CONFIDENCE, AMBITION and lowered TOLERANCE though I could certainly try raising/lowering those a bit more). Thanks."

"[DEFAULT_SITE_TYPE:PLAYER_FORTRESS] creates marketless hillocks over the defined terrain" "CAVE_DETAILED civs make hillocks if they settle in a non-mountain biome."

"I have also seen intelligent megabeasts with the SUPERNATURAL and POWER tags acquire a secret that matched their spheres and write books on it" -IndigoFenix

"weird quirk to interaction granted syndromes that might be causing this. Apparently, the game applies the syndrome as if it came from a tiny creature, so you have to mess a lot with the severity of each effect to actually get them strong enough to have any effect. It also means there's no way to have a one-size-fits-all sort of effect: if you balance it for human-sized creatures, the effect will be overpowered for smaller creature, and underpowered for larger ones :c"

"SPHERE_ALIGNMENT token is absolute broken bullshit and should not be used" - Random_dragon

"if your civ doesnt send caravans of any sort, then you wont get any other caravans either" cos of trade trigger.
"Being away from family and Eat good meal are broken at the moment. " 2019-07

"Finally figured out how to reliably inject freezing-cold venom into a victim that would cause near-instant freezing damage and could be accumulated with multiple hits, eventually causing the victim to freeze to death, but would not continue to cause damage after the initial burst. The trick is to give the venom a SPEC_HEAT of 1, a BOILING_POINT of the temperature you desire, and a HEATDAM_POINT equal to the boiling point. Apparently boiling points are not respected for injected venom, but heat damage is." -indigofenix

- contact with vomit causes disgust -- error, vomit is HARDCODED.

bee/moth modding tip: "You need [COLONY_EXTERNAL]"
TODO magical animals that use magic intercation on CLEAN_SELF. Faedog?
 
TODO paralyze blast to mind flayers:
[INTERACTION:TEH_PARALYSIS]
   [I_SOURCE:CREATURE_ACTION]
   [I_TARGET:A:CREATURE]
      [IT_LOCATION:CONTEXT_CREATURE]
      [IT_AFFECTED_CLASS:GENERAL_POISON]
      [IT_FORBIDDEN:PARALYZEIMMUNE]
      [IT_CANNOT_HAVE_SYNDROME_CLASS:DICLONIUS]
      [IT_MANUAL_INPUT:creatures]
   [I_EFFECT:ADD_SYNDROME]
      [IE_TARGET:A]
      [IE_IMMEDIATE]
      [SYNDROME]
         [SYN_NAME:paralysed]
         [SYN_AFFECTED_CLASS:GENERAL_POISON]
         [SYN_IMMUNE_CLASS:xxxx]
         [CE_PARALYSIS:SEV:10000:PROB:100:BP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:ALL:RESISTABLE:START:0:END:20]
         
[FANCIFUL]: "The creature is a thing of legend and known to all civilizations. Its materials cannot be requested or preferred. The tag also adds some art value modifiers."

"Apparently world gen doesn't like pets with the LIGHT_GEN tag." -- Demonic Gophers
 if remove no_Eat, add some of: [INDOOR_FARMING], [OUTDOOR_FARMING], [INDOOR_GARDENS], [OUTDOOR_GARDENS], [INDOOR_ORCHARDS], [OUTDOOR_ORCHARDS], [RIVER_PRODUCTS], [OCEAN_PRODUCTS]
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- One fort season (100800 ticks) is: 67 minutes at 25 tps, 34 minutes at 50 tps, 17 minutes at 100 tps.
  walking: 33600 ticks per month. avg dwarf walks 120 tiles/day (day is 1200 ticks), 840 tiles/week. That's 1848 m/week, 264 m/day. Assuming 2.2m wide tiles.

- IRONWORKING: first smelter the ore. Then hammer the poor iron into armor-grade iron at a Finishing Forge (needs anvil). Crucible the hammered iron into steel if have flux stone.
- one haulful of wood weighs 18 - 41 kg.

- sylvans = forests, ezrakim = deserts, dusk elves = swamps.
- Illithids, centaurs, demons are supposed to be on the rarer side,
and beastmen, serpentfolk, goblins, goblines, groblins are supposed to be plentiful. (we have 3 goblin civs in the hopes of getting SIEGES. Goblines are more civilized.)

- note: you can make wooden spears, staffs, daggers in furniture shop. And stone clubs and maces and stone axes at stonecutter's shop.
Wooden spears should be great versus wildlife, and in weapon traps. Especially forts where there is no weapon metal in the ground.
- note: if you build a wall to keep invaders out, you're using an exploit. They are not yet programmed to break walls; they should be breaking your walls slowly during a siege. Toady intends for them to have wall-dismantling but he hasn't coded it yet.

- fort tip: Generate a world using advanced world-gen, and set the VAMPIRE_NUMBER to zero.
- adventurer tip: use advanced world-gen, and set the number of bogeymen to zero.
- tip: in Kiln, make quicklime into bag from REACTION_CLASS:CALCIUM_CARBONATE (calcite, chalk, limestone, marble, pink marble, pure marble).
  Then can make quicklime at Ashery workshop, into a bucket. For parchments.
- tip: in announcements.txt you can set "pause on citizen death" which is quite handy. (D_D = show in fort mode, P pause, R recenter screen)
- tip: sacrifice stuff on Altar of Nature (cauldron, 2 wooden staff, 2 shaman ring toy, [deleted DRUM], bucket) and Altar of War(anvil, 4 shaman ring toy, 2 lamp toy). To please Armok. They're a little harder to build.
- tip: use mousewheel to zoom in and out.
- tip: grind rock salt boulders into a food ingredient, at grinder workshop.
- note: I have disabled bogeymen / night creatures from my custom worldgens, as they really hinder adventuring.
- plant growdur longer than max = cant farm this plant.

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maybe TODO "I added [SHAPED] to shoes, high boots, low boots and sandals.  This seems to work well" -greycat

TODO maybe use_weap habit to some [HABIT_NUM:TEST_ALL][HABIT:GRIND_BONE_MEAL:100][HABIT:EAT_BONE_PORRIDGE:100][HABIT:USE_ANY_MELEE_WEAPON:100]

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Metal         Value  Density  ImpYld  ImpFrct  ImpEla  ShrYld  ShrFrct  ShrEla   Notes

Adamantine      300    0.200   5000    5000     0       5000    5000     0       
Divine metal    300    1.0     1000    2000     0       1000    2000     0
Steel            30    7.85    1505    2520     940     430     720      215   
Bismuth bronze    6    8.25    602     843      547     172     241      156   
Bronze            5    8.25    602     843      547     172     241      156   
Iron             10    7.85    542     1080     319     155     310      189   
Copper            2    8.93    245     770      175     70      220      145   
Silver           10    10.49   350     595      350     100     170      333   
Platinum         40    21.4    350     700      152     100     200      164     Only available as Artifact Weapons.
Bone              1    0.50    200     200      100     115     130      100   
Wood              1    0.50    10      10       1000    40      40       1000   
Shell             1    0.50    200     200      100     115     130      100     Only available as Artifact Weapons.
Leather           1    0.50    10      10       50000   25      25       50000   Material data added for comparison.
Obsidian          3    2.67    1000    1000     2222    35      35       114     Only available for Stone Weapons.
Crystal glass    10    2.6     1000    1000     2222    33      33       113     Only available as Trap Components.
Clear glass       5    2.6     1000    1000     2222    33      33       113     Only available as Trap Components.
Green glass       2    2.6     1000    1000     2222    33      33       113     Only available as Trap Components.
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"Exclusive civ creatures is super easy now. Just delete COMMON_DOMESTIC from the entity file to get rid of all those pesky mules and geese, and add something like this:
   [ANIMAL]
      [ANIMAL_TOKEN:VORACIOUS_CAVE_CRAWLER]
      [ANIMAL_ALWAYS_MOUNT]
      [ANIMAL_ALWAYS_SIEGE]
      [ANIMAL_ALWAYS_PACK]
      [ANIMAL_ALWAYS_WAGON_PULLER]
      [ANIMAL_ALWAYS_PET]
      [ANIMAL_ALWAYS_PRESENT]

[SYNDROME]
[SYN_NAME:weeping]
[SYN_IDENTIFIER:TEARSMAKESAD]
[SYN_AFFECTED_CLASS:GENERAL_POISON]
[SYN_CONTACT]
[SYN_NO_HOSPITAL]
[CE_FEEL_EMOTION:EMOTION:ANNOYANCE:SEV:25:PROB:30:START:10:PEAK:90:END:220:DWF_STRETCH:4]
[CE_FEEL_EMOTION:EMOTION:IRRITATION:SEV:25:PROB:60:START:10:PEAK:120:END:480:DWF_STRETCH:4]
[CE_FEEL_EMOTION:EMOTION:GLUMNESS:SEV:10:PROB:10:START:10:PEAK:120:END:480:DWF_STRETCH:4]  --can't cos glumness causes forever-tears loop?
[CE_FEEL_EMOTION:EMOTION:SHAME:SEV:15:PROB:23:START:10:PEAK:120:END:280:DWF_STRETCH:4] -nerfed from probability 90.
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[REACTION:FURNITURE_TO_CHARCOAL] via sheepish_gorilla
[NAME:burn furniture to coal]
[BUILDING:WOOD:CUSTOM_B] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[REAGENT:A:1:NONE:NONE:NONE:NONE][ANY_PLANT_MATERIAL][HARD_ITEM_MATERIAL][EMPTY]
[REAGENT:B:1:NONE:NONE:NONE:NONE][ANY_PLANT_MATERIAL][HARD_ITEM_MATERIAL][EMPTY]
[PRODUCT:100:1:BAR:NO_SUBTYPE:COAL:CHARCOAL][PRODUCT_DIMENSION:150]
[SKILL:WOOD_BURNING]
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blood bad? not if have dwarfblood(no syn), peopleblood, animalblood.
[SYNDROME]
[SYN_NAME:being covered in blood]
[SYN_IDENTIFIER:GROSS_BLOOD_COVERED]
[SYN_AFFECTED_CLASS:GENERAL_POISON]
[SYN_CONTACT]
[SYN_INJECTED]
[SYN_NO_HOSPITAL]
[CE_FEEL_EMOTION:EMOTION:ANNOYANCE:SEV:85:PROB:100:START:10:PEAK:90:END:220:DWF_STRETCH:4]
[CE_FEEL_EMOTION:EMOTION:DISGUST:SEV:25:PROB:80:START:10:PEAK:120:END:480:DWF_STRETCH:4]
[CE_FEEL_EMOTION:EMOTION:DISGUST:SEV:35:PROB:100:START:10:PEAK:120:END:480:DWF_STRETCH:4] two disgust on purpose.
[CE_FEEL_EMOTION:EMOTION:IRRITATION:SEV:35:PROB:50:START:10:PEAK:120:END:480:DWF_STRETCH:4]
[CE_FEEL_EMOTION:EMOTION:NERVOUSNESS:SEV:35:PROB:40:START:10:PEAK:120:END:480:DWF_STRETCH:4]
[CE_FEEL_EMOTION:EMOTION:UNEASINESS:SEV:35:PROB:40:START:10:PEAK:120:END:480:DWF_STRETCH:4]
[CE_FEEL_EMOTION:EMOTION:WORRY:SEV:35:PROB:40:START:10:PEAK:120:END:480:DWF_STRETCH:4]
spit on
[SYNDROME] by Iceball3
[SYN_NAME:being spat on] Should work fine until toady implements drooling.
[SYN_IDENTIFIER:GROSSMAT_SPIT]
[SYN_AFFECTED_CLASS:GENERAL_POISON]
[SYN_CONTACT]
[SYN_NO_HOSPITAL]
[CE_FEEL_EMOTION:EMOTION:HUMILIATION:SEV:45:PROB:100:START:10:PEAK:40:END:380:DWF_STRETCH:4]
[CE_FEEL_EMOTION:EMOTION:HUMILIATION:SEV:35:PROB:80:START:10:PEAK:50:END:180:DWF_STRETCH:4]
sweat syndrome removed
[SYNDROME]
[SYN_NAME:sweating]
[SYN_IDENTIFIER:GROSSMAT_SWEAT]
[SYN_AFFECTED_CLASS:GENERAL_POISON]
[SYN_CONTACT]
[SYN_NO_HOSPITAL]
[CE_FEEL_EMOTION:EMOTION:ANNOYANCE:SEV:85:PROB:100:START:10:PEAK:90:END:220:DWF_STRETCH:4]
[CE_FEEL_EMOTION:EMOTION:IRRITATION:SEV:35:PROB:50:START:10:PEAK:120:END:480:DWF_STRETCH:4]
[CE_FEEL_EMOTION:EMOTION:DISPLEASURE:SEV:35:PROB:60:START:10:PEAK:120:END:480:DWF_STRETCH:4]
--
"For wild animals to be aggressive, and even pets (IE DOG) they need to lack a behavior tag BENIGN as this tag makes them into more docile, fearful creatures much like birds.
NATURAL will make it so AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE creatures will ignore it, and ignore them so leaving this off will make them attack whoever.
LARGE_PREDATOR will make them more aggressive, however something larger than them may still scare them (if not making them more fearful of larger foes)
PRONE_TO_RAGE is the quick and easy way to make anything aggressive as they become enraged which is like a bloodlust trance, however it can wear off mid combat and have them run (or try to run) away a bit before flying off the handle again and returning tot he fight
CURIOUSBEAST_EATER just means they steal EDIBLE_RAW items (meat, cheese, etc) doesn't make them violent" -- Hugo
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Hell is  [BIOME:SUBTERRANEAN_CHASM]   [UNDERGROUND_DEPTH:5:5]
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fire immune
What grants dragonfire immunity are these lines from the dragon raws:
[SELECT_MATERIAL:ALL]
      [COLDDAM_POINT:NONE]
      [HEATDAM_POINT:NONE]
      [IGNITE_POINT:NONE]
      [IF_EXISTS_SET_MELTING_POINT:55000]
      [IF_EXISTS_SET_BOILING_POINT:57000]
      [SPEC_HEAT:30000]
   [SELECT_MATERIAL:BLOOD]
    [PLUS_MATERIAL:PUS]
      [MELTING_POINT:10000]
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more warlike creature leaders for war civ:
[PERSONALITY:ANGER_PROPENSITY:80:90:100]
[PERSONALITY:HATE_PROPENSITY:80:90:100]
[PERSONALITY:VIOLENT:80:90:100]
[PERSONALITY:CRUELTY:80:90:100]
[PERSONALITY:AMBITION:80:90:100]
[PERSONALITY:VENGEFUL:80:90:100]
[PERSONALITY:TRUST:0:10:20]
[PERSONALITY:TOLERANT:0:10:20]
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The problem is the ATTACK hint; AI creatures will never target themselves with an ATTACK interaction. That's actually why the DEFEND hint was made, DEFEND just means "use when attacking but allow any target (or use on self if the target is SELF_ONLY).
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make the unit CRAZED for one tick, which will make them enter combat if there is a creature nearby, causing them to use the interaction and hopefully not actually attack anyone, but this is as unreliable as it sounds.
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ENTITY's CREATURE tag:
"The type of creature that will inhabit the civilization. If multiple creature types are specified, each civilization will randomly choose one of the creatures. In entities with multiple possible creatures, you can manipulate the chance of one creature being chosen by adding multiple identical creature tags. For instance adding [CREATURE:DWARF][CREATURE:DWARF][CREATURE:DWARF][CREATURE:ELF] to the same entity will make the civs created about 75% dwarven, 25% elven. "
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spray-web greeting by ViolinAnon:

[CAN_DO_INTERACTION:MATERIAL_EMISSION]
[CDI:ADV_NAME:Spray web]
[CDI:USAGE_HINT:GREETING]
[CDI:BP_REQUIRED:BY_TOKEN:LB]
[CDI:MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:SILK:WEB_SPRAY]
[CDI:TARGET:C:LINE_OF_SIGHT]
[CDI:TARGET_RANGE:C:2]
[CDI:MAX_TARGET_NUMBER:C:1]
[CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:300]


Wiki's modding guide has no tricks: https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Modding

[ChaosPotato]

How do I avoid the dark fortress crash? I HAVE managed to make a dark fortress civilization with only custom positions before, but I forgot how I did it. Using a different site type isn't an option, I tried CAVE_DETAILED but trying to get it to not spawn hillocks resulted in the civilization not spreading.

Edit: I'm not even sure if this is the dark fortress crash or something else, it doesn't always happen and I've managed to go 185 years without a crash (probably could've gone further but I aborted worldgen because the aforementioned civ was losing too many wars).