Has anyone else tried adding a 4th leg joint to digitigrade races such as pretty much most of the sentient animal-folk?
I recently decided to add that 4th joint but haven't tested it all that much, doesn't seem to have much of an impact on body relsizes, can usually tell away if something's off by placing two of my Ischrotaurs in the arena and using the skilled one to strangle the other to death. If the amount of times to strangle one to death is longer or faster means I have changed something I didn't intend to change and it seems adding the 4th joint had surprisingly no impact to that, most likely because I managed to add that extra body part as an extra feature somehow, unless leg strength adds arm strength which is probably highly unlikely but who knows, game has pulled off stranger things.
I added that part between shin and ankle of both left and right leg and connected them along with their own joints and named the extra parts as
lowest right/left leg anything more fancy sounding makes it harder to understand what is what and where, so yeah, that and making sure that the new parts are covered by armor by adding the extra leg part under lower leg category which still makes sense because it basically is. Merely curious if anyone else has tried that, haven't yet tested if armor covers it or not but I know it should cover it due to that category thingy, again I'm not sure yet what witchcraft awaits for it in-game.
In case someone is interested, here is the info from the new raw files I made/added but haven't put into active use just yet due to its unknown grey area:
body_beast
[OBJECT:BODY]
[BODY:BASIC_4PARTLEGS]
[BP:RUL:right upper leg:STP][CONTYPE:LOWERBODY][LIMB][RIGHT][CATEGORY:LEG_UPPER]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:500]
[BP:LUL:left upper leg:STP][CONTYPE:LOWERBODY][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:RTL:right lowest leg:STP][CON:RLL][LIMB][RIGHT][CATEGORY:LEG_LOWER]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:220]
[BP:LTL:left lowest leg:STP][CON:LLL][LIMB][LEFT][CATEGORY:LEG_LOWER]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:220]
[BP:RF:right foot:right feet][CON:RTL][STANCE][RIGHT][CATEGORY:FOOT]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:120]
[BP:LF:left foot:left feet][CON:LTL][STANCE][LEFT][CATEGORY:FOOT]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:120]
[BODY:HUMANOID_NECK_4PARTLEGS]
[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:NK:neck:STP][CON:UB][CATEGORY:NECK]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:150]
[BP:HD:head:STP][CON:NK][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:RTL:right lowest leg:STP][CON:RLL][LIMB][RIGHT][CATEGORY:LEG_LOWER]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:220]
[BP:LTL:left lowest leg:STP][CON:LLL][LIMB][LEFT][CATEGORY:LEG_LOWER]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:220]
[BP:RF:right foot:right feet][CON:RTL][STANCE][RIGHT][CATEGORY:FOOT]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:120]
[BP:LF:left foot:left feet][CON:LTL][STANCE][LEFT][CATEGORY:FOOT]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:120]
[BODY:HUMANOID_NECK_HOOF_4PARTLEGS]
[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:NK:neck:STP][CON:UB][CATEGORY:NECK]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:150]
[BP:HD:head:STP][CON:NK][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:RTL:right lowest leg:STP][CON:RLL][LIMB][RIGHT][CATEGORY:LEG_LOWER]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:220]
[BP:LTL:left lowest leg:STP][CON:LLL][LIMB][LEFT][CATEGORY:LEG_LOWER]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:220]
[BP:RF:right foot:right hooves][CON:RTL][STANCE][RIGHT][CATEGORY:HOOF]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:120]
[BP:LF:left foot:left hooves][CON:LTL][STANCE][LEFT][CATEGORY:HOOF]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:120]
[BODY:HUMANOID_BEAST_JOINTS]
[BP:RUA_J:right shoulder:STP][CON:RUA][JOINT][SMALL][INTERNAL][RIGHT][CATEGORY:JOINT]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:100]
[BP:LUA_J:left shoulder:STP][CON:LUA][JOINT][SMALL][INTERNAL][LEFT][CATEGORY:JOINT]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:100]
[BP:RLA_J:right elbow:STP][CON:RLA][JOINT][SMALL][INTERNAL][RIGHT][CATEGORY:JOINT]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:20]
[BP:LLA_J:left elbow:STP][CON:LLA][JOINT][SMALL][INTERNAL][LEFT][CATEGORY:JOINT]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:20]
[BP:RH_J:right wrist:STP][CON:RH][JOINT][SMALL][INTERNAL][RIGHT][CATEGORY:JOINT]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:20]
[BP:LH_J:left wrist:STP][CON:LH][JOINT][SMALL][INTERNAL][LEFT][CATEGORY:JOINT]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:20]
[BP:RUL_J:right hip:STP][CON:RUL][JOINT][SMALL][INTERNAL][RIGHT][CATEGORY:JOINT]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:50]
[BP:LUL_J:left hip:STP][CON:LUL][JOINT][SMALL][INTERNAL][LEFT][CATEGORY:JOINT]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:50]
[BP:RLL_J:right knee:STP][CON:RLL][JOINT][SMALL][INTERNAL][RIGHT][CATEGORY:JOINT]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:20]
[BP:LLL_J:left knee:STP][CON:LLL][JOINT][SMALL][INTERNAL][LEFT][CATEGORY:JOINT]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:20]
[BP:RTL_J:right upper ankle:STP][CON:RTL][JOINT][SMALL][INTERNAL][RIGHT][CATEGORY:JOINT]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:20]
[BP:LTL_J:left upper ankle:STP][CON:LTL][JOINT][SMALL][INTERNAL][LEFT][CATEGORY:JOINT]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:20]
[BP:RF_J:right lower ankle:STP][CON:RF][JOINT][SMALL][INTERNAL][RIGHT][CATEGORY:JOINT]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:20]
[BP:LF_J:left lower ankle:STP][CON:LF][JOINT][SMALL][INTERNAL][LEFT][CATEGORY:JOINT]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:20]
And RCP:
body_rcp_beast
[OBJECT:BODY]
[BODY:RCP_FOUR_PART_LEGS]
[BP:RUL:right upper leg:STP][CONTYPE:LOWERBODY][LIMB][RIGHT][CATEGORY:LEG_UPPER]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:500]
[BP:LUL:left upper leg:STP][CONTYPE:LOWERBODY][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:RTL:right lowest leg:STP][CON:RLL][LIMB][RIGHT][CATEGORY:LEG_LOWER]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:220]
[BP:LTL:left lowest leg:STP][CON:LLL][LIMB][LEFT][CATEGORY:LEG_LOWER]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:220]
[BP:RF:right foot:right feet][CON:RTL][STANCE][RIGHT][CATEGORY:FOOT]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:120]
[BP:LF:left foot:left feet][CON:LTL][STANCE][LEFT][CATEGORY:FOOT]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:120]
Only tested them about a week or two ago and didn't notice anything gone wrong as I was able to run, jump and even attack/target the body part with another Ischrotaur.
Guess I'm just curious to know what effects it has or doesn't have and if it is incomplete or not.