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[ViolinAnon]

I've recently decided to come back to the game after taking a year or two of break from it.
I like making a new creature or two every time I come back for fun, and this time I wanted to make a creature to replace cats in dwarven societies.
They're cat-sized jumping spiders. However, I can't get them to occasionally generate webs. I tried adding [WEBBER], but it seems to not be working that way.
The creature's raw:

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[CREATURE:SPIDER_JUMPING_DWARVEN]
[DESCRIPTION:An underground cat with eight legs.]
[NAME:dwarven jumping spider:dwarven jumping spiders:dwarven jumping spider]
[CASTE_NAME:dwarven jumping spider:dwarven jumping spiders:dwarven jumping spider]
[CREATURE_TILE:'J'][COLOR:0:0:1]
[CARNIVORE]
[PET]
[PETVALUE:25]
[WEBIMMUNE]
[NATURAL]
[LARGE_ROAMING]
[COMMON_DOMESTIC][BENIGN]
[HUNTS_VERMIN]
[RETURNS_VERMIN_KILLS_TO_OWNER]
[BIOME:NOT_FREEZING]
[POPULATION_NUMBER:5:10]
[PREFSTRING:fuzziness]
[PREFSTRING:ability to leap]
[ALL_ACTIVE]
[NO_SLEEP]
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_WALKING_GAITS:900:750:600:439:1900:2900] 20 kph
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_CRAWLING_GAITS:9000:8900:8825:8775:9500:9900]
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_CLIMBING_GAITS:2990:2257:1525:731:4300:6100] 12 kph
[STANCE_CLIMBER][NATURAL_SKILL:CLIMBING:15]
[NOPAIN][EXTRAVISION][NOSTUN][NOFEAR]
[NOBONES]
[BODY:SPIDER:2EYES:HEART:GUTS:BRAIN:MOUTH]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:CHITIN_MATERIALS]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:CHITIN_TISSUES]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:SILK:SILK_TEMPLATE]
[WEBBER:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:SILK]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:EXOSKELETON_TISSUE_LAYERS:CHITIN:FAT:MUSCLE]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:STANDARD_HEAD_POSITIONS]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:SINEW:SINEW_TEMPLATE]
[TENDONS:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:SINEW:200]
[LIGAMENTS:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:SINEW:200]
[HAS_NERVES]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:ICHOR:ICHOR_TEMPLATE]
[BLOOD:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:ICHOR: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:1:0:2000]
[BODY_SIZE:2:0:5000]
[CHILD:1]
[GENERAL_CHILD_NAME:dwarven spider hatchling:dwarven spider hatchlings]
[MAXAGE:10:20]
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:MOUTH_BITE_EDGE_ATTACK]
[CASTE:FEMALE]
[FEMALE]
[CASTE:MALE]
[MALE]
[SELECT_CASTE:ALL]
[SET_TL_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:CHITIN]
[TL_COLOR_MODIFIER:BLACK:1]
[TLCM_NOUN:chitin:SINGULAR]
[SET_TL_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:EYE:EYE]
[TL_COLOR_MODIFIER:BLACK:1]
[TLCM_NOUN:eyes:PLURAL]
[CAN_DO_INTERACTION:PAP]
[CDI:ADV_NAME:Pedipalp pap]
[CDI:USAGE_HINT:GREETING]
[CDI:BP_REQUIRED:BY_CATEGORY:HEAD]
[CDI:VERB:pap:paps:paps]
[CDI:CAN_BE_MUTUAL]
[CDI:TARGET:A:SELF_ONLY]
[CDI:TARGET:B:TOUCHABLE]
[CDI:TARGET_RANGE:B:1]
[CDI:MAX_TARGET_NUMBER:B:1]
[CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:20]


Is there a way to make them act like the vermin spiders, or is there a way to create an interaction that would make them 'spray web' in a very small amount towards nothing in particular?

[TomiTapio]

Is there a way to make them act like the vermin spiders, or is there a way to create an interaction that would make them 'spray web' in a very small amount towards nothing in particular?

Maybe have them spit a glob of web?

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   [USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:SWEAT:SWEAT_TEMPLATE]
   [USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:TEARS:TEARS_TEMPLATE]
   [USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:SPIT:SPIT_TEMPLATE]
   [SECRETION:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:SWEAT:LIQUID:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:SKIN:EXERTION]
   [SECRETION:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:TEARS:LIQUID:BY_CATEGORY:EYE:ALL:EXTREME_EMOTION]
   [CAN_DO_INTERACTION:MATERIAL_EMISSION]
      [CDI:ADV_NAME:Spit]
      [CDI:USAGE_HINT:NEGATIVE_SOCIAL_RESPONSE]
      [CDI:USAGE_HINT:TORMENT]
      [CDI:BP_REQUIRED:BY_CATEGORY:MOUTH]
      [CDI:MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:SPIT:LIQUID_GLOB]
      [CDI:VERB:spit:spits:NA]
      [CDI:TARGET:C:LINE_OF_SIGHT]
      [CDI:TARGET_RANGE:C:15]
      [CDI:MAX_TARGET_NUMBER:C:1]
      [CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:20]

[Fish Preferred]

   [CAN_DO_INTERACTION:MATERIAL_EMISSION]
      [CDI:ADV_NAME:Spit]
      [CDI:USAGE_HINT:NEGATIVE_SOCIAL_RESPONSE]
      [CDI:USAGE_HINT:TORMENT]
      [CDI:BP_REQUIRED:BY_CATEGORY:MOUTH]
      [CDI:MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:SPIT:LIQUID_GLOB]
      [CDI:VERB:spit:spits:NA]
      [CDI:TARGET:C:LINE_OF_SIGHT]
      [CDI:TARGET_RANGE:C:15]
      [CDI:MAX_TARGET_NUMBER:C:1]
      [CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:20]

Not like that, though.
1 Globs can't become webs. It needs to be a web attack.
2 This requires a negatively-viewed target creature.

A self targeted GCS web attack ought to work. May or may not need [CDI:USAGE_HINT:CLEAN_SELF].

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   [CAN_DO_INTERACTION:MATERIAL_EMISSION]
      [CDI:ADV_NAME:Spray web]
      [CDI:BP_REQUIRED:BY_TOKEN:LB]
      [CDI:MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:SILK:WEB_SPRAY]
      [CDI:VERB:spin web:spins web:NA]
      [CDI:TARGET:C:SELF_ONLY]
      [CDI:TARGET_RANGE:C:1]
      [CDI:MAX_TARGET_NUMBER:C:1]
      [CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:30]

[ViolinAnon]

A self targeted GCS web attack ought to work. May or may not need [CDI:USAGE_HINT:CLEAN_SELF].

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   [CAN_DO_INTERACTION:MATERIAL_EMISSION]
      [CDI:ADV_NAME:Spray web]
      [CDI:BP_REQUIRED:BY_TOKEN:LB]
      [CDI:MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:SILK:WEB_SPRAY]
      [CDI:VERB:spin web:spins web:NA]
      [CDI:TARGET:C:SELF_ONLY]
      [CDI:TARGET_RANGE:C:1]
      [CDI:MAX_TARGET_NUMBER:C:1]
      [CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:30]

I've just tested it out, but it doesn't appear to work. I've tried without [CDI:USAGE_HINT:CLEAN_SELF], with [CDI:USAGE_HINT:CLEAN_SELF] and with [CDI:USAGE_HINT:GREETING] (And with both at the same time.)
I also tried with a WAIT_PERIOD of 1.
I've tested it out in the object testing arena only, with about twenty spiders that are all on the same team to avoid fighting.
No dice.
Is it possible that the web spawns on them and is instantly destroyed?

I might end up making them egglayers and use Kazoo's Silk Egg mod, but it wouldn't be my preferred solution.

EDIT:
The solution was to make the target not SELF. I've ended up using this:

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[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:30]
And it works!
I might tweak a few values, like the target_range and wait_period, but for now it seems to work fine in the object testing arena.

[Eric Blank]

Yeah a wait period like that would be attrocious for fort mode, id go with 250-300ish.

I cant get the image out of my head though of these little spiders getting so excited to see somebody they spray webs all over them like an excited puppy making pee rings around your feet when they see you.

[ViolinAnon]

Yeah a wait period like that would be attrocious for fort mode, id go with 250-300ish.

I cant get the image out of my head though of these little spiders getting so excited to see somebody they spray webs all over them like an excited puppy making pee rings around your feet when they see you.

Seems like a reasonable number, yeah.
The lower range helps a bit, too.

And yeah, that an adorable image. At first I was thinking more about it being about the spider leaving strands of safety line around.
But I like your interpretation better.

EDIT:
Tried it out in Fortress mode, and it appears to cause a lot of job cancellation because dwarves get 'webbed' by walking into the stray webs.
I've checked, and the creature definitely does not have [THICKWEB].

[Eric Blank]

oh shoot, yeah, anything created by an interaction like that actually counts as a thick web. oops.

Might really have to milk it or make it lay eggs and convert either to silk thread via interaction.

You can also make a vermin spider that makes webs like a cave spider, make it a colony_external, and keep it in a cage. It will spawn more of itself outside the cage constantly and those will spawn webs. I have an example here:

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[CREATURE:SPIDER_NESTING]
[DESCRIPTION:A tiny underground bug, sought after for its thread.]
[NAME:nesting spider:nesting spiders:nesting spider]
[CASTE_NAME:nesting spider:nesting spiders:nesting spider]
[CREATURE_TILE:249][COLOR:3:0:0]
[CREATURE_CLASS:POISONOUS]
[CARNIVORE]
[PET_EXOTIC]
[PARALYZEIMMUNE]
[WEBIMMUNE]
[NATURAL]
[FREQUENCY:3]
[BIOME:SUBTERRANEAN_WATER]
[BIOME:SUBTERRANEAN_CHASM]
[UNDERGROUND_DEPTH:1:2]
[VERMIN_GROUNDER][VERMIN_HATEABLE]
[POPULATION_NUMBER:250:500]
[SMALL_REMAINS]
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_WALKING_GAITS:9000:8900:8825:8775:9500:9900] 1 kph
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_CRAWLING_GAITS:9000:8900:8825:8775:9500:9900] 1 kph
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_CLIMBING_GAITS:9000:8900:8825:8775:9500:9900] 1 kph
[STANCE_CLIMBER][NATURAL_SKILL:CLIMBING:15]
[PREFSTRING:mystery]
[ALL_ACTIVE]
[NO_SLEEP]
[HOMEOTHERM:10040]
[LOW_LIGHT_VISION:10000]
[NOT_BUTCHERABLE]
[NOPAIN][EXTRAVISION][NOSTUN][NOFEAR]
[NOBONES]
[BODY:SPIDER:2EYES:HEART:GUTS:BRAIN:MOUTH]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:CHITIN_MATERIALS]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:CHITIN_TISSUES]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:VENOM:CREATURE_EXTRACT_TEMPLATE]
[STATE_NAME:ALL_SOLID:frozen nesting spider venom]
[STATE_ADJ:ALL_SOLID:frozen nesting spider venom]
[STATE_NAME:LIQUID:nesting spider venom]
[STATE_ADJ:LIQUID:nesting spider venom]
[STATE_NAME:GAS:boiling nesting spider venom]
[STATE_ADJ:GAS:boiling nesting spider venom]
[PREFIX:NONE]
[ENTERS_BLOOD]
[SYNDROME]
[SYN_NAME:nesting spider bite]
[SYN_AFFECTED_CLASS:GENERAL_POISON]
[SYN_IMMUNE_CREATURE:SPIDER_NESTING:ALL]
[SYN_INJECTED]
[CE_FEVER:SEV:10:PROB:100:RESISTABLE:START:5:PEAK:100:END:1500]
[CE_PAIN:SEV:90:PROB:100:RESISTABLE:LOCALIZED:VASCULAR_ONLY:START:50:PEAK:500:END:1500]
[CE_SWELLING:SEV:30:PROB:100:RESISTABLE:LOCALIZED:VASCULAR_ONLY:START:50:PEAK:500:END:1500]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:SILK:SILK_TEMPLATE]
[EXTRACT:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:VENOM]
[VERMIN_BITE:10:bitten:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:VENOM:LIQUID]
[WEBBER:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:SILK]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:EXOSKELETON_TISSUE_LAYERS:CHITIN:FAT:MUSCLE]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:STANDARD_HEAD_POSITIONS]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:SINEW:SINEW_TEMPLATE]
[TENDONS:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:SINEW:200]
[LIGAMENTS:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:SINEW:200]
[HAS_NERVES]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:ICHOR:ICHOR_TEMPLATE]
[BLOOD:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:ICHOR: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:0:0:5]
[MAXAGE:5:7]
[HOMEOTHERM:10040]
[ARTIFICIAL_HIVEABLE]
[HIVE_PRODUCT:1500:20000:THREAD:NONE:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:SILK]
[CASTE:FEMALE]
[FEMALE]
[COLONY_EXTERNAL]
[CASTE:MALE]
[MALE]
[COLONY_EXTERNAL]
[SELECT_CASTE:ALL]
[SET_TL_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:CHITIN]
[TL_COLOR_MODIFIER:AQUAMARINE:1]
[TLCM_NOUN:chitin:SINGULAR]
[SET_TL_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:EYE:EYE]
[TL_COLOR_MODIFIER:BLACK:1]
[TLCM_NOUN:eyes:PLURAL]


Sadly they dont actually spawn in caverns as hives, so you have to actually catch your own and cage them, or make them available to your civ and import them.

[ViolinAnon]

oh shoot, yeah, anything created by an interaction like that actually counts as a thick web. oops.

Might really have to milk it or make it lay eggs and convert either to silk thread via interaction.

I might be interested in the milking solution actually. Can you give me more details about it?
For now, I've been considering the webbing an additional challenge. I've made a spider 'kennel', which is a pasture with all the spiders in a closed room. The room is near a loom and the only dwarf going in there is the weaver who's collecting the web, and the dwarf who brings spiders to the pasture.

But milking sounds fun and appropriate.

[Hetsin]

I've got a question regarding syndromes, specifically one from an attack with a: [SPECIALATTACK_INJECT_EXTRACT:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:VENOM:LIQUID:100:100]. I made a fairly barebones syndrome: [CE_PARALYSIS:SEV:50:PROB:100:ABRUPT:START:1:END:2000:DWF_STRETCH:7]. I've done several tests in the arena, and I get full paralysis in as little as 40 ish to 140 ish Adventure Mode ticks. But the kicker is that every creature attacked and effected in a short time (my test was about 10 AM ticks, 5 1:1 attacks) will succumb to paralysis at the same time on the same AM tick. But sometimes, when a creature gets enraged from being attacked, it with instantly paralysis them. Am I right to assume that some events, like enrage, will trigger a status effect check, but otherwise it will only check on what I assume is the DF tick, every 72 AM ticks? Or is there something I'm missing?

[Apollo Densin]

I am working on a creature that has a bony head plate, that can be used to ram foes, but looking through the raws, unsure how to do this. I was thinking making it a shell type, but do not know if that can be spun off to be a damaging special attack

[TomiTapio]

I might be interested in the milking solution actually. Can you give me more details about it?

Workshop reaction of Spider X's milk bucket (or five buckets, for difficulty of harvesting ) goes in, silk thread comes out?
Or one bucket of spidermilk(TM) in, one thread-stack out, 80% chance of getting one spidermilk(TM) bucket out. For five threads from one bucket.

Various bucket reactions, in case you/someone need examples:

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[REACTION:ICE_TO_WATER] --by Malecus
   [NAME:melt ice to water]
   [BUILDING:SCREW_PRESS:CUSTOM_I]
   [REAGENT:A:1:BOULDER:NO_SUBTYPE:WATER:NONE]
   [REAGENT:B:1:BUCKET:NONE:NONE:NONE][EMPTY][DOES_NOT_ABSORB][PRESERVE_REAGENT][DOES_NOT_DETERMINE_PRODUCT_AMOUNT]
   [PRODUCT:100:1:LIQUID_MISC:NONE:WATER:NONE][PRODUCT_DIMENSION:150][PRODUCT_TO_CONTAINER:B]
   [SKILL:PRESSING]
   
[REACTION:PRESS_PLANTS_WATER] --by Malecus
   [NAME:press water from plants]
   [BUILDING:SCREW_PRESS:CUSTOM_ALT_P]
   [REAGENT:A:6:PLANT:NONE:NONE:NONE][DOES_NOT_DETERMINE_PRODUCT_AMOUNT]
   [REAGENT:B:1:BUCKET:NONE:NONE:NONE][EMPTY][DOES_NOT_ABSORB][PRESERVE_REAGENT][DOES_NOT_DETERMINE_PRODUCT_AMOUNT]
   [PRODUCT:100:1:LIQUID_MISC:NONE:WATER:NONE][PRODUCT_DIMENSION:150][PRODUCT_TO_CONTAINER:B]
   [SKILL:PRESSING]

[REACTION:MILK_TO_WATER] by TomiTapio, for hospital emergencies
   [NAME:milk into hospital water]
   [BUILDING:SCREW_PRESS:CUSTOM_ALT_M]     
   [REAGENT:fresh_milk:30:LIQUID_MISC:NONE:NONE:NONE]
     [REACTION_CLASS:MILK] milk_template has this.
     [UNROTTEN]
   [REAGENT:milkbucket:1:NONE:NONE:NONE:NONE] -not only bucket, allow barrel of milk too
     [CONTAINS:fresh_milk]
     [DOES_NOT_ABSORB]
     [PRESERVE_REAGENT]
     [DOES_NOT_DETERMINE_PRODUCT_AMOUNT]   
   [REAGENT:B:1:BUCKET:NONE:NONE:NONE]
     [EMPTY]
     [DOES_NOT_ABSORB]
     [PRESERVE_REAGENT]
     [DOES_NOT_DETERMINE_PRODUCT_AMOUNT]
   [PRODUCT:100:1:LIQUID_MISC:NONE:WATER:NONE]
     [PRODUCT_DIMENSION:150]
     [PRODUCT_TO_CONTAINER:B]
   --note: no cheese if output, this is for hospital use, not for profit.
   [SKILL:PRESSING]

[REACTION:DESTROY_NASTY_FROM_BARREL] by TomiTapio
[NAME:dump gross f barrel]
[BUILDING:FARMER:CUSTOM_G]
[REAGENT:gross_liquid:10:LIQUID_MISC:NONE:NONE:NONE]
      [REACTION_CLASS:GROSS_DUMPABLE]
[REAGENT:gross_barrel:1:BARREL:NONE:NONE:NONE]
  [CONTAINS:gross_liquid]
  [DOES_NOT_ABSORB]
  [PRESERVE_REAGENT]
  [DOES_NOT_DETERMINE_PRODUCT_AMOUNT]
--maybe output a tooth of the creature?
[SKILL:BUTCHER] already deals with gross blood.

[REACTION:DESTROY_NASTY_FROM_BUCKET] by TomiTapio
[NAME:dump gross f bucket]
[BUILDING:FARMER:CUSTOM_ALT_G]
[REAGENT:gross_liquid:5:LIQUID_MISC:NONE:NONE:NONE]
      [REACTION_CLASS:GROSS_DUMPABLE]
[REAGENT:gross_bucket:1:BUCKET:NONE:NONE:NONE]
  [CONTAINS:gross_liquid]
  [DOES_NOT_ABSORB]
  [PRESERVE_REAGENT]
  [DOES_NOT_DETERMINE_PRODUCT_AMOUNT]
--maybe output a tooth of the creature?
[SKILL:BUTCHER] already deals with gross blood.


And thread output like
   [PRODUCT:100:1:THREAD:NONE:GET_MATERIAL_FROM_REAGENT:A:NONE]  [PRODUCT_DIMENSION:15000]
but code the thread to be one of your mod's silk materials.

[ViolinAnon]

Workshop reaction of Spider X's milk bucket (or five buckets, for difficulty of harvesting ) goes in, silk thread comes out?
Or one bucket of spidermilk(TM) in, one thread-stack out, 80% chance of getting one spidermilk(TM) bucket out. For five threads from one bucket.

*SNIP*

And thread output like
   [PRODUCT:100:1:THREAD:NONE:GET_MATERIAL_FROM_REAGENT:A:NONE]  [PRODUCT_DIMENSION:15000]
but code the thread to be one of your mod's silk materials.

Thanks a bunch!
I've ended up making the following reaction:

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[REACTION:SPIN_SPIDERMILK] Makes thread from spidermilk.
[NAME:spin spidermilk]
[BUILDING:FARMER:CUSTOM_SHIFT_S]
[REAGENT:spidermilk:150:LIQUID_MISC:NONE:NONE:NONE]
[UNROTTEN][HAS_MATERIAL_REACTION_PRODUCT:SILK_MAT]
[REAGENT:milk container:1:NONE:NONE:NONE:NONE]
[CONTAINS:spidermilk]
[PRESERVE_REAGENT]
[DOES_NOT_DETERMINE_PRODUCT_AMOUNT]
[PRODUCT:100:1:THREAD:NONE:GET_MATERIAL_FROM_REAGENT:spidermilk:SILK_MAT] 
[PRODUCT_DIMENSION:15000]
[PRODUCT:80:1:GET_ITEM_DATA_FROM_REAGENT:spidermilk:NONE]
[PRODUCT_DIMENSION:150][PRODUCT_TO_CONTAINER:milk container]
[SKILL:WEAVING]

And it appeared to be working fine after a rudimentary test.
(Except for the part I forgot 'Shift S' was already assigned to something in the farmer's workshop)
I'm quite happy with this solution over the web spray that was a fairly big danger (getting webbed on a trap, in a fight, etc) or the egg-to-silk mod.
It feels more organic to have the dwarves milk the spider for the raw web, then spin it into a thread.
Now I'm wondering if they'll cook with the spidermilk or make cheese out of it.

[Pillbo]

[CREATURE]
The type of creature that will inhabit the civilization. If multiple creature types are specified, each civilization will randomly choose one of the creatures.

If I was to add creatures multiple times to an entry, would that increase the percentage chance of specific creatures creating those civs? 

[ENTITY:MOUNTAIN]
...
   [CREATURE:DWARF]
   [CREATURE:DWARF]
   [CREATURE:DWARF]
   [CREATURE:GNOME]

If this went through and made 20 civs, would this result in ~75% of these civs being dwarven and ~25 gnomes? or would it ignore (or get confused by) the duplicates and be about 50/50?

[Eric Blank]

Absolutely no idea. Try it, generate 5-10 worlds and record the results, and let us know what the mix of races is.

If you remove every other civ from the game, then you only have that one to look at, which would make it faster.

[Pillbo]

Absolutely no idea. Try it, generate 5-10 worlds and record the results, and let us know what the mix of races is.

If you remove every other civ from the game, then you only have that one to look at, which would make it faster.

good plan, it looks like that is exactly what will happen.  I went with this:

[ENTITY:MOUNTAIN]
   [CREATURE:DWARF]
   [CREATURE:DWARF]
   [CREATURE:DWARF]
   [CREATURE:ELF]

World 1 - 8 dwarf, 2 elf
World 2 - 9 dwarf, 3 elf
World 3 - 9 dwarf, 3 elf
World 4 - 9 dwarf, 3 elf
World 5 - 4 dwarf, 1 elf

then for fun I changed it to:

[ENTITY:MOUNTAIN]
   [CREATURE:CAVE_FISH_MAN]
   [CREATURE:WORM_MAN]            
   [CREATURE:LEECH_MAN]            
   [CREATURE:PLUMP_HELMET_MAN]      
   [CREATURE:PLUMP_HELMET_MAN]      
   [CREATURE:PLUMP_HELMET_MAN]      

world 6 - 9 plump, 3 cave fish, 0 leech, 0 worm
world 7 - 9 plump, 3 cave fish, 0 leech, 0 worm

leech and worm don't seem to work so I changed it again to

   [CREATURE:CAVE_FISH_MAN]
   [CREATURE:BAT_MAN]
   [CREATURE:ANT_MAN]
   [CREATURE:PLUMP_HELMET_MAN]      
   [CREATURE:PLUMP_HELMET_MAN]      
   [CREATURE:PLUMP_HELMET_MAN]      

i got 2 ant, 2 bat, 2 cave fish, 6 plump

Pretty cool, I'll add this to the wiki soon.