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[rainpeltstar]

So I've been trying to make a new race playable both in adventure mode and fortress mode, and it seems to work smoothly as an adventurer but I can't get it to work as a fortress. When I'm on the choosing-location part, I'm not quite sure how to choose the civilization/race.

[XXSockXX]

I think you can only have one race with [CIV_CONTROLLABLE] tag, if that's any help.
You might want to move this thread to the modding subforum, the people there will probably be more helpful.

[bluefox]

You can actually have more than one [CIV_CONTROLLABLE] race, but it is difficult to figure out which race is which from the embark list.

Depending on how you created your race, you may be able to tell which race is which by looking at the icon on the embark map. As you scroll through the available civilizations, the area currently controlled by that civ will show on the map. If you used a custom symbol (the dwarven civ uses the same icon as the statues, for instance), you should be able to tell which is which.

I usually copy-paste a lot of values from various civs, so that doesn't work for me unless I think about it beforehand. The workaround I have for this is to go into legends mode first, and look through all the civilizations. I take note of the names of all the controllable ones (easier if you set starting worldgen civilizations to some low number, like 10 or 15). Then embark, and choose the civ of the race you want.

[I am Leo]

The quick and dirty solution is to copy dwarves word for word and change all the values and tags you understand and want changed, but leave the ones you don't understand alone. Fire it up, see if it works, fix any "it's too dwarfy" problems that sprang up and try again.

This way you'll be sure to have all the things that make them work properly as a playable civilization, but everything you recognize will have been changed and everything that stayed the same won't be noticeable.

[rainpeltstar]

Ok I got it working, but even though they have [NO_EAT] and [NO_DRINK] they are still complaining of hunger and thirst?