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Is there a way to play as a megabeast?
« on: January 10, 2013, 11:04:53 pm »

See title. 

I've been watching Godzilla vs. King Kong videos on youtube, and this popped into my head.  Is this, at all, possible?  Are there any mods for this? 
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Re: Is there a way to play as a megabeast?
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2013, 11:51:41 pm »

Add something like this to your entity_default.txt under everything:

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[ENTITY:ENTITY_DRAGON]
[ADVENTURE_TIER:10]
[INDIV_CONTROLLABLE]
[CREATURE:DRAGON]
Make sure that ADVENTURE_TIER is unique and better make them follow in a succession (they just indicate the order of creatures you get to pick in the adventure mode race selection screen).
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Re: Is there a way to play as a megabeast?
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2013, 11:57:44 pm »

How about forgotten beasts? 
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Re: Is there a way to play as a megabeast?
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2013, 12:11:55 am »

Are forgotten beasts still defined with the FORGOTTEN_BEAST_X token? If so, do what Deon did there, but with a few CREATURE:FORGOTTEN_BEAST_X, where X is a number starting with 1.

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Re: Is there a way to play as a megabeast?
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2013, 12:56:57 am »

So, I'd have to create a new entity for any (semi)megabeast?  Okay.

Would I be able to do this for normal animals? 
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Re: Is there a way to play as a megabeast?
« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2013, 01:06:43 am »

No, you can use the same entity Deon just posted. Yes, you can do it for any creature in the game.

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Re: Is there a way to play as a megabeast?
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2013, 01:12:48 am »

So, I'd have to create a new entity for any (semi)megabeast?  Okay.

Would I be able to do this for normal animals? 
Yes, make different entities with different names and adventure tiers.

I am not sure how well FB would work since I don't know what's generated before: entities or FB. It should be tested.
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Re: Is there a way to play as a megabeast?
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2013, 01:16:21 am »

So, I'd have to create a new entity for any (semi)megabeast?  Okay.

Would I be able to do this for normal animals? 
Yes, make different entities with different names and adventure tiers.

I am not sure how well FB would work since I don't know what's generated before: entities or FB. It should be tested.

With INDIV_CONTROLLABLE, you can put any number of creatures into one entity for adventuring. I once had over 30 creatures in one entity; I've deprecated that feature, but still.

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Re: Is there a way to play as a megabeast?
« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2013, 01:19:28 am »

Tried to do for giant, genned new world, didn't work.  ALL I did was post this:

[ENTITY: ENTITY_GIANT]
                      [ADVENTURE_TIER:7]
                      [INDIV_CONTROLLABLE]
                      [CREATURE:GIANT]

That's it.  I'm guessing I need to add more. 

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Re: Is there a way to play as a megabeast?
« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2013, 01:30:51 am »

Is your entity name really beginning with a space?
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Re: Is there a way to play as a megabeast?
« Reply #10 on: January 11, 2013, 01:32:53 am »

Hmm.  Yeah, that might be the mistake. 
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Re: Is there a way to play as a megabeast?
« Reply #11 on: January 11, 2013, 01:39:58 am »

Okay, I was an idiot, now it works.  Thanks everyone for teaching me this.

Now...how would you go about modding in wrestling attacks for gorillas? 
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Re: Is there a way to play as a megabeast?
« Reply #12 on: January 11, 2013, 01:42:24 am »

They already have them?

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Re: Is there a way to play as a megabeast?
« Reply #13 on: January 11, 2013, 01:47:38 am »

Unless you want something like BODYSLAMS or HEADBUTTS!!!!, then just copy existing ones and modify the description and the bodypart.
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Re: Is there a way to play as a megabeast?
« Reply #14 on: January 11, 2013, 06:16:53 am »

Everything with arms or legs wrestles, even giant insects.
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