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McFeel

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Creature 'breeding' with only one caste or NO_GENDER
« on: January 26, 2013, 05:54:03 pm »

Hello,

  there is any way to get breed the creatures that only have one caste or the token NO_GENDER  in world generation? I need this for dryads that are only female, and other creatures. This is the raw of the dryad:
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I have made a simple entity for them, adding START_GROUP_NUMBER:50. I can see them in legends mode, but only appear as "He was one of the first of his kind".

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Re: Creature 'breeding' with only one caste or NO_GENDER
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2013, 06:24:59 pm »

Creatures will only breed if they have both genders, though apart from a high starting population and long lifespan, you can cheat by giving them a male caste that has a low POP_RATIO (Like one in a thousand). This only applies to civilized creatures...wild creatures will appear in their biomes based on their POPULATION_NUMBER and FREQUENCY tags, regardless of whether or not they have a single gender.
« Last Edit: January 26, 2013, 06:37:35 pm by Lycaeon »
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Re: Creature 'breeding' with only one caste or NO_GENDER
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2013, 06:35:13 pm »

A frequency of 0 is often enough. Give any frequency to the female caste and 0 to the male caste.
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Re: Creature 'breeding' with only one caste or NO_GENDER
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2013, 06:39:22 pm »

A frequency of 0 is often enough. Give any frequency to the female caste and 0 to the male caste.

You mean POP_RATIO. FREQUENCY refers to how often they show up in a particular biome.

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« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2013, 06:40:07 pm »

A frequency of 0 is often enough. Give any frequency to the female caste and 0 to the male caste.

You mean POP_RATIO. FREQUENCY refers to how often they show up in a particular biome.
Indeed. Thanks for correcting me.
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Re: Creature 'breeding' with only one caste or NO_GENDER
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2013, 06:58:44 pm »

It seems to work. Didn't remember that pop_ratio was for castes. Thanks for the help.
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Re: Creature 'breeding' with only one caste or NO_GENDER
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2013, 07:56:01 pm »

So you set the pop_ratio to 0, they'll still breed without actually having any males?
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Re: Creature 'breeding' with only one caste or NO_GENDER
« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2013, 08:16:40 pm »

So you set the pop_ratio to 0, they'll still breed without actually having any males?

No, POP_RATIO:0 defaults to, IIRC, 100--you'll want 1, and give females a ridiculously high number.

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« Reply #8 on: January 27, 2013, 02:11:05 am »

So you set the pop_ratio to 0, they'll still breed without actually having any males?

No, POP_RATIO:0 defaults to, IIRC, 100--you'll want 1, and give females a ridiculously high number.
Except POP_RATIO:0 castes will never appear in world gen.
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« Reply #9 on: January 27, 2013, 02:43:33 am »

So you set the pop_ratio to 0, they'll still breed without actually having any males?

No, POP_RATIO:0 defaults to, IIRC, 100--you'll want 1, and give females a ridiculously high number.
Except POP_RATIO:0 castes will never appear in world gen.

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Re: Creature 'breeding' with only one caste or NO_GENDER
« Reply #10 on: January 27, 2013, 08:42:48 am »

I have given pop_ratio:1 to males and 1000000 to females. In legends mode only appear females, and there is no errorlog. I hope that they will breed.
« Last Edit: January 27, 2013, 02:49:11 pm by McFeel »
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Re: Creature 'breeding' with only one caste or NO_GENDER
« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2013, 02:49:37 pm »

I have downloaded Legends Viewer, and after 230 years of world gen, there are more than 30k dryads allive. All the historical dryads are female. So giving pop_ratio 1 to males, and 1000000 to females works. Thanks all for the help.
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