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[Wastedlabor]

~ Beasts Generator ~

> DOWNLOAD LATEST VERSION HERE <

Beasts Generator is a Perl script that grabs creature variations and randomly applies them to existing creatures.

A default variations set (not balanced for gameplay) is included, which creates several types of beasts:

Elemental
Non-living versions of the original creatures, made of basalt rock.
They emit some heat and gathering a lot of them in a tight place can set things on fire.

Magmatic
Similar to magma-men.

Gargantuan
Huge versions of the original creatures.

Arachnid
These beasts have a paralizing bite and can spray webs.

Humanoid
Similar to the default human variant.

Reptilian
Scaly amphibian versions with a deadly venom bite.

Avian
Flying versions with attached wings.

Amphibian
Amphibian versions with attached dorsal fins, tentacle mouths and cartilage instead of bones.

Rabid
Fierce berserk variations.

Check the download link for instructions and known bugs!

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[Mr Space Cat]

Very interesting. PTW.

As for ideas, would the classic lion-goat-snake chimera be too difficult? You could always make a goat-lion and/or snake-goat/snake-lion instead.

[Meph]

Ideas:
Draconic = firebreath
Something-Scorpion = Tail with stinger and venom
something-eagle = wings and flyer
something-gargoyle = wings and flyer and evil
something-angel (or angelic) = wings and flyer and good
uni-something = gets one horn on its head and one attack for it.

Draconic uni-yak-eagle. A firebreathing yak with one horn and wings.

[PhoenixEggz]

As a response to meph's something-angel suggestion, i'd like to suggest their demon counterparts aswell. Wings, horns, flier and evil.

Aquatic morphs would be good too, removing all limb types and replacing them with flippers as well as placing them in appropriate biomes and making them aquatic.

Sea-cats, anyone?

[GuesssWho]

Does 'arachnid' add spider legs?

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

Posting to watch.

[Wastedlabor]

Does 'arachnid' add spider legs?

Not yet, I'm still fiddling with it. I have to understand better the body plans (or let someone else do that part). I'll definitely upload the script before attempting to assemble hybrid bodies beyond, like, replacing skin for chitin or attaching wings.

To describe the script so far:

[Wastedlabor]

Edit: Woops, I just found the variation tags, I'll be using those instead of creating new creatures.

[Wannabehero]

Wonderful Idea, PTW

[Wastedlabor]

Silly me just found c_variation_default.txt and the associated tags.

So, we can create a c_variation_chimeras.txt and I'll make the script use those templates.
 

[Wastedlabor]

The new code is generating fine. I think have to flesh a bit the variations, then test it in-game.

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creature_chimeras_wl

[OBJECT:CREATURE]

[CREATURE:CHIROPTERAN_SLOTH_BEAR_MAN]
[COPY_TAGS_FROM:SLOTH_BEAR_MAN]
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:CHIROPTERAN_CHIMERA]
[APPLY_CURRENT_CREATURE_VARIATION]
[GO_TO_START]
[NAME:chiropteran sloth bear man:chiropteran sloth bear men:chiropteran sloth bear man]
[CASTE_NAME:chiropteran sloth bear man chimera:chiropteran sloth bear man chimeras:chiropteran sloth bear man chimera]
[GENERAL_CHILD_NAME:chiropteran sloth bear man offspring:chiropteran sloth bear man offsprings:chiropteran sloth bear man offspring]
[DESCRIPTION:A person with the head and claws of a sloth bear.  There's something strangely chiropteran about it.]

Sample of variations:

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c_variation_chimeras_wl

[OBJECT:CREATURE_VARIATION]

[CREATURE_VARIATION:CHIROPTERAN_CHIMERA]
[CV_REMOVE_TAG:NAME]
[CV_REMOVE_TAG:GENERAL_CHILD_NAME]
[CV_REMOVE_TAG:GENERAL_BABY_NAME]
[CV_REMOVE_TAG:CASTE_NAME]
[CV_REMOVE_TAG:CHILDNAME]
[CV_REMOVE_TAG:BABYNAME]
[CV_REMOVE_TAG:DESCRIPTION]
[CV_NEW_TAG:FLIER]
[CV_REMOVE_TAG:PET]
[CV_NEW_TAG:PET_EXOTIC]
[CV_NEW_TAG:PETVALUE:750]
[CV_NEW_TAG:MOUNT_EXOTIC]
[CV_NEW_TAG:TRAINABLE_HUNTING]
[CV_NEW_TAG:CARNIVORE]
[CV_CONVERT_TAG]
[CVCT_MASTER:BODY]
[CVCT_TARGET:QUADRUPED]
[CVCT_REPLACEMENT:HUMANOID_FLIER]
[CV_CONVERT_TAG]
[CVCT_MASTER:BODY]
[CVCT_TARGET:BASIC_1PARTBODY]
[CVCT_REPLACEMENT:HUMANOID_FLIER]
[CV_CONVERT_TAG]
[CVCT_MASTER:BODY]
[CVCT_TARGET:HUMANOID]
[CVCT_REPLACEMENT:HUMANOID_FLIER]
[CV_NEW_TAG:SAVAGE]


[Wastedlabor]

Ok, new milestone achieved. Chimera products show up on the embark screen, though they are scarce even after generating hundreds of them. I'm suspecting many may be discarded as broken.

[Meph]

So, how do you do it? Does a  script run to make random creatures, or did you manually write creature variations ?

[Wastedlabor]

As of now, I write variations, the script picks them up and applies them to random creatures from the raws.

[Wastedlabor]

Holy magma crabs, I spent way too much time wondering why my creatures were crashing, till I learned DF was loading the chimeras before the creatures it needed to COPY_TAGS_FROM.

Renaming the chimera file to creatures_zchimeras_wl.txt has worked (except for arachnid chimeras, there's something wrong with them ).



A couple more tests and I'll wrap it up for uploading.