Hi,
Not sure if this is where to post this. The Everything Kobold thread was for the old version and no activity there for the better part of a year.
I just started my first ever kobold camp/fort in DF2016 MWv1.02. Three problems which don't seem to have been addressed in v1.03 update notes:
1. I embarked with 50 female jack rats and 5 males (and about 50 chopped meat). I set DFHack autobutcher to "30 30 50 5 RAT_KOBOLD". I got my 'bolds to butcher some of the rats and made some crunchy pastries. Some rats chased some random animal-men wandering about and they got slightly injured, maybe a couple got killed. I walled in my camp and penned my rats. All good. But I'm approaching winter now, and not a single rat bred any rat-lings. I have 5 adult males still, and about 25 adult females. They're not breeding like rats, rabbits, or cats - they're not breeding at all it seems. And my kobolds are starving (one already died in mid-autumn year 1). Do rats need nest boxes or something?
2. Juice bar doesn't seem to be implemented in new MW version. Fine, no worries. Must be in brewery? Nope, can't make juice or tea there (wont accept fruit like apples or anything from farms or bushes). Not in kitchen, not in farmer's workshop. Ahhh the screw press! Nope... can't make juice there. Fine, water it is. I made a Water source/fishing zone at the river (walled in, access through underground tunnel (I cheated and gave them a hand-pick in DFHack because I'm kobold newb and river was across the map). I also dug a well (not the building, just hole in ground) over aquifer much closer to the cave (not cavern, cave) part of my encampment. Put a water source zone there too. Kobolds drink from both zones. At least they did. Some where drinking from the river outside the walled in area (they travelled far out to get there, closer to go to either of the actual water source zones). I went to options/zones/ and changed prefer-drink-zones to enforce-drink-zones (or whatever it's called). Still drinking from river outside zone. And several kobolds are thirsty. One has died of thirst (DFHack deathcase). It died where it had full access to drink zones, no burrow issues or blocked paths.
3. Giant bark scorpions don't seem to breed or lay eggs. I added egg laying tokens to them in the raw for the save, but I'm an "intermediate newb" at playing with raws and not sure I did it right. Not long after reloading the save a scorpion "gave birth to" a scorpion... They were penned in a zone with nest boxes, but I can't confirm that eggs were laid. If they did lay eggs, shouldn't the announcement be "giant bark scorpion kids have hatched" or something like that?
Here are my changes to the base bark scorpion and giant variation in creature_bug_slug_new.txt
Search "13thEssence" for my changes
[CREATURE:BARK_SCORPION]
[DESCRIPTION:A tiny yellow bug. It has pincers and a stinging tail which can prove fatal.]
[NAME:bark scorpion:bark scorpions:bark scorpion]
[CASTE_NAME:bark scorpion:bark scorpions:bark scorpion]
[CREATURE_TILE:249][COLOR:6:0:1]
[CARNIVORE]
[PET_EXOTIC]
[PARALYZEIMMUNE]
[NATURAL]
[BIOME:ANY_DESERT]
[BIOME:GRASSLAND_TROPICAL]
[BIOME:SAVANNA_TROPICAL]
[BIOME:SHRUBLAND_TROPICAL]
[BIOME:FOREST_TROPICAL_CONIFER]
[VERMIN_GROUNDER][VERMIN_HATEABLE]
[POPULATION_NUMBER:250:500]
[SMALL_REMAINS]
[PREFSTRING:pincers]
[PREFSTRING:stinging tail]
[ALL_ACTIVE]
[NO_SLEEP]
[MUNDANE]
[CANNOT_JUMP]
[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]
[NOT_BUTCHERABLE]
[NOPAIN][EXTRAVISION][NOSTUN][NOFEAR]
[NOBONES]
!NO_CREATURES_TRAINABLE!TRAINABLE][BODY:SPIDER:2EYES:HEART:GUTS:BRAIN:TAIL:TAIL_STINGER:UPPERBODY_PINCERS]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:CHITIN_MATERIALS]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:CHITIN_TISSUES]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:VENOM:CREATURE_EXTRACT_TEMPLATE][REACTION_CLASS:ADD_SPATTER_VENOM][MILKABLE:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:VENOM:10000]
[STATE_NAME:ALL_SOLID:frozen bark scorpion venom]
[STATE_ADJ:ALL_SOLID:frozen bark scorpion venom]
[STATE_NAME:LIQUID:bark scorpion venom]
[STATE_ADJ:LIQUID:bark scorpion venom]
[STATE_NAME:GAS:boiling bark scorpion venom]
[STATE_ADJ:GAS:boiling bark scorpion venom]
[PREFIX:NONE]
[ENTERS_BLOOD]
[SYNDROME]
[SYN_NAME:bark scorpion sting]
[SYN_AFFECTED_CLASS:GENERAL_POISON]
[SYN_IMMUNE_CREATURE:BARK_SCORPION:ALL]
[SYN_INJECTED]
[CE_PAIN:SEV:75:PROB:100:RESISTABLE:SIZE_DILUTES:LOCALIZED:VASCULAR_ONLY:START:0:PEAK:10:END:2400]
[EXTRACT:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:VENOM]
[VERMIN_BITE:10:stung:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:VENOM:LIQUID]
[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]
YES_STANDARD_BLOOD[BLOOD:CREATURE_MAT:ANIMAL_BLOOD: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]
-13thEssence WasBODY_SIZE:0:0:3
[BODY_SIZE:0:0:1]
[BODY_SIZE:0:121:2]
[BODY_SIZE:2:0:3]
13thEssence-
[MAXAGE:2:10]
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:TAIL_STING_VENOM_ATTACK]
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:PINCER_ATTACK]
[CASTE:FEMALE]
[FEMALE]
[CASTE:MALE]
[MALE]
[SELECT_CASTE:ALL]
[SET_TL_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:CHITIN]
[TL_COLOR_MODIFIER:TAN:1]
[TLCM_NOUN:chitin:SINGULAR]
[SET_TL_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:EYE:EYE]
[TL_COLOR_MODIFIER:BLACK:1]
[TLCM_NOUN:eyes:PLURAL]
[CREATURE:GIANT_BARK_SCORPION]
[COPY_TAGS_FROM:BARK_SCORPION]
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:GIANT]
[CV_REMOVE_TAG:CHANGE_BODY_SIZE_PERC]
[APPLY_CURRENT_CREATURE_VARIATION]
[GO_TO_END]
[SELECT_CASTE:ALL]
[CHANGE_BODY_SIZE_PERC:6667367]
[SELECT_CASTE:FEMALE]
-13thEssence
[LAYS_EGGS]
[EGG_MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:SILK:SOLID]
[EGG_MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:EGG_WHITE:LIQUID]
[EGG_MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:EGG_YOLK:LIQUID]
[EGG_SIZE:500]
[CLUTCH_SIZE:2:3]
13thEssence-
[GO_TO_START]
[NAME:giant bark scorpion:giant bark scorpions:giant bark scorpion]
[CASTE_NAME:giant bark scorpion:giant bark scorpions:giant bark scorpion]
[DESCRIPTION:A huge monster in the form of a bark scorpion.]
[POPULATION_NUMBER:10:20]
[CLUSTER_NUMBER:1:1]
[CREATURE_TILE:'S']
[COLOR:6:0:1]
[PET_EXOTIC]
[PETVALUE:500]
[MOUNT_EXOTIC]
-13thEssence
[CHILD:1]
[CHILDNAME:giant bark scorpion kid:giant bark scorpion kids]
13thEssence-
[GO_TO_END]
[PREFSTRING:pincers]
[PREFSTRING:stinging tail]
[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] 1 kph
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_CLIMBING_GAITS:9000:8900:8825:8775:9500:9900] 1 kph
Thanks for taking a look. Please move the post if it needs to go somewhere else.