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[WillowLuman]

Hehe, I'd like a modding turn.

It was only a matter of time. BTW, I call dibs on telekinetic eyeball people.

[Halfling]

More "scratch" stuff: simple looping bash script to fire-and-forget run in background, plays background music using command line VLC when a creature has recently been mentioned by the game, except when it is mentioned in the context of "creature leather" or "creature bone" or "creature meat". Same method as I assume soundsense has:

Spoiler: /df/simplesoundloop.sh (click to show/hide)

Code: [Select]

#!/bin/bash
## Bash 4
## coreutils+grep

## Change the line below to use any media player of your choice. The default summons a gui-free instance of vlc and works for most linux installations with vlc installed.

mediaplayerclicommand="vlc -vvv --quiet --no-sout-video -I dummy --play-and-exit"

echo "" >> gamelog.txt
echo "" >> gamelog.txt
echo "" >> gamelog.txt
echo "" >> gamelog.txt
echo "Starting sound loop" >> gamelog.txt

while true
do
playmusic=""
found=""
while read line
do
newmusic=`echo $line | grep Music:`
newmusic=${newmusic#*:}
newmusic=${newmusic%:*}
if [ -n "$newmusic" ]
then
found=`tail -n 5 gamelog.txt | grep $newmusic | grep -v "$newmusic leather" | grep -v "$newmusic bone" | grep -v "$newmusic meat"`
fi
if [ -n "$found" ]
then
playmusic=$newmusic
fi
done < musiclist.txt
if [ -n "$playmusic" ]
then
musicname=`cat musiclist.txt | grep "$playmusic"`
musicname=${musicname##*:}
echo Playing $playmusic theme: $musicname
$mediaplayerclicommand ./encountermusic/$musicname
fi
sleep 2
done

Spoiler: /df/musiclist.txt (click to show/hide)

this file is extendable and in ascending order of priority for which gets played when multiple creatures - below man eater theme is played preferentially. the middle field specifies the keywords to start music - doesn't have to be creature, could be "charge" or "force of darkness", "You charge" or "Urist McAwesome" to give a dwarf their own theme song
Music:hound:Barrington-Levy-Beenie Man--Under-Mi-Sensi-(X-Project Remix).mp3
Music:Hound:Barrington-Levy-Beenie Man--Under-Mi-Sensi-(X-Project Remix).mp3
Music:man-eater:IOSYS-Bewildering-Impending-Spiriting-Away--Border-of-Death.ogg
Music:Man-eater:IOSYS-Bewildering-Impending-Spiriting-Away--Border-of-Death.ogg
end

Spoiler: /df/encountermusic/ (click to show/hide)

music file goes here

[StLeibowitz]

Third post in a row, but since they're all on different topics I feel it's clearer this way for everyone. Leibowitz, are you sure that cinderwood tree won't again make poor wood-using races make their equipment out of it? This one seems to be available on the surface.

That does seem to be an issue, doesn't it? Silly hippies...ruining my plans for incendiary flora...

I'll fix it.

EDIT: Arena testing has revealed that a fix actually isn't necessary, and cinderwood gear actually must look pretty damn terrifying to people. It ignites at 9000 degrees Urist, which is well below the ignition point of skin...and thus appears not to do any damage to its bearer/wearer. Two halflings armed with cinderwood hatchets killed each other with them first, without even minor melting from holding flaming weapons. I've got another halfling being chased around while wearing full flaming cinderwood chainmail, and he's completely fine. Only issue is that they obscure the battlefield with smoke, but flaming armor and weapons is worth it, to the point that I think I'll add in a metal based on this principal.

[Halfling]

It may still be that the AI thinks it's on fire and starts behaving crazy. To test this, you must try it in adventure/fortress mode, as the arena mode AI is completely single-minded about killing the enemy and never flees etc. Furthermore it may lead to excess fun when your starting equipment is made of that and you can't drop it without setting the world on fire. Or your barrels, or buckets, or wheelbarrows are permanently on fire. Or when traders bring you stuff that's made of that particular wood and on fire in their wagon.

It might still be best, even if boring, to make it a reaction to set equipment on fire like that.

[StLeibowitz]

It seems the fortress mode AI does not consider cinderwood a valid building material  They won't touch it to put it into wood stockpiles, either.

Verdict: Useless in fort mode, usable as gear without killing anyone (unlike blazewood) in combat. Enemies that show up in the stuff would be the only source of flaming wooden stuff - cold, incendiary goblinite. Since I am not entirely unbiased here - I want my creation to be used - I leave it up to the thread whether or not this is acceptable.

[Halfling]

Question: is it possible for equipment other than enemy equipment to be made of cinderwood? Namely:

1) Your starting gear and items
2) Trader items (it's actually a huge problem if they burn away or vaporize their contents or the wagon, or scare the merchants)

Regardless of the ignition point I should think once it's on fire it sets to fire temperature and not ignition temperature.

[StLeibowitz]

I'll check on the issue of embark items, but the six cinderwood logs in the wagon when I tested first didn't cause any harm at all to anything else, or even themselves really since there's no heatdam point.

EDIT: Yeah, you can embark with them, and the tools are unusable. Probably have to cut it, then. I'll just replace it with Leadwood.

[Halfling]

I'll check on the issue of embark items, but the six cinderwood logs in the wagon when I tested first didn't cause any harm at all to anything else, or even themselves really since there's no heatdam point.

1. Barrels, filled with liquid, made of the stuff? HF when traders lose all their precious golden salve... if we ever make stuff like that.
2. Bins snip goods snip? snip drop all crafts/insane amounts of silk snip.

Edit: read your edit - K. But there's the alternative of don't make the wood [WOOD] and make it workable by custom reactions instead - thus making it usable in fort mode, but not by civilizations.

[StLeibowitz]

Ah, if I do that, I'll do it for a flaming metal, and not mere wood

Leadwood has taken the place of cinderwood - a tree with a density greater than cinnabar. Seems to work well for hobbit cudgels.

[StLeibowitz]

Upon testing, it seems that fire mites - cavern hive vermin whose stings actually set you on fire - are not possible, at least not with how I planned it (high fixed temperature, doesn't-enter-blood poison stings that splatter over victim). Disappointing.

Work begun on Spiderlings/Halfspiders/Spider-Centaurs.

[Halfling]

Try a fireball material emission with cdi range:touchable and verb:stings. Or well... that still gives you the message about being hit by a ball of fire.

[StLeibowitz]

Yeah. They were more of a secondary goal, really, but it would have been cool.

[JacenHanLovesLegos]

Is it ok if I take the BFEL play turn? I'll go ahead and start now, but I won't be shocked if you say no.

[StLeibowitz]

Pretty sure we were working on a first come, first serve basis. You want to play, play!

Spider-Centaur progress...proceeding. They're at the same stage the vespulae were at on first playtest, which is to say Spiderling Uno fell over and suffocated. I can work with that.

[BFEL]

Is it ok if I take the BFEL play turn? I'll go ahead and start now, but I won't be shocked if you say no.

Yes, PLEASE. We seriously need someone to do that XD

Pretty sure we were working on a first come, first serve basis. You want to play, play!

Spider-Centaur progress...proceeding. They're at the same stage the vespulae were at on first playtest, which is to say Spiderling Uno fell over and suffocated. I can work with that.

What is your problem with creatures that breathe? XD Is it too loud for you? *ragged breathing* "STOP DAT!" *suffocates*