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[Nathail]

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As the title suggests, I'm currently attempting to design my own creatures for personal enjoyment. I can already mess around with existing raws and more-or-less get what I want, but I want to try making something from scratch. And I've got the perfect idea: I know exactly what I want it to do and I know it's possible. I just can't figure out how to do it.

The idea is that it's a flying sword, basically. I want two body parts: The blade/sword, which functions as the upper body, and the aura, which functions as both a brain and a wing, and possibly a stinger.

The blade is made of adamantine, and lets the creature do the same attacks that an adamantine longsword does. The aura is something I'm going to make out of some gaseous material. As mentioned, it functions as the brain, meaning if it is damage or in any way removed from the blade, the creature dies. I've got a vague idea for it performing a syndrome-causing attack, but that's optional and I know how to do that bit anyway. It also functions as a wing, because an animate sword that can't fly is about as much good as inedible cereal.[/s

I'm guessing I should start with the body detail plan, but I don't really understand how BDPs work, or how I go about using custom body parts. I know how to define a material, but I don't know how to specify a given part should be made out of a given material. I don't know how to define custom attacks. I do know how to make its corpse be an actual, usable adamantine sword, though.

So, what do I do? Thanks in advance for your help.

Now I'm trying something a little different; I'm trying to make a fairly simple jellyfish type creature. It's not going well. First off, the creature:

Actual creature:

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[CREATURE:RUTAN]
[NAME:rutan:rutans:rutan]
[DESCRIPTION:A strange creature resembling a sentient green jellyfish. It can electrocute its enemies and has painful stinging tentacles]
[CREATURE_TILE:81][2:0:1]
[PREFSTRING:green glow]
[BIOME:ANY_BIOME]
[FREQUENCY:1][DIFFICULTY:1]
[EXTRAVISION][NOBREATHE]
[CANOPENDOOR]
[NOBONES]
[ODOR_LEVEL:100]
[SMELL_TRIGGER:90]
[BODY:RUTAN:BRAIN:MOUTH]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:JELLY:FAT_TEMPLATE]
[STATE_NAME:ALL_SOLID:jelly]
[STATE_NAME_ADJ:ALL_SOLID:jelly]
[STATE_COLOR:ALL:2:0:0]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:SKIN:SKIN_TEMPLATE]
[STATE_COLOR_ALL:2:0:0]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:ICHOR:ICHOR_TEMPLATE]
[STATE_COLOR_ALL:2:0:1]
[SYNDROME]
[SYN_AFFECTED_CLASS:GENERAL_POISON]
[SYN_INJECTED]
[ENTERS_BLOOD]
[SYN_IMMUNE_CREATURE:RUTAN:ALL]
[CE_BLISTERS:SEV:50:PROB:90:LOCALIZED:START:10:PEAK:50:END:1000]
[CE_PAIN:SEV:100:PROB:100:LOCALIZED:START:5:END:500]
[CE_PARALYSIS:SEV:50:PROB:5:START:10:END:50]
[CE_SWELLING:SEV:10:PROB:90:LOCALIZED:START:10:END:900]
[TISSUE:SKIN]
[TISSUE_NAME:skin:NP]
[TISSUE_MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:SKIN]
[SCARS]
[HEALING_RATE:200]
[VASCULAR:1]
[PAIN_RECEPTORS:5]
[CONNECTS]
[TISSUE_SHAPE:LAYER]
[TISSUE:JELLY]
[TISSUE_NAME:jelly:NP]
[THICKENS_ON_ENERGY_STORAGE]
[TISSUE_MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:JELLY]
[SCARS]
[VASCULAR:3]
[PAIN_RECEPTORS:4]
[CONNECTS]
[MUSCULAR]
[INSULATION:100]
[TISSUE_SHAPE:LAYER]
[TISSUE:BRAIN]
[TISSUE:nervous tissue:NP]
[FUNCTIONAL]
[TISSUE_MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:JELLY]
[STRUCTURAL]
[SCAR]
[RELATIVE_THICKNESS:1]
[VASCULAR:3]
[TISSUE_SHAPE:LAYER]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:VERTEBRATE_TISSUE_LAYERS:SKIN:JELLY:BRAIN]
[BLOOD:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:ICHOR]
[BODY_SIZE:0:0:10000]
[BODY_SIZE:3:134:30000]
[BODY_SIZE:7::0:60000]
[MAXAGE:10:20]
[CASTE:RUTAN]
[CASTE_NAME:rutan:rutans:rutan]
[ATTACK:STING:BODYPART:BY_CATEGORY:HAND]
[ATTACK_SKILL:GRASP_STRIKE]
[ATTACK_VERB:sting:stings]
[ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:100]
[ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER:3:3]
[ATTACK_FLAG_WITH]
[ATTACK_PRIORITY:MAIN]
[SPECIALATTACK_INJECT_EXTRACT:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:ICHOR:LIQUID:100:100]
[SWIMS_INNATE]

Then the body parts:

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[BODY:RUTAN]
[BP:BD:body:bodies][UPPERBODY][LOWERBODY][HEAD][CATEGORY:BODY]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:5000]
[BP:UT:outer tentacles:outer tentacles][CON:BP][GRASP][CATEGORY:HAND]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:2000]
[BP:LT:inner tentacles:inner tentacles][CON:BP][GRASP][CATEGORY:HAND]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:3000]

Then the pertinent part of the errorlog:

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*** Error(s) found in the file "raw/objects/creature_zed.txt"
RUTAN:Unrecognized Creature Token: 2
Unrecognized Biome Token: ANY_BIOME
RUTAN:Unrecognized Creature Token: CANOPENDOOR
RUTAN:Unrecognized Creature Token: STATE_COLOR_ALL
RUTAN:Unrecognized Creature Token: STATE_COLOR_ALL
RUTAN:Unrecognized Creature Token: SCAR
RUTAN:RUTAN:Attack STING seems to have correct format but could not find proper BPs in any caste, so not added
*** Error(s) finalizing the creature RUTAN
RUTAN:JELLY: Unrecognized Color Token in Material Template: 2
RUTAN:JELLY: Unrecognized Color Token in Material Template: 2
RUTAN:JELLY: Unrecognized Color Token in Material Template: 2
RUTAN:JELLY: Unrecognized Color Token in Material Template: 2
RUTAN:JELLY: Unrecognized Color Token in Material Template: 2
RUTAN:JELLY: Unrecognized Color Token in Material Template: 2
RUTAN:BRAIN:Unrecognized Material Token:
RUTAN:Creature Tissue Material Failure: BRAIN:(no mat1):(no mat3):(no mat3)
go baby!

Now the problems I'm having. First, the Rutans are white one a grey background when I specified them as green on a black background. Second, they don't have tentacles, which causes problems with the whole attacking thing. Third they don't bleed, and fourth they don't seem to have brains. They do melt properly, so that's good, but other than that they don't work in most of the ways I've tested them. And I haven't even started on the electrocution interaction...

[Hugo_The_Dwarf]

I would say if you want to make a creature right from scratch the best example would be vanilla iron men EL EMENTMAN_IRON in creature_subterranean.txt

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[CREATURE:ELEMENTMAN_IRON]
[DESCRIPTION:A man-shaped creature made of iron.]
[NAME:iron man:iron men:iron man]
[CASTE_NAME:iron man:iron men:iron man]
[CREATURE_TILE:'M'][COLOR:0:0:1]
[LIKES_FIGHTING]
[LARGE_ROAMING]
[BIOME:SUBTERRANEAN_CHASM]
[UNDERGROUND_DEPTH:3:3]
[FREQUENCY:1][DIFFICULTY:2]
[POPULATION_NUMBER:15:30]
[NOPAIN][EXTRAVISION][NOBREATHE][NOSTUN][NONAUSEA][NOEMOTION]
[NOTHOUGHT][NOEXERT]
[NO_DIZZINESS]
[NO_FEVERS]
[BUILDINGDESTROYER:2]
[LARGE_PREDATOR]
[NO_DRINK][NO_EAT][NO_SLEEP]
[NOT_LIVING]
[CANOPENDOORS]
[NOT_BUTCHERABLE]
[NOFEAR]
[PREFSTRING:stern appearance]
[NOBONES]
[BODY:HUMANOID_SIMPLE]
[NO_THOUGHT_CENTER_FOR_MOVEMENT]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:GAS:CREATURE_EXTRACT_TEMPLATE]
[STATE_NAME:ALL_SOLID:frozen iron man gas]
[STATE_NAME_ADJ:ALL_SOLID:frozen iron man gas]
[STATE_NAME:LIQUID:condensed iron man gas]
[STATE_NAME_ADJ:LIQUID:condensed iron man gas]
[STATE_NAME:GAS:iron man gas]
[STATE_NAME_ADJ:GAS:iron man gas]
[STATE_COLOR:ALL:YELLOW]
[MELTING_POINT:9870]
[BOILING_POINT:9930]
[PREFIX:NONE]
[SYNDROME]
[SYN_NAME:iron man cough]
[SYN_AFFECTED_CLASS:GENERAL_POISON]
[SYN_INHALED]
[CE_COUGH_BLOOD:SEV:100:PROB:100:RESISTABLE:SIZE_DILUTES:START:5:PEAK:100:END:1000]
[TISSUE:IRON]
[TISSUE_NAME:iron:NP]
[TISSUE_MATERIAL:INORGANIC:IRON]
[MUSCULAR]
[FUNCTIONAL]
[STRUCTURAL]
[RELATIVE_THICKNESS:1]
[CONNECTS]
[TISSUE_SHAPE:LAYER]
[TISSUE:GAS]
[TISSUE_NAME:gas:NP]
[TISSUE_MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:GAS]
[TISSUE_MAT_STATE:GAS]
[RELATIVE_THICKNESS:50]
[TISSUE_LEAKS]
[TISSUE_SHAPE:LAYER]
[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:IRON]
[TISSUE_LAYER_UNDER:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:GAS]
[BODY_SIZE:0:0:70000]
[BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:HEIGHT:90:95:98:100:102:105:110]
[BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:BROADNESS:90:95:98:100:102:105:110]
[ATTACK:PUNCH:BODYPART:BY_TYPE:GRASP]
[ATTACK_SKILL:GRASP_STRIKE]
[ATTACK_VERB:punch:punches]
[ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:100]
[ATTACK_FLAG_WITH]
[ATTACK_PRIORITY:MAIN]
[ATTACK:KICK:BODYPART:BY_TYPE:STANCE]
[ATTACK_SKILL:STANCE_STRIKE]
[ATTACK_VERB:kick:kicks]
[ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:100]
[ATTACK_FLAG_WITH]
[ATTACK_PRIORITY:SECOND]
[ITEMCORPSE:STATUE:NO_SUBTYPE:INORGANIC:IRON]
[ITEMCORPSE_QUALITY:5]
[ALL_ACTIVE]
[SWIMS_LEARNED][SWIM_SPEED:2500]

Going about how you want to make your new creature all you will need is pretty much what this creature has (a gas material) and two tissues (one using the GAS, and the other directly using an INORGANIC material defined outside of it)

all in all you don't need a BDP you just need to know how thick you want your tissues to be (as BDPs actually overwrite those values) so your GAS tissue might be 25 thick and the metal tissue would be 75 thick.

So it would go:

material
-AURA:CREATURE_EXTRACT_TEMPLATE
tissues
-[TISSUE:METAL]
-[TISSUE:AURA]
body
-[BODY:SWORD]
layer the tissues
-[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:METAL]
-[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:AURA]
attacks
-These are easy enough to do, so easy if you know the CATEGORY, TOKEN, or TYPE of bodypart you want to use. Look at elephants or other creatures that use a GORE attack, as those normally use CATEGORY to use the TUSK/HORN

everything before and after are all up to you (descriptions, interactions (or can just have an attack apply an interaction much like how warebeast bites work, making it so you don't need another material) Behaviour, tissue coloration etc.)

[Wannabehero]

Hugo covered most of it there.

Also, there is an animated weapons mod floating around somewhere (see what I did there), and it should provide a decent example of how someone did this before (though it is a bit different than your concept in basic structure).


Edit:
It was Blackflyme's Living Weapons mod.

[Nathail]

Alright, I tried using some of his code, and this is what I've got now:

The creature:

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[CREATURE:CURSED_SWORD]
[NAME:cursed sword:cursed swords:cursed sword]
[PREFSTRING:legendary sharpness]
[PREFSTRING:shimmering auras]

[CREATURE_TILE:'/'][COLOR:7:0:0]

[BODY:BLADE:AURA]

[DESCRIPTION:An ancient and powerful sword animated by a shimmering aura.]

[BODY_SIZE:0:0:3500]

[NO_DIZZINESS][NO_DRINK][NO_EAT]
[NO_FEVERS][NO_SLEEP]
[NO_PHYS_ATT_RUST][NO_PHYS_ATT_GAIN]
[NOBREATHE][NOEMOTION]
[NOEXERT][NOSTUCKINS][NOSTUN]
[NOT_LIVING][PARALYZEIMMUNE]
[SWIMS_INNATE][EXTRAVISION]

[TISSUE:ADAMANTINE]
[TISSUE_NAME:adamantine:adamantine]
[CONNECTS]
[TISSUE_MATERIAL:INORGANIC:ADAMANTINE]

[TISSUE:AURA]
[TISSUE_NAME:aura:auras]
[CONNECTS]
[FUNCTIONAL]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:ENERGY_TEMPLATE]
[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:AURA:AURA]

[NATURAL_SKILL:SWORD:8]
[NATURAL_SKILL:DODGING:8]

[PETVALUE:100]

[ATTACK:SLASH:BODYPART:BY_CATEGORY:BLADE]
   [ATTACK_SKILL:SWORD]
   [ATTACK_VERB:slash:slashes]
   [ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:60000]
   [ATTACK_PENETRATION_PERC:6000]
   [ATTACK_VELOCITY_MODIFIER:1250]
   [ATTACK_FLAG_EDGE]
   [ATTACK_PRIORITY:MAIN]

[ATTACK:STAB:BODYPART:BY_CATEGORY:BLADE]
   [ATTACK_SKILL:SWORD]
   [ATTACK_VERB:stab:stabs]
   [ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:50]
   [ATTACK_PENETRATION_PERC:3000]
   [ATTACK_FLAG_EDGE]
   [ATTACK_PRIORITY:MAIN]

[ATTACK:SLAP:BODYPART:BY_CATEGORY:BLADE]
   [ATTACK_SKILL:SWORD]
   [ATTACK_VERB:slap:slaps]
   [ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:60000]
   [ATTACK_PENETRATION_PERC:6000]
   [ATTACK_VELOCITY_MODIFIER:1250]
   [ATTACK_PRIORITY:SECOND]

The body parts:

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[OBJECT:BODY]

=====Aura=====

[BODY:Aura]
[BP:AU:aura:auras][EMBEDDED][FLIER][THOUGHT][CONTYPE:LOWERBODY][CATEGORY:AURA]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:50]

=====Blade=====

[BODY:BLADE]
[BP:BL:blade:blades][UPPERBODY][CONTYPE:UPPERBODY][CATEGORY:BLADE]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:1000]

The results:

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*** Error(s) found in the file "raw/objects/creature_zed.txt"
CURSED_SWORD:Body Token Recognized But Could Not Connect: BLADE
CURSED_SWORD:Unrecognized Creature Caste Body Token: AURA
CURSED_SWORD:Tissue layer not added because no BP found: BY_CATEGORY:AURA:AURA
CURSED_SWORD:Attack SLASH seems to have correct format but could not find proper BPs in any caste, so not added
CURSED_SWORD:Attack STAB seems to have correct format but could not find proper BPs in any caste, so not added
CURSED_SWORD:Attack SLAP seems to have correct format but could not find proper BPs in any caste, so not added
*** Error(s) finalizing the creature CURSED_SWORD
CURSED_SWORD:AURA:Unrecognized Material Token:
CURSED_SWORD:Creature Tissue Material Failure: AURA:(no mat1):(no mat3):(no mat3)
I'm not entirely sure why it won't recognize the body parts, and I'm still unsure of how to specify that one body part should be made up of one tissue and one body part of the other.

[BlackFlyme]

Your blade is the upper body, so it does not need a contype token. Your aura is trying to connect to a lower body, but there is no lower body for it to connect to.

Your aura tissue does not have a material token connected to it, and your energy material is not fully defined. The aura could not be connected because the raws are sensitive to upper and lower case letters, and the creature's AURA was different from the body's Aura.

This doesn't give me any errors:

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[CREATURE:CURSED_SWORD]
[NAME:cursed sword:cursed swords:cursed sword]
[PREFSTRING:legendary sharpness]
[PREFSTRING:shimmering auras]

[CREATURE_TILE:'/'][COLOR:7:0:0]

[BODY:BLADE:AURA]

[DESCRIPTION:An ancient and powerful sword animated by a shimmering aura.]

[BODY_SIZE:0:0:3500]

[NO_DIZZINESS][NO_DRINK][NO_EAT]
[NO_FEVERS][NO_SLEEP]
[NO_PHYS_ATT_RUST][NO_PHYS_ATT_GAIN]
[NOBREATHE][NOEMOTION]
[NOEXERT][NOSTUCKINS][NOSTUN]
[NOT_LIVING][PARALYZEIMMUNE]
[SWIMS_INNATE][EXTRAVISION]

[TISSUE:ADAMANTINE]
[TISSUE_NAME:adamantine:adamantine]
[CONNECTS]
[TISSUE_MATERIAL:INORGANIC:ADAMANTINE]
[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:BLADE:ADAMANTINE]***

[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:ENERGY:ENERGY_TEMPLATE]***

[TISSUE:AURA]
[TISSUE_NAME:aura:auras]
[CONNECTS]
[FUNCTIONAL]
[TISSUE_MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:ENERGY]***
[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:AURA:AURA]

[NATURAL_SKILL:SWORD:8]
[NATURAL_SKILL:DODGING:8]

[PETVALUE:100]

[ATTACK:SLASH:BODYPART:BY_CATEGORY:BLADE]
   [ATTACK_SKILL:SWORD]
   [ATTACK_VERB:slash:slashes]
   [ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:60000]
   [ATTACK_PENETRATION_PERC:6000]
   [ATTACK_VELOCITY_MODIFIER:1250]
   [ATTACK_FLAG_EDGE]
   [ATTACK_PRIORITY:MAIN]

[ATTACK:STAB:BODYPART:BY_CATEGORY:BLADE]
   [ATTACK_SKILL:SWORD]
   [ATTACK_VERB:stab:stabs]
   [ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:50]
   [ATTACK_PENETRATION_PERC:3000]
   [ATTACK_FLAG_EDGE]
   [ATTACK_PRIORITY:MAIN]

[ATTACK:SLAP:BODYPART:BY_CATEGORY:BLADE]
   [ATTACK_SKILL:SWORD]
   [ATTACK_VERB:slap:slaps]
   [ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:60000]
   [ATTACK_PENETRATION_PERC:6000]
   [ATTACK_VELOCITY_MODIFIER:1250]
   [ATTACK_PRIORITY:SECOND]


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[OBJECT:BODY]

=====Aura=====

[BODY:AURA]
[BP:AU:aura:auras][EMBEDDED][FLIER][THOUGHT][CONTYPE:LOWERBODY][CATEGORY:AURA]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:50]

=====Blade=====

[BODY:BLADE]
[BP:BL:blade:blades][UPPERBODY][LOWERBODY][CATEGORY:BLADE]
[DEFAULT_RELSIZE:1000]

Edit: I've left stars next to the changes I've made in the creature raws. In the body raws, I've removed the contype from the blade, made it a lower body so that the aura could attach to it, and fixed the aura's ID.

To connect certain tissues to body parts you use the tag [TISSUE_LAYER:BY_X: X :TISSUE]

BY_X can be BY_CATEGORY, which will make the tissue cover every body part with the correct category type, BY_TYPE, which attached itself to tokens such as STANCE, GRASP, UPPERBODY/LOWERBODY, etc., and BY_TOKEN, which connects the tissue to a body part by the body part's ID. The final argument is the ID of the tissue that you want to be used.

Below are all examples of how to connect the adamantine tissue to the blade.

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[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:BLADE:ADAMANTINE]

[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_TYPE:UPPERBODY:ADAMANTINE]

[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_TOKEN:BL:ADAMANTINE]

[Nathail]

Ah, I see...

I've incorporated your changes and polished the creature to be how I want it a bit more, and what I've got now isn't raising any flags in the error log. It also won't show up in the arena menu.

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creature_zed

[OBJECT:CREATURE]

[CREATURE:CURSED_SWORD]
[NAME:cursed sword:cursed swords:cursed sword]
[PREFSTRING:legendary sharpness]
[PREFSTRING:shimmering auras]

[CREATURE_TILE:'/'][COLOR:3:3:1]
[MEGABEAST][DIFFICULTY:15]
[ATTACK_TRIGGER:80:10000:100000]

[BODY:BLADE:AURA]

[DESCRIPTION:An ancient and powerful sword animated by a shimmering aura.]

[BODY_SIZE:0:0:7000]

[NO_DIZZINESS][NO_DRINK][NO_EAT]
[NO_FEVERS][NO_SLEEP]
[NO_PHYS_ATT_RUST][NO_PHYS_ATT_GAIN]
[NOBREATHE][NOEMOTION]
[NOEXERT][NOSTUCKINS][NOSTUN]
[NOT_LIVING][PARALYZEIMMUNE]
[SWIMS_INNATE][EXTRAVISION]

[TISSUE:ADAMANTINE]
[TISSUE_NAME:adamantine:adamantine]
[CONNECTS]
[TISSUE_MATERIAL:INORGANIC:ADAMANTINE]
[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:BLADE:ADAMANTINE]

[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:ENERGY:ENERGY_TEMPLATE]

[TISSUE:AURA]
[TISSUE_NAME:aura:auras]
[CONNECTS]
[FUNCTIONAL]
[TISSUE_MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:ENERGY]
[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:AURA:AURA]

[NATURAL_SKILL:SWORD:9]
[NATURAL_SKILL:DODGING:9]

[ATTACK:SLASH:BODYPART:BY_CATEGORY:BLADE]
[ATTACK_SKILL:SWORD]
[ATTACK_VERB:slash:slashes]
[ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:1000]
[ATTACK_VELOCITY_MODIFIER:15]
[ATTACK_FLAG_EDGE]
[ATTACK_PRIORITY:MAIN]

[ATTACK:STAB:BODYPART:BY_CATEGORY:BLADE]
[ATTACK_SKILL:SWORD]
[ATTACK_VERB:stab:stabs]
[ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:70]
[ATTACK_VELOCITY_MODIFIER:12]
[ATTACK_FLAG_EDGE]
[ATTACK_PRIORITY:MAIN]

[ATTACK:SLAP:BODYPART:BY_CATEGORY:BLADE]
[ATTACK_SKILL:SWORD]
[ATTACK_VERB:slap:slaps]
[ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:1000]
[ATTACK_VELOCITY_MODIFIER:15]
[ATTACK_PRIORITY:SECOND]

[ITEMCORPSE:WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_SWORD_LONG:INORGANIC:ADAMANTINE]
[ITEMCORPSE_QUALITY:5]

[LAIR:SHRINE:100]

I also genned a world with 100 megabeasts. Not one was a cursed sword.

[Putnam]

It's missing a CASTE_NAME.

[BlackFlyme]

It also needs a biome token.

The reason it did not appear in the world you generated as a megabeast was because it does not have a biome token.

Edited for clarification.

[Deon]

It does not if you want to see it in arena.

[Nathail]

I've updated the main post with a new issue. It was inevitable.

[Putnam]

You want [COLOR:2:0:1], not just [2:0:1].

[BlackFlyme]

[CANOPENDOOR] should be [CANOPENDOORS]

[2:0:1] should be [COLOR:2:0:1]

[STATE_COLOR_ALL:2:0:0] in both the skin and the ichor material definitions should be [DISPLAY_COLOR:2:0:0] if you want to use those arguments. If you want an actual colour, then you must use a colour ID instead of a number ID, such as [STATE_COLOR:ALL:GREEN]

[SCAR] in the brain tissue definition should be [SCARS]

Your body size at year 7 has an extra colon

You don't have tentacles because they are looking for a part with the ID of BP but the body has the ID of BD

[dirkdragonslayer]

I am trying to get back into modding, and my first test is making dragon people. Is it possible to have a certain body parts(I.e. tail, arms, legs) covered in scales, but not the rest? Thanks.

[BlackFlyme]

I am trying to get back into modding, and my first test is making dragon people. Is it possible to have a certain body parts(I.e. tail, arms, legs) covered in scales, but not the rest? Thanks.

Add the scale material and tissues, but do not apply them using a body detail plan. Then add tissue layer tags like this:

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[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:SCALE:SCALE_TEMPLATE]
[USE_TISSUE_TEMPLATE:SCALE:SCALE_TEMPLATE]

[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:LEG_UPPER:SCALE]
[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:LEG_LOWER:SCALE]
[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:ARM_UPPER:SCALE]
[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:ARM_LOWER:SCALE]
[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:TAIL:SCALE]Though the scales would be above the skin, covering it instead of replacing it.

Or you could make a new body detail plan that adds skin and scales to different parts.

[dirkdragonslayer]

I am trying to get back into modding, and my first test is making dragon people. Is it possible to have a certain body parts(I.e. tail, arms, legs) covered in scales, but not the rest? Thanks.

Add the scale material and tissues, but do not apply them using a body detail plan. Then add tissue layer tags like this:

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[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:SCALE:SCALE_TEMPLATE]
[USE_TISSUE_TEMPLATE:SCALE:SCALE_TEMPLATE]

[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:LEG_UPPER:SCALE]
[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:LEG_LOWER:SCALE]
[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:ARM_UPPER:SCALE]
[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:ARM_LOWER:SCALE]
[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:TAIL:SCALE]Though the scales would be above the skin, covering it instead of replacing it.

Or you could make a new body detail plan that adds skin and scales to different parts.

You sir, are fantastic, thanks! Now, back to making creatures!