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Dunamisdeos

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Sentient Egg Layers
« on: June 17, 2014, 07:50:36 pm »
I recall somewhere being told that there is a problem with Sentient Egg Layers. Specifically, that if you play as an egg-laying race in Fortress Mode, then they will not be able to breed. Something about them claiming the box but not actually laying eggs.

Is this true? I was unable to locate any documentation one way or another.
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Re: Sentient Egg Layers
« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2014, 09:18:47 pm »
I haven't done it myself yet, but I made a thread about this fairly recently, and was told that it will work. It's just that they do not claim nestboxes in any sort of logical or controlled fashion, requiring annoyingly intense levels of micromanagement to make sure everybody actually gets a box when they need one. For example, they do not respect bedroom zones and will go claim boxes in other people's rooms out from under them, etc.  They also compete for boxes with any birds or alligators or whatever that you have. And they will try to eat their own eggs if you don't stop them / and once they have flagged an egg for eating it will never hatch.
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Re: Sentient Egg Layers
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2014, 12:16:37 am »
I recall the naga mod from back a few years had egg laying civ members. It worked just fine, although you did have to micromanage the nest boxes. I think it was for last version though, and might have changed since then. I don't think so however.
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Re: Sentient Egg Layers
« Reply #3 on: June 18, 2014, 12:34:06 am »
It should do. I'm playing a challenge involving kobolds. I expect to die in the very first year, but I'm trying to change them as little as possible to make it playable.  :)
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Re: Sentient Egg Layers
« Reply #4 on: June 18, 2014, 12:47:34 am »
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Re: Sentient Egg Layers
« Reply #5 on: June 18, 2014, 04:51:14 pm »
Helpful. I think I might get started on that race of egg-laying insect people, now.
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Re: Sentient Egg Layers
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2014, 05:35:36 pm »
Quote from: Dunamisdeos on June 18, 2014, 12:34:06 am
It should do. I'm playing a challenge involving kobolds. I expect to die in the very first year, but I'm trying to change them as little as possible to make it playable.  :)

Can you share the changes you made to the RAWs for this?  I'd like to try it out as well.
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Re: Sentient Egg Layers
« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2014, 06:44:52 pm »
Sure. I think I've still got it around somewhere. I'm at work, I'll post when I get home.
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