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[BlackFlyme]

Is there a way to get a creature to throw boulders? Like a fireball, but boulder tossing instead?

If you mean ripping boulders out of the ground, then no. If you mean actually using a BOULDER type item, also no, unless it is an item cloud.

But a material emission can emit a solid or liquid glob of any material you want, including inorganics.

[Ladygolem]

So say what would actually happen if a creature were to emit a solid glob of granite? As I was typing this question I realized that magma crabs shoot solid basalt globs. I admit I haven't gotten that deep on any of my forts yet, so I don't know - how effective is this attack? How does this glob behave? Is it possible to edit the size of this solid glob? Those are some questions that I feel will lead to answers for you.

[Putnam]

1. Fairly effective, it causes damage.
2. Like any thrown object.
3. No.

[Ladygolem]

What happens to the globs afterwards? Can dwarves gather it, use it, melt it down? Or do you just end up with a bunch of useless litter scattered around your halls?

[samanato]

Dwarves clean globs unless the material has [DO_NOT_CLEAN_GLOB], so they would be gone.

[UnicodingUnicorn]

Two questions. First, is it correct to say that all one needs to do to port a mod from .40.13 to .40.19 is to add stepladders and geldable tag to body parts? Second, what happens when an intelligent civ creature has the GRAZER token?

[scamtank]

Civilizations need permission to have gelders and access to the new ITEM_TOOL_STEPLADDER tool.

For male creatures that you want to have an on-off reproduction switch, add a bodypart modification line to the male caste, like this:

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[CASTE:MALE]
[MALE]
[SET_BP_GROUP:BY_TYPE:LOWERBODY][BP_ADD_TYPE:GELDABLE]
Also, the [LIKES_FIGHTING] tag has been decommissioned. Get rid of those, they do nothing now.

[Teneb]

Also, the [LIKES_FIGHTING] tag has been decommissioned. Get rid of those, they do nothing now.

Really? What about BENIGN, which was basically its opposite?

[pisskop]

Do non-vanilla custom BPs get added to procedurally genned monsters?  Say if I append the trunk with teeth or a create a new three-legged bodypart?

[BlackFlyme]

Do non-vanilla custom BPs get added to procedurally genned monsters?  Say if I append the trunk with teeth or a create a new three-legged bodypart?

Fairly certain that randomized creatures use preset body parts. Specifically the body parts in the file called 'body_rcp.txt'.

I may be wrong though. I haven't really looked into it before.

[scamtank]

You can alter the properties of the individual bits, but the selection they use is definitely hardcoded.

[Triskelli]

Trying to make feathered dinosaurs, but feathers are listed in the tissue template as subordinate to skin only.  I've tried adding a line for Scales but no dice.  Advice?

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[TISSUE_TEMPLATE:FEATHER_TEMPLATE]
[TISSUE_NAME:feather:STP]
[TISSUE_MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:FEATHER]
[RELATIVE_THICKNESS:2]
[SUBORDINATE_TO_TISSUE:SKIN]
[SUBORDINATE_TO_TISSUE:SCALE]
[INSULATION:100]
[TISSUE_SHAPE:FEATHERS]

[Badger Storm]

Just pasted the dire wolf to the raws, and they're officially part of the world!  Haven't seen 'em in action, but if legends mode is anything to go by, these guys don't fuck around.  One of them ate a grizzly bear, two trolls, a cougar, a sasquatch(!), and even a regular-sized wolf.  So I guess you could say it's a...

/sunglasses

...dog-eat-dog world.

But Triskelli's question is pretty relevant for me, actually.  I want my wolf-eagle hybrids (aquiloups) to have mostly-furry bodies and feathered wings, as well as big nasty talons on all four feet.  How do?

Just as importantly, how feasible are giant fluffy wamblers that you can shear for their fluff?

[BlackFlyme]

Trying to make feathered dinosaurs, but feathers are listed in the tissue template as subordinate to skin only.  I've tried adding a line for Scales but no dice.  Advice?

Do the creatures have a feather tissue/body detail plan defined within their raws?

I want my wolf-eagle hybrids (aquiloups) to have mostly-furry bodies and feathered wings, as well as big nasty talons on all four feet.  How do?

Just as importantly, how feasible are giant fluffy wamblers that you can shear for their fluff?

Could create a body detail plan to place fur on the bodies and feathers on the wings. Or use the TISSUE_LAYER token to specify the fur/feather locations manually.

Talons are already in-game. They are basically just renamed nails. For an in-game example, the Roc has these lines:

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[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:TALON:NAIL_TEMPLATE]
[USE_TISSUE_TEMPLATE:TALON:TALON_TEMPLATE]
[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:TOE:TALON:FRONT]
As for fluffy wamblers, they can be made shearable. Just about anything can, I guess. To make it shearable, you may have to remove their vermin status. Though I'm guessing you were going to do that already, judging by the fact that they would be giant. To make them shearable, you could copy raws from other shearable creatures.

To do this, just add [YARN] underneath the wambler's fluff definition, like so:

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[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:FLUFF:HAIR_TEMPLATE]
 [STATE_NAME:ALL_SOLID:fluff]
 [STATE_ADJ:ALL_SOLID:fluff]
 [YARN]
Then select the tissue and mark it as shearable. You can do this by adding these lines into the wambler's definition:

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[SET_TL_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:FLUFF]
[TL_COLOR_MODIFIER:WHITE:1]
[TLCM_NOUN:fluff:SINGULAR]
[TISSUE_LAYER_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:LENGTH:0:0:0:0:0:0:0]
[APP_MOD_NOUN:fluff:SINGULAR]
[APP_MOD_RATE:1:DAILY:0:300:0:0:NO_END]
[APP_MOD_DESC_RANGE:10:50:100:150:200:300]
[SHEARABLE_TISSUE_LAYER:LENGTH:300]

[Dirst]

Hi all,

For those who have delved into farming ‼science‼, I was wondering if anyone has managed to make a plant yield multiple growths.

This thing does produce fruit, and the fruit does process properly into booze and seeds, but the other growths that are supposed to appear aren't.  It's not random either, every single plant has produced one or two fruit.

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[PLANT:VINE_AMETHYST]
   [NAME:amethyst vine][NAME_PLURAL:amethyst vines][ADJ:amethyst vine]
   [USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:STRUCTURAL:STRUCTURAL_PLANT_TEMPLATE]
      [MATERIAL_VALUE:3]
      [EDIBLE_VERMIN]
   [BASIC_MAT:LOCAL_PLANT_MAT:STRUCTURAL]
   [USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:FRUIT:FRUIT_TEMPLATE]
      [EDIBLE_VERMIN]
      [EDIBLE_COOKED]
      [MATERIAL_REACTION_PRODUCT:DRINK_MAT:LOCAL_PLANT_MAT:DRINK]
      [MATERIAL_REACTION_PRODUCT:SEED_MAT:LOCAL_PLANT_MAT:SEED]
      [STOCKPILE_PLANT_GROWTH]
   [PICKED_TILE:'%'][PICKED_COLOR:5:4:0][DEAD_PICKED_TILE:182]
   [WET][DRY][BIOME:SUBTERRANEAN_WATER][UNDERGROUND_DEPTH:1:4]  Placeholder, eventually don't want it to appear wild at all.  Depth 4:4?
   [VALUE:3]
   [USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:DRINK:PLANT_ALCOHOL_TEMPLATE]
      [STATE_NAME_ADJ:ALL_SOLID:frozen amethyst spirits]
      [STATE_NAME_ADJ:LIQUID:amethyst spirits]
      [STATE_NAME_ADJ:GAS:boiling amethyst spirits]
      [STATE_COLOR:ALL:AMETHYST]
      [MATERIAL_VALUE:2]
      [DISPLAY_COLOR:5:0:1]
      [EDIBLE_RAW]
      [EDIBLE_COOKED]
      [PREFIX:NONE]
   [DRINK:LOCAL_PLANT_MAT:DRINK]
   [SPRING][SUMMER][AUTUMN][WINTER]
   [USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:SEED:SEED_TEMPLATE]
      [MATERIAL_VALUE:3]
      [EDIBLE_VERMIN]
      [EDIBLE_COOKED]
   [SEED:amethyst seed:amethyst seeds:5:0:1:LOCAL_PLANT_MAT:SEED]
   [FREQUENCY:50]
   [CLUSTERSIZE:5]
   [PREFSTRING:amethyst clusters]
   [SHRUB_TILE:18]
   [DEAD_SHRUB_TILE:18]
   [SHRUB_COLOR:5:2:1]
   [DEAD_SHRUB_COLOR:6:0:0]
   [GROWTH:FRUIT]
      [GROWTH_NAME:amethyst berry:amethyst berries]
      [GROWTH_ITEM:PLANT_GROWTH:NONE:LOCAL_PLANT_MAT:FRUIT]
      [GROWTH_DENSITY:1000]
      [GROWTH_HOST_TILE:BRANCHES_AND_TWIGS]
      [GROWTH_TIMING:120000:200000]
      [GROWTH_DROPS_OFF_NO_CLOUD]
      [GROWTH_PRINT:18:'%':5:12:1:120000:200000:3]
   [GROWTH:GEM]
      [GROWTH_NAME:amethyst cluster:amethyst clusters]
      [GROWTH_ITEM:ROUGH:NONE:INORGANIC:AMETHYST]
      [GROWTH_DENSITY:1000]
      [GROWTH_HOST_TILE:BRANCHES_AND_TWIGS]
      [GROWTH_TIMING:120000:200000]
      [GROWTH_DROPS_OFF_NO_CLOUD]
      [GROWTH_PRINT:15:15:5:7:1:120000:200000:3]
   [GROWTH:HIDDEN_GEM]
      [GROWTH_NAME:hidden amethyst cluster:hidden amethyst clusters]
      [GROWTH_ITEM:ROUGH:NONE:INORGANIC:HIDDEN AMETHYST]
      [GROWTH_DENSITY:200]
      [GROWTH_HOST_TILE:BRANCHES_AND_TWIGS]
      [GROWTH_TIMING:120000:200000]
      [GROWTH_DROPS_OFF_NO_CLOUD]
      [GROWTH_PRINT:15:15:5:15:1:120000:200000:3]

The error log is clear (other than camp-forever messages).  Removing the fruit makes the plant vanish entirely when the farmer comes by to pick it.  Does this mean that non-food GROWTH_ITEMs just don't work?

Edit: This thing was originally based on the strawberry plant, which the wiki says is bugged.  So, it will probably need to be rebuilt from scratch.