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[Putnam]

1. Transform the unit into a creature that has a GRASP part fall off after it spawns (by having the connector to the GRASP part have a low boiling point)
2. Animate and transform the GRASP part into a unit that dies instantly and has an itemcorpse with the desired item

[Imunlaukr]

Is there a way to remove a specific body part from the creature file? Let's say I want a creature to have two heads, one with ears, the other without. I'd like to avoid messing with body plans though. I could create new body parts, but I want to keep it to one file.

[jeturcotte]

I posted a separate thread, but thought I might also inquire here where there is more activity; but a generic 'have you ever encountered' kind of question, regarding added/creature_variation'd animals having duplicates in game, the second pairing of which crash the game when they appear or created in arena mode.  Maybe someone' encountered that before and has some experience with the nature of the cause?

[DwarfVsObsidianWall]

How do I get a creature to randomly generate, similar to FBs/Titans?

[BlackFlyme]

Is there a way to remove a specific body part from the creature file? Let's say I want a creature to have two heads, one with ears, the other without. I'd like to avoid messing with body plans though. I could create new body parts, but I want to keep it to one file.

You will likely need to create new body parts or alter existing ones, and set it up so that one head can be given ears and the other cannot. There isn't a tag that basically tells the part to only apply itself once.

I posted a separate thread, but thought I might also inquire here where there is more activity; but a generic 'have you ever encountered' kind of question, regarding added/creature_variation'd animals having duplicates in game, the second pairing of which crash the game when they appear or created in arena mode.  Maybe someone' encountered that before and has some experience with the nature of the cause?

There are a number of reasons why a creature could crash the game. Could you post the creatures in question? It would help if we could see them and potentially help spot errors.

At the very least, I can say that a creature-variation may not alter the variated creature's name automatically, and it may need to be defined, otherwise it will use the name of the creature it is based off of.

How do I get a creature to randomly generate, similar to FBs/Titans?

In short, you can't. Though there are utilities that can create random creatures.

Or you can attempt to replicate randomness by making a single creature with an incredibly wide variety of castes.

[Sergarr]

Any way to artificially increase the age of interaction-user? I want to have a super-powerful spell that will artificially age the character a few years.

[Putnam]

If it's not on this page, there is no way for an interaction to do it, with the exception of BP bumps, animation and resurrection.

[Sergarr]

BP bumps?

[Putnam]

Like cats head-bumping.

[Sergarr]

Does that mean that I can create a "high-five" interaction?

[Putnam]

yeah

[Sergarr]

Any way to artificially increase the age of interaction-user? I want to have a super-powerful spell that will artificially age the character a few years.

If it's not on this page, there is no way for an interaction to do it, with the exception of BP bumps, animation and resurrection.

I presume there's an extremely easy way to do this with DFHack?

[mcbucko]

Would it be possible to create a gelding-like reaction at a workshop, only instead of actually gelding, it removes another bodypart?

The idea I had in mind would be modding a 'throat gland' into dragons or other dangerous emission spewing creatures, and having the BP required for emission be said throat gland. Therefore, if you have a tamed dragon or similar beastie and you want their wrecking power but without  the risk of everything burning down, you can take them to the butchery and have the throat gland cut out.

[StagnantSoul]

Dragons are quite glassy without the fire though. Oddly, a single miner killed a dragon without a scratch, but an elephant clove it's way through twenty full steel plate dwarves.

[Putnam]

Any way to artificially increase the age of interaction-user? I want to have a super-powerful spell that will artificially age the character a few years.

If it's not on this page, there is no way for an interaction to do it, with the exception of BP bumps, animation and resurrection.

I presume there's an extremely easy way to do this with DFHack?

Yeah, unit.relations.birth_year IIRC can be lowered. You'll probably want to lower unit.relations.old_year too so that they still die of old age at the same age.