That might or might not have worked in the scenario you listed, but it did not help me... what I DID find, however, was that some of the creature_variation work HAD changed in the new version that mine was overwriting... poking around in errorlog.txt helped identify that finally; fixed unrelated things with typos in inorganic_minerals which should have nothing to do with it... and I am finding that some thing may also have changed in how colors are applied (with the only animals i've gotten around to adding, unlike any other already in-game)
BIRD_THRUSH_ROBIN Color Mod Ending With (BEIGE,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_ROBIN Color Mod Ending With (CHARCOAL,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_ROBIN Color Mod Ending With (WHITE,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_ROBIN Color Mod Ending With (CHARCOAL,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_ROBIN Color Mod Ending With (YELLOW,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_DREAD_ROBIN Color Mod Ending With (BEIGE,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_DREAD_ROBIN Color Mod Ending With (CHARCOAL,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_DREAD_ROBIN Color Mod Ending With (WHITE,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_DREAD_ROBIN Color Mod Ending With (CHARCOAL,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_DREAD_ROBIN Color Mod Ending With (YELLOW,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_HOLY_ROBIN Color Mod Ending With (BEIGE,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_HOLY_ROBIN Color Mod Ending With (CHARCOAL,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_HOLY_ROBIN Color Mod Ending With (WHITE,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_HOLY_ROBIN Color Mod Ending With (CHARCOAL,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_HOLY_ROBIN Color Mod Ending With (YELLOW,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_GIANT_ROBIN Color Mod Ending With (BEIGE,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_GIANT_ROBIN Color Mod Ending With (CHARCOAL,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_GIANT_ROBIN Color Mod Ending With (WHITE,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_GIANT_ROBIN Color Mod Ending With (CHARCOAL,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_GIANT_ROBIN Color Mod Ending With (YELLOW,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_TITANIC_ROBIN Color Mod Ending With (BEIGE,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_TITANIC_ROBIN Color Mod Ending With (CHARCOAL,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_TITANIC_ROBIN Color Mod Ending With (WHITE,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_TITANIC_ROBIN Color Mod Ending With (CHARCOAL,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_TITANIC_ROBIN Color Mod Ending With (YELLOW,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_DUSKY Color Mod Ending With (BEIGE,2) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_DUSKY Color Mod Ending With (TAUPE_SANDY,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_DUSKY Color Mod Ending With (CHARCOAL,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_DREAD_DUSKY Color Mod Ending With (BEIGE,2) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_DREAD_DUSKY Color Mod Ending With (TAUPE_SANDY,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_DREAD_DUSKY Color Mod Ending With (CHARCOAL,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_HOLY_DUSKY Color Mod Ending With (BEIGE,2) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_HOLY_DUSKY Color Mod Ending With (TAUPE_SANDY,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_HOLY_DUSKY Color Mod Ending With (CHARCOAL,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_GIANT_DUSKY Color Mod Ending With (BEIGE,2) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_GIANT_DUSKY Color Mod Ending With (TAUPE_SANDY,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_GIANT_DUSKY Color Mod Ending With (CHARCOAL,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_TITANIC_DUSKY Color Mod Ending With (BEIGE,2) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_TITANIC_DUSKY Color Mod Ending With (TAUPE_SANDY,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_TITANIC_DUSKY Color Mod Ending With (CHARCOAL,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_VEERY Color Mod Ending With (IVORY,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_VEERY Color Mod Ending With (TAUPE_SANDY,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_VEERY Color Mod Ending With (CHARCOAL,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_DREAD_VEERY Color Mod Ending With (IVORY,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_DREAD_VEERY Color Mod Ending With (TAUPE_SANDY,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_DREAD_VEERY Color Mod Ending With (CHARCOAL,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_HOLY_VEERY Color Mod Ending With (IVORY,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_HOLY_VEERY Color Mod Ending With (TAUPE_SANDY,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_HOLY_VEERY Color Mod Ending With (CHARCOAL,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_GIANT_VEERY Color Mod Ending With (IVORY,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_GIANT_VEERY Color Mod Ending With (TAUPE_SANDY,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_GIANT_VEERY Color Mod Ending With (CHARCOAL,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_TITANIC_VEERY Color Mod Ending With (IVORY,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_TITANIC_VEERY Color Mod Ending With (TAUPE_SANDY,1) Was Not Used
BIRD_THRUSH_TITANIC_VEERY Color Mod Ending With (CHARCOAL,1) Was Not Used
the only errors left; and I can report goblins are back; so somehow the creature variations business must have been involved though the actual impeding error is not immediately obvious to me yet, or why it didn't effect any other race. *oh well*