I've just gotten myself into the DF modding scene and decided to make myself a creature of my own to break myself in so to speak. One of my favorite creatures was the batwing in the Genesis mod, and thought, "Hey maybe I can update the raw for it for my own game." After further exploration into the batwing's raw file, I realized that it wasn't really the creature I wanted, and decided to create my own. I've started with just the base raw for a crow and tweaked that with inspiration from the original batwing's file. The main reason I did that is because the genesis batwing has a head, two eyes, and arms. The creature I want to develop has no head, one eye, no arms at all.
I figured it would look something like this and as a side note, please forgive my terrible mock up, I am for sure no artist.
And this is the raw file I've created for it.
[OBJECT:CREATURE]
[CREATURE:BATWING]
[DESCRIPTION:A curious big creature with leathery wings dwelling in caverns. They hunt small vermin and lay tasty eggs]
[NAME:batwing:batwings:batwing]
[CASTE_NAME:batwing:batwings:batwing]
[GENERAL_CHILD_NAME:batwing hatchling:batwing hatchlings]
[CREATURE_TILE:'v'][COLOR:6:0:0]
[COMMON_DOMESTIC]
[PETVALUE:50][NATURAL][PET]
[BIOME:SUBTERRANEAN_CHASM]
[UNDERGROUND_DEPTH:1:2]
[LARGE_ROAMING][LARGE_PREDATOR][AMBUSHPREDATOR]
[AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE]
[FREQUENCY:30]
[POPULATION_NUMBER:50:100]
[BENIGN][FLIER]
[CHILD:1]
[HUNTS_VERMIN]
[RETURNS_VERMIN_KILLS_TO_OWNER]
[ADOPTS_OWNER]
[ALL_ACTIVE]
[HOMEOTHERM:10067]
[SWIMS_INNATE]
[MUNDANE]
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_FLYING_GAITS:900:691:482:251:1900:2900] 35 kph, NO DATA
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_WALKING_GAITS:9000:8900:8825:8775:9500:9900] 1 kph, NO DATA
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_SWIMMING_GAITS:9000:8900:8825:8775:9500:9900] 1 kph, NO DATA
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_CRAWLING_GAITS:9000:8900:8825:8775:9500:9900] 1 kph, NO DATA
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_CLIMBING_GAITS:9000:8900:8825:8775:9500:9900] 1 kph, NO DATA
[STANCE_CLIMBER][NATURAL_SKILL:CLIMBING:15]
[PREFSTRING:leathery wings]
[PREFSTRING:cute faces]
[BODY:BASIC_2PARTBODY:2WINGS:2EARS:BODY_EYE:BODY_EYELID:2LUNGS:HEART:GUTS:ORGANS:BASIC_3PARTLEGS:HUMANOID_JOINTS:SPINE:3TOES:LOWERBODY_MOUTH:GENERIC_TEETH_WITH_FANGS:RIBCAGE]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:WEAK_MATERIALS]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:LEATHERY_EGG_MATERIALS]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:WEAK_TISSUES]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:VERTEBRATE_TISSUE_LAYERS:SKIN:FAT:MUSCLE:BONE:CARTILAGE]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:BODY_HAIR_TISSUE_LAYERS:HAIR]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:NAIL:NAIL_TEMPLATE]
[USE_TISSUE_TEMPLATE:NAIL:NAIL_TEMPLATE]
[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:TOE:NAIL:FRONT]
[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:TOE:NAIL:FRONT]
[SELECT_TISSUE_LAYER:HEART:BY_CATEGORY:HEART]
[PLUS_TISSUE_LAYER:SKIN:BY_CATEGORY:THROAT]
[TL_MAJOR_ARTERIES]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:HUMANOID_RIBCAGE_POSITIONS]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:SINEW:SINEW_TEMPLATE]
[TENDONS:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:SINEW:200]
[LIGAMENTS:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:SINEW:200]
[HAS_NERVES]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:BLOOD:BLOOD_TEMPLATE]
[BLOOD:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:BLOOD:LIQUID]
[CREATURE_CLASS:GENERAL_POISON]
[GETS_WOUND_INFECTIONS]
[GETS_INFECTIONS_FROM_ROT]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:PUS:PUS_TEMPLATE]
[PUS:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:PUS:LIQUID]
[BODY_SIZE:0:0:700]
[BODY_SIZE:1:0:4000]
[BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:LENGTH:90:95:98:100:102:105:110]
[BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:HEIGHT:90:95:98:100:102:105:110]
[BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:BROADNESS:90:95:98:100:102:105:110]
[MAXAGE:10:20]
[ATTACK:BITE:BODYPART:BY_CATEGORY:GENERIC_TEETH_WITH_FANGS]
[ATTACK_SKILL:BITE]
[ATTACK_VERB:bite:bites]
[ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:100]
[ATTACK_PENETRATION_PERC:100]
[ATTACK_FLAG_EDGE]
[ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER:2:2]
[ATTACK_PRIORITY:MAIN]
[ATTACK:SCRATCH:CHILD_TISSUE_LAYER_GROUP:BY_TYPE:STANCE:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:NAIL]
[ATTACK_SKILL:STANCE_STRIKE]
[ATTACK_VERB:snatch at:snatches at]
[ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:100]
[ATTACK_PENETRATION_PERC:100]
[ATTACK_FLAG_EDGE]
[ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER:3:3]
[ATTACK_PRIORITY:SECOND]
[ATTACK_FLAG_WITH]
[ATTACK_FLAG_BAD_MULTIATTACK]
[CASTE:FEMALE]
[FEMALE]
[LAYS_EGGS]
[EGG_MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:EGGSHELL:SOLID]
[EGG_MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:EGG_WHITE:LIQUID]
[EGG_MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:EGG_YOLK:LIQUID]
[EGG_SIZE:650]
[CLUTCH_SIZE:2:6]
[CASTE:MALE]
[MALE]
[SELECT_CASTE:ALL]
[SET_TL_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:HAIR]
[TL_COLOR_MODIFIER:BLACK:1:GRAY:1:TAUPE_DARK:1:RUSSET:1]
[TLCM_NOUN:hair:SINGULAR]
[SET_TL_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:SKIN]
[TL_COLOR_MODIFIER:CINNAMON:1:DARK_BROWN:1:DARK_TAN:1:ECRU:1:PALE_BROWN:1:RAW_UMBER:1:SEPIA:1:TAN:1:TAUPE_PALE:1:TAUPE_SANDY:1:RUSSET:1:TAUPE_ROSE:1]
[TLCM_NOUN:skin:SINGULAR]
[SET_TL_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:EYE:EYE]
[TL_COLOR_MODIFIER:BLACK:1]
[TLCM_NOUN:eye:SINGULAR]
I am just trying to figure out if I have put all of the body parts together correctly, and any help that could be provided would be awesome.
And of course please and thank you.
-NegativeImage