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[deepspaceprobe9]

Like say the hands? How would I give a creature iron hands?

[StagnantSoul]

I believe this can help you.

How do I do it right then? I don't know how most of those ID things work, other than RUBY_STAR and such.

There are no steel bearing tissues so you must make one. I really suggest you comb through at least 1 file with a different beginning word in raw/objects (creature_,b_detail_plan,inorganic_,plant_,etc) to get a feel for various content as a lot of it interacts. The wiki is also a godsend once you have ideas (or to get them).

Code: [Select]

[TISSUE:STEEL]
[TISSUE_NAME:tooth:NP]
[STRUCTURAL]
[TISSUE_MATERIAL:INORGANIC:STEEL]
[RELATIVE_THICKNESS:2]
[CONNECTS]
[TISSUE_SHAPE:LAYER] Followed by [TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:TEETH:STEEL] would give aforementioned steel plated teeth. Also, I'm pretty certain your Steel Teeth question has been fully covered repeatedly. I even told you a super elegant way to do so. But now I'll cludge you with it.

Code: (After all BODY_DETAIL_PLAN things) [Select]

[SELECT_TISSUE:TOOTH]
[TISSUE_MATERIAL:INORGANIC:STEEL]


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[deepspaceprobe9]

I've actually implemented this in my creature. It's really less of a "How do I do this" question, and more of a "What do I refer to" one.

[StagnantSoul]

Oh. Then I'm not the guy for you. I do great with biological modding, but I barely understand the mechanical and metal modding. I just learned plating stuff.

[Putnam]

I've actually implemented this in my creature. It's really less of a "How do I do this" question, and more of a "What do I refer to" one.

I don't understand the question.

[StagnantSoul]

I believe he means how would he make the entire hand, and nothing else, iron.

[deepspaceprobe9]

That is exactly what I mean.

[Putnam]

I believe this should work if you place it after all the body detail plans:

[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_TYPE:GRASP:(tissue)]

If that doesn't work, you'll have to modify the body detail plan.

By the way, BY_CATEGORY can be looked up with the [CATEGORY:x] token in said body part (found in body files). BY_TYPE is usually with standalone body tokens, such as [GRASP], [STANCE] or [THOUGHT]. BY_TOKEN refers to the first argument of the BP token.

[ArKFallen]

I know another way. It is glorious. *Technical terms ahead* You need to define the whole body but the hands/fingers before applying the an iron material tissue to them but this needs to be before the nail definitions. I demonstrate on a humanoid's raws.

Code: (standard creature) [Select]

[BODY:HUMANOID_NECK:2EYES:2EARS:NOSE:2LUNGS:HEART:GUTS:ORGANS:HUMANOID_JOINTS:THROAT:NECK:SPINE:BRAIN:SKULL:5FINGERS:5TOES:MOUTH:TONGUE:FACIAL_FEATURES:TEETH:RIBCAGE]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:STANDARD_MATERIALS]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:STANDARD_TISSUES]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:VERTEBRATE_TISSUE_LAYERS:SKIN:FAT:MUSCLE:BONE:CARTILAGE]


Code: (Metal Hands McGee) [Select]

[BODY:HUMANOID_ARMLESS_NECK:2EYES:2EARS:NOSE:2LUNGS:HEART:GUTS:ORGANS:HUMANOID_JOINTS:THROAT:NECK:SPINE:BRAIN:SKULL:5TOES:MOUTH:TONGUE:FACIAL_FEATURES:TEETH:RIBCAGE]
---using vanilla tags which have no humanoid plan with just lack of hands so lack of arms instead
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:STANDARD_MATERIALS]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:STANDARD_TISSUES]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:VERTEBRATE_TISSUE_LAYERS:SKIN:FAT:MUSCLE:BONE:CARTILAGE]---Applying all these tissues to locations specified
[BODY:BASIC_3PARTARMS:5FINGERS]---Comes after so not affected by prior, but need to apply arm materials by hand, le sigh
[TISSUE:IRON]
[TISSUE_NAME:iron:NP]
[STRUCTURAL]
[TISSUE_MATERIAL:INORGANIC:IRON]
[RELATIVE_THICKNESS:2]
[CONNECTS]
[TISSUE_SHAPE:LAYER]
[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:HAND:IRON]
[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:FINGER:IRON]

[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:ARM_UPPER:BONE]---Ordered to place bone first so it is layered skin>fat>muscle>bone
[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:ARM_LOWER:BONE]
[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:ARM_UPPER:MUSCLE]
[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:ARM_LOWER:MUSCLE]
[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:ARM_UPPER:FAT]
[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:ARM_LOWER:FAT]
[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:ARM_UPPER:SKIN]
[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:ARM_LOWER:SKIN]
And this does make a metal handed humanoid. Two notes though.

• In Adv mode this creatures bodyparts won't be listed like other humanoids. The hands and arms will appear after facial features. To make it appear as normal you must do putnam's way or craziness
• This doesn't make the nails iron, using the tissue material substitution shown by StagnantSoul earlier is the recommended way to do that (otherwise need to edit the scratch attack). If done you will be able to compound fracture the nail into the hand.

[StagnantSoul]

Yay, group effort!

[deepspaceprobe9]

Thanks, guys! The hands are *ahem* Full-Metal!