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[katwithk]

DAT EDIT THO: I have created a +dwarf fortress mod+

I present!
KitKat's Golems Mod v0.5
(my first (mostly) successful DF modding-style endeavor *confetti*)

>>Installation instructions:
1. Click all up upon this link
2. Download dat .zip
3. Unzip dat .zip
4. Read READMEH.txt
5. Do what it says

You will have to gen a new world (I sorry)

>>Info:

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This is mod I originally envisioned to even the odds against the extremely high-numbered sieges, without relying entirely on traps. Rather than disposable soldiers, I instead ended up with a way to convert dwarves into much harder to kill, more combat-oriented versions of themselves, at the cost of materials and a potential skilled laborer.

Iron golems are slightly larger than dwarves, living on average about 1600 years, gaining combat skills quickly. Only iron golems will be able to enter martial trances. All non combat skills will be frozen in place, they cannot gain but will not rust. They are slightly larger than dwarves have three digits on each hand, three eyes, and two toes on each foot. They have no mouth. They do not eat, drink, sleep, tire, feel emotions, pain or fear, and gladly charge into battle even if on civilian duties. They have no thought center to be disrupted, do not need their eyes to be intact in order to see, and cannot be reanimated once they are struck down.
It should require 3 small gems and 128 iron bars to create an iron golem.

Obsidian golems will live, on average, about 800 years. They will not learn as quickly as iron golems, but are otherwise much the same, other than being notably more fragile.
It should require 3 small gems and 128 obsidian blocks to create an obsidian golem.

Lesser stone golems will live between 160 and 320 years. They will learn combat skills slower still than obsidian golems (about the rate of normal dorfs). In addition to being unable to gain any ranged combat skills, their noncombat skills will rust away very quickly. They will, however, gain wrestling much faster than obsidian golems. They have only one eye, and are much larger than other golems (slightly larger than a human) require them to use larger equipment should you decide to attempt to arm and armor them.
It should require one small gem and thirty-two raw stone (Basalt, Chert, Dolomite, Gabbro, Quartzite, or Sandstone) to create a lesser golem.

One iron anvil and four obsidian blocks are required to created the golem forge, which is governed by the architect labor, and needs magma.

>>Operation instructions:
It is recommended the workshop is in an enclosed space, as the reaction is extremely brief (quick dwarves sometimes run out before getting dosed). Using [P]rofiles will allow you to designate specific dwarves for golemification.

>>KNOWN ISSUES:

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-Golem hearts do not seem to actually come into existence when crafted (the reaction now bypasses their construction)
-Golems are assigned a random age when they are created, which seems to never be more than half their lower maxage threshold.
-There does not seem to be any way to prevent them from being tangled in the tapestry of dwarven relationships
-I have not yet figured out how to remove their alcohol dependance, though as they do not drink and should not feel emotions I’m not sure if this will affect them much.

>>CHANGELOG:

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-v0.1: Pulled a few example files and old mod attempts, spliced together a “working” mod that made stone golems out of any old stone. Except the stone golems were toads.
-v0.2: Made the code reference a golem, not an oglem. No more Urist McToads.
-v0.3: Changed golems to iron. Gave golems unique appearance, made their eyes glow in the dark in adventure mode. Gave golems a maximum age. Removed golem heart, because it was impossible to create.
-v0.3.2: Made golems genderless and unliving, active at all hours, and made them radiate slightly more heat than a living dwarf would.
-v0.4: Added Obsidian Golems and the Six Lesser Golems, first publish
-v0.5:Fixed gem and iron requirements (ty Hugo_The_Dwarf)

>>PLANNED CHANGES:

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-I still want to figure out how to prevent the golems from forming relationships. Preventing dwarves from forming relationships with them of their own accord I suppose is optional, but I doubt it can be limited one-way.
-I definitely want to figure out how to remove alcohol dependance from the golems, and preferably also the other “traits” they have (such as “he often drums his fingers when he is thinking”). This is both because they retain the original dwarf’s gender pronouns (as opposed to changing to “it” like everything else, but because they lend more personality to the golems than I believe they have.

Thanks:
DFFD/u/guale
Bay12/u/Ladygolem
Bay12/u/StagnantSoul
Github/u/lethosor
DFWiki/u/Shaostoul
Bay12/u/Hugo_The_Dwarf

[StagnantSoul]

There's currently no way to make like without a reaction or dfhack. One way you could do this is to add a syndrome to a stone that boils at room temperature, with dwarves being immune to it. Set up a workshop to make this material from stone, and the gas cloud would hit, say, a cat. Now you have a golem. Make the creature trainable, and you can have war golems. You can also do so with metal. I don't quite know how to do it, but this is a process I've been told works.

[katwithk]

Yeah the only way I'm seeing to do it would cost me a creature in the process.

[StagnantSoul]

Cage the war prisoners, drag them to the golem pit, and subject them to the gas cloud. "Heal" wounded animals by gassing them. I suggest making the golems out of obsidian and iron. Maybe one shaped like an elephant sized cave dragon, requiring tons and tons of ore?

[katwithk]

War prisoners to golems, now there is an idea I can get on board with.

[Ladygolem]

Someone call me?

PTW!

[Grimlocke]

Its somewhat of an exploitable system though, as a player can potentially just stack 100 cats in one square and gas that.

Of course you can also just... not do that, but having to intentionally restrict myself during gameplay always breaks immersion for me a bit.

[StagnantSoul]

So should we get rid of dfhack, just because I can turn the entire map to adamantine?

[katwithk]

Its somewhat of an exploitable system though, as a player can potentially just stack 100 cats in one square and gas that.

Of course you can also just... not do that, but having to intentionally restrict myself during gameplay always breaks immersion for me a bit.

Stacking 100 cats in one square, or otherwise being "exploity", breaks my immersion, so there ya go.

[katwithk]

I'm working on some code for this presently, I should have testable results in a day or two.

[UnicodingUnicorn]

Another way to do this is to have the gas give the syndrome to the worker in the reaction instead, and the syndrome gives the worker an interaction to turn a single unit into a golem.

[katwithk]

So. I've run into a bit of a dead end and it's 2am. My custom reaction is making my dwarf a TOAD instead of the intended golem creature. As I reference a toad nowhere in my code, I can only assume this is some sort of default. I'll have to brain it more tomorrow when my brain actually is working. Modding is hard, and I do not have any clue what I'm doing.

[katwithk]

I fixed the above. Depry derpington typo error, causing the transformation to reference an iron oglem.

It works, with a few caveats:

I cannot seem to get the reaction to accept just small gems, as opposed to gems of a specific kind. I tried doing so, but I think the result is that the reagent is just ignored.

I originally had the reaction use an item created at the same workshop (a golem heart) but I could not get said object to actually come into existence (I had the reaction, the object raw, etc, and it was "crafted" but never actually came into existence)

So as of right now what happens is the golemee brings about 24 iron bars to the golem shop (which requires magma, and is constructed of four obsidian blocks and an anvil) and is then instantaneously transformed into an Iron Golem.

Iron Golems are hunks of living metal that bear the name and likeness of their component dwarf, but are otherwise distinct beings. They can only gain combat skills, however any skills they had when they were golemated -will never rust-
They have three eyes, three fingers on each hand, and two toes on each foot. They have a fixed body temperature slightly above that of dwarves, and radiate heat. They trample grass at quadruple the normal rate of other creatures.
They are active during all parts of the day. They do not sleep, eat, drink, think, feel, or fear. They are immune to webs and paralysis, as well as not requiring their eyes to actually be intact for them to see. They will, by default, run at and engage enemies (even if not drafted into the military) They have no thought center, and are iron through-and-through
Their max age is between 1200 and 2400 years.

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Thoughts:
As of now, since gem requirements and skill associations (for creating the hear) are removed, I plan to up the iron cost -CONSIDERABLY- to compensate for the value of the end product (probably something in the range of 160-240 ingots)
That aside, the project is considered a success. The initial goal was to create manufacturable, disposable soldiers to even the numbers odds against invading armies. What it has provided me instead is a means to turn the Urist McUselesses into unfeeling tools of Armok's cold fury.

[UnicodingUnicorn]

I cannot seem to get the reaction to accept just small gems, as opposed to gems of a specific kind. I tried doing so, but I think the result is that the reagent is just ignored.

I originally had the reaction use an item created at the same workshop (a golem heart) but I could not get said object to actually come into existence (I had the reaction, the object raw, etc, and it was "crafted" but never actually came into existence)

We can probably help if you post the raws.

[katwithk]

Going to post everything once I have something I'm pleased with, at this point I'm just happy it works an am going to bed lol. I have to sort through like 897298731 open notepad pages in the morning