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Molly Renata

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Aaaargghhhhh (small modding issue, 31.25)
« on: May 20, 2015, 08:29:41 am »
So... I wanted to make a "shearable" domestic bird to fit in with a mod theme. All's well, right?

...Shearing it only ever produces unusable "wool".

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I've tried messing with the creature's size and the shearability of its "hair". Nothing's worked. (It really doesn't help that I don't fully understand the mechanics of implementing shearing - I just copied and edited tags from sheep...)
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Re: Aaaargghhhhh (small modding issue, 31.25)
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2015, 10:17:03 am »
I am not an expert at modding, but I think you will have to create a custom reaction in the farmers workshop to get the wool you need.
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Re: Aaaargghhhhh (small modding issue, 31.25)
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2015, 10:28:22 am »
There's some tag (I have no idea which) that you have to add (I have no idea where.)
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Re: Aaaargghhhhh (small modding issue, 31.25)
« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2015, 02:13:04 pm »
Quote from: Molly Renata on May 20, 2015, 08:29:41 am
...Shearing it only ever produces unusable "wool".

Hmm, i don't see the problem either ... Just to be sure, you have built a loom and tried to process the wool into thread there, right? 

Quote from: Urist McCoder on May 20, 2015, 10:28:22 am
There's some tag (I have no idea which) that you have to add (I have no idea where.)

She has YARN and SHEARABLE_TISSUE_LAYER, so i guess there is another problem (I have no idea what) or maybe it's fine after all and there's just an ingame oversight (but who knows what it could be) ;)
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Re: Aaaargghhhhh (small modding issue, 31.25)
« Reply #4 on: May 20, 2015, 02:33:45 pm »
(S)pin hair/wool into yarn at the farmer's workshop?
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Re: Aaaargghhhhh (small modding issue, 31.25)
« Reply #5 on: May 20, 2015, 02:45:56 pm »
Quote from: NullForceOmega on May 20, 2015, 02:33:45 pm
(S)pin hair/wool into yarn at the farmer's workshop?
That's what I was saying. Can anyone confirm or deny?
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Re: Aaaargghhhhh (small modding issue, 31.25)
« Reply #6 on: May 20, 2015, 05:15:18 pm »
When a new custom woolly creature is set up properly you do not need to make a custom reaction, you can spin into thread then loom into cloth just like with a normal sheep or whatever.
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Re: Aaaargghhhhh (small modding issue, 31.25)
« Reply #7 on: May 20, 2015, 06:35:25 pm »
Quote from: smakemupagus on May 20, 2015, 02:13:04 pm
Hmm, i don't see the problem either ... Just to be sure, you have built a loom and tried to process the wool into thread there, right?

Yes, I also have separate refuse stockpiles for hair/bones/etc. and useless crap like vermin remains. All the shearing attempts (I tried this several times, on many different batches of creatures) wound up in the latter stockpile, and it gave me a job cancellation ("needs unrotten hair/wool item") when I tried to process it.
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Molly Renata, also known as gyppygirl2021.
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Re: Aaaargghhhhh (small modding issue, 31.25)
« Reply #8 on: May 21, 2015, 10:14:39 am »
Does the error log say anything at all about the creature?

If you really can't find the error, I'd copy over the sheep's entire raws verbatim, then change just a few things at a time until the wool stops working.
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Re: Aaaargghhhhh (small modding issue, 31.25)
« Reply #9 on: May 21, 2015, 11:45:51 am »
About the only thing I can see that's in any way different from the sheep's raws is this bit:

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I can't think of why it would be the cincher, but it can't hurt to try adding it in.
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Re: Aaaargghhhhh (small modding issue, 31.25)
« Reply #10 on: May 21, 2015, 03:44:28 pm »
...oh hey, yeah, I didn't notice that. I'm gonna have to try, and see what it does.

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Yep, tissue layer thickness (or lack thereof) was the problem. Thanks!
« Last Edit: May 21, 2015, 03:47:48 pm by Molly Renata »
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Molly Renata, also known as gyppygirl2021.
Fangirl. Beware random references to old and obscure games.
I'm a dumb hipster who plays older Dorf Fort versions. Mostly DF2010 and 40d. I also make and play a lot of silly mods, and find my own ways to have Fun.