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[BlackFlyme]

Cannot make new types of hairstyles. Mohawks probably already exist as a potential style, but you cannot single them out as far as I know.

[leafbarrett]

As someone who hasn't played Fortress mode since, like, 34.11...
a) Is it normally possible to make swords and such out of glass, or only trap parts?
b) If it's not normally possible, then is it possible to enable it through modding?

[kiwiphoenix]

As someone who hasn't played Fortress mode since, like, 34.11...
a) Is it normally possible to make swords and such out of glass, or only trap parts?
b) If it's not normally possible, then is it possible to enable it through modding?

a) No, not glass. [CAN_STONE] weapons (short swords) can be made from stone that has [MAX_EDGE:10000] or greater (obsidian). But that's all in Vanilla.
b) Sure: [PRODUCT:100:1:WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_X:GLASS_GREEN:NONE][FORCE_EDGE].

Bear in mind that glass makes a surprisingly crap weapon material, around the same tier as the elves' wooden knockoffs. As ammunition material, however... one patch of sand can supply infinite bolts, and that's more than you need to take down most organic enemies.

[leafbarrett]

As someone who hasn't played Fortress mode since, like, 34.11...
a) Is it normally possible to make swords and such out of glass, or only trap parts?
b) If it's not normally possible, then is it possible to enable it through modding?

a) No, not glass. [CAN_STONE] weapons (short swords) can be made from stone that has [MAX_EDGE:10000] or greater (obsidian). But that's all in Vanilla.
b) Sure: [PRODUCT:100:1:WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_X:GLASS_GREEN:NONE][FORCE_EDGE].

Bear in mind that glass makes a surprisingly crap weapon material, around the same tier as the elves' wooden knockoffs. As ammunition material, however... one patch of sand can supply infinite bolts, and that's more than you need to take down most organic enemies.

What, really? How is it that bad? It has an edge of 15000 compared to wood's 1000...
...I hadn't thought of ammo. Oh my.

[scamtank]

Edge sharpness just dictates how much energy the swung blade loses when it chops through a layer of something on a person. Shear strength is still king.

[Putnam]

Edge sharpness just dictates how much energy the swung blade loses when it chops through a layer of something on a person.

And MAX_EDGE is max edge, not necessarily weapon edge. That depends on quality, and MAX_EDGE is just a cap (though I think it may be a percentage of MAX_EDGE depending on quality, huh)

[scamtank]

Yeah, that's right. Weapons without a quality modifier start at 50% and the sharpness goes up in 10% increments per level.

[Fleeting Frames]

I would have thought that glass would also make crap ammo, given it's low weight compared to metal. What gives?

[Putnam]

Sheer quantity.

[Scoops Novel]

Has anyone found this data structure?

"DF certainly stores, somewhere in memory, a mapping between the RAW tags (NOSE/BROADNESS), the index into the bp_modifiers array, and the strings of descriptive text for each of the ranges (though, the latter could just be in a different, two-dimensional array, using the same indices as bp_modifiers)."

We're looking for the raw values for different appearances in general. We know that values are stored in "appearance>bp_modifiers", but they seem to be interdependent on each other when it comes to generating appearances. For example, a nose can not be narrow (indicated by bp_modifiers[10] which contains nose width), if bp_modifiers[11] (which contains nose length) indicates it's also very short.

If you've got that kicking about let me know. On a final note, does anyone have a complete list of the physical descriptions?

[Ryga_]

Is there a way to create webs without dfhack? Either as a reaction or butcher byproduct.

[Eric Blank]

Any creature that can use a material emission that sprays webs, whether that's part of the creatures' raws or added by a syndrome or interaction, should be able to spew webs all over the place.

this is what the giant cave spider has:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

   [CAN_DO_INTERACTION:MATERIAL_EMISSION]
      [CDI:ADV_NAME:Spray web]
      [CDI:USAGE_HINT:ATTACK]
      [CDI:BP_REQUIRED:BY_TOKEN:LB]
      [CDI:MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:SILK:WEB_SPRAY]
      [CDI:TARGET:C:LINE_OF_SIGHT]
      [CDI:TARGET_RANGE:C:5]
      [CDI:MAX_TARGET_NUMBER:C:1]
      [CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:30]

And here's an example from a syndrome or interaction:

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         [CE_CAN_DO_INTERACTION:START:0]
            [CDI:ADV_NAME:Cast Entangling Whirlwinds]
            [CDI:INTERACTION:MATERIAL_EMISSION]
            [CDI:USAGE_HINT:ATTACK]
            [CDI:BP_REQUIRED:BY_TYPE:GRASP]
            [CDI:MATERIAL:INORGANIC:AIR_WHIRLWIND_INORGANIC:WEB_SPRAY]
            [CDI:TARGET:C:LINE_OF_SIGHT]
            [CDI:TARGET_RANGE:C:7]
            [CDI:VERB:conjure a cyclone:conjures a cyclone:NA]
            [CDI:MAX_TARGET_NUMBER:C:1]
            [CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:250]

The material line can be replaced with whatever the webs should be made out of.

[leafbarrett]

Is there a way to reduce the effectiveness of webs? As-is, they're just instant death if anything stronger than a crippled bumblebee is after you.

[Dirst]

Is there a way to reduce the effectiveness of webs? As-is, they're just instant death if anything stronger than a crippled bumblebee is after you.

Somebody hasn't modded in vermin-sized crutches...

[leafbarrett]

Is there a way to reduce the effectiveness of webs? As-is, they're just instant death if anything stronger than a crippled bumblebee is after you.

Somebody hasn't modded in vermin-sized crutches...

Shush. >w>;