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[neko.len.chan]

So I know this version recently came out and there might not be anybody who knows how to do this yet, but I wanted to ask; does anybody know how to make instruments show up? I have the reactions and all set up properly, I can 'make' the instruments in fortress mode, but in adventurer mode they arent actually there. The civilization wont actually 'use' the instruments, or make songs with them, etc. thus making the instrument effectively useless. does anybody know how to fix this?

[scamtank]

Remember how entities used to have [INSTRUMENT:ITEM_INSTRUMENT_TRUMPET] tags to determine what they got? Did you remember those?

[neko.len.chan]

I tried to add those, but I got an errorlog from them, so I removed them.

[Orange Wizard]

The new instruments are hard-coded (or about as hard-coded as procedural things can be) so they're not moddable yet AFAIK.
Making AI entities actually use them is also not moddable. It strikes me as an oversight that Toady didn't add performers to other taverns and such.

You could also do it in DFHack once the .42 release is done, but I don't know much about that.

[neko.len.chan]

But they have the regular instruments. Your saying theres no way to make them use the various instruments I modded in?

[Orange Wizard]

Wait, they have regular instruments? Weird.

Your saying theres no way to make them use the various instruments I modded in?

Yeah. The code for performances and such is only active in fort mode, apparently.

[Putnam]

No, AFAIK you get them in adventure mode.

[Bearskie]

Yeah. The code for performances and such is only active in fort mode, apparently.

Sorry, but I beg to differ. SLADE has a crapton of custom instruments, and I've often found didgeridoos and slide-whistles being used in various pieces of music whilst adventuring.

Here's a checklist:

Instruments
Instrument parts (tools)
Reactions to create those instrument & instrument parts
Reactions to assemble those instrument from instrument parts
Entity permissions for instruments
Entity permissions for reactions
Entity permissions for buildings that house those reactions

If you show us the raws, we can puzzle out what's missing. You can take a look at SLADE if you're unsure of the format. I've noticed that they don't automatically use all the instruments, but there is a chance for each performance to use this instrument or that instrument. Made worse by the fact that one civ typically has 3-ish musical pieces at best.

[Orange Wizard]

No, AFAIK you get them in adventure mode.

Oh, okay. I don't actually know what I'm talking about.

[neko.len.chan]

I have no entity permissions for instruments, nor any idea how to give them any

[Bearskie]

[INSTRUMENT:<NAME_OF_YOUR_INSTRUMENT>]

Dunk it somewhere inside the entity that uses the instrument.

[neko.len.chan]

I could swear I tried that... but ok, I'll give it another go when im back on my DF computer.

[jaked122]

Did you look in the examples folder in the raws? There seems to be a file with the necessary information to add custom instruments with a fair amount of documentation spread throughout.

[neko.len.chan]

Oh uh, I figured it out now. The last thing was the thing I needed... Earlier I kept putting in [INSTRUMENT:ITEM_INSTRUMENT_AKITE] because thats how all the other items were formatted, but it turns out it had to be just [INSTRUMENT:AKITE]
but thanks anyways