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[Random_Physics_Nerd]

I've been trying to test an interaction (similar to being a necromancer) in the arena, but it seems no changes I make to the raws affect it at all, even when I close dwarf fortress entirely then relaunch it.

I even completely removed the file containing the interactions for necromancers, and yet I can make them in the arena no problem.

What's going on?

[scamtank]

Are you screwing with the things in the "interaction_examples" folder? The examples that don't actually affect anything, serving just as a syntax tutorial?

[NW_Kohaku]

Are you sure you're changing the right raws?

DF now copies raws for every save, so there are a lot of raws floating around that are indistinguishable but for the file directory that leads to them.  Make sure you aren't changing raws in some save. 

[Teneb]

To elaborate on what people said: interactions need to be in a .txt file called interaction_whatever.txt. the "whatever" can be anything you want, but it must start with interaction_. That file needs to be in raw/objects. The first line of the file must be a copy of its name (so interaction_whatever), then the next line of text (you an put as many blank lines between as you see fit) needs to be [OBJECT:INTERACTION]. Then you place the interaction itself.

[Random_Physics_Nerd]

Huh. I used to be able to make changes to the interaction example folder in previous versions, and I can't even find necromancers in the objects folder.

Oh well, either way it works now, thanks everyone.

[Teneb]

Huh. I used to be able to make changes to the interaction example folder in previous versions, and I can't even find necromancers in the objects folder.

Oh well, either way it works now, thanks everyone.

You can do as much changes as you please to the interaction example folder. But that is all it is: an example. Necromancers are generated by the game during worldgen like titants and demons, though there isn't really any variation in them.

[Random_Physics_Nerd]

Huh. I used to be able to make changes to the interaction example folder in previous versions, and I can't even find necromancers in the objects folder.

Oh well, either way it works now, thanks everyone.

You can do as much changes as you please to the interaction example folder. But that is all it is: an example. Necromancers are generated by the game during worldgen like titants and demons, though there isn't really any variation in them.

I meant the changes I made there worked. And I'm guessing that means it's impossible to modify the basic necromancer though the raws?

[Teneb]

Huh. I used to be able to make changes to the interaction example folder in previous versions, and I can't even find necromancers in the objects folder.

Oh well, either way it works now, thanks everyone.

You can do as much changes as you please to the interaction example folder. But that is all it is: an example. Necromancers are generated by the game during worldgen like titants and demons, though there isn't really any variation in them.

I meant the changes I made there worked. And I'm guessing that means it's impossible to modify the basic necromancer though the raws?

Yeah. At most you can make your own and disable the worldgen generation of secrets (as I do in the mod in my sig).