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Author Topic: is there a way to create creature but never generated in the world ?  (Read 538 times)

Hiul

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because i want to create creature that exist, something like ghost to help in my creature transformation and resurrection, but i dont want it to show up in the world at all like normal creature.
 giving token like [DOES_NOT_EXIST] make it unable to transform to the creature i want.
will giving this token [POPULATION_NUMBER:0:0] make it never generate at all ? or does anyone have better solution ?
its better if theres a way to transform creature into their ghost version though if it possible (hope it work in instantly heal the creature), so i dont need to create different creature.

 my transform creature is just generic so i dont think its need to be show though.
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Re: is there a way to create creature but never generated in the world ?
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2017, 01:27:18 am »

Just don't give it any biomes. Nowhere to exist, no existing.
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Re: is there a way to create creature but never generated in the world ?
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2017, 03:06:08 am »

oh ok gonna try it and thanks
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Re: is there a way to create creature but never generated in the world ?
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2017, 05:46:36 pm »

I just wanted to add that having a civ or the [COMMON_DOMESTIC] tag allows a creature to spawn without biomes.
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Re: is there a way to create creature but never generated in the world ?
« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2017, 12:58:08 pm »

With a few stages, if you want to make something that "matures" into something else by making the base stage the baby/child stage. 
Sorry, but I cannot find the tags nessecary to do this. You could also use castes.
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Re: is there a way to create creature but never generated in the world ?
« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2017, 05:03:34 pm »

oh, no that was meant for transformation sindrome from other topic.
but you give me some good idea to create some kind of metamorphosis creature thanks.  :)
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Re: is there a way to create creature but never generated in the world ?
« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2017, 05:39:52 pm »

You can't really make a creature simply age into something else, babies are just small adults. Firephoenix's Pokemon mod has a workaround you might be able to borrow.
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Re: is there a way to create creature but never generated in the world ?
« Reply #7 on: March 03, 2017, 05:43:23 pm »

oh...thanks  :)
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