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Author Topic: [MODDING] 0.44.x GENERAL MODDING QUESTIONS THREAD - NOW IN ALLCAPS EDITION  (Read 189015 times)

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Re: [MODDING] 0.44.x questions thread
« Reply #285 on: March 05, 2018, 09:38:34 pm »
Quote from: Dunamisdeos on March 05, 2018, 03:15:59 pm
What about a recurring syndrome that adds/removes [NOBREATHE]? If it takes (for ease of math) 100 ticks to choke out, you could make the syndrome only happen every 110 ticks. You'd have a fair chance of it resetting the choke-out timer one time per choke-out only, giving it the impression of choking resistance.

Related experiment: I tried putting a syndrome to briefly add [NOEAT] and [NODRINK] on the generic blood template, so bloodsuckers could "reset" their hunger/thirst timers by feeding on mammals. Unfortunately, it didn't seem to work, despite secondary symptoms confirming that the syndrome itself was being applied. I would be willing to wager that the same failure-to-register would occur when toggling [NOBREATHE]
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Re: [MODDING] 0.44.x questions thread
« Reply #286 on: March 05, 2018, 09:57:52 pm »
Quote from: Warlord255 on March 05, 2018, 09:38:34 pm
Quote from: Dunamisdeos on March 05, 2018, 03:15:59 pm
What about a recurring syndrome that adds/removes [NOBREATHE]? If it takes (for ease of math) 100 ticks to choke out, you could make the syndrome only happen every 110 ticks. You'd have a fair chance of it resetting the choke-out timer one time per choke-out only, giving it the impression of choking resistance.

Related experiment: I tried putting a syndrome to briefly add [NOEAT] and [NODRINK] on the generic blood template, so bloodsuckers could "reset" their hunger/thirst timers by feeding on mammals. Unfortunately, it didn't seem to work, despite secondary symptoms confirming that the syndrome itself was being applied. I would be willing to wager that the same failure-to-register would occur when toggling [NOBREATHE]

Hmmm that does make it less likely that it would work. I think that it's still possible, since the eat/drink timers would be a constant timer assigned to all creatures at all times, whereas in theory whatever system controls asphyxiation is reset when say, you stop drowning, or stop being choked, etc. If NOBREATHE means you are no longer choking/drowning, in theory it would have the same effect as a human leaving the water or escaping a chokehold.

I don't know enough about the hard mechanics of that to say for sure.
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Re: [MODDING] 0.44.x questions thread
« Reply #287 on: March 05, 2018, 10:08:42 pm »
Could you all help me? I'm trying to figure out how to make an interaction that basically uses a syndrome imbued gas work...
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Re: [MODDING] 0.44.x questions thread
« Reply #288 on: March 05, 2018, 10:58:02 pm »
Quote from: Asin on March 05, 2018, 10:08:42 pm
Could you all help me? I'm trying to figure out how to make an interaction that basically uses a syndrome imbued gas work...
Is the problem that sometimes the syndrome isn't applied, even when the creature is obviously caught in the gas? Apparently inhalation syndromes only work about 30% of the time.

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Re: [MODDING] 0.44.x questions thread
« Reply #289 on: March 06, 2018, 07:59:19 am »
How to make goblins multiply at crazy pace? Can this be done mid-game?
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Re: [MODDING] 0.44.x questions thread
« Reply #290 on: March 06, 2018, 10:57:19 am »
Quote from: MCreeper on March 06, 2018, 07:59:19 am
How to make goblins multiply at crazy pace? Can this be done mid-game?

Your main tweak is going to be in the entity file by giving them more places to colonize and higher caps for their civ, but you can reduce the goblin growth time by changing the number on their CHILD entry - that's the number of years it takes them to become adults. removing [MULTIPLE_LITTER_RARE] also helps.
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Re: [MODDING] 0.44.x questions thread
« Reply #291 on: March 06, 2018, 05:16:44 pm »
Yeah [CHILD:1] and adjust their size to be fully grown 70kg at age 1.
Can also shift the male/female caste balance to like 15% male, 85% female to get more births.
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Re: [MODDING] 0.44.x questions thread
« Reply #292 on: March 06, 2018, 05:32:32 pm »
is there anything stopping you from removing child state
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Re: [MODDING] 0.44.x questions thread
« Reply #293 on: March 06, 2018, 08:09:17 pm »
Quote from: scourge728 on March 06, 2018, 05:32:32 pm
is there anything stopping you from removing child state
Without a CHILD or BABY tag, the creature will not breed
By that you must have at least 1 for breeding
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Re: [MODDING] 0.44.x questions thread
« Reply #294 on: March 06, 2018, 09:51:15 pm »
I coulda sworn they were just born as adults, like cave dragons and various other things Toady didn't want us taming.... unless the not breeding thing only applies to entities....
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Re: [MODDING] 0.44.x questions thread
« Reply #295 on: March 06, 2018, 09:53:56 pm »
populations get generated and they exist as yes adults but good luck seeing any reproduce
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Re: [MODDING] 0.44.x questions thread
« Reply #296 on: March 06, 2018, 11:24:47 pm »
What are some common causes that don't make a creature spawn in a generated world? I have a bunch of modded in creatures that simply never appear at all. They work fine in Arena mode, but I never see any of my Megabeasts in legends mode, for instance. They all have biome and frequency tokens, so I don't see why they wouldn't spawn...

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Also, I can't make a modded entity use the animals with the class I assigned, which I assume is because they never spawn, but they also always use mammals even though I put in [ANIMAL_FORBIDDEN_CLASS:MAMMAL]. Literally just copied and pasted the [ANIMAL] section from the Kobold entity. Is there something else that has to be done?

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Re: [MODDING] 0.44.x questions thread
« Reply #297 on: March 06, 2018, 11:49:50 pm »
[Animal_Always_Pet] seems to have mixed results for me. Whereas if you make your Jinmenken [Animal_Always_Siege] you should find sites overflowing with them (they'll also get dragged into battle, but, hey, a few less jinmenken in the world...).
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Re: [MODDING] 0.44.x questions thread
« Reply #298 on: March 10, 2018, 08:23:30 am »
Quote from: MCreeper on March 06, 2018, 07:59:19 am
How to make goblins multiply at crazy pace? Can this be done mid-game?

I might otherwise suggest altering their lust propensity facet (set on the creature, not a civilisation value) to be higher than normal on the creature file, so that they are more pro-active with procreation. Not that in a short space of worldgen time i've had any population issues with goblins myself.
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Re: [MODDING] 0.44.x questions thread
« Reply #299 on: March 10, 2018, 11:20:51 am »
Quote from: Hugo_The_Dwarf on March 06, 2018, 09:53:56 pm
populations get generated and they exist as yes adults but good luck seeing any reproduce
According to http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Cave_dragon animals with no child tag will breed just fine, except born as adults.... although I have no idea how that works with non-egg layers or with civs....
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