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[Roses]

No. There are quite a few problems with this.
1. Dwarves dont always use interactions, so assuming the mother will use it on a child is not guaranteed.

This, I didn't know; I was going off of the wording in http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Syndrome#Spreading_diseases for a creature using an interaction to add a syndrome on line of sight.
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It used to be true that a unit would use a LOS interaction almost immediately upon it becoming available for use.

3. There is no loop to go back if all possibilities fail on a transform.

If #1 wasn't an issue, wouldn't doing something like

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[SYNDROME]
          [SYN_NAME:placeholder]
          [SYN_AFFECTED_CLASS:GENERAL_POISON]
          [CE_BODY_TRANSFORMATION:PROB:50:START:0]
                               [CE:CREATURE:DWARF:MALE]
          [CE_BODY_TRANSFORMATION:PROB:50:START:0]
                               [CE:CREATURE:DWARF:FEMALE]
          [CE_BODY_TRANSFORMATION:PROB:100:START:0:END:1]
                               [CE:CREATURE:DWARF:BABY]

work? (With BABY being a new popratio:100 caste obviously)

If you were going to do this I would suggest just having the interaction only able to target the BABY caste, or give the BABY caste a specific creature class and only let the syndrome change that creature class (although I would go with the first and use IT_AFFECTED_CREATURE)

One thing to note, unless it has changed recently, setting a pop ratio to 0 actually sets it to 1. I remember generating games with a pop ratio 10000 caste and a pop ratio 0 caste and still (very rarely) having the pop ratio caste appear in legends and show up at the fort as migrants (although at the moment I can't remember if one was ever given birth to in my fortress).

Also, it's very likely that most of the population in legends will be the BABY caste as I don't believe the transformation interactions would work correctly during worldgen, also since the vast majority (if not all) will start as the BABY caste there won't be anyone available to do the interaction

[brolol.404]

I created a new playable race with the following castes and pop ratios:

A 45
B 45
C 2
D 2
E 2
F 2
G 1
H 1

However my starting seven were: A B A B C D G

Is the pop ratio number an actual percentage when added up to 100? I find it odd that I started with two castes with a 2% chance of existing and another with a 1% chance of existing.

[Hugo_The_Dwarf]

not a percent, ratios

45:45:2:2:2:2:1:1

So yeah they would have a 1 to 2 percent chance of being born, but you're generating a world that had countless events and births. It may have been you lucked out and got those rare castes due to the fact they were handy at the time to embark on a grand adventure.

but I noticed with DFs RNG you need to play with larger numbers to get the effect you want

[Eric Blank]

Your starting 7 are randomly generated at embark screen actually, but you effectively got lucky, no big deal or failure on your part or the games. You'll probably see more embarks with only one rare caste or all caste A/B

[brolol.404]

That makes sense thanks. Would you recommend that I add a 0 to those? Two 0s? Three? Or just leave it alone?

[UselessMcMiner]

If you want a really rare caste a zero is usually fine. Once you get into 200 it gets really rare. So I think around 65 is good. Speaking of which is it possible to make a caste more likely to spawn to another caste?

[Hugo_The_Dwarf]

If you want a really rare caste a zero is usually fine. Once you get into 200 it gets really rare. So I think around 65 is good. Speaking of which is it possible to make a caste more likely to spawn to another caste?

0 goes to default which I think is 100, or 50.

That makes sense thanks. Would you recommend that I add a 0 to those? Two 0s? Three? Or just leave it alone?

You can leave it alone, or just add a few 0s depends on what ones you want more common
Normally for "special only castes" I make them '1' and the common ones like '25000' effectively impossible for the game to spit them out

[brolol.404]

thanks. Ill leave it alone for now and do more testing.

[Graysire]

I'm trying to create a few new bone related crafting options, is there a way to put them in the bone category in the Craftsdwarf workshop?

[Ulfarr]

I'm trying to create a few new bone related crafting options, is there a way to put them in the bone category in the Craftsdwarf workshop?

I tried to add one in bone with [CATEGORY:bone] and it just created a second bone category in the craftsdwarf's workshop. I guess that confirms the wiki that says you can only add reactions at custom categories.

Quick question: Messing around with what resources are available at embark I noticed the option for both "copper X" and "native copper X" (where X = jug, pot, nest etc). Am I right to assume that the "copper X" is the metalcrafter's version while the "native copper X" is the stonecrafters or did I messed up my raws somehow?

[voliol]

I'm trying to create a few new bone related crafting options, is there a way to put them in the bone category in the Craftsdwarf workshop?

I tried to add one in bone with [CATEGORY:bone] and it just created a second bone category in the craftsdwarf's workshop. I guess that confirms the wiki that says you can only add reactions at custom categories.

Quick question: Messing around with what resources are available at embark I noticed the option for both "copper X" and "native copper X" (where X = jug, pot, nest etc). Am I right to assume that the "copper X" is the metalcrafter's version while the "native copper X" is the stonecrafters or did I messed up my raws somehow?

Yeah, copper and native copper are two different materials. One is the metal and one is the ore.

[TomiTapio]

I'm trying to create a few new bone related crafting options, is there a way to put them in the bone category in the Craftsdwarf workshop?

Wiki: how to put your reaction into a custom category: http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Reaction#Building

"guess the id number of craft shop's BONE category" might or might not work.

[Ulfarr]

Yeah, copper and native copper are two different materials. One is the metal and one is the ore.

Thanks

[Belvita]

Does anyone have a relatively quick way of culling crittermen from the raws? I'd rather have it as just the main five races and demons/vamps/night creatures. There was a mod on DFFD that did this (http://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=8024) but it's years out of date. Does anything more recent exist?

[brolol.404]

Does anyone have a relatively quick way of culling crittermen from the raws? I'd rather have it as just the main five races and demons/vamps/night creatures. There was a mod on DFFD that did this (http://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=8024) but it's years out of date. Does anything more recent exist?

Possibly go into the variation raw called animal men and add [CV_ADD_TAG:DOES_NOT_EXIST] may have to go into the entity file and delete the animal civs as well