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[Knight Otu]

Ever so slowly, I am working on my mods, and I've reached a point where I am using more CREATURE_CLASS tokens. I'm thinking I can add a few mod-specific creature classes to my Random Raw Scripts  so that the creatures created by the scripts directly click into the mod. So, to start:

For the ANIMAL tags, Direforged currently uses

• BEASTMASTER_PET - for somewhat creatures that beast masters might tame for war and the like. Used by the wurad and hobgoblins. They also use the more specific WURAD_PET and HOBGOBLIN_PET, respectively, but those are definitely too specific for the scripts.
• FIEND_LESSER - for a small number of less powerful demon-like creatures like fire imps, nightwings, etc, simulataing demon summoning.
• BONE_BEAST - for currently two pseudo-undead creatures used by the pseudo-undead itarin. The scripts currently don't create anything like that, but maybe in the future.

The Beasts of Myth/Random Entity scripts currently use WOLF, BEAR, LARGE_CAT in conjunction with a HUGE tag (denoting creatures of size 140000+) for bear/wolf/cat riders, BIRD, SCORPION, and SPIDER for trainers of those creature types, and a few others in the same vein.

I have seen the EXTINCT creature class while reading the LCM stories, but I'm sure there are many more, and so would like which you are using (and that you think could be useful in the random raw scripts).

[brolol.404]

I'm not quite sure what this is for but my mod dog breeds uses the following:

Dwarves:
[CREATURE_CLASS:MOUNTAIN]

Elves:
[CREATURE_CLASS:FOREST]

Humans:
[CREATURE_CLASS:PLAINS]

Goblins:
[CREATURE_CLASS:EVIL]

Kobolds:
[CREATURE_CLASS:SKULKING]

[voliol]

My creature mod includes a lot of creature classes that aren’t actually used anywhere. I don’t have the raws right know, but they are pretty excusively biological classifications, such as BEAR, CARNIVORE_MAMMAL, CANINE, UNGULATE, REPTILE, LIZARD, IGUANA, ARTHROPOD, INSECT, WASP, ANT, CRUSTACEAN, DECAPOD, CRAB etc. The only exception is POISONOUS to make e.g. giant centipedes usable by the vanilla kobolds, and, of course, GENERAL_POISON.

[Wannabehero]

Deeper Dwarven Domestication uses the Creature Class:
[CREATURE_CLASS:DWARVEN_PREF_DDD]

I highly recommend all modders try to create class tags that are unique to their mods, to minimize chances of conflict with other mods.

If you go complete opposite and use the most generic as possible, like what brolol does in Dog Breeds (class by civ) or voliol does (with class by genre), that also sets up the possibility of using a universal system that all modders can conform to, which also reduces the chances of mod conflict, but only if the modders and mod users understand how the tags are used and document it well with the mods.

[Enemy post]

Primal uses EXTINCT, but you've already got that one. However it also uses these:

DINOPATCH_DEP This is for most creatures in the mod, not just dinosaurs.

DINOVERMINPATCH_DEP This is for most biomes' vermin.

ICEAGEPATCH_DEP This is for "Ice Age" creatures, which inhabit mountains, tundras, glaciers, and taiga forests.

ICEVERMINPATCH_DEP Vermin from the Ice Age biomes.

SHRUBPATCH_DEP This is for creatures from the temperate shrublands, which I set aside for recent extinctions and things like dodos, thylacines, and other animals that didn't fit anywhere else.

SHRUBVERMINPATCH_DEP Vermin for the temperate shrublands.

[Eric Blank]

I've got one big mod right now that uses a lot of different creature classes, Spellcrafts;

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SPELL_MAGIC_ESSENCE - implies the creature is an essence, consumption/being bitten by it imparts new CDI "spells" the creature has access to

SPELL_MAGIC_POTION - implies the creature is a consumable potion, granting non-permanent effects and abilities.

SPELL_ENCHANTED_INANIMATE - the creature is actually an/a number of inanimate object(s) enchanted somehow. Enchanting basins work like this.

CANNOT_LEARN_MAGIC - implies the creature cannot gain spells from essences, used in gnolls and komeng currently.

SPELL_MAGICAL - Implies the creature itself has/is composed of magic. Not used as much as it should...

SPELL_MAGIC_USER - I dont remember, I only used it on the master sorcerer megabeast and wizards, which both know innate spells.

MAGIC_IMMUNE - Implies the creature is immune/highly resistant to magical attacks. Used on gnolls.

COLD_IMMUNE, LIGHTNING_IMMUNE, THUNDER_IMMUNE - syndromes associated with these elements ignore creatures that have this, only currently used on elementworms (special megabeast I'm working on) and ice imps, because these are poorly implemented at the moment. Not sure why I didnt specify anything for other elements. fire immunity (and true cold immunity) is kinda only granted through material properties and doesnt have any associated syndromes so far...

FEMALE and MALE - used by transformations to attempt to respect the sex of the target creature when transforming them into the desired creature. Basically ensures a female dwarf gets turned into a female giant cave spider or whatever. Iirc they all default to female if these are not present on the target creature.

POLYPROTECTED - not used in the creature raws, but creature transformation interactions in the polybestia school respect it, meaning creatures of this caste would not be transformable.

SPELL_SUPERNATURAL - has some weaknesses to silver, and magic
SPELL_FAE - implies weaknesses to iron in any form, and dictates that the creature is a elf or fairy type.
SPELL_CURSED - the creature is the result of some form of curse, like fauns, which are a deity curse, and werebeasts.
SPELL_UNDEAD - it's undead, probably has no soul
SPELL_UNDEAD_SOUL - the creature is undead, but possesses a soul
SPELL_VAMPIRE - is a vampire, implies bloodsucking, vulnerability to holy wood and silver
SPELL_DEMONIC - it's a demon. demons are unanimously weak to adamantine.
SPELL_DIVINE - is a deity or angel unanimously impervious to adamantine, weak to fire glass and demonic metal

SPELL_ACHWURM - achwurms are creations born from uncontrolled magic. They're also weak to all forms of magic, silver, and adamantine.

SPELL_PLANTSHROOM - like GENERAL_POISON, but used on plants. diseases and interactions that should only target plants target this token.

SUMMONABLE - a body part from this creature is a valid target for generic summoning interactions (which are basically a corpse reanimation + transformation.) The following dictate which specific class of summoning interaction works: FIRE_SUMMON, WATER_SUMMON, AIR_SUMMON, EARTH_SUMMON, STORM_SUMMON, SYNTH_SUMMON, NATURE_SUMMON, DEMON_SUMMON, DIVINE_SUMMON, PLANT_SUMMON, NECRO_SUMMON, CREATION_SUMMON. So an earth summoner can only conjure using body parts that possess the EARTH_SUMMON creature class. This lets me prevent summoners acting like necromancers and just raising any old corpse immediately, requiring a two-step process where the corpse must first be transformed into a creature of the appropriate class, but is immobile and quickly suffocates, and then re-reanimate the body parts of that creature.

BIRTHING - explicitly used by the birth-sphere secret's self-transformation, a creature that has a melting-falling-off body part. This implies the creature is currently in that "giving birth" form, and like the summoning tags gives the reanimation interaction an appropriate target.
BIRTH_CHILD - likewise, but this one signifies the child of the above. It's actually a body part reanimation from the body part that fell off the "mother." I wanted these to be intelligent and stuff, but the fact they're a reanimated body part prevents this, because it would cause crashes.

VERMIN_HOST - used by a diseased vermin-carrying summoning special I was working on at some point, never actually made it into play... When I revisit diseases, that might change.

I use a couple others for other mods:
PET_WAR - implies the creature is war-trainable, used for civs I wanted to adopt any war-trainable critter
PET_VERMIN_HUNTER - similarly, implies it hunts vermin
PET_PACK - again, this time the animal can be used as a pack animal


Any mod that uses creature classes MALE and FEMALE on the appropriate castes for its creatures should thus work with Spellcrafts' transformations as long as they fit other criteria i.e. not POLYPROTECTED and can_learn... speaking of I just found a bug that must be preventing vampires from using transformations. Oops.

Similarly, anything that has CANNOT_LEARN_MAGIC will not be able to learn from essences, any creature with SPELL_PLANTSHROOM will be treated as a plant or mushroom type organism and be vulnerable to blight. COLD_IMMUNE will make it ignore frostbite syndromes, but material properties will have to be changed to prevent it dissolving/crumbling away at extreme cold temperatures.

[SQman]

In my Animal Diversification Project I'll be using CREATURE_CLASS:SKUNK for skunks and stink badgers for the sake of giving them all immunity to skunk spray attack.
Also, I probably should remember I half-promised to add EXTINCT to extinct creatures I make. Oh well, poor scourge's neanderthals will have to wait a bit to ride my long-horned bisons.

In stuff I currently do for LCM there are MDWARF (mountain dwarf), HDWARF (hill dwarf), DROW, HALFLING, HIGHLANDER, ORC, HITO and TFTD (Terror From the Deep, aliens) classes, all of which defining pets for civs. Probably won't be very useful for the script though.

[voliol]

In my Animal Diversification Project I'll be using CREATURE_CLASS:SKUNK for skunks and stink badgers for the sake of giving them all immunity to skunk spray attack.
Also, I probably should remember I half-promised to add EXTINCT to extinct creatures I make. Oh well, poor scourge's neanderthals will have to wait a bit to ride my long-horned bisons.

In stuff I currently do for LCM there are MDWARF (mountain dwarf), HDWARF (hill dwarf), DROW, HALFLING, HIGHLANDER, ORC, HITO and TFTD (Terror From the Deep, aliens) classes, all of which defining pets for civs. Probably won't be very useful for the script though.

Hmm, I could see this latter method leading to some confusion/conflicts, as e.g. CREATURE_CLASS:ORC could be taken as either the creature being one of the orc civ’s pets, or it being a type of orc itself. ORC_PET or something like it should probably be used instead.