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[Naze]

Some of the creatures I made won't appear for anything during world gen or even after it. But others appear in such huge numbers, IE: 1189531 Grox...
Here's a copy of one of the raws. And yes I know the creature isn't a genestealer copy, but rather a deformed creature.

[CREATURE:GENESTEALER]
   [NAME:brood brother:brood brothers:brood brother]
   [TILE:'G'][COLOR:7:0:0]
   [MODVALUE:5]
   [GENPOWER:3]
   [GRASSTRAMPLE:20]
   [CARNIVORE][NATURAL]
   [BUILDINGDESTROYER:1]
   [PREFSTRING:mutation]
   [BODY:HUMANOID:1EYE:2EARS:NOSE:2LUNGS:HEART:GUTS:ORGANS:2EYESTALKS:SIX_TENTACLES:HUMANOID_JOINTS:THROAT:NECK:SPINE:BRAIN:4FINGERS:3TOES:MOUTH]
   [SIZE:7]
   [CANNOT_UNDEAD]
   [MAXAGE:50:60]
   [ATTACK:MAIN:BYTYPE:MOUTH:bite:bites:1:6:GORE][ATTACKFLAG_CANLATCH]
   [ATTACK:MAIN:BYTYPE:GRASP:punch:punches:1:2:BLUDGEON][ATTACKFLAG_WITH]
   [ATTACK:MAIN:BYTOKEN:RUTC:stab:stabs:1:3:PIERCE][ATTACKFLAG_WITH]
   [ATTACK:MAIN:BYTOKEN:LUTC:stab:stabs:1:3:PIERCE][ATTACKFLAG_WITH]
   [ATTACK:MAIN:BYTOKEN:RMTC:stab:stabs:1:3:PIERCE][ATTACKFLAG_WITH]
   [ATTACK:MAIN:BYTOKEN:LMTC:stab:stabs:1:3:PIERCE][ATTACKFLAG_WITH]
   [ATTACK:MAIN:BYTOKEN:RLTC:stab:stabs:1:3:PIERCE][ATTACKFLAG_WITH]
   [ATTACK:MAIN:BYTOKEN:LLTC:stab:stabs:1:3:PIERCE][ATTACKFLAG_WITH]
   [CHILD:1][CHILDNAME:genestealer hatchling:genestealer hatchlings]
   [FAT:4]
   [POPULATION_NUMBER:20:30]
   [ALL_ACTIVE]
   [BIOME:SUBTERRANEAN_CHASM]
   [STANDARD_FLESH]
   [SWIMS_INNATE][SWIM_SPEED:2500]
   [HOMEOTHERM:10040]

[Kagus]

I don't see a [CLUSTERSIZE:~:~] tag.  You need one even if the creature is supposed to be solitary.

[Naze]

I have some creatures that have the clustersize tag but still don't appear

[Kagus]

You've also got [NATURAL] and [CANNOT_UNDEAD].  I don't believe I've seen those together before on a creature.  Maybe they're conflicting?  Other than that nothing pops out at me...  I take it you've checked your errorlog?

[GoreTaco]

Check the error log and post some of it down here.

[Naze]

The error logs are clean, this is the only thing in it.

loop path fail: <same square> imperial,170,143,15 -> 170,138,15: Id #3043:Path Goal Seek Station:Station Mill Building at 170,138,15
loop path fail: <same square> imperial,186,137,16 -> 220,256,15: Id #3041:Path Goal Seek Station:Station Mill Anywhere at 219,257,15

[Nazush Ebsas]

i don't see any frequency:# in there.
stealers shouldn't be butcherable,  what's default if there's no tag? shouldn't have fat anyway

[Naze]

They're brood brothers, not genestealers, anyway even the creatuers I have with a frequency number don't get genned.

[Nazush Ebsas]

i did ntocie that, then promptly forgot, sry

Raise the homeotherm? Tho I notice spiders share that 10040, but you could try raising it and/or giving them layering, tho i imagine the layering doesn't have much effect till they're local level.

Gusswork, idk.. that kind of population number is similar to magma men &  giant cave spiders(yet they have frequencies) but you don't find many of them about, perhaps increasing it quite massively till you find instances of them, then scaling it back down

[Naze]

I'm more interested in the demon races I made. Here is one of them, I can't tell what's stopping them.

[CREATURE:DAEMONETTE]
   [NAME:daemonette:daemonettes:slaaneshi]
   [TILE:'s'][COLOR:5:0:1]
   [SPEED:700][GRASSTRAMPLE:0]
   [FLEEQUICK][trAPAVOID][BUILDINGDESTROYER:1]
   [GENPOWER:3]
   [INTELLIGENT]
   [CANOPENDOORS]
   [FREQUENCY:50]
   [BIOME:ANY_LAND]
   [POPULATION_NUMBER:50:100]
   [MAXAGE:10000:20000]
   [PREFSTRING:daemonic visage]
   [PREFSTRING:fiendish pleasures]
   [CANNOT_UNDEAD]
   [PREFSTRING:feminine wiles]
   [NO_DRINK][NO_EAT][NO_SLEEP][NOFEAR][NOEXERT][NONAUSEA]
   [BODY:HUMANOID:2EYES:2EARS:NOSE:2LUNGS:HEART:GUTS:ORGANS:HUMANOID_JOINTS:THROAT:NECK:SPINE:BRAIN:5FINGERS:5TOES:MOUTH]
   [NARROW][CLUSTER_NUMBER:3:7]
   [DAMBLOCK:20]
   [SIZE:14]
   [ATTACK:MAIN:BYTYPE:GRASP:punch:punches:1:6:BLUDGEON][ATTACKFLAG_WITH]
   [ATTACK:MAIN:BYTYPE:GRASP:backhand:backhands:1:6:BLUDGEON][ATTACKFLAG_WITH]
   [ATTACK:SECOND:BYTYPE:MOUTH:bite:bites:1:3:GORE][ATTACKFLAG_CANLATCH]
   [FAT:1]
   [FEMALE]
   [ALL_ACTIVE]
   [STANDARD_FLESH]
   [FIXED_TEMP:10067]
   [SWIMS_INNATE][SWIM_SPEED:1500]
   [PERSONALITY:ACTIVITY_LEVEL:10:20:39]
   [PERSONALITY:ASSERTIVENESS:100:100:100]
   [PERSONALITY:EXCITEMENT_SEEKING:100:100:100]
   [PERSONALITY:LIBERALISM:100:100:100]
   [PERSONALITY:TRUST:0:5:30]
   [PERSONALITY:SYMPATHY:5:30:90]
   [PERSONALITY:STRAIGHTFORWARDNESS:30:35:70]
   [PERSONALITY:SELF_EFFICACY:100:100:100]
   [PERSONALITY:IMMODERATION:100:100:100]
   [SPHERE:CHAOS]
   [SPHERE:BEAUTY]
   [SPHERE:LUST]

[Nazush Ebsas]

personally, i've only tried playing with creatures using [CREATURE:ALREADYEXISTINGTAG]

and editing that, when i removed flies altogether (haha) game refused to start, so I assumed it only looked for already known entries. Not saying that's your problem, but somebody could take this opportunity to disabuse me of the notion

[dUMBELLS]

I'm having the same problem with a certain custom megabeast, it only sometimes appears during worldgen, even on large worlds.

[Sean Mirrsen]

For brood brothers, maybe you are looking in the wrong places? SUBTERRANEAN_CHASM will mean that the creatures will only appear in caves or chasms - and the game doesn't count creatures in chasms. I'd report that as a bug btw.

For demons, I think it may be the game making assumptions about their mortality - since they're mortal, albeit extremely long-lived, and cannot reproduce due to all being female, the game might just leave them out of worldgen. Also, without NATURAL they won't spawn in the wilds.

[i2amroy]

personally, i've only tried playing with creatures using [CREATURE:ALREADYEXISTINGTAG]

and editing that, when i removed flies altogether (haha) game refused to start, so I assumed it only looked for already known entries. Not saying that's your problem, but somebody could take this opportunity to disabuse me of the notion

When you edit the creature files, then you must remove the matching files in data/objects. Then, if you actually create or remove anything, not just editing, you must also create a new world. You will actually end up getting some really weird errors if you use [CREATURE:ALREADYEXISTINGTAG] without deleting the creature you stole the name from because the game will read it as a creature duplication.

[Untelligent]

You only need to remove the files in data/objects if you remove or rename an existing text file in the raws, if I remember correctly. It wouldn't hurt to try that anyway, though.