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[Shoku]

Graphics are pretty simple to implement as it's a pretty similar set up to the objects you've already been working with.

Hoever many txt files you want can go into the graphics folder and they look for an image file starting in that directory (the game comes with a folder for images to encourage organization.)

Image handling:

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declare the file on the first line (graphics_something)
[OBJECT:GRAPHICS]

then name the variable you want to load that graphics image into:
[TILE_PAGE:DARKELVES]

then say where it's at
[FILE:graphics/darkelves.bmp]
how many pixels tall and wide each tile is
[TILE_DIM:16:16]
how many tiles high and wide it is
[PAGE_DIM:12:21]

Assigning tiles:

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and then name the variable for the creatures
[CREATURE_GRAPHICS:DARK_ELF]
and now the part that isn't so much nobrains-
[ARMORER:DARK_ELVES:3:5:AS_IS:DEFAULT]
So profession, race, x, y, color thing, certain statuses (royal guard, skeleton)

My personal preference:

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For convenience it's nice if you standardize the layout of your graphics in the actual image file- people won't have to go editing a bajillion x,y values if they want to use different graphics. Dystopian Quantas has just about a bajillion tiles and set up a mostly convenient format.

Also, if you have a sorta robust graphics production you can make one for each profession or you can just define a single graphic for the classes of professions (as displayed in the z screen.)

For the profession classes you can get away with just declaring the multi-profession class listed up front and if the specific professions aren't declared they will default to it so you can do that but the way Sphr did things (and probably other people) makes it pretty easy to make a whole bunch of these. He made one image for the profession group and then a smaller one for each item they hold. Fishery worker + fishing pole = fisherman. fisher worker + some tool = fish cleaner. Seeing as I don't know how military units default you'd have to do something like this for them anyway- unless you wanna try and figure it out.

Professions/types info:

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DEFAULT, STANDARD, BABY, CHILD, DRUNK, THIEF, MASTER_THIEF
MINER
WOODWORKER, CARPENTER, BOWYER, WOODCUTTER
STONEWORKER, ENGRAVER, MASON, ARCHITECT
RANGER, ANIMAL_CARETAKER, ANIMAL_TRAINER, HUNTER, TRAPPER, ANIMAL_DISSECTOR
METALSMITH, FURNACE_OPERATOR, WEAPONSMITH, ARMORER, BLACKSMITH
JEWELER, GEM_CUTTER, GEM_SETTER
CRAFTSMAN, WOODCRAFTER, STONECRAFTER, LEATHERWORKER, BONE_CARVER, WEAVER, CLOTHIER, GLASSMAKER, STRAND_EXTRACTOR
FISHERY_WORKER, FISHERMAN, FISH_DISSECTOR, FISH_CLEANER
FARMER, CHEESE_MAKER, MILKER, COOK, THRESHER, MILLER, BUTCHER, TANNER, DYER, PLANTER, HERBALIST, BREWER, SOAP_MAKER, POTASH_MAKER, LYE_MAKER, WOOD_BURNER
*the last four on this line are actually one row down because there's more than 16 farmer professions
ENGINEER, MECHANIC, SIEGE_ENGINEER, SIEGE_OPERATOR, PUMP_OPERATOR
RECRUIT, WRESTLER, SPEARMAN, SWORDSMAN, AXEMAN, HAMMERMAN, CROSSBOWMAN, MACEMAN, LASHER, PIKEMAN, BLOWGUNMAN, BOWMAN
CHAMPION, (same as above but with MASTER_)

*the nobility is kind of wonkey as they've been put into the extra space from the short professions, and several of the entries point  to the same position because, well, you what could you have a clerk and book keeper and mayor and leader hold that you could easily tell apart?
CLERK, ADMINISTRATOR, TRADER, MERCHANT, DIPLOMAT, OUTPOSTLIAISON
MAYOR, LEADER, CAPTAIN_OF_THE_GUARD, SHERIFF, MANAGER, BOOKKEEPER, BROKER
HIGH_PRIEST, PRIEST, SHOPKEEPER, SLAVE, PRISONER
DRUID, GUILDREP, MERCHANTBARON, MERCHANTPRINCE
TAXCOLLECTOR, EXECUTIONER, PHILOSOPHER, ADVISOR, ALCHEMIST, DUNGEONMASTER
BARON, BARON_CONSORT, COUNT, COUNT_CONSORT, DUKE, DUKE_CONSORT, KING, KING_CONSOR

Things without DEFAULT status:
GUARD: the military professions again,
ROYALGUARD: and again
SKELETON: military but no elites
ZOMBIE: same

Wildlife

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For Wildlife the format I'm presenting goes DEFAULT, CHILD, ZOMBIE, SKELETON, with the latter two also having skeleton and zombie statuses, though I'm not strictly using Sphr's images as some other guy made a nice compilation of the natural wildlife.

But if you say bah humbug to user friendly modding you could scramble the orders and grouping of these things

Edit: ok, I think that's everything- did I explain it all clearly enough?

Also: I can't produce pixel art of an at all satisfactory quality but I'd have zero difficulty putting things together the way I mentioned and I can probably do a passable job of color editing so in the case of graphics that fit an easy format and who's authors don't mind alterations to their work I could supply some of the graphics for this, particularly in the case of stuff that's similar to what was already in the game.

[Walliard]

Troglodytes:... They do not send traders out into the world, instead living out in isolated pockets, living hand to mouth.

They're sending me caravans every season. Did I mess up the install?

Also, I'm getting the weight bug with slig leather.

[Shakma]

In the Darkelf vesion at least, there is no ITEM_SHOES_BOOTS_HIGH in the item_shoes.txt, but it's in some of the entities and the tag is missing a colon in the hobgoblins.  I'm guessing you just want ITEM_SHOES_BOOTS instead.

[catoblepas]

Sligs aren't in the newest version, you shouldn't be getting them unless you incorrectly installed the mod, remember, the objects file in the download should replace the old one. Trogs also don't have any active seasons any more so there should be no trading from them, it worked during testing, at least. There should be three types of boot, I guess I must have accidentally deleated something at some point and forgotten about it....I guess I have a few more things to fix, then.

[Walliard]

Hmm, I think I have an older version then. I downloaded it a week or so ago and only just started playing.

[catoblepas]

Yeah, but apparently the current version isn't flawless either, I'll have all the bugs worked out by tomorrow though.

[Shoku]

I'm not so how current a version I'm running but I started up a fort and pretty quickly noticed all my underground river creatures had shown up on the deceased list-
Edit: though I couldn't find their bones anywhere once I found the river so maybe they died falling down the pit it dropped into.

[catoblepas]

Yeah, that's 'normal'. Creatures in underground rivers have a tendency to swim off of waterfalls, probably something that will be fixed when toady comes out with the next version.

[Vigilant]

One of my nobles likes elemental wrath -_- and keeps requesting it. Yea. I'm going to get rid of her. We're building the lever attacked to weapon traps chamber now. (And probably a few other fun places if that doesn't work.

[catoblepas]

Wow, and here I was thinking it couldn't get any worse than a baron who constantly requested royal galvorn....ouch. you should build a smelter in her bedroom....karmic death.

[Vigilant]

Nah, she got impaled on some spikes. And her mandates have now ended. I got one of her babies too, not sure if that's a plus or minus. First time i've ever gotten with the baby killing on DF.

[catoblepas]

Version 0.77 is up. A few small, but noticeable changes have been made. All of the reported problems have been fixed, the balista-esque trap component has been removed, but i felt a little guilty about it, so I added new trap components for dwarves and dark-elves: Dark elves now get claw-tipped spikes (AKA giant eggbeaters) and giant syringes, which are weaker than normal menacing spikes, but have a MUCH higher critical chance. Dwarves now have giant clenched fists and organ augers which can swing out of the walls and do horrible, horrible things to their enemies. I also added three new monsters; ghouls, kelpies, and black wyverns. I also added in a new type of metal and a new type of shield and sword available to the truly sadistic players. A new related plant type, armok thistle now is hands down the most expensive food item, even more so than dwarven truffles. Other minor changes, you'll likely notice for yourself.

[ratskeller]

I must say this mod is amazing. The first fortress I started struck large veins of voidstone and gold, and subsequently got very rich. Unusually no migrants came for the whole time I was playing, even though the fortress was carved into marble with a royal dining room. On spring of the second year I was horrified to see White Lizardmen marching down the cliffs at me. I activated my starting seven and prepared for the carnage.

Luckily one of the trade wagons from the mountainhomes hadnt left (I dont know why) and the two guards took down 3 lizardmen. I got one more at the price of three dwarves. The lizardmen retreated to lick their wounds while I attempted to build coffins for the lost. I had to abandon when my mason when crazy, killed my miner and eventually got beaten to death by my metalsmith at the lip of a bottomless hole. Epic.

[Shoku]

Oddly enough my first dead dwarf in the latest version was delivered by some regular old ogres I wasn't paying enough attention to T_T

[Vigilant]

I agree Rat. I'm on a glacier that's apparently has many rich sedimentary layers under the ice? Can you say lignite/bit coal? I can literally plan my industry around assuming I can go and strike another vein if I run low (right now I planned ahead and dug up 4 or 5. I also embarked so the very left hand corner of my map has an aquafier layer. So i'm supplied with underground non freezing water

And not only have those terror team of five become immortal by experience, There's another squad of 8 that are nearly the same way. Used to be 9, but apparently one guy's shield-fu wasn't enough to save him from a squad of crossbow-wielders. I'm still thinking on just a core game level shields might be a little too good, since legendary shield user +5 makes you immune to like all attacks. The only thing that's recently done even the slightest damage (light grey) to one of the terror 5 besides sparring... was a modded brass bull (I always jack up the size on my megabeasts). And it was promptly torn to pieces in a minute