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[janglur]

So, i'm going to begin making a mod to add the crazy wildlife from Avatar:  The Last Airbender.


But, i'm a bit stupid.

So, I have some questions.

On my first animal, the Shirsu, I am trying to make it accurate.
It's blind, but sees by smell.  Is there a way to implement this?  The beast literally has no eyes.  It can see an incredible distance, though, by scent.

And it's tongue can sting and paralyze it's prey.  How's this done?  Or, at the least, how does one make the tongue useable for an attack/make it/whateverIneedtodo?

Finally, is extracts/venom/milking fixed yet?


Any help would be appreciated!  I'm reading the modding stuff on the wiki now, and will remove questions as I acheive them.


Edit:

How's this look so far?

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[CREATURE:SHIRSU]
[NAME:shirsu:shirsus:shirsu]
[TILE:'$'][COLOR:6:0:0]
[MODVALUE:4]
[GENPOWER:2]
[PETVALUE:499]
[GRASSTRAMPLE:0][NATURAL][PET][MOUNT][TRAINABLE][SAVAGE][LARGE_ROAMING][LITTERSIZE:1:2][NO_WINTER][PARALYZEIMMUNE][SLOW_LEARNER]
[CARNIVORE][EXTRAVISION][FREQUENCY:2][LARGE_PREDATOR]
[BIOME:ANY_TEMPERATE_FOREST][BIOME:ANY_SHRUBLAND][BIOME:ANY_SAVANNA][TRADE_CAPACITY:500]
[PREFSTRING:incredible sense of smell]
[BODY:QUADRUPED:TAIL:2EARS:NOSE:2LUNGS:HEART:GUTS:ORGANS:THROAT:NECK:SPINE:BRAIN:MOUTH]
[BODYGLOSS:CLAW_HAND:hand:claw][BODYGLOSS:CLAW_FOOT:foot:claw]
[SIZE:13]
[MAXAGE:50:300]
[ATTACK:MAIN:BYTYPE:MOUTH:bite:bites:1:5:GORE][ATTACKFLAG_CANLATCH]
[ATTACK:MAIN:BYTYPE:GRASP:claw:claws:1:3:SLASH][ATTACKFLAG_WITH]
[CHILD:1][CHILDNAME:shirsu pug:shirsu puggles]
[FAT:2]
[PERSONALITY:ACTIVITY_LEVEL:25:70:100]
[PERSONALITY:ANGER:40:80:100]
[PERSONALITY:IMMODERATION:20:60:100]
[STANDARD_FLESH]
[HOMEOTHERM:10067]
[LAYERING:175]
[SWIMS_LEARNED][SWIM_SPEED:3500]

[Im_Sparks]

So, i'm going to begin making a mod to add the crazy wildlife from Avatar:  The Last Airbender.


But, i'm a bit stupid.

I can see that, from the lack of capitalization on the "I"s.

I jest, I jest. add in the [BLIND] tag, and [PET_EXOTIC] if you want it to be tamed. If you want it to be aggressive I believe it's the [LARGE_PREDATOR] tag that does it. I believe poison is bugged.

[janglur]

Doesn't [PET_EXOTIC] mean it requires a dungeon master?

I want this to be tameable normally.

[Sir_Geo]

then just add [PET] if you want it to be a normally tame animal.
[COMMON_DOMESTIC] is something you should probably add if you want it to be an animal that you can take on embark.
[trAINABLE] is added if you want war/hunting shirshus.

[janglur]

Posted the Shirsu beta.  =)

[i2amroy]

Add these body parts to body_xxx.txt

[BODY:NOSE_SIGHT]
[BP:NOSE:nose][CONTYPE:HEAD][SMELL][SMALL][SIGHT]

[BODY:TOUNGE]
[BP:TONGUE:tongue][CON:MOUTH][EMBEDDED][SMALL]

Change the NOSE in the creature entry to NOSE_SIGHT and that should let it 'see' with its nose. Also add the TOUNGE tag to the end of the list of bodyparts and add this attack.

[ATTACK:MAIN:BYTYPE:TOUNGE:sting:stings:1:3:GORE][ATTACKFLAG_WITH][SPECIALATTACK_INJECT_EXTRACT:50:100]

Also add the tags [EXTRACT:poison:7:0:1] and [EXTRACT_PARALYZE] to the creature somewhere.

This should give it an attack where it stings you with its tounge and injects a poison that paralyzes you.

[janglur]

Doesn't seem to work.  It neither is embarkable, nor seems to appear in game.  What'd I mess up?

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[CREATURE:SHIRSU]
[NAME:shirsu:shirsus:shirsu]
[TILE:'$'][COLOR:6:0:0]
[MODVALUE:4]
[GENPOWER:2]
[PETVALUE:499]
[GRASSTRAMPLE:0][NATURAL][COMMON_DOMESTIC][PET][MOUNT][TRAINABLE][SAVAGE][LARGE_ROAMING][LITTERSIZE:1:2][NO_WINTER][PARALYZEIMMUNE][SLOW_LEARNER]
[CARNIVORE][EXTRAVISION][FREQUENCY:2][LARGE_PREDATOR]
[EXTRACT:poison:7:0:1][EXTRACT_PARALYZE]
[BIOME:ANY_TEMPERATE_FOREST][BIOME:ANY_SHRUBLAND][BIOME:ANY_SAVANNA][TRADE_CAPACITY:500]
[PREFSTRING:incredible sense of smell]
[BODY:QUADRUPED:TAIL:2EARS:NOSE_SIGHT:2LUNGS:HEART:GUTS:ORGANS:THROAT:NECK:SPINE:BRAIN:MOUTH:TOUNGE]
[BODYGLOSS:CLAW_HAND:hand:claw][BODYGLOSS:CLAW_FOOT:foot:claw]
[SIZE:13]
[MAXAGE:50:300]
[ATTACK:MAIN:BYTYPE:TOUNGE:sting:stings:1:2:GORE][ATTACKFLAG_WITH][SPECIALATTACK_INJECT_EXTRACT:50:100]
[ATTACK:MAIN:BYTYPE:MOUTH:bite:bites:1:5:GORE][ATTACKFLAG_CANLATCH]
[ATTACK:SECOND:BYTYPE:GRASP:claw:claws:1:3:SLASH][ATTACKFLAG_WITH]
[CHILD:1][CHILDNAME:shirsu pug:shirsu puggles]
[FAT:2]
[PERSONALITY:ACTIVITY_LEVEL:25:70:100]
[PERSONALITY:ANGER:40:80:100]
[PERSONALITY:IMMODERATION:20:60:100]
[STANDARD_FLESH]
[HOMEOTHERM:10067]
[LAYERING:175]
[SWIMS_LEARNED][SWIM_SPEED:3500]

[Blakmane]

what is the error log spitting out?

[janglur]

It's not spitting out anything.

[mission0]

I think the [COMMON_DOMESTIC] and the [LARGE_PREDATOR] [LARGE_ROAMING] tags

[Shakma]

need to restart DF and regen a world.  Then it should work if you have it in the right location.

[mission0]

need to restart DF and regen a world.  Then it should work if you have it in the right location.

Heh or do that, perhaps I should stop giving advice...

[janglur]

I did close and regen.  Still not showing up.

[Shakma]

Try replacing everything but the name with the stuff from a dog or some pet you know will show up and see what happens.  Then you'll know if it's a tag in there giving you trouble or something else.

[janglur]

But what could the problem tag be?