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[nirodragon]

Specifically, I need to be able to make glass bolts.  It makes sense to me, but I don't know the right tokens, nor which file(s) I need to modify.

Help?

[Creamcorn]

Bolts can only be made in the forges or craftshop.

If you do want to make glass bolts via smelter reactions I think it would go something like this.

[REAGENT:BAR:NO_SUBTYPE:GLASS:GLASS_{type}]
what the reaction for botls, er not sure on that one

[Volfram]

just for fun, try adding [CAN_STONE] to the crossbow bolts entry.  At very least, it'll let you make them out of obsidian.(horrible waste of obsidian, though.  Probably wood, too.)

I generally mod axes and hammers to be [CAN_STONE], too.  It just makes sense to have a dwarf wielding an ax with a giant obsidian blade for an axehead.

[nirodragon]

I can't test the [CAN_STONE] tag on my current fortress, at least not yet, but I can gen another world to test it in.  I'd still be happy if someone could help me with glass bolts, though.

Maybe locate the info for bones, or where DF determines what can and cannot be made from wood.  I might be able to get the info from those places, if they're not hard coded.

[Zaranthan]

You can make the smelter spit out wood, and then make wooden bolts.

[Sutremaine]

If you do want to make glass bolts via smelter reactions I think it would go something like this.

[REAGENT:BAR:NO_SUBTYPE:GLASS:GLASS_{type}]
what the reaction for botls, er not sure on that one

Glass doesn't have subtypes like metal does; each kind of glass is its own type. Bolts would be AMMO:ITEM_AMMO_BOLTS:[material type]:[material subtype]

I don't think you can order the game to spit out bars of glass, as there's no way of obtaining them in-game (I can't test anything at the moment because the computer's running like chilled molasses and even surfing the net is occasionally excruciating). If you really must have glass bolts, you might have to mod in glass metal* (give it the [DEEP] tag unless you want to be able to buy it and items made from it) and mod a reaction to turn rough green glass into either a bar of 'glass' or a stack of 'glass' bolts.

The metal route would require the following mods:

Add to matgloss_metal.txt:

Code: [Select]

[MATGLOSS_METAL:GLASS]
[NAME:glass][ADJ:glass][COLOR:2:2:0]
[VALUE:1]
[SPEC_HEAT:385]
[MELTING_POINT:11952]
[BOILING_POINT:14611]
[AMMO]
[DAMAGE_PERC:50]
[SOLID_DENSITY:8930]
[DEEP]
Values adapted from copper, so they're not really true to life. The damage value is unecessary because the default is 50, but it's easier to modify if I leave it in. Since it's a metal and you have to order metalwork by material, you won't get any other glass goods unless you make the order directly.

Add one of the following to reaction_standard.txt

Code: [Select]

[REACTION:GLASS_BOLTS]
[NAME:make glass bars]
[SMELTER]
[REAGENT:1:ROUGH:NO_SUBTYPE:GLASS_GREEN:NO_SUBTYPE]
[PRODUCT:100:1:BAR:NO_SUBTYPE:METAL:GLASS]
[FUEL]


Code: [Select]

[REACTION:GLASS_BOLTS]
[NAME:make glass bolts]
[SMELTER]
[REAGENT:1:ROUGH:NO_SUBTYPE:GLASS_GREEN:NO_SUBTYPE]
[PRODUCT:100:1:AMMO:ITEM_AMMO_BOLTS:METAL:GLASS]
[FUEL]
The last should give you a stack of however many bolts you'd usually get out of a bar of metal. (I'm pretty sure the material-to-bolt ratio is hardcoded.)

Glass and wood are currently hardcoded in their use, so while making a new kind of wood or bone and slapping the 'glass' label on it would produce bolts, it would also produce glass beds or crossbows.

[sunshaker]

just for fun, try adding [CAN_STONE] to the crossbow bolts entry.  At very least, it'll let you make them out of obsidian.(horrible waste of obsidian, though.  Probably wood, too.)

I tried that once, it generated an error in errorlog.txt (I didn't actually test to see if it still made them in game).

[Footkerchief]

Sutremaine's solution will work.  I recommend using "tempered glass" as the name for the glass "metal" to give it at least a veneer of realism.  I also recommend using the first of his two reactions (make tempered glass bars), so that your weaponsmith's skill can still play a role and give you +bolts+.

[Qwernt]

pretty sure there is a bug in there, as you have 2 [REACTION:GLASS_BOLTS]... I would assume the first should be [REACTION:GLASS_BARS]

[Footkerchief]

Add one of the following

[Shakma]

Can't you just do this?

Code: [Select]

[REACTION:GLASS_BOLTS]
[NAME:make glass bolts]
[SMELTER]
[REAGENT:1:ROUGH:NO_SUBTYPE:GLASS_GREEN:NO_MATGLOSS]
[PRODUCT:100:25:AMMO:ITEM_AMMO_BOLTS:GLASS_GREEN:NO_MATGLOSS]
[FUEL]


[Techhead]

Or this option:

Code: [Select]

[REACTION:TEMPER_GREEN_GLASS]
[NAME:Temper green glass]
[SMELTER]
[REAGENT:1:ROUGH:NO_SUBTYPE:GLASS_GREEN:NO_MATGLOSS]
[PRODUCT:100:1:BAR:NO_SUBTYPE:METAL:TEMPERED_GLASS]
[FUEL]
Raw green glass into tempered glass bars, that can be turned into weapons like silver.

[warlordzephyr]

I WANT BOLTS THAT FIRE SMALLER BOLTS AND EXPLODE ON IMPACT!!!! THEN I WANT SOME SORT OF SUPER ADDY DWARF THAT PWNS EVERYONE!!111oneoneone

[Byakugan01]

Out of curiosity, why do you want to make bolts out of glass? Stone is much more abundant, typically clogs the map (what with how fast miners get to legendary and all), and overall makes more sense then glass...which you might find some fey dwarf demanding. And to the above poster, I believe that is what the elf-a-pult is for.

[warlordzephyr]

yea, i was doing a sattire of this post.