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[Qloos]

Sort of a game.  But definitely modding.
So here's where it gets posted.

I have something of a pet peeve with DF at the moment.  It seems all Dwarfs likes donkeys for the same reason, their stubbornness. 

So I would like to turn this:

[PREFSTRING:stubborness]

Into this:

[PREFSTRING:stubborness]
[PREFSTRING:taste]
[PREFSTRING:angry outbursts]
[PREFSTRING:eeehh hoonks]

But I have a few questions.  Is there a limit to the number of prefrence strings a creature can have?  And can I modify it so all the dwarfs don't end up loving domestic animals and instead broaden their range of animals they can like.

The game will involve thinking up preference strings for different animals.

[RavingManiac]

I'm quite sure creatures can have multiple prefstrings.

[Qloos]

Yeah, but I was wondering if they can have 100+ different preference strings with no harmful side effects.

[Vattic]

I suppose it could increase load times. Personally I've never been able to think of enough worthy additional prefstrings to worry but then I might lack imagination.

[0x517A5D]

If I recall, preference strings are stored in a vector.  Vectors do not have a size limitation.  DF may limit the number of preferences in other ways, but it is unlikely.

Try it and find out.  Really, that's the answer to a lot of modding stuff.

[i2amroy]

If I remember correctly, there was a mod a while back that added more prefstrings to each of the creatures, I think it was part of The Small Things mod. That might help you a little if you can dig it up. As for a limit, I have never encountered one.

[Sean Mirrsen]

Yes, that was a part of the Small Things. It had a lot of stuff. And I don't think there's a limit except increasing load times and RAM requirements. Well, maybe an Integer-sized limit to the total number of tags per entry.

[Zaranthan]

IF you can come up with 65,536 different things to like about purring maggots, I'll buy you a cookie.

[Sean Mirrsen]

I said Integer-sized. It may depend on the medium, but at least in C++, the Int32 data type goes up to 4.3 billion.

[Zaranthan]

Fie on you and your longs. Back in my day, we had eight measly bits, and we loved every single one of them. 32 bits? How do you even remember their NAMES?

[Volfram]

Fie on you and your longs. Back in my day, we had eight measly bits, and we loved every single one of them. 32 bits? How do you even remember their NAMES?

You don't.  You just choose your 8 favorites.

[Zaranthan]

Fie on you and your longs. Back in my day, we had eight measly bits, and we loved every single one of them. 32 bits? How do you even remember their NAMES?

You don't.  You just choose your 8 favorites.

Wha-

F... Fa... FAVORITES??!?

Zaranthan cancels drink: throwing tantrum.

[jaked122]

IF you can come up with 65,536 different things to like about purring maggots, I'll buy you a cookie.

... I'll come up with 100.

[Bricks]

You probably could turn this into a game.  Just give a topic, say donkeys, and a reasonable time span, and start asking for prefstring ideas, to be included in the mod.  I'm sure you'd get a good mix of funny and serious suggestions.  If you are up for it:

[PREFSTRING:tousled manes]
[PREFSTRING:impassive faces]
[PREFSTRING:noble ears]

[i2amroy]

I just don't want to be the person who is checking for duplicates once you hit over 100,000.