Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Koliup]

[CREATURE:ROBOT]
   [NAME:robot:robots:robot]
   [TITLE'R'][COLOR:0:0:2]
   [MODVALUE:5]
   [LARGE_ROAMING][liKES_FIGHTING][FREQUENCY:1][DIFFICULTY:2]
   [GENPOWER:5]
   [CANOPENDOORS]
   [NOT_BUTCHERABLE][NATURAL][PET_EXOTIC]
   [NOPAIN][EXTRAVISION][NOBREATHE][NOBLEED][NOSTUN][NONAUSEA][NOEMOTION][RECKLESS]
      [NOSKULL][NOSKIN][NOBONES][NOMEAT][NOTHOUGHT][NOEXERT]
   [BUILDINGDESTROYER:2]
   [NOFEAR][NOEXERT]
   [PREFSTRING:metals]
   [ITEMCORPSE:MECHANISMS:NO_SUBTYPE:METAL:IRON]
   [ITEMCORPSE_QUALITY:5]
   [ITEMCORPSE:PLATE_MAIL:NO_SUBTYPE:METAL:IRON]
   [ITEMCORPSE_QUALITY:5]
   [NOSMELLYROT]
   [BODY:HUMANOID_SIMPLE]
   [SIZE:7]
   [ATTACK:MAIN:BYTYPE:GRASP:stab:stabs:1:8:STAB][ATTACKFLAG_WITH]
   [DAMBLOCK:12]
   [NO_DRINK][NO_EAT][NO_SLEEP]
   [ALL_ACTIVE]
   [NO_GENDER]
   [MATERIAL:METAL:IRON]
   [SWIMS_INNATE][SWIM_SPEED:5000]
   [POPULATION_NUMBER:2:4]
   [LARGE_PREDATOR]

Yes, I would appreciate if you could look for flaws/give advice, thank you.
Just something I whipped up modifying the iron man traits stuff.

[Akreaveter]

What is this being used for?

I believe no_gender kills civilizations/entities; otherwise, animals don't drink, eat, or sleep anyway.  You can only have one itemcorpse, or having two will randomly select one or somehing along those lines.  You have NOEXERT twice.  GENPOWER is supposedly obsolete but won't cause any problems.

You sure you want something entirely metal be able to swim?  Even if incredibly slowly at the given speed.  I wonder if NOBREATHE makes things path through water, or if amphibious is needed for that..

Other than that, I don't see much, but I could very well be missing something with how tired I am right now.  Always something to look for in making your own critters..

[i2amroy]

I believe that amphibious is needed to path through water. As for the double itemcorpse tag, the game will just have the second one overwrite the first. It does that with most multiples of the same tag.

[Koliup]

Thank you for your help, I'm trying to create a custom creature, of if I get far enough, civilization(unlikely).
I've taken your insight, and I am modifying the creature, I will post a modified version shortly.
EDIT:
Here we go, nitpick awaaaaaay!
I'm unsure if I put the various strings in the right place..
I don't want to fudge up my, or anyone else' DF with this thing.

Code: [Select]

[CREATURE:ROBOT]
[NAME:robot:robots:robot]
[TITLE'R'][COLOR:0:0:2]
[MODVALUE:5]
[LARGE_ROAMING][BIOME:DESERT_BADLANDS][liKES_FIGHTING][FREQUENCY:1][DIFFICULTY:2]
[GENPOWER:5]
[CANOPENDOORS]
[NOT_BUTCHERABLE][NATURAL][PET_EXOTIC]
[NOPAIN][EXTRAVISION][NOBREATHE][NOBLEED][NOSTUN][NONAUSEA][NOEMOTION][RECKLESS]
[NOSKULL][NOSKIN][NOBONES][NOMEAT][NOTHOUGHT][NOEXERT]
[AMPHIBIOUS][UNDERSWIM]
[BUILDINGDESTROYER:2]
[NOFEAR][NOEXERT]
[PREFSTRING:metals]
[ITEMCORPSE:GEAR_ASSEMBLY:NO_SUBTYPE:METAL:IRON]
[ITEMCORPSE_QUALITY:5]
[NOSMELLYROT]
[BODY:HUMANOID_SIMPLE]
[SIZE:7]
[ATTACK:MAIN:BYTYPE:GRASP:stab:stabs:1:8:PIERCE][ATTACKFLAG_WITH]
[DAMBLOCK:12]
[NO_DRINK][NO_EAT][NO_SLEEP]
[ALL_ACTIVE]
[NO_GENDER]
[MATERIAL:METAL:IRON]
[SWIMS_INNATE][SWIM_SPEED:7000]
[POPULATION_NUMBER:2:4]
[LARGE_PREDATOR]

[Grimlocke]

[COLOR:0:0:2]? I though only 0 and 1 were allowed as the 3rd number.

Oh yes, if your going to put in code like that, using

Code: [Select]

code is recommended. You can things like [liKES_FIGHTING] (no caps in 'li') without them.

Codewise I cant see anything else wrong with it, though you might want to come up with a more interesting prefstring and body definition

[Koliup]

Thanks, gonna load it up, and see if it works, although, probably not going to see one for a LOOOONG time.

[i2amroy]

I'm unsure if I put the various strings in the right place..
I don't want to fudge up my, or anyone else' DF with this thing.

Just wanted to tell you that order doesn't matter at all in most tags. As long as you [CREATURE:ROBOT] at the top you can put the tags in any order an it will work fine. The only exception is tags that imply other tags, then order matters. For example, [STANDARD_FLESH] implies some basic heat temp things so if you put [HEATDAM_POINT:100000] before it, then the standard flesh temp values will override it. If you put if after it, then it will override the standard flesh values. Other than that though, order doesn't matter.

[Koliup]

Thanks.
I've recently edited them, they are now supposed to pop up in mountain areas.
Here be the code(Once again, feel free to point out flaws ETC.):

Code: [Select]

[CREATURE:ROBOT]
[NAME:robot:robots:robot]
[TITLE'R'][COLOR:1:1:1]
[MODVALUE:5]
[BIOME:MOUNTAIN]
[LARGE_ROAMING][LIKES_FIGHTING][FREQUENCY:1][DIFFICULTY:2]
[GENPOWER:5]
[CANOPENDOORS]
[NOT_BUTCHERABLE][NATURAL][PET_EXOTIC]
[NOPAIN][EXTRAVISION][NOBREATHE][NOSTUN][NONAUSEA][NOEMOTION][RECKLESS]
[NOSKULL][NOSKIN][NOBONES][NOMEAT][NOTHOUGHT][NOEXERT]
[AMPHIBIOUS][UNDERSWIM]
[BUILDINGDESTROYER:2]
[NOFEAR][NOEXERT]
[PREFSTRING:squeaking joints]
[BODY:HUMANOID:1EYES:2EARS:HEART:HUMANOID_JOINTS:THROAT:NECK:SPINE:BRAIN:3FINGERS:1TOES]
[ITEMCORPSE:GEAR_ASSEMBLY:NO_SUBTYPE:METAL:IRON]
[ITEMCORPSE_QUALITY:5]
[NOSMELLYROT]
[BODY:HUMANOID_SIMPLE]
[SIZE:7]
[ATTACK:MAIN:BYTYPE:GRASP:stab:stabs:1:8:PIERCE][ATTACKFLAG_WITH]
[DAMBLOCK:12]
[NO_DRINK][NO_EAT][NO_SLEEP]
[ALL_ACTIVE]
[MATERIAL:METAL:IRON]
[SWIMS_INNATE][SWIM_SPEED:7000]
[POPULATION_NUMBER:30:60]
[LARGE_PREDATOR]They can bleed to death.
EDIT: I fought one in adventure mode, I stabbed it a few times, blew it into a mountain side, and lopped its head off, easy, it then got up, took two or three swipes at me, and died of blood loss.

[Akreaveter]

I am amused at a robot dying of blood loss.  Is there a black blood-type? Maybe you can simulate oil.

I guess in your world, Dungeons Masters are experts of programming, as well as just taming unusual beasts..

Anyway!  You still have NOEXERT.  While this isn't exactly a problem, it'd make it look cleaner.

As an idea, maybe you can throw in a variant which has AI, and thusly, CAN_LEARN or even INTELLIGENT, and could serve as a basis for a civilization of.  However, them still needing to breed is an amusing thought.  Von Neumann, yay.

[nahkh]

Isn't there already a robot fortress mod somewhere around here?

[nil]

I am amused at a robot dying of blood loss.  Is there a black blood-type? Maybe you can simulate oil.

Yeah, [BLOODTYPE:0] will make them bleed black goo, which I guess is close enough to oil.

[LordNagash]

Isn't there already a robot fortress mod somewhere around here?

Yeah, there is

[Koliup]

Hehehe, I had the feeling I wasn't the first to think of something like this.
Thanks for the advice, I made an Android variant, R for robot, A for android.

Code: [Select]

[CREATURE:ROBOT]
[NAME:robot:robots:robot]
[TITLE:'R'][COLOR:1:0:1]
[MODVALUE:5]
[BIOME:MOUNTAIN]
[BIOME:ROCKY_WASTELAND]
[BIOME:SAND_DESERT
[LARGE_ROAMING][LIKES_FIGHTING][FREQUENCY:30][DIFFICULTY:3]
[GENPOWER:5]
[CANOPENDOORS]
[NOT_BUTCHERABLE][NATURAL][PET_EXOTIC]
[NOPAIN][EXTRAVISION][NOBREATHE][NOSTUN][NONAUSEA][NOEMOTION][RECKLESS]
[NOSKULL][NOSKIN][NOBONES][NOMEAT][NOTHOUGHT][NOEXERT]
[AMPHIBIOUS][UNDERSWIM]
[BLOODTYPE:0]
[BUILDINGDESTROYER:2]
[NOFEAR]
[PREFSTRING:squeaking joints]
[BODY:HUMANOID:1EYES:2EARS:HEART:HUMANOID_JOINTS:THROAT:NECK:SPINE:BRAIN:3FINGERS:1TOES]
[ITEMCORPSE:GEAR_ASSEMBLY:NO_SUBTYPE:METAL:IRON]
[ITEMCORPSE_QUALITY:5]
[NOSMELLYROT]
[BODY:HUMANOID_SIMPLE]
[SIZE:7]
[ATTACK:MAIN:BYTYPE:GRASP:stab:stabs:1:8:PIERCE][ATTACKFLAG_WITH]
[DAMBLOCK:12]
[NO_DRINK][NO_EAT][NO_SLEEP]
[ALL_ACTIVE]
[MATERIAL:METAL:IRON]
[NO_GENDER]
[SWIMS_INNATE][SWIM_SPEED:7000]
[POPULATION_NUMBER:30:60]
[LARGE_PREDATOR]

[CREATURE:ANDROID]
[NAME:android:androids:android]
[TITLE:'A'][COLOR:1:0:1]
[MODVALUE:5]
[BIOME:MOUNTAIN]
[BIOME:ROCKY_WASTELAND]
[BIOME:SAND_DESERT]
[BIOME:TEMPERATE_SAVANNA]
[LARGE_ROAMING][FREQUENCY:20][DIFFICULTY:3]
[GENPOWER:5]
[CANOPENDOORS]
[NOT_BUTCHERABLE][NATURAL]
[INTELLIGENT]
[CAN_LEARN][CAN_SPEAK]
[NOPAIN][EXTRAVISION][NOBREATHE][NOSTUN][NONAUSEA][RECKLESS][NO_EMOTION]
[NOSKULL][NOSKIN][NOBONES][NOMEAT][NOEXERT]
[AMPHIBIOUS][UNDERSWIM]
[BLOODTYPE:0]
[BUILDINGDESTROYER:2]
[NOFEAR]
[PREFSTRING:inanimate objects]
[BODY:HUMANOID:1EYES:2EARS:HEART:HUMANOID_JOINTS:THROAT:NECK:SPINE:BRAIN:4FINGERS:1TOES]
[ITEMCORPSE:GEAR_ASSEMBLY:NO_SUBTYPE:METAL:IRON]
[ITEMCORPSE_QUALITY:5]
[NOSMELLYROT]
[BODY:HUMANOID_SIMPLE]
[SIZE:7]
[ATTACK:MAIN:BYTYPE:GRASP:stab:stabs:1:8:PIERCE][ATTACKFLAG_WITH]
[DAMBLOCK:12]
[NO_DRINK][NO_EAT][NO_SLEEP]
[EQUIPS]
[SPEECH_MALE:human_male.txt]
[ALL_ACTIVE]
[MATERIAL:METAL:IRON]
[HOMEOTHERM:10071]
[SWIMS_INNATE][SWIM_SPEED:5000]
[POPULATION_NUMBER:30:60]
[LARGE_PREDATOR]

[blah28722]

You might also add in a slow [SPEED:1500] for these guys, because his attack is deadly. In addition, his high damblock makes it hard to hurt him.

Having custom body parts wouldn't be too hard.

For example, just copy over the standard body parts to a body_robot.txt file and rename the parts accordingly.

The flying iron bolt hits the robot in the torso!
It is badly pierced!
The robot's THERMONUCLEAR INTERNAL REACTOR is pierced! (heart, guts, etc.)

[Koliup]

You might also add in a slow [SPEED:1500] for these guys, because his attack is deadly. In addition, his high damblock makes it hard to hurt him.

Having custom body parts wouldn't be too hard.

For example, just copy over the standard body parts to a body_robot.txt file and rename the parts accordingly.

The flying iron bolt hits the robot in the torso!
It is badly pierced!
The robot's THERMONUCLEAR INTERNAL REACTOR is pierced! (heart, guts, etc.)

Thanks for the suggestion, new to this, anyway, I'm gonna mod the speed, wasn't sure if I could do that.
P.S. [BP:HEART:heart] I assume the small one is the one I'm not allowed to change?
P.S.S. Oh, wait, I can make my own organs right? So, I could make a [BODY:BLORP] [BP:BLORP:blorp][CONTYPE:UPPERBODY][CIRCULATION]- ETC. Right?
EDIT: Ding changes done, gonna load up DF and run around in adventure mode, looking for trouble.

Code: [Select]

[CREATURE:ROBOT]
[NAME:robot:robots:robot]
[TITLE:'R'][COLOR:1:0:1]
[MODVALUE:5]
[BIOME:MOUNTAIN]
[BIOME:ROCKY_WASTELAND]
[BIOME:SAND_DESERT
[LARGE_ROAMING][LIKES_FIGHTING][FREQUENCY:30][DIFFICULTY:3]
[GENPOWER:5]
[CANOPENDOORS]
[NOT_BUTCHERABLE][NATURAL][PET_EXOTIC]
[NOPAIN][EXTRAVISION][NOBREATHE][NOSTUN][NONAUSEA][NOEMOTION][RECKLESS]
[NOSKULL][NOSKIN][NOBONES][NOMEAT][NOTHOUGHT][NOEXERT]
[AMPHIBIOUS][UNDERSWIM]
[BLOODTYPE:0]
[BUILDINGDESTROYER:2]
[NOFEAR]
[PREFSTRING:squeaking joints]
[BODY:HUMANOID:1EYES:2EARS:BOILER:HUMANOID_JOINTS:THROAT:NECK:SPINE:CPU:3FINGERS:1TOES]
[ITEMCORPSE:GEAR_ASSEMBLY:NO_SUBTYPE:METAL:IRON]
[ITEMCORPSE_QUALITY:5]
[NOSMELLYROT]
[SPEED:1500]
[BODY:HUMANOID_SIMPLE]
[SIZE:7]
[ATTACK:MAIN:BYTYPE:GRASP:stab:stabs:1:8:PIERCE][ATTACKFLAG_WITH]
[DAMBLOCK:12]
[NO_DRINK][NO_EAT][NO_SLEEP]
[ALL_ACTIVE]
[MATERIAL:METAL:IRON]
[NO_GENDER]
[SWIMS_INNATE][SWIM_SPEED:7000]
[POPULATION_NUMBER:30:60]
[LARGE_PREDATOR]

[CREATURE:ANDROID]
[NAME:android:androids:android]
[TITLE:'A'][COLOR:1:0:1]
[MODVALUE:5]
[BIOME:MOUNTAIN]
[BIOME:ROCKY_WASTELAND]
[BIOME:SAND_DESERT]
[BIOME:TEMPERATE_SAVANNA]
[LARGE_ROAMING][FREQUENCY:20][DIFFICULTY:3]
[GENPOWER:5]
[CANOPENDOORS]
[NOT_BUTCHERABLE][NATURAL]
[INTELLIGENT]
[CAN_LEARN][CAN_SPEAK]
[NOPAIN][EXTRAVISION][NOBREATHE][NOSTUN][NONAUSEA][RECKLESS][NO_EMOTION]
[NOSKULL][NOSKIN][NOBONES][NOMEAT][NOEXERT]
[AMPHIBIOUS][UNDERSWIM]
[BLOODTYPE:0]
[BUILDINGDESTROYER:2]
[NOFEAR]
[PREFSTRING:inanimate objects]
[BODY:HUMANOID:1EYES:2EARS:BOILER:HUMANOID_JOINTS:THROAT:NECK:SPINE:CPU:4FINGERS:1TOES]
[ITEMCORPSE:GEAR_ASSEMBLY:NO_SUBTYPE:METAL:IRON]
[ITEMCORPSE_QUALITY:5]
[NOSMELLYROT]
[SPEED:1000]
[BODY:HUMANOID_SIMPLE]
[SIZE:7]
[ATTACK:MAIN:BYTYPE:GRASP:stab:stabs:1:8:PIERCE][ATTACKFLAG_WITH]
[DAMBLOCK:12]
[NO_DRINK][NO_EAT][NO_SLEEP]
[EQUIPS]
[SPEECH_MALE:human_male.txt]
[ALL_ACTIVE]
[MATERIAL:METAL:IRON]
[HOMEOTHERM:10071]
[SWIMS_INNATE][SWIM_SPEED:5000]
[POPULATION_NUMBER:30:60]
[LARGE_PREDATOR]P.S.S.S Yes, dungeon masters are expert code monkeys in my version of DF, I'm now compelled to make a non exotic drone.