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[Elvin]

I want to try and put the Terrifying Goblins from the " A better Goblin Mod" into the regular Civilisation Forge mod. I had already modded in Orcs, but the files they used didn't require modifications to the creature_standard and entity_default files.

The main problem here is I don't want to remove the original goblins, I want to keep them and add in Terrifying Goblins ontop, so I get a whole different species. If it wasn't, I would simply overwrite the files, but that is not what I want to do.

Thanks for any advice.

[Lordinquisitor]

By modded in orcs you mean copy&paste?

Well in this case you simply need to do the same.

[Elvin]

That doesn't work in this case though because the files for the Orcs were language_Orcs and creature_orcs. The two files that come with the goblins download are creature_standard and entity_default. Do I have to extract the Goblin parts from both files, and copy+paste them into my existing files of the same name?

[i2amroy]

Correct.

[blah28722]

You'd grab the goblin entry in creature_standard and paste it into creature_goblin_terrifying, the [ENTITY:EVIL] entry from entity_defaults to entity_goblin_terrifying.

It'd look something like this:

creature_goblin_terrifying.txt

Code: [Select]

creature_goblin_terrifying

[OBJECT:CREATURE]

<Copy and pasted code for goblins here>
entity_goblin_terrifying.txt

Code: [Select]

entity_goblin_terrifying

[OBJECT:ENTITY]

<Copy and pasted code for goblins' civilization here>

[Elvin]

Thanks, it all works now

[Dohon]

But can those goblins be added to the entity_default and the creature_standard too? Or is it better to use a seperate creature_newgoblin and and entity_newgoblin?

NINJA EDIT: And say that you want to add two new species (A en B). Do you have to create a entity_a and entity_b? Or can stick both A and B in a entity_ab file? Or can they all be added to the entity_default file?

[Deon]

It doesn't matter as long as they have various names for CREATURE:# and ENTITY:*. # and * should be unique, that's the main rule. If you simply copy [ENTITY:EVIL] from one mod to another the second one will overwrite the first. If you change it to [ENTITY:EVIL2] or something, it's ok. Same for [CREATURE:GOBLIN].

P.S. It's good to check errorlog.txt located in your DF folder.

[blah28722]

But can those goblins be added to the entity_default and the creature_standard too? Or is it better to use a seperate creature_newgoblin and and entity_newgoblin?

NINJA EDIT: And say that you want to add two new species (A en B). Do you have to create a entity_a and entity_b? Or can stick both A and B in a entity_ab file? Or can they all be added to the entity_default file?

Yes to both.

Those would all work.

[Dohon]

Cheers for the reply, Deon and blah28722!

[Deon]

File structure doesn't matter anything as long as you put correct things in correct places (i.e. you don't try to put a creature in item file and vise versa). It's for your organizing pleasure and for ease of "modular" mods (which can be put/removed at will without affecting other files).

Personally I think it's better to put additions in separate files, because this way it's easier to tweak them/spot errors without touching the main content. However it's not necessary.

[Dohon]

I'm also in favour of seperate files. Allows for some handy switching.

Does DF require a "entity_default" file? Or will it work if you only use "entity_a" "entity_b" and so on?