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[bobsnewaddress]

I've barely started getting into trying to mod DF & I've run into a snag with my latest project, namely creating deadly deadly Rhesus Macaques who can pick up and equip weapons and love fighting.

My first attempt failed miserably: the macaques would just steal items like normal without bothering to equip them, even though I added the [EQUIPS] tag. I removed the item-theft tag, but then they just milled about in a swarm aimlessly & even when I made a weapon stock pile out near the monkeys they didn't seem interested in them.

Can anyone explain the error of my ways?

[Ziusudra]

Did you change the SIZE of the macaque or the items? At size 3 there isn't much that they could equip. The only default weapons with MINIMUM_SIZE less than 4 are whips, scourges, blowguns, and large daggers; all at MINIMUM_SIZE 3.

[bobsnewaddress]

Did you change the SIZE of the macaque or the items? At size 3 there isn't much that they could equip. The only default weapons with MINIMUM_SIZE less than 4 are whips, scourges, blowguns, and large daggers; all at MINIMUM_SIZE 3.

I thought of that and made them size 5 before I made the other changes in the OP. Originally I had wanted to enslave Kobolds (who are size 5), but since Entities can't be made into pets I had to settle for trying to recreate them in monkey form.
 
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I'll post the RAW code just in case anyone can point out something that's keeping this from working.

[CREATURE:MACAQUE_RHESUS]
   [NAME:rhesus macaque:rhesus macaques:rhesus macaque]
   [TILE:'m'][COLOR:7:0:0]
   [LARGE_ROAMING][FREQUENCY:100]
   [POPULATION_NUMBER:40:100]
   [CLUSTER_NUMBER:15:25][LOOSE_CLUSTERS]
   [CAN_LEARN][CAN_SPEAK][LARGE_PREDATOR]   [liKES_FIGHTING]
   [PETVALUE:50]
   [GRASSTRAMPLE:0][PET][trAINABLE]
   [PREFSTRING:mischief]
   [BODY:HUMANOID:2EYES:2EARS:NOSE:2LUNGS:HEART:GUTS:ORGANS:HUMANOID_JOINTS:THROAT:NECK:SPINE:BRAIN:5FINGERS:5TOES:MOUTH]
   [SIZE:5]
   [MAXAGE:30:40]
   [ATTACK:MAIN:BYTYPE:MOUTH:bite:bites:1:3:GORE][ATTACKFLAG_CANLATCH]

[ATTACK:SECOND:BYTYPE:GRASP:punch:punches:1:2:BLUDGEON][ATTACKFLAG_WITH]
   [CHILD:3]
   [FAT:1]
   [EQUIPS]
   [DIURNAL]
   [BIOME:SHRUBLAND_TEMPERATE]
   [BIOME:SAVANNA_TEMPERATE]
   [BIOME:GRASSLAND_TEMPERATE]
   [BIOME:NOT_FREEZING]
   [STANDARD_FLESH]
   [HOMEOTHERM:10069]
   [LAYERING:100]
   [SWIMS_INNATE][SWIM_SPEED:2500]
   [PERSONALITY:ANGER:25:75:100]
   [PERSONALITY:IMMODERATION:50:75:100]
   [PERSONALITY:EXCITEMENT_SEEKING:0:60:100]
   [PERSONALITY:CHEERFULNESS:0:40:90]
   [PERSONALITY:ALTRUISM:0:25:50]
   [PERSONALITY:MODESTY:0:40:90]
   [PERSONALITY:SYMPATHY:0:25:50]
   [FANCIFUL]


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I stole a lot of code from goblins and gremlins to see if it would help, but they still just mill around lazily. Not even making them carnivores helped.

[Doomshifter]

Just give Kobolds the [PET] and possibly the [trAINABLE] tag, if that was your original idea. Then you could technically tame a kobold and have him work like a war dog.

[bobsnewaddress]

Just give Kobolds the [PET] and possibly the [trAINABLE] tag, if that was your original idea. Then you could technically tame a kobold and have him work like a war dog.

Doesn't work. I tried that before working on the monkey project -- I even removed the Kobolds [trapavoid] just so that I could cage-trap one and test if I could tame them. Apparently creatures who can form civilizations can't be tamed or trained for some reason.

[Chromie]

I thought, from the Murlocs thread, that a creature with [equips] just prefers to steal weapons/armor(?), but runs off the map with it when it has it.

[bobsnewaddress]

I thought, from the Murlocs thread, that a creature with [equips] just prefers to steal weapons/armor(?), but runs off the map with it when it has it.

Nah, that's the CURIOUSBEAT_ITEM tag that causes them to do this. All these Macaques do is bumble around aimlessly. They don't even attack cats or dogs like they did in an earlier build.