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ShadowLuigi147

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Custom playable race
« on: February 18, 2010, 08:58:22 pm »

So...how would I make a blood-sucking flying race of people? Not really sure how to start them. They should be armored...and be cannibals..and if they can be as much like an automaton as possible, that would be great. So, basically, metal, no eat, no thirst, no sleep, yeah...like bronze colossi.
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Re: Custom playable race
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2010, 09:01:00 pm »

well flying units don't path so well currently, that's all I know.
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Re: Custom playable race
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2010, 10:12:06 pm »

Have a look at the wiki for tags, and make sure to look at Nightwings, as you could probably cannibalise most of their tags.

Also, what forsaken said.
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Re: Custom playable race
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2010, 12:58:06 pm »

Honestly the flying part won't work too well, and I don't think there is a 'blood suck' attack yet, but if you want a playable golem civilization or something you can always copy the bronze colossus entry and rename it (steel colossus?) and then change around the entity file a bit.
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Re: Custom playable race
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2010, 12:58:43 pm »

Of course you might want to resize the weapons you want them to use to be appropriate. :)
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Re: Custom playable race
« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2010, 01:32:26 pm »

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and I don't think there is a 'blood suck' attack yet
Ahem, it was even in 2d.

[SPECIALATTACK_SUCK_BLOOD:50:100]
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Re: Custom playable race
« Reply #6 on: February 19, 2010, 06:21:19 pm »

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and I don't think there is a 'blood suck' attack yet
Ahem, it was even in 2d.

[SPECIALATTACK_SUCK_BLOOD:50:100]
Well then!

Though in the new version that might end up being a bit suicidal if you ever run into living balls of vomit or a colossus with molten copper blood. : D
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Re: Custom playable race
« Reply #7 on: February 19, 2010, 11:57:00 pm »

I thought it was impossible to use those special attacks with playable races, however...
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