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[Untelligent]

It appears [METAL_PREF] no longer affects what metals are available to a race, and [MINOR_METAL] is no longer a recognized token.

Disturbing.

[Knight Otu]

(Of course, if you don't mind)

I'm flattered, actually.

Met up with the fake "blue" octorocs with an adventurer. It was over fast.

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You jump away from The spinning slade!
The spinning slade laced with Dag Skinhays's human blood strikes You in the head, bruising the muscle, jamming the skull through the brain and tearing apart the brain!
You have been knocked unconscious!
You have been shot and killed.

Yeah, that material isn't for more natural creatures. Onward to other breath weapons!

[LordHavoc]

Oh seriously? That's insanely odd.

How about making wood as a product? The material tag keeps barfing out that neither PLANT nor WOOD are valid material tags.

This'll do it

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[PRODUCT:100:1:WOOD:NO_SUBTYPE:PLANT_MAT:OAK:WOOD]

Now I need help in making bones, corpses and shells

[Kilowatt]

So, uh, venom and such has left me somewhat confused. I've found the helmet snake a nice example of the venom use and its effects, as well as syndromes, but I am confused by the long strings of numbers and modifiers in the effect tags of the syndrome. In addition to this, I have a few questions about venom in general-
First, how is it handled? Is it a material or something?
Second, are there different types of venom such as inhalants, contact, and injected venoms?
Third, how does one set up a delivery system for the above types?
Fourth, is it possible to have multiple modifiers on a breath tag that could result in such blasphemy as poisonous fire or poisonous glass shards, or even a venom that is breathed out as a liquid and vaporizes? (Or vice versa?)

I've added the helmet snake venom as a reference for ease of dissection.

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[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:VENOM:CREATURE_EXTRACT_TEMPLATE]
      [STATE_NAME:ALL_SOLID:frozen helmet snake venom]
      [STATE_ADJ:ALL_SOLID:frozen helmet snake venom]
      [STATE_NAME:LIQUID:helmet snake venom]
      [STATE_ADJ:LIQUID:helmet snake venom]
      [STATE_NAME:GAS:boiling helmet snake venom]
      [STATE_ADJ:GAS:boiling helmet snake venom]
      [PREFIX:NONE]
      [ENTERS_BLOOD]
      [SYNDROME]
         [SYN_NAME:helmet snake bite]
         [SYN_AFFECTED_CLASS:GENERAL_POISON]
         [SYN_IMMUNE_CREATURE:HELMET_SNAKE:ALL]
         [SYN_INJECTED]
         [CE_FEVER:SEV:50:PROB:100:RESISTABLE:SIZE_DILUTES:START:50:PEAK:500:END:1500]
         [CE_NAUSEA:SEV:50:PROB:100:RESISTABLE:SIZE_DILUTES:START:50:PEAK:500:END:1500]
         [CE_DIZZINESS:SEV:50:PROB:100:RESISTABLE:SIZE_DILUTES:START:50:PEAK:500:END:1500]
         [CE_PAIN:SEV:75:PROB:100:RESISTABLE:SIZE_DILUTES:LOCALIZED:VASCULAR_ONLY:START:50:PEAK:500:END:1500]
         [CE_SWELLING:SEV:100:PROB:100:RESISTABLE:SIZE_DILUTES:LOCALIZED:VASCULAR_ONLY:START:50:PEAK:500:END:1500]
         [CE_OOZING:SEV:50:PROB:100:RESISTABLE:SIZE_DILUTES:LOCALIZED:VASCULAR_ONLY:START:50:PEAK:500:END:1500]
         [CE_BRUISING:SEV:50:PROB:100:RESISTABLE:SIZE_DILUTES:LOCALIZED:VASCULAR_ONLY:START:50:PEAK:500:END:1500]
         [CE_BLEEDING:SEV:10:PROB:100:RESISTABLE:SIZE_DILUTES:LOCALIZED:VASCULAR_ONLY:START:50:PEAK:75:END:100]
         [CE_NECROSIS:SEV:100:PROB:100:RESISTABLE:SIZE_DILUTES:LOCALIZED:VASCULAR_ONLY:START:50:PEAK:800:END:3000]

From what I can glean from this, it appears to be that these parts of syndromes are endurable, and there are distribution tags, as well as peak amounts and start amounts of the damage in the area. Is this all correct?
Further experimentation is needed.

Oh, look, seconds later, I find another one with an example of gaseous toxins. At a glance observations included. It's a "Cave Floater".

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[BODY:BASIC_1PARTBODY_FLYING_HEAD_FLAG_THOUGHT:2EYESTALKS]
   [USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:POD_JUICE:CREATURE_EXTRACT_TEMPLATE]
      [STATE_NAME:ALL_SOLID:frozen cave floater juice]
      [STATE_ADJ:ALL_SOLID:frozen cave floater juice]
      [STATE_NAME:LIQUID:cave floater juice]
      [STATE_ADJ:LIQUID:cave floater juice]
      [STATE_NAME:GAS:cave floater gas]
      [STATE_ADJ:GAS:cave floater gas]
      [MELTING_POINT:9950]
      [BOILING_POINT:10000]
      [PREFIX:NONE]
      [SYNDROME]
         [SYN_NAME:cave floater sickness]
         [SYN_AFFECTED_CLASS:GENERAL_POISON]
         [SYN_IMMUNE_CREATURE:CAVE_FLOATER:ALL]
         [SYN_INHALED]
         [CE_FEVER:SEV:50:PROB:100:RESISTABLE:START:50:PEAK:500:END:1500]
         [CE_NAUSEA:SEV:35:PROB:100:RESISTABLE:START:50:PEAK:100:END:300]
         [CE_DROWSINESS:SEV:75:PROB:100:RESISTABLE:START:1000:PEAK:2000:END:4000]
         [CE_DIZZINESS:SEV:75:PROB:100:RESISTABLE:START:1000:PEAK:2000:END:3000]
   [USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:SKIN:SKIN_TEMPLATE]
   [TISSUE:GAS]
      [TISSUE_NAME:interior gas:NP]
      [TISSUE_MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:POD_JUICE]
      [TISSUE_MAT_STATE:GAS]
      [MUSCULAR]
      [FUNCTIONAL]
      [STRUCTURAL]
      [RELATIVE_THICKNESS:10]
      [CONNECTS]
      [TISSUE_SHAPE:LAYER]
      [TISSUE_LEAKS]
   [TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:BODY:GAS]
   [TISSUE:POD]
      [TISSUE_NAME:pod:NP]
      [TISSUE_MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:SKIN]
      [TISSUE_MAT_STATE:SOLID]
      [STRUCTURAL]
      [RELATIVE_THICKNESS:1]
      [CONNECTS]
      [TISSUE_SHAPE:LAYER]
   [TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:POD]
   [MATERIAL_BREATH_ATTACK:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:POD_JUICE:TRAILING_GAS_FLOW]

Now, at a glance, there appears to be a pod "tissue". Slightly confused as to what this does as well. It also seems to be referencing some "pod juice" item. Any clue as to where these are being referenced from?

[Greiger]

I just had a single adventurer take on 30 red octoroc alone in the arena, with nothing but a steel long sword, iron shield, chain mail shirt, leather leggings, leather boots, leather gloves and a leather cap.

The rocks couldn't penetrate the body armor, and most were blocked by the shield.  But after 3 turns of blocking and dodging he got over exerted and passed out on the floor where his extremities were very slowly bludgeoned into paste and he bled to death.

It did not end well for Link.  Next all the octoroc are fighting a dragon.

It's like a fireworks display, enough creatures with a solid glob breath firing at something suitably invincible is like some fancy particle effect just an endless stream of projectiles flying through the air coating everything at a certain range in sandstone.

[Fault]

Hey guys, look what I made!



It's a demonic creature that BLEEDS FIRE

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[CASTE:REAVER]
[MALE]
[CREATURE_TILE:38][COLOR:0:0:1]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:FACIAL_HAIR_TISSUE_LAYERS]
[BLOOD:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:BLOOD:GAS]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:BLOOD:FLAME_TEMPLATE]
[STATE_COLOR:ALL:SCARLET]
[BODY_SIZE:0:0:10000]
[BODY_SIZE:1:168:50000]
[BODY_SIZE:20:0:250000]


[Untelligent]

Venom stuff

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[CE_FEVER:SEV:50:PROB:100:RESISTABLE:SIZE_DILUTES:START:50:PEAK:500:END:1500]

After the effect is the SEVerity, which appears to be a number from 0 to 100.

Next is the PROBability, which also is a percentage from 0 to 100.

Next is whether the venom is RESISTABLE or if having a large SIZE DILUTES the effect of the venom. If SIZE_DILUTES is not wanted, the argument can merely be left out, from what I've seen elsewhere; it's probably the same for RESISTABLE.

START, PEAK, and END determine the timespan of the venom's effects; I have a note somewhere that "300 = 3 days," but I can't remember how I came up with that.



Venom is a property that can be attached to a material; I've heard it only works for local creature mats, though.

The three types of venom are [SYN_INHALED], [SYN_INJECTED], and [SYN_CONTACT]. A venom can have any or all of those; inhaled venoms have a chance of affecting you when you stand in a poisonous gas cloud, injected venoms must be attached to an injected creature extract (like scorpion venom or whatever), and contact only works for contaminants (like if you stab something and you get its poisonous blood on you).

You can't directly attach a venom to standard firebreath, but you could make a breath that's poisonous and also really hot via fixed temp, but make sure the creature is fire-resistant.

As for the pod juice in that one creature,

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[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:POD_JUICE:CREATURE_EXTRACT_TEMPLATE]

This makes a material specific to the creature (known as a LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT) using the default creature extract material as a template. The material properties below that (including the syndrome) are then applied to the new material.


[TISSUE:GAS] and stuff

This makes a tissue specific to the creature using the above material. [TISSUE_LEAKS] either implies that it constantly leaks the gas or that puncturing it will cause it to leak the gas.


[MATERIAL_BREATH_ATTACK:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:POD_JUICE:TRAILING_GAS_FLOW]

This will cause it to occasionally emit a puff of toxic pod juice gas when attacking.

[Supercharazad]

No, I made a "rot snake" to test poisons, that value goes WAAAAY past 100... I made it so as after it bites, you have a few in-game hours (I think about 6) before you instantly rot and bleed to death, so, so fun

[Diakron]

I just got my first mood, a glass maker after 3 seasons having no sand i decided to try the trick with modding soil layers to sand. Didn't work.

But after a little file digging i noticed that saved games carry a copy of the raws with them and if you mod THAT it takes place... now this begs the question: can we add reactions on the fly now?

I don't mod reactions but i'd love to see the results

[Lofn]

The only syndromes that appear to do anything are nausea and fever - is there any way to tell which are in effect on a creature in the area?

[Untelligent]

The only syndromes that appear to do anything are nausea and fever - is there any way to tell which are in effect on a creature in the area?

Be the affected creature in Arena mode.

[Charmander]

I just got my first mood, a glass maker after 3 seasons having no sand i decided to try the trick with modding soil layers to sand. Didn't work.

But after a little file digging i noticed that saved games carry a copy of the raws with them and if you mod THAT it takes place... now this begs the question: can we add reactions on the fly now?

Yeah. Was coming to report that. Pity I was beaten to the punch. It's a useful find.

Makes modding a lot less hassle, but there's still some involved as soon as you start keeping different raw versions around...

[Fault]

does anybody know if [CREATURE_TILE] is a creature-level tag or a castle-level tag?

[Rumrusher]

is the military hard coded for only dwarves or is there a set of tags and tokens I need to add to the goblins so I can end raids on other towns.
also the new dwarven forts makes finding the mayor elven hard than the original dwarven hard, who makes a hole in a ground with no rooms?! that just begs to be rushed by a goblin raided

[NW_Kohaku]

How do you get attributes to work?  I've given my dwarves the same 5000 memory that the goblins and elves get, but most of my dwarves aren't popping up with notices of their memory most of the time, and when they do, although it's high, it isn't the max value.  Likewise, I gave female dwarves 5:5:5:5:5:5:5 agility, and male dwarves the all 5000s in agility, and I don't notice any difference...

... Should I report this as a bug?