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[Acanthus117]

I'm making a creature, and it doesn't work. Help?

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[CREATURE:CAVE_LOBSTER_MAN]
[COPY_TAGS_FROM:LOBSTER_CAVE]
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:ANIMAL_PERSON]
[CV_REMOVE_TAG:AQUATIC]
[CV_ADD_TAG:AMPHIBIOUS]
[APPLY_CURRENT_CREATURE_VARIATION]
[GO_TO_TAG:BODY]
[CV_REMOVE_TAG:BODY]
[APPLY_CURRENT_CREATURE_VARIATION]
[BODY:HUMANOID:SHELL:TAIL:HEART:GUTS:ORGANS:NECK:SPINE:BRAIN:SKULL:MOUTH]
[GO_TO_END]
[SELECT_CASTE:MALE]
[CASTE_NAME:cave lobster man:cave lobster men:cave lobster man]
[SELECT_CASTE:FEMALE]
[CASTE_NAME:cave lobster woman:cave lobster women:cave lobster woman]
[GO_TO_START]
[NAME:cave lobster man:cave lobster men:cave lobster man]
[DESCRIPTION:A humanoid creature with the head of a cave lobster.  They live in colonies in watery regions far underground.]
[POPULATION_NUMBER:30:50]
[CLUSTER_NUMBER:5:10]
[MAXAGE:60:80]
[CREATURE_TILE:'l']
[COLOR:7:0:1]
[EXTRAVISION]
[CANNOT_UNDEAD]

[Deon]

What do you mean by "it doesn't work"?

Also, is it supposed to have no attacks?

[Acanthus117]

In Arena mode, the name comes out as nothing. Oh, and I'll fix the attacks :X

[tomas1297]

[NAME:X:X-es:X-ish] ?

Edit:Didn't notice you put it in.Sorry. :X

[Knight Otu]

Tossed them into creature_subterranean for a quick test, and I didn't see anything wrong with the names. Once attacks are added, they should work like a charm.

Edit: You might want to give them 2EYES, though.

[Acanthus117]

Thanks!

[Knight Otu]

Oh hoh! I tossed them into my creature file just now, and NOW they appear as nothing! I guess creatures that are variants need to be in the same file as the base creature.

[Acanthus117]

Okay, so what do I do?

[Knight Otu]

Just paste your lobster men on the end of creature_subterranean. That's where the cave lobster already resides.

[Acanthus117]

I did that. That's where I put the thing in the first place. I'll just give them attacks, and see if that fixes anything.

[Knight Otu]

That's odd. Did you try putting them into a separate file?

[Acanthus117]

I gave them attacks, and now, all their attacks pass through one another... maybe I should try another animal.

[Dasleah]

They don't have to be in the same file, just in a file that comes after the base creature's file in alphabetical order. So if the base creature is in creature_a, you just need it to be in creature_b or later.

Tell us what your errorlog.txt says about them, if anything.

[JoRo]

I had creatures named 'nothing' in arena mode when they had no [CASTE_NAME] but since you have that, maybe it's conflicting somehow with the [CASTE_NAME] already in the cave lobster raw?

Edit: never mind, batmen have the same set up and work fine with their caste names.

[Deon]

Wait what? I copied these tags and it works. Are you sure you have no other errors in errorlog.txt?