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[Seriyu]

Oh, hurp.

Okay, thanks much. 

[rephikul]

I'm having issue attaching nail to hands (not fingers, hands)
Testing on dwarves, which has humanoid body plan:
[BODY:HUMANOID:2EYES:2EARS:NOSE:2LUNGS:HEART:GUTS:ORGANS:HUMANOID_JOINTS:THROAT:NECK:SPINE:BRAIN:SKULL:5FINGERS:5TOES:MOUTH:FACIAL_FEATURES:TEETH:RIBCAGE]

I removed the fingers and replaced finger to hand at this section:
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:NAIL:NAIL_TEMPLATE]
[USE_TISSUE_TEMPLATE:NAIL:NAIL_TEMPLATE]
[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:FINGER:NAIL:FRONT]

The game then recognize nails attached to hand just fine, arena testing show people getting nail punched off hand very often.


However, it cannot recognize scratch attack. This is the original scratch definition
[ATTACK:SCRATCH:CHILD_TISSUE_LAYER_GROUP:BY_TYPE:GRASP:BY_CATEGORY:FINGER:NAIL]

And this one is mine
[ATTACK:SCRATCH:CHILD_TISSUE_LAYER_GROUP:BY_TYPE:GRASP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:NAIL]

The error is as following:
DWARF:Attack SCRATCH seems to have correct format but could not find proper BPs in any caste, so not added

What could have gone wrong?

[Lofn]

Change ALL to HAND.

[rephikul]

Change ALL to HAND.

That worked not, but thanks.

[Akjosch]

I would also like to know how to coat the outside of the gut in a material of choice? I'd like to make them stronger.

This method works for me ...

In an [OBJECT:BODY_DETAIL_PLAN] file:

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[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:INSECT_DIGESTIVE_LAYERS]
   [BP_LAYERS:BY_CATEGORY:FOREGUT:CHITIN:5:GUT:100] -- Chitin lined to prevent damage

In an [OBJECT:BODY] file (note: only the foregut gets the chitin lining, due to "BY_CATEGORY:FOREGUT" in the previous definition; the others have the usual material/layer definition):

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Only really useful for giant insects ...
[BODY:INSECT_GUTS]
   [BP:STOMACH:foregut:STP][CONTYPE:UPPERBODY][INTERNAL][SMALL][CATEGORY:FOREGUT]
      [DEFAULT_RELSIZE:400]
   [BP:MGUTS:midgut:STP][CONTYPE:LOWERBODY][GUTS][INTERNAL][SMALL][CATEGORY:GUTS]
      [DEFAULT_RELSIZE:300]
   [BP:HGUTS:hindgut:STP][CONTYPE:LOWERBODY][GUTS][INTERNAL][SMALL][CATEGORY:GUTS]
      [DEFAULT_RELSIZE:300]
   [BP:TUBULES:malpighian tubules:NP][CONTYPE:LOWERBODY][GUTS][INTERNAL][SMALL][CATEGORY:GUTS]
      [DEFAULT_RELSIZE:200] -- Between 2 and 100 of them in an insect

Finally, in your [OBJECT:CREATURE] file, wherever you're defining the body ...

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   [BODY:INSECT_GUTS]
   [BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:INSECT_DIGESTIVE_LAYERS]

[GaxkangtheUnbound]

How can I get a genderless creature?
I'm working on a true ant civilization, and I wish to have only drones and queens have genders(To prevent worker breeding).

[Akjosch]

How can I get a genderless creature?
I'm working on a true ant civilization, and I wish to have only drones and queens have genders(To prevent worker breeding).

Just don't add [FEMALE] nor [MALE] tags to the worker castes. The default ants already do that:

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   [CASTE:WORKER]
      [CASTE_NAME:worker ant:worker ants:worker ant]
      Female, but non-breeding (most of the time).
      [POP_RATIO:10000]
   [CASTE:SOLDIER]
      [CASTE_NAME:soldier ant:soldier ants:soldier ant]
      Female, but non-breeding (most of the time).
      [POP_RATIO:1000]
   [CASTE:DRONE]
      [MALE]
      [CASTE_NAME:drone ant:drone ants:drone ant]
      [POP_RATIO:5]
   [CASTE:QUEEN]
      [FEMALE]
      [CASTE_NAME:queen ant:queen ants:queen ant]
      [POP_RATIO:1]

You might want to tweak the population ratios though ...

[GaxkangtheUnbound]

Yay!
Thank you.

[Vattic]

Cheers Akjosch. I've been trying to make antmen more interesting and, having seen their default body, had to make them more anatomically accurate. Finding your giant ant post helped greatly.

[GaxkangtheUnbound]

Solved.

[GaxkangtheUnbound]

Solved.

[darkflagrance]

Also:
No errors in the error log. Do you think they just die out?

Have you checked legends to see if civilizations are actually created for them but are being killed off?

Are you embarking on the wrong continent on an island map?

[GaxkangtheUnbound]

Solved.

[GaxkangtheUnbound]

Solved.

[rephikul]

Change ALL to HAND.

That worked not, but thanks.

I figured out the problem, CHILD_TISSUE_LAYER does not mean sub tissue layer. But rather, Child bodypart's sub tissue layer. In the case of hand, child bodypart would be fingers. As I wanted to use hand's tissue layer directly, I had to change the attack definition to [ATTACK:SCRATCH:TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:HAND:NAIL] which use the tissue layer NAIL of body part HAND correctly.

GaxkangtheUnbound, if you found a solution for your issue, kindly describe it so people with similar issues can get some pointers.