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[thatkid]

Alright, I did not know that. Thanks

I guess I'll have to make each individual dragon its own creature. Which isn't too great a loss, as it actually opens up more options down the road should I feel the need to upgrade them.

EDIT:
I agree that castes are unwieldy, but I'm mostly doing this to try to better understand the caste system so not using them would defeat the purpose of this mod.

[D_E]

I was advising against the use of creature_variations in this case, since they make the most sense if you want to apply a set of changes to a wide variety of existing creatures.

Castes can be unwieldy, but for the most part I really like them, and make heavy use of them.

[thatkid]

I was advising against the use of creature_variations in this case, since they make the most sense if you want to apply a set of changes to a wide variety of existing creatures.

Castes can be unwieldy, but for the most part I really like them, and make heavy use of them.

Er...sorry, I mistyped.
I think I'm fairly solid on castes, I'm just not fully aware of what will and will not work in a caste. The main purpose of this little endeavor was to mess around with variations. The most interesting way I could think of was to add a bunch of different types of dragons, all of which had different scales. Sadly, I don't yet understand materials well enough to be able to idly mess with the stats of each scale type, but at the moment I feel they're pretty varied if only in temperature and color. It didn't exactly turn out as planned, but oh well.
At the moment I've got each scale tied to an inorganic metal that can be used to make solely armor and scaled items at a forge. I'm currently thinking of ways to have the scales vary even further (likely through their defensive values and densities, but I'm not sure yet) and also be less like cotton candy once forged. But I'm kind of tired of looking at those RAWs right now, so I'm thinking I might move on to creating some new weapons or a completely different megabeast from scratch or something. Custom body plans and body parts look like they might be tedious but fun.

[TomiTapio]

I need a little help. I'm using adventuring experiences to balance combat stuff (mace up, warhammer up, bleeding up, cloaks and robes less protective) and giving vocalizations to Genesis animals.
This one average-size camel has had its skull fractured and shattered several times and yet it lives.
How do I command "skulls get much much more pain and bleeding than other bones"? I suppose I would need to apply that fix (if it's doable) to all creatures large than a dog.

[D_E]

You could make a special skull-bone tissue_template with the properties you desire, and then either add it to STANDARD_TISSUES and VERTEBRATE_TISSUE_LAYERS or create new body detail plans that use it.  If you just modified STANDARD_TISSUES etc you wouldn't have to make changes to every creature raw.

[TomiTapio]

I need the tricky command of assigning that new tissue to skull only. Someone surely can provide me with that.

Promotion: What I have recently added to Genesis:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

(running to safety of town)
You hear a sneeze.
You grunt.
The Bogeyman has vanished.
You hear a quiet cough.
The Bogeyman has vanished.
The Bogeyman kicks You in the right lower arm with its left foot, bruising the fat through the red fox leather robe!
You hear a prayer.
You hear a sneeze.
You hear a manly burp.
The Bogeyman kicks You in the left lower leg with its right foot, but the attack is deflected by Your Žsteel elven boot¯!
You hear conversation.
You hear conversation.
You hear a sneeze.
You hear a prayer.
You swear.
You hear a prayer.
You hear a sneeze.
You hear a manly burp.
You hear somebody swearing.
(enter house)
The Engraver sneezes.
You are still surrounded by cackling. The cackling fades away.
The Fisherman talks.
You hear a grunt.
You hear somebody swearing.
(sleep)
You regain consciousness.
The Weaver sneezes.
You hear a prayer.
The Trapper sneezes.
The Carpenter sneezes.
The Stonecrafter sneezes.
The Peasant prays.
The Fisherman sneezes.
You are no longer stunned.
You hear a shout.
You hear somebody swearing.
You hear somebody swearing.
You hear a sneeze.
You hear a sneeze.
You hear a grunt.
You stand up.
You hear conversation.
You burp.
You pray.
("You X" is a side effect of giving sounds to entity creatures. Each sound has a different distance/volume and frequency. Wolves howl, Raptors clack, giant ants chitter, yaks moo, etc. work-in-progress)

[D_E]

If you want to go the VERTEBRATE_TISSUE_LAYERS route, change the line
   [BP_LAYERS:BY_CATEGORY:SKULL:ARG4:100]
at the end of the file to, eg,
   [BP_LAYERS:BY_CATEGORY:SKULL:SKULL_BONE:100]

EDIT:  End of the detail plan.  Not file 

[rephikul]

I need the tricky command of assigning that new tissue to skull only.

In your creature definition, use a different body detail plan with name of choice and include your new tissue as argument. In example:
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:SOFT_HEADED:SKIN:FAT:MUSCLE:BONE:CARTILAGE:CRANIAL_TISSUE]

Now define a new body detail plan with the same name as the one in your creature definition and use that very argument for the skull.. In an example, duplicate the vertebrate_tissue_layers plan replace ARG4 (bone) with ARG6 (cranial_tissue):
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:SOFT_HEADED]
...
[BP_LAYERS:BY_CATEGORY:SKULL:ARG6:100]
...
Now instead of bone, your creature's skull is now made of 100% of your newly made tissue.

That'd probably do the trick.

[TomiTapio]

Thanks guys! It'll still be the same kittenbone/humanbone material for most creatures, but with tissue-level
   [VASCULAR:80] --the purpose of skullbone, that one doesn't live after skull been shattered seven times.
   [PAIN_RECEPTORS:45], not settable, not splintable skull
(tuned Heart tissue [VASCULAR:135] [PAIN_RECEPTORS:24])

[jaxy15]

Guys, I need some help here.
I'm trying to make a caste (Not species, caste) of robodwarves.
I've gave them all the robotlike tags, like nofear, noexert, no_eat, no_drink, and other stuff.
I also made them slow.
How do I make them out of iron?

[TomiTapio]

I'm trying to make a caste (Not species, caste) of robodwarves. How do I make them out of iron?

I suggest you read the "[CASTE:CONQUEST_THRALL] Gith" of the Illithid mod or Genesis mod. It has various material parts. But basically I think create new dwarf bodyparts that only the robocaste uses.

make a [BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:ROBODORF_TISSUE_LAYERS] with stuff like [BP_LAYERS:BY_CATEGORY:STONE_FOOT:NATIVE_GOLD:25:BASALT:50]  [BP_LAYERS:BY_CATEGORY:BODY_UPPER:MUSCLE:50:FAT:5:WARPED_FLESH:2:SKIN:1]

[stabbymcstabstab]

you have to chang their mateiral tag to iron thiers a guide about some where

[jaxy15]

I also wanna know a few more things.

How would I make robodwarves unable to bleed, and make them less frequent than other castes?

[TomiTapio]

How would I make robodwarves unable to bleed, and make them less frequent than other castes?

No bleeding: delete or omit the [USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:BLOOD:BLOOD_TEMPLATE] line.
Rare caste: give common castes like [POP_RATIO:1000], your robocaste [POP_RATIO:10]. Chance of robocaste would be 10 / (sum of all other castes' ratios).

[Glanzor]

Question: How do I make a reaction that creates usable glove items?

Because if I write them the same way as any other clothing object, I don't get a "left glove" and a "right glove" but end up with just a "glove" and another "glove" without any adjective that aren't usable by dwarves or any other symmetrical creature for that matter.

What do I have to change here?:
[PRODUCT:100:2:GLOVES:ITEM_GLOVES_GLOVES:GET_MATERIAL_FROM_REAGENT:A:NONE]