Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Dame de la Licorne]

the tags I used to specify that the [CONTAINER] in the first needs to be metal will work as intended

As far as I'm aware, there's no way to limit the container material to only metals.  METAL, INORGANIC, and STONE as the primary material type are all aliases for INORGANIC.  Even so, using INORGANIC:NONE for the material part of the container reagent tag should at least prevent wood from being used, but I could be wrong about that (I'm not really sure whether or not PLANT_MATs are considered INORGANIC or not).

So if I create a new container item that can only be metal, can I specify the name of that container?  i.e. [REAGENT:C:1:LARGE_BARREL:NONE:NONE] where the "large barrel" is a new item only made of certain metals?

Also, do I need to create a new item/object entry for the "alumina slurry"

Yes, you need to at least create a new material definition for the alumina slurry in inorganic_other.txt, making sure that the case of the material name in the reagent matches that of the material definition.

In that case, do I need to replace the [IS_STONE] tag (i.e. from the plaster definition) with an [IS_GLOB] tag?

- Your aluminum bar product tag doesn't really make any sense, and seems to be copied from a reagent tag?  See http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/Reaction#Products for the proper format for products.
- You also definitely want [PRODUCT_DIMENSION:150] on the bar product, since a normal bar of metal has 150 hidden internal quantity (much like globs, powder, etc).

I don't want a bar as a product, I want a unit of unrefined ore, how do I specify that?

[jaxy15]

- Your aluminum bar product tag doesn't really make any sense, and seems to be copied from a reagent tag?  See http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/Reaction#Products for the proper format for products.
- You also definitely want [PRODUCT_DIMENSION:150] on the bar product, since a normal bar of metal has 150 hidden internal quantity (much like globs, powder, etc).

I don't want a bar as a product, I want a unit of unrefined ore, how do I specify that?

BOULDER:NONE:INORGANIC:ALUMINUM_NATIVE should do.

[Dame de la Licorne]

Hello again,

Is there a good place to go to find out what numbers give which colors? I'm trying to create a custom building whose appearance is the same as the smelter.

 - Dame de la Licorne

[Sphalerite]

Is there a good place to go to find out what numbers give which colors? I'm trying to create a custom building whose appearance is the same as the smelter.

http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/Color

[Syncing]

Hey, I got a few questions.
Currently I translate DF into German. But there are a few things I don't know:

1. What use has the following piece of code:

Code: [Select]

[PREFSTRING:rounded tops]
(taken from plants_standard.txt @ plump helmet)
I can't understand it's meaning.

2. Is it possible to translate the ingame text, not only the items/creatures/etc?
Like the main menu and stuff like that.

Thanks in advance.

~Sync

[MaximumZero]

prefstrings are the reason that dwarves like things. "Urist McMiner likes plump helmets for their rounded tops."

I don't know if it's possible to translate the menus and whatnot, given that they're probably hardcoded.

[jaxy15]

I don't know if it's possible to translate the menus and whatnot, given that they're probably hardcoded.

What about data/announcement?

[MaximumZero]

The only thing I know how to change on them is how they appear. Frequency, in boxes, pause the game, recenter the game on event, and things like that.

[krisslanza]

A somewhat odd question here.

Is it possible to make a race that's only gender consists of females? The obvious problem I foresee is that if you let worldgen run, they'll die out due to the inability to reproduce. And there isn't anyway to make them reproduce is there? I doubt they could even marry to somehow make that work or something...

Just a random thought I'm having as I work on my mod.

[Sphalerite]

Creatures in DF need male and female castes in order to reproduce.

You could always make a race with males and females, but make the male cast incredibly rare to non-existent.  That would probably allow them to survive in world gen while ensuring you'd never see males in actual gameplay.

[krisslanza]

Creatures in DF need male and female castes in order to reproduce.

You could always make a race with males and females, but make the male cast incredibly rare to non-existent.  That would probably allow them to survive in world gen while ensuring you'd never see males in actual gameplay.

I have tried tweaking the male to female ratio, but I swear the RNG spites me and is just like "HERE, HAVE A BUNCH OF MALES."
It's not a huge issue, other then the fact the custom race I'm using is well... a female icon. So the men just look funny since they're basically all women, only male for gameplay mechanics.

[Knight Otu]

You should be able to set pop_ratio for males to 0 and have the civilization still work, in my experience.

[Jake]

1) MISC_WEAPON is the token you're looking for.

Nice one, thanks.

2) Dig out a room for a farm plot just beneath the surface.  Remove the ceiling.  Replace the ceiling with constructed floors.  Any farm plots built in this room will count as "above ground," even though they're safely underground beneath your indestructible artificial roof.

I meant it more in the sense of, can my dwarves be modded to have access to aboveground crops as well as underground ones on embark, and for purchase from the caravan?

[Haspen]

1) MISC_WEAPON is the token you're looking for.

Nice one, thanks.

2) Dig out a room for a farm plot just beneath the surface.  Remove the ceiling.  Replace the ceiling with constructed floors.  Any farm plots built in this room will count as "above ground," even though they're safely underground beneath your indestructible artificial roof.

I meant it more in the sense of, can my dwarves be modded to have access to aboveground crops as well as underground ones on embark, and for purchase from the caravan?

[OUTDOOR_FARMING] to dwarven Entity. Add it.

[Kweri]

the tags I used to specify that the [CONTAINER] in the first needs to be metal will work as intended

As far as I'm aware, there's no way to limit the container material to only metals.  METAL, INORGANIC, and STONE as the primary material type are all aliases for INORGANIC.  Even so, using INORGANIC:NONE for the material part of the container reagent tag should at least prevent wood from being used, but I could be wrong about that (I'm not really sure whether or not PLANT_MATs are considered INORGANIC or not).

So if I create a new container item that can only be metal, can I specify the name of that container?  i.e. [REAGENT:C:1:LARGE_BARREL:NONE:NONE] where the "large barrel" is a new item only made of certain metals?

The reagent line is [REAGENT:id:quantity:item token:material token]

Item token is item type:item subtype.

Depending on what type of item you made your large barrel (guessing tool, here) that part would be TOOL:LARGE_BARREL. You can't make up your own item types, those are hardcoded. So your line from above would read [REAGENT:C:1:TOOL:LARGE_BARREL:NONE:NONE]