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Untelligent

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Fun with trailing dust breath.
« on: April 18, 2010, 09:14:17 pm »
While testing various types of material breaths, I noticed that creatures, when using a trailing dust flow, would on occaision be propelled by the heavy dust in the direction of the flow. In other words, I have created rocket dragons.

http://mkv25.net/dfma/movie-2128-rocketdragon


After further studies, it appears to me that the creature with the rocket breath must have the ability to fly, lest when the dust propels it upwards it will fall back down and sustain serious injuries.
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Re: Fun with trailing dust breath.
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2010, 09:53:26 pm »
This is delightful.  I approve.
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Re: Fun with trailing dust breath.
« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2010, 09:58:06 pm »
Oh that is cool!
Would you share the code used, or are you keeping that as a secret formula...
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Re: Fun with trailing dust breath.
« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2010, 10:11:48 pm »
Sounds like a complete whittle, if you ask me.
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Re: Fun with trailing dust breath.
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2010, 11:17:26 pm »
"Electric mist"? Care to elaborate?
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Re: Fun with trailing dust breath.
« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2010, 03:22:09 am »
It's just a breath attack which uses a directional dust type of material.

Cool find. Also that's fun that it pushes other critters around.
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Re: Fun with trailing dust breath.
« Reply #6 on: April 19, 2010, 03:28:10 am »
That's pretty cool.
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Re: Fun with trailing dust breath.
« Reply #7 on: April 19, 2010, 04:19:06 am »
I vaguely remember something saying that the dust breath attacks are a little broken. Seems like it acts almost as if it were a hammer hitting stuff and sending it flying.

Oh yeah...

http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/DF2010:Syndrome

Towards the bottom... physics are wonky with it. Could be a lot of fun and a lot of heartache to get it to act right.
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Re: Fun with trailing dust breath.
« Reply #8 on: April 19, 2010, 04:48:47 am »
For me it looks like a cave-in mechanics (where the dust pushes things around).
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Re: Fun with trailing dust breath.
« Reply #9 on: April 19, 2010, 05:45:13 am »
The problem stems from it being generated on the same square as the creature using it and thus is also affected by it, Toady will either have to make it ignore the user or make it projected from one square towards the target.

Worse then a rocket dragon, try giving the dust breath attack to a Giant Desert Scorpion or GCS and set it to use poison instead of dust, not content with just poisoning your character it'll fling you around.
« Last Edit: April 19, 2010, 03:41:18 pm by Evil One »
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Re: Fun with trailing dust breath.
« Reply #10 on: April 19, 2010, 12:02:48 pm »
Now we just need rocket dragon wagons.
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Re: Fun with trailing dust breath.
« Reply #11 on: April 19, 2010, 12:05:13 pm »
Rocket dragon wagon spiders.
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Re: Fun with trailing dust breath.
« Reply #12 on: April 19, 2010, 10:09:58 pm »
Quote from: Warlord255 on April 18, 2010, 11:17:26 pm
"Electric mist"? Care to elaborate?

That has nothing to do with the rocket breath. When I was testing it, I happened to use it on the creature I finished most recently and didn't bother changing certain aspects of it.
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Re: Fun with trailing dust breath.
« Reply #13 on: April 19, 2010, 11:52:06 pm »
Rocket dragon wagon spider carp.
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Re: Fun with trailing dust breath.
« Reply #14 on: April 19, 2010, 11:55:03 pm »
Plump helmet rocket dragon wagon spider carp.
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