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[Zargen]

No I think they're good now. Got pincers, shoot rocks, and melt stuff. What more could you want?

[Max White]

We could make them shoot shurikens and lightning...

[Hygrom]

So what exactly would I have to do to apply steel skin to my dwarves?

[Ilmoran]

In creature standard, find this in the dwarf entry:

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[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:STANDARD_MATERIALS]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:STANDARD_TISSUES]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:VERTEBRATE_TISSUE_LAYERS:SKIN:FAT:MUSCLE:BONE:CARTILAGE]
and replace it with:

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[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:STANDARD_MATERIALS]
[REMOVE_MATERIAL:SKIN]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:STANDARD_TISSUES]
[REMOVE_MATERIAL:SKIN]
[TISSUE:STEEL]
[TISSUE_NAME:steel skin:NP]
[TISSUE_MATERIAL:INORGANIC:STEEL]
[MUSCULAR]
[FUNCTIONAL]
[STRUCTURAL]
[RELATIVE_THICKNESS:1]
[CONNECTS]
[TISSUE_SHAPE:LAYER]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:VERTEBRATE_TISSUE_LAYERS:STEEL:FAT:MUSCLE:BONE:CARTILAGE]
You could also add, under [CONNECTS]

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[HEALING_RATE:100](or use a lower number for faster healing).  I'm not sure what leaving it out would do.  Normal skin also contains [VASCULAR], but I think that allows a wound to the skin to bleed, so you probably don't want that.

Edit:  And if for some reason that doesn't work, try removing the tags:  FUNCTIONAL, STRUCTURAL, and MUSCULAR.  Someone elses example of modified skin have them, but I don't know what they do or why they are there.

[Max White]

That will cause an error.
You ALSO need to replace skin with steel in the descriptions. That bit used to always get me, so now it seems I can't forget it.

[Hygrom]

The descriptions for skin in the dwarf file?

[Max White]

Yea, for example, replace this

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[SET_TL_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:SKIN]
[TL_COLOR_MODIFIER:BROWN:1:BURNT_UMBER:1:CINNAMON:1:COPPER:1:DARK_BROWN:1:DARK_PEACH:1:DARK_TAN:1:ECRU:1:PALE_BROWN:1:PALE_CHESTNUT:1:PALE_PINK:1:PEACH:1:PINK:1:RAW_UMBER:1:SEPIA:1:TAN:1:TAUPE_PALE:1:TAUPE_SANDY:1]
[TLCM_NOUN:skin:SINGULAR]

With this!

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[SET_TL_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:STEEL]
[TL_COLOR_MODIFIER:BROWN:1:BURNT_UMBER:1:CINNAMON:1:COPPER:1:DARK_BROWN:1:DARK_PEACH:1:DARK_TAN:1:ECRU:1:PALE_BROWN:1:PALE_CHESTNUT:1:PALE_PINK:1:PEACH:1:PINK:1:RAW_UMBER:1:SEPIA:1:TAN:1:TAUPE_PALE:1:TAUPE_SANDY:1]
[TLCM_NOUN:skin:SINGULAR]

There might be some others hiding in there, but I'm not sure. Its also worth noting that this way, it will still say skin in the descriptions.

[Hygrom]

Ah OK, Thanks for the help. 

[Ilmoran]

Yea, for example, replace this

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[SET_TL_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:SKIN]
[TL_COLOR_MODIFIER:BROWN:1:BURNT_UMBER:1:CINNAMON:1:COPPER:1:DARK_BROWN:1:DARK_PEACH:1:DARK_TAN:1:ECRU:1:PALE_BROWN:1:PALE_CHESTNUT:1:PALE_PINK:1:PEACH:1:PINK:1:RAW_UMBER:1:SEPIA:1:TAN:1:TAUPE_PALE:1:TAUPE_SANDY:1]
[TLCM_NOUN:skin:SINGULAR]

With this!

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[SET_TL_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:STEEL]
[TL_COLOR_MODIFIER:BROWN:1:BURNT_UMBER:1:CINNAMON:1:COPPER:1:DARK_BROWN:1:DARK_PEACH:1:DARK_TAN:1:ECRU:1:PALE_BROWN:1:PALE_CHESTNUT:1:PALE_PINK:1:PEACH:1:PINK:1:RAW_UMBER:1:SEPIA:1:TAN:1:TAUPE_PALE:1:TAUPE_SANDY:1]
[TLCM_NOUN:skin:SINGULAR]

There might be some others hiding in there, but I'm not sure. Its also worth noting that this way, it will still say skin in the descriptions.

Right, those silly descriptions.  Couldn't you change the TLCM_NOUN section to make it not say skin?  I know in my Tissue for the steel skin, I called it steel skin, so that may cause silliness, I don't know.  Seemed appropriate :-p

[Max White]

Oh for sure you could make it say steel skin, but then I would also be obliged to go through the colors and find one that suits steel skin.

Peach colored steel skin sounds strange.

[Hygrom]

Could I in theory put any colors in there to get those in the in game descriptions? Say light blue if I wanted light blue steel skinned dwarves?

[Max White]

I'm relatively sure light blue would work, but there is a list of colors that work, and if you want others you need to mod them in. Yes that's right, even colors need to be modded in.

[Ilmoran]

Oh for sure you could make it say steel skin, but then I would also be obliged to go through the colors and find one that suits steel skin.

Peach colored steel skin sounds strange.

Not if you think of it as metallic tints rather than flat shades  I mean peach steel skin would just mean somewhere in the family tree there was some copper contamination

[Max White]

*facepalm*
Now I can't get the image of a dwarf trying to hit on a bronze colossus out of my head. Why must you do that to me!

[Hygrom]

Where is the list of available colors found? (Which I'm guessing is where new ones would need to be inserted.)