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[meowmix]

is there a way to mod the dwarf files to make children grow up instantly or something?

and if i do this would existing children stay as children forever.

[rgon842]

Look for the [CHILD:12] tag under the [CREATURE:DWARF] entry in creature_standard.txt; proceed to change the number 12 to the number of years dorfs spend as children. Changing this to 1, for example, makes dwarves spend one year as babies, one year as children, and then mature into adulthood.

For something even faster, you can erase the [BABY:1] tag from the dwarf entry; newborn dwarves are birthed as children instead of babies, and in one year, you have grown adults to use as you see fit.

[Old-one-eye]

Would it be necessary to regen for this?

[Deon]

No it shouldn't, but I don't know how would it work for the existing babies/children.

[meowmix]

if i removed both child and baby tags would dwarves be born as adults?

[darkflagrance]

Current children will grow up instantly the next time the game checks for changes in age if childhood is modded away.

And adults will give birth to adults.

[Lord Urist]

ummm... actually, I think if you remove the child tag altogether, you won't get any new dwarfs at all - it is the child tag that means they can reproduce. I think. Also, giving them [BABY:1][CHILD:1] might muck up the game a bit - because I think the values are not the number of years spent at that age, but the age they have to be. So I think the way it works out is:

0 - baby value -> babyhood
baby value - child value -> childhood
child value onwards -> adulthood

But if the baby value and child value are the same, they will have no childhood.

[Rumrusher]

could one slap a [CHILD:0] to gain that effect?

[rgon842]

ummm... actually, I think if you remove the child tag altogether, you won't get any new dwarfs at all - it is the child tag that means they can reproduce. I think. Also, giving them [BABY:1][CHILD:1] might muck up the game a bit - because I think the values are not the number of years spent at that age, but the age they have to be. So I think the way it works out is:

0 - baby value -> babyhood
baby value - child value -> childhood
child value onwards -> adulthood

But if the baby value and child value are the same, they will have no childhood.

Lord Urist is actually right in this regard: If you have both the [BABY] and [CHILD] tags, they should not have the same value, as indeed a baby dwarf will have no childhood. Best bet in this case is:

[BABY:1]
[CHILD:2]

So the whole process from birth to adulthood takes 2 years.

[meowmix]

mm gettin kinda confused

so i should just remove the baby tag and set child tag to 1 right?

edit

Lord Urist is actually right in this regard: If you have both the [BABY] and [CHILD] tags, they should not have the same value, as indeed a baby dwarf will have no childhood. Best bet in this case is:

[BABY:1]
[CHILD:2]

So the whole process from birth to adulthood takes 2 years.

could i do baby-0 child 1?

[Old-one-eye]

Having such short childhoods seems a bit too much like cheating [BABY:1], [CHILD:4] is short enough for me.

[rgon842]

mm gettin kinda confused

so i should just remove the baby tag and set child tag to 1 right?

edit

Lord Urist is actually right in this regard: If you have both the [BABY] and [CHILD] tags, they should not have the same value, as indeed a baby dwarf will have no childhood. Best bet in this case is:

[BABY:1]
[CHILD:2]

So the whole process from birth to adulthood takes 2 years.

could i do baby-0 child 1?

For this, you should just get rid of the baby tag altoghether, and leave [CHILD:1]. Newborn dwarves emerge as children, and take one year to grow into adulthood.