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[Ibid Straydrink]

Version 0.16 is up, get it here!  You should uninstall any previous version of Flora & Fauna before installing this one.  _{Edit: On second thought, that probably shouldn't be necessary.}

Spoiler: Changelog:  Version 0.16 (click to show/hide)

- Modified plant and animal behavior/habitats to be more true to life
- Re-sized creatures to better fit DF status quo
- Changed attack priority of cassowary to prefer talons to biting
- Edited many creature descriptions and prefstrings
- Giant Elephants given [LIKES_FIGHTING]
- Adjusted descriptions for savage Zoo mod critters
- Changed many biome tags and removed several caste (gender-specific) names
- Removed wheatgrass, is just an offshoot of common wheat
- Changed Holly tile and Poplar display color
- 'New World' creatures moved to creature_new_world_ff.txt
- 'New World' plants moved to plants_new_world_ff.txt
- Fixed missing aspen adjective
- Many changes to display and entry names
- Underground depth changed for subterranean plants (mostly deeper now)
- Rarer plants and animals given [SAVAGE] and lesser frequency
- Balanced material values
- Removed duplicate body appearance modifiers from giant cougars
- New raw *.txt files to further divide and categorize creatures and plants

I know I said I wasn't doing a major update yet, but I did anyway.  The raws are better organized and the foundation for future updates is being set.  Exotic creatures from the New World are now in a separate folder (New World raws), and they can be manually installed if desired.  This includes things like alpacas, maize and kangaroos, all the plants and animals that might cause one to scratch one's head if sighted in an Old World setting.  The greater number of raw files is meant to make the mod more accessible to customization.

Your mention of "New World" plants and animals raises a question. Is it possible to allocate certain plants and animals to certain regions depending on all the different lvels of savagery? I ask, because I think it would be quite something to have things like rice and wheat without the two showing up in the same region. This could be done by aligning one member of the "corn" family with a certain level of savagery, and the same goes for other plants and animals....


Also, and humble request: Is it possible you could add bandicoots (vermin) to the to-do list? I love

[InsanityPrelude]

Bump. Any word on updates?

[SethCreiyd]

I'm planning an update, but work is slow and I have other things I'm working on...  I haven't gotten used to all the 31.19 changes, but I'll be updating this over time and hopefully it'll be ready sooner than later.

I don't think different levels of savagery exist, but I could certainly make a raw for bandicoots.

[SethCreiyd]

Version .18 is up at DFFD, for DF 31.25 compatibility.  .17 has a problem with crash-causing grasses, but I think that's been fixed now.  The birds and reptiles and giant bugs lay eggs, and the creatures that were added into DF recently have been removed from the mod.  Wolverines have rage tendencies, Manticores have some ambient vocalizations.  The Good/Evil trees were reworked with some funny material assignments inspired by the new eyeball grass.  The nuts now make use of oil collection and screw presses.

Aside from the new content, I'm in the process of cleaning the raws up, organizing them to the vanilla standard, so any hidden problems should come to light pretty soon.

Spoiler: Changelog (click to show/hide)

Version 0.18

- Removed vermin hunting tags from Grave Cat due to problems
- Changed fleshy/bony structures for trees (were causing major lag on embark)
- Adjustments made to giant insects and army ants
- Removed custom grasses for now (were causing crashes)
- Megabeast Titans no longer need food or drink

Version 0.17

- Removed Capybaras, Rhinos, Penguins, Ducks, Geese, Cavies, Llamas, Alpacas, Bumblebees, Reindeer, Yaks, Pigs and Sheep
- Fixed various problems with insects
- Added eggs and rage to relevant critters
- Many changes to raws for assorted plants
- Added fire ants, army ants, yellowjackets, hornets, and some giant insects
- New fanciful and/or magical creatures, plants and grasses
- New world raws reworked (plants placed in plants_extra_ff.txt, animals in various files)
- 0.17b:  Duplicate stripes removed

No bandicoots yet, sorry.   

[Ockad]

Oh god Seth, what a long time ago.
I'd definitely USEEEE it soon!

[stormyseasons]

YES  A FLORA N FAUNA THAT IS COMPATIBLE WITH 31.25

*downloads*

When I get tired of my haunted embark, this is going to go into my newly generated worlds. I've missed it.

[Thundercraft]

Update? Nice! Downloading now...

Edit: I don't suppose anyone reading this thread has since found a copy of ChickenLips' lost tileset for Flora and Fauna?

Spoiler: "ChickenLips lost tileset" (click to show/hide)

Hey, Seth, here's what I've done so far.  It's just plant_vegetables_ff and plant_other_ff.  It's all subject to change if/when Ironhand and WormSlayer come up with alternate plant graphics for use, but that's a good thing.
http://www.filefront.com/17159853/plants_ironhand_updated_so_far.rar/

Such beautiful tile layouts...
I find it quite sad that this download link is broken now. And it looks like ChickenLips hasn't been active here since August. Could somebody share this?
If only it had been uploaded to DFFD...

I really wish I still had Chicken's stuff, but I lost it all when my old computer blew up.  I was very appreciative of the great work Chicken had done, but it's too much for me to replicate at this time.

[wp]

I think I found an error in the mod that has been causing my game to crash during world creation. Basically DEP would cause the game to stop.  I'm not sure about this stuff but I'm posting in case other's have had the same problem.

In the creature_magical_ff file the
[CREATURE:MANTICORE]
has
[LAIR_HUNTER_SPEECH:lair_hunter_manticore.txt]
but this file doesn't exist.  The file that does exist is lair_hunter_minotaur.txt
so I've changed it to
[LAIR_HUNTER_SPEECH:lair_hunter_minotaur.txt]

Hopefully this will solve the problem. 

[wp]

in the plant_tree_fruit_ff file, there are a lot of things without brackets.  Do the brackets need to be on there or should they be left off?

I put brackets around everything so would I need to regenerate the world.

[SethCreiyd]

Version .20 is up on DFFD, including the .19 update I never actually got around to.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Version .20

- Improved prefstrings, biomes, color settings and raw formats for plants
- Fixed a few seed edibility problems
- Flower fragrances and similar extracts now use glass vials instead of barrels
- Red Jute leaves now edible when cooked
- Added juice and vegetable cheese templates to prepare for future plant extracts
- Inappropriate plants should no longer appear under the ocean surface
- Diversified [WET] and [DRY] placement for plants
- Changed edibility of certain plant products like bean pastes
- Changed many plant display names
- Adjusted edibility of legumes and their seeds
- Revised extract values (Shroom Oil now properly worth 10 rather than 100)
- Rice flour now displays as white instead of brown
- Grain or herb-based oils now use PLANT_OIL_TEMPLATE
- Truffles made less frequent and more valuable, split into White Truffles, Black Truffles and Summer Truffles
- Tree ferns no longer produce logs when cut down
- Split fern into Bracken, Ostrich, Cinnamon and Vegetable Ferns, all edible in various fashions
- Split mint into Field Mint, Water Mint, Spear Mint, Pepper Mint, Red Mint, and Woolly Mint
- Moved mints to plant_herb_ff.txt from plant_flower_ff.txt
- Fixed missing soy bean name (mistakenly overwritten when oil pressing stuff was added)
- Added Fig trees
- Exchanged juices for jellies/booze (until pressed juices are added in)
- Corrected barrel cactus seed name, now extracts water to barrel at farmer's workshop
- Many plants migrated into standard raw files from plant_extra_ff.txt
- Duplicate biome tag removed from Loom Blossom (Flax)
- [SAVAGE] added to certain plants for increased rarity
- Fixed typographical errors in display names
- Removed extra breadfruit tree from plant_extra_ff.txt (no idea how that got there)
- Fixed name error in cork trees
- Missing manticore hunter speech added

Version 0.19

- Giant Hornets now have proper tiles
- Fixed displayed color and max age of Black Caimans
- Gharials no longer [LARGE_PREDATOR] since their jaws are too fragile to threaten large animals
- Resized zoo reptiles according to vanilla DF reptiles
- Fixed missing reptile egg and clutch sizes
- Fixed maturity rate, description, max age, display tile and habitat of Giant Monitor (Komodo Dragon) and added poisonous bite
- Grave Cats adopt owners again, edited prefstring
- Changed tree tiles for good and evil trees
- New grasses, cavern, good, evil and forest floor coverings added (though they seem to be quite rare)
- Added Bandicoots with giant and animal person varieties
- Simplified Phoenix flames (previously way too hot)
- Gave reptile scales leather-oriented tokens so they can be tanned
- Updated Flora and Fauna lists
- Added Salamander, Giant Warthog, Echidna, Dire Wolf, King Cobra, Pit Viper, Rattlesnake, Black Mamba, Asp Viper, Night Adder, Death Adder, Garter Snake, Coral Snake, Terror Bird, Shrike, Swallow, Lark, Swift, Finch, Sparrow, Magpie, Rock Pigeon, Gull, Turtle Dove, Dodo, Peregrine Falcon, Crane Hawk, Common Kestrel, Tawny Eagle, Steppe Eagle, Black Eagle, Golden Eagle, Bald Eagle, Masked Owl, Horned Owl, Crested Owl, Barn Owl, Screech-owl, Crane, Moa, Crow and Raven

Thanks for bringing the manticore speech thing to my attention, I dunno how that escaped notice so long.

IIRC; the unbracketed stuff would cause problems, but they should no longer be an issue.  A lot of stuff has changed so I'm assuming this update needs a world gen.

[Jake]

I've been using this mod since I started playing .31.25, and I don't know how I ever played the game without it. There are two very, very minor bugs though. Certain oils and cloth products have duplicate names, like "Walnut Walnut Oil" or "Jute Jute Cloth", I think and blackcurrant and redcurrant should be written as one word.

[wp]

Don't mean to be a nuisance but all the things in plant_tree_fruit_ff file that I saw in .18 still don't have the brackets on them in .20
here are some that I've seen

[PLANT:FRUIT_APPLE]
   [EXTRACT_BARREL:LOCAL_PLANT_MAT:EXTRACT]
   USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:SEED:SEED_TEMPLATE
   MATERIAL_VALUE:1
   SEED:apple seed:apple seeds:6:0:0:LOCAL_PLANT_MAT:SEED
   [SUMMER][AUTUMN]

[PLANT:FRUIT_APRICOT]
[PLANT:FRUIT_BREADFRUIT]
[PLANT:NUT_CAROB]
[PLANT:FRUIT_CHERRY]
[PLANT:FRUIT_CITRON]
[PLANT:FRUIT_CRABAPPLE]
[PLANT:FRUIT_DATE]
[PLANT:FRUIT_DRAGON]

there are many more and it is basically all the same info that is missing the brackets. 

Oh, thanks for the mod and the work you put into it.  I really like it 

[SethCreiyd]

I've been using this mod since I started playing .31.25, and I don't know how I ever played the game without it. There are two very, very minor bugs though. Certain oils and cloth products have duplicate names, like "Walnut Walnut Oil" or "Jute Jute Cloth", I think and blackcurrant and redcurrant should be written as one word.

Yes, the redundant redundancies certainly need to go.

Regarding blackcurrant and redcurrant, the separation was a matter of taste, I felt it fit with the scientific names (Ribes nigrum, Ribes rubrum, et cetera), and the general naming theme for plants.  There seems to be disagreement as to whether or not the spacing is technically improper for currants (the albino rubrum cultivar is almost always referred to as "white currant" where I've seen it)  Early versions of the mod have them as blackcurrant and redcurrant, and I spent some time deciding which to use.  In the end I just preferred the spaced form.  See Webster's Dictionary and these two Dictionary.com entries for further confusion.

Don't mean to be a nuisance but all the things in plant_tree_fruit_ff file that I saw in .18 still don't have the brackets on them in .20
here are some that I've seen

Ohhh, those.  Sorry, I was mistaken - the seeds are unbracketed because they're seeds of tree-bearing fruits and I have no idea how to improvise something like an apple orchard in DF other than a good old-fashioned tree farm and a bit of luck.  I didn't like the traditional farm setup (apples do not grow like tomatoes), but I left the lines in there to be re-bracketed in case anyone wanted to use them.

[wp]

Oh, ok.  So the unbracketing was intentional.   

well, I've got brackets around them so I guess I'm going to get some extra fruits and nuts for my farms.

I guess that if I changed it back to the way you intended I would have to start a new world and I don't want to that all over again. I'll just pretend my dwarves are good at genetic engineering.

Thanks

[Jake]

Fair enough. Spelling them as a single word might be peculiar to British English, and in any case it's not especially difficult to alter in the raws.