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[FreakyCheeseMan]

So, fortress with a lot of above-ground traffic; at this point I have something like six types of blood, blus GCS venom, forming a river over a solid chunk of the surface of my map, with a lot getting inside, too.

I was wondering if it would be possible to mod the RAWs of said bloods previous owners' species, to make their blood boil at room temperature- or a lot below, actually, as this is a glacial map. Is this possible, how would I do it if it is, and what would be the effect of what must by now be hundreds of gallons of blood and venom exploding inside and outside my fortress?

[Dagoth Urist]

Couldn't you just use that utility that goes with DFHack? The one that cleans the map of all blood? I'm not used to DFHack myself, though. Have no real idea of how well it works. 

[Evergod41]

well, the problem of this is, their blood boils while still inside the creature...

[FreakyCheeseMan]

well, the problem of this is, their blood boils while still inside the creature...

Does it? I was wondering about that. If so, there go my plans for bomb-creatures that explode in a cloud of necrotic gas if you touch them.

Still, not that big a problem to me. 90% of the blood comes from creatures I've already driven to extinction on this map. Sure, if I don't switch back when everything is clean then the next round of elven traders will explode within a tile or two of the border, but who cares.

So... what would I need to do to make this happen, and *would* there be any negative effects to boiling blood while my dwarves are wading through it? Explosions toss them around, knock them out like cave ins, anything like that?

[Zaerosz]

well, the problem of this is, their blood boils while still inside the creature...

That's a problem how, exactly?

[soul4hdwn]

well, the problem of this is, their blood boils while still inside the creature...

That's a problem how, exactly?

in most cases that kills the creature as blood is separate from the creature itself while being inside it

[kilakan]

well, the problem of this is, their blood boils while still inside the creature...

That's a problem how, exactly?

in most cases that kills the creature as blood is separate from the creature itself while being inside it

I've had said creatures not be affected by it until they ar cut, then they blow up quite amusingly, so yet again, what's the problem?

[Zaerosz]

Related question bump: what would happen if I set the nervous tissue material to boil at 0 degrees C?

[Shade-o]

They'd all get brain freezes.

[TomiTapio]

Does it? I was wondering about that. If so, there go my plans for bomb-creatures that explode in a cloud of necrotic gas if you touch them.

Read the Beholder creature from the Genesis mod, it contains a nasty gas inside it.

[Kent Able]

After a bit of experimentation, I've found that setting [BOILING_POINT:9910] in material_template_default.txt will make blood reliably change to a gaseous state without damaging the host creature. Technically anything below normal temperature and above the cold damage point will have this effect. You'll get messages about being caught in a cloud of blood but there will be no damage and no stains resulting from wounds. Depending on your climate zone, blood spatter will also eventually evaporate away. The Blood God's hired some new help and they's damn efficient.