Hello! This is my first attempt at releasing one of my mods, so I hope you'll bear with me!
Wild WorldAn unknown tragedy struck the races of the world...The world used to have great civilizations...the dwarves in their stone mountain halls, the elves in their forest retreats, the humans in their sprawling plains cities...great wonders were told of these mighty civilizations. Sprawling empires, great wars, and riches beyond measures. But all these mighty races fell. The cause was uncertain. Was it a curse brought upon by their mighty works and greed? Was it a disease? A disaster they could not handle? Sadly, the tale is fractured, and lost to time.
In the wake of their disastrous fall, a new presence has taken up civilization in their stead. The faithful pets of these civilizations, having learned their words and ways by being their servants for centuries, have learned to speak and work their former master's inventions. Cats who hunted vermin now carve masterpieces, dogs who protected the home now build the homes, horses who carried people faithfully now carry only their own belongings. Some of these domestic creatures passed on their knowledge to the wilds, and so, civilization comes again.
Mod Goals:This mod will eventually eliminate all humanoids from the game. You will play as various domestic animals who have learned to speak, such as cats and dogs. These are no anthromorphic beings, just normal animals who have mastered the use of speech and tools and the use of the GRASP tag. in their mouths. Weapons have been reduced in quality and armor in size, due to the limitations of working with only mouths and clumsy paws and hooves. Toys will be race-specific, and so will a good deal of clothes. Various animal appearances and body parts will also be reworked to be a little more realistic. The plant and food industry will also be rehauled to reflect animal preferences - no more underground mushrooms. Eventually, all races will be playable.
Mod Goals SUmmarized:
-Have fully-working societies composed of only animals, and eliminating any humanoids from the game that reference too much to normal humanity. No ratmen, for example, but trolls are fine.
-Rehaul the farming system so only plants that animals would care about can be grown. For example, cats now grow catnip and cattails.
-Create races that have distinct personalities and societies that will eventually be all playable.
-Create distinct languages for each race, based on syllables they can pronounce easier.
-Eventual races are planned to be cats, dogs, snakes, horses, squirrels, giant eagles, and unicorns. This list may be subject to change, and is open to suggestion.
-Eventually give elaborate caste systems to some races, such as dogs, to represent breed variety.
-Hopefully create custom symbols to carve into engravings and artifacts.
The main race being worked on. This clever carnivores were the first to develop speech and learn the ways of their former masters. They are a proud race, aloof and quick with words, although these words are not necessarily truthful. They are small, but reproduce quickly to field large armies. They are not necessarily courageous, for they believe in running away to fight another day, but they are extremely clever and have mastered avoiding traps and picking locks. Their stealth is unmatched, and many of their enemies will not realize they have arrived until the first one jumps from ambush. They have excellent focus, agility, and spatial sense, but have poor memory and are weak and frail in comparison to other races. They build cities mainly in scrubland and forests, using the plant cover for camouflage.
Cat Specifics:
-Cats are small and thus die a LOT easier to anything. They are speedy, however, and if the LITTERSIZE tag works like I hope it does, they will reproduce like tribbles. Catsplosion forts and hurtling large amounts of furry cannon fodder is the way to go. That said, OH GOD DON'T BUM RUSH WITH CATS. You will die so fast.
-Cats have toy mice, feathers, scratching posts, and cat figurines. Their race-specific instrument is a cat bell.
-Cats are carnivores, and as such can only eat meat. Plants can be grown to brew for drink and to weave into clothing, but otherwise cannot be consumed unless cooked into a meal with an animal product.
-Cats have aloof, distrustful personalities. Don't expect them to make friends easy, especially as they enjoy lying.
-Cats have a strong bite for their size that can latch on, and both their attacks are edged. Expect sparring injuries often.
-Cats are easy on the morals, so expect a lot of wars with more righteous races.
-Cats dislike wearing pants and shoes, and only do so in full battle armor. Be wary of contact with cold and other substances.
-Although they're carnivores, I left the farming tag on them. They grow outside farms, and can grow catnip to brew into catnip wine, and cattails to weave into cloth.
-Cats are light on their feet, and so do not trample grass. Their eyes glow in the dark (only noticeable in adventurer mode, like kobolds).
-Cats clean themselves with their tongues, water is not needed. (Hopefully, this is experimental)
When their masters passed away, dogs gathered together in their packs and began choosing leader among themselves. They are loyal and righteous, and treat treason very seriously. They vary greatly in size and function, but all share the same traits. They live on the open plains where they can run down their prey easily.
Dog specifics:
-Functioning society in the game so far. More work is needed to expand on their traits before I allow them as playable in fortress mode, but as of now they're a playable adventurer and form cities.
-Playable society added. Bigger than cats, very loyal and brave. Trade is in summer.
A race that was taught by the cats to speak, as they hunted the same foods. Despite having no legs like the mammals, snakes have used their cunning and their strong bite to raise fortresses. They're a mysterious race, calculating and cold-blooded, although not strictly evil. It is just very hard for a mammal to tell what goes on in their minds.
Snake Specifics:
-Their tails are STANCE. Their bite is poison. A little smaller than dogs. They live in Dark Fortresses, but mostly in swamps and wetlands, fitting normal snake behavior. They name things pretty interesting names.
A hyperactive race that has not yet truly mastered being civilized. Nervous and fidgety, they only vocalize strange chatters and steal from the other races with higher technology. They are natural prey of the snakes, cats, and dogs, and so are hunted without remorse.
Squirrel Specifics:
-Non-playable. This game's kobolds. Tiny, so even a cat should be able to wreak havoc on it.
More races to come.
Changelog:-Version Beta 0.2 Released-
-Made compatible with most other mods.
-More toys added.
-Added squirrels as kobolds.
-Added expanded civilization to dogs and snakes, made them playable.
-Version Beta 0.1 Released-
-Dwarves and humans removed, cats and dogs added.
-Whiskers and fur length added to cat's physical descriptions for more variety.
-New armor, weapons, plants, and toys added, mostly for cats.
-Several body and other tag additions to cats added to be more realistic.
-Due to a game bug, all cats have "extremely long" fur and enormous bodies. I tried to fix it, but it seems it is a game bug. Hopefully a fix will give more variety. Whisker values are working, though.
-I modded in a cat tongue to clean themselves like eyelids clean eyes, but I have no idea if it works. It stopped giving me "missing tissue" errors in worldgen, but it needs to be tested. Bloody up some cats and see what happens, please report the findings.
-Add in other races to be fully playable.
-Rework farming and items even more.
-Create custom languages for the races.
-Eliminate the humanoid races completely.
Thank you, all suggestions welcome for future improvements! This is a beta release, so only cats are playable, dogs are just controllable as adventurers and form societies, and elves such have not been taken out yet. Please play it and give me some feedback, and report any issues.
Custom cat language is thanks to Frogwarrior in his previous Catsplosion mod for 40d. Language created with Mephansteras' DF Word Generator, found
here. More languages needed for animals! I can't get Perl working myself on my comp because I am programming-illiterate, so any help towards this would be appreciated.
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Topic: [DF 2010 31.12] Wild World Mod - Beta Release version 0.2 (Read 3090 times)