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[USEC_OFFICER]

I feel the need to mod a insect type race in. Any good guides as a starting point I should use?

(Guides, I meant guides all along.)

[Grimlocke]

Using the wiki creature tag list and some stock raws as example should go far. Same for the entity raws.

[3]

I made a couple of posts on the essentials of civ-able creatures and entities recently.

Edit: As it's insects you're doing, some additional guidance on castes.

[USEC_OFFICER]

Right. New question: What makes this crash when I use v->z on the creature?

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[CREATURE:TERMID]
[DESCRIPTION: A humanoid insect that dedicates its entire life to the hive.]
[NAME:termid:termids:termidian]
[CASTE_NAME:termid:termids:termidian]
[CREATURE_TILE:'T'][COLOR:8:0:0]

[INTELLIGENT]
[TRANCES]
[CANOPENDOORS]
[PREFSTRING:Single mindedness]

[BODY:HUMANOID:2EYES:HEART:GUTS:ORGANS:BRAIN:SKULL:LARGE_MANDABLES:HUMANOID_JOINTS:2LUNGS:3FINGERS:2TOES:RIBCAGE:SPINE:MOUTH]

[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:CHITIN_MATERIALS]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:CHITIN_TISSUES]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:HUMANOID_RELSIZES]

[BODYGLOSS:INSECT_UPPERBODY:upper body:thorax:upper bodies:thoraxes]
[BODYGLOSS:INSECT_LOWERBODY:lower body:abdomen:lower bodies:abdomens]
[BODYGLOSS:CLAW_HAND:hand:claw:hands:claws]
[BODYGLOSS:CLAW_FOOT:foot:claw:feet:claws]
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:CHITINOUS_MATS_TISSUES]
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:ADD_SINEWS]
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:ADD_BODY_FLUIDS_ICHOR_PUS]
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:ALLOW_SICKNESS]
[RELSIZE:BY_CATEGORY:MANDABLES:100]
[SELECT_TISSUE_LAYER:HEART:BY_CATEGORY:HEART]
[TL_MAJOR_ARTERIES]

[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:STANDARD_HEAD_POSITIONS]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:HUMANOID_HEAD_POSITIONS]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:HUMANOID_RIBCAGE_POSITIONS]

[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:NAIL:NAIL_TEMPLATE]
[USE_TISSUE_TEMPLATE:NAIL:NAIL_TEMPLATE]
[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:FINGER:NAIL:FRONT]
[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:TOE:NAIL:FRONT]

[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:SINEW:SINEW_TEMPLATE]
[TENDONS:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:SINEW:200]
[LIGAMENTS:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:SINEW:200]

[HAS_NERVES]
[CREATURE_CLASS:GENERAL_POISON]
[GETS_WOUND_INFECTIONS]
[GETS_INFECTIONS_FROM_ROT]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:PUS:PUS_TEMPLATE]
[PUS:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:PUS:LIQUID]

[PHYS_ATT_RANGE:STRENGTH:550:1050:1250:1450:1650:2050:2550]             
[PHYS_ATT_RANGE:AGILITY:150:700:900:1000:1100:1200:1600]                 
[PHYS_ATT_RANGE:TOUGHNESS:550:1050:1250:1350:1450:1650:2350]             
[MENT_ATT_RANGE:ANALYTICAL_ABILITY:350:850:1050:1150:1250:1450:2050]   
[MENT_ATT_RANGE:FOCUS:4400:4500:4600:4700:4800:4900:5000]               
[MENT_ATT_RANGE:CREATIVITY:10:60:150:250:350:400:500]           
[MENT_ATT_RANGE:PATIENCE:3000:3400:3800:4000:4450:4800:5000]             
[MENT_ATT_RANGE:MEMORY:80:200:450:850:1050:1350:1800]               
[MENT_ATT_RANGE:SPATIAL_SENSE:700:1200:1400:1500:1600:1800:2500]

[BODY_SIZE:0:0:100]
[BODY_SIZE:0:168:1500]
[BODY_SIZE:7:0:80000]

[BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:HEIGHT:96:98:99:100:101:102:105]
[APP_MOD_IMPORTANCE:500]
[BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:BROADNESS:85:95:98:100:102:105:115]
[APP_MOD_IMPORTANCE:500]

[SET_BP_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:EYE]
[BP_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:CLOSE_SET:0:70:90:100:110:130:200]
[APP_MOD_NOUN:eyes:PLURAL]
[BP_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:DEEP_SET:0:70:90:100:110:130:200]
[APP_MOD_NOUN:eyes:PLURAL]
[BP_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:ROUND_VS_NARROW:0:70:90:100:110:130:200]
[APP_MOD_NOUN:eyes:PLURAL]
[BP_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:LARGE_IRIS:25:70:90:100:110:130:200]
[APP_MOD_NOUN:eyes:PLURAL]

[SET_BP_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:SKULL]
[BP_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:HIGH_CHEEKBONES:0:1:2:3:4:5:6]
[BP_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:BROAD_CHIN:0:1:2:3:4:5:6]
[BP_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:JUTTING_CHIN:80:100:120:140:160:180:200]
[BP_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:SQUARE_CHIN:0:1:2:3:4:5:6]

[MAXAGE:35:57]

[ATTACK:KICK:BODYPART:BY_TYPE:STANCE]
[ATTACK_SKILL:STANCE_STRIKE]
[ATTACK_VERB:kick:kicks]
[ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:50]
[ATTACK_FLAG_WITH]
[ATTACK_PRIORITY:SECOND]


[ATTACK:SCRATCH:CHILD_TISSUE_LAYER_GROUP:BY_TYPE:GRASP:BY_CATEGORY:FINGER:NAIL]
[ATTACK_SKILL:GRASP_STRIKE]
[ATTACK_VERB:slash:slashes]
[ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:100]
[ATTACK_PENETRATION_PERC:100]
[ATTACK_FLAG_EDGE]
[ATTACK_PRIORITY:SECOND]

[BABY:1]
[GENERAL_BABY_NAME:larva:larvas]
[BABYNAME:larva:larvas]
[CHILD:7]
[GENERAL_CHILD_NAME:pupa:pupas]
[CHILDNAME:pupa:pupas]
[EQUIPS]
[CAVE_ADAPT]
[ALL_ACTIVE]

[PROFESSION_NAME:CRAFTSMAN:craftsdwarf:craftsdwarves]
[PROFESSION_NAME:FISHERMAN:fisherdwarf:fisherdwarves]
[PROFESSION_NAME:HAMMERMAN:hammerdwarf:hammerdwarves]
[PROFESSION_NAME:SPEARMAN:speardwarf:speardwarves]
[PROFESSION_NAME:CROSSBOWMAN:marksdwarf:marksdwarves]
[PROFESSION_NAME:AXEMAN:axedwarf:axedwarves]
[PROFESSION_NAME:SWORDSMAN:swordsdwarf:swordsdwarves]
[PROFESSION_NAME:MACEMAN:macedwarf:macedwarves]
[PROFESSION_NAME:PIKEMAN:pikedwarf:pikedwarves]
[PROFESSION_NAME:BOWMAN:bowdwarf:bowdwarves]
[SPEECH:dwarf.txt]
[HOMEOTHERM:10067]
[ALCOHOL_DEPENDENT]
[SWIMS_LEARNED][SWIM_SPEED:2500]

[CASTE:FEMALE]
[FEMALE]
[CASTE:MALE]
[MALE]

[Jordrake]

I'm not sure what the problem is (Partly because I'm not that great with modding, partly because I'm not sure what is you're doing that's making it crash), but if you want to take a butcher's at how I've tried to do insects (Check out my sig for more details), it might help you down the line.
Also, spelling and grammar note, it's larvae and pupae, not larvas and pupas.

[USEC_OFFICER]

Wow. I just realized that I should have used the antmen as a base. They're much closer to what I want to end up with then the dwarfs.

EDIT: Thanks for pointing out the pupae and larvae.

EDIT2: CURRENT PROGRESS:



Got the Termids to have the bodies I want. Time to add some language for these guys.

[USEC_OFFICER]

New question: Has somebody already created a program that easily changes the language files? Or am I going to have to keep fiddling around with the one I got?

[3]

I know of at least three. Of those, I have experience with two. One is essentially a perl script which throws languages together based on perameters (Was that WordGen? I forget), and the other is DFLang, which generates languages based on text input.

[fivex]

So I attempted to mod in a new stone(Two, actually), and verified that the tags for making it show up are correct. But it doesn't show up anywhere. Seriously, I ran dfreveal and used K over pretty much every vein and it was there. I have tried this like five times. ...Help?
Here are the raws for them:

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bluh

[OBJECT:INORGANIC]

[INORGANIC:THIRIUM_ORE]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:STONE_TEMPLATE]
[STATE_NAME_ADJ:ALL_SOLID:Thirium Nugget][DISPLAY_COLOR:6:3:0][TILE:139]
[ENVIRONMENT:SEDIMENTARY:VEIN:100]
[ITEM_SYMBOL:'*']
[METAL_ORE:THIRIUM:100]
[SOLID_DENSITY:855]
[MATERIAL_VALUE:8]
[IS_STONE]
[MELTING_POINT:12736]

[INORGANIC:FIVIUM_ORE]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:STONE_TEMPLATE]
[STATE_NAME_ADJ:ALL_SOLID:Fivium Nugget][DISPLAY_COLOR:4:8:0][TILE:139]
[ENVIRONMENT_SPEC:THIRIUM_ORE:CLUSTER_SMALL:100]
[ITEM_SYMBOL:'*']
[METAL_ORE:FIVIUM:100]
[SOLID_DENSITY:5100]
[MATERIAL_VALUE:10]
[IS_STONE]
[MELTING_POINT:12736]


[3]

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bluh


Is that the file name? If it is, it needs to be named inorganic_bluh. The game doesn't parse files which aren't named correctly.

[fivex]

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bluh


Is that the file name? If it is, it needs to be named inorganic_bluh. The game doesn't parse files which aren't named correctly.

That fixed it. Thanks

[USEC_OFFICER]

I know of at least three. Of those, I have experience with two. One is essentially a perl script which throws languages together based on perameters (Was that WordGen? I forget), and the other is DFLang, which generates languages based on text input.

Thanks!

[USEC_OFFICER]

New question: How can I increase the amount of children that are born?

[3]

Make sure MULTIPLE_LITTER_RARE is removed from whatever female caste(s) you have, and add LITTERSIZE:(min):(max).

[USEC_OFFICER]

Good. I did that already. Got Littersize to 10:100. They still aren't surviving past 100 years. (And they don't seem to be following the 10 children min.