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[kaapelikala]

Ok, so I downloaded the new version .31.17 and went on to change the colours and remove aquifers. All is well with the colours but all potentially aquifer bearing stones are changed to "rock". For example my sand bags were now rock bags. With the contents of one "rock". Changing them back doesn't solve the problem. Have you noticed the same?

[Fayrik]

Rock is a placeholder value.
If you removed sand from the game, it's going to generate Rock Bags, because Sand no longer exists.
But, personally, I just generate worlds with Drainage range running from 100 to 100. That way you don't get as many aquifers.

Also, anything that's had to change to rock, will not return from the rock value, as the game then saves the default value of rock to the item, so it loses it's old (and to the game, corrupt) value.

[kaapelikala]

I didn't remove the sand (or others), but only their [AQUIFER] tag in the inorganic_[something].txt:s as instructed in the wiki: http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/Aquifer#The_modding_method.

That drainage 100-100 is a good idea though my laptop would take ages to create anything more customized.

[GJScarritt]

Did you by chance remove the entire [AQUIFER], including the [ ] part?

Also,  .....  "tag from all of the appropriate entries in inorganic_stone_layer.txt and inorganic_stone_soil.txt "   

There are multiple occurrences of the [AQUIFER], so you need to be sure you've found all of those tags.

[kaapelikala]

Did you by chance remove the entire [AQUIFER], including the [ ] part?

Also,  .....  "tag from all of the appropriate entries in inorganic_stone_layer.txt and inorganic_stone_soil.txt "   

Yes to both.

So for example a snippet from inorganic_stone_soil.txt before:

[INORGANIC:SANDY_CLAY_LOAM]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:SOIL_TEMPLATE]
[STATE_NAME_ADJ:ALL_SOLID:sandy clay loam][DISPLAY_COLOR:4:6:0][TILE:176]
[SOIL][AQUIFER]
[SOLID_DENSITY:1600]

And after:

[INORGANIC:SANDY_CLAY_LOAM]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:SOIL_TEMPLATE]
[STATE_NAME_ADJ:ALL_SOLID:sandy clay loam][DISPLAY_COLOR:4:6:0][TILE:176]
[SOIL]
[SOLID_DENSITY:1600]

Replacing the files with the untouched ones from a new installation has no effect whatsoever. The de-aquifered stones are "Rocks" and there are "rock"s in my sand bags.

[Bohandas]

Well, if I recall correctly, Sandy Clay Loam cannot normally be used as sand anyway, despite the name...

[G-Flex]

Did you make this change before or after generating the world in question?

[kaapelikala]

Ok, I found the problem:

When I copied the old files I renamed them as [original file name]_2.txt or [original file name] - Copy.txt. It seems the program loads them both and as it finds two different values for the same thing it doesn't use either of them but instead uses the default (in this case "rock).

I run a couple of tests with other things too.

[kaapelikala]

I copied creature_domestic.txt as creature_domestic - copy.txt and changed every [PETVALUE:xxx] tag to something else eg. [PETVALUE:10] to [PETVALUE:15].

Result: On embark screen I can choose fish: Purring Maggot and bat; meat: griffon unknown frozen creature substance, wagon unknown frozen creature substance etc; leather: cave lobster frozen pus, unknown frozen creature substance; cloth: olm leather cloth; bodywear: whale tallow armor; pets (small vermin, such as tame flies(?)); extracts: hoary marmot n/a; toy boats; selenite musical instruments (not any specific type - just musical instruments); olm skin chains etc. Animals are also messed up: wagons, wagons, nothing, chimeras, centauresses (F), nothing (M), nothing (F).

Bug or feature?

[Sphalerite]

Having duplicate definitions for anything in the raw files *completely* breaks the game.  This is an old, well-known feature/bug.