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[Hugo_The_Dwarf]

I've been working on a small creature that dwarves can embark with and trade for with other dwarves and not any other race, its a small metal spider-golem that has a booze barrel attached to it and it sprays booze on enemies on which should ignite when its on them and thus burn them to death but... I get really weird things

Creature

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[CREATURE:DWARF_BOOZE_GOLEM]
   [DESCRIPTION:A small dwarven contraption that sprays flaming alcohol.]
   [NAME:dwarven booze sprayer:dwarven booze sprayers:dwarven booze sprayer]
   [CASTE_NAME:dwarven booze sprayer:dwarven booze sprayers:dwarven booze sprayer]
   [CREATURE_TILE:'S'][COLOR:0:0:1]
   [LIKES_FIGHTING]
   [BIOME:SUBTERRANEAN_CHASM]
   [UNDERGROUND_DEPTH:3]
   [POPULATION_NUMBER:0:0]
   [NOPAIN][EXTRAVISION][NOBREATHE][NOSTUN][NONAUSEA][NOEMOTION]
      [NOTHOUGHT][NOEXERT]
   [NO_DIZZINESS]
   [NO_FEVERS]
   [NO_DRINK][NO_EAT][NO_SLEEP]
   [CANNOT_UNDEAD]
   [CANOPENDOORS]
   [NOT_BUTCHERABLE]
   [NOFEAR]
   [PREFSTRING:booze tank]
   [NOBONES]
   [BODY:HUMANOID_SIMPLE]
   [NO_THOUGHT_CENTER_FOR_MOVEMENT]
   [USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:BOOZE:CREATURE_EXTRACT_TEMPLATE]
      [STATE_NAME:ALL_SOLID:frozen booze]
      [STATE_NAME_ADJ:ALL_SOLID:frozen booze]
      [STATE_NAME:LIQUID:booze]
      [STATE_NAME_ADJ:LIQUID:booze]
      [STATE_NAME:GAS:boiling booze]
      [STATE_NAME_ADJ:GAS:boiling booze]
      [STATE_COLOR:ALL:BROWN]
      [IGNITE_POINT:10040]
      [MELTING_POINT:11500]
      [BOILING_POINT:14000]
      [PREFIX:NONE]
   [TISSUE:IRON]
      [TISSUE_NAME:iron:NP]
      [TISSUE_MATERIAL:INORGANIC:IRON]
      [MUSCULAR]
      [FUNCTIONAL]
      [STRUCTURAL]
      [RELATIVE_THICKNESS:1]
      [CONNECTS]
      [TISSUE_SHAPE:LAYER]
   [TISSUE:BOOZE]
      [TISSUE_NAME:booze:NP]
      [TISSUE_MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:BOOZE]
      [TISSUE_MAT_STATE:LIQUID]
      [RELATIVE_THICKNESS:50]
      [TISSUE_LEAKS]
      [TISSUE_SHAPE:LAYER]
   [TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:IRON]
   [TISSUE_LAYER_UNDER:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:BOOZE]
   [BODY_SIZE:0:0:45000]
   [BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:HEIGHT:90:95:98:100:102:105:110]
   [BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:BROADNESS:90:95:98:100:102:105:110]
   [ATTACK:KICK:BODYPART:BY_TYPE:STANCE]
      [ATTACK_SKILL:STANCE_STRIKE]
      [ATTACK_VERB:kick:kicks]
      [ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:100]
      [ATTACK_FLAG_WITH]
      [ATTACK_PRIORITY:MAIN]
   [ITEMCORPSE:BOULDER:NO_SUBTYPE:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:BOOZE]
   [MATERIAL_BREATH_ATTACK:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:BOOZE:LIQUID_GLOB]
   [MATERIAL_BREATH_ATTACK:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:BOOZE:TRAILING_VAPOR_FLOW]
   [ALL_ACTIVE]
   [SWIMS_LEARNED][SWIM_SPEED:2500]

currently its still just a modified ELEMETAL_IRON
 
while testing this thing out in the areana it first starts freezing to death then burning then nothing, and I think the vapor burns away before it even lands on a target, can anyone help?

[kilakan]

wait the vapor burns away before hitting the target, man that could be used to make flame throwers.

[Hugo_The_Dwarf]

in a sense thats what im trying to do... but failing, as the vapor must first be on or in contact with the victum to burn them which if my spewed booze just *poofs* instead of ‼target‼ then its no good. but if you can test the creature out and help me progress with this it would be awsome. On another note i believe someone had made arrows that ignite when they are at body temp...

[Urist Imiknorris]

Perhaps the "booze" could have an ignite point just below the average creature's body temperature? Have it cover the enemy, then catch fire.

[fivex]

Give the "booze" no boiling point and make its ignite temperature really low so it just shoots already-on-fire booze

[Lord Urist]

There's a slight problem with doing this - you can't make it shoot globs of flaming booze. This is because for MATERIAL_BREATH_ATTACK, LIQUID_GLOB actually shoots solid globs - which don't seem to melt into a liquid, unfortunately. I think the best you can get is TRAILING_VAPOR_FLOW or UNDIRECTED_VAPOR. It still won't catch fire though, it seems like stuff released via MATERIAL_BREATH_ATTACK isn't affected by the outside environment's temperature unfortunately.

[Urist Imiknorris]

It might be able to catch fire when it contacts a surface?

[Deon]

I was playing with poisons and occasionally made my aspid dwarven saliva melt the body and light it on fire when injected. I will release a new version soon so you will be able to borrow the liquid.

[kilakan]

If you made it a solid that liquefied when shot, you could technically cause it to hit em with magma like liquid which catches on fire at body temperature?

[Lord Urist]

the problem with that sentence being 'liquefied when shot' - it doesn't though, it just stays solid.

[Hugo_The_Dwarf]

There's a slight problem with doing this - you can't make it shoot globs of flaming booze. This is because for MATERIAL_BREATH_ATTACK, LIQUID_GLOB actually shoots solid globs - which don't seem to melt into a liquid, unfortunately. I think the best you can get is TRAILING_VAPOR_FLOW or UNDIRECTED_VAPOR. It still won't catch fire though, it seems like stuff released via MATERIAL_BREATH_ATTACK isn't affected by the outside environment's temperature unfortunately.

The creature has MATERIAL_BREATH_ATTACK, LIQUID_GLOB and TRAILING_VAPOR_FLOW test it out they both work, the creature spits a glob (so that it can do damage (incase its a fire immune target)) and sprays the vapor, now in a sense I'd like the booze to be able to boil away, but it seems that contaminates are not fully useful for igniting, and I don't now if its a good use for heat transfer (give or take)