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AdeleneDawner

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Pet armor
« on: March 29, 2011, 12:57:19 am »
I'd like to make an animal that wears armor - it should be able to wear wood/stone/bone/metal versions of a specific armor that the dwarves make for it, and ideally also have wild populations that come with a stone or possibly wood version of the same item.

How would I go about doing that? It seems like I have to make the animal small, so that it doesn't wear regular dwarven armor, which is perfectly fine, but then how do I get dwarves to make small armor? And is giving the creature the [equips] tag and leaving the armor in its pen sufficient to get it to wear it?
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Re: Pet armor
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2011, 01:00:00 am »
This is not currently possible I'm afraid.
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Re: Pet armor
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2011, 01:03:35 am »
Aw. :(

Which parts are impossible?
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Re: Pet armor
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2011, 01:05:36 am »
Quote from: AdeleneDawner on March 29, 2011, 01:03:35 am
Aw. :(

Which parts are impossible?

You cannot make armour that will be worn by animals.
You cannot make armour of specific sizes.
You cannot get a pet to equip armour in any circumstances.

The best you can do is potentially mod the animals so they have natural armour that is a part of their body.
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Re: Pet armor
« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2011, 01:06:54 am »
Okay, thanks. Back to the drawing board on that one, then.
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Re: Pet armor
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2011, 09:16:40 am »
Nice concept though. Don't get demotivated now.
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Re: Pet armor
« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2011, 09:28:04 am »
Quote from: Captain Mayday on March 29, 2011, 01:05:36 am
You cannot make armour that will be worn by animals.
You cannot make armour of specific sizes.
You cannot get a pet to equip armour in any circumstances.

The best you can do is potentially mod the animals so they have natural armour that is a part of their body.

Can animals be used in reactions yet? If so you could always forge armoured pets from pets and armour.
« Last Edit: March 29, 2011, 09:37:33 am by Shades »
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Re: Pet armor
« Reply #7 on: March 29, 2011, 09:33:58 am »
Let me get this straight. So a Armadillo un-armored would be a, Dillo?
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Re: Pet armor
« Reply #8 on: March 29, 2011, 09:38:10 am »
Quote from: Shades on March 29, 2011, 09:28:04 am
Quote from: Captain Mayday on March 29, 2011, 01:05:36 am
You cannot make armour that will be worn by animals.
You cannot make armour of specific sizes.
You cannot get a pet to equip armour in any circumstances.

The best you can do is potentially mod the animals so they have natural armour that is a part of their body.

Can animals be used in reactions yet? If so you could always forge armoured pets from pets and armour.

I don't /think/ so, but I may be wrong. Vermin might be able to be.
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Re: Pet armor
« Reply #9 on: March 29, 2011, 01:34:35 pm »
Quote from: Ockad on March 29, 2011, 09:16:40 am
Nice concept though. Don't get demotivated now.

No worries on that count. I've decided that dwarves shouldn't keep aboveground livestock, and I'm working on a small mod to replace them. I already have four critters made, but then I discovered that the guard spider I made is useless against swarms (10 cats can take one out with less than 50% casualties in the arena, though it can reliably down a basic troll and has a good chance against a well-skilled armed one), so this was a late addition to the set to fill that gap. I wasn't too attached to the idea, though it is pretty cool.
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Re: Pet armor
« Reply #10 on: March 29, 2011, 01:37:21 pm »
How about you release a small mod then?
People could give you great advice and help if there are any problems with it. Share share share!
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Re: Pet armor
« Reply #11 on: March 29, 2011, 01:42:22 pm »
I'm totally going to release it! I just wanted to get to the point where there was something to release, first. And I need to look at how other minor mods specify changes to the entity_default file and things of that nature - one of my critters requires both a new reaction and a slight edit of an existing one.

Also, balance issues. I haven't *played* with that spider yet, so it might be useless in practice for all I know. Though I guess that's what feedback is for. :)
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Re: Pet armor
« Reply #12 on: March 29, 2011, 01:48:52 pm »
Exactly, feedback is importantly related to progress.
I'm curious about your little tarantula then.
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Re: Pet armor
« Reply #13 on: March 29, 2011, 01:54:21 pm »
Venomous daddy long legs, actually. Notable: It doesn't shoot webs, and dwarves aren't immune to its poison. Be thoughtful in how you pasture/store this guy.
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I'mma go set up a thread for the whole mod, now.
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Re: Pet armor
« Reply #14 on: March 29, 2011, 02:03:17 pm »
Truth spider, cute!
Does it include truth serum as venom?
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