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[IT 000]

By the way, is it intended that shotgun shells make for better ammo capacity? Shells are produced in stacks of 15 which means a soldier will pack 2 stacks of 15 into his quiver whereas can only fit one stack of 25 bullets. Given shotguns hit harder than rifles, doesn't that mean the only reason to use rifles is the bayonet (and if you're resource-limited)?

If I recall right people will try to get to 30 without going over, I've seen my dwarves in vanilla haul around 25 bolts plus a stack of bone bolts.

But yeah in your version there's no reason not to use shotguns, I've made shotguns more expensive and rifles cheaper. Shells have also been nerfed a little bit.

Perhaps you could add combat boots? If that's too sophisticated then maybe steel cap boots? I guess the foot plate is already basically a steel cap boot.

Also, maybe instead of calling the Shotgun Pistols Shotgun Pistols (wow, there had to be a better way to word that) you could call them Sawn-Off Shotguns.

I also recommend making a psychiatrist noble, like in Deon's Genesis mod.

Just my two cents. 

Sawn-Off sounds a lot better then the name I had in mind. Thanks for the suggestion!

Part 4 of my lets play is up here. Not the most exciting episode but I think Ive got a plan now!

http://youtu.be/SOs_AUMYL1s

Great job! Added to the main page.

Posting to follow! Once my current fort has crumbled I'll give this a shot or five for sure.

Great! Have Fun!

I can't find any tags in the entity file that would suggest that they should be waiting like humans. It might have something to do with the [MISCHIEVIOUS] tag or the hard-coded ambusher AI.  Or they could be lazy.

I'll look into it, maybe I'm missing something.

I recall encountering this when I was modding in some slaughter-fodder races for myself in 31.25. I could not figure out which tag was responsible for the human siege behaviour. In the end, I did the last resort of re-writing the affected race's entity raws from scratch, this time starting from a copy/paste of the goblin entity instead of the human entity. To my eyes, the end result in the raws were exactly the same before and after this last resort but the game acknowledged them to be goblin-style siegers now instead of human-style siegers.

That might work, I'll try that soon.


I'm in the process of turning all graphics from 18x18 to 16x16, also changing the graphic for stairs, adding a few exposed creatures as well, notably; Ghouls, Crows (mutated), Wild Dogs and Wild Cats. I've also been experimenting with colors, changed light cyan to be less eye killing, and made brown more vibrant.

Some sneak peaks

Spoiler: Before (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: After (click to show/hide)

[Pallbearer]

Hi again,
I've been playing in the arena and some of the creatures in the list are named 'nothing'. I narrowed this down to being the wandering infected, but I couldn't find them in the RAWS. Eventually I found them in creature_humans_di.txt, and I figured out why they weren't displaying their names correctly. [CASTE_NAME:roaming infected:roaming infecteds] needs a third entry.
I may be completely wrong or something as I seriously have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to RAWS, but when I changed it to    [CASTE_NAME:roaming infected:roaming infecteds:roaming infected] they started displaying their names correctly again.

Thanks in advance.

[IT 000]

Hi again,
I've been playing in the arena and some of the creatures in the list are named 'nothing'. I narrowed this down to being the wandering infected, but I couldn't find them in the RAWS. Eventually I found them in creature_humans_di.txt, and I figured out why they weren't displaying their names correctly. [CASTE_NAME:roaming infected:roaming infecteds] needs a third entry.
I may be completely wrong or something as I seriously have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to RAWS, but when I changed it to    [CASTE_NAME:roaming infected:roaming infecteds:roaming infected] they started displaying their names correctly again.

Thanks in advance, Pallbearer.

Yep, that's what was causing it. I 'fixed' it by making every infected caste useable under the roamer creature. Glad you're keeping an eye out for those kinds of things!

[crazyjake56]

Would it be possible to use an ascii tileset with this? Seems like they would be a bit more flexible.

[Abregado]

you can just disable graphics in the init.txt file. It plays find without a tileset

[Pallbearer]

Yep, that's what was causing it. I 'fixed' it by making every infected caste useable under the roamer creature. Glad you're keeping an eye out for those kinds of things!

It's the least I can do.

So, is it alright if I pepper you with random suggestions every so often? I won't take offense if you shoot them down.

[MorleyDev]

I am currently being seiged by infected riding war dingos leading a pack of war gorrilas. I do not know if this is a bug or not, but is is awesome.

[Pan]

I am currently being seiged by infected riding war dingos leading a pack of war gorrilas. I do not know if this is a bug or not, but is is awesome.

I had that problem before. It ruined the game for me to see giant leopards being ridden by zombies. Awesome, but rather game breaking for my imagination.

[kerlc]

B please. Awesome NEVER breaks fantasies.

on the more serious side, Yay! Brown now actually looks brown!

[burchalka]

Hi There
Long time lurker here.
First of all, I really enjoy the mode, thanks IT 000!
A question I couldn't figure out myself (tried to go to raws, but couldn't figure this out):
So I'm using the 1.1.4 version of the mode (with graphics), and cannot make the pistol/hunting/military rifle (I can make the pneumatics, though).
I wonder why?
I do have iron (tried making all the way up to crucible steel - didn't help).
I do have the gunparts, and I'm drowning in wood.
What else is missing?
Could it be related to the fact that after first 2 migrant waves I didn't attract any more migrants (in vanilla that would mean my home civ is dead, right)?

Thanks,
And keep up the good work.

[IT 000]

Big changes coming, check out the Blog Post feedback is insisted as this changes the behavior that zombies will react to you.

I am currently being seiged by infected riding war dingos leading a pack of war gorrilas. I do not know if this is a bug or not, but is is awesome.

I had that problem before. It ruined the game for me to see giant leopards being ridden by zombies. Awesome, but rather game breaking for my imagination.

I fixed it. It was VARIABLE_POSITIONS:ALL that was causing the problem. This also means no more infected generals or law-makers or whatever. So happy it's fixed, Infected are bad enough, Infected on Giant War Tigers. A little much.

Yep, that's what was causing it. I 'fixed' it by making every infected caste useable under the roamer creature. Glad you're keeping an eye out for those kinds of things!

It's the least I can do.

So, is it alright if I pepper you with random suggestions every so often? I won't take offense if you shoot them down.

Please do! I frequently add suggestions from fans. Even the Reinheit were suggested by a Kerlc.

Speaking of those guys, has anyone ever seen one? I faintly recall a thief running off a few versions ago, but my forts seldom survive to see an ambush.
 

Hi There
Long time lurker here.
First of all, I really enjoy the mode, thanks IT 000!
A question I couldn't figure out myself (tried to go to raws, but couldn't figure this out):
So I'm using the 1.1.4 version of the mode (with graphics), and cannot make the pistol/hunting/military rifle (I can make the pneumatics, though).
I wonder why?
I do have iron (tried making all the way up to crucible steel - didn't help).
I do have the gunparts, and I'm drowning in wood.
What else is missing?
Could it be related to the fact that after first 2 migrant waves I didn't attract any more migrants (in vanilla that would mean my home civ is dead, right)?

Thanks,
And keep up the good work.

Here's the schematics for the guns that are in Corrosion. Most reactions are in the read-me, so if you can't make heads or tails of it, it's probably in there.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Pistol: A one handed bullet shooting weapon. Useful, seeing as you can create them quicker then rifles and use them along with a one handed melee- weapon.
   1 Wood
   1 Metal
   1 Gun part
   Fuel

Hunting Rifle: A trusty rifle that can easily take out an enemy. It requires less parts then other rifles, but is weaker.
   1 Wood
   1 Metal
   2 gun parts
   Bullets for ammo
   Fuel

Military Rifle: More powerful then the hunting rifle and has a bayonet at the end. At the cost of being heavier, more parts, and two handed.
   2 Metal
   3 gun parts
   Bullets for Ammo
   Fuel

Shotgun: You can’t have a zombie apocalypse without a shotgun now can you. Due to limitations, the shot won’t actually spread. Think of it as a regular shotgun, not sawed off, so its attacks are relatively accurate. It packs a huge punch and can splatter infected limbs in one shot. However it requires different ammo and is more difficult to make.
   1 Wood
   2 Metal
   3 gun parts
   Shells for ammo
   Fuel

It sounds like you're lacking Gunparts.

[swordomatic]

Yeah, just the other time, my fort found a Reinhert ambush. Then found three more right after. If not for my legendary riflemen, I'd be screwed.

On the plus side, my melee squad's now pimping trench coats. That's always nice.

Also, IT, thanks for the great mod. Without this mod, I'd never have found DF in the first place.

[tilly]

Hey IT, I was on a run to the beer store the other day and I noticed a green poster on the wall. It's motto kind of made me laugh. It said "We were green before green was cool."  It was a poster about saving trees I believe. I immediatly thought of you and your motto and how your whole mod is based around the destruction of many trees and it made me smile.

[IT 000]

I had some free time, so I decided to start a fort.



Suddenly Saltwater Crocodiles.

Farmers missing a leg, carpenter has a cut on his head. Everyone is miserable except the Weaponsmith is ecstatic even when he lost two of his friends and her lover.

Let's see what happens.

EDIT

Well, there goes the carpenter.


Maybe if the farmer goes insane I can start a hermit story!

Yeah, just the other time, my fort found a Reinhert ambush. Then found three more right after. If not for my legendary riflemen, I'd be screwed.

On the plus side, my melee squad's now pimping trench coats. That's always nice.

Also, IT, thanks for the great mod. Without this mod, I'd never have found DF in the first place.

Yeah, I had one legendary rifleman with a crossbow discover a siege from the Desert Devils. Within ten seconds he killed four, popped a bolt in the rest and made them flee, then killed the zombies that resurrected. Those guys are nigh unstopable even with shoddy equipment.

Hey IT, I was on a run to the beer store the other day and I noticed a green poster on the wall. It's motto kind of made me laugh. It said "We were green before green was cool."  It was a poster about saving trees I believe. I immediatly thought of you and your motto and how your whole mod is based around the destruction of many trees and it made me smile.

Hehe, thanks for the compliment!

[Fishybang]

This is kind of a nooby question but where do you make screwdrivers and screws?