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[9joseph9]

I'm trying to give a creature the ability to heal its tissue through the use of an interaction. My problem is the interaction seems to have no effect, and when I possess the creature it lists the natural ability as "unknown interaction"

You have different names for the interaction in the creature and interaction files. One has [HEALSELF] and the other has [SELFHEAL] when they should both be the same.

Oh wow, I can't believe I missed that. Thanks a ton man.

[verdigriss]

This reaction:

[REACTION:INCINERATE_VERMIN]
   [NAME:incinerate vermin]
   [BUILDING:KILN:CUSTOM_SHIFT_V]
   [REAGENT:A:3:REMAINS:CREATURE_ID:CASTE]
   [PRODUCT:100:1:BAR:NONE:POTASH:NONE][PRODUCT_DIMENSION:150]
   [FUEL]
   [SKILL:POTASH_MAKING]

gets dwarves to collect the three remains properly, bring them to the kiln, and makes said remains vanish, all as intended.  But no potash is produced.  Why???  This looks very similar to the reaction in the wiki.  Thanks to anyone who can help!

[Strik3r]

try putting [DOES_NOT_DETERMINE_PRODUCT_AMOUNT] after [REAGENT:A:3:REMAINS:CREATURE_ID:CASTE]
see if maybe that does the trick?

[verdigriss]

It works!!!    Thank you, Strik3r!
Edit: Wait a minute...  They aren't bringing the vermin in to burn... it's just turning coal to potash...

[verdigriss]

Okay, I got it to work now:

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[REACTION:INCINERATE_VERMIN]
   [NAME:incinerate vermin]
   [BUILDING:KILN:CUSTOM_SHIFT_V]
   [REAGENT:A:3:REMAINS:NONE:NONE:NONE]
   [PRODUCT:100:1:BAR:NONE:POTASH:NONE][PRODUCT_DIMENSION:150]
   [FUEL]
   [SKILL:POTASH_MAKING]

Previously, I was missing a keyword argument in 'reagent A'.

[ChaosPotato]

ignore this, I forgot that http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=110027.5010 is creature and entity questions

[golemgunk]

Is it still possible to make a creature automatically use an interaction by removing the USAGE_HINT? I swear that's how it used to work, but it's not happening for me now.

[TomiTapio]

try putting [DOES_NOT_DETERMINE_PRODUCT_AMOUNT] after [REAGENT:A:3:REMAINS:CREATURE_ID:CASTE]
see if maybe that does the trick?

Thanks fellow modders: improved my cremations.

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"there are 3 types of corpses: CORPSE, CORPSEPIECE, and REMAINS. REMAINS are vermin remains, CORPSE is w/upperbody, CORPSEPIECE is w/o upperbody."

[REACTION:CREMATE_BODY_KILN]
   [NAME:cremate bodyparts] --includes hair & wool too. Bloody living rock teeth are spammy.
   [BUILDING:KILN:CUSTOM_SHIFT_B]
   --REAGENT:CONSUMEMEALS:1:FOOD:NONE:NONE:NONE:NONE] --slow the reaction and consume settlement's meals.
   [REAGENT:A:3:NONE:NONE:NONE:NONE]
      [USE_BODY_COMPONENT]
      [REACTION_CLASS:CREMATION]
      [HAS_MATERIAL_REACTION_PRODUCT:CREMATION_MAT]
      [DOES_NOT_DETERMINE_PRODUCT_AMOUNT]
   [PRODUCT:30:1:BAR:NONE:ASH:NONE]
      [PRODUCT_DIMENSION:150]
   [PRODUCT:7:1:GLOB:NONE:GET_MATERIAL_FROM_REAGENT:A:CREMATION_MAT]
   [PRODUCT:1:1:WOOD:NO_SUBTYPE:PLANT_MAT:FIREWOOD:WOOD] --1% fire accident chance from all the fat
   [SKILL:SMELT]
   [DESCRIPTION:Clean up the place. Three bodyparts into furnace, ash and maybe glob out.]
   [DESCRIPTION:Hair and wool are also cremated.]

[REACTION:CREMATE_REMAINS_KILN]
   [NAME:cremate vermin remains]
   [BUILDING:KILN:CUSTOM_SHIFT_V]
   [REAGENT:A:3:REMAINS:NONE:NONE:NONE]
      [DOES_NOT_DETERMINE_PRODUCT_AMOUNT]
   [PRODUCT:30:1:BAR:NONE:ASH:NONE]
      [PRODUCT_DIMENSION:150]
   [PRODUCT:1:1:WOOD:NO_SUBTYPE:PLANT_MAT:FIREWOOD:WOOD] --1% fire accident chance
   [SKILL:SMELT]
   [DESCRIPTION:Three vermin remains in, maybe get some ash.]

[DenBjornen]

Are there any good guides for modding in a new civilization? I've been reading on the DF wiki to learn more about the entity. I've only done some very basic changes like making elves have long lives instead of being immortal.

I'm just starting to look into modding, so any guidance would be appreciated. I'd like to try something like making a civilization that starts in the swamp/wetland biomes and has snapping turtle men or some other amphibious humanoids.

[brewer bob]

Are there any good guides for modding in a new civilization? I've been reading on the DF wiki to learn more about the entity.

There's at least the Civilization Cookbook thread.

[TomiTapio]

I'm just starting to look into modding, so any guidance would be appreciated. I'd like to try something like making a civilization that starts in the swamp/wetland biomes and has snapping turtle men or some other amphibious humanoids.

Creature and language at the start of the entity block:
   [CREATURE:GOBLIN]
   [TRANSLATION:GOBLIN]

Site type is very important:

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   [DEFAULT_SITE_TYPE:CITY]
   [LIKES_SITE:DARK_FORTRESS]
   [TOLERATES_SITE:CITY]
   [TOLERATES_SITE:CAVE_DETAILED]
   [TOLERATES_SITE:DARK_FORTRESS]

   [START_BIOME:NOT_FREEZING]
   [BIOME_SUPPORT:ALL_MAIN:1]
   [BIOME_SUPPORT:ANY_RIVER:2]

BABYSNATCHER or not, very important.

Ethics, values, banditry, also important.
   [ETHIC:KILL_ENTITY_MEMBER:PERSONAL_MATTER]
   [ETHIC:KILL_NEUTRAL:REQUIRED]
   [ETHIC:KILL_ENEMY:REQUIRED]
   [ETHIC:KILL_ANIMAL:ACCEPTABLE]
   [ETHIC:KILL_PLANT:ACCEPTABLE]
   [ETHIC:TORTURE_AS_EXAMPLE:ACCEPTABLE]
   [ETHIC:TORTURE_FOR_INFORMATION:ACCEPTABLE]
   [ETHIC:TORTURE_FOR_FUN:ACCEPTABLE]
   [ETHIC:TORTURE_ANIMALS:ACCEPTABLE]
   [ETHIC:TREASON:PUNISH_CAPITAL]
   [ETHIC:OATH_BREAKING:PERSONAL_MATTER]
   [ETHIC:LYING:PERSONAL_MATTER]
   [ETHIC:VANDALISM:PERSONAL_MATTER]
   [ETHIC:TRESPASSING:PERSONAL_MATTER]
   [ETHIC:THEFT:ACCEPTABLE]
   [ETHIC:ASSAULT:ACCEPTABLE]
   [ETHIC:SLAVERY:ACCEPTABLE]
   [ETHIC:EAT_SAPIENT_OTHER:PERSONAL_MATTER]
   [ETHIC:EAT_SAPIENT_KILL:PERSONAL_MATTER]
   [ETHIC:MAKE_TROPHY_SAME_RACE:ACCEPTABLE]
   [ETHIC:MAKE_TROPHY_SAPIENT:ACCEPTABLE]
   [ETHIC:MAKE_TROPHY_ANIMAL:ACCEPTABLE]
   [VALUE:LAW:-40]
   [VALUE:LOYALTY:-5] more loyalty
   [VALUE:FAMILY:40]
   [VALUE:FRIENDSHIP:-15]
   [VALUE:POWER:40]
   [VALUE:TRUTH:-50]
   [VALUE:CUNNING:35] more cunning
   [VALUE:ELOQUENCE:-30]
   [VALUE:FAIRNESS:-50]
   [VALUE:DECORUM:-15]
   [VALUE:TRADITION:15]
   [VALUE:ARTWORK:-40] less
   [VALUE:COOPERATION:18] more coop
   [VALUE:INDEPENDENCE:45]
   [VALUE:STOICISM:0]
   [VALUE:KNOWLEDGE:-45]
   [VALUE:INTROSPECTION:-35]
   [VALUE:SELF_CONTROL:-50]
   [VALUE:TRANQUILITY:-15]
   [VALUE:HARMONY:-50]
   [VALUE:MERRIMENT:20] more
   [VALUE:CRAFTSMANSHIP:-25]
   [VALUE:MARTIAL_PROWESS:35] more
   [VALUE:SKILL:-25]
   [VALUE:HARD_WORK:-15]
   [VALUE:SACRIFICE:-10] 40 more
   [VALUE:COMPETITION:20] 20 more
   [VALUE:PERSEVERANCE:15] 30 more
   [VALUE:LEISURE_TIME:0]
   [VALUE:COMMERCE:-40]
   [VALUE:ROMANCE:-30]
   [VALUE:NATURE:-50] 20 less
   [VALUE:PEACE:-45] 10 less
   [VARIABLE_POSITIONS:ALL]
   [SITE_VARIABLE_POSITIONS:ALL]   
   [BANDITRY:30]
   [LOCAL_BANDITRY]

Giving your civ's creature(s) some soundmessages, good flavor for adventurer mode:
   --sounds.. loudness/distance (squares), commonness (1000 for alarm, 10k peaceful).

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   [SOUND:ALERT:50:1200:VOCALIZATION:shout:shouts:a warcry]
   [SOUND:PEACEFUL_INTERMITTENT:45:80000:VOCALIZATION:shout:shouts:a shout] --very rare but long-distance
   [SOUND:PEACEFUL_INTERMITTENT:25:180000:VOCALIZATION:ponder the futility of it all:looks very sad:insane gibbering in the distance] --very rare
   [SOUND:PEACEFUL_INTERMITTENT:20:27000:VOCALIZATION:sneeze:sneezes:a sneeze]
   [SOUND:PEACEFUL_INTERMITTENT:7:25000:VOCALIZATION:burp:burps:a manly burp]
   [SOUND:PEACEFUL_INTERMITTENT:7:18000:VOCALIZATION:spit:spits:somebody spitting]
   [SOUND:PEACEFUL_INTERMITTENT:15:9500:VOCALIZATION:talk:talks:conversation]
   [SOUND:PEACEFUL_INTERMITTENT:13:24000:VOCALIZATION:pray:prays:a prayer]
   [SOUND:PEACEFUL_INTERMITTENT:4:16000:VOCALIZATION:sigh:sighs:a sigh] --shortest distance/loudness
   [SOUND:PEACEFUL_INTERMITTENT:16:17000:VOCALIZATION:swear:swears:somebody swearing]
   [SOUND:PEACEFUL_INTERMITTENT:11:19000:VOCALIZATION:mutter:mutters:somebody muttering]
   [SOUND:PEACEFUL_INTERMITTENT:8:18000:VOCALIZATION:grunt:grunts:a grunt]
   [SOUND:PEACEFUL_INTERMITTENT:6:15000:VOCALIZATION:cough:coughs:a quiet cough]

[Atkana]

If a tower-builder has access to summoning interactions, will the creatures they can summon be incorporated into their tower in the same way risen corpses are (e.g. helping build the tower, appearing as population around the site), or is summoning only utilised in gameplay? The only thing I've found from searching is that if summons are the only thing the tower-builder has access to, they supposedly won't build a tower.

[acastells]

Hi!

It is possible to edit the Generated Demons (the ones who live in dark fortresses) to make them go to the vaults and attack angels?

[TomiTapio]

It is possible to edit the Generated Demons (the ones who live in dark fortresses) to make them go to the vaults and attack angels?

The randomly generated demons and Forgotten Beasts and Titans cannot be altered, but they can be exported from save file to text editor.
Also, I have no idea how one would command any creature or civilization to go attack angels.

[Eric Blank]

Dfhack. I bet Rumrusher's already done it too.