I'd try to make a mod, but I'm not sure if you can make them lay eggs.
Imagine how much fun it'd be running through a dragon roost, smashing eggs!
We'd need a way to attach temperature effects to eggs independently of their parents, however...
Maybe Toady could implement some other construct along the same lines: [OFFSPRINGTYPE:xyz], and [MATURATIONTYPE:xyz:age]. When the being gives birth, instead of giving birth to creatures of the same kind, it gives birth to creatures of an entirely different sort. When the offspring creature reaches the given age, it transforms into a completely different beastie (usually the original). For instance, if a caterpillar reaches age 1, it turns into a butterfly.
If there are multiple maturation types, perhaps there could be attached weightings as well. Thus, for instance, you might be able to have the occasional albino baby or unusual (fantasy) creature produced from an ordinary parent.
Perhaps, eventually, we could even have a matrix -- or at least some kind of [POTENTIALMATE:xyz:offspringtype] attribute -- for the rarest critters (e.g., lion + eagle + porno music = gryphon).
[ February 10, 2007: Message edited by: JT ]
[woolname:woolvalue]
That should cover it, with wool being treated like a new class of cloth, heavier than plant cloth, and warmer.
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Perhaps, eventually, we could even have a matrix -- or at least some kind of [POTENTIALMATE:xyz :offspringtype] attribute -- for the rarest critters (e.g., lion + eagle + porno music = gryphon).
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Or even the not so rare:
horse(f) + donkey(m) = mule(hybrid), and
horse(m) + donkey(f) = hinny(hybrid)
For easy decision on which offspring to butcher :-)
Slightly more sane, I would like to see donkeys in the game, and, thus, mules being born. Chickens, too. And other fowl. Maybe I just like livestock too much.
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<STRONG>Ooh! Imagine this. A unicorn-elephant hybrid... as a ZOMBIE.Slightly more sane, I would like to see donkeys in the game, and, thus, mules being born. Chickens, too. And other fowl. Maybe I just like livestock too much.</STRONG>
Coming from someone who used live in a rural area that had pink cows in it (well, really white cows with red spots, but if you got the right distance and light, they looked pink), you can NEVER like livestock too much.