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DF Modding / Stupid Modding Trick: Making enemies explode.
« on: November 23, 2012, 01:44:02 am »
Not in the "evaporation" sense, either. I mean straight up exploding and endangering all nearby.

It's a very simple method: have either an interaction or a material that, when used on an enemy or globbed at an enemy, will give them an interaction that forces them to keep using an UNDIRECTED_DUST interaction for as long as they're conscious. Using END times, you can have them have a chance to to survive this, but that's no fun.

Example: Say you have... a covenant grunt. He uses a long-cooldown interaction called "lob plasma grenade". When used, he'll "throw" a "plasma grenade" at his opponent. If it hits, you'll see an evaporation and the poor bastard at the other end will start knocking himself around with his undirected dust.

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DF Modding / DF's next version and modding
« on: November 03, 2012, 10:57:11 pm »
Let's see, we have the combat speed/move speed split, running, jumping, multi-tile trees, flowers, fruits, and tree fruits. What else? Am I forgetting anything good?

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Life Advice / I'm whiny and my self-esteem is lower than my skillset.
« on: August 20, 2012, 12:13:04 am »
I wrote an entire post about how I know a lot, but I'm not good at any of it.

But then I read it.

Holy shit, really? I think that's bad? I can improvise at will on 4 musical instruments, 3 of which I learned over the course of a year (the same year), I learned how to mod X-plane in 4 days, and figured out some of the most difficult concepts and workarounds in DF modding in a few weeks.

And here I am complaining because I think I have no coordination. The hell? Just because my handwriting is completely unintelligible and I can't construct geometry without the aid of a computer doesn't mean that I have no coordination.

...does it?

Seriously, I have other things that I'm actually good at, and I worry about my handwriting? In this computer-run world? Besides, this is what dedicated artists are for :P

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DF Modding / Proof of concept/minimod: Sphere-based secrets (interactions making items)
« on: August 07, 2012, 02:02:06 pm »
This mod was originally designed to be part of the next update for my science mod; however, I discovered something and decided to upload what I had done immediately.

I've found out how to create items using interactions (adventure mode only).

It's really simple: make a material with a lower MAT_FIXED_TEMP than its MELTING_POINT, then use that material as a liquid spatter material emission for a secret/any other interaction. Pick up the spatter and it will solidify; this item can be used in reactions that specify a material, but no item. In this example, "enchanted ice" can be made by "waterbenders" through a spatter interaction; then, that "enchanted ice" can be used to make a water whip or 7/7 water.

Download: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/13790475/spheres.zip

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DF Modding / Were plant materials broken recently?
« on: August 02, 2012, 08:42:38 pm »
I've found that, no matter what I do, I can't make reagents using plant materials. For example, this product:

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[PRODUCT:100:1:DRINK:PLANT_MAT:POTION_SCIENCE:AWARE][PRODUCT_DIMENSION:150][PRODUCT_TO_CONTAINER:A]
Spits out this in the errorlog:

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PUT_POTIONS_IN_BOTTLES:Unrecognized Material Token: POTION_SCIENCE
Of course I have the POTION_SCIENCE plant, but it's apparently not being recognized.

Also, one other thing--forgot who I heard this from, but it was said that you could have a reagent just be, say, REAGENT:A:1:FLASK instead of REAGENT:A:1:FLASK:NONE:NONE:NONE. This is false, and spat out an error saying that a token modifying the reagent, [EMPTY], was an invalid material token called [EMPTY.  It may appear to work, but it really doesn't.

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DF Suggestions / Some ideas for COUNTER_TRIGGER
« on: August 02, 2012, 01:18:48 am »
COUNTER_TRIGGERs are a group of variables that can be called upon in interactions determine when the interaction should take place; these currently have such uses as vampires' teeth getting longer while sucking blood (with DRINKING_BLOOD), making creatures start exploding dust around when they've spent too long without a drink (ALCOHOLIC), etc.

The next version will include state-of-mind information to determine recklessness, fear, etc. So why not, say, include all of that info as COUNTER_TRIGGERs? This would allow, for example, a creature to turn green, huge, and destructive when they become angry, or use only allow the use of certain interactions (huge downsides, etc.) when the creature is desperate (backed into a corner etc.).

Ah, heck, let's just go with all of the variables!

THIRSTY: thirstiness.
HUNGRY: hungriness.
TIRED: tiredness.
EXERTED: exertion.
BLOOD_LOSS: blood lost.

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Other Games / Ace Combat - go dance with the Razgriz!
« on: July 09, 2012, 01:48:22 am »
I've been going apeshit all over this recently. Seriously, picked up a new copy of Ace Combat 5, played it for two days straight, remembered just how much world building there is for a freaking arcade flight simulator, started playing the Japanese Ace Combat 3, realized that holy shit this looks like Ghost in the Shell and that my freaking wingmates have more character within the first mission than nearly every character in 4 GOD DAMN.

Sorry, just... wow. Huge surprise coming out of that. Should have expected some story after AC5, but AC3's story is already proving to be much better (less hippie peacenik fighter pilots--where the hell did they come up with that one?)

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DF General Discussion / The string dump has some interesting unused stuff in it.
« on: June 23, 2012, 12:46:22 am »
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The item sparkles with a supernatural brillance.
The air around the object seems warped as if it were very hot, yet the item is cool to the touch.
The object looks oddly square.
The item constantly emits a nearly inaudible high-pitched whistle.
The item is covered with small bumps.
The item smells like wet earth.
Tiny streaks of lightning streak quickly over the object's surface.
Creatures that look at the item cannot think negative thoughts.
The item is covered with minute gray hairs.
The item sounds like rustling leaves when moved.
Was this used before? It seems like it's for magic items or something like that.

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Welcome home, my child.
I'm glad Toady has made sure that the game will recognize when you've hacked yourself to be adventuring as an existing historical figure :P

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The broker recommends keeping
Huh. Maybe this involves mandates.

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Hacked to pieces
Beheaded
Crucified
Buried alive
Left out in the air
Burned alive
Fed to beasts
Worldgen death methods? For punishment?

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Greetings from the outer lands. 
Huh?

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Leave it to the besotted dullard to miss the finer points of discourse.  I'm leaving.  Do reflect.
Your childish games have made me tired.  Perhaps next time I visit you'll take this seriously.
Aww. I wish they would say this when they leave unhappy :P

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going there.  Obviously, your copious wit is matched only by your industry!
And the start must be generated. I don't know!

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Staring off into space...
I've never seen this--is this melancholy or stark raving mad?

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The rest of the vomit burns away in the lava.
The vomit burns away in the lava.
The rest of the vomit burns away in the magma.
The vomit burns away in the magma.
The rest of the vomit disappears into the water.
The vomit disappears into the water.
The rest of the vomit falls away into the chasm.
The vomit falls away into the chasm.
The rest of the vomit falls away into the underworld.
The vomit falls away into the underworld.
The rest of the vomit splatters into the shallow puddle of water.
The vomit splatters into the shallow puddle of water.
That's an awful lot of description for vomit.

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has been tormented in nightmares by a dead and still annoying acquaintance lately
Not unused, I think, but still hilarious.

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had a terrifying nightmare about an army of the dead

O_O


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General Discussion / Zombie thread: Mah zambah barg bra!nz haarh.
« on: May 28, 2012, 01:40:38 am »
Mah zambah am nah habbah abah zah bang bangz.

Spoiler: original contents (click to show/hide)

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DF Community Games & Stories / Flushedmoirail: 34.10+ Fortbent succession game: Mandates!
« on: May 25, 2012, 11:02:41 pm »
You have embarked upon land covered in BAMBOO. OTTER MEN and GIANT SPONGES are visible from where you stand. Also, a VERY LARGE TENTACLED MONSTROSITY. What will you do?

>Be Putnam.

You are now Putnam.

1st Granite, 112 (OOC: it was planned to be 111, but some stuff happened)
get underground get underground get underground GET UNDERGROUND

3rd Granite, 112
THOSE ARE SOME REALLY BIG LOVEBIRDS COME ON WHAT ARE YOU DIRTY HIGHBLOODS DOING DOWN THERE
We're... not... that... high-blooded...
Whatever who cares just GET TO MINING YOU GOD DAMNED TEAL-BLOODS

4th Granite, 112
get down there now NOW NOW
I don't get the urgency...
if anything attacks that big tentacley thing YOU SURE AS HELL WILL YOUNG LADY

9th Granite, 112
Okay, let's get the farms up so the young lady can begin her business. why did they send a 4-sweep-old child with us? What the hell is wrong with them?

16th Slate, 112
set the woolbeasts out to pasture, the rest of the animals can go die for all I care. except for the horrorterror i love you

17th Slate, 112
YOUNG LADY GET THE HELL DOWN FROM THERE OUTSIDE IS NOT A PLACE TO SLEEP

3rd Felsite, 112
The food stockpile is up and running fully now. The young lady has a grudge with both of those miners. hell yes. and that leaves me as the only troll on this expedition with no friends...

13th Malachite, 112
Migrants! They should--
I'm an accomplished tracker!
God damn it.

23rd Limestone, 112
Oh, migrants. I hope they'll be both useful and not complainey.
Okay, I'm here now. I finally get to live in a place that appreciates me.
Okay, name and profession.
Erjafn Ropeir. I'm a metalcrafter. I've been perfecting my art for 111 years. Some say I'm legendary.
Oh shit. hasn't the world only existed for 112 years?
*eyeroll*

Anyway, how about you?
*nervous smile* Solaus Ebberi. I'm a legendary brewer!
Olikkr! Another one? How old are you?
...14 sweeps.
...Ofrefe. You could drop any second.

And you're the last one, yes?
*nervous smilex2 combo* ...yeah.
So, what do you do?
whythehell dopeoplealways havetoaskthat Imeancan'tsomeonelivehereinpeace?!
So you're saying nothing, then.
...yes. My niece, Glandr, lives here!
Yeah, yeah, whatever. Just get in there and don't eat too much. You're joining the military.

3rd Sandstone, 112
Construction of bedrooms has finally started.

15th Sandstone, 112
Seggja: BEHOLD! I have created Rymarasaminn, a mahogany earring!
Jaldra: Whoopdee-fucking-doo.
Seggja: Oh, shut up.

18th Obsidian, 112
The fish industry is now up and running. We have a well, a dining room, bedrooms for all, and everything is good. I feel that I'll retire next month, let someone else take over.

Spoiler: RULES (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Turn order (click to show/hide)

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DF Gameplay Questions / Crash every time world is generated.
« on: May 14, 2012, 06:38:33 pm »
This error shows up every time I try to generate a world in 34.08:

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Unit has misaligned body modifiers.  Adjusting.
I have seen this before, but that was a modding issue. This is 100% vanilla DF.

EDIT: Reinstalled the very same copy I downloaded in the first place and that somehow worked. Closing topic now.

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DF Modding / ‼What has science done‼?! Version 0.17 -- Forever deprecated!
« on: May 13, 2012, 08:37:51 pm »
Current devplan: ignore this mod forever and replace it with something else.

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General Discussion / Dragon Ball: Battle of Gods out!
« on: April 11, 2012, 10:54:05 pm »
And all related stuffs that go along with that.

It's a huuuge franchise, spanning more video games than I know to mention, at least one mod for Half-Life, and at least one mod for that mod for Half-life, and hell, I've played a mod for that mod for that mod for half-life, so clearly people enjoy it quite a lot.

Talk about the manga, the anime, the filler, Z, GT, AF*, Multiverse, everything, it's all good.

*(Still confused about this; the modmodmod I mentioned above was an AF mod for the ECX mod for the Earth's Special Forces mod for Half-Life; this is all I've seen. It was an April Fools joke, but then other people made fanfictions n' crap? The mod had an OC that nobody played as and, while fighting against a Super Saiyan 7 is kind of fun, the design is weird)

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Curses / I'm interested in learning the title music for Kobold Quest.
« on: March 27, 2012, 08:19:01 pm »
I'm fairly new at this guitaring business (I think it's been a year?), so I can't really tab it out or put it to sheet music by ear. Anyone have any idea how I could get info like this?

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Mod Releases / Secure, Contain, Protect 2. Version 0.1.0 (0.40.24)
« on: March 25, 2012, 09:11:02 pm »
About the SCP foundation.

The SCP Foundation is an organization dedicated to the protection of the world from anomalous objects and the study of said anomalous objects.

Download here.

Github

The current version is 0.1.0. Since the last version, I've removed some stuff and added a bunch of stuff to make the manufacture of new metals less micromanagement heavy.

Here's a wiki.

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