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Dear Urist,
Why did you go into the tunnel seconds after you just dug a channel between the pit of lava and the empty tunnel that leads to a magma forge?

The DF v0.47.01+ Worldgen Cookbook Thread is where I'd look for tips on that.  Modifying both the rainfall and drainage settings should give you the desert and forest conditions you're looking for, and possibly elevation settings could get you 1 central land mass.  Most of my world generations are 99% contiguous, which makes me wonder: do you get a bunch of islands in yours?  Or are you looking for a more uniform shape of the land mass?

I get a large land mass with a large inland/surrounded ocean and then a number of smallish islands around the continent, Usually looks like a Y or U.

Dump zone must be next to the pit, not over it.

Fixed. Thanks.

So I made a chute so my surface dwarves can toss the wood down it. But nothing I do seems to have the dwarves dumping them. I've tried turning off all activities and then turning them on, and even forbidding everything but the wood but the dwarves rather die of thirst and starvation that dump the wood.

Is there a conversion rate for animals IRL height to DF height?

I'm trying to make it so that dryads have leaves for hair but I can't figure out how to get it to work. Or am I going have to make my own detail plan for 'leaf hair'? Also is there anyway to increase their survivability, I want them to be a threat to an unarmed dwarf, but so far they can be taken out by a very injured dwarf.

Resolved

I've been stuck on trying to make dryad/ents. I'm basically just trying to make a plump helmet man with wood instead.

I keep getting *** Error(s) finalizing the creature DRYAD_WILLOW
undefined local creature material set to default: DRYAD_WILLOW WOOD


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[DESCRIPTION:A creature with the appearance of a frail young woman with leaves with hair that covers he face.]
[NAME:willow dryadwillow dryads:willow dryad]
[CASTE_NAME:willow dryad:willow dryads:willow dryad]
[CREATURE_TILE:'d'][COLOR:5:0:0]
[LARGE_ROAMING]
[FREQUENCY:20]
[BENIGN]
[AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE]
[POPULATION_NUMBER:5:5]
[CLUSTER_NUMBER:1:5]
[CAN_LEARN]
[LOCAL_POPS_CONTROLLABLE]
[LOCAL_POPS_PRODUCE_HEROES]
[CANOPENDOORS]
[PREFSTRING:sad appearance]
[ODOR_LEVEL:0] no smell
[SMELL_TRIGGER:10000] cannot smell
[NOBONES]
[EXTRAVISION]
[BODY:HUMANOID_SIMPLE]
[NO_THOUGHT_CENTER_FOR_MOVEMENT]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:WOOD:WOOD_TEMPLATE]
[TISSUE:WOOD]
[TISSUE_NAME:wood:wooden]
[TISSUE_MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:WOOD]
[MUSCULAR]
[FUNCTIONAL]
[STRUCTURAL]
[RELATIVE_THICKNESS:1]
[CONNECTS]
[TISSUE_SHAPE:LAYER]
[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:WOOD]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:LEAF:LEAF_TEMPLATE]
[STATE_COLOR:ALL:GREEN]
[DISPLAY_COLOR:2:0:0]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:STANDARD_HEAD_POSITIONS]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:HUMANOID_HEAD_POSITIONS]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:HUMANOID_RELSIZES]
[BODY_SIZE:0:0:3000]
[BODY_SIZE:1:168:15000]
[BODY_SIZE:12:0:60000]
[BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:HEIGHT:90:95:98:100:102:105:110]
[BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:BROADNESS:90:95:98:100:102:105:110]
[ATTACK:PUNCH:BODYPART:BY_TYPE:GRASP]
[ATTACK_SKILL:GRASP_STRIKE]
[ATTACK_VERB:punch:punches]
[ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:100]
[ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER:3:3]
[ATTACK_FLAG_WITH]
[ATTACK_PRIORITY:MAIN]
[ATTACK:KICK:BODYPART:BY_TYPE:STANCE]
[ATTACK_SKILL:STANCE_STRIKE]
[ATTACK_VERB:kick:kicks]
[ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:100]
[ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER:4:4]
[ATTACK_FLAG_WITH]
[ATTACK_PRIORITY:SECOND]
[ATTACK_FLAG_BAD_MULTIATTACK]
[BABY:1]
[CHILD:12]
[EQUIPS]
[ALL_ACTIVE]
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_BIPED_GAITS:900:750:600:439:1900:2900] 20 kph
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_CLIMBING_GAITS:2990:2257:1525:731:4300:6100] 12 kph
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_SWIMMING_GAITS:2990:2257:1525:731:4300:6100] 12 kph
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_CRAWLING_GAITS:2990:2257:1525:731:4300:6100] 12 kph
[SWIMS_INNATE]
[HOMEOTHERM:10040]
[CASTE:FEMALE]
[FEMALE]
[MULTIPLE_LITTER_RARE]
[ITEMCORPSE:WOOD:NO_SUBTYPE:PLANT_MAT:WILLOW:WOOD]
[SELECT_CASTE:ALL]
[SET_TL_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:WOOD]
[TL_COLOR_MODIFIER:TAN:1]
[TLCM_NOUN:exterior:SINGULAR]

Simple suggestion, a tag for creature's that allows them to have favorite food/drink, this can either be a random favorite food or a chosen food.

i.e.

[DESCRIPTION:A short, sturdy creature fond of drink and industry.]
[NAME:dwarf:dwarves:dwarven]
[CASTE_NAME:dwarf:dwarves:dwarven]
[FAV_FOOD:RAND] #Will make each dwarf have 1 random entity appropriate food, i.e. Plump Helmets
[FAV_DRINK:RAND] #Will make each dwarf have 1 random entity appropriate food, i.e. Dwarf Wine.

The food  and drinks will be appropriate for the entity, i.e. if the entity allows the eating of sentient then the creatures can have favorite food for other sentient, which if a rule has a favorite food of dwarf flesh then the ruler may declare a War to obtain said dwarf flesh.

In non-sentient/entity creatures, the creature will be more likely to attack their favorite food, while ignoring others.

i.e.

[DESCRIPTION:A gigantic reptilian creature.  It is magical and can breathe fire.  These monsters can live for thousands of years.]
[NAME:dragon:dragons:draconic]
[CASTE_NAME:dragon:dragons:draconic]
[FAV_FOOD:DWARF]

Will mean the dragon will be more likely to attack a mountain home and ignore the knife-ears.

Try putting [RELIGION_SPHERE:DEATH] in other entities. The necromancers are just very devout followers of a DEATH deity, the more DEATH deities and civilizations that worship them the the more necromancers there are at least in 40.