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RAWs
>Missing stuff from many custom creatures
-Buffaloes were missing baby information
-Diamond dogs missing a bunch of random things.
-Possibly more things I didn't see in my glance over (I didn't even bother to look though the entire pony creature file as it makes my brain overload when I look at it, though I did find you are missing some flags that were added in the new version of Dwarf Fortress that should be added in such as the new attack stuff and lowlight vision and smell)
>Some very inefficient RAW layouts for a few races (major example: diamond dogs)


WORLDGEN
>Generating worlds produces only Pony Civs (Fixed in current version)
>Diamond Dog civs not appearing. REASON FOUND: typo at the top of the entity file ""OBJECT:ENTITY]"" there needs to be a "[" at the beginning of that.


OTHERSTUFF
(((Not sure if these are intentional or not)))
>Changelings are using CAVE_DETAILED as their site type? Shouldn't this be DARK_FORTRESS?
>Changelings can do and build all the same stuff as Ponies?
>In Diamond Dogs Entity [ETHIC:SLAVERY:UNTHINKABLE] I think this should be set it ACCEPTABLE or PERSONAL_MATTER since it was clearly show in-show that they are willing to enslave things to do work for them. ((Some other Ethis stuff I don't think fits for a few races but I can just change that myself for my own game if I want))


Have not played Adventurer mode of Dwarf mode yet. Will get back to you later on those.

I'll take a poke at it and see what happens.
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Okay, you might already know this but in case you don't here it is...
I just looked though the creature raws and you're missing some of the new flags for things
The one I noticed was some of the new things for attacks such as the [ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER:#:#] isn't present in any of the custom creatures I looked at.
Also the [ATTACK_FLAG_BAD_MULTIATTACK] should be added in where applicable also.

...well I'm guessing that most the new tags that were added in aren't implemented in yet such as SMELL_TRIGGER.  If you need some help in adding these things in I could do it.

I do hope this isn't fully dead and that when the next version of Dwarf Fortress comes out that this gets some updates for all the new awesome stuff coming.

I also hope that the author fixes that design flaw in which other races who aren't ponies can't produce animal products like leather and meat. I know this mod was made with ponies in mind but I still would like to play as a griffin mountain home or Changeling hive at some point... or at least be able to play as them in adventure mode and not starve to death because I can't harvest edible meat.

Arena Changeling Combat Tests
No Skills / No Equipment / Ten Combats

Drone Vs. Earth Pony
Drone--0/10 Victory (0%)
Earth--10/10 Victory (100%)

Drone Vs. Unicorn
   Drone--1/10 Victory (10%) (NOTE: May have been a lucky shot)
Unicorn--9/10 Victory (90%) (NOTE: Took longer to kill a changeling then earth ponies)

Drone Vs. Pagasus
  Drone--0/10 Victory (0%)
Pagasus--10/10 Victory (100%) (NOTE: Took longer to kill a changeling then earth ponies)

Drone Vs. Alicorn
  Drone--1/10 Victory (10%)
Alicorn--9/10 Victory (90%)

Soldier Vs. Earth Pony
Drone--8/10 Victory (80%)
Earth--2/10 Victory (20%)

Soldier Vs. Unicorn
Soldier--3/10 Victory (30%)
Unicorn--7/10 Victory (70%) (NOTE: Didn't see this comeing)

Soldier Vs. Pagasus
Soldier--7/10 Victory (70%)
Pagasus--3/10 Victory (30%)

Soldier Vs. Alicorn
Soldier--0/10 Victory (0%)
Alicorn--10/10 Victory (100%)

Queen Vs. Earth
Queen--10/10 Victory (100%)
  Earth--0/10 Victory (0%)

Queen Vs. Unicorn
  Queen--6/10 Victory (60%)
Unicorn--4/10 Victory (40%)

Queen Vs. Pagasus
   Queen--10/10 Victory (100%)
Pagasus--0/10 Victory (0%)

Queen Vs. Alicorn
 Queen--5/10 Victory (50%)
Alicorn--5/10 Victory (50%)

Ran into my first changeling snatchers.  Mostly they just got spotted and ran away, except one which ran right into the zebra caravan and got its ass killed.

…Much later…

Griffin Caravan arrives and gets ambushed by changelings. Ambush team consisted of six changeling drones of various weapon types.  The griffin caravan’s only guard kills one changeling is then is took down when the rest swarm him.  From this and some tests I’ve done in arena I can see that drones tend to be squashy by themselves or in small groups (2-3) but god help you if they swarm.

The five remaining drones started heading towards my town so I hastily made a squad of military (Didn’t plan ahead on this one) with one wrestler and six war dogs and they proceeded to be murder by the drone swarm.  Then the swarm decided to split up, some started chacing some ponies around the country side while two others went into the unprotected town and got killed by one unarmed pony defending itself (Which again reflects my “drones are bad at combat unless in large groups” reasoning)


On the note of drones vs. soldiers (which I’ve seen none) I believe there is a way to specify that specific classes of a race can be a certain job.  Example) Only Soldier changelings can become spearlings/axlings/swordlings. And only drones can be labor type jobs.  I’m not sure by I think I read about it somewhere, though I may be mistaken. Unless you don't want to fix this that is...

You need somepony with the Gemcutter profession enabled to use it...
Also I don't think coke is a fuel... You need Coal or charcoal for fuel.  Coke is used in smelting I think.

Though the use of custom interactions and syndromes one could make the changelings quite “fun”
I would give them the ability to hide in plain sight for a time.  (I remember reading that you can make an interaction that does that, I'll look up the interaction tags and stuff and see if I can cobble it together)
I would also give the brood mother type changeling a special syndrome that she can sue to mess with the heads of a target, make them rage/depressed/something.  Mabey give other changelings a lesser version of it.