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[IndigoFenix]

What does prone to rage do exactly?

The wiki didnt specify when the percentage to raqe out rolls.  is it when spotting an enemy, when attacking or being attacked, or each tick or?

It's any encounter with a non-friendly creature. This is why badgers will sometimes attack randomly instead of fleeing.

I'm not sure exactly how frequent the rolls are, but even a value of 1 causes quite frequent rages, and 100 causes the creature to instantly rage in any encounter, so it might be every time the unit can make a move.

[IndigoFenix]

Does anyone know what impacts distraction effects?  Is there a stat or a trait that causes unfulfilled needs to have a stronger impact?

[Taras]

How make LAYER_LINKED civs to trade with me?

[TomiTapio]

How make LAYER_LINKED civs to trade with me?

I'm afraid it's impossible to trade with underground animalmen civs. Gotta make a custom aboveground civ out of them if want caravans.
https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Entity_token#LAYER_LINKED

[Taras]

How make LAYER_LINKED civs to trade with me?

I'm afraid it's impossible to trade with underground animalmen civs. Gotta make a custom aboveground civ out of them if want caravans.
https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Entity_token#LAYER_LINKED

I want trade with LAYER_LINKED because only civs with this tag have materials from levels deeper that first cavern layer (goblins may have creatures from second layer, but in current versions their leader not travel to tame them).

But if trading with LAYER_LINKED is absolutely impossible, how add caravans to civ? Example kobolds or goblins.

[Logariter]

You need to make sure that the civ has either wagon pulling creatures or pack animals, and then make sure the civ is friendly with a player civ.

[Beakromancer]

How can I make a civ more warlike?

[pisskop]

How can I make a civ more warlike?

make their ethics differ more.
give them better acces to materials/resources/biomes/weapons.
make them occupy the same land as their target Civ.
make them stronger in worldgen by giving them a better start (i.e. starting pop)
make them covet power/strength/martial and, if you want to, death.

hacksor their creature raw.  give them acid spit or something.  take away their need to eat and add natural skills.

[IndigoFenix]

How can I make a civ more warlike?

There are a number of options.  Science is tricky, but I am definitely making progress in making my mod be constant warfare all the time.
Things that seem to work:

Give their civ values that emphasize warfare:

Code: [Select]

[VALUE:PEACE:-50]
[VALUE:MARTIAL_PROWESS:50]
[VALUE:POWER:50]
and the creature a personality that emphasizes violence:

Code: [Select]

[PERSONALITY:ANGER_PROPENSITY:80:90:100]
[PERSONALITY:HATE_PROPENSITY:80:90:100]
[PERSONALITY:VIOLENT:80:90:100]
[PERSONALITY:CRUELTY:80:90:100]
[PERSONALITY:AMBITION:80:90:100]
[PERSONALITY:VENGEFUL:80:90:100]
[PERSONALITY:TRUST:0:10:20]
[PERSONALITY:TOLERANT:0:10:20]

The personality of the leader plays a big part in how the civ responds to situations.  Not much is known about value and personality exact effects but these traits do tend to create a lot of violence and persecution.

If you want them to war against a specific civ, give them opposing values, make them find something UNTHINKABLE that other civs find ACCEPTABLE.  KILL_ANIMAL is a good open candidate for baseline DF.  This is tricky though if you want the civ to be "chaotic evil", lawful evil civs are much more frequently the aggressors.  It is possible that the VENGEFUL personality trait may cause a chaotic civ to retaliate more, though I haven't tested this.

You can also give them religion spheres that oppose the target nation, i.e. LAW against CHAOS, BEAUTY against DEFORMITY, WATER against FIRE.  Civs will sometimes go to war over this.  The TOLERANT trait may affect this, again not well tested.

Also make sure the civ's creatures are strong and they have access to good metals.  Otherwise their aggression will just get them wiped out in worldgen.  Giving my civ giants as war minions seems to help.

[TomiTapio]

Good tips, IndigoFenix.
I'd add "make the civ's creature make many offspring", ie. [LITTERSIZE:3:7].

[MaxTheFox]

Can I make a civ have plants unique to it like for animals?

[FantasticDorf]

Can I make a civ have plants unique to it like for animals?

If they have a reaction to make those plant seeds from a workshop, they'll always be able to commercially sell & bring them with them even if they're only really feasible to have in fortress mode. Offloading plants in extreme & unusual biomes like good alignment ones are helpful in this regard, because under the right conditions you'll see the plant yourself and otherwise you can get it from your trading neighbors.

I learnt this while modding in slow growing elf plants achieved through alchemy horticulture in game to make spontaneously without gathering but were native to good biomes, after a few worldgens they consistently traded it & related goods (within scope) which was pleasing.

[Roses]

Can I make a civ have plants unique to it like for animals?

If they have a reaction to make those plant seeds from a workshop, they'll always be able to commercially sell & bring them with them even if they're only really feasible to have in fortress mode. Offloading plants in extreme & unusual biomes like good alignment ones are helpful in this regard, because under the right conditions you'll see the plant yourself and otherwise you can get it from your trading neighbors.

I learnt this while modding in slow growing elf plants achieved through alchemy horticulture in game to make spontaneously without gathering but were native to good biomes, after a few worldgens they consistently traded it & related goods (within scope) which was pleasing.

Yes, reactions will enable plant availability, you can also change the availability with dfhack, but I think those are the only two ways

[FantasticDorf]

Yes, reactions will enable plant availability, you can also change the availability with dfhack, but I think those are the only two ways

Trees like Glumprongs are also infertile and therefore never actually used by goblins with [USE_EVIL_WOOD] (even for basic things like decorating their armor in rings of glumprong wood) until they are given a constituent seed part (interpreted any way you like, i like to give them nuts for knuckle worms to munch on) allowing future saplings too, a suprising amount of functions run off plants being accessible or having a industrial purpose to not be irrelevant.

Silver barbs for instance are only industrially relevant if they can be eaten, brewed or cooked, then in any such scenario you roll up as a site hailing from a evil region (evil mountain wouldn't be uncommon) with [USE_EVIL_PLANTS] you'll have your civilians predisposed to wearing black garbs & exporting the dye. Dimple cups get a free pass, because the seeds are cookable or local underground conditions making it very 'in their face'.

[Emperor Sheev]

I've modded in a creature with a large shell that, using the special butcher tag, is supposed to drop a boulder. When I tested this, butchering it only gave me the normal products. Does anyone have a good idea as to why? Here are the raws.

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[CREATURE:BOULDERBUG]
   [NAME:boulderbug:boulderbugs:boulderbug]
   [DESCRIPTION:A large insect found deep underground. Its shell is the size of a boulder and can be used for armor.]
   [CASTE_NAME:boulderbug:boulderbugs:boulderbug]
   [CHILD:1][GENERAL_CHILD_NAME:boulderbug nymph]
   [PREFSTRING:shiny shell]
   [BODY:SPIDER:4EYES:HEART:GUTS:BRAIN:MOUTH:SHELL]
   [BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:CHITIN_MATERIALS]
   [USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:SHELL:SHELL_TEMPLATE]
      [STATE_COLOR:ALL_SOLID:PLUM]
      [STATE_COLOR:LIQUID:PLUM]
      [STATE_COLOR:GAS:LILAC]
      [SOLID_DENSITY:1000]
      [BUTCHER_SPECIAL:STONE:NONE]
   [BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:CHITIN_TISSUES]
      [USE_TISSUE_TEMPLATE:SHELL:SHELL_TEMPLATE]
   [BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:EXOSKELETON_TISSUE_LAYERS:CHITIN:FAT:MUSCLE]
   [BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:SHELL_POSITIONS]
   [SELECT_TISSUE_LAYER:HEART:BY_CATEGORY:HEART]
      [TL_MAJOR_ARTERIES]
   [USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:SINEW:SINEW_TEMPLATE]
   [TENDONS:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:SINEW:200]
   [LIGAMENTS:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:SINEW:200]
   [HAS_NERVES]
   [USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:ICHOR:ICHOR_TEMPLATE]
   [BLOOD:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:ICHOR:LIQUID]
   [CREATURE_TILE:7][COLOR:5:0:0]
   [CREATURE_CLASS:GENERAL_POISON]
   [PETVALUE:200]
   [PET_EXOTIC]
   [BIOME:SUBTERRANEAN_CHASM]
   [LARGE_ROAMING][MEANDERER][DIFFICULTY:1]
   [POPULATION_NUMBER:4:6]
   [UNDERGROUND_DEPTH:1:2]
   [NATURAL]
   [NO_SLEEP]
   [BODY_SIZE:0:0:10000]
   [BODY_SIZE:1:0:20000]
   [BODY_SIZE:2:0:150000]
   [BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:LENGTH:90:95:98:100:102:105:110]
   [BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:HEIGHT:90:95:98:100:102:105:110]
   [BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:BROADNESS:90:95:98:100:102:105:110]
   [MAXAGE:10:15]
   [LOW_LIGHT_VISION:10000]
   [ATTACK:STING:BODYPART:BY_CATEGORY:MOUTH]
      [ATTACK_SKILL:BITE]
      [ATTACK_VERB:bite:bites]
      [ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:100]
      [ATTACK_FLAG_EDGE]
      [ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER:3:3]
      [ATTACK_PRIORITY:MAIN]
      [ATTACK_FLAG_CANLATCH]
   [CASTE:MALE]
      [MALE]
   [CASTE:FEMALE]
      [FEMALE]
   [SELECT_CASTE:ALL]
      [SET_TL_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:SHELL]
         [TL_COLOR_MODIFIER:PLUM:1]
            [TLCM_NOUN:shell:SINGULAR]
      [SET_TL_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:CHITIN]
         [TL_COLOR_MODIFIER:CREAM:1]
            [TLCM_NOUN:skin:SINGULAR]
      [SET_TL_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:EYE:EYE]
         [TL_COLOR_MODIFIER:BLACK:2:RED:1]
            [TLCM_NOUN:eyes:PLURAL]

edit: I also didn't get anything in the error log besides some issues with the color tags, which shouldn't be affecting the butchering results.