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Griskard

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New to modding - Cant work out how to make a crafting reaction to give bones etc
« on: October 21, 2016, 04:53:53 am »
Trying to create a fortress entirely sealed from the outside. Wondering if the inbreeding will kill it.

Unfortunately I can't get bones, shells etc for strange moods, resulting in those moods failing. I was hoping to add a reaction to a building so I can get a bunch of bones and such for free, but I can't work out how. I copied another one that was on these forums, but I think it was for an older version. I can't even copy the old code I was using because I fresh installed to try again.

I figure it must be really simple and I'm just not getting it, does anyone have any ideas?
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Re: New to modding - Cant work out how to make a crafting reaction to give bones etc
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2016, 06:33:36 am »
Creating bones (or any other type of body part) with a custom reaction is not possible in this version of Dwarf Fortress.
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Quote from: Lord Dakoth on September 17, 2009, 10:47:58 pm
It's amazing how dwarves can make a stack of bones completely waterproof and magmaproof.
Quote from: Neruz on September 18, 2009, 06:58:26 am
It's amazing how they can make an entire floodgate out of the bones of 2 cats.

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Re: New to modding - Cant work out how to make a crafting reaction to give bones etc
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2016, 05:20:58 pm »
Quote from: Quietust on October 21, 2016, 06:33:36 am
Creating bones (or any other type of body part) with a custom reaction is not possible in this version of Dwarf Fortress.

Hmm, Ok, well at least I know that it probably wasn't me just being an Urist.

I found I could spawn Wool and Leather in DFhack, but I couldn't get bones to work. Is that part of the same problem?
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Re: New to modding - Cant work out how to make a crafting reaction to give bones etc
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2016, 06:48:13 pm »
Yes.

Only way to make bones with dfhack is to use createunit to spawn a creature, a pet, then butcher it.
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Re: New to modding - Cant work out how to make a crafting reaction to give bones etc
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2016, 10:42:09 pm »
Quote from: Meph on October 21, 2016, 06:48:13 pm
Yes.

Only way to make bones with dfhack is to use createunit to spawn a creature, a pet, then butcher it.
So Dwarfy of you Meph!
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Re: New to modding - Cant work out how to make a crafting reaction to give bones etc
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2016, 10:49:19 pm »
Quote from: Meph on October 21, 2016, 06:48:13 pm
Yes.

Only way to make bones with dfhack is to use createunit to spawn a creature, a pet, then butcher it.
Double quote but you could just use the DF Hack command:

createitem CREATURE_MAT:creature:bone

just change out "creature" for the creature id for the type of bone you want
or at least that"s how I think it go...
late over here goodnight!
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Re: New to modding - Cant work out how to make a crafting reaction to give bones etc
« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2016, 12:47:56 am »
Quote from: Wyrdean on October 21, 2016, 10:49:19 pm
Quote from: Meph on October 21, 2016, 06:48:13 pm
Yes.

Only way to make bones with dfhack is to use createunit to spawn a creature, a pet, then butcher it.
Double quote but you could just use the DF Hack command:

createitem CREATURE_MAT:creature:bone

just change out "creature" for the creature id for the type of bone you want
or at least that"s how I think it go...
late over here goodnight!

I think I tried that but it didn't work. I think.
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Re: New to modding - Cant work out how to make a crafting reaction to give bones etc
« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2016, 10:07:30 am »
Quote from: Wyrdean on October 21, 2016, 10:49:19 pm
Quote from: Meph on October 21, 2016, 06:48:13 pm
Yes.

Only way to make bones with dfhack is to use createunit to spawn a creature, a pet, then butcher it.
Double quote but you could just use the DF Hack command:

createitem CREATURE_MAT:creature:bone

just change out "creature" for the creature id for the type of bone you want
or at least that"s how I think it go...
That's not how createitem works - you have to specify an item type in addition to the material, and that item type would have to be CORPSEPIECE:NONE which is explicitly disallowed because it doesn't actually work (it would literally be exactly the same as doing "[PRODUCT:1:CORPSEPIECE:NONE:CREATURE_MAT:CAT:BONE]" in a custom reaction, because that's how the plugin actually works).
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Quote from: Lord Dakoth on September 17, 2009, 10:47:58 pm
It's amazing how dwarves can make a stack of bones completely waterproof and magmaproof.
Quote from: Neruz on September 18, 2009, 06:58:26 am
It's amazing how they can make an entire floodgate out of the bones of 2 cats.

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Re: New to modding - Cant work out how to make a crafting reaction to give bones etc
« Reply #8 on: October 22, 2016, 05:52:17 pm »
Quote from: Quietust on October 22, 2016, 10:07:30 am
Quote from: Wyrdean on October 21, 2016, 10:49:19 pm
Quote from: Meph on October 21, 2016, 06:48:13 pm
Yes.

Only way to make bones with dfhack is to use createunit to spawn a creature, a pet, then butcher it.
Double quote but you could just use the DF Hack command:

createitem CREATURE_MAT:creature:bone

just change out "creature" for the creature id for the type of bone you want
or at least that"s how I think it go...
That's not how createitem works - you have to specify an item type in addition to the material, and that item type would have to be CORPSEPIECE:NONE which is explicitly disallowed because it doesn't actually work (it would literally be exactly the same as doing "[PRODUCT:1:CORPSEPIECE:NONE:CREATURE_MAT:CAT:BONE]" in a custom reaction, because that's how the plugin actually works).

ah thanks!

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Re: New to modding - Cant work out how to make a crafting reaction to give bones etc
« Reply #9 on: November 02, 2016, 01:46:10 pm »
[i managed to post this in the wrong place, and cant figure out how to delete :l]
« Last Edit: November 02, 2016, 01:49:17 pm by malistaticy »
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