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[jjdorf]

Okay, so I have to admit, honeybee hives are intriguing. Personally, I've tried to increase the number of honeycombs produced to make beekeeping more profitable. However, I also came to realize that hives could be used for other things. Like, cultivating the silk from silkworm moths. After some fiddling around and a little work, I now have a fully functional silkworm moth system. It is loosely based on actual silkworm cultivation in real life. Silkworm moths only show up in forests and marshlands, and do not cause vermin hatred.  If I programmed it right, silk should be capable of being harvested twice a season, at one silkworm moth silk thread per hive per harvest. Harvesting silk from a silkworm moth hive uses the beekeeping skill. Without further ado, here's the raw file that need to be added to a game to make it work:

creature_small_silkworm.txt

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[OBJECT:CREATURE]


[CREATURE:SILKWORM_MOTH]
[DESCRIPTION:A small moth, having a larval stage that produces a silk coccoon that can be harvested. Can be domesticated to make a sophisticated silk economy.]
[NAME:silkworm moth:silkworm moths:silkworm moth]
[CASTE_NAME:silkworm moth:silkworm moths:silkworm moth]
[CREATURE_TILE:249][COLOR:7:0:1]
[WEBIMMUNE]
[NATURAL]
[BIOME:ANY_FOREST]
[BIOME:ANY_WETLAND]
[VERMIN_SOIL_COLONY][FREQUENCY:100]
[VERMIN_NOTRAP]
[POPULATION_NUMBER:250:500]
[SMALL_REMAINS]
[PETVALUE:1]
[PETVALUE_DIVISOR:1000]
[SPEED:2900]
[PREFSTRING:silk]
[ALL_ACTIVE]
[NO_SLEEP]
[HOMEOTHERM:10040]
[SWIMS_INNATE][SWIM_SPEED:2500]
[NOT_BUTCHERABLE]
[NOPAIN][EXTRAVISION][NOSTUN][NOFEAR]
[NOBONES]
[ARTIFICIAL_HIVEABLE]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:SILK:SILK_TEMPLATE]
[HIVE_PRODUCT:1:50400:THREAD:NONE:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:SILK]
[BODY:INSECT:2EYES:HEART:GUTS:BRAIN:MOUTH:2WINGS]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:CHITIN_MATERIALS]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:CHITIN_TISSUES]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:EXOSKELETON_TISSUE_LAYERS:CHITIN:FAT:MUSCLE]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:STANDARD_HEAD_POSITIONS]
[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_CLASS:GENERAL_POISON]
[GETS_WOUND_INFECTIONS]
[GETS_INFECTIONS_FROM_ROT]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:PUS:PUS_TEMPLATE]
[PUS:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:PUS:LIQUID]
[BODY_SIZE:0:0:1]
[MAXAGE:1:1]
[HOMEOTHERM:10040]
[CASTE:FEMALE]
[FEMALE]
[CASTE:MALE]
[MALE]
[SELECT_CASTE:ALL]
[BODYGLOSS:INSECT_UPPERBODY:INSECT_LOWERBODY]
[FLIER]
[SET_TL_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:CHITIN]
[TL_COLOR_MODIFIER:WHITE:1]
[TLCM_NOUN:chitin:SINGULAR]
[SET_TL_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:EYE:EYE]
[TL_COLOR_MODIFIER:BLACK:1]
[TLCM_NOUN:eyes:PLURAL]


[Girlinhat]

This has been done, fyi, shortly after hives were introduced.  I can't recall the exact results, but it seemed to work for silk production.  Still, always nice to see someone put out something they did ^^

[wolflance]

Domesticated silkmoth can't fly...just to point it out. They still has small wings tho.

[Kweri]

Thanks for sharing! I wonder what else would make sense to be done with hives...

Also note that if you're putting this in its own file, the first line should be the name of the file (minus the .txt). So in this case, "creature_small_silkworm" should be the first line in your text file.

[jjdorf]

Thanks for sharing! I wonder what else would make sense to be done with hives...

I'm working on my next hive creature: The pearlworm. Mainly because, Armok damn it, I'd like to have some pearls to decorate things with.

It is interesting figuring out how to cultivate particular hive species, since there is no actual way to select a particular type of thing to have put in a hive, you have to watch what creature colony gets transplanted.

However, I'm still trying to figure out why it is that my moths and worms never seem to leave their colony.  They are, however, properly creating the silk and pearls they should be making.

And I just noticed that the pearlworms can be moved to a cage for some strange reason.  o_O

[darkflagrance]

A very useful mod - time to create a pixie meat harvester!

Thanks for sharing! I wonder what else would make sense to be done with hives...

I'm working on my next hive creature: The pearlworm. Mainly because, Armok damn it, I'd like to have some pearls to decorate things with.

It is interesting figuring out how to cultivate particular hive species, since there is no actual way to select a particular type of thing to have put in a hive, you have to watch what creature colony gets transplanted.

However, I'm still trying to figure out why it is that my moths and worms never seem to leave their colony.  They are, however, properly creating the silk and pearls they should be making.

And I just noticed that the pearlworms can be moved to a cage for some strange reason.  o_O

Could it be because they can't fly?

[fivex]

Thanks for sharing! I wonder what else would make sense to be done with hives...

I'm working on my next hive creature: The pearlworm. Mainly because, Armok damn it, I'd like to have some pearls to decorate things with.

It is interesting figuring out how to cultivate particular hive species, since there is no actual way to select a particular type of thing to have put in a hive, you have to watch what creature colony gets transplanted.

However, I'm still trying to figure out why it is that my moths and worms never seem to leave their colony.  They are, however, properly creating the silk and pearls they should be making.

And I just noticed that the pearlworms can be moved to a cage for some strange reason.  o_O

You need [COLONY_EXTERNAL]

[jjdorf]

You need [COLONY_EXTERNAL]

I now have my pearlworms and my moths flying about outside their hives.  Thank you!

Now to make sure the pearls get cultivated and figure out why pearlworm colonies can be moved into cages...

[Rhenaya]

*casts necromancy on thread*

out of boredom i quickly made this mod together for easy use, it works for the 0.34.x series for now

http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=6023

[Frectorius]

Hello everyone

I am new to modding dwarf fortress and this silkworms looks quite fascinating(!), but I don't know how this will work in the end. If a start in the woods and I have this worms and honey bees, will the dwarf with beekeeping labor gather randomly the creature or the one closer to the hive?
And do I need to make a new RAW .txt file for this creature or do I copy the content to en existing file?

Tanks for the answers

[Nikitaw99]

And do I need to make a new RAW .txt file for this creature or do I copy the content to en existing file?

The OP says to create a file named "creature_small_silkworm.txt" and put it into the file.