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[Fleeb]

So, I read somewhere that dwarves only take their prefstrings from the first creature file or two, alphabetically (can anyone confirm this?)

I'd like my dwarves to be able to use any creature prefstring... my thinking is that I can take all creatures and dump them into the same file. Will this work? Anyone know if there is a size or number limit for a creature_x.txt file?

[The13thRonin]

So, I read somewhere that dwarves only take their prefstrings from the first creature file or two, alphabetically (can anyone confirm this?)

I'd like my dwarves to be able to use any creature prefstring... my thinking is that I can take all creatures and dump them into the same file. Will this work? Anyone know if there is a size or number limit for a creature_x.txt file?

I've never heard of any such limit. Can anyone confirm this? I have multiple creature files and the prefstrings all SEEM to be working.

If there is such a limit I would be curious as to how... The creature files are all meant to be read by Dwarf Fortress as one big file after it finds all the [OBJECT:CREATURE] and that each creature has their own individual prefstrings.

[Wiles]

I just opened one of my modded savegames to see if this was the case. I checked my dwarve's preferences and they seem perfectly able to pick animals that aren't in the first few creature files.

[umiman]

As one of those who's done extensive work on prefstrings, let me assure you it isn't true.

[Fleeb]

All righty then. Thanks for clearing that up!