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Author Topic: Is it possible to change the creature of an Entity without making a new world?  (Read 982 times)

varkarrus

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Is it possible to change the creature of an Entity without making a new world?
« on: December 10, 2008, 07:57:28 pm »
I want to dig out a huge dungeon, so I made an uber dwarf race that moves really fast, is practically indestructable, and has [NOFEAR], [NOPAIN], [NO_EAT], [NO_DRINK] tags, and so forth, but then I want to reclaim it as the normal dwarves.
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And you can't eat them, either, sadly. Even though it'd make sieges so much more fun; dwarves lining the walls, drooling and carrying sharp knives and forks, ready for the upcoming meals.

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Re: Is it possible to change the creature of an Entity without making a new world?
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2008, 07:58:51 pm »
as long as the only changes are to the creature_standard file it should be fine.
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Re: Is it possible to change the creature of an Entity without making a new world?
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2008, 07:59:15 pm »
Just remove all the extra tags when you're done. You don't even need to reclaim.
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Re: Is it possible to change the creature of an Entity without making a new world?
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2008, 08:01:53 pm »
Wow. That was fast. And good for my sake. :D
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Quote from: Skorpion on June 01, 2009, 08:41:19 pm
And you can't eat them, either, sadly. Even though it'd make sieges so much more fun; dwarves lining the walls, drooling and carrying sharp knives and forks, ready for the upcoming meals.

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Re: Is it possible to change the creature of an Entity without making a new world?
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2008, 01:53:01 am »
Adding or subtracting an entire creature (or other entity) requires a new world. Modifying an existing creature (or other entity) does not.
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Re: Is it possible to change the creature of an Entity without making a new worl
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2008, 06:59:55 pm »
Though some of the entity determined things (like clothing) are set at world gen for the rest of the game so they do require world gen as an exception to the rule.
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