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[Jake]

Saltpeter is actually a mineral in-game, in a mod that I'm working on (a smaller scale one to yours, where guns are less of a priority compared to transmutation alchemy and metallurgy) I used that, with some editing.

I'm fully aware of that, but the whole reason Fredd suggested the alternative reaction is that saltpetre deposits are extremely uncommon unless you tinker with the mineral raws like Rammok did for brimstone in Dark Ages.

I'm quite pressed for time right now so I can't give the full details, but I'll send you a message so we could compare notes? I think I've nailed the alchemy part of things but my guns and bullets aren't fully up to scratch yet.

Sure, why not?

[Jake]

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I cannot believe it took me this long to notice that [PRODUCT_TO_CONTAINER:] screw-up.

[fasquardon]

The air guns being spring-powered instead of by compressed air was another necessary compromise, because for the life of me I can't figure out how I might go about simulating an air tank without resorting to the dark sourcery of dfhack.

Why not just make it a component of the gun, along with the bellows.  So a gun would be made of a stock, barrel, tank and a bellows.  The manufacture could be made more or less difficult (in real life making the air tanks was very difficult and expensive, which is why air rifles never caught on). In use, the weapon would work alot like a bow.

fasquardon

[Rammok]

I cannot believe it took me this long to notice that [PRODUCT_TO_CONTAINER:] screw-up.

Looked fine for the Arquebus/Rifle refit I did. There is another issue with reagents having "no_subtype" where it should read "NONE".

[Jake]

Well, now that I finally have a computer that can play DF properly, I should be able to get those bugs fixed permanently.

[Jake]

Progress update: No errors in worldgen, but the first reaction I tried (wooden rockets, because it was the easiest) appears to run indefinitely without producing anything. Nothing in the error log is giving me any clues as to why. Going to try bullets next.

EDIT: O...kay. The good news is the reaction worked, the bad news is it produced a single bullet and a single cartridge each time.

[scamtank]

I can't see any [DOES_NOT_DETERMINE_PRODUCT_AMOUNT] tags. Try using lots and lots of [DOES_NOT_DETERMINE_PRODUCT_AMOUNT] tags.

[Jake]

Fixed it! Apparently I needed [PRODUCT:100:60:AMMO:ITEM_AMMO_BULLET_L:METAL:LEAD][PRODUCT_DIMENSION:60], not [PRODUCT:100:1:AMMO:ITEM_AMMO_BULLET_L:METAL:LEAD][PRODUCT_DIMENSION:60].

[Jake]

v0.9 is now up at DFFD, first post edited accordingly.

[NoobKid]

v0.9 is now up at DFFD, first post edited accordingly.

Is this mod compatible with 40.13?

[Jake]

Is this mod compatible with 40.13?

Yes it is.

[NoobKid]

Downloading. Looks awesome.

[NoobKid]

Still haven't found a firearm in Adventure Mode. Are they supposed to be super rare even if you give them to all intelligent races?

[Jake]

Weapons made in reactions don't seem to show up properly unless added as WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_WHATEVER in entity_default.txt.

[noobnubcakes]

[SHOOT_MAXVEL:25000] This number determines rate of fire.

The raw file for weapons states:

[SHOOT_MAXVEL:200]  This is just to make sure a near-weightless object doesn't go faster than the string could possibly go.

Implying that MAXVEL stands for max velocity.