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Dwarf Fortress

Caboose's Horses Expanded
26 Comments
TheEpicTroll 28 Apr, 2024 @ 10:33pm 
horse armor dlc for this mod when?
ilikegoodfood 10 Jul, 2023 @ 1:08pm 
I'm setting up my first mod list and have discovered that it's possible to define load-order and compatibility rules in a way that displays in-game.
The Perspective Walls mod is an example of a mod defining itself as loading before a vanilla file.
You could check how that mod does it, and do the same.
Col. Caboose  [author] 8 Jun, 2023 @ 4:13am 
@ryno
As i've responded to 20firebird before, (this is a copy and paste response from a while back)
I'm currently making a large pack for most cervids, though once im finished i can try my damndest to make the cats and dogs look decent.
If you've ever taken a good look at the cats and dogs in dwarf they're practically a rainbow of colours so that'll change alot of things, but with some compromise i was planning on making some inaccurate but good looking sprites, we'll see how it ends up once i finish this and another mod pack for devonian creatures lol
ryno 7 Jun, 2023 @ 10:31pm 
Can you do this for cats?
Col. Caboose  [author] 6 Jun, 2023 @ 9:29am 
@Digganob
I also see no reason to why they only have a graphics token for [LENGTH] when theres: https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Creature_token#BP_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER quite a few appearance modifiers used, i forgot to state before that this is the same issue that the creator of ECG ran into.

Although i've looked through their code several times before for references i can't recall whether they use the length to influence the graphics though I can guarentee they do.
Like with my deer i have the antler length change which set of 3 antler sprites (theres 3 for each length) to randomly choose a pair of antlers from.
Digganob 6 Jun, 2023 @ 8:47am 
Ah. I wonder if perhaps all descriptors can be replaced with such spectrums, and thus a "large nose" would be a nose that is 100 out of 100 size, or something along those lines, and that size is designated a specific sprite. What do you think?
Col. Caboose  [author] 6 Jun, 2023 @ 8:25am 
I ran into this issue with my deer mod, as i added the variation of deer antler width as well as the length, and even drew up the sprites for all variations of them. Though when i went to implement them into the game, i noticed that there was literally no support for anything but length and for hairstyle shapings, which you can look at in here: https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Graphics_token , nullifying the graphics i made as i couldn't add the ability for antler width to be taken into account.

TLDR the way the graphics tokens are currently set up doesn't support graphical variation based on anything other than a tissues colour or length.
Col. Caboose  [author] 6 Jun, 2023 @ 8:25am 
@Digganob
Sadly what i did is only accomplishable with any descriptors length, as no other tokens are supported with the current graphics.

I worked within the limitations of the [CONDITION_TISSUE_LAYER] token, which again currently only supports [TISSUE_(MAX or MIN)_LENGTH]. the only thing that affects the graphics with my horses is the length of any part of their body's hair and obviously the colour, it doesnt take into account any body size or ear shape or anything, although i wish it could.
Digganob 6 Jun, 2023 @ 7:15am 
O_O

Yo my guy.

The guy who made Extended Creature Graphics wants to do the exact thing you did by having the graphics be accurate to their descriptions. He said such a thing would be very difficult, and he wouldn't know how to begin with. How did you accomplish such a feat? Would you kindly tell the community as well as the modder who created Extended Creature Graphics, so the world may enjoy this technological advancement, in the form of dwarves which look like their description?
Casino 26 May, 2023 @ 11:20pm 
Thank you!
Col. Caboose  [author] 26 May, 2023 @ 7:37pm 
@doctor sex
Should be fixed!
Col. Caboose  [author] 26 May, 2023 @ 7:03pm 
@doctor sex
Ah shit yea, i think the child update fucked it up, thanks for letting me know, ill see what i can do

https://imgur.com/a/QDXxQiF
Casino 26 May, 2023 @ 1:30pm 
@Col. Caboose yep! even resubbed to be sure. hope it doesn't give you too much trouble
Col. Caboose  [author] 26 May, 2023 @ 4:52am 
@doctor sex
Darn, i thought i fixed it in the last patch, is yours up to date? sometime it doesnt update and you have to unsubscribe and resubscribe to the mod, ill take a looksie anywayers just in case but tell me if that fixes it ig
Casino 26 May, 2023 @ 1:17am 
Foals seem to be invisible for me, tested with just this mod installed to be sure nothing else was causing it too
Casino 23 May, 2023 @ 10:04pm 
I was waiting for a mod to come out like this when I first started playing, great work!
20firebird 2 May, 2023 @ 1:22pm 
@Col. Caboose I'm excited to see what's in the pipeline!
Col. Caboose  [author] 2 May, 2023 @ 1:04pm 
@20firebird
I'm currently making a large pack for most cervids, though once im finished i can try my damndest to make the cats and dogs look decent.
If you've ever taken a good look at the cats and dogs in dwarf they're practically a rainbow of colours so that'll change alot of things, but with some compromise i was planning on making some inaccurate but good looking sprites, we'll see how it ends up once i finish this and another mod pack for devonian creatures lol
20firebird 2 May, 2023 @ 12:42pm 
Delightful! Are there any plans to make similar mods for dogs and cats?
star flame 30 Apr, 2023 @ 3:38am 
?!
Rainbow Jeremy 29 Apr, 2023 @ 6:10pm 
Important mod.
Mathazzar 29 Apr, 2023 @ 12:53pm 
This is cute as heck.
Jerimee 27 Apr, 2023 @ 3:52pm 
Colonel, figured it was something like that.

I'm not sure you have to change anything... A real cowboy would know about feathering, and the rest of us can just enjoy our strange new flocks of plumed ponies. Thanks again for the cool mod.
Col. Caboose  [author] 27 Apr, 2023 @ 12:14pm 
@.blk.lvs.mtr.
These kind of feathers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feathering_(horse)
I guess i should probably have explained that in the description lol
Jerimee 27 Apr, 2023 @ 12:11pm 
The horses feather's are quite long?

Congrats on making this; seems like a fun project/good idea! :csstudy:
FrenchRobot 26 Apr, 2023 @ 9:02pm 
Nice, horses diversity !