{"id":1999,"date":"2014-04-01T14:04:36","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T21:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kezune.com\/sim\/?p=1999"},"modified":"2014-06-28T00:24:34","modified_gmt":"2014-06-28T07:24:34","slug":"how-to-creature-species-limits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kezune.com\/sim\/2014\/04\/01\/how-to-creature-species-limits\/","title":{"rendered":"How To: Creature Species Limits"},"content":{"rendered":"

Note that this tutorial is for DS and will work for both docked and undocked worlds.<\/em><\/p>\n

Relax, I’ve made the edited “DS creatureBreeding.cos” available for download<\/a>. This is a mod of the updated breeding script<\/a>. You still need to apply the edits to “!DS game_variables.cos” yourself. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

\"idea\"<\/a>What a good idea!<\/p>\n

I decided to take this idea and see how I could get it working. A greater variety of creatures would be a good thing for the stream and I’d already edited my Norn, Grendel and Ettin mothers to lay 6 eggs instead of just 2.<\/p>\n

I figured out how to get this working but now I want to show you.<\/p>\n

You can use notepad for this tutorial (or a similar text editor) but I’ll be using CAOS Tool.<\/p>\n

First things first, go into your Docking Station>Bootstrap>010 Docking Station folder and open the files “!DS_game variables.cos” and “DS creatureBreeding.cos”.<\/p>\n

The first one we’ll be editing is !DS_game variables.cos.<\/p>\n

When you open it up, you’re going to want to find this code.<\/p>\n

* Population checking (replaces C3 population check system)
\nsetv game “breeding_limit” 30
\nsetv game “total_population” 32
\nsetv game “extra_eggs_allowed” 4<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We’re going to be adding the following to this section.<\/p>\n

setv game “total_norns” 6<\/span>
\nsetv game “total_grendels” 6<\/span>
\nsetv game “total_ettins” 6<\/span>
\nsetv game “total_geats” 6<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Keep those red numbers in mind. You can edit those to change the maximum population of each species of creature.<\/p>\n

Save the file and close. That’s the easy part out of the way.<\/p>\n

Now, open up DS creatureBreeding.cos.<\/p>\n

Look for the section that opens up with<\/p>\n

************norn egg timer<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And scroll down from there until you find this.<\/p>\n

* Check the Breeding limit!
\nsetv va98 0
\nenum 4 0 0
\ndoif dead = 0
\naddv va98 1
\nendi
\nnext
\nsetv va99 game “breeding_limit”
\ndoif va98 ge va99<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now change it to this.<\/p>\n

* Check the Breeding limit!
\nsetv va98 0
\nenum 4 1<\/span> 0
\ndoif dead = 0
\naddv va98 1
\nendi
\nnext
\nsetv va99 game “total_norns<\/span>”
\ndoif va98 ge va99<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Easy, right? Now we just have to do that for every other species.<\/p>\n

To start, you want to look for the grendel\/ettin egg timer section. Mine was renamed so look for something similar.<\/p>\n

**grendel\/ettin\/geat egg timer<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now, just like with the norn limit, you want to change the check breeding limit section. But you also want to change the first line after the comment shown above.<\/p>\n

scrp 3 4 2<\/span> 9<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This makes it apply to grendel eggs only.<\/p>\n

* test max creatures limit
\nsetv va98 0
\nenum 4 2<\/span> 0
\ndoif dead = 0
\naddv va98 1
\nendi
\nnext
\nsetv va99 game “total_grendels<\/span>”
\ndoif va98 ge va99<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And you’re done! Sort of. Now you want to copy everything from the section title<\/p>\n

**grendel\/ettin egg timer<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

all the way down to the end of this script<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 endi
\nendm<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

and paste it below. Then you’ll want to make the following edits for ettins.<\/p>\n

scrp 3 4 2 9<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Should be changed to<\/p>\n

scrp 3 4 3<\/span> 9<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Then the population check section can be edited from<\/p>\n

* test max creatures limit
\nsetv va98 0
\nenum 4 2 0
\ndoif dead = 0
\naddv va98 1
\nendi
\nnext
\nsetv va99 game “total_grendels”
\ndoif va98 ge va99<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

to<\/p>\n

* test max creatures limit
\nsetv va98 0
\nenum 4 3<\/span> 0
\ndoif dead = 0
\naddv va98 1
\nendi
\nnext
\nsetv va99 game “total_ettins<\/span>”
\ndoif va98 ge va99<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Then paste the section from above again and apply these edits for geats.<\/p>\n

scrp 3 4 4<\/span> 9<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

and<\/p>\n

* test max creatures limit
\nsetv va98 0
\nenum 4 4<\/span> 0
\ndoif dead = 0
\naddv va98 1
\nendi
\nnext
\nsetv va99 game “total_geats<\/span>”
\ndoif va98 ge va99<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Save and you’re done!<\/p>\n

If you want to apply these edits to old worlds, you need to open up the console (Shift+Ctrl+C) and enter the following.<\/p>\n

ject “!DS game_variables.cos” 7<\/p>\n

Push enter. Then enter this.<\/p>\n

ject “DS creatureBreeding.cos” 7<\/p>\n

Push enter. You do not need to do this for new worlds unless you change the variables after the world is created. For example, I created a world to test these script edits and decided I wanted fewer geats and more of the other species. I had to re-inject the variables script.<\/p>\n

I apologize if the script isn’t very efficient or the tutorial isn’t well written but there you go. Sorry about the rambling. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n