[Community Mod] Project Dog

[skullywag]

https://github.com/Skullywag/ProjectDog

I ask all modders to fork that repo and add more dogs breeds (in a new branch please). Any artists that fancy doing any art please feel free to do so, it will be hugely appreciated.

[Tynan]

I think this is great

And something that fits very well into vanilla. Especially with good art, this would be a very strong candidate for vanilla integration. If you wanted it.

[JorJor]

I had the same idea, we all need more dogs, dogs are the best thing ever. 

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[CB elite]

How does one link the textures for their newly created dog in github? Just attach them here, or...?

[skullywag]

Add a Textures folder and follow the folder naming defined the xml example i have provided

So the structure is Textures/Pawn/Animal/NameOfDog.png

[skullywag]

I think this is great

And something that fits very well into vanilla. Especially with good art, this would be a very strong candidate for vanilla integration. If you wanted it.

Absolutely. Think the community would be happy to have it added. Really need some artists though...god i wish could do this sort of stuff.

[CB elite]

Will add my dog tomorrow, just need to finish up the textures for it

Excited to see what breeds people add!

Edit: Can't seem to get my dog to show up in the debugger for whatever reason when testing. Will see if I an figure it out before posting to the git.

Here is the art I just finished for my dog though:





Always subject for improvement though

[setonoverdrive]

I think this is great

And something that fits very well into vanilla. Especially with good art, this would be a very strong candidate for vanilla integration. If you wanted it.

I think a wide range of breeds would be the perfect next step for vanilla integration.

Retrievers would work well with Hunters and would do the hauling so that the hunter can focus on finding and making the next kill rather than dragging the kill back to the colony.

German Shepherds for protection.

Collies could support colonists who are taming other animals.

Beagles could sniff out specific types of ore so you don't have do just dig blind. They will give you a rough idea of where to dig next.

Smaller dogs were historically used to keep people warm (they would sit in the lining of jackets and sleep in bed with people). I don't know if something like that could be implemented.

[Toggle]

We need Cerberus, the greek guard dog of the underworld. I am not adding it since I don't have textures, but similar to the thrumbo it would be powerful, and only spawn in during the event that makes it spawn instead of in the wild.

[skullywag]

As i have actually added 2 dogs currently ive released the current version:

https://ludeon.com/forums/index.php?topic=15789.0

[Rahjital]

This is great! I love this mod, more breeds can only make the game better, especially if there are tangible differences between them. You might want some quality control/balance pass though. Currently the pit bull is way too good, it's running ludicrously fast, is really powerful in combat, can stand the same temperatures as huskies and lives longer than the other big breeds. It has all the advantages and no disadvantages.

I think its speed should be reduced to 5.2 like the other dogs and it should be made slightly smaller (slightly smaller baseBodySize and baseHealthScale), while its attack can be kept high. Other breeds can fill the fast dog role (I'm actually working on one now, though I'm not sure if it will work out since I kinda suck at making textures).

[skullywag]

they do live longer as do all smaller breeds.

they are faster.

pitbulls are ferocious.

Temperature i missed.....

[Rahjital]

I can't quite figure out how GitHub works, so here's my copy of the mod with one new breed added: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/54710394/RimWorld/ProjectDog.zip The new breed added is the Bohemian Shepherd dog, somewhat of a middle ground between a German Shepherd and a Border Collie.