v0.31:Plant token

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The default plants are stored in the plant_standard.txt file.

Basic Tokens

Token	Arguments	Description
NAME	name	The singular form of the plants name as seen in game. Required.
NAME_PLURAL	name	The plural form of the plants name as seen in game. Required.
ADJ	adjective	The word or phrase used to describe items made from this plant.
PREFSTRING	reason	What dwarves can like this object for (e.g. "Urist likes plump helmets for their rounded tops.")
VALUE	value	Value of harvested plant.
PICKED_TILE	tile	The tile used when harvested. May either be a number or letter within apostrophes(confirm?).Required. See character table.
PICKED_COLOR	foreground background bright	The Template:L of the plant in farms.
SHRUB_TILE	tile	What tile is used for shrubs bearing this plant. Can be either a number or a character inside apostrophes.
DEAD_SHRUB_TILE	tile	What tile is used when the plant has withered. Can be either a number or a character inside apostrophes.
SHRUB_COLOR	foreground background bright	The color of shrubs bearing this plant.
DEAD_SHRUB_COLOR	foreground background bright	The color of dead shrubs that bore this plant.

Plant Materials

Materials defined within a plant can be modified by all valid material tokens and may only be accessed by the local plant.

Token	Arguments	Description
USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE	material_name template_name	Starts defining a new local plant material with the given name using the specified template. material_name is used to reference the newly created material from the same plant.
BASIC_MAT	Template:L	Sets the basic(structural) material of the plant. According to Toady, you can use other materials (for instance, iron) but the game may hiccup on plants that aren't structurally plants.
TREE	Template:L	The material to use for trees made of this plant.
LEAVES	name name_plural tile foreground background bright wilt_foreground wilt_background wilt_bright Template:L	The material used by the leaves of this plant.
SEED	name name_plural foreground background bright Template:L	The material used by the seeds of this plant, as well as the singular and plural forms of the name for the seeds and their color.
DRINK	Template:L	The material to be used for drinks made from this plant.
MILL	Template:L	The material to be used by the ground version of this plant.
THREAD	Template:L	The material of threads made from this plant.
EXTRACT_BARREL	Template:L	The material that is used for the extract put into barrels. Should correspond to a material with the [EXTRACT_STORAGE:BARREL] token.
EXTRACT_VIAL	Template:L	The material that is used for the extract put into vials. Should correspond to a material with the [EXTRACT_STORAGE:FLASK] token.
EXTRACT_STILL_VIAL	Template:L	The material that is used for the extract put into vials. Should correspond to a material with the [EXTRACT_STORAGE:FLASK] token. These are extracted at a Template:L, not a Template:L.
EXTRACT_STORAGE	storage_type (BARREL or FLASK)	Used in material definitions, defines where the new material is stored.
EDIBLE_VERMIN		Used in material definitions, permits the plant material to be eaten by Template:L.
EDIBLE_RAW		Used in material definitions, permits the plant material to be eaten raw.
EDIBLE_COOKED		Used in material definition, permits the plant material to be cooked into prepared meals.

Growing Tokens

Token	Arguments	Description
GROWDUR	time	How long the plant takes to grow. See Template:L.
BIOME	biome	What Template:L this plant appears in.
SPRING		Allows the plant to grow during spring.
SUMMER		Allows the plant to grow during summer.
AUTUMN		Allows the plant to grow during autumn.
WINTER		Allows the plant to grow during winter.
WET		Allows the plant to grow near water features.
DRY		Allows the plant to gruw away from water features.
EVIL		Restricts the plant to growing in Evil regions. Cannot be combined with [GOOD].
GOOD		Restricts the plant to growing in Good regions. Cannot be combined with [EVIL].
SAVAGE		Restricts the plant to growing in Savage regions (regardless of alignment).
FREQUENCY	freq (0-100)	How frequently shrubs of this plant are generated in a particular area.
CLUSTERSIZE	size	The maximum stack size collected when gathered or harvested.
UNDERGROUND_DEPTH	minimum maximum	Designates the highest and lowest cavern levels that the plant can appear in if its Template:L is subterranean. Dwarven civilizations will only export (via the embark screen or caravans) things that available at depth 1.

Tree Tokens

Trees cannot be used for seeds/food/drink/thread at this point, however, the structural material is designated in the same way. Trees now appear under plant_standard instead of matgloss_wood.

Token	Arguments	Description
AUTUMNCOLOR		Makes the tree turn yellow, orange, and red in Autumn.
TREE_TILE	tile	The tile used for the tree on the map. May be a number or a character inside apostrophes.
TREE_COLOR	foreground background bright	The color of the tree on the map.
DEAD_TREE_COLOR	foreground background bright	The color of the tree on the map when (un)dead.
SAPLING		Makes young versions of the tree be called "[tree name] sapling"; otherwise, they are called "young [tree name]"
SAPLING_COLOR	foreground background bright	The color of saplings of this tree.
DEAD_SAPLING_COLOR	foreground background bright	The color of dead saplings of this tree.

Grass Tokens

Token	Arguments	Description
GRASS		Plant is a type of grass.
GRASS_TILES	tile tile tile tile	Tiles for a surface covered in grass.
ALT_GRASS_TILES	tile tile tile tile	Grass tiles will alternate between these and GRASS_TILES. Currently used for wormy tendrils and eyeballs.
GRASS_COLORS	color 1 (fore:back:bright) color 2 (fore:back:bright) dry color (fore:back:bright) dead color (fore:back:bright)	Colors of grass tiles.
ALT_PERIOD	delay 1 delay 2	How often the grass switches between alternate tiles - the first number is how long it waits before switching to the alt tile, and the second number is how long it waits before switching back.