40d:Matgloss token

Preliminary information on tokens used in the material description files, stored at raw/objects/matgloss_*.txt in the default distribution.

These files begin with the filename as the other raws do, then [OBJECT:MATGLOSS]. Individual entries begin with [MATGLOSS_METAL:ID], [MATGLOSS_PLANT:ID], [MATGLOSS_STONE:ID], or [MATGLOSS_WOOD:ID].

Material tokens

#	Token	Information
1	WOOD	Subtypes come from MATGLOSS_WOOD; or USE_RACEGLOSS within creature raws (e.g. ITEMCORPSE)
2	STONE	Subtypes come from MATGLOSS_STONE; or USE_LAVA_STONE
3	METAL	Subtypes come from MATGLOSS_METAL
4	BONE	Subtypes come from CREATURE
5	IVORY	Subtypes come from CREATURE
6	HORN	Subtypes come from CREATURE
7	AMBER	???
8	CORAL	Subtypes come from CREATURE
9	PEARL	Subtypes come from CREATURE
10	SHELL	Subtypes come from CREATURE
11	LEATHER	Subtypes come from CREATURE
12	SILK	Subtypes come from CREATURE
13	PLANT_ALCOHOL	Subtypes come from MATGLOSS_PLANT
14	GLASS_GREEN	No subtypes use NONE or NO_MATGLOSS
15	GLASS_CLEAR	No subtypes use NONE or NO_MATGLOSS
16	GLASS_CRYSTAL	No subtypes use NONE or NO_MATGLOSS
17	SAND	No subtypes use NONE or NO_MATGLOSS
18	COAL	Subtype is either COKE or CHARCOAL
19	POTASH	No subtypes use NONE or NO_MATGLOSS
20	ASH	No subtypes use NONE or NO_MATGLOSS
21	PEARLASH	No subtypes use NONE or NO_MATGLOSS
22	LYE	No subtypes use NONE or NO_MATGLOSS
23	RENDERED_FAT	Subtypes come from CREATURE
24	SOAP_ANIMAL	Subtypes come from CREATURE
25	FAT	Subtypes come from CREATURE
26	MUD	???
27	VOMIT	???
28	BLOOD_NONSPECIFIC	Subtypes are probably the same as BLOODTYPE[Verify]
29	BLOOD_SPECIFIC	Subtypes come from CREATURE
30	SLIME	???
31	SALT	???
32	FILTH_B	???
33	FILTH_Y	???
34	UNKNOWN_SUBSTANCE	???
35	GRIME	???

CREATURE does not appear here in the exe, but has been observed with EXTRACT and CHEESE. PLANT does not appear here, but has been observed with POWDER_MISC. Subtypes come from the appropriate matgloss.

Stone-specific tokens

Soils are considered to be a subtype of stone in the raws.

Layer types

A stone can be tagged with one of:

• [SEDIMENTARY]
• [IGNEOUS_INTRUSIVE]
• [IGNEOUS_EXTRUSIVE]
• [METAMORPHIC]
• [SOIL]
• [SOIL_OCEAN]

Additionally these can occur:

• [SEDIMENTARY_OCEAN_SHALLOW]
• [SEDIMENTARY_OCEAN_DEEP]
• [SOIL_SAND]
• [AQUIFER]

Layer tags are not mutually exclusive with ENVIRONMENT tags.

ENVIROMENT and ENVIRONMENT_SPEC

Format:

• [ENVIRONMENT:<class>:<inclusion type>:<frequency>]
• [ENVIRONMENT_SPEC:<id>:<inclusion type>:<frequency>]

The inclusion type can be CLUSTER, CLUSTER_SMALL, CLUSTER_ONE, or VEIN. CLUSTERs are large ovoids that occupy their entire local map tile if present. CLUSTER_SMALL inclusions are blobs of 3-9 tiles; CLUSTER_ONE inclusions are single tiles; and VEINs are large streaks.

If no CLUSTER is present, then zero to two VEINs as well as roughly five to seven other clusters will be present in the local map tile.

Anecdotal evidence suggests that each z-layer will tend to reuse the same type of inclusions, leading to multiple clusters of the same type of opal rather than several different types.