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
1	WOOD
2	STONE
3	METAL
4	BONE
5	IVORY
6	HORN
7	AMBER
8	CORAL
9	PEARL
10	SHELL
11	LEATHER
12	SILK
13	PLANT_ALCOHOL
14	GLASS_GREEN
15	GLASS_CLEAR
16	GLASS_CRYSTAL
17	SAND
18	COAL
19	POTASH
20	ASH
21	PEARLASH
22	LYE
23	RENDERED_FAT
24	SOAP_ANIMAL
25	FAT
26	MUD
27	VOMIT
28	BLOOD_NONSPECIFIC
29	BLOOD_SPECIFIC
30	SLIME
31	SALT
32	FILTH_B
33	FILTH_Y
34	UNKNOWN_SUBSTANCE
35	GRIME

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.