[PETS] Crouching Pet, Hidden Beast v1.13a

[Velari]

That's a pretty lame name for what is essentially a pet pack, but I like it nonetheless.

This mod contains eleven pets, and the items to change your beloved cat, dog, or perhaps nowadays future your ferret, into these creatures.

You'll find pet versions of the following:

- Three enemies who originally did not have pet versions. A pet Phase Beast, a pet Ember Mycon, and a small pet Dragonkin.
- Two unused enemies in Torchlight, the Varkolyn Dark and the Varkolyn Warrior. Both of these can also be found in my Champions Mod, though as enemies rather than pets.
- Two enemies from my Champions Mod, the Dark Priestess and the Deathcaster.
And, in version 1.11, four more were added:
- Two minor enemies from my Champions Mod, the Preying Spider and the Widowmaker.
- Looking to fight spiders with more spiders? Use the Brood Mother pet, also based on an enemy from my Champions Mod.
- The Depth Dweller, a pet based on the unused Torchlight boss monster Leviathan.
Another seven pets were added in version 1.13:
- The Crawler, so you can laser it up like it was no thing.
- The Frost Imp, an Imp with cold-based attacks and abilities.
- To bolster your forces in case you don't like the Brood Mother, there's the Splitter Gel and the Pandora, both based on their Champions Mod counterparts.
- Because Tu'Tara are awesome, you can now turn your pet into a Tu'Tara Voltrunner or Tu'Tara Dreamreaver, as seen in the Champions Mod. The black Voltrunner is <3
- And finally, the Darkelf Blade Mistress. Blades might not be not included, but she's still as ferocious as her sisters from the Champions Mod.

You can see me change my pet into these critters in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB7Qg5qFMOQ
The four pet forms added in version 1.11 can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uexJo68r6r8
The seven pet forms added in version 1.13 can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gskUMGmpUUM

As of version 1.1 (January 7th, 2010), a Fishmash-compatible version of this mod is also included.
I advise against using both versions simultaneously, as this will accomplish nothing of interest. Either use the normal version, or, if you're using the Fishmash mod by Benjamin Tomfoolery, use the Fishmash-compatible version of the Crouching Pet, Hidden Beast mod.

As of version 1.13a (July 18th, 2011), Mac-compatible versions are also included - version 1.13 included files that do not play well with the Mac version of the games.

Download (and pics of the pets): http://www.runicgamesfansite.com/downlo ... ile&id=402

[Stray]

Is this compatible with FishMesh? If not, is there a way to add these fish to the General Vendor?

[Velari]

Interesting, someone also asked whether they could be bought at the general vendor on the video.

I don't have Fishmash and have never had Fishmash, so feel comfortable in saying that it's probably not compatible, given that I don't know the workings of Fishmash. I might look into it at some point if there's enough interest/demand.

The fish are not sold at the general vendor. I could make it that way without much trouble, but it would likely cause this mod to conflict with every mod that alters the general vendor's inventory in some way. Since this is a relatively small mod, I wanted it to not conflict with anything. And it shouldn't, hopefully, outside of an unfortunate name or GUID clash >_>

[TorchLeech]

Fish Mash (1.03) and this mod should be compatible - no conflicts found.

[Velari]

Oh. That is somewhat unexpected. But nice.

[zebramatt]

The fishmonger in Lathlas's Merchant Pack - which I recommend - should automatically carry these fish from time to time.

To make this FishMash compatible, you would need to do the following.
1. Rename Normal Fish

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FishMash adds a "Medium" fish type, so the normal fish are renamed accordingly.

For example...

<STRING>NAME:Night_Ember
<TRANSLATE>DISPLAYNAME:Night Ember Shard

...would instead be...

<STRING>NAME:Night_Ember
<TRANSLATE>DISPLAYNAME:Night Ember Fragment

2. Create Medium Fish

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The Medium Fish take up the display name of their normal counterparts; and have a 600 second duration.

For example...

[UNIT]
<STRING>BASEFILE:media/units/items/base.dat
<STRING>NAME:Night_Ember_Shard
<TRANSLATE>DISPLAYNAME:Night Ember
<STRING>RESOURCEDIRECTORY:media/models/armor/gemdrop
<TRANSLATE>DESCRIPTION:Right-click to expose pet to ember
<STRING>UNITTYPE:FISH
<INTEGER>RARITY:70
<INTEGER>VALUE:100
<BOOL>SHADOWS:false
<INTEGER>ICON_SHEET:1
<STRING>ICON:ember_shimmering
<STRING>FALL_SOUND:Item Fall
<STRING>TAKE_SOUND:PICKUP
<STRING>LAND_SOUND:GEMDROP
<STRING>USE_SOUND:PotionUse
<INTEGER>MINLEVEL:15
<INTEGER>MAXLEVEL:9999999
<STRING>USES:1
<STRING>UNIT_GUID:-5822449879243288098
<INTEGER>MAXSTACKSIZE:5
<STRING>MESHFILE:ring
[EFFECT]
<STRING>NAME:Pet Dark Priestess
<STRING>ACTIVATION:DYNAMIC
<STRING>DURATION:INSTANT
<STRING>TYPE:TRANSFORM
<STRING>PARTICLE_FX:GENERICPOTION
<FLOAT>MIN:600
<FLOAT>MAX:600
[/EFFECT]
[/UNIT]

3. Add Recipes

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FishMash also allows you to use the transmogrification chap to convert 5 of one fish type into a single fish of the next size up. So you'd need to add (three) recipes, into a media/recipes folder, for each new fish type

For example...

[RECIPE]
<STRING>NAME:fishmash_nightember01
[INGREDIENT]
<STRING>UNIT:Night_Ember
<INTEGER>COUNT:5
[/INGREDIENT]
[RESULT]
<STRING>UNIT:Night_Ember_shard
[/RESULT]
[/RECIPE]

[RECIPE]
<STRING>NAME:fishmash_nightember02
[INGREDIENT]
<STRING>UNIT:Night_Ember_Shard
<INTEGER>COUNT:5
[/INGREDIENT]
[RESULT]
<STRING>UNIT:Night_Ember_Big
[/RESULT]
[/RECIPE]

[RECIPE]
<STRING>NAME:fishmash_nightember03
[INGREDIENT]
<STRING>UNIT:Night_Ember_Big
<INTEGER>COUNT:5
[/INGREDIENT]
[RESULT]
<STRING>UNIT:Night_Ember_Perm
[/RESULT]
[/RECIPE]

As the man from TorchLeech says, it isn't actually incompatible - it doesn't conflict - without these additions, it just doesn't follow the FishMash schema.

[Velari]

As the man from TorchLeech says, it isn't actually incompatible - it doesn't conflict - without these additions, it just doesn't follow the FishMash schema.

Yeah, I didn't design it to work with whatever Fishmash's mechanics are, so I don't expect it to do whatever it is Fishmash makes fish do.
It's just that although I did make it so it hopefully shouldn't conflict with anything, I'm not out and out going to say "I won't conflict with that" if someone asks me about a mod I've never touched. So Torchleech saying that there aren't any conflicts is nice to hear.

[PBnJ]

@zebramatt: Thanks, just the info I needed! I've been wanting to add a couple other fish mods to my masher.

[Velari]

Well, that doesn't motivate me to ever make a version to work with Fishmash

[zebramatt]

Well if someone makes a FishMash version of CPHB then maybe they'd find it in their heart to share?

[Velari]

Nah, I'll look into it

EDIT: Job's done. When you download it now, you'll have both the normal version and a Fishmash-compatible version. Obviously, you should only put one of them in your mods directory.

[zebramatt]

Nah, I'll look into it

EDIT: Job's done. When you download it now, you'll have both the normal version and a Fishmash-compatible version. Obviously, you should only put one of them in your mods directory.

Nice work!

(It should probably appear twice on TorchLeech, in that case!)

[Phanjam]

Looks like a FANTASTIC mod! Will DL and try it out - Thanks so much velari!

[SCHUMI4EVER]

Been waiting for something like this thanks so much for making it. Just wondering does the mod also spawn permanent fish? Cuz idealy I wanna change my pet into your baby DragonKin 24/7

[Velari]

Yep, there's normal, big, and giant versions of the transformation items, with the same durations as the standard Torchlight fish. Fishmash version also includes ten minute transformation items since that's one of the features of Fishmash.

[SCHUMI4EVER]

Aww, I want permanent fish for all these creatures though (like the dog and catfish in the original torchlight) (or at least a permanent DragonKin)
It's no fun if it reverts back into the everyday dog or cat after a while (taken from a purely skinbased view, I don't care about the extra whistles and bells the transformations bring with em)

and yes there is a permanent DragonKin mod but that's overpowered and just steals the show from the player.

O well guess I gotta wait longer then till someone makes such a mod.

[zebramatt]

Aww, I want permanent fish for all these creatures though (like the dog and catfish in the original torchlight) (or at least a permanent DragonKin)
It's no fun if it reverts back into the everyday dog or cat after a while (taken from a purely skinbased view, I don't care about the extra whistles and bells the transformations bring with em)

and yes there is a permanent DragonKin mod but that's overpowered and just steals the show from the player.

O well guess I gotta wait longer then till someone makes such a mod.

Certainly if you get the FishMash version of this mod there are Small (120ms), Medium (600ms), Large (3600ms) and Giant (Permanent) versions of all the fish!

[SCHUMI4EVER]

Fishmash can do that? well then I gotta install it and the fishmash version of this mod asap, thanks

[zebramatt]

Fishmash can do that? well then I gotta install it and the fishmash version of this mod asap, thanks

I just double checked and both versions of this mod have all four sizes of fish!

[SCHUMI4EVER]

The creator of this mod in his post higher up above basically tells me that however the way he said it made it sound like Giant is no longer permanent but rather limited to 10 or so minutes...that's why I was bummed again...so both versions include Giant fish that have permanent duration or just ones that have long duration?