Stendhal/Creature Organization/Examples

These changes should be able to be made without affecting the game. But the logic tilesets for Tiled should eventually be reworked. Creature classes only appear to affect class definition on the website.

Option 1: Reduce number of creature categories

animal.xml

• Merge the following:
  • farm_animal.xml
  • small_animal.xml
  • crocodile
  • giant spider
  • giantrat
  • king cobra

human.xml

• Merge the following:
  • amazoness.xml
  • chaos.xml
  • madaram.xml
  • giant, elder giant, master giant, amazoness giant, ice giant, black giant (optionally to mythical.xml or hybrid.xml)

hybrid.xml

• Merge the following into this file:
  • beholder.xml
  • demon.xml (optionally to undead.xml)
  • elemental.xml (optionally to mythical_being.xml)
  • ent.xml (optionally to mythical_being.xml)
  • frogman.xml
  • gargoyle.xml
  • giant.xml
  • goblin.xml
  • golem.xml
  • kobold.xml
  • minotaur.xml
  • oni.xml
  • orc.xml
  • ratfolk.xml
  • sheepman.xml
  • troll.xml
  • cat woman
  • dark mutant
  • devil queen (optional)
  • dwarf golem
  • giant kobold
  • glow monster
  • green slime, brown slime, black slime, twilight slime
  • imperial experiment
  • imperial mutant
  • lamia
  • naga, high naga & armed naga
  • thing
  • werewolf

mythical

• Merge the following:
  • albino_elf.xml
  • dark_elf.xml
  • dwarf.xml
  • elf.xml
  • fairy.xml
  • gnome.xml
  • mythical_being.xml
  • balrog
  • fallen angel, angel, archangel, dark angel, dark archangel
  • green dragon, blue dragon, red dragon, twin headed dragon, flying golden dragon, black dragon
  • bone dragon (optionally to undead.xml)
  • chaos green dragonrider (optionally to human.xml)
  • chaos red dragonrider (optionally to human.xml)

undead.xml

• Merge the following:
  • mummy.xml
  • vampire.xml
  • black death
  • gashadokuro
  • golden death
  • tiny skelly
  • zombie rat (optional)

Option 2: Create more creature categories

amazoness.xml

• Merge the following:
  • amazoness giant (optionally giant.xml)

angel.xml

• angel
• archangel
• baby angel
• dark angel
• dark archangel
• fallen angel

animal.xml

• aquatic
  • crab

• arachnid
  • giant spider
  • spider & poisonous spider

• fowl
  • chick
  • chicken
  • mother hen
  • penguin
  • pigeon

• reptile
  • caiman & crocodile
  • cobra & king cobra
  • snake & grass snake

• mammal
  • babybear & panda
  • bat & killer bat
  • bear & black bear
  • beaver
  • boar
  • cow & bull
  • deer
  • elephant
  • fox
  • goat
  • horse & white horse
  • lion & tiger
  • monkey
  • mouse
  • piglet
  • ram
  • rat, caverat, venomrat, razorrat & giantrat
  • wolf & <creature "big bad wolf" not found>
  • zombie rat (optionally animal_undead.xml, undead.xml or animal.xml)

aruthon.xml (optionally merged into misc.xml

• robot aruthon & dark aruthon

assassin.xml

• apprentice assassin
• assassin
• bandit
• disciple assassin
• hunter
• master assassin
• ninja
• samurai
• shadows assassin

barbarian.xml

• barbarian
• barbarian chaman
• barbarian elite
• barbarian king
• barbarian leader
• barbarian priest
• barbarian wolf

beholder.xml

No changes

blordrough.xml

• blordrough corporal
• blordrough quartermaster
• blordrough storm trooper

cannibal.xml

• cannibal woman, cannibal & elder cannibal

chaos.xml

Optionally merge chaos green dragonrider & chaos red dragonrider

demon.xml

• demon
• imp & winged blue imp
• imperial demon servant & imperial demon lord (optionally merged into imperial.xml)

dragon.xml

• black dragon
• blue dragon
• bone dragon
• chaos green dragonrider & chaos red dragonrider (optionally chaos.xml)
• flying golden dragon
• green dragon
• red dragon
• twin headed dragon

duergar.xml (optionally merged with dwarf.xml)

• duergar
• duergar axeman
• elder duergar
• duergar elite
• duergar hero
• duergar wizard
• black duergar
• duergar king

dwarf.xml

Optionally leave as is or split into dwarf.xml, mountain_dwarf.xml & duergar.xml

elemental.xml

• earth elemental, fire elemental, water elemental, air elemental, ice elemental

elf.xml

• Merge the following:
  • albino_elf.xml
  • dark_elf.xml

ent.xml

No changes

frogman.xml

No changes

gargoyle.xml

Optionally leave as is or merge with golem.xml

giant.xml

• amazoness giant (optionally amazoness.xml)
• giant, elder giant, master giant & black giant
• giant kobold (optionally kobold.xml)
• ice giant (optionally elemental.xml)
• imperial general giant (optionally imperial.xml)
• kasarkutominubat (optionally madaram.xml)

gnome.xml

No changes

goblin.xml

No changes

golem.xml

• Merge the following:
  • dwarf golem

imperial.xml

• imperial archer, imperial archer leader & imperial elite archer
• imperial chief
• imperial commander
• imperial defender
• imperial demon servant & imperial demon lord (optionally demon.xml)
• imperial elite guardian
• imperial experiment & imperial mutant
• imperial general
• imperial general giant (optionally giant.xml)
• imperial knight
• imperial leader
• imperial priest & imperial high priest
• imperial scientist
• imperial veteran

kalavan.xml

• kalavan housewife, kalavan peasant, kalavan wisewoman & kalavan citizen

kobold.xml

Optionally merge giant kobold

madaram.xml

Optionallay move kasarkutominubat to giant.xml

minotaur.xml

No changes

misc.xml

• arachne (optionally arachnid.xml)
• balrog
• blue mohiko (optionally mohiko.xml if more are added)
• brain ahouga
• cat woman
• dark mutant
• devil queen (optionally merged into undead.xml or demon.xml)
• emperor dalmung (not sure where this belongs)
• glow monster
• googon
• grobble monster
• littlewitch & littlewizard
• mimic
• necrosophia (optionally undead.xml?)
• red roohako
• snarfkin
• thing
• violet avenger
• werewolf
• winged blurble
• xenocium

mithrilbourgh.xml

• mithrilbourgh archer, mithrilbourgh elite archer
• mithrilbourgh colonel
• mithrilbourgh general
• mithrilbourgh knight
• mithrilbourgh lieutenant
• mithrilbourgh sergeant
• mithrilbourgh soldier
• mithrilbourgh wizard

monk.xml

• devil monk
• monk & darkmonk

mythical.xml

• centaur
• djinn (optionally elemantal.xml)
• leprechaun & clurichaun
• littlefairy
• nymph (optionally elemental.xml)
• pegasus
• unicorn

naga.xml

• lamia
• naga, high naga, armed naga

ogre.xml

• cyclops (optionally troll.xml or misc.xml)
• ogre, elder ogre, ogre soldier & superogre

oni.xml

No changes

orc.xml

Optionally split into orc.xml and mountain_orc.xml

ratfolk.xml

No changes

risecia.xml

• risecia archer, risecia thug, risecia swordsman & Chief Falatheen of the Risecia

sheepman.xml

No changes

skeleton.xml (optionally merged into undead.xml)

• gashadokuro
• elder skeleton
• skeleton, warrior skeleton & demon skeleton
• tiny skelly

slime.xml

• green slime, brown slime, black slime & twilight slime

specter.xml (optionally merged into undead.xml

• death, black death & golden death (optionally in death.xml)
• ghost
• green phantom
• invisible man & incorporeal armor

troll.xml

Optionally add cyclops

undead.xml

• animal
  • zombie rat
  • ghost hound

• lich
  • lich, high lich & dead lich

• misc
  • death knight (optionally merged into undead.xml)
  • fallen warrior, fallen priest & fallen high priest

• mummy
  • mummy & royal mummy

vampire.xml (optionally merged with undead.xml)

No changes

zombie.xml (optionally merged into undead.xml)

• bloody zombie, zombie, rotten zombie & headless monster
• myling (not activated)