Editing the lifespan of the live prey

[starstruck_disaster]

I've tried opening all the files but the .bfm file (because I don't know what program to open it in) and haven't seen anything that seemed to include the lifespan variable for live prey items. Does anybody know/think it would be possible to make their lifespans match those of the actual animals in the zoo?

EDIT: By this I mean all live prey items; the fish and the lizard.

[csleesburg]

What live prey are you speaking about - lizards (answer is NO) or live fish (answer is still NO).

[starstruck_disaster]

Aww. If the answer is 'no' in both instances, I guess it won't matter which... *lol*! I meant all of them, to clarify -- guess I ought to edit and make that more clear. Are you saying that no, you don't know, or that it isn't possible?

[penguinman]

not sure what csleesburg means, but did you try the tsk file in ai/tasks/animals? In there, there is a section where it dies of old age and includes: lifespan="GE 100", so maybe you could change that number to a higher one

[starstruck_disaster]

Thank you very much Once I get back from my classes I'm going to try that.  I'll edit this and let you know if it works!

[Animalover44]

There really isn't a reason to editing the lifespan of the live prey.  They don't server any other purpose than to be eaten.

[starstruck_disaster]

No offense intended, but I do have a reason ^^; I wanted to make a tunafish tank, and I want my koi to live longer. I also like letting the lizards run around the zoo.

EDIT: I've edited several files so I'm testing to see if your advice worked (To penguinman)

[Alpha Dilophosaur]

I agree with starstruck_disaster.  Making an arctic cod tank and a tuna tank would be cool additions to an aquarium, and its a bummer from what I hear (yup, marine mania still ain't working for me...) that koi dont live very long... I dont know if this is possible, but it would be interesting if someone released a "lifespan hack" that changes the life amounts of all the live foods and the koi, to something like five years. : :

[starstruck_disaster]

I'm pretty sure it's working it wasn't hard at all to do; worked the way penguinman said! I wouldn't know how to make it a hack, but if anyone wants to head to my projects thread and tell me I'll be happy to oblige.