Changelog

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See Development Changelog for a list of changes grouped by development releases.

DFHack 0.44.10-r2

New Plugins

  • cxxrandom: exposes some features of the C++11 random number library to Lua

New Scripts

  • add-recipe: adds unknown crafting recipes to the player’s civ
  • gui/stamper: allows manipulation of designations by transforms such as translations, reflections, rotations, and inversion

Fixes

  • Fixed many tools incorrectly using the dead unit flag (they should generally check flags2.killed instead)

  • Fixed many tools passing incorrect arguments to printf-style functions, including a few possible crashes (changelayer, follow, forceequip, generated-creature-renamer)

  • Fixed several bugs in Lua scripts found by static analysis (df-luacheck)

  • Fixed -g flag (GDB) in Linux dfhack script (particularly on x64)

  • autochop, autodump, autogems, automelt, autotrade, buildingplan, dwarfmonitor, fix-unit-occupancy, fortplan, stockflow: fix issues with periodic tasks not working for some time after save/load cycles

  • autogems:

    • stop running repeatedly when paused
    • fixed crash when furnaces are linked to same stockpiles as jeweler’s workshops

  • autogems, fix-unit-occupancy: stopped running when a fort isn’t loaded (e.g. while embarking)

  • autounsuspend: now skips planned buildings

  • ban-cooking: fixed errors introduced by kitchen structure changes in 0.44.10-r1

  • buildingplan, fortplan: stopped running before a world has fully loaded

  • deramp: fixed deramp to find designations that already have jobs posted

  • dig: fixed “Inappropriate dig square” announcements if digging job has been posted

  • fixnaked: fixed errors due to emotion changes in 0.44

  • remove-stress: fixed an error when running on soul-less units (e.g. with -all)

  • reveal: stopped revealing tiles adjacent to tiles above open space inappropriately

  • stockpiles: loadstock now sets usable and unusable weapon and armor settings

  • stocks: stopped listing carried items under stockpiles where they were picked up from

Misc Improvements

  • Added script name to messages produced by qerror() in Lua scripts

  • Fixed an issue in around 30 scripts that could prevent edits to the files (adding valid arguments) from taking effect

  • Linux: Added several new options to dfhack script: --remotegdb, --gdbserver, --strace

  • bodyswap: improved error handling

  • buildingplan: added max quality setting

  • caravan: documented (new in 0.44.10-alpha1)

  • deathcause: added “slaughtered” to descriptions

  • embark-assistant:

    • changed region interaction matching to search for evil rain, syndrome rain, and reanimation rather than interaction presence (misleadingly called evil weather), reanimation, and thralling
    • gave syndrome rain and reanimation wider ranges of criterion values

  • fix/dead-units: added a delay of around 1 month before removing units

  • fix/retrieve-units: now re-adds units to active list to counteract fix/dead-units

  • item-descriptions: fixed several grammatical errors

  • modtools/create-unit:

    • added quantity argument
    • now selects a caste at random if none is specified

  • mousequery:

    • migrated several features from TWBT’s fork
    • added ability to drag with left/right buttons
    • added depth display for TWBT (when multilevel is enabled)
    • made shift+click jump to lower levels visible with TWBT

  • title-version: added version to options screen too

API

  • New functions (also exposed to Lua):

    • Units::isKilled()
    • Units::isActive()
    • Units::isGhost()

  • Removed Vermin module (unused and obsolete)

Internals

  • Added build option to generate symbols for large generated files containing df-structures metadata
  • Added fallback for YouCompleteMe database lookup failures (e.g. for newly-created files)
  • Improved efficiency and error handling in stl_vsprintf and related functions
  • jsoncpp: fixed constructor with long on Linux

Structures

  • incident_sub6_performance: identified some fields
  • item_body_component: fixed location of corpse_flags
  • job_handler: fixed static array layout
  • job_type: added is_designation attribute
  • unit_flags1: renamed dead to inactive to better reflect its use
  • unit_personality: fixed location of current_focus and undistracted_focus
  • unit_thought_type: added SawDeadBody (new in 0.44.10)

Lua

  • Added profiler module to measure lua performance
  • Enabled shift+cursor movement in WorkshopOverlay-derived screens

DFHack 0.44.10-r1

New Scripts

New Tweaks

  • tweak kitchen-prefs-all: adds an option to toggle cook/brew for all visible items in kitchen preferences
  • tweak stone-status-all: adds an option to toggle the economic status of all stones

Fixes

  • Fixed uninitialized pointer being returned from Gui::getAnyUnit() in rare cases

  • Lua: registered dfhack.constructions.designateRemove() correctly

  • Units::getAnyUnit(): fixed a couple problematic conditions and potential segfaults if global addresses are missing

  • autohauler, autolabor, labormanager: fixed fencepost error and potential crash

  • dwarfvet: fixed infinite loop if an animal is not accepted at a hospital

  • exterminate: fixed documentation of this option

  • full-heal:

    • units no longer have a tendency to melt after being healed
    • healed units are no longer treated as patients by hospital staff
    • healed units no longer attempt to clean themselves unsuccessfully
    • wounded fliers now regain the ability to fly upon being healing
    • now heals suffocation, numbness, infection, spilled guts and gelding

  • liquids: fixed “range” command to default to 1 for dimensions consistently

  • modtools/create-unit:

    • creatures of the appropriate age are now spawned as babies or children where applicable
    • fix: civ_id is now properly assigned to historical_figure, resolving several hostility issues (spawned pets are no longer attacked by fortress military!)
    • fix: unnamed creatures are no longer spawned with a string of numbers as a first name

  • prospect: fixed crash due to invalid vein materials

  • search: fixed 4/6 keys in unit screen search

  • stockpiles: stopped sidebar option from overlapping with autodump

  • tweak block-labors: fixed two causes of crashes related in the v-p-l menu

  • tweak max-wheelbarrow: fixed conflict with building renaming

  • view-item-info:

    • fixed an error with some armor
    • stopped appending extra newlines permanently to descriptions

Misc Improvements

API

  • New functions (all available to Lua as well):

    • Buildings::getRoomDescription()
    • Items::checkMandates()
    • Items::canTrade()
    • Items::canTradeWithContents()
    • Items::isRouteVehicle()
    • Items::isSquadEquipment()
    • Kitchen::addExclusion()
    • Kitchen::findExclusion()
    • Kitchen::removeExclusion()

  • syndrome-util: added eraseSyndromeData()

Internals

  • Added function names to DFHack’s NullPointer and InvalidArgument exceptions
  • Added some build scripts for Sublime Text
  • Added Gui::inRenameBuilding()
  • Changed submodule URLs to relative URLs so that they can be cloned consistently over different protocols (e.g. SSH)
  • Fixed compiler warnings on all supported build configurations
  • Linux: required plugins to have symbols resolved at link time, for consistency with other platforms
  • Windows build scripts now work with non-C system drives

Structures

  • dfhack_room_quality_level: new enum
  • glowing_barrier: identified triggered, added comments
  • item_flags2: renamed has_written_content to unk_book
  • kitchen_exc_type: new enum (for ui.kitchen)
  • mandate.mode: now an enum
  • unit_personality.emotions.flags.memory: identified
  • viewscreen_kitchenprefst.forbidden, possible: now a bitfield, kitchen_pref_flag
  • world_data.feature_map: added extensive documentation (in XML)

DFHack 0.44.09-r1

Fixes

  • Fixed some CMake warnings (CMP0022)
  • Support for building on Ubuntu 18.04
  • digtype: stopped designating non-vein tiles (open space, trees, etc.)
  • embark-assistant: fixed detection of reanimating biomes
  • fix/dead-units: fixed a bug that could remove some arriving (not dead) units
  • labormanager: fixed crash due to dig jobs targeting some unrevealed map blocks
  • modtools/item-trigger: fixed token format in help text

Misc Improvements

  • Reorganized changelogs and improved changelog editing process

  • embark-assistant:

    • Added search for adamantine
    • Now supports saving/loading profiles

  • fillneeds: added -all option to apply to all units

  • modtools/item-trigger:

    • added the ability to specify inventory mode(s) to trigger on
    • added support for multiple type/material/contaminant conditions

  • remotefortressreader: added flows, instruments, tool names, campfires, ocean waves, spiderwebs

Internals

  • OS X: Can now build with GCC 7 (or older)

Structures

  • Several new names in instrument raw structures

  • army: added vector new in 0.44.07

  • building_type: added human-readable name attribute

  • furnace_type: added human-readable name attribute

  • identity: identified profession, civ

  • manager_order_template: fixed last field type

  • site_reputation_report: named reports vector

  • viewscreen_createquotast: fixed layout

  • workshop_type: added human-readable name attribute

  • world.language: moved colors, shapes, patterns to world.descriptors

  • world.reactions, world.reaction_categories: moved to new compound, world.reactions. Requires renaming:

    • world.reactions to world.reactions.reactions
    • world.reaction_categories to world.reactions.reaction_categories

DFHack 0.44.05-r2

New Plugins

New Scripts

  • adv-fix-sleepers: fixes units in adventure mode who refuse to wake up (Bug 6798)
  • hermit: blocks caravans, migrants, diplomats (for hermit challenge)

New Features

  • With PRINT_MODE:TEXT, setting the DFHACK_HEADLESS environment variable will hide DF’s display and allow the console to be used normally. (Note that this is intended for testing and is not very useful for actual gameplay.)

Fixes

Misc Improvements

DFHack 0.44.05-r1

New Scripts

  • break-dance: Breaks up a stuck dance activity
  • devel/check-other-ids: Checks the validity of “other” vectors in the world global
  • devel/dump-offsets: prints an XML version of the global table included in in DF
  • fillneeds: Use with a unit selected to make them focused and unstressed
  • firestarter: Lights things on fire: items, locations, entire inventories even!
  • flashstep: Teleports adventurer to cursor
  • ghostly: Turns an adventurer into a ghost or back
  • gui/cp437-table: An in-game CP437 table
  • questport: Sends your adventurer to the location of your quest log cursor
  • view-unit-reports: opens the reports screen with combat reports for the selected unit

Fixes

  • Fixed a crash that could occur if a symbol table in symbols.xml had no content

  • Fixed issues with the console output color affecting the prompt on Windows

  • autolabor, autohauler, labormanager: added support for “put item on display” jobs and building/destroying display furniture

  • createitem: stopped items from teleporting away in some forts

  • devel/inject-raws:

    • now recognizes spaces in reaction names
    • now recognizes spaces in reaction names

  • dig: added support for designation priorities - fixes issues with designations from digv and related commands having extremely high priority

  • dwarfmonitor:

    • fixed display of creatures and poetic/music/dance forms on prefs screen
    • added “view unit” option
    • now exposes the selected unit to other tools

  • exportlegends: fixed an error that could occur when exporting empty lists

  • gui/gm-editor: fixed an error when editing primitives in Lua tables

  • gui/gm-unit: can now edit mining skill

  • gui/quickcmd: stopped error from adding too many commands

  • modtools/create-unit: fixed error when domesticating units

  • names: fixed many errors

  • quicksave: fixed an issue where the “Saving…” indicator often wouldn’t appear

Misc Improvements

  • The console now provides suggestions for built-in commands

  • binpatch: now reports errors for empty patch files

  • devel/export-dt-ini: avoid hardcoding flags

  • exportlegends:

    • reordered some tags to match DF’s order
    • added progress indicators for exporting long lists

  • force: now provides useful help

  • full-heal:

    • can now select corpses to resurrect
    • now resets body part temperatures upon resurrection to prevent creatures from freezing/melting again
    • now resets units’ vanish countdown to reverse effects of exterminate

  • gui/gm-editor: added enum names to enum edit dialogs

  • gui/gm-unit:

    • made skill search case-insensitive
    • added a profession editor
    • misc. layout improvements

  • gui/liquids: added more keybindings: 0-7 to change liquid level, P/B to cycle backwards

  • gui/pathable: added tile types to sidebar

  • gui/rename: added “clear” and “special characters” options

  • launch: can now ride creatures

  • modtools/skill-change:

    • now updates skill levels appropriately
    • only prints output if -loud is passed

  • names: can now edit names of units

  • remotefortressreader:

    • includes item stack sizes
    • some performance improvements
    • support for moving adventurers
    • support for vehicles, gem shapes, item volume, art images, item improvements

Removed

Internals

  • Gui::getAnyUnit() supports many more screens/menus

Structures

  • Added buildings_other_id.DISPLAY_CASE

  • Added job_type.PutItemOnDisplay

  • Added twbt_render_map code offset on x64

  • Fixed an issue preventing enabler from being allocated by DFHack

  • Fixed unit alignment

  • Fixed viewscreen_titlest.start_savegames alignment

  • Found renderer vtable on osx64

  • Identified historical_entity.unknown1b.deities (deity IDs)

  • Located start_dwarf_count offset for all builds except 64-bit Linux; startdwarf should work now

  • New globals:

    • version
    • min_load_version
    • movie_version
    • basic_seed
    • title
    • title_spaced
    • ui_building_resize_radius
    • soul_next_id

  • The former announcements global is now a field in d_init

  • The ui_menu_width global is now a 2-byte array; the second item is the former ui_area_map_width global, which is now removed

  • adventure_movement_optionst, adventure_movement_hold_tilest, adventure_movement_climbst: named coordinate fields

  • artifact_record: fixed layout (changed in 0.44.04)

  • incident: fixed layout (changed in 0.44.01) - note that many fields have moved

  • mission: added type

  • unit: added 3 new vmethods: getCreatureTile, getCorpseTile, getGlowTile

  • viewscreen_assign_display_itemst: fixed layout on x64 and identified many fields

  • viewscreen_reportlistst: fixed layout, added mission_id vector

  • world.status: named missions vector

  • world fields formerly beginning with job_ are now fields of world.jobs, e.g. world.job_list is now world.jobs.list

Lua

  • Added a new dfhack.console API
  • API can now wrap functions with 12 or 13 parameters
  • Exposed get_vector() (from C++) for all types that support find(), e.g. df.unit.get_vector() == df.global.world.units.all
  • Improved json I/O error messages
  • Stopped a crash when trying to create instances of classes whose vtable addresses are not available

Older Changelogs

Are kept in a seperate file: HISTORY - old changelogs