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[salithus]

Something of a milestone to celebrate:  last night, the pack passed 200,000 downloads!  That's just on the main DFFD page, too - it doesn't include the legacy page, dropbox mirror, unofficial mirrors, torrents...  I never imagined that it would come so far.

It's been a lot of fun, and I've learnt a lot in the process of maintaining the pack over the last bit-more-than-a-year.  Here's to the future!  Strike the Earth!

Congrats man!

Once my current project at work settles down (mid Aug) I hope to be less of a complainer and more of a contributor, so start thinking of where I or others can help make things even better-er-ish?

[RabblerouserGT]

Soundsense doesn't seem to load. Therapist does, but not soundsense.

After quite a LOOONG time of trying to catch this error before it disappeared in a split-second:

[PeridexisErrant]

The 40_03 Starter Pack has a small maintenance update - don't feel that you need to get this one.  (If you want to, here).  I'd appreciate any feedback people have on how well (or otherwise) these things work. 

Changelog: 
 - fixed broken soundSense; soundSense.jar had been deleted (oops)
 - made keybinding options for 40.xx; both classic LNP and PeridexisErrant are available.
 - made symlinks relative (good for USB or cloud storage installs)

[Cosmitz]

LE: Managed to solve my issue with a simple restart. *shrug* Guess my 24/7/365 machine does need a restart here and there.

Anyway, even with that solved, i get something else:

Unhandled exceptin has occurred in your applications. If you click Continue, the application will ignore this error and attempt to continue. If you click Quit, the application will close immediately.

Could not find a part of the path 'Z:\DF\LNP\utilities\Quickfort 2.04\blueprints\User Blueprints'.

And the detail:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: Could not find a part of the path 'Z:\DF\LNP\utilities\Quickfort 2.04\blueprints\User Blueprints'.
   at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
   at System.IO.FileSystemEnumerableIterator`1.CommonInit()
   at System.IO.FileSystemEnumerableIterator`1..ctor(String path, String originalUserPath, String searchPattern, SearchOption searchOption, SearchResultHandler`1 resultHandler, Boolean checkHost)
   at System.IO.Directory.InternalGetFileDirectoryNames(String path, String userPathOriginal, String searchPattern, Boolean includeFiles, Boolean includeDirs, SearchOption searchOption, Boolean checkHost)
   at System.IO.Directory.InternalGetFiles(String path, String searchPattern, SearchOption searchOption)
   at Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.FileSystem.FindFilesOrDirectories(FileOrDirectory FileOrDirectory, String directory, SearchOption searchType, String[] wildcards, Collection`1 Results)
   at Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.FileSystem.FindFilesOrDirectories(FileOrDirectory FileOrDirectory, String directory, SearchOption searchType, String[] wildcards, Collection`1 Results)
   at Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.FileSystem.FindFilesOrDirectories(FileOrDirectory FileOrDirectory, String directory, SearchOption searchType, String[] wildcards, Collection`1 Results)
   at Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.FileSystem.FindFilesOrDirectories(FileOrDirectory FileOrDirectory, String directory, SearchOption searchType, String[] wildcards, Collection`1 Results)
   at Microsoft.VisualBasic.MyServices.FileSystemProxy.GetFiles(String directory, SearchOption searchType, String[] wildcards)
   at LazyNewbPack.Utilities.FindAllUtilities(String dir)
   at LazyNewbPack.MainForm.MainForm_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   at System.EventHandler.Invoke(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean fIgnoreVisible)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl()
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.18063 built by: FX45RTMGDR
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework64/v4.0.30319/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
Starter Pack Launcher
    Assembly Version: 1.8.1.0
    Win32 Version: 1.8.1.0
    CodeBase: file:///Z:/DF/Starter%20Pack%20Launcher.exe
----------------------------------------
Microsoft.VisualBasic
    Assembly Version: 10.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 11.0.50709.17929 built by: FX45RTMREL
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.VisualBasic/v4.0_10.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
----------------------------------------
System
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.18021 built by: FX45RTMGDR
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Core
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.17929 built by: FX45RTMREL
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Core/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Core.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.18036 built by: FX45RTMGDR
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.18021 built by: FX45RTMGDR
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Runtime.Remoting
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.34108 built by: FX45W81RTMGDR
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Runtime.Remoting/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Runtime.Remoting.dll
----------------------------------------

************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
    <system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.

[nshapter]

@ PeridexisErrant
Where do you get your therapist for the starter pack?  Did you just memory scan to get it updated?

I'm trying to get Therapist 20.4 to work with your memory layout, and no-go.

Is there a therapist fork somewhere that's been updated for 40.x?

[RabblerouserGT]

- fixed broken soundSense; soundSense.jar had been deleted (oops)

Much "oops" indeed, sir.
Thanks for that.

Though something odd now. I have two entries for Soundsense in my list. Nothing that breaks functionality, they seem to both do the same thing, so low priority.

[PeridexisErrant]

@Cosmitz - I get this error if I try to open the launcher before running the symlinks script. Did you do that? (I'll also repoint that shortcut at the other end of the link, which might reduce the error)

@nshapter - Everything is linked to source at the top of this thread; captain duck posted it on Reddit.

@rabblerouser - I'm pretty sure there's a batch script that *just* calls the exe, I'll have a look. Didn't want to delete anything again

[Cosmitz]

Yes. Ran as admin to be sure. Path is a simple Z:\DF\

Either way, i think this relates just to Quickfort, which i don't particularly use anyway.

[cryzed]

You might want to set the default keybindings to "Vanilla DF", someone I tried to show the game yesterday got already stuck at the preparing screen because the keybindings for increasing skill proficiency didn't match the default ones. (Why would "=" for increasing proficiency be a good choice?).

Also soundSense now exists twice in the utilities tab.

[palu]

Because it's on the same key as the plus sign, and you don't have to press shift on keyboards without a numpad. i.e, laptops.

[carkasjak]

You might want to set the default keybindings to "Vanilla DF", someone I tried to show the game yesterday got already stuck at the preparing screen because the keybindings for increasing skill proficiency didn't match the default ones. (Why would "=" for increasing proficiency be a good choice?).

Agreed. I think it'd be a good idea to have the default settings be as close to DF defaults as possible to avoid confusion.

[Cosmitz]

Yes. Ran as admin to be sure. Path is a simple Z:\DF\

Either way, i think this relates just to Quickfort, which i don't particularly use anyway.

In my hurry to get started i didn't check all the utilities. Apparently none show up, due to the same thing, in my Utilities Tab. 

[Pidgeot]

Because it's on the same key as the plus sign, and you don't have to press shift on keyboards without a numpad. i.e, laptops.

That's true for an English keyboard, but there are plenty of QWERTY layouts for other languages where this isn't the case (e.g. on Scandinavian layouts, = is Shift+0, and + is unshifted).

[PeridexisErrant]

Either way, i think this relates just to Quickfort, which i don't particularly use anyway.

In my hurry to get started i didn't check all the utilities. Apparently none show up, due to the same thing, in my Utilities Tab. 

Something very strange is happening, as even when I remove that entry in the folders menu it still throws the same error.  Running the symlink script again did fix it though 

Because it's on the same key as the plus sign, and you don't have to press shift on keyboards without a numpad. i.e, laptops.

That's true for an English keyboard, but there are plenty of QWERTY layouts for other languages where this isn't the case (e.g. on Scandinavian layouts, = is Shift+0, and + is unshifted).

Why can't we have standard things? 

The changes are here, and there's a couple of them.  Many are required to sensibly use the mouse plugins which will be available again soon, and others just make (I think) more sense.  Either way, I've had 5-10 people ask me when the current laptop-friendly keybindings would be back. 

It's basically a question of which group of users will have to change the keybindings, and I think I'll leave them as is - since I went a year in 34.11 without complaints.  Most who want vanilla will know to switch, I guess. 

[DVNO]

Spoiler: snip (click to show/hide)

Hey there!

You know those laptop keybinds that came with the .34 lazy newb pack? I updated those. Here:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/129105368/interface_laptop_keybinds.txt

I know I can't play without these, so just thought i'd share.

whoops, sorry, didin't know you already made laptop keybinds for the latest release. Agh, things are moving so fast now.