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[Meph]

Thanks.

I thought dlg would be an ID, so I made them unique.

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local dlg = require ('gui.dialogs')
msg5=("You decide to give the dwarves a proper burial; least they haunt you for using their equipment.")
msg4=("The wagon now yours, you claim your price. The dead have no need for it; you on the other hand...")
msg3=("The goods in the wagon seem intact; curiously enough 7 coffins are among the assorted items.")
msg2=("With no attacker in sight and no trail to follow, you carefully decide to have a closer look.")
msg=("You come upon a group of dead dwarves, horribly mauled, laying next to their abandoned wagon.")

dlg.showMessage("A chance encounter", msg5, COLOR_WHITE, nil)
dlg.showMessage("A chance encounter", msg4, COLOR_WHITE, nil)
dlg.showMessage("A chance encounter", msg3, COLOR_WHITE, nil)
dlg.showMessage("A chance encounter", msg2, COLOR_WHITE, nil)
dlg.showMessage("A chance encounter", msg, COLOR_WHITE, nil) Better? (edit: mh, no, that just crashes the game. :/ )

Edit2: That one is fine.

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local dlg = require ('gui.dialogs')

msg5=("You decide to give the dwarves a proper burial; least they haunt you for using their equipment.")
dlg.showMessage("A chance encounter", msg5, COLOR_WHITE, nil)
msg4=("The wagon now yours, you claim your price. The dead have no need for it; you on the other hand...")
dlg.showMessage("A chance encounter", msg4, COLOR_WHITE, nil)
msg3=("The goods in the wagon seem intact; curiously enough 7 coffins are among the assorted items.")
dlg.showMessage("A chance encounter", msg3, COLOR_WHITE, nil)
msg2=("With no attacker in sight and no trail to follow, you carefully decide to have a closer look.")
dlg.showMessage("A chance encounter", msg2, COLOR_WHITE, nil)
msg1=("You come upon a group of dead dwarves, horribly mauled, laying next to their abandoned wagon.")
dlg.showMessage("A chance encounter", msg1, COLOR_WHITE, nil)

[Putnam]

Can't see why that would crash the game, both seem fine.

Also, the parentheses around the quotes for the msg declarations are unnecessary.

[Dirst]

You should probably put 'local ' before each of the msg variables, but it probably won't cause any problems the way it is.

Pretty grim embark scenario, there.

[Meph]

You should probably put 'local ' before each of the msg variables, but it probably won't cause any problems the way it is.

Pretty grim embark scenario, there.

Its for the hermit mode.

I made a workshop that chains three reaction: #1 spawns a unit (your hermit), #2 kills all dwarves and spawns 7 coffins, #3 gives that embark message and clears all stress from the hermit.

Since create-unit works so well, I want to make every intelligent creature a choice for your hermit. That means 200 reactions for all the animal-men.

[Warmist]

You should probably put 'local ' before each of the msg variables, but it probably won't cause any problems the way it is.

Pretty grim embark scenario, there.

Its for the hermit mode.

I made a workshop that chains three reaction: #1 spawns a unit (your hermit), #2 kills all dwarves and spawns 7 coffins, #3 gives that embark message and clears all stress from the hermit.

Since create-unit works so well, I want to make every intelligent creature a choice for your hermit. That means 200 reactions for all the animal-men.

Well if you are scripting. Maybe it would be easier to have one reaction that shows choice dialog?

[Dirst]

I'm not sure create-unit is quite up to making a citizen yet.  Check the thoughts and preferences screen to make sure there is a personality.

Even if that doesn't work, there's been science done on souls, not sure if it'd be better to yank one of the souls from the dwarves or create a whole new one.

[Meph]

Sure it makes citizens. Yesterday I wrote a system for orcs to buy captives at the blackmarket or capture them in raids, just to spawn them as civ--members.

I had a dwarf fort with ogre sheriff in one of my tests.

Well if you are scripting. Maybe it would be easier to have one reaction that shows choice dialog?

It would, if I could script. Now I have 400+ reactions that are finished, so... too late. Its maybe a bit clumsier, but at least I managed to do it on my own. I already asked for so much help with scripts lately, I thought it would be better if I do it that way.

[Thundercraft]

I'm a bit confused about the source available on GitHub. I can understand that the latest DFHack release was for 0.42.06-r1. But, I see that the "Latest commit" was "24 days ago".

Is a 0.43.02 release in the works?

Edit: Okay, I see now.

[Rose]

All dfhack development happens on the dev branch of dfhack, not the main one.

[Dirst]

Version 0.52 of create-unit.lua.  Can someone include this in the next distribution of DFHack?  BTW, are there any plans for a final 0.42.06 release, or is everything going to be 0.43?

This is still faking the local population data, but now it's doing a better job of faking it.  I'll try to improve on that as I have time.

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-- Creates a unit.  Beta; use at own risk.
-- Originally created by warmist, edited by Putnam for the dragon ball mod to be used in reactions, modified by Dirst for use in The Earth Strikes Back mod, incorporating fixes discovered by Boltgun then Mifiki wrote the bit where it switches to arena mode briefly to do some of the messy work, then Expwnent combined that with the old script to make it function for histfigs
-- version 0.52
-- This is a beta version. Use at your own risk.

-- Modifications from 0.5: civ -1 creates are NOT historical figures, mitigated screen-movement bug in createUnit()

--[[
  TODO
    children and babies: set child/baby job
    confirm body size is computed appropriately for different ages / life stages
    incarnate pre-existing historical figures
    some sort of invasion helper script
      set invasion_id, etc
    announcement for fake natural birth if appropriate
]]
--[[=begin

modtools/create-unit
====================
Creates a unit.  Use ``modtools/create-unit -help`` for more info.

=end]]

--[[
if dfhack.gui.getCurViewscreen()._type ~= df.viewscreen_dwarfmodest or df.global.ui.main.mode ~= df.ui_sidebar_mode.LookAround then
  print 'activate loo[k] mode'
  return
end
--]]

local utils=require 'utils'

function createUnit(race_id, caste_id)
  local view_x = df.global.window_x
  local view_y = df.global.window_y
  local view_z = df.global.window_z

  local curViewscreen = dfhack.gui.getCurViewscreen()
  local dwarfmodeScreen = df.viewscreen_dwarfmodest:new()
  curViewscreen.child = dwarfmodeScreen
  dwarfmodeScreen.parent = curViewscreen
  local oldMode = df.global.ui.main.mode
  df.global.ui.main.mode = df.ui_sidebar_mode.LookAround

  local gui = require 'gui'

  df.global.world.arena_spawn.race:resize(0)
  df.global.world.arena_spawn.race:insert(0,race_id) --df.global.ui.race_id)

  df.global.world.arena_spawn.caste:resize(0)
  df.global.world.arena_spawn.caste:insert(0,caste_id)

  df.global.world.arena_spawn.creature_cnt:resize(0)
  df.global.world.arena_spawn.creature_cnt:insert(0,0)

  --df.global.world.arena_spawn.equipment.skills:insert(0,99)
  --df.global.world.arena_spawn.equipment.skill_levels:insert(0,0)

  local old_gametype = df.global.gametype
  df.global.gametype = df.game_type.DWARF_ARENA

  gui.simulateInput(dfhack.gui.getCurViewscreen(), 'D_LOOK_ARENA_CREATURE')
  gui.simulateInput(dfhack.gui.getCurViewscreen(), 'SELECT')

  df.global.gametype = old_gametype

  curViewscreen.child = nil
  dwarfmodeScreen:delete()
  df.global.ui.main.mode = oldMode

  local id = df.global.unit_next_id-1
 
  df.global.window_x = view_x
  df.global.window_y = view_y
  df.global.window_z = view_z
 
  return id
end

--local u = df.unit.find(df.global.unit_next_id-1)
--u.civ_id = df.global.ui.civ_id
--u.population_id = df.historical_entity.find(df.global.ui.civ_id).populations[0]
--local group = df.global.ui.group_id

-- Picking a caste or gender at random
function getRandomCasteId(race_id)
  local cr = df.creature_raw.find(race_id)
  local caste_id, casteMax

  casteMax = #cr.caste - 1

  if casteMax > 0 then
    return math.random(0, casteMax)
  end

  return 0
end

local function  allocateNewChunk(hist_entity)
  hist_entity.save_file_id=df.global.unit_chunk_next_id
  df.global.unit_chunk_next_id=df.global.unit_chunk_next_id+1
  hist_entity.next_member_idx=0
  print("allocating chunk:",hist_entity.save_file_id)
end

local function allocateIds(nemesis_record,hist_entity)
  if hist_entity.next_member_idx==100 then
    allocateNewChunk(hist_entity)
  end
  nemesis_record.save_file_id=hist_entity.save_file_id
  nemesis_record.member_idx=hist_entity.next_member_idx
  hist_entity.next_member_idx=hist_entity.next_member_idx+1
end

function createFigure(trgunit,he,he_group)
  local hf=df.historical_figure:new()
  hf.id=df.global.hist_figure_next_id
  hf.race=trgunit.race
  hf.caste=trgunit.caste
  hf.profession = trgunit.profession
  hf.sex = trgunit.sex
  df.global.hist_figure_next_id=df.global.hist_figure_next_id+1
  hf.appeared_year = df.global.cur_year

  hf.born_year = trgunit.relations.birth_year
  hf.born_seconds = trgunit.relations.birth_time
  hf.curse_year = trgunit.relations.curse_year
  hf.curse_seconds = trgunit.relations.curse_time
  hf.birth_year_bias = trgunit.relations.birth_year_bias
  hf.birth_time_bias = trgunit.relations.birth_time_bias
  hf.old_year = trgunit.relations.old_year
  hf.old_seconds = trgunit.relations.old_time
  hf.died_year = -1
  hf.died_seconds = -1
  hf.name:assign(trgunit.name)
  hf.civ_id = trgunit.civ_id
  hf.population_id = trgunit.population_id
  hf.breed_id = -1
  hf.unit_id = trgunit.id

  df.global.world.history.figures:insert("#",hf)

  hf.info = df.historical_figure_info:new()
  hf.info.unk_14 = df.historical_figure_info.T_unk_14:new() -- hf state?
  --unk_14.region_id = -1; unk_14.beast_id = -1; unk_14.unk_14 = 0
  hf.info.unk_14.unk_18 = -1; hf.info.unk_14.unk_1c = -1
  -- set values that seem related to state and do event
  --change_state(hf, dfg.ui.site_id, region_pos)


  --lets skip skills for now
  --local skills = df.historical_figure_info.T_skills:new() -- skills snap shot
  -- ...
  -- note that innate skills are automaticaly set by DF
  hf.info.skills = {new=true}


  he.histfig_ids:insert('#', hf.id)
  he.hist_figures:insert('#', hf)
  if he_group then
    he_group.histfig_ids:insert('#', hf.id)
    he_group.hist_figures:insert('#', hf)
    hf.entity_links:insert("#",{new=df.histfig_entity_link_memberst,entity_id=he_group.id,link_strength=100})
  end
  trgunit.flags1.important_historical_figure = true
  trgunit.flags2.important_historical_figure = true
  trgunit.hist_figure_id = hf.id
  trgunit.hist_figure_id2 = hf.id

  hf.entity_links:insert("#",{new=df.histfig_entity_link_memberst,entity_id=trgunit.civ_id,link_strength=100})

  --add entity event
  local hf_event_id=df.global.hist_event_next_id
  df.global.hist_event_next_id=df.global.hist_event_next_id+1
  df.global.world.history.events:insert("#",{new=df.history_event_add_hf_entity_linkst,year=trgunit.relations.birth_year,
  seconds=trgunit.relations.birth_time,id=hf_event_id,civ=hf.civ_id,histfig=hf.id,link_type=0})
  return hf
end

function createNemesis(trgunit,civ_id,group_id)
  local id=df.global.nemesis_next_id
  local nem=df.nemesis_record:new()

  nem.id=id
  nem.unit_id=trgunit.id
  nem.unit=trgunit
  nem.flags:resize(4)
  --not sure about these flags...
  -- [[
  nem.flags[4]=true
  nem.flags[5]=true
  nem.flags[6]=true
  nem.flags[7]=true
  nem.flags[8]=true
  nem.flags[9]=true
  --]]
  --[[for k=4,8 do
      nem.flags[k]=true
  end]]
  nem.unk10=-1
  nem.unk11=-1
  nem.unk12=-1
  df.global.world.nemesis.all:insert("#",nem)
  df.global.nemesis_next_id=id+1
  trgunit.general_refs:insert("#",{new=df.general_ref_is_nemesisst,nemesis_id=id})
  trgunit.flags1.important_historical_figure=true

  nem.save_file_id=-1

  local he=df.historical_entity.find(civ_id)
  he.nemesis_ids:insert("#",id)
  he.nemesis:insert("#",nem)
  local he_group
  if group_id and group_id~=-1 then
      he_group=df.historical_entity.find(group_id)
  end
  if he_group then
      he_group.nemesis_ids:insert("#",id)
      he_group.nemesis:insert("#",nem)
  end
  allocateIds(nem,he)
  nem.figure=createFigure(trgunit,he,he_group)
end

--createNemesis(u, u.civ_id,group)
function createUnitInCiv(race_id, caste_id, civ_id, group_id)
  local uid = createUnit(race_id, caste_id)
  local unit = df.unit.find(uid)
  if ( civ_id ) then
    createNemesis(unit, civ_id, group_id)
  end
  return uid
end

function createUnitInFortCiv(race_id, caste_id)
  return createUnitInCiv(race_id, caste_id, df.global.ui.civ_id)
end

function createUnitInFortCivAndGroup(race_id, caste_id)
  return createUnitInCiv(race_id, caste_id, df.global.ui.civ_id, df.global.ui.group_id)
end

function domesticate(uid, group_id)
  local u = df.unit.find(uid)
  group_id = group_id or df.global.ui.group_id
  -- If a friendly animal, make it domesticated.  From Boltgun & Dirst
  local caste=df.creature_raw.find(u.race).caste[u.caste]
  if not(caste.flags.CAN_SPEAK and caste.flags.CAN_LEARN) then
    -- Fix friendly animals (from Boltgun)
    u.flags2.resident = false;
    u.flags3.body_temp_in_range = true;
    u.population_id = -1
    u.status.current_soul.unit_id = u.id

    u.animal.population.region_x = -1
    u.animal.population.region_y = -1
    u.animal.population.unk_28 = -1
    u.animal.population.population_idx = -1
    u.animal.population.depth = -1

    u.counters.soldier_mood_countdown = -1
    u.counters.death_cause = -1

    u.enemy.anon_4 = -1
    u.enemy.anon_5 = -1
    u.enemy.anon_6 = -1

    -- And make them tame (from Dirst)
    u.flags1.tame = true
    u.training_level = 7
  end
end

function wild(uid)
  local u = df.unit.find(uid)
  local caste=df.creature_raw.find(u.race).caste[u.caste]
  if not(caste.flags.CAN_SPEAK and caste.flags.CAN_LEARN) then
    u.animal.population.region_x = df.global.world.world_data.active_site[0].pos.x
    u.animal.population.region_y = df.global.world.world_data.active_site[0].pos.y
    u.animal.population.unk_28 = -1
    u.animal.population.population_idx = -1  -- Eventually want to make a real population
    u.animal.population.depth = -1  -- Eventually this should be a parameter
u.animal.leave_countdown = 99999  -- Eventually this should be a parameter
u.flags2.roaming_wilderness_population_source = true
u.flags2.roaming_wilderness_population_source_not_a_map_feature = true
-- region = df.global.world.map.map_blocks[df.global.world.map.x_count_block*x+y]
  end
end


function nameUnit(id, entityRawName, civ_id)
  --pick a random appropriate name
  --choose three random words in the appropriate things
  local unit = df.unit.find(id)
  local entity_raw
  if entityRawName then
    for k,v in ipairs(df.global.world.raws.entities) do
      if v.code == entityRawName then
        entity_raw = v
        break
      end
    end
  else
    local entity = df.historical_entity.find(civ_id)
    entity_raw = entity.entity_raw
  end

  if not entity_raw then
    error('entity raw = nil: ', id, entityRawName, civ_id)
  end

  local translation = entity_raw.translation
  local translationIndex
  for k,v in ipairs(df.global.world.raws.language.translations) do
    if v.name == translation then
      translationIndex = k
      break
    end
  end
  --translation = df.language_translation.find(translation)
  local language_word_table = entity_raw.symbols.symbols1[0] --educated guess
  function randomWord()
    local index = math.random(0, #language_word_table.words[0] - 1)
    return index
  end
  local firstName = randomWord()
  local lastName1 = randomWord()
  local lastName2 = randomWord()
  local name = unit.status.current_soul.name
  name.words[0] = language_word_table.words[0][lastName1]
  name.parts_of_speech[0] = language_word_table.parts[0][lastName1]
  name.words[1] = language_word_table.words[0][lastName2]
  name.parts_of_speech[1] = language_word_table.parts[0][lastName2]
  name.first_name = df.language_word.find(language_word_table.words[0][firstName]).forms[language_word_table.parts[0][firstName]]
  name.has_name = true
  name.language = translationIndex
  name = unit.name
  name.words[0] = language_word_table.words[0][lastName1]
  name.parts_of_speech[0] = language_word_table.parts[0][lastName1]
  name.words[1] = language_word_table.words[0][lastName2]
  name.parts_of_speech[1] = language_word_table.parts[0][lastName2]
  name.first_name = df.language_word.find(language_word_table.words[0][firstName]).forms[language_word_table.parts[0][firstName]]
  name.has_name = true
  name.language = translationIndex
  if unit.hist_figure_id ~= -1 then
    local histfig = df.historical_figure.find(unit.hist_figure_id)
    name = histfig.name
    name.words[0] = language_word_table.words[0][lastName1]
    name.parts_of_speech[0] = language_word_table.parts[0][lastName1]
    name.words[1] = language_word_table.words[0][lastName2]
    name.parts_of_speech[1] = language_word_table.parts[0][lastName2]
    name.first_name = df.language_word.find(language_word_table.words[0][firstName]).forms[language_word_table.parts[0][firstName]]
    name.has_name = true
    name.language = translationIndex
  end
end

validArgs = --[[validArgs or]]utils.invert({
  'help',
  'race',
  'caste',
  'domesticate',
  'civId',
  'groupId',
  'flagSet',
  'flagClear',
  'name',
  'nick',
  'location',
  'age'
})

if moduleMode then
  return
end

local args = utils.processArgs({...}, validArgs)
if args.help then
  print(
[[scripts/modtools/create-unit.lua
arguments:
    -help
        print this help message
    -race raceName
        specify the race of the unit to be created
        examples:
            DWARF
            HUMAN
    -caste casteName
        specify the caste of the unit to be created
        examples:
            MALE
            FEMALE
    -domesticate
        if the unit can't learn or can't speak, then make it a friendly animal
    -civId id
        make the created unit a member of the specified civ (or none if id = -1)
        if id is \\LOCAL, then make it a member of the civ associated with the current fort
        otherwise id must be an integer
    -groupId id
        make the created unit a member of the specified group (or none if id = -1)
        if id is \\LOCAL, then make it a member of the group associated with the current fort
        otherwise id must be an integer
    -name entityRawName
        set the unit's name to be a random name appropriate for the given entity
        examples:
            MOUNTAIN
    -nick nickname
        set the unit's nickname directly
    -location [ x y z ]
        create the unit at the specified coordinates
    -age howOld
        set the birth date of the unit to the specified number of years ago
    -flagSet [ flag1 flag2 ... ]
        set the specified unit flags in the new unit to true
        flags may be selected from df.unit_flags1, df.unit_flags2, or df.unit_flags3
    -flagClear [ flag1 flag2 ... ]
        set the specified unit flags in the new unit to false
        flags may be selected from df.unit_flags1, df.unit_flags2, or df.unit_flags3
]])
  return
end

local race
local raceIndex
local casteIndex

if not args.race or not args.caste then
  error 'Specfiy a race and caste for the new unit.'
end

--find race
for i,v in ipairs(df.global.world.raws.creatures.all) do
  if v.creature_id == args.race then
    raceIndex = i
    race = v
    break
  end
end

if not race then
  error 'Invalid race.'
end

for i,v in ipairs(race.caste) do
  if v.caste_id == args.caste then
    casteIndex = i
    break
  end
end

if not casteIndex then
  error 'Invalid caste.'
end

local age
if args.age then
  age = tonumber(args.age)
  if not age and not age == 0 then
      error('Invalid age: ' .. args.age)
  end
end

local civ_id
if args.civId == '\\LOCAL' then
  civ_id = df.global.ui.civ_id
elseif args.civId and tonumber(args.civId) then
  civ_id = tonumber(args.civId)
end

local group_id
if args.groupId == '\\LOCAL' then
  group_id = df.global.ui.group_id
elseif args.groupId and tonumber(args.groupId) then
  group_id = tonumber(args.groupId)
end

local unitId
if civ_id == -1 then
    unitId = createUnit(raceIndex, casteIndex)
  else
    unitId = createUnitInCiv(raceIndex, casteIndex, civ_id, group_id)
end

if args.domesticate then
  domesticate(unitId, group_id)
 else
  wild(unitId)
end

if age or age == 0 then
  local u = df.unit.find(unitId)
  local oldYearDelta = u.relations.old_year - u.relations.birth_year
  u.relations.birth_year = df.global.cur_year - age
  u.relations.old_year = u.relations.birth_year + oldYearDelta
  --these flags are an educated guess of how to get the game to compute sizes correctly: use -flagSet and -flagClear arguments to override or supplement
  u.flags2.calculated_nerves = false
  u.flags2.calculated_bodyparts = false
  u.flags3.body_part_relsize_computed = false
  u.flags3.size_modifier_computed = false
  u.flags3.compute_health = true
  u.flags3.weight_computed = false
  --TODO: if the unit is a child or baby it will still behave like an adult
end

if args.flagSet or args.flagClear then
  local u = df.unit.find(unitId)
  local flagsToSet = {}
  local flagsToClear = {}
  for _,v in ipairs(args.flagSet or {}) do
    flagsToSet[v] = true
  end
  for _,v in ipairs(args.flagClear or {}) do
    flagsToClear[v] = true
  end
  for _,k in ipairs(df.unit_flags1) do
    if flagsToSet[k] then
      u.flags1[k] = true;
    elseif flagsToClear[k] then
      u.flags1[k] = false;
    end
  end
  for _,k in ipairs(df.unit_flags2) do
    if flagsToSet[k] then
      u.flags2[k] = true;
    elseif flagsToClear[k] then
      u.flags2[k] = false;
    end
  end
  for _,k in ipairs(df.unit_flags3) do
    if flagsToSet[k] then
      u.flags3[k] = true;
    elseif flagsToClear[k] then
      u.flags3[k] = false;
    end
  end
end

if args.name then
  nameUnit(unitId, args.name, civ_id)
else
  local unit = df.unit.find(unitId)
  unit.name.has_name = false
  if unit.status.current_soul then
    unit.status.current_soul.name.has_name = false
  end
  --[[if unit.hist_figure_id ~= -1 then
    local histfig = df.historical_figure.find(unit.hist_figure_id)
    histfig.name.has_name = false
  end--]]
end

if args.nick and type(args.nick) == 'string' then
  dfhack.units.setNickname(df.unit.find(unitId), args.nick)
end

if civ_id then
  local u = df.unit.find(unitId)
  u.civ_id = civ_id
end

if args.location then
  local u = df.unit.find(unitId)
  local pos = df.coord:new()
  pos.x = tonumber(args.location[1])
  pos.y = tonumber(args.location[2])
  pos.z = tonumber(args.location[3])
  local teleport = dfhack.script_environment('teleport')
  teleport.teleport(u, pos)
end

--[[if group_id then
  local u = df.unit.find(unitId)
  u.group_id = group_id
end--]]


For the moment, I'm going to include a copy of this with The Earth Strikes Back, but will take it out when DFHack updates.

[Max™]

I think the 42.06 release was consistent enough that unless people use it enough and find a major bug or something gets passed back down from the 43.xx update process it'll remain as it is.

Also like the gm-editor changes in there, looks like it'll let us pick whether to put in stuff like df.something:new() or drop in ints and such? It was frustrating that I couldn't swap in an int with gm-editor and had to whip up a script or bit of lua (though the interpreter is still a bit of arcane wizardry) to insert it just so I could edit it to figure out what it did.

[Warmist]

I think the 42.06 release was consistent enough that unless people use it enough and find a major bug or something gets passed back down from the 43.xx update process it'll remain as it is.

Also like the gm-editor changes in there, looks like it'll let us pick whether to put in stuff like df.something:new() or drop in ints and such? It was frustrating that I couldn't swap in an int with gm-editor and had to whip up a script or bit of lua (though the interpreter is still a bit of arcane wizardry) to insert it just so I could edit it to figure out what it did.

Yeah i was annoyed with it too. I would really want to have some sort "put this item to lua interpreter as <variable>" too.
Next feature i want is general_ref handling.

[thedonkified]

I'm having trouble getting interaction-trigger to trigger anything at all in both arena mode and adventure mode.

It doesn't seem to be reading the attack string or defense string that I put for the trigger to activate, because I also put -suppressAttack and
-suppressDefense and I am still able to see the attack string in my combat logs.

modtools/interaction-trigger -onAttackStr "ORC_ATTACK_A" -onDefenseStr "ORC_DEFEND_D" -suppressAttack -suppressDefend -command [ item/projectile -unit_source \\ATTACKER_ID -unit_target \\DEFENDER_ID -item AMMO:ITEM_AMMO_BOLTS -mat INORGANIC:IRON -number 5 -maxrange 500 -hitchance 100 ]

Would there be any problems if the creature that could do the interaction didn't learn it but was spawned with the ability to do it?

[Putnam]

None of the triggers work in arena mode AFAIK.

It only cares about interactions, how it's learned shouldn't matter at all.

[thedonkified]

Are there factors in the interaction's raws that would cause it not to work in adventure mode? The interactions themselves do not actually work in adventure mode either.