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[Bumber]

However, this question made me think of the project that Myk is taking on to make a Quickfort-like utility:
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=176889.0
https://github.com/DFHack/dfhack/issues/499
It might be worth looking at these to make sure you're not duplicating effort, or to see if you might be able to help out.

I was thinking of doing it for AutoFort:
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=176774.0

The exported data will probably be way different, since it's going to be used to proc-gen a fort layout. Maybe he could create a quickfort blueprint for import, though.

[Bumber]

Is there some way to determine the lowest valid z-level of a map block? Or do we just have to check if there's a map block at each given location?

For example, on one embark the eerie glowing pits were located on z=1. On another, they were on z=6, with no valid map blocks from z=1 to z=5.

[lethosor]

Is there some way to determine the lowest valid z-level of a map block? Or do we just have to check if there's a map block at each given location?

For example, on one embark the eerie glowing pits were located on z=1. On another, they were on z=6, with no valid map blocks from z=1 to z=5.

I think you just have to check whether each block is allocated or not. (For reference, there are also some sky blocks at higher z-levels that aren't allocated by default until you build in them.)

[Bumber]

Thanks. One last question:
In many lua scripts I see the lines "--@module = true" and "if not dfhack_flags.module then". What is the point of these?

[Warmist]

Thanks. One last question:
In many lua scripts I see the lines "--@module = true" and "if not dfhack_flags.module then". What is the point of these?

Lua has "modules" which are like script-library. We (i.e. dfhack team) has extended this functionality to scripts. Thus a script can be used as a module but it needs to know if it should just run the functionality (e.g. teleport a unit to cursor) or give the functions (e.g. if you are making a building or a spell that teleports creatures). More info here

[Bumber]

Lua has "modules" which are like script-library. We (i.e. dfhack team) has extended this functionality to scripts. Thus a script can be used as a module but it needs to know if it should just run the functionality (e.g. teleport a unit to cursor) or give the functions (e.g. if you are making a building or a spell that teleports creatures). More info here

Still a bit unclear to me. Does this mean that putting these lines allows the function definitions to be used by other scripts without executing the main function? Similar to Python's if __name__ == "__main__"?

[Warmist]

Lua has "modules" which are like script-library. We (i.e. dfhack team) has extended this functionality to scripts. Thus a script can be used as a module but it needs to know if it should just run the functionality (e.g. teleport a unit to cursor) or give the functions (e.g. if you are making a building or a spell that teleports creatures). More info here

Still a bit unclear to me. Does this mean that putting these lines allows the function definitions to be used by other scripts without executing the main function? Similar to Python's if __name__ == "__main__"?

As far as I understand it's the same as Python's if __name__ == "__main__".

[Bumber]

Okay, thanks!

[Atomic Chicken]

Thanks. One last question:
In many lua scripts I see the lines "--@module = true" and "if not dfhack_flags.module then". What is the point of these?

"--@ module = true" permits the script to be used as a module, which basically means that other scripts can call functions from it via "reqscript".

Consider the following snippet from "resurrect-adv.lua", which calls the "heal()" function of "full-heal.lua":

Code: (resurrect-adv.lua) [Select]

local fullHeal = reqscript('full-heal')
...
fullHeal.heal(adventurer, true)

If "full-heal.lua" lacked "--@ module = true", the above code would fail at the reqscript line with the error "full-heal: Cannot be used as a module."

"dfhack_flags.module" is set when the script is being called through reqscript. It's added to module-enabled scripts to prevent unnecessary code from running when they are being used as modules (if omitted, the whole script would run as if it had been called from console).

For example:

Code: [Select]

if not dfhack_flags.module then
  print("foo")
end
Prevents "foo" from being printed during a reqscript call.

Code: [Select]

if dfhack_flags.module then
  return
end
print("foo")
An alternative way to do the above.

"moduleMode" is sometimes used instead of "dfhack_flags.module"; they do the same thing as far as I'm aware.

[lethosor]

Yeah, dfhack_flags.module and moduleMode do basically the same thing. The latter was older, and was kept for compatibility with existing scripts.

Either way, though, you should prefer reqscript() for importing other scripts. It will ensure that the script has the "--@ module = true" flag set before attempting to execute the script, which usually means that a script was written to handle being imported by other scripts. Not all scripts handle this - e.g. if you tried to load https://github.com/DFHack/scripts/blob/master/devel/all-bob.lua with script_environment, it would actually execute the script before returning the script's environment. (This is similar to attempting to import a Python file that doesn't guard its entrypoint with "if __name__ == '__main__'".)

There are also a couple other flags available in dfhack_flags sometimes - some are only used internally, but enable and enable_state are documented.

[Iä! RIAKTOR!]

I have an idea. Changed Catsplosion script can make male creatures pregnant, but male cannot give birth. But male creature can lay eggs! So will this work for monogendered creature breeding? Who can test?

[Putnam]

You can also transform male creatures to a female caste during the pregnancy, though I think that ruins the "monogendered" criterion.

[Iä! RIAKTOR!]

You can also transform male creatures to a female caste during the pregnancy, though I think that ruins the "monogendered" criterion.

Transformation heal all injures. And satyrs, blendecs, grimelings, blizzard men has no female caste at all. So, can you test my idea? I am very bad with lua coding.

[knutor]

Probably reported in one of 1xx's of dfHack pages, but in the event it hasn't been reported.

Fastdwarf teleport does not bring along the visiting mercs.

Ive a hu mercenary in shock squad, 4. S4 is filled to 10 souls. It was ordered to kill something in caverns. 9 soldiers teleported to  thing in cavern. All the dwarfs minus the mercenary.

Crossing fingers. To me teleport works like marching orders, for the squad soldiers. I hope someone out there in forumland, can fix this.

[Schmaven]

...
To me teleport works like marching orders, for the squad soldiers.
...

That's a cool idea.  Like a forced march in the military - everyone has to stop what they're doing and go there.

Except the mercenaries it seems.