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[Zwergner]

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to let people know that I've been writing a .Net application to transfer your settings from an old installation to a new installation of Dwarf Fortress.  Yes, I know one already exists, and my entire reasoning to write my own (other than I enjoy it) is that I don't want to install python

Just wanted to know if others would be interested in using it; I'm writing it regardless but if anyone finds it useful I'll post it later (at work right now, just want to get a feel if anyone would like it).

Currently it can do a few things, and I plan to add more on of course.

• Copy over init.txt variables.  It takes into account that new versions may have new variables, so don't worry about losing functionality.  Don't worry about copying over discontinued variables either.
• Copy over world_gen.txt parameter sets.  You can tell it to overwrite or append.  Might refine this later to detect and remove duplicates.
• Copy over \data\art files.
• Copy over \raw\graphics files.
• Maybe something else, it was 4 AM at the time.

Future plans are also interface.txt transfer (I don't normally change binds, so that's why it's not done yet), a wizard to walk you through it, and save transfer.  No fancy "fetch latest version" stuff, not going to let you get that lazy.  Maybe a notifier to tell you that there are new init.txt variables.

Version 1.0 up at DFFD

[penguinofhonor]

Well, I have python and .NET installed, so I guess I could use either of these.

[Sean Mirrsen]

Modbase does this, sorta. It doesn't mod (and therefore, doesn't carry over) worldgen parameters, and it doesn't (yet) mod graphics sets, but it does most of the rest flawlessy, plus quite a bit more. There're some technical problems with it though, from time to time.

[baczek]

partially OT, but I couldn't help myself.

1. consider learning python, since it's a great language
2. check out python for .net: IronPython

[Tylui]

Blah blah blah... All you're getting is negativity so here's something positive.

I think what you're doing is a great idea; I considered doing something similar, but I figured if I just complained about it enough, Toady would put it in.

Something to add in is copying over of saved games.  Obviously, between major releases, this won't work well all the time, but it'd be nice to have for the small patches, like .38a to .38e.

I'll be a tester for you, if you'd like.

[Hanuman]

This sound like something worthwhile to me. I say put it out there. It can't hurt.

[Zwergner]

I'll put a bit more polish on it and release it when I get home

I've used python a little bit (on another computer), but I've never seen a job posting in the video game industry (where I'd like to head) requiring python experience, so I haven't really given it much attention.

Almost all the postings I see require C++, or more recently some C#.  I've been doing this little program in C# (which I've used a bit more than python) while doing similar programs at work in VB, so I'm experimenting on using the same tools with a different language.  I may check it out a bit more one day.

Thanks for the feedback!

[Zwergner]

Sorry to double post, but wanted the bump to say that I uploaded version 1.0 to the Dwarf Fortress File Depot.  Any feedback, bug reports, or suggestions are appreciated.

Still need to put copying interface.txt in there...Want to do some rudimentary version checking, and that wizard thingy.  But it's still fairly useful in it's current state I think.  Only transfer to clean installs or backed up installs to prevent headaches please ;p Most options overwrite by default.

[Eiba]

After manually copying over my init settings, graphics, and so on four times since the last major release... I'm definitely going to look into using this in the future.

[Skanky]

Maybe a notifier to tell you that there are new init.txt variables.

I would need this to be able to use the program. I like changing the defaults, so if there are new defaults, I would also like the chance to change them!

[pndrev]

Sounds very good. Does this mean I can effectively install 39e and this tool will handle moving the Mayday graphic set over from 38c?

[Zwergner]

Sounds very good. Does this mean I can effectively install 39e and this tool will handle moving the Mayday graphic set over from 38c?

That's actually exactly why I made it, Mike is too slow to update his pack and it's annoying to reconfigure manually   So, yes, it does mean that.

[Shades]

any chance someone could write one that doesn't need installing either .net or python but just works with the native files people have already? (yes I'm lazy)

[Zwergner]

any chance someone could write one that doesn't need installing either .net or python but just works with the native files people have already? (yes I'm lazy)

If that's what people really really want, I am thinking about cutting some teeth into wxWidgets, which is not only independent of pre-installed frameworks but also platform independent.  Not making any promises though, I'd probably have to play around and see how easy it is to make pretty things in it.

It looks like they have a .Net wrapper though...wonder if I could port directly into it.  Doubt it, it's never that easy! 

[Blacken]

any chance someone could write one that doesn't need installing either .net or python but just works with the native files people have already? (yes I'm lazy)

If that's what people really really want, I am thinking about cutting some teeth into wxWidgets, which is not only independent of pre-installed frameworks but also platform independent.  Not making any promises though, I'd probably have to play around and see how easy it is to make pretty things in it.

It looks like they have a .Net wrapper though...wonder if I could port directly into it.  Doubt it, it's never that easy! 

wxWindows is unnecessary. Mono has System.Windows.Forms support.