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[peterix]

So when trying to use reveal and prospector in the newest version it says

"uses world ptr
can't init map"

and stops there.
What's wrong? And how do I fix this?

Unfortunately, that's nowhere near enough info to know what happened... Those tools work over here. It's a 31.20 or 31.21, judging from the 'uses world ptr' part. Never ran into the 'can't init map' bit with those versions. Normally that means there's no local map loaded.

I'd have to have more details, but there's no easy way to retrieve those on your side... I'll have to think about this a bit.

[Andux]

Edit: for some reason i can't save now :/

Switching to arena mode does that sometimes; I think it's when you switch back from (5,1) to arena mode using ctrl+a - I went from (0,0) to (4,0), assumed control, then to (1,1) and could still save (though I ran into the bodyswapping bug when I tried to travel - had to use DFusion's "?Change Adv permenent?" tool to fix it).

The flag that controls whether you can save is at offset 0x15087c5 in 0.31.20/21 SDL (working offsets for .18 and .19 are on the wiki - seems to be always 0x25 bytes after current_weather); changing it back to 1 should work.

[KylonOrina]

Unfortunately, that's nowhere near enough info to know what happened... Those tools work over here. It's a 31.20 or 31.21, judging from the 'uses world ptr' part. Never ran into the 'can't init map' bit with those versions. Normally that means there's no local map loaded.

I'd have to have more details, but there's no easy way to retrieve those on your side... I'll have to think about this a bit.

Well I got it to work. It seems it only works for me when I use the Lazy Newb Pack GUI to launch the programs as opposed to just double clicking on the icon in the folder.
Very odd.

[darius]

I started to wonder: how obse works (oblivions script extender if somebody does not know, also similar things exist for fallout3 and new vegas). It basically patches into Classes. And new version come out very fast if oblivion is updated (but usually that happens a lot less frequently). So how do they do it?

[Jeoshua]

.dll wrapping and other more advanced techniques.

Also, Timeslipped is a freak of nature, able to code anything in any language, even ASM.

Don't hold your breath on a DFSE...

[darius]

Well there is no script system to extend but i already have a dll that patches lua scripts into DF. Unfortunately that alone does nothing...

Edit: and somehow he uses RTTI to his advantage. I'm sure that linux version would be a lot more complicated. Well i guess time for some research.
Edit2: It's fun... but somehow i'm feeling like i'm doing something i'm not supposed to...

[Jeoshua]

Well you are doing something that Toady expressly does not support: Reverse Engineering... then again this is a game about Dwarves, and anything with Engineering in it's title is bound to be very Dwarfy

[GJM]

Hi,

I'm trying to get this running (just Reveal and prospector mostly) on Linux, but I seem to be having some trouble. I've got the file downloaded and extracted, but I'm a bit lost as to where I go from here. I tried just compiling the files in toos/supported, but got the error
fatal error: DFHack.h: no such file or directory.

I'm quite new to linux so some of this higher stuff confuses the hell out of me -any help appreciated.

[Lesseps]

Hey, my 0.5.2 dfcleanmap tool doesnt work. it says ' can't find MSVCP100.dll '. What should I do ? :/

[thewonderidiot]

Hey, my 0.5.2 dfcleanmap tool doesnt work. it says ' can't find MSVCP100.dll '. What should I do ? :/

On Windows, you might have to install the MSVC 2010 redistributable.

[Lesseps]

thanks a lot!

[peterix]

Hi, I'm trying to get this running (just Reveal and prospector mostly) on Linux, but I seem to be having some trouble. I've got the file downloaded and extracted, but I'm a bit lost as to where I go from here. I tried just compiling the files in toos/supported, but got the error
fatal error: DFHack.h: no such file or directory.

I'm quite new to linux so some of this higher stuff confuses the hell out of me -any help appreciated.

First, read the COMPILE file and try to follow the instructions there. Ask questions if that fails
Anyway, the latest supported (=map tools run) DF version on linux is 31.19.

[Seriyu]

If I were to use DFmode to take control of a soldier during a seige, would this result in fortress mode breaking when I try to return to, well, fortress mode?

I read the readme but I didn't know if "lost a fortress" was meant literally.

[Askot Bokbondeler]

unfortunatelly, yes, you'd loose the fortress. you could use dfusion to save the site as a lair and the items wouldn't scatter and the creatures wouldn't die, but upon *reclaiming* it everything would be revealed, including the HFS(killing your fps forever) and your dwarves would be counted as *friendly*, you'd just have control of the dude you previously possessed



but we could use this little trick to build a shack in the woods with our little adventurer, if we had an axe, or dig a burrow, if we had a pick, provided we generated a world without hfs

[thewonderidiot]

I've been thinking about using pieces of dfreveal to keep things hidden during mode switches. I'll experiment with it later, but I'd like to turn dfmode into a slightly more intelligent tool that does its best to keep DF from messing up.