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Yes, I want to be able to use it with the DFHack console

288 (45.6%)

No, I like the stand alone QT version

140 (22.2%)

Both

204 (32.3%)

Total Members Voted: 631

[Gara-nis]

So... has anyone thought to check in on peterix? Maybe he's bogged down with finals like the rest of us...

[drailgre]

It's not sizeak's responsibility to program Runesmith. He doesn't even have to work on it at all. Be happy that Runesmith actually exists and there's a person willing to update it on his spare time. If you guys would actually read his post.....

To all those moaning, here (https://github.com/peterix/dfhack/commits/master) is the link to the DFHack commits page. It's a list of all changes made to the DFHack source and associated files (including memory-ng.xml) as they're pushed (uploaded) to the repository; this is the earliest they are available to developers i.e. me. 

As you can see, no changes have been made since the 18th, thus no new offsets have been added so pipe down

problem is that Im not smart enough to do any of that,

Not that far up the page....

[Aklyon]

Honestly, I'm fine with not having it right now. The only thing I really need updated is DT when a new version comes out, and maybe Stonesense.
To me, Runesmith is just something to let you speed up making specific fortresses (like a fortress of Legendary engravers), or just to mess around with.

[darkedone02]

I require this mod if I want to play the latest version, the same with DT...

[Gara-nis]

I actually don't use Runesmith unless I run into a serious problem/bug. Luckily, my current fort is going just fine

[Axecleaver]

The dfhack wait affects more than Runesmith. There are other mods and packs that rely on it for memory offsets and things. For instance, I doubt there will be a new release of Lazy Newb Pack until the dfhack update is complete. (I was brand new to DF a week ago.) But we'll just have to be patient.

[Gara-nis]

So basically 4 possible solutions exist:

1. Peterix devotes himself to dfhack and always releases immediately after a DF update
2. Other people who grok dfhack join the project and help maintain and build it.
3. Someone forks dfhack and continues development.
4. People start using something other than dfhack.

The above is pretty much the same crap every open source project goes through when it gets popular.

So peterix wrote something awesome, but he's doing it for free, and probably has a "REAL LIFE" somewhere doing something that puts a roof over his head. Like all of us, he's human, and sometimes this so-called "REAL LIFE" takes precedence over the open source project he maintains that other people just so happen to depend on.

So basically everyone can either a) be patient or b) learn how to do what peterix does and submit your own revisions to dfhack.

UPDATE: Talked to peterix on IRC, and it's like I thought, he is buried in piles of RL work and hasn't had time for df.

[sizeak]

So basically 4 possible solutions exist:

1. Peterix devotes himself to dfhack and always releases immediately after a DF update
2. Other people who grok dfhack join the project and help maintain and build it.
3. Someone forks dfhack and continues development.
4. People start using something other than dfhack.

The above is pretty much the same crap every open source project goes through when it gets popular.

So peterix wrote something awesome, but he's doing it for free, and probably has a "REAL LIFE" somewhere doing something that puts a roof over his head. Like all of us, he's human, and sometimes this so-called "REAL LIFE" takes precedence over the open source project he maintains that other people just so happen to depend on.

So basically everyone can either a) be patient or b) learn how to do what peterix does and submit your own revisions to dfhack.

UPDATE: Talked to peterix on IRC, and it's like I thought, he is buried in piles of RL work and hasn't had time for df.

This is the truth, I'm glad somebody understands that devs are people to. However, options 3 & 4 of your post don't really apply to DFHack since the code itself works fine, it's the offsets (memory locations of where vectors etc are located within the DF stack frame) that need finding so forking wouldn't really achieve much.

Finding these involves manually searching through DF's memory with tools fro memory searching/process debugging etc to find the relevant data structures, it's not exactly a fun/easy/quick job at the best of times. It's like being kicked in the balls a million times a minute by someone with nails sticking out of their shoes.

The two main reason I don't help find offsets is because I'd rather go play on my NES tbh

[magistrate101]

I'd rather go play on my NES tbh

heh heh heh heh... I would too, only if i had one

[Tarran]

Oh, and guys, FYI: Runesmith, Dwarf Therapist, Quickfort, DFfusion, etc ARE ALL UTILITIES, NOT MODS.

Sorry, but it's just been really getting on my nerves how people are messing them up. I mean, a mod is a modification to a game. Runesmith doesn't modify the program, it modifies/hacks the current fortress/game. Those may sound similar, but they aren't. Runesmith is a tool/utility; it is a whole separate program, not simply a modification to Dwarf Fortress.

[Justin In Oz]

Just chipping in a big thanks.

I just used the 'smith to stop my legendary+3 miner from hovering in the air for aeternity.

I was ready to give up on him.

[sizeak]

Just chipping in a big thanks.

I just used the 'smith to stop my legendary+3 miner from hovering in the air for aeternity.

I was ready to give up on him.

 

[OmnipotentGrue]

I can't wait until the new version comes out, it's going to be awesome to mess around with adventurer mode!

[Stormrage]

If peterix or anyone else could just say how they look for offsets with and what programs they use, I'm sure many of us would be glad to do the dirty work for you, but since we, or at least I, don't even know in what direction to look at, there is really nothing to be done here.

[Gara-nis]

If peterix or anyone else could just say how they look for offsets with and what programs they use, I'm sure many of us would be glad to do the dirty work for you, but since we, or at least I, don't even know in what direction to look at, there is really nothing to be done here.

It requires knowledge of x86 assembly and how DF stores the stuff. It is really pretty damn complicated. I've tried it.