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[PeridexisErrant]

I'm using PeridexisErrant's Dwarf Fortress Starter Pack r45 (the old version, indicated to use when the beta isn't working), and after following the instructions in the read me, i repeatedly get the following error message. If it's relevant, i put in the xml for the "legends xml/archive" slot, the txt for world history and site population and bmp for the map image.

Try running my Legends processing script, and using the archive it creates.

[Scoops Novel]

Still nothing. Same bmp file problem.

[Scoops Novel]

Scratch that. Used the winrar folder as a whole rather then constituent parts for the legends xml/archive. Thank you.

[Scoops Novel]

By the way, have you considered putting in a graph showing the different sizes of age groups in a given year? Maybe location by location? Would be quite atmospheric to know you were walking through a village of the elderly and the very young after a war.

[VerdantSF]

Try running my Legends processing script, and using the archive it creates.

I used to go through manually and erase all the workflow additions that were screwing up the Legends export file.  Thank you SO MUCH for the script!

[Sarzael]

How can you find a specific site in the map?

[nekoexmachina]

FYI: mono 3.x in wine = non-working LegendsViewer (complaining of 'install 2.8 or later'), mono 2.10 = working
Backwards compatibility = zero, .net-bloatware = won.


Thanks for the program, however!

[CharonM72]

Firstly, I want to say I love this software and it makes going through my world's history and geography not only easier, but actually possible.

I had some comments though. I wrote them down so I'll just list them here.

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-First, I seem to have an issue with Legends Viewer in a non-US default encoding (Japanese), where the special characters come up as gibberish. Even AppLocale doesn't fix the problem, so maybe it's an issue with the encoding of the world data files, I don't know.

-When I run the program, I get a dozen or two "can't find historical figure" errors, all ones with special characters in their names. I imagine this may be due to the issue above.

-I also sometimes get non-fatal runtime errors while browsing entries (mostly after scrolling to the bottom of almost any page). The error is this (translated from Japanese):

An unhandled exception has occurred in an application component.
System.OverflowException: overflow of arithmetic operation has occurred.
   Place LegendsViewer.DwarfTabControl.WndProc (Message & m)
   Place System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback (IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

Clicking "continue" lets me continue to use the program without problem, but it is fairly annoying. Maybe this is related to the encoding issue too.

I also had some suggestions:

-Can the historical figures' entries also include their native language names? The game uses both interchangeably so it can make finding figures difficult sometimes. It seems LV already does this for sites.

-It'd be nice if LV could save loaded alternate maps, instead of purging them after navigating away. Or even better, auto-load all the alternate maps on start, and let us freely switch among them.

-Is it possible to show the locations of regions (like deserts, oceans, etc.) on the map or do the game files not have that information? Somehow DF knows where they are.

Those are just some things I've been thinking about. Parker147, I don't know if you've been working recently on it, but the historical figure family tree looks really awesome. It'd be cool to see that in the program too.
Keep up the great work!

[Heavygain]

Hey there, I am new to DF and am having some issues with the legends viewer/export processing script as I've been using workflow since I created the world. I've tried it every which way, compressing the xml, map, world history, world gen, site and pop text files as a .rar file then moving the archive into the same folder as the batch script, just putting the unarchived files into the script's folder and neither method has resulted with the script creating a new archive in the user generated content folder nor any files that don't either give me the hexadecimal error or just crash the legends viewer then I try to load the map file. I've also tried archiving the files as .7z.

I've also tried removing all workflow orders and disabling the plugin with "disable workflow" in dfhack and exporting the files but it did not result in working files.

I even attempted trying to figure out cygwin which I definitely didn't even get close with lol.

Basically, I've come to a dead end and need some help. I'm not very knowledgeable when it comes to scripts so I feel like I must be missing something obvious. I'd very much like to get get legends viewer to work as it looks like it would add a lot to the game.

Thanks

[CharonM72]

Did you try just adding each of the files to Legends Viewer individually? By "script" I assume you mean PeridexErrant's; he does have a newer version of said script up on GitHub but I don't know if it'll help (it may provide better error information though). If you're decent with scripting try removing the ECHO OFF in the top of batch file and it'll show every command as it runs it; maybe you can catch the error within that mess.
It looks to me like it may be finding the wrong files though. Make sure there aren't any other files in there with the word "region" followed by a number higher than your actual region in the filename; I had that problem for a while. Ex. a file called "region50.jpg" even though all your legends and stuff are region1.

[Heavygain]

Yeah, I have tried adding the files individually. When I add them individually, the first three fields look good but when I add the map file (world_graphic_filename.png or world_map_filename.png) it gives me the hexadecimal error. If I add the map file first, it looks good until I add the xml file.

I made sure there were no other files with region in the folder as well, when I run the batch file it appeared to be working and I was able to see it say something about exporting for a couple of seconds but then the window closes with no confirmation and I am unable to find any new files or archives.

Also, my xml file seems rather small at only 22,847 KB although my world has only progressed 50 years so I think that may be why.

[CharonM72]

Yea that's probably why it's small. Have you tried running the script with only the files you want it to use in the folder? I think if you make a new folder next to your main Dwarf Fortress game folder (not inside), and run the script with the files from  inside there, it should work, and should prevent conflicts if any. I'm not sure though; if it doesn't work, try copying the dwarf fortress exe into the folder, and if that doesn't work, then ask PeridexisErrant I guess

[Heavygain]

I downloaded the new script from github and it did indeed result in a new .xml file, but it is 0 B in size and the error message is

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Root element is missing.
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ThrowWithoutLineInfo(String res)
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDocumentContent()
   at LegendsViewer.Legends.XMLParser.Parse()
   at LegendsViewer.Legends.World..ctor(String xmlFile, String historyFile, String sitesAndPopulationsFile, String mapFile)
   at LegendsViewer.FileLoader.load_DoWork(Object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
   at System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker.WorkerThreadStart(Object argument)

when I try to put the files into legends viewer.

I've tried running the script with all the files including the script in a separate folder from the game and with them still in the game directory.

[CharonM72]

I don't think Legends Viewer would be happy with a 0B xml. Looks like the script either isn't finding the XML or isn't able to parse it, maybe because it's broken or there's something unusual in the file. PeridexisErrant would know more about this than me but I don't know if he watches this thread.
You can try posting the problem over in the thread for his Legends Processing Script too, since it's relevant. I don't think this is a Legends Viewer problem necessarily.

[Heavygain]

I don't think Legends Viewer would be happy with a 0B xml. Looks like the script either isn't finding the XML or isn't able to parse it, maybe because it's broken or there's something unusual in the file. PeridexisErrant would know more about this than me but I don't know if he watches this thread.
You can try posting the problem over in the thread for his Legends Processing Script too, since it's relevant. I don't think this is a Legends Viewer problem necessarily.

Indeed, I had just been thinking about how I was in the wrong thread actually lol. I'll head over there, thanks for the help.