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[WillowLuman]

How does the trueTransformation plugin work?

[Lycaeon]

Can you give a summary of how to use the spawnunit.lua script Warmist? Entering "spawnunit" in the DFhack command window yields only errors about race_id...I assume other information like creature ID and caste must be inputted, but I haven't the slightest clue on how to do this.

Advice on attaching the script to a custom reaction would also be appreciated.

Thanks Warmist!

[falconne]

u can already use it) here: ^^v (nobody loves advfort :< )

I think in that post you should start off by describing what advfort does (ie perform fort mode jobs in adventure mode) and the implications of this for the game (being able to build and craft things in adv mode). I would think this is a big deal for adv mode players, but it won't be immediately clear to forum users in that section not familiar with DFHack. They'd see the thread title "advfort" and some technical details, but it doesn't mean anything to them so they move on before realising what they're missing.

[expwnent]

trueTransformation:

It works like this: you transform temporarily into some creature. Just after that takes effect, the plugin changes your "base" unit type to be something else. When the transformation wears off, you turn into the other thing.

Example usage:

[SYNDROME]
[CE_BODY_TRANSFORMATION:PROB:100:START:0:END:5]
[CE:CREATURE:BIRD_DUCK:MALE]
[SYN_CLASS:\PERMANENT]
[SYN_CLASS:HUMAN]
[SYN_CLASS:MALE]

Permanently transforms the target into a human male after 5 ticks (or 6, ask a better raw modder). Do NOT apply it to male ducks or it will crash the game.

edit: Will probably also crash the game without START:0. I could fix that if people want it, otherwise I won't bother.

edit2: This is useful because it allows you to transform again from the next form, either with a trueTransformation or a conventional one. Also, it might work better with special abilities. I've gotten weird things before with overlapped transformations and abilities. This should work better, unless the other way also works fine and I just messed it up or misremembered, in which case it'll work equally well.

[Putnam]

There any guide to the new features? Does Spawnunit.lua even work? How to use advfort?

^^v (nobody loves advfort :< )

I consider it one of the most important things that DFHack has ever ended up allowing. The problem is that... you're really devving it up :V It's too developer-looking. Looks too much like something a developer would use, the way you describe it.

[Lycaeon]

I agree. DFHack's tools are inestimably valuable for modders, but most of us are not coders and so it's difficult to implement plugins and scripts that are released without corresponding instructions on how to use them (Both in the command window and in the raws). A post for each plugin/script (Much like expwnent's ones for truetransformation and autosyndromes...much thanks for those!) would go a long way in improving ease-of-access so more modders will take advantage of them.

[WillowLuman]

And region-pops, wtf is with that? It asks for "populations tokens," something which does not seem to exist.

[expwnent]

I meant to put a tutorial in the usage string for autoSyndrome. There's a brief description there, but it really isn't enough detail. I'll write something up for the Readme.html that comes with DFHack.

[Dragoon209]

plugin suggestion:

when placing buildings like a farm plot, or road, etc, have Shift + U max it out to the max length of 10.  same for Shift + H. 

I know this small tweak would really speed up my game.  I'm also really a fan of Falconne's construction plugin, the box select implementation could be used here too.

Thanks!

[ag]

And region-pops, wtf is with that? It asks for "populations tokens," something which does not seem to exist.

Population token is just a plant or creature token for which a population exists 

[thrush_titan]

And region-pops, wtf is with that? It asks for "populations tokens," something which does not seem to exist.

It seems to just mean the creature's name in the raws i.e. BIRD_ROC or whatever.  I used it to raise my jabberer population and I'm currently training an army of war Jabberers

[expwnent]

Has anyone been getting error messages that give a file and a line number, especially if related to autoSyndrome? Those shouldn't happen, but I can't fix them if I don't know what's going on.

[Meph]

@all: Anyone has any idea why siege engine control would not work? I hover over a ballista with 'q', press the hotkey, doesnt trigger...

@expwnent: I have been running dozens of worlds testing different sorts of autosyndrome, no error messages. It either works, or it doesnt. When it does not work, its because I used wrong syntax or was trying something crazy.

And THANK YOU. I will add a new engraving into the mod, that way people end up with statues of expwnent the great, because it works. Running scripts from workshops.  Tests with reveal and die just finished, both work nicely. Will next try scripts with different commands, see what can be used for the mod.

EDIT: I wrote an example and posted it here. That way it is not drowned in this thread so quickly.

[WillowLuman]

And region-pops, wtf is with that? It asks for "populations tokens," something which does not seem to exist.

It seems to just mean the creature's name in the raws i.e. BIRD_ROC or whatever.  I used it to raise my jabberer population and I'm currently training an army of war Jabberers

That's the thing, I use those and it either says "invalid population token" or "invalid increment factor." And not just for cave creatures with populations of 0, but for any creature. Creature tokens don't work either.

What's the syntax?

[Putnam]

It says the syntax. Post your syntax.