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[Girlinhat]

How do you utilize keybinding?  When I try

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keybinding A job-material ORTHOCLASEthen request a list, it puts 'job-material' and 'ORTHOCLASE' on different lines.  Adding ':' seems to change it, but not make it work.  What do?

[orius]

Changevein, huh? 

So basically I could take those big ass clusters of orthoclase or mica and turn them into something like magnetite, coal, native platinum, or diamonds?

As kickass as that sounds, I'll probably try to refrain from using it, where's the challenge in letting yourself pump out massive bling without any trouble at all?

[Girlinhat]

I'll probably end up converting microcline into orthoclase here in specific.  Same value, different color, keeps the above-ground fort consistent.

[orius]

That's an interesting idea, but I like blue and yellow makes me want to puke, so I'd do it the other way around.

[Quietust]

Be aware that "changevein" only works within 16x16 blocks, so changing an entire vein or large clusters will require multiple uses.

[peterix]

How do you utilize keybinding?  When I try

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keybinding A job-material ORTHOCLASEthen request a list, it puts 'job-material' and 'ORTHOCLASE' on different lines.  Adding ':' seems to change it, but not make it work.  What do?

Like this:

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keybinding set A "job-material ORTHOCLASE"
Now, the problem with this is, that 'A' is a single, and commonly used key. So you'll probably want to do this right after that:

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keybinding clear AAnd then bind the command to something else. Like for example 'Shift-A', 'Alt-A' or 'Ctrl-A'.

Even better, you can use the 'dfhack.init' file to hold a bunch of keybinds and see some examples of how they can be defined. The example file dfhack.init-example should be in your DF folder. Just rename it to dfhack.init. DFHack will execute the commands in it when it starts.

Changevein, huh? 

So basically I could take those big ass clusters of orthoclase or mica and turn them into something like magnetite, coal, native platinum, or diamonds?

As kickass as that sounds, I'll probably try to refrain from using it, where's the challenge in letting yourself pump out massive bling without any trouble at all?

If it's too much of a temptation, you can always go into DF/hack/plugins and delete whatever you want in there. Or you could change those big blobs of orthoclase and microcline to some boring old rock that blends in with the layer

[orius]

It's not a problem.  I know I can delete the plugin and I (probably) have enough self-control to not use it.

I like Girlinhat's idea though.  Change the stones around to make the fort more colorful.  Instead of drab greys all the time (though that's not a big problem), I can change to stuff like olivine or pitchblende or kimberlite or bauxite and have some nice splashes of color in the fort.

[Girlinhat]

The included help could use some sprucing up.  Basically, every time someone asks a question like "how do I use keybinding" then it means "the keybinding section of the help needs more info".  "A" is not the same as "Shift-A" and "SHIFT-A" is not the same as "Shift-A" either.

Works now, so it's all good, but could preempt these questions with a more detailed help file.

[orius]

Something else I've been meaning to ask.

The fixdiplomats funtion, does it give the player trade agreements with the elves, or do they just annoy with logging quotas?

[Quietust]

Something else I've been meaning to ask.

The fixdiplomats funtion, does it give the player trade agreements with the elves, or do they just annoy with logging quotas?

Just logging quotas. It would certainly be possible to have "fixmerchants" work on Elves, but I only wrote it to work on Humans because they're the only ones that are supposed to have that.

[thatkid]

I can't seem to find the answer in the readme, so I guess I'll ask here...

I'm running Ubuntu, so I can't utilize DFLair. Is there any other tool with the same functionality? For some reason I remember there used to be, but now I feel like I imagined it.

[thistleknot]

I have a request.

1. a hack that allows the defaults uniforms for militia to be copied.
2. a hack that allows the base materials for the uniforms to be modified.

Reason being.  I can't copy/backup original uniforms to modify them.  I have to recreate them.
I can't change the material of Leather headwear.  If I want all leather uniforms, and want to modify leather.  And I want to say Metal Headwear, I have to specify Metal Helms, or Metal Caps, etc.  It would be nice to have a hack for that.

[orius]

Something else I've been meaning to ask.

The fixdiplomats funtion, does it give the player trade agreements with the elves, or do they just annoy with logging quotas?

Just logging quotas. It would certainly be possible to have "fixmerchants" work on Elves, but I only wrote it to work on Humans because they're the only ones that are supposed to have that.

I think I'll leave that off then.  Don't need to have them bug me about trees if I can't tell them to bring me more bears in return.   

[Quietust]

Something else I've been meaning to ask.

The fixdiplomats funtion, does it give the player trade agreements with the elves, or do they just annoy with logging quotas?

Just logging quotas. It would certainly be possible to have "fixmerchants" work on Elves, but I only wrote it to work on Humans because they're the only ones that are supposed to have that.

I think I'll leave that off then.  Don't need to have them bug me about trees if I can't tell them to bring me more bears in return.   

If you don't give them diplomats, then you won't be able to refuse their quotas (or just outright murder the diplomat) and get them to start a war.

[orius]

That's ok, I don't feel like picking a fight with the elves.  The one time I did fight them, it felt like I was kicking a baby around.