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[IndigoFenix]

Anyone know how to use eventful.onUnitDeath?

I tried to use this very simple code to test it:

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local eventful = require 'plugins.eventful'

eventful.enableEvent(eventful.eventType.UNIT_DEATH,5)

eventful.onUnitDeath=function(u)
local unit = u
print('unit died.')
end

But nothing happens.  I also tried putting the eventful.onUnitDeath inside a constantly repeating function, but still no effect.  Does anyone know of a script that uses this function?

Try eventful.onUnitDeath.someRandomName=function(u)...
Also it's not a unit, but a unit id (i think).

That just gives an error "attempt to index field 'onUnitDeath' (a function value)".

EDIT: Some other eventful functions, like onInventoryChange, work in the same circumstances.  I think onUnitDeath might operate differently.

[Warmist]

so strange. It works for me (did this in console):

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lua
ev=require 'plugins.eventful'
~ev
(echo lots of lines, one relevant) :
onUnitDeath              = <event: 0 listeners>
ev.onUnitDeath.bla=function(u_id) print("unit_died"..u_id) end
ev.enableEvent(eventful.eventType.UNIT_DEATH,5)
and then it printed unit_died0, unit_died2, etc...

[IndigoFenix]

Uh...
Is that even lua?

[Warmist]

Uh...
Is that even lua?

~ev -> printall(ev)
!ev -> print(ev)
it's an extension to the lua console for fast usage.
A script would look like this:

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local ev=require 'plugins.eventful'
ev.onUnitDeath.bla=function(u_id) print("unit_died"..u_id) end
ev.enableEvent(eventful.eventType.UNIT_DEATH,5)


[IndigoFenix]

Well, that worked for some reason.  Thanks!

[Putnam]

Anyone know how to use eventful.onUnitDeath?

I tried to use this very simple code to test it:

Code: [Select]

local eventful = require 'plugins.eventful'

eventful.enableEvent(eventful.eventType.UNIT_DEATH,5)

eventful.onUnitDeath=function(u)
local unit = u
print('unit died.')
end

But nothing happens.  I also tried putting the eventful.onUnitDeath inside a constantly repeating function, but still no effect.  Does anyone know of a script that uses this function?

Try eventful.onUnitDeath.someRandomName=function(u)...
Also it's not a unit, but a unit id (i think).

That just gives an error "attempt to index field 'onUnitDeath' (a function value)".

EDIT: Some other eventful functions, like onInventoryChange, work in the same circumstances.  I think onUnitDeath might operate differently.

That's because you literally replaced the entire onUnitDeath event with your function the first time.

[Raidau]

Is there a way to change zoom level using script? I know there are variables that control window size, somewhere in df.global...

[IndigoFenix]

Is there a way to run a function whenever the game is saved?  I need to retain some persistent variables accurately but saving them every frame causes major slowdown.

[Warmist]

Is there a way to run a function whenever the game is saved?  I need to retain some persistent variables accurately but saving them every frame causes major slowdown.

Have you seen dfhack persistence module? linky
Edit: ah sorry, misread. Afaik there is no event that triggers when a game is saved (or before unload).

[Bo-Rufus CMVII]

When a caravan is attacked and runs off leaving one of the guards behind, should you use fixmigrant to adopt him, or will that make him a slave?

[ag]

Is there a way to run a function whenever the game is saved?  I need to retain some persistent variables accurately but saving them every frame causes major slowdown.

If you are doing something every frame, it may be better done in C++, and the persistence API there is more low-level and allows you to keep a reference to the actual memory used to store the data, so it can be modified without any overhead. The downside of course is that you can crash some plugins if you delete their persistence entries without telling them, e.g. via the lua api.

[IndigoFenix]

Is there a way to run a function whenever the game is saved?  I need to retain some persistent variables accurately but saving them every frame causes major slowdown.

If you are doing something every frame, it may be better done in C++, and the persistence API there is more low-level and allows you to keep a reference to the actual memory used to store the data, so it can be modified without any overhead. The downside of course is that you can crash some plugins if you delete their persistence entries without telling them, e.g. via the lua api.

I'd like to be able to mod things in C++, but I honestly don't know where to begin.  What program can I use to edit them?

Also, is there any way of making a workshop that copies the native reactions and behaviors of the smelter/forge, but without needing to use fuel?

[Putnam]

Is there a way to run a function whenever the game is saved?  I need to retain some persistent variables accurately but saving them every frame causes major slowdown.

If you are doing something every frame, it may be better done in C++, and the persistence API there is more low-level and allows you to keep a reference to the actual memory used to store the data, so it can be modified without any overhead. The downside of course is that you can crash some plugins if you delete their persistence entries without telling them, e.g. via the lua api.

I'd like to be able to mod things in C++, but I honestly don't know where to begin.  What program can I use to edit them?

You can technically use, say, Notepad to write C++, but it'd be better to go with a more robust IDE like Code::Blocks or something.

Here's compilation instruction

[wooks]

Is there a way to reset a moods gathered items? or force it to complete? I seem to have curfuffled one of my important dwarfs moods by accidentally forbidding something he was retrieving and now he won't complete the mood (I even tried using the plainpacked glitch to get an extra of what he needed). Thank You!

[Roses]

I'm trying to get the physical and mental attributes of a unit. This says that dfhack.units.getPhysicalAttrValue should work, but when I do a printall(dfhack.units) I don't see the physical or the mental one. Any thoughts?

I know I can look at a units attributes with unit.body.physical_attrs, but I was hoping for the aforementioned ones ability to compute effective levels.