dfhack/NEWS

DFHack v0.34.11-r2 (UNRELEASED)

  Internals:
    - full support for Mac OS X.
    - a plugin that adds scripting in ruby.
    - support for interposing virtual methods in DF from C++ plugins.
    - support for creating new interface screens from C++ and lua.
    - added various other API functions.
  Notable bugfixes:
    - better terminal reset after exit on linux.
    - seedwatch now works on reclaim.
    - the sort plugin won't crash on cages anymore.
  Misc improvements:
    - autodump: can move items to any walkable tile, not just floors.
    - stripcaged: by default keep armor, new dumparmor option.
    - zone: allow non-domesticated birds in nestboxes.
    - workflow: quality range in constraints.
    - cleanplants: new command to remove rain water from plants.
    - liquids: can paint permaflow, i.e. what makes rivers power water wheels.
    - prospect: pre-embark prospector accounts for caves & magma sea in its estimate.
    - rename: supports renaming stockpiles, workshops, traps, siege engines.
  New tweaks:
    - tweak stable-cursor: keeps exact cursor position between d/k/t/q/v etc menus.
    - tweak patrol-duty: makes Train orders reduce patrol timer, like the binary patch does.
    - tweak readable-build-plate: fix unreadable truncation in unit pressure plate build ui.
    - tweak stable-temp: fixes bug 6012; may improve FPS by 50-100% on a slow item-heavy fort.
    - tweak fast-heat: speeds up item heating & cooling, thus making stable-temp act faster.
  New scripts:
    - fixnaked: removes thoughts about nakedness.
    - setfps: set FPS cap at runtime, in case you want slow motion or speed-up.
    - fix/population-cap: run after every migrant wave to prevent exceeding the cap.
    - fix/stable-temp: counts items with temperature updates; does instant one-shot stable-temp.
  New GUI scripts:
    - gui/mechanisms: browse mechanism links of the current building.
    - gui/room-list: browse other rooms owned by the unit when assigning one.
    - gui/liquids: a GUI front-end for the liquids plugin.
    - gui/rename: renaming stockpiles, workshops and units via an in-game dialog.
    - gui/power-meter: front-end for the Power Meter plugin.
    - gui/siege-engine: front-end for the Siege Engine plugin.
  Autolabor plugin:
    - can set nonidle hauler percentage.
    - broker excluded from all labors when needed at depot.
    - likewise, anybody with a scheduled diplomat meeting.
  New Dwarf Manipulator plugin:
    Open the unit list, and press 'l' to access a Dwarf Therapist like UI in the game.
  New Steam Engine plugin:
    Dwarven Water Reactors don't make any sense whatsoever, so this is a potential
    replacement for those concerned by it. The plugin detects if a workshop with a
    certain name is in the raws used by the current world, and provides the necessary
    behavior. See hack/raw/*_steam_engine.txt for the necessary raw definitions.
    Note: Stuff like animal treadmills might be more period, but can't be done with dfhack.
  New Power Meter plugin:
    When activated, implements a pressure plate modification that detects power in gear
    boxes built on the four adjacent N/S/W/E tiles. The gui/power-meter script implements
    the build configuration UI.
  New Siege Engine plugin:
    When enabled and configured via gui/siege-engine, allows aiming siege engines
    at a designated rectangular area with 360 degree fire range and across Z levels.
    Also supports loading catapults with non-boulder projectiles, taking from a stockpile,
    and restricting operator skill range like with ordinary workshops.
    Disclaimer: not in any way to undermine the future siege update from Toady, but the aiming
    logic of existing engines hasn't been updated since 2D, and is almost useless as/is.