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 and cause lag, so this may be
    a 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 absolutely can't be
    done with tools dfhack has access to.
  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 necessary 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;
    this works by rewriting the projectile trajectory immediately after it appears.
    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 above ground :(. Again, things like making siegers bring their own engines
    is totally out of the scope of dfhack and can only be done by Toady.
  New Add Spatter plugin:
    Detects reactions with certain names in the raws, and changes them from adding
    improvements to adding item contaminants. This allows directly covering items
    with poisons. The added spatters are immune both to water and 'clean items'.
    Intended to give some use to all those giant cave spider poison barrels brought
    by the caravans.