diff --git a/tools/playground/SegmentedFinder.h b/tools/playground/SegmentedFinder.h
index 6dcfe3f2a..c20805b3e 100644
--- a/tools/playground/SegmentedFinder.h
+++ b/tools/playground/SegmentedFinder.h
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ class SegmentFinder
     template < class needleType, class hayType, typename comparator >
     uint64_t FindInRange (needleType needle, comparator oper, uint64_t start, uint64_t length)
     {
-        mr_.buffer + start - mr_.start;
-        uint64_t stopper = min((mr_.end - mr_.start) - sizeof(hayType), (start - mr_.start) - sizeof(hayType));
+        uint64_t stopper = min((mr_.end - mr_.start) - sizeof(hayType), (start - mr_.start) - sizeof(hayType) + length);
         //loop
         for(uint64_t offset = start - mr_.start; offset < stopper; offset +=1)
         {
@@ -287,6 +286,19 @@ bool vectorAll (SegmentedFinder* s, vecTriplet *x, int )
     return false;
 }
 
+struct Bytestream
+{
+    uint32_t length;
+    void * object;
+};
+
+bool findBytestream (SegmentedFinder* s, uint32_t *addr, Bytestream * compare )
+{
+    if(memcmp(addr, compare->object, compare->length) == 0)
+        return true;
+    return false;
+}
+
 bool findString (SegmentedFinder* s, uint32_t *addr, const char * compare )
 {
     // read string pointer, translate to local scheme
diff --git a/tools/playground/incrementalsearch.cpp b/tools/playground/incrementalsearch.cpp
index 80e928f20..13c86e7e6 100644
--- a/tools/playground/incrementalsearch.cpp
+++ b/tools/playground/incrementalsearch.cpp
@@ -690,6 +690,36 @@ void automatedLangtables(DFHack::Context * DF, vector <DFHack::t_memrange>& rang
     printFoundStrVec(toad_first,"toad-first creature types",sf);
     printFound(elephant_first,"elephant-first creature types");
     printFound(to_filter,"all creature types");
+    
+    uint64_t to_use = 0;
+    if(!elephant_first.empty())
+    {
+        to_use = elephant_first[0];
+        vecTriplet *vtCretypes = sf.Translate<vecTriplet>(to_use);
+        uint32_t elephant = sf.Read<uint32_t>(vtCretypes->start);
+        uint64_t Eoffset;
+        cout << "Elephant: rawname = 0x0" << endl;
+        Eoffset = sf.FindInRange<uint8_t,uint8_t> ('E',equalityP<uint8_t>, elephant, 0x300 );
+        if(Eoffset)
+        {
+            cout << "Elephant: big E = 0x" << hex << Eoffset - elephant << endl;
+        }
+        Eoffset = sf.FindInRange<const char *,vecTriplet> ("FEMALE",vectorStringFirst, elephant, 0x300 );
+        if(Eoffset)
+        {
+            cout << "Elephant: caste vector = 0x" << hex << Eoffset - elephant << endl;
+        }
+        //cout << "Amber color:" << hex << "0x" << colorObj << endl;
+        // TODO: find string 'amber', the floats
+    }
+    if(!toad_first.empty())
+    {
+        to_use = toad_first[0];
+    }
+    if(to_use)
+    {
+        
+    }
 }
 
 int main (void)