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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 (INCOMPLETE):
When enabled and configured via gui/siege-engine, allows aiming siege engines
at a designated rectangular area across Z levels. Also supports loading catapults
with non-boulder projectiles, taking from a stockpile, and restricting operator
skill range, like with ordinary workshops.