Minor comments and other changes

library/include/dfhack/DFTileTypes.h

@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@ distribution.
 
 namespace DFHack
 {
+    // tile class -- determines the general shape of the tile
     enum TileClass
     {
-        EMPTY,
+        EMPTY,// empty
         
         WALL,
         PILLAR,
@@ -41,10 +42,10 @@ namespace DFHack
         STAIR_DOWN,
         STAIR_UPDOWN,
         
-        RAMP,
-        RAMP_TOP,
+        RAMP,// ramps have no direction
+        RAMP_TOP,// the top of a ramp. I assume it's used for path finding.
         
-        FLOOR,
+        FLOOR,// generic floor
         TREE_DEAD,
         TREE_OK,
         SAPLING_DEAD,
@@ -54,29 +55,31 @@ namespace DFHack
         BOULDER,
         PEBBLES
     };
+    // material -- what material the tile is made of
     enum TileMaterial
     {
-        AIR,
-        SOIL,
-        STONE,
-        FEATSTONE, // whatever it is
-        OBSIDIAN,
-        
-        VEIN,
-        ICE,
-        GRASS,
-        GRASS2,
-        GRASS_DEAD,
-        GRASS_DRY,
-        DRIFTWOOD,
-        HFS,
-        MAGMA,
-        CAMPFIRE,
-        FIRE,
-        ASHES,
-        CONSTRUCTED,
-        CYAN_GLOW
+        AIR,// empty
+        SOIL,// ordinary soil. material depends on geology
+        STONE,// ordinary layer stone. material depends on geology
+        FEATSTONE,// map feature stone. used for things like hell, the hell temple or adamantine tubes. material depends on local/global feature
+        OBSIDIAN,// cast obsidian
+        
+        VEIN,// vein stone. material depends on mineral veins present
+        ICE,// frozen water... not much to say. you can determine what was on the tile before it froze by looking into the 'ice vein' objects
+        GRASS,// grass (has 4 variants)
+        GRASS2,// grass (has 4 variants)
+        GRASS_DEAD,// dead grass (has 4 variants)
+        GRASS_DRY,// dry grass (has 4 variants)
+        DRIFTWOOD,// non-specified wood - normally on top of the local layer stone/soil.
+        HFS,// the stuff demon pits are made of - this makes them different from ordinary pits.
+        MAGMA,// material for semi-molten rock and 'magma flow' tiles
+        CAMPFIRE,// human armies make them when they siege. The original tile may be lost?
+        FIRE,// burning grass
+        ASHES,// what remains from a FIRE
+        CONSTRUCTED,// tile material depends on the construction present
+        CYAN_GLOW// the glowy stuff that disappears from the demon temple when you take the sword.
     };
+    // variants are used for tiles, where there are multiple variants of the same - like grass floors
     enum TileVariant
     {
         VAR_1,

output/Memory.xml

@@ -1816,6 +1816,24 @@ map_data_1b60_offset          0x1B9c
         <Offset name="creature_type_extract_vector">0x1A14</Offset>
         <Offset name="creature_tile">0xE0</Offset>
         <Offset name="creature_tile_color">0xF6</Offset>
+        <!--
+        struct CreatureCasteType
+        {
+            ?
+        };
+        struct CreatureExtractType
+        {
+            ?
+        };
+        struct CreatureType
+        {
+            Vector<CreatureCasteType*> creature_type_caste_vector (0x138);
+            Vector<CreatureExtractType*> creature_type_extract_vector (0x1A14);
+            Offset creature_tile (0xE0);
+            Offset creature_tile_color (0xF6);
+        }
+        Vector<CreatureType*> creature_type_vector (0x09324F14);
+        -->
 
         Translations
         ============
@@ -1831,13 +1849,6 @@ map_data_1b60_offset          0x1B9c
         <Address name="construction_vector">0x92D0144</Address> 0x165b290
         <Offset name="sizeof_construction">0x14</Offset>
 <!--
-        Translations
-        ============
-        WORLD + 0x54E50
-        <Address name="language_vector">0x016AFFD8</Address>
-        WORLD + 0x54E80
-        <Address name="translation_vector">0x016B0008</Address>
-        <Offset name="word_table">0x4C</Offset>
         
         Vegetation
         ==========

tools/playground/incrementalsearch.cpp

@@ -172,29 +172,12 @@ bool vectorString (SegmentedFinder* s, vecTriplet *x, const char *y)
         uint32_t object_ptr;
         if(!s->Read(x->start,object_ptr))
             return false;
+        // deref ptr to first object, get ptr to string
         uint32_t string_ptr;
         if(!s->Read(object_ptr,string_ptr))
             return false;
-        char * str = s->Translate<char>(string_ptr);
-        /*
-        uint8_t *deref1 = s->Translate(x->start);
-        if(!deref1)
-            return false;
-        uint32_t object_ptr = *(uint32_t *)deref1;
-        if(!object_ptr)
-            return false;
-        // deref ptr to first object, get ptr to string
-        deref1 = s->Translate(object_ptr);
-        if(!deref1)
-            return false;
-        uint32_t string_ptr = *(uint32_t *)deref1;
-        if(!string_ptr)
-            return false;
         // get string location in our local cache
-        deref1 = s->Translate(string_ptr);
-        if(!deref1)
-            return false;
-        char * str = (char *) deref1;*/
+        char * str = s->Translate<char>(string_ptr);
         if(!str)
             return false;
         if(strcmp(y, str) == 0)
@@ -216,14 +199,12 @@ bool vectorAll (SegmentedFinder* s, vecTriplet *x, int )
 
 bool findString (SegmentedFinder* s, uint32_t *addr, const char * compare )
 {
-    // read string pointer
-    uint32_t addrx = *addr;
-    // translat to local scheme
-    char *deref1 = (char *) s->Translate<char>(addrx);
+    // read string pointer, translate to local scheme
+    char *str = s->Translate<char>(*addr);
     // verify
-    if(!deref1)
+    if(!str)
         return false;
-    if(strcmp(deref1, compare) == 0)
+    if(strcmp(str, compare) == 0)
         return true;
     return false;
 }