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[scourge728]

So what are the valid uses of the force command?

[lethosor]

You'll get a list if you run "modtools/force -help" (I'm not sure why "force -help" doesn't work, but I'll look into that).

[PatrikLundell]

Here is a new alpha release, with the Ruby fix (and several other fixes): https://github.com/DFHack/dfhack/releases/tag/0.43.05-alpha3

Do keep reporting issues that come up, although hopefully there are fewer now.

What causes visitors to display that they're ready to leave (it seems they have a path for a meeting with the edge, but something ought to cause them to set up that path in the first place)? I've failed to find it, and I'd like to hack units that have overstayed their welcome by several years (causing scandals by running around naked as well as uselessly using up a visitor slot) to nudge them to depart.

I can't answer this well myself (maybe someone else can), but I did fairly minimal research into visitors when that version of DF came out, and I don't remember seeing a lot done by other people, so it's possible that nobody has discovered the relevant structure(s) yet (or they've been mapped but not named, which would make things a lot easier). It definitely seems like something unit-specific, so maybe look for unit fields added around 0.42.

Thanks lethosor.
I've been looking around trying to find any correlations and failed to find any of the base info of what location(s) visitors have come for, what they want to do (perform, research, petition...), or how long they're supposed to stay. However, setting the <unit>.flags1.forest flag to true have caused two (out of two attempts) over stayers to leave, but that's not how correctly behaving units leave. Thus, it seems to achieve the objective, but not in the correct way, and thus may very well have side effects (such as them ceasing to tour the world sites, for instance).

[NonconsensualSurgery]

Alpha 3 is remarkably stable, knock on wood. No save corruption or crashes yet although I haven't poked the more obscure functions.

[scourge728]

I tried force MegaBeast and nothing happened, no errors but also no megabeast

[Rumrusher]

I tried force MegaBeast and nothing happened, no errors but also no megabeast

probably the same reason there no events for guests arriving.

[lethosor]

I tried force MegaBeast and nothing happened, no errors but also no megabeast

probably the same reason there no events for guests arriving.

There is a MegaBeast event, which is why the script doesn't throw an error. I don't know exactly why it's not working, though, or if it's worked since 0.40. Is this a new world?

[ab9rf]

I will note that I've had some undesirable outcomes using building-plan's "planning mode" in alpha3, and would recommend that people not use planning mode unless they want their fortresses possibly irretrievably corrupted. See https://github.com/DFHack/dfhack/issues/1047.

[scourge728]

It is not, in fact a new world, it is my first world

[lethosor]

Sorry, I meant to ask if it's a young world (or one without any megabeasts). Although if you've been playing with it for a while, I would expect there to be some megabeasts around.

[scourge728]

There might very well be no megabeasts left, since I've yet to be attacked by more then cyclops in the entire existence of my fort

[Max™]

You can check in uh, df.global.world.history.total_powers vs ...history.eras[k].details.living_powers to see if any are still around.

[scourge728]

Are those commands or files?

[lethosor]

Neither. They're names of relevant data you can access (using Lua syntax in this case). One option is running "gui/gm-editor" followed by the expression you want, e.g. "gui/gm-editor df.global.world.history.total_powers". (Note that I have not checked that specifically to see how easy it is to hunt down megabeasts, or if that's what you're looking for - this is just one way to access DF data in general from Lua.)

[Rumrusher]

Neither. They're names of relevant data you can access (using Lua syntax in this case). One option is running "gui/gm-editor" followed by the expression you want, e.g. "gui/gm-editor df.global.world.history.total_powers". (Note that I have not checked that specifically to see how easy it is to hunt down megabeasts, or if that's what you're looking for - this is just one way to access DF data in general from Lua.)

it's possible to just summon every historical being into one spot with fast traveling party manipulation but uhh oh boy hope you have a good pc for doing that.