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I've been playing around with the Script Editor for finding out which of my Dwarves actually have any (useful/non-default) labors enabled, among other filtering tasks, and am wondering where the scripts themselves are stored.  I see that there is probably supposed to be a menu option to edit existing scripts, but that menu appears to be disabled at the moment.  In Lieu of that working, where do the scripts get stored between executions of DT?  I'd like to go back and tinker with one i've already written, but don't exactly recall what all i put into it.

Thanks,

~Moz

For me, the military is the biggest frustration.

I'd like to think i have a good handle on the new military stuff.  I can see dwarves changing from civilian to military tasks as their schedules dictate.  I can see that i have appropriate weapons in my stockpiles.

Unfortunately, the little buggers like to go after enemies with training swords (when they have them), and will not pick up non-training weapons reliably.  Plus, they don't seem to be able to switch weapons at all, which could be the root of the whole using the wrong weapons in combat issue.

I noticed that the ammo section lets you specify which kind of bolts to use for either training or combat.  Why not have that same sort of thing for weapons in general too?  Sure, they should be smart enough to switch away from a training weapon, but what if you've got them in plate and want them to use lead or some other incredibly dense weapons for training, and steel for battle?

I imagine this behavioral stuff is being worked on and we'll see improvements over the next few weeks, so i'll just content myself with getting some good initial forts designed and set up before the first wave of goblins come running in and rapes everyone with their vastly superior metal weapons and training.  It certainly helps me highlight ways in which my constructed defenses can be improved.

Besides, when you reclaim a site, you get all the previous infrastructure already in place, though i did notice that the farms all had to be removed, re-irrigated and then rebuilt again, so that may be by design, or a bug. (Do they ever dry up on their own?)

I agree completely. 

Being able to quickly link levers to things that need to move would be very nice.

What i would also like to see is what each lever is actually attached to once it's been attached, without having to pull it.

A lot of times, my levers are hooked up to things that are designed to open other things that are then intended to kill everyone within a certain area.  Unfortunately, there are often living things within those kill zones that i don't want dead.

I agree about messing about with memory being prone to 'issues'. 

If something like this ever did come about, i'd imagine there'd be some kind of API where we could query for some set of data from the main game engine, and send in commands to be executed. 

I think there are two extremes in direction that it could follow.  On one end, data could be moved in and out via a few API calls that let the UI query for any given set of data, such as item lists or current unit orders, and allow giving commands relating to said data sets.  On the other end, it could just parrot what the UI currently gives out, but in a for more easily manipulated, and only allow for echoing the current command set based on whatever mode you're in.

I guess on the command input side, we can already kind of do this sort of thing by using stuff like AutoIt or other Macro creation tools, though that's a pretty one way channel...

One key item i see is the inconsistency with item management. 

I can count at least 3 separate systems for dealing with items in a fortress:
-Status -> Stocks
-Trade Depot -> Move items to Depot
-Unit List -> Manager

While those systems all have different end purposes, they share enough in common that there should be a way to unify some of the sub systems (item search and selection?) to help bring some semblance of cohesiveness to the overall experience.

To take this to a more specific place, it would be great if, when searching through your items, you could enter in a search phrase like you can when selecting something to build in the manager, or in the "move to depot" section, and then once you have your list, hit one key to mark everything in that list with an order (i.e., Melt, Move to Depot, Forbid, etc).

There has been a number of times where i've gone to the Stocks screen and wanted to search for a specific set of items, but as the fortress grows, finding something becomes more and more of a needle in the haystack type search.  This is especially true after a few goblin invasion waves where most of them are wearing leather items from just about every conceivable creature in the world, and i want to mark all their narrow Iron items for melting.

I think this would go a long way toward helping make item management a more consistent experience between the different sets of functionality that can be done on any given set of items.

i'm in

I'm more of a lurker on the forums, and have been busy with work and 'other games' recently, but i do watch the RSS feed and am eagerly awaiting the next version as i think it will be very cool.