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Dumb question but: I'm trying to use the changelayer script, but dfhack doesn't recognize it. The error message suggests I try loading the script (though dfhack doesn't recognize load...) - but its irrelevent as I don't see any script file with that name in the appropriate directory. Anyone know where I could get a copy of the appropriate file, and what the alternative to LOAD is?

DFhack is not something I've messed with in a long, long time. Sorry for the dumb question.

Edit: This is going to sound even crazier, but though I made *100% sure* I wasn't typing changelayer wrong....its now recognizing the command, but claiming there's no such material. "changelayer marble" is all I'm trying to do.

First, changelayer is a plugin, not a script. This is an important difference, because plugins are C++ and have to be recompiled for every DFHack version, while scripts are written in Lua and can usually be copied between different versions.

Second, changelayer wants the material's ID as specified in the raws, so you need to specify it as "MARBLE".

If you don't know what happened in your fortress and you want us to help figure it out, consider uploading a copy of it to the Dwarf Fortress File Depot and posting a link to it.

From what I recall from older versions, things like rivers and brooks (and cavern lakes) store animal populations within the map feature object, while all other tiles fetch from world.populations (and take the biome into account).

Edit: in the current version, it looks like feature populations also get added to world.populations, since the fishing code seems to read from that list exclusively.

The next time this happens, look closely at the bin's item name - there should be a "<#N>" at the end which indicates the stockpile to which it is currently assigned.

To further elaborate on the above comment, stockpiles always try to keep one empty bin assigned to them, and when that bin starts getting used, a new empty bin will be assigned from one of your various furniture stockpiles. If your dwarves aren't very busy, that bin will typically get hauled to its new stockpile before new items start getting stored in it, but if your stockpile just gained a lot of binnable items at once (e.g. you just traded with a caravan, or you've been mass smelting ores), it's likely that the "store item in bin" jobs will get done before the "store bin in stockpile" even gets started.

Nice! Thank you, I look forward to trying these out. I also have a few custom glass reactions, they work but the items produced do not show any material description, I am researching more info on how the [reaction] tags work, as I suspect that is my issue.

Code: (reaction_other.txt) [Select]

[REACTION:CUSTOM_CART_GLASS]
    [NAME:Construct glass minecart]
    [BUILDING:CRAFTSMAN:NONE]
    [REAGENT:A:1:ROUGH:NONE:NONE:NONE][GLASS_MATERIAL]
    [PRODUCT:100:1:ITEM:ITEM_TOOL_MINECART:NONE:GET_MATERIAL_FROM_REAGENT:A:NONE]
 [SKILL:GLASSMAKER]


Your reagent was correct, but your product was bad - you've got an extra "NONE" token in the middle (i.e. it should be "[PRODUCT:100:1:ITEM:ITEM_TOOL_MINECART:GET_MATERIAL_FROM_REAGENT:A:NONE]").

In terms of pure financial value, it would be better to set shop in the obsidian layers, as they’re worth double compared to quartzite

It's even better than that, actually - obsidian has triple the value of ordinary stone.

Quote from: Schmaven on January 25, 2020, 11:23:38 am

I'll have to try that, I assumed dirt roads would prevent obsidian casting just like paved roads do, but I never tested it.

Dirt roads effectively replace the shrubs, fungus, grass, plants, saplings and whatever else with furrowed soil. The furrowed soil will eventually be recolonised by organic stuff but you can otherwise cast obsidian, build anything or reestablish a dirt road over the designated area

In addition, dirt roads technically cease to exist once construction finishes - this is why you need to periodically rebuild them, and why paved roads tend to be superior.

I'm curious, though, what type of obsidian farm you're actually using - the common 3-layer bridge model (lava at bottom, air in middle, water at top held up by bridges) produces no waste water at all and thus doesn't create any mud on which trees can start to grow.