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The idea is to make it so that it works better, including nemesis entries. It just doesn't work yet.

That would be awesome!

Most of the time someone implements something they do a script version. The main insight behind script_environment is that there is no need for people to create a separate script version and library/module version. They can just do it all at once in one file. So instead of having syndrome-util and add-syndrome it's possible to combine those into one script (not currently implemented for backwards compatibility reasons but it will be at some point). Scripts will be loaded only as needed at runtime instead of all at once at the start. Also new in the most recent version is that it no longer recompiles every script just before running it. It only recompiles if necessary, which should greatly improve things.

What problems exactly are you trying to solve with this? I have no idea what you mean by "side show".

It is not a matter of how you do things, it's just that we've worked on similar things and if your way is better then it should be incorporated into DFHack proper.

Posting to watch.

This should be possible with DFHack. I'll add it to my list.

Perhaps followed by "conquer the rest of the fortress, followed by the world"

And then what? Live a life of administration over the whole world? Sounds like a big hassle to me.

I guess this is the thread for research?  If so, I think I found something that doesn't seem to be mentioned anywhere else.  Is the connection between the Recuperation attribute and dwarf obesity widely known?

I was trying to figure out why most of my starting dwarves had gotten severely obese by a couple years into the game, and had assumed it had something to do with all the lavish meals I was feeding them, so I looked around to see if there was any information on how weight gain works in Dwarf Fortress, and couldn't find anything.

I did a bit of research myself with dfhack, and found that the answer is that most of my starting dwarves have poor Recuperation.  While mining on a full stomach, a particular dwarf with 800 Recuperation will actually gain around 300 stored_fat every 150 ticks; the exact same dwarf with their Recuperation changed to 2200 will lose 1000 stored_fat every 150 ticks.  I strongly suspect that Recuperation determines a Dwarf's target stored_fat, and their weight loss/gain is modified to keep them near that target value.

A dwarf's job doesn't seem to impact this at all.  Miners who work flat out for years will still be fat if they have low Recuperation, while completely sedentary nobles will still be thin if they have high Recuperation.  And the game doesn't seem to differentiate types of food, either.

In case anyone finds it useful for testing, here's the script I used to monitor changes to dwarves' weight:

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local utils = require 'utils'

validArgs = validArgs or utils.invert({ 'unit' })
local args = utils.processArgs({...}, validArgs)

local unit = nil

if args.unit and tonumber(args.unit) then
unit = df.unit.find(tonumber(args.unit))
else
print('No unit selected')
return
end

if unit == nil then print('Bad unit ID') return end

lastWeights = lastWeights or {}
local previousWeight = lastWeights[tonumber(args.unit)] or nil
local currentWeight = unit.counters2.stored_fat
lastWeights[tonumber(args.unit)] = currentWeight

local output = dfhack.TranslateName(dfhack.units.getVisibleName(unit)) .. ': weight=' .. currentWeight
if previousWeight ~= nil then output = output .. ' (' .. (currentWeight - previousWeight) .. ')' end
output = output .. ' job='
if unit.job.current_job == nil then
output = output .. 'No Job'
else
output = output .. dfhack.job.getName(unit.job.current_job)
end

output = output .. ' content=' .. unit.counters2.stomach_content .. ' food=' .. unit.counters2.stomach_food

print(output)
Takes a unit ID and prints their weight, stomach_content, and stomach_food, as well as the weight change since the script was last called for that unit.  Works well with the repeat script set to a tick interval.

Very interesting! Thank you.