Utility:DFusion

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Usage

Dfusion plugin offers four DFhack commands: 'dfusion', 'dfuse' and 'lua', 'runlua'.

lua

Runs an interactive lua console. For more on lua commands see Lua reference manual or google "lua". Also this command could be ran with filepath as an argument. Then it runs that file as a lua script file. E.g. lua dfusion/temp.lua runs a file <your df path>/dfusion/temp.lua.

runlua

Similar to lua <filename> but not interactive, to be used with hotkeys

dfusion

First this command runs all plugins' init.lua part then show a menu. Type number to run specified plugin.

dfuse

Similar to dfusion but not interactive. To be used with hotkeys (later will have command support).

Also dfuse/dfusion runs an init script located at 'save directory/dfusion/init.lua'. And 'initcustom.lua' if it exists

Exported functions and objects

The DF is accessed by object 'df'. This object holds all the types, globals table and some helper functions.

Examples

first_unit=df.global.world.units.all[0] --gets first unit
first_unit.name.first_name="Urist"

You can iterate in all the objects:

for k,v in pairs(df.global.world.units.all) do --gets ALL the units
   v.name.first_name="Urist" --now everyone will be called URIST!!
end

This is also useful to get what fields are available:

for k,v in pairs(df.global) do --any object can be instead of df.global
   print(k)
end

Also all the flags can be accessed by name or by number:

first_unit.flags.dead=true --is same as...
first_unit.flags[1]=true --... this

Other objects

Console.

name	description	example
print	prints a message to dfhack console	Console.print("Hello world!")
printerr	prints an error message to dfhack console	Console.printerr("Error world!")
clear	clears console	Console.clear()
color	sets text color	Console.color(2)
reset_color	resets text color to defaults	Console.reset_color()
cursor	sets if the cursor should be visible	Console.cursor(true)
msleep	waits for x milliseconds	Console.msleep(200)
get_columns	returns number of columns in the console	Console.get_columns()
get_rows	returns number of rows in the console	Console.get_rows()
lineedit	asks user for input	Console.lineedit("Type in your name:")

engine.

name	description	example
peek(b\w\d)	reads byte\word\double word from memory	peekb(0x15486)
peekarb	reads a chunk of memory	peekarb(0x15486,100) -- reads 100 bytes from 0x15486
peekstr	reads a string from memory	peekstr(0x15486)
poke(b\w\d)	writes byte\word\double word to memory	peekb(0x15486,100)
pokearb	writes a chunk of memory (gotten with peekarb)	pokearb(0x15486,data,100) -- writes 100 bytes from data to 0x15486
pokestr	writes a string to memory	peekstr(0x15486,"Hello world")

FunctionCall.

name	description	example
call(f_ptr,calling_convention,arguments...)	calls a function from df. Supports up to 7 arguments. Danger: this could (and probably will) crash df if used incorrectly.	FunctionCall.call(somepointertofunction,FunctionCall.THIS_CALL,thisptr)
THIS_CALL	a numeric constant for function calling convention.	-
STD_CALL	-"-	-
FAST_CALL	-"-	-
CDECL_CALL	-"-	-

From scripts

These commands are exported from script files. Most of them are in "common.lua" file.

Patterns

DEPRECATED use df.<subitem>

How to

This section explains in detail some of more complex things that could be done with dfusion.

...TODO...

Tips and Tricks

• To use dfusion's functionality in lua first run dfuse and then use run lua
• You can bind keys to lua commands (in dfusion context) like this: keybindings add Shift-R "dfuse adv_tools.reincarnate()"