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Currently running

• a competent mason / proficient building designer / novice organizer / novice record keeper
• a proficient armorsmith / skilled metalsmith / novice furnace operator
• a proficient weaponsmith / skilled metalcrafter / novice furnace operator
• a proficient bowyer / proficient mechanic
• a skilled herbalist / novice bowyer / novice persuader / novice negotiator / novice judge of intent / novice appraiser / novice flatterer
• a proficient brewer / skilled grower / novice armorsmith
• a proficient cook / skilled grower / novice weaponsmith

And

• 2 copper picks
• 1 steel battle axe
• 1 iron anvil
• 28 plump helmet spawn
• 15 pig tail spawn
• 1 dimple cup spawn
• 1 cave wheat seed
• 1 sweet pod seed
• 1 rock nut
• 1 plump helmet
• 4 units of assorted alcohol, 1 of each type available
• 11 turtles
• 11 units of assorted 2p meats, 1 of each type available
• 11 units of assorted 4p meats, 1 of each type available
• 8 units of assorted 2p fish, 1 of each type available
• 2 units of assorted 4p meats, 1 of each type available
• 6 dogs

The drinks, plump helmet, meat, and fish are bought for the free barrels. Most seeds are bought for the free bags. Turtles are bought for the shells and bones.

I chose a 5x5 map which I had previously verified to have hidden magma, lots of limestone and marble, tons of magnetite, some coal, and lots of trees.

I wil play with using reveal this time. I enjoy it more that way.

Esmullogem, "Fullpaint". Could be worse. Stroike the oith!

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Enable Magma Buildings

Helper utility for Rick's reveal.exe
enable_magma_buildings.zip

You need this utility in the case that you used the reveal utility, and there is a magma pool or pipe on your map that does not reach the surface. (If the hide utility is ever updated, you could also hide a few magma tiles and then dig them out. That worked in the old version.)

Because there is no actual flag that controls whether magma has been seen (the game searches a list, probably a list of notable events), I had to patch the game's code. This means you need to run the patch every time you start dwarfort.exe.

This utility has been made version-independent. It is expected to work with future releases of Dwarf Fortress.

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Map Data Voodoo

To find the map_data, map_x_count, map_y_count, and map_z_count in an unknown version of dwarfort.exe,

// find certain map data variables.
// this is the simplest type of search -- no meta tokens at all.
d = search(6, 0xC6, 0x44, 0x24, 0x38, 0x3E, 0xBF);
if (!d) { handlefailure; }

// however this math complicates it.
map_data_loc = peekd(d + 0x18);
map_x_count_loc = peekd(d + 0x1E);
map_y_count_loc = peekd(d + 0x24);
map_z_count_loc = peekd(d + 0x2A);

if (map_x_count_loc + 4 != map_y_count_loc || map_y_count_loc + 4 != map_z_count_loc) { handlefailure; }

printf("map: %08X %08X %08X %08X", map_data_loc, map_x_count_loc, map_y_count_loc, map_z_count_loc); 

Race Voodoo

To find the variable holding the index of the dwarven race,

// find dwarven race variable.  shows use of some of the simpler meta tokens.

d = search(5+4,
	// movsx reg1, word ptr dorf_race_id
	0x0F, 0xBF, ANYBYTE, HERE, ADDRESS,
	// cmp [reg2+8Ch], reg1
	0x39, ANYBYTE, DWORD_, 0x0000008C
);

if (!d) { handlefailure; }

dwarven_race_index_loc = peekd(d);

printf("dwarven_race_index at %08X", dwarven_race_index_loc);

Note: the variable is either a short int or an unsigned short int.

Unit Table Start Pointer Voodoo

To find the variable holding a pointer to the start of the unit table,

• Search the program text for:
• 8B ANY C8 04 00 00 8D ANY ANY 8B ANY (ANY ANY ANY 01) 85
• There are two matches (in .33a)
• The DWORD 11 bytes into this pattern, marked with parentheses, points to the .start field of the unit table vector.
• 4 bytes above that is the .end field of the vector.
• Treat the .start field as a pointer to an array of pointers to creature structures.