This release fixes a few longstanding bugs from 0.44.12-r1.

DFHack 0.44.12-r2

New Plugins

• debug: manages runtime debug print category filtering
• nestboxes: automatically scan for and forbid fertile eggs incubating in a nestbox

New Scripts

• devel/query: searches for field names in DF objects
• extinguish: puts out fires
• tame: sets tamed/trained status of animals

Fixes

• building-hacks: fixed error when dealing with custom animation tables

• devel/test-perlin: fixed Lua error (math.pow())

• embark-assistant: fixed crash when entering finder with a 16x16 embark selected, and added 16 to dimension choices

• embark-skills: fixed missing skill_points_remaining field

• full-heal:

  • stopped wagon resurrection
  • fixed a minor issue with post-resurrection hostility

• gui/companion-order:

  • fixed issues with printing coordinates
  • fixed issues with move command
  • fixed cheat commands (and removed "Power up", which was broken)

• gui/gm-editor: fixed reinterpret cast (r)

• gui/pathable: fixed error when sidebar is hidden with Tab

• labormanager:

  • stopped assigning labors to ineligible dwarves, pets, etc.
  • stopped assigning invalid labors
  • added support for crafting jobs that use pearl
  • fixed issues causing cleaning jobs to not be assigned
  • added support for disabling management of specific labors

• prospector: (also affected embark-tools) - fixed a crash when prospecting an unusable site (ocean, mountains, etc.) with a large default embark size in d_init.txt (e.g. 16x16)

• siege-engine: fixed a few Lua errors (math.pow(), unit.relationship_ids)

• tweak: fixed hotkey-clear

Misc Improvements

• armoks-blessing: improved documentation to list all available arguments

• devel/export-dt-ini:

  • added viewscreen offsets for DT 40.1.2
  • added item base flags offset
  • added needs offsets

• embark-assistant:

  • added match indicator display on the right ("World") map
  • changed 'c'ancel to abort find if it's under way and clear results if not, allowing use of partial surveys.
  • added Coal as a search criterion, as well as a coal indication as current embark selection info.

• full-heal:

  • added -all, -all_civ and -all_citizens arguments
  • added module support
  • now removes historical figure death dates and ghost data

• growcrops: added all argument to grow all crops

• gui/load-screen: improved documentation

• labormanager: now takes nature value into account when assigning jobs

• open-legends: added warning about risk of save corruption and improved related documentation

• points: added support when in viewscreen_setupdwarfgamest and improved error messages

• siren: removed break handling (relevant misc_trait_type was no longer used - see "Structures" section)

API

• New debug features related to debug plugin:

  • Classes (C++ only): Signal<Signature, type_tag>, DebugCategory, DebugManager
  • Macros: TRACE, DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERR, DBG_DECLARE, DBG_EXTERN

Internals

• Added a usable unit test framework for basic tests, and a few basic tests
• Added CMakeSettings.json with intellisense support
• Changed plugins/CMakeLists.custom.txt to be ignored by git and created (if needed) at build time instead
• Core: various thread safety and memory management improvements
• Fixed CMake build dependencies for generated header files
• Fixed custom CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS not being passed to plugins
• Linux/macOS: changed recommended build backend from Make to Ninja (Make builds will be significantly slower now)

Lua

• utils: new OrderedTable class

Structures

• Win32: added missing vtables for viewscreen_storesst and squad_order_rescue_hfst

• activity_event_performancest: renamed poem as written_content_id

• body_part_status: identified gelded

• dance_form: named musical_form_id and musical_written_content_id

• incident_sub6_performance.participants: named performance_event and role_index

• incident_sub6_performance:

  • named poetic_form_id, musical_form_id, and dance_form_id
  • made performance_event an enum

• misc_trait_type: removed LikesOutdoors, Hardened, TimeSinceBreak, OnBreak (all unused by DF)

• musical_form_instruments: named minimum_required and maximum_permitted

• musical_form: named voices field

• plant_tree_info: identified extent_east, etc.

• plant_tree_tile: gave connection bits more meaningful names (e.g. connection_east instead of thick_branches_1)

• poetic_form: identified many fields and related enum/bitfield types

• setup_character_info: identified skill_points_remaining (for embark-skills)

• ui.main: identified fortress_site

• ui.squads: identified kill_rect_targets_scroll

• ui: fixed alignment of main and squads (fixes tweak hotkey-clear and DF-AI)

• unit_action.attack:

  • added lightly_tap and spar_report flags
  • identified attack_skill

• unit_flags3: identified marked_for_gelding

• unit_personality: identified stress_drain, stress_boost, likes_outdoors, combat_hardened

• unit_storage_status: newly identified type, stores noble holdings information (used in viewscreen_layer_noblelistst)

• unit_thought_type: added new expulsion thoughts from 0.44.12

• viewscreen_layer_arena_creaturest: identified item- and name-related fields

• viewscreen_layer_militaryst: identified equip.assigned.assigned_items

• viewscreen_layer_noblelistst: identified storage_status (see unit_storage_status type)

• viewscreen_new_regionst:

  • changed many int8_t fields to bool
  • identified rejection_msg, raw_folder, load_world_params

• viewscreen_setupadventurest: identified some nemesis and personality fields, and page.ChooseHistfig

• world_data: added mountain_peak_flags type, including is_volcano

• world_history: identified names and/or types of some fields

• world_site: identified names and/or types of some fields

• written_content: named poetic_form