GUI

[mizipzor]

Are there any plans to add a GUI to Stonesense? By GUI I mean buttons/
menus that lets the user give input to DF through Stonesense.

If Ive understood things correctly the DFHack project is working on
extending the functionality thats letting DFHack send "input" to the
program. I just looked briefly through the DFHack code and couldnt see
anything really substantial yet.

I just wanted to check what Stonesense thoughts are on this. Oh, and
check if this mailing list is alive. :)

[Jonas Ask]

Oh yeah, there certainly are plans for that. At least to some extent.
Like you pointed out, it very much hinges on what can be written back
to DF,
and if it can be done safely. Then in addition there is the issue that
it requires more memory
mapping on the dfHack side. But I'm constantly in contact with peterix
(of dfHack) and
we are looking into it, yes.

The mailing list is very much alive :)
The messages are moderated though (that is manual approval is needed),
because we had some issues
with bots spamming the list a while back. It seems to have let up, so
maybe we should demoderate it soon.

[mizipzor]

I planned to get involved in the Stonesense project but drew the same conclusion myself: much of the plan depends on to what extent dfhack can manipulate the game. As such, Ive been looking into that project hoping that I can help bring it forward enough so that some early testing with a gui in Stonesense can begin.

I should be able to be found in the #dfhack channel on freenode, should you ever want to reach me for some more direct chatting.