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0000073Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Interface, Statuspublic2010-04-01 19:062014-01-17 10:03
Reporteraepurniet 
Assigned ToToady One 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
StatusresolvedResolutionfixed 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product Version 
Target VersionFixed in Version0.34.02 
Summary0000073: cannot disable the use of obsidian in the z->stone screen
Descriptioncannot disable the use of obsidian in the z->stone screen
Steps To Reproducedisable all stones, if obsidian is available, the mason will use that for his jobs.
Additional Information
Tagsbinary patch, stone screen
Relationships
related to 0000256resolved Toady One "Make Rock Short Sword" results in wooden short sword 
has duplicate 0001729resolved Footkerchief Goblin Obsidian not useable? 
has duplicate 0004266resolved Logical2u Obsidian can't be used at the Mason's workshop 
has duplicate 0003171resolved Dwarfu Obsidian mined from a Dark Fortress is unuseable. 
Attached Files
Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2010-04-01 19:06aepurnietNew Issue
2010-04-01 19:12DoctorZuberNote Added: 0000070
2010-04-02 01:39aepurnietNote Added: 0000145
2010-04-02 06:27TodestoolTag Attached: stone screen
2010-04-03 12:52ShurhaianNote Added: 0000629
2010-04-08 07:18mattspierceNote Added: 0002021
2010-04-08 07:35JimmyNote Added: 0002024
2010-04-08 07:41JimmyNote Edited: 0002024bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0002024#r620
2010-04-16 00:44caranhaNote Added: 0003812
2010-04-16 02:37caranhaIssue Monitored: caranha
2010-04-20 21:36MagishIssue Monitored: Magish
2010-04-29 13:16FootkerchiefCategoryGeneral => Dwarf Mode -- Interface, Status
2010-05-03 21:30FootkerchiefRelationship addedparent of 0001729
2010-06-04 11:05aepurnietNote Added: 0007661
2010-06-05 15:11CultOftheRavenIssue Monitored: CultOftheRaven
2010-07-26 15:09tierenIssue Monitored: tieren
2010-10-11 13:23kwielandIssue Monitored: kwieland
2011-03-21 06:15Logical2uRelationship addedhas duplicate 0004266
2011-04-06 17:14FootkerchiefRelationship replacedhas duplicate 0001729
2011-04-06 17:15FootkerchiefRelationship addedhas duplicate 0003171
2011-04-06 17:16FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0000256
2011-04-06 17:18FootkerchiefIssue Monitored: DoctorZuber
2011-04-06 17:18FootkerchiefIssue Monitored: Shurhaian
2011-04-06 17:18FootkerchiefNote Added: 0017148
2011-04-06 17:18FootkerchiefTag Attached: AWAITING UPDATE
2011-04-07 10:34kwielandNote Added: 0017164
2011-04-08 10:49king doomNote Added: 0017204
2011-04-08 15:25wedgebertNote Added: 0017213
2011-04-09 09:24wedgebertIssue Monitored: wedgebert
2011-10-27 13:24QuietustNote Added: 0018919
2011-10-27 13:29QuietustNote Edited: 0018919bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0018919#r7095
2011-10-27 13:29QuietustNote Edited: 0018919bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0018919#r7096
2011-10-27 22:39KogutTag Attached: binary patch
2012-02-01 11:40QuietustNote Added: 0019451
2012-02-16 16:50Toady OneNote Added: 0019867
2012-02-16 16:50Toady OneAssigned To => Toady One
2012-02-16 16:50Toady OneStatusnew => needs feedback
2012-02-16 16:50Toady OneStatusneeds feedback => resolved
2012-02-16 16:50Toady OneFixed in Version => Next Version
2012-02-16 16:50Toady OneResolutionopen => fixed
2012-02-17 13:18kwielandIssue End Monitor: kwieland
2012-02-18 08:10wedgebertIssue End Monitor: wedgebert
2012-03-05 15:51Logical2uTag Detached: AWAITING UPDATE
2014-01-15 14:49Kirig Stonebeard IIIssue Monitored: Kirig Stonebeard II
2014-01-17 10:03Kirig StonebeardIssue Monitored: Kirig Stonebeard

Notes
(0000070)
DoctorZuber   
2010-04-01 19:12   
a careful inspection of z / stones reveals that obsidian is not even listed.
(0000145)
aepurniet   
2010-04-02 01:39   
thats right. i manually forbid all of it from the z->stocks screen. easy enough work around, but it would be nice if it worked (as i imagine) as it was intended.
(0000629)
Shurhaian   
2010-04-03 12:52   
Probably related to 0000256. Obsidian is not being used to make "rock swords", thus it's not an economic stone, thus it isn't in the Stones screen.
(0002021)
mattspierce   
2010-04-08 07:18   
I was trying to enable obsidian and couldn't mark it as a non economic stone. I noticed that Raw Adamantine has the property Sharp blades. It looks like obsidian and Raw adamantine have gotten squashed together somehow.
(0002024)
Jimmy   
2010-04-08 07:35   
(edited on: 2010-04-08 07:41)
Actually most ores now have the ability to make sharp blades.
And yes, obsidian is not listed in the Stones menu. Possibly related to [LAVA] tag? Removing the tag from a previous save doesn't make it show up, so probably not, but that's about all I can see from the raw files that makes it different to other stones, bar the value.
(0003812)
caranha   
2010-04-16 00:44   
I have found out that this is related to the [MAX EDGE] tag. Removing the [MAX EDGE] from obsidian makes it show up in the economic stone menu again. It also makes it no longer able to make swords (as expected)

By the same token, adding a [MAX EDGE] tag to another stone with a very high value makes it able to make swords (as expected) and removes it from the economic menu (try it with a normal, useless stone).

ON THE OTHER HAND, if you take a MAX EDGE stone, and add the [FLUX] tag to it, it starts to appear again on the menu. (and becomes flux material).

My guess is that the logic that hides/shows things in the economic menu is inversed for "sharp blade" stones. So all the common stones which are NOT able to be sharp blades appear on the menu, and obsidian, which is "sharp blade"-able and nothing else gets hidden.



Workaround:
Even if the stone is not being displayed on the economics menu, its green/red status is remembered by the game. So if you want to use obsidian for constructions, you can remove the "max edge" tag from obsidian in the raws (material_stone_layer.txt), load your game - obsidian will be shown as red in your economic stone menu. Turn it to green. Then save your game, and return the "max edge" tag to obsidian. When you return to your game, you won't be able to see obsidian anymore, but the game will remember that you gave permission for the use of obsidian.
(0007661)
aepurniet   
2010-06-04 11:05   
awesome workaround!
(0017148)
Footkerchief   
2011-04-06 17:18   
Reminder sent to: aepurniet, caranha, DoctorZuber, Shurhaian

Is this bug still present in 0.31.25, or was it fixed along with related bug 0000256?
(0017164)
kwieland   
2011-04-07 10:34   
Obsidian is still not shown on the economics "stone" menu. v.25
(0017204)
king doom   
2011-04-08 10:49   
I got this bug in the newest version (31.25)
(0017213)
wedgebert   
2011-04-08 15:25   
There's another work around that doesn't require either removing the max_edge permenantly or save/loading each time you want to toggle its status.

Create a custom reaction of some sort that uses obsidian as a reagent and that seems to make it appear normally.

For example, I have:
[REACTION:MAKE_OBSIDIAN_MECHANISMS]
[NAME:make obsidian mechanism]
[BUILDING:ADVANCED_MECHANICS:NONE]
[REAGENT:A:1:BOULDER:NONE:INORGANIC:OBSIDIAN]
[PRODUCT:100:1:TRAPPARTS:NONE:GET_MATERIAL_FROM_REAGENT:A:NONE]
[SKILL:MECHANICS]
And every thing works fine
(0018919)
Quietust   
2011-10-27 13:24   
(edited on: 2011-10-27 13:29)
The Stones screen appears to exclude all inorganic materials whose only "special" characteristic is "Sharp blades", i.e. having MAX_EDGE >= 10000.

The following binary patch disables this check in Win32 v0.31.25 SDL:
0x2AD5F4: 33 -> 00

As a side effect, this causes all other metals to start showing up in the list.

Alternatively, the following binary patch switches the condition around (from "MAX_EDGE >= 10000" to "MAX_EDGE < 10000") and causes the Stone screen to exclude materials which cannot be used for "Sharp blades" (or anything else), effectively making the Stones screen behave the same way as it did back in 40d (and not listing "mundane" stones), which is probably how it was supposed to work all along:
0x2AD5F3: 7D -> 7C
(0019451)
Quietust   
2012-02-01 11:40   
Binary patch for version 0.31.25 Linux: (untested)
4A7F52 : C5 FB FF FF -> 00 00 00 00 (display all stones)
or
4A7F51 : 8F -> 8E (show obsidian but hide all "mundane" stones)
(0019867)
Toady One   
2012-02-16 16:50   
This should be sorted now. Thanks Quietust!