ryan-rsm-mckenzie/commonlibf4

A reverse-engineered resource for Fallout 4

commonlibf4's Issues

Build fails when using vs-2022-vcpkg

When I try to build with the vs-2022-vcpkg preset, the build fails with the following error repeating multiple times

D:\Projects\fallout4\CommonLibF4\CommonLibF4\include\F4SE/Logger.h(35,2): error C7595: 'fmt::v8::basic_format_string<char,std::string_view &>::basic_format_string': call to immediate function is not a constant expression (compiling source file D:\Projects\fallout4\CommonLibF4\CommonLibF4\src\F4SE\API.cpp) [D:\Projects\fallout4\CommonLibF4\build\CommonLibF4\CommonLibF4.vcxproj]
D:\Projects\fallout4\CommonLibF4\CommonLibF4\include\F4SE/Logger.h(35,2): message : failure was caused by a read of a variable outside its lifetime (compiling source file D:\Projects\fallout4\CommonLibF4\CommonLibF4\src\F4SE\API.cpp) [D:\Projects\fallout4\CommonLibF4\build\CommonLibF4\CommonLibF4.vcxproj]
D:\Projects\fallout4\CommonLibF4\CommonLibF4\include\F4SE/Logger.h(35,2): error C7595: 'fmt::v8::basic_format_string<char,const char *>::basic_format_string': call to immediate function is not a constant expression (compiling source file D:\Projects\fallout4\CommonLibF4\CommonLibF4\src\F4SE\Interfaces.cpp) [D:\Projects\fallout4\CommonLibF4\build\CommonLibF4\CommonLibF4.vcxproj]
D:\Projects\fallout4\CommonLibF4\CommonLibF4\include\F4SE/Logger.h(35,2): message : see usage of 'a_fmt' (compiling source file D:\Projects\fallout4\CommonLibF4\CommonLibF4\src\F4SE\API.cpp) [D:\Projects\fallout4\CommonLibF4\build\CommonLibF4\CommonLibF4.vcxproj]
D:\Projects\fallout4\CommonLibF4\CommonLibF4\include\F4SE/Logger.h(35,2): message : failure was caused by a read of a variable outside its lifetime (compiling source file D:\Projects\fallout4\CommonLibF4\CommonLibF4\src\F4SE\Interfaces.cpp) [D:\Projects\fallout4\CommonLibF4\build\CommonLibF4\CommonLibF4.vcxproj]
D:\Projects\fallout4\CommonLibF4\CommonLibF4\src\F4SE\API.cpp(112): message : see reference to function template instantiation 'F4SE::log::warn<F4SE::stl::zstring &>::warn<F4SE::GetPluginInfo::<lambda_1>::()::FMT_COMPILE_STRING>(T &&,F4SE::stl::zstring &,std::source_location)' being compiled [D:\Projects\fallout4\CommonLibF4\build\CommonLibF4\CommonLibF4.vcxproj]

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Where to start?

I'm a little familiar with C++, but getting into F4SE/CommonLib modding seems like wizardry to me. There's pretty much zero tutorials or documentation for any of this (i did find this, but it's been inactive for 7 months and is meant for the Skyrim version).

• Is the readme up to date? It mentions and old preview of an old version of Visual Studio. Took me a while to figure out i'm apparently supposed to have VS2019 installed while using VS2022 for opening and building the project.
• Is it expected to get familiar with F4SE before moving on to CommonLib?
• Is it expected to work with Skyrim's version first? That one does seem to have tutorials.
• Is it expected to just learn how to use this just by reading the code (and be an experienced modder and C++ programmer / reverse engineer who already knows Bethesda's engine well)?
• I see the example project has F4SEPlugin_Load, is this the function that F4SE calls?
• Am I supposed to create my own plugin by forking this full repo, changing the example project and building its dll?
• What do events like onUpdate look like? Are there simple mods whose code I can read to learn how to do things?
• @shad0wshayd3 and @powerof3 seem to be actively working on CommonLib, what are they doing? Which fork is currently the most usable?
• Is there a Discord server where this is all being discussed?

Error 126 in F4SE Log when loading Example Project dll

Hi, I am 100% sure that I have done something wrong here but I have no clue what do anymore. I managed to build the Example Project into a DLL file in release x64 but F4SE refuses to load it. I don't have much experience with CMake and c++ package managers. I just kept following instructions until I got the project to build really. Address Lib installed at Data/F4SE/Plugins/

F4SE Log

CMake Pretty sure I did something wrong here too.

Extremely sorry for bothering you with a stupid question and thanks for your time!

LookupFormByID analogue?

What is analogue of LookupFormByID function in your framework?

I guess it is GetFormByID but I'm not sure. Could you clarify?

[Question] Head world position

I'm writing UI plugin and trying to display UI widget near to actor's head position.
I've tried to use TESObjectREFR::Get3D() and TESObjectREFR::GetFaceNodeSkinned. Both returns NiAVObject that points to "feets" of actor's model when actor is staying, but points to the center (approximately) of model when actor is lying down.

Do you have any idea how to obtain actor's head world position?

calloc returning junk data?

Is calloc supposed to call malloc? -> link

When I try to allocate memory using calloc, it returns memory blocks with random data, which is not ideal since there are other functions like this one which make use of calloc.

Please explain how the BSScriptUtil and Variable templated functions work

It appears that the getter methods in this are quite different vs. CommonLibSSE. I have attempted to use these, but I have not been successful. It would be helpful to provide an example in the example project.