started as a Jump code Max and I co-created from the propel.lua from rose scripts now modified to now only throw items around. uses warmists get creature at xyz functions

telekinesis.lua

function telekinesis(itemSource,itemTarget)

local curpos
	if df.global.ui_advmode.menu==1 then
		curpos=df.global.cursor
	else
		print ("No cursor located!  uhh wouldn't had effected anything though.")
		return
	end


 local count=0
 local l = df.global.world.proj_list
 local lastlist=l
 l=l.next
 while l do
  count=count+1
  if l.next==nil then
   lastlist=l
  end
  l = l.next
 end

resultx = curpos.x - itemSource.pos.x
resulty = curpos.y - itemSource.pos.y
resultz = curpos.z - itemSource.pos.z

	
 newlist = df.proj_list_link:new()
 lastlist.next=newlist
 newlist.prev=lastlist
 proj = df.proj_itemst:new()
 newlist.item=proj
 proj.link=newlist
 proj.id=df.global.proj_next_id
 df.global.proj_next_id=df.global.proj_next_id+1
 proj.item=itemSource
 proj.origin_pos.x=itemSource.pos.x
 proj.origin_pos.y=itemSource.pos.y
 proj.origin_pos.z=itemSource.pos.z
 proj.target_pos.x=curpos.x
 proj.target_pos.y=curpos.y
 proj.target_pos.z=curpos.z
 proj.prev_pos.x=itemSource.pos.x
 proj.prev_pos.y=itemSource.pos.y
 proj.prev_pos.z=itemSource.pos.z
 proj.cur_pos.x=itemSource.pos.x
 proj.cur_pos.y=itemSource.pos.y
 proj.cur_pos.z=itemSource.pos.z
 proj.flags.no_impact_destroy=true
 proj.flags.piercing=true
 proj.flags.high_flying=truel;
 proj.flags.parabolic=true
 proj.flags.no_collide=false
 proj.flags.unk9=true
 proj.speed_x=resultx*10000
 proj.speed_y=resulty*10000
 proj.speed_z=resultz*10000
 --[[unitoccupancy = dfhack.maps.ensureTileBlock(itemSource.pos).occupancy[itemSource.pos.x%16][itemSource.pos.y%16]
 if not itemSource.flags1.on_ground then 
  unitoccupancy.unit = false 
 else 
  unitoccupancy.unit_grounded = false 
 end
 itemSource.flags1.projectile=true
 itemSource.flags1.on_ground=false]]--
 end
 function getxyz() -- this will return pointers x,y and z coordinates.
	local x=df.global.cursor.x
	local y=df.global.cursor.y
	local z=df.global.cursor.z	
	return x,y,z -- return the coords
end
function getItemAtPos(x,y,z) -- gets the item index @ x,y,z coord
	--local x,y,z=getxyz() --get 'X' coords
	local vector=df.global.world.items.all -- load all items
	for i = 0, #vector-1 do -- look into all items offsets
		local curpos=vector[i].pos --get its coordinates
		local cx=curpos.x 
		local cy=curpos.y
		local cz=curpos.z
		if cx==x and cy==y and cz==z then --compare them
			return vector[i] --return index
		end
	end
	--print("item not found!")
	return nil
	
end

itemSource=getItemAtPos(getxyz())
test = dfhack.lineedit("")
itemTarget = curpos


telekinesis(itemSource,itemTarget)