mod_development

[quiet nebula]

Zombie lore is a bit of a weird name for the settings they chose

It would probably be "Zombie settings" or "Zombie parameters"

[lusty nebula]

https://tenor.com/view/2020sucks-bad-year-moonchild-memes-funktagious-good-year-blimp-gif-17502991

Hey guys this morning I was a bit self-brainstorming..Don't you think we miss a mod about these flying guys? LOOL 😄
( Ignore the 2020 writing I'm referring to the baloon )

[quiet nebula]

How would you even show those things?

The game is isometric

You can't look up

[lusty nebula]

We got choppers and jets I think it could be done in some way 😄

maybe something like a very very slow passing jet ( First guess come to mind )

[quiet nebula]

I mean more

What would it do?

[lusty nebula]

Just eye candy I guess

[quiet nebula]

You mean it attracts zombies and moves slowly along the map?

[lusty nebula]

• what you wrote

[quiet nebula]

Because I can imagine it attracting a large horde that then wanders accross a certain path

[lusty nebula]

exactly

..and with that thing slow it will attract zeds for a lot of time

We need something even more nasty than the EHE events LOOL 😄

Can you guess a horde of angry sprinters going straight for your general location? Nasty indeed, I guess...

[sour island]

https://github.com/sharkster91/ExpandedHelicopterEvents/blob/main/Contents/mods/Expanded Helicopter Events/media/lua/shared/ExpandedHelicopter_PRESETGUIDE.lua

You can make your own events as as a sub-mod.

[lusty nebula]

Oh that's very interesting didn't know about it, thanks mate! 😉

[sour island]

Np, it's always been advertised as a framework but I think only 1 person used it so far, so I wrote a guide to help along the process.

[lusty nebula]

Never heard about it LOOL 😄 ( I try to see if I'll can implement my idea )

[sour island]

Also, github is not friendly to lua, so if you have a editor try to get a lua plugin to see at least the annotation colors

[lusty nebula]

ok, thanks

[sour island]

Np, lmk if there's any unclear points

[lusty nebula]

Brilliant job both with the guide and the EHE mod! Keep up the good work!

[sour island]

Appreciate it

[lusty nebula]

will do mate, thanks for the tips, availability and kindness...Have a good day Sir!

[quiet nebula]

Is it possible to change a zombie's speed?

I've tried speedmod, but that doesn't seem to do anything

[heavy iris]

Sry I know nothing about that :/

I have a question about modding practices.

I'm looking at Autotsar's trailer, and in media/lua/client/TimedActions\, iles in there seems to be some overwritting of vanilla base functions.
I understood it correctly right?
Is there things I should be aware of doing this? Obviously I dont wanna kill sone data stored in here and just add some features, but then is that harmless?

[lusty nebula]

As you know when you put an item in the hotbar there's only room for 1 item per slot available...Any way to set the same item multiple times on a slot?
I mean...Let's imagine I have 7 bananas and I want to put all of them in my vest ( Let's say simulating a vest that has multiple pockets )..Is there any way to put all the 7 bananas on a single hotbar slot? ( For example Vest Right ) or we are forced to use only 1 item a time/per slot?

My only guess so far is this...Take a banana ( for example ) edit it so it can load a clip and then using the other 6 bananas left as a sort of bullets to reload ( Obviously wiithout going around with a banana shooting banana bullets LOOL 😄 )

So in the hotbar it will display the banana icon and below something like 6+1

Gotta to try if feasible...

In the case you'll see someone pointing a gun-banana at you, don't worry, it's just me modding LOOL 😄

https://tenor.com/view/hikakin-banana-gun-banana-gun-gif-5317708

[sour island]

Yes, but you are fixed to the prescribed speeds. Open up Super Weird Helis to see an application of unique zombies with speed different to settings.

Does all furniture share an objectType?

[quiet nebula]

Thank you very much, I'll check that out 🙂

Is there a way in lua to load an outfit? I tried getAllOutfits(), but this only gets me a list of names...

I think I need an outfit object to apply to the humanvisual of a zombie to dress it in a specific outfit

Or should I apply individual clothingitems to a zombie instead?

[heavy iris]

Hey, question on mods, client/server and saves. Trying to understand some interactions.
Is it a good approximation to think that:
if my mod is pure clientside .lua (eg no map) and never use lines such as newObject:transmitCompleteItemToServer(); ,
then modded saved games will run even if mod is disabled when loading ?

[opal stag]

Can I edit default item sprite with a mod?

[heavy iris]

yes you can re create it and overwrite it I think

you add your custom sprite and change its sprite name when you copy/paste the item .txt line

(and then there should be a few other steps if you wanna change their clothing properties, aka how they are shown when used)

[opal stag]

For example I just want to edit diary's icon in inventory and it's 3D model

[heavy iris]

so you have to produce a few things

a new 3D model, a new texture, a new icon

[opal stag]

Of course, I'm not that stupid

[heavy iris]

(I guess, I'm thinking for the next steps)

[opal stag]

I just didn't work with PZ before

[heavy iris]

then you have multiple options and I4m not an expert ^^

what's longer and will work for sure is to create your new diary and to change the loot distribution (you replace the basic diary with yours)

what's much shorter (but might involve problemsn I'll let other reply) is to redefine base item guid table (that tells the game where icons and textures are located)

and as I told, overwrite the .twt file defining your item.

to check how to define an item ( @lusty nebula told me all about this), go to base game / media/scripts/NewItems.txt and look a bit whats in there

then, in media/lua find a file with that should be guidtable.lua and see how its linked to the .txt

[opal stag]

I have some programming experience, I think I'll understand

[heavy iris]

ho ok then I'll send you something

[opal stag]

Thanks

[heavy iris]

@opal stag MP

[shy radish]

Oh thank you! Apparently I need to get in the habit of checking the lua and Java files before I bother discord. This is like the 3rd time I’ve asked about something I could of found myself haha

[quiet nebula]

^^;

Hey, I probably have the same thing.

If you can't find it, then you might as well ask and see if someone has an answer ready, if not, you continue searching 😛

[shy radish]

When you right you right 🤷‍♂️

[quiet nebula]

👍

I've spent the past hour or so trying to figure out how to apply an outfit to an already existing zombie xD

[shy radish]

Oof. Yeah. That sounds like a doozy haha. Have you check out Authentic Z’s code?

[quiet nebula]

Authentic Z? I haven't

Thanks for the tip, I'll check it out

[heavy iris]

Hey, anyone knows in which order PZ will read our .lua files of media/lua subdirs ? Like, does it always start with /shared root lua files?

(its for log and boot issues)

[quiet nebula]

You can check the log file to see the order

[shy radish]

According to a Modding guide:
https://github.com/FWolfe/Zomboid-Modding-Guide

media/lua/shared/
Used for lua scripts shared by client and server-side logic. These are the first Lua scripts that get loaded.

media/lua/client/
Used for client-side scripts. UI elements, context menus timed actions and the like. These get loaded after any 'shared' lua scripts.

media/lua/server/
Used for server-side scripts. Item spawning, core farming, weather and other server-side events. These only get loaded when the game is actually started (loading a save, starting a server, etc).

[heavy iris]

thanks mate, I didnt knew that guide!

Exactly what I needed!

[heavy iris]

you're right I'm doing that also 🙂

[quiet nebula]

👍

[shy radish]

@quiet nebula in the same modding guide I just posted there looks to be a section on adding clothes to zombies, not sure if it will help. About half way down the page https://github.com/FWolfe/Zomboid-Modding-Guide/tree/master/clothing

[quiet nebula]

Nice! I'll check it out!

[quiet nebula]

That's for adding clothes to the game in general. I want to apply clothing or an entire outfit to an already existing zombie

[shy radish]

Ooo, okay. My bad! I'll look more into it next time before I post something!

[quiet nebula]

But it looks like I might have to rework the way my mod chooses what zombies become special zombies ^^;

It might not be possible to do what I want to do

[quiet nebula]

Don't worry about it, it was a good pointer, you didn't know what I was looking for specifically 😛

[shy radish]

I did tho, you mentioned it earlier lol. I just saw "clothes" and my brain was like "ooo that sounds relevent share it" without any further though lol

[quiet nebula]

Hahaha

No problem, I appreciate your assistance 👍

[clear thicket]

Anyone know where I can get the character model skin? Like the actual face and whatnot

[quiet nebula]

Would something like this be possible?

print = function(...)
    if DEBUG then
        tmpprint(...);
    end
end```
If I want to override `print(...)` to put a debug variable check in 1 place, instead of everywhere I want to print info?

[clear thicket]

for blnder I mean

blender**

[quiet nebula]

I should probably read up on how setmetatable works, because I think I'm attempting to use it for stuff it's not intended for 😛

I don't think I quite understand what it does or what a metatable is

[shadow geyser]

can't you just monkeypatch the print function normally. without needing the metatable?

im not sure if the print is somehow a special function though, that would prevent that

[shadow geyser]

from my understanding meta tables are like the dundermethods if you are familiar with them from python. you can modify the metatables to modify how operators like the plus sign or minus sign works when they are used with that table

[thorn cipher]

is there a list of AnimNode's anywhere?

for example

what other ones are there?

thanks!

[quiet nebula]

Ohh, I didn't know it would work like that, I thought I'd just overwrite the previous pointer. Thank you 🙂

[thorn cipher]

ah think i found it

nw

[quiet nebula]

Btw, is there a way to make it so a zombie can't attack anything?

I'm trying to find the logic for zombie attacks in the Java code, but I can't find anything that really gets me any closer ^^;

Would I need to do setTarget(nil) constantly?

That feels a bit hacky

[lusty nebula]

Sorry I know it but ATM I have a mind lapsus...What's the file or string that determines in a clothing item if it can be worn over other clothes or not?

[shadow geyser]

I remember a while ago there was someone here trying to do a similiar thing by making a mod for blind zombies that only react to sound. was a really hard thing to do. you might get some good help if you search back in this channel to get his name

[quiet nebula]

Thank you, I'll try!

[bitter palm]

Did you ever figure this out? I am having the same problems too...

[gilded hawk]

I'm still working on this, I'm considering putting all the mods in a single mod to avoid update issues, because I assume it's a problem with the mods being updated. It's a shit solution, but better than nothing

[bitter palm]

They've never worked for me, but I have also only started the server today 😅

But I added a bunch of maps (pretty sure I did everything right; put the Workshop IDs in WorkshopItems, Mod IDs in Mods, Map IDs in Map, and made sure to priortize dependencies > maps > all other mods) and so far the 2 places I can run to from spawn (Grapeseed + West Point Lighthouse) aren't there at all.

[lusty nebula]

Ok remembered it..The BodyLocation thing...it's bad to get old and stoned.. LOOL 😄

[lusty nebula]

Is there any body location worn over TorsoExtra?

Yep...Sweater as reference

[quiet nebula]

Okay, so apparently clearing target makes a zombie completely stop moving. I should have expected this, but I was still surprised 😛

[gilded hawk]

Same problem, this is only happening on the server tho, not in single player

[bitter palm]

You running dedicated server or through a server host?

I'm running dedicated

[gilded hawk]

Dedicated

[bitter palm]

I found some guide that has some suggestions I haven't tried and I'm trying it now, but so far no luck yet.

This is what I'm following: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2718469431

Guide image is accurate 👌

[lusty nebula]

A bit counter intuitive ( and wrong IMHO )....Sweater is worn over TorsoExtra but Jacket over Sweater...So you can put a cloth using bodylocation sweater above your armor vest but your jacket ( that is worn below the armor vest ) will be worn above the sweater layer...

So basically instead of having the correct sequence Jacket --> Armor Vest --> Additional cloth, you get instead Additional cloth --> Jacket --> Armor Vest if you wear them at the same time...

[wild juniper]

is there a mod that lets you put maps up on the wall?

i like maps as artwork

so maybe instead of flags, there are the different maps that could go up on a wall

[lusty nebula]

None that I'm aware of unfortunately

[wraith sable]

Anyone know how I could set the battery charge of a car battery? There's getVehicle():getBatteryCharge() but not getVehicle():setBatteryCharge()

[plucky junco]

can you share it? thx

[thorn cipher]

Well I just went and found the recipe doc in the vanilla game files and just searched ‘AnimNode’ within it. Will paste the file in here, one mo -

[plucky junco]

ok

[plucky junco]

thx

[thorn cipher]

np!

[plucky junco]

what about you clear target and write something that control them with sound?

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=533618565&searchtext=FearTheRain

this mod if I understand correctly direct the zombies to the player with sound

[thorn cipher]

I'm trying to make a magazine that makes you learn how to craft some custom armour

Is anyone able to offer a few tips?

Thanks 😄

[plucky junco]

media/scripts/items_literature.txt

there inside there are the vanilla magazines

[quiet nebula]

Doesn't sound affect all zombies?

I only want to affect that specific zombie, not all of the zombies around

[plucky junco]

oh

[quiet nebula]

The zombie itself is already generating a lot of sound, by itself

Every 10 seconds it generates sound in a 250 block radius

[thorn cipher]

thanks will have a look 🙂

[drifting ore]

Excuse me "SleepWithFriends" how to set this mod

[plucky junco]

sorry, I missed that part

[quiet nebula]

I'd say try #mod_support , this is a channel for modding, not mod support 😉

[quiet nebula]

Np np, thank you either way for thinking along! 👍

[plucky junco]

btw, i was rewatching the walking dead the other day, would be nice to make a mod where you wearing a "zombie mask" can stop them from attacking you but still able to attract them with sound, maybe of course giving a "expiration date" to the mask

[thorn cipher]

How do I make these custom recipes require being read by a magazine first?

Because currently, you can just craft them from the start

[plucky junco]

NeedToBeLearn:true,

if i'm not wrong

in the recipe

recipe Make Wooden Cage Trap
{
keep [Recipe.GetItemTypes.Saw],
Plank=3,
Nails=5,

    Result:TrapCrate,
    Sound:Sawing,
    Time:120.0,
    Category:Trapper,
    NeedToBeLearn:true,
}

for example

[thorn cipher]

Thanks, will try that out 🙂

[plucky junco]

hehe

nice the commonwealth suit

[thorn cipher]

and is there a way to make it

for example

tailoring level 3

or what other options are there to tailoring?

thanks again!

[plucky junco]

yes

a moment

[thorn cipher]

thanks!

[plucky junco]

SkillRequired:Tailoring=3,

https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/15188-item-and-recipe-script-variables-brief-description/

here for more info

[thorn cipher]

Thanks!

and one last question if thats cool

[plucky junco]

tell me

[thorn cipher]

Is this how I can make mulitple recipes learned?

[plucky junco]

just put a ";"

item HuntingMag2
{
DisplayCategory = SkillBook,
Weight = 0.1,
Type = Literature,
DisplayName = The Hunter Magazine Vol. 2,
Icon = MagazineHunting2,
TeachedRecipes = Make Wooden Cage Trap;Make Stick Trap,
ReplaceOnUse = HuntingMag2,
StaticModel = Magazine,
WorldStaticModel = MagazineHunter2Ground,
}

for example

[thorn cipher]

ah gotcha!

thank you so much

[plucky junco]

you are welcome

[quiet nebula]

I don't know what I did

But I've managed to make it so every single print() now says ZombieVariety Debug at the start of it...

The mod I'm working on is called ZombieVariety. But I don't see where this came from

It could be because at some point I had this in my project...

print = function(...)
    if ZOMBIEVARIETY_DEBUG then
        tmpprint("ZombieVariety Debug",...);
    end
end```

[wet osprey]

does anyone know the ids of furniture items? (couches/chairs/etc0

want to add a recipe using them but cant find their ids

[unkempt nest]

good, I need help, when I want to start a game without mods in the click part I freeze the game but I listen to the character, what can I do?

[sour island]

Do you mean when holding the furniture in hand?

[wet osprey]

yeah

or would just "Base.Movable" work?

[sour island]

You would have to use base.movable but also use the lua parameters for recipes to figure out which kind of movable it is

[wet osprey]

how do you mean with that, Im not that knowledgeable (just know how to edit recipes)

[sour island]

       recipe NAME
    {
       [FUNCTION]
       keep ITEMTYPE,
       Result:ITEMTYPE,
       OnCreate:FUNCTION,
       OnTest:FUNCTIO,
       OnCanPerform:FUNCTION,
       Time:30.0,
       Sound:SOUNDFILE,
    }

There's a lot more parameters for recipes but you can make one of the required items a function noted with []s
There's also 3 lua functions you can overwrite OnCreate/OnTest/OnPerform

[wet osprey]

wait, would be better to find the code of "dissasemble" and try to edit that?

Im trying to get planks from furniture without a hammer/saw (kind of like breaking them)

[sour island]

If that's all you want yeah, probably

[wet osprey]

any idea where is that code?

(or if you know a similar mod)

[sour island]

Not sure if this is it, media/lua/client/Moveables/ISMoveableDefinitions.lua

seems to have scrapping definitions at the bottom

[wet osprey]

will check, thanks

[sour island]

np

[gilded hawk]

Did you got any updates regarding this?

[bitter palm]

I gave up for a while and just got them working a few minutes ago. I did mess around with the instructions in that guide and IMHO the main secret seems to be moving the default maps to the end of the Map= list. The instructions say to make sure that Mauldraugh is the last one in the list or else no maps load. I don't know if that's true, but I followed it based on superstition and it actually seems to be working (for now).

[gilded hawk]

Ah, okay, this is interesting.

Thank you dude.

[bitter palm]

Good luck! 🙂 I have no idea why it's working now and wasn't working before - but it is so I'm not touching it. 😆

[gilded hawk]

Too bad that I already have the server up and some progress there, so I'll get in touch with the group and see if they want a hard or soft reset

[plucky junco]

maybe i'm wrong but probably that function is in here media\lua\client\TimedActions\ISDismantleAction.lua

[sleek saffron]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjcZHU-ombg& Something something WIP, introducing more psychological horror to PZ.

For once I managed to make a big mod that's not made up of spaghetti lua code

The features:

Adds periods of darkness in Knox County that could go on for days! Will severely limit your visibility, especially with fog.
Adds ambient sirens (and other noises) that go off when the darkness is coming!
Zombie lore can be changed when the darkness comes!
Experimental "Heavy fog" that appears thicker than normal in-game fog!
The darkness can also affect vehicles! They might become a bit unreliable during darkness.```

[wet osprey]

this is a bit too complex for my understanding

[plucky junco]

for me too

[cosmic condor]

make it randomly kill 1 people

stay inside or die

[sleek saffron]

I'd say having zombies' hearing change to super-hearing would do that anyway 😄

[cosmic condor]

TV is also tiles, you might want to check out

   recipe Dismantle Television
    {
       Radio.TvAntique/Radio.TvWideScreen/Radio.TvBlack,
       keep [Recipe.GetItemTypes.Screwdriver],

       NoBrokenItems:true,
       Result:ElectronicsScrap,
       Time:30.0,
       OnCreate:Recipe.OnCreate.DismantleRadioTV,
       OnGiveXP:Recipe.OnGiveXP.DismantleRadio,
       Category:Electrical,
       AnimNode:Disassemble,
       Prop1:Screwdriver,
       Prop2:CDplayer,
       Sound:Dismantle,
    }```

[sour island]

wait you can just use isomovables directly?

huh

    item TvAntique
    {
        DisplayCategory = Communications,
        Type            = Radio,
        Icon            = Television,
        Weight              = 10.0,

        DisplayName        = Antique Television,
        
        UseDelta        = 0.014, 
        UseWhileEquipped    = FALSE,
        DisappearOnUse        = FALSE,
        TwoWay            = FALSE,
        TransmitRange        = 0,
        MicRange        = 0,
        BaseVolumeRange        = 10,
        IsPortable        = FALSE,
        IsTelevision        = TRUE,
        MinChannel        = 200,
        MaxChannel        = 1000000,
        UsesBattery        = FALSE,
        IsHighTier        = FALSE,
        WorldObjectSprite    = appliances_television_01_8,
    }

WorldObjectSprite

Why do I feel like not many things use this

[cosmic condor]

most items are not tiles

TVs are tiles

[sour island]

there's a newMovables file

I feel like I've never seen this before

[cosmic condor]

if you just want to see a base item name, check out translation files in lua folder

[sour island]

I guess this was added when they redid movables a while back

that's really handy for recipes

and exactly what @wet osprey needed

[cosmic condor]

These strings are not present in EN

I get them by using -debugtranslations

so you can't search the item name in English, but have to take a look in other languages translation files

[plucky junco]

yup

[cosmic condor]

oh I mean EN folder 😆

[plucky junco]

media\lua\shared\Translate\IT\ItemName_IT.txt

@wet osprey

check this file for your chairs

[wet osprey]

oh damn

[wet osprey]

wait, where are those item names?

[plucky junco]

media\lua\shared\Translate\IT\ItemName_IT.txt

[wet osprey]

there is a lot! alrighty this is an start

[cosmic condor]

apparently, you can use Item List menu in debug mode, filter it with "mov_" to show 130 moveables

[heavy iris]

Hey guys, when I click on an tile in debug mod, with chunk debug enabled, I see on the left the list of all placed textures on the tile. Each of these texture comes with something tagged as an isoObject.
Do you know how to access this isoObject from texture's name and a IsoSpriteManager ?

[cosmic condor]

No need to go through translation file actually since all items start with "Base" module 😆

[cosmic condor]

Tilezed

[heavy iris]

I dont want .tiles properties!

there can be more in there right?

[cosmic condor]

idk, it way easier for me

[heavy iris]

isn't there a correspondance

[cosmic condor]

not sure what you need though, sorry if I misunderstood 😅

[heavy iris]

between sprite

ok lemme be more precise please 🙂

there must be a correspondance that is made (I guess, in the sprite manager) between

1. the tilesheet's sprite as you linked
   2)the isoObject (which have a more deep incarnation) on which I can click in game in debug mod (chunk debug, click on tile, check left of screen UI)

Exemple : place appliances_misc_01 in tileZed, get an isoGenerator ingame

(beeing a generator isnt in the .tiles file)

I think its a very nice feature to understand for mods

[wet osprey]

wait Im adding the "base." at the beginning, always do but still I dont get to see the option in game

    recipe Dismantle Item
    {
       Base.Mov_BlueComfyChair/Base.Mov_BluePlasticChair/Base.Mov_BlueRattanChair/Base.Mov_BrownComfyChair/Base.Mov_BrownLowTable/Base.Mov_DarkBlueChair/Base.Mov_DarkWoodenChair/Base.Mov_FancyBlackChair/Base.Mov_FancyDarkTable/Base.Mov_FancyLowTable/Base.Mov_FancyTable/Base.Mov_FancyWhiteChair/Base.Mov_GreenChair/Base.Mov_GreenComfyChair/Base.Mov_GreyChair/Base.Mov_GreyComfyChair/Base.Mov_LightRoundTable/Base.Mov_LongTable/Base.Mov_OrangeModernChair/Base.Mov_PurpleRattanChair/Base.Mov_PurpleWoodenChair/Base.Mov_RedChair/Base.Mov_RedWoodenChair/Base.Mov_RoundTable/Base.Mov_SmallTable/Base.Mov_WhiteComfyChair/Base.Mov_WhiteSimpleChair/Base.Mov_WhiteWoodenChair/Base.Mov_WoodenChair/Base.Mov_WoodenStool/Base.Mov_YellowModernChair=1,

       NoBrokenItems:true,
       Result:Base.Plank=1,
       Time:100.0,
       AnimNode:Disassemble,
       Sound:Dismantle,
    }

[gilded hawk]

Do you mind sending either here or in PM, your server ini file? So I can compare it to mine

[cosmic condor]

maybe [Recipe.GetItemTypes.Item],

I'm looking Into it

[vivid imp]

Hey, one question. How do you test your local mods in MP?

[cosmic condor]

seems like I point you the wrong way, you can drop TV on the ground, but not furnitures

[cosmic condor]

maybe not 😆

[cosmic condor]

upload to steam but hide your mod from the public?

[vivid imp]

aah you're right, thanks

[cosmic condor]

recipecode.lua

function Recipe.OnCreate.DismantleRadioTV(items, result, player, selectedItem)
    local success = 50 + (player:getPerkLevel(Perks.Electricity)*5);
    for i=1,ZombRand(1,6) do
        local r = ZombRand(1,4);
        if r==1 then
            player:getInventory():AddItem("Base.ElectronicsScrap");
        elseif r==2 then
            player:getInventory():AddItem("Radio.ElectricWire");
        elseif r==3 then
            player:getInventory():AddItem("Base.Aluminum");
        end
    end
    if ZombRand(0,100)<success then
        player:getInventory():AddItem("Base.Amplifier");
    end
    if ZombRand(0,100)<success then
        player:getInventory():AddItem("Base.LightBulb");
    end
    if selectedItem then
        --print("Main item "..selectedItem:getName());
        if selectedItem:getType()~="TvAntique" then
            if ZombRand(0,100)<success then
                player:getInventory():AddItem("Base.LightBulbRed");
            end
            if ZombRand(0,100)<success then
                player:getInventory():AddItem("Base.LightBulbGreen");
            end
        end
    end
end

[cosmic condor]

please take a look in 'ProjectZomboid\media\lua\server\recipecode.lua'

ProjectZomboid\media\lua\client\Context\World\ISContextDisassemble.lua

[cosmic condor]

I wonder which file determines that it is Radio.TvAntique and not Base.TvAntique ? 🤔

[chrome egret]

Run a server on my machine and join it through PZ

[shut ember]

How would I have text or textures* on screen like this? (edited example image)

or which class would that be under

[alpine timber]

Why do I have the sudden feeling of wanting to add Sims 1 tiles to Project Zomboid?

[rough goblet]

Would it be possible to make a dark background map mod that doesnt hurt the eyes as much?

just make all the back ground a dark grey or something? This would be a huge QoL for me, I have sensitive eyes and my map hurts my eyes/head every time I open it. Not too much but certainly noticeable. I would happily commission someone for this if its possible? I'd do it myself but am not savvy like that. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks Survivors. ❤️

[plucky junco]

can be done

the question is, you want to use it in MP or SP?@rough goblet

[undone elbow]

Is it possible to check if a square is visible to real player?
E.g. this square isn't visible:

[thorn cipher]

cant seem to find my custom crafting item in the catagories

only in filter all

anyone know what's im missing?

[plucky junco]

metalwelding

SkillRequired:MetalWelding=3,

here @thorn cipher

same for the Category, it is Category:MetalWelding,

[thorn cipher]

ah thanks

will try that 😄

[plucky junco]

don't know why they put the name of the skill and the actual script different

[rough goblet]

Just SP would be fine, both would get more attention I'm sure.

For the modder

[plucky junco]

ok, basically the simpliest way is for you to modifiy this file ProjectZomboid\media\lua\client\ISUI\Maps\ISWorldMap.lua

[rough goblet]

Uh oh

Okay let me see if I can find it.

[plucky junco]

and you have to modify this string

o.backgroundColor = {r=0, g=0, b=0, a=0.6}

this will let you have a darker map even on multiplayer

[rough goblet]

all i have is notepad, will that work?

[plucky junco]

yes

[rough goblet]

okay

what should i change it to? the values in that photo?

[plucky junco]

this value o:noBackground()
change in this one o.backgroundColor = {r=0, g=0, b=0, a=0.6}

sorry

i made the wrong screenshot

[rough goblet]

i dont seem to have the same file path as you

[plucky junco]

SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\ProjectZomboid\media\lua\client\ISUI\Maps\ISWorldMap.lua

[rough goblet]

Thx so much 🥰

Will try now!

how to see the right side?

[plucky junco]

no need

just change the line 728

[rough goblet]

what to? sorry im such a noob

you're being immensely helpful though ❤️

[plucky junco]

you delete this o:noBackground()

[rough goblet]

just delete the whole line 728?

[plucky junco]

and copy paste this o.backgroundColor = {r=0, g=0, b=0, a=0.6}

yes

[rough goblet]

ahhhh okay

[plucky junco]

remember, you will have to do it every times the game has an update

[rough goblet]

how does the a= value affect it if i wish to tweak?

[rough goblet]

duly noted

[plucky junco]

r=0, g=0, b=0, this part is the background color in rgb

a=0.6 this one is the trasparency of the panel

if you change it it would became more dark but difficult to read

i think at 0.6 should be ok

[rough goblet]

nice, noted. thank you so so much Kratos. You are a gentleman and a scholar, a god among men.

[plucky junco]

haha, no need. you are welcome

[rough goblet]

My retinas shall remember this day. 👀😂😎

[rough goblet]

I ended up having to revert it because it glitched out my map mods

shouldve known

worth a try though!

maybe someone (or even IS) will make a dark mode map, with bright roads and poi's and forest, but a dark grey background. would be so sweet

[plucky junco]

What you mean?

[rough goblet]

ummm the map symbols were big black squares

both on mini and main maps

i assume from "extra map symbols" or possibly "draw on the map"

[plucky junco]

I see, possibile

I'll check it

[cloud hatch]

heres the pitch: modular sandwich building with mod compatibility with vegetables

and meats

i can do the modeling for it

itd be rlly simple n fun

a reason to bake your own bread n shit

[heavy iris]

HEy anyone knows what isoThumpable are?

[thorn cipher]

anyone know how to add a custom image to a magazine cover?

[plucky junco]

Make a png file in the texture directory

Should be the icon:

Wait, you mean the icon in the inventory? Or the texture on the ground?

[thorn cipher]

texture on the 3d model

i'll pm you

[low yarrow]

Hey!
I would like to add some Sandbox settings to adjust spawnrates of some zombie outfits.
So far the Sandbox settings do appear on a own page on the settings menu.
The problem tho is that this number wont affect the spawnrate, and makes them actually spawn not at all.

I copied that idea of putting the variable directly after "Chance" from "TheyKnew" but it also seems like it doesnt work at the first place in this mod as well.
Do i actually need to make a function which adds the number to the spawn chance?

This is the sandbox setting:

[thin hornet]

Try to print the SandboxVars that you are using and see if they are correct when joining the game. It may be not yet transmitted when this script is running.

[low yarrow]

It seems to be set right ingame since i have put a "100" in the sandbox settings

[thin hornet]

you did print this from the distribution file right?

so if that work, well great, but changing the value in sandbox options will require a restart as the distribution will be already parsed.

[low yarrow]

I just typed in "print(SandboxVars.UndeadSurvivor.PrepperChance)" in the console.
But i guess it might be the variable before it is transfered to the actual distribution file.
How can i print local variables of a lua file?

[thin hornet]

the same way, add print(your stuff) in your dist file
then load the game and check the console.txt after reloadlua has completed

[low yarrow]

Thank you.
Got a possible hint from the console txt.
Might be a translation problem.

But the actual value isnt printed there

Nevermind, had to add a keyword to find it.
But its not the correct number i added in the sandbox settings. It seems to take the default value i set in the settings.

[cosmic condor]

I saw people complain that even though they adjusted the spawn rate to the lowest, it's still easy to find that custom zombie

You should try testing the original mod to see if it's working as expected.

[low yarrow]

Yea.
It depents alot on if you play solo, or multiplayer i guess.
In my solo runs i rarely see those outfits.

[lusty nebula]

@low yarrow Ignore the translation thing...log is full of them and they do absolutely nothing

If you , for example, enable the Brita's mod you'll get a list of that translation errors long as half of the Bible LOOL 😄

[low yarrow]

True, it just clutters the log in the background 😄
In that case tho i actually put the translation file in the wrong folder, so that one is fixed now.

But hasnt fixed the wrong values of the distribution file

[lusty nebula]

what's the issue?

[low yarrow]

It seems like the settings the settings in the sandbox settings are not transfered into the lua file for the distribution.
If i print the variables in the Lua file i only get the "default" value i set in the sandbox setting file which is "0,04".

So it seems like it kinda reads the sandbox setting as it gets the default value set in there.
But wont apply a new value between 0.01 and 100

[lusty nebula]

@low yarrow Looking at the pics it seems you forget to set the values in the chance field

Sample:

table.insert(SLEOZombiesZoneDefinition.Default,{name = "SharkBlueSWATGasMask", chance=0.02});

[low yarrow]

It continues in the new line, scratched out it looks like that.
So the variable i set on top should be the chance.

[thin hornet]

Distribution are all parsed in IsoWorld.init() right before OnWorldInit event

you might want to try and add your distribution from within a OnPostDistributionMerge event.

[low yarrow]

Ah i see what you mean. Thanks for looking that up!

So i should add a event which triggers once after spawning

[thin hornet]

local function addMyDistribution()
  --do it here
end
Events.OnPostDistributionMerge.Add(addMyDistribution);

it may work or may not i still dont know

i would expect the sandbox options to be transmitted already when the world is initializing

[lusty nebula]

@thin hornet Can you write me a function or script that will make me reach instantly IRL? LOOL 😄

https://tenor.com/view/donald-duck-money-money-money-gif-18034128

[thin hornet]

Reach what? lol

oh Rich?

[lusty nebula]

Possibly the second one LOOL 😄

[thin hornet]

local function onRealLifeBoot()
  while true do
    getPlayer():AddItem("Money")
  end
end
Events.OnRealLifeBoot.Add(onRealLifeBoot);

You may freeze tho

[lusty nebula]

I was wrinting the same LMAO 😄

[low yarrow]

It worked! Thank you alot

[thin hornet]

oh nice!

[lusty nebula]

Ok so now we got a rich Scavanger around? 😄

[low yarrow]

Thats how it looks now in case someone needs it as well:

That also looks 69ish as i have set that value.
So it is also percentual

[thin hornet]

by the way you can print in one line

print("Something: " .. tostring(value))

[low yarrow]

Alright, thanks!

[cosmic condor]

it doesn't work. I'm still broke 💸

[thin hornet]

me too

[lusty nebula]

@thin hornet 2 scotch tapes in the inventory and you'll get fixed LOOL 😄

[thin hornet]

https://tenor.com/view/fixed-gif-14953349

[thin hornet]

If anyone is interested into making PZ mods using Typescript, it's now possible with PipeWrench.
https://github.com/asledgehammer/PipeWrench/wiki

Here's a couple benefits:

• Full Java/Lua auto-complete
• Object-Oriented Programming, ES6 Class
• Easy mod and workshop compilation
• Typescript compiled into Lua

Don't hesitate to ask question if needed.
We are still writing documentation to make this even more easy to understand but if you look at the examples you'll see the benefits behind this project.

[shy radish]

Anyone have any tips on where to look to alter how fast time is moving?

[thin hornet]

If you mean clock speed there is a vanilla Sandbox option for that

[shy radish]

I lied

[flat inlet]

not sure if this is the right place to be putting this, but if anyone needs a voice actor for a radio show mod, I'm your man.

[buoyant eagle]

hey I am pretty new to modding and was following a tutorial for making a custom radio station but ran into this error and unsure what to do. can anyone understand whats going on with this?

[thin hornet]

You will learn a bit more about the error if you look into C:\Users\<USER>\Zomboid\console.txt

[shy radish]

Okay, now I figured it out, a lot easier than I though. Just getGameTime():setMinutesPerDay()

[severe rapids]

Is there a way to disable spawn locations? Like with a mod or in console?

Like specific buildings

[unkempt bronze]

Not sure if I'm allowed to post this here. But I'm currently on a small team running a PvP RP KoS server. Suppose you enjoy creating realistic gameplay for players. Let me know, and we can have you fill out an application to join the team. We are currently trying to figure out what we will do with our economy.

[pulsar rock]

How would one go about modding in new commands?

[pulsar rock]

I believe you'd have to change the spawnpoints .lua file

This can be done purely server-side

[cedar anvil]

Hi guys, does anyone know how to make a random output for AddItem? like player:getInventory():AddItem("Base.DuctTape","Base.Glue") --Player gets DuctTape or Glue

[pulsar rock]

List of strings

Random integer modulo the length of the list

[cedar anvil]

Oh

[pulsar rock]

item = item_list[the above integer]

AddItem(item)

[cedar anvil]

That means It should be like

Yee = Base.DuctTape/Base.Glue

player:getInventory():AddItem(Yee);

[pulsar rock]

Something akin to:

random_items = ["Base.DuctTape", "Base.Glue", ...]

item_index = rand()%len(random_items)

...:AddItem(random_items[item_index])

(This is just a pseudocode example)

[cedar anvil]

Thank you so much, Will try it now

I know its a very noob question but may I ask what does a rand()&len do..?

[pulsar rock]

You take a random integer and use the modulo (%) operator on it with as right side the length (amount of items) of your random_items array

You may want to read up on modulo if you're unfamiliar with it. It's a handy operator when programming.

[cedar anvil]

Thanks for letting me know. I gotta study modulo before editing Lua files.

Sorry I just started modding yesterday, I had no idea what should I study first

[undone elbow]

What is difference between table.insert(Distributions, 1, distributionTable);
and injecting directly into Distributions?
Also why not just
table.insert(Distributions, distributionTable);
(without index shift)?

[tranquil reef]

I forgot, what's the code to give or remove a trait from the player lol

[winter thunder]

Anyone know if there is a way to make a weapon cause non-damage effects in pvp?

As an example, would it be possible to make a modded baseball bat that gave the target depression?

[tranquil reef]

If you figure that out let me know because I've been wondering about that for a long time

I haven't really searched for an answer, but it would be nice to know

[cosmic condor]

did you try adjust the weapon damage to 0 ?

not sure if it's possible to use negative integer

[winter thunder]

I haven’t played around with it yet, just curious. Would be really cool to be able to effect another player that way, since it would open up a ton of alt combat potential in MP

[cosmic condor]

I might try to dive into it if I'm not being too lazy 😑

If no one answers you, that means we are not sure. You might try testing that while nobody confirms that yet.

[winter thunder]

Yeah, came up because I was thinking about doing a tweak to the existing boxing glove mod to make gloves that cause pain, maybe even using the muscle fatigue system as a sort of stand in for bruising, but actually do minimal damage

Yeah, I will be diving through what I can. It’s 2:30am here, so it’s definitely a tomorrow issue haha. Just wanted to scratch the itch and ask before anything

[plucky junco]

Yes, you have to locate the coordinates of the building with the online map and after look for those coordinates in the spawnpoints.lua file of the server

for example @severe rapids

[shadow geyser]

yeah you definitely could. not sure if you can add the effect directly to the weapon, but you can use a Onweaponhitcharacter event, and in the event check what weapon was used. then do what ever effects are appropriate

[undone elbow]

Why everyone writes "Build 41.65+"?
What is so important done in that version?

[cosmic condor]

Do those mods that write 41.65+ update their mod recently?

[undone elbow]

Yes

[frosty falcon]

that's usually when they last updated

or I guess they don't wanna change it for each version so it stays as .65+ until it breaks? /shrug

I would just leave it as the version number the mod was last updated for tbh

[twin basalt]

Hey guys,
I'm trying to make a clothing mod that includes a full body uniform with shoes but keep having an issue where the player gets scratched at their feet as if they're not wearing shoes.

I made a new Bodylocation and included in the "shoes" location as there is no such Bodylocation group that includes all body parts that I need. I also included shoes in the BloodLocation list but still the bug continues.

Is the feature where the shoe Bodylocation making the player immune to scratches hard coded to that specific Bodylocation? or can I also assign that property to my new Bodylocation

[lusty nebula]

Even if I have disabled it, the game continues, when launched, to ask for the save to be in sync with Steam so I guess that is something that has been added by the devs..Anyone know where the file controlling this is located so to edit it to not sync the saves anymore?

[exotic ember]

Hello just a quick q

hopefully

I was wanting to work out on the True Music mod how many tiles away music can be heard by zeds

basically so I can find a reasonable volume to standardise all the music to

I was just gonna experiment with spawning zeds in but was wondering if there is a quicker method that can be achieved by just looking in the files?

Or would that be a bit of a blag to find?

[lusty nebula]

Take in mind that the distance at which zeds hear sounds is also affected by their "cognition" and " "follow sound distance" parameters... 😉

so I guess you'll have to standardise more zeds behaviour than sounds...

Don't forget also that the character can be more noisy when moving if you select certain perks/skills

[exotic ember]

yeeea but the issue is with standardising volumes on the songs

[lusty nebula]

So I guess there are several factors that contribute on how zeds are capable of hearing sounds

[exotic ember]

yea gonna keep them constant atm

dont have any issue with zeds current level of cognition

Just need a sense of how far this mod has set the reach of sound

[lusty nebula]

somehow I guess that if you go through mod files you should find at least some hints ( sorry I don't use that mod )

[frosty falcon]

just read the mod files

[exotic ember]

yea I assume its in there somewhere but Im not versed in these things so I get the feeling experimenting will be quicker than.

[exotic ember]

just reading the mod files

Ahh thankyou!

[frosty falcon]

you gotta find volume val

[exotic ember]

There isnt anything in there about that radius changing with volume setting is there?

That was my next experiment

[frosty falcon]

vol comes from client i guess

[frosty falcon]

yes see the image

RADIUS * volume

[lusty nebula]

otherwise you can make all zeds deaf LOOL 😄

[frosty falcon]

I imagine its in increments of 1

based on your radio

[exotic ember]

Yea it is

[frosty falcon]

how many bars are on the radio vol

[exotic ember]

I was just trying to remember, im assuming its ten

[frosty falcon]

ingame

ye

prob 1-10 then

[exotic ember]

Not 0.1 - 1?

[frosty falcon]

idk what this returns so

[exotic ember]

Ah ok no worries

[frosty falcon]

it does some funky stuff with the vol number tho

[exotic ember]

Surely cant be reaching 250 tiles at top volume?

[frosty falcon]

can't read russian to understand

[exotic ember]

Yea no worries, youve already helped alot thanks

[flint river]

Until this time, I knew that seats with more than six seats could not be implemented. But I don't know why, but it seems works fine

Did everyone know about this?

[shy tusk]

Are there any mods that make the correct items appear on shelves? I just took a bunch of displays from the gun store but when placed in my base and filled with guns their models show jewelry instead.

[heavy iris]

hey there, i'm a bit confused about getting the exact syntax for something, if anyone can easily fix :
I have :
a java vanilla class vanillaclass with a method public void VanillaMethod(){ codehere involving this.Stuff}
In my mod, I just wanna make a custom class that is (basically) vanillaclasswith VanillaMethod changed.

I'm debugging, am I doing something wrong here?
local customclass = vanillaclass local function fun(x) newcodehere with x replacing self end customclass.VanillaMethod() = fun(customclass)

I think I got it, I have to change last line with customclass.VanillaMethod = fun right?

[thin hornet]

technically thats how you reassign a method yeah customclass.VanillaMethod = fun

but not sure if you can reassign a java method

java object are not tables in lua, they are of type userdata

[heavy iris]

I'd love to know about it later 🙂

Well actually I think in my case I can do that, the class is isoGenerator, so it has a isoGenerator.lua with just mehod names, and the method is public. It should help right?

Thanks a lot again 🙂

[thin hornet]

That IsoGenerator.lua file is generated from when you decompiled the source

it act as an "interface" to let your editor know of the properties/methods

[heavy iris]

I understood its just an interface, but I didnt knew it comes from decompiling 🙂

[thin hornet]

But when the game run, there is no IsoGenerator.lua and a trying to overwrite userdata method will result into an error, cause we can only assign table in lua right

[heavy iris]

yeah but

I do this in a local object summoned in lua

[thin hornet]

wdym

[heavy iris]

to what I've understood (the lua java compatibility thing) it should work

[thin hornet]

local generator = IsoGenerator.new(...);
print( type(generator) ) -- = userdata

[heavy iris]

wasnt expecting that

[thin hornet]

yeah unfortunatly

[heavy iris]

and in java methods dont behave like properties at all?

like in lua?

[thin hornet]

properties are mostly accessible through getter method right

javaObj:getCondition()
javaObj:setConfition(val)

[heavy iris]

yeah

[thin hornet]

yeah, but lets imagine you could overwrite a java object method.
then any mods or even the base game could break when trying to call that method

[heavy iris]

(for me that's only because game devs put some parameters to private and other to public, and build these methods using that, so we dont mess with everything too easily, but I might be totally wrong)

[heavy iris]

defo, for that I intended to do it locally only, but I though java allowed me to

[thin hornet]

but the real reason is that a lua function cannot replace a java function they are different thing

[heavy iris]

haaa crap

[thin hornet]

Still what do you want to do with the generator there might be an other solution to achieve what you want

[heavy iris]

yeah

I want to customize its update loop

remove fire condition, add a custom event when reaching 0 fuell...

all of that is done in isoGenerator:update()

so was expecting
local generator = isoGenerator.new(blabla)
genarator.update = rewrite isoGenerator.update without it and with trigger

would have allowed me to use vanilla mechanics to keep it updated

instead of recoding a loop that checks its updates

[thin hornet]

okay so technically the generator update shouldnt run if its unloaded

so you could intercept the generator in the LoadGridSquare event and do something to it there as its being loaded into a player surounding

[heavy iris]

taht a solution yes, thanks

originally I wanted to avoid something like this

to avoid having to keep track of all generator:update() in the game

its even worse, update() controls the sound played by the generator

so if I cant touch upate I cant change generator's sound 😦 can I?

[thin hornet]

yeah you cant

[heavy iris]

well thanks a lot for anwers I wont search for nothing at least ^^

[thin hornet]

yeah 😄

[stark coyote]

Hello 🙂
I am just learning how to make mods etc, mainly by looking at existing mods, and I have a problem. I'm pretty sure it's something simple and stupid but I can't find it >_<
I made an item, a "cure". So I made a recipe to inject it and it has OnCreate:recipe_InjectRemedy
In my lua/server I made a function beginning with function recipe_InjectRemedy(items, result, player)
But when I use the recipe I got a "no such function" message. What did I do wrong ? 😦

[thin hornet]

can you show the lua file ? contain recipe_InjectRemedy

[heavy iris]

@thin hornet if by chance I can have access to a moment just before a generator gets updated, for every updates, Then I could temporarily rerout what 'generatorloop'means in the soundmanager right ?

[thin hornet]

thoses files are in the server directory of your mod and you reloaded your game right?

[stark coyote]

Basically, this is meant to be a "false" remedy that turns you "half zombie". It heals the infection, prevent future infections, makes your meat infected if eaten by cannibals (I got this part right), and if you test your blood with the vaccine or antiserum mod it has a positive result. It worked when I first tested it and now it wont u_u

yes

[thin hornet]

post the error log please

try avoid global function and objects when you can

the recipe function is one case that must be global

[stark coyote]

oh okay, thank you 🙂

[thin hornet]

playerBody inside SecondDeath is not declared inside the scope

Also the error log with lines numbers will help know a bit more about what is really going on

[thin hornet]

Make yourself a favor and check logs from C:\Users\<USER>\Zomboid\console.txt 😄

[stark coyote]

I have so many folders open it felt easier xD

[thin hornet]

you are assigning there but using double == mean comparing

[stark coyote]

Initially I had one but it gaves me the same message "=" expected near "=" :/

[thin hornet]

not sure why but also playerdata should be local, is LabRecipes_CurePlayer inside that server folder too?

[stark coyote]

whoops, LabRecipe is in another one, I copied it under the name Remedy_CurePlayer, corrected it 👌

[thin hornet]

Okay ill give you a tip

1. Create a file inside lua/shared/YourModID/Remedy.lua
2. Add you functions that might be used anywhere in it

local Remedy = {};

function Remedy.doSomething(player)
end

return Remedy;

3. Inside other script that need to call function just import that file

local Remedy = require("YourModID/Remedy");
Remedy.doSomething(player);

[stark coyote]

Thank you 🙂

[thin hornet]

So you make a collection of useful functions into shared and its usable anywhere else when required

[stark coyote]

I could even use it to call a function from another mod if it has the first file in it ?

[thin hornet]

For your recipes lua code its usually a good idea to have a global object containing your functions so that you do not have bunch of global functions
lua/server/MyModID_Recipes.lua

MyModID_Recipes = {};

function MyModID_Recipes.InjectRemedy(items, result, player)
end

script/MyModID_Recipes.txt

...
OnCreate:MyModID_Recipes.InjectRemedy
...

[stark coyote]

Thank you so much, i'll try that 🙂

[thin hornet]

If your other mod require the file it will work yeah
othermod

if not getActivatedMods:contains("MyMainModID") then return; end

local Remedy = require("YourModID/Remedy");
Remedy.doSomething(player);

[stark coyote]

great, thanks 🙂

[thin hornet]

when you run LoadGridSquare and find the generator, add it to a table
in a tick loop
-> check if its nil, remove it if true
-> do something with it

local loadedGenerators = {};

local function onLoadGridSquare(square)
  local generator = ...find generator object logic here...
  table.insert(loadedGenerators, generator);
end
Events.LoadGridSquare.Add(onLoadGridSquare);

local function updateGenerators()
  local toRemove = {};
  for i = 1, #loadedGenerators do
    local generator = loadedGenerators[i];
    if generator then
      -- do something this tick
    else
      table.insert(toRemove, i);
    end
  end
  
  for i = 1, #toRemove do
    local index = toRemove[i];
    table.remove(loadedGenerators, index);
  end
end
Events.OnTick.Add(updateGenerators);

something like that, keep in mind the generator will most likely be loaded on multiple player clients.
also generator sounds are playing local to the player playSoundLoopedImpl

you can get its sound emitter with ```lua
generator:getEmitter()

[cedar anvil]

Hi guys, does anyone know why this item_index not working..?

TestItemlist = {"Base.DuctTape","Base.Hinge","Base.Yeast"}

item_index = 1 % 3

function OpenTest(items, result, player)

    player:getInventory():AddItem(TestItemlist[item_index]);

end

[heavy iris]

Thanks for these lines, they'll help to add custom update on the top of regular update. I'll see if I Can locqlly change what 'generatorloop' sound means for clients then !(except if you tell me I cant :D)

[thin hornet]

well the generator update loop does this
this.emitter == null || !this.emitter.isPlaying("GeneratorLoop")
so technically it will be impossible to change that sound unless it has the same name GeneratorLoop

[thin hornet]

What are you trying to do ?

[cedar anvil]

Oh so when I destroy OpenTest, I should be able to get one of "Base.DuctTape","Base.Hinge","Base.Yeast"

but some reason I always get DuctTape only

[thin hornet]

print(1 % 3) always return 1

[pulsar rock]

o/

[thin hornet]

So you want to return a random item right?

[cedar anvil]

Oh yes

[pulsar rock]

Oh, hi

[cedar anvil]

Oh hi

[thin hornet]

ZombRand(1, #TestItemlist + 1)

ZombRand
param 1 = min (by default start at 0)
param 2 = max (non inclusive) so if its 3 the max will be 2

[cedar anvil]

Oh ZombRand

[pulsar rock]

Does Lua not have a modulo?

%

[thin hornet]

it does

[pulsar rock]

Anyway, random question

[cedar anvil]

Thank you so much, will try it now

[pulsar rock]

Can I add new commands through a mod?

[thin hornet]

What kind of command

[pulsar rock]

And can I access an SQLite database (or REST API) through LUA?

Like, easily

As a mod

Trying to link my Python bot & a mod to check player stats for achievements, discord badges & in-game rewards.

[thin hornet]

local TestItemlist = {"Base.DuctTape","Base.Hinge","Base.Yeast"} -- use local so that it doesnt clutter the global domain

function OpenTest(items, result, player)
  local index = ZombRand(1, #TestItemlist + 1);
  player:getInventory():AddItem(TestItemlist[index]);
end

[pulsar rock]

Does LUA have decent networking functionality?

[cedar anvil]

So between 1 - (4-1) will be selected

[pulsar rock]

With timeout handling?

[thin hornet]

i think the best you can do it GET

[pulsar rock]

That would be sufficient

I could have a tiny REST server / route running.

[thin hornet]

getUrlInputStream

[pulsar rock]

The mod grabs the account name when the player logs in to character creation, checks if they get any additional trait points by querying the REST API through a GET, and adds any additional points.

[thin hornet]

youd pass data as url param

[pulsar rock]

Aye, I've worked with web dev

Just never LUA

And this wouldn't cause issues as a mod?

[thin hornet]

@LuaMethod(
   name = "getUrlInputStream",
   global = true
)
public static DataInputStream getUrlInputStream(String var0) {
   if (var0 != null && (var0.startsWith("https://") || var0.startsWith("http://"))) {
      try {
         return new DataInputStream((new URL(var0)).openStream());
      } catch (IOException var2) {
         var2.printStackTrace();
         return null;
      }
   } else {
      return null;
   }
}

should work right

[pulsar rock]

Looks good

And I can edit the trait points available to a player?

[thin hornet]

at character creation ?

[pulsar rock]

Aye

[thin hornet]

ZombRand(1, 4)
-- Possible results:
-- 1
-- 2
-- 3

[cedar anvil]

Just test and its working. Thank you so much..

Had no idea how to use ZombRand

local success = 60;
player:getInventory():AddItem("Base.ElectronicsScrap");
if (ZombRand(0,100) < success) then

I thought ZomRand only had 2 results.

like true or fase

[thin hornet]

btw for formatting your code in discord (using 3 backtick)

[cosmic condor]

I can't type ` manually, it's language change button. Have to copy from somewhere else 😅

[pulsar rock]

Couldn't you change your keybinds?

[cosmic condor]

nope, it's standard key for Thai layout

[thin hornet]

get a querty keyboard

[pulsar rock]

I feel your pain

AZERTY keyboard here

(Belgium)

[thin hornet]

remind me of traveling with my keyboard when ever i will travel

@pulsar rock

local stream = getUrlInputStream("https://google.com");
local str = stream:readUTF();
stream:close();

You cannot add custom command like the admin command with just vanilla but there is a java mod for server only that does allow to create custom commands

[pulsar rock]

How would I parse json?

[cosmic condor]

Okay, I set the macro to insert ` on my keyboard. Thank you for reminding me of this.

[pulsar rock]

Is there a string to dict parse function?

[thin hornet]

@pulsar rock you could include the lua json lib to your mod
https://github.com/Konijima/PZ-BaseMod/blob/master/lua/shared/MyModName/Libraries/Json.lua

would be nice to have a java json encode/decode function natively

there is a JSONObject used in the java codebase but nothing exposing it

[pulsar rock]

Gotcha

Thanks!

[thin hornet]

for custom commands there is:

a server java mod solution
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2825060402

a lua only solution here (updated 6 month ago)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2739440696

i only tested the java one and works with rcon

[cedar anvil]

I did a bit mofity this.

    local index = ZombRand(1, #DiamondItemList + 1);
    local success = 80;
    if ZombRand(0,100)<success then
        player:getInventory():AddItem(DiamondItemList[index]);
    end
  local index = ZombRand(1, #DiamondItemList + 1);
  player:getInventory():AddItem(DiamondItemList[index]);
end```

[thin hornet]

cool, you dont need to add local to the second index variable.
this will reassign the one already declared

function OpenTest(items, result, player)
    local index = ZombRand(1, #DiamondItemList + 1);
    local success = 80;
    if ZombRand(0,100)<success then
        player:getInventory():AddItem(DiamondItemList[index]);
    end
    index = ZombRand(1, #DiamondItemList + 1); --- already declared we just set a new value to it
    player:getInventory():AddItem(DiamondItemList[index]);
end

other than that this look good

[cedar anvil]

YaY

[heavy iris]

Is lua sensibly slower than java ? Like, imagine the following (cant reality check : not home):
-All active generators are java-updated on tick,
-we can Events.OnTick.Add(stuff).
Question : if I define a lua isoGenerator:newUpdate(), then properly put: OnTick.Remove(vanillaupdate); OnTick.Add(newUpdate),
would it be a perf problem to run a lua on tick ?

[stark coyote]

@thin hornet I finished applying the changes you told me, now my function works 👌 Thank you again for your help !

[thin hornet]

Great so now you have a more solid structure 😄

I use this kind of structure all the time

[thin hornet]

Lua is a bit slower then java, its being interpreted by java.
You cannot add/remove/replace properties or methods to a Java object (type userdata in lua).

OnTick runs every tick, no exception what you want to check is if triggerEvent("OnTick") is called before or after the things you are working with, in the game update loop. (java)

[tranquil reef]

I've made a custom item, it has an OnEat function, when it's added into things like stews will the stews retain the same OnEat functionality?

[thin hornet]

Highly doubt that

[tranquil reef]

I really didn't want to make duplicates of every single food item to create a custom variant

[heavy iris]

That I understood from our last exchange, thats why I Ask. But lemme get home so I dont make it more précise for nothin ^^

[tranquil reef]

Zomboid modding moment

[heavy iris]

(yeah made a mistake in my question but question still exists^^)

[thin hornet]

local original_OnEat_TheItemContainingOtherItem = OnEat_TheItemContainingOtherItem;
function OnEat_TheItemContainingOtherItem(food, character, percent)
  if original_OnEat_TheItemContainingOtherItem then original_OnEat_TheItemContainingOtherItem(food, character, percent); -- apply original func if exist
  -- check if it contains the ingrediant or spice
  ---- apply the special stuff
end

[tranquil reef]

I'd still have to add all the items to a script file though lol

[heavy iris]

Id try to look at stew recipe, édit it to add a test if your custom thing is ingrédient, and if yes, add ModData to the output stew, then search an évent that allows me to check ModData before eating

[tranquil reef]

Actually yeah, that's not the most optimal solution but at least it doesn't require as many duplicates lol

Thank you both

[thin hornet]

right you could also just hook into function ISEatFoodAction:perform()

local original_ISEatFoodAction_perform = ISEatFoodAction.perform;
function ISEatFoodAction:perform()
  original_ISEatFoodAction_perform(self);

  -- do stuff
end

[random finch]

Can you dynamically add sandbox options based on what mods are active? Or are there any mods that already do this as reference?

[tranquil reef]

Wait you can just modify events like that?

Too many things I still don't know lol

[thin hornet]

ya you can hook into anything that is accessbile and run the original plus your own stuff

[tranquil reef]

Nice, thank you lol

[thin hornet]

lets say you didnt want to execute the original code for a specific item you could do this

local original_ISEatFoodAction_perform = ISEatFoodAction.perform;
function ISEatFoodAction:perform()
  if self.item:getFullType() == "MyMod.Item1" then
    -- do custom stuff only
    ISBaseTimedAction.perform(self); -- dont forget to perform it like the original do
  else
    -- anything else do normal action
    original_ISEatFoodAction_perform(self);
  end
end

[cedar anvil]

Thank you so much for helping me out. I successfully made a random looting box. Still can't believe its working

[thin hornet]

https://tenor.com/view/todd-howard-it-just-works-bethesda-this-all-just-works-gif-20598651

[drifting ore]

I was thinking about probably making an actual mod if I can manage to do it on my own.

The idea is to make the Artifact from Stalker into a mod.

Model each Artifacts with blender, simple sphreres I guess with textures.

Get them to do stats like healing, freezing, Burns, and all the shit with some coding, shoulnd be too hard?

And see the spawnings, I was hopping I can make them work with the Foraging system, the search one.

How hard is this from 0/10 scale If I never done it before.

[heavy iris]

lol nice

Can anyone explain me how I find the link between the sound file involved and this ?
sound GeneratorLoop { category = Object, clip { event = Object/Generator/Running, } }

[cosmic condor]

What are you trying to do?

[heavy iris]

to replace generator's loop sound for my custom generator

its played during the isogenerator:update() java methode that I cant touch

[thin hornet]

game sounds are into .bank files

[heavy iris]

so my only hope is to change what this.emitter.playSoundLoopedImpl("GeneratorLoop") means for my generator

ok thanks, I'll google from that

[thin hornet]

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\ProjectZomboid\media\sound\banks\Desktop

[heavy iris]

perfect thanks

now I understand what these FMOD everywhere means 😄

[thin hornet]

not sure if they changed that there is a lot of sound that are not into a .bank

[heavy iris]

yeah I already search these ones

and since the paths indicated is weird (event= somepaththatcorrespondtonothinghere) I guess I'll have answer in the .bank

[cosmic condor]

module Base
{
    sound GeneratorLoop
    {
        category = Object,
        clip
        {
            file = media/sound/purringcat.ogg,
        }
    }
}```

I believe this should work

[heavy iris]

ok on next mod I promise all my generators will make purring cats noise 😄

I'm trying to unchange the noise of base generators

so, i'm not sure I can, but I really hope I can redefine like
function CustomGenerator.emitter.playSoundLoopedImpl(S) if S=='GeneratorLoop' then purringcat else CustomGenerator.emitter.playSoundLoopedImpl(S) end end

(because the loop playing generator loop cannot be touched and call that .emitter.playSoundLoopedImpl('GeneratorLoop') )

@thin hornet I just hope I'm not gonna get the same problem hitting java core ^^'

(I checked, playing in between updates seems impossible, its done at the cell level if I got this right)

[tranquil reef]

Me making zomboid mods

[heavy iris]

Anyone knows if OnWorldSound triggers for any sound, or WorldSound are a category of sounds like alarmas?

Ho is world sound just the part that manage what moves zombies?..

[severe rapids]

Alright thanks for the help man!

[plucky junco]

you are welcome

[lusty nebula]

Anyone know if there is the chance to increase the zoom level when you zoom-in on the character? ( So to have the camera a bit more closer to the character )

[quiet nebula]

Ohh, I had not thought of that yet. That's a good one, I should have a look at the lua functions I could hook into, I might be able to find some interesting ones that will make my code less terrible 😛

[stark coyote]

Mh, if I have :
lua/shared/remedy with inside local Remedy = {}; -- functions return Remedy;
How can I call one of those functions directly from a script file ? I tried OnCreate:Remedy.functionname but it didnt work 😦
Also can I call it in mod 2 via a script too ? Or should I use it inside a server function and call this one in the script ?

[heavy iris]

so you can do:

(on other files I mean)

Remedy = require "remedy"
use Remedy:YourFunctions
...

(that was if your file is shared/remedy.lua)

if its shared/remedy/Remedy.lua, you'd do

require "remedy/Remedy"

[stark coyote]

so it would be OnCreate:Remedy/Remedy.functionname in my script file ?

[heavy iris]

ho

[stark coyote]

yeah, I manage to call it from other lua files but not directly from script :/

[heavy iris]

no, in anyway you'd need to use require

[stark coyote]

(sorry, cat stepped on my keyboard x) )

[heavy iris]

what are you trying to do with OnCreate:Remedy/Remedy.functionname ?

ho well

wait

I think I just understood

you want to call lua from a script file?

[stark coyote]

yes, but this function is in the shared folder instead of the server folder because I'm using it for 2 different mods

[heavy iris]

but, by script, you mean a lua script right?

[stark coyote]

a recipe 🙂

in the script folder, with the items/recipes/etc files

[heavy iris]

yeah ok, so no problem. I think the mods are loaded one by one, so either you make sure IdontknowHow that the good mod gets loaded first

either you merge them but its a bit meh

[stark coyote]

Sorry english isn't my native langage so maybe i'm not clear enough ^^'

[heavy iris]

np ^^

[stark coyote]

Ooooh maybe it loaded in second, I'll check that, thanks

[heavy iris]

but once the two mods are loaded, they are all considered as in the same lua/shared folder

(just, when the first gets loaded, it cant read the second)

[stark coyote]

Thank you, I changed the order, I'll try that 😄

[heavy iris]

if I set fire on a square server side, with squaree:StartFire(), does it automatically gets transmitted to all clients?

[heavy iris]

you also need the require

[stark coyote]

in the script file too ?

I have it in lua/server in the file that holds most of the functions

[shadow geyser]

Oncreate functions I believe need to be global unfortunately tmk as the script processor won't be able to find the function otherwise. edit: This is for those script txt files that are for recipes, items, and repair definitions.

[heavy iris]

you do like this :
File 1------------- (shared/folder/file.lua)

local ModuleName = {}
function ModuleName:DoACustomThingWith(that)
     look, a custom thing with that!
end
return ModuleName```
-- ------------File 2 :
```lua
ModuleName = require "folder/file"
--Ho, I need to do a custom thing with that : 
ModuleName:DoACustomThingWith(that)```

[shadow geyser]

so you would need to have Remedy not be a local variable. You could always attach the oncreate functions to the Recipe object to store your oncreate functions to stop polluting the global namespace further. ie, attach your oncreate functions to "Recipe.Oncreate.YouModName.OnCreateFunc"

[stark coyote]

Thanks, that's what I have and it seems it worked 🙂 I only changed the loading order. So now I can try to call this function from the other mod 🙂

[abstract pine]

What would be misconfigured in a mod for a weapon's category to display as this? DisplayCategory looks to be configured fine.

[heavy iris]

Anyone know if starting a fire serverside starts it for clients?

[heavy iris]

is there an easy way to get lua console serverside? running a dedicated server

[toxic walrus]

How are weapon repairs handled? Like what determines giving me 50% repair or 25%?

[stoic tree]

did you ever publish this mod?

[thin hornet]

public static double getCondRepaired(InventoryItem item, IsoGameCharacter character, Fixing fixing, Fixing.Fixer fixer) {
   double var4 = 0.0D;
   switch(fixing.getFixers().indexOf(fixer)) {
   case 0:
      var4 = 50.0D * (1.0D / (double)item.getHaveBeenRepaired());
      break;
   case 1:
      var4 = 20.0D * (1.0D / (double)item.getHaveBeenRepaired());
      break;
   default:
      var4 = 10.0D * (1.0D / (double)item.getHaveBeenRepaired());
   }

   if (fixer.getFixerSkills() != null) {
      for(int var6 = 0; var6 < fixer.getFixerSkills().size(); ++var6) {
         Fixing.FixerSkill var7 = (Fixing.FixerSkill)fixer.getFixerSkills().get(var6);
         int var8 = character.getPerkLevel(PerkFactory.Perks.FromString(var7.getSkillName()));
         if (var8 > var7.getSkillLevel()) {
            var4 += (double)Math.min((var8 - var7.getSkillLevel()) * 5, 25);
         } else {
            var4 -= (double)((var7.getSkillLevel() - var8) * 15);
         }
      }
   }

   var4 *= (double)fixing.getConditionModifier();
   var4 = Math.max(0.0D, var4);
   var4 = Math.min(100.0D, var4);
   return var4;
}

[toxic walrus]

AH YEAH I just looked it up

Thank you

Theres really not much interesting you can do with that then ?

[thin hornet]

You cant change these default values but you could add more or less condition from hooking the ISFixAction Perform method

[toxic walrus]

Ye. I was wanting to see if I could treat repairs like a crafting recipe

Like have it require certain items but not consume

[thin hornet]

Oh you could totally do that

[toxic walrus]

Like can I use "Keep" in the recipe

I think a mod is conflicting right now so its not working for me

[thin hornet]

yeah the require item to fix use keep and consume the other stuff needed

[toxic walrus]

Going to turn some off

Ahh yeah thats what I tried but I think one of my mods is breaking my game

[thin hornet]

you can use OnCreate to apply the repair and RemoveResultItem = true to not give a result item

[toxic walrus]

Oh yeah good idea

[thin hornet]

OnCanPerform to check the condition is not full

mhm NearItem seem like a new field for recipe

[toxic walrus]

Ahhhh

Yeah that makes sense. Thank you

Still so many things to do T.T

[thin hornet]

well the good thing is you may use the same functions for multiple recipes especially if its for fixing a weapon

otherwise you can use Tag to have special functions that lookup for item Tag

[toxic walrus]

Ye

[random finch]

Say you had a vehicle with 3 skins. Most assign an index per texture, some make multiple vehicles with the same stats/model, but each with a different texture.

Would the spawn rate end up being the same using either of these methods?

Taxi with 3 textures assigned & -1 index:
VehicleZoneDistribution.parkingstall.vehicles["Base.CarTaxi"] = {index = -1, spawnChance = 15};
vs
3 Taxis with same stats/model, each with 1 assigned texture:
VehicleZoneDistribution.parkingstall.vehicles["Base.CarTaxi"] = {index = -1, spawnChance = 5};
VehicleZoneDistribution.parkingstall.vehicles["Base.CarTaxi2"] = {index = -1, spawnChance = 5};
VehicleZoneDistribution.parkingstall.vehicles["Base.CarTaxi3"] = {index = -1, spawnChance = 5};

[floral lodge]

any good guides for java modding?

or should I stick to lua

I just read that java has deeper access to functions and stuff so I'd prefer that

[tranquil reef]

Is it possible to add a custom function for custom recipes? Similar to how the OnEat_ thing works, like crafting a toy bear would do a function that creates an explosion or something

Also is it possible to disable the vanilla "Grab" button that appears for items on the ground, this is a special item I want the player to have to clean up through a custom context menu rather than just putting it into their inventory

[rain iron]

Hi, may I ask about the real purpose of getModData()? does it have any real usage aside from allowing modders to implement custom variables and functions?

[tranquil reef]

It's used a bit in the actual game code but I think it's mainly for modding lol

[rain iron]

I see

I have a plan to do this and I wonder if all of these are possible in game

[lusty nebula]

Is the attchments editor in debug mod bugged? When I save the settings it writes/saves the file but with empty coords....

[cosmic condor]

Did you follow this guide? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c229O6KPjY

[eternal garnet]

Does anyone know, or is there a command line that gives infinite item durability or item condition?

CanHaveHoles = false,

Or does having this make it where items act like underpants where they have infinite condition?

Further more, when getting injured and bandaging, how does one make it so that bandages do not appear as they are clipping through my custom armour mod.

[lusty nebula]

I didn't know about it ( I saw another video but this video tutorial seems to be more specific ). Thanks for the link mate! 😉

[lusty nebula]

In the tutorial he doesn't say that...I presume that if you don't select male or female the settings will be saved for both, correct?

..or better to select every time male/female depending on needs?

[radiant venture]

question about this, i followed the exact steps and added the stuff to the properties, but when i startet the application it seemed to not do anything but when i checked the normal PZ tab on steam it showed to be running and according to task manager zomboid was running, yet nothing came up on my screen?

[lusty nebula]

There's a lot more simplier way to have the mods always correctly updated...

[radiant venture]

what is it? i am trying to mod the game and rn wanna start the first test to see if the distribution is working

[lusty nebula]

Go to the mod of interest, submit a comment, subscribe to the discussion and your mod will be always auto-updated correctly

Don't ask me why but it works...

[radiant venture]

ah i see thank you

[cosmic condor]

can't confirm cuz I haven't put this feature to use in my mod yet

[lusty nebula]

Ok, thanks mate, I'll use the " trials & errors " method so LOOL 😄

[agile vigil]

Yes, I posted this mod and a similar mod for bait tooltips on my profile: https://steamcommunity.com/id/tmh47/myworkshopfiles/?appid=108600

[lusty nebula]

Take in mind this..Every mod at which you are subscribed to the discussion will auto-update automatically when a new version of the mod is released. For all the ones that you don't subscribe to the discussion you'll have to do it manually ( Subscribe to mod/Unsubscribe ).
A little tip: go to your " 108600 " folder ( all your mods are contained here ) and right click on a empty spot and select " Sort by last edit " so you can easily check what has been updated and what's not 😉

[cosmic condor]

ok, just the tip

Does it really have to do with discussion?

[lusty nebula]

Check for strings like:

BiteDefense = 75,
ScratchDefense = 75,
BulletDefense = 100,

and set all to 100

You'll become the new Robocop LOOL 😄

[eternal garnet]

Is 100 the max for infinite then?

Does tripping effect it?

[cosmic condor]

try 2147483647 for bulletproof

(...or break the game)

[eternal garnet]

Is that the max number integer?

[cosmic condor]

YES

[lusty nebula]

Basically yes. In addition there are also other strings that may affect it...If you find something that seems related to it set the value to 100 and basically you'll go around like a tank LOOL 😄

[eternal garnet]

        ConditionMax = 999999,            
        RemoveOnBroken = false,
        ScratchDefense = 100,
        BiteDefense = 100,
        BulletDefense = 100,```

This is how I have it now

[lusty nebula]

In addition if you run the game in debub mode you'll have the " God Mode " available

https://tenor.com/view/bruce-almighty7-jim-carrey-laugh-smile-gif-16122443

e

[cosmic condor]

and just press N

[lusty nebula]

N = Nuke? 😄

[cosmic condor]

41.73 IS HERE

update your mods now

[eternal garnet]

I will set all the stats to that then.

Any idea about the bandages appearing on the model when you are wounded?

I scratched my hand and when I applied the bandage it wrapped it over the hand and was making my model look jank

[eternal garnet]

Cba

[lusty nebula]

Again..debug mode mate 😉

[eternal garnet]

What do I do in debug?

Will that show me the command line?

[lusty nebula]

Once in select the " Dev " tab you see all the options you need. Or you can do it with Blender.

The various options of the debug editor will show all you need 😉

If you look at this video ( and the tutorial posted above some mins ago ) you'll see how it works ( skip the blender parts if not of interest )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M2fWLBLaX8&list=PLwV27NP3RkJl27tveCa9EMMvAdjmGXZsf&index=16&t=3008s&ab_channel=Blackbeard

[radiant venture]

question, where do i find the log for mod loading errors?

[lusty nebula]

Here it keeps me still on 41.71...

[lusty nebula]

console.txt in the Users folder 😉
or check the Log folder same location

[radiant venture]

any way too look through those logs for errors specifically? cause they are extremely large text

[lusty nebula]

At the top you'll see the tab " Search ". Write ERROR and serch for it 😉

[radiant venture]

alright thank you man

making my first mod and ugh right as i want to do the first test it updates the game and if i remember correctly 41.72 changed the way distribution works

i am going to cry the mod isn't even shown in my list anymore

[lusty nebula]

If you get an error indicatig something like " line 222 bla bla bla " , the number is refered to file line number when opened with Notepad ++

[radiant venture]

ah alright

[lusty nebula]

Welcome to the magic world of modding LOOL 😄

To show it you need to save it in the Users folder under Mods 😉

( if you didn't upload it to the workshop )

[radiant venture]

ah ofcourse, putting it in either one of the "mods" folders didn't work, but putting it in BOTH did,

i fucking hate coding. that doesn't even make sense to me

modding is a magical process and i honestly applaud anyone who makes big mods

[lusty nebula]

Forgot to mention...Console.txt and all the files present in the Log folder can be deleted anytime ( they will be written again at the next game launch ) but never delete the main folders 😉

( In the Users folder I mean )

The console.txt is just one, in the Log folder instead every time you run the game a new one is created

[eternal garnet]

@lusty nebula I am in the Debug mode, I have Dev part open.

Where do I go from here to find where I can stop the 2D Bandages from appearing on your model when you get bitten?

[lusty nebula]

Attachments Editor select the bandage modify pos save ( but first equip it )

top left there's the search bar for items

by right clicking on the item, additional options available

[undone elbow]

Is it possible to add a property to a room in mp?

[lusty nebula]

While saving the pos where it will be saved is displayed during the process so you can then go there and check the file

[undone elbow]

E.g. toxic gas level.

[mint sphinx]

is there any easy was that and input output container for an object ? like put scrap into a macerator which it take from one container and output to another one ?

[lusty nebula]

grab ---> inventory --> Put in

[eternal garnet]

Like this?

[lusty nebula]

or if the containers are close to each other simply right click on the item of interest then " Put in "

[mint sphinx]

robert it not one to one . like it scrapping small amount of its waight over time ^^

[lusty nebula]

Sorry can't understand what you mean mate sorry

[lusty nebula]

watch this

#mod_development message

[eternal garnet]

I did and I still can't find this "bandage modify pos sav" on my item that I just posted a picture of to you

[mint sphinx]

what the weight for a scrap? i cant remember on top of my head by lets say it have a weight of 5 Kg
and then over time while it running it would lower the scraps weight while put stuff into another container as weight on that object as well lets say

5 kg iron scrap get lower after 1 min to 4.5 kg and have produced 0.5 kg iron dust.
and dont create a new obejct each time

[radiant venture]

could you possibly explain to me what this means?

[eternal garnet]

Don't worry about it, I'll ask elsewhere

[lusty nebula]

Because you selected the attachment not the item ( Check the top left bar )

in the top bar write " Bandage " for example then select it 😉

Attachments editor ---> Top left bar ---> enter item name --> select ----> move positon --> save

position is moved by clicking on the colour of interest ( same if you need to rotate it )

[undone elbow]

What is the best object to save data related to entire world?

[lusty nebula]

The part of interest is below stack trace. That kind of error, if you are working on items, is normally generated by a wrong setting in the item files

[lusty nebula]

Take in mind that in files punctualisation is very important...even a missing comma in a script, for example, can return a red error

[lusty nebula]

Correct. At the top you can select too if you want to apply it to the male/female model

( Check the player model tab )

IMHO is better to work with a model so it's more easy to place the item having the body as reference

make a backup first of the original file so if something goes wrong by accident you'll have always a safe backup available 😉

[radiant venture]

i found the error and god i feel dumb,

i made a new bodylocation called BeltStrap

when making the 2 exceptions so that fanny packs and the canteen strap can't be worn together i wrote it as BeltSTrap

[lusty nebula]

Typical error of the series " Shit happens ". At times item names, commas, brackets and dots will become your worst enemy LOOL 😄

[radiant venture]

nah my worst enemy in coding will forever be ; since it has made me loose countless hours when i tried learning c+

[lusty nebula]

@eternal garnet Did you get it in the end?

[radiant venture]

"near eof" excuse you?

[lusty nebula]

wrong value or number used

or a number that the game don't recognise as valid

[radiant venture]

hmm time to look through 200 lines of distribution i guess

[lusty nebula]

suggestion: check in particular the last edits you made

[eternal garnet]

No, I'm a smooth brain with Autism

[lusty nebula]

LMAO 😄

what you don't get?

you can try also another way

Example:

[eternal garnet]

Just following the text.

Quite a visual learner so unless a video shows me I fold up.

It just takes me a while to process what I am reading.

[radiant venture]

hmm even looking through the entire file i see nothing wrong

[lusty nebula]

I'll use a file from a smoke granade mod ( Sorry I do not remember the author ) somehow....

file name: SmokeGrenades_models_items

If you open it it contains:

{

    model pa_SmokeGrenade
    {
        mesh = pa_smokegrenade,
        texture = pa_smokegrenade,

    }
    model pa_SmokeGrenade_ground
    {
        mesh = pa_smokegrenade,
        texture = pa_smokegrenade,
        attachment world
        {
            offset = 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000,
            rotate = 90.0000 0.0000 0.0000,
        }

    }```
}

You can try by editing directly yourself the coords values ( that is basically what the editor does )

coords should be X,Y,Z if I remember correctly

[radiant venture]

oh huh well first of all that's not even the problem i have so that's another thing for the list of things i need to do, the issue i see in game is that the game doesn't even spawn the item and i didn't feel like making all the models before i know the code works

i don't see why i can't spawn the item tho

[lusty nebula]

sample:
offset = 0.0500 0.0100 0.0050,
rotate = 90.0000 0.0000 10.0000,

if needed you can do even smaller adjustments. Sample:
offset = 0.05012 0.01001 0.00503,
rotate = 90.0000 0.0002 10.0001,

[lusty nebula]

That can be a issue LOL 😄 If they are not secret files can you drop me the files via PM? ( I'll try to give a check to them if you want )

[radiant venture]

i would appreciate that a lot

[lusty nebula]

ok so what you're waiting for? 😄

[heavy iris]

Hey there, I wanna change an emitted sound on LoadGridSquare, but i struggle to get Access to the emitted. This doesnt seems to work:

--(before that we check If square has a generator:)
x=square:getGenerator()
X=x.emitter --problems from here(Nil index..)
If X.isPlaying("generatorloop") then
X.stopAll()...``` (on phone so I might have made a method misname, but..)

[sleek saffron]

I usually use GameTime

My own convention is getGameTime():getModData().ModName.Scope.data.

[plucky junco]

now in debug mod you can find the spawnpoint and delete it from inside the game seems

[potent berry]

- Added list of mods in Pause menu + this list show mods that cause errors

Zomboidbros, did we just win?

[topaz crescent]

hi, I'm not an experienced modder, so when I decided to make a custom profession, the easiest way for me was to take other's profession mod and edit it. it looks like my edited version kinda overrides the original mod. can someone help me? I can send any file if needed

[severe rapids]

Oooo is this just called debug mod in the workshop?

Makes it a lot easier than searching through the files lol

[rocky yarrow]

Wait.. we can make mods with TypeScript ? (PipeWrench)

[stoic tree]

awesome thank you this is a extremally helpful mod

[shadow geyser]

you will want to save it to the global mod data

[shadow geyser]

eof means end of file. most likely is a bracket somewhere that hasn't been closed. because of the missing bracket, the interpreter reads the entire file and reaches the end of the file trying. and therefore it gets an unexpected symbol near eof

[severe rapids]

What's the mod called in the workshop?

[plucky junco]

it's called "it's vanilla now because they released the 41.73"

😁

just use the debug

[severe rapids]

How do I find the debug console then 😛 sorry lol

[plucky junco]

just write there -debug

[severe rapids]

okay

thanks so much man

[plucky junco]

you can get inside your server if you are admin

or in single player

[severe rapids]

u r a god amongst men

[thorn cipher]

So I think my custom clothes are unbreakable, does anyone know why? Thanks!

[plucky junco]

can't of course be used in servers where you are not admin

[severe rapids]

How do I see this in game? When I try to launch it with debug mode on it gives me like a console and a bunch of other things

[sleek saffron]

I'm guessing it's translated into lua right?

[sleek saffron]

I'll help you out

[rocky yarrow]

No idea I didn't try it yet

[plucky junco]

they are not, the other day testing it one gloves broke

[thorn cipher]

It was this line

it makes it unbreakable

Yeh the gloves worked because they were from the vanilla gloves code

The Armor base was from another mod

but fixed now

will update later

thanks again 😄

[heavy iris]

hey there, thanks for the answer. But I checked that before in the real code. So isoObject.emitter should work NP?

[radiant venture]

no backet seems to be missing, all i did was make a new distribution file that shouldn't replace the vanilla one

so i have no idea why or how a bracket would be missing

[thorn cipher]

anyone know why the leather strips only increase condition but not protection?

ah

you need to be level 8?

in tailoring to bring it up to full condition?

[shadow geyser]

are you using an IDE? using one would really help spot any syntax errors

[radiant venture]

IDE?

[shadow geyser]

an integrated development environment. basically its a file editor that is designed for programming purposes. they have alot of tools that help with coding. what is useful for your case is the syntax checker which essentially is a grammar checker for code, which would point out the missing character. sure it won't always give you the perfect clue as to the issue, but usually its pretty useful at pointing out what is wrong

[radiant venture]

Oh yes i use visual studio

[shadow geyser]

actually, can you show a screenshot of the last few lines of the file giving the error?

[radiant venture]

@shadow geyser my confusion is that it says nothing is misding