mod_development

[willow estuary]

But that's just me.

[unreal garnet]

eee... there is no mod for mp and they are outdated from what I'm seeing

also mod options (build 41) is broken? I have no issues with that, comments say otherwise tho

🤔

[willow estuary]

Apparently for some people, with a certain combination of mods it does not work; for other people with the same mods it does work.
I have no idea myself, but it's a been problem for some but not all users.

[unreal garnet]

huh, alright, guess that's why some of the fully working mods do give an error

if mod is not working as client then I guess that while I'm hosting it's not working either? XD

I should probably dump some of the mods I'm using...

also, was this mod deleted?

I can't access it, nor find it on worksohp

alright, modding this game is like coding

I deleted one mod, and suddenly new options for older mods popped up in sandbox settings

[subtle sapphire]

Hello survivors! 👋 I was thinking about a feature that might be helpful for admin purposes. The ability to "spectate" a player, that means select the player you want to spectate on and the camera will automatically follow that player. Do you think this is something achievable by writing a mod?

[tranquil reef]

not sure if it's possible to make the player invisible to itself, but I guess if you teleporting the player to another player every tick or something lol, would probably be a bad solution though

[willow estuary]

Unless the admin player is invisible and in noclip mode and following the player they are spectating, I do not think that is possible,

[subtle sapphire]

I see, it happened that from time to time I just wanted to spectate some players without having to use the admin character.

I just wish one day this magic button "spectate" will appear in the the players list 🤞

[willow estuary]

Honestly, there's probably some utility for an auto-follow admin tool?
But ah, PZ is very specific about how it instances the environment re the player account.

[calm depot]

you could do this in a very hacky way right now by turning on god+invis+noclip and running a teleport call to the target's coords every X ticks

when they're in a vehicle though, oh boy is that going to suck

[subtle sapphire]

I see a lot of use cases, just a few:

• just see how players are doing, this is great for server admin to understand if the server settings are OK
• for live streaming purposes, being able to spectate it would be great to stream a server activity without having to mess with the players

[willow estuary]

There's technical matters that as the newest, stupidest member of the team I'm not qualified to properly explain that make adding spectator mode problematic?
It actually dovetails with other matters like how teleportation in problematic in MP and can crash servers, etc.

[subtle sapphire]

but yeah, I agree that this a "vanity" feature probably. It won't add or improve anything to the game.

[calm depot]

such a thing can be quite handy on RP servers for admins running events

I see it commonly used on DayZ RP servers

[subtle sapphire]

I see, in case, just keep this as a future feature request ❤️

[willow estuary]

I mean, if you make a tool where admins have noclip/ghost mode/are invisible(can be done with clothing modding)/and stick to a player you have that?

But adding a tool that can crash servers as a vanilla feature (spectator mode), probably not in the cards.

[subtle sapphire]

this is the dirty/hacky way I don't like to be honest.

[calm depot]

Well, the actual (and more generic answer) that solves it is a freecam

[willow estuary]

The engine don't support that.

[calm depot]

nothing is supported until it is 😄

[subtle sapphire]

Yes, it is not that important @willow estuary , mine was just an idea 🙏 Maybe it will be implemented in the future

[willow estuary]

Again, I'm the newest and stupidest member of the team, so I'm not qualified to defend the matter for internet court, but I know it's not possible?

[calm depot]

definitely possible, but almost certainly an inordinate amount of work to do

[subtle sapphire]

https://tenor.com/view/ted-lasso-tedlassogifs-jason-sudeikis-1x02-hold-my-beer-gif-20724542

[willow estuary]

I'm the newest and stupidest member of the team so yes, anything involving an inordinate amount of work is going to be impossible 😉

[calm depot]

if you're the newest, how do you know you're necessarily the stupidest 😏

[willow estuary]

Because I know my place? 🤪

[unreal garnet]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa fucking steam

the files didn't synchronise and I lost my backpack with all my gear!

how does this game saves stuff?

[calm depot]

periodically, and when you quit

[unreal garnet]

can I access older saves?

[gilded hawk]

"How it feels to be the new guy at work 101" I feel you man.

[unreal garnet]

question, why do some mods break others?
I had few mods that add some actions or coding like Zed health or vehicle dismantling, barridace and such standalone staff, but when I deleted them I lost some parts of my own equipment and some of the things stopped working?

[gilded hawk]

It's because of how each modder can inject and edit the original pz code

[unreal garnet]

so I can't safely delete a mod for furniture without breaking my weapons?

[gilded hawk]

it's hard to say, but usually very different mods should not affect eachothers

A difference is when two mods are similiar or related

eg: Proximity Inventory vs Alternate Inventory Rendering

These two will cause issue to eachother unless both devs decide to find some common fixes

Also, the "how" you mod it's important for mod compatibility

Let me give you as example my mod "Show Exact Level Number" the first version was not compatible with "Fix XP View"

And it all boils down to how you write the mod

In the first version I was overriding the entire drawXpBoostMap function, this made it so I was "owning" entirely that function, and I was forcing all the other mods to use my version of drawXpBoostMap

CharacterCreationProfession = CharacterCreationProfession

function CharacterCreationProfession:drawXpBoostMap(y, item, alt)
  local dy = (self.itemheight - self.fontHgt) / 2

  local levelString = ' ('..item.item.level..')';
  self:drawText(item.text..levelString, 16, y + dy, 0, 1, 0, 1, UIFont.Small);

  local percentage = "+ 75%";
  if item.item.level == 2 then
    percentage = "+ 100%";
  elseif item.item.level >= 3 then
    percentage = "+ 125%";
  end

  local textWid = getTextManager():MeasureStringX(UIFont.Small, item.text)
  local greenBlitsX = self.width - (68 + 10 * 4)
  local yy = y
  if 16 + textWid > greenBlitsX - 4 then
    yy = y + self.fontHgt
  end

  for i = 1, item.item.level do
    self:drawTexture(CharacterCreationProfession.instance.greenBlits, self.width - (68 + 10 * 4) + (i * 4), (yy) + dy + 4
      , 1, 1, 1, 1);
  end
  if item.item.perk ~= Perks.Fitness and item.item.perk ~= Perks.Strength then
    self:drawTextRight(percentage, self.width - 16, yy + dy, 0, 1, 0, 1, UIFont.Small);
  end

  yy = yy + self.itemheight;

  self:drawRectBorder(0, (y), self:getWidth(), yy - y - 1, 0.5, self.borderColor.r, self.borderColor.g,
    self.borderColor.b);

  return yy;
end

Instead, in the second version, I was "injecting/hooking" my custom code into the original function drawXpBoostMap, this made it so if another modder is hooking in this function in the same way I did it, both our code will run side by side, as long as we don't override eachother

CharacterCreationProfession = CharacterCreationProfession

local old_CharacterCreationProfession_drawXpBoostMap = CharacterCreationProfession.drawXpBoostMap
function CharacterCreationProfession:drawXpBoostMap(y, item, alt)
    local result = old_CharacterCreationProfession_drawXpBoostMap(self, y, item, alt)
    
  local dy = (self.itemheight - self.fontHgt) / 2
  local levelString = ' ('..item.item.level..')';
  self:drawText(item.text..levelString, 16, y + dy, 0, 1, 0, 1, UIFont.Small);

    return result
end

I hope this makes sense @unreal garnet

The rule of thumb of modding IMHO is that you should keep the amount of custom code you write to the minium and use as much vanilla code as possible to ensure max compatibility and long term sustainability

[unreal garnet]

well, I deleted few unrelated mods

which fixed few other also unrelated mods and broke other unrelated mods

[gilded hawk]

may God help you

[shadow geyser]

this mod atleast was working for me. not sure about MP. but you can still make modifications manually atleast. And if you don't want to manually do it, you can copy the sandbox vars to an SP save, modify it with the mod, then copy paste it back to the MP save. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2670674997

[calm depot]

This also applies to the style in which you should intercept game functions.

Consider:

function SomeGameTable:someFunction(a,b,c)
  -- do stuff
  return oldFunc(self, a,b,c)
end```
As opposed to:
```local oldFunc = SomeGameTable.someFunction
function SomeGameTable:someFunction(a,b,c,...)
  -- do stuff
  return oldFunc(self,a,b,c,...)
end```

if a new version of the game code adds additional arguments, the first version has definitely broken the game.

less-common though nonetheless sensible semantics for returning apply if you have to call the original function first and can't immediately return its result:

-- do stuff
return unpack(ret)```

[unreal garnet]

welp, I don't need it anymore

[calm depot]

for MP, you can edit the files directly

[turbid solar]

Hello!
Is this updated? https://projectzomboid.com/modding/
zombie.characters.IsoGameCharacter.setSpeedMod does not work as I would expect.

[gilded hawk]

Does (...) work if there are no more params?

Cause if it does I could add it automatically everytime I generate a new hook to my vs devtools https://github.com/mxswat/vscode-pd2-dev-tools

[gilded hawk]

Also can you explain this more please? what is the point of using unpack? 🤔

[calm depot]

because a function can return an arbitrary number of arguments

it ensures that when your function returns, it passes back precisely whatever the original function did

and yes, (...) works as the only "parameter"

you can even access it inside your function by wrapping it into a table

[quartz cave]

Why does this in game only allow me to use the "Wet bath Towel" and not both?

Recipe something
{
        Destroy BathTowel/BathTowelWet=1,
        Result : RippedSheets=4,
}

[calm depot]

local args = {...}

[gilded hawk]

Oh, so that would solve the issue of me having to add the following code?

result1, result2 = oldFUnction()

return result1, result2 

[calm depot]

yes

[keen frost]

99% of steam users don't read mod descriptions, most of my mods have no sense comments , I just leave them on to see how far an user can go with his comments lol

[drifting ore]

anyone know if there is a specific size required for item icons? eg. im creating a backpack mod, does the inventory icon for the backpack need to be a specific size, such as 32x32?

[thorn cipher]

32x32 is correct 😄

[gilded hawk]

Amazing! Thank you so much dude!

[gilded hawk]

[calm depot]

lol, we have an almir emoji on here?!?

[drifting ore]

i created 2 icons that are both 32x32, and yet they dont appear in the inventory as icons while in-game. im assuming i havent linked them properly....

[gilded hawk]

Nope, it's from mws lol

[calm depot]

MWS?

[gilded hawk]

modworkshop

[calm depot]

I guess they like Payday 2

[gilded hawk]

Just a litte lol

It's the former LastBullet

[calm depot]

heh

you know AJ and Zero fell out a while ago

[gilded hawk]

Like, ages ago

Last time I saw/talked to AJ was like 2018 or something

[calm depot]

yeah, it was pretty bad

[gilded hawk]

Yeah 😦

[calm depot]

some IRL shit

[gilded hawk]

Loads of shit, money stuff too, too bad, aj was one of the guys that gave me a massive hand when I got into modding for the first time as a modder. Good times 🧓

[thorn cipher]

i think you need to put item_ in front of their names

[drifting ore]

already got that done :(

[thorn cipher]

but only in the file name

not in the script bit

[drifting ore]

got it done like that

[thorn cipher]

maybe a spelling error? or an extra space in the script file?

that happened to me

[drifting ore]

im not sure, ill have to double check

[quartz cave]

Does anyone know why this in the game only allow me to use the "Wet bath Towel" and not both?

Recipe something
{
        Destroy BathTowel/BathTowelWet=1,
        Result : RippedSheets=4,
}

the bathtowel and bathtowelwet are a drainable item so they have to be destroyed otherwise it only drains them a little...

or is there something else then "destroy" I can use

[drifting ore]

you dont need to use Destroy

if you specifiy "keep" then itll keep the item

otherwise it gets used up

[quartz cave]

if you perform this recipe in game you get to repeat it 10x before the towel is used up

So, how do I make it use the whole towel? @drifting ore

Recipe Rip Towel
{
        BathTowel/BathTowelWet=1,
        Result : RippedSheets=4,
}

[drifting ore]

that should consume the whole item i believe

[quartz cave]

it sadly doesn't

[thin hornet]

try adding destroy in front of it
destroy BathTowel/BathTowelWet=1,

[drifting ore]

trust konjima, not me xD

[quartz cave]

when doing

Destroy BathTowel/BathTowelWet=1,

it only show the BathTowelWet as a possible ingredient and the BathTowel cant be used

[drifting ore]

try BathTowel=1/BathTowelWet=1

idk

[thin hornet]

destroy BathTowel/BathTowelWet

BathTowel is a drainable and BathTowelWet is just a normal item

but when looking at other recipe that use destroy item such as Battery it just use destroy Battery
and battery is a drainable

[quartz cave]

I see BathTowelWet is Normal indeed

any way to still do what im trying to do?

I tried

Destroy BathTowel/BathTowelWet,
Destroy BathTowel=1/BathTowelWet=1,
Destroy BathTowel/BathTowelWet=1,

only the wet one shows

[thin hornet]

alright then remove the destroy tag

and add a OnCreate function that remove the bath towel (dry or wet)

YourModID = {}
YourModID.OnCreate = {}
function YourModID.OnCreate.DestroyBathtowel(items, result, player)
  for i=0, items:size()-1 do
    local item = items:get(i)
    if item:getType() == "BathTowel" or item:getType() == "BathTowelWet" then
      player:getInventory():Remove(item)
    end
  end
end

something like that

but you could also just use

YourModID = {}
YourModID.OnCreate = {}
function YourModID.OnCreate.DestroyIngredients(items, result, player)
  for i=0, items:size()-1 do
    player:getInventory():Remove(items:get(i))
  end
end

since your recipe only destroy the ingredients

[floral lodge]

oh sweet konijima's here! I just needed to ask you something

did you ever implement some example mods for pzpw?

I'm trying to get started with it now :)

[quartz cave]

I don't understand this entirely. xD

The recipe stays like this and we use the function to remove the towels after the recipe is completed?

{
        BathTowel/BathTowelWet=1,
        Result : RippedSheets=4,
}

also how does this know what items to delete?

YourModID = {}
YourModID.OnCreate = {}
function YourModID.OnCreate.DestroyIngredients(items, result, player)
  for i=0, items:size()-1 do
    player:getInventory():Remove(items:get(i))
  end
end

[thin hornet]

https://github.com/asledgehammer/PipeWrench/wiki

https://github.com/PZPW-Mods

[thin hornet]

Recipe Rip Towel
{
        BathTowel/BathTowelWet,
        Result: RippedSheets=4,
        OnCreate:YourModID.OnCreate.DestroyIngredients
}

create a file in your mod lua/server/YourModID_Recipes.lua

YourModID = {}
YourModID.OnCreate = {}
function YourModID.OnCreate.DestroyIngredients(items, result, player)
  for i=0, items:size()-1 do
    player:getInventory():Remove(items:get(i))
  end
end

[floral lodge]

thanks a ton

[quartz cave]

I see, ill try this now

[quartz cave]

it looks like it works ^^

[thin hornet]

😄

[quartz cave]

if I wanted to use this how would I adopt it?

    -- add thread sometimes, depending on tailoring level
    if ZombRand(7) < player:getPerkLevel(Perks.Tailoring) + 1 then
        local max = 2;
        if nbrOfCoveredParts then
            max = nbrOfCoveredParts;
            if max > 6 then
                max = 6;
            end
        end
        max = ZombRand(2, max);
        local thread = InventoryItemFactory.CreateItem("Base.Thread");
        for i=1,10-max do
            thread:Use();
        end
        player:getInventory():AddItem(thread);
    end

[thin hornet]

just add it to the function

YourModID = {}
YourModID.OnCreate = {}
function YourModID.OnCreate.RipBathTowel(items, result, player)
    for i=0, items:size()-1 do
      player:getInventory():Remove(items:get(i))
    end
  
    -- add thread sometimes, depending on tailoring level
    if ZombRand(7) < player:getPerkLevel(Perks.Tailoring) + 1 then
        local max = 2;
        if nbrOfCoveredParts then
            max = nbrOfCoveredParts;
            if max > 6 then
                max = 6;
            end
        end
        max = ZombRand(2, max);
        local thread = InventoryItemFactory.CreateItem("Base.Thread");
        for i=1,10-max do
            thread:Use();
        end
        player:getInventory():AddItem(thread);
    end
end

[quartz cave]

ohh for some reason i thought it would be a lot harder

thank you so much @thin hornet ❤️

[thin hornet]

Basements mod is released 🤘
@heady crystal @worldly stone @cosmic condor
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2849247394

[wind abyss]

Oooh

[gilded hawk]

I'm wondering, how can I show a message above the character head without using :say() ?
I don't want to accidentally aggro zombies

[worldly stone]

wisper?

[gilded hawk]

It's not the same, zombies can still hear it, and players too I'm looking for something completely client sided

[floral lodge]

so if I add a server command listener, how do I call that command?
the example here: https://github.com/asledgehammer/PipeWrench/wiki/Client-Server-Commands#client

shows how to add listeners for commands, but how is the onClientCommand triggered?

[jaunty gate]

Maybe HaloTextHelper.addTextWithArrow? Something like the below...

HaloTextHelper.addTextWithArrow(player, getText("YOUR TEXT HERE"), false, HaloTextHelper.getColorRed())

[thin hornet]

@floral lodge

onSomeEvent.trigger(param1, param2, ...)

[gilded hawk]

Thank you!

[floral lodge]

so it would be called within code, ok, thank you!

side note: I tried to speed up time on a server and clients basically desynced

I can figure that part out, but I'd like to just confirm if anyone knows it's possible :P

[thin hornet]

well server speed up when everyone is asleep might wanna check on that part

[floral lodge]

ah yeah true

I think I did it wrong before, so that each client was speeding up but the server itself wasn't

[jaunty gate]

You can also do HaloTextHelper.addTextWithArrow(player, getText("YOUR_TEXT_HERE"),true, HaloTextHelper.getColorGreen()) if you want the arrow to point up (the true/false part)

[floral lodge]

but I think that's where the commands come in :)

[vagrant swift]

can anyone help me out? i made a addon for true music and i want to add new songs to it mid save, how do i do that?

[weak sierra]

attachments on guns i add do not show up even though i have them set up as model parts and i set the attachment positions - i briefly had one showing up at some point but i cannot recreate that success

this is the x2 scope set parented to the "scope" point, so u can see it should sit there ok

then in game it's attached..

and yet..

and yes i've hit save, lol

world position for the gun works fine

from the file just to confirm

        attachment scope
        {
            offset = 0.0040 0.0210 0.0790,
            rotate = 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000,
        }```

anyone?

[red rapids]

hello i am trying to edit the values of a backpack but the values dont change in game it is from a mod
i change it with note pad plus but the values do not change in game do i have to do something else?

[floral lodge]

if you link the mod and tell me what you want changed I may be able to help you

but I will say, after you change the values that I would copy the folder of the mod into your mods folder at C:/users/yourusername/zomboid/mods

because maybe workshop is just changing the values back or something

@red rapids

also have you tried going back to the main menu and clicking reset lua at the bottom right?
that may update your changed values

[red rapids]

i am changing the first aid bag from authentic z

capacity to 100

for SP

but i think this eliaz better bags mod is overwrriting it gonna test it without it

[floral lodge]

👍

[red rapids]

it is still not applying

[red rapids]

okay im gonna try this now

[floral lodge]

try the reset lua thing first!

if you're not doing that

[red rapids]

i dont know where the option is

i keep closing and opening the game

[floral lodge]

oh that'll work too

[quartz cave]

in game it says the function doesn't exist in the log...

    {
        DishCloth/DishClothWet,
        Result : RippedSheets=2,
        Sound : PZ_ClothesRipping,
        Time : 220.0,
        Category : Survivalist,
        AnimNode : RipSheets,
        OnCreate : Recipesplus.OnCreate.RipTowel
    }```

[floral lodge]

it may be only in debug mode come to think of it, but I have it at the bottom right of the main menu, a little blue button

[red rapids]

I'm gonna try doing that but if it doesn't work what else could I do?

[floral lodge]

@quartz cave I haven't done recipes before, but do you need to insert parameters into the function call?

[red rapids]

This is the zomboid mods folder i dont know where to put the modified mod

[floral lodge]

so like: Recipesplus.OnCreate.RipTowel() or Recipesplus.OnCreate.RipTowel(items, result, player)

[floral lodge]

copy the folder of the modified mod to this folder

the same folder with the examplemod folder in it

[red rapids]

ok

[quartz cave]

pretty much the first function works in game but the others don't... do they need a file per function or what am i doing wrong

[floral lodge]

drop it right there and reload game, then I would comepletely unsubscribe from the original mod so when you go to select it in-game you aren't confused on which one to pick

[red rapids]

ok

[floral lodge]

I'd just look for any minor differences between the one that works and the one that doesn't, though I'm sure you've done that

[red rapids]

cant i change the name?

[floral lodge]

yeah if you go into the mod info file you could

but just make sure that the original and edited mod aren't loaded at same time

[red rapids]

i just did time to test

aight

Not showing in game

I thought it would be easy to just modify values lol

I was proven wrong

[floral lodge]

make sure there aren't spaces in any of the ids for the mod info

use camelCaseLikeThis or underscores_like_this

[floral lodge]

remove spaces

should be good

I hope 🙂

[red rapids]

Alright

Test again

I just don't know why the values wouldn't change lol

[thin hornet]

make sure your file is in lua/server/

[quartz cave]

it is :"(

[thin hornet]

mhm

[quartz cave]

can i have more then one function per .lua file?

[red rapids]

It did showed up now, now to test if it works

[floral lodge]

:D

[red rapids]

Display name still shows as the one from before but now I'm loading to see if the values changed

WORKED

[floral lodge]

woop

[red rapids]

Thanks!!!

[floral lodge]

ok whatever you do don't touch anything looool

hopefully mod doesn't update and break it again

[floral lodge]

I was worried it wouldn't work, but glad it did, no problem

[quartz cave]

I can only get the first function to work....
function GetThread should work its from the base game...

function test , didn't work and function RipTowel is the one you send which also doesn't work....

idk whats wrong, i've been looking at the base games recipecode.lua for reference and such but im at a loss

[thin hornet]

the file ok

but maybe there is an error preventing it from loading

idk

[quartz cave]

this is all im getting

[floral lodge]

revolution are you using vscode?

[quartz cave]

yes

[floral lodge]

ok this may sound stupid

but did you save the file

[quartz cave]

yes

[floral lodge]

the one with the function in it

have you tried restarting game

[quartz cave]

yea

[floral lodge]

alrighty

cause I've thought I had errors before just due to not saving :P

[quartz cave]

yea no its saved 😛

checked for spelling mistakes and everything

[floral lodge]

darn

[thin hornet]

wait my vs is acting up

it detect an error i just cant see what it is

[quartz cave]

😨

[floral lodge]

oh god revolution broke it

you managed to find some super elusive bug

[thin hornet]

Recipesplus = {}
Recipesplus.OnCreate = {}

-- destroys ingredients on create
function Recipesplus.OnCreate.DestroyIngredients(items, result, player)
    for i = 0, items:size() - 1 do
        player:getInventory():Remove(items:get(i))
    end
end

-- get thread sometimes, depending on tailoring level
function Recipesplus.OnCreate.GetThread(items, result, player)
    if ZombRand(7) < player:getPerkLevel(Perks.Tailoring) + 1 then
        local max = 2;
        if nbrOfCoveredParts then
            max = nbrOfCoveredParts;
            if max > 6 then
                max = 6;
            end
        end
        max = ZombRand(2, max);
        local thread = InventoryItemFactory.CreateItem("Base.Thread");
        for i = 1, 10 - max do
            thread:Use();
        end
        player:getInventory():AddItem(thread);
    end
end

function Recipesplus.OnCreate.RipTowel(items, result, player)
    Recipesplus.OnCreate.DestroyIngredients(items, result, player)
    Recipesplus.OnCreate.GetThread(items, result, player)
end

btw you can do this instead of repeating the code

try this idk if i fixed it vscode stopped complaining

[quartz cave]

ill try it now 😎

[tranquil reef]

Is there any way to check if the player has hit a zombie?

I need to figure out the weapon used, the zombie hit, and obviously detect the hit lol

[floral lodge]

Events.onHitZombie

[tranquil reef]

The speed of that reply was illegal

[floral lodge]

loool

[tranquil reef]

Thank you though, you saved me like 10 hours of searching through code lol

[floral lodge]

hey @tranquil reef

here's an awesome tip

use this https://github.com/Konijima/pzpw

and search no more

to find that command, all I did was go into my editor, type hit, and the function for onhitzombie popped up

[quartz cave]

what did you change.... it works prefect from the looks of it

[floral lodge]

and I pretty much know how to use the tool after just an hour or 2

[thin hornet]

thats the thing, i have no idea what ive done

lolll

removed the test function, reformatted a bit

[floral lodge]

hey can you help with with something

    if (enabled) {
        checkIfTimeBasedTasks()
        if (skipTime) {
            setGameSpeed(3)
            getGameTime().setMultiplier(20)
        } else {
            setGameSpeed(1)
            getGameTime().setMultiplier(1)
        }
        skipTime = true
    }
})



function checkIfTimeBasedTasks() {
    for (let i = 0; i < getNumActivePlayers(); i++) {
        let player = getSpecificPlayer(i)
        let queue = ISTimedActionQueue.getTimedActionQueue(player)
        if (queue) {
            let current = queue[1]
            if (current) {
                print(current.type)
                if (current.type != ISReadABook) {
                    skipTime = false
                }
            }
        }

    }```

this is flipping back and forth between game speed 1 and 3 and I feel like I'm missing something

I made a mistake somewhere

[quartz cave]

lmao, you are a wizard ❤️

[thin hornet]

https://tenor.com/view/wizard-gif-18653608

[tranquil reef]

I'm probably just dumb but I don't fully understand what exactly it does nor how it works lol, but I'll look into it later

[floral lodge]

it's just making mods but better and easier :D

it just lets you program in typescript, along with easily finding function calls rather than searching for them manually

[thin hornet]

thats what it look like lol

everything at your finger tip

[quartz cave]

wow

[thin hornet]

plus arguments info

[tranquil reef]

I use visual studio, is it something you can just kind of plug in lol?

[thin hornet]

visual studio is much heavier than vscode

for this kind of work at least

would stilll work

no worry about it

both created by microsoft pretty sure it act the same way

but vscode has the tasks panel to run package.json commands

[solid cloak]

hi guys, any experienced modder available for hire?

[floral lodge]

$1M 🙂

[quartz cave]

define experienced 😛

[solid cloak]

pretty deep knowledge of how PZ works

and what can/can not be done

[quartz cave]

what do you want, out of curiosity?

[solid cloak]

some custom development for a server I want to build, basically I'd like to have pre-generated characters instead of allowing the user to build their own

[quartz cave]

sounds really cool and I'm sure its possible to do

but I'm not experienced enough sadly

[solid cloak]

im looking to build some sort of survival server where there's no respawn and last character standing receives a reward

i want to generate the characters myself and assign them randomly to users

basically have the game sync with my server and check which character is assigned to a specific user

[floral lodge]

ok, I'm trying to set the game speed for the server, but it doesn't actually do anything...

anyone have tips?

[solid cloak]

$1M

[floral lodge]

true

[quartz cave]

the length of the day?

[floral lodge]

nono

[unreal garnet]

so... deleted few shit mods I didn't need and... my whole game is slowly falling apart?

[floral lodge]

like in singleplayer how you can speed up time

I gotta know

falling apart how

@unreal garnet more of a #mod_support question though

this is for mod development

[weak sierra]

want to call attention to my problem from earlier, attachments won't show up on custom guns: #mod_development message

[quartz cave]

I dont know what the issue could be but maybe you can see how its done in other mods?

maybe that could help you somehow?

[weak sierra]

that's the thing, i'm already doing the same thing as a known-working mod

heh

the only difference is that im patching my weapons into the attachments mount-on list during loading instead of overwriting the script file

but i have a hard time believing that that would matter, since it lets me attach them fine

[thin hornet]

it seems that speeding time is a java sided thing for the server side
i dont find anything exposed to allow you to do it

the only thing i can think of is when everyone is sleeping at the same time

and that is happening in GameServer.java but thats private

they send a special packet and then they syncTime

you could probably do your own fast forward using getGameTime() and setting time on the server using this and syncing clients with it

nevermind

lol

[floral lodge]

Uugh so I can't do it then?

That makes me sad

[thin hornet]

get used to it

😛

[floral lodge]

Can I request the developers or something somewhere to expose the function :P

[thin hornet]

or find a way

what exactly does the fast forward do in your thing?

cause logically if people are not sleeping it cant really fast forward

in single player when you fast forward and press a key it stop it cause you cant move if fast forwarding right

[floral lodge]

It just makes it so that when all players are doing a long term task like reading or working out then they can vote to fast forward until one of them finishes it or moves

Fast forwarding auto cancels when moving

[thin hornet]

yeah

i see

[floral lodge]

That's super unfortunate, maybe there's a way for the clients to trick the server that they're sleeping? Then just making sure to reset their sleep where it should be

[icy dome]

Hello guys. How are you ? Are your families ok? (vin diesel)

Well I created a Single Player and modified the lua file
lua/client/DebugUIs/ISSpawnHordeUI.lua
so that it would allow me to spawn zeds with a very large life like 999999999999

It works very well, however when I try to replicate in MP the zed just dies and disappears.
The maximum health I can add to a zed MP is 32.7....

Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can make an extremely strong zed?

[gilded hawk]

Have you considered giving it something like an armor with 999999999 defence? Or edit his incoming damage to be 0?

[icy dome]

I really hadn't thought of that.

[floral lodge]

Zombies do have special properties that affect their health and stuff, so I'm sure that you could set their stats that way

[gilded hawk]

You should check how some special zombie mods handle different HP pools

[icy dome]

Thank you for the tips. I'll try, especially put iron armor on the zombie

[weak sierra]

do armor stats that zeds wear affect them in combat?

speaking of that

or wud u have to fake it by adjusting hp/etc

never looked into that system

but curious

[icy dome]

I never really looked into it

[icy dome]

Well what I did was changed the zombie's life using /createhorde2

This command has an interface that is managed by lua I sent

[floral lodge]

why is this not running? everyOneMinute.addListener(() => { if (!isServer()) return; getSpecificPlayer(0).Say("it's running")

should this not have my character saying "it's running"?

[floral lodge]

I've also tried if(isClient()) return;

[gilded hawk]

I need support from fellow experienced modders, how can i give to a ItemContainer a fake parent, so that I can set that parent to "locked/padlocked"?

I'm trying to improve my proximity inventory mod

function ISInventoryPage.GetLocalContainer(playerNum)
    if ISInventoryPage.localContainer == nil then
        ISInventoryPage.localContainer = {}
    end
    if ISInventoryPage.localContainer[playerNum+1] == nil then
        ISInventoryPage.localContainer[playerNum+1] = ItemContainer.new("local", nil, nil, 10, 10)
        ISInventoryPage.localContainer[playerNum+1]:setExplored(true)
        ISInventoryPage.localContainer[playerNum+1]:setOnlyAcceptCategory("none")
        ISInventoryPage.localContainer[playerNum+1]:setParent(IsoThumpable.new(getCell()))
    end
    return ISInventoryPage.localContainer[playerNum+1]
end

I tried this but im getting loads of errors

[jagged ingot]

Using Typescript? 🙂

Also, I think that you can play single player and both isServer() and isClient() returns false.

I'm not sure how getSpecificPlayer(..) operates in a single-player context.

[floral lodge]

yes I'm using konijima's tool

that why it's typescript

but I'm on a server playing by myself, not singeplayer

[cyan basalt]

try printing?

[floral lodge]

yep

nothing there either

very strange

[cyan basalt]

try looping through all player indexes? idk if there's a case where you wouldn't be 0 if you're the only one but worth a shot

[floral lodge]

trying now

[jagged ingot]

Could write a function that checks against player names.

[cyan basalt]

this is a shared script im assuming right?

[floral lodge]

wdym

[floral lodge]

nope it's in /server 🙃

is that bad

[jagged ingot]

Loop through all players and do a string boolean operation.

[floral lodge]

maybe but how's that help me :P if looping through all players and using the say command doesn't work I'm not sure how looking for a name would do anything

not putting down what you suggested or anything, I might just not understand what you mean

[jagged ingot]

Ehh. Thought you had an issue getting the right player.

[floral lodge]

ok looping through player index and using say not working

here:

everyOneMinute.addListener(() => {
if (isClient()) return;
print("running?")
for (let i = 0; i < getNumActivePlayers(); i++) {
getSpecificPlayer(i).Say("it's running")
}

[cyan basalt]

can you even do a say from serverside? you probably can but i am a beginner so im not sure

[floral lodge]

uhhhh

that's a very good question

[jagged ingot]

You can use sendServerCommand and then hook into the event that ISChat listens to.

Strings sent to ISChat for Server messages prepend an identifier to handle it differently than normal text.

[floral lodge]

I just setup a command sent from server to client to talk

[jagged ingot]

I think you can set the msg and timer for the chat instance without having to modify it.

[floral lodge]

though I am growing increasingly less confident in my ability to do things like that correctly

ok well that's not working either

maybe I'm just awful at this

on sec

client:

    if (module == "setSpeed") {
        getPlayer().Say("my time is set")
        if (command == "speed=") {
            getGameTime().setMultiplier(args[0])
        }
        return
    }

    if(module == "talk"){
        getPlayer().Say("talking now")
    }
})

server (not the entire file since that would be a lot)

    if (isClient()) return;
    print("running?")
    for (let i = 0; i < getNumActivePlayers(); i++) {
        getSpecificPlayer(i).Say("it's running")
        sendServerCommand(getSpecificPlayer(i), "talk", "Yes") // send normally if server
    }
    if (enabled) {
        checkIfTimeBasedTasks()
        if (skipTime) {
            getGameTime().setTimeOfDay(calculateFinalTime())
        }
        if(skipTime != prevSkipTime){
            for (let i = 0; i < getNumActivePlayers(); i++) {
                let player = getSpecificPlayer(i)
                let speed = 1
                if(skipTime){
                    speed = speedMultiplier
                }
                if (isServer()) {
                    sendServerCommand(player, "setSpeed", "speed=", { speed }) // send normally if server
                } else {
                    triggerEvent("OnServerCommand", "setSpeed", "speed=", { speed }) // send hack for single-player
                }
            }
            prevSkipTime = skipTime
        }
        skipTime = true

    }
})```

[jagged ingot]

Oh. You're talking about the player text above head.

[floral lodge]

yeahhhh

printing would've been fine too but I can't get either it seems

[jagged ingot]

for (let i = 0; i < getNumActivePlayers(); i++) {
    const player = getSpecificPlayer(i)
    player.Say("it's running")
    // send normally if server
    sendServerCommand(player, "talk", "Yes") 
}

🙂

[drifting stump]

getSpecificPlayer is for local players not all players connected to a server

split screen

[jagged ingot]

Haha. Needs that good old documentation.

[floral lodge]

are you kidding me noooooo

[jagged ingot]

You should be able to get all players.

[floral lodge]

I know for sure there's a way to loop through players

lemme look into it

[jagged ingot]

A moment.

[floral lodge]

also I'll see if your thing works delta

[drifting stump]

getOnlinePlayers()

[jagged ingot]

Bingo.

ArrayList<IsoPlayer> getOnlinePlayers()

[floral lodge]

AHAAAAAAAA

thank y'all a ton

[jagged ingot]

for (let index = 0; index < players.size(); index++) {
    const player = players.get(index)
}

[floral lodge]

seriously super grateful, what a mistake loool

[jagged ingot]

Not your fault. The API for PZ is full of these silly technicalities we've all learned over time.

[cyan basalt]

ahhhh that's good to know 🤔

[floral lodge]

hey awful news

[jagged ingot]

The tools that you're using allows for documentation from other modders to be contributed to otherwise API without any documentation at all.

[floral lodge]

it didn't work

everyOneMinute.addListener(() => {
if (isClient()) return;
print("running?")
let players = getOnlinePlayers()
for (let index = 0; index < players.size(); index++) {
const player = players.get(index)
player.Say("it's running")
// send normally if server
sendServerCommand(player, "talk", "Yes")
}

[jagged ingot]

If that's on the server, I don't think the .Say(..) method will work but I could be wrong.

[floral lodge]

right, but calling getPlayer().Say("something") in client should work

[jagged ingot]

Correct.

[floral lodge]

    if (module == "setSpeed") {
        getPlayer().Say("my time is set")
        if (command == "speed=") {
            getGameTime().setMultiplier(args[0])
        }
        return
    }

    if(module == "talk"){
        getPlayer().Say("talking now")
    }
})```

[jagged ingot]

You return if the execution is on the client so that code won't run.

[floral lodge]

hm?

[jagged ingot]

everyOneMinute.addListener(() => {
    if (isClient()) return;

[floral lodge]

sorry I'm a little new to modding

[jagged ingot]

Is this code supposed to run on the client?

That method invokes player.Say(..)

[floral lodge]

it's supposed to run on the server, and tell the clients to do things

that's why I'm doing the messages

[jagged ingot]

Ok. Trying to understand your code.

[drifting stump]

why check every time if its a client

register only if its a client

[floral lodge]

are you saying I can prevent clients from even seeing the method?

anyway delta, to explain my code:
I want the server to tell the players when they should do something

so no client needs access to anything in the server file

[drifting stump]

if isServer() {
    everyOneMinute.addListener(() => {
        print("running?")
        let players = getOnlinePlayers()
        for (let index = 0; index < players.size(); index++) {
            const player = players.get(index)
            player.Say("it's running")
            // send normally if server
            sendServerCommand(player, "talk", "Yes") 
    }
}

[floral lodge]

🤦‍♂️ that makes sense

[drifting stump]

would give you an example on how to do that kind of server client communication but its lua

well tbf itll be mostly the same

https://github.com/Browser8/PZ-Server-Points

[floral lodge]

yeah the typescript and lua are just about the same

[jagged ingot]

You write TypeScript now? 🙂

[floral lodge]

very similar, typescript is just a bit easier to use

[drifting stump]

nah i much prefer lua

[jagged ingot]

Ah. Yeah. Experienced Lua modders don't need TS.

[floral lodge]

too bad I'm not experienced :P it also just looks neater to me though anyway

[drifting stump]

can be an experienced lua modder and still not know how to properly write lua

[floral lodge]

lollll

[drifting stump]

do agree most people should use the ts transpiler

[jagged ingot]

When I'm not busy, I'll be writing documentation for the PZ API.

A tool for documenting the TS stuff.

[drifting stump]

lua can be very particular with its code the transpiler does everything for you

[cyan basalt]

speaking of typescript im having issues with adding to the distribution tables:

import { getGlobal } from "PipeWrench-Utils"


let ProceduralDistributions = getGlobal<KahluaTable>("ProceduralDistributions");

// Add it to the same parts of the distribution table as the WeldingMask
table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list.ArmyHangarOutfit.items, "WeldingGoggles.WeldingGoggles");
table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list.ArmyHangarOutfit.items, 1);

table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list.CrateMetalwork.items, "WeldingGoggles.WeldingGoggles");
table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list.CrateMetalwork.items, 2);

table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list.CrateRandomJunk.items, "WeldingGoggles.WeldingGoggles");
table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list.CrateRandomJunk.items, 0.6);

table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list.GarageMetalwork.items, "WeldingGoggles.WeldingGoggles");
table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list.GarageMetalwork.items, 4);

table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list.MechanicShelfOutfit.items, "WeldingGoggles.WeldingGoggles");
table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list.MechanicShelfOutfit.items, 5);

table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list.MetalShopTools.items, "WeldingGoggles.WeldingGoggles");
table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list.MetalShopTools.items, 3);

table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list.ToolStoreAccessories.items, "WeldingGoggles.WeldingGoggles");
table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list.ToolStoreAccessories.items, 3);

table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list.ToolStoreMetalwork.items, "WeldingGoggles.WeldingGoggles");
table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list.ToolStoreMetalwork.items, 2);```

same thing works in lua but gives me an error here 🤔

any idea? looks like it's having problems getting the global var itself

[floral lodge]

my favorite thing with typescript is how crazy easy it is to find functions

[jagged ingot]

Wouldn't know. Maybe @thin hornet knows.

[cyan basalt]

yeah I like that part too. and I'm much more familiar with js so it's easier for me lol

yeah i just have bothered Konijima so much lol 😅

[floral lodge]

believe it or not I never liked javascript

[jagged ingot]

Lua tables are a WIP with PipeWrench.

[floral lodge]

but I'm liking typescript with this

[cyan basalt]

ahh gotcha that makes sense

[jagged ingot]

You can write your own typings ontop of PipeWrench's typings to fix missing table stuff if that becomes an issue for right now.

The white paper for PipeWrench actually shows how to do this.

[cyan basalt]

yeah i saw that on the wiki page as well, i guess in this case I'm just confused what it's actually missing

[floral lodge]

YO

thanks delta and gilbz!

[cyan basalt]

how'd you eventually do it?

[jagged ingot]

https://github.com/asledgehammer/PipeWrench-Template/wiki/pipewrench_paper#customuibox

[floral lodge]

idk :D

literally got no clue what fixed it

When I restarted the server it was fixed, for some reason reloading the scripts just wasn't doing it

[jagged ingot]

Sooooooo PZ doesn't use Lua modules. The Lua example here uses modules.

The ISUI.d.ts example is simply wrapping and defining the module that you return with the ISUI.lua file.

It's basically mapping pre-existing Lua code.

[cyan basalt]

ahhh I see

i feel like i will definitely encounter something like this in the future so thank you!

[jagged ingot]

Packaging basically.

No problem.

Think of PipeWrench as one giant phone book directory.

[cyan basalt]

this is what i was referring to when writing it since there already seems to be wrappers for these functions: https://github.com/asledgehammer/PipeWrench/wiki/Creating-Items-Distribution

Interesting 🤔 ! It will probably take a bit for me to see it that way haha

[jagged ingot]

No worries.

[floral lodge]

also I think I can confirm that player.Say() doesn't work from server 👍

[jagged ingot]

Would be fun to rewrite the entire ISUI library in Typescript.

[cyan basalt]

that would be pretty cool

[jagged ingot]

It'd fix some mistakes in there with overloading property signatures in the Lua tables for classes.

Also ambiguity with table structures like joypad data, UI-specific metadata, etc.

[cyan basalt]

sounds like it would be a bit of work as well

[jagged ingot]

Reusability to prevent copied / wet code.

I'd say that PipeWrench is best with scalability.

[drifting ore]

has anyone used the new fluid system in the latest update to make a purple drank lean mod?

[cyan basalt]

i thought the fluid system was build 42 stuff

[floral lodge]

just spent 15 minutes debugging because I didn't notice my "enabled" variable was set to false by default 😭

[thin hornet]

@jagged ingot there is a problem with lualib_bundle.lua substring method

im trying to fix bugs in basement mod but i cant even reproduce them so its HAARDD

[cyan basalt]

i can fiddle around with it and try to reproduce it

is it on new game?

[thin hornet]

some people experience the bug on new and existing savegame

like the map is not loading so its void

but like i cant reproduce that, map always load for me

[cyan basalt]

weirddd

yeah i can build a basement and enter it normally with no issues

actually wait i reproduced it by adding a basement on an old save

[solid cloak]

@jagged ingot can I send you a dm? I have some modding questions and I’d really appreciate your guidance 🙂

[thin hornet]

yeah somehow the map wont load in an existing save even if you never went there, so weird

[cyan basalt]

new patch changed lots of map stuff i guess

[cyan basalt]

so the issue i'm facing is from lualib_bundle.lua for pipewrench and it occurs when __TS__StringSplit makes a call to __TS__StringSubstring(self, start, ___end) but without a third param

        out[count + 1] = __TS__StringSubstring(source, index)
    end```

and then `__TS__StringSubstring` freaks out cuz there's no third param when it tries to do this i guess?
`return string.sub(self, start, ____end)`

im sure that made no sense tho lol

#mod_development message

[cyan basalt]

https://github.com/TypeScriptToLua/TypeScriptToLua/issues/1009 ?

okay my b for spam but i got it to work by adding a check in __TS__StringSubstring:

        ____end = -1
    end```
if anyone else happens to have this problem when accessing ProceduralDistributions in typescript

there's prob a better way to do it but it worked lol

[novel barn]

This might be a silly question but... I'm working on fixing the item distribution for an outdated mod I want to use. I found a way to add items with table.insert but I want to verify my code by observing the loot table. I found LootZed in the debug tools and I've been using that. Unfortunately you need the container to already exist to observe the table. There are tons of containers I either can't locate or spend an hour or more teleporting around the map before I find. Additionally lootzed seems to be completely ineffective for observing vehicle and zombie loot tables. I wanted a more direct way to observe loot tables and found ItemZed by turbotutone but it looks like it's a few years old at this point and I couldn't get it to work. https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/21923-itemzed-updated-11b/ Does anyone know of an easy way to QA loot table adjustments?

fwiw I'm working on updating https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2371410264. This mod adds a recipe magazine and two tools. I have successfully added all three to a few very common containers but I wanted to be more thorough.

[thin hornet]

im having the same issue it will be resolved soon

[quartz cave]

Did you ever figure it out? I was thinking maybe the scale is off or something like that

[novel barn]

I'm way over my head here but the only difference I notice between our distribution updates is that I also have require Items/ProceduralDistributions. I'm not positive I even need it but I'm modifying code I didn't write and wasn't sure what I could scrap.

[quartz cave]

yea you need this file I believe. I have it setup like that

what are you trying to add?

[novel barn]

Me? or Gilbz? I've successfully added a recipe magazine and a few tools. I'm looking for a better way to verify they're in the right containers.

[quartz cave]

you, and I think you just need to use the debug and teleport around to see how common it is and if it spawn in the right places

[novel barn]

I was really hoping for a better tool than that but if that's the best we have 😦 That's what I've been doing.

[quartz cave]

Its the only way I know...

its probably easiest to make it spawn 100% in the right container

and then change the rarity

[novel barn]

debug mode has a tool called lootzed that shows you everything that can spawn in a container and it's spawn chance. I just can't find some containers.

[quartz cave]

what container can't you find? @novel barn

[cyan basalt]

Ooo yeah don’t worry you’re using lua so what I was talking about doesn’t apply

[novel barn]

I gave up looking for GarageFirearms after spending close to 2 hours hunting. I also spent some time looking for Hunter which I assume is a zombie spawn. However lootzed doesn't work very well with vehicles and zombies.

[quartz cave]

do you have the distribution.lua?

[novel barn]

for the mod or for the base game? I have both open.

[quartz cave]

are those "tags" not under a category or something?

i found hunter ingame

[novel barn]

I'm not completely sure what you're asking but GarageFirearms appears to be its own category in ProceduralDistributions.lua I understand what you were asking now. You meant for me to literally look in Distributions.lua not proceduraldistributions. I do see that GarageFirearms is in the proclist of locker.

Was I wrong assuming Hunter was an actual zombie?

[quartz cave]

yea its in the secure storage

was hunting for the garagefirearms lol

[novel barn]

Incredible. Yeah I've seen a ton of antique crates. I didn't realize Hunter was in that pool as well

I got lazy with Hunter because I had already given up on GarageFirearms

[quartz cave]

I think the Garagefirearms is the weapon locker in a garage/secure storage

[novel barn]

I looked at just about every locker I could find in Louiseville and a few in Muldraugh and they were always a different kind of weapon storage. I appreciate the help but I think I'm going to head to bed. If I ever stumble across this container I'll be sure to let you know!

[quartz cave]

I'm happy I could help you somewhat haha, goodnight maybe with a fresh head it will come together 😄

[quiet nebula]

Is it hard to make zombies 'say' something? Like show text above their head?
Because I've tried :say and either I'm doing something wrong or that's not the way to do it

[austere pecan]

coming soon

[quartz cave]

nice!

[vocal wigeon]

The :say checks if the character is a zombie and doesn't do anything in that case.
Try addLineChatElement instead

[thorn cipher]

How do the tiles rotate when the vehicle moves? 🤯

[quiet nebula]

That sounds like a stupid check. But fair, if that's what's needed, I'll try that. Thanks for the tip! 🙂

[short fulcrum]

Q: I'm new to modding Zomboid. And I'm trying to update an old (Build 40) mod so it's no longer broken. I think I've figured out how to fix it. But I'm wondering:

If the old mod is both broken and abandoned, then is there any issue to releasing my updated version with the same Mod ID?

Would that cause a problem? I mean, is there any advantage to changing the ID in that case?

[quartz cave]

You might wanna make a new ID like TC_originalIDhere
I think that's best

I also don't think it lets you use the existing ID when uploading

[willow estuary]

Unless there is some very good reason to do otherwise, please don't use existing mod IDs for workshop uploads. It causes no ends of issues with MP server file mismatches.

[short fulcrum]

Okay... good to know.

Thanks for the explaination.

[willow estuary]

👍

[gilded hawk]

I'm bumping this, can someone advice me regarding this?

I'm looking to have this working in MP too

[gilded hawk]

This looks AMAZING!

[drifting ore]

hmm

any modder free rn i got a question

@willow estuaryyou available?

[quartz cave]

what question?

[quartz cave]

😄

[drifting ore]

how do i overwrite or change a lua variable

[cosmic condor]

be more specific

[drifting ore]

i want to change daySruvived

do i just overwrite it?

i want to change the variable daySurvived to something else

under AttachedWeaponDefinitions

for assaultifleonback

so itd be something like

[cosmic condor]

you edit another mod?

[drifting ore]

yea

trying to integrate two mods together

its a headache

[quartz cave]

what mods?

[cosmic condor]

what does daySurvived do?

[drifting ore]

    id = "assaultRifleOnBack",
    chance = 5,
    outfit = {"ArmyCamoGreenMale"},
    weaponLocation =  {"Rifle On Back"},
    bloodLocations = nil,
    addHoles = false,
    daySurvived = 0,
    weapons = {
        "Base.AssaultRifle",
    },
}```

it only spawns that attached weapon

after you have survived that specific number of days

i want to change the number from 0

how do i do that

[cosmic condor]

basically you can just change it

[drifting ore]

its not a table

uhh

yea i can change it on my end but im making a mod to connect 2 mods together

[cosmic condor]

but if you want your friend to have the same effect that you edited, you have to create a new mod

[drifting ore]

is there a function to change that variable

yea im doing that

can i just overwrite it

[quartz cave]

just change 0 to whatever you want?

[cosmic condor]

well, we don't know what control those variables

you better just change it and give it a test to see if it works

[drifting ore]

ill ask around a bit more

im just trying to edit the variable

its a variable you declare on your own, nothing controls the variable

[mellow oyster]

How do i make submenus within context menus?

[drifting ore]

nvm

this is a table

i just have to uh

nvm

i still have no idea if im doing it right

so assaultRifleOnBack is a table itself

im trying to change the index of chance and days survived

table.insert(AttachedWeaponDefinitions["assaultRifleOnBack"].chance, 20);

could i just write this

does it overwrite or add to the old value

[willow estuary]

require "Definitions/AttachedWeaponDefinitions"
AttachedWeaponDefinitions.assaultRifleOnBack.daySurvived = 420 -- whatever number of days you want it to be

should work

[drifting ore]

missing semicolon?

or do i not need one

lol

[drifting ore]

btw the number

is it a percentage thing?

[willow estuary]

It is an integer and is the number of days since the start of game.

[short fulcrum]

Can someone point me in the direction of a link or forum post or something to explain in detail how to use the table.insert and table.remove LUA functions (particularly table.remove)?

Well, examining the code inside certain mods, I think I've got something of a grasp on table.insert.

Like so:

table.insert(ProceduralDistributions["list"]["ClassroomDesk"].items, "MAG.Actionmanga");
table.insert(ProceduralDistributions["list"]["ClassroomDesk"].items, 2.0);

[thin hornet]

local myTable = {
  "im index 1",
  "im index 2"
}

---    table,  indexToRemove
table.remove(myTable, 2)

[short fulcrum]

myTable is...?

[thin hornet]

what ever table you pass to it

[short fulcrum]

table.remove(RemoveItemFromDistribution["all"]["ClassroomDesk"].items, "base.VideoGame");

table.remove(ProceduralDistributions["list"]["ClassroomDesk"].items, "base.VideoGame");

which to remove from ClassroomDesk?

[thin hornet]

@short fulcrum
example

--- remove videogame from ClassroomDesk
RemoveItemFromDistribution(ProceduralDistributions.list.ClassroomDesk, 'VideoGame', false, true)

--- remove videogame from all ProceduralDistributions
RemoveItemFromDistribution(ProceduralDistributions, 'VideoGame', false, true)

[gilded hawk]

So, IsoThumpable is setExposed in the java\Lua\LuaManager.java

Then why I can't create one in lua 😦 ?

I'm trying to make one in memory, but I don't want to place it anywhere in the world 😕

[abstract carbon]

quick question, not sure if anyone can help me but can someone direct me to a mod guide for making guns. I’ve made the models and looked online but all the tutorials are outdated

[tight osprey]

are there any mods that give traits that are a little unbalanced? a little op?

[shadow geyser]

i haven't dabbled with the typescript stuff. Is it smart enough to figure out that the call needs to be with a colon in the lua? does it know what to use for all the different functions?

[drifting stump]

i dont use ts i simply changed the code they posted

[shadow geyser]

I'm still scrolling through messages but incase someone hasn't said, the reason why it doesn't work is that when you reload a lua file from the f11 UI, it doesn't reload lua files on the serverside when playing MP, just the client. there is a command you need to use to tell the server to reload some file. can't remember it exactly rn, but you can probably find it from this channel. also the event stuff has some funny business with regards to loading in MP, so sometimes you need to restart to fix it properly

[shadow geyser]

couldn't find a great example from vanilla, but I compile a more simple one from another mod.

Hydrocraft.doBuildMenus = function(_player, _context, _worldObjects)

    local player = _player;
    local context = _context;
    local worldobjects = _worldObjects;
    local HcMenuOption = context:addOption("Building", worldobjects); this adds a new option to the right click context menu
    local HcSubMenu = ISContextMenu:getNew(context);   <-- this creates the new context menu object
    context:addSubMenu(HcMenuOption, HcSubMenu);     <-- this associates the created submenu with the new option that was added previously

    Hydrocraft.BuildOptionGlassRoof(player, HcSubMenu)    <-- this calls a function that will populate the submenu with options
end

Hydrocraft.BuildOptionGlassRoof  = function(player, HcSubMenu)
    local option
    local tooltip
    option = HcSubMenu:addOption("Glass roof", nil, function() Hydrocraft.onBuildGlassRoof(player) end); <-- this is the line that add the new option to the submenu. The third field is a function that you want to call, if the player clicks on the submenu. you can leave it as nil, if you just want to display info when hovering over the option
    tooltip = Hydrocraft.toolTipcheck(option)
    tooltip:setName("Glass roof")  <-- the following couple lines affect another window that displays the following text. you can use more complicated lua to make it more dynamic if you want
    tooltip.description = "<RGB:1,1,1>Welding Mask <LINE>Propane Torch <LINE> Steel Rod: 2 <LINE> Glass Pane: 1"
    tooltip:setTexture("roofs_02_55")
end

local function func_Init()
    Events.OnFillWorldObjectContextMenu.Add(Hydrocraft.doBuildMenus)
end

Events.OnGameStart.Add(func_Init)

[shadow geyser]

im not sure if you can make like a virtual isoThumpable what doesn't belong to a square as it takes a square and sprites as parameters. from the lua you can see isothumpable being used.

local cell = getWorld():getCell()
self.sq = cell:getGridSquare(x, y, z)
self.javaObject = IsoThumpable.new(cell, self.sq, sprite, north, self);

what exactly are you trying to achieve with a virtual isothumpable? doesn't it kind of defeat the purpose of being thumpable if it doesn't exist in the world?

[stiff brook]

I'm getting this error when trying to upload my mod. Can someone help? I also attached the files tree

[abstract carbon]

Does anyone know what code I need to make my gun work?

like the full code

[eternal garnet]

If something has the Cosmetic = TURE, Tag, what does that function mean, and or do?

[queen leaf]

Nice!! looking forward to it -- maybe swimming goggles could be used?

[cyan basalt]

To swim?

[weak sierra]

i did not, and i decided that the models were too high res and decided to go learn 3d modeling, but i've made my first gun and will be testing with this model now

another modder told me that if you use more than one texture per model it can cause issues with attachments, turned out to be model declarations rather than the actual mesh, but that wasn't my issue

[worldly olive]

Hello
Does somebody knows what the different parameters of the drawTexture() function means?
I'm trying to add a custom moodle to my mod and I have been reading other mods code to see how they do and all use the drawTexture() but I can't make the game draw anything

[thin hornet]

Are you drawing inside a ISElement? Inside prerender

also image has to be a png

[worldly olive]

Hmmm you mean this?:
DTOverdoseMoodle = ISUIElement:derive("DTOverdoseMoodle");

Yes it is a png

To be honest this is me right now. I have been doing modding mostly related to IsoGameCharacter since I started so everything that's related to textures I have no idea how it works, trying to understand it now 🤦🏻‍♀️

[thin hornet]

😂

[cobalt arrow]

Hey all 🖖 does anyone have some up to date links/resources on how to add custom categories for the crafting menu by any chance ? Tried to add "Category=XXXX," in my recipe but since it doesn't work I'm assuming I would have to tell PZ that said "XXXX" is actually a category first, right ?

[thin hornet]

it would be in the translation files

IGUI_CraftCategory_Fishing = "Fishing",

so you would create this in your mod media\lua\shared\Translate\EN\IG_UI_EN.txt

and add your own translation for each new category you create @cobalt arrow

IGUI_EN = {
  IGUI_CraftCategory_MyCustomCat = "My Custom Category",
}

[cobalt arrow]

Thanks a lot @thin hornet , really appreciate it 🙏

[small topaz]

does anyone knows whether the vanilla game by default respawns cockroaches, dead mouses and dead rats which can sometimes be found in trash cans or various containers?

[steady herald]

whats the name of the zombie sting file?

[weak sierra]

looks at CyberCow2077

the violin sting?

not sure off the top of my head but there's a mod that removes it which should make it real easy to figure out

something along the lines of "no violin sound"

probably replaces it with a blank file

@steady herald

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2694079976&searchtext=violin+sting

this one

[steady herald]

how would it be easier to find in the files? lol

[weak sierra]

because the mod will contain one file

[steady herald]

fair point

[weak sierra]

and it will be the one you need the name of

lol

[steady herald]

someone also needs to explain why stuff like this are in the files

found it

stab 1 2 and 3 are the culprits

now my dastardly plan can begin

[steady herald]

https://tenor.com/view/losing-it-snapped-mr-krabs-eye-twitch-gif-4376164

wat wrong lmao

[gilded hawk]

Thank you, I tried but yeah, I can't make it virtual 😦

[steady herald]

Oh aye

I shouldnt make mods when tired

But thats when i get the most autistic ideas

[gilded hawk]

I'm looking for help regarding my mod, I can't keep items highlighted without having to use the onTick,

Without onTick they blink a lot

Problem is on some PC using ontick kills the FPS, how can I make this work without having to rewrite the entirety of ISInventoryPage:update?

I was thinking about checkingif the user is moving or something, in that case I could avoid invalidating my container cache

https://github.com/mxswat/pz-ProximityInventory/blob/master/Contents/mods/ProximityInventory/media/lua/client/1ProximityInventory.core.lua

[thin hornet]

made a quick PR for something unrelated to your question
https://github.com/mxswat/pz-ProximityInventory/pull/4

Now for your question I think you have to highlight object in a loop all the time cause somehow they are highlighted every tick.
Safehouse does the same when selecting the custom area in the render function.

is there really a big fps drop when highlighting a couple boxes?

[icy dome]

Hello guys. Goodnight.

I need to see a zombie's inventory.

I'm using the DoomZombies mod as a base, I'm studying how the mod structure works.

I'm trying to use this function, but it's throwing an error. How can I check if this function exists in this "variable"

local bool_scanner = corpse:getContainer():contains("ScannerModule")

Well I tried to create a variable to understand if it works like boolean

This appears to be generating an error.

[thin hornet]

local container = corpse:getContainer()
local scanner = container and container:contains("ScannerModule")
if scanner then
  
end

[icy dome]

Thanks

[austere pecan]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2850098970

https://youtu.be/mF9Teca6O20

[icy dome]

Hi, I tried to make the change you suggested but I still can't

[thin hornet]

move it in there

you still need to check if the corspe is a corspe

if that still dont work post the error from the console.txt that will be more detailed

[icy dome]

Right

[icy dome]

So, I purposely removed this IF because it is not working as expected.

And I'm just picking up zombies from the ground. However, I will modify as you recommended

[thin hornet]

give me more info, more code and more error log 😛

[icy dome]

Ok, ok

Basically I'm trying to read a zombie's inventory.

The idea is, when a player picks up the body an action occurs.

The action would be to check if the zombie has an item in the inventory

I'm using a mod as a base, to create this function
But I notice that some functions are not working as expected, maybe the mod hasn't been updated over time

[thin hornet]

so you are hooking into function ISGrabCorpseAction:perform() ?

local original_ISGrabCorpseAction_perform = ISGrabCorpseAction.perform
function ISGrabCorpseAction:perform()
  print(self.corpseBody) -- exist
  original_ISGrabCorpseAction_perform(self)
  print(self.corpseBody) -- dosn't exist anymore
end

[icy dome]

Not exactly, I'm using the event:

Events.OnContainerUpdate.Add(jiangshifuhuo)

[thin hornet]

but you want to do something during the action of picking up a dead body?

[icy dome]

Yes, exactly

I want to see if inside the body there is any specific item

[thin hornet]

local original_ISGrabCorpseAction_perform = ISGrabCorpseAction.perform
function ISGrabCorpseAction:perform()
  local container = self.corpseBody:getContainer()
  local scanner = container and container:contains("ScannerModule")
  if scanner then
    print('i found scanner in the corpse inventory')
  end
  original_ISGrabCorpseAction_perform(self) -- corspe is now deleted and is just an item in the player inventory
end

what you see here is a way of adding code inside an existing function without overwriting the function, i call this hooking
by looking at the original function you can see what you have access to using the self variable
we then call the original function and pass its self so that the original function execute. You can execute it before or after your own code addition.

in your case you can see in the original function you have access to the corpseBody being picked up.
you can also see that the body will be removed and deleted after the execution of this function.

Hooking the clean way

local original_ISGrabCorpseAction_perform = ISGrabCorpseAction.perform --- this save the original reference of the function
function ISGrabCorpseAction:perform() --- now we are overwriting it
  original_ISGrabCorpseAction_perform(self) --- when ready we call the original reference and pass the 'self' back to it

Hooking into a method that return something

local original_ISGrabCorpseAction_new = ISGrabCorpseAction.new --- this save the original reference of the function
function ISGrabCorpseAction:new(...) --- now we are overwriting it
  local o = original_ISGrabCorpseAction_new(self, ...) --- we call the original reference and pass the 'self' and other parameters and get the original result
  o.something = 123 --- we change what we want here
  return o --- we don't forget to return it
end

Now that you know this, there is over 150 timed action you can hook into 🤓

[drifting ore]

doesnt work

[icy dome]

I'm reading, but I already see that this will help a lot

Thank you very much!!!

[drifting ore]

nvm

i pathed wrongly

im a dingus

[icy dome]

Ahh I understand and it worked as I wanted.

you are a demigod

[thin hornet]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-kitty-storm-lightning-cloudy-gif-17607709

[tranquil reef]

Anyone know where the script for washing clothing is in the base game files? As in, the one that calls the timed action, not the timed action itself

[thin hornet]

\media\lua\client\ISUI\ISWorldObjectContextMenu.lua

[tranquil reef]

Thank you

[dark finch]

can someone make a screamer zombie mod please!? id pay!

[cosmic condor]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2811259189 this one is not what you want?

[dark finch]

its almost perfect, the screamer is super jank, skeleton of the model is corrupted and the screamer teleports

its broken but would be cool if it worked

[keen frost]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2838522075

[dark finch]

thats basically the same thing as customizable zombies

[keen frost]

not the same lol

[cosmic condor]

You should make a YouTube clip to advertise that it's not the same. 😅

your mods are cool

[dark finch]

oh wait now i see but can you edit the chance of it spawning in?

it doesnt seem so

thats a major deal breaker the fact it has all the other variables but not that

[cosmic condor]

I hope everyone can see your mod collections

[keen frost]

I don't want to ruin the surprise, hahaha and I know its in the description but most people don't read mod descriptions 😆

[keen frost]

there's a reason for that

[keen frost]

thank you ❤️

[cosmic condor]

I guess everyone that plays MP is always surprised by the mods that the server owner puts on a server

[dark finch]

?

[winter bolt]

cdda zombies has one too

[dark finch]

It doesnt seem to have much customizability

Looks cool tho

[keen frost]

so what exactly are you looking for? you only said you wanted a screamer

[dark finch]

Screamer and variable customization. So many good mods are ruined due to not being able to adjust them😥

[keen frost]

what kind of customization?

[dark finch]

Simply just the spawn chance

[keen frost]

ah, I could add that in my mod, but you probably will hate the other features it has😆

[dark finch]

Aslong as i can 0 them out and and only let the screamer spawn in that would be awesome

I have sprinters at 13% so i wan a keep it that way

[keen frost]

So you are using other zombie mod?

[jolly harbor]

Anyone know why I keep getting this error? 😭
Trying to post my first mod but I’m new to all this …

[keen frost]

first time seeing that error, seems that you are missing some folders? it should be like /Contents/mods/yourModFolder

[jolly harbor]

This is how it looks …is that wrong?

[thin hornet]

https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-screenshot-on-mac

[keen frost]

its look fine, idk

[jolly harbor]

I know how to take a screenshot 😂😂
I just took these pics cause I was in a hurry 😂🤦🏽‍♂️

I can’t for the life of me figure out what I’m doing wrong …🤔

[shadow geyser]

double check that there aren't any hidden files in any of those folders

[polar gyro]

I trying to make traits which:
1.Allow you to add or siphon gas faster
2. Make campfires faster, fuel to campfires faster.

Anyone can give help me with? I tried to modify timeactions but not working. :c

[dark finch]

Customizable zombies

[cyan basalt]

modeled a simple pair today and they work! also added a sandbox option so you can have your vision tint when you wear them or a welding mask but that's up to you. I need to alter the model for the male model and clean stuff up but I'll post it soon!

[drifting ore]

How do I change a traits icon ?

I checked the files but only 4 trait icons are shown and I really have no idea how to change them

vanilla traits btw

[radiant obsidian]

Is there a guide or tutorial on how to repack mods for a server? I'd like to reduce my 170 mods into something manageable for my friends. I have a collections page set up already but I'd like combine things that are abandoned, etc.

also is there anything like AMUMSS (No Mans Sky mod conflict merger) for PZ?

[shadow geyser]

you more or less just take all the mods and merge their media folder, and reupload it. You should ask for permissions though. there technically isn't a rule against it but is very disrespectful to do so without perms. and alot of mods anyways don't give permissions for that stuff. why do you want to pack them anyways? it doesn't really make much of a difference from just subscribing to a collection

[radiant obsidian]

thank you, ill try it out and see if it works. I would probably only merge mods that weren't active and would credit them anyway. It's mostly so my friends don't look at the modlist and say "what the fuck, 160 mods?"

[shadow geyser]

just btw crediting is nice, but still not the same as permission

[radiant obsidian]

Yeah I wouldn't be packing mods if they forbid it and I'd ask permission if they required it, no worries.

[plucky junco]

hi, there is a function to add to a recipe to give no result?

[shadow geyser]

add removeresult=true to the recipe, and it will remove the result

then basically the result item specified only provides the png for the recipe

[plucky junco]

thx!

[fast galleon]

I want to dismantle an item into more than one parts, is it necessary to make a function oncreate or can I just put them all in the result?

[shadow geyser]

yeah you need to use an oncreate if you implement it as a recipe. there isn't any other way to get multiple items from a recipe

[fast galleon]

ok weird, I have moveable item full type "mymodule.myitem" but when I place it and pick it up it has fulltype "moveables.spritename"

PS: finally figured where to set the mysterious customitem

[steady herald]

is there anyway to trigger an in game event like the jumpscare? for somereason im having a hard time getting it to happen lmao

[steady nova]

what

[spiral sparrow]

Metalworker

[thin hornet]

something like that should work

getPlayer():getEmitter():playSoundImpl("ZombieSurprisedPlayer", nil)

[steady herald]

how do i do that in game?

[thin hornet]

copy paste that into your debug console

to test it

[thin hornet]

i tested it, it works just use that line anywhere you need to use it

replace getPlayer() by the correct player object as needed (for splitscreen support)

[steady herald]

errrr

how?

how do you access debug console?

[thin hornet]

you need to start the game with -debug in the param line

[steady herald]

ah cheers me dears

well crap

my mod didnt work

thought i followed the pathing pretty well

is that not the correct pathing for a sound mod?

[cosmic condor]

what about your scripts?

[steady herald]

i have to add scripts too? even if its just changing the sound effect?

[shadow geyser]

when you load a game, does it show any of the files from your mod being loaded?

[steady herald]

no idea

[thin hornet]

@wooden falcon hey mate
for ChangeSandboxOptions2
can you add this line getSandboxOptions():toLua() for the new settings to apply directly please.

[cosmic condor]

{
    sound HeadSmash
    {
        category = Zombie,
        clip
        {
            file = media/sound/stab1.ogg,
            
        }
     

    }

    sound HeadStab
    {
        category = Zombie,
        clip
        {
            file = media/sound/stab2.ogg,
            
        }
    }
}```

[steady herald]

are you sure thats the right one? cause im trying to change the jumpscare sound effects.

weird they are called stab tho

[cosmic condor]

sound ZombieSurprisedPlayer

[steady herald]

just add this into a script folder in a txt file called script.txt?

[cosmic condor]

yes. also, your folder should not contain any space to avoid problems

[steady herald]

like so?

[cosmic condor]

better rename it to something more unique to avoid overwriting

[steady herald]

alright

ill update the mod and try again

nyet

still plays the original sting sounds

[cosmic condor]

you can download any jumspcare mod on the workshop and see its code

[steady herald]

didnt think of that

i already have one to look at

[cosmic condor]

check what you did wrong

[steady herald]

ahhh

the script is different

[cosmic condor]

can figure out yet?

[steady herald]

will momentarily

just renaming everything

....

@cosmic condor

i forgot the s on scripts

[cosmic condor]

folder? lol

[steady herald]

yep

renamed and it works

thanks for the help

and thank you @thin hornet for the debug line

[cosmic condor]

now you've learned, and you will remember this forever lol 😆

[weak sierra]

probably tags from a sound library, royalty free or paid

[steady herald]

i mean why are they unused

id love our character to go insane and hear whispers

[cosmic condor]

I guess it was used before, maybe too annoying so they removed it?

[steady herald]

give it a week lmao

theres also 4 random cut screams

finally

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2850246953

my first pz mod

odd ive only modded zombie games...

[cosmic condor]

congratz, you are now a modder 🎆

[steady herald]

for pz. been a l4d2 modder for a while

thats why i had a bit of issues lol

[weak sierra]

finally, the mod we needed

[steady herald]

https://tenor.com/view/pingu-noot-noot-penguin-head-bang-gif-17021033

the first of many mods to come

i wanna try and add my artwork into game next. just to hang them up on stream

[dark finch]

Does any one take commissions out here?

I understand mods arnt easy but like no one wants money lol

[steady herald]

i can do a terrible job for £1000

[dark finch]

Atleast ur honest

[steady herald]

aye

can do you a friends and family for £1050

[dark finch]

Lets convert that into yen

[steady herald]

171,266.02 yen

but im nice

lets make it 171,267

just to round up

kinda curious tho @dark finch what ya want commissioning?

[dark finch]

Special infected zombies

Tbh im pretty picky but i just hate the design choices of most of what’s currently available which is barley much at all.

[steady herald]

ahhh

[tranquil reef]

Is there a way to check the skin color of a zombie?

[sour island]

use getHumanVisual() on the zombie

[tranquil reef]

Alright, thank you

[sour island]

Anyone familiar with UI?

Trying to add a combobox to a window and its just not appearing

combobox is the one with a drop down right?

A drag and drop UI editor would be amazing

I take back everything bad I said about mapping

UI is way more tedious

    self.assignComboBox = ISComboBox:new((self.width/2)-50, (self.height/2)-1, 160, 22, nil, nil, nil, nil)
    --self.assignComboBox.internal = "ASSIGN"
    self.assignComboBox.borderColor = { r = 1, g = 1, b = 1, a = 0.4 }
    self.assignComboBox:initialise()
    self:addChild(self.assignComboBox)
    self:populateComboList()

printing if it exists works, and there are no errors

[eternal garnet]

What code defines an item so that you do not cut your hands when picking up glass?

[keen frost]

is that code inside createChildren() ?

[keen frost]

not at all 😆

this I how I did it some time ago, looks similar to yours

self.bountyRewardCombo = ISComboBox:new(bountyTitleX+70, bountyTitleY+140, width, 20)
self.bountyRewardCombo.font = UIFont.Small
self.bountyRewardCombo:initialise()
self.bountyRewardCombo:instantiate()
self:addChild(self.bountyRewardCombo)
    
self.bountyRewardCombo:addOption("Muldraugh",{})
self.bountyRewardCombo:addOption("Westpoint",{})

[sour island]

it's inside of a initialise()

[keen frost]

well it should work anyways, hard to know with just that piece of code

but feel free to DM me if you need help with that 😃

[sour island]

is there a way of layering UI with out relying on draw order?

figured it out

[weak sierra]

i have encountered the strangest error with my gun mod. when i mouse over the gun in my inventory the popup panel of info just says the gun name then some blank space below it, and errors are constantly thrown out while i'm doing this. if i right click the gun I get only a partial context menu, equip/unequip, drop, and insert magazine iirc

the insert magazine does not know what magazine goes in it, and is always red with no tooltip

in the log it says that it can't run getDisplayName because the result of getting the item is null

does this for a few different things that cause the error, mousing over it and right clicking generates the one

i feel like it has something to do with the magazine due to this

the assignment in the gun script is

it is defined as

    {
        CanStack         = FALSE,
        Weight         = .6,
        Type         = Normal,
        DisplayName         = PPSh-41 Drum Magazine,
        Icon         = PPShDrum,
        MaxAmmo         = 71,
        AmmoType         = Base.762Bullets,
        WorldStaticModel         = PPShDrum,
    }```

(the module is UdderlyGuns)

the kicker is i have a drum magazine and it exists and has no issues with the tooltip/etc.

so perhaps that's a red herring

the locations the error occurs in

function: render -- file: ISToolTipInv.lua line # 108 | Vanilla

function: createMenu -- file: ISInventoryPaneContextMenu.lua line # 593 | Vanilla
function: onRightMouseUp -- file: ISInventoryPane.lua line # 1444 | Vanilla```

guess i'll poke through those when i get back and see if there's any hints in the context

[weak sierra]

def has to do with the mag

``` for the latter location

[weak sierra]

turns out i had a comma after the item name on the item script, somehow - bet that's it.

scripts sure could use a parser that did some form of error checking

[fair current]

Is there a mod for trading? or stores?

[weak sierra]

yeah noir made a store mod that's public

and bikinihorst has a vending machine/shops mod that's less player-controlled

included as part of his PARPChat mod

wrong channel tho

this would be more #pz_b42_chat or MAYBE #mod_support

[fair current]

Thx

[weak sierra]

it was

[jagged ingot]

I really need to write that GUI application for scripts.

I keep coming back here and seeing these issues costing people a lot of time they could've spent working on their mods. =/

Still on my TODO list.

[full vine]

Did anyone try to make a weapon with PiercingBullets = TRUE and MaxHitCount > 2? If yes, did it work for piercing more than 2 targets?

[full vine]

Asking because I'm trying to make something like a railgun that would pierce like 5+ targets in a straight line, and even if I spawn a ton of zeds, the aim cone debug doesn't ever show more than 2 targets for a weapon that I'm pretty sure I've set MaxHitCount correctly

[steady herald]

i just had the best idea but i dont know if it would work

anyone know the code for pressing q?

[dim hill]

Is there a mod that will, like, quarter the amount of cigarettes that spawn in the world? Or at least makes Smoker less OP?

[full vine]

you could probably go to Smoker distro table and reduce values further yourself i guess

also Lucky quite twists up Smoker if you're into too much "realism" thing

[steady herald]

if i wanted to change the sound that plays when you die would i change it from event to the sound file. or do i add it to the sound

[glad ridge]

    local key = _keyPressed; -- Store the parameter in a local variable.    
    print(key); -- Prints the pressed key to the console.    
    -- We test if the correct key is pressed.    
    if key == 12 then        
    local player = getSpecificPlayer(0);    -- Java: get player one    
    local inv = player:getInventory();  -- Java: access player inventory    
    
    -- Java: add the actual items to the inventory    
    inv:AddItem("Base.Axe");
    inv:AddItem("Base.Katana");    
    inv:AddItem("Base.Bag_Schoolbag");    
    inv:AddItem("Base.Garbagebag");
    inv:AddItem("Base.Bag_FannyPackFront");
    end
end
Events.OnKeyPressed.Add(addItems);```

what am i doing wrong here? making my first code following robomats old 2013 guide since i can't find updated guides..

[cyan basalt]

is it printing anything?

and im assuming this is a client script correct?

[glad ridge]

i just enabled the debug menu and it doesnt seem like it's printing anything

yes i set it up in client

[cyan basalt]

what directory did you put the mod in? is it set up correctly?

[glad ridge]

but i did base everything off of a 2013 guide so i'm not sure its accurate

[cyan basalt]

easiest thing for me was to download some mods off the workshop and then study those

and also look at the prexisting lua/folder structure from the actual game

[glad ridge]

that is what i've been trying to do, but i havent found one that lets you add to inv with a keypress

[small topaz]

for adding stuff to player's inventory, I think you need sth like this:

local item = InventoryItemFactory.CreateItem("Base.Axe")
inv:AddItem(item)

[glad ridge]

i have it set like this

[glad ridge]

okay thanks i'll test it out

[small topaz]

just the first thing which came to my mind. but still possible that there are other things in code which may not work...