mod_development

[hollow current]

unless there's a button that opens console?

[hearty dew]

Looks like getFileReader is getting called with invalid parameters (are you calling it directly and passing it a modid, which is doesn't accept?) Can you show me how you're calling getFileReader or ArendamethUtils.readFile or getModFileReader or ArendamethUtils.readModFile?

[hearty dew]

not that I know of

[hollow current]

function CharacterCreationMain:getBackstory()
    local jsontext = ArendamethUtils.readFile("CharacterBackstory", "media/lua/client/backstories.json")
    if not jsontext then error("do your error handling") end
    --local object = CharacterBackstory.JSON:decode(jsontext)
    --print(jsontext)
    --print(object)
    local backstory_text = "{forename} {surname} was born on the 19th of December, 1999"

    local forename = CharacterCreationMain:getForenameText()
    backstory_text = backstory_text:gsub("{forename}", forename)

    local surname = CharacterCreationMain:getSurnameText()
    backstory_text = backstory_text:gsub("{surname}", surname)

    return(backstory_text)
end```

[hearty dew]

change readFile to readModFile. You're using the wrong api to read from a mod's file, but you are passing it a modid

[hollow current]

yup that fixes the error. Didn't even notice I am using different params from the ones defined in ReadFile func 🤦‍♂️

[hearty dew]

Unrelated, in lua, doing return(foo) causes multiple return values to be lost. It's not an issue here, because you only have one variable which can't have multiple return values, but if it were a function call result e.g. return foo(), that would have that effect. In lua return isn't a function call, so it doesn't need parens and has an effect you might be unaware of.

[hollow current]

ooh I see, so its generally better in lua to just return foo instead of return(foo)

[hearty dew]

yea

function f1()
  return 1, 2
end
function f2()
  return f1()
end
function f3()
  return (f1())
end

print(f2()) -- prints: 1 2
print(f3()) -- prints: 1

[hollow current]

i see, thanks so much for the tip!

definitely saves me a lot of potential problem-solving in the future lol

[hearty dew]

You might consider arranging the json data in your files outside of the lua directories. There's no need for them to be there just because that's where your lua code that reads them lives.

Could do something like this if you think it organizes your mod files better:

media/lua/client/mymod_charcreation.lua
data/backstories/officeworker.json
data/backstories/videogamedeveloper.json
data/backstories/pzmodauthor.json

local jsontext = ArendamethUtils.readModFile("CharacterBackstory", "data/backstories/pzmodauthor.json")

Doesn't hurt if they are in the lua folder afaik though

[hollow current]

So far I think I won't need more than one JSON files to have all stories entries, and the code will just pick one of them randomly, like so:

{"stories": ["test1", "test2", "test3"]}```

```lua
local jsontext = ArendamethUtils.readModFile("CharacterBackstory", "media/lua/client/backstories.json")
if not jsontext then error("do your error handling") end
local object = CharacterBackstory.JSON:decode(jsontext)
myTable = object["stories"]
print(myTable[ZombRand(#myTable)])```

Could definitely do with some structural organising though.

[hearty dew]

@undone elbow Was messing with mod options yesterday, and it seemed that there are only two types of UI widgets to modify options (checkbox for boolean and dropdown for table). Did I miss anything else e.g. a string input?

[hearty dew]

I think you want #myTable + 1 there, if I understand how ZombRand works correctly

err

no

1+ZombRand(#myTable)

ZombRand returns 0 (inclusive) up to the first parameter (exclusive), if I understand right

so ZombRand(5) returns 0 to 4 (Someone correct me if I'm wrong please)

[hollow current]

no wonder it never printed the last entry in the table, and sometimes printed nil instead

[undone elbow]

ModOptions was a fast tiny mod for myself. I didn't think it would become popular. Yes, I wanted to add a string and color inputs. But it' still WIP 🤷‍♂️

[hollow current]

alriight so new problem. I am trying to set the backstory variable when the player enters the customization window

CharacterBackstory = CharacterBackstory or {}

CharacterBackstory.JSON = require("lib/JSON")

local original_create = CharacterCreationMain.create

local backstory = nil

function CharacterCreationMain:getRandStory()
    local jsontext = ArendamethUtils.readModFile("CharacterBackstory", "media/lua/client/backstories.json")
    local object = CharacterBackstory.JSON:decode(jsontext)
    local myTable = object["stories"]
    local backstory_text = myTable[1+ZombRand(#myTable)])
    backstory = backstory_text
end

function CharacterCreationMain:create()
    original_create(self)
    
    local x = self.randomButton:getAbsoluteX() - 150
    local y = self.playButton:getAbsoluteY()
    local w = 70
    local h = self.playButton:getHeight()
    
    self.backgroundButton = ISButton:new(x, y, w, h, "Character Backstory", self, self.onBackgroundButton);
    self.backgroundButton:initialise()
    self.backgroundButton:instantiate()
    self.backgroundButton.borderColor = {r=1, g=1, b=1, a=0.1}
    self:addChild(self.backgroundButton)
    CharacterCreationMain:getRandStory()
end```

Apparently, something's wrong with the way I am implementing ``CharacterCreationMain:getRandStory()``

[hearty dew]

What's wrong with it? I only see backstory set in that code. Is it referenced elsewhere?

It's local to the file too btw, in case you were trying to reference it outside the file

[hollow current]

no, its set in that code only, also no I am not trying to reference it outside the file

I get error code 1 whenever i launch the game and the button won't appear when I enter the customization window when I add the CharacterCreationMain:getRandStory()

No errors in console, no error window appears

actually I just commented that line and I still get Error 1, i think the issue is elsewhere

[hearty dew]

What's the filename you have that code in? I could test it to repro that error probably

[hollow current]

commenting the getRandStory function fixes it

file is called CharacterBackstory.lua

[hollow current]

lemme know if you need all the mod files sent if that'll make things easier

[hearty dew]

    local backstory_text = myTable[1+ZombRand(#myTable)]

had a syntax error

[proper garden]

Is there a way to access the output log?

[hearty dew]

Zomboid/console.txt in your user directory

[proper garden]

Like in my lua code to test stuff

ah kk ty

[hollow current]

sighs

can't Lua just be like

Syntax Error at line 13

[proper garden]

Yeah that's why I've been bleh on working on my stuff

Also the tostring method does not seem to want to work

[hearty dew]

It did hehe ```lua
ERROR: General , 1665649145602> DebugLogStream.printException> Stack trace:
se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaException: CharacterBackstory.lua:14: unexpected symbol near )

[hollow current]

wat why didn't it show anything in my console.txt

[hearty dew]

It helps to watch console.txt scroll by

It did it early on and scrolled on by :p

[hollow current]

smh

oki i think that should be mod fundamentals done. Only hours left to spend writing stories lol

thanks for the help though! I really appreciate it

[hearty dew]

I have a cygwin terminal open running tail -F Zomboid/console.txt on a second monitor. It helps to catch and read errors

[proper garden]

think i need at least four monitors for modding projects 🙂

[hearty dew]

LOG  : General     , 1665650333419> -----  arg 1/6: userdata  -----
(userdata) zombie.erosion.ErosionMain@cb6013e <
           <METATABLE> => table 0x623182521 {
                          .   [__index] => table 0x479642794 {
                          .                .   [snowCheck] => function 0x835583311
                          .                .   [isSnow] => function 0x1284537734
                          .                .   [getSnowFraction] => function 0x1401699038
                          .                .   [mainTimer] => function 0x789801401
                          .                .   [getSeasons] => function 0x1911213713
                          .                .   [equals] => function 0x1774346350
                          .                .   [toString] => function 0x230481736
                          .                }
                          }
>

It's quite handy when debugging in the lua console too. I can print out objects to see what functions or data they contain.

[hollow current]

soo I am using this to fetch current profession in customization window:

function CharacterCreationMain:getCharProfession()
    local desc = MainScreen.instance.desc;
    local profession = desc:getProfession()
    return profession
end```

problem is, If I go back and change from Unemployed to Fire Officer for example, It'll stay the same, "Unemployed"

Am I using it incorrectly/Is there a better way to do this? or do I have to add another piece of the code to catch the new profession when the player changes it?

[zenith tangle]

so im new to modding the game, what is the main folder to go into just to mess with stuff and experiment?

[undone elbow]

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\ProjectZomboid\media\lua
and
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\ProjectZomboid\media\scripts

@zenith tangle

[zenith tangle]

thank you man

[ruby urchin]

Is normal that the progress bar appears above me while the action is done by another IsoPlayer?

I missed some update(?, a few weeks ago this didn't happen :/

[ancient grail]

that the?!
how did that happen u just enclosed the (f1()) with iuter parenthesis and it will pront only the first variable? why is that?

[ancient grail]

goodluck .. thats gona burn your eyes dude

[proper garden]

True...true....couldn't be worse than playing Dead By Daylight tho

Also I feel silly but the thing I was looking for earlier was just the print command. So the output shows up in the Output Log that appears in the bottom left corner of the game screen

It converts everything to a string for me, which is nice

Well idk if it converts stuff but itll print it and that's all that matters

[hearty dew]

You mean it isn't updating in the UI? You might need to call some method to redraw the UI

[hearty dew]

That's just an effect of () according the the lua specification

[hollow current]

Not quite. return profession gets called and stored in a variable, then that variable is used when openning a textbox. Assuming i chose unemployed, then opened the textbox, the profession variable in the textbox will show as unemployed. However if you go back and change, then open the textbox again, it'll remain as unemployed

[hearty dew]

Can you redraw the textbox? Or create a new textbox to replace that one? Sounds like perhaps it is drawn once based on the value in a variable and never redrawn after changing the variable

Hard to give more specific advice not being familiar with this UI code

In your shoes, I'd grep around for references to that variable that contains the value that is being changed and used to draw the textbox

[hollow current]

It's rather weird, since the variables should be randomized anyways when the player enters the customization window, yet if I leave the customization window and go back to main screen, then go back in, everything remains the same, they don't get randomized again

I'll try to look around the vanilla code to see if anything helps

[undone elbow]

How to change BodyLocation using Lua?

local item = ScriptManager.instance:getItem("Base.CBX_ST4")
if item then
    item:DoParam("Weight = 33") -- works
    item:DoParam("BodyLocation = Skirt") -- doesn't work
    item:setBodyLocation("Skirt") --doesn't works
end```

[ancient grail]

good to know.
u saved from a potential thing where i cant figure out whats going on and why

is it possible to be able to access the character creation menu . even after u spawn ?

could be a good mod idea.

[ancient grail]

ow i have a snippet abt this but im afk..darn it

[ancient grail]

not sure but i think i was able to change profession of a player before
but the added stats bonus dont apply anymore as i recall

[hollow current]

Appreciate the help but I am trying to update the profession variable if the player changes from the character creation window, not change it myself from the code

[ancient grail]

so what you planning to mod? just curious 🙂

[hearty dew]

might try ```lua
item:setBodyLocation(...)

Oh, that doesn't work either, hrm

[hollow current]

How do you get the parent modal from a button?

[hearty dew]

A lot of the UI elements that I looked at have a parent field. Might check that

[hollow current]

lemme see

[hearty dew]

If you still have that ArendamethUtils.inspect function, you could try calling it on that UI element to see what it has. It will dump it into console.txt

[hollow current]

getParent might be it

[zenith tangle]

just planning to tweak some stuff
always felt that zomboid hasnt reached that nirvana of survival games
think fallout: dust if you've ever played it
everything is a trade-off, you're always barely managing it to the next objective etc

[hearty dew]

ArendamethUtils = ArendamethUtils or {}
ArendamethUtils.InspectMetatables = ArendamethUtils.InspectMetatables or true
ArendamethUtils.InspectDefaultDepth = ArendamethUtils.InspectDefaultDepth or 3
ArendamethUtils.InspectTableIndentWidth = ArendamethUtils.InspectTableIndentWidth or 4

ArendamethUtils.inspect = function(t, depth, header)
    depth = depth or ArendamethUtils.InspectDefaultDepth
    header = header or string.format("----------  %s  ----------", type(t))
    local printOutput = {}
    table.insert(printOutput, header)
    local table_cache = {}
    local function inspect_impl(t, depth, indent, prefix)
        local indentLead = prefix and "." or " "
        prefix = prefix or ""
        depth = depth - 1
        local tableIndent = indentLead..string.rep(" ", ArendamethUtils.InspectTableIndentWidth - 1)
        local prefixIndent = string.rep(" ", string.len(prefix))
        if type(t) == "table" then
            if table_cache[t] then
                table.insert(printOutput, indent..prefix..tostring(t).."  ** PRUNED. Cycle/duplicate detected **")
                return
            end
            if depth < 0 then
                table.insert(printOutput, indent..prefix..tostring(t).."  ** PRUNED. Max depth reached **")
                return
            end

            table_cache[t] = true
            table.insert(printOutput, indent..prefix..tostring(t).." {")
            for k, v in pairs(t) do
                inspect_impl(v, depth, indent..prefixIndent..tableIndent, "["..tostring(k).."] => ")
            end

            local metatable = getmetatable(t)
            if ArendamethUtils.InspectMetatables and metatable ~= nil then
                inspect_impl(metatable, depth, indent..prefixIndent..tableIndent, "<METATABLE> => ")
            end

            table.insert(printOutput, indent..prefixIndent.."}")
        elseif type(t) == "userdata" then
            local metatable = getmetatable(t)
            if not ArendamethUtils.InspectMetatables or metatable == nil then
                table.insert(printOutput, indent..prefix.."("..type(t)..") "..tostring(t))
                return
            end
            if depth < 0 then
                table.insert(printOutput, indent..prefix.."("..type(t)..") "..tostring(t).."  ** PRUNED. Max depth reached **")
                return
            end

            table.insert(printOutput, indent..prefix.."("..type(t)..") "..tostring(t).." <")
            inspect_impl(metatable, depth, 
                    indent..prefixIndent..indentLead..string.rep(" ", string.len("("..type(t)..") ") - 1),
                    "<METATABLE> => ")
            table.insert(printOutput, indent..prefixIndent..">")
        elseif type(t) == "string" then
            table.insert(printOutput, indent..prefix..'"'..t..'"')
        else
            table.insert(printOutput, indent..prefix..tostring(t))
        end
    end

    inspect_impl(t, depth, "")
    print(table.concat(printOutput, "\n"))
end

ArendamethUtils.inspectAll = function(...)
    local args = ArendamethUtils.pack(...)
    if args.n == 0 then
        print("Zero objects to inspect")
        return
    end

    for i=1,args.n do
        local header
        if args.n > 1 then
            header = string.format("-----  arg %d/%d: %s  -----", i, args.n, type(args[i]))
        end
        ArendamethUtils.inspect(args[i], nil, header)
    end
end

Current version. It makes it a lot easier to visually parse the output of tables. Also prints the metatables too (for tables and userdata like java objects)

All the java methods are in the objects' metatables

[hollow current]

I assume .inspect is the "new version" of "printR"?

[hearty dew]

oh, yea. I renamed it

[hollow current]

what's header? I noticed its a new arg

[hearty dew]

Just the first line it prints above to separate it from the preceding text. Makes it a little easier to parse visually I think

It's not a parameter you need to provide when calling it

(optional)

[hollow current]

[parent] => table 0x1597117992 ** PRUNED. Max depth reached **

function CharacterCreationMain:updateBackstory(button)
    ArendamethUtils.inspect(button, 1)
end```

Soo.. If I am not mistaken, parent can be returned using sth like
```lua
local parent = button.parent?```

[hollow current]

I see, that's nice.

[hearty dew]

yea

and it is a table (per that output)

[hollow current]

well I tried parent:setText("test") but obv it wasn't that easy and threw and error so I ran an "inspection" on the parent and I got [defaultEntryText] => "bla bla bla" but apparently its not easy either, as parent.defaultEntryText = "test" wouldn't work either

the error's LOG : General , 1665662575296> Object tried to call nil in updateBackstory on parent:setText("test") which is weird considering parent wasn't nil when it was printed

[hearty dew]

That's because you're referencing a variable parent instead of getting the parent field from button

[hollow current]

local parent = button.parent is defined before it

[hearty dew]

parent:setText()

vs

button.parent:setText()

[hollow current]

function CharacterCreationMain:updateBackstory(button)
    local parent = button.parent
    parent:setText("test")
    ArendamethUtils.inspect(parent, 1)
end```

[hearty dew]

Is there a setText field on the parent with a function value?

  [setText] => function 0x123123123

It would look like this 👆

You can inspect(parent.setText) too

[jaunty marten]

are u sure parent of button have setText?

usually buttons creates exactly on plain panel

mb u want to set text of button?

wtf

[thick karma]

Anyone else here ever find that trying the wrong thing can result in game throwing errors from a file even after you have reverted to a version that did not throw errors before?

[jaunty marten]

did u reload file via debug console?

[thick karma]

Yes

[hollow current]

no I am trying to set the text of the textbox which is present in the parent of the button

Also it doesn't have setText function which is rather weird considering it works in the same way in vanilla

function ISDebugUtils.addTextEntryBox(_self, _data, _title, _x, _y, _w, _h)
    local entryBox = ISTextEntryBox:new(_title, _x, _y, _w, _h);
    entryBox:initialise();
    entryBox:instantiate();
    entryBox:setText("");
    entryBox.customData = _data;
    _self:addChild(entryBox);
    return entryBox:getY() + entryBox:getHeight(), entryBox;
end```

This is from vanilla

um hold on

local entryBox = ISTextEntryBox:new(_title, _x, _y, _w, _h);

self.modal = ISTextBox:new(660, 250, 600, 500, "Character Background Story", self.getBackstory(), nil, self.buttonConfirm);

[jaunty marten]

try to select file and twice click Reload file not just reload button on file in list
debug menu working by strange way everytime

[hollow current]

ye they're different kind of modals 🤦‍♂️

[thick karma]

I actually did that. It's very odd... Specifically, I have this function that was responding to presses of joypad buttons... I added stuff to try to output info about the UI during that press, and it partly worked (successfully printed UI element indices) but threw exceptions anyway. Upon reverting, pressing a button kept throwing exceptions.

[jaunty marten]

button literally on textentry? bruh...

[hollow current]

wait what? lemme ss

[jaunty marten]

oh sec

[hollow current]

Don't mind the location of the update button

[jaunty marten]

I miss last part of msg

in the parent of the button

okay then

[hollow current]

so I am basically trying to, when pressing the "update" button, change the text of the textbox

[jaunty marten]

why u use :setText to parent

instead parent.textEntry

[thick karma]

Also I just restarted server to confirm, and restarting fixed server, but no amount of file reloading would do so

[jaunty marten]

zomboid

[thick karma]

I bet I could replicate the issue if anyone smart wants to watch it happen and maybe see more than I see

I bet if I make the same edits in the same order on a live server I will see the same mysterious exceptions

[hollow current]

doesn't seem to do anything either

function CharacterCreationMain:updateBackstory(button)
    local parent = button.parent
    parent.textEntry = "test"
end```

[thick karma]

They involve java.reflect invocation target exceptions that don't tell you much

[jaunty marten]

don't add elements on panel just like parent:addChild(panel)
after of it add it exactly in parent like

parent:addChild(panel)
parent["ICanEasilyUseThisPanelLater"] = panel

so

parent["ICanEasilyUseThisPanelLater"]:setText("blablabla")

[jaunty marten]

parent doesn't have textEntry key

[thick karma]

Oh I completely see what's happening now

[jaunty marten]

huh?

[thick karma]

When I update one of my files, the old version keeps running

It's so odd

But I just edited the file very simply

To add an extra speech line

Both the new and old ones are printing

Even though function has 100% been changed

The game is holding on to the old version and running both until I restart server

How even

These functions have the same name

[jaunty marten]

idk what u did there to keep running both versions of file

Ik only one way it's event.add with anonymous function

[thick karma]

My position is that I did nothing unusual. You are welcome to watch this happen and prove me wrong.

[jaunty marten]

they can't have same name literally

[hollow current]

so overall it should be like:

[jaunty marten]

it's overrides in global table

I think u use local functions with some local inf running

[hollow current]

function CharacterCreationMain:onBackgroundButton()
    self.modal = ISTextBox:new(660, 250, 600, 500, "Character Background Story", self.getBackstory(), nil, self.buttonConfirm);
    self.modal:setNumberOfLines(15)
    self.modal:setMultipleLine(true)
    self.modal:initialise();
    self.modal:addToUIManager();

    local w = 70
    local h = self.playButton:getHeight()

    self.testButton = ISButton:new(10, 10, w, h, "Update", self, self.updateBackstory);
    self.testButton:initialise()
    self.testButton:instantiate()
    self.testButton.borderColor = {r=1, g=1, b=1, a=0.1}
    self.modal:addChild(self.testButton)
    self.modal["ICanEasilyUseThisPanelLater"] = self.testButton
end

function CharacterCreationMain:updateBackstory(button)
    local parent = button.parent
    parent["ICanEasilyUseThisPanelLater"]:setText("blablabla")
end```?

[jaunty marten]

smth like that yea

sec

[hollow current]

ah hold on

[thick karma]

Exactly, so how the hell is this happening?

When my code says this:

            for elementIndex = 0, 1 do

                player:Say("You keep pushin' my buttons and see what happens . . ." .. elementIndex)
                
                -- uiElements:get(elementIndex)

            end

The answer is that it USED to say this (no loop)

            player:Say("You keep pushin' my buttons and see what happens . . .")

[hollow current]

nope, still errors out

[jaunty marten]

if u want to change text of textentry then here should be this one not button

[thick karma]

Grrrrrr stupid windows screenshots

let me get proper screen

Windows is trash

[jaunty marten]

8 gb of my ram it's just a win 10 itself

[thick karma]

Omg I hate Windows so much

It will not take the screenshot at the right time

So it keeps coming out without the crucial info in the screen

Driving me insane that print screen hasn't worked right during games for years

[jaunty marten]

use another prog to do screens

I'm using sharex

cool shit

[thick karma]

Needing to do that when print screen exists infuriates me beyond measure but okay fine

[hollow current]

wait what? I am confused.
self.modal["ICanEasilyUseThisPanelLater"] = self.modal?

[jaunty marten]

self.modal["ICanEasilyUseThisPanelLater"] = self.textEntry

u need to save textentry panel to use it later

(on button press)

[thick karma]

Omg I am taking screen after screen in ShareX and it is not taking the screen

Windows is too crap to properly screenshot itself

[hollow current]

shouldn't it be self.modal["ICanEasilyUseThisPanelLater"] = self.modal.textEntry?

cause rn it's not working either

[thick karma]

Steam screenshot worked

[jaunty marten]

ah, yea

[jaunty marten]

xp

[thick karma]

Yeah ShareX clearly relies on Windows screenshot doing its job correctly

Which it's not

So unfortunately no help

Steam knows better

"That OS is trash, we've worked with it for years. We have other ways."

Anyway, if you refer to my screen and above code, you'll clearly see there is no line that would not post a number at the end of it in the current looping version of the function

But in the OLD version, with no loop, I had a version with no numbers, and that version is still printing

[hollow current]

neither work apparently 🤦‍♂️

[thick karma]

Ahaaaaaaaaaaaa

[thick karma]

I figured out why this is happening 😛

[jaunty marten]

I think u made smth really wrong

[hollow current]

lemme upload whole code in a pastebin

[thick karma]

I'm following Tyrir's style of overwriting functions by grabbing the old copy and calling the old copy from the new version

It's continuously absorbing MY new version as "the old copy"

Or, my old new version

Doh.

[jaunty marten]

lmao

[hollow current]

https://pastebin.com/iBdU3Va3
You're looking for the lines starting from 153

[jaunty marten]

where even u creating textentry...

I see nothing

[hollow current]

    self.modal = ISTextBox:new(660, 250, 600, 500, "Character Background Story", self.getBackstory(), nil, self.buttonConfirm);
``` Creates the textbox when a button defined previously is clicked, if that's what you mean, otherwise I have no clue lool

[jaunty marten]

oh my

I'm so confused with ur code xp

[hollow current]

my codes tend to be messy ngl xd

what're you confused with tho? If its anything I can clear up

[hearty dew]

Decorating/decorator is what that pattern is called. Smarter people came up with that (or probably more accurately it's just emerged as a pattern in software development). It's a lua-specific way of implementing that pattern

[viral vale]

Made my first mod :D! https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2874678809

[thick karma]

Thanks for the vocab lesson. Had not heard that term. Guessing you followed my issue and see where everything went wrong, since you're jumpin in. 🙂

[hearty dew]

Nope. Just skimmed 😅

[jaunty marten]

strange but first version should work

local parent = button.parent
parent:setText("blablabla")

it's not working as I remember, right?

[hollow current]

yea it didn't

[jaunty marten]

wtf

[hollow current]

It'd print parent as a table

but then it'd throw an exception at parent:setText("blablabla") that an object tried to be called at a nil or something along those lines

[jaunty marten]

I'm don't make mods for pz for a long time ago but I think pz haven't exact "class" for panels so it's just a table

I'm not sure so it's just my mind

[thick karma]

@hearty dew For you, good sir.

-- Format based on modding a joypad button press response.

local originalFunction = ClassInThisGame.FunctionInThisGame

function decorateFunction()

    -- New code goes here.

end

function ClassInThisGame:FunctionInThisGame(original, input, to, this, function)

    decorateFunction()

    -- Original function likely needs self if it was called using a colon.
    originalFunction(self, button)

end

Edit: Upon reflection, this could be improved further with something to prevent it from being repeatedly called when you decorate. Might require a second file for initializing a boolean variable that tells this program whether the original function is already decorated. Preventing double-calls during debug may be more trouble than it's worth. Depends on use case.

For the next newb like me who perhaps won't figure this one out on their own

Allows you to safely reload during debugging

[hollow current]

after looking into a mod source code, he apparently changed the text of vanilla text boxes in that way:

function CharacterCreationHeader:onNRKButton()
    SurvivorFactory.randomName(MainScreen.instance.desc)
    self.forenameEntry:setText(MainScreen.instance.desc:getForename())
    self.surnameEntry:setText(MainScreen.instance.desc:getSurname())
end```

[ancient grail]

anyone have ever did any tile related mod or moveables or traps or radio?

[hollow current]

this is how forenameEntry is defined in vanilla

self.forenameEntry = ISTextEntryBox:new(MainScreen.instance.desc:getForename(), entryX, 64, 200, entryHgt);```

[ancient grail]

i cant seem to spawn tile no matter what i do and from time to time i attempt to do just this and always fail

[jaunty marten]

yea it's saving self.forenameEntry to use it later

it's correct way

[ancient grail]

congrats man

[junior horizon]

I am trying to create an item that can push back and knockdown all zombies surrounding a player within a small radius. Is that possible? What item attributes would I be looking at modifying to make this happen?

[thick karma]

This UI business is either going to fix this game entirely for me as a controller player or kill me.

Can't tell, hold for more info

[viral vale]

Thanks 😄 Added in some screenshots due to request

[thick karma]

OMG

OMG I DID IT

I can't even quit the game and I've never been so happy in my whole entire life

Proof of concept established

UI defeated

Errors, sure, we'll figure it out

[fast galleon]

?

[thick karma]

@fast galleon I've been looking for a way to kill UI elements from a button press

That screenshot is a screen of the entire UI dead

Now I need to kill the right UI elements under the right conditions

[fast galleon]

press v?

[thick karma]

Pressing v closes all UI elements or holding v hides them? I don't use v. I am trying to close them when I press a button on a gamepad. There is currently no way to do what I'm talking about to my knowledge.

Look, it's just me, I killed the UI window that lets you respawn, too!

It's Zombified: the Movie

[gritty pond]

Hello. Is it possible to somehow start the sound from the file for each player on the server?

[hollow current]

@thick karma fun fact, I once mistakenly killed the whole UI by causing an issue in code. I had some kind of a typo that was related to inventory and the whole UI would get killed instantly

[thick karma]

Including the start menu and such?

I could not even use start menu to exit game because my mod was 2 gud

[hollow current]

Everything that was considered UI was killed if I'm not mistaken

Had to alt + f4 lol

[thick karma]

Wow haha

Nice

[bronze yoke]

working on ui i've managed to totally brick the game about a thousand times

[thick karma]

Lmao

[bronze yoke]

and i've barely done any ui lol

[thick karma]

Yeah game routinely kicks me from my own server when I push updates to UI it seems

[hollow current]

UI is a heartache to work with ngl

[hearty dew]

Happened to me just a bit ago when I was reproing that issue you had earlier :p

[hollow current]

Headache*

[bronze yoke]

the ui code is so weird

[kind fossil]

We would like to record cinematics in a server, however the fact your own character is always visible makes it very tedious to do
Is it possible to make your character model completely invisible for yourself et have a 360° infinite field of view?
If there is a mod that already exists or feasible?
Thank you a lot ❤️

[thick karma]

My goal is very modest and when I am done I am never touching UI again until next time

[hollow current]

lool

[hearty dew]

Opened the game and there was only the background with the husband and wife and spiffo doll 😅

[hollow current]

Damn I guess Burry could've used reproing that error earlier 😂

[bronze yoke]

when they added that reload lua button i was like 'finally i can stop rebooting the game every five seconds' and then i found out that the ui breaks if the professions are messed up

[hollow current]

... there's a reload lua button?

[bronze yoke]

😟

it's on the main menu in debug

[hollow current]

I hate myself for never noticing it

[magic nymph]

Thanks man. I started a new game with no mods except one and set it to Maintenance 5 and Long Blunt 5. Spawned in a bat and still get a value of 2.

I guess it's just something with 41.71. .🤷‍♂️

[kind fossil]

Does anyone have a clue on how to do that please? Willing to commission a modder for this 🙂

[magic nymph]

If you go into Debug mode and hit F3, your character disappears.

[kind fossil]

ohh for real?

so you hit F3, you hide the UI and you're good

[magic nymph]

Yeah. The shadow for the character is still there, though. 😕

[kind fossil]

oh crap

[magic nymph]

Not sure how to hide the UI, either.

[kind fossil]

i know a keybind for it, but maybe it doesn't work in debug mode

That's why I would love a spectator mod, that when you enable it, your model disappears with shadow and your field of view is 360° infinite

so you can really record cinematics

cause right now it's HORRIBLE to do

right now I need to move my character far away from the scene and pan the mouse to the zone I want to record, then I need to wait for the camera to be completely stable at my mouse position, and then I have my record
And afterwards I add the camera movement in editing

[magic nymph]

Yeah, a mod like that would be nice. The next best thing might be to find some videos of YTers who are creating a similar effect and hope one of them reads and responds.

[kind fossil]

what do you mean?

[magic nymph]

To ask a YTer who used cinematics in their video, similar to what you want, and hope they read+respond.. Sorry, forgot to include the "ask" part.

[kind fossil]

ahhh okay

but most of the time what they do is integrate their character in the cinematic

but then the cinematic is always centered around the character

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unr7vnXjdlc

like this for example

which is a very beautiful video

[hollow current]

@thick karma was working on a mod to hide the UI. No idea about the character though

My best guess to hide the character would be removing its textures so the mesh won't appear in game

Not tested though so can't tell for sure

[bronze yoke]

there's already a mod to hide ui, burryaga's thing was slightly different

no idea about hiding the player though

[kind fossil]

but isn't UI hiding already in vanilla?

I can already hide the full UI by pressing a key

[magic nymph]

The one I had in mind is where they pan the camera and the character is not in sight, but I'm not 100% sure if they were able to remove the character or just clipped the video to where they were already out of the view.

[kind fossil]

yeah not bad idea, and delete the shadow hoping it won't hide all models shadows

[kind fossil]

If you pan the camera very far away from your character and you are zoomed enough, you can't see your character anymore, but it's very tedious

[austere finch]

Is there an elegant way to append additional components as being acceptable ingredients to a given recipe without overwriting the recipe entirely? Is there a way to do it additively? E.g. trying to account for multiple mods that have viable ingredients which may or may not be in a given player's mod setup so that any / all that -are- present will be appropriately included.

[thick karma]

😂 so many people think I am trying to write a mod to perform the v-key function

[bronze yoke]

getScriptManager():getRecipe():DoSource()

[thick karma]

My actual goal if you're curious is to close all popup UI elements with a single button press, which to me includes the chat box, the server message box, the inventory screen, and basically anything else that cannot be closed immediately when a player needs to get away

[kind fossil]

oh okay!

[weak sierra]

hold V

:P

just make that function on a keypress

done

[thick karma]

V doesn't even hide inventory

I just tested that

[weak sierra]

it doesn't? i thought it did

huh

i disabled the hotkey ages ago due to accidental use

guess my memory fails me

well easy enough to also tap into the inventory and any X buttons, etc.

[thick karma]

But yeah I may ultimately settle for the lesser but still useful goal of autoclosing inventory when I aim my weapon

That I have already figured out

[weak sierra]

that does sound useful

[thick karma]

Esp on controller where Back does not close Inventory

[weak sierra]

i'd use that more readily than the other function

[thick karma]

Because someone special was on UI that week

[weak sierra]

though a screenshot mode with UI yeeted would be nice

maybe even with player name(s) hidden

should u care to continue down the road of hiding UI elements

[thick karma]

I've also learned to yeet UI

I can hide all the UI elements with a loop

[weak sierra]

i made a composite image of clearing muldraugh on my server, the piles of bodies, but i had to crop to the center bit of the screen due to ui being in the way

[thick karma]

Can share later if anyone wants it

[weak sierra]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1026684756873715742/1029971782117097516/unknown.png

could be a much wider nicer composite

if the UI had been toggleable fully and easily

[thick karma]

But they do not actually cease to exist so they retain focus esp gamepad focus

[weak sierra]

(i'd forgotten about V lol)

[thick karma]

I can probably make a mod for that

When I get home I'll try

[weak sierra]

it would see use - people love screenshots

[thick karma]

I think I've solved it that far

I'll lyk asap

[bronze yoke]

@austere finch don't think you saw this

[vast nacelle]

Strange. When I use the HideUI keybind option everything gets hidden except character names (and one mod's UI element that reappears after it does an update).

[visual abyss]

Hi, I'm starting my foray into the modding world of PZ. I was wondering where can I find detailed lua api documents or is it only https://zomboid-javadoc.com/ ?
Also, how can I remove a recipe from the vanilla? I've done overwriting script with recipe block with Learn value but I wanted to remove the recipe entirely. I don't think it's ideal to overwrite the original script files (in steam/projectzomboid/media)?

[weak sierra]

that was my recollection as well

[weak sierra]

decompile game

see the pins

[weak sierra]

you essentially can't

you can use "Obsolete:true," but it seems iffy and does not always remove things

and certainly doesnt work to do more than one reciep with the same name

i made a thing to perform a hackish removal

using the learn thing and hidden and scanning through all books and removing it from book lists

pain in teh butt

[visual abyss]

yeah.

[weak sierra]

planning to release said script

as a standalone dep mod

so only one looping through every recipe and book needs to happen

[visual abyss]

that would be awesome.

trying to do a total conversion mod

and i'm trying to avoid requiring to edit base game files

[weak sierra]

u never have to edit teh base game files

and u shouldnt

[visual abyss]

no i know

[weak sierra]

u can override things they contain

[visual abyss]

right

[weak sierra]

and do things thru scripts

:p

[visual abyss]

i'm trying to avoid having people needing to edit the base game files to achieve what i wanted if they wanted to run the mod

[weak sierra]

in ur particular case, as a TC

you could just override the files instead of the recipes

by matching the path/filename

with ur edited copies

usually not advisable but the scope here

[restive nymph]

Hello, Im having trouble getting my mods to work on a multi player server, have any advice?

[weak sierra]

question is too vague

[restive nymph]

well when I make the server I put in all the mods I intend to play with, the some ones I use in single player, but when I start them up it doesn't seem to have applied them. in particular those which give more options for character creation.

[pine fiber]

Local or dedicated server?

[restive nymph]

local,

[austere finch]

Is it possible to modify how many zombies are required to perform an insta-kill drag-down on the player?

[restive nymph]

I think I might have found the problem, there is a steam workshop page as well as a modding 1, I filled the modding, but not the workshop, ill see if that changes anyrhing.

[weak sierra]

u mean in the ini file? yeah it wont download the mods if u dont put anything in the workshop thing

im beginning to think u dont mean "my mods"

and u mean "the mods i installed"

in which case u might wanna be in #mod_support

[restive nymph]

ya

ok thanks

[shadow geyser]

you probably need to have those mods activated also in the main menu not just the server settings for the hosted server.

[hearty dew]

        int n8 = 3;
        if (SandboxOptions.instance.Lore.Strength.getValue() == 1) {
            n8 = 2;
        }
        if (SandboxOptions.instance.Lore.Strength.getValue() == 3) {
            n8 = 6;
        }

Looks like it's hard coded in java to those values based on zombie strength

[sonic idol]

Anyone knows where are the structures scripts located?

[austere finch]

If I'm reading that correctly it takes 3 zombies to drag you down on default strength and 2 on higher strength?

[shadow geyser]

what do you mean by structures? if you mean stuff in the world, they don't have scripts, as they are defined by their tiles

[sonic idol]

And playerbuild structures?

[shadow geyser]

yeah they are tiles

[sonic idol]

Interesting, know the path?

[shadow geyser]

can't quite remember. its a file with the file type ".tiles"

[sonic idol]

Gotta look it up

I hope theres something that can tell if a player collides with it

[hearty dew]

Yea, among a few other conditions```java
int n7 = this.getParentChar().getSurroundingAttackingZombies();
n7 = Math.max(n7, 1);
n4 -= (n7 - 1) * 10;
n5 -= (n7 - 1) * 30;
n6 -= (n7 - 1) * 15;
int n8 = 3;
if (SandboxOptions.instance.Lore.Strength.getValue() == 1) {
n8 = 2;
}
if (SandboxOptions.instance.Lore.Strength.getValue() == 3) {
n8 = 6;
}
if (this.ParentChar.Traits.ThickSkinned.isSet()) {
n4 = (int)((double)n4 * 1.3);
}
if (this.ParentChar.Traits.ThinSkinned.isSet()) {
n4 = (int)((double)n4 / 1.3);
}
if (!"EndDeath".equals(this.getParentChar().getHitReaction())) {
if (!this.getParentChar().isGodMod() && n7 >= n8 && SandboxOptions.instance.Lore.ZombiesDragDown.getValue() && !this.getParentChar().isSitOnGround()) {
n5 = 0;
n6 = 0;
n4 = 0;
this.getParentChar().setHitReaction("EndDeath");
this.getParentChar().setDeathDragDown(true);
} else {
this.getParentChar().setHitReaction(string);
}
}

Might can do something tricky by having a mod call `setDeathDragDown` (and `setHitReaction`?) on the player object based on different conditions though

[austere finch]

Hmmm. Another rabbit hole with PZ. Armor values are ultimately sort of meaningless if the dragdown is the result of concurrent bites landing but zombies can still 'stunlock' a player and effectively just keep rolling attempts until they score the necessary hits.

[thick karma]

Yeah, odd, after you said this I retested. When playing in gamepad mode with -debug (very possibly relevant), V only hid my gamepad controller icons... Not the debug console, nor the minimap, nor my inventory... If it has a different behavior in other modes I wouldn't know.

V toggled hide icons, and hold d-pad left (iirc) held hide icons, but nothing hid everything that potentially clutters the screen when you're about to be bitten

[vast nacelle]

On debug and non-debug while only using Keyboard controls, it hid everything for me (aside from the previously mentioned exceptions).

So probably just more lackluster controller support.

[thick karma]

Understood. Maybe joypad presence highly relevant. Maybe a mod issue. I'll explore further

Appreciate feedback

[subtle sapphire]

Hello modders, I was looking through the BodyPart class a way to check whether or not the body part has a laceration. But, I couldn't find a way. I see methods like scratched() or bleeding(), or even deepwound(), but nothing about lacerations. Do you have any idea how to check this?

[bronze yoke]

lacerations are called cuts

isCut()

[subtle sapphire]

Yeah thanks, just realised right now 👏

[astral dune]

VehicleTweaker uses VehicleScript:load(scriptname, addendum) to add or change something about the vehicle script loaded into memory. Is it possible to revert those changes 🤔

[ruby urchin]

o.maxTime = -1;in TimedAction alway show the progressBar, this should not be like that?

[astral dune]

recent post by the devs mentioned something about changing progress bars to better represent things that don't have a defined end, I bet its related

[pine fiber]

@ruby urchin

Added a looping progress bar for timed actions that have no defined end. This is mainly a stopgap "fix" for entering cars, to visualize that there is an ongoing unfinished action until we can have visually open doors, etc.
Specifically added for the scenarios where players reported being bitten through the car door after they had entered a car and interrupted the "enter car" action before it could finish (e.g. by opening the map, etc), i.e. before the door was "closed".
This bar extends to other "infinite" actions like Walk To.

read from last changelist

[ruby urchin]

Ohh I see, well, that's why some things have changed, honestly don't know if it was for the better, so far I found 2 issues:

1. No matter the target character, always progressBar shows to local player.
2. o.maxTime = -1 alway show progressbar (useProgressBar, forceProgressBar and setUseProgressBar are ignored), but if o.maxTime ~= -1 progressBar is gone.

[astral dune]

ah ya, you were mentioning the first point earlier

I bet they test everything singleplayer first, haha

[junior horizon]

I am trying to create an item that can push back and knockdown all zombies surrounding a player within a small radius. Is that possible? What item attributes would I be looking at modifying to make this happen?

[low sky]

https://github.com/mlem/storm/tree/docs/example-mod

😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😇😇😇

Everyone needs to praise mlem

[signal wing]

hey guys I am trying to add bedford to my server but I kept getting this error

but the file do exist in my file so I don't know why it kept showing me this error
much appreciate for any help

[astral dune]

this channel is for mod devs, fam. You want #mod_support

[weak sierra]

@sour island

• Fixed Walking and sprinting not burning more calories than standing still.

in the 41.78 preview notes

make sure u get eyes on that and update ur calorie mod

as appropriate

[austere finch]

I could not for the life of me eat enough to avoid losing 15 weight in a month using that rebalanced calorie mod

[low sky]

When I get home today I’m gonna start working on my first Java mod for pz

Any suggestions?

[livid geode]

Can anyone help me figure out why I get an error when I run a third if in the ISTimedAction:perform()?
I tried putting it as a separate if below the second and it doesnt work either

It seems to be a simple if condition check for inventory items which works with isHaveVirus but for some reason same function for a different item doesn't work.. anyone any ideas?

So this doesn't work either

[low sky]

What do you mean by that function name 🤨🤨

[gilded hawk]

I assume it's about the zombie virus

[low sky]

Ok buddy

[livid geode]

I sent that message for you to see what line 54 is (EDITED)

simple inventory check for said item

It confuses me since it works with the one that checks for virus in a syringe but for this one it doesn't

these two work fine in perform()

the cotton one works fine in all other parts of the code-- just in TImedAction it gets this Stack Error

[low sky]

If it’s a timed action could it be trying to perform the check when the local player isn’t initialized yet?

[livid geode]

Initialized?

[low sky]

Do timed actions only happen while you are in world?

Or do they also happen while in the main menu

If they did the player wouldn’t be initialized yet

[livid geode]

Only in world when I trigger it using context menu

[low sky]

So you are calling nothing

[low sky]

Ah my bad

[vast nacelle]

Maybe a scoping issue since the function causing problems is the only one of those that is defined as local? Does it work if you remove the 'local' off HaveCotton?

The log file would probably give a more detailed reason on why there is an error.

[livid geode]

log file being a console.txt right?

[astral dune]

scoping issue seems likely, but also you are passing true into that function in the first picture, but the function has no arguments?

[vast nacelle]

C:\Users\[user]\Zomboid\Logs\[timestamp]_DebugLog.txt

[livid geode]

does this help?

[vast nacelle]

Yeah, scoping issue it looks. The code doesn't know what function you are trying to call there.

[livid geode]

Alright-- now you confused me with scoping issue.. I'm still an amateur, so I don't know what you are talking about..
arguments were always confusing me when using functions.. never knew what to put in the brackets

[livid geode]

How do I show it which one?

[astral dune]

those functions have no inputs, so you put nothing in the brackets

scoping is when you restrict what code can call what other code. You marked your cotton function as local, which means it can only be accessed by other code in the same context

[livid geode]

But how do I say if that function ends up being true-- it does something.
It seemed to have worked for the FIL_isPlayerHaveVirus(true) then

[vast nacelle]

It does that by the 'return' statment

[astral dune]

in lua, if the function returns anything besides false or nil, its considered true

your functions are returning the item, so its true

if the item doesn't exist, they would return nil which is false

[sour island]

I'm not able to see any changes yet

[livid geode]

So what you are saying is all it takes for me to do is turn the has_cotton into public variable instead of a local one
And then change if FIL_isPlayerHaveCotton(true) then into if FIL_isPlayerHaveCotton() then?

[astral dune]

looks like it works regardless of you putting extra arguments in, because it just ignores them. I'd remove the trues anyway, cuz they shouldn't be there. Otherwise, yes, remove the local keyword from in front of your cotton function

[livid geode]

I'll try that and inform you about the results, thank you

[weak sierra]

ah maybe it's not actually in the unstable then, false alarm, but soon i suppose

[sour island]

unstable seems to be 41.77.7

[livid geode]

Ah yikes-- mmm-- that hurts. We were talking about local function and not the has_cotton variable.
Oh my-- sometimes it takes me hours upon hours of looking through the code and I don't see such a simple mistake ... oh it was so obvious.
I guess I lack experience-- uhh

@astral dune @vast nacelle Thank you so much for the help

You are amazing ❤️

[bronze yoke]

local functions need to be defined above where they're called in the code

[astral dune]

one other thing, which isn't important in what you're currently doing but will come up later when performance is important:
you're calling self.surgeon:getInventory() a bunch of times in your perform function, its good practice to do something like local Inventory = self.surgeon:getInventory() early on in the function and then just do your Inventory:Remove() and Inventory:AddItem() like that

[astral dune]

I am a little confused about the scope of local functions myself. Is it the file its in?

[bronze yoke]

yeah

[weak sierra]

even vanilla does this a ludicrous amount

it drives me crazy

it made me wonder if it doesnt matter in lua

cuz how could ppl do this so much

mods and vanilla alike

[weak sierra]

it's the file if it's not in another scope

scopes are defined with do/end

rarely will u see scopes explicitly defined tho

i assume if u define a local function (strangely) within a function or for loop it would also be local to that inner scope

[low sky]

how would i get the player?

i'm doing a java mod but i assume it would be relatively close

or is there a universal method to be able to access all the stuff i need

like how minecraft has Minecraft.getMinecraft()

and that is where the data for everything is stored

[astral dune]

there are some weird things about lua. Like String comparisons are essentially free, since all Strings with the same content are the same string!? truly bizarre

[thick karma]

In Java there seems to be a method called getPlayers() within a GameServer object that lets you get an ArrayList<IsoPlayer> which is what you probably need. No idea how Storm wants you to access said GameServer object.

https://projectzomboid.com/modding/zombie/network/GameServer.html#getPlayers()

[low sky]

dude ty so much

there is just so little documentation on it

so it is hard to find anything

[thick karma]

We loop through an array using a global LUA function you would not have.

Called getSpecificPlayer

[low sky]

you can do that ez

[thick karma]

We don't even import it or anything

[low sky]

or maybe

idk

what method is it in?

[thick karma]

https://projectzomboid.com/modding/zombie/Lua/LuaManager.GlobalObject.html#getSpecificPlayer(int)

The search tool on that link is very well made

Not sure you want the LuaManager version

[low sky]

hmmm

i am looking at stuff atm

to see what i can do

[thick karma]

I believe this also works but only in Single Player if I'm not mistaken

https://projectzomboid.com/modding/zombie/Lua/LuaManager.GlobalObject.html#getPlayer()

[sonic idol]

hey

[low sky]

hi

[sonic idol]

anyone know if zomboid can support more than 32x32 textures?

on a 1 handed weapon

[low sky]

prob

[sonic idol]

o rlly?

all tutorials say needs to be 32x32

[low sky]

there is usually work arounds to that kind of thing

[sonic idol]

i do really need that lol

[bronze yoke]

you should use this version instead https://zomboid-javadoc.com/41.65/

[sonic idol]

holy jesus im fucking dumb

[bronze yoke]

the one you linked is from build 2 or something lol

[sonic idol]

I was thinking that textures should have 32x32 colour on the models

it was the png that needs to be 32x32

[low sky]

@thick karma ty i think i am getting closer but i feel like there is a better way to do this

how would you specificy in Lua which player is THE player

like the user playing the game rn

[astral dune]

getPlayer()

on the client side, anyway

[vagrant plume]

Is there a mod that adds wandering hordes of zombies?

[astral dune]

I've seen a few zombie horde mods, but they're less "wandering" and more "know where you live" hordes. #mod_support may have a better idea of what you're looking for. Messing with the normal vanilla settings can get you close, just by upping the frequency of meta events and the spawn rate

[vagrant plume]

Ok thanks

[thick karma]

Lol isn't my link from the devs' website?

projectzomboid.com/modding isn't the best place to look? Why am I America?

[bronze yoke]

yeah the one on the official website is super old

[thick karma]

😆

Ty for info

[thick karma]

I believe it's usually player index 0 but we use a process that generally targets the players local to an instance of the game afaik, so we use a tiny loop that doesn't assume player's index is 0

[low sky]

wow

[thick karma]

We use getNumActivePlayers() to end the loop, which causes us to do index 0 if only 1 active player

[low sky]

is there is a way to get to the getPlayer function in java

like which class it would be in

ik it is in the global class in lua

[thick karma]

Again that would probably be Storm-specific and I have not learned Storm

Something in the API can probably talk to the player

I just don't know

[low sky]

public class Mod implements ZomboidMod {
    @Override
    public void registerEventHandlers() {
        StormEventDispatcher.registerEventHandler(this);
    }

    @SubscribeEvent
    public void handleGameStartEvent(OnGameStartEvent gameStartEvent) {
        IsoPlayer player = LuaManager.GlobalObject.getPlayer();
    }
}```

i would imagine this doesn't work but i will give it a try later

[hearty dew]

There can be multiple local players (possibly 4 split screen players). You have to get the appropriate player through some context. There isn't a method that just knows which player you need without context

[low sky]

what does the getPlayer return then?

[hearty dew]

Lots of mods use getSpecificPlayer(0) (from the GlobalObject), which returns the first player, but said mods don't work correctly in split screen

[low sky]

hm

are you a dev by any chance?

or have some knowledge of the way the java code works in game

[hearty dew]

I'm not an indie store dev, if that's what you mean, no

[low sky]

ah

[hearty dew]

only looked through it on occasion

[low sky]

oh wait

IsoPlayer.getInstance();

is what getPlayer returns

:/

it seems like everything is done through instances

IsoWorld.instance

IsoPlayer.getInstance

yuh it also has a hasInstance

so ig a check if you are in a game or not

[hearty dew]

As I recall when looking at that and testing it, it just returns the first player on the local client

[low sky]

so you?

[hearty dew]

yep

[low sky]

unless you are in split

[hearty dew]

Not if you are the second player to join split screen, nope

[low sky]

yeah idc about "those" people

having to play splitscreen smh

[hearty dew]

Then that's sufficient for your requirements

[low sky]

ty very much

do you by any chance know how to make a new weapon?

like

instead of using lua scripts

you do it in hava

java

[thick karma]

Just be aware that the people who review your mod will not care about your average score if you fail to warn them that it's only for singleplayer, singlescreen multiplayer, or whatever. If it's not full-game compatible, warning people will probably get more people to take interest in your mod.

[hearty dew]

Not specifically. I'd look at what ItemPickerJava class does when parsing items and/or the Item class (probably will have to create a new instance) and/or ScriptManager

[low sky]

idc

before ending up here

i spent the past 2 years making utility mods for anarchy mc

https://github.com/gerald0mc/Dallas

but the community is finally kinda dead

and i don't wanna give any more of my life to it

started when i was like 13/14

now i'm 17 almost 18

so i quit like a month ago

[hearty dew]

When you do local function foo()..end, foo is just a variable the same as if you had done local foo = 5. It is equivalent to local foo; foo = function()..end. The difference is that the value of that variable is a function rather than a number

local function a()
  local function b()
  end
  local c = 5
  -- stuff
end

[astral dune]

you can tell what a local variable's scope is easily when its within a function, but outside that its not as obvious to the uninitiated

[hearty dew]

There, b and c have the same scope local to the chunk defined by the function body of a.

a has a scope local to the chunk defined by the file it is contained in.

Lua basically compiles a file into a chunk (just as it does a function body) and runs that chunk. That's why you can do return foo in a file context and you can get that return value e.g. local the_thing_returned_by_the_file = require('the_file')

[hearty dew]

Long way of saying the scope is the file 😅

[astral dune]

lol

so for example, VehicleCommands.lua contains local functions, the only way I've found to get access to them is to put return VehicleCommands at the end of it, and then requireing it later. But I'm not requireing the file, but the table defined in the file. Could I just require the file and not have to overwrite it with the return?

[low sky]

waitwait

@hearty dew

could you also use the IsoPlayer in ItemPickerJava to get the player?

public final class ItemPickerJava {
    private static IsoPlayer player;```

[weak sierra]

i had a real weird bit of code i inherited where it was like.. local functionName do --[[things]] function functionName() --[[more things]] end end

took me a bit to understand wtf was going on

[low sky]

oh wait nah

private

i'm sped

[weak sierra]

you can overwrite the file and redefine them then use them as u please but then u break compat :p

that kind of shit really depends on use case, often it's best to reimplement or etc

[hearty dew]

If that file is declaring local functions within it and not returning an object that you can use to get access to those objects via require, then you have to do tricky things to get access to the objects stored in local variables within that file

[astral dune]

can't be reimplemented as I need access to those specific commands, lol

[weak sierra]

copypaste them :)

lol

[astral dune]

lol, no it would have to be those commands, since its local I can't overwrite them

[weak sierra]

ok so u dont need "access" to them

u need to override them

or hook them

[astral dune]

ya

[weak sierra]

then copy the file to ur mod in the exact same path

[hearty dew]

Idk what instance of IsoPlayer that field contains. The pattern the rest of their java code uses is to use the static instance of IsoPlayer (this is for client-side code, btw)

[weak sierra]

and make them nonlocal for convenience

and do wat u gotta do

[astral dune]

breaks compat, lol

[weak sierra]

sometimes a mod has to do dirty things

yeah well

if it's all local

[low sky]

yeah none of my mod of are gonna be multi prob

just because

idk

idk how

[weak sierra]

what will it break compat with

[low sky]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[weak sierra]

nobody else can override it either

so..

:P

[astral dune]

hopefully nothing

lol

[weak sierra]

if two ppl overwrite the file sure it'll break compat between those two

but that's inevitable at that point and a patch can be made if needed

this is why TIS shouldnt use locals in a moddable game

or why we need a java hook

[astral dune]

ya,, its pretty weird how they implemented VehicleCommands, but its not the only place like that

I was able to bypass needing it for a bit, but now I absolutely need to overwrite it

was just hoping there were some shenanigans I could use to continue to avoid it

[low sky]

wait what is the difference between IsoPlayer and IsoGameCharacter

oh also @hearty dew i think i know how you would discern between the 4 different screens

in split screen

public final class IsoPlayer extends IsoLivingCharacter implements IHumanVisual {
    private String attackType;
    public static String DEATH_MUSIC_NAME = "PlayerDied";
    private boolean allowSprint;
    private boolean allowRun;
    public static boolean isTestAIMode = false;
    public static final boolean NoSound = false;
    private static final float TIME_RIGHT_PRESSED_SECONDS = 0.15F;
    public static int assumedPlayer = 0;
    public static int numPlayers = 1;
    public static final short MAX = 4;
    public static final IsoPlayer[] players = new IsoPlayer[4];```

look at that last value

pretty sure it makes that to be all players currently playing

[hearty dew]

I haven't tried this, but you might could try using setfenv (if kahlua implements this function) to get a foothold into the objects you need inside the file

[astral dune]

looking for docs on that function now

[bronze yoke]

why do you need the commands?

i can't think of anything you would need them for unless you need to completely overwrite something they do

[astral dune]

the java fires VehicleCommands.damageWindow() when a zombie damages a car window. I want to intercept that.

[hearty dew]

Mm, that still doesn't answer your original question of how to get the appropriate character. You need some context to know which of the 4 to get. In GameClient, there is some method to get the local players if all you need is to iterate over the 4 players. Can't recall its name atm

[bronze yoke]

the java fires it? that's weird

[low sky]

i would imagine it goes top left 1 top right 2 bottom left 3 bottom right 4

but i would have to test

[hearty dew]

If I recall LuaScriptManager.GlobalObject.getSpecificPlayer() uses that api, so can look there

[astral dune]

ya, its pretty weird, it does the same thing for VehicleCommands.crash when you hit a tree or wall or whatever

damage is handled lua-side

in those instances

[bronze yoke]

how is the java calling it if it's local?

[astral dune]

VehicleCommands has a local event listener

or, command listener rather

[bronze yoke]

so just hook into those commands?

[astral dune]

the commands are also local

I can listen for the commands, but I want to alter how they work

[bronze yoke]

okay then yeah you do need it

that sucks u_u

[astral dune]

haha, ya, but like Evelyn was saying, breaking compat will likely be fairly rare, especially since I'm only exposing the commands rather than changing the file in a more serious way

[vague quiver]

I want to see a mod that recreates the entire maps from Fallout 1-2

[hearty dew]

@astral dune This might not be enough for your requirements, but because VehicleCommands.lua calls Events.OnClientCommands.Add(), you could patch that function in order to get the function object stored locally in VehicleCommands.OnClientCommand. Could then use that to decorate the other functions indirectly (doing something before/after the commands are called by VehicleCommands.OnClientCommand)

[astral dune]

🤔

[hearty dew]

Oh, you might not be able to because of the order pz loads the files. It loads the vanilla server/ files alphabetically before loading the mods' server/ files alphabetically. Hrm.. Might can control when VehicleCommands.lua is loaded with a require("VehicleCommands") in a shared/ file. Idk if pz lets you require files from server/ inside a shared/ file though, never tested that specifically

[hearty dew]

If require allows you to do that, this should work, but I'm not exactly sure what your requirements are

Is being able to run your own code before/after those vehicle commands sufficient?

Or do you need to be able to call those functions in Commands?

Or do you need to modify something inside those command functions i.e. change their implementation?

[astral dune]

depends, can I alter the args of the command that the other code will see?

[hearty dew]

yea

if require of this file (it is in server/) works from a shared/ mod file

I'll go try it real quick. sec

LOG  : Lua         , 1665707400054> Loading: C:/Users/Tyrir/Zomboid/mods/miscpatches/media/lua/shared/!_!miscpatches_utils.lua
WARN : Lua         , 1665707400060> LuaManager$GlobalObject.require> require("Vehicles/VehicleCommands") failed```
:/

There's probably another way to intercept the events and change the parameters if that's all you need...
You said these events are raised from java or lua?

[astral dune]

java

[bronze yoke]

yeah you should look into grabbing the function from the event

require('VehicleCommands') doesn't do anything because vanilla already loads before all mods

[hearty dew]

I was trying to load from a file in shared/ which loads before server/ files (including vanilla)

Also, if it had been already loaded, it wouldn't give that error

[bronze yoke]

oh i see

does modded shared load before vanilla server then?

[hearty dew]

Lua files are loaded in this order:

shared/ vanilla files alphabetically
shared/ mod files alphabetically
client/ vanilla files alphabetically (skipped for server processes)
client/ mod files alphabetically (skipped for server processes)
server/ vanilla files alphabetically
server/ mod files alphabetically

[bronze yoke]

it makes absolute sense for it to do that but i always had 'vanilla always goes first' in my head

[hearty dew]

yea, modded shared/ loads 2nd in that list. Vanilla server/ is 5th

[bronze yoke]

could you add to the metatable for Event.Add to save the function into a variable...?

[hearty dew]

yea, that's the idea

I wanted to be able to made the change to Add to intercept calls, then require VehicleCommands.lua, then remove it after VehicleCommands.lua had loaded (manually using require). That way it would limit messing up other calls to Add

Can still take the same approach of intercepting calls to Add, but might catch other files that call it and muck with the event handlers they add

May or may not be an issue

[bronze yoke]

yeah i can't think of a way to identify a function right now

[hearty dew]

Only way I know of it via lua's stdlib debug apis, but kahlua doesn't implement them

@astral dune ```lua
local og = Events.OnClientCommand.Add
Events.OnClientCommand.Add = function(fn)
print("DEBUG: Events.OnClientCommand.Add called")
return og(function(module, command, player, args)
print(string.format("DEBUG: OnClientCommand(%s, %s, %s, %s)",
tostring(module), tostring(command), tostring(player), tostring(args)))
return fn(module, command, player, args)
end)
end

Something like that should work in `media/lua/shared/~~mymodid_intercept_OnClientCommand.lua`. The `~~` to load it as the last shared file to try to minimize affecting other mods.

I worry slightly it may cause more conflicts than solve compared to making your own media/lua/server/Vehicles/VehicleCommands.lua 😅

If a mod has something like ```lua
Events.OnClientCommand.Add(myfn)
Events.OnClientCommand.Remove(myfn)

it will break

The call to remove will have no effect because their function object is no longer registered (your wrapper function is)

[astral dune]

This looks promising, I'll take a closer look on the next raid wipe, lol

[hearty dew]

Actually, you could patch Remove too to fix this

You would need to keep a table mapping their function object to your function object that wraps theirs. Then remove your associated wrapper function on a call to Remove

[hearty dew]

AnonymousUtils = AnonymousUtils or {}
AnonymousUtils.RegisteredEventHandlers = AnonymousUtils.RegisteredEventHandlers or {}

--[[
    Usage example:
    
    AnonymousUtils.interceptEventHandlerRegistration("OnClientCommand", function(originalEventHandler, module, command, player, args)
        if module == "vehicle" and command == "attachTrailer" then
            -- Change stuff in args
        end
        local result = originalEventHandler(module, command, player, args)
        -- post-stuff
        return result
    end)
]]
AnonymousUtils.interceptEventHandlerRegistration = function(eventName, eventHandlerDecorator)
    if not Events[eventName] then
        error("AnonymousUtils.interceptEventHandlerRegistration: Unknown event name: "..tostring(eventName))
    end
    local originalAdd = Events[eventName].Add
    Events[eventName].Add = function(eventHandler)
        if isDebugEnabled() then
            print(string.format("AnonymousUtils.interceptEventHandlerRegistration: Events.%s.Add(%s) called", eventName, tostring(eventHandler)))
        end
        local newEventHandler = function(...)
            if isDebugEnabled() then
                print(string.format("DEBUG: Decorated handler for Events.%s called", eventName))
            end
            return eventHandlerDecorator(eventHandler, ...)
        end
        local result = originalAdd(newEventHandler)
        AnonymousUtils.RegisteredEventHandlers[eventName] = AnonymousUtils.RegisteredEventHandlers[eventName] or {}
        AnonymousUtils.RegisteredEventHandlers[eventName][eventHandler] = newEventHandler
        return result
    end

    local originalRemove = Events[eventName].Remove
    Events[eventName].Remove = function(eventHandler)
        if isDebugEnabled() then
            print(string.format("AnonymousUtils.interceptEventHandlerRegistration: Events.%s.Remove(%s) called", eventName, tostring(eventHandler)))
        end
        if AnonymousUtils.RegisteredEventHandlers[eventName] and AnonymousUtils.RegisteredEventHandlers[eventName][eventHandler] then
            local newEventHandler = AnonymousUtils.RegisteredEventHandlers[eventName][eventHandler]
            AnonymousUtils.RegisteredEventHandlers[eventName][eventHandler] = nil
            return originalRemove(newEventHandler)
        else
            -- Could be an event registered before we began intercepting
            return originalRemove(eventHandler)
        end
    end
end

This seems to work on a quick test. I didn't test it with vehicles specifically

Hrm, might be unclear from the name, but have to call it before the event handlers of interest are Added. Maybe a different name would be more appropriate 🤔

LOG  : General     , 1665712452224> 1,125,560,337> unknown option "-debug"```
How do you put the dedicated server into debug mode?

[astral dune]

is it my eyes or are you still editing that code Tyrir? It seems to shift on occasion, lol

[hearty dew]

Yep. Forgot to initialize AnonymousUtils, left some stuff commented out, left in the namespace I use and wanted to change it to AnonymousUtils so it doesn't overwrite my namespace if someone puts it in their mod :p

Renamed some things bc I thought it'd be clearer :)

[astral dune]

gotta do my daily but after that I'm gonna have some questions lol

[weak sierra]

you can do that?

i dont think u do that

u just join with a debug client

debug is entirely clientside and only gated to admin access.. from the client

"i can't do that im not an admin lol"

it's kinda awful security, ppl can use a javamodded client to just.. join servers with debug on..

:/

i hope it's got some checks on the other end at this point

friend tells me it dont

at that point u can execute random code

[drifting ore]

Iirc the dedicated server end does do auth checks

[weak sierra]

ah good

[drifting ore]

But it doesn't do client checks I dont think

Just user auth

I could be wrong though

[weak sierra]

mm

anyway there's no server-side debug

[astral dune]

this is a very "just play with friends" game

[hearty dew]

I want my debug statements server-side though! 😭 ```lua
if isDebugEnabled() print("DEBUG") end

Will have to use my verbose log flag in my util library, I suppose

[weak sierra]

if isTyrirDebugEnabled() print("DEBUG" end

function isTyrirDebugEnabled() return SandboxVars.TyrirToybox.MySpecialDebugUwU end

[hearty dew]

They do lua checksums but not java class file checksums?

[weak sierra]

my friend tells me this but they last did this a long time ago

they affirmed it was still not fixed after diggin thru the code but idk

and yeah..

u can change it in memory tho

so

doesn't matter, still have to have some deeper auth going on for sec

[bronze yoke]

that's why they've so heavily recommended to stick to pve with friends

[weak sierra]

mhm

and that's why some of the larger servers java mod the server to add extra security measures xD

[astral dune]

okay, its a little bit late in the evening for me to grok this easily. If I follow, this function will sneak in and replace the Add and Remove functions for a target event. The new Add makes any handler added to that event get wrapped with my own handler, that has an extra input of the wrapped handler so I can call it after I'm done messing with the data, if I choose. ... is that right?
How do I make sure I get this to fire at the right time? Is this still me putting it in /shared with a __ prefix on the filename?

[bronze yoke]

put it in shared and it'll run before vehiclecommands

[hearty dew]

yep

[astral dune]

right, shared is always loaded before client, before server

[hearty dew]

Yea

[astral dune]

so I can give it a normal file name, but giving it __ means it will interfere with a minimum amount of other mods?

or does __ come first, how does alphabetically work in this scenario

[hearty dew]

~ comes last. So it would load after all other shared/ mod files

Could also have a server/!mymod_unregisterAdd.lua that calls require("Vehicles/VehicleCommands") and reverts the Add function, but that code doesn't have a way to revert it atm

[hearty dew]

That way any Add calls that come later by mod files doesn't get intercepted

[astral dune]

does require force it to load that file then, or force mine to wait until after its loaded to continue? I'm not really clear on how require works

[hearty dew]

But with the way that that code modifies Remove, I wouldn't expect any issues. From the pov of the other mods, Add and Remove should function normally

[hearty dew]

forces it to load then

I probably wouldn't even mess with the ~ or ! in filenames or require since Remove is also modified to function as expected by other mods

[astral dune]

I have a strong compulsive urge to optimize performance at all opportunities, so I'm tempted to try to make it as surgical as possible, but ya adding a single check per command call probably wouldn't be noticeable

[hearty dew]

You wouldn't see any noticeable difference just checking a few strings.. Wouldn't even in something called every frame like OnTick

[astral dune]

well you definitely earn your little spiffo beside your name. I've seen you post full out code like this for many people, and now for me. I appreciate it. Plus this approach could absolutely be used elsewhere

[hearty dew]

The spiffo is just from discord nitro boosting I think :p

[astral dune]

could be, although I've gone from plant to something else to axe just from posting

so, how much do you now about creating custom UIs? 😈

[hearty dew]

Know it looked like a pain in the butt from looking at the Mod Manager code :p

[astral dune]

haha, ya. Things like it and the lockpicking minigame in Better Lockpicking tell me what I want to do is possible, but if UI's in other games and even WPF stuff at work have taught me anything, its that UIs suck, all day every day

[hearty dew]

WPF stuff is quite a bit nicer since the view can be changed much easier than here. It's all code here, so you're tweaking elements pixel by pixel in code sometimes to line things up :p

You don't have a framework to separate your view and model. Have to do it yourself (or not)

[astral dune]

Well, the ui I need to implement is very similar to the mechanics one, so hopefully I can lean heavily on ctrl-c ctrl-v to get it flanged up. The only slightly fancier thing I want to do is have some "parts" hidden/greyed out until you meet certain conditions

[hearty dew]

If it's one big window, hopefully it won't be too difficult. Plenty of examples of that, as you say

Tricky part would be any unusual things, like a lockpicking minigame or similar, which wouldn't have examples to go off oof

[astral dune]

🤞

[midnight mica]

hello, i'm trying to find the right action to log generator movement, can anyone put me in the right direction?
taking generators from the ground already works, but i'd like to log inventory movement and drops on the floor.

already experimented with ISDropItemAction.perform & ISDropWorldItemAction.perform but they don't seem to respond

[hearty dew]

@midnight mica

ProjectZomboid/media/lua/client/ISUI/ISInventoryPaneContextMenu.lua:            context:addOption(getText("ContextMenu_GeneratorTake"), playerObj, ISInventoryPaneContextMenu.equipHeavyItem, generator);```

ProjectZomboid/media/lua/client/TimedActions/ISTakeGenerator.lua:function ISTakeGenerator:perform()```
Might look at those

[midnight mica]

thanks, i'll have a look

[weak sierra]

how does one load a square/chunk/cell without having a player there

there's tons of functions for doing these things but they don't seem to.. actually let things happen

[teal summit]

Is there anyone here who can help a fella make a few professions for a mod?

[hearty dew]

IsoCell.getInstance():getChunkMap(playerNum):LoadChunkForLater(a,b,c,d)
Something like that maybe to load it in the client in multiplayer. Didn't try it. Just guessing from looking at the java, but those appear to be exposed to lua by the Exposer class.
The playerNum is the number, 0-3, for which of the 4 local players chunk map you want (each has their own). a,b,c,d are chunk coordinates. No idea how this coordinate system works yet. gl with that lol

Looks like that adds jobs to send server chunk requests too

That should return the chunk if it is loaded, or nil if the parameters are invalid

or LoadChunk(a,b,c,d). This one doesn't have a code path which appears to delay the server request..? Would try this one first (this one always returns nil, however)

[low sky]

gawd damn lua

starting indexes at 1

made for literal children

"junior engineers" 🤓

with the help of mlem i am gonna be making a repo on my github related to solely making java mods for pz

"The Unofficial But Only Guide To Project Zomboid Java Modding"

[sonic idol]

anyone knows why this recipe is not working ?

this is the script

[ancient grail]

if theres an item thats not vanilla i think you should put the module name
or you might want to import Base

on the error its saying it cant find glowstick

try to check the item and place the module as prefix

sample
Result:Base.GlowStick,

[pine fiber]

You are using "=" and ":". Is it not only "="? like

Category = Electrical,

[thick karma]

@weak sierra Wanna test this with me sometime for MP use?

That hide-all UI mod is ready

[thick karma]

Anyone know how to manually fire a keypress event from the Lua?

Normal keyboard press

[livid geode]

Alright-- sorry for the long code-- but I need help figuring out why it doesn't send the right value of the variable and spawns the wrong item in

Any help is appreciated

This whole code is very confusing to me, the code that sends the functions to the other client. So there is no way for me to figure out the problem

Only idea I have is to change it from a variable (FIL_SendisPlayerHaveSyringe) to a function with arguments and then send it.. but idk much about use of arguments and if that would work

[hearty dew]

Without some lua api exposed from the java side, that'd be hard to do since key/mouse events come from the operating system.. If it is sufficient for the keyboard event to be surfaced only on the lua side, you could try triggerEvent to simply raise the lua event.

That'd be kind of fun though if there were a simple way to do that. Could write a bot within a lua mod 😅

[thick karma]

@hearty dew Fair. I know UIManager is accessible because I use it to kill the UI, so I figured I'd try manually triggering UIManager:onKeyPress and sending it the key

Probably won't work but I'll lyk

[hearty dew]

Just calling functions within lua would work. I thought you meant sending a key event to the java side (as if it came from the OS)

[hearty dew]

I think perhaps you are trying to set FIL_SendisPlayerHaveSyringe in the client process and expecting it to be changed in the server process when the server runs the command?

That won't work. You need to plumb it through as an argument to the command

Where is your OnClientCommand event handler?

[livid geode]

Could this example work-- this developer sets variable in the IsTimedAction:findArgs() and then does this local surgeonFact, useBandage, bandageAlcool, usePainkiller, painkillerCount = self:findArgs(); after which he just sends the whole function with all the args

[livid geode]

Huh? Me being an amateur surely gives all of the pros here headaches when I come here asking questions while not understanding some more basic things xD

OnClientCommand event handler? .. lelt me take a look but I'm not sure what you are referring to

I have this in the code

and this

[hearty dew]

You are calling sendClientCommand. What that does is raise a OnClientCommand event on the server side

[hearty dew]

okay

[livid geode]

addition to this -- is something like this going to solve the variables not reaching the server and then other client?

[hearty dew]

Is the syringe item with blood supposed to appear on the client that performs that action? Or the player on the client it is performed on?

[thick karma]

I need to find the correct Lua function... it didn't like that one

Do you know the Lua function for triggering a keyboard key event?

You mentioned triggerEvent or something? How does that work?

[livid geode]

Well for now it is supposed to appear on the one the action is being performed on (patient)
But it is only the case because I couldn't figure out a way to send back the ModData from the patient to the surgeon after all the actions are done

[hearty dew]

Noper. You could raise an event with triggerEvent, but that only raises events for clients who have registered an event handler via that Events.OnKeyPress.Add api

[livid geode]

I know that I can send functions through ISTimedAction.. but patient isnt performing any so Idk how to make him send something back to the surgeon. So I'm still sticking with the simple but dumber way where it spawns the syringes on the patient

[hearty dew]

Okay, just wanted to make sure bc it seemed odd conceptually for a dr to take my blood sample and a syringe with my blood appear in my backpack 😅

[livid geode]

Ik-- but I'm not that smart to figure that part out yet, I can't even figure this one out and it is supposed to be simpler xD

(EDITED) the issues is I need to spawn the syringe with specific ModData.. and idk how to transfer that back to the doctor and spawn the right blood in the syringe.. so I just make ModData on patient and spawn the syringe there without much complications

[thick karma]

Hmmm so can I trigger my local OnKeyPress event by using triggerEvent? But I cannot trigger the default behavior that occurs when that key is pressed?

I wonder if I even need to send a keyboard signal... maybe the way the code is written, sending a Y-button signal artificially will work even without a keyboard connected...

(Y-button signal already working)

JoypadControllerData:onPressButton(Joypad.ButtonY)

[hearty dew]

SendTakeBloodSample(self.patient, FIL_SendisPlayerHaveSyringe)

function SendTakeBloodSample(patient, isPlayerHaveSyringe)
  ...
  arg["isPlayerHaveSyringe"]

Commands["TakeBloodSample"] = function(arg)
  TakeBloodSample(arg.isPlayerHaveSyringe)
end

function TakeBloodSample(isPlayerHaveSyringe)
  -- use isPlayerHaveSyringe to determine the type
end

Try doing that

instead of the boolean, you could send the item type or whatever

as a string

[hearty dew]

That's correct as far as I know. I'm unaware of a way to send a keypress event back into java

[thick karma]

Hmmm thanks for all the constantly useful feedback. Your brilliance is appreciated.

[livid geode]

  ...
  arg["isPlayerHaveSyringe"]```
where should the arg["isPlayerHaveSyringe"] go exactly in here?

[hearty dew]

after local arg and before sendClientCommand

[livid geode]

Would this be it?

[hearty dew]

arg["isPlayerHaveSyringe"] = isPlayerHaveSyringe

[livid geode]

also this.. forgot arg.

[hearty dew]

yea

[hearty dew]

Your call to TakeBloodSample in perform, pass in as a param FIL_Sendetcetcetc

[livid geode]

Wdym?

[hearty dew]

btw, it's much easier with copy-paste, like
```lua
function foo(blah)
-- blah
end
```
because then I can copy it and fix it 😅

[livid geode]

Didn't know that

will copy it

function ISTakeBloodSample:perform()
    self.surgeon:getXp():AddXP(Perks.Doctor, 2);
    FIL_SendisPlayerHaveSyringe = nil;
    if FIL_isPlayerHaveSyringe(true) then
        self.surgeon:getInventory():Remove('LabSyringe');
        FIL_SendisPlayerHaveSyringe = true;
    else--if
        if FIL_isPlayerHaveSyringeRE(true) then
            self.surgeon:getInventory():Remove('LabSyringeReusable');
            FIL_SendisPlayerHaveSyringe = false;
        end--if
    end--if
    if self.patient ~= self.surgeon and isClient() then
        SendTakeBloodSample(self.patient, FIL_SendisPlayerHaveSyringe);
    else
        TakeBloodSample();
    end
    if FIL_isPlayerHaveCotton(true) then
        self.surgeon:getInventory():Remove('AlcoholedCottonBalls');
    else--if
        if FIL_isPlayerHaveAlcoholWipes(true) then
            self.surgeon:getInventory():Remove('AlcoholWipes');
        end--if
    end--if
    ISBaseTimedAction.perform(self);
end

function SendTakeBloodSample(player, isPlayerHaveSyringe)
    local arg = {};
    arg["From"] = getPlayer():getOnlineID();
    arg["To"] = player:getOnlineID();
    arg["command"] = "TakeBloodSample";
    arg["isPlayerHaveSyringe"] = isPlayerHaveSyringe;
    sendClientCommand("FIL", "SendServer", arg);
end

Commands["TakeBloodSample"] = function(arg)
    local arg = arg["toSend"];
    TakeBloodSample(arg.isPlayerHaveSyringe);
end

function TakeBloodSample(isPlayerHaveSyringe)
    local player = getPlayer();
    if isPlayerHaveSyringe == true then 
        local FIL_bloodsample = player:getInventory():AddItem("LabItems.CmpSyringeWithBlood"); 
        FIL_bloodsample:getModData().IsInfected = player:getBodyDamage():isInfected();
        FIL_bloodsample:getModData().InfectionRate = FIL_InfectionRate(player);
    else--if
        local FIL_bloodsamplere = player:getInventory():AddItem("LabItems.CmpSyringeReusableWithBlood"); 
        FIL_bloodsamplere:getModData().IsInfected = player:getBodyDamage():isInfected();
        FIL_bloodsamplere:getModData().InfectionRate = FIL_InfectionRate(player);
    end--if    
    player:getBodyDamage():ReduceGeneralHealth(5);
end--function

[hearty dew]

line ~15 in perform, you call TakeBloodSample with no parameter, but now with your changes, it expects one parameter

function ISTakeBloodSample:perform()
    self.surgeon:getXp():AddXP(Perks.Doctor, 2);
    FIL_SendisPlayerHaveSyringe = nil;
    if FIL_isPlayerHaveSyringe(true) then
        self.surgeon:getInventory():Remove('LabSyringe');
        FIL_SendisPlayerHaveSyringe = true;
    else--if
        if FIL_isPlayerHaveSyringeRE(true) then
            self.surgeon:getInventory():Remove('LabSyringeReusable');
            FIL_SendisPlayerHaveSyringe = false;
        end--if
    end--if
    if self.patient ~= self.surgeon and isClient() then
        SendTakeBloodSample(self.patient, FIL_SendisPlayerHaveSyringe);
    else
        TakeBloodSample();

change to:

function ISTakeBloodSample:perform()
    self.surgeon:getXp():AddXP(Perks.Doctor, 2);
    FIL_SendisPlayerHaveSyringe = nil;
    if FIL_isPlayerHaveSyringe(true) then
        self.surgeon:getInventory():Remove('LabSyringe');
        FIL_SendisPlayerHaveSyringe = true;
    else--if
        if FIL_isPlayerHaveSyringeRE(true) then
            self.surgeon:getInventory():Remove('LabSyringeReusable');
            FIL_SendisPlayerHaveSyringe = false;
        end--if
    end--if
    if self.patient ~= self.surgeon and isClient() then
        SendTakeBloodSample(self.patient, FIL_SendisPlayerHaveSyringe);
    else
        TakeBloodSample(FIL_SendisPlayerHaveSyringe);

[livid geode]

got it

If that is basically it I'll test it later when my testing buddy is online

Is it okay if I DM you if that doesn't work? No hard feelings if your answer is 'no'

[hearty dew]

That's okay

[livid geode]

tnx ❤️

[thick karma]

Umm. any way to hide moodles?

Mods? Options?

[hearty dew]

There's a mod that replaces the moodles with different sprites. Could similarly replace them, but with 100% transparent sprites 😅

[thick karma]

...

[sonic idol]

Ok I'm missing something, any exact guide or page that explains How zomboid runs the mod scripts?

[thick karma]

omfg @hearty dew

This exists: ISUIHandler.setVisibleAllUI(bool)

And works

And I am now going to publish a mod

[bronze yoke]

could you show the script for the glowstick item?

[sonic idol]

yeah sure

[thick karma]

@weak sierra https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2875062853

I don't know why the embed isn't working, but the mod is up.

[sonic idol]

just wanted to do some baby steps and see whats happening

[bronze yoke]

in the recipe script, you've set the result to GlowStick, but the item is called MikusGlowStick here

[sonic idol]

god fricking damn it

the only place i never checked

thank you

[bronze yoke]

happens to the best of us!

[ancient grail]

check the script.txt for the name and module

ow nvm uve done this haaha

[thick karma]

Y'all ever try to post too quick on Discord and get an error stuck in Discord's memory, causing previews to be bugged? If so, any way to clear that? Or just wait for Steam or Discord cache refresh?

[bronze yoke]

i think something might just be going on with steam's servers

[thick karma]

Oh word

[bronze yoke]

i can't download your mod right now

[thick karma]

Oh odd

[bronze yoke]

could be something weird on my end though

[thick karma]

Can you see it?

[bronze yoke]

yeah it's there the download just doesn't work

completely stuck here with no disk activity and very low network activity

[thick karma]

That could be my fault, I was trying to trip the gd preview to reset and briefly hid the mod... for literally 7 secs

If you were installing during that 7 secs, could've caused that Idk

[bronze yoke]

it looks like i have the whole mod in the download folder lol

[thick karma]

lol so odd

Well I'll tell you what when the mod works it's gonna be glorious

lmao

It's so nice being able to hide my UI with a quick R3

[bronze yoke]

yeah i think this might be a me-specific issue lol, i restarted steam and deleted the files and it redownloads the whole thing and gets stuck again

[thick karma]

Oh wait

I'm also stuck lmao

[bronze yoke]

😨

[thick karma]

I think it's Steam

[bronze yoke]

must be!

[thick karma]

Maybe mod not yet approved server-side?

idk

Hurry up Steam!

[bronze yoke]

oh yeah i went onto the workshop to try resubbing to a different mod

and half the thumbnails won't load now

some steam engineer is about to have a really bad day

[thick karma]

Dang this sucks lol I hope people don't try installing my mod and think it's busted and spam downthumb

May hide it for now f.r.

[visual abyss]

hmm - how does one load custom script? using same file name as base scripts works but if i try to use my own names ie mod_name.txt, it doesn't seem to load or overwrite some stuff that I intend to overwrite (mainly recipes)

[jaunty gate]

Naming your file the same as the base game file overwrites that entire file. Try adding a line like this to your recipes (and name your file whatever you want; just not the exact same name as the vanilla file)...

Override:true,

[visual abyss]

thanks. also is there a way to reload the mod without having to close and start game?

nevermind, i just found out.

also thank you for the overwrite, that worked

[vast nacelle]

Is there an event that is triggered when a zombie damages a player? OnBeingHitByZombie is obsolete and OnWeaponHitCharacter doesn't trigger when a zombie hits a character.

[thick karma]

Be aware that this can break decorator functions

[fallen cipher]

has anyone got an example of initialising a zombie.core.physics.Transform in a lua script? Im trying Transform.new() and getting an error

or, more specifically, does anyone know what the correct method is for setting the x,y position of a vehicle, more precisely than just a grid square?

[merry quail]

i want to change "rugged recipe" mod to make it only have dried food and it's recipe, someone please help me

[undone elbow]

How to change mod data of an item on the ground in multiplayer?

[bronze yoke]

OnPlayerGetDamage is to be added in the changelist for the next patch, maybe wait until then?

that'll probably pass what's damaging the player

[weak sierra]

marketing-wise that is a terrible name for your mod, but thank u lol

many screenshots will be nicer because of this

[thick karma]

Fiiiinally

The link is working

[vast nacelle]

Oh, neat. Thanks for the heads up.

[thick karma]

Now more colorfully announcing Dawn of the Zed, which adds a hotkey on keyboard and gamepad for quickly hiding your entire UI. Film the next great zombie movie in Project Zomboid (or just see more of the horde coming while they approach to devour you). https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2875062853

[thick karma]

Entirely fair, bahahaha, I almost named it something very boring and descriptive, but hated it and went with something flashy. Idrc who uses it. If it does its job, I'm sure it'll be used.

I made it for you & me tbh lmao

It was not a terrible amount of extra work on top of the other crap I'm already neck-deep in sorting.

If 3 people use it, victory

[weak sierra]

xD

[thick karma]

I need to figure out Mod Options now

[weak sierra]

i will be putting it on a server which should grow to hundreds-to-thousands of users

already around 100

[thick karma]

Because I'm sure people will post wanting to change the hotkey

[weak sierra]

so ppl will use it

and u will guaranteed get around 100 subs

:)

[thick karma]

lmao hell yeah

[weak sierra]

i want us to get pretty screenshots

lol

it hides the name text right?

[thick karma]

Mmm I don't know, it hides the UI but I don't know that name text is part of UI. I hide my own name text in the menu... do other players still show?

Is this some big well-known issue?

I have no friends in Zomboid lol

Joking but the 2 people who play with me are rarely on

So I haven't gotten to see how it looks when I'm playing with a friend

I just know I can host and hide everything by pressing R3 or apostrophe

😦