mod_development

[weak sierra]

however, i need to introduce checks for the vehicle spawning

is there already a vehicle there? is it water? if it's water it should be a boat, etc..

if there's already a vehicle there it should pick a new spot

at present i am thinking of restructuring this and taking the vehicle-to-spawn out of the equation and doing that at spawntime, picking from boat or vehicle depending on if the zone is water

(to avoid having to reject zones due to this)

the clients pick the first random spot to take load off the server, but i think the server will end up placing subsequent random spots into the queue

this could potentially lead to a loop of checking and rejecting in a row if enough chunks are loaded

anyone have any thoughts on how to do that any cleaner?

[bronze yoke]

is there an elegant way to get player from online id on the server? getPlayerByOnlineId seems to be client-only
EDIT: no idea what i was going on about here, getPlayerByOnlineId exists on the server too

[weak sierra]

what is an online id

lol

usually we go by steam id or username

depending on whether account or broader to the player

[bronze yoke]

well there's no getplayerbysteamid either, and i was worried about whether usernames were unique

[weak sierra]

loop thru em and check yeah

:P

or

loop through them periodically and build a table

keyed to steam id or whatever

[bronze yoke]

and specifically i wanted this to work with splitscreen, they'd probably share a username/steam id

[weak sierra]

i dont even know how people access splitscreen

coop button i guess

ive never touched it 😂

[hearty dew]

--[[
    Gets all players matching a predicate. The default predicate is all players that aren't dead.
    
    Usage example:
    local all_living_players = albionUtils.getPlayers()
    local all_players_named_bob = albionUtils.getPlayers(function(p) return p:getDisplayName() == "bob" end)

    Notes:
    getNumActivePlayers:
    - Singleplayer: number of local players in client (including all split screen players)
    - Client: number of local players in client (including all split screen players)
    - Server: 1, but getSpecificPlayer() calls always return nil on server
    
    getOnlinePlayers:
    - Singleplayer: nil
    - Client: lists all players (including split screen players)
    - Server: lists all players (including split screen players)
    
    getConnectedPlayers: trash. only seems useful for working with scoreboard?
    - Singleplayer: 0
    - Client: only updates when a player manually open scoreboard, but lists all players then
    - Server: 0
]]
albionUtils.getPlayers = function(predicate)
    local result = {}
    predicate = predicate or function(player)
        return not player:isDead()
            -- and player:getCurrentSquare() -- Will filter out players sufficiently far from client that their square isn't loaded
    end
    if not isClient() and not isServer() then
        -- singleplayer
        for i = 0, getNumActivePlayers() - 1 do
            local player = getSpecificPlayer(i)
            if player and (predicate == true or predicate(player)) then
                table.insert(result, player)
            end
        end
    else -- multiplayer
        local onlinePlayers = getOnlinePlayers()
        for i = 0, onlinePlayers:size() - 1 do
            local player = onlinePlayers:get(i)
            if player and (predicate == true or predicate(player)) then
                table.insert(result, player)
            end
        end
    end
    
    return result
end

local onlineID = 10
local players = albionUtils.getPlayers(function(p)
  return onlineID == p:getOnlineID()
end)
  if players[1] then ...

Note that'll only work in multiplayer I think bc getOnlineID() doesn't work in single player

LOG  : General     , 1666902398797> isServer=false name=SonjaMaples onlineid=0
LOG  : General     , 1666902398803> isServer=false name=RafaelaBonilla onlineid=1

Oh, I guess there is an online ID returned by getOnlineID() in single player, so that should work on either

online IDs aren't persistent afaik, btw

between game loads

[bronze yoke]

oh thank you!

i wasn't planning on using them for persistence, so that's fine

[weak sierra]

tyrir goes all out sometimes

:)

now write the overhaul of the vehicle respawn code for me pls lmfao

i've had no ADHD meds for over a month this is killing me

ima go take some old ones i think, better than nothing

<_<

[gilded hawk]

I know your pain 😦

I'm still waiting for mine

Does mod options allow to use use sliders? Like the ones in the screenshots?

[shadow vault]

So for the "They Knew" mod, does the zomboxivir Ampule completely cure it when your bitten?

[young edge]

yes, but there are other mods which act as a suppressant instead

they share a similar name

[hearty dew]

Nah, just the checkbox (boolean) and dropdown (table) atm

[gilded hawk]

Okay, I guess I will use mcm then 🤔

[hearty dew]

.

[hearty dew]

What's mcm?

[gilded hawk]

A nice less known alternative to mod options https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2815552312&searchtext=Mod+Configuration+Menu

[gilded hawk]

So, I made a mod that everytime you get a random crit, you hear the TF2 Crit sound

local function onHit(attacker, target, weapon, damage)
    local isDoneByThePlayer = (target:getObjectName() == "Zombie" and attacker:getObjectName() == "Player")
    local isCrit = attacker:isCriticalHit();
    if not isDoneByThePlayer or not isCrit then
        return
    end

    print('TF2CritSound!')

    getSoundManager():PlaySound("TF2CritSound", false, 5):setVolume(1);
end

Events.OnWeaponHitCharacter.Add(onHit);

But with this code the sound plays in both speakers and has no location, how can I make that the sound is played from the location of the zombie I just hit?

[hearty dew]

If target is an IsoGameCharacter, might try the playSound() method on it. If memory serves, it will pass the IsoGameCharacter x/y coords to the sound emitter (which I'm assuming will handle stereo sounds, but I have no idea)

[frosty estuary]

How zombie toughness work? It increasethe zombie health or it reduces the damage, and if so, by how much it reduces on each toughness option?

[hearty dew]

@gilded hawk E.g. if target is a zombie. I think I was unclear how I said that

[hearty dew]

        if (SandboxOptions.instance.Lore.Toughness.getValue() == 1) {
            this.setHealth(3.5f + Rand.Next((float)0.0f, (float)0.3f));
        }
        if (SandboxOptions.instance.Lore.Toughness.getValue() == 2) {
            this.setHealth(1.8f + Rand.Next((float)0.0f, (float)0.3f));
        }
        if (SandboxOptions.instance.Lore.Toughness.getValue() == 3) {
            this.setHealth(0.5f + Rand.Next((float)0.0f, (float)0.3f));
        }
        if (SandboxOptions.instance.Lore.Toughness.getValue() == 4) {
            this.setHealth(Rand.Next((float)0.5f, (float)3.5f) + Rand.Next((float)0.0f, (float)0.3f));
        }

Just health it looks like

Thought there was a strength option (or something?) for damage

[gilded hawk]

It's clear dont worry

[hearty dew]

Yea, it's strength that affects offense. For example, here it affects how many zombies are needed to do drag downs

[safe silo]

What type of time interval events can I use?

I know of Events.OnGameTick and Events.EveryOneMinute but is there others?

[hearty dew]

pzwiki has a list of them. idk how up to date it is though

The usual ones are OnTick, OnTickEvenPaused, EveryOneMinute, EveryTenMinutes, EveryHour, EveryDay... That's all that come to mind

There are a few other tick events, one specifically for rendering, one for climate

[safe silo]

OnTick wouldn't it take a huge performance hit?

I'm looking to check when a generator is turned off it should also turn off my item attached to it. Currently just checking if the tile the item is on has square:haveElectricity() == false, turn it off.
I'm sure there are better ways to do this though, but I assume if it checked each tick might be extreme

[hearty dew]

t={}; for i,j in pairs(Events) do table.insert(t,i) end; table.sort(t); print(table.concat(t,"\n"))```

[hearty dew]

You do want to be mindful of performance if you are doing something on every frame, yea

[safe silo]

Aight one minute it is then

[hearty dew]

Hmm, is there no event for when the generator goes on/off?

[safe silo]

I don't know actually

[hearty dew]

not event, but something to hook into, a function call for example

[thick karma]

@hearty dew I just tried it, and I think it requires me to disable anticheat type 12.

[safe silo]

hmm, wouldnt be sure where to look tbf

[gilded hawk]

It's odd, play sound does not seem to work 🤔

It seems like it still plays the sound from the character

[safe silo]

how do i get the square if I have the x, y, z?

[hearty dew]

I don't see anything with a quick search

[gilded hawk]

This seems to work tho

local function onHit(attacker, target, weapon, damage)
    local isDoneByThePlayer = (target:getObjectName() == "Zombie" and attacker:getObjectName() == "Player")
    local isCrit = attacker:isCriticalHit();
    if not isDoneByThePlayer or not isCrit then
        return
    end

    print('TF2CritSound!')

    getSoundManager():PlayWorldSoundImpl("TF2CritSound", false, target:getX(), target:getY(), 0, 0, 20, 1, false);
end

Events.OnWeaponHitCharacter.Add(onHit);

[hearty dew]

Hmm.. Do any other sounds in the game have directional sound? I don't play with stereo so I never noticed

[ruby urchin]

getSquare(x, y, z)

[gilded hawk]

Odd timing, I just found a solution, but I'm not sure about the params

[hearty dew]

Idk offhand. Does the object you are using have a getSquare() method or similar?

[gilded hawk]

Like what 0, 0, 20, 1, false do? 🤔 I took this from media\lua\client\Tutorial\Steps.lua

[safe silo]

if getSquare(v.x, v.y, v.z):haveElectricity() == false then
Like so?

[gilded hawk]

Have you look at the elevators mod code? it does what you are looking for w/ the electricity check

[thick karma]

It worked! @hearty dew I just got done testing with 2 different clients on a local server. They ate me and ignored the yogi!

I got it on video as proof of the fact that right after I died I got kicked on a type 5 violation! And also of my success! 🤪

[safe silo]

will check ty ❤️

[ruby urchin]

if you're sure that in that coords the square have :haveElectricity() function, probably yes, but anyway I recommend something like

local square = getSquare(x, y, z)
if square then
--TODO
end
--or
if square and square:haveElectricity() then
--TODO
end

[thick karma]

I wonder what type 5 is and why it didn't trigger until I died...

[gilded hawk]

Boh, this thing does not seem to work, I tried getSoundManager():PlayWorldSound("TF2CritSound", target:getSquare(), 0, 10, 1, true) but sound still seems to not work as stereo

[hearty dew]

Are any sounds in the game directional/stereo? I don't play with stereo so I never noticed if that's a thing

[gilded hawk]

Most of them are, helicopter, zombies, gunshots

[hearty dew]

Are those random events directional (wolf howl, gunshot/scream in distance)? Those go through the AmbientStreamManager if I recall correctly

[drifting ore]

Quick mod question guys. I'm having a bug where mods are like, missing segments of a model

Example image, STALKER overcoat is missing the legs

[frosty estuary]

I was asking cause I'm trying to increase the melee damage when using a item I am making. For that I'm using onhitingcharacter event that give me the hit damage. But after several logs and then digging the source code, I found out that this damage the event give me it's not the final damage that is reduced from zombie health, several other operations occurs like multipliers from weapon skil for example and a final 0.15 multiplier for melee weapon, if I get this correct. So is that another method that I can call to inflict this extra damage that take account all those multipliers too?

I was just taking this hit damage setting zombie health minus the extra damage, but that's happening to be too high than I thought, because it's seems the final damage pass through all those multipliers

[undone crag]

Maybe it's the image file mask's alpha layer, or the text-like file's "Mask ID" #modeling message.

[drifting ore]

It appears to be, my confusion is that it seems to be happening on base models of the STALKER mod as intended

Like the armband doesn't end up in the right spot or whatever

[undone crag]

What u mean dawg?

[drifting ore]

Like running STALKER outfits, the oxygen tank and stuff are clipped by everything and have sections missing

So I imagine it isn't the mod itself doing that, although it could

Like something is interfering

[undone crag]

Do you mean you downloaded the mod and it was doing that?

[drifting ore]

Yea

I feel like I see it happen with Shark's stuff too

So I wonder if its a settings issue somewhere

[undone crag]

Maybe you have a mod that overwrites mask image files that are referenced by mods.

[drifting ore]

Yeah I just thought it was by item, not something overwritten

[undone crag]

Does it happen with base game non-mod things too?

[drifting ore]

No, it doesn't seem to happen with base items

[jade chasm]

hey guys how do I enable upgrades on my firearm mod? I have the modelweaponparts in the item file but there is no upgrade option

[bronze yoke]

took a look at the mod myself - doesn't look like a masking issue to me, if i compare my game to the screenshot the clothing models are literally just smaller in the screenshot

[undone crag]

:/

[drifting ore]

I suspect it may be the More styles mod

With all the female clothes

[undone crag]

Either the weapon upgrade also needs to list the weapon in its list of weapons it can attach to, or you need to code the choice to attach it into something like the context menu, or maybe a recipe if that would work.

[jade chasm]

do you know if there is a code template to add a weapon to the upgrade list?

[undone crag]

maybe

local something1 = InventoryItemFactory.CreateItem(item_full_type) --makes a copy of the item so that you can get what weapons it can attach to. that's all the item copy is needed for here and it should disappear by itself soon.
local something2 = something1:getMountOn(); --gets the list of weapons it can attach to
local something3 = ScriptManager.instance:getItem(item_full_type) --gets the script item, which is the item template the game uses to create items from which you can edit

Then some more code to turn the list of weapons into a string and then add to the string and then apply the string back to the script item.

Do you know Lua or a coding language?

[jade chasm]

not really lol. I also don't know enough about the actual game structure itself to do much yet. kind of just putting together mods that are based on my interests in modelling and balancing items. I appreciate the help here!

would I throw this into the lua/items folder then yeah? or can I just throw this into the item file?

[jade chasm]

I am just adding an AK47 to the game as a standalone gun so I should be able to skip the list string part right?

[undone crag]

This might work for that.

local function something()
    local attachment_full_type_array = {"base.hey", "base.hail", "base.hello"}
    for i,attachment_full_type in pairs(attachment_full_type_array) do
        local something1 = InventoryItemFactory.CreateItem(attachment_full_type)
        local something2 = something1:getMountOn();
        local something3 = ScriptManager.instance:getItem(attachment_full_type)
        local something4 = "MountOn ="
        for j = 1,something2:size() do
            something4 = something4 .. " " .. mountOn:get(j-1) .. ";"
        end
        newString = newString .. " someMod.AK47;"
        something3:DoParam(newString)
    end
end
Events.OnGameBoot.Add(something)

Except you have to list each attachment in attachment_full_type_array instead of things like hello. This should go in a lua file. media\lua\client should be fine.

Also, farewell.

[manic barn]

i was wondering if anyone knew which mods these are related to?

[bronze yoke]

the OS- ones are from more occupations

[empty cove]

how do one create a horizontal scrolling panel?
i tried using double ISPanel for scroll frame + content but it didn't work plus rendering content outside of frame's width

first row is the scroll panel while the other is using vanilla grid

do i need to write new ui components using stencil rect?

[vivid imp]

Anyone knows what´s the proper encoding of the translation txt files for russian?

[hearty dew]

$ file ProjectZomboid/media/lua/shared/Translate/RU/*
ProjectZomboid/media/lua/shared/Translate/RU/Challenge_RU.txt:         ISO-8859 text, with very long lines (446), with CRLF line terminators
ProjectZomboid/media/lua/shared/Translate/RU/ContextMenu_RU.txt:       ISO-8859 text, with CRLF line terminators
ProjectZomboid/media/lua/shared/Translate/RU/DynamicRadio_RU.txt:      ISO-8859 text, with CRLF line terminators
ProjectZomboid/media/lua/shared/Translate/RU/EvolvedRecipeName_RU.txt: ISO-8859 text, with CRLF line terminators
ProjectZomboid/media/lua/shared/Translate/RU/Farming_RU.txt:           ISO-8859 text, with CRLF line terminators
ProjectZomboid/media/lua/shared/Translate/RU/GameSound_RU.txt:         ISO-8859 text, with CRLF line terminators
ProjectZomboid/media/lua/shared/Translate/RU/IG_UI_RU.txt:             ISO-8859 text, with very long lines (487), with CRLF line terminators
ProjectZomboid/media/lua/shared/Translate/RU/ItemName_RU.txt:          ISO-8859 text, with CRLF line terminators

The vanilla russian translation files are ISO-8859 it seems

$ cat ProjectZomboid/media/lua/shared/Translate/RU/language.txt
VERSION = 1,
text = Russian,
charset = Cp1251,

CP 1251 is also known as Windows Cyrillic.

Appears to be https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows-1251.
Not sure why file detected it as ISO-8859. Might be some overlap between those character encodings or some mistake in file

[vivid imp]

I don't know how to change the encoding, tried a lot of encodings, but I get some gibberish every time
Not sure if it is VSCode

[ancient grail]

I have a mod idea but its beyond my ability to mod..
To be able to build containers with distrib
So that items spawns

Watch daddy dirks youtube tutorial. Thats where i learned

[fast galleon]

@thick karma
is it ok to pm you with question about controller support?

could you make a guide with best practices for controleers

I am adding some context options and cursor.

[hearty dew]

-- client-side
local function clientSideFunc(task)
  -- ...
  task.yield()
  -- ...
  task.wait(500)
  return 2
end

local function fn(task, player)
  local result = task.awaitFunction(clientSideFunc)
  print(result) -- => 2

  local remoteResult = task.awaitRemoteCommand("MyModule", "myCommand", 5, player)
  print(remoteResult) -- => 100
  -- etc
end

local task = createTask(fn).start(currentPlayer)
-- Do some other things ...

-- server-side
function MyModule.myCommand(task, arg, player)
  for _, p in pairs(getNearbyPlayers(player)) do
    task.awaitRemoteCommand("MyModule", "otherCommand", "arg", p)
  end
  print(arg) -- => 5
  return 100
end

@thick karma @astral dune Would something like that make sense / be useful? If so, any ideas to improve it?

I can't really think of contexts in pz modding where awaitFunction would be useful?

[vast nacelle]

Maybe useful as a generic utility when an action being done affects another player until the action is complete.
I certainly wouldn't mind an awaitFunction used to decorate Medical Check to hold the stupid patient in place while administering medical care... 😒
The await could also act as a timeout in the case of something happening to the person doing the action (e.g. actor getting Thanos snapped) without needing the actor to notify the awaiting player that whatever they were awaiting was disrupted for whatever reason.
So something like Await("MyModule", "DoThisUntil", "untilArgs", "ThisIsCalled", timeout)

[blissful salmon]

I'm looking for a way to play a directional sound only hearable by the local player and not the others. Does anybody has an idea? I'm currently playing around with the SoundEmitter stuff. But no luck so far.

[ancient grail]

Try UI sound

You just have to create left and right panned audio tho

I think theres a way to play UI audio

[blissful salmon]

does the UI have a sample of a directional sound where I can peak in the code?

[ancient grail]

Idk man. Its just an idea of where u might find leads hopefuly it helps

[blissful salmon]

ok, thx... I check if I can find something.

[thick karma]

It does look useful! The await function automatically passing the task it's inside of?

[thick karma]

Yeah of course.

[grim rose]

applyMedication = function ()
player:getBodyDamage():seColdStrength(player:getBodyDamage():getColdStrength() - 20);
player:Say("I feel bit better")
end

anyone have idea why it doesn't work

player:getBodyDamage():seColdStrength(player:getBodyDamage():getColdStrength() - 20); this part gets error in debug

[thick karma]

If I could have an await function running in an entirely separate thread, wouldn't execution generally be a little faster than in the current meta where I interrupt the main flow of events OnTick for some logic checks and possibly for triggering more complex procedures?

[vast nacelle]

"seColdStrength"

[grim rose]

thanks

[vast nacelle]

np

[grim rose]

after i fix it my character does not get lowered cold sickness nor says "i feel bit better"

yet the script happens

[frosty estuary]

Hi. I'm trying to increase some melee damage on zombie. Right now using the OnWeaponHitCharacter(player, target, weapon, damage) envent to get the damage and reduce some extra damage from target health via target:setHealth(target:getHealth() - damage/2). But what happens is, for example:

Just debuging to see what happens, the given damage by the event is 1.7. But when I log the target health before and after the attack the health reduces only 0.250 for example (I think this is because this damage it's not the final damage that is reduced from the zombie health, several multiplier occurs after the event)
Is there a way I can get this final damage, the one that is actually reduced from zombie health? Or right now, this event is the only way?

[ancient grail]

finally was able to remove items on the ground

local inv = getPlayer():getInventory() 
local sq = getPlayer():getSquare() 
  for i=0, sq:getObjects():size()-1 do
 if instanceof(sq:getObjects():get(i), "IsoWorldInventoryObject") then
local item = sq:getObjects():get(i)
sq:transmitRemoveItemFromSquare(item);
item:removeFromWorld()
item:removeFromSquare()
end
end
ISInventoryPage.renderDirty = true;
ISInventoryPage.dirtyUI();
inv:setDrawDirty(true);

but its not yet a perfect script it throws error and sometimes it doesnt delete all
can someone ppls help improve the snippet

[ancient grail]

do you want to instant kill?

local zombie = square:getZombie()
if zombie then
zombie:Kill(playerObj)

[frosty estuary]

No. Just increase the damage by 50% for example.

[ancient grail]

ah iwouldnt know,,.. havent tried it

[frosty estuary]

And because this damage the event give me looks like it's not the final one, if I use the way I said, the increase will be much higher than the 50% I want....

[vast nacelle]

I think it throws an error because "sq:getObjects():size()-1" is the size of the list before you altered it by removing items. So 'i' increments against a list that is no longer the same size, eventually calling for an item out of the bounds of the item list.
Maybe try "local item = sq:getObjects():get(0)" so you are always getting whatever is at the top of the list "sq:getObjects():size()-1" times.

[ancient grail]

what you said is hard to digest for me... lol ill try

[tardy wren]

Ive also seen that for iterating a shrinking list, you can start from the top, as in i=sq:getObjects():size()-1 and till i>0

[vast nacelle]

Say you have a list {A, B, C}
Size will tell you there are 3 items in there
So your for loop will run 3 times with i = 0 then 1 and then 2.
But you are removing items from the list each time.
So the first run would be list.Get(0) which is 'A'.
But after you remove 'A' from the list, the list is now {B, C} while the for loop will still run two more times with i continuing on to 1 and 2.
So the next loop will be list.Get(1) which is 'C' instead of the 'B' you expect.
And the third iteration of the for loop will ask for the third element of a list that only has { B } so it'll error out.

[ancient grail]

ahh3

so how do i use for key, value

instead

which @summer rune suggested

[thick karma]

This is for looping through Lua tables. I think you're accessing Java ArrayList functions that have been made visible to Lua

E.g., I use this:

-- Util
function showMeContents(someTable)
    for key, value in pairs(someTable) do print(key) end
end

To see the keys of those mysterious table objects that have fields that aren't documented in any obvious public way to my knowledge

[ancient grail]

ill try thnx

 for key, value in pairs(getPlayer():getSquare():getObjects()) do print(key) end

right?

i think its cuz of the table im trying to get the items from

getPlayer():getSquare():getObjects()

isnt really a container

[thick karma]

You wouldn't use pairs on getPlayer():getSquare():getObjects() afaik, because you're accessing Java methods and receiving Java objects when you make calls to getPlayer() and its methods

You want the items on a specific square?

[thick karma]

Your goal is just to loop through all the items in a single square, right?

Actually, wait, your goal is to remove all of the items in a single square? @ancient grail

Can you clarify?

[ancient grail]

yes

but the thing im looping from is the getObjects which also containes non worldinventoryitems

if instanceof(sq:getObjects():get(i), "IsoWorldInventoryObject")

so i had to do this

If theres an array for only worldinventoryobject on the tile the player is stepping on then thats the solution

[kind fossil]

Hello this is the mod Keep that Radio ON! Lite I would like to patch it so when you don't hold your talkie walkie, it would shut down the microphone so you can only listen to people talking in the talkie and only be able to talk on the talkie if you are holding it in your hands
Do you have an idea about what to do?

[thick karma]

Have you tried getPlayer():getSquare():removeAllWorldObjects()?

Also, @ anyone who can answer this, how does split screen work for keyboard users in Zomboid? If someone is playing on keyboard, how does the game know which player pressed the key during keyboard events? I'm wondering if I fire a function on a key event that loops through until getNumActivePlayers, will it apply to all the local players whenever someone using a keyboard presses a key? (Not the desired effect... would prefer function to affect only the player who pressed the key.

The joypad stuff lets me get the calling player directly from self... That's super convenient. Stuff like OnPlayerMove also guarantees that I have the right player. But OnTick and OnKeyStartPressed and such seem dangerous

(for split screen)

Never mind, just saw Indie Stone confirm that lack of support for KBM splitscreen is a fundamental Windows issue afaik... so thankfully I can ignore that I hope.

[ancient grail]

I will when i get back to it. Thnx!

[fast galleon]

I've seen a lot of overwriting functionshere lately and remembered somebody was using the triggerevent command before / after certain function, instead of hooking/decorating. Can't remember where it was unfortunately.

Was thinking of updating some of my old code.

[thick karma]

What are you trying to update?

[fast galleon]

I know snake's modpack breaks my inventory transfer hook for example. I haven't checked what he does, but I thought I'd go back and update my hooks. I am going to rename the file for sure, not sure what else I'll do.

[thick karma]

I see. I am sure there are a variety of conflicts that can arise from attempting to hook / overwrite the same functions in different ways. When I overwrite, I am trying to make sure that I only reference globals that I have declared in my own class or locals of the overwrite function, and that seems to prevent my double-overwrite of JoypadControllerData.onPressButtonNoFocus from causing any problems (just an example of something I am currently double-overwriting without generating any errors / exceptions).

[thick karma]

Anyone know what causes a Type 5 or Type 12 error? Or are these still a total mystery, and we just disable the ones that seem necessary for our mods to work???

It seems to trigger intermittently during my respawn or immediately after respawning...

[kind fossil]

Does anyone have a clue on which command to use to disable microphone and enable microphone from a talkie?

[dusk sonnet]

I'm familiarizing myself with Lua coming from C#. Looking at Distributions.lua specifically:

items = {
         "BandageDirty", 1,
         "BeerCanEmpty", 2,
}

How does this get parsed? From my current understanding, 1 isn't automatically associated with "BandageDirty", it's just a standalone value in the table.

[kind fossil]

@ancient grail do you have an idea about that please?

[ancient grail]

no sorry no i havent dont anything with mic related mod

[kind fossil]

crap :c

[vast nacelle]

Indeed. They are just two standalone values so you'd need to trust the list is was made and added to in the expected format.
Such as parsing it with

local itemName = items[i];
local lootChance = items[i+1];
end```

[dusk sonnet]

Alright, that's what I thought, but wanted to make sure I wasn't missing some underlying functionality. Thanks!

[thick karma]

At a glance, this sounds more difficult than just examining this file alone. The key code that was modded to make the walkie talkie work while unequipped appears to be this:

    --if self.deviceData and self.deviceType=="InventoryItem" then        -- conveniently turn off radio when unequiped to prevent accidental loss of power.
    --    self.deviceData:setIsTurnedOn(false); 
    --end   !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!REMOVED to allow radio to remain turned on while not equipped in hand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kind fossil]

Yes the command that is activated when you unequip the talkie is put in comment

[thick karma]

Unfortunately, as you can see, the code just decides whether to turn the radio on or off

It doesn't seem that there are separate states for "canHear" and "canTalk"

It's just on or off

[kind fossil]

we could replace self.deviceData:setIsTurnedOn(false); with the command to turn off microphone

[kind fossil]

then how the game can store the value of the microphone?

[thick karma]

So the game may have some internal ability to set the mic on or off independently of the receiver, or it may not, but either way it does not seem to be in that file

[kind fossil]

D:

[thick karma]

The game could simply use the same variable

[kind fossil]

why is it always so complicated for VOIP

[ancient grail]

try item:setActivated()

[thick karma]

e.g. ```
if isOn
activateMic()
activateSound()
end

That would be one variable responsible for both

That said, there likely are unique functions

[ancient grail]

or that

[thick karma]

For activating the reception vs. speaking.

So you would have to go into the file that determines how the walkie talkie hears or talks and see when exactly those commands get sent, and how

I do not know where that is

I am speaking abstractly

[kind fossil]

So strange it's not part of that file that is defining walkies

yes yes

[kind fossil]

wouldn't this turn off the walkie entirely?

[thick karma]

Well I did not read every single line, but I searched that file for "equip", and only that one example showed up

So there is no obvious place where the equipped state of the walkie is being checked like that

Hmm

[kind fossil]

At least I would like to turn off the microphone when you unequip the talkie, if we have to turn back on the mic when getting it again in hands it's okay

and we have the line for unequip

[thick karma]

Hold on

Here we go

This is the breadcrumb so-to-speak @kind fossil :

function ISRadioWindow:createChildren()
    ISCollapsableWindow.createChildren(self);
    local th = self:titleBarHeight();

    --self:addModule(RWMSignal:new (0, 0, self.width, 0 ), "Signal", false);
    self:addModule(RWMGeneral:new (0, 0, self.width, 0), getText("IGUI_RadioGeneral"), true);
    self:addModule(RWMPower:new (0, 0, self.width, 0), getText("IGUI_RadioPower"), true);
    self:addModule(RWMGridPower:new (0, 0, self.width, 0), getText("IGUI_RadioPower"), true);
    self:addModule(RWMSignal:new (0, 0, self.width, 0), getText("IGUI_RadioSignal"), true);
    self:addModule(RWMVolume:new (0, 0, self.width, 0), getText("IGUI_RadioVolume"), true);
    self:addModule(RWMMicrophone:new (0, 0, self.width, 0), getText("IGUI_RadioMicrophone"), true);
    self:addModule(RWMMedia:new (0, 0, self.width, 0 ), getText("IGUI_RadioMedia"), true);
    self:addModule(RWMChannel:new (0, 0, self.width, 0 ), getText("IGUI_RadioChannel"), true);
    self:addModule(RWMChannelTV:new (0, 0, self.width, 0 ), getText("IGUI_RadioChannel"), true);

end```

It adds these children

One of which is RWMMicrophone

That keyword does not appear anywhere else in the file, so I'm guessing it's its own class in its own file somewhere else.

Okay, @kind fossil , looks like that RWMMicrophone has a mute state:

function RWMMicrophone:new (x, y, width, height)
    local o = RWMPanel:new(x, y, width, height);
    setmetatable(o, self)
    self.__index = self
    o.x = x;
    o.y = y;
    o.background = true;
    o.backgroundColor = {r=0, g=0, b=0, a=0.0};
    o.borderColor = {r=0.4, g=0.4, b=0.4, a=1};
    o.width = width;
    o.height = height;
    o.anchorLeft = true;
    o.anchorRight = false;
    o.anchorTop = true;
    o.anchorBottom = false;
    o.fontheight = getTextManager():MeasureStringY(UIFont.Small, "AbdfghijklpqtyZ")+2;
    o.muteState = false;
    return o
end

[kind fossil]

OH INSANE

that's so good

[thick karma]

This suggests that if you can access the RWMMicrophone object, you can just go:

mic.muteState = true

when the player puts away the walkie.

And that MAY work

IF that variable gets checked before the walkie listens to you

Yeah I assume that is getting checked... I dunno I'll look around

[kind fossil]

thank so much

i'll share that with my team thank you

[thick karma]

No

Looks like that's a no go

Because here

    if self.deviceData then
        self.muteState = self.deviceData:getMicIsMuted();
        if self.muteState then
            self.muteButton:setTitle(getText("IGUI_RadioUnmuteMic"));
        else
            self.muteButton:setTitle(getText("IGUI_RadioMuteMic"));
        end
    end
end```

It uses that variable internally and overwrites it with then result of getting the mic state from the device data

[kind fossil]

so we can't alter the variable?

[thick karma]

We can, sure, pointlessly

[kind fossil]

fck

[thick karma]

But it's calling this with the deviceData

https://zomboid-javadoc.com/41.65/zombie/radio/devices/DeviceData.html#getMicIsMuted()

[kind fossil]

so the mod can't be possible?

[thick karma]

Hope is not lost, just gotta keep thinking @kind fossil

So when you grab the deviceData object off the microphone as it does in setMuteButtonText() above when it says self.deviceData, you get that Java class back... sort of. You get access to it functions, at least. getMicIsMuted is a Java-side function that is clearly exposed to the Lua (or the Lua couldn't be calling it here)

deviceData will contain a function: setMicIsMuted​(boolean boolean1)

I'm like 99% sure that's the function you would need to call.

[kind fossil]

damn maybe we can find something

[thick karma]

so, it would basically be microphone.deviceData:setMicIsMuted(true) when you pocket it, or false when you retrieve it.

[kind fossil]

exactly

that's the concept

[thick karma]

How exactly to acquire microphone properly depends on where and how you hook it

At a glance, self.deviceData appears to be available in that first class you posted.

So perhaps, instead of the commented-out part here...

    --if self.deviceData and self.deviceType=="InventoryItem" then
    --    self.deviceData:setIsTurnedOn(false); -- Turns it off.
    --end 

try...

    if self.deviceData and self.deviceType=="InventoryItem" then
       self.deviceData:setMicIsMuted(true); -- Mutes it.
    end

Then wherever you find setIsTurnedOn when you pull it out, change it to setMicIsMuted(false) instead.

You following?

[kind fossil]

I'm sharing screenshots to the team but yeah i get it

[thick karma]

Cool, let me know if you can't figure it out from there, I feel like those are the keys

[kind fossil]

not a dev myself but studied IT for 2 years so I understand what it means

i think so

i'll try in solo

[thick karma]

Good luck!

[kind fossil]

thank you so much

[thick karma]

I'm not sure where setIsTurnedOn(true) actually happens, but honestly you might not even need to mod that, because I would imagine / hope that turning it on twice in a row is designed to be safe.

So if you just design it to stay on in your pocket, I'm guessing that's good

You could add a condition based on a Mod Option to either turn it off or just turn off the mic at the same entry point above @kind fossil

[kind fossil]

Yeah not bad

IT WORKED

OMG

[blissful salmon]

Can I cast nil to a IsoObject in lua? I want to call e method which takes 3 diffrent objects as the second parameter and I want to call the one with IsoObject and it should be null in java.

[bronze yoke]

if you change line 3 to for i=sq:getObjects():size()-1, 0, -1 do this should work fine

[gilded hawk]

Is there any JS/React dev in here?
I'm looking for help with a small zomboid modding related PWA

[tardy wren]

Anyone know how I can get my hands on the enum Item.Type?

I need to compare against it(See if an item is of type food)

[bronze yoke]

i know i just did this but i forgot where u_u let me see if i can find it

[tardy wren]

oki

[ruby urchin]

None(0), 
Weapon(1), 
Food(2), 
Literature(3), 
Drainable(4), 
Clothing(5), 
Key(6), 
KeyRing(7), 
Moveable(8), 
AlarmClock(9), 
AlarmClockClothing(10);

[blissful salmon]

I circumvented the problem by getting a square at the coordinates I have. To pass nil as an IsoObject (if possible) would still be the better solution. The code I'm using now is:

local soundEmitter = getWorld():getFreeEmitter(soundX, soundY, 0)
proxySoundSquare = getSquare(soundX, soundY, 0) -- Hack because I would like to pass the IsoObject nil parameter to playSoundImpl()
local soundId = soundEmitter:playSoundImpl("ZombieDemonScream", proxySoundSquare)
soundEmitter:setVolume(soundId, 0.90)

Passing the square overwrite the exact coordinates I pass when getting the FreeEmitter.

[bronze yoke]

couldn't find it, maybe i misremembered, but i did something similar, see if just ItemType.Clothing (or whatever) is exposed, and if not try ItemType:valueOf('Clothing')

[tardy wren]

oh, so ItemType, and not Item.Type

Nope, ItemType.valueOf doesn't work

[bronze yoke]

could you not just do instanceof(item, 'Food')?

[tardy wren]

instanceof or instanceOf?

[bronze yoke]

instanceof

[tardy wren]

like, just a function call instanceof?

It doesn't seem to work for me

[bronze yoke]

as part of an if statement i mean

[tardy wren]

Okay..

It seems I broke something else, hold upo

Right, fixed it

[tardy wren]

I don't know if that worked

All my items are a food, but they failed the check

Wait no

I can't

I'm operating on Items, not InventoryItems

[fast galleon]

ok, his file starts with z and completely overwrites the function.

[bronze yoke]

oh! i think you can just go if item:getTypeString() == 'Food' then

[tardy wren]

That should work!

Shame I can't compare against an Enum, would be faster

[ancient grail]

this worked thanks!

 getPlayer():getSquare():removeAllWorldObjects()
 ISInventoryPage.renderDirty = true;

[thick karma]

Cool!

[astral dune]

I'm not quite following it atm, but I'll take a good look when I get home

[tardy wren]

Is there a flag for running in debug mode?

[bronze yoke]

isDebugEnabled()

[tardy wren]

I see... How about for server admins trying to bugfix their online lists?

[bronze yoke]

what do you mean?

[tardy wren]

if the mod is ran on a server

can you run debug mode in multiplayer?

[ancient grail]

Yes

[tardy wren]

Ah, okay. I'll leave some debug mode logging then

Since I'm doing an autopatcher, wanna give people some way to check what gets caught

[steep copper]

hi, i try to create a mod on project zomboid, i wanna make possible to cook an existing item (here bucket of paint) and when it's cooked, its transformed in a new item (color pigments)

I don't really know how to do this

[tardy wren]

ReplaceOnCooked property in an item

[ancient grail]

Yep u just have to put

if isDebugEnabled() then
print("somestuff")
end

[tardy wren]

Does anyone know if daysFresh equal to 1000000000 means that item doesn't have the property set at all and is therefore not perishable?

[thick karma]

Idk sorry... you could print it in-game and see if it's going down for a particular item

If it's going down I would imagine it eventually spoils?

[tardy wren]

Can I do that in admin tools or something?

[thick karma]

If you launch with -debug you could open your debug console, use your player object to get your inventory, use your inventory to grab an item, and print its daysFresh. That is an item property right?

I don't see it on the Java side so it might be a lua property that you'll have to go digging for.

Probably somewhere in an item's data.

[bronze yoke]

huh? it is on the java side

[tardy wren]

Item calss

[thick karma]

Really? I tried searching the https://zomboid-javadoc.com/41.65/zombie/util/list/PZArrayList.html and saw nothing

Ahaaaaa

@bronze yoke It's DaysFresh

[tardy wren]

not InventoryItem. Item

[thick karma]

Doh

[bronze yoke]

yeah if you're looking generally for something, if you type all lowercase it won't try to be case sensitive

[tardy wren]

as in write lua commands in-game?

[thick karma]

Both Lua and Java commands to a degree can be launched from the console

[thick karma]

e.g., you can type, getSpecificPlayer(0):Say("Ayyyy")

tmk calling a Lua function that forwards straight into a Java function

So essentially you're calling the IsoPlayer (Java class's) Say method, which it inherits from other classes it extends.

[tardy wren]

oh god

[thick karma]

You could also write, yourUncle = "Nobody", and then bobIsYourUncle = function() yourUncle = "Bob" end, and then bobIsYourUncle(), and verify that Bob is in fact your uncle now with print(yourUncle)

That's all Lua

[bronze yoke]

the console basically just follows the same rules as .lua files

[tardy wren]

Great

[thick karma]

Exactly. It counts as its own little scope

[tardy wren]

I barely know Lua

[thick karma]

It remembers variables, functions, etc while you're in-game

[weak sierra]

LOG : General , 1666974611430> 564,894,782> [UdderlyVehicleRespawn] Running command "RemoveAndSpawnRandomVehicleSomewhere" for player "UdderlyEvelyn".
LOG : General , 1666974611430> 564,894,782> [UdderlyVehicleRespawn] Removing vehicle "Base.VAZ07" as 6999.47998046875, 7554.5 for player "UdderlyEvelyn" to spawn replacement.
LOG : General , 1666974611431> 564,894,783> UDDTST: Zone Specs: 5x3 at 10971, 9447 to 10976, 9450, center: 10973, 9448.
LOG : General , 1666974611431> 564,894,783> -----------------------------------------
STACK TRACE

Callframe at: getOrCreateGridSquare
function: SpawnVehicle -- file: UdderlyVehicleRespawn_Server.lua line # 54 | MOD: Udderly Vehicle Respawn Testing
function: SpawnRandomVehicleSomewhere -- file: UdderlyVehicleRespawn_Server.lua line # 93 | MOD: Udderly Vehicle Respawn Testing
function: RemoveAndSpawnRandomVehicleSomewhere -- file: UdderlyVehicleRespawn_Server.lua line # 120 | MOD: Udderly Vehicle Respawn Testing
function: Add -- file: UdderlyVehicleRespawn_Server.lua line # 83 | MOD: Udderly Vehicle Respawn Testing

ERROR: General , 1666974611432> 564,894,784> ExceptionLogger.logException> Exception thrown java.lang.IllegalArgumentException at NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0 (Native Method).

function UdderlyVehicleRespawn.SpawnVehicle(vehicleToSpawn, spawnX, spawnY, spawnFacing, playerUsername)
    local squareToSpawnAt = getCell():getOrCreateGridSquare(spawnX, spawnY, 0)
    if squareToSpawnAt:getChunk() ~= nil then --It's loaded, try to spawn it now.
        if UdderlyVehicleRespawn.TestSquare(squareToSpawnAt) then --If it's not occupied, spawn vehicle.
            vehicleToSpawn = vehicleToSpawn or UdderlyVehicleRespawn.GetRandomVehicleScriptForSquare(squareToSpawnAt)
            print("[UdderlyVehicleRespawn] Spawning \""..vehicleToSpawn.."\" at "..spawnX..", "..spawnY.." for player \""..playerUsername.."\".")
            addVehicleDebug(vehicleToSpawn, spawnFacing, nil, squareToSpawnAt)
        else --It's occupied, try another recursively.
            local centerOfRandomZone = UdderlyVehicleRespawn.GetCenterOfZoneSomewhere()
            UdderlyVehicleRespawn.SpawnVehicle(nil, centerOfRandomZone.x, centerOfRandomZone.y, centerOfRandomZone.facing, playerUsername)
        end
    else --It's not loaded, throw it in the backlog.
        print("[UdderlyVehicleRespawn] Could not spawn vehicle at "..spawnX..", "..spawnY.." for player \""..playerUsername.."\" because the selected square had no chunk, adding to backlog for later.")
        UdderlyVehicleRespawn.AddVehicleSpawnToBacklog(vehicleToSpawn, spawnX, spawnY, playerUsername)
    end
end```

54 is the second line

[tardy wren]

oh no it's my boss

[weak sierra]

it's literally failing to get a grid square

ive never seen this fail

it can be unloaded and thus have nil chunk

but i've NEVER seen it just throw illegal argument exception

the only arguments are x, y, z

i dont see how it can be illegal with args of 10973, 9448, 0

esp when this same function operates fine when called from a different source

a nearly identical one

UdderlyVehicleRespawn.CommandHandlers["SpawnRandomVehicleSomewhere"] = function(player, args)        
    local centerOfZoneToSpawnIn = UdderlyVehicleRespawn.GetCenterOfZoneSomewhere()
    UdderlyVehicleRespawn.SpawnVehicle(centerOfZoneToSpawnIn.x, centerOfZoneToSpawnIn.y, centerOfZoneToSpawnIn.facing, player:getUsername())
end

UdderlyVehicleRespawn.CommandHandlers["SpawnVehicleSomewhere"] = function(player, args)
    local vehicleToSpawn = args["vehicleToSpawn"]
    local centerOfZoneToSpawnIn = UdderlyVehicleRespawn.GetCenterOfZoneSomewhere()
    UdderlyVehicleRespawn.SpawnVehicle(vehicleToSpawn, centerOfZoneToSpawnIn.x, centerOfZoneToSpawnIn.y, centerOfZoneToSpawnIn.facing, player:getUsername())
end```

only difference is it adds a specific vehicle script

i require help

please :|

spent hours last night

[thick karma]

FYI, you could also grab a single Lua table object and dump its keys (to see what can be accessed inside of it) with a function like this:

BS = {}

BS.reveal = function(someTable)
    for key, value in pairs(someTable) do print(key) end
end

I needed this to get at the details of your joypad's focus object (JoypadState.players[self.player+1].focus) and the contents of a table named items that I was retrieving from somewhere mysterious to me.

[bronze yoke]

you're not passing the arguments you think you are

[weak sierra]

oh thank god please

enlighten me to my fuckup

[bronze yoke]

the earlier one is passing x into vehicleToSpawn

[weak sierra]

i am blind to this

ohh

is the arg order wrong

looks

[bronze yoke]

yeah

vehicleToSpawn is the first argument

[weak sierra]

function UdderlyVehicleRespawn.SpawnVehicle(vehicleToSpawn, spawnX, spawnY, spawnFacing, playerUsername)

yeah

oh

thank you so much

hugs

i spent 4 hours last night

[bronze yoke]

of course ^u^

[weak sierra]

boutta cry that u figured it out so easy 😂

[tardy wren]

Eve, go to bed now

[thick karma]

Good eye @bronze yoke

[weak sierra]

no i gotta go have a daytime

[tardy wren]

no, sleep

[weak sierra]

i sacrificed today's sleep

in the name of modding

[tardy wren]

SLEEP

[weak sierra]

i sletop

from

3am to uh

8? 9?

idk

7?

[thick karma]

@weak sierra Omg so many nights recently trying to make these mods less of an embarrassment to my effort

[weak sierra]

whatever

im fine

the coffee will kick in

[bronze yoke]

yeah i've been getting like 5 hours recently, sleep sucks

[thick karma]

Sleep is stupid fuck sleep

[weak sierra]

same, ~3yo daughter + modding + just bad sleep out of the box

i want them magic future pills that replace sleep

[thick karma]

You should make a mod so we need less sleep! @weak sierra

[weak sierra]

if u find the hook to mod IRL u let me the fuck know

[tardy wren]

Then we can hook an existing mod

Now I have a problem...

[weak sierra]

wat is problem

[thick karma]

Yes, I have never heard of this "problem". What is this?

[tardy wren]

I know that some items define ReplaceOnRotten

[weak sierra]

problem is when "this is fine" dog

[tardy wren]

But some don't

[thick karma]

/russianaccent

[weak sierra]

check nil

[tardy wren]

I wanna check if the item has?

[weak sierra]

anything not exist will not error but return nil

due to nature of lua

and tables

[tardy wren]

so instead of the get function, I just try to access it directly?

[weak sierra]

something.x = nil is same as something {}

[thick karma]

if (item.ReplaceOnRotten) then youAreGood() end @tardy wren

[weak sierra]

then something.x

and no x

[weak sierra]

yes

local x = something.x

[tardy wren]

Ah... I've been using the getFunctions

[weak sierra]

if x == nil then --[[do stuff]] end

[tardy wren]

and it failed on me because Item isn't a Food

[weak sierra]

wait r u talking about fields

[buoyant sky]

Is it currently not possible or just way to hard to add Custom Events like Annotated Houses?

[weak sierra]

uh

yeah for fields

get functions hould just return nil

usually

if not there

but u can use reflection to access field directly

if public

(reflection in here is limited)

[tardy wren]

okay this aint a field

it a method

[weak sierra]

methods can be nil

if u access them without calling them

they are variables that hold code basically

u can manipulate them same way aso ther variables

everything in lua is a table

exception being kahlua has userdata objects for java objects

which are.. kinda

half-tables

kahlua is the java<->lua implementation

[thick karma]

@tardy wren Are we talking about a Java object with a Java method or a Lua table with a Lua function?

[tardy wren]

Java Java

[weak sierra]

diakon is new and learning by thrusting self into modding

for context

he is helping with my server's modding, very appreciated

even small things taken off my plate

[tardy wren]

Eve u have a fricking pickup as your plate

[weak sierra]

my plate is a semi truck

[thick karma]

What class? @tardy wren zombie.scripting.objects.Item?

[tardy wren]

        local item = scriptManager:FindItem(recipe:getResult():getFullType())
        if item:getTypeString() == "Food" then
            --if isDebugEnabled() then
            --getDaysFresh seems to return 1000000000 for unspoilable items. Same for getDaysTotallyRotten 
            print("Jarred Food Adjusted: ",item)
            --end
            
        end
        
    end

For nuw just printing stuff

[bronze yoke]

yeah, for whatever reason, there's no replaceOnRotten field

[tardy wren]

there is ReplaceOnCooked

[weak sierra]

https://tenor.com/view/carry-viralhog-car-large-load-gif-20241846

me tryna manage my plate

"it's ok it moves"

"there's still space on top"

[bronze yoke]

if item:getReplaceOnRotten() then probably works though

[tardy wren]

it doesn't

[weak sierra]

either u are using it wrong

or

they did something weird

sometimes things dont work like they should

[tardy wren]

I imagine because I'm calling on an Item

Whereas getReplaceOnRotten is a function in Food

[weak sierra]

   public String getReplaceOnRotten() {
      return this.replaceOnRotten;
   }```

this is the java

it's uh

simple

and no it's on item

there's no superclass

they just redundantly reuse it

like Thing on rimworld (he comes from rimworld modding)

[tardy wren]

okay maybe I screwed up in copying the text over again

29            print("Jarred Food Adjusted: ",item:getReplaceOnRotten())

STACK TRACE
-----------------------------------------
function: JarredFoodAdjuster.lua -- file: JarredFoodAdjuster.lua line # 29 | MOD: Jarred Food Spoilage Adjuster

ERROR: General     , 1666975740502> 254 499 348> ExceptionLogger.logException> Exception thrown java.lang.RuntimeException: Object tried to call nil in JarredFoodAdjuster.lua at KahluaUtil.fail line:82.
ERROR: General     , 1666975740502> 254 499 348> DebugLogStream.printException> Stack trace:
java.lang.RuntimeException: Object tried to call nil in JarredFoodAdjuster.lua
    at se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaUtil.fail(KahluaUtil.java:82)
    at se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.luaMainloop(KahluaThread.java:973)
    at se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.call(KahluaThread.java:163)
    at se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.pcall(KahluaThread.java:1980)
    at se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.pcall(KahluaThread.java:1782)
    at se.krka.kahlua.integration.LuaCaller.pcall(LuaCaller.java:76)
    at se.krka.kahlua.integration.LuaCaller.protectedCall(LuaCaller.java:117)
    at zombie.Lua.LuaManager.RunLuaInternal(LuaManager.java:559)
    at zombie.Lua.LuaManager.RunLua(LuaManager.java:505)
    at zombie.Lua.LuaManager.RunLua(LuaManager.java:491)
    at zombie.Lua.LuaManager.LoadDirBase(LuaManager.java:334)
    at zombie.Lua.LuaManager.LoadDirBase(LuaManager.java:261)
    at zombie.network.GameServer.doMinimumInit(GameServer.java:1405)
    at zombie.network.GameServer.main(GameServer.java:684)
LOG  : General     , 1666975740506> 254 499 352> -----------------------------------------
STACK TRACE
-----------------------------------------

            --if isDebugEnabled() then
            --getDaysFresh seems to return 1000000000 for unspoilable items. Same for getDaysTotallyRotten 
            print("Jarred Food Adjusted: ",item:getReplaceOnRotten())
            --end
            
        end
``` Gonna try this?

They are all Foods

[bronze yoke]

yeah, the problem is diakon is operating on Items, and getReplaceOnRotten() is from Food, which extends InventoryItem

[tardy wren]

yeah

But Food seems to be an actual item in the inventory?

[thick karma]

I'm trying to figure out how to get a Food from that r.n. and failing @bronze yoke

[tardy wren]

There's no way to go from Item to Food

I can get the Item from Food

but not the opposite

[bronze yoke]

you could create an instance of the item and check for it there

[thick karma]

What about getDaysFresh()?

[tardy wren]

It's in Item

But I need to check for ReplaceOnRotten

Adjusting jarred foods

[thick karma]

You're getting an Item with FindItem.... did that call not work?

Ohhh

I see.

I thought you wanted days until rotten for some reason

[tardy wren]

Rugged Recipes has "fermenting" as its preparation, and I need to go down that tree

[weak sierra]

thank you albion, saved me many hours of blindly not seeing that mistake potentially

lol

Q: anyone know why i can't retrieve the field "public IsoDirections dir" from vehiclezone via reflection?

UdderlyVehicleRespawn.GetViaReflection(zone, "public IsoDirections dir")```

--Reflection Wrapper

UdderlyVehicleRespawn.ReflectionCache = {}

function UdderlyVehicleRespawn.GetField(obj, fieldString)
    local cachedValue = UdderlyVehicleRespawn.ReflectionCache[fieldString]
    if cachedValue == nil then
        local num = getNumClassFields(obj)
        local idx = nil
        local zones = nil
        for i=0, num-1 do
            local field = getClassField(obj, i)
            if tostring(field) == fieldString then
                UdderlyVehicleRespawn.ReflectionCache[fieldString] = field
            end
        end
    end
    return UdderlyVehicleRespawn.ReflectionCache[fieldString]
end

function UdderlyVehicleRespawn.GetViaReflection(obj, fieldString)
    return getClassFieldVal(obj, UdderlyVehicleRespawn.GetField(obj, fieldString))
end

--End Reflection Wrapper```

everyone has their own reflection wrapper to make it comfy lol

https://zomboid-javadoc.com/41.65/zombie/iso/IsoMetaGrid.VehicleZone.html#dir

zone is filtered down to vehicle zones only

btw if anyone is unfamiliar with routine caching of things, take a look at how i use a table there to reduce repeated checks to a very fast keyed lookup

can make your mods much faster in some cases

[tardy wren]

Well, my thing hopefully runs only once on startup

hopefully

[weak sierra]

yeah if it's run-once it doesn't matter

depends on the case

tho if it adds significantly to loadtime u cud communicate the precalculated server data to the client in some cases

rather than recalculate it

again depends

[tardy wren]

EVe

I'm trying to find what a jar of pickes rots into

[weak sierra]

Jar of Pickles (Rotten) is usually a good bet

and it might be the same item

just with a different name display calculated

[tardy wren]

no, it's a separate item

[weak sierra]

ur sure?

[tardy wren]

    item JarredPicklesUnready
    {
        DisplayCategory     = Food,
        Type                = Food,
        DisplayName            = Jar of Brining Pickles,
        Weight                = 2,
        Icon                = JarOfPickles,
        DaysFresh            = 0,
        DaysTotallyRotten    = 7,
        StaticModel         = CanClosed,
        WorldStaticModel     = JarFoodLeeks_Ground,
        ReplaceOnRotten     = RuggedRecipes.JarredPicklesReady,
    }

Pretty sure

[weak sierra]

that's unready

[tardy wren]

yes

[weak sierra]

meaning prior to being ready

not rotten

[tardy wren]

that's what is crafter

[weak sierra]

ok so this one rots into the ready

[tardy wren]

yes

[weak sierra]

which means u wanna ignore this one

and edit the ready version

or u just lengthen the fermentation time

[tardy wren]

yes

[weak sierra]

yeh

[tardy wren]

But I need to get the ready version

[weak sierra]

so.. read from ReplaceOnRotten

[tardy wren]

I grab by being crafted from a jar and a lid

Okay

Let's see

[weak sierra]

i assume opening the jars returns jars?

[tardy wren]

yes

[weak sierra]

so

u can test for that on the way out

this progressively gets messier

[tardy wren]

yes

[weak sierra]

i would still suggest reverting to a simple "put in item ids for those u wish to up the stat on"

[tardy wren]

because that's two passes on the recipes

[weak sierra]

or one pass with two heuristics and separate lists

and then correlation

[tardy wren]

Except taht for the compat with rugged recipes, I'm almost done with this

[weak sierra]

sunk cost fallacy

u spent another whole day when u cudda retooled last night

but

:p

[tardy wren]

It returns nil for all of them

[weak sierra]

that can't be normal

are u reading from the item or the recipe

[tardy wren]

From the item

print("Jarred Food Adjusted: ",item, item.ReplaceOnRotten)

[weak sierra]

Item or InventoryItem

[tardy wren]

Item

[weak sierra]

f

that shud be right

oh

[tardy wren]

I can't get InventoryItem from Item

[weak sierra]

ur doing dot syntax

[tardy wren]

...?

:?

[weak sierra]

that may or may not work

use the getter

but

u alrady triedd that

didnt u

[tardy wren]

yes

that's what falls me

there is a getter for the replaceoncooked in Item

which returns a list of strings

[bronze yoke]

if InventoryItemFactory is exposed, you could use InventoryItemFactory:CreateItem() and then use the getter

[tardy wren]

nope

[tardy wren]

But would that modify all the items?

And not the specific instance of the item I created?

[bronze yoke]

you can then use :DoParam() on the script to change the script, you just need the instance to actually get the value

oh there's actually an InstanceItem() on Item

it takes a string though, idk what that's expecting

[tardy wren]

O_O

@weak sierra can ya take a peek?

[bronze yoke]

just read through it, var1 is optional

[tardy wren]

Oh, okay

Hmm...

[bronze yoke]

idk what it does but every use of it first checks if there even is one

[thick karma]

I don't know what good those will do you but you can inspect if you want

[tardy wren]

Thanks

[bronze yoke]

oh i think it might be to do with items that have multiple colour variations

[tardy wren]

ah, okay

[thick karma]

Looks like you can instantiate a Food() with an Item() but I don't know about doing that from Lua

[bronze yoke]

the string sets which variation to instantiate somehow

[tardy wren]

we just found a way

[thick karma]

Looks like the first 3 inputs needed for an InventoryItem are

this.module = var1;
this.name = var2;
this.type = var3;

[bronze yoke]

it might not be the best idea to post these full decompilations, as it does sort of break the tos

[thick karma]

Oh my bad.

Well uh grab em while they exist @tardy wren 😛

[tardy wren]

uhhh

STACK TRACE
-----------------------------------------
Callframe at: InstanceItem
function: JarredFoodAdjuster.lua -- file: JarredFoodAdjuster.lua line # 29 | MOD: Jarred Food Spoilage Adjuster

paź 28, 2022 7:17:48 PM zombie.Lua.LuaManager RunLuaInternal
SEVERE:  java.lang.RuntimeException
paź 28, 2022 7:17:48 PM zombie.Lua.LuaManager RunLuaInternal
SEVERE: java.lang.RuntimeException: 
paź 28, 2022 7:17:48 PM zombie.Lua.LuaManager RunLuaInternal
SEVERE: at InstanceItem
at JarredFoodAdjuster.lua:29```

I don't think I can do this

[bronze yoke]

i've never seen an error like that 😟

[tardy wren]

the game just gave up on me lmao

do I go yell at teh devs to add me my getter?

[bronze yoke]

there might still be a way to do it, but yeah, it's strange that there isn't one, it might be an oversight

[tardy wren]

Eve mentioned going backwards

finding what items/recipes give me a jar

But yes, that is two loops

one through items, one through recipes

[bronze yoke]

ah, i see

you still need to pass an argument

[tardy wren]

oh

So just empty string?

[bronze yoke]

in my console, InstanceItem(nil) worked

but InstanceItem() didn't

[tardy wren]

My anger grows

[bronze yoke]

i guess the java is strict about how many arguments you give it

[tardy wren]

Sha,e it doesn't define a default

Okay, I can actually get the item from this

This is what I needed

LOG : General , 1666977912895> 256 669 409> Jarred Food Adjusted: Item{Module: KnoxCooking, Name:PineSyrupFerment, Type:Food} KnoxCooking.PineSyrupReady

            print("Jarred Food Adjusted: ",item,inventoryItem:getReplaceOnRotten())

albion you deserve a Zombiexivir

[bronze yoke]

let's gooo

[tardy wren]

yay

now... Do I futureproof by going recursive on this?

or into a loop like a sane person

As in someone makes several stages of fermentation

nah

wait, should I worry about cleaning up my trash?

[bronze yoke]

what do you mean?

[tardy wren]

my variables

memory cleaning

more importantly

I fucked up

[bronze yoke]

as long as they're locals, the memory will be freed when the code leaves its scope

[tardy wren]

Ah

I wrote them local in the... uhh...

Global?

tldr, when my file ceases to execute, it will clean up?

print("HEREBEITEMS")
local scriptManager = ScriptManager.instance
local recipes = scriptManager:getAllRecipes()
for i=0, recipes:size() - 1 do
    local recipe = recipes:get(i)
    local recipeSource = recipe:getSource()
    local foundAJar = false
    local foundALid = false
    for j=0, recipeSource:size()-1 do
        if recipe:getCategory() ~= "Cooking" then
            break
        end
        local recipeItem = recipeSource:get(j):getItems()
        if recipeItem:contains("Base.EmptyJar") then
            foundAJar = true
        end
        if recipeItem:contains("Base.JarLid") then
            foundALid = true
        end
        if foundAJar and foundALid then
            break
        end
    end
    if foundAJar and foundALid then
        local item = scriptManager:FindItem(recipe:getResult():getFullType())
        if item:getTypeString() == "Food" then
            --if isDebugEnabled() then
            --getDaysFresh seems to return 1000000000 for unspoilable items. Same for getDaysTotallyRotten
            local rottenReplace = item:InstanceItem(nil):getReplaceOnRotten() --I need to do this to get ReplaceOnRotten, ugh    
            if rottenReplace ~= nil then
                item = scriptManager:FindItem(rottenReplace)
            end
            print("Jarred Food Adjusted: ",item)
            --end
            
        end
        
    end
end```

Like that's my code so far

[bronze yoke]

scriptManager and recipes won't, but there's a little workaround for that

[tardy wren]

put them in a function?

[bronze yoke]

if your code is only meant to run once you can just start it with do and end it with end and that makes it its own scope

[tardy wren]

ah, nice

Jarred Food Adjusted:     Item{Module: Base, Name:CannedTomato, Type:Food}
Jarred Food Adjusted:     Item{Module: Base, Name:CannedCarrots, Type:Food}
Jarred Food Adjusted:     Item{Module: Base, Name:CannedPotato, Type:Food}
Jarred Food Adjusted:     Item{Module: Base, Name:CannedEggplant, Type:Food}
Jarred Food Adjusted:     Item{Module: Base, Name:CannedLeek, Type:Food}
Jarred Food Adjusted:     Item{Module: Base, Name:CannedRedRadish, Type:Food}
Jarred Food Adjusted:     Item{Module: Base, Name:CannedBellPepper, Type:Food}
Jarred Food Adjusted:     Item{Module: Base, Name:CannedCabbage, Type:Food}
Jarred Food Adjusted:     Item{Module: Base, Name:CannedBroccoli, Type:Food}
Jarred Food Adjusted:     Item{Module: SapphCooking, Name:CannedEggs, Type:Food}
Jarred Food Adjusted:     Item{Module: KnoxCooking, Name:PineSyrupReady, Type:Food}
Jarred Food Adjusted:     Item{Module: KnoxCooking, Name:AcornFlourLeached, Type:Food}
Jarred Food Adjusted:     Item{Module: RuggedRecipes, Name:ReadyBerryWine, Type:Food}
Jarred Food Adjusted:     Item{Module: RuggedRecipes, Name:ReadyKvass, Type:Food}
Jarred Food Adjusted:     Item{Module: RuggedRecipes, Name:FermentedKentuckyKimchi, Type:Food}
Jarred Food Adjusted:     Item{Module: RuggedRecipes, Name:CannedCucumber, Type:Food}
Jarred Food Adjusted:     Item{Module: RuggedRecipes, Name:JarredPicklesReady, Type:Food}
Jarred Food Adjusted:     Item{Module: RuggedRecipes, Name:JarredSauerkrautReady, Type:Food}

I got my items

Now to multiply their values properly

Here's the third hard part

[thick karma]

Nice find @bronze yoke... So that returned the Food because it was that kind of InventoryItem? That was a tricky find.

[tardy wren]

yes

[thick karma]

Nice one

[bronze yoke]

😇

[tardy wren]

It creates an instance of the item... Which I can scrape for its values I need

Then got back to Item

I was looking for a way to create the InventoryItem from the item but I just couldn't find any

okay, now for something simple

[thick karma]

I followed that much. My surprise was that it gave you a Food because it only tells us on the Doc that it gives us an InventoryItem, and while Food extends InventoryItem, that is to my knowledge the only hint in existence that might have implied you'll get back Food from that function when the InventoryItem is specifically Food.

[tardy wren]

How can I round to the nearest whole number?

[bronze yoke]

math.floor() rounds down, math.ceil() rounds up

[tardy wren]

no math.round()?

I'll be generous then

[bronze yoke]

a way to do this is to do math.floor(num + 0.5)

[tardy wren]

that's so hacky I love it

[thick karma]

Would Lua let you add a function to math? @bronze yoke

math.round = function(num)
  return math.floor(num + 0.5)
end
``` @tardy wren

[bronze yoke]

i don't see why it wouldn't, but it's probably not good practice

[thick karma]

Booooooo 😉

[tardy wren]

I am now curious what happens if my mod pushes the days fresh above 1000000000

[thick karma]

I mean definitely you would be told not to do so in a lot of classes, but ultimately if it works, it works. And in general Lua doesn't seem to get mad when we overwrite other existing built-in libraries, right? I could name a variable math, right?

[tardy wren]

I don't need to

[bronze yoke]

yeah, my guess is that you absolutely could do that

but it's such a tiny shortcut

[thick karma]

Plus, doesn't math just deserve a round?

[thick karma]

Haha I know but if he is going to use it often it'll look a lot cleaner.

[bronze yoke]

to be fair, math.ceil is just math.floor(num+1)... 🤔

[thick karma]

LOL really?

[bronze yoke]

well i don't know the code, but functionally

[thick karma]

I thought you meant they wrote it that way

[bronze yoke]

so putting a round in there is basically the same thing as having both of those functions in the first place

[thick karma]

I see

I mean, I value being succinct when I am writing something often.

[hearty dew]

@gilded hawk was trying to figure out the same thing, I believe

[tardy wren]

you think math.floor works by casting to int?

[bronze yoke]

yeah, but if i were to do this it'd be a local function

[thick karma]

Totally totally

that would be more polite

[gilded hawk]

Mx figured out that being hit by a car is more enjoyable than figuring out 3d audio 💯

[thick karma]

Just in case some other asshole like me wants to do something to math.round 🙂

[bronze yoke]

static int math_min (lua_State *L) {
  int n = lua_gettop(L);  /* number of arguments */
  lua_Number dmin = luaL_checknumber(L, 1);
  int i;
  for (i=2; i<=n; i++) {
    lua_Number d = luaL_checknumber(L, i);
    if (d < dmin)
      dmin = d;
  }
  lua_pushnumber(L, dmin);
  return 1;
}


static int math_max (lua_State *L) {
  int n = lua_gettop(L);  /* number of arguments */
  lua_Number dmax = luaL_checknumber(L, 1);
  int i;
  for (i=2; i<=n; i++) {
    lua_Number d = luaL_checknumber(L, i);
    if (d > dmax)
      dmax = d;
  }
  lua_pushnumber(L, dmax);
  return 1;
}

they don't work that way :(

[gilded hawk]

But I'm making a PWA to easily edit and preview the workshop.txt which is quite cool since today I'm stuck at home alone

[bronze yoke]

oh that'd be super useful

[thick karma]

That would be nice a.f. @gilded hawk

[tardy wren]

PWA?

[thick karma]

So tired of duping description=

[gilded hawk]

I made something like that for PD2 some time ago
https://mxswat.github.io/pd2-localization-helper/

[hearty dew]

Noper. Because there's no parallelism. The only option available in lua in pz is cooperative multitasking (one routine says to another "okay, now you go", then that routine saying "okay, I'm done, now your turn", etc)

[thick karma]

Got it, so it's essentially more sugar.

Well, that's okay, I'm addicted to sugar...

Wait.

[ancient grail]

What? U got hit by car?

[thick karma]

Is it okay?

[gilded hawk]

No, but I'm considering to get it by one next time I try to make 3d audio in pz

[tardy wren]

Yay, my mod seems to work

[ancient grail]

Ok stay safe

[hearty dew]

Need to pass -Ddebug=true to the server's java process (not at the end of the command line args)

[ancient grail]

Congrats man

[ancient grail]

Mind sharing the link?

[gilded hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/zelda-oot-zelda-oot-ocarina-of-time-dancing-gif-21026121

You are welcome

[ancient grail]

Woah awsome mod

[hearty dew]

Maybe that's how it is implemented in java. In lua, there is no distinction between integers and floating point numbers

[ancient grail]

Too much 3d audio for u man

[bronze yoke]

the math library isn't written in lua

[tardy wren]

Bruh I'm entering the game for the first time ever to test it lmao

[bronze yoke]

but no, it doesn't work that way anyway

[tardy wren]

I didn't even hook up the sanbox options yet

[hearty dew]

Mm, figured it would be written in java in kahlua, if not C using jni

[tardy wren]

Oh hey I'm a sledgehammer now

[bronze yoke]

it's in c

[ancient grail]

ow where did my sledgehammer go? owell

[hearty dew]

@tardy wren re: how to enable debug mode server-side

[tardy wren]

Thansk. I just asked if it's possible, not how to do it

[weak sierra]

:)

[thick karma]

Alright... @bronze yoke ? Haha I need a whiz on this one... You found the last miracle solution I needed for the halo notes, maybe you'll solve this one. I need access to zombie.input.Mouse, which afaik is exposed to the Lua here:

If it's exposed to the Lua, I feel like the Lua must act on that object SOMEWHERE (or why bother?) but I just cannot for the life of me find a single reference to it.

[hearty dew]

Might check if it has a getInstance static method or static field

if so, you could do Mouse.instance or Mouse.getInstance()

if you have my inspect function, you can use that to see what's available, Burryaga.inspect(Mouse)

[thick karma]

Hmmm so maybe it just exists even though nothing calls it you're thinking?

[hearty dew]

I'd have to check the java code, but that's possible

[thick karma]

What's your inspect function do? I don't think I've seen that one.

[bronze yoke]

hold on i'm playing toontown lol

[thick karma]

Hey no stress, lol, if I modded in a hurry I'd have burst into flames years ago

[bronze yoke]

LOL true

[thick karma]

I'll jump into the game and try from debug

[hearty dew]

just prints out what the object is that you pass it

----------  table  ----------
table 0x148767608 {
    [class] => (userdata) class zombie.input.Mouse <
               .          <METATABLE> => table 0x789091424 {
               .                         .   [__index] => table 0x682936769  ** PRUNED. Max depth reached **
               .                         }
               >
    [getX] => function 0x1615348194
    [getY] => function 0x410340176
    [isButtonDownUICheck] => function 0x1932879786
    [isButtonDown] => function 0x2101433036
    [renderCursorTexture] => function 0x1596218327
    [getXA] => function 0x1832494248
    [getYA] => function 0x904496786
    [setCursorVisible] => function 0x1120495057
    [isCursorVisible] => function 0x1070490812
    [initCustomCursor] => function 0x535993097
    [isRightPressed] => function 0x1716933491
    [isLeftPressed] => function 0x1865962885
    [loadCursor] => function 0x597632858
    [getWheelState] => function 0x675203827
    [UIBlockButtonDown] => function 0x2082982220
    [isLeftDown] => function 0x1369325360
    [isLeftReleased] => function 0x190937006
    [isLeftUp] => function 0x1440111971
    [isMiddleDown] => function 0x393843516
    [isMiddlePressed] => function 0x926832988
    [isMiddleReleased] => function 0x929207314
    [isMiddleUp] => function 0x1354296024
    [isRightDown] => function 0x184771456
    [isRightReleased] => function 0x1320304389
    [isRightUp] => function 0x1834213573
    [setXY] => function 0x2057976221
    [update] => function 0x1780832811
    [poll] => function 0x892340861
    [bLeftDown] => true
    [bLeftWasDown] => false
    [bRightDown] => false
    [bRightWasDown] => false
    [bMiddleDown] => false
    [bMiddleWasDown] => false
    [m_buttonDownStates] => (userdata) [Z@471791d6
    [lastActivity] => (userdata) 1666983399932 <
                      .          <METATABLE> => table 0x1826238072 {
                      .                         .   [__index] => table 0x745457098  ** PRUNED. Max depth reached **
                      .                         }
                      >
    [wheelDelta] => (userdata) 0 <
                    .          <METATABLE> => table 0x431509976 {
                    .                         .   [__index] => table 0x1658513944  ** PRUNED. Max depth reached **
                    .                         }
                    >
    [UICaptured] => (userdata) [Z@5f4eb1d5
    [new] => function 0x97812323
}

[bronze yoke]

setCursorVisible 👀

[thick karma]

Wait

Is that during runtime?

[bronze yoke]

only one way to find out!

[thick karma]

Did you pass it a Mouse object?

How did you use that function

[thick karma]

I've already found this, I just don't know how to access the gd Mouse

haha

Mouse.instance was a no go @hearty dew

[hearty dew]

All the static methods/fields would be in that table printed above

so no instance, no

[thick karma]

Is there a place to read the command console output log? I just dumped _G

[bronze yoke]

it probably just goes into console.txt, right?

[thick karma]

honestly idk I assumed that was for errors, checking now @bronze yoke

Ugh look how it taunts me

I wonder...

OMFG

Daaamn

It's ignoring me 😭

[bronze yoke]

i can't find any references at all in vanilla lua

[thick karma]

Mouse.setCursorVisible(false) just ignores me 😭

it exists and just says no 😭

No errors.

[bronze yoke]

probably because it's not grabbing any specific instance

[thick karma]

Fair but usually wouldn't that throw some kind of error? I thought Java doesn't like accessing instance methods statically...

Maybe it's in a pcall

Or whatever

And just failing and ignoring it

[bronze yoke]

the java seems to use it that way too...

[thick karma]

Damn you're right

Just searched it

ooooooof

Tyriiiiiiiiir lmfao

Ah shit I have been betrayed by Java again

Mouse.setCursorVisible(false), damn you! Mouse.setCursorVisible(false)!

[hearty dew]

If it's a function on Mouse, it is a static method (generally)

instance methods would be on the metatable (__classmetatables has references to those if you can't get an instance otherwise)

[bronze yoke]

i've got some bad news for you

[thick karma]

So confusing that print(Mouse.setCursorVisible) prints function

It knows the function exists but cannot use it

[bronze yoke]

the reason this isn't working is because setCursorVisible is set to true every frame

[thick karma]

Where?

[bronze yoke]

player update

[thick karma]

In Lua?

Or Java?

[bronze yoke]

java

[thick karma]

That might be okay

[hearty dew]

What does that mean? If you're calling it, it's being used. Probably just not fully understanding the implications of using it

[thick karma]

Hold on, I think albion made this add up

I think that I AM calling it and it IS working

But what albion said is defeating the purpose

[hollow flint]

hello, do people here use capsid? I only get this error when using jdk 8

> Process 'command 'C:\Program Files\Eclipse Adoptium\jdk-8.0.345.1-hotspot\bin\java.exe'' finished with non-zero exit value 1

[bronze yoke]

sorry, it's not player update doing it, it's logic() in GameWindow

player update was something else

oh i did it

[thick karma]

YOU'VE DONE IT AGAIN YOU BLOODY GENIUS

[bronze yoke]

this hides the cursor

[tardy wren]

You know what I just realized

My script runs on game startup

[thick karma]

I just figured it out similarly lmfao @bronze yoke

[tardy wren]

I can't use Sandbox settings to customize it

[thick karma]

I cannot screenshot it because my cursor is gone and my controller stole focus lmao

[bronze yoke]

hehe i'm glad we worked that one out

[thick karma]

But I added my event to player update

because you told me it happened on player update

And it worked too

Omfg you're a genius

This is like the icing Dawn of the Zed

[bronze yoke]

every player update while you're aiming it sets cursor visible to false, so my guess is that the only way to hide the cursor is to hide it every frame

[thick karma]

I needed this so much you don't even know

[tardy wren]

Albion really is a jenuous

[bronze yoke]

hehe ^u^

[tardy wren]

Now, genius, help me solve my conundrum

How can I make my mod adjustable

[thick karma]

Omfg albion you hero

[bronze yoke]

put it on an event that happens after sandbox loads but before items are spawned, i think OnInitGlobalModData is a valid option

[tardy wren]

So I put all my code into a function, and I add that function into said event?

[thick karma]

I knew if it was possible y'all would get me there. Thanks for your input as well, @hearty dew , it helped a lot

[bronze yoke]

yeah!

[tardy wren]

Alright, thanks!

I guess that leaves hooking it up

[tawdry solar]

still having touble

[thick karma]

ALBIOOOOOOOOON

AHHHHHH

It's so amazing

DIE CURSOR!

AHHHH PROPER UI HIDING HAS ARRIVED

[bronze yoke]

hehe i'm glad you're happy with it

[thick karma]

Now I just need to resist the extreme urge to push this update right now without testing it 😭

[bronze yoke]

tbh i don't test nearly enough

[tawdry solar]

huh so i took a look at the tutorial and figured it out 🙂

[bronze yoke]

shoutout to that time when i updated my literacy mod and accidentally made books completely unreadable; nobody even complained about it, i just happened to notice a week later

[tawdry solar]

BRO WHAT

send that mod

[bronze yoke]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2812583527

[tawdry solar]

ty

[bronze yoke]

i have an insanely huge update for this mod finished but i've been putting off writing the strings for it for like two months LOL

[fast galleon]

regarding reading, I want books that give multiplier to more levels but I don't know how to balance it.

[thick karma]

Haha congrats!

[thick karma]

lol oof yeah I am afraid of doing that myself

[bronze yoke]

well as long as you do the most basic testing that won't happen to you lol

[tawdry solar]

i thought you did it on purpose for a sec then i read it back

[bronze yoke]

oops yeah i did sort of imply that

[tawdry solar]

yeah

still geat mod

love the idea

is it like fast reader overtime

[bronze yoke]

yeah sorta, you can get a lot faster than that but the xp is pretty hard to get after a certain point

[tawdry solar]

ah sick

is it fixed?

[bronze yoke]

yeah it's working perfectly right now

[tawdry solar]

if so thats a good mod for my server

ah sick

[bronze yoke]

and of course it's super customisable so if you don't like the balance you can just change it lol

[tawdry solar]

oh sick

[blissful salmon]

@gilded hawk I posted the way I found so far.... I just didn't found a solution to pass an nil IsoObject. But this works for me so far...
#mod_development message

I post the whole solution of my zombie sound stuff when I finished this part of mod.

[tawdry solar]

for a workshop id do i make a folder like this

[gilded hawk]

Interesting

[tawdry solar]

ill watch the vid to find out

[thick karma]

No.

[tawdry solar]

huh?

[thick karma]

One sec

Explaining

[tawdry solar]

ty

[thick karma]

Check a workshop folder for another working mod and copy how it does its workshop info file, but leave out the id line entirely.

Then, when you upload your mod for the first time, Steam will edit that file and automatically assign you an id

[tawdry solar]

i dont understand

[tawdry solar]

what

[thick karma]

Open that

[tawdry solar]

ok

[blissful salmon]

So far I calculate the direction of a zombie who is sreaming and make a near proxy square to play the sound.

[thick karma]

Change relevant info, and delete the id line

In workshop.txt it says id=2872643350

[tawdry solar]

???

wha

[thick karma]

Unzip the folder I just send you, and look at workshop.txt in the folder

Change title, description, tags

[tawdry solar]

i got smth similar to it

[bronze yoke]

the file structure looks like Zomboid/Workshop/ModName/Contents/mods/ModName/mod.info

[thick karma]

That's the mod.info file

[tawdry solar]

yes

[bronze yoke]

you've probably just been working in the mods folder right?

[thick karma]

Check the directory structure in my zip

[tawdry solar]

hmh

mhm

[thick karma]

You need to move your mods folder into the directory structure that my zip uses

[tawdry solar]

the what ?

[thick karma]

The setup of folders

[tawdry solar]

oh...

i just realised

[thick karma]

You need Mod Name > Contents > mods > everything you already have

[tawdry solar]

huh

the base i used

[thick karma]

Yeah grab what's in mods

And put it in the mods I just mentioned

[tawdry solar]

ight

so i put my mods into your files?

[thick karma]

You'll see the pattern if you flip through the zip I sent

Just delete all my files.

Hold on

[tawdry solar]

apart from the workshop txt right

[thick karma]

What's your mod's name?

In your mods folder?

[tawdry solar]

stella atro

[thick karma]

Just put your files in the folders were in before.

[tawdry solar]

oh sick ty

[thick karma]

Edit your descriptions and notice where I set your name and mod id and such

Overwrite poster.png and preview.png or people will think you're making a mod about reading while you move

[tawdry solar]

tysm

[thick karma]

The .pngs you use have to be exactly the right size, btw

So be careful

[tawdry solar]

yeah

ight

[thick karma]

If you make them in Gimp and flatten them and export with default settings as .png, you should be good

But make sure you flatten

[tawdry solar]

alr

[thick karma]

I didn't once, image wound up slightly misformatted, and nobody could install my mod

Even though it was exactly the same resolution in 2D

[bronze yoke]

that was ridiculous

[thick karma]

So... make sure you flatten

[tawdry solar]

why do i need 2 dis lines

i need 1 at most

[thick karma]

2 description lines?

[tawdry solar]

can i delete this

[thick karma]

Yes

[tawdry solar]

ight

this alr?

[thick karma]

I was only pointing out that if you want to say things in, say, 2 or 3 paragraphs, you need more description= tags

[tawdry solar]

ty

[thick karma]

Yes

[tawdry solar]

what abt id

[thick karma]

Again, you do not add one

It adds it for you

[tawdry solar]

ah

alr

[fast galleon]

just put no description there

[thick karma]

Just upload your mod to Steam after you get your pictures sorted

[thick karma]

Will it use Steam's??!?!

[fast galleon]

put it either later when uploading and it populates

when you got to upload there's a button put description

[tawdry solar]

i need to test it a bit how can i use it ingame?

[fast galleon]

or just format on steam and ignore the file

[thick karma]

Ohhhh

I see what you're saying

You're saying it's unnecessary to have the description in the workshop.txt

because game lets you write it

[tawdry solar]

how do i??

[thick karma]

Yeah, I could just keep a separate text file and copy-paste my description into the box when I upload

[fast galleon]

there's 3 options
a) workshop.txt
b) before upload there's a button
c) steam

[thick karma]

Wait you haven't tested it and you're trying to put it on Steam?

[fast galleon]

b autopopulates the file

[tawdry solar]

i just changed smth

before that

i just need to see it ingame

[thick karma]

to see it in game you turn the mod on in MODS in the main screen.... idk if I understand your question