mod_development

[swift sequoia]

Its a shame you can't make hallucinations happen.

[sour island]

Who says you can't?

Audio hallucinations would be easy

Visuals would just take more work

[summer rune]

ohhh such a good idea, and also textbased voices popping up

[sour island]

I wonder if you could create a desyncd zombie

Like client side only

[summer rune]

u can make a zombie chase a player only client side afaik

[sour island]

Barotrauma has a really robust hallucination system

[summer rune]

i think this desyncs the zombie

[sour island]

My favorite is just seeing fires everywhere

SS13 also has a good hallucination system

They have clientside players attack you

So you'll possibly go out and attack the real one

But honestly audio in PZ would be enough

Zombie sounds, doors rattling

Foot steps

Etc

Basically the meta events but only 1 player and spooky

I might make a dream/nightmare system

[echo apex]

@thorn cipher Your union mod is 10/10

[ancient grail]

Yahoo im done with my meth buff lua code!
Hopefully by tommorow i can code the crashing part or the trait for it
Woot finally learned moddata! So happy

[rustic jungle]

hey guys

can anyone give me a solid modlist

as in, what mods do you guys enable

in your playthroughs?

[alpine scroll]

Just to share, I still am not able to update the overlay on the containers when its relevant. Still managing to understand how to do

Also, as a different problem, has anyone sucessfully made a freezing container that works on MP?

AFAIK every mod that deals with this have the problem of insta-freezing the item instead of working as a regular refrigerator/freezer

[alpine scroll]

I think you would be better at #mod_support . Here is focused on making/editing mods

[rustic jungle]

thank you!

[ancient grail]

what does DoSpecialTooltip do?

[alpine scroll]

@sour island Hey, you are the expanded heli person, right?

[ancient grail]

just curious

[sour island]

Yeah

[alpine scroll]

@ancient grail I checked the mods I have on my server and one of them, MoreBuilds(515555911) use it when you try to build a well. So maybe its that Tooltip like "Dont have enough planks"

[alpine scroll]

Is it intentional that the heli vests spawn at the Military shop and drop from the heli but you cannot wear them?

@drifting ore Sorry, I think I dont understand what you did. AFAIK you subscribe to the mods and then start a sandbox playthrough, where you go to the Mods tab and select them

[sour island]

You can wear them but the equip context is busted for them

Try double clicking

[vapid atlas]

So I've been making a vehicle mod, everything on it more or less works ingame, but I've noticed that no matter what I do with the suspension variables, its either stiff as a doornail or collapses in on its weight

is there something specific im supposed to put for it, or is it something else?

[alpine scroll]

Which engine power are you using?

4400?

[vapid atlas]

4500

just a little above

[ancient grail]

ok...? so it will show a tooltip on a certain item if conditions are met?

[thorn cipher]

Thanks!

[alpine scroll]

I can only guess. I must confess that I didnt test it a lot

Every time I want to do something I look in the workshop folder

Not even sure if it was on my server or some server I joined tbh

[alpine scroll]

Huh, it worked. I wonder why it isnt showing the equip context

[sour island]

I meant to sit down and figure that out

I think it's cause it's using the bag features

[alpine scroll]

Maybe thats why Authentic Z treats bulletproof Vest as two items?

You can convert one to another

But you cant wear it when its a bag or hold as a cointainer when its armor

[sour island]

Ah, yeah no I hate that lol

I'll probably mess with the context menu and give peach stuff

[radiant ginkgo]

What could be the problem? I added items for my car and that only they were put on it, but for some reason the game complains about the condition

Nothing help

[mellow frigate]

your item is nil the create failed

[sour island]

Yep

[radiant ginkgo]

nil?

[mellow frigate]

Hi everyone, anyone knows how I can declare a mod dependent to many other mods ? (ingame, not on steam) when I use require=mod1 and require=mod2, only mod2 is required. while require=mod1;mod2 is rejected by the game.

[mellow frigate]

yes, Base.NivaGasTank1 is likely not to be a valid item type in your game session.

[sour island]

The console says Item = nil, and the highlighted line is trying to check the Condition max of Item

Somewhere your item is getting deleted

[radiant ginkgo]

Why? What do I need to do to have in session?

[sour island]

You're not messing with Lua right? Just writing scripts?

[radiant ginkgo]

I'm far from the console and checking what's wrong, I thought adding an item it would already be in the game, apparently it's not

So yes

Just scripts

How can an item be deleted if it is registered in the script?

Something on the level of incredible

[mellow frigate]

The item type is not available. It is not the instance that is deleted. so somehow item NivaGasTank1 is not part of Base list of items. it probably does not exist at all but it could be part of another item list.

[radiant ginkgo]

Everything would be like that, but I just changed the model without touching the script, now I have this

Before that, everything worked perfectly, all the items were available to me

[ruby urchin]

did you try require=mod1,mod2?

[mellow frigate]

I see some NivaGasTank1 and some NivaGasTank

[mellow frigate]

Much love mate 🙂 that's it

[radiant ginkgo]

Vanilla cars have 3 versions of items in the items, at the end they have 1 2 or 3, while when the name without numbers is indicated in the car script, this does not prevent game from choosing an item in any way

[mellow frigate]

@ruby urchin also thanx a lot fot the custom moodle exemple I used as a basis for MoodleFramework

[radiant ginkgo]

If I add the digit 1 in the script of car, then the game in can add another digit 3 at the end and there will already be error a Base.NivaGasTank13

I don't understand how it all works at all

Or it can add 1

[twin basalt]

hey guys, i have another issue im trying to figure out.
in the clothing.xml file, im trying to have an item in an outfit have a static color to it and not be randomized.

i checked with this reference:
https://projectzomboid.com/modding/zombie/core/skinnedmodel/population/ClothingItemReference.html

and came to the conclusion that randomdata should be the field that would correspond to that type of thing

<m_items> <!-- Face -->
    <probability>1</probability>
    <itemGUID>a3a1ca7b-4ded-43fe-be01-dacfdfef68aa</itemGUID>
    <RandomData>
        <m_Tint>lightGray</m_Tint>
    </RandomData>
</m_items>

but it dosent seem to really work...
can anyone help me?

[radiant ginkgo]

I solve my problem

[sour island]

Oh, I think there's an automatic thing going on, where 123 stands for standard/heavy/sport -- I forget the exact syntax it has to be

Oh you figured the solution out? What was it exactly?

[radiant ginkgo]

Some parts have a different category

I do not know, but the main thing is that it works

[sour island]

Im hoping that guy making a script editor finishes soon

I still can't figure out how templates in vehicle scripts work

I understand how they should work and what they should be able to do

But I have no idea about the specifics

[radiant ginkgo]

Is someone developing it? Then it should be placed in the unimaginable section

[radiant ginkgo]

I present them as separate files so as not to fill in the main script

Look

[sour island]

I assumed the template needed to be it's own file

And that subsequent files calling on it borrowed it's definitions and applied it's own changes rolling forward

[radiant ginkgo]

I have this long text, but I could create a separate file and just write template= NivaWindows\part\NivaWindshieldRear

[sour island]

So the template at the top is defining a new template ?

[radiant ginkgo]

I only see such a plus in these templates

[radiant ginkgo]

Template from above indicates the vanilla settings of the part, and what I write "part NamePart" indicates a change in the settings of the already vanilla template without a global change for everyone

[sour island]

Hm

Wouldn't you just be able to override the part?

Is 'template =' needed here?

[radiant ginkgo]

And these settings will be on my car and not on others either, template is template, where the example or settings come from

[radiant ginkgo]

Yes

It creates basic settings for my car and indicates that this car has this part

Part it is not needed

[sour island]

Oh this part is from inside another vehicle script

[radiant ginkgo]

No

[viral spire]

Is it possible to create a version of zombies that are totally blind but have good hearing and can kill you in one hit? Straight up Quiet Place type threat?

[sour island]

Not very easily

The vision code isn't very exposed

[radiant ginkgo]

Part allows me to change the ready-made settings for my car

[sour island]

I think I'm misunderstanding or there's a confusion

Doesn't seem intuitive

[radiant ginkgo]

I don't explain well, sorry, I don't speak much English

[viral spire]

Has it changed since the pre-41 days? Because I remember that the Insomnia mod made zombies totally blind during the day.

[sour island]

You can turn their activity off

Until there is noise made but it's like they then can see

So it wouldn't work in MP the way you'd want

I.e. staying still and letting other people attract them

The zombies would just see everyone

Unless they change how vision works

Scent of blood may provide a better way I suppose

But that may also be buffing zombies to all near by players accidentally too

[dim geode]

whoops posted it in wrong place lmao

[vapid atlas]

So with my current vehicle mod, apparently the car features zero suspension sway of any sort no matter what I change in its parameters compared to the vanilla car. What on Earth even dictates vehicle sway with the game engine?

[tardy wren]

Hmmm... Center of mass perhaps?

Assuming the cars are an attempt at modelling realistic physics

[vapid atlas]

I only moved the thing up a bit, it doesn't seem to change much when I move it higher, apart from the collision going into the stratosphere with it

[bronze yoke]

does anyone know if there's a benefit to packing items and textures into a texture pack? i think it's mandatory for tiles, but does it save memory/performance/anything for other textures?

[sour island]

@hearty dew

tbc56 commented 16 hours ago
after recent update any normal chat in /say is no longer displaying for anyone other than the speaker. Chat isnt recorded in the log and it seems to be treated as speech done from the mod

Why would this be happening?

I have this at the top ```lua
if isServer() then return end

other than that this shouldnt be breaking say/

--- Apply filters to process say
local original_processSayMessage = processSayMessage
function processSayMessage(command, ...)
    command = ConditionalSpeech.Speech(getPlayer(), command)
    return original_processSayMessage(command, ...)
end
``` I would think?

https://imgur.com/uXWVDu6

hmmm

[velvet copper]

Are there any other car pack mods like filmbusters?

[sour island]

a case of user error?

ah it was a sandbox option issue

[radiant ginkgo]

Return all the parameters of the car from vanilla and play with the collision in the car editor and try to set it like vanilla

[vapid atlas]

good news, suspension mostly works now

bad news:

[radiant ginkgo]

Uh

You didn't have to change the size parameters

[vapid atlas]

apparently thats how it works now

everything else except the size parameter did nothing

[coarse nacelle]

hey, is there a way to define recipes using lua instead of the .txt scripting system?

[summer rune]

is there a mod or easy script to prevent any damage to player build structures (doors, windows, walls) by other players?

[coarse nacelle]

also does anyone have an example of a mod adding a foraging item that works in the latest version? I'm comparing my code to the game's code and I don't see why my items aren't showing up

[coarse nacelle]

I don't think there's a good way of doing this without causing a ton of lag. In theory you could do like injury mods do and track every structure's HP and check if it was damaged by a player every tick by comparing its old state to its current state, but that would probably be laggy. Ideally there would be a onHit hook that we could use that had the target and dealer passed in for stuff like this but without a hook like that I think itll probably be a laggy onTick hook even if there is a way to implement it

[summer rune]

does anyone know if there is a hook like that?

[coarse nacelle]

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Modding:Lua_Event I think this is an up to date list of hooks

[summer rune]

But u can hook into the java functions. I just dont know how the one for damaging player structures is called

[coarse nacelle]

these are the hooks exposed to lua, you can't (easily) hook into java functions

there is one for when an IsoGameCharacter hits another... I don't remember if constructions are IsoGameCharacters though

they don't appear to be based on this https://zomboid-javadoc.com/41.65/overview-tree.html

[summer rune]

IsoBarricade maybe?

[coarse nacelle]

that's probably what it is, but there's no hook for onHitThumpable (which would be what you want)

[summer rune]

WeaponHit​(IsoGameCharacter gameCharacter, HandWeapon handWeapon)

https://zomboid-javadoc.com/41.65/zombie/iso/objects/IsoBarricade.html#WeaponHit(zombie.characters.IsoGameCharacter,zombie.inventory.types.HandWeapon)

[coarse nacelle]

🤔

ok how about this

1. save the state of all player constructions
2. hook onWeaponHit and whenever it fires, search for all player constructions within range of the weapon's range

3. compare the saved state with the new state, and if there's a difference revert the state to the old state

that might get laggy if there's a bunch of players shooting with long range rifles close to player bases, but better than doing that same logic in an onTick

[summer rune]

is the following not possible?

IsoObject_WeaponHit = IsoObject.WeaponHit

function IsoObject.WeaponHit(self, gameCharacter, handWeapon)
    local thisObject = self

    if instanceof(thisObject, "IsoWindow") or instanceof(thisObject, "IsoDoor") or instanceof(thisObject, "IsoBarricade") then
        return
    end

    IsoObject_WeaponHit(self)
end

[coarse nacelle]

someone who knows better than me would have to comment, but I don't think you can override java functions from lua like that

ah, and I answered my own question about foraging

it got moved(?) to forageDefinitions.lua

[astral dune]

WeaponHit is exposed on IsoBarricade IsoDoor IsoObject IsoThumpable IsoTree and IsoWindow, but the only one that is ever called in the vanilla lua is IsoTree.WeaponHit

[summer rune]

so is it possible to hook into java functions directly?

[astral dune]

not without modding the java directly

[coarse nacelle]

sideload a .class file that reflects the methods, but that's not something you can publish to the workshop 😛

[weak sierra]

anyone tell me why this doesnt show the translation strings in-game?

file on the right is at UdderlyVehicleRespawn/media/lua/shared/Translate/

looks at one of her other mods

oh.

EN folder.

shakes head in annoyed

[bronze yoke]

oh that is a cool fucking text editor

[weak sierra]

hehe i like it yeah

https://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html

[coarse nacelle]

is there a place for feature requests?

[swift sequoia]

I just use notepad++. I followed the guide in chat history for using IntelliJ to decompile the game java, but frankly I don't like IntelliJ. I'm more of an Eclipse user.

I'm sure my aggravations are just ignorance for using IntelliJ, but damn does it aggravate me.

[green berry]

hey guys maybe a dumb question but does anyone know what is the unique identifier for a given BaseVehicle ?

nvm i missed the getId()

[astral dune]

keep in mind that doesn't persist between loads

[green berry]

does any does ?

[astral dune]

uhh, I think there is an SQL ID, which should be persistent I imagine

[green berry]

true ! getSqlId()

thanks (again), i'm going back 🙂

[coarse nacelle]

is there a debug option for the foraging system so I can see hidden items and just walk to them?

so I can test the foraging tables that I just made

ah I think I found it nvm

[swift sequoia]

omg that zombie just instant killed me.

[coarse nacelle]

hey, so I added some foraging items, but when I gather them it shows up as <somepath>.png not the item in the overhead bubble

how do I get it to show a friendly name?

[river geyser]

Hello! I'm sorry to ask what is probably a repeat question. Google searches for the issue often ended with 'ask on the discord!' with no follow up, and a search here hasn't uncovered the solution either.

I'm attempting to make a simple mod to add some alternative food items. In this case, cans of soda. I have added the first item and I am able to find it in the world, I can manually spawn in it in debug mode, it has an icon, and when I drink the soda, it appears to have the custom texture I have provided. However, if I place the soda on the ground, it is invisible during the placing. Once I click to place the item it shows up as the icon image instead of the 3D model.

Is can someone help me understand what I am doing wrong?

{
    imports    
    {
        Base
    }

    item BeefAid
    {
        DisplayName            =    Beef-Aid,
        DisplayCategory        =    Food,
        Type                =    Food,
        Weight              =    0.3,
        Icon                =    BeefAid,
        FoodType            =    SoftDrink,
        DisplayCategory        =    Food,
        CantBeFrozen        =   TRUE,
        EatType             =   popcan,
        Packaged            =   TRUE,
        ReplaceOnUse        =   PopEmpty,
        HungerChange        =    -10,
        ThirstChange        =    -70,
        UnhappyChange        =    -12,
        Calories            =   140,
        Carbohydrates       =   39,
        Lipids              =   0,
        Proteins            =   0,
        CustomContextMenu   =   Drink,
        CustomEatSound      =   DrinkingFromCan,
        StaticModel         =   BeefAidCan,
        WorldStaticModel    =    BeefAidCan,
    }
}```

I do have the model and texture named appropriately as far as I can tell
[MODPATH]\media\models_X\BeefAidCan.X
[MODPATH]\media\textures\BeefAidCan.png

Also, the model is copied from ProjectZomboid from PopCanRed, so I don't believe the model is corrupt, but I don't know if it needs something else to define the texture on the model. Since it shows up during drinking I think not... but I'm pretty lost. Thanks for any help in advance!

[ruby urchin]

You need to create a model on scripts, like

module PRGES
{
    model BeefAidCan
    {
        mesh = WorldItems/BeefAidCan,
        texture = BeefAidCan,
        scale = 1.0,
    }
}

and change WorldStaticModel = BeefAidCan to WorldStaticModel = PRGES.BeefAidCan,

You can see examples on ..\ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\models_items.txt

[river geyser]

Thank you! The mod I was referencing must have been outdated. I appreciate the quick reply!

[hearty dew]

Was that the source of the /say issue? and resolved?

[ancient grail]

#mod_support

[hearty dew]

You can patch the lua functions on java objects that call back into the java method. What that affords you is that lua-side calls into java methods can be patched. However, if java code calls that class method, it won't be affected.

[hearty dew]

For example, if you patched IsoPlayer's getDisplayName(), this: ```lua
print(getPlayer():getDisplayName())

would be affected.
However if java-side code called that method, ```java
  System.out.println(IsoPlayer.instance.getDisplay())

that would not be affected.

[ancient grail]

Dragdown?

[hearty dew]

Can use this to patch java class methods @summer rune

[ancient grail]

Worldstatic isnt same as staticmodel

[undone crag]

Can you patch a java method before the base game Lua loads? (without overwriting a base-game file, which I think might work)

[coarse nacelle]

you can add things to a building's right click menu right?

[undone crag]

Yes, there's either a lua event for it here https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Modding:Lua_Events, or an event-like thing in a lua file for the building right click menu. You could use it something like this

function myFunction(however_many_arguments)
  --stuff
end
Events.Whatever_it_is_called.Add(myFunction);

(unless I made a mistake or something. farewell.)

[coarse nacelle]

ok tyvm, I'll look into this and see if there's something that does what I want

[hearty dew]

In that case, earliest you can get mod lua code to run is after vanilla shared/ lua loads (but before client/ and server/ code)

see the lua load order

[coarse nacelle]

ok, I can copy what the generator does. ty @undone crag

[undone crag]

Alas, for I was thinking about changing BodyLocations.getGroup("Human").getOrCreateLocation. 😔 which is used in base game shared

[undone crag]

I don't know what you mean but there may or may not be better way than it.

[coarse nacelle]

nope, what I want to do is exactly what the generator already does

[undone crag]

:o

[ancient grail]

Cars tiles players item weapons containers

What else can we use to store moddata

If i have a delay timer that i want to be persitent even if people login and out or if the server restarts

How can i do this?

[hearty dew]

Can use global moddata for the timer

For individual moddata, you can look at all java classes that derive from IsoObject. IsoObject implements the moddata methods

[humble oriole]

Is anyone familiar with how the herbalist magazine applies the trait to the character? I'm looking through the code and I'm not seeing how it does it.

    herbalist:getFreeRecipes():add("Herbalist");

I found that, but it's part of the character creation page

I want to create a magazine like The Herbalist that applies a specific trait to a character.

[hearty dew]

Traits, as far as I remember (someone please correct me), are just a data structure with a list of strings representing the player's active traits. The magazine probably just adds the trait to it

[humble oriole]

I'm sure that's the case, just trying to figure out how it does it xD

Same with the generator mag

    {
        DisplayCategory = SkillBook,
        Weight    =    0.1,
        Type    =    Literature,
        DisplayName    =    How to Use Generators,
        Icon    =    MagazineElectronics02,
        TeachedRecipes  =   Generator,
        ReplaceOnUse    =   ElectronicsMag4,
        StaticModel = Magazine,
        WorldStaticModel = MagazineElec4Ground,
    }```

TeachedRecipes = Generator,

Is that calling something in the lua or even Java, or does that just naturally apply the trait

[bronze yoke]

doesn't the magazine just teach you the recipe, not give you the trait?

[humble oriole]

For the Herbalist and Generator it provides a trait

[bronze yoke]

all the functionality comes from the recipe, the trait just gives you the recipe

[humble oriole]

After reading the herbalist mag

[bronze yoke]

oh hmm

[hearty dew]

Most of the other code checks if the player has the recipe

to determine whether a herbalist or not

but, indeed there is a trait too

[hearty dew]

That one just teaches the Generator recipe I believe

And is also the electrician trait that teaches the Generator recipe

[humble oriole]

yea, I saw that too

[bronze yoke]

i can't work it out - can't find anything special about the herbalist recipe, the trait, or anything that would do this in the functions for reading a book

[humble oriole]

I wonder if there's a Herbalist recipe like the generator.

[bronze yoke]

one thing i'm thinking about actually

i remember there was a bug before where the new foraging system checked for the herbalist trait, not the recipe, so the recipe didn't work for a while

so maybe the trait you're seeing is fake?

i don't see how that could have happened if the magazine actually gave you the trait

unless that's how they fixed it, i guess

[humble oriole]

How to use Generators gives you the Generator Expert trait as well

[hearty dew]

Oh, hey, albion. Didn't recognize you with the diff avatar until now 😅

[bronze yoke]

haha yeah i don't usually have an anime boy profile picture

you're running a mod, that's not vanilla

[humble oriole]

https://giphy.com/gifs/obama-stephen-colbert-the-late-show-with-3ofT5PzgI9FSn8vPaw

Herbalist is Vanilla though

[bronze yoke]

i would suspect it doesn't give you the trait in vanilla

i'll have a look for you

[humble oriole]

hmm

[bronze yoke]

yeah, it doesn't

[humble oriole]

damn

[bronze yoke]

if you want to have a book grant a trait, the public version of my literacy mod still has a book that removes a trait

ReadLiteracyMag = ISReadABook:derive('ReadLiteracyMag')

function ReadLiteracyMag:update()
    local pagesRead = math.floor(self.item:getNumberOfPages() * self:getJobDelta())
    if pagesRead >= self.item:getNumberOfPages() then
        self.character:getTraits():remove('Illiterate')
        if ISCharacterInfoWindow.instance then
            ISCharacterInfoWindow.instance.charScreen:loadTraits()
        end
    end
    ISReadABook.update(self)
end
```probably should have put that on perform() not update()... but still

and then i had a custom context menu option that would trigger my time action instead of the vanilla book reading one - since this was to get rid of illiterate i didn't have to work out how to hide the old one, though

[weak sierra]

generator use isn't a trait

it's a hidden recipe

[bronze yoke]

this is honestly not that well written so i don't know if i should be sharing this code as a guide LOL

[humble oriole]

yea, we figured that out xD

[weak sierra]

the trait gives you the recipe as does the book

mk

wish i was here to let u know sooner lol

[humble oriole]

I see how Hea did it in SOTO

hmmm

[weak sierra]

self.character:getTraits():add('Something') i think is probably what they need tho

today i learned you can use single quotes in lua for a string

[humble oriole]

in linux that usually helps with special characters I'd imagine it does the same

[bronze yoke]

yeah i exclusively use single quotes because i'm annoying

[weak sierra]

if only it were so easy to remove a trait from the selection screen

i come from C# land so single quotes means char to me

as it does for those who live in similar places

'a' and "apple"

etc

[humble oriole]

I'm a heathen and come from bash/perl :p

[weak sierra]

bash ain't a damn language

;p

[humble oriole]

YOU CAN WRITE FUNCTIONS "FUNCTIONS"

[weak sierra]

uh-huh

[bronze yoke]

i'm from c++ (with some healthy python) but i've been working on zomboid stuff almost exclusively for the last year or so

[weak sierra]

me too

and last year it was rimworld

lol

the last year bit, not the c++ bit

C++ is the only c family language i havent gotten to

ive poked it, but that's about it

[bronze yoke]

to be honest, i was probably pretty crap at c++, i don't remember actually doing too much with it, i guess i'm just from python

but in *theory* c++ is my main language

[weak sierra]

python was where i started

well

gamemaker 5.3a was where i started

but

[coarse nacelle]

The only real difference between c and c++ is how null values are handled, and the entire class system

[weak sierra]

oh just "and the entire class system"

lol

[bronze yoke]

i got started messing around with toontown stuff, which is an mmo programmed in python 😨

[humble oriole]

I think I took C++/VB at the same time in college before I took Java, C++ as a first language was tough

[weak sierra]

when i did C i did C89 tho

[coarse nacelle]

you can still write classes in c btw

[weak sierra]

so it's a bit more of a leap

[bronze yoke]

oh yeah i suppose i did a bunch of vb in college

[humble oriole]

🤣 but also 😭

[weak sierra]

but yeah between C and C# i can probably fudge my way through C++ at this point

[bronze yoke]

yeah i've used c# a bunch for unity and i never got deep enough to care about the difference

other than syntax of course

[weak sierra]

C# is the most beautiful language ever written fight me

[bronze yoke]

yeah i can't say i love c++ syntax

[coarse nacelle]

laughs in go

[weak sierra]

caveat: i haven't tried rust and go yet

yeah

i hear they are very similar

and good

i do plan to try them

[coarse nacelle]

idk, their underlying structure is pretty different

[weak sierra]

i've had ppl tell me it's similar enough

i wouldnt know

[coarse nacelle]

like go doesn't have classes for instance

[weak sierra]

might have been morons lol

[coarse nacelle]

I'm inclined to think they might not know what they're talking about, but that's just me

[weak sierra]

yeah

[bronze yoke]

line terminators bug me more than they should

[humble oriole]

hmm, is there an "OnRead" for books like there is an "onCreate" for recipes?

[humble oriole]

the lack of line terminators in lua drives me nuts

[bronze yoke]

i can't say it's too hard for me to get used to using them, but i just don't like how they look

[humble oriole]

or really anything that will call a function after finishing reading the book

[coarse nacelle]

now that I've used more than three languages that don't use line terminators, I think I'd be pretty annoyed needing line terminators again. it really is a pretty antiquated hack because parsers weren't so good back then

[bronze yoke]

you could use the dark arts

[coarse nacelle]

I think more traits has a thing that does this because after you read the generator book it adds the generator trait, you can copy what they do

[bronze yoke]

actually it's a bit overkill, you can just hook ISReadABook:perform()

[humble oriole]

SOTO does it by doing a everyoneminute check

[humble oriole]

yea, I was looking at your example earlier

[coarse nacelle]

soto?

[humble oriole]

Simple Traits and Occupations

[coarse nacelle]

there's nothing outside what are you talking about?

[bronze yoke]

local old_perform = ISReadABook.perform

function ISReadABook:perform()
    if self.item:getType() == 'Mod.Whatever' then
        -- add a trait or something
    end
    old_perform(self)
end

[coarse nacelle]

oh, I was talking about more traits not simple traits

[humble oriole]

I know, I was just adding that another mod does something similar by using the everyminute event

[coarse nacelle]

yeah, I think most mods right now use really bad triggers

[bronze yoke]

yeah i don't know the exact workings of that mod but that doesn't sound like the best way to do things

[coarse nacelle]

I was working on more traits recently and I think there's is an on tick for things like evasive, there's probably a better trigger for that

[humble oriole]

Does this do the check on every performed action?

Sorry, I'm still really new to modding

[bronze yoke]

every time you finish a book

[humble oriole]

oh, that's not bad

[bronze yoke]

in retrospect this is absolutely the wrong way to do this outside of my exact use case

[coarse nacelle]

ah, it's on player update never mind

[humble oriole]

Honestly, I just want to create a magazine and apply a trait from a different mod

[bronze yoke]

local old_perform = ISReadABook.perform

function ISReadABook:perform()
    if self.item:getType() == 'Mod.Whatever' then
        self.character:getTraits():add('TraitName')
    end
    old_perform(self)
end

[weak sierra]

is there a tool to visualize vehicle zones in debug mode?

i almost never use debug mode

[humble oriole]

yes

[weak sierra]

cool

where is that

:)

[humble oriole]

it's janky

but so is debug mode lol

[weak sierra]

i wrote a whole vehicle respawn mod blind

[humble oriole]

function ISReadABook:perform()
    if self.item:getType() == "APBPack.Locksmith_Ledger" then
        self.character:getTraits():add("Locksmith")
    end
    old_perform(self)
end```

[weak sierra]

i dont even know where zones line up

i should uh

look at them

:)

[humble oriole]

it's amazing, we're just waiting on the blacklist portion

[weak sierra]

yeah i meant to do that today but other things happened

i did just fix some bugs

planning to get to that tomorrow

[humble oriole]

you'll get it done when you get it done lol ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[weak sierra]

yeah

im really.. chaotic and work in spurts

[humble oriole]

are you going to add scene cars to a built in blacklist?

they're completely nonfunctional

[weak sierra]

scene cars are their own vehicle scripts? i thought scenes were just normal vehicle scripts

or do u mean wrecks?

[humble oriole]

I'm pretty sure it was a scene car. You couldn't get in it, but it was like max health and you could take parts off it

it was a vanilla car

[weak sierra]

i was unaware that that was a thing

:|

[humble oriole]

I should've taken a picture of it, sorry

it had a special name that I wasn't familiar with

let me jump in debug and see if I can duplicate, I don't want to talk about of my ass xD

does anyone know how hard ZombRand() hits the system?

usually 1-100 or so

[hidden jungle]

so. i enabled a bunch of mods and now the game is just a black screen. relaunching didnt work.
is there a way to launch zomboid in a safemode that doesnt use mods?

[bronze yoke]

like performance-wise? i wouldn't worry about it

[humble oriole]

yea

[bronze yoke]

in general i wouldn't worry too much about performance in that way, if a mod runs poorly it's probably because of some silly loops or running more often than it needs to than the actual function

not that you shouldn't optimise, but only the big things really matter

[humble oriole]

I wrote a lootbox mod for our server, and you can imagine I've got a lot of calls to ZombRand, but they're segregated into functions so they only get called when the recipe to open that specific lootbox is called.

[bronze yoke]

generally, the most efficient way to do things is also the one that's easiest to write and follow

(or close enough, anyway)

[humble oriole]

@weak sierra

except when the mod spawned it, it was 100%

[weak sierra]

PickUpVanLightsFire

so what are these, special things for challenges or something?

[humble oriole]

nah, they're vehicle scenes

[tardy wren]

You mean for stuff like car crashes you find on the road?

[humble oriole]

from Debug

[humble oriole]

yes

[weak sierra]

what's wrong with those spawning

[humble oriole]

sorry the game calls them "storys"

[tardy wren]

Sure

[humble oriole]

they don't act like normal vehicles

[weak sierra]

if they're on the map naturally

[tardy wren]

But you can still scrap them

[weak sierra]

why should i care if they are on the map unnaturally

[weak sierra]

requires a mod, but yes

[tardy wren]

They're still potentially a bit of loot/parts/fuel

[weak sierra]

they will despawn like any other vehicles

if you see them then ignore them

so i dont think it's a problem?

i do need to add condition stuff to the respawn mod

[tardy wren]

Maybe you can slap that into the options you're making?

[weak sierra]

yeah

if i can find a way to identify these that'd be nice

cuz if they just appear in with NORMAL cars

oof

i imagine they're in with burnt or wrecks

[humble oriole]

oh, you know what I bet happened

[weak sierra]

?

[tardy wren]

No

[humble oriole]

I have that crashed cars mod, and one of these spawned, but it was a "wrecked car" so it was a scene car, but "wrecked"

[ancient grail]

oww can you teach me sempai.. how to use animation this way

i can only do the emote ive been trying to figure out how to use setvariale

[weak sierra]

that reminds me im planning to add a tag to the car if it was spawned by my mod

[ancient grail]

function SearchJunkTimedAction:start()
    self:setActionAnim("Loot")
    self.character:SetVariable("LootPosition", "Low")
    
    self.character:reportEvent("EventLootItem");
end

[weak sierra]

so that in the future one can identify by looking at mod data

[ancient grail]

doesnt work

[weak sierra]

i guess u'd have to have a tool to look at the mod data for that

i do tho

:p

others can look in debug ig

[humble oriole]

it doesn't matter either way, cause if I'm running respawns I'd have salvage on and I'd just tell them to salvage it.

[weak sierra]

yup

or ignore it and it'll go away if nobody sees it in a while

built-in solution there

drag it into the woods lol

[humble oriole]

oh, I was going to ask, does it count "wrecks" as a car or does it spawn another wreck

[bronze yoke]

i think i have a mod that does something like what you're trying to do, but i won't be able to check until tomorrow

[weak sierra]

- Option for toggle between whitelist vs. blacklist
- Option for percentage chance of a vehicle being a wreck/burnt vs. normal.
- Tag vehicles with moddata if they are spawned by the mod so that admins can id them if necessary for troubleshooting/reporting bugs.```

[weak sierra]

it does not care what you - or it - removed

it has an even chance to spawn any vehicle at any place anytime one is spawned

at present

i could add a bias toward more wrecks when removing wrecks and more normal cars when removing normal cars

but

that would be annoying cuz every salvage/dismantling mod i support has its own code block

and will have its own code for grabbing which car it was

hah

hopefully not that bad

but yeah

anyway if that's desirable i could make it happen

as an option

i think there should always be a chance of one or the other though

[humble oriole]

nah, I don't think it's a big deal

[weak sierra]

this is plans for tomorrow

[humble oriole]

the main issue with cars in general is that there's X amount of cars in the world, which means, there's X amount of metal in the world from cars

[weak sierra]

yeah

not with my mod tho :P

[humble oriole]

exactly

[weak sierra]

im moving my server to use Vehicle Repair Overhaul i think

[humble oriole]

yea, we did

[weak sierra]

it seems more balanced re: salvage

i just pushed support for that tonight btw

sorry it took so long

xD

wasn't hard, just so busy

[humble oriole]

he's also super responsive, I asked him to give us a sandbox option to disable salvage and he had it like 2 days later

[weak sierra]

so u cud yeet it temporarily?

hehe

that's good

well no need now, it's in place

tested it

if u want me on hand on ur server to chat up about stuff

feel free to invite me

if u have a modding section or etc

then if u have issues it'd be easier to get in touch

up to u ofc

[humble oriole]

Sure, I'll make a segregated area.

[weak sierra]

most pz servers have a developer section of some kind

in my experience

then u can request things and ping me to report things, etc.

oh god i looked away and it's 2:30am

big f

[humble oriole]

Yea, I'm on nights right now, so I've got another 6.5 hours of work haha

[weak sierra]

gn

[humble oriole]

[ancient grail]

i got it

it works now

you want the code

?

function SearchJunkTimedAction:start()
SearchRecyclables()
    self:setActionAnim("Loot")
    self.character:SetVariable("LootPosition", "Low")    
    self.character:reportEvent("EventLootItem");
end

it actually worked

the thing is i forgot to call the function for doing the stuff

lol

[ancient grail]

What is agood approach to coding something that stops hunger from increasing without overwritting function?

[ancient grail]

Ow shit nvm i have an idea hehe

[weary matrix]

Hi there, just to let you know the domain zomboid-javadoc.com is going to expire on the 23rd of december. If you're using the website please consider making a donation on my ko-fi (see my discord profile). If no one cares I'll just drop the website.

[lunar robin]

Is setName() suitable for changing character's name?

I'm currently trying to implement a function to automatically change character's name and surname on OnCreatePlayer event trigger.

[white perch]

Anyone else having any issues making music for the music mod? when i tried to ran the exe file to add my music to the mod for MP it caused my entire PC to essentially die and all the mod could tell me was there was a problem with the files

[civic lava]

Once again, & very seriously so, you have helped me a huge amount allowing me to code what i wanted without errors, i was so close & i knew it, you simply gave me the wording & THATS HUGE! i would've prob given up before coming up with those exact "phrases" so a serious thankyou for helping me when noone else would!

my 2 traits will be refined, unlisted, & you allowed me to play with my friends under the conditions they desire aswell, so u helped more then just me

big thanks!

[ancient grail]

you do know his the mod author of more traits right?

[deft falcon]

np man

[ancient grail]

getPlayer():getDescriptor():setForename("Chester")
getPlayer():getDescriptor():setSurname("Bennington ")
getPlayer():setUsername("LinkinPark")
getPlayer():setDisplayName("Vocalist")

depends on what you need change

i just tested this now using debug and it worked

[deft falcon]

OnCreatePlayer triggers everytime the character is loaded; therefore it will change everytime someone loads the save / joins the server.
OnNewGame with the player character as arg for function would work better, as it only procs when you make your character.

[ancient grail]

hazmatList = hazmatList or {}
if getActivatedMods():contains("aSampleModWithHazmatSuit") then
table.insert(hazmatList,"Base.HazmatSuitFromSampleMod")
end

if you are a server admin and you have ideas of mods with hazmat suit pls assist 🙂

i just need to put all posible hazmat suit from diffrent mods

into one table

[sour island]

Yes, I had to refactor some stuff to separate it.

[deft falcon]

OHHHH i think i got it now

ppl do
x = x or {}
because if x doesnt exist, it makes {}
BUT if it exists, it wont reset it

is that true

that makes so much sense now lmao

[sour island]

Ye, very handy trick

[sour island]

You'll have to manually do this for every mod Or create a tag and ask mod authors to use it. Not really a way around it.

For the NVG stuff I did, I did both

[ancient grail]

hmmm well its not patching their mod actualy its just enabling theirs to be used as hazmat for my mod i dont think i need to ask everyauthor abt that since im not doing anything with their mod.
im simpling adding their items if the mod exist on the server

[deft falcon]

it works for other stuff like numbers too?

sweet

[ancient grail]

hazmatList = hazmatList or {}

table.insert(hazmatList,"Base.HazmatSuit")

if getActivatedMods():contains("AuthenticZLite") then 
table.insert(hazmatList,"AuthenticZLite.CEDAHazmatSuit")
table.insert(hazmatList,"AuthenticZLite.CEDAHazmatSuitBlack")
table.insert(hazmatList,"AuthenticZLite.CEDAHazmatSuitBlue")
table.insert(hazmatList,"AuthenticZLite.CEDAHazmatSuitRed")
table.insert(hazmatList,"AuthenticZLite.NBHHazmatSuit")
table.insert(hazmatList,"AuthenticZLite.HazmatSuit2")
end

if getActivatedMods():contains("Authentic Z - Current") then
table.insert(hazmatList,"AuthenticZClothing.CEDAHazmatSuit")
table.insert(hazmatList,"AuthenticZClothing.CEDAHazmatSuitBlack")
table.insert(hazmatList,"AuthenticZClothing.CEDAHazmatSuitBlue")
table.insert(hazmatList,"AuthenticZClothing.CEDAHazmatSuitRed")
table.insert(hazmatList,"AuthenticZClothing.NBHHazmatSuit")
table.insert(hazmatList,"AuthenticZClothing.HazmatSuit2")
end

if getActivatedMods():contains("TheyKnew") then
table.insert(hazmatList,"TheyKnew.MysteriousHazmat")
end

[ancient grail]

if its not nil basically

but i havent seen it used on other types excpt table

and array i think

[ancient grail]

i guess this i s all the hazmats not sure if there are jmore

i wonder if i really need to put the getactivated mods cuz it might not trigger an error if it only checks if the player is wearing 1 of the suits

so if it doesnt exsist then it might not trigger error?

anyone knows a code to check two tables if theres a match .. so basically i want to check all of getPlayer():getWornItems():getItem()
and check if one of the items is from the hazmatlist

[fast galleon]

yes pretty much saves you a line of if
another popular one is
x = TrueOrFalse and A or B

[ancient grail]

Can u give an example

How is it something whilebeing something else?
X = gettype() and x == true or x ~= nil.

Haha just guessing

[fast galleon]

it's like

if x then x = A else x = B end

[ancient grail]

Ahhhh

Thnx for the info

[honest oar]

What's the mod where people can carry ingame stuff? I want plants in my house :c

[ancient grail]

Try the pushcart mod

And wrong channel btw
#mod_support
But its ok

[deft falcon]

uh gimme a min

[thorny marsh]

How hard is it to code in lua

[deft falcon]

local function tableContains(t, e)
for _, value in pairs(t) do
if value == e then
return true
end
end
return false
end

you could make a loop of ur table that uses that function

[ruby urchin]

nothing

[ancient grail]

whats t and e

[deft falcon]

t is table

e is the thing u look if that table has it

[ancient grail]

im kinda stuck lol

ow ok ok

for _, value in pairs(t) do
if tableContains(hazmatList, getPlayer():getWornItems():get(i):getItem()) then
return true end
end

is this correct? @deft falcon

[deft falcon]

no

[deft falcon]

u copy this and paste it somewhere at top or something in the code

then do

for _, item in pairs(hazmatlist) do
if tableContains(getPlayer():getWornItems():getItems(), item) == true then
break
[code for when character has hazmat]
end
end

@ancient grail

i think u can break from for loops

yea so do that

[ancient grail]

i just need to return true

its an ontest

[fast galleon]

it looks like wants to iterate through an array though, so

my item = array:get(i)
...

[deft falcon]

for _, item in pairs(hazmatlist) do
if tableContains(getPlayer():getWornItems():getItems(), item) == true then
return true
break
end
end

[fast galleon]

I'm behind on them messages

[ancient grail]

function Recipe.OnTest.isHazmat(item)
for _, i in pairs(hazmatList) do
if tableContains(hazmatList, getPlayer():getWornItems():get(i):getItem()) then
return true 
break end
end
end    

[deft falcon]

oh that works too

[ancient grail]

yey thnx alot man

now for the oncreate which is me for the first time modding setused delta

[fast galleon]

is tableContains Lua?

[ancient grail]

function Recipe.OnCreate.ProduceMeth(items, result, player)
local tank = nil;
for i=0, items:size()-1 do
if items:get(i):getFullType() == "Meth.FreonTank" then
tank = items:get(i);
end
end
result:setUsedDelta(tank:getUsedDelta() + result:getUseDelta() * 30);
while result:getUsedDelta() < 1 and tank:getUsedDelta() > 0 do
result:setUsedDelta(result:getUsedDelta() + result:getUseDelta() * 30);
tank:Use();
end
if result:getUsedDelta() > 1 then
result:setUsedDelta(1);
end
end

[ancient grail]

i might need to find an api for it if in case

cuz looking at the pz lua it doesnt have anything of that sort

ow snap i did

so if this doesnt work then im back to square one ill try it now on debug hehe

or i think i just need to make 2 for loops

[deft falcon]

its not

add this to top of ur code

local function tableContains(t, e)
for _, value in pairs(t) do
if value == e then
return true
end
end
return false
end

@ancient grail add this at the top of your code

[neon bronze]

anyone knows how you get the text from those translate filess? Apparently calling getText doesnt work always?

[ancient grail]

function Recipe.OnTest.isHazmat(item)
    for i = 0, #hazmatList - 1 do
        for c = 0, getPlayer():getWornItems():size() - 1 do
            if hazmatList[i] == getPlayer():getWornItems():getItemByIndex(c):getFullType() then
                if isDebugEnabled() then
                    print(hazmatList[i]);
                    print(getPlayer():getWornItems():getItemByIndex(c));
                end
                return true;
            end
        end
    end
end

got it to work

figured that 2 for codes will work and also my variable was off

i needed getFullType()

first i tried getClothingItemName()

it prints but it wont match the one from the table i did

sinc ei did use fulltype

tableContains just doesnt work btw

[summer rune]

when I use thisObject:getHealth() to get the current health of the door, it works. if a zombie starts hitting it, and I call the method again, it also works. it shows the new reduced health. however if I, as a player, start hitting it, then the value from thisObject:getHealth() does not show any changes. HOWEVER if I keep hitting it, I destroy the door nonetheless. Meanwhile it still showed max HP. How? What am I missing

[ancient grail]

it has 2 diffrent health i guess

since there is the zombie door damage sandbox so it might be cuz of that

like if its disabled for zed to destroy doors

but thats just my guess

[fast galleon]

ah makes sense now

[deft falcon]

bro i literally said

to add that piece of code i sent

[ancient grail]

ahh idint get it

and when i read that part of the chat i had success with the code i did

let me check it again

ahh wow this works too

nice

thnx

can i keep it as a util ? 🙂

[deft falcon]

mhm

wait what does util mean

[lyric bolt]

Hey could someone point me in the right direction of making arsenal attachments compatible with another weapons mod? Just am curious how you would even add one to a new weapon

[ancient grail]

utility

[deft falcon]

yea u can

[ancient grail]

im reading about pairs and ipairs im not sure if i truely understand the concept.. but for me as long as for i works then thats where im going haha

[summer rune]

this is the call in the java door class on the weaponhit event from players this.Damage((int)(handWeapon.getDoorDamage() * 2.0f * n));

and this is the damage method in the door class:

void Damage(final int n) {
        this.DirtySlice();
        this.Health -= n;
    }

[dusk sonnet]

Have you read this on SO? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55108794/what-is-the-difference-of-pairs-vs-ipairs-in-lua

[summer rune]

ipairs iterates more or less on arrays with number based entries. pairs iterates on hashmaps/dicts with key based entries

[summer rune]

can anyone help, with some insight?

[ancient grail]

ahhh gotcha

[jaunty marten]

better to do (optimized way)

local hazmatList = {
  ["item1_class"] = true,
  ["item2_class"] = true,
  ["item3_class"] = true,
}
function Recipe.OnTest.isHazmat(item)
  local items = getPlayer():getWornItems()
  for i = 0, items:size() - 1 do
    local item = items:getItemByIndex(i)
    if hazmatList[item:getFullType()] then
      if isDebugEnabled() then
        print(hazmatList[item:getFullType()])
        print(item)
      end
      return true
    end
  end
end

[ancient grail]

changes here are .. you included = true just so that its not nil... and then made
this part shorter
if hazmatList[item:getFullType()]

right

why does it have to be optimized tho

i dont think its a havy code anyways since there are only a few gasmask and only a few items on a character

[jaunty marten]

even it's small table this way is anyway better than for .. for .. end end and in future it can have more affect for ur mod if u got my sense

u can use ur method but it's good to u as dev to know optimized ways to do iterations and etc

[ancient grail]

Isee ok then

[swift sequoia]

Nah, neckbite.

[ancient grail]

Yep thats what i thought so i noted your version down

Perhaps ill change to it later on but for now i want to proceed with the usedelta part as i dont know a thing about it yet
Im still far from finish woth this mod. But im certain i get this mods lua code done within 3days

[ancient grail]

Ow must be some tough zed 🤣

[deft falcon]

what r u trying to do btw

[ancient grail]

A drug mod
Includes weed meth heroin

[swift sequoia]

I think it was survivor mode. I just got unlucky and was tired so slowed reflexes.

[ancient grail]

Including production
The weed part for now is unsure if we continue

ownalso cocaine
I have the meth effects done

Iwas suppose to do the heroin effect but ended up starting with the proccess of ontest haha just cuz i thought it would take a long time to gather data of mods with hazmats

My idea of the heroin effect is to allow player to go afk without worrying about logging out
So basically it will make the player not be able to move
And then hunger and thirst moodles stop increasing
Then other moodles like stress and fatigue gradually reduce till the player wakes up
So its an alternative to sleep but has a diffrent way to it
I plan to have the dosage set to 5mins 10mins 15mins

The meth effect i did was the player gets 4 traits
Fast reader ,speed demon,light eater and dexterous

Then after the drug wears off reverts to the players original traits like if they have the negative mutual of these traits
And made sure that if a player decides to logout they will revert back to their setting preventing potential exploit

Im not sure if someone else had the same ideas for afik my concepts are original 🙂

[dusk sonnet]

You should include fentanyl and all it does is make the player immediately OD and die lol

[ancient grail]

Idk what dat is but
This is a comission mod btw so i have a scope to follow and limited creative freedom
I dont with to add to the scope if its alot of work but if a budget would be approve to do this then why not

Heroin can overdose right i should add that

[dusk sonnet]

Fentanyl is an opioid that is becoming increasingly common to mix with heroin and cocaine. It's a pretty big problem where I live. You can definitely OD on heroin and coke, though

[ancient grail]

But! Wait logicaly its imposible

Since you cant move once u took the dose
.. not unless i make the effect of not being able to move a bit delayed

Ah havent heard about it. Not sure if kentucky has that too
Since the server im doing the mod for is RP server and they are set to kentucky

[dusk sonnet]

I'm sure it is, but it really began to become more prominent in the past few years, so if they're sticking to the 90s theme then it's irrelevant

[ancient grail]

Yep that too

Any ideas how useddelta works as far as i know its 0-1 1 being full

But this is probably easy to figure out
Im stuck on the animation part really. I cant seem to make the player lie down without staggering

I should probably require trueactions

[summer rune]

how can i easily print out all values/properties of an IsoDoor ?

[ancient grail]

Have u tried getProperties()

What r u trying to do to a door btw

[summer rune]

i am hitting a door with an axe, and i want to implement a feature that players can see the remaining HP of their build structures

[ancient grail]

Wow

[summer rune]

so they can prepare for raids

i already increased the Max HP of all structures. now they need to hit a wall for like 20 minutes.

[ancient grail]

There might be a chance that it resets tho

[summer rune]

the door breaks after hitting it for 2 minutes with an axe. however the displayed HP never changes. only if trigger a zombie and the zombies hits the door, then the hp value goes down.

[ancient grail]

Back when i was i still playing this game i noticed that some zed hit the same door but i manage to stop them everytime so it dodnt break but the other door broke with i think less hits if i add all the dmg the first took from diffrent occurance of atk

[summer rune]

but i can still break the door. and increased Health value works as well, i need to hit it longer

[fast galleon]

you can also increase thumpDmg, high values decrease damage taken. Just needed that a few days ago.

[ancient grail]

I would conduct experiment

Try making a new door count how many times a zombie hits before breaking

Then doing the same thing with just half dmg then teleport away then go back
Then count again

If my theory is correct then it will reset the hp

[summer rune]

can u help me with my issue? i dont understand why the .Health or .getHealth() is not showing the damage taken by WeaponHits ? But it still breaks the door internally nonetheless. I am certain the Health property is the right one that gets damaged

[summer rune]

see here ^

[ancient grail]

I bet Felkami's zed can 1 hit that door of yours

[fast galleon]

yeah no idea

[summer rune]

i am not doing much, just printing the health of the door in the console. like shown here. and it never changes, but it eventually breaks.

and if a zombie hits the door , then the value goes down

totally weird

[civic lava]

yes & i contacted them but i've made enough progress to gain the confidence to release my own mod where the player starts with "invisible traits" that are custom of my own, to try to simulate human error

so i think i got this, untill i start to fail for 5 days in a row & get tunnel vision again

for now, looks nice & things are going slowly but well

[ancient grail]

Congrats man

[snow beacon]

Any modder want to come work for us?

PZFG - 600+ members.

[swift sequoia]

lol

[ancient grail]

How many modders do you need i can recommend those who i know takes commission too

[lunar robin]

Mind sharing your implementation of increasing door HP? Been struggling myself to

[ancient grail]

Your zeds are modified right?
Must be cool to do crazy things with them
Haha i discovered before that you can reanimate a corpse but on multiplayer it wont work. Howver when you grab it and drop it it will produce both a corpse and a new reanimated zed

[civic lava]

I don't wana be the guy asking dumb questions, but yet i am a dumb guy, with dumb questions
_
local endr = _player:getStats():getEndurance();
^
this results in a print() that =0.9-0.1 rather then what i expected which is 1-100, im willing to tinker for a few hours on it but if anyone has a quick answer it would save me some time!

now i dont understand LUA (yet) in full.. but can i do " local endr = _player:getStats():getEndurance( * 100)); "?

dont laugh

lol

[swift sequoia]

Nah, just standard zeds. A neck bite will one-shot even on regular settings. I should have been wearing a helmet with neck protection but I forgot.

local endr = _player:getStats():getEndurance( ) * 100;

[swift sequoia]

^

Your mileage may vary. I'm extremely tired and prone to mistakes.

[civic lava]

i assume that means yes? ill give it a try! i instead first am trying
endr = endr * 100;

[swift sequoia]

This would work too.

[civic lava]

thanks again!

[swift sequoia]

I also think lua support endr *= 100 but again, I'm tired and might be mixing up my languages.

[civic lava]

sorry if its looked down upon for a non lua man to request random help when i run into issues, but i do get help from some of you, so until told by a mod that im not allowed to ask the questions i ask ill be seen around these chats from time to time asking relatively simple things

[civic lava]

yea man ill try them all & see the results & if they differ or are all the same * 100

ty again

[swift sequoia]

Righto. And with that, time to stare blankly at my wall in a vain attempt to sleep with my eyes open. Byebye

[ancient grail]

Be warned redflag

Claims to be founder of pz but checked with staff he is not
And he wants me to do the work first before he pays it

This is straight up redflag

[mellow frigate]

What is PZFG ? a server community ?

[ancient grail]

So if anyone wants to go proceed with his mod project then the risk is yours and i did my social duty to warn people

The other case i didnt name drop because i wanted to protect him from being shamed on the modding chat as he is a fellow modder
But this case is different as it is straight up scam like
If im wrong then i take full responsibility of doing this person harm
But i take the risk as i want fellow modders to be safe

[ruby urchin]

lol I didn't realize, he took the discord custom URL, probably devs should contact discord support

[coarse nacelle]

I mean, commissioned zomboid mods seems kind of like a red flag already to me

[civic lava]

_player:HasACold ----- means the player is sick right? not just, a level of cold? temperature?

as in the player is ill

[snow beacon]

Click the link idiot. It's to a FAN GROUP.

Do your research before trying to work with someone

Smh

Go ahead y'all. Click it

[civic lava]

lmfao

[snow beacon]

It's to my fan group for pz

Not this server

Why are people idiots

Smh

[coarse nacelle]

<@&671452400221159444> can one of you take a look at this?

[snow beacon]

Yes please do

It's not to this server

It's to my fan server?

PZFG stands for Project Zomboid Fan Group. The name is Project Zomboid Fan Group

Nowhere do I claim to be the creator of project Zomboid

Nowhere in my discord either

It's some idiot taking it out of proportion

[coarse nacelle]

I mean.. it looks like you do unless project zomboid is the fancy link to your fan server

[snow beacon]

It is

Should I add to my bio it's a fan group?

Cause that's literally what it is

[coarse nacelle]

okay, but wouldn't it do the community more good if you gave that fancy link to this server and picked a new one?

[snow beacon]

Project Zomboid never took it. It was available way after Project Zomboids discord was even made

If PZ wants me to change it I can

But I won't change it till otherwise told to

[coarse nacelle]

idk, seems pretty suspicious to me not going to lie

[snow beacon]

Im not trying to be PZ. I don't even want be them. It's only a fan group

[river geyser]

Just to follow up, a modified version of this was the solution. The mesh path did not need WorldItems/ in it. Thank you for the solution!

[coarse nacelle]

they're not going to lie, you're doing a poor job of communicating that it's a fan server and should consider changing it on just that alone

[river geyser]

Thanks for the tip! This combined with what Dislaik posted got me to a solution. Thank you both!

[snow beacon]

There I changed my bio to make it easier

Trust me, I'm not trying to immitate Jack shit

[iron salmon]

Keep it for now 🙂
Better a fan project than a scam, but we'll reach out to Discord if there would be a way for us to switch ours while keeping discord.gg/theindiestone which they said would not be possible a couple of years ago. Who knows if anything changed.

Sorry for the suspicion it's getting you 😄

[snow beacon]

Thanks buddy for clearing this up. Thanks for approving it. Cheers 🥂

[sour island]

I wonder if you could have one server bounce people over to another

[snow beacon]

Sadly that wouldn't work. They would loose members doing that. And they wouldn't be able to get it verified

[gleaming sequoia]

it can also resolve in new scamming methods arising that would make discord almost impossible to use.

[snow beacon]

Yes that as well rage

[gleaming sequoia]

lol

[summer rune]

Does anyone has a small snippet that prints all properties of an IsoObject like IsoDoor, when i pass it the object ?

function printAllInfo(obj)
   print("DEBUG - printAll() - start")
   for key, value in pairs(obj) do
      if value then
         print("["..key.."] = "..tostring(value))
      end
   end
   print("DEBUG - printAll() - end")
end

i wrote this real fast, any better ideas?

[coarse nacelle]

you need quite a few members to get a vanity URL like that to begin with. so you can't just bounce people to another server

[coarse nacelle]

isn't this documented already?

[summer rune]

i want the values of the object, printed out. sorry if i did not explain it well enough

[coarse nacelle]

ah ok, I thought you were looking for keys My bad

you can still get the types from documentation if that helps

[summer rune]

is there a way to check if a value can be converted to a string without raising an exception?

[snow beacon]

Nope. Looks good

[snow beacon]

I'm not quite sure

[summer rune]

thanks 🙂

[summer rune]

i think i got it

if type(value) == table and not value["__tostring"] then
         value = "--no conversion to string--"
      end`

it is awesome that everything is a table in lua. such a breez. need a function? just get it from the table hashmap. done 😄

[snow beacon]

No problem man

[granite scarab]

anyone know this mod to glow containers?

[summer rune]

it is no mod

[bronze yoke]

that's the unstable build

[summer rune]

comes with the new 41.78 version of PZ

[deft falcon]

endurance is 0 to 1, unlike most other stats that are 0 to 100

basically treat it as if 0.5 was 50

[summer rune]

it throws an error Expected a table for the for loop with pairs

[snow beacon]

The next update will add it. It's gonna be so cool 😎

[summer rune]

any idea?

[snow beacon]

Check for typos. I've made that mistake before

Or if you're trying to run too much at once that could also be it

[deft falcon]

nah its because door is not a table

or whatever object hes trying to check

[snow beacon]

Could be it

[deft falcon]

@summer rune https://zomboid-javadoc.com/41.65/zombie/iso/IsoObject.html

[summer rune]

yes i am trying to check an IsoDoor

[deft falcon]

@summer rune https://zomboid-javadoc.com/41.65/zombie/iso/objects/IsoDoor.html

[summer rune]

if thisObject["getHealth"] then
    local health = thisObject:getHealth()
end

this is working, specifically this row thisObject["getHealth"]
so why can i not use it as an table then.

[summer rune]

i want to print all properties with their current values of a IsoDoor into the console.txt. Can you recommend a short snippet?

[summer rune]

since mine is not working

[deft falcon]

is moddata a table?

there you go

thats why u cant use it as a table

[summer rune]

i can not follow. sorry. getHealth() is part of the IsoDoor https://zomboid-javadoc.com/41.65/zombie/iso/objects/IsoDoor.html#getHealth() and i can read it like i would with a key from a table. Where does moddata come into this? u lost me 😅

[bronze yoke]

you're trying to print all values on IsoDoor right?

[summer rune]

yes. without putting them all in one by one.

[bronze yoke]

IsoDoor has moddata, so your code is breaking when it reaches moddata which is a table, is what they're getting at

[quasi geode]

KahluaUtil.luaAssert(o instanceof KahluaTable, "Expected a table");
yes you can use object["method"] but its not specifically a KahluaTable. just because it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck doesnt actually make it a duck

[summer rune]

my code fails at row #3 with the message java.lang.RuntimeException: Expected a table

[bronze yoke]

oh i didn't see that 😅

i feel like tyrir had something like this, but i think that was specifically for inspecting the metatables - probably doesn't work on objects if they don't count as tables

[summer rune]

ohhh okay. so how can i read the properties with their values of an IsoDoor without copy & pasting every row of the documentation?

[quasi geode]

offhand i dont have a solution and not really in a position to test for one atm (i may have solved this at one point ages ago, can dig through my stuff later)

[bronze yoke]

maybe you can make a table of members from the metatable and then loop through that on the object

[swift sequoia]

@quasi geode A bit back you gave me the code for your Buyable Traits mod. I have a few more adjustments I'd like to make to it, but once I do may I post it? And if so, what kind of accredidation would you like since the original on the workshop no longer exists?

[fast galleon]

Search for tyrir and printr or what it's called.

[quasi geode]

thats not a bad solution

[fast galleon]

he has a very detailed print function

[quasi geode]

go ahead, and w/e if you use some of the code just comment in the code where it was taken from

[bronze yoke]

local metatable = __classmetatables[zombie.iso.objects.IsoDoor.class].__index
for k,_ in pairs(metatable) do
  object[k] -- ...
end
```i think would work

[summer rune]

thank you, a lot. i will try 🙂

[swift sequoia]

Okay cool, thanks!

[quasi geode]

just to point out in your snippit here, you should remove the if value then stuff, its unnecessary and will skip printing any values that are false or nil (both will convert to strings)

you can probably bypass nils if desired but i'm pretty sure your going to want to output those falses.

[summer rune]

yeah , true. i for sure want those falses, since i am on a bug hunting mission 😄

[hearty dew]

The fields?

[summer rune]

yes, all available fields with their current value.

[hearty dew]

Try this

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/232196827577974784/1034690150837534810/unknown.png

It will print out the static and instance fields in addition to methods

If you have the output in an ANSI terminal and set ANSITerminal to true, it will do the coloring too

[summer rune]

UdderlyEvelynUtils.inspectJava(isoDoorObject, "[Ii]nventory") what do i have to put in the second parameter for the IsoDoor object

[hearty dew]

The second parameter is optional. It is a lua pattern to match against the field/method name

[ancient grail]

Yep more wizardry

[hearty dew]

e.g. if you want only the 'name' field, you'd put 'name' as the 2nd arg. If you want all fields printed, pass no 2nd arg

[hearty dew]

[summer rune]

fantastic. and output is the console.txt.

[hearty dew]

right

it is printed

[astral dune]

Have you tried comparing the health of the door on the client vs the server? I've noticed some desync issues on vehicle damage from players vs zombies

[summer rune]

no, not yet. i have been also thinking about some desync. or maybe missing sync back to the client. but what would my solution then be? i cant flag an object as dirty or can I? so i have to get the information everytime from the server?

[astral dune]

for my side of things, trying to manage vehicle damage, I'm going to verify the actual issue and report it on the bug forum, then probably manually handle updating the vehicle with a command until the bug is fixed.

what I've been seeing is parts on a vehicle can be "destroyed" on the client by zombies, but reloading the game or just getting out of the car and hitting the part myself with a bat will make it reappear with only the damage from the bat

[summer rune]

that is mysterious as well 😮

the magically bat repair.

the russian way of fixing things. 🙂 that is at least what the brother of my wife taught me. hit the computer a few times and then it works again.

[astral dune]

just have to hit the right resonance and everything falls into place

[ruby urchin]

---@module 'JSON Database'
local DB = require 'JSON Database';
DB.Connect("default")

local result = DB.execute("SELECT name, displayname FROM players WHERE name = Test2 AND id = 3;");

--[[for k, v in pairs(result[1]) do
    print(tostring(k) .. ": " .. tostring(v))
end--]]

for i = 1, #result do
    for k, v in pairs(result[i]) do
        print(tostring(k) .. ": " .. tostring(v))
    end
end

omg +200 lines only SELECT statement, but I'm happy :)

[summer rune]

did u reimplement sql for json text files?! or what is a JSON DB ?

[ruby urchin]

yep, using json like database

{
  "test" : [
    
  ],
  "players" : [
    {
      "name" : "Test1",
      "displayname" : "Tes1",
      "id" : 1
    },
    {
      "name" : "Test2",
      "displayname" : "Test2",
      "id" : 2
    },
    {
      "name" : "Test2",
      "displayname" : "Test2",
      "id" : 3
    }
  ]
}

[summer rune]

very cool. nosql key/value datastorage with sql like syntax.

[snow beacon]

Anyone want to make a mod for me? I want to get a t-shirt launcher

[astral dune]

make sure when it hits a zombie it knocks it down, but when it gets back up its wearing the tshirt

[ancient grail]

Very persistent

[summer rune]

make the zombie slower, the more it wears.

[astral dune]

🤔 if you strip the zombie after you can repack the tshirt to shoot it again

[twin basalt]

m_Tint's type is ImmutableColor
does anyone know if this is correct to write an xml file like this?
<RandomData>
<m_Tint r=0 g=0 b=0/>
</RandomData>

[summer rune]

u could be decorating zombies from a distances, with shirts, pullovers, hats and all kind of things

perfect for the christmas time 😄

[snow beacon]

Indie Stone said I was alright

So stop trying to lie to people

As I was asking earlier...

[snow beacon]

Anyone want to help?

[summer rune]

sorry guys and gals, i have another question. i know i am shooting them out today. But it is all part of a big mod.

local square = getWorld():getCell():getGridSquare(12759,4956,0)
local objs = square:getObjects()

for i=0, objs:size() - 1 do
    ... some stuff ...
end

somehow my square is null? Exception: lang.RuntimeException: attempted index: getObjects of non-table: null at KahluaThread Any idea why? It is called on the ServerSide in the OnTick Event. Do I have to use getOrCreateGridSquare instead?

[snow beacon]

Not quite sure on this one.. 🤔

The indie Stone said it was ok

@iron salmon I'm really sorry for pinging you, but he's still going on about this..

I changed my bio too

And that's for my server? Not this one

He said I could keep my invite link

I'm the founder of MY server. The fan server

You are just misunderstanding

[frank elbow]

Why is this in the modding channel

[ancient grail]

Its misleading and you dont wanted people to work first then pay. . Ok ill just let you be

Ill remove my post

[snow beacon]

I was questioning you because someone told me you are not reputable. And then you blocked me

So that is suspicious as hell

I even changed my bio after you misunderstood me

But one of the Indiestone said I was all good

[snow beacon]

See?

[ancient grail]

Im not reputable? Somekne said that? When did i ever scam anyone

[snow beacon]

Not that you scammed, but that your work is trash

Not trash, but just not good

For the price you were charging

[ancient grail]

Imoght not be as good as alot of the modders but i do the work

[snow beacon]

I've had mods similar done alot cheaper

[coarse nacelle]

<@&671452400221159444> you probably want to step in here

[iron salmon]

I think the two of you either take this to DMs or just flatout stop

[mellow frigate]

Most of the time you cannot know when a square will be loaded, so you just have to manage the nil case by doing nothing.

[snow beacon]

I apologize, I don't know why he is still saying I'm scamming people

[ancient grail]

Yep im stopping

[snow beacon]

I am too

[summer rune]

that easy, huh? i thought i was doing something wrong, the whole time. thanks for clarifying. 😄

[coarse nacelle]

anyway, is there a way to add a foraging item to the map in lua?

[snow beacon]

I'm not quite sure. I wonder if Google might have something?

[ancient grail]

Probably has a table that you can insert the item

[coarse nacelle]

oh, i never tried google, thanks Sherlock

[snow beacon]

I was just trying to help geez

[coarse nacelle]

no, you're being an asshole

[snow beacon]

???

[coarse nacelle]

lay off me okay, I told you to get out of my DMs and now you're harassing me in this server

just lay the fuck off asshole

[snow beacon]

I'm trying to help??

[coarse nacelle]

no, you're posing as someone trying to help just fuck off

[iron salmon]

I have no real skin in any of this. I think people could easily mistake the bio still, and I think you two legit just got each other on the wrong foot due to a discrepancy in expectation on what it'd be like to work with each other.

I understand trying to warn others of each other, but as long as it's not legit a scam, it's not really going to be any sort of "impartial review" or the sort and as such should be kept away from here 🙂

As I said, we're reaching out to Discord about the possibility of switching to "projectzomboid" as the vanity URL while still keeping "theindiestone" to prevent the potential of someone pretending to act in any official capacity, but as far as I understand it - and I didn't check yet - Keepie's server is just a fan group as they said, and they mentioned they're open to free up the URL too if need be, so I'm intended to believe there's no malicious intend there.

[snow beacon]

Ok..

[summer rune]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2677920531 check out this mod. it has everything regarding forageing. this dude is fantastic. u can see how foraging works.

[coarse nacelle]

tyvm!

[iron salmon]

Let's keep it civil in here too 😄

[snow beacon]

I like that idea

[twin basalt]

sorry guys for quite spamming about this but i am having serious trouble understanding why this wont work
im trying to get a static color to appear on an outfit

<m_items> <!-- Face -->
    <probability>1</probability>
    <itemGUID>a3a1ca7b-4ded-43fe-be01-dacfdfef68aa</itemGUID>
    <RandomData>
        <m_Active>false</m_Active>
        <m_Tint r="0" g="0" b="0"/>
    </RandomData>
</m_items>

for some reason the clothing item still wont have a static color and will just pick a random color

[snow beacon]

I could assist you in DMs if you don't mind

[twin basalt]

sure

[ancient grail]

forageDefinitions.lua heres the lua that might have the the table

[civic lava]

i fixed it with this
local endr = _player:getStats():getEndurance();
local endr = endr * 200;
somehow this rolls me a 2-200 so... ummm.. w.e, i dont get it but it works

[coarse nacelle]

thanks, but doesn't that just add it to the things that might possibly show up? I'm talking more about making an item spawn at a certain coordinate in the foraging system forcefully

[summer rune]

ohh.. why use the foraging for that?

[coarse nacelle]

I'm working on a change to hydrocrafts hunting system and I thought it would be cool to integrate it into the foraging system, but I would need to Make a animal track item spawn nearby the player if they are holding dung

[summer rune]

maybe just try to see if they are in forage mode and then spawn these tracks in front of them, without changign the forage system

[ancient grail]

Ow wow thats much indept.. you could replicate the function that would seem like its foraging

Imean thats not a proper solution but it might work

[summer rune]

the whole forage system is based on chance/rolls/randomness and differenct locations like forest/farm/city/... what u want is kinda different. but i mean u can make anything work

[coarse nacelle]

I mean, it is but it also isn't. if you go into debug mode you can see that the game already knows where stuff has spawned and it's just whether or not you walk close to it basically

[ancient grail]

You might want to check how it triggers
So i guess if you could first forcefully trigger the forage with just any items then next step would be to replace the item.. im not really sure but thats howni would approach it mostlikely but im sure there are better ways

[coarse nacelle]

so in theory I can just jam my own items in the same way that it does probabilistically

[coarse nacelle]

this could actually work pretty well

[ancient grail]

Does it have to be part of the forage system? If not then yeah you could probably just replicate the function then instead of it relying on chances it will be triggered by your event (the force spawn function) then instead of it looking for items on the table it will just show the item u want to spawn

Its like reverse engineering it to something else but looks similar sorta

[summer rune]

i think it only spawns a handfull of those forage-nodes if u are closeby to them. and that would result in a very very short hunt for an animal, like in ur case. u are probably better off using the UI overlay and mode of the foraging system and then add ur own logic.

[ancient grail]

Yeah this is a great trigger

Tho he wanted to do jt by force on specific tile
So this might be more of a requirement instead of the actual trigger

Or could be both

Like if player is near the tile and if the foraging mode is on then do function

[summer rune]

here is a starting point for u

local mode = getSearchMode():getSearchModeForPlayer(playerObj:getPlayerNum())
getSearchMode():setEnabled(playerObj:getPlayerNum(),true)

[coarse nacelle]

thanks, I'll note that down along with the other example mod for when I get around to trying to implement it

there's a TON of stuff to fix before I get to it, but just wanted to know if it was possible for when I get around to it

I hate how current HC is just stand next to random item and rub hands together lol

[summer rune]

for sure, for sure. I made something similar. Different use case, but similar. and the two functions above are the biggest part of the magic.

[ancient grail]

Im curious to know what u did lol

[coarse nacelle]

oh yeah, I mean it doesn't fit thematically with HC (or zomboid really), but seeing that there was a "on the apex of a swing" event, I immediately thought it would be great for a magic mod 🙂

[summer rune]

hunting pokemon cards, in toxic zones or weather events like thunderstorms, fog or blizzards.

[coarse nacelle]

swing a wand at someone and fire comes out, that would be cool

[ancient grail]

And players did looked for it? Sounds awsome , what are the cards for?

RP collection?

[summer rune]

it is the currency on my server.

[ancient grail]

Owww shiiiiz thats unique

[summer rune]

u can combine cards in their evolution class to make them more worthwhile and different gimmicks

[ancient grail]

Do they have rarity?

[coarse nacelle]

that's actually a good mod damn

[ancient grail]

How many cards did u manage to turn into items? Sounds like alot of work to be able to catch em all

[coarse nacelle]

🤔 you could probably use a drainable and modinfo to make a pokemon deck too

[summer rune]

there is a pokemon card mod published on the workshop. it is not mine. but it is only the items and 3d models. i patched in all the funktionality

[ancient grail]

Damn imagine making some of them admin spawn only and u make it as a prize for events
Daaamnn thats gonna make players login for the event

[summer rune]

yeah i have all that with automated events, where u get notified ingame before hand 😄

[ancient grail]

Ow wow so you have an inproved servermsg mod? Sounds cool

[summer rune]

overhauled chat system, radio system and other things. yeah ton of work. but sadly i dont have enough time to implement all my ideas

[ancient grail]

I wish we had that sort of thing before . Its pretty hard to make players read discord updates . Players tend to rely on faction members to tell em upcomming event

[summer rune]

true. right now i am struggeling with the pvp and raid systems. i want people to be able to check the HP of their build structures

but i am fairly certain at that point the HP data on the IsoObjects is not always in sync with the server.

[deft olive]

Hey , I have never modded anything but I’ll like to start. could you tell me what do i need learn (I do know python and c++)? the mood that I would like to accomplish is a "training whistle (amulet)"
1.- should be droppable from killing zombies
2.- character stats such as: hunger, thirst, weight, stamina should be displayed(on bars) at the top right corner of the screen, once the whistle is equipped
3.- should increase wearer xp yield by 1% on everything

So, maybe I could manage learning 1 and 3 on my own, but I have no idea how to do 2 (bars that reflect current stats)

[coarse nacelle]

even in SP that's something I want lol

[ancient grail]

Hmm if theres a problem with that why not make another hp bar that you control
Just make the doors unbreakable but then your hp bar lowers then just trigger the door breaking by force

[coarse nacelle]

lua basically, all modding in PZ is done with lua and some custom .txt languages

[coarse nacelle]

for #2, there's already a HP bars mod that you can cheat off of. Basically just hide the bars when an item isn't equipped. Should get you 80% of the way there

here's link https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2004998206

[summer rune]

it crossed my mind. however there is too many parts of that equation. the WeaponHit registration, the update to the clients, the animation, the animation of the object getting hit (like the door rattles). it is just too dirty to implement my own HP system , just so that i can display the actual HP.

[ancient grail]

Hi
For starters you might want to check the pz media folder
That contains all the vanila files
As you can use that as reference
And learn lua
🙂 You can get more info from pz wiki and forums
Also github

[coarse nacelle]

for #3 there's an onAddXp (I think that's how its spelled) hook that you can use to add even more xp

[ancient grail]

Hmm .. i get it..heres an idea
Dont make it consider all those stuff and make the hp something like per hit

So whatver used to hit it will always be equal to -1

[coarse nacelle]

#1 is just adding the item to a zombie loot table btw, there's plenty of examples in the zomboid vanilla folder (which is another great place to look for modding cheat sheets)

[ancient grail]

Now the doors will then have dor example 10hp
Then if a player strikes it 9x then zed will just need to hit 1x to destrooy it

Just make it so that the door hits orginal function is disabled excpt for the animation

[summer rune]

my idea was to make only 1 item, that is expensive to craft, that can be used for raiding. that is like ur idea. but for that case, i would need the ability to make doors and barricades unbreakable. i have not found a way to do that.

[deft olive]

thanx for everything, I’ll give it a try

[ancient grail]

Goodluck 🫡

[coarse nacelle]

I wish the PZ hooks for stuff like "on hit" could return false if we wanted to block the hit event

[summer rune]

yeah. this.

[coarse nacelle]

so true/nil return is "let the thing happen", false return is "stop this from happening"

[ancient grail]

I suggest trying to create an item first using vanilla resources
Then try recipe .once you have done that then proceed to lua 🙂 thats where i learned

[ancient grail]

I guess it never occured to them that modder would make stuff like this
Is the onhit collision based or is it proximity based

Ah wait nvm i know the answer its based on the weapons range

[summer rune]

i think they calculate the apex of the hit animation and then go by collision from that point. with weapon range and other factors.

[coarse nacelle]

I mean, its not really documented, but onhit should trigger, you know, when the weapon hits something

[ancient grail]

Nope its just the weapons range

[coarse nacelle]

idk if that's how it actually works

[summer rune]

that is what i meant

[ancient grail]

I made a weapon with long range but its melee and its just basically the catfish sprite

And the sound i used is the flute

[coarse nacelle]

XD

[ancient grail]

Just for the sake of tryng out stuff

[coarse nacelle]

I should make a mod where if you crouch over and over it spawns a red brick at the player's feet

[summer rune]

whyyy. all i do is crouching

[ancient grail]

What is the purpose of the brik

[coarse nacelle]

make it a silent throwable bomb that spawns no fire ¯_(ツ)_/¯

and has a 1 tile range

so you can throw it at zombies

[ancient grail]

Lool 1 tile throwable

[coarse nacelle]

explosion range that is

[ancient grail]

Its like you tried to smash it but its heave so you dropped it lol

[coarse nacelle]

XD

[ancient grail]

Seems like this is a parent mod for a future mod that uses this

[coarse nacelle]

also the purpose is so you can shit bricks 😎