mod_development

[weak sierra]

it ain't long

[astral dune]

hmmm, I haven't used sandboxvars very much, just experimented a little bit. At what point are they loaded? Is this file loaded before then?

[bronze yoke]

this file is before, but the default value should still be loaded

[astral dune]

I assume it must be or you'd get an error just calling the values. Just spitballing

[weak sierra]

they are initialized well before a client lua script runs

yeah the table would be wrong

gonna go with "you need a max value" and see whre i get with that

[bronze yoke]

yeah, that's another thing that i can't say with confidence you need, but not something i've seen one without

[weak sierra]

i feel like ive seen it but

[bronze yoke]

actually i feel like i might have tried it before and had problems...? not sure on that

[weak sierra]

yup literally just "u need a max value or it silently goes nil"

this is the kind of thing that would be nice to see a warning in the log for.

thanks for the assistance to everyone who did just assist, esp albion and anonymous who got me over the finish line there.

always some dumb little problem with me and this game lol

[astral dune]

troubleshooting is fun when it's not your own code

[sour island]

I've been trying to fix a problem I can't replicate

more trait's quick worker when set to high in sandbox supposedly breaks with skill recovery journal when the speed modifiers are also high

have yet to replicate it myself

the changes quick worker does to timed actions is also pretty odd

if delta < 0.99 - (modifier * 0.01) then
  --Don't overshoot it.
  action:setCurrentTime((action:getCurrentTime() + modifier * multiplier));
end

my guess would be the current time is hitting 0 and ending the action

the reports are that they stop writing/reading immediately

hmm I wonder if it's a load order issue in MP

[weak sierra]

@bronze yoke ppl are reporting tainted plumbed sinks since 41.78 dropped

reports are up to two so it ain't isolated

[bronze yoke]

oh, i may have forgotten to tell you that filters went out around the same time

[astral dune]

them not being tainted always seemed like an oversight...

[weak sierra]

:O

oh my god yes thank u

[bronze yoke]

as far as i know, this update fixes all those weirdly major bugs with rain barrels too

also those weird metal barrels turned out to be an unused vanilla thing, maybe a mod or map spawning them

i made sure they were supported too anyway

[weak sierra]

so does the water from them come out clean or tainted?

lol

since they are for some reason clean directly

tbh i wish they just acted normal

steel doesn't clean water either 😂

[bronze yoke]

the tainted status will be whatever is in the barrel unless you have a filter

...maybe i forgot to extend some of the features to the metal ones...

even though they use mostly the same code, they're entirely separate, and they weren't really my priority... oops

[ancient grail]

I dis agree

[sand harbor]

I'm trying to edit the loot rarity of a mod so it has wayy reduced chances. Would I go into server/items and reduce the ProceduralDistributions chances, or go to scripts and lower the weight per item? neither seems to do anything when I try it.

[weak sierra]

means i can patch the unused vanilla barrels if need be :)

i believe

to be tainted

[bronze yoke]

i'm not sure what you mean by that

oh i remember now, i didn't experience that problem on my end

i really don't see why a mod would interfere with that either though...

it may have been a part of the general bugginess of global objects in multiplayer that i had to sort out though, so they may work properly now

[ancient grail]

Is this a tattoo? Ow shit

Yep this is one way. Second method involves sqlitr

[coarse nacelle]

sqlite?

[willow estuary]

If the procedural distribution table has a junk table move it to that.
Zombie population inflates and creates an "invisible floor" for loot spawn chances. However, junk tables are exempt from that factor.

[ancient grail]

Ye. I hate my mobile device's keybrd
Hehe too lazy to correct my typos and grammar at times . Esp if i just woke up.
Good day yall 🫡

[coarse nacelle]

same lol

I always typo on mobile

[ancient grail]

Dislaik posted the exact method
You may want to use the search button

[brittle laurel]

how do you replace a base game item with your own?

[calm estuary]

how does doorPart:getDoor() work

[astral dune]

anyone have any idea why blood intensity on a car seems to be capped at 0.04? The clamp in this code must be doing it but it doesn't make sense to me

    public void setBloodIntensity(String var1, float var2) {
        byte var3 = (byte)((int)(PZMath.clamp(var2, 0.0F, 1.0F) * 100.0F));
        if (!this.bloodIntensity.containsKey(var1) || var3 != (Byte)this.bloodIntensity.get(var1)) {
            this.bloodIntensity.put(var1, var3);
            this.doBloodOverlay();
            this.transmitBlood();
        }
    }

    public float getBloodIntensity(String var1) {
        return (float)((Byte)this.bloodIntensity.getOrDefault(var1, BYTE_ZERO) & 255) / 100.0F;
    }

[bronze yoke]

what makes you say that it is?

[astral dune]

this is called when you hit a zombie at speed in a vehicle

float var3 = this.getBloodIntensity("Front");
this.setBloodIntensity("Front", var3 + 0.01F);

so it should increase by 0.01 every time (although there is RNG involved in whether the damage happens at all)

however in testing I can run over countless zombies and it never goes over 0.0399999999

it must be getting capped elsewhere, cuz as you say those two functions alone aren't doing it

[bronze yoke]

yeah i'm seeing the same thing happen

[astral dune]

I thought maybe it was the byte to float conversion, but if that was the case, manually setting and getting the intensity shouldn't work either, but they seem to

[bronze yoke]

when i do this manually, i reach a different cap

so i'm guessing it's some weird conversion or rounding thing

[astral dune]

strange that blood intensity works at all when it seems to only hit 4%

setting it to 100 definitely make a bigger mess

hmmm maybe this is actually a bug

hitting a zombie with 100% blood on my hood had it revert back to 4%

interesting

[bronze yoke]

if i increase the increment to 0.02 it goes all the way to 1

i think it's probably to do with the division in getBloodIntensity()

they're being stored as a byte, so the precision is pretty low

the different cap reached when i do it through lua is probably just some conversion nonsense

[astral dune]

trying to run it through an online java compiler to see if I can recreate it

[bronze yoke]

as i thought - if you push it past this value, hitting zombies contributes to it again

it just gets stuck on that value because of some rounding limitation i guess

[astral dune]

ya, maybe. Can't recreate it outside of PZ, so its weird. Although I had to write my own clamp function... I'll have a look at that

nah, their clamp function is super basic

[bronze yoke]

i don't think the setter is likely to be at fault here

[sacred burrow]

hey guys

i want to make a moodle mod

but

i suck at coding and stuff like that

[astral dune]

its one or the other. My decompiled PZ just has bloodIntensity as a HashMap, which in modern versions of Java is invalid, afaik. My test code I had to use HashMap<String,Byte>, which makes some of those casts redundant. But of course I'm not looking at real source code so who knows what the actual implementation is

I'll just throw it on the bug forum and manipulate it myself for my purposes to get past this roadblock, haha

[bronze yoke]

i wonder why they chose to do it this way

i would've thought it'd be simpler to just use 0-100 int values than store a 0-100 int but have everything pretend it's a 0-1 float

[astral dune]

ya, casting between floating numbers, then casting to a byte for storage... just use the byte. the & 255 is expecially weird, that doesn't do anything

[bronze yoke]

yeah i don't write java so i was a little puzzled what that was meant to mean, i guessed it was literally a bitwise and which is... great lol

i don't know what it is so i'm just going to pretend it's not there

[astral dune]

ya, its a bitwise and. Taking a byte and doing a bitwise and with 255 does literally nothing, lmao

[bronze yoke]

i'm aware! which is why i assumed i must be wrong and decided to ignore it lol

there must be a reason it's written the way it is but i sure don't get it

[astral dune]

you said you were able to go over the 0.0399 cap? manually with adding 0.01 or did you actually hit zombies?

[bronze yoke]

if i manually added 0.01 it reached a different cap, i'm guessing because of lua number to java float (or vice versa) conversion

and if i manually added it just to push it over the cap, hitting zombies would continue increasing it

[astral dune]

hmm, are you on the unstable branch? I'm using the released build and it doesn't do that

[bronze yoke]

there isn't an unstable branch right now is there?

[astral dune]

any value over the cap reverts to the cap the first time I hit a zombie

[bronze yoke]

are you testing in singleplayer?

[astral dune]

nope

hosted

[bronze yoke]

that's it then isn't it

you're modifying it on your client, when you hit zombies the server synchronises the real value back to you

[astral dune]

hmm yes, and transmitBlood() looks like it only goes one way

[bronze yoke]

yeah you need to use a client command

i would generally always expect modifying things on the client not to work

[shadow vault]

Anyone got a modlist of their own they're willing to share?

[astral dune]

most vehicle stuff is client only, damage seems to be the exception

[astral dune]

yep, checking if the blood value is 0.04 and bumping it up on the server fixes the issue. Definitely a bug

gets stuck at 0.2599999 lol

[ancient grail]

Item tweaker

[ancient grail]

Its either you learn or you hire

[ancient grail]

#mod_support try here

[bronze yoke]

i wouldn't recommend using item tweaker, it's not really much simpler than using doparam and it spams prints, causing a lot of startup lag

[willow estuary]

Nobody needs to use ItemTweaker, DoParam works, is simpler, and isn't subject to multiple modID issues.

Back when I was a modder, it took all of 5 minutes after MP dropped for Soul Filcher and I to realize that using Item Tweaker as a dependency wasn't viable, and we modified both of our bodies of work accordingly.

Just use DoParam, please

item tweaker used to be a good thing, but people uploaded their modified versions with the same modID and now it's just a white hole of bug reports on account of that. (FYI using requires/dependencies for mods is absolutely a gongshow and isn't practically sustainable on account of the re-upload issue, among other issues, IMO)

local scriptItem = ScriptManager.instance:getItem("Base.EngineerMagazine2")    
if scriptItem then 
    scriptItem:DoParam("TeachedRecipes  =   Make Smoke Bomb;Make Improvised Gas Mask")
end
local item = ScriptManager.instance:getItem("Base.Vest_BulletArmy")    
if item then 
    item:DoParam("Weight    =    8")
end
local item = ScriptManager.instance:getItem("Base.Vest_BulletCivilian")    
if item then 
    item:DoParam("Weight    =    8")
end
local item = ScriptManager.instance:getItem("Base.Vest_BulletPolice")    
if item then 
    item:DoParam("Weight    =    8")
end
local item = ScriptManager.instance:getItem("Base.Hat_Army")    
if item then 
    item:DoParam("BulletDefense = 100")
end
local item = ScriptManager.instance:getItem("Base.Hat_GasMask")    
if item then 
    item:DoParam("BiteDefense = 25")
    item:DoParam("ScratchDefense = 30")
end
local item = ScriptManager.instance:getItem("Base.AssaultRifle")    
if item then 
    item:DoParam("MinDamage    =    0.8")
    item:DoParam("MaxDamage    =    1.4")
end```

[astral dune]

In the process of cataloguing a bug, Blair, is the forum still the best place to report that stuff?

[oak dagger]

When I play with a good amount of mods for like 2 or so hours (irl hours) I start to lag pretty badly. Is there any way to fix this? Can I allocate more ram from steam to pz to make it run better?

[brittle laurel]

may i ask what is DoParam? I havent been able to find any information on what it actually does.

[bronze yoke]

it's basically a way to edit an item's script at runtime, it applies the script line you put into it

it's most useful for editing items from vanilla/other mods, as you don't need to overwrite items or files entirely, which will inevitably lead to incompatibility

[willow estuary]

It does everything that ItemTweaker does, but in a more straighforward fashion that isn't vulnerable to the fact that there are 13 listed unauthorized re-uploads of ItemTweaker, not including the private/hidden workshop items.

I hate to piss on anyone's subs, but the re-uploaders ruined ItemTweaker's utility.

Also, please do not re-upload your mod pack or modified version of existing mods with the same modID as existing mod because that causes no end of bug report/tech support/lua mismatch headaches.

And also is a jerk move. Just, please, change the modID. PLEASE.

[brittle laurel]

thank you

[vast pilot]

Are there any techniques for 3d modelling clothes that would make them look more in-line with the vanilla clothes?

[winter bolt]

i always use the vanilla clothes models as a base

its a complete nightmare otherwise, since you have to match the uvs up to the base model

[vast pilot]

Ah, I didn't know that

I'm currently working on this, it's sort of a shoulder cape type thing

I've done some 3d modelling in the past, but never clothing

[brittle laurel]

if you dont mind, can you tell me how it works because https://projectzomboid.com/modding/zombie/scripting/objects/Item.html#DoParam(java.lang.String) only specifies that it requires a string and not what to put in the string. I have searched in many other websites to no luck aswell

[fast galleon]

by changing the modid I risk losing / resetting map tiles.

[weak sierra]

depends on what it is.

if your mod adds a context menu option it doesn't matter at all

if it adds items it does

etc

[astral dune]

also depends on whether the mod you have replaced is a dependency for other mods

[vast pilot]

If I do this, can I still build off of them and do things like the image I posted above?

[bronze yoke]

it will still cause issues even if your mod is meant to be a replacement for the original mod, if that's what you're getting at

[willow estuary]

Look at my provided examples as practical examples of how it works; it replaces the entire specific item parameter when used properly.

[brittle laurel]

thank you

[astral dune]

all I'm getting at is requires(ModA) or IsModLoaded(ModA) is not going to work if you've renamed your version to ModA2, so while there may be some drama around keeping the same mod ID you don't really have much choice if you want it to slot in

[bronze yoke]

better to write a patch if possible, but i imagine that is likely a big part of why blair called dependencies unsustainable - i'm starting to feel the same way myself

[fast galleon]

not changing modid keeps the require working too

win win

@willow estuary require doesn't order mods on server like it does with SP? They need to be set up manually in right order.

[willow estuary]

Yes, that is one more reason why I consider requires to be unsustainable.

[weak sierra]

requires also fail fuckin constantly

[willow estuary]

The fact of the matter is that there are enough 12 year olds setting up PZ servers, that requires/dependencies, or anything that involves reading instructions, is unsustainable IMO.

No shade at kids, they're literally the future and are smarter than us old timers if anything, just trying to illustrate a broad issue facing the modding community?

[weak sierra]

lol

[bronze yoke]

one of my mods has to be written to be compatible with both profession framework and a deprecated version of it that's missing several features and has no new features of its own, it's a total joke

that one does have its own mod id, but it overwrites every file and would use the same globals anyway...

[willow estuary]

Yes, the profession framework debacle was one of the foundational experiences in me realizing that dependencies are unsustainable.

"I literally can not use this mod because there's two different versions of it with the same modID on the workshop"

[quasi geode]

i'd have that 2nd profession framework pulled if there werent so many mods requiring it 😐

[willow estuary]

Please just report it and burn the stump off of the hydra's head.

[weak sierra]

i have for the longest time gone "lockpicking looks cool.. why the fuck do i need a framework for professions to use it?"

and refused to

[bronze yoke]

and the name is so misleading, i think a lot of people assume it's the newer/better version

[ancient grail]

I havent encountered any problems like this but when i do ill go back to this conversation by searching hydra's head
Lol

[quasi geode]

PF simplified adding professions/traits (pretty massively IMO) so lockpicking probably added one of those. never looked at it so cant say

[astral dune]

that lockpicking mod is real nice. BetterLockpicking right? I like the minigame

[bronze yoke]

i've definitely become a lot more dependency negative in recent months, but... profession framework can stay, for now at least

it's just such a huge convenience

luckily, only one of my mods is actually affected by that conflict, and it was simple to resolve

[vast pilot]

should I keep this as a plane, or give it some thickness?

I don't know how zomboid handles planes

I know of some mods that add capes and stuff and it seems like they just use planes

[willow estuary]

In this case the best response I could make would be to ask you to reconsider that policy.

But in doing so you are potentially creating bug reports for the original mod author, and I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy?

[fast galleon]

he's made me coauthor, but only he can push updates.

I am my own worst enemy then?

[astral dune]

aren't we all

[sour island]

I don't see Steam ever changing this- but if he's not using 2FA or is willing to turn it off you can actually set up a GitHub repo to upload to the workshop via a GitHub Action command.

[fast galleon]

is there a guide for this? We already use GitHub.

[sour island]

There's a pz community mod that does this but schedules/interest was hard to maintain

I can try to help in like 6 hours

But I just googled "GitHub Action steam workshop upload"

And modified those commands

Again, it requires 2FA to be disabled on the steam acc - so not recommended

For the pz community thing we made a dummy acc

Also, not an issue for you - but there isn't a way to create new listings via GitHub that I'm aware of so it does still require human touch to set up the initial workshop page - for anyone else curious

I wasn't aware one could reuse modIDs - I assumed it had to match the appID from steam

[silk hollow]

Does anyone know if it's possible to extend the discord support from the base game, to allow PZ to support threads?
Right now it seems to only support channels, I assumed it would just work as the urls are the same:

Channel URL: https://discord.com/channels/136501320340209664/986948930740813864
Thread URL: https://discord.com/channels/136501320340209664/1040494980675936256

But apparently it's not. I've made sure to create a bot with access to threads but the server log simply shows
LOG : Network , 1668157324622> 459,395,478> DISCORD: channel with ID "[omitted]" not found

([omitted] added by myself in place of the ID 😛 )

[coarse nacelle]

most bots and bot libraries kinda suck with newer discord features, PZ included. There's a lot of drama around this that I won't get into here but basically the answer is a "probably not unless you're really lucky"

[silk hollow]

The bot is not the problem. It's a new one with simply access to the right features. The problem is how PZ try and interact with it. With threads being kinda "new" in terms of GA feature, it was expected that it wouldn't work but I cannot find anything online in terms of "is this a moddable part of PZ?". I feel like "no" is the answer but it would be good to have someone from Indie Stone confirm it and, if that's the case, consider allowing it maybe? That would lift an "optional" feature out of their shoulders.

[coarse nacelle]

yeah, that's what I mean

[silk hollow]

oh alright sorry, i misunderstood then

[coarse nacelle]

discord bot libraries that PZ would consume don't support newer features

most bot library devs just quit developing a couple of years ago

and any features since then have minimal support

what's the load order for lua files?

can my lua files load before base game files if they're named wrong?

yeah, it looks like load order is alphabetical which can cause my mod's files to load before vanilla's files

is this intentional?

[coarse nacelle]

ah nvm, there's a mod that's not mine that's broken!

[ancient grail]

quick question on the EatType am i limited to the exsiting EatType animations? or can i just use any other animations like for example BuildLow

[viral vale]

Decided to expand upon my mod a bit more and experiment with the idea of making it more creative and abstract in terms of the page for the mod, intentional keeping thing vague and intriguing Decided to experiment with audio-based storytelling based on my mod for Project Zomboid called "Lingering Whispers...", here is my result, would love to know what people think https://youtu.be/LVidUx5lf3I Made a teaser trailer of sorts, let me know what you guys think of it haha

[sour island]

Wasn't there a recent Zombie film that had zombies repeat their final thoughts over and over?

Might give you some inspiration

Some of the lines were innocuous and it made it more creepy

Wish I could recall the name

[ancient grail]

Is there a lua way to be able to overwrite a tiles property permanently?

[sour island]

Like it's isoflags?

[ancient grail]

Ah so uour the one who made that. Im the guy who contacted the orig author and you an his mods comment page

[ancient grail]

There ase set properties that isnt iso flag
Havent checked iso flag yet

But pretty much yeah

[sour island]

That's isoFlags pretty sure

[ancient grail]

Ok 🙂

[sour island]

Each sprite has their own

What are you trying to change

[ancient grail]

So how can i modify it like as the game load all tiles ingame that already exsist changes

[sour island]

I did something for a guy a while back

[ancient grail]

I want to help sir daddy dirk

[sour island]

You can use the load square event

[ancient grail]

He wants to modify one particular sprite not yet sure what

[sour island]

Just don't put a print on the functiob

Is it the twig sprites not being able to be picked up?

[ancient grail]

He said the cardboard box

Make it so that cars can passthru

[sour island]

--ObjectTypes
-- "normal", "jukebox", "wall", "stairsTW", "stairsTN", "stairsMW", "stairsMN", "stairsBW", "stairsBN", "UNUSED9", "UNUSED10",
-- "doorW", "doorN", "lightswitch", "radio", "curtainN", "curtainS", "curtainW", "curtainE", "doorFrW", "doorFrN", "tree",
-- "windowFN", "windowFW", "UNUSED24", "WestRoofB", "WestRoofM", "WestRoofT", "isMoveAbleObject",

--FlagTypes
--  "collideW", "collideN", "solidfloor", "noStart", "windowW", "windowN", "hidewalls", "exterior", "NoWallLighting",
-- "doorW", "doorN", "transparentW", "transparentN", "WallOverlay", "FloorOverlay", "vegitation", "burning", "burntOut",
-- "unflamable", "cutW", "cutN", "tableN", "tableNW", "tableW", "tableSW", "tableS", "tableSE", "tableE", "tableNE",
--  "halfheight", "HasRainSplashes", "HasRaindrop", "solid", "trans", "pushable", "solidtrans", "invisible", "floorS",
-- "floorE", "shelfS", "shelfE", "alwaysDraw", "ontable", "transparentFloor", "climbSheetW", "climbSheetN", "climbSheetTopN",
-- "climbSheetTopW", "attachtostairs", "sheetCurtains", "waterPiped", "HoppableN", "HoppableW", "bed", "blueprint",
-- "canPathW", "canPathN", "blocksight", "climbSheetE", "climbSheetS", "climbSheetTopE", "climbSheetTopS", "makeWindowInvincible",
-- "water", "canBeCut", "canBeRemoved", "taintedWater", "smoke", "attachedN", "attachedS", "attachedE", "attachedW",
-- "attachedFloor", "attachedSurface", "attachedCeiling", "attachedNW", "ForceAmbient", "WallSE", "WindowN", "WindowW",
-- "FloorHeightOneThird", "FloorHeightTwoThirds", "CantClimb", "diamondFloor", "attachedSE", "TallHoppableW", "WallWTrans",
-- "TallHoppableN", "WallNTrans", "container", "DoorWallW", "DoorWallN", "WallW", "WallN", "WallNW", "SpearOnlyAttackThrough", "forceRender"

local specialOverrideExceptions = {"IsoCurtain","IsoDoor","IsoWindow","IsoBarricade","IsoLightSwitch"}
---Vanilla has a getFloor but it causes layering issues if there's objects over the floor - like walls
---@param isoGridSquare IsoGridSquare
local function ifFlagTypeGetObject(isoGridSquare, isoFlagType)
    local isoObjects = isoGridSquare:getObjects()

    local objWithFlagFound
    local lastSpriteObject

    if isoFlagType == IsoFlagType.solidfloor and isoGridSquare:getProperties():Is("BlocksPlacement") then return end

    for i=0, isoObjects:size()-1 do
        ---@type IsoObject
        local isoObj = isoObjects:get(i)
        if isoObj then
            local isoObjSprite = isoObj:getSprite()
            local isoObjSpriteName = isoObjSprite:getName()
            if isoObjSprite and isoObjSpriteName then
                if isoObj:getType()==IsoObjectType.wall and string.find(isoObjSpriteName, "roofs") then
                else
                    if isoObjSprite:getProperties():Is(isoFlagType) then
                        objWithFlagFound = true
                        lastSpriteObject = i
                    end

                    if objWithFlagFound then
                        if (not isoGridSquare:getProperties():Is("IsMoveAble")) then
                            lastSpriteObject = i
                        end
                        for _,type in pairs(specialOverrideExceptions) do
                            if instanceof(isoObj, type) then
                                lastSpriteObject = i
                            end
                        end
                    end
                end
            end
        end
    end
    if objWithFlagFound and lastSpriteObject then
        return isoObjects:get(lastSpriteObject)
    end
end

This function scans through objects on a tile and looks for flag types

there is a setproperties function

you'll have to cannibalize this to make it do what you want

I included the flag types I have as a comment to assist

I could have sworn I had a thing that set flag types though

let me check again

lmk if it helps or doesn't, I'll try to strip off the extra bits

This was also done specifically for grass/vines/etc

So if you already have a way to reference the box you can probably skip a few steps

Also, wait

you wanted cars to pass through - like mailboxes?

as in break them?

[ancient grail]

woah what the F you didnt need to write it lol i was mearly asking if theres a way. like a snippet would be nice

but thanks alot man

[sour island]

this is old stuff

[ancient grail]

ow ok but still thanks alot

[sour island]

no problemo

I never got to use it much

[ancient grail]

i just need top modify it and with your permission

[sour island]

ofcourse

but this may not do what you need without modifying it

I also seethere's a isoproperty called 'hitbycar' but I dont see where it leaves behind something else

"HitByCar"

here we go

[ancient grail]

yep yep i got that 🙂 i will first need to check isoflag cuz i think poltergeist mentioned it was temporary

[sour island]

   public void HitByVehicle(BaseVehicle var1, float var2) {
      short var3 = this.Damage;
      this.Damage = (short)((int)((double)this.Damage - (double)var2 * 0.1D));
      BaseSoundEmitter var4 = IsoWorld.instance.getFreeEmitter((float)this.square.x + 0.5F, (float)this.square.y + 0.5F, (float)this.square.z);
      long var5 = var4.playSound("VehicleHitObject");
      var4.setParameterValue(var5, FMODManager.instance.getParameterDescription("VehicleSpeed"), var1.getCurrentSpeedKmHour());
      WorldSoundManager.instance.addSound((Object)null, this.square.getX(), this.square.getY(), this.square.getZ(), 20, 20, true, 4.0F, 15.0F);
      if (this.getProperties().Is("HitByCar") && this.getSprite().getProperties().Val("DamagedSprite") != null && !this.getSprite().getProperties().Val("DamagedSprite").equals("") && this.Damage <= 90 && var3 > 90) {
         this.setSprite(IsoSpriteManager.instance.getSprite(this.getSprite().getProperties().Val("DamagedSprite")));
         if (this.getSprite().getProperties().Is("StopCar")) {
            this.getSprite().setType(IsoObjectType.isMoveAbleObject);
         } else {
            this.getSprite().setType(IsoObjectType.MAX);
         }

         if (this instanceof IsoThumpable) {
            ((IsoThumpable)this).setBlockAllTheSquare(false);
         }

         if (GameServer.bServer) {
            this.transmitUpdatedSpriteToClients();
         }

         this.getSquare().RecalcProperties();
         this.Damage = 50;
      }

      if (this.Damage <= 40 && this.getProperties().Is("HitByCar") && !BrokenFences.getInstance().isBreakableObject(this)) {
         this.getSquare().transmitRemoveItemFromSquare(this);
      }

   }

So my above code isn't needed

you guys should be able to apply a damagedsprite property to the boxes

and add the hitbycar property too

shame there isn't a lua event

would be a bit more manageable

[ancient grail]

i kinda dont get.. i know your saying to apply the this.getSprite().getProperties().Is("StopCar")

but how do i apply it to all the sprites permanently

cuz if i dont figure this out then ill have to use an ontick event

that checks tiles around the player

[sour island]

you don't want to use stopcar

HitByCar = true

DamagedSprite = "spritename"

[ancient grail]

so this code is still relevant yeah?

[sour island]

Question, if the sprite info is changed in the map editor would that apply retroactively?

[sour island]

The function I gave you grabs the highest object with exceptions

it's strictly for layering

but it parses through a tiles' objects based on isoproperties and sprites

Also worth noting idk if flag changes get saved

chances are for the sake of savegame bloat it relies on the sprite

which is why I asked if it were possible to change the vanilla sprite's properties instead

@ancient grail ```lua
---@param isoGridSquare IsoGridSquare
local function alterObject(isoGridSquare, spriteName)
local isoObjects = isoGridSquare:getObjects()

for i=0, isoObjects:size()-1 do
    ---@type IsoObject
    local isoObj = isoObjects:get(i)
    if isoObj then
        if not isoObj:getModData()["checkForAlterObject"] then
            isoObj:getModData()["checkForAlterObject"] = true

            local isoObjSprite = isoObj:getSprite()
            local isoObjSpriteName = isoObjSprite:getName()
            if isoObjSprite and isoObjSpriteName then
                if isoObjSpriteName==spriteName then

                    isoObjSprite:getProperties():Set("HitByCar")
                    isoObjSprite:getProperties():Set("DamagedSprite", "damaged_box_sprite", false)

                end
            end
        end
    end
end

end

Not tested

also not sure if the changes are permanent either

you would need a damaged box sprite for this to work btw

you can also stick anything in as well'

[ancient grail]

ow thnx alot sir!
ill test it soon

ill just send it to daddy dirk and tell him its from you 🙂

alterObject(isoGridSquare, "trashcontainers_01_24")
alterObject(isoGridSquare, "trashcontainers_01_25")
alterObject(isoGridSquare, "trashcontainers_01_26")
alterObject(isoGridSquare, "trashcontainers_01_27")

heres how to use it irght?

try getting the spritename to know

[sour island]

no

sort of

this is designed to be called in loadsquare

[ancient grail]

so i make an event?

function doAlterTrashbox()
alterObject(isoGridSquare, "trashcontainers_01_24")
alterObject(isoGridSquare, "trashcontainers_01_25")
alterObject(isoGridSquare, "trashcontainers_01_26")
alterObject(isoGridSquare, "trashcontainers_01_27")
end

Events.LoadGridsquare.Add(doAlterTrashbox);

[sour island]

quick question

[ancient grail]

yeah

[sour island]

is this only for adding more crushable objects?

[ancient grail]

no this is just so that the car can passthru

[sour island]

or would he want to be able to do this for other changes?

[ancient grail]

or atleast to be able to permanently alter a sprite

to do anything

[sour island]

this would destroy the object

and replace it with a damaged version

like mailboxes, fences, traffic things that aren't cones

google says they're traffic barrels

[ancient grail]

ahh ok then

[sour island]

I dont think there's a way to make something only passable by car

[ancient grail]

but your function seems to be missing a param

[sour island]

?

[ancient grail]

the sprite for the destroyed

stuff

right?

[sour island]

yeah

ill change it

[ancient grail]

like what it will look like?

i think i know how tho

---@param isoGridSquare IsoGridSquare
local function alterObject(isoGridSquare, spriteName, damaged_box_sprite)
    local isoObjects = isoGridSquare:getObjects()
    
    for i=0, isoObjects:size()-1 do
        ---@type IsoObject
        local isoObj = isoObjects:get(i)
        if isoObj then
            if not isoObj:getModData()["checkForAlterObject"] then
                isoObj:getModData()["checkForAlterObject"] = true

                local isoObjSprite = isoObj:getSprite()
                local isoObjSpriteName = isoObjSprite:getName()
                if isoObjSprite and isoObjSpriteName then
                    if isoObjSpriteName==spriteName then

                        isoObjSprite:getProperties():Set("HitByCar")
                        isoObjSprite:getProperties():Set("DamagedSprite", "damaged_box_sprite", false)

                    end
                end
            end
        end
    end
end



function doAlterTrashbox()
local damaged_box_sprite="ddd_dmgsprites_01_1"
alterObject(isoGridSquare, "trashcontainers_01_24", damaged_box_sprite)
alterObject(isoGridSquare, "trashcontainers_01_25", damaged_box_sprite)
alterObject(isoGridSquare, "trashcontainers_01_26", damaged_box_sprite)
alterObject(isoGridSquare, "trashcontainers_01_27", damaged_box_sprite) 
end



    
Events.LoadGridsquare.Add(doAlterTrashbox);

@viral compass sir heres the thing you need .. credit goes 100% to chuck 🙂

ow this is still missing the dmg sprite

since theres no such thing

i left it blank

[sour island]

local setHitByCar = {}
setHitByCar.applyTo = { ["trashcontainers_01_24"]="ddd_dmgsprites_01_1",
                        ["trashcontainers_01_25"]="ddd_dmgsprites_01_1",
                        ["trashcontainers_01_26"]="ddd_dmgsprites_01_1",
                        ["trashcontainers_01_27"]="ddd_dmgsprites_01_1", }

---@param isoGridSquare IsoGridSquare
function setHitByCar.apply(isoGridSquare)
    local isoObjects = isoGridSquare:getObjects()

    for i=0, isoObjects:size()-1 do
        ---@type IsoObject
        local isoObj = isoObjects:get(i)
        if isoObj then
            if not isoObj:getModData()["checkForSetHitByCar"] then
                isoObj:getModData()["checkForSetHitByCar"] = true

                local isoObjSprite = isoObj:getSprite()
                local isoObjSpriteName = isoObjSprite:getName()
                if isoObjSprite and isoObjSpriteName then
                    local damagedSprite = setHitByCar.applyTo[isoObjSpriteName]
                    if damagedSprite then
                        isoObjSprite:getProperties():Set("HitByCar")
                        isoObjSprite:getProperties():Set("DamagedSprite", damagedSprite, false)
                    end
                end
            end
        end
    end
end
Events.LoadGridsquare.Add(setHitByCar.apply)

This will let you set the sprites and damaged in the list

if this works - testing other stuff atm

[ancient grail]

modified this too

[sour island]

Your snippet wouldnt work atm

added the sprites you mentioned to mine

using the list should avoid calling the scan multiple times per square

also, just an fyi setting local inside the function would make it inaccessible inside of another function

• the variable is a string in the other function

So changing tile properties in the map maker should be a better approach for custom tiles

Im not sure if changing the tiles for vanilla would work when loading an old save but it should also apply to a new one

[silk hollow]

Quick question: Lua is not a language I develop with, I need to pass parameters to a variable hooked into an Event.

Something like:

local function something(yada)
  -- stuff here
end

Event.Every10Minutes.Add(something('something_here'))

However, I understood that that format is not working / not correct
Is there a way to do that? maybe something like Event.Every10Minutes.Add(function[, params])?

[viral compass]

Thx guys!

[viral sierra]

Does anyone know if there is a chance to completely remove Brita's weapons loot from zombies? Very important

[sour island]

When you add functions to Events you can't pass parameters

Event.Every10Minutes.Add(something)

Where something is the function

What format/order yada takes depends on the java side of the hook

Some hooks don't have any arguments

In other words - when you use Events.thing.Add(funtionName), anytime the hook is called on in java, it supplies the arguments that passes onto your function.

Also it's EveryTenMinutes

Only used once in GameTime.java with no arguments - ```java
LuaEventManager.triggerEvent("EveryTenMinutes");

[fast galleon]

you can use a local param inside your file or something like
Events.EveryTenMinutes.Add(function()myfunction(param) end)

[silk hollow]

gotcha, thanks 🙂

[lyric bolt]

If anyone uses vehicle recycling, its borked atm cause of the propane change. Since NoctisFalcon hasnt been on in a pretty long while, I made a quick fix. Should just decrease the cost by a factor of 10 to match the torches. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2887190684

[silk hollow]

Can someone tells me why am I stoopid and cannot see the file content loaded inside the debugger?

also, how can I print out something in the command console from my mod? Can't seem to find a documentation for that 😩

[bronze yoke]

print(variable)

[oak dagger]

Anyone know how to get a lot of mods and not start getting laggy after a couple hours of playing?

Do I need to put more ram into the game?

[undone elbow]

@lyric bolt There is Simple Vehicle Recycling that uses vanilla action.

[lyric bolt]

Oh, I didnt see that one

[deft olive]

what is the difference between writing the code in "lua folder" vs "script folder"

[ruby urchin]

lua is only for lua codes and scripts are for register items, models, sounds, etc via text file (writing in code format)

[deft olive]

mm so a code to modify the damage in a weapon should be in "scripts" and a code to spawn a weapon on-key-press on "lua" ?

@ruby urchin or could you give me an example ?

[ruby urchin]

yeah, It could be said

No need create code to spawn the weapon, you can spawn via debug mode

[deft olive]

ty

[silk hollow]

sorry for asking again but... is this something normal or common?

[ruby urchin]

I realized that started to happen in the new updates, I get it when I have a syntax error or something like that

[silk hollow]

dang it, go figure now what it is 😄

[ancient grail]

happn to me too .. its weird

[ancient grail]

local shotgun = InventoryItemFactory.CreateItem("Base.DoubleBarrelShotgun");
shotgun:setTooltip("initially has 6 chambered  shells");
shotgun:setClipSize(6);
shotgun:setCurrentAmmoCount(60);
shotgun:setRoundChambered(true);
shotgun:setAimingTime(90);
shotgun:setMinDamage(5)
shotgun:setMaxDamage(12);
shotgun:setName("SOS ToxSicK Event Shotgun"); 
getPlayer():getInventory():AddItem(shotgun);

do this using lua console

[ancient grail]

Is it possible to replace an items sprite with tile sprite and vice versa
Using debug

Just curious

Altho i think its possible to change item sprite using any png

[silk hollow]

For a mod that need to alter the zombies behaviour I'm creating the "init" file on the lua/server directory. As I want it to work also for single player, should I create an initialization script in the lua/client as well and maybe move the common parts into lua/shared?
Specifically, the kickstart of the mod is bound to Events.OnServerStarted but I think that if you play single player that event doesn't trigger (unless you host locally of course). Is there an Event that is better for when it's meant to detect a single player session starting?

[bronze yoke]

files in the server folder are loaded on the client, so you don't need to worry about singleplayer

[silk hollow]

Generally speaking, a good diagram of the lifecycle of the Events would be greatly appreciated. The wiki have only some of them and the order with which they are invoked (or even in which use case) is not indicated

[bronze yoke]

OnGameStart is usually used for stuff like this, but i'm not sure when you need it exactly

[silk hollow]

alright, so I maybe just need to detect if it's currently running on a client or not, because if I run only Events.OnServerStarted, in single player it won't start at all

perfect OnGameStart it is then

Just as soon as the game has loaded everything, ideally either just before or after the player click to "enter"

[bronze yoke]

that fires after the click, i think

[silk hollow]

it will need to change zombies behaviour so it needs them to be loaded in the cell at least 🙂

it's more than enough then 🙂

thanks ❤️

[ancient grail]

i suggest that you refer to other zed alternating mods

alot of them

to check how they tiggered it

[sour island]

There's an OnZombieUpdate event

that's what I used

although getting reliable AI to work is a bit of a mess

[ancient grail]

tho you managed to pull it off

[sour island]

yeah, but it's not something I'd recommend for a first outing into PZ modding

[ancient grail]

just curious.. this is not important...
i noticed
ProfessionFactory.addProfession("mechanics", getText("UI_prof_Mechanics"), "profession_mechanic", -4);
doesnt have a removeProfession() counterpart

[ancient grail]

most certainly not

[bronze yoke]

a lot of things can't be undone once they're put into the profession factory

wouldn't be surprised if removing a profession isn't possible

[ancient grail]

yeah i guess your right

[bronze yoke]

you'd have to get the ui to hide it or something

[ancient grail]

RBBasic:getSurvivorProfession():get(i)

ithink udderlyevelyn may have done this as i recall she mentioned that she replaced every

oooo its trait

not profession so nevermind

[sour island]

Pretty sure you can probably use an inherited remove(

Also probably better off hiding it in the UI

[ancient grail]

you guys think the vision is handled on the java side? i wanted to make a mod that allows dbg and admin see everything
behindwalls and behind you

or maybe make like a camera offset to character mod

like the plaeyr isnt moving but the camera is

would be a better observer mode i think

cant seem to find it anywhere excpt isbaseicon

but thats related to foraging

[neon bronze]

So far i looked there is a calculatevisioncone but its not accesible through lua or atleast no luamethod to get it

[ancient grail]

Thanks
I knew it but I really had to ask

I was thinking of the fact that when you player turns onto zed the camera still follows it around despite it being a zed
And thats a diffrent iso i think

Also i noticed
When someone kills ur zed and pickup your corpse
The cam will now follow the player

And the vision cone is then transfered
To the zed then to the player

If im not mistaken

[silk hollow]

Do you mind sharing which mod have you made? I'm trying to make a mix-up between Random Zombies and Night Sprinters. basically, having the logic of Random Zombies but with two alternating schedules. One for night and one for the day. The alternating schedule is there. To apply the distribution I'm getting the zombie in a cell that is activated by a player presence and applying it one-by-one but the actual logic of the distribution is kinda overly complicated in my opinion (for Random Zombies) but I can't be sure because Lua is not really my bread and butter (I'm a software engineer but never really worked with Lua, more like js/node/typescript). On top of that, I need to find the better (aka less heavy) way to update the zombies because Random Zombies uses OnTick which is definitely CPU intensive, especially with big hordes.

[sour island]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2580001162 This is the mod that has the ZombieAI

[silk hollow]

ah man, I love that mod. Big props to you 🙂

[sour island]

You probably dont have to worry about the actual tricky bits with outfits and items

[sour island]

hehe, thanks

[silk hollow]

I'll check out the logic for the zombies yeah 🙂

[sour island]

Random Zombies as in some shamble, some walk, some sprint?

But then at night they all sprint?

[silk hollow]

yes

well

random zombies have some shambles, crawl, sprint, etc

night sprinters everyone simply sprint at night

[sour island]

does the randomness have to be consistent from play throughs?

[silk hollow]

I wanted to make it as:
day: choose your distribution
night: choose your other distribution (can be the same)

[sour island]

like does it matter if from day to day the same zombie could be doing different things?

ah

[silk hollow]

I'd say that a zombie should stay "crawler" as long as it's in your view and at least a bit after that or it would be really anger inducing if you turn around and that crawler start to sprint 😄 (altough, also cool)

[sour island]

The issue I've seen with zombies, and others have had similar problems, is that when they're saved/loaded alot of data is not kept - including modData

Also altering the zombie doesn't change for the most part

If you look in SWH, I had to assign an embedded weapon to act as the AI token, and also assign which outfits get 100% to embed the token

[silk hollow]

I need to double check how Random Zombies does it because, sprinters usually just die as they reach you quite fast. The rest, you either tend to kill them or you loose them. And if you cut them loose, you don't really care if you meet them again after a couple of in game hours and now they are shambler for example

[silk hollow]

I'll check your solution as well

[sour island]

My solution wouldn't really work for random speed zombies

Also, speed might be one of the variables that saves

so the worry from me might be moot

[silk hollow]

It's fine, right now I'm in a phase in which I just need to see some mods doing some "serious" coding so I can understand how to properly work with Lua in PZ

[sour island]

Lua is very simple, I'm sure you'll catch on fast

There is also this: https://www.lua.org/demo.html

For practicing syntax and logic stuff

[silk hollow]

alright, I'll take a break and look into it a little more tomorrow, thanks for the chat and suggestion/hints/etc 🙂

[sour island]

np

[deft olive]

hey is there an easy way to "rework" one weapon to create a modd? (I don't want to go to the actual game scripts folder an tweak the stats, but I don't know wich every single thing should I copy and paste on another folder to create "the modd" that modifies that weapon)

[ancient grail]

This is my reply to dislaik's advice to you , u must have missed it

But if you want a more permanent solution
Check out sir blairs post earlier about overwritting

[astral dune]

oh bummer, kahlua probably doesn't have the __len metamethod. dangit

[ancient grail]

I have a feeling you wont be able to see my reply again..
Owell 😮‍💨

[ancient grail]

When i tried to mess with lua outside of pz i learned alot and was then able to apply it to pz. So evrything became so much easier

[bronze yoke]

instead of overwriting the script, you should write a lua script like this:

local item = getScriptManager():getItem('Base.ItemName')
if item then
  item:DoParam('MinDamage = 0.2')
  item:DoParam('MaxDamage = 0.7')
  -- etc
end

DoParam is just like adding a line to that item's script, but won't cause compatibility issues

[ancient grail]

Same thing you sent me earlier . Btw want able to return anything with recipe arrays

[deft olive]

@ancient grail srr i do it, but not sure how i would go doing all the changes that i want on that way.
1.- needs to get the %weight on my character, and the lowest it is then dmg of the weapon "heavy weapons" should increase
2.-needs to get the %stamina on my character, and the lowest it is then the critical chance, attkspeed of the "heavy weapons" should decrease
3.-character cannot use it if he is "really" hungry

so it*

[ancient grail]

I think it should have a require line or something

[bronze yoke]

oh that's a lot more complicated... are you familiar with lua/programming?

[ancient grail]

Sounds like lua

Esp the hunger part

[bronze yoke]

i don't know what you meant here

[deft olive]

not lua but i'm familiar with c++

[ancient grail]

Ah forgive me. It was hi117

Lol too sleepy iguess. Going to bed now for reals. Have a good one guys

[deft olive]

Have a good one

[coarse nacelle]

Hey, does Distributions only examine Distributions[1] or does it examine all elements in the table?

like if someone does this, does it just break loot in PZ? table.insert(Distributions, 1, distributionTable);

-- the games distribition table should always be the first in table. yeah this seems like it might break stuff

[fast galleon]

Normally it shouldn't be 1, but I think I've seen that before without error.

[fast galleon]

merge code should still work

[coarse nacelle]

not necessarily, best practice would be to append to the table not jam yourself into the #1 slot

[fast galleon]

is that the only part that messes the distributions?

[coarse nacelle]

uhh I don't understand the question

I'm working on an incompatibility with my mod patching the distribution table and brita's

brita's uses table.insert which causes the table to just not be there anymore basically

[fast galleon]

ah

try using SuburbsDistributions instead of Distributions[1]?

[coarse nacelle]

nah, its brita's being bugged, issue resolved tyvm

[fast galleon]

I mean as long as I've been playing that mod has always been bugged.

[coarse nacelle]

(and my mod tbf, I could probably also append to the end but they should too. we're both wrong lol)

[fast galleon]

are you looking for inventoryfemale?

[coarse nacelle]

yep

among other stuff, there's a few things that break

the entire table gets messed up until mergeDistributions is called

[fast galleon]

local target = {"inventorymale","inventoryfemale"}
for _,v in ipairs(target) do
for _,i in ipairs(items) do
table.insert(SuburbsDistributions["all"][v]["items"],i)
end
end

this is in my old files

[winter thunder]

Hey- Anyone know of any tool / framework to make recipes faster than typing them all out every single time?

[coarse nacelle]

not a framework, but you can edit recipes through lua in a loop

including adding your own

[fast galleon]

SuburbsDistributions is the table I use because people bump Distributions[1]

it's the same table

[coarse nacelle]

the better way would be to append to the table btw

since zomboid merges the tables after load anyway

[fast galleon]

sure, but there some things that didn't work like that so better do it yourself

[coarse nacelle]

?

[fast galleon]

don't remember now

[coarse nacelle]

it seems like MergeDistributionRecursive would handle all use cases

including partial patching

[tame veldt]

does anyone know how to get this type of sandbox option? (That hides other options)

[coarse nacelle]

https://projectzomboid.com/modding/zombie/scripting/ScriptManager.html has some fields and functions that might help with this

[tardy wren]

Boolean?

[tame veldt]

yes, but it's a checkmark that disables other options

[fast galleon]

does it do procedural tables?

[coarse nacelle]

?

just look at SuburbsDistributions.lua's mergeDistributions and MergeDistributionRecursive functions

[fast galleon]

I don't see ProceduralDistributions in that file

[coarse nacelle]

well, MergeDistributionRecursive can be called by your code and should work with any table

[bronze yoke]

i don't think you can do that

i'd have a look at the ui lua, that page is probably somewhat hardcoded

[tame veldt]

I already looked, couldn't find anything related to it. Fairly certain it's a recently added thing, as I don't remember seeing it before.

[bronze yoke]

no that's been there since at least b40

[tame veldt]

then I'm just blind 😄

Guess I gotta take a peek at the java code then

[winter thunder]

How would I use this?

[coarse nacelle]

no idea, im figuring this out myself for some stuff ngl

[winter thunder]

lmfao fair enough. I wish that ItemZed was working, because that would be so incredibly helpful

[coarse nacelle]

tbh eventually im planning on ditching scripts entirely and using lua to define everything

[winter thunder]

Trying to work on a bunch of recipes for a big server I am a part of, goal is to 'Craft everything' so I really dont want to have to do all of that by hand lmao

[winter thunder]

any reason why that would be prefered?

[coarse nacelle]

there's just better support for automatic formatting, I can do loops, etc

[bronze yoke]

i've been tempted to do that myself, i always end up doing weird conditional stuff no matter what so i might as well just make lua the entire process

[coarse nacelle]

its also less confusing since you don't need to deal with the import system

[deft olive]

hey, can i make weapos hit faster? or animations dosen't allow it to happend?

[alpine scroll]

Did something change on the require for 41.78?

I am having this error

-----------------------------------------
function: ExpandedHelicopter01c_MainCore.lua -- file: ExpandedHelicopter01c_MainCore.lua line # 10 | MOD: Expanded Helicopter Events
Callframe at: require
function: cmd_helicoptero.lua -- file: cmd_helicoptero.lua line # 4 | MOD: ExtrasDescoladosCMDHELI.```

But I changed nothing on my code yet

To be fair, I am requiring a file from another mod

That is loaded before my mod

[bronze yoke]

weird, nothing changed that i heard about, and require has seemed fine for me recently - can we see the relevant code?

[alpine scroll]

require 'lua_server_commands'
require 'cmd_utils'
require "ExpandedHelicopter00a_Util"
require 'ExpandedHelicopter01c_MainCore'
require "ExpandedHelicopter06_EventScheduler"




local EHETI_eHeliEvent_ScheduleNew = eHeliEvent_ScheduleNew <<< Line 10 is this
function eHeliEvent_ScheduleNew(startDay, startTime, preset)

end

AFAIK nothing changed neither on my mod or EHE mod

[bronze yoke]

i can't see any reason that would cause an error...

the 'callframe at: require' is weird, require is allowed to fail

[alpine scroll]

Maybe because its now single quote instead of double?

[bronze yoke]

i use single quotes exclusively and i've never had any trouble

[alpine scroll]

Honestly dont understand what changed

[bronze yoke]

which folder is this file in?

[golden sage]

one question, whats this error?
Cannot invoke "se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaTable.len()" because "<local2>" is null
bc i get it everywhere

[fast galleon]

looks like java used the wrong way.

[fast galleon]

you're not looking in the right file?

[hearty dew]

Those are done entirely in lua

[hearty dew]

Can you provide the error?

[fast galleon]

it's line 10 of a file in server folder, which has eHelicopter:new()
doesn't seem like that is defined yet at that point

[topaz lark]

hi and buenas noches, i want to start modding from this game, where can i start?, i mean, what programs to use, what languaje and frameworks the game use and so on, i already have experience programing in c, c#, java, typescript and others

[astral dune]

its pretty much entirely lua for code, and you can use whatever program you like. I use intellij IDEA, but I've seen everything from notepad to VsCode on here

[golden sage]

lua

[golden sage]

intellij IDEA is powerfull but man its so complicated sometimes

[astral dune]

I guess, if you're trying to do some Gradle stuff or whatever. As just a basic IDE with code highlighting it does the job with no hassle

[topaz lark]

ok i understand, but I meant if there is any software like the Project Zomboid Modding tools from steam or another one, i already use the jetbrains collection

[astral dune]

I believe the modding tools are mostly for models and textures, haven't looked at them yet myself

[bronze yoke]

intellij uses an entire extra gigabyte of ram than vsc on my machine, so i don't really have much choice

[vast pilot]

I'm also new to the whole pz modding thing, but it seems like the modding tools on Steam are just for mapping

You should probably learn to use Blender or some other equivalent modelling software

[hearty dew]

Ah, he may be trying to load that file before the file that defines that table/class is loaded

[topaz lark]

ok thanks!, im gonna start with lua and see what can i do later

[green berry]

@topaz lark That one of the best guide out there https://github.com/FWolfe/Zomboid-Modding-Guide

https://github.com/MrBounty/PZ-Mod---Doc this one has some good tips too

And one of the best tip is : check other mods to see how they do what they do. A bunch of them are well commented

[topaz lark]

I'll keep an eye on him, gracias!

[humble oriole]

Is the creator of Skill Recovery Journal active in here?

[astral dune]

isn't that Chuck?

[humble oriole]

idk haha, I'm just looking for some assistance in fixing better literacy to work with SRJ for our server.

and considering they just pulled better literacy, I may take it over since i've been patching it for our server anywho

[bronze yoke]

i'd better make sure my mod works with skill journals 😅

[ancient grail]

Is it? Ow

[astral dune]

does anyone know if rawget works in PZ's lua?

[humble oriole]

I’ll ask here too, and see if someone might be able to point me in the right direction.

The literacy mod is over writing the ISReadABook.lua and it adds pages to every piece of literature and then based on a characaters literacy skill it adjusts the read time.

The Skill Journal is using their own :update() and :new() but they're doing it in their own file reading/Skill Recovery Journal Read.lua

Is there a way that I can do something like

end```

To call the code in the skill recovery journal file so it just does that instead of doing all the code in ISReadABook.lua

[hearty dew]

It seems to, yea

[astral dune]

nice

[bronze yoke]

if it's not too much work, you should rewrite it not to overwrite the entire file, it's going to cause endless problems as long as it works that way

[rancid tendon]

i have a question for folks who know things about true music: do you know if it's possible for cassettes/vinyls to 'overwrite' or push other, potentially more valuable loot out of the table? how exactly does loot spawning work in that regard?

[humble oriole]

It touches every piece of literature in the game, is it possible to still retain that functionality doing that?

[bronze yoke]

i have a mod that's very similar to better literacy

it doesn't overwrite anything, and works perfectly

[humble oriole]

Our server’s difficulty is balanced completely around BL and SRJ so I just want them to play nice haha.

[bronze yoke]

it's just a really bad idea to override things in general

[humble oriole]

I completely agree

[bronze yoke]

apart from some vanilla functions that have a massive amount of code in them there's rarely a good reason to, and from what i know of what better literacy does it really doesn't need to at all

[humble oriole]

They also overwrite the entire definition for every book, and that’s how they added more books

[bronze yoke]

😨

perhaps

[humble oriole]

So when .73 dropped and the new cooking recipes came out…

[green berry]

hey @bronze yoke the literacy mod i use is actually yours 🙂 I was checking my modlist to see which one I used 🙂 great mod btw

[humble oriole]

Link yours Albion, I’ll take a look

[bronze yoke]

aw thank you ^_^ look forward to a huge update soon

[bronze yoke]

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

[humble oriole]

And yours works with SRJ?

[green berry]

btw i make the I don't need a lighter mod, and the more recent I Might Need A Lighter, I'm open to any feedback 🙂

[humble oriole]

Since you’re not overwriting IsReadABook it probably does

[rancid tendon]

so i've noticed that sometime in the past couple of pz updates, something changed or broke in loot distribution--or at least so it seems. i'm having a weird problem where i have a mod that has a sandbox setting that multiplies the loot distribution chance, and if i set that to 0, i can see in loot zed that the items have a 0% chance to spawn but still spawn at the same rate as if the values were totally unmodified

[bronze yoke]

oooh i haven't gotten to try it yet but i might need a lighter looks great

as a long time i don't need a lighter user

[rancid tendon]

is anyone else having issues like this/does anyone else know loot distribution well enough to help me with this concern? i'm not really a modder at all lol

[bronze yoke]

i don't use srj myself, but i've never heard of any bug reports to do with it

[humble oriole]

Since you built it out correctly I bet it runs fine

[green berry]

Well it's pretty much a V2 with all the feedback i got, sandbox options, etc. the goal is to balance it a bit more. As it was my first mod I rewrote a good chunk of it too 🙂

[bronze yoke]

keep up the great work!

[humble oriole]

We’ve had some odd spawning issues where some things set not to spawn, but they’re incredibly rare, but nothing I’ve been exceptionally worried about

[bronze yoke]

likely, the distributions are being set after the java reads them, so they don't actually work consistently

[rancid tendon]

that's interesting and frustrating, because this used to work just fine

[bronze yoke]

unless that mod has a specific solution to this, sandbox options load after distributions are read

except sometimes they don't, i'm not sure what the exact rules for it are, but it often leads mod makers to think it always works when it doesn't

[rancid tendon]

hmm. in that case, i guess the best way to do this would be to make a patch that overrides the original distributions

not as much flexibility but it could serve the same function

[bronze yoke]

all you actually need to do is make sure the sandbox options are loaded before the distributions are added to the table, and that ItemPickerJava.Parse() is called after that

[rancid tendon]

hmm

that's a little above my paygrade 😅 i'm only barely a modder trying to kludge something together with true music

[astral dune]

if I had a file called foo_bar.lua that contained something like

local bar = {}
bar.test = "test"
return bar

and then wanted to use it in another file, what is the proper syntax for require?
require("foo_bar.lua")
require("foo_bar")
require("bar")
something else?

[bronze yoke]

require("foo_bar")

although i think you need to assign it to a variable

like bar = require 'foo_bar'

[astral dune]

oh ok, should probably make that local too

[bronze yoke]

of course

[sour island]

It is I, the author of skill recovery journal

[astral dune]

you sometimes have to put a folder name in the require as well, right

[sour island]

I already do this

[bronze yoke]

yeah, it's the path after lua/client/ (or shared or server)

[rancid tendon]

if anyone could explain to me like i'm five how to force the sandbox settings to be loaded before the loot distribution tables for this mod are, that would be very helpful :)

[astral dune]

oh ok, so only if I've added a subfolder

[bronze yoke]

which event are the distribution tables set on?

[sand harbor]

lmao lea i'm trying to figure out the same thing

[bronze yoke]

oh they're just out there... that's difficult

[rancid tendon]

yeahhh that's how true music does it

[sour island]

I don't think there's an event - isn't on Lua load?

[bronze yoke]

distributions aren't merged immediately

there's even a pre and post distribution load event

[sand harbor]

modifying the chance in the distribution code doesn't do anything either for me (maybe that's already established)

[bronze yoke]

i would override the file, put them on an event that happens after sandbox options set (i use OnInitGlobalModData), and then call ItemPickerJava.Parse() at the end

[humble oriole]

Odd it’s not working on our server, I blame literacy. I think we’re going to just rip off the bandaid and move to Albion’s mod, we’re testing it now

[rancid tendon]

i hate to just continuously go 'ok but simplify it further' but i really can't stress enough that i genuinely don't know how to code ;w; i'm a pathetic helpless little babey who knows nothing, so if you could walk me through that in more depth i'd be grateful!

[bronze yoke]

you can also force the sandbox options to load early, but it's not as good of an idea as it reads from the file (much laggier) and probably won't work in singleplayer

[sour island]

I did push an update that forces a time as other mods also cause issues

Honestly getting tired of the bug reports - might drop isRead

[hearty dew]

All the code you have to set the loot distribution, wrap it in a function that is called on the OnInitGlobalModData event e.g. ```lua
Events.OnInitGlobalModData.Add(function()

-- Set loot tables here

end)

[bronze yoke]

Events.OnInintGlobalModData.Add(function()

  -- loot table stuff

  ItemPickerJava.Parse()
end)

[rancid tendon]

i was going to pastebin it to confirm that it looked right but just one of these distribution files exceeds their max limit LMAO

https://i.imgur.com/FhV2d2p.png

lookin right?

[bronze yoke]

think so!

[rancid tendon]

thanks a ton for the help you guys! this is a super big deal for this mod and the folks who use it will be happy that this feature is functional :)

i'll give it a test run

[sand harbor]

I was gonna put this on the steam page, and you might already know this, but it might make updating the mod with new songs less annoying if you made a function to add it to the loot table and then just called it for each song
something like function registerLoot(item, chance, allocation) table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list[allocation].items, item); table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list[allocation].items, chance); end

would be a pain to move everything over to that though

[rancid tendon]

honestly adding new songs isn't really all that hard anyway

just a few copy+paste and find+replace operations

[hearty dew]

Does the ItemPickerJava normally parse the tables prior to OnInitGlobalModData?

[bronze yoke]

yeah, the problem is item picker java parses before sandbox options are loaded

[sand harbor]

ok, fair enough

[hearty dew]

Ah okay

[rancid tendon]

when i add new songs i literally just whack them onto the end of the existing files lol

super ez

[bronze yoke]

or sometimes anyway, sometimes it worked but it wasn't 100% of the time

[hearty dew]

Yea, that whole order of loading sandbox vars is a pain

[rancid tendon]

albion you're super helpful, so thank you again! and tyrir this is like the third time you've been a huge help to me

big ups to both of you <3

[bronze yoke]

^_^

[rancid tendon]

i do have a second lil question that kinda goes along with this: should i worry about over-crowding loot tables with music? with the distribution the way it is, are cassettes/vinyls able to crowd out other, more valuable loot?

if that's the case i'll probably set the default loot values much lower

[bronze yoke]

yeah, they do

i wrote a whole fancy script for my literacy mod that makes sure that skill books have the same chance of spawning no matter how many you have enabled, and then i realised everyone uses true music anyway and that it will just make them way rarer than if you have it turned off U_U

[rancid tendon]

ahh darn, in that case i'll probably set the default sandbox values much lower

i wish i could make it spawn a ton without crowding other stuff out, but oh well

[bronze yoke]

you can probably increase the total rolls to compensate or something, but i've never played with it

maybe i'll add to that script to make it multiply the book spawn weight based on the total weight of the container compared to what it should be in vanilla...

[astral dune]

you ever write a piece of code that seems really good and just feel smug about it?

[bronze yoke]

that's like 70% of why i program

[astral dune]

lol

[rancid tendon]

https://i.imgur.com/NMsGrCq.png

:( hm

that did not seem to work

[bronze yoke]

oh no

i'm having the same problem - maybe a spawn chance of 0 isn't allowed?

[rancid tendon]

very possible! lemme give it another go

[bronze yoke]

you could check if the spawn chance is 0 and just not add the item to the table

[rancid tendon]

AH HA, ok that's totally what it is

i was just putting it at 0 to test, so 0 not being allowed isn't really relevant to my use case

loot seems much rarer with a low number as it should be

thank you again for the help albion!!

[bronze yoke]

haha glad that worked, i was scared for a moment that my mods weren't actually working as i thought either 😅

with spawn chance stuff you can only ever be about 70% sure it's working

[rancid tendon]

my pride and joy.. restored to full functionality... yipee

[sand harbor]

nice!

[azure rivet]

Hello, how do I make a helmet compatible with the susceptible mod?

[astral dune]

I'm moving some code from client side to server side. it used to run OnPlayerUpdate, what would be roughly equivalent on the server if I want it to run every cycle? OnTick?

[hearty dew]

yea

OnTick is raised 10 times a second on the server-side, so less frequent than client-side where it is tied to fps

[astral dune]

well that's good. As long as nothing happens in between ticks

[humble oriole]

this isn't your issue though, this is just other lazy mod authors overwriting isRead instead of doing it the right way.

[sour island]

Ah

What mod is it

I can add it to my list

I have an on going mod list that I call require on

To load first

So I can override them

[bronze yoke]

better literacy, but it sounds like the developer of that mod wants to fix it themselves

[sour island]

Is that slime's mod?

[ancient grail]

I wonder why we dont see the other developers around mod chat. Ive only talked to theZ the developer of door remote / turret mod

But he said his not active on discord.

[bronze yoke]

i think so!

[alpine scroll]

I think I am?

[bronze yoke]

the error technically points to the expanded helicopter events file, but i checked and there isn't anything of note on that line that should break anything

especially since ehe wasn't updated when the problem appeared

[alpine scroll]

-----------------------------------------
function: ExpandedHelicopter01c_MainCore.lua -- file: ExpandedHelicopter01c_MainCore.lua line # 10 | MOD: Expanded Helicopter Events
Callframe at: require
function: cmd_helicoptero.lua -- file: cmd_helicoptero.lua line # 4 | MOD: ExtrasDescoladosCMDHELI
ERROR: General     , 1668211925499> 249.385.395> ExceptionLogger.logException> Exception thrown java.lang.RuntimeException: attempted index of non-table at KahluaUtil.fail line:82.
ERROR: General     , 1668211925500> 249.385.396> DebugLogStream.printException> Stack trace:
java.lang.RuntimeException: attempted index of non-table
    <kalua errors here>
    at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
LOG  : General     , 1668211925505> 249.385.401> -----------------------------------------
STACK TRACE
-----------------------------------------
function: ExpandedHelicopter01c_MainCore.lua -- file: ExpandedHelicopter01c_MainCore.lua line # 10 | MOD: Expanded Helicopter Events
Callframe at: require
function: cmd_helicoptero.lua -- file: cmd_helicoptero.lua line # 4 | MOD: ExtrasDescoladosCMDHELI

nov. 11, 2022 9:12:05 PM zombie.Lua.LuaManager RunLuaInternal
GRAVE: at ExpandedHelicopter01c_MainCore.lua:10```

Oh, I know what happened, now that I ran it

Dang it

[hearty dew]

attempted index of non-table

[alpine scroll]

I cannot fix this

I need to find Jab

There is a mod, called LuaServerCommands

That requires patching a file on the server at the Zombie folder

It probably changed enough so it doesnt work anymore with the last patch

I think Ill need to learn java to fix that

[hearty dew]

Is it not just a table/class that's not yet defined but expected to be defined at line 10 of ExpandedHelicopter01c_MainCore.lua?

[alpine scroll]

I didnt change the mod

At all

All I did was update the server and reapply the patch

It stopped working with the update

The ONLY thing I changed was the server version, basically

So yea, got a project

[hearty dew]

line 10 is

function eHelicopter:new()

but eHolicopter is defined here:```
./mods/Expanded Helicopter Events/media/lua/server/ExpandedHelicopter01a_MainVariables.lua:eHelicopter = {}

Looks like you are requiring `ExpandedHelicopter01c_MainCore` in such a way that its prerequisite lua files aren't loaded

[alpine scroll]

But it should obey the order on the Mods in the .ini file, right?

So technically, as long EHE is before CMDHELI, it SHOULD work, right?

[hearty dew]

nope

[hearty dew]

nope

[alpine scroll]

Wait

What changed?

Because I swear it works on 41.77

[humble oriole]

@bronze yoke are you considering adding options for different skill multipliers that the books give?

[bronze yoke]

what do you mean by that?

[humble oriole]

hmm, how to explain it

the literacy skill itself would affect the multiplier that the skill gives you. So at Literacy 5 and below you get vanilla multipliers, but at literacy 10 you get a huge multiplier.

[bronze yoke]

oh like better literacy? i excluded that because i didn't really like it from a balance stand point (and i need some excuse to call it not a total ripoff) but if that would be useful to you i could add it

i have a massive update that's just missing a little bit of content before i push it, and at this point i'm having fun just seeing how long i can make the changelog, so feature requests are good

[humble oriole]

yea, we use that at the core of ours

We wanted higher multipliers because of no disassembling, so those first few levels are really tough, unless you have the books.

[bronze yoke]

oh that makes sense, it'd be almost mandatory then

[humble oriole]

which is why we're pulling our hair out!

hahaha

we only return 35% xp back with the skill journal and only crafting skills for the same reason

[strange sequoia]

question, if i wanted to make it to where a sound alert triggered on the first snow... how how i do that via a mod?

[humble oriole]

are you adding walking with lit 9-10 while reading with your update?

[bronze yoke]

yeah, another feature i don't personally like but have added as an option

[humble oriole]

it doesn't add much but flavor imo haha

[bronze yoke]

this update is getting pretty huge, the changelog is over half a page long now and it's just short notes 😨

[humble oriole]

That's awesome! Also, I don't think the creator of Better Literacy probably won't care since he pulled the mod, so it's your call haha.

[bronze yoke]

they don't seem too active anyway, i doubt they'd get mad at me for it

[humble oriole]

well, if you think the multiplier changes are something you'll add, we'll start moving to rip the band aid off and swap to your mod.

[bronze yoke]

yeah i'm dropping it in now, it's hopefully pretty simple to add

it won't come out until the big update is done though

[humble oriole]

How long are you thinking? About a week?

[bronze yoke]

i'm not sure, it was supposed to come out like three months ago LOL

[humble oriole]

[bronze yoke]

basically, my mod doesn't have literacy skill books like better literacy does, it was originally balanced without them

i decided it'd be a bit better balanced to have them, but the reason i didn't have them is it didn't make much sense to me, so i made them vhs tapes instead

but when you have vhs tapes... you have to write dialogue for the vhs tapes

i've been putting that off for about three months and that's why this update is so huge LOL

[humble oriole]

aaaaah, ok

I wish I knew enough to know how to limp Better Literacy until yours is ready.

Also, your concept is really neat, and now I'm super excited to replace better lit with it.

[bronze yoke]

if you're using a dedicated server, i think moving better literacy before the skill journal mod in the load order might fix your issues

[humble oriole]

it is xD

[bronze yoke]

ah... i thought it probably wasn't that because the issue appeared suddenly

[humble oriole]

no, better lit overwrites the isRead and per chuck anything that changes reading speed breaks the SJ

[bronze yoke]

the hope is that if it overwrites isread before chuck's mod hooks it it doesn't really matter

oh but if reading speed breaks it that's a problem...

i'll make sure they're compatible before i release

i got one of six tapes done today, which technically puts me on pace to finish sometime in 2025 but i'd bet it'll be a little bit earlier than that

[humble oriole]

your mod works with SJ right now

[bronze yoke]

oh good! i don't see why this update would break that

[humble oriole]

yea, we tested it cause you mentioned you hadn't earlier

Episode 1 better be teaching how to read the ABCs hahaha

[bronze yoke]

haha yeah i've moved the literacy magazine to the vhs system as well (that's why there's six tapes total) and that's the one i wrote today

[humble oriole]

https://giphy.com/gifs/parksandrec-season-4-parks-and-recreation-rec-8xzexownbkMxBpOGOy

[bronze yoke]

i wouldn't expect them to be too spectacular, i really wanted to make sure they fit the vanilla style but at this point i just want to get them out

[sour island]

The update to SRJ today should prevent speed related issues

At least it fixed more traits, soto, and another mod I wasn't aware of

The solution for more traits was to reset the current time on the action every tick

Having SRJ loaded after should fix the rest I imagine

[humble oriole]

It's not even really worth spending time on better literacy since it's gone. So, we're absolutely swapping to albions mod, but will probably wait till the update if we can get better lit to limp along until then. I just really don't want to deal with the players crying even harder about no disassembling.

yea, better lit is still broken with the SJ. I don't really want to spend time on making this work, so we may just deal with the fallout

[ancient grail]

On our previous i made an unlisted version of your mod
Basically what i did was a replica called event recovery journal
Basically to create another journal
So that we dont need to change the default percent of the journal

The srj is configured to give only 50% and the replica was configured to 100% and is consumable and non craftable

Just so we can use it during pvp events

Hehe it was an unlisted mod but. Sorry if wasnt able to ask for permission

We dont have a server anymore so theres nothing to worry abt that

So perhaps you might consider doing this for pvp servers out there idk

If i knew how to modify moddata back then imight havejust spawned a journal with that setting lol

[lyric bolt]

Hey where are mod configuration options actually stored? Like I am trying to find where autoloot stores it because it keeps overwriting it... I have this issue with a few mods at times

[astral dune]

having a hell of a time trying to fix a rounding error on the lua side, or more specifically detecting when its about to happen. Is there any way to tell the Java to do some math and return the answer, rather than doing the math in lua?

[bronze yoke]

is this about the blood intensity thing?

[astral dune]

ya, I can't find a way to know when its going to get stuck. Only thing I can think of just doubling the rate of increase to hopefully bypass it getting stuck altogether

[bronze yoke]

all i think you can do is watch the blood intensity and bump it over when it's going to get stuck

[astral dune]

that would require me knowing when its going to happen, which is the problem. I know when it happens on my computer, but I have a feeling it may depend on what version of java people are running

for example, if I run it in rextester, which has openjdk 11.0.5 in it, the math gets stuck at 0.0499999 instead of the 0.039999 that it does on my machine locally running oracle java 18

[hearty dew]

Pretty sure pz bundles its own version of java so the system's java shouldn't have that effect

[bronze yoke]

yeah i've seen something like that in the files

[astral dune]

they bundle the java runtime? thats kinda weird but it would be helpful in this case

[hearty dew]

Yea, I presume it is in jre/ and jre64/

What's the rounding error you are encountering on the lua side?

[astral dune]

the rounding error is actually on the java side, I can't recreate in on the lua side so I can't detect when its about to happen

the blood intensity on a vehicle is increased by 0.01F, then cast to an int, then a byte, and then stored, lol

[bronze yoke]

it always happens at the same time so i don't think you need to

[astral dune]

it happens at 0.04, then 0.08, then 0.25, 0.28, 0.31 etc etc all the way up to about 0.60, after that it works all the way up to 1.0

as long as I can be pretty certain all those break points are the same for everyone, I can hardcode bypasses for each, ya

[bronze yoke]

hmm i'm not sure i experienced most of those actually

i don't think i pushed it all the way to 1.0 but i remember it being pretty unobstructed after i pushed it over 0.04

[astral dune]

I think I'm making up the 0.08, it doesn't happen again until 0.25ish

this is of course letting the java increase it with an actual collision, increasing it manually on the lua side by 0.01d doesn't do the same thing

[bronze yoke]

mine gets stuck at 0.04, 0.26, 0.29, 0.39, 0.42, 0.45, 0.48, and then i hit a street post

[astral dune]

lol

[astral dune]

0.04, 0.26, 0.29, 0.39, 0.42, 0.45, 0.48, 0.52-0.53, 0.58-0.59

so I think it matches

[astral dune]

Ladies and Gentlemen, we gottem

[livid locust]

I made the basic object now I just need to colour it

uv mapping seems so difficult I just want to colour faces

[ancient grail]

anyone knows how i can simulate the zed corpse quezy effect

without adding actualy number of corpse on the scene

[ancient grail]

Would it be possible drop corpse and make their sprite invi

Ahh if i can set it to nil just turn their skin into a blank png

Hmmm that might work

[ancient grail]

Im afraid you might be lost sir hehe
#modeling

However i believe you can just paint on it and export as x file
Not really sure

Or just get the uv auto unwrap and just fill the whole png with 1 solid color

Everyone seems to be asleep ...

[astral dune]

I'm still plugging away, but its probably best to stop, lol

[fast galleon]

you can set the sick value on player, is this for debug?

[livid locust]

now I have to figure out how to program the .fbx file into project zomboid 😭

[ancient grail]

i know but i kinda thought it wouuld be easier to ustilize the working mask mod instead

and just add the corpse so that it detects it?

i think its code uses the vanila sickness

[ancient grail]

try opening an fbx first then see where you go from there

afik you should have the transfor applied

like make it 0,0,0

but im not realyy 100% certain

[ancient grail]

also im looking at the vanilla lua searching for how to get the variable for if the hazmat has hole

[hazy ivy]

Hey, I was just curious if anyone know a mod that allows you to bed rest? My character is sick and I'd like for him to just lay in bed all day to rest

[ancient grail]

but all i see is
function functioname(clothing, parts)

so how do i get the clothing without having to add it withing the function parenthesis

😵‍💫

for i=1, #parts do

    local part = parts[i];
    local hole = clothing:getVisual():getHole(part) > 0;
    local patch = clothing:getPatchType(part);

this is al sort of confusion

i just wanted to check if the hazmat has hole

------------------------ check holes ---------------------------

function isHazmat(clothing, parts)
  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
          for i=1, #parts do
        local part = parts[i];
      if item:getVisual():getHole(part) > 0 then
      return true
    end
  end
end

[ancient grail]

Probably use
#mod_support

But if you have sleep enabled then just sleep i guess

Idk if that will cure the sickness
If not then perhaps thats a good mod idea

[hazy ivy]

ope yeah wrong chat, im sorry

[ancient grail]

No worries friend

[fast galleon]

well, the tooltip has already run the code so you can grab the value from there, lol?

also there's a getHolesNumber but I haven't modded clothes

[native thorn]

Can anyone make a 25% zoom mod I just wanna see the little details better mainly jewelry and make up.

[young orchid]

and nude textures

[calm estuary]

does anyone know how I can make this better since if 0 == 0 just seems stupid

it works tho

[fast galleon]

if true then

[lunar robin]

Oh, so math.random() doesn't work? Should i use ZombRand()?

[calm estuary]

so I just do this

[fast galleon]

yes works, 99% of times

[calm estuary]

is there another way where I dont have to use if?

[fast galleon]

just delete that line and one end

[calm estuary]

ah Ive tried that before and it somehow broke everything

[lunar robin]

How do I get a ZombRand() out of an array?

local testArr = {"ABOBA", "BOOBA", "POOP"}
local randVal = ZombRand(#testArr)
print(randVal)

Currently it prints only the index... But I need the string itself

[fast galleon]

testArr[randVal]

https://github.com/FWolfe/Zomboid-Modding-Guide/blob/master/api/README.md

[lunar robin]

local testArr = {"ABOBA", "BOOBA", "POOP"}
local randVal = ZombRand(1, #testArr+1)
print(testArr[randVal])

Oh, right.

So it gets nil in case I don't start the indexing from 1st element

[neon bronze]

Yea lua starts with 1 instead of 0 like any other languagea for indexing arrays

[odd notch]

say i want to store a string on a player, and have another player view said player's associated string. could i accomplish this without using global moddata?

the implementation that comes to mind (bad) is a sendclientcommand that checks the player's username to a list, then grabs the associated entry. i'm looking to implement player portraits for an rp server

[dull moss]

If i have 2 mods (mod a and mod b) that both set player inventory weight limit, is there any way to interrupt specific function that is in mod b from mod a?

[sour island]

yes

If the functions are global, you can call on them to overwrite them entirely or overload them by storing the first

if they're not global you can name the file the same name and I believe it should overwrite the entire other file.

[dull moss]

hmm

[dull moss]

what if file in question has a bunch of other stuff

wouldn't overwriting it break the mod b

cuz unfortunately its local function

[jaunty marten]

just remove if statement lol

[sour island]

You'd have to replace the other file entirely - this is assuming the first mod author isn't around and can't help you out a bit.

What exactly are you trying to do? Perhaps you are going down a more difficult route

[dull moss]

both mods do player:setMaxWeightBase every 10 min. I have access to development of mod a and don't have access to mod b, and it also was updated last time like 9 months ago so mod author is not exactly active

if mod b would be active it'd be a simple issue of adding and not getActivatedMods():contains(mod a) then to the function that sets weight

[calm estuary]

Yes I did that first then all hell let loose

[dull moss]

and then i'd be able to make everything work in mod a

[jaunty marten]

wdym? what there can going wrong xp

if remove if statement then will change literally nothing

[calm estuary]

Everything broke

[jaunty marten]

then u do change smth else

cos ur statement always equals true so nothing change

[calm estuary]

Thats what I was trying to do I already did the first advice someone gave me

[green berry]

yeah that if statement seems completely superfluous. What's the error message when you remove the if ?

[sour island]

If you want your mod to load after you can set a require on the basis the other mod is active

[ancient grail]

Why do you need to make the function that will always return true? You can just remove the function. Thats what he is saying

[sour island]

Alternatively you can offset the other mod within your mod

Not sure what mods your talking about but if one mod is adding such and such to weight's function you can just undo it

[ancient grail]

Can u show the code you did that resulted the error when u remove the if statement? You might have forgotten to remove the end too

[sour island]

I the case of my mod Rebalanced Calories - the vanilla calorie method isnt exposed or hookable

[green berry]

you could write if(true) that would be the same 🙂

[calm estuary]

Yeah thats what I did at first and it broke and now Im just keeping the saying if it works dont fix it

[dull moss]

problem is that mod b set weight executes after mod a

[sour island]

So I recreated the calculations of vanilla and only apply the differnce

[sour island]

You can literally force mod a to wait for mod b if you chose

[dull moss]

how

[sour island]

Can't do it other way around tho

[ancient grail]

Might not be broken but also not optimized . Alot of codes arent but what you are doing with the if statement isnt necessary. Its pointless tbh

If statement

end

Remove both

It wont cause error

[sour island]

You can check for active mod IDs and run require on the file(s) name

[dull moss]

but won't it make mod a require mod b?

[sour island]

No

[ancient grail]

Pls show how you removed it and how it returned an error im sure we will figure out why from there

[sour island]

That's why you're checking for active mod IDs

[calm estuary]

Yeah Ill try again later Im about to sleep atm

[sour island]

It's a soft integration

[ancient grail]

getActivatedMods():contains("DynamicTraits")

[sour island]

I do this for mods that cause load order issues or are just overwriting shit with no concern

[ancient grail]

Sample

[sour island]

Turns my bug reports into their big reports

[dull moss]

i tried it

[sour island]

local crossRefMods = {
    ["CatsWalkWhileReadMod"]="ReadFasterWhenSitting",
    ["CatsReadMod"]="ReadFasterWhenSitting",
    ["CatsReadMod(slower)"]="ReadFasterWhenSitting",
    ["SnakeUtilsPack"]="tooltip",
    ["nicocokoSpeedReading"]="TimedActions/NSRReadABook",
}
local loadedModIDs = {}
local activeModIDs = getActivatedMods()
for i=1, activeModIDs:size() do
    local modID = activeModIDs:get(i-1)
    if crossRefMods[modID] and not loadedModIDs[modID] then
        require (crossRefMods[modID])
        loadedModIDs[modID] = true
    end
end

This system only handles 1 file per mod

[dull moss]

[sour island]

You can probably trim it down if you don't plan to add more mods to it

This would go above your code

[dull moss]

could I pm you for you to help dumb it down for my smoll brain? Barely have experience in lua so would need a bit of help

so we dont spam here

[sour island]

The way require "filename" works is that the folder structure needs to be listed - except for the server/client/shared part

also no file type

[ancient grail]

Looks good
If you have the mod installed then require that mods lua file onto your code

[sour island]

require forces a pause on anything after it

it looks for the file being called on

so it would load the other mod first

[dull moss]

I honestly still don't get it

[sour island]

unfortunately there is no reverse function

[ancient grail]

You would have to check the mods itself to get the actual lua files name and dir

[sour island]

["nicocokoSpeedReading"]="TimedActions/NSRReadABook",

[ancient grail]

Lets put it into an example your familiar with

[sour island]

nicocokoSpeedReading = ModID as per mod.info

[ancient grail]

What mods are you working on and whats reference?

[sour island]

/client/ TimedActions/NSRReadABook .lua

you ignore the client/server/shared part of the file path, and ditch the file type

You have to open up the other mod

[dull moss]

gimme a sec, I'll write it up and will send in a sec

so i get this, right?

local crossRefMods = {
    ["DracoExpandedTraits"]="EventHandlers",
    ["ToadTraits"]="MoreTraits",
}
local loadedModIDs = {}
local activeModIDs = getActivatedMods()
for i=1, activeModIDs:size() do
    local modID = activeModIDs:get(i-1)
    if crossRefMods[modID] and not loadedModIDs[modID] then
        require (crossRefMods[modID])
        loadedModIDs[modID] = true
    end
end

both of those luas are in client folders

so i drop path beforehand and drop extension as you said

does that make MoreTraits.lua run after EventHandlers.lua?

[sour island]

no

whatever ids and file names you put in will be ran before the rest of the file that code is in

normally requires don't have all the extra bits

Notice the require at the top for a vanilla file

All the extra stuff is doing is making it conditional that the other mod is there

you can technically drop the loadedID stuff - that's more for me to use on separate checks

like in other functions I do if loadedModIDs[modID] then specific stuff

[dull moss]

so if I put this @ start of my lua EventHandlers.lua will be ran before the rest of the file, right?

local crossRefMods = {
    ["DracoExpandedTraits"]="EventHandlers",
}
local activeModIDs = getActivatedMods()
for i=1, activeModIDs:size() do
    local modID = activeModIDs:get(i-1)
    if crossRefMods[modID] then
        require (crossRefMods[modID])
        loadedModIDs[modID] = true
    end
end

[sour island]

yes

assuming you want "DracoExpandedTraits" to be ran first

[dull moss]

yes

[sour island]

If you need more than 1 file per mod I can adjust the code

[dull moss]

cuz then i can just overwrite whatever it does to base weight

[sour island]

I haven't yet so I never bothered

[dull moss]

nah, literally only that one

[sour island]

Yep, if it adds 1 you can just do -1

in your function you might need to do something like

if loadedModIDs["DracoExpandedTraits"] then

to add specific changes / offsets

[dull moss]

yea

if getActivatedMods():contains("DracoExpandedTraits") and player:HasTrait("Hoarder") then

[sour island]

I assume he has a trait that causes more weightloss than you'd like?

[dull moss]

nah, both mods have perks that increase max carry weight

[sour island]

and people are abusing it?

[dull moss]

so i want to make them work together

no

i should make sandbox setting that enables their stacking so ppl can opt in to use it

[sour island]

When the trait is applied can't you just do something like maxcapacity = maxcapacity * 1.5 or whatever rather than a fixed number?

[dull moss]

that's what i'mma do

[sour island]

ah, and his mod uses a fixed number

[dull moss]

function checkWeight()
    local player = getPlayer();
    local strength = player:getPerkLevel(Perks.Strength);
    local mule = 10;
    local mouse = 6;
    local default = 8;
    local globalmod = 0;
    if SandboxVars.MoreTraits.WeightPackMule then
        mule = SandboxVars.MoreTraits.WeightPackMule;
    end
    if SandboxVars.MoreTraits.WeightPackMouse then
        mouse = SandboxVars.MoreTraits.WeightPackMouse;
    end
    if SandboxVars.MoreTraits.WeightDefault then
        default = SandboxVars.MoreTraits.WeightDefault;
    end
    if SandboxVars.MoreTraits.WeightGlobalMod then
        globalmod = SandboxVars.MoreTraits.WeightGlobalMod;
    end
    local muleMaxWeightbonus = math.floor(mule + strength / 5 + globalmod);
    local mouseMaxWeightbonus = math.floor(mouse + globalmod);
    local defaultMaxWeightbonus = math.floor(default + globalmod);
    if player:HasTrait("packmule") then
        player:setMaxWeightBase(muleMaxWeightbonus);
    elseif player:HasTrait("packmouse") then
        player:setMaxWeightBase(mouseMaxWeightbonus);
    else
        player:setMaxWeightBase(defaultMaxWeightbonus);
    end
    if getActivatedMods():contains("DracoExpandedTraits") and player:HasTrait("Hoarder") then
        player:setMaxWeightBase(math.floor(player:getMaxWeightBase() * 1.25))
    end
end

🙃

will check if it works and stuff and then add sandbox option for it to stack

[sour island]

Oh this is an ongoing check

[dull moss]

every 10 min

[sour island]

why not on player update?

[dull moss]

on player update = ?

aka when it triggers

[sour island]

you're using Events.EveryTenMinutes.Add( ?

[dull moss]

y

i mean this code using it, i didnt make thistrait

[sour island]

On player update is every tick I believe

[dull moss]

why would i do it on every tick

[sour island]

It related to player's stats

[dull moss]

well ye but 10 in-game minutes is fairly short time

[sour island]

true

[dull moss]

so whey make code run hundreds times more

if u can make it run once every 0.5-2 min

depending on day length ofc

[sour island]

If you're worried about optimizing you can store the strength and compare it

[dull moss]

nah, every 10 works just fine

[sour island]

but I doubt people would notice any issues

[dull moss]

^

[sour island]

I just like sticking everything in OnTick and Updates

[dull moss]

https://tenor.com/view/disgusting-sir-liz-lemon-jenna-maroney-30rock-disgusted-gif-19746426

[green berry]

https://tenor.com/view/why-huh-but-why-gif-13199396

[dull moss]

optimizations don't go brrrrr

[sour island]

EveryTenMinutes is housed in the game's update()

it's all OnTick all the way down

[dull moss]