mod_development

[quasi geode]

depends on what you mean by 'get vanilla traits', but yes mutually exclusive disables other traits when that one is chosen (note: if trait A and trait B are to be mutually exclusive, only set mutually exclusive on one of them - it auto applies to the other, and vanilla bugs out if they both have it set)

[void fractal]

i mean like

[quasi geode]

you mean the list of all the vanilla ones?

[void fractal]

no more like

holdon lemme make copy

nyctophobia:MutuallyExclusive({TraitFactory.Traits.Brave});

could i do smth like this

like where's the traits stored so i can exclude them

cause im new to all this trait stuff

[quasi geode]

should just take strings, vanilla has them as:
TraitFactory.setMutualExclusive("SpeedDemon", "SundayDriver");
as listed in shared/NPCs/MainCreationMethods.lua

[void fractal]

oh so thats where that is hiding

couldnt find anything about traits in the game files

been looking at the wrong place

[quasi geode]

if you look at the github page for the profession framework (even if you dont use it) it lists where everything related to profession and traits are defined in the vanilla files (as part of the example)

actually, i should fix that example to include the full paths to the files, not just the file names

[void fractal]

i actually wanted to use profession framework but like

my mod which isn't centered around traits would add 1 trait and that'd need a dependancy

[quasi geode]

and dependencies suck lol

[void fractal]

well idm dependencies as long as there aren't 4 of them

cough true music

[quasi geode]

PF was only made because i'm a lazy ass git, and dont like redundant code, the vanilla methods for adding traits and profs was too effort, and i wanted a crapload of phobias for our server (wasnt actually meant to become some dependency for all the other trait/prof mods out there) 😐

but here we are. lol

[void fractal]

you made profession framework?

how did i not notice

[quasi geode]

ya

[bronze yoke]

dependencies are a nightmare for maintaining your mod, people *will* fork the dependencies in a way that breaks your mod

even with good intentions

[quasi geode]

because i dont upload it to the workshop, so its not under my name

[void fractal]

hmm good to know, so i should try and stay without dependencies for as much as i can?

[bronze yoke]

pretty much yeah, there's been some pretty famous incidents with dependency forks and i just want to stay clear of all that

[void fractal]

fair point

[quasi geode]

PF's workshop status is a pretty good example of a dependency fork nightmare

[void fractal]

idk i can't use dependencies anyways

[bronze yoke]

i like to use the framework if i'm doing something complicated (i would not want to rewrite occupational clothing to not use it), but recently i've mostly used stuff that would just be a single vanilla function call anyway

[void fractal]

i just started out modding i have a LONG way to go

but hey now i can finally actually make the trait work

time to scratch my head and see if it's possible to detect if the player is standing in the dark or not

wooo

[bronze yoke]

yeah, better to stay clear of dependencies when you can (particularly because some of the popular ones are literally pointless)

[ancient grail]

Anything u see when you type lua on search engine are good materials. There are also some youtube vid that u might want to check out first
But i suggest looking at pz codes first
https://projectzomboid.com/modding/index-files/index-1.html

Cuz u might try to code with lua functions that arent available on for pz

Such as random

[void fractal]

dawg my code looks so stupid rn but yeah

gonna make do

[quasi geode]

worry about functionality first, then looks XD

[void fractal]

exactly

so far it works

do u wanna see how bad the code looks rn

[quasi geode]

i can guarantee i've seen worse?

[void fractal]

hmmm

maybe

function initGame()
    local daysPassed = 0;
    function countDay()
        local player = getSpecificPlayer(0);
        if daysPassed >= 7 then
            print("7 days have passed");
            local function timeCheck()
                if nil then -- check if it's 18:00 here
                    -- play siren sounds in certain cities so everyone hears it
                    
                elseif nil then -- check if it's 20:00 here
                    -- never make it go daylight ever again muahaha
                end
            end
            Events.EveryOneMinute.Add(timeCheck);
            Events.EveryDays.Remove(countDay);
        else
            print("it has not been 7 days");
        end
        daysPassed = daysPassed + 1;
    end
    Events.EveryDays.Add(countDay);
end

Events.OnGameBoot.Add(initTraits);
--Events.OnGameBoot.Add(initOptions);
Events.OnNewGame.Add(initGame);

pretty bad tho

everything, even the traits are in the same file

i mean it works so i don't really give a damned but yea

[quasi geode]

yep...i've seen worse. might want to turn those 2 functions local though, they're kinda generic named (thus may cause conflicts) and only getting passed into events anyways

[void fractal]

oh i did not notice they weren't local

my bad

if you've seen worse that's a good sign for me

maybe i'm not the worst worst

don't believe adding this mod mid-game will still do the event though

seeing as it's onnewgame

i should also move this code cause

it's all in client

wouldn't work on the server

[quasi geode]

well OnNewGame doesnt trigger on server side anyways.

[void fractal]

it don't?

[lapis gorge]

can someone help me with installing the true music mod

[quasi geode]

its strictly a client event. it also doesnt trigger when the player dies in SP and clicks the new character button... though i believe it still triggers if they exit to menu, load the save and creates a new character then (it used to, i need to recheck though)

[void fractal]

well it's good that it doesn't trigger on new character

as i want this to fire when the world gets created

but yeah if it doesn't work on a server i'll have to find a different way

[bronze yoke]

isn't that a bad idea?

if it only fires when the world gets created, you'll need the server to stay online for the whole seven days, right?

[void fractal]

oh?

i mean i guess so

maybe this is a bit harder than i thought

is there not a way for a server to save a variable?

cause if i could save the variable it wouldn't matter cause it'd remember the time, and i could use a different event to just start ticking on world load or something

[bronze yoke]

you can save variables to global mod data, but you can probably just use something like getGameTime():getDaysSurvived() for this

[void fractal]

getdayssurvived is for a character's survival time though right?

[bronze yoke]

although i remember that not working exactly how i wanted it to when i was doing something similar, i think i ended up rounding getHoursSurvived() / 24

i think it was getWorldAgeHours() actually

i think on gametime the x-survived stuff is basically just how old the save is, on a character it's how long they survived

[void fractal]

ah

[quasi geode]

ya getWorldAgeHours

[void fractal]

let's see

this may be a lot better yeah

cause then the server wouldn';t have t obe up for 7 hours straight

[bronze yoke]

iirc getDaysSurvived only increases every 24 in-game hours after the game started, which doesn't line up with EveryDays firing at midnight, so i used worldagehours instead

[void fractal]

ah

that makes sense then

[bronze yoke]

there's also getNightsSurvived, but whatever the difference is that didn't work for me either

[void fractal]

aw man you guys have been super helpful

it works exactly how i needed it to work

thank you guys so much <3

[tribal jolt]

anyone here using Brita's know why you I can't make a suppressor?

I have a bottle and tape, tape is showing as ready to use, but the bottle, no matter where I have it in my inventory, won't highlight in the crafting

[void fractal]

#mod_support

this is for making mods not getting help with them

[deft falcon]

can you put " in a translation line

for example, UI_trait_test = "if you "XYZ" then ",

would that work or not

[void fractal]

i doubt

what if you do

UI_trait_test = 'if you "XYZ" then ',

[ancient grail]

Wrong thread bud.
#mod_support

[void fractal]

knowing normal progrmaming, you cannot use more than 2 " else it'll mess up

[bronze yoke]

as a devout single quote user, i can tell you single quotes don't work in the translation files

[deft falcon]

ye thats why i asked

[void fractal]

darn

there may be a special thingy just like /n is new line

might be one for adding quotes

i've seen it before

[deft falcon]

im going to test

brb

[bronze yoke]

actually i think this would work

[void fractal]

how long is 2 ingame hours irl?

[deft falcon]

if time in sandbox is realtime, then 2 hours

[void fractal]

lol

[bronze yoke]

var9 = var9.substring(var9.indexOf("\"") + 1, var9.lastIndexOf("\""));
```as far as i can tell it tells where the string is by looking for the first and last quotation mark, it probably won't care about any in the middle

[crimson lava]

earlier I asked a question about setting exterior climate colours :'). I just wanted to say that I fixed it after checking client\DebugUIs\DebugMenu\Climate\ClimateOptionsDebug.lua. My brain wasn't ready for the fact that the Color class takes RGBA values from 0 to 1, instead of my 0 to 255. My bad

[deft falcon]

no but like

1 hour irl = 1 day in game

so the next step would be uh

[bronze yoke]

five minutes

[void fractal]

5 minutes?

hmm alrightr

[bronze yoke]

an in-game hour is two and a half minutes by default

[void fractal]

so i'd have to make my audio cue like 5 min long to make it sound good

atleast 5 minutes*

[ancient grail]

I havent done any climate related stufd sorry.

[void fractal]

not bad i suppose

[deft falcon]

remember player can fast forward

:)

[void fractal]

heck you're right

nooo

damn

but don't sounds speed up too?

i could swear some sounds speed up in-game

[bronze yoke]

i don't think so

[void fractal]

crying

[bronze yoke]

i can't say i know for sure because most sounds aren't five minutes long but

[void fractal]

in a server it'd be fine but singleplayer

[deft falcon]

depends

[void fractal]

heck it ill just make the sirens go for a while rather than tryna sync with nighttime approaching

[deft falcon]

some do some dont

yea the quote thing works

you can do = " "" "

[void fractal]

damn that's the first time i've ever seen that allowed

ever

i still have to make my trait do something too

[deft falcon]

do what

[deft falcon]

var9 = var9.substring(var9.indexOf("\"") + 1, var9.lastIndexOf("\""));

[void fractal]

make players scared when they're inside/near too much darkness

nyctophobia moment

[deft falcon]

thats super easy

infact i already did it for cowardly

gimem a min

[void fractal]

well keep in mind i started modding like an hour ago

so easy for you is harder for me

[deft falcon]

local function GameSpeedMultiplier()
    local gamespeed = UIManager.getSpeedControls():getCurrentGameSpeed();
    local multiplier = 1;
    if gamespeed == 1 then
        multiplier = 1;
    elseif gamespeed == 2 then
        multiplier = 5;
    elseif gamespeed == 3 then
        multiplier = 20;
    elseif gamespeed == 4 then
        multiplier = 40;
    end
    return multiplier;
end

local function NameOfFunction(player, playerdata)
    if player:getCurrentSquare() == nil then return end
    if player:HasTrait("name") then
        if player:getStats():getFatigue() < 0.9 and player:getStats():getPanic() < 55 then
        if player:getCurrentSquare():getLightLevel(0) < 0.35 then
            player:getStats():setPanic(player:getStats():getPanic() + (0.1 * GameSpeedMultiplier()));
        end
        end
    end

[void fractal]

i'm just glad i got experience with lua

[deft falcon]

imma strip all the unwanted things

[void fractal]

there's a ...

getlightlevel thing..?

darn.

[woeful plover]

Does anyone know if there's a bug with loot tables on zombies right now? We noticed the loot levels dip a whole lot

We have a custom table for them, it's working, just not dropping much

[void fractal]

thanks a lot

that's super useful

[deft falcon]

btw for player you do GetPlayer() and for playerdata you do player:getModData()

then when u call that functio u do NameOfFunction(player, playerdata)

[ancient grail]

Has anyone seen the Advanced trajectory mod

Havent tried it or seen the code. Any thoughts about it?

[ancient grail]

Wait what? U can embed function within moddata?

[deft falcon]

wdym embed

[bronze yoke]

i think you've misread that glytch3r

[deft falcon]

no i mean like

[bronze yoke]

they're just sending moddata as a variable

[deft falcon]

yea that

[ancient grail]

Ow ok haha

Ow ok

[bronze yoke]

for grabbing the player, it's better to use

for i=0,3 do
    local player = getSpecificPlayer(i)
    if player then
        -- do stuff to player
    end
end
```otherwise you're not supporting splitscreen for basically no gain

[deft falcon]

who tf plays pz in splitscreen

but sure lol

[bronze yoke]

it's just rarely much harder to support splitscreen, so no reason not to

[rancid tendon]

hey question

are mod ids case sensitive?

[deft falcon]

uhhhh probably

[ancient grail]

I think so

[rancid tendon]

drat

[ancient grail]

Why

Whats wrong if they are?

[rancid tendon]

i wanted to alter the case on the mod id of one of my mods for consistency but doing so would cause it to drop out of the mod lists of servers it's in

just me being fussy about pointless details

[ancient grail]

Hmmm try it do a modtemplate thing and try it

Cuz u know what .. steam might have something that auto changes the files on the client aslong as the workshop doeant change cuz thats the real address

Ow also i rember on the workshop page u can rename the mod.. but maybe u just rename the title ... Idk might want to test it if u still feeling obsessive

[deft falcon]

mod name and mod id isnt the same

[ancient grail]

Ye thats what i thought ehhehe

[deft falcon]

mod name is for workshop and in mods tab

mod id is for other mods

say, if getActivatedMods():contains("ModID") then

[bronze yoke]

add it to a local save, change the modid capitalisation on your local copy, see what happens

[ancient grail]

Thats a good idea

[deft falcon]

or just do

[void fractal]

sorry was eating but thanks

im about to do somethign stupid

i doubt it will work

local function nyctophobiaPanic()
    local player = getSpecificPlayer(0);
    local playerData = player:getModData();
    if player:getCurrentSquare() == nil then return end
    if player:HasTrait("nyctophobia") then
    if player:getStats():getFatigue() < 0.9 and player:getStats():getPanic() < 55 then
        if player:getCurrentSquare():getLightLevel(0) < 0.35 then
            player:getStats():setPanic(player:getStats():getPanic() + (0.1 * GameSpeedMultiplier()));
        end
    end
end
Events.EveryTenMinutes.Add(nyctophobiaPanic)

would this stack

the effect

cause if so that aint good

[deft falcon]

if getActivatedMods():contains("ModID") then
      print("Check 1");
end
if getActivatedMods():contains("modid") then
       print("Check 2")
end

[deft falcon]

change everyntenminutes to OnPlayerUpdate

otherwise you will get no panic at all

[void fractal]

oh probably cause it will go away instantly

wouldn't it

[ancient grail]

Iprinted this table and returned a bunch of functions most probably they are functions. Can i check that using type() ?

ISWorldObjectContextMenu

[deft falcon]

also put this function above that function

local function GameSpeedMultiplier()
    local gamespeed = UIManager.getSpeedControls():getCurrentGameSpeed();
    local multiplier = 1;
    if gamespeed == 1 then
        multiplier = 1;
    elseif gamespeed == 2 then
        multiplier = 5;
    elseif gamespeed == 3 then
        multiplier = 20;
    elseif gamespeed == 4 then
        multiplier = 40;
    end
    return multiplier;
end

[ancient grail]

This isnt rhe whole list

[bronze yoke]

the way panic in pz works is your character has a constant decrease rate based on a few factors and any source of panic just gives you an impulse of panic

[void fractal]

ah

[bronze yoke]

this is literally a lua table, just read the file it's from?

[void fractal]

you mean all events?

[ancient grail]

Its so long albion very long. Probably the longest of all lua. Its hard to event start diesecting it

[ancient grail]

Nope this is just for the context menu

[void fractal]

oh

[bronze yoke]

client/ISUI/ISWorldObjectContextMenu

[ancient grail]

Yes that

[bronze yoke]

what are you trying to do?

[deft falcon]

are u trying to do new context function

i already did one

[ancient grail]

ISWorldObjectContextMenu.setTest is probably the one i should look at

[deft falcon]

what r u trying to do

[ancient grail]

Yey is it an easier way to call context menu? If yes pppplllllleeeeeaaaasssseeeee share

[bronze yoke]

you're totally on the wrong track

[ancient grail]

Heres my plan so i can properly undderstand
1 corpse
2 container
3 specific tile
4 item
5 character
6 other player
7 vehicle

[deft falcon]

answer me

are you trying to do new context function

[ancient grail]

I just want those to react to click and invi the context menu if (condition)

[deft falcon]

oh

[ancient grail]

Yesyes

[void fractal]

ruh roh

[bronze yoke]

---@param player number
---@param context ISContextMenu
---@param objects ArrayList
function onFillWorldObjectContextMenu(player, context, objects)
    context:addOption('text', first arg, function name, second arg, etc...)
end

Events.OnFillWorldObjectContextMenu.Add(onFillWorldObjectContextMenu)

[ancient grail]

Hopefuly

[void fractal]

i think i did an oopsie...............

[ancient grail]

Ye i see alot of mods do that idk why

[deft falcon]

oh

yea i forgot

you did onplayerupdate

lemme fix the thing

[void fractal]

is that why my trait magically dissapeared and it errors?

thing is

whenever i comment out everything but what i had before u even helped me

it's still gone

[deft falcon]

oh wait nvm

[void fractal]

so i prob did smth wrong

[deft falcon]

wait

where is your trait

file

like for the trait

[ancient grail]

addConMenu(player, target, title, conditions, func)

addSubCon(player, target, title, parent, condition, func)

and for context menu same thing

contextMain:(target, moddataARG, condition, title, function() 

end)

contextSub:(target, moddataARG, condition, title, parent function() 

end)

[void fractal]

i only have 1 file

for everything rn

life of someone whos tryna learn what everything means

[ancient grail]

Something like this @deft falcon

[void fractal]

lemme dm u it

[deft falcon]

i have no idea

[bronze yoke]

i don't understand what you're trying to do

[ancient grail]

To give an example

addConMenu(player, "household_tables_01_12", "check for fingerprints" ,someTestfunc, function() 

print("insert code here")

end)

addConMenu(player, "Base.Corpse", "identify cause of death", isSometest, function() 

print("insert code here")

end)

[bronze yoke]

loop through the objects passed from the event and see if the object is there, then add the context option

[ancient grail]

Yup i want to make a function that automatically does that thing

[bronze yoke]

store a table of [object type] = function and then look up every object in the table i guess?

[ancient grail]

Probably its missing another arg..
Maybe
isoplayerobject
MovingObject
isoObject
Etc idk

[ancient grail]

Mostlikely yeah
so anyways can i check every single entry usong type()?

[bronze yoke]

you'd probably need different tables for different things, like a sprite table and a class table

wait was getting class names debug only

[ancient grail]

print(tostring(identifythis).." : ".. Type(identifythis) .." : ".. identifythis)```

Well im going add to this as time goes..
but i dont think i need to loop thru all the sprite just for the type
Ill just let it return string

[bronze yoke]

i don't know, unless you really need a *lot* of them i think automating it would just make it more complicated overall

[ancient grail]

If its a sprite then i jist need to loot thru the location if ita close. But then i think it already has the locatipn cz of the right click

[bronze yoke]

it only gives you the objects on the tile you right clicked on

[ancient grail]

😮‍💨 welp ill just put this on a corner for now then..

[void fractal]

looking at other mod's code is really nice

dayum

didn't expect to be able to throw together sandbox settings so soon

[astral dune]

the vanilla code calls a texture I want to change with

public void setTexture(String var1) {
  if (var1 == null) {
    var1 = "dir_arrow_up";
  }
this.texture = Texture.getSharedTexture("media/textures/highlights/" + var1 + ".png");
}

but I've put a file called crash_arrow.png in my modname/media/textures/highlights/ folder and called setTexture("crash_arrow") but it continues to use the old textures. Is there something else I have to do to make a new texture work?

[bronze yoke]

you should check where this.texture actually gets used

[astral dune]

in what sense

[bronze yoke]

well i don't see anything wrong in this function so it's probably not the problem

[astral dune]

I think I found it.

var10.setTexture(var5);
var10.setTexDown("dir_arrow_down");

my texture only gets shown in certain contexts, otherwise it shows the dir_arrow_down instead

[astral dune]

there we go, that works. Just need to make an arrow texture that isn't terrible now

[finite owl]

Oh, good point about deleted-but-still-lingering files triggering a checksum mismatch. Hmm.

[bronze yoke]

it might not though

it *should* only really checksum loaded mods...

but it might checksum the entire workshop item, i don't know

[finite owl]

Yeah. I guess we can always tell users to unsub/resub. That cleans up the whole thing.

[void fractal]

wondering if i should keep my workshop description short or make it big and very descriptive

having tons of info

[fast galleon]

I like them short with a lengthy discussion

[void fractal]

hmmm

[quasi geode]

this makes the rather generous assumption people actually read the descriptions 😐

[void fractal]

i mean i usually do

even if people don't

it's useful to have

like a faq or something in the desc

[quasi geode]

some people do... but i've watched the whole first page of comments one of my items asking the same question (which is clearly stated in the short description)

which is why i stopped replying on steam XD

[void fractal]

if they do that on mine i'll just kill them

send a hitman to their location

ban them from using my mod

die puppet die

[bronze yoke]

i don't think most people read the descriptions, but i do and i like an elevator pitch followed by actual explanations

[void fractal]

oo

[ancient grail]

Annyone knows how to return a table containing isWeapon and isRanged

All of em

[serene zenith]

How does one get into making a mod? Wouldn't mind trying to make a van interior mod.

[winter thunder]

You can check all sorts of tutorials/guides on the wiki and through googling. I would try to start smaller so you understand the fundamentals of the script/LUA system. You can check the https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Modding for a helpful jumping off point. And there are some good tutorials on youtube for the basics as well

also, when pulling info from literature- I am trying to make an OnCreate function that will take the information from a written piece of paper, and transfer that to the resulting item from the recipe. I think I would just need to look for: getLockedBy(), getBookName(), and getCustomPages() from the paper, and set them onto the resulting item- Is that correct?

[bright roost]

is there a way of checking for another mod in lua?

[worldly olive]

Hello!!
Is there any tutorial on how to interact with objects of the world like trees? Or any mod that could be useful to read its code?

[serene zenith]

Found this: https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/28643-vehicle-cutaways-a-solution-to-the-camper-conundrum/
So I'm not the only one who's thought of it, and it's a basic idea of what I wanted to do.

[sonic mountain]

How does one mod a MP server

[winter thunder]

In what way? Like- A hosted server, or a steam server? And do you mean how do you mod for a server, or how do you add existing mods to a server?

[sonic mountain]

I'm hosting a server for some friends and I wanted to install mods, however when I do what I think is right the mods didn't show up In game

[karmic fog]

I am going to use the getSquare() function pretty often.
Does it make sense to put the function in a local variable then? Is it better for the performance? I want to create a mod for a server, but that one has already a lot of mods, so I want to make mine as fast as possible.

[quasi geode]

yes, though you'll want to drop the () if you want to localize the function (and not the result)

local getSquare = getSquare

its always going to be faster calling a local function vs doing a lookup in the global table and then calling

[karmic fog]

Thank you very much

[winter thunder]

if I post some lua i am working on, can someone spot check it for me rq?

--[[
  This function copies the information from literature, and applies that to the result of the recipe.
 ]]--
function Recipe.OnCreate.KeepText (items, result, player, selectedItem)
     for i=0,items:size() - 1 do
     local item = items:get(i)
     if instanceof (item, "Literature") then
         result:setBookName(item:getBookName());
         result:setCustomPages(item:getCustomPages());
         result:setLockedBy(getLockedBy());
         end
     end
 end

[atomic crow]

Hmm... Would it be viable to make a mod that adds like thermoses for soup and stew? I think that would make a lot of sense, to have a way to carry soup or stew on you without it going cold or stale for longer.

I'm not too familiar with the code of PZ so I'm unsure of the viability of a container like that as an alternative to putting soup in bowls and such. Would probably be easier with the upcoming liquid system rework from what I know of it.

[grave delta]

Did anyone else notice GetOnlinePlayers() is returning empty for non-admin players? Apparently this is happening since 41.78.12. Any suggestions on an alternative?

[deft falcon]

already exists tho

[gilded hawk]

So, I'm rewriting the code for the generation of nuke explosion in PZ
I made a demo of it on code pen if someone wants to give a hand and review the code

https://codepen.io/mxswat/pen/ZERmrXe?editors=0011

[pastel storm]

Is there any monetary incentive to making mods? I want to join the mod scene but I would also need a donation incentive to trade my time. (Whether people dono/support or not)

[opal rivet]

Wut?

[astral dune]

I see people doing commissions sometimes, but modding is largely thankless for the most part

[pastel storm]

gotcha

[bronze yoke]

unless your mods get hugely popular, i wouldn't expect tips at all

commissions are another story though

[deft falcon]

u do modding for fun

[opal rivet]

U don't do it for the money

U do it for the Hobby

And your enjoy of it

[faint jewel]

no shit. i made a ko-fi and it's dry af.

XD

[bronze yoke]

i mean, how many times have you donated to a modder? probably never right? that's why

[astral dune]

I've been making mods for games for 20 years now and never made a dime, haha. Not that I've ever asked for money or tried to take commissions

[serene zenith]

Really? And your sure it's a van? Because I searched earlier, all I found were the Bus, RV, and Unimog interiors. I'm specially looking for a van.
You know, like Chris Farley.

"Living in a van down by the river."

[deft falcon]

oh nvm

[opal rivet]

How much do you need? What do you accept Visa or PayPal?

[astral dune]

haha, I don't want money, I mod because I like games and like to add feature I like to them. As for commissions, thats too much stress.

[serene zenith]

Damn. Hoping I wouldn't have to. Like "oh! Did it just drop on steam while I was away from my computer."
But I guess I could try out the camper trailer in the mean time.

[opal rivet]

I'm just taking a Mick out of you

[trail lotus]

don't discourage him im always willing to dish out some dollars for a good mod 🙂

[opal rivet]

I think mods shouldn't be paid

It's kinda unnecessary

[trail lotus]

my mods.....

[opal rivet]

It really depends

[trail lotus]

they require pay

[opal rivet]

How much?

[trail lotus]

i ask for some wild shit...

[opal rivet]

10 cent?

[faint jewel]

lol i have, but i was also joking. th ko-fi is from y streaming days

[opal rivet]

10 p?

[trail lotus]

well skizot made a good bit for his last thing from me haha...

[trail lotus]

i try to do like 20 dollars to 100. i think glytcher made a mining mod for me it was like 200 dollars. all depends on what all is needed. skizot albion and glytcher work together pretty well so like normally i try to give out money to each of them at the end of the week.

[opal rivet]

Hell no

[trail lotus]

sometimes people donate like on the server i break it up even between them and just send them money.

[opal rivet]

How about a kidney?

[trail lotus]

sometimes i see albion working on stuff for like hoursssss lmao. aint no way im giving her 10 cents LMAO

[opal rivet]

Well it really depends

[trail lotus]

My mods dont really fit like in normal pz and are specific to my server so i make sure i pay. otherwise people make those mods cause it fits in the game.

that's probably the main difference.

[opal rivet]

What's your mods about?

[trail lotus]

we have a no zombie rp server. its kinda like gta5 rp.

[opal rivet]

No zombie RP

[trail lotus]

so we needed mining and a refining process to get resources and sell them to make money.

[opal rivet]

Basically life RP?

[trail lotus]

yeah

[opal rivet]

Doesn't need mining

[trail lotus]

why not lol

[opal rivet]

I think the professions you have is fun to be honest

Doing your Job as a Cop sounds fun

[trail lotus]

yeah we have a cop database mod, and licensing. all stuff created by RJ another guy on our server.

[opal rivet]

I see

[trail lotus]

so cops can issue tickets and what not.

albion is making a bad ass mod so cops can arrest people.

[opal rivet]

Sounds cool

[trail lotus]

skizot made a animation for cuffing and stuff.

[opal rivet]

That actually sounds legit cool

[trail lotus]

we got tons of custom stuff.

an atm on the server that actually counts money and stores it.

[opal rivet]

Wait isn't that you in the Knox County Police Car?

[trail lotus]

rn i think glytch is working on a industrial mod, where players drill for oil and create gas for the gas stations.

[opal rivet]

In the picture in showcase?

[trail lotus]

yeah i posted some pics in it.

[opal rivet]

I see

[trail lotus]

i posted those most recent pics. thats skizots hand cuffing.

[opal rivet]

Yeah I saw those pics he sended looks cool

I think it's something that look interesting

[trail lotus]

id love to donate if you made me some mods or helped work on the server, given you have experience with lua and what not.

[opal rivet]

Maybe I might join

[trail lotus]

we have almost hit 500 members on disc

[opal rivet]

I mean the server

Nice

I'm like texturer so I'm not that handy

Or good at coding

[trail lotus]

yeah alot of my server is ui, or coding. albion normally does all the coding but glytch does alot as well.

[opal rivet]

These lua stuff confuses me

I see

[trail lotus]

albion does alot of the main super important stuff. cause shes pretty refined with it

looking at maybe doing power grids? like each house needs electricity ran to it, and plumbing.

maybe during storms power could be knocked out and stuff. and power companies would need to go fix it.

[pastel storm]

Im not familiar with what server you are talking about

[opal rivet]

My this is a lot

[trail lotus]

oh yeah i've got tons of random cool little things i have planned.

[bronze yoke]

there's always work to be done, it's a huge project

[opal rivet]

Well he needs funding basically for the server's

I see

[ancient grail]

I dont think i can swnd disc links here kentuckyroleplay

[trail lotus]

nah

[trail lotus]

but if you'd like to take a look around pm me

[opal rivet]

Just send it to me on Me DM

Could give my mates to have a little fun

[ancient grail]

If u add u can go discord slash kentuckyroleplay

[trail lotus]

well i was actually looking at an idea i had, where players could play each other in pool and wager money? i know its hard in pz so likely i'd just want it to be simulated. so like you and your friend click on the table add our currency into it and who ever wins gets the money? we could open it up to other cool games like darts and what not. just a cool little idea i had if you're interested.

[trail lotus]

sent you it.

[pastel storm]

I gave you a dm William

[opal rivet]

That's gonna be a lot of work tho

[opal rivet]

Can you send it again?

Oh nvm

I give this a go tomorrow

[opal rivet]

Well you tell me what to do yeah you can guide me tomorrow

Maybe I bring my mates

[faint jewel]

couldn't you just have it open a pool game website or something for both players?

[trail lotus]

yeah but when one looses who says they are gonna pay them? muhahaha

[faint jewel]

it sends the winner back to the game.

it could POSSIBLY done via ingame ui.

[robust briar]

Hey there beautiful people. How do y'all debug lua running on the server?

[finite owl]

I'm just using diagnostic print statements 😅

[robust briar]

Like, the regular print(x)?

[quasi kernel]

Oh, @ancient grail is this the guy?

[finite owl]

Yup

[robust briar]

Where do they log to? I am not seeing them..

[quasi kernel]

I'm in the server now but I'm admittedly a bit busy ATM and haven't finished verification

[finite owl]

Windows or Linux server?

[robust briar]

Windows, I have the debug text log open

[finite owl]

When I host locally on Windows, the logs go to C:\Users\Rob\Zomboid\Logs

[robust briar]

Yeah, same

I have that open, so if I am not seeing the logs clearly I have bigger problems.

[vernal vale]

yall i was playing with the meme jumpscares and i shit my pants at this one fucking guy just screaming

[finite owl]

There are a few files, I think my output was going to the (timestamp)-DebugLog-server.txt file

[trail lotus]

Hmm i see, so when the game starts it pulls up a website to play pool or something? then it sends you back to the game and pays the winner. @warped valve may know how to do something like that

[finite owl]

Caveat - I'm incredibly new to zomboid modding, so might be giving noob advice 😁

[robust briar]

Okay.... this may be a really stupid question... does isServer() return false on SP?

[bronze yoke]

coop-console.txt

or server-console.txt if it's dedicated

[robust briar]

So, I am working on my mod. If isServer() always return false on SP, then I need to rethink some stuff haha. I need to test.

[bronze yoke]

isServer() returns false in singleplayer

not isClient() is usually preferred

[robust briar]

UHHFFF

Okay, changing all the references

thank you

[faint jewel]

that's the idea.

[trail lotus]

i like it mkp is in the server now. i think hes doing the gambling stuff.

[bronze yoke]

openUrl doesn't work, so unless you want to write an in-game web browser with html5 support i don't see how that'd work

[trail lotus]

albion shut us down

[faint jewel]

huh?

[finite owl]

Yeah, both isServer() and isClient() return false in SP. So e.g. in my client files that I want to load in SP and only on the client in MP, I test if isServer() then return end at the top of the file

[robust briar]

ty my friend

[ancient grail]

ye

[quasi kernel]

Neat!

[lavish umbra]

Hey guys, I'm currently working on a mod that involves EXP values and such. I was wondering if anyone could tell me where I might locate the file that sets vanilla exp values and such? My guess is vanilla sets "exp groups" that are effect by exp multipliers, I was originally going to set a flat exp gain amount but realised that it probably wouldn't be effected by any multipliers. Any idea where I can find the vanilla exp settings?

[weak sierra]

nothing u talked about would have told me ur talking about that sort of xp giving function that u show in the pic

but if u mean those

they are called "recipecode"

iirc the file is just recipecode.lua but im gonna double check that

[lavish umbra]

Yeah, I'm referring to the GiveXP.DismantleRadio.. what is the file that its pulling the value from

[weak sierra]

those are functions

sec..

media/lua/server/recipecode.lua

:P

u can feed any function in there tho

all it does is programmatically give the xp

[lavish umbra]

I can see the variable loot in there now, but not how it's deciding exp gain

Oh, I think I see it

[undone elbow]

Guesses, on how long it will take after animals comes out, for someone to make a rideable horse mod.
We have a horse track... we could have horse races 😛

[quasi kernel]

Me when my horse gets bit

No more horse!

[finite owl]

For anyone with experience using Mod Options to add configurable key bindings: my key binding label in the Options menu isn't matching up with the key in the shared/Translate/EN/IG_UI_EN.txt file. The other keys in that file are working fine if I use e.g. getText with them, just not the auto-generated key from Mod Options.

Client code:

local keyData = {
    key = Keyboard.KEY_X,
    name = "RV_INTERIOR_ENTER", -- Maps to UI_optionscreen_binding_RV_INTERIOR_ENTER in Translate files
}

if ModOptions and ModOptions.getInstance then
    ModOptions:AddKeyBinding("[Vehicle]", keyData);
end

shared/Translate/EN/IG_UI_EN.txt file:

IG_UI_EN = {
(stuff)
    UI_optionscreen_binding_RV_INTERIOR_ENTER = "Enter or exit interior.",
}

console.log shows the mod loading, but then later on:

LOG  : General     , 1670131457625> ERROR: Missing translation "UI_optionscreen_binding_RV_INTERIOR_ENTER"

... and sure enough, the "Enter or exit interior" text is not showing up in the Options menu, just the key UI_optionscreen_binding_RV_INTERIOR_ENTER.
I'm at a loss to see why it's going wrong.

[bronze yoke]

the prefix in the translation string needs to match the file

i.e. UI_... needs to be in UI_EN.txt

[finite owl]

Ah, ok. Thanks - I'll give that a try! So we'll either need a second file, or need to rename the files and change all the other keys to start with UI_.

[trail lotus]

i can't wait to have some cops on horses that'll be sick on my server

truthfully, the second animals come out ill be commisioning a horse mod immediately so anyone whos gonna do it ill be paying them for it.

[finite owl]

That worked - thanks for all your help

[bronze yoke]

are you sure the b42 horses aren't going to be ridable anyway?

[weak sierra]

if they add rideable horses are you gonna make oblivion dlc horse armor

:p

[finite owl]

Has to be purely cosmetic, not actually protect the horse...

[bronze yoke]

maybe some fancy saddles would be fun

the world is safe only because even i think making the horses into my little pony characters would just look garish

[weak sierra]

im sure someone will do it either way tbh

[bronze yoke]

probably... i've been very disappointed with the lack of pony mods though

this isn't how things used to be...

[astral dune]

Could have sworn I saw a horse-drawn carriage mod on here a while back

[bronze yoke]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/136501320340209664/1020331523863498792/cPD7VOY9MY.gif

[astral dune]

lel, ya thats the one

perfect

[novel nebula]

Hey guys, is there a preferred/easy way to get all cells?

[bronze yoke]

what exactly are you trying to do?

[novel nebula]

I wanted to get all the cells to access things within them, like potentially moving zombies across cells which I heard they don't do on their own? Under most circumstances outside of meta events. Not entirely sure how feasible that is though.

[ruby urchin]

lol I will save this, the other day I was looking for it

[bronze yoke]

i'm not sure how possible this is, cells aren't really very well exposed at all

and zombies definitely do move between cells

[dark arch]

Do you guys think there would be a way to change the possible zoom levels with Lua? I was able to do by changing on float in the java, but thats not really convient to share.

[bronze yoke]

many have tried...

never looked at it myself but i've seen more than one person convinced it's impossible

[dark arch]

that really seems dumb, because its just in a list of constants

also is there a way to change the java without using bytecode? im not much of a programer

[finite owl]

Not sure what you mean by that. Java is a language which compiles to bytecode, which is what the JVM (Java Virtual Machine) executes. Java bytecode is just a form of binary machine language which is designed to be executed by the JVM instead of a physical CPU.

So, any changes to what actually executes on the Java side of things requires you to change the actual bytecode in the .class files.

But as I understand it, the terms for Zomboid modding are more restrictive about what you can do to the .class files. I gather that mods available in the Steam workshop can only customise the lua scripting side of things.

[astral dune]

it really just comes down to java mods not being easily distributed through the workshop atm. There seems to be a couple different java toolchain projects, but they don't get discussed much around here, maybe there is a bunch of it going on in a forum somewhere

[fast galleon]

Is it possible to place item in world and rotate as you want? Specifically I want to flip an item bottom up.

update: script models can be rotated.

[rain iron]

I need a horse mod to go with my anime horse girls mod

[fast galleon]

I mean we already have the horsing around mod, famous for putting things in the "horse's back compartment".

[safe sinew]

Is there a name for this mod, for research

[void fractal]

anyone know the precise tile width that yyour "hearing" circle is from ur character

is it like 1 tile away from ur character?

[pastel storm]

Is there a way to reload mod scripts without reloading the game

I have debug enabled

[fast galleon]

getScriptManager():Load()
for recipes: also do before :Reset()
for tags: RecipeManager:LoadedAfterLua() need to check this one???

[pastel storm]

I just need to be able to update my lua scripts without exiting client to save time

[fast galleon]

lua or scripts?

for Lua press F11 and filter for your filename and reload

[pastel storm]

Theres a filter?

[fast galleon]

yep, select box and type

@pastel storm
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Debug_mode#Reload_File_in-game

[pastel storm]

ye I got it

Does getSpecificPlayer(0) always return the client player?

[rugged flicker]

But what if we want to execute some function when the player creates a character not for the first time? This thing can be bypassed by simply going to the menu instead of pressing the respawn button in the game. What needs to be changed for this behavior?

Thank you right away, ye

[fast galleon]

Should I make a "chair" bucket tile?
🤔

or make bucket a vehicle or smth, how do vehicles get flipped? Using setAngles?

[pastel storm]

How would I use the require function? I have a module I want to load.

[fast galleon]

to require lua client/ISUI/myLua.lua
require "ISUI/myLua"

[pastel storm]

Its my own files

I assume that it would be without client/

And it would just be the file name

Is there a way to multilog to test multiplayer things

[ruby urchin]

for modules, you can use this

---main.lua
local myModule = require 'myModule';
print(myModule.test()) -- Prints "A test"

--myModule.lua
local myModule = {};

myModule.test = function()
    return 'A test';
end

return myModule;

[pastel storm]

ok sweet

[exotic hornet]

Hello im new here and i want to play with my friends on my DEDICATED SERVER.... so i dont know how i can setup my own BRITAS WEAPON MOD like changing the spawnrate can someone help me out because no one in youtube shows it... like i know that i have to setup my own mod but yeah i dont know what i should put in there... anyone have time for a call ?

[odd notch]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf3hzJ-mROM

[fast galleon]

probably ok for defacation mod

[safe sinew]

Is it possibel to add a carry capacity bonus to clothing items?

[hot patrol]

The other poop mod actually has a crap bucket.

[pastel storm]

Bruh I can't find a file in the lua/server folder of my mod in pz lua debug

[fast galleon]

sounds useful as a fertilizer bucket

[rancid tendon]

question: if i wanted to change the model of an item based on a sandbox setting, is that possible?

    {
        Type            =    Normal,
        Weight            =    0.05,
        Icon            =    TCTape10,
        DisplayName        =    Cassette 2Pac - I Get Around (1993),
        WorldStaticModel = Tsarcraft.TCTape10,
    }```

let's say i've got this entry--can i change WorldStaticModel based on a sandbox setting somehow?

[safe sinew]

Okay, looks like I can't just try to change clothing to wearable containers with capacity and clothing stats

[fast galleon]

anything that's sandbox needs to be done late in load, so pick an event and use the DoParam on the Item script.

[fast galleon]

there's a few fanny pack mods around, maybe that can help you

[safe sinew]

The ones I have installed don't seem to be able to have clothing stats like bite protection or stat modifiers

Basically I want something like Fallout 76 power armor functionality with both protection and high carrying capacity

[rancid tendon]

do you know if there is a way to alter sound scripts with sandbox settings as well?

    {
        category = True Music,
        master = Ambient,
        clip
        {
            file = media/yourMusic/TCBoombox/A Silver Mt. Zion - 13 Angels (2000).ogg,
            distanceMax = 75,
        }
    }```

like this one

[tardy wren]

You'd need to replace the value with a Lua script, probably via DoParam

[rancid tendon]

yeah i was curious if it would work the same way

[tardy wren]

However, replacing the assets while the game is loading in the save... Well, I dunno how well that will work

[rancid tendon]

replacing the assets wouldn't be the idea

i'd just want to change the distanceMax

[tardy wren]

Ah, I see... It may work

Still, make sure to test it thoroughly

[rancid tendon]

yup yup

[tardy wren]

Now... I remember there was some kind of a post or guidelines for translations somewhere?

Does anyone happen to have a link?

[rancid tendon]

hm, i don't see it in the pins--not sure!

also, this is probably very basic but i'm not a coder and my googling hasn't turned up much: is there a way for me to run DoParam once for a list of items?

@tardy wren #translations message oh i found this

this might be what you're looking for?

[tardy wren]

Well, you need to loop over the list of items, to my knowledge

[tardy wren]

Also not what I'm after

[rancid tendon]

darn

[hollow current]

Any particular guide for with modding (adding) traits and using them within the script?

Could probably reverse-engineer a mod that already does that but would prefer a straight-up guide if one exists

[hollow current]

Nvm, figured it out. Another question -- Is there a way to lock the player's character into a timed action? I.e. just start the timed action and forbid the player from cancelling/controlling his character until the timed action is done

[tardy wren]

I think the idea for these is that the player can cancel them at any time...

Because, you know, Zombies and whatnot

[hollow current]

Yea, I however am trying to add to my mod a negative trait that locks the player into an action

so you know, its not something I am trying to do over all timed actions, just one of them

[fast galleon]

Best way might be a weird animation lock.

[rancid tendon]

local item = ScriptManager.instance:getItem("Tsarcraft.Cassette2PacIGetAround(1993)")
if item then
 item:DoParam("Weight = 1 * SandboxVars.MFTEOTWC_cassetteWeight")
end
ItemPickerJava.Parse()
end)```

would this work, do y'all think? any glaring errors?

and, if this tries to check for the item but the item doesn't exist, will it produce an error or simply move on?

[hollow current]

How'd that work?

[fast galleon]

a. "Weight = " .. 1 * SandboxVars.MFTEOTWC_cassetteWeight
b.no need to call ItemPickerJava.Parse()
c. if ScriptManager.instance doesn't work use, use getScriptManager()

[rancid tendon]

gotcha! thank you poltergeist :)

[fast galleon]

from lua I've seen
setPlayerMovementActive(player, false)
I'm no good with animation, but some of them lock you, I just thought It'd look better.

[rancid tendon]

will it throw errors if it tries to check for an item that doesn't exist?

[fast galleon]

it shouldn't

[rancid tendon]

ok good

perfect

[hollow current]

Will give it a go, thanks!

[rancid tendon]

so should it be uhhh

[fast galleon]

player seems to be number

[rancid tendon]

item:DoParam("Weight = " .. 1 * SandboxVars.MFTEOTWC_cassetteWeight)
or
item:DoParam(Weight = "1 * SandboxVars.MFTEOTWC_cassetteWeight")

i was kinda confused by point a haha

[hollow current]

Should be easy to do with

local player= self.character:getPlayerNum()```

[viral notch]

samall question

that is correct or i missed something

table.insert(VehicleDistributions["TrunkStandard"].items, "Base.TIREFIX");
table.insert(VehicleDistributions["TrunkStandard"].items, 1);

im not getteing any error and dont see item to spawn (on snadobx option loot all MAX)

but self item can normal spawn

[rancid tendon]

yet more questions from me:

if item then
 item:DoParam("Weight = 1 * SandboxVars.MFTEOTWC_cassetteWeight")
end``` 
am i able to do getItem as a list like this, or does it have to be a single item?

[hollow current]

function BreakIntoTears_TimedAction:start() -- Trigger when the action starts
    local player = self.character:getPlayerNum()
    setPlayerMovementActive(player, false)
    self:setActionAnim("BuildLow")
    --Some not so relevant code
end```
Doesn't seem to disable character controls

[hollow current]

Looks correct to me. Did you put
require 'Vehicles/VehicleDistributions' at the top of your distributions file?

[rancid tendon]

still wondering if anyone knows if this is how this works!

[hollow current]

I am not really quite sure how it works but an easy (and lazy) way to do this is just

local item1 = ScriptManager.instance:getItem("Tsarcraft.CassetteYasuhaFlydayChinatown(1981)")
local item2 = ScriptManager.instance:getItem("Tsarcraft.CassetteTomokoAranSlowNights(1984)")

if item1 then
  item1:DoParam("Weight = 1 * SandboxVars.MFTEOTWC_cassetteWeight")
end

if item2 then
  item2:DoParam("Weight = 1 * SandboxVars.MFTEOTWC_cassetteWeight")
end```

Inefficient? yes. Probably best way to do it until you figure out the more efficient way or until someone with more experience than me has a better answer

[rancid tendon]

inefficiency is a bit of a notable concern at the scale i'm working at

i'll have to do this for about 2000 items

[hollow current]

ah. Definitely the worst way to do it then.

[rancid tendon]

hehe, thank you though!

[hollow current]

my pleasure!

[fast galleon]

ok, that might be only for joypad
IsoPlayer: setIgnoreMovement(boolean var1) setBlockMovement(boolean var) / setMoveSpeed(float var1)

[fast galleon]

you can go through all item scripts if you want

and have some table based on type or something

[hollow current]

self.character:setBlockMovement(true)``` works! Thanks so much!

[fast galleon]

scriptmanager has this
public ArrayList<Item> getAllItems()

probably can set one check, if module == "Tsarcraft" then

you might even be able to gel all items from a module

[bronze yoke]

local old_isPlayerDoingActionThatCanBeCancelled = isPlayerDoingActionThatCanBeCancelled
---@param playerObj IsoPlayer
function isPlayerDoingActionThatCanBeCancelled(playerObj)
    if not playerObj then return false end
    local queue = ISTimedActionQueue.getTimedActionQueue(playerObj)
    if queue then
        for _,action in ipairs(queue) do
            if action.Type == 'ISPrisonerForceMove' then return false end
        end
    end
    old_isPlayerDoingActionThatCanBeCancelled(playerObj)
end

in your specific use case you might only want to check queue[1], but this is the general idea

[hollow current]

Thanks for the time! However, how different is that from just using self.character:setBlockMovement(true)?

[bronze yoke]

it's probably a tiny bit more compatible with other mods i guess

are you sure that blocks them from cancelling the action with escape?

the mod i wrote this for actually uses setBlockMovement as well, but i wrote this before i put that in, so i'll be pretty annoyed if that works LOL

[hollow current]

HMM gonna have to give it a go

nope, doesn't work with escape. You can pretty much cancel it using escape

[bronze yoke]

well my one does get around that

so i guess you need both after all

oh i just remembered, with my one you can cancel the action by attacking, as my mod stops you from attacking anyway i didn't look into whether that would be easy to fix

[hollow current]

i could probably get around that somehow

i'll let you know if I can figure out a way to totally disable all controls that may cancel the action

actually blockmovement does disable attacking if I remember correctly

i think with a mix of both blockmovement and your code, it'd work

[bronze yoke]

it does, block movement just bans you from doing anything basically

but pressing escape is allowed

[hollow current]

yup, which your code would fix

okay ye

a mix of

BreakIntoTears = BreakIntoTears or {}

local old_isPlayerDoingActionThatCanBeCancelled = isPlayerDoingActionThatCanBeCancelled

function isPlayerDoingActionThatCanBeCancelled(playerObj)
    if not playerObj then return false end
    local queue = ISTimedActionQueue.getTimedActionQueue(playerObj)
    if queue[1] then
        for _,action in ipairs(queue) do
            if action.Type == 'BreakIntoTears' then return false end
        end
    end
    old_isPlayerDoingActionThatCanBeCancelled(playerObj)
end```
and
```lua
function BreakIntoTears_TimedAction:start() -- Trigger when the action starts
    self.character:setBlockMovement(true)
    --more irrelevant code
end

function BreakIntoTears_TimedAction:perform() -- Trigger when the action is complete
    self.character:setBlockMovement(false)
    --even more irrelevant code
end```

that did that trick

Thanks!

.. i think. I may have screwed sth up haha

[rancid tendon]

i have a final question before i think i'd be ready to implement my thing (once i have my internet back anyway...)

    {
        category = True Music,
        master = Ambient,
        clip
        {
            file = media/yourMusic/TCBoombox/2Pac - I Get Around (1993).ogg,
            distanceMax = 75,
        }
    }```

asked before but no one knew:

is there a way to alter a sound file like this using DoParam or something similar?

[bronze yoke]

i don't see a getGameSound(), but i do see a getAllGameSounds() - you could loop through that array and modify matching sounds

[rancid tendon]

there's getSound

[bronze yoke]

i couldn't see how to access the object it belonged to, unless it's a static

that gives a GameSound, not a GameSoundScript, the difference being... who knows

[rancid tendon]

omg.. of course

[bronze yoke]

okay actually, GameSounds only have a setUserVolume(), otherwise everything they have is just a bunch of getters, so i don't know if it'd work for you even if we can get to them

[rancid tendon]

curses... being able to modify that distanceMax via sandbox settings eludes me

[bronze yoke]

i think we can do it with getAllGameSounds, as that gives us a script

actually, i don't see any way to actually identify which sound is which from that array...

what a pain

[rancid tendon]

drat!!

[bronze yoke]

we can get their module, that'd work if there's no unwanted sounds in that module

[rancid tendon]

hmm.. that'd be a gamble sadly

the module is Tsarcraft and that module also applies to all of tsar's other mods

[bronze yoke]

ah yeah that's no good

[rancid tendon]

you try to increase cassette audible distance and end up making boats louder on accident without even noticing

lmao

[bronze yoke]

looks like we're messing with something we're not supposed to

[hollow current]

alrigghtt so I may be understanding something wrong but apparently after some testing, calling old_isPlayerDoingActionThatCanBeCancelled(playerObj) will make it so that escape key can't be used to cancel any timed action, which is kind of confusing. It wouldn't matter what I write above it because at the end of the day, it ruins other timed actions?

local old_isPlayerDoingActionThatCanBeCancelled = isPlayerDoingActionThatCanBeCancelled
function isPlayerDoingActionThatCanBeCancelled(playerObj)
    print("test")
    old_isPlayerDoingActionThatCanBeCancelled(playerObj)
end```

When you start a timed action, and press escape, test will be printed, then the escape menu will appear instead of cancelling the timed action. (Unless this is the way its supposed to be?)

[bronze yoke]

return old_isPlayerDoingActionThatCanBeCancelled(playerObj) 😅

that mod... may not be thoroughly tested

[hollow current]

haha np
mb for not even noticing that considering I've fiddled around with such functions before 🤦‍♂️

[hollow current]

btw you don't want to loop through queue. What you should do is sth like

local currentAction = ISTimedActionQueue.getTimedActionQueue(playerObj)
if currentAction then
  for _,action in ipairs(currentAction.queue) do
    --rest of code```

[bronze yoke]

? this is the exact same code with different variable names

oh! no it isn't

i'm going to choose not to question why my code is working when it doesn't make sense... i'm happier this way

oh probably because i last tested it when the return was fucked anyway

[hollow current]

Haha I'm not sure why it didn't work either but I had to go into game files and apparently there was an extra .queue

[viral notch]

yeah still nothing happen

[hollow current]

I'm not sure then tbh

[alpine scroll]

Just want to share something

To be fair I am not sure if this code is right, but it seems a good start

[jade chasm]

does anyone know if you can trigger a door/gate with a vehicle collision

i'm trying to make a mod that will open/close if a gate is driven through

[deft falcon]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2896041179

this is gonna be very useful

recommend this to you all

[trail lotus]

looking for a mod, that will fully allow a player, to construct a house. including placing interior lighting and running light switches that work with the rooms light, anyone interested? we have more builds and stuff so you can already do alot of construction. but if you wanted to do a big mod where we revamb it and all all kinds of different crafting for walls. i've got a awesome team that works on mods on my server so they can always help as well. and also i was looking at making one power hub center and allowing power lines to be ran to each house. its a weird server and hard to describe but if you're interested let me know will for sure pay good for a working mod with that stuff.

i think glytcher has a mod already that kinda messes with the power and allows you to craft power lines and stuff or fix them, i can ask him if we could build off of it.

or maybe glytcher wants to build the power mod himself idk hes working on my gas stuff right now i think.

[fast galleon]

anyway to hide the magnifier?

[deft falcon]

wat

[fast galleon]

the icon is intrusive

@deft falcon

[modest ermine]

Anyone willing to share proper way to add customUI class?

[lusty marsh]

Not sure if I've been doing it right but something like this I think

--Then override the methods you want
function MyPanel:render()
  --Your code here
end```

[modest ermine]

@lusty marsh maybe I wrongly stated my question, I meant proper way to register it within the game, just with events?

Key pressed for example - render?

[fast galleon]

https://github.com/MrBounty/PZ-UI_API

[modest ermine]

This one will do https://github.com/MrBounty/PZ-Mod---Doc/blob/main/Make an custom UI.md
@fast galleon @lusty marsh thanks a lot

[lusty marsh]

Does anyone have any tips for adding controller support to a UI mod? I'm working on adding support but I have no idea how it works

[astral dune]

@thick karma is probably the regular poster with the most controller experience at this point

[thick karma]

Derive a new class from ISPanelJoypad. Look at other classes that derive ISPanelJoypad to see exactly which functions you need to overwrite.

If your UI element is an ISPanelJoypad it'll be prepared to take user input

You can also decorate onPressButtonNoFocus (or whatever it's called), just be sure to store the original function so you can pass signals to the original function when your UI is inactive

And be sure to include all the vanilla checks that come before that function does stuff with its input, because otherwise you might cause bugs, especially alongside other mods.

[karmic fog]

This is more of a lua question, but I'm currently trying to add the contents of an Array to another array.
For example, I have the array local bodylist.
Now, I want to add the contents of the array local bodies one by one to the array. Is there a shortcut command like in Java collections.add() or do I have to program an foreach?

[alpine scroll]

In Lua, you can use the table.insert() function to add an element to the end of an array. This function takes the array as its first argument, followed by the value you want to insert.

Here is an example of how you can use this function to add the contents of one array to another:

local bodies = {"head", "chest", "legs", "feet"}

for _, body in ipairs(bodies) do
  table.insert(bodylist, body)
end

In this code, the table.insert() function is used in a for loop to iterate over the elements in the bodies array. For each element, it is added to the end of the bodylist array using the table.insert() function.

Alternatively, you could use the table.move() function to move the elements from one array to another. This function takes the source array as its first argument, the index of the first element to move as its second argument, the destination array as its third argument, and the index of the first element in the destination array as its fourth argument.

Here is an example of how you could use this function to move the contents of the bodies array to the bodylist array:

local bodies = {"head", "chest", "legs", "feet"}

table.move(bodies, 1, bodylist, #bodylist + 1)

In this code, the table.move() function is used to move the elements in the bodies array starting from the first element (index 1) to the end of the bodylist array. The destination array is specified as the third argument, and the index of the first element in the destination array is specified as the fourth argument. The # operator is used to get the length of the bodylist array, and the result is incremented by 1 to specify the index of the first element in the destination array.

[karmic fog]

This is a very detailed response. Thank you very much. I will read into table.move to understand it more and to properly use it.

[astral dune]

I don't believe table.move exists in PZ

[alpine scroll]

U sure?

[astral dune]

PZ is based on lua 5.1, I think table.move was added in 5.3

[alpine scroll]

As per @astral dune comment, I think I've made an oopsie. However the for loop example I added works, because the Insert is present on 5.1

[astral dune]

just for confirmation

[alpine scroll]

Yea, sorry. I was dealing with something else recently in Lua and just jumped in

[lusty marsh]

@thick karma Okay thanks! Yeah it derives from ISPanel so not a big change, thanks!

[robust briar]

Hey you beautiful peoples. Does anyone know if modData (which is a KahluaTable) sync between client and server automatically for InventoryItems? From my testing it doesn't seem so, but I am probably doing something wrong.

[karmic fog]

Alright! Thanks for the help you two!

[bronze yoke]

i think they do? i'm pretty sure moddata on items isn't client-specific anyway

[astral dune]

I only know about how I think inventories work, so I'm going to keep my musing to myself. I can say two things for sure though

1. inventory items used on a vehicle as parts, like brakes, have to be manually synced if you mess with them on the client
2. your personal inventory doesn't exist on the server

[robust briar]

Oh dang, the personal inventory not existing might just f-up the entire thing I am trying to do... hmmm.

[bronze yoke]

yeah, items are generally handled by the client

so server often doesn't know about them

obviously it needs to know what items are in containers and stuff but the client is where you want to do item stuff

[robust briar]

Maybe I need to rethink how I am approach this then. basically, I have an item which can interact with the world. My thought process was the server should do the actual interactions, because if the client does it, then the latency between the "holder of the item" and the server + the latency of each user could be over 200+ milliseconds easy. If the server originated the events, then it theoretically would cut that delay in 1/2

[alpine scroll]

Make your mod update the server once the item is picked up, to identify which player holds it, and use the player data to interact with the world

[bronze yoke]

i'd have to know more specifically what you're trying to do, but it probably would be best to do anything like that on the client

[robust briar]

Demo of it working on single player. On my multiplayer tests though, the delay would cause the timing of the light shows to be all over the place. To make sure it was a good test I am renting a server on the opposite side of the world to do my testing lol.

The implementation shown here works in MP, but the delays are a bit annoying

[bronze yoke]

how are the lights synchronised? does zomboid do that for you or is it manually done?

[robust briar]

Zomboid does it, I set the lights state on server

[bronze yoke]

that's a shame... if it weren't done automatically you could just send the sequence to the clients and have them run it

[robust briar]

Oh I can do that too

I did that for a minute, it could be a better way then the server is just passing messages

[bronze yoke]

it won't strictly be synchronised between each player's screen, but the timing will look good for everyone

i don't think it being synchronised is actually that important from what i can see

[robust briar]

It's wayyy more work tho

I have to worry about players connecting, moving into or out of the area, etc

[shy hollow]

yo anyone here happend to know where the meta/helicopter event files is ?
i found the 5 chopper.ogg files and also the zombie_meta.txt , replaced it with my owned files and it isnt working as i intended

[robust briar]

Okay, one more question (let's be honest probably not but I can hope lol). Is there a globally universally unique id on InventoryItems? I see a "getKeyId" but even looking at the decompiled java I can't tell if that's going to be unique across all clients and the server

[hollow current]

How do I run a code when a specific moodle reaches a certain level?
To clarify, I am trying to make it so that when a unhappiness reaches 80% or more, a certain code is run. What's the function to use for such event?

[ancient grail]

how do i add tooltip on context menu?

Or os it possible that thr name of the context option changes if its a varable?

[ancient grail]

You simply call another function

[bronze yoke]

no

[bronze yoke]

local tooltip = ISWorldObjectContextMenu.addToolTip()
tooltip:setName('title here, usually just the same as the name of the option')
tooltip.description = 'the actual tooltip'
option.toolTip = tooltip

[hollow current]

Able to clarify? Not sure what you mean there

I am trying to find the event handler that checks for certain conditions I can define every second, or as long as the game is running, or however its done in PZ, or better yet, when a specific moodle reaches a certain level

[ancient grail]

onPlayerUpdate?

[hollow current]

local cryOption = context:addOption("Cry", worldobjects, BreakIntoTears.OnCry, player, currentUnhappyness, currentStress, canCry);
local tooltip = ISToolTip:new();
tooltip:initialise();
tooltip:setVisible(false);
description = " <RED>" .. "You have already cried today. Try again tomorrow.";
tooltip.description = description
cryOption.toolTip = tooltip

This is how I did it for my mod. Is initialise even needed? Thought it was important for the tooltip but seeing as you didn't include it, I am not sure now what it does lol

[ancient grail]

Is this what u ment?

[bronze yoke]

i've never used initialise for a tooltip, and i originally grabbed my code from vanilla

[hollow current]

probably, will look into it, thanks!

[bronze yoke]

so vanilla doesn't use it either 🤷

[hollow current]

hmmm not sure where I got it from lool

[ancient grail]

Hmm maybe initialize is used for heavy to load computations so before you right click its been processed...
And woops i spelled that correctly tho the syntax is spelled with s

[robust briar]

😭

[bronze yoke]

zomboid uses uk spelling/terms in a lot of places

[astral dune]

and some just bad spelling. brekingObjects comes to mind

[bronze yoke]

oh yeah there's a fair few straight up typos

[astral dune]

blegh, I've somehow managed to break intellij, it just completely hangs after loading my project. wtf

[bronze yoke]

i'd start with reinstalling emmylua

that plugin causes freezes a lot

[astral dune]

I suspect as much, trying to disable it now

ya, things work fine with it off, completely break with it on. All I did was move a couple functions from one file to another, but I can only guess that broke something

[rancid tendon]

question: is there an easy way to make items renamable like backpacks are? in the item script or otherwise?

[astral dune]

Mx's Quality of Life Pack has his mod "Rename Everything", if you're just looking to have that feature. If you want to implement it yourself for something you're making, you'll find the answers in there too

[rancid tendon]

hmm, ok

i do indeed want to implement it for something myself

i had the cute idea of introducing an optional mode to my true music mod that makes all music you find unlabelled

so you would bring it home, sort through it, play it to confirm what it is, and then rename it

[fair frost]

Pre Woodland M151 MUTT Livery test

[next marlin]

Okay so I have a question

I want to make a mod that just changes the numbers of the weapons from another mod.

I've already made a duplicate version of the .txt file that I want to replace with the numbers and stuff edited, but how do I make it so that the game uses the file from my mod instead of the file from the original mod?

[bronze yoke]

i've just found that you can add self.action:setBlockMovementEtc(true) to your action's start() function and it'll block everything setBlockMovement does, but as they're separate in java you won't potentially interfere with mods that play with setBlockMovement

[next marlin]

Oh shit I did it

[zealous wing]

Is there a way to get a in item to spawn in a container only if another item spawns there? E.g., a 9mm pistol magazine or bullets only spawning in said container if a Pistol spawns.
I figure you'd need complicated lua for it, but I was hoping someone had or knew of an example I could look at.

[bronze yoke]

no previous example, but i think you could just try something like

local function onFillContainer(room, type, container)
    if container:getFirstType('Base.Pistol') then
        container:AddItem('Base.9mmClip')
    end
end

Events.OnFillContainer.Add(onFillContainer)

of course if you only want it to have a chance to spawn, you need to add randomisation in there, and if you only want it in certain rooms or containers you need to fork it based on those

[zealous wing]

@bronze yokeHey there! I am working on a mod that made military loot in military vehicles more immersive. Am I correct to assume though that if I were to plug that into my mod, a magazine would spawn anywhere a pistol does, regardless of container?

[bronze yoke]

that's correct

[zealous wing]

Ah.

[bronze yoke]

i actually don't think OnFillContainer even fires for vehicle containers, so i don't think this is what you're looking for

[zealous wing]

😦

[bronze yoke]

editing vehicle loot with lua is really annoying...

[zealous wing]

@bronze yoke I have learned that recently, yes. 🙂
Maybe it'll help if I explain a bit? I'm trying to define some proper military-themed loot tables of some of the military vehicle mods I have. Just about all of KI5's mil stuff uses the same basic vehicle loot. I was trying to figure out how to remove some of the randomness of the game's RNG in favor of something more realistic, if that makes sense? E.g., a Rifle or a pistol could spawn with compatible magazines and ammunition.

I thought Brita did something like that, but I was wrong. Hence my question here.

[bronze yoke]

i've been too busy to do it yet, but i'm supposed to do some vehicle loot trickery for str, and my plan was to use something like this:

local function onRefreshInventoryWindowContainers(inventoryPage)
    if not inventoryPage.inventory then return end
    local vehiclePart = inventoryPage.inventory:getParent()
    if not instanceof(vehiclePart, "VehiclePart") or vehiclePart:getModData().lootEdited then return end

    -- code to actually modify items here

    vehiclePart:getModData().lootEdited = true
end

Events.OnRefreshInventoryWindowContainers.Add(onRefreshInventoryWindowContainers)

this basically checks every time we open an inventory page if that inventory page belongs to a vehicle, and if it hasn't been modified yet

since iirc vehicle loot doesn't get filled until you actually look at it? otherwise we could just hook the part being created

[zealous wing]

I didn't know that about the vehicle loot. I presumed it was created when the vehicle itself was, not upon interaction.

[bronze yoke]

honestly needs checking, if it is created when the vehicle is it doesn't need to be nearly this complex

i don't really remember where i heard that

[quasi geode]

Rifle or a pistol could  spawn with compatible magazines and ammunition.
I thought Brita did something like that, but I was wrong. Hence my question here.```
not sure about britas. orgm did, not with vehicles though

[zealous wing]

ORGM, now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time.

It not working with vehicles would make sense - it predates B39 😄

[quasi geode]

last update was 2019 for build 40.43 lol

but used OnFillContainer as suggested above, didnt parse previously spawned items though since all the loot handling was done with the event instead of using distribution tables

[zealous wing]

Would the above bit of code work with distro tables? E.g.:

    if not inventoryPage.inventory then return end
    local vehiclePart = inventoryPage.inventory:getParent()
    if not instanceof(vehiclePart, "VehiclePart") or vehiclePart:getModData().lootEdited then return end
      if getActivatedMods():contains("Brita") then
        table.insert(VehicleDistributions["MilitaryGearTrunk"].items, "Base.M9");
        table.insert(VehicleDistributions["MilitaryGearTrunk"].items, 3);
      end
    vehiclePart:getModData().lootEdited = true
end```
Or am I getting it wrong?

[bronze yoke]

no, you need to manually spawn the items and stuff

so basically, you need to write your own item spawning system 😅

[zealous wing]

Neat!
I don't know how to do that yet though.

I barely understand if and then logic.

I'm learning though, slowly.

[bronze yoke]

the simplest thing you could do with this would be something like this:

local function onRefreshInventoryWindowContainers(inventoryPage)
    if not inventoryPage.inventory then return end
    local vehiclePart = inventoryPage.inventory:getParent()
    if not instanceof(vehiclePart, "VehiclePart") or vehiclePart:getModData().lootEdited then return end

    if container:getFirstType('Base.Pistol') then
        if ZombRand(3) == 0 then -- 1 in 3 chance to spawn
            local item = container:AddItem('Base.9mmClip')
            container:addItemOnServer(item)
        end
    end

    vehiclePart:getModData().lootEdited = true
end

Events.OnRefreshInventoryWindowContainers.Add(onRefreshInventoryWindowContainers)
```although if you want to redo all ammo/weapon spawning, it would much better to do this with tables and stuff

[unreal zealot]

Does anyone know where I can find the texture for the moodles cause I want to make a custom texture for them

[bronze yoke]

so you basically also need to write your own distributions tables 😅

[zealous wing]

@bronze yoke I've basically been doing that already, no worries. I'm scratch writing custom distro stuff for KI5's military vehicles. Not hard, just time consuming.
Plus some internal patches for mods... yeah. Brita's stuff is a particular headache there.
Am I correct in understanding that the 0 in ZombRand(3) == 0 corresponds to the clip being guaranteed to spawn? Or as close to guaranteed as the RNG would allow?

[bronze yoke]

no, ZombRand(x) rolls x random values (between 0 and x-1), so ZombRand(3) == 0 means a 1 in 3 chance

[zealous wing]

All right, that makes more sense. I was probably thinking it was a boolean for some reason? 😅

One other question. "VehiclePart" corresponds to a given container id right? E.g., "TruckBed"?

[bronze yoke]

it just checks that it is a vehicle part at all

[zealous wing]

All right.

[bronze yoke]

if you want to check which container id it is, you can use vehiclePart:getId()

i.e. ```lua
if vehiclePart:getId() == 'TruckBed' then

[round stump]

Does anyone know where the game has the information where it defines how a tile/sprite can be destroyed?
E.g.: Where does the game defines which tiles can only be destroyed with a Sledgehammer?

[pastel storm]

oi

Who goes there with a meerkat image

Such a handsome meerkat indeed tho

@round stump

I am at a point where I need to use custom events. How do I register an event and fire it?

[finite owl]

I believe those textures are inside UI.pack (and possibly UI2.pack?) under media/textures, along with vast numbers of other textures. There's no mechanism to override just selected textures though, you have to replace the entire pack file just to tweak one thing, making it conflict with anything else that also wants to override a texture.

[willow estuary]

Vehicle loot used to not call the OnFillContainer event, but should currently.
If people need to test loot spawning they can use this code, a variant of a debug feature I made for b42.

local insert = table.insert

local function  LookAtLoot(roomName, containerType, itemContainer)
    local items = itemContainer:getItems()
    local list = {}
    if items:size() > 0 then
        for i=0,items:size()-1 do
            insert(list, items:get(i):getFullType())
        end
    end
    list = table.concat(list, ", ")
    local square = nil
    if itemContainer:getParent() and itemContainer:getParent():getSquare() then square = itemContainer:getParent():getSquare() end
    if square then 
        if list ~= nil then
            print("Loot spawned in container type " .. tostring(containerType) .. " in room type " .. tostring(roomName) .. " at x:" .. tostring(square:getX()) .. ", y:" .. tostring(square:getY()) .. ", z:" .. tostring(square:getZ()) .. ", and consists of:")
        
            print(tostring(list) .. ".")
        else
            print("No loot spawned in container type " .. tostring(containerType) .. " in room type " .. tostring(roomName) .. " at x:" .. tostring(square:getX()) .. ", y:" .. tostring(square:getY()) .. ", z:" .. tostring(square:getZ()) .. ".")
        end
    else 
        if list ~= nil then
            print("Loot spawned in container type " .. tostring(containerType) .. " in room type " .. tostring(roomName) .. ", and consists of:")
            print(tostring(list) .. ".")
        else
            print("No loot spawned in container type " .. tostring(containerType) .. " in room type " .. tostring(roomName) .. ".")
        end
    
    end
end

Events.OnFillContainer.Add ( LookAtLoot )```

Yes, it is very spammy, but it's a brute force tool 🤪

[finite owl]

Sweet. And vehicle loot should be generated when the vehicle is generated in b41?

[bronze yoke]

yeah, i'm unsure where i heard it wasn't, and i definitely haven't actually tested it myself, so it may still be

[dark arch]

Sorry for the late reply, Ive been able to decompile the bytecode and edit it, but when i try to compile it back to a .class file I get a bunch of errors. i was using the javac command in the command prompt like i saw online. Is that actually the way to do it?

[finite owl]

Ok, so I have no experience with hacking Zomboid's Java side, but from my previous (quite rusty) Java experience, it's pretty hard to go through that decompile-edit-recompile process. As you've noted, the decompiled Java usually has issues.

If you're just trying to edit some constants, you might do better with a binary editor, although finding the constant values you want to change in there would be non-trivial.

[dark arch]

thanks! i think the main issue is importing the resources, but I guess I can keep doing stuff with the bytecode

I had already done this with just editing the byte code, because the zoom levels were just constants

[rancid tendon]

folks seemed to think it was impossible earlier but i'm just gonna put out a feeler in case someone has some Arcane Knowledge:
does anyone know if there is a way to alter a sound script with sandbox options?

    {
        category = True Music,
        master = Ambient,
        clip
        {
            file = media/yourMusic/TCBoombox/2Pac - I Get Around (1993).ogg,
            distanceMax = 75,
        }```
like, is there some way to DoParam the distanceMax here? the problem we were having is in actually _getting_ the sound and modifying it, because it doesn't seem like there's a way to do that in lua

[finite owl]

Have you had a poke around in the decompiled Java? There seems to be a class GameSounds which is exposed in Lua, which has a function getSound(string) which returns a GameSound object.

Or even GameSounds:getSoundsInCategory(string)

[rancid tendon]

this is what i was told about that

[finite owl]

Hmm, that's true... GameSoundClip seems to be a better match for the data you have above.

GameSoundClip has distanceMin and distanceMax fields, at least.

[bronze yoke]

we couldn't find setters for anything we needed

[finite owl]

A GameSound has a getRandomClip() method, so if there's only one clip associated with it the "random" clip would be the one...

[bronze yoke]

we could use Load on the GameSoundScript, but the only function we could find to get those returned an array of all of them, and it doesn't have any getters at all so we can't actually identify them

[finite owl]

Hmm, ok. It looks like GameSoundScript is used by GameSounds to load the scripts, but GameSounds does build up a HashMap soundByName that getSound uses to look the sound up by (via getOrCreateSound)

[rancid tendon]

[me quietly nodding in the background while two people who know way more than i do about anything talk]

[finite owl]

I have no idea, I'm just poking around in an area of the engine I've never looked at before, so take anything I say with several handfuls of salt 🙂

[winter thunder]

So- anyone know if there is an event called when throwing an item? I imagine something has to trigger the noise/effect, just not sure if there is an accessible code for it

[manic spoke]

Hey guys, is there any way how to have two people as a mod creator in a workshop? Contributor cannot upload updates, which sucks.

[fast galleon]

#mod_development message

[manic spoke]

at least something, thanks

[ripe warren]

Yeah I was about to say. Use git for version management

[tardy wren]

Can I somehow... affect the execution of Java code via Lua?

[tardy wren]

Any way I can see what parameters are available to functions called by events?

[round stump]

Anyone has an ideia regarding my question?

[fast galleon]

https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/50425-latest-tilezed-worlded-and-tilesets-march-14-2022/

[fast galleon]

it's in the .tiles files

lua side checks get the sprite properties and check values

[ancient grail]

@hollow current sorry to ping you but i have a question.. so basicaly the tooltip worked with no problem whatsoever.. the thing is if need to have more tooptips on each context option do i really have to do the whole code block you gave or just a piece of it and which one?

thn xin advance

[rugged flicker]

Hey lads.
What do two boolean arguments mean in the context of setScratched?

[ancient grail]

maybe

object:isDismantable()
canDestroy()

[ancient grail]

what do you mean

[rugged flicker]

setScratched(boolean boolean1, boolean boolean2)

from BodyPart

What args do?

[quasi kernel]

oooooh my gosh

I just got a heart attack because I forgot there were zombies in project zomboid

i've been working on a farming mod for so long I forgot this was a zombie game

[ancient grail]

        if bodyPart:getScratchTime() > 0 then
            bodyPart:setScratched(false, true)
            bodyPart:setScratchTime(0)
        else
            bodyPart:setScratched(true, false);
        end

[rugged flicker]

thx

[rugged flicker]

And same for setCut? Yeah?

[ancient grail]

🤪

[ancient grail]

client\XpSystem\ISUI\ISHealthPanel.lua

        if bodyPart:isCut() then
            bodyPart:setCut(false)
            bodyPart:setCutTime(0)
        else
            bodyPart:setCut(true)
        end

[rugged flicker]

but

setCut(boolean boolean1, boolean boolean2)

[ancient grail]

cut seem to have only one bool

chr:getBodyDamage():getBodyPart(BodyPartType.LowerLeg_R):setScratched(true, true);
chr:getBodyDamage():getBodyPart(BodyPartType.LowerLeg_R):setCut(true);

[rugged flicker]

got all i need in DMs, thx

[quasi kernel]

For future reference of anyone that needs it, variable one of setScratched determines if the wound bleeds, and variable two determines if it wasn't a zombie scratch.

I.E, true, false is a bleeding zombie scratch.

false, true is a non-bleeding, regular scratch.

[robust briar]

So, maybe a silly question and I am pretty sure I already know its not possible... but.. is there a way to have two zomboid clients running to test multiple player support for my mod? Would I need two computers? Do I need to buy PZ twice on separate steam accounts?

[quasi kernel]

Unsure since I just pray that my stuff works in multiplayer LOL

I'm sure someone knows though, just ask every once in a while throughout the day and I'm sure someone will have a more proper answer for ya.

[robust briar]

I am pretty sure what I wrote will work, but I need to test some edge cases to make sure I don't crash out clients and stuff haha.

[ruby urchin]

maybe can help you, is a guide with a section to create a non-steam MP development environment
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2735092774

[robust briar]

Thank you!

[worldly hatch]

anyone know why the extended stack mags are not working in guns they should be for britas weapons

like an extended 9mm mag isnt going into my glock or my extended 45 isnt going in my sig

[robust briar]

Dang, this is awesome. Have 2 instances of PZ running and a server. NICE

[mighty cypress]

anyone aware of a mod that makes light switches, lamps, and strangely enough, bushes much larger than they should be? Not necessarily an issue but I can't figure out what is causing it.

[mighty cypress]

Press the bracket buttons to switch mag types []

When you're having trouble with Brita, make sure you check Arsenal and it usually has the answer

[worldly hatch]

cool thanks

[hollow current]

So both basically do the same thing under different names?

[hollow current]

It's no problems!
You don't need the whole block. Initialise and Setvisible lines aren't even needed.

You'll need to define a tooltip for each context option. Add a description for each tooltip previously defined, and then assign each tooltip to each context option

[hollow current]

You can also refer to albion's here. It's much more simpler to read and basically does what I said in my previous message, aside from the setName line. I'm not sure what it does exactly but I never seemed to really need it

So in summary the main block you'll need is something like

local tooltip = ISTooltip:new()
tooltip.description = 'the actual tooltip'
option.toolTip = tooltip

Rest are additional optional stuff

[ancient grail]

Yep i did . I kinda try 1 version the. Next then mix it up and stuff

Anyways
Can i have it done like 2 lines
local tooltip = isblahblah
option.tooltip.descrip =

Like skip one of the lines

[bronze yoke]

it just adds a little header, vanilla usually did that in the places i was using it so i did for consistency

[hollow current]

You can't assign the description of the option's tooltip if the option doesn't have an assigned tooltip in the first place afaik. I don't think it'd work

[ancient grail]

Ow ok

Anyways ill just do a single liner for this
Using ;
Hehe thnx alot 🙂

[hollow current]

Aaa I seee, I should probably give it a go and see its effect considering I've been setting headers manually using the normal tooltip and line breaks, thanks for clarifying!

[hollow current]

My pleasure:)

[bronze yoke]

pretty much, but this seems to be how tis prefers you to do it

there's technically greater compatibility with other mods, but i'm not sure there'll be many mods that ban you from moving but still let you do timed actions, lol

[hollow current]

Don't think I ever came across one at all lol, but imma use it anyways. Thanks for the heads-up!

[lusty marsh]

How does joypad focus work? I've been trying to understand it by reading the game's code but I'm at a loss there's just too much going on to see how it works. I have an ISPanelJoypad that I'd like to take control of the joypad when it's moved on to then pass focus back to the parent when moving out again

[bronze yoke]

@thick karma must know

[fast galleon]

setJoypadFocus(player, o)
sets focus on o table
setPrevFocusForPlayer(self.player)
sets previous focus

[lusty marsh]

sorry I should have clarified, it's in the main menu if that makes a difference?

[fast galleon]

this should still work

is it in-game or out?

[lusty marsh]

out, it's in the character customisation screen when starting a new run

[fast galleon]

I haven't tested that, wonder how controller would work without player.

the player in examples is a number, so you can try with 0

[thick karma]

I am not sure how the game tracks joypad focus before you actually join a game... But in general the game knows what the joypad is focused on by checking joypadData.focus, and joypadData is obtained in different ways in different contexts (you'll see if you search for joypadData in the vanilla Luas). I suspect game creates a joypad player for the main menu when you first press A after launch or Lua reload, in which case Poltergeist's suggested functions would work fine.

The focus is generally a panel or nothing at all. When you are in the game playing normally in the world, your focus is nil. When you open inventory, the game sets a player's joypadData.focus equal to the inventory pane itself.

I believe you could catch NoFocus events in the Main Menu by decorating onPressButtonNoFocus. If you do that, you can pretty flexibly define the behaviors you want to see.

[pale cradle]

Is it possible for mods to interact with the voice chat system? Like apply filters and add mechanics and stuff? 👀

[bronze yoke]

i really have my doubts about the possibility of it, but if someone adds voice modulation for gas masks you are my hero

[merry kelp]

how does UseDelta work? I have a recipe that uses 10 units of the Propane Torch and the wiki says it has 100 total, so i expected to use 10% of the torch. but it uses the whole thing up. is the wiki just wrong because the UseDelta for the torch is 0.1

[pale cradle]

you'll be the first to know if I figure it out 🙂

[bronze yoke]

the propane torch was changed to 10 very recently, someone needs to update the wiki

[merry kelp]

alright then just updated it thanks

[faint jewel]

is it possible to place a tile at a certain location via lua?

[ruby urchin]

yep

[lone plume]

Are there any cannibal mods out?

[faint jewel]

any chance you have an example @ruby urchin?

[unique harbor]

Can I somehow block the player from getting xp for a hit? OnWeaponHitXp

in other games I would simply return false in the event, but sadly ain't that easy here

[ruby urchin]

Right now I'm a little busy, but I remember working with them, later I can send one

[faint jewel]

that would be great.

🙂

just wanna spawn some signs and maybe set some variables on them 🙂

[fast galleon]

#mod_development message
from pzwiki

[faint jewel]

ooh lol. i'mma need that in a function form. XD

[rancid tendon]

https://pastebin.com/KnCQQ0si

anyone know why this code isn't working? everything about it works... except for the last bit, the blindMode bit

it just doesn't work, it doesn't change the display names of the items at all, but everything else works

it doesn't produce errors either, just silently doesn't work

[opal rivet]

I need a vote for this please help

On Which is better

God I suck at deciding

Alright

I make that one

If I can't decide I will add them both

[weak sierra]

i like the black one more, heh, something more pleasing about it to my eyes

[opal rivet]

Okay That's good

[rancid tendon]

pweeease someone save me from my foolishness, this is essentially the last roadblock and i'm stuck at it >_>

[opal rivet]

We see

[last flax]

why not both?

[opal rivet]

Doing that right now

[last flax]

nice

[fast galleon]

try printing the sandboxvar!

[marsh dew]

yeah that one looks nice

[fast galleon]

local blindMode = SandboxVars.MFTEOTWC.blindMode
    for i=1,#itemList do
        local item = ScriptManager.instance:getItem(itemList[i])
        if item then
            item:DoParam("Weight = " .. 1 * SandboxVars.MFTEOTWC.cassetteWeight)
            if blindmode then item:DoParam("DisplayName = Unlabelled Cassette") end
        end
    end

that might be better, this can be further improved obviously...

[rancid tendon]

ooh i'll give that a try, thank you

also, is there a way for me to use DoParam on a model script?

    {
        mesh = WorldItems/TCCover,
        texture = WorldItems/TCVinylrecord5,
        scale = 0.0012,
    }```
like, say, if i wanted to change the mesh here

[bronze yoke]

yeah, they use Load which has slightly different syntax but it's the same

local model = getScriptManager():getModelScript('Tsarcraft.TCVinylrecord5')
if model then
    model:Load('{mesh = WorldItems/DifferentModel,}')
end

off the top of my head

[rancid tendon]

thanks!!

[rancid tendon]

https://pastebin.com/KrVpEfBB

it seems that.. neither of the things i did in this update worked ;w;

blind mode still doesn't change the display names of the items, and also the attempt i made to change the meshes doesn't seem to have any effect either

absolutely vexing

[fast galleon]

@rancid tendon
how are you testing the change, do you spawn a new item