mod_development

[faint jewel]

did you try it on a trailer that is being towed?

[ancient grail]

no

but i triedd on a car

[faint jewel]

i am thinking that might be the issue.

[ancient grail]

and what you told me they are all the same right

maybe

but im not sure really ..

[faint jewel]

they are. but i am wondering if a vheicle being towed breaks time and space.

[ancient grail]

itheres no other whole world of lua just for trailers excpt maybe the towable parts

wtf

skizot break time and space not trailers

[dim hill]

Is there a mod that allows players to be in more then one safehouse

[molten cobalt]

Hi again, should I be putting this in the same file as the trait itself, or a new file that requires the trait file? I'm a bit confused by that

[ancient grail]

#mod_support

[ancient grail]

yes cuz its a local function

if its a global you choose not to put it on the same file and just use require

[faint jewel]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA it IS because it's being towed.

what the shit man.

[molten cobalt]

local function Loader()
    --TraitFactory.addTrait("","",0,"",false,false)

    local SunlightSensitive = TraitFactory.addTrait("sunlightsensitive","Sunlight Sensitive",-10,"Take periodic damage whilst outside in the day time. \n (Does not activate when indoors)",false,false)
end
Events.OnGameBoot.Add(Loader);

local function TraitSunlightSensitive()
    local player = getPlayer();
    local timeOfDay = getGameTime():getTimeOfDay();
    if timeOfDay > 9 and timeOfDay < 20 and player:isOutside() then
        public void AddDamage((player.getPlayerNum),5)

    end
end
Events.EveryOneMinute.Add(TraitSunlightSensitive)

[faint jewel]

trailers break reality

[finite owl]

Does player:isOutside() return true if they're inside a vehicle? You shouldn't take sun damage if you're in a vehicle...

[molten cobalt]

Well I'm having issues just getting it working in general tbh

local function TraitSunlightSensitive()
    local player = getPlayer();
    local timeOfDay = getGameTime():getTimeOfDay();
    if timeOfDay > 9 and timeOfDay < 20 and player:isOutside() then
        AddDamage((player.getPlayerNum),5)

    end
end
Events.EveryOneMinute.Add(TraitSunlightSensitive)

I think the add damage isn't right

[winter thunder]

you might have to do player:AddDamage()

Oh

No

[finite owl]

So something like player:getBodyDamage():AddDamage(bodyPart, amount)?

[winter thunder]

yee

that should work

you should be able to just ZombRand the bodypart from the table if you dont wanna pick it

but- I would consider making it have some sort of other reduction, like maybe just giving the player pain

[finite owl]

Also @molten cobalt have you added the decompiled java and vanilla lua files to your IDE, so you get intellisense etc?

https://github.com/Konijima/PZ-Libraries

[humble oriole]

Is it possible to limit what can be put into a container and prevent people from taking anything out of it?

[sour island]

Yes

[humble oriole]

Would I set that in the tile definitions?

[sour island]

I have a lockout function set, you'd be the second person other than me to use it - so I'ma make it an API

[humble oriole]

[molten cobalt]

@finite owl I haven't done that yet no, what would that give me, sorry I've very new to all this
@winter thunder

Thank you both I'll try doing that and see how I get on

So in-game it throws an error when I walk outside, maybe this isn't correct for some reason?

player:getBodyDamage():AddDamage(ZombRand, 10)

[winter thunder]

Try something like this

local part = bodyParts[(ZombRand(14)+1)]
player:getBodyDamage():AddDamage(part, 10)

@molten cobalt

[molten cobalt]

Still getting an error when In-game :/

On the second line in the section you posted above

[winter thunder]

player:getBodyDamage():getBodyPart(part):AddDamage(10)

Try that instead?

[molten cobalt]

Still nope, I appreciate the help by the way

[faint jewel]

is it possible to unhook a car being towed via lua?

[finite owl]

What's the specific error being thrown? You'll normally see a Java stacktrace, followed by some log lines saying the Lua files that were active at the time the error occurred (effectively the "lua stacktrace"). The important info is usually the specific error before the Java stacktrace.

[finite owl]

So that says that you have an expression which evaluates to null, but you're trying to index it (using a value of 3.0).

Is the error on this line? local part = bodyParts[(ZombRand(14)+1)]?

[molten cobalt]

The one below, If the highlighted line in green is the one causing the error yeah

[finite owl]

Yeah, that UI isn't very accurate. You'll see it's saying the error is on line 12, but it's highlighted line 13

[molten cobalt]

Oh right

Ok that makes more sense

[finite owl]

So bodyParts isn't defined.

[winter thunder]

... it is because it should be a capital b

[finite owl]

Is there a global BodyParts object then?

[winter thunder]

believe so

[finite owl]

Another option might be to use player:getBodyDamage():getBodyParts() to get the body parts for the player. That might future-proof against TIS adding other body parts for things like animals...

So you'd have something like

local allBodyParts = player:getBodyDamage():getBodyParts()
local bodyPart = allBodyParts:get(ZombRand(allBodyParts:size()))
player:getBodyDamage():AddDamage(bodyPart, 10)

[winter thunder]

Yeah, that looks solid to me

This is for a vampire mod?

[finite owl]

(allBodyParts is a Java ArrayList, so it's indexed from 0 rather than a Lua table indexed from 1)

[molten cobalt]

Really appreciate this help btw, giving me an insight on how all this works 🙂

[winter thunder]

No worries! What we are here for :)

[molten cobalt]

Ok yeah that works now 🙂

Just it only seems to be damaging the left hand and nothing else lol

[finite owl]

I don't know about others, but I mostly come to this channel when I have questions myself, and it seems like good karma to help anyone I can while I'm here 😁

It should pick a random body part each time.

It triggers every 10 minutes? So how long did that character stand in the sunlight?

[molten cobalt]

Every minute it triggers

I'm just stood outside now watching it and its just doing the left hand all the time

[finite owl]

Hmm, I haven't used ZombRand before, let me have a look

[winter thunder]

But- If youd like, there is climate variables as well. Things like ->

isRaining()
isSnowing()
getDayLightStrength()
getFogIntensity()
getGlobalLightIntensity()

So you can also check for the specific conditions, since if it is raining and stormy- you should be able to go outside

[molten cobalt]

Yeah I 100% want to implement those things into, even some sort of tiered vamparism that could be reduced with items etc

[finite owl]

One thing that is pretty common is to stick some debugging print statements in your Lua code when working on it, so you can see what's going on in your code in the log. print("Vampire debug: picked random body part ", bodyPart) or similar

[winter thunder]

dont you usually do .. for combining?

or can you just ,

[finite owl]

.. does string concatenation

So that works too

[winter thunder]

Ah, word

makes sense

[finite owl]

But print actually takes any number of args and prints them all

[fluid current]

hey all, need a small tidbit of help regarding what file this is refering to in regards to the teachedrecipies

[winter thunder]

@molten cobalt Actually, a good one to consider. There is code for the following - getDawn & getDusk. Which I think gives back an int for the time that dusk and dawn are for the current day

[drifting ore]

it is via a context in tsarlib so im guessing it's possible

[winter thunder]

That is referencing the script file in ProjectZomboid\media\scripts called models_items

[molten cobalt]

Yeah I saw those when I was thinking of it, so yeah now I've got more of an idea how things work I could use that, I think 9am is technically day, and 8pm is night time but not sure if that changes with the seasons etc

[fluid current]

ty

[drifting ore]

it does

[finite owl]

So @molten cobalt you could break it up so you can see what's going on

local allBodyParts = player:getBodyDamage():getBodyParts()
print("Vampire debug: got " .. allBodyParts:size() .. " body parts")
local bodyPartIndex = ZombRand(allBodyParts:size())
print("Vampire debug: picked body part index ", bodyPartIndex)
local bodyPart = allBodyParts:get(bodyPartIndex)
print("Vampire debug: damaging body part ", bodyPart)
player:getBodyDamage():AddDamage(bodyPart, 10)

[winter thunder]

Wait- Did you want the items texture?

[fluid current]

oh yeah no

[finite owl]

And then if the bodyPartIndex values look like they're nicely spread out, but it's always damaging the same part, then you'd know that the problem was with the AddDamage call, or something

[fluid current]

TeachedRecipes = Herbalist,

isnt in recipes

[winter thunder]

ohhhhhhhhhhhh

sorry

lol

I thought you meant the highlighted line

i really need to read through things lol

[fluid current]

just wondering where it actually is

ik it has something to do with how its not just a single recipe

i wouldnt know where to find it though....

[finite owl]

A quick search suggested that Herbalist is hard coded.

[winter thunder]

Yeah, thats what I was thinking too

Are you looking to emulate that?

[fluid current]

oh im stupid

ive got it nvm lol

[finite owl]

public boolean isKnownPoison(InventoryItem var1) {
(stuff)
         } else if (var2.getHerbalistType() != null && !var2.getHerbalistType().isEmpty()) {
            return this.isRecipeKnown("Herbalist");
         }

[fluid current]

used a bad example

[molten cobalt]

I got an error when in-game, where in that error should I see the randomisation for line 18?

[winter thunder]

Where you just looking for a way to add recipes from books?

[fluid current]

probably bc herbalist doesnt really have recipe, if i look at metalworkingmag3 it shows the recipes

[fluid current]

yeah

[winter thunder]

oh word, yeah- You just list them

[winter thunder]

https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/15188-item-and-recipe-script-variables-brief-description/#:~:text=TeachedRecipes %3D   Make Bread,used with Literature

This is usually a good source for things related to scripts and recipes

[finite owl]

You need to scroll that stacktrace below the java callstack to see which Lua line is really causing the "no implementation found" issue

[fluid current]

ty

id also have to add this custom magazine into the spawn pool i assume

which i dont know how to do either lmao

[finite owl]

IME "no implementation found" means that the arguments to a function call are not of the expected type. Java supports polymorphism where you can have multiple implementations for the same function with differently-typed parameters, and it invokes the one whose params match. When called from Lua, it searches for the right implementation based on the types of the converted Lua values, and throws that error if it can't find a matching parameter type signature

[dull moss]

try

local selectedBodyPart = player:getBodyDamage():getBodyParts():get(n);```
where n is index of bodypart

[fluid current]

actually scratch that im watching a yt video

thanks all

[dull moss]

ctrl+f for "MTDTraitGainsByInjuries" here: https://github.com/hypnotoadtrance/MoreTraits/blob/master/Contents/mods/More Traits - Dynamic/media/lua/client/MoreTraits - Dynamic.lua
there's function that checks specific bodyparts for injuries, that can help

[finite owl]

I mean, he already has player:getBodyDamage():getBodyParts() stored in the local var allBodyParts

[dull moss]

i missed where was original code

so didn't see it

[finite owl]

All good 😁

@molten cobalt What actual line is the error coming from? And what did the print statements say leading up to the error?

[dull moss]

he's using get()

try getType()

[molten cobalt]

12 according to this

attempted index:3.0 of non-table: null

then the same line for the next error

expected a method call but got a function call

[dull moss]

can u send code?

[finite owl]

Yeah, I've lost track of what the code looks like at this point 🙂

method call vs. function call is generally because something is blah.function() (with a dot) instead of blah:function() (with a colon)

[dull moss]

[finite owl]

Lua uses the colon as a shorthand to pass the object as an implicit first parameter (when invoking a function), or to expect an implicit first "self" parameter (when defining a function).

[dull moss]

@molten cobalt gib code

[finite owl]

So invoking blah:function(1, 2, 3) is the same as blah.function(blah, 1, 2, 3).

[molten cobalt]

local function Loader()
    --TraitFactory.addTrait("","",0,"",false,false)

    local SunlightSensitive = TraitFactory.addTrait("sunlightsensitive","Sunlight Sensitive",-10,"Take periodic damage whilst outside in the day time. \n (Does not activate when indoors)",false,false)
end
Events.OnGameBoot.Add(Loader);

local function TraitSunlightSensitive()
    local player = getPlayer();
    local timeOfDay = getGameTime():getTimeOfDay();
    if timeOfDay > 9 and timeOfDay < 20 and player:isOutside() then
        local allBodyParts = player:getBodyDamage():getBodyParts()
        local bodyPart = allBodyParts:get(ZombRand(allBodyParts:size()))
        player:getBodyDamage():AddDamage(bodyPart, 10)

    end
end
Events.EveryOneMinute.Add(TraitSunlightSensitive)

That is what we had that worked, which now doesn't work lol

[finite owl]

And which line gave the "no implementation found" error?

(Or what error are we looking at now?)

[molten cobalt]

Give me 2 secs

[finite owl]

Ah, I think I see the problem.

The params of the two AddDamage methods on BodyDamage expect either (BodyPartType type, float damage), or (int bodyPartIndex, float damage). There is no implementation which expects (BodyPart part, float damage)

So passing in bodyPart as the 1st param to AddDamage isn't going to work.

In fact, all the version which takes an index does is this:

   public void AddDamage(int var1, float var2) {
      ((BodyPart)this.getBodyParts().get(var1)).AddDamage(var2);
   }

So you can call AddDamage on bodyPart directly.

So you could either do

        local allBodyParts = player:getBodyDamage():getBodyParts()
        local bodyPart = allBodyParts:get(ZombRand(allBodyParts:size()))
        bodyPart:AddDamage(10)

or

        local allBodyParts = player:getBodyDamage():getBodyParts()
        local bodyPartIndex = ZombRand(allBodyParts:size())
        player:getBodyDamage():AddDamage(bodyPartIndex, 10)

Whichever you prefer

[faint jewel]

i just need a car:disconnecttowing() or something like that.

[molten cobalt]

@finite owl that has worked and is randomising the damage as I wanted it to, thanks so much for the help, its slowly making more and more sense as I go on

[dull moss]

local function Loader()
    --TraitFactory.addTrait("","",0,"",false,false)

    local SunlightSensitive = TraitFactory.addTrait("sunlightsensitive","Sunlight Sensitive",-10,"Take periodic damage whilst outside in the day time. \n (Does not activate when indoors)",false,false)
end
Events.OnGameBoot.Add(Loader);

local function TraitSunlightSensitive()
    local player = getPlayer();
    local timeOfDay = getGameTime():getTimeOfDay();
    if timeOfDay > 9 and timeOfDay < 20 and player:isOutside() then
        local n = ZombRand(player:getBodyDamage():getBodyParts():size())
        local selectedBodyPart = player:getBodyDamage():getBodyParts():get(n);
        print("selectedBodyPart:"..tostring(selectedBodyPart))
        selectedBodyPart:AddDamage(5)
    end
end
Events.EveryOneMinute.Add(TraitSunlightSensitive)

there, fixed it @molten cobalt

not sure if zombrand should be player:getBodyDamage():getBodyParts():size() or player:getBodyDamage():getBodyParts():size() - 1

think - 1 but you gonna have to test urself

[drifting ore]

lol where can I hire a modder

[dull moss]

here probably xd

[finite owl]

ZombRand seems to return from 0 to N-1, and the body parts are a java ArrayList, so it's 0 index.

[drifting ore]

who wants 10$ to mod my server correctly

lmao

[molten cobalt]

@dull moss that code works too

thank you both

[finite owl]

Or you could just set the vampire character on fire when they go outside, and bypass all this "pick a random body part" business 😆

[molten cobalt]

Maybe it could be a alternative mode aha

[dull moss]

anyone remembers if getStats():getStress() has values between 0 and 1 or 0 and 100

fucking annoying to test

[winter thunder]

If you find out, pls lmk

[dull moss]

[winter thunder]

I am curious ab a lot of the effects, tbh

or stats

i mean

I dont know their bounds, or default values

[finite owl]

FWIW, setStressFromCigarettes clamps the value from 0 to 0.51, so that implies it's from 0.0 to 1.0

   public float getMaxStressFromCigarettes() {
      return 0.51F;
   }

   public void setStressFromCigarettes(float var1) {
      this.stressFromCigarettes = PZMath.clamp(var1, 0.0F, this.getMaxStressFromCigarettes());
   }

[dull moss]

yep, from 0 to 1

i hate this inconsistency

who needs consistency in our game right

stress is 0-1, unhappiness is 0-100

classic game experience

[sour island]

The fun part is that destress items get their values divided

[dull moss]

Hi Chuckyboi

[winter thunder]

New pfp tho

👀

[sour island]

Hey

I think I added it last night?

[dull moss]

Ye

I know because I stalk you

[finite owl]

From the client it just uses a client command:

    local args = { vehicle = self.vehicle:getId() }
    sendClientCommand(self.character, 'vehicle', 'detachTrailer', args)

But I can't for the life of me find anything on the server side which reacts to that client command

Oh, wow, GameServer.receiveClientCommand explicitly handles vehicle client commands specially.

         if (!"vehicle".equals(var4) || !"remove".equals(var5) || Core.bDebug || PlayerType.isPrivileged(var1.accessLevel) || var8.networkAI.isDismantleAllowed()) {
            LuaEventManager.triggerEvent("OnClientCommand", var4, var5, var8, var7);
         }

[winter thunder]

But also- I am messing with the lua event manager, adding/removing events. Is that going to be something that will effect everyone?

Like, I want to have something added when a specific player uses a drug. Code at the end of this is a super general example of what I mean with the code I am messing with. When these are added, will they be in effect for EVERYONE? Or just the specific player? I'm under the assumption that if I put these into client that it will only matter for the specific player, but idk much about this.

Wanna make sure that I dont accidentally mess this up royally lol

function every10mins()
  -- check players mod data, reduce effective duration by 1.
local duration = getPlayer():getModData().DrugDuration

 if duration = 0 then 
    Events.EveryMinute.Remove(DrugEffectPerMinute)
    Events.EveryTenMinute.Remove(every10mins)
    end
 else
  getPlayer():getModData().DrugDuration = (duration - 1)
  end
end
------------------------------------
function DrugEffectPerMinute()
  -- give player stat bonus or trigger effect. Considering multiplying these values based on world speed (?)
  -- example vvv
    local stats = getPlayer():getStats()
    local NewEndurance = (stats:getEndurance() + 2)
    stats:setEndurance(NewEndurance)
end
------------------------------------
function TakeDrug()
  if Cumulative Potency >= x then 
    Events.EveryMinute.Add(DrugEffectPerMinute)
    Events.EveryTenMinute.Add(every10mins)
  end
end

[finite owl]

You're using getPlayer(), so it's client-side code?

[dull moss]

yep

[winter thunder]

honestly just wrote that out now for the example lol

I dont know the best way to go about implementing this- Sorta running it blind

[dull moss]

drugs should be on client side, so lua/client folder

[winter thunder]

Right

[dull moss]

all files in that folder are executed client side

so its safe to remove events after adding them

i do same, lemme send example

[winter thunder]

hell yeah

Alright sweet, I just wanted to be 100% sure so i wasnt accidentally breaking anything when it is ran in mp

[dull moss]

local function catEyes() -- confirmed working
    local player = getPlayer();
    local nightStrength = getClimateManager():getNightStrength()
    local playerNum = player:getPlayerNum();
    local checkedSquares = 0;
    local squaresVisible = 0;
    local darknessLevel = 0;
    local square;
    local plX, plY, plZ = player:getX(), player:getY(), player:getZ();
    local radius = 30;
    local modData = player:getModData().DynamicTraitsWorld;
    for x = -radius, radius do
        for y = -radius, radius do
            square = getCell():getGridSquare(plX + x, plY + y, plZ);
            checkedSquares = checkedSquares + 1;
            if square and square:isCanSee(playerNum) then
                local squareDarknessLevel = nightStrength * (1 - square:getLightLevel(playerNum)) * 0.01 * (square:isInARoom() and player:isInARoom() and 2 or 1);
                squaresVisible = squaresVisible + 1;
                darknessLevel = darknessLevel + squareDarknessLevel;
                modData.CatEyesCounter = modData.CatEyesCounter + squareDarknessLevel;
            end
        end
    end
    --print("DTW Logger: Checked squares: "..checkedSquares..", visible squares: "..squaresVisible.." with total darkness level of "..darknessLevel);
    --print("DTW Logger: CatEyesCounter: "..modData.CatEyesCounter);
    if not player:HasTrait("NightVision") and modData.CatEyesCounter >= SBvars.CatEyesCounter then
        player:getTraits():add("NightVision");
        HaloTextHelper.addTextWithArrow(player, getText("UI_trait_NightVision"), true, HaloTextHelper.getColorGreen());
        Events.EveryOneMinute.Remove(catEyes);
    end
end

this is run client side everyminute

until player gets the trait

then it's removed

and not launched anymore cuz of the way it's added to events

local function initializeEvents(playerIndex, player)
    if SBvars.CatEyes == true and not player:HasTrait("NightVision") then Events.EveryOneMinute.Add(catEyes) end
    if SBvars.SleepSystem == true then Events.EveryTenMinutes.Add(sleepSystem) end
end

Events.OnCreatePlayer.Add(initializeEvents);

so once player gets it it's straight up removed for the rest of the gaming session

and next time they log in

it wont even add it cuz they got the trait

[winter thunder]

With the code I sent- What would happen in the player logged off before their duration hit 0?

[dull moss]

since takeDrug wont fire again

it wont add event

[winter thunder]

So- Should I consider triggering this function (or a modified version) when the player loads in / joins?

function every10mins()
  -- check players mod data, reduce effective duration by 1.
local duration = getPlayer():getModData().DrugDuration

 if duration = 0 then 
    Events.EveryMinute.Remove(DrugEffectPerMinute)
    Events.EveryTenMinute.Remove(every10mins)
    end
 else
  getPlayer():getModData().DrugDuration = (duration - 1)
  end
end

Oops

[dull moss]

I'd recommend adding moddata, something like this (pseudocode)

modData.YourModName = modData.YourModName or {}
modData.YourModName.DrugXYZduration = modData.YourModName.DrugXYZdurationLeft or 0;
``` and then writing leftover duration in it adding event onCharacterCreate() to run it

why you run every ten minutes and then run every minute from it?

[winter thunder]

its not, one function runs every minute. The other runs every 10 to see if it should still run lol

[dull moss]

that's unneeded

[winter thunder]

You know...

I uh

I really hadnt thought about that

[dull moss]

No worries

[winter thunder]

...

LMFAO

[ancient grail]

Yes pls the scroll and click on icon isnt working on my version

[dull moss]

gime 3 min

@winter thunder I'd do something like this

function DrugXYZEffectPerMinute()
    local player = getPlayer();
    player:getModData().YourModName = player:getModData().YourModName or {};
    local modData = getPlayer():getModData().YourModName;
    modData.DrugXYZPotencyLeft = modData.DrugXYZPotencyLeft or 0;
    if modData.DrugXYZPotencyLeft ~= 0 then
        local stats = getPlayer():getStats()
        local NewEndurance = (stats:getEndurance() + 2)
        stats:setEndurance(NewEndurance)
        modData.DrugXYZPotencyLeft = modData.DrugXYZPotencyLeft - 1
    else
        Events.EveryMinute.Remove(DrugXYZEffectPerMinute)
    end     
end
------------------------------------
function DrugsInPlayerSystem()
    local player = getPlayer();
    player:getModData().YourModName = player:getModData().YourModName or {};
    local modData = getPlayer():getModData().YourModName;
    modData.DrugXYZPotencyLeft = modData.DrugXYZPotencyLeft or 0;
    if modData.DrugXYZPotencyLeft >= x then
        Events.EveryMinute.Add(DrugXYZEffectPerMinute)
    end
end

Events.OnCreatePlayer.Add(DrugsInPlayerSystem);

you will also have to find a way to check if player taked drugs

and from there set your player:getModData().YourModName.DrugXYZPotencyLeft to something

and then add make it add Event back in

[winter thunder]

I already have it, you can set custom functions in the OnEat variable in food items

The way to check if they have taken drugs i mean

[dull moss]

ye then there increase ur modData for that drug

and add event there

that starts checking stuff every minute until it wears off

[winter thunder]

So when does the OnCreatePlayer trigger?

[dull moss]

when character loads in

[winter thunder]

hell yeah

[dull moss]

every time, not only 1st one

[winter thunder]

sweet

[ancient grail]

OnTest

[winter thunder]

huh?

[ancient grail]

Hmmm but ok if on rat works

Eat*

[winter thunder]

Yeah, OnEat takes any function. And naturally pushes the player, and the item consumed into the function

[ancient grail]

What did u use for the expiry

Like when the high is over

[winter thunder]

What do you mean?

[ancient grail]

Like when ur high youre bound to get sobered up at some point

[dull moss]

i think he does medical pills not other ones

[winter thunder]

nope

This is the recreational kind

lmfao

[ancient grail]

Nah his makong drug mod

[dull moss]

oh

nice

when weed

[winter thunder]

hahaha

[dull moss]

[winter thunder]

But yeah, I am going to basically tie into the event discussion above. If the remaining is > 0, and then is set = to 0, it will basically add some negative effects to simulate the comedown

[dull moss]

you dont even need separate event for that

since ur function is ONLY ran when drug is in the system, you can add effects when it hits 0

well if u want them over period of time you need separate function

[winter thunder]

    if modData.DrugXYZPotencyLeft ~= 0 then
        local stats = getPlayer():getStats()
        local NewEndurance = (stats:getEndurance() + 2)
        stats:setEndurance(NewEndurance)
        modData.DrugXYZPotencyLeft = modData.DrugXYZPotencyLeft - 1
        if modData.DrugXYZPotencyLeft = 0 then
          Events.EveryMinute.Add(DrugComedown)
         end
    else
        Events.EveryMinute.Remove(DrugXYZEffectPerMinute)
    end  

Like this

[dull moss]

ye

[winter thunder]

Wait

[dull moss]

ye it'll never do it

[winter thunder]

but that would mean they have 1 min of the high and the comedown

[dull moss]

no, look

[winter thunder]

It is reducing that variable on the line above tho, right?

nested if ugly, but I think it would work?

oh... It is hitting the end and never the else... I see

[dull moss]

function DrugXYZAfterEffects()
    local player = getPlayer();
    player:getModData().YourModName = player:getModData().YourModName or {};
    local modData = getPlayer():getModData().YourModName;
    modData.DrugXYZAfterEffectsDurationLeft = modData.DrugXYZAfterEffectsDurationLeft or 0;
    if modData.DrugXYZAfterEffectsDurationLeft ~= 0 then
        -- do some stuff
        modData.DrugXYZAfterEffectsDurationLeft = modData.DrugXYZAfterEffectsDurationLeft - 1
    else
        Events.EveryMinute.Remove(DrugXYZAfterEffects)
    end
end

function DrugXYZEffectPerMinute()
    local player = getPlayer();
    player:getModData().YourModName = player:getModData().YourModName or {};
    local modData = getPlayer():getModData().YourModName;
    modData.DrugXYZPotencyLeft = modData.DrugXYZPotencyLeft or 0;
    if modData.DrugXYZPotencyLeft ~= 0 then
        local stats = getPlayer():getStats()
        local NewEndurance = (stats:getEndurance() + 2)
        stats:setEndurance(NewEndurance)
        modData.DrugXYZPotencyLeft = modData.DrugXYZPotencyLeft - 1
    else
        Events.EveryMinute.Remove(DrugXYZEffectPerMinute)
        modData.DrugXYZAfterEffectsDurationLeft = 10; -- 10 min
        Events.EveryMinute.Add(DrugXYZAfterEffects)
    end
end
------------------------------------
function DrugsInPlayerSystem()
    local player = getPlayer();
    player:getModData().YourModName = player:getModData().YourModName or {};
    local modData = getPlayer():getModData().YourModName;
    modData.DrugXYZPotencyLeft = modData.DrugXYZPotencyLeft or 0;
    modData.DrugXYZAfterEffectsDurationLeft = modData.DrugXYZAfterEffectsDurationLeft or 0
    if modData.DrugXYZPotencyLeft >= x or modData.DrugXYZAfterEffectsDurationLeft >= 0 then
        Events.EveryMinute.Add(DrugXYZEffectPerMinute)
    end
end

Events.OnCreatePlayer.Add(DrugsInPlayerSystem);

[winter thunder]

Basically just have a seperate function to check if the player has drugs on load in, but dont include the add event on 0 clause. If it runs while they are already in game, then keep track of comedown effect

[dull moss]

you dont need separate func, check code i sent
lets say player has no drugs and only aftereffects are left and he logs out

he loads in

it fires drugs in player system

or wait need another clause in if

there

so drugsinplayersystem sees that there's either drugs in system or aftereffects in system

so it adds Events.EveryMinute.Add(DrugXYZEffectPerMinute)

[tawdry solar]

could this work theoretically

[dull moss]

DrugXYZEffectPerMinute sees that Drug duration is 0 so it removes itself from events and adds aftereffects to events

@winter thunder got the idea?

[winter thunder]

Yeah! I really appreciate the help

[dull moss]

np

now i go slep

[winter thunder]

Sounds good 💤

Sweet dreams friend!

[dull moss]

make sure to check all your moddata so its not nil

common problem

[winter thunder]

I will try my best 🫡 No promises though

[fluid current]

anyway to debug sound?

want to see how many tiles this is projecting sound

[winter thunder]

what is the thing you are testing?

@fluid current

Like- What item, i mean

[fluid current]

noisemaker

or atleast be able to visualize tile distance

idk

actually

i think its working

[winter thunder]

Seems like it is 17 tiles

[fluid current]

i think its working

lmfao

[winter thunder]

lmfao yeah- Sure seems like it haha

[fluid current]

just made a noisemaker that generates sound to 150 tiles

legit all i wanted lmao

[winter thunder]

oh- Yeah... That uh. That is a lot lmao

[fluid current]

i play with insane zombies

so i need a way to wrangle the hordes

im also playing an engineer

so

trying to use innovative ways to beat the undead

unfortunately the default traps are lackluster

i might make a mod for that too tbh

[lavish otter]

thats when i say fk it, grab a molotov and shotgun with a single shell, and go at it

hopefully the one zombie I kill has a lighter or matches on it

[fluid current]

hah

[winter thunder]

Anyone know what the endurance is set at? 0-1 or 0-100?

0 - 1, incase anyone was wondering

[tawdry solar]

is there a tutorial on how to make helmet

[faint jewel]

so with this, i would have to get the vehicle towing my trailer and then tell THAT to disconnect it?

[lavish otter]

time to make a giant mod that just combines all firearms to be able to work together

[dapper geode]

how to hide vanilla "trade" context menu, instead of disable it using notAvailable = true?

[thick karma]

Does anyone know how to add a light source and show it at x, y, z? I tried making a custom IsoLightSource and I can confirm that it instantiated, but I am not clear how to make it visible.

[tender trellis]

Could anyone help me get started modding? I'm not necessarily wanting to make anything big, and I don't really have any experience coding, I'd just like to make a couple simple mods to mess with with my friends
I completely understand if you don't want to waste your time lmao

[coral lava]

Hello! Is there a link to the variables surrounding items, i am struggling to find it, scrap this, found the list

[coral lava]

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Modding Here's where I went!

[tender trellis]

thanks!

[tranquil reef]

Is it possible to heavily mod the main menu, like changing the actual layout?

All I've seen for main menu mods are replacements of the background

[winter thunder]

https://github.com/Konijima/PZ-Community-API/tree/master/Contents/mods/CommunityAPI/media/lua/client/LightAPI

[winter thunder]

https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/15188-item-and-recipe-script-variables-brief-description/

This is a great place to start imo

[winter thunder]

Pretty sure all the layout in game is handled through lua- I might be wrong, but that would mean you could mess with everything

Actually

@tranquil reef Main menu is located here

media\lua\client\OptionScreens\MainScreen.lua

[faint jewel]

yeah i was working on redoing the main menu too.

lol

[tranquil reef]

Weird there's not really any public mods that already do it lol

[faint jewel]

to try and make it look like that remake that was posted.

[winter thunder]

I think its bc UI is already such a pain to mess with lol

I would say out of all the people who mod this game, a tiny fraction of them actually do any serious UI work

[faint jewel]

local theTruck = vehicle:getVehicleTowing():getId(); would that work?

brandon i LIVE in the ui at the moment

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/GaBQVNv

[tranquil reef]

I was slightly tempted to recreate the Left 4 Dead main menu layout but I'm not too sure if I will lol

I usually improvise with this stuff

Wake up one day, "Zombie kidnapping mod" and then in 8 hours with no breaks it exists

[winter thunder]

while here, can I have nested tables in mod data?

like

getPlayer():getModData().MyMod = getPlayer():getModData().MyMod or {};
local modData = getPlayer():getModData().MyMod
local x = 1

modData
modData.Example = modData.Example or {};
modData.Example.Poptart = modData.Example.Poptart or 0;

getPlayer():getModData().MyMod.Example.Poptart = x

[faint jewel]

uhhhh

[winter thunder]

You know- I need to stop coding late at night...

[faint jewel]

DAMMIT now i wanna make one.

[winter thunder]

I can just... Make a new table in modata...

*sigh*

[tranquil reef]

My idea

Mine

[faint jewel]

https://tenor.com/view/jack-nicholson-yes-nod-agree-gif-21960775

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZwYWYuqbj8

[thick karma]

Nice, I think cell:addLamppost(self.lightSource) may be among the key steps I am missing. Thanks. I wonder if this is available and updated on Workshop...

I don't see anything on Workshop unfortunately

But I can extract the essential functions for my situation

[tranquil reef]

I would like to quickly commemorate this man for including a bug & giving steps to fix it, doing God's work

[winter thunder]

Think that might be the Diakon here

[thick karma]

It almost definitely is

[winter thunder]

@tardy wren

do this be you?

[tranquil reef]

Whoa

[winter thunder]

also-
If I have a variable that will = the name of a variable in the mod data, would the notation to get that be something like this? ->

function (ModDataVariableName)
local player = getPlayer()

player:getModData().MyMod[ModDataVariableName]

[thick karma]

Yes

[winter thunder]

dope

ty

[thick karma]

Well with ""

Oh

Nm

[winter thunder]

?

[thick karma]

I see the param

[winter thunder]

oh

yee

[thick karma]

You have it right

[winter thunder]

sweet

[thick karma]

MyMod should be declared as {} first

Somewhere

[winter thunder]

yeah! Just wanted to make sure lol

[thick karma]

Just making sure

You can also do player:getModData().MyMod.MyModVariable but passing as string doesn't work so smoothly that way

Depends on the situation which notation feels better

[winter thunder]

Adding an event OnPlayerCreate to initialize my tables :)

So I will be sure to do that lol

[winter thunder]

So- For the sake of just making sure my tables exist, is this a good way to go about it?

function InitializePlayerDrugData()
    local playerMD = getPlayer():getModData()

  -- Core data related to mod
    playerMD.StreetPharma = player:getModData().StreetPharma or {};
    local modData = playerMD.StreetPharma;

  -- Effect durations currently effecting the player.
    playerMD.StreetPharmaDurations = playerMD.StreetPharmaDurations or {};
    local durationData = playerMD.StreetPharmaDurations;
      --just examples below, but should I also initialize the variables of those tables?
    durationData.Stimulants = durationData.Stimulants or 0
    durationData.Narcotics= durationData.Narcotics or 0
    
-- Records of drug use.
    playerMD.StreetPharmaRecords = playerMD.StreetPharmaRecords or {};
    local recordsData = playerMD.StreetPharmaRecords;
      

  if modData and durationData and recordsData then
  print("Street Pharma Initialized Successfully!")
  end
end

Events.OnCreatePlayer.Add(InitializePlayerDrugData);

[tranquil reef]

How can I check a corpse's gender

[fluid current]

back again, wondering how you add custom sandbox options for your mod

[winter thunder]

https://projectzomboid.com/modding/zombie/core/skinnedmodel/DeadBodyAtlas.html

I think it might be here

[faint jewel]

holy crap... their ui is rediculous.

[tranquil reef]

Is the code just really ugly looking or is it like CSS lol

https://tenor.com/view/family-guy-css-open-window-annoyed-pissed-gif-12014506

Change one thing and everything else screws up

[faint jewel]

it';s both

they HAVE to have either a WSYWYG program for editing it, or someone with SERIOUS mental proclivity towards self hate.

[drifting ore]

CSS isn't that bad

I mean, CSS like 10 years ago for sure

[tranquil reef]

https://tenor.com/view/excuse-me-gif-8816394

[drifting ore]

The biggest mental challenge of web design is centering a div.

😔

[bronze yoke]

looks good! there's a little syntax error on this line:

playerMD.StreetPharma = player:getModData().StreetPharma or {}
-- should be:
playerMD.StreetPharma = playerMD.StreetPharma or {}
```but as this was a few minutes ago you might have already corrected that

[tranquil reef]

I personally hate all of it lol, but yeah, centering anything kills me

[winter thunder]

I uh... I didnt... 🐸

I really need to stop coding late at night lol

[faint jewel]

well this is fun,

        local TsignDistance = {}
        for k,v in ipairs(TrailerSignPlacement) do
            if v.loc == CurrLoc or v.loc == random_loc then
                table.insert(TsignDistance, v)
            end
        end

how do i make it so currloc i ALWAYS the first in TsignDistance ?

[bronze yoke]

are you trying to insert it to the start of the table? table.insert(TsignDistance, v, 1)

[faint jewel]

nvmi did it a little different

it was weird they way i had it becasue it basically made all the cities in the array BEFORE the current location, be the leaving location and it's like THAT'S WRONG!

the fricking shipping mod is gonna drive me to drink i swur

OKAY

so i am to a fun point.

it's PLAYABLE.

wait... it's "Playable"

them quotes are needed. lol

[azure dock]

aye guys ! I'm a professional at making music and fell in love with this game a year ago, I'll do any voice acting (voices range from insane scientist - rugged survivor - your grandchilds grandchild) Hit me up if you need some clips! Also have a ZOOM field recorder so if there's any specific sound you want sampled in the game I'll go get them for free! ❤️ love you guya

Implying any sound I can record from ANYTHING outside, if you need the sound for it I'll hop out on an adventure and get it for you at 48hz (movie quality)

Also wondering if anyone has any info on the survivor radio mod and the functioning of the audio file broadcast

would very much to revive it or toss a channel of my own but can't find a way for it to openly play sound files in MP not even with the aeldri patch

might just have to recode the reverend to preach world peace and everyone becomes super happy while I'm singing a singular Cm note

[faint jewel]

so i'm getting somewhere. just need to figure out how to center those.

and then increase the font etc ya know.

[brave pier]

In case anyone is actually interested I finally figured out the issue here:
The left side part is overlapping to next cell by 2px and the game then draws the wall on the next cell on top of the picture and that's why there's a sliver missing

[faint jewel]

told ya to move it 😛

[sour island]

@ancient grail https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2909984178

I think it should work

[ancient grail]

Take a break man

[ancient grail]

Lifesaving wizardry! Thankkkk yooouuuuu! Omg

[sour island]

lmk if the "how to use" needs clearing up

[ancient grail]

But i wont be able to use my custom icon tho or is there a parameter

[faint jewel]

i'm pretty much done. i just gotta touch up the turn in and then make it pay people.

[ancient grail]

Im not at home atm. I will probably tom evening

[sour island]

oh, that's a good point

[faint jewel]

i just need to figure out how to center a label.

[sour island]

you shift it's x by half its width

[faint jewel]

....

i know that part.

but to make the game DO that. there's the fun part.

and ONLY to the text!

[sour island]

Are you using DrawText() ?

[faint jewel]

as you can see it moved the whoie ass thing lol.

[sour island]

there's a drawTextCenter

[faint jewel]

no i'm using country add override on teir menu lol.

[sour island]

idk what that is

[faint jewel]

        for _,child in pairs(self.bottomPanel:getChildren()) do
            if child.Type == "ISLabel" then
                child:setWidth(maxWidth)
                child:drawTextCenter()
            end
        end

yeah that aint do it lol

[sour island]

drawtext requires paramters for the text

[faint jewel]

DrawTextCentre

[sour island]

if you aren't using drawText() then it's not viable

[faint jewel]

danged brits

[sour island]

@ancient grail I added a function for texture setting just call it anywhere

---How To Use:
--Define local copy of `containerLockout` using require
local containerLockout = require "containerLockout-shared"

local function func(mapObject, player)
    --add conditions here, for example:
    if player:getModData().blockView == true then return false end
end

containerLockout.addFunction(func)

---default texture: "media/ui/lock.png"
--function containerLockout.setTexture(texturePath)

probably should factor in what is locking it but meh

[faint jewel]

local label = ISLabel:new(10, self.bottomPanel.y - 30, FONT_HGT_SMALL, "", 1, 1, 1, 1, UIFont.Small, true)

that appears to be how they are drawn.

[sour island]

ah, I forgot labels were a thing

the main menu buttons are labels?

🤔

[faint jewel]

that's how i am setting the width

[sour island]

eh?

[ancient grail]

Do have that on github? Cuz ill defntly study it now

[sour island]

Yeah, but what I posted is all you need

[ancient grail]

But this is the label not the frame

@sour island
<@&986122150958202931> the latest update of the Journal Mod Broke the Transcribing. Old Skill Cannot be Transcribe. and even if Admin give you EXP you still cannot Save it on the Journal. Unfortunately you have to Grind it again from the Start. and for that i will Slightly increase the EXP Multiplier.

[sour island]

doubt

[ancient grail]

This was from @smoky meadow

[sour island]

oh, old xp, yeah

whatever they hadn't transcribed before the update can't be transcribed

[ancient grail]

Ow i thought it was a bug he just told me u are aware

[sour island]

nah, just a growing pain

[ancient grail]

@weak sierra sorry to tag u mam. one of your mods is spamming prints. Was that intentional?

I think it was the car respawn

Theres also another mod that spams on loop as you hover any inventory item. No idea what mod it is nor who made it .

[sour island]

grab fingerPrint

[faint jewel]

son of a.

there does not seem to be a way to center the text on a label.

[signal jolt]

does somebody have the list of approved mods? just downloaded and skipped by the link by accident

[faint jewel]

            self.tutorialOption = ISLabel:new(labelX, labelY, labelHgt, getText("UI_mainscreen_tutorial"), 1, 1, 1, 1, UIFont.Large, true);
            self.tutorialOption.internal = "TUTORIAL";
            self.tutorialOption:initialise();
            self.tutorialOption.onMouseDown = MainScreen.onMenuItemMouseDownMainMenu;
            self.bottomPanel:addChild(self.tutorialOption);
            labelY = labelY + labelHgt
``` this is where they set them. have not found a single one that is centered.

[ancient grail]

Yep thats wht i told them to do

But ossalion must have forgotten

Error magnifier and fingerprint is the same mod right

[sour island]

no

[ancient grail]

Ow ok

@sour island is it possible to create an api that suppresses print from mods that you list

Like for example
stopPrintsFrom('glytch3rsMod')

[sour island]

yes

[ancient grail]

[faint jewel]

well damn i can't find JACK on the ISLABELs

[ancient grail]

Sent u a file

[brave pier]

I thought you meant to move them "closer" to each other to fill in the gap not change the origin point, my bad

[faint jewel]

🙂

[ancient grail]

function checkVar(var)
   if var == nil or var == '' or var == false    then return false 
   elseif var ~= nil or var == true then   return true 
   end
end


function isNull(var)
   if var == nil or var == "" then
   return true 
   else
   return false 
   end
end
     

will something like this be useful on the community mod you are building? @sour island

it just checks if theres anything on that var
so we can use "get" as if its "is"

checkVar(getPlayer():getVehicle())
-- will return true instead of the actual object

[faint jewel]

sooooooooo

[fast galleon]

I don't know what it is about 'Join' but alignment looks like this: ')'

[late hound]

what the heck did you just do

[faint jewel]

i did... a thing.

[late hound]

were you off doing stuff in the naughty zone again?

[ancient grail]

local SkizotsNaughtyZone = everywhere

[winter thunder]

Ooh that is clean

But also

Have you been working on that this whole time?

Because I thought I was the only one coding for like 14 hours today 😂

[drifting ore]

im trying to lock some recipes behind the mechanic profession but the recipes im trying to add show up for everyone else too

[winter thunder]

Variable in the recipes, I think “KnowOnStart”? defaults to true, you have to set it to false

Lmk if that works for you

[drifting ore]

    {
       KnowOnStart=false
       SkillRequired:MetalWelding=3,
       BlowTorch=4,
       Prop1: BlowTorch,
       Sound: BlowTorch,
       keep WeldingMask,
       CanBeDoneFromFloor:true,
       FrontCarDoor1/FrontCarDoor2/FrontCarDoor3/FrontCarDoor8/RearCarDoor1/RearCarDoor2/RearCarDoor3/RearCarDoor8/RearCarDoorDouble1/RearCarDoorDouble2/RearCarDoorDouble3/RearCarDoorDouble8/ECTO1CarFrontDoor2/ECTO1CarRearDoor2/M998BackCover1_Item/M998BackCover2_Item/IFAVDoor2/SL500Door3/W460CarFrontDoor2/W460CarRearDoor2/R32Door3/McLarenF1Door3/E150CarFrontDoor2/E150CarSlideDoor2/DG70Door3/fhqFusFleaSupDoor/NivaLeftDoor1/NivaRightDoor1/89BroncoCarFrontDoor2/88ChevyS10CarFrontDoor2/82JeepJ10CarFrontDoor2/CadillacFuneralCoachDoorSC1/CadillacFuneralCoachRearDoorSC1/ChevyBlazerDoorSC2/ChevyCamaroDoorSC3/ChevyCapriceFrontDoorSC1/ChevyCapriceRearDoorSC1/ChevyG30FrontDoorSC2/ChevyG30RearDoorsSC2/ChevyG30SideDoorSC2/ChevyG30RearDoorsSC2/ChevyP30DoorSC2/ChevyP30RearDoorsSC2/M1010RearDoors2/FireCoachFrontDoor2/FordBroncoDoorSC2/FordCrownVictoriaDoorSC1/FordCrownVictoriaRearDoorSC1/FordCrownVictoriaRearDoorSC1/FordExplorerFrontDoorSC2/FordExplorerRearDoorSC2/FordF150DoorSC2/FordF150RearDoorSC2/FordF700DoorSC2/FordF700RearDoorSC2/FordF700BoxTruckRollUpDoorSC2/HondaAccordDoorSC1/JeepCherokeeDoorSC2/JeepCJ7DoorSC2/M35Door2/MazdaB2000DoorSC2/Mercedes280DoorSC1/Mercedes280RearDoorSC1/PlymouthVoyagerFrontDoorSC2/PlymouthVoyagerSideDoorSC2/PlymouthVoyagerRearDoorsVanSC2/ToyotaCamryDoorSC1/ToyotaCamryRearDoorSC1/VWRabbitDoorSC1/VWRabbitRearDoorSC1/Shubert38LeftDoor1/Shubert38RightDoor1/49powerWagonFrontDoor2/49powerWagonRearDoor2,
       OnCreate:Recipe.OnCreate.SalvageModuleReturnsLargeMetals,
       Result:SheetMetal,
       Time:1000.0,
       OnGiveXP:Recipe.OnGiveXP.MetalWelding20,
       Category:Salvage,
    }```

does this look right

[winter thunder]

Here, sorry

NeedToBeLearn:true,

That is the code

[drifting ore]

oh ok ty

[winter thunder]

Yee

Also… jesus that is a hell of a recipe 😂

[drifting ore]

im covering all the bases lol

[winter thunder]

Lol, you could instead add a lua file that gives all car doors an item tag

Using the doParam function

You already have them typed, so it wouldn’t be too bad to get them transferred to that sort of thing

[fast galleon]

Just put a tag function, and add make a lua function 🤔

[winter thunder]

Huh?

[faint jewel]

since i posted about it earlier.

i wasted a lot of time trying to make a new font for it but PZ does NOT like fonts.

[winter thunder]

Yeah I remembered haha, it looks awesome!

[drifting ore]

Who wants 5$ to go over my server making sure I got everything correct

lmao

[fast galleon]

something like
in script: [Recipe.GetItemTypes.DoorTypes],
in lua: ...

hm, I seem to have the trashed the code

function Recipe.GetItemTypes.wireCarBattery(scriptItems)
    for type,_ in pairs(def.carBatteries) do
        scriptItems:add(getScriptManager():getItem(type))
    end
end

[ancient grail]

Poltergeist is talking about the Recipe Tags

[winter thunder]

Oh no yeah we meant the exact same thing lmfao

Probably a clean way to check all vehicle/item scripts for the car doors too. Especially since they all use the ‘door’ in their name lol

[drifting ore]

so to start like this

[fast galleon]

The DoParam is probably not required for this

[drifting ore]

    {
       SkillRequired:MetalWelding=3,
       BlowTorch=4,
       Prop1: BlowTorch,
       Sound: BlowTorch,
       keep WeldingMask,
       CanBeDoneFromFloor:true,
       Recipe.GetItemTypes.DoorTypes
       OnCreate:Recipe.OnCreate.SalvageModuleReturnsLargeMetals,
       Result:SheetMetal,
       Time:1000.0,
       OnGiveXP:Recipe.OnGiveXP.MetalWelding20,
       Category:Salvage,
    }```

[fast galleon]

you need the [] brackets

[fast galleon]

this might be useful, go through all the items and check if they are car doors

[winter thunder]

Yeah, would mean you don’t have to worry about any or all added car mods

Would just automatically do it

[fast galleon]

not sure if it's important but usually you list the source items on top.

[neon bronze]

I had the same problem with adding a custom function the way i fixed it was to put it in the vanilla lua file

But can it be put somewhere alone in its own file? Or do i have to copy the vanilla one evrytime

[drifting ore]

for the lua file i dont really know where id find the correct input for the car doors but i tried this

    for type,_ in pairs(def.carDoors) do
        scriptItems:add(getScriptManager():getItem(type))
    end
end```

[manic berry]

Can I prevent a specific car from spawning on the server? only i spawn

[drifting ore]

    for type,_ in pairs(def.CarDoor) do
        scriptItems:add(getScriptManager():getItem(type))
    end
end``` like this?

[fast galleon]

you can have it in your own file, just make sure it has a unique name, is in server folder and put on top
require "recipecode"

*That is if you want it to be in Recipe.GetItemTypes, otherwise it can be anything global

[fast galleon]

yeah, if you only have strings like
doors = {"a","DoorB"}
then you do

 function Recipe.GetItemTypes.DoorTypes(scriptItems)
    for _,door in ipairs(doors) do
        scriptItems:add(getScriptManager():getItem(door))
    end
end

[weak sierra]

shouldn't be, get me a log

[weak sierra]

the base game does this for tooltips, so anything that ties into the tooltip system can look like it's doing that if an error happens or a print happens

[fast galleon]

if you wanted to check all items you'd do something like

        local items = getScriptManager():getAllItems()
        local function isValid(item)
            return item:getName():contains("Door")
        end
        for i=0,items:size()-1 do
            local item = items:get(i)
            if isValid(item) then
                print("valid",item:getName())
            end
        end

[ancient grail]

Wait the inventory thing isnt your mod i think. I mentioned 2 different print spam occurance

Afaik the udderly on the print is yours
The inventory hover i really dont know what mod it is

[ancient grail]

U can hook or overwrite the specific function and not the whole lua file

[ancient grail]

Yes
Remove that vehicle from the distribution table

Can anyone recommend an ide i can use while using mobile. Just need it for situations like now since im not at home till tomorrow

[weak sierra]

yeah get me a log from the one that i did do tho pls so i know exactly what's up

stuff acts different with different settings and diff mods present

nothing i write should spam the log unless there's good reason

so if it's doing that i can either tell u the reason or fix what's going on

[ancient grail]

Im not at home but ill ask for favors

Send it to u as soon as i have em

[jagged ingot]

Good morning.

Working on improving an old rain effect UI utility that I wrote several years ago on request.

[manic berry]

where is the distribution table

[ancient grail]

Lua folder

Most probably somewhere on the server folder

@weak sierra hope this helps mam

🫡

Ill ask for a settings configuration ss

[ancient grail]

Heres the settings

Default i think

@weak sierra

[jagged ingot]

ahhhhhhhhhhh whyyyy

I always create issues when going between Lua and JS. (this vs self)

Half of my errors are "what is 'this'" in the PZ console haha

[jagged ingot]

UIElement gradient draw calls when? 😄

[sour island]

the current method would be to draw a texture to aspect - this would only be for backgrounds or overlays

[jagged ingot]

You mean as images?

[sour island]

Yeah unfortunately

[jagged ingot]

Aaaand that's my issue. 🙂

[winter thunder]

For those following along- my drug mod is in the home stretch :)

[lapis glen]

Recently wanted to start working on this mod was wondering if there was someone willing to "Coach" me and help me work on this project and learn how to code in general i do want to warn per-say that this project has a bit of a big scope.

[hazy rapids]

Is there a mod that makes the video game item able to be used as a boredom reducer?

[winter thunder]

Honestly, having just basically taught myself how to code over the past month- i would take your project idea, break off a single, manageable piece, and work on that. Then; test in game, reference other similar mod code, and all that

[winter thunder]

Yeah, I think soul f’s boredom time is the name? There are a few mods that add that sorta thing iirc

[winter thunder]

What is your project idea?

[lapis glen]

So basicly

What if the zombies where more survivor like

They still are infected

But they will wander around wont attack the player immediately

Unless they break a "Rule"

I would make a comparison to we happy few

But i dont know if you know what that is

So like

Zombies will wander around the map

If they encounter the player they might give a word or 2

If they loot a zombie corpse they will become aggresive

And act like normal zombies

and at night they will seek indoors

And all that

[fast galleon]

That sounds like a lot of hardcoded java modding.

[fallen storm]

so npcs that become zombies if you anger them

in terms of attitude

[lapis glen]

yeah kinda

[winter thunder]

I mean- you could do it, but it’d probably only work effectively on client side.

You could make the player ‘invisible’, emulating them not attacking. The Lingering Whispers mod already makes zombies talk, so that would probably be a place to look for the words. And I’d imagine you’d just have a number of event hooks that will turn off the invisible with certain conditions

[lapis glen]

yeah that was what i was thinking

maybe you could help me with the mod?

[winter thunder]

I can give you some pointers on where to start, but I’ve got a big mod project of my own right now 😂

When I get out of work, I’ll post some stuff I would start with- so you can get a basic understanding

For now- I would look at the lua of a few mods, and try to parse the meaning. See if you can understand the basic language structure and stuff

[lapis glen]

Alrighty then cheers!

[jagged ingot]

Ahh man.. The guy I'm rewriting my rain UI class for went to sleep when I finally got it working.

I've essentially created a glorified particle emitter for rain with speed, spread, angle, color, alpha, etc.

[winter thunder]

It just makes an image overlay, running those corresponding parameters, right?

[jagged ingot]

Nope.

[deft surge]

https://www.nexusmods.com/projectzomboid/mods/60?tab=files
Anyone use this? It says v1 and v1.1 but v1 is described as "main download". Wut

[winter thunder]

Oh

[jagged ingot]

Want a zip of the current mod WIP?

[winter thunder]

Yeah, that would be cool

[jagged ingot]

It's a zipped mod.

It's a params test.

[winter thunder]

Trying to compile everything I can for when I get to psychedelic drug effects 😂 but Im not familiar with anything related to UI or screen effects yet

So having references helps lol

[jagged ingot]

Just load it and see the main menu.

then unload it and do whatever.

[winter thunder]

Will do 🙏🏻 I am at work now, but I’ll peep it when I get home

[jagged ingot]

I could generify this code and create an API for particle emitters.

Like for example being able to have images dropping from the top to the bottom of the screen like emojis.

Behaviors like gravity could be made so someone could make a "celebration" animation on the screen where a bunch of images arc from the bottom of the screen and go back down.

[winter thunder]

That sounds incredible

[sour island]

nicer sliding pop ups would be a nice have too

[dim hill]

Anyone knows what @sour island's recent changes to the journal mod do exactly/affect multiplayer servers? I'm struggling to understand his changelogs

[sour island]

I heard that guy just slaps code together

[winter thunder]

Ngl I heard that he just locks a bunch of monkeys in a room with typewriters to generate his code

[dim hill]

Hahaha I love your mods man

But sometimes when you explain things I'm confuzzled

[sour island]

Fair, but what part?

[dim hill]

The whole thing

I think the way you explain things often assumes that the user isn't stupid

Unfortunately, the user is stupid

"Capped recording XP to max level's cap"

????!!

I have 600 hours of PZ and I have no idea what that means

[Capped recording XP] - ok, I guess we capped how much XP we can transcribe into the journal

[to max level's cap] 😬 😬

Max level's cap?

Same with pretty much the other ones, I think it stems from the fact I don't really understand how it works

I don't know what "a rollover of old character's XP" means, or what the new tracking system is

Or what "adding into the XP tracking" means

Long story short: skill issue on my part

Still curious about whether I should worry about using the mod or not since the comment says something about holding onto journals and crafting new ones - which is contradictory when I read it: Am I keeping the journal or should I craft a new one?

I want to be dead clear this isn't a critique of your writing skills, but me pleading for help with my poor comprehension skills 😉

Very thankful for your mods lol

[sour island]

max levels of skills have a cap to their xp

[dim hill]

I don't quite understand that either

[sour island]

you unlock level 10 but you haven't completed it until the bar is full

[dim hill]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh

[sour island]

that's how pz does levels

[dim hill]

What is a max level's cap

[sour island]

level 10's max xp

basically maxing a skill out

I capped recording XP to maxed out XP

[dim hill]

Ohhhh

So if you reach level 10 and keep practicing a skill

[sour island]

I didn't account for it, so people were able to keep recording xp on addXp events

[dim hill]

And now your XP is like, level 10 + 5981512XP

[sour island]

yes

[dim hill]

It accounts for that

AHHHHHHHHH

PZ lets you keep gaining XP even after you reach level 10

And now your mod takes that into account

And caps it at whatever XP is at level 10

[sour island]

yes

[dim hill]

Understood

So this whole update makes no difference whatsoever if no one on the server has ever reached level 10 in anything

(for us)

[sour island]

shouldn't be that big of a deal wither way as it's only been a few hours

and I don't think it has an impact on read/transcribe times but I rather not find out

the more xp you have the longer it takes to read/transcribe

[dim hill]

Gootcha

What about the "- implemented a rollover of old character's XP into the new tracking system"

What does that mean?

[sour island]

I changed how the journal's work fundamentally, before I used the actual current xp of the character - now I intercept the addXP event (when you gain XP) and determine on a separate list if it should be recoverable

[dim hill]

Why'd you do that

[sour island]

people were confused as old characters had no tracked XP to speak of - and were worried they'd lose something - but the journals had the XP values, they'd get it all when they die

[sour island]

so I can control bonuses from professions/traits and TV watching

[dim hill]

Ooh okay

[sour island]

prior to this update starting skill levels gained more XP that converted to a flat value - which isn't ideal or fair

[dim hill]

So now it only transcribes XP you actually earned through grinding, not the ones you start with free from profession

[sour island]

no

it never recorded starting skills

[dim hill]

Oh good

[sour island]

the system is a bit weird but the default xp rate is 25%

this is vanill btw

[dim hill]

So at the end, should I as a server admin using this mod, tell all my users to delete their existing journal and write a new one? After today's update

[sour island]

not me

they should keep their old journal and make a new one - and try to transcribe/read from both until all the kinks transition out

after they die once, there should be no lingering issues

and they can keep using their new journal

also there was a bug with reading from journals not being recorded - this may not fix itself until the character dies - but the same advice as above applies

a priority in the update was keeping the old information salvageable - no one should lose anything

there was also an old ugly solution for passive skills as they work somewhat differently to the rest

I was able to even roll that over into the new system and clear out that info from the player's modData

much nicer having every skill work the same way for me

[hot patrol]

@sour island disregard this if it's already a thing but I have started using the skill journal on my server and I was thinking a really good feature would be if the recorded skills were given to your new character via an xp modifier as opposed to just directly getting the xp. I like that you can cut the max levels in half so there is still some punishment but I just think it would be better and make more sense if the journal worked like a skill book that gave you a modifier for every recorded skills so that you still gotta work for it.

[sour island]

this would actually be possible now

going to wait for this current update to circulate lol

[hot patrol]

Awesome!

I will absolutely use that setting

[drifting ore]

how do you call to run a lua file? i have a function down but its asking me for a file to run it

[winter thunder]

Two things- can you send the function, and when do you want it to trigger?

if you put ```lua before you paste code it will format it, just end the code block with ```

[polar patio]

Lie on ground mod?

[fast galleon]

gonna add a new dynamic trait for those who did 100 pushup , 100 situps, 100 squats and 10km run a day

[unique barn]

anyone able to help with a mod load order

[fast galleon]

maybe

[weak sierra]

that's normal it just means people are dismantling lots of vehicles

or entering areas where old vehicles were and they are all despawning at once

it only logs this when it tries to spawn something and the area isnt loaded

so each one of those is a spawn attempt

[sour island]

@dim hill Is this clearer, ignoring all the added info I gave you earlier.

[dim hill]

I think so! Hard to forget what you told me but I think that's easier to understand 🙂

[sour island]

👍

[fast galleon]

Is it hard limited at 10 or just checks the highest level?

[winter thunder]

Can you have a skill has less than 10 levels by default?

[hot patrol]

Any modders taking commissions currently? I have a fairly simple idea I would like to execute.

something that has been bugging me a bit that I would like to put on my server

[tawdry solar]

what happens if i have no texture for me melee weapon but i made it coloured in blender

[fast galleon]

I don't think you can have less than default, but you can have more. Maybe you can have less but it's weirder than more and more is already weird.

ah like 9, should be easier

and allow 10 for players with right trait / proficiency
*changing it per person is extra layer of challenge though

[tawdry solar]

are there any recourses on melee modding

[winter thunder]

What is the idea?

It will be invisible afaik. You set the model definition in the script file, and it expects a texture image to overlay on that

[winter thunder]

Oop, was replying to you ^

[hot patrol]

Just some quality of life addons for the true music and true actions dancing mod. containers for carrying unlimited cassetts, vinyles, and dance cards. changing loot spawns on music so they spawn in boxes you must unpackage much like the cereal boxes in the dance mod to help unlitter loot tables. and lastly a cassette player tho that last one seems undoable.

I've already got a taker tho

[winter thunder]

Oh no worries! Was just curious is all haha, currently working on a big project of my own as is 😂 kinda always wonder ab these sorta things tho, like - the commission stuff

[hot patrol]

it's been a little thing that has been bugging me a lot lately. I am big into the music stuff. and have way too much to store and way too much spawning in shelves and book cases. I wish I was smart enough for this modding stuff because I have so many ideas. Guess that's where a job and money come in.

[winter thunder]

For sure! I had no experience myself like a month ago- and now I am making a complete drug overhaul mod 😂 it’s honestly not too bad to learn, esp with all the great people here who help.

You run a server?

[hot patrol]

it's a private one with friends but yes.

and I tried my hand with modding and all I can say is it is way our of my grasp and I don't have the time or patients to learn sadly. I do still try to dabble in blender and such every now and again tho.

[winter thunder]

Oh word! Well- because I feel obligated to plug my past projects 🥸

If you want to threaten your friends with menacing notes-

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2897228813

[hot patrol]

I do like menacing notes 🙂

[bronze yoke]

i've actually worked on a system similar to that for cassettes

[hot patrol]

oh yea?

I looked on the workshop and didn't find anything but it is flooded with addons

[winter thunder]

Adds some stuff for event mods for bigger servers- but that is only admin accessible. The best part imo is that you can pin notes up on the wall :) you can use knives, tape, or a screwdriver. Saves the text when you take it off / pin it up

[bronze yoke]

it's not available as a mod separate from the mod i helped with it for, but i'm sure you could repurpose the code

[hot patrol]

that's cool. I remember a sililar notes mod like that for dayz. I had tons of fun using that

[bronze yoke]

it doesn't use a box, but it uses the same concept - instead of a box you open, there's a single dummy cassette item that gets replaced with a random cassette when it spawns

[tawdry solar]

is there a guide on melee weapons btw

[hot patrol]

you got a link I think I actually have an idea what one it is. I got the idea from it

[bronze yoke]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2857842616

[hot patrol]

this it? https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2839277937

ah

if you don't mind can I send that to the person working on my idea?

[bronze yoke]

i used some similar code for the pony mod - i think lea added a bunch of sandbox stuff into it that complicates things that you might not want (and of course i haven't asked if they want their work to be offered like this)

[hot patrol]

I actually like a lot of the sandbox idea in there. they should consider making a lightwieght version without the music and only the spawning and settings

does it work with other addons?

[bronze yoke]

no, the cassettes are all written into a big table

you could probably grab them with the scriptmanager with some reliability though

maybe i should make that

hmm, actually, i'd have to detect and remove the spawns from all other cassette mods... that'd be a pain

[hot patrol]

I think that is actually what is going to be done for my mod. I was just talking it through with them.

[tawdry solar]

does anyone know how to make a melee mod there are no guides on how

[bronze yoke]

yeah, the difficulty in making a standalone 'better cassette spawns' mod is you'd have to find a way to block the normal spawns, but if you're doing it for a specific set of mods that's very easy

[hot patrol]

well it's all beyond me but he says he can do it so I'm happy 🙂

but the sandbox settings and cassetts spawning on zeds is all very nice

[winter thunder]

Are you just trying to make a new melee weapon?

[tawdry solar]

yes

a one handed ice pick

axe i mean

[winter thunder]

https://rentry.co/BluesModClues

[tawdry solar]

thanks

[winter thunder]

Go to TIS Forums section, first link

[coral lava]

Where do we find the icons for items? I am struggling to find them

[bronze yoke]

they're in texture packs

[winter thunder]

you can un pack them

is there a specific item you need?

@coral lava

[coral lava]

Ohhh okay, and no. I just wanted to know how to design the path to add new ones

[winter thunder]

oh- you just put them into the media\textures file as pngs

if it is for an item it needs to be named Item_Example.png

and it is 32x32

[tawdry solar]

couldnt find guide here

[winter thunder]

You need to make an item script

[coral lava]

Thank you!

[tawdry solar]

alr

[winter thunder]

Look at the githubs at the bottom for the basic outlines of how

[tawdry solar]

i dont see i guide for blender to zomboid tho

i can only find clothing

not melee

i downloaded a framework for melee

[winter thunder]

Hey, forgot to message sooner. New Years and all- but some stuff here is probably a good place to start! Threw some extra links in there for you so there is a lil bit of everything

https://rentry.co/BluesModClues

[faint jewel]

anyone have a list of distributionTable["CarNormal"] for vehicles?

[faint jewel]

and now its rainy!

[fluid current]

eyy need some help

any reason this doesnt work?

i know nothing, just trying to mess with variables

originally it was this

[ruby urchin]

probably because data['spears'][spearIndex].condition is nil

[fluid current]

hmm thats shouldnt be the case tho

its being set to zero as its broken so it should have an original value

idk im extremely new so i really have no clue

[faint jewel]

anyone good at tuning vehicles?

[mortal widget]

RAHHHHHH

[winter thunder]

This is trying to pull a table too deep, to my understanding. You are pooling for
ModData.spears.spearIndex.condition

Which is multiple nested tables 😂

I am messing with a super similar functionality in my drug mod atm, if you wanna send me your code I can mess with it

[fluid current]

ooooh so its like almost a file directory in a sense

[winter thunder]

Yee

[fluid current]

just a weird way to type it lol

so @ruby urchin was probably right then

ill try to figure it out on my own but if i give up ill msg you

lol

[ruby urchin]

idk literally you gave a one line of code

[winter thunder]

Oh no worries haha

but yeah @fluid current I can give you some pointers on the table stuff, if you want. I am using something similar to store data on items / player to keep track of durations, effects, and all that

[fluid current]

i was really just trying to adjust a single value

see this is part of the Spear Traps mod

[winter thunder]

Oh! Word. So- Is the value listed in the mod data?

And- Do you initialize your mod data tables anywhere?

[fluid current]

no clue im fresh to this lol

honestly thinking that i really should have done the crash course on lua

heh

[winter thunder]

haha, I feel that. I am self taught over the last month

[fluid current]

only other mod ive made for this was based off a tutorial and that was for java not lua

so easy compared to this

honestly dont even know where to check for that

[winter thunder]

You wanna dm me your lua code? I will explain what I mean

[fluid current]

sure

[sour island]

Anyone familiar with the anticheats and how to avoid triggering them?

Not circumvent, just avoid getting people kicked from MP

[fast galleon]

I'd look at java to see what the specific one checks. The xp one was checking a hardcoded number I think.

IsoGameCharacter has this in update

               if ((double)this.lastXPGrowthRate > 1000.0D * SandboxOptions.instance.XpMultiplier.getValue() * ServerOptions.instance.AntiCheatProtectionType9ThresholdMultiplier.getValue()) {

so if you add less XP than that per update it should be ok

[normal rose]

is it hard to create mods?

[fast galleon]

depends what you want to do, all you need to make an empty mod is copy the example

@sour island
the anticheat14 seems to be about wrong player in packet

[normal rose]

okay

[sour island]

Odd, but it's probably related to me hijacking the function

it's kind of critical to the new features I added - so that sucks

[fast galleon]

could this be a split screen issue? @sour island

[sour island]

people reporting it are on MP afaik

[fast galleon]

--self is the XP obj that AddXP is used on
        local pXP = player:getXp()
        if pXP ~= self then return end

--not important but 10 is hard set here :(
       --local maxLevelXP = perksType:getTotalXpForLevel(10)

--this seems like a bad idea, changing parameters
        if passHook==nil then passHook = true end
        if applyXPBoosts==nil then applyXPBoosts = true end
        if transmitMP==nil then transmitMP = false end

[sour island]

was that the issue?

[fast galleon]

I haven't tested anything, but the problem seems to be there

[faint jewel]

is @tame veldt here?

[tame veldt]

@faint jewel I'am here

[faint jewel]

are you 10 years later dane?

[tame veldt]

sadly no, that's a different "Dane" in an alternate universe...

[faint jewel]

well damn

[drifting ore]

if im trying to add a custom action/recipe too a profession is this the right code for it

mechanics:getFreeRecipes():add("Salvage Vehicle Doors");

when i load up this mod it just freezes at the loading screen

[fast galleon]

#mod_development message

this is base hook to the function

then you need something like
local burglar = ProfessionFactory.getProfession("burglar")

[drifting ore]

sweet ok ty!

[fast galleon]

considering more than one mods overwrite the function completely, you want your hook to apply later

[drifting ore]

BaseGameCharacterDetails.DoProfessions = function()

original_doprofessions(unemployed)
    unemployed:setDescription("14 free skill points");

would this be correct?

[fast galleon]

no...

[drifting ore]

BaseGameCharacterDetails.DoProfessions = function()
original_doprofessions()

local unemployed = ProfessionFactory.addProfession("unemployed", "unemployed", "", 14);

    unemployed:setDescription("14 free skill points");
``` how about this

[ancient grail]

Is there a way to switch it off via sandbox? I mean the prints?

[fast galleon]

local original_doprofessions = BaseGameCharacterDetails.DoProfessions
BaseGameCharacterDetails.DoProfessions = function(...)
  original_doprofessions(...)

  local unemployed = ProfessionFactory.getProfession("unemployed")
    unemployed:setDescription("14 free skill points");
end

hm, maybe this

[drifting ore]

oh ok. get not add

[fast galleon]

add would replace it

[drifting ore]

oh yea thats what i want

[fast galleon]

yeah, then just make a new one like vanilla does

[merry quail]

i am working on a medicine mod but my medicine dissapear when i used it (and it don't have remaining bar like others medicine) does anyone know how to fix it

[drifting ore]

thank you @fast galleon

[merry quail]

i need your help

[fast galleon]

this channel has a few drug lords, but if you show the script for the item maybe I can tell if something is wrong

[merry quail]

@fast galleon here

[fast galleon]

item PillsVitamins, uses type Drainable

not food

[merry quail]

can i use supervitamins?

[fast galleon]

what is that?

well if you did use same name , you would probably overwrite the base item

[merry quail]

i am not going to overwrite the base item, man

[fast galleon]

I never said to do that either

[merry quail]

can i edit the number of times this thing is applied? how

[fast galleon]

UseDelta = 0.1,
means it has 1 / 0.1 uses

[merry quail]

so if i want to use it 50 times it will be 0.02 right

[fast galleon]

yeah, you should test that

floats are weird

[merry quail]

thank you @fast galleon

[merry quail]

@fast galleon now i can't use it anymore

[robust jetty]

Lua programming in Roblox is the same as PZ ?, there is a lot of tutorials of Roblox

[merry quail]

my potion consumes itself when it needs it, it no longer affects my stats and its stats are completely gone

[jagged ingot]

Good morning.

If anyone wants me to take that particle emitter UI code and package it as an ISUIElement, let me know.

Has anyone made a solution with ISUI regarding texture masks?

I'd like to mask using a texture, not just a stencil.

Pretty much feels like UIElement needs to support blend modes at some point.

Actually, it looks like Texture might have what I need..

[ancient grail]

what about the overlay thing

is it the same ?

i doubt .. nvm

[fast galleon]

@merry quail
yeah you seem to use some custom logic

[merry quail]

what do you meant

and how to fix it

[pseudo ermine]

any mods that add gear shifting and fuel consumption based on revvs?

[jagged ingot]

Saw some post on Reddit about a core mod for gear shifting.

[frank elbow]

Roblox uses Luau, a superset of Lua, as of a few years ago. PZ and roblox also have entirely different APIs. Some of the language knowledge would be transferable (minus Luau-specific features), and much of the standard library, but not much other than that

[pseudo ermine]

core mod?

[jagged ingot]

You're more bare-bones with Lua here as the Lua environment for PZ is not genuine Lua, but an emulation as a JIT / JRE Lua Engine called Kahlua.

[jagged ingot]

Java.

[pseudo ermine]

uhhhh...

[robust jetty]

Thanks for answering

[frank elbow]

See what DeltaMango just said as well, significant detail (it won't usually matter, but sometimes when calling Java methods it leads to some weirdness)

[jagged ingot]

When you write something like a Typescript layer to PZ modding, you'll have so much fun with the advanced weirdness of Kahlua.

[frank elbow]

I can only imagine 😄

[jagged ingot]

I did manage to solve the load-order problem with the global dictionary module for it.

TypescriptToLua's compiled Lua created constants for imports so I wrote a footer code block to reassign them after PZ fully loaded the Lua code. 🙂

So yeah if you're not dealing with that stuff, PZ Lua should be 95% normal.

[steady hedge]

How do I make a custom spawn in project zomboid

[slate sable]

How do I make a mod that alters distribution tables/loot chance of specific items or removal of items spawning in containers from vanilla or modded items within the world of project zomboid, with clean code written for optimization.

[gaunt cargo]

In B41 Firearms mod, there’s a graphical error that happens when you try to place the M77 Hunting Rifle with an 4x or 4x-12x scope. When this weapon is placed on the ground, it appears as the Inventory icon instead of the world model that appears on the player.

How can I mod this to fix this issue?

[drifting ore]

where do i call an outside function in this code ```local original_doprofessions = BaseGameCharacterDetails.DoProfessions
BaseGameCharacterDetails.DoProfessions = function()
original_doprofessions()
end
Events.OnGameBoot.Remove(original_doprofessions)
Events.OnGameBoot.Add(BaseGameCharacterDetails.DoProfessions)

ProfessionFramework.addProfession = function()
    original_doprofessions()
end
Events.OnGameBoot.Remove(original_doprofessions)
Events.OnGameBoot.Add(ProfessionFramework.addProfession)
``` like this?

[thick karma]

Anyone know exactly what causes server to stop launching?

And how to fix it?

Simple hosting button just says Initializing and then a few seconds later falls back to the server selection screen, no errors, no explanation.

I just restarted PC and it's still doing it

This has happened occasionally but usually restarting game or PC resolves it...

The reason it occurs is not at all obvious to me but somewhere in the course of relaunching a server for testing, the game stops letting me relaunch servers. I tried commenting out new code in the only file I was editing but I don't think it's relevant. File is loading when I launch PZ with no errors...

[fast galleon]

@thick karma
Check logs when this happens

[fast galleon]

You can do anything you want inside this function.

https://github.com/FWolfe/Zomboid-Modding-Guide/blob/master/api/README.md
This is very helpful if you are rather new to coding.

[thick karma]

I'll look at them in a bit, thanks.

[drifting ore]

thanks dude. i was scratching my head at the basic lua tutorials

[winter thunder]

This means it doesn’t have a world model assignment, which could be because of the attachment giving the gun something incorrectly. That should be fixable- but I’m not super familiar with the way gun attachments effect world models, if they do at all.

Do me a solid, check the code for the gun? It could be that the attachment is instancing a new item, which doesn’t have a world model description

[dim hill]

Hey, does anyone know if @hollow shadow' The Workshop mod (https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=2680473910) is a good solution for metalwork skill levelling without needing to scrap vehicles/fences/etc?

[winter thunder]

Yes

100%

It lets you scrap items and tools you loot, which respawn if you have that turned on. It makes a world of a difference. And the other sub mods connected to ‘the workshop’ add some cool uses for metalworkers as well

You just craft the workbench in game, and there are common magazines that will teach you the recipes to break down everything you need

[dim hill]

Thanks @winter thunder - does it give you metalwork XP?

[winter thunder]

Yes

[dim hill]

Thanks - appreciate you.

[winter thunder]

No worries! Those mods are hands down one of my favorite additions to PZ, I basically treat them like as mandatory when I play 😂

[ruby urchin]

.-.

LuaEventManager.triggerEvent("OnPreDistributionMerge");
LuaEventManager.triggerEvent("OnDistributionMerge");
LuaEventManager.triggerEvent("OnPostDistributionMerge");

[gaunt cargo]

How can I get an exact 1 month Water Shutoff? Is there a mod or is there a way I can code it so in exactly one month, water and power shut off?

[gaunt cargo]

How or where do I check the code for the gun?
I am new to the whole modding thing, so I’m sorry about that.

[terse locust]

Could anyone explain what these two do? They both seem interesting but I'm confused their actual usages

[viral notch]

there is way to make it works on pz 41.78 ?

oldProcessSayMessage = processSayMessage;
processSayMessage = function(spokenMessage)
    if not spokenMessage then return end
    local trimmedMessage = luautils.trim(spokenMessage);
    if not trimmedMessage or #trimmedMessage == 0 then return end
    getPlayer():setLastSpokenLine(trimmedMessage);
    oldProcessSayMessage(trimmedMessage);
end

due after lattes update it stop works

[lusty marsh]

Does anyone know why my custom ui element isn't getting its render function called? it's a child of a visible panel and it's children do get rendered

[viscid vapor]

hey Guys, I am looking for some guidance. I want to get into modding PZ its such a fun game with crazy possibilities. I want to create a map of an old Hospital here in my hometown, for starters I'd just enjoying building the Hospital itself and maybe some outerlying buildings, but eventually I'd like to get into unique scripted events and items to turn the whole thing into a Custom Scenario. Where do I start with just creating the building itself and maybe some textures

I also have zero programming knowledge but this could be fun way to learn, and I plan on learn the LUA basics

[thick karma]

Instead of doing that, I got busy for 2 hours, came back, and it worked. I changed nothing.

I really wish I knew what causes it to get in that state so I could reset it faster.

Will check logs next time.

[terse locust]

Anyone know of a mod to let you craft fireaxes

[gaunt cargo]

Anyone know a mod that shuts off water and electricity in one months time, or a way for me to create that setting?

[thick karma]

@gaunt cargo I don't know but they are settings in sandbox options... I am not sure about the units but I imagine the units are days.