mod_development

[pulsar heath]

in the game

that i can do

and spawn vehicles

and parts

[dark wedge]

Doesn't look like it. However, what you could do is use:
self.character:setForceRun(true)
If that trigger is pressed. can set this in the update function of your TimedAction, set it to false when its not

[pulsar heath]

but making a tire blow? nop

i can even change the damn car color...

blow a tire? nop

😄

[dark wedge]

You are correct, it seems that the main joypad stuff is in the Java. But, I think just checking if the trigger is pressed, and setting that setForceRun on the player to true/false should work. If i just set it now to always true in ISWalkToTimedAction:update() my character definitely always runs when doing the walk action.

Sprinting may not be a thing, as that requires the "B" button which will cancel the TimedAction. lol

[thick karma]

Unfortunately, it does not work.

I just tried to add it explicitly to the update function, which I had not tried.

I had already tried it manually 1000 times

But just to be sure, I threw it in update, and THEN threw it OnTick (I tried both ways separately)

Nada

when I am in Joypad mode, setForceRun is ignored.

[thick karma]

If functions for setting run / sprint worked, I wouldn't need the B button, but I could also rebind it. I can stop it from cancelling action (already know how to do that) and also I already solved how to make it show Sprint during the timed action.

But none of that matters because I can't trigger jog or sprint during MoveTo on gamepad 😭

[ancient grail]

Ok thnx

[thick karma]

@dark wedge Just tried this:

function AutomoveAction:update()

    print("trying so hard")
        
    self.player:setAllowRun(true)
    self.player:setAllowSprint(true)
    self.player:setPathfindRunning(true)
    self.player:setForceRun(true)
    self.player:setForceSprint(true)
    . . . . .
end

Universe still hates me. No dice.

[dark wedge]

Hmmm. Seems that function is just unreliable too, as some objects just override it just because. How odd, it works with KB/Mouse but not with a controller (dug mine out).

[thick karma]

toggleForceRun() and toggleForceSprint() also bunk on gamepad

[small topaz]

Does anyone knows how the "PoisonDetectionLevel" exactly works? This is an attribute of poisonous food items and can be accessed or manipulated via getPoisonDetectionLevel() resp. setPoisonDetectionLevel(). It has smth to do with your character being able to see whether a food item is poisonous but I am curious about how exactly it works.

[thick karma]

Indie Stone whyyyyyyyy

[dark wedge]

lol. guess i'm a step behind you as I was just about to try it.

[thick karma]

I just want to give the people autorun

Please just let me give the people autorun!

sigh

It just feels literally right there. Code has 99% of the major problems solved and yet this one limitation is huge and super lame.

I mean not being able to move faster when trying to automove across big distances is a major downside for gamepad players using this. 😦

I am inclined to find a way to disconnect and reconnect gamepad silently and see if THAT works.

And oof if I figure it out and it doesn't

[devout flint]

Any good tutorial/ressource for modding PZ for placable/craftable stuff?

[drifting ore]

i should be able to set room defs via tile selection using this right?

        if square:getRoom() then
            local roomDef = square:getRoom():getRoomDef()
            self:addLine("buildingID = %d", square:getBuilding():getID())
            self:addLine("roomID = %d", square:getRoomID())
            self:addLine("roomDef.name = %s", roomDef:getName())
            self:addLine("bExplored = %s", roomDef:isExplored())
            self:addLine("alarm = %s", square:getBuilding():getDef():isAlarmed())
            local switches = square:getRoom():getLightSwitches()
            local switchCount = switches:size()
            self:addLine("#switches = %d", switchCount)
        else
            local roomDef = getWorld():getMetaGrid():getRoomAt(square:getX(), square:getY(), square:getZ())
            if roomDef then
                self:addLine("roomDef.ID = %d", roomDef:getID())
                self:addLine("roomDef.name = %s", roomDef:getName())
            else
                self:addLine("roomID = %d  room = nil", square:getRoomID())
            end
        end

[small topaz]

What exactly do you want to craft for example? Items which are in your inventory but can also be placed in the world or some other structures like walls or crates and stuff?

[devout flint]

only stuff to place

[drifting ore]

the bottom half really

[ancient grail]

Will this return error if the table doesnt have what you are removing?

[devout flint]

I'm planning to make some kind of garden lamp 👀

[drifting ore]

just use tilezed and use tile property viewer to see how it's setup

you will see very quickly it's pretty straightforward if you setup how vanilla is and then make your specific edits based on your preferences from there

commander has a cheat sheet for how to use the tile properties editor

in mapping pins

[devout flint]

I mean, deeper than that, the plan is to make the lamp continuously light the place even after power shutdown with an autonomous "solar battery"

[devout flint]

you mean tiles have their own script?

[drifting ore]

properties

yes

[devout flint]

I thought tilezed was only the visual part

[thick karma]

Oof

[devout flint]

okay thanks

[drifting ore]

nope

[sour island]

I wrote a player activity heatmap

[devout flint]

?

[drifting ore]

tilzed has a properties editor that changes the entire functionality of a tile

[thick karma]

@dark wedge And that's the story of how Auto Move became Auto Stroll.

[thick karma]

Sorry, another convo in the background here.

[sour island]

Going to be working it into EHE - rather than using map zones for targetting

[cosmic condor]

please tell us more!

[sour island]

I wonder if I can do a map of activity ala google

[sour island]

Currently trying to get the data to a point that's useful

also the cellsIDs should be sorting by hottest

seems to be working

you can just pop in tracking points with your own decided value of intensity

the centerX/Y of the cells is based on averaging the incoming noise factored to the intensity

a tiny new noise will pull the center of the cell over a bit

[cosmic condor]

new technology acquired

hope it's working well in mp

[sour island]

that'll be the tricky part

right now the trackers are tied to events -- I imagine I'd need to make them fire commands for MP

sending the data to the server to keep track

[drifting ore]

if heat >= 0.1 sendAllTheZombiesThere

make it rain

if that mod does that I think it does

😄

[sour island]

it's just tracking where events are occuring

can be used for a horde mod tho

eventually the plan - so I'm trying to keep the design open ended

[drifting ore]

yeee that's what 7 days to die does I think with zombies, whenever someone does something in a chunk ig the heat map updates, and sends like screamers (they attract hordes by screaming) and more and more

that's super cool btw

what you did

the people here get up to such cool shit it's really inspiring

[small topaz]

working on a horde mod currently?

[ancient grail]

Events.OnGameStart.Add(function() 
    if not isClient() then
        function clearDistrib(module, type)
            RemoveItemFromDistribution(Distributions[1], tostring(module..'.'..type) , nil, true);
            RemoveItemFromDistribution(SuburbsDistributions, tostring(module..'.'..type), nil, true);
            RemoveItemFromDistribution(VehicleDistributions, tostring(module..'.'..type), nil, true);
            RemoveItemFromDistribution(ProceduralDistributions.list, tostring(module..'.'..type), nil, true)
        end
        clearDistrib('Base', 'Apple')
        clearDistrib('Base', 'Orange')
        clearDistrib('MOD1', 'GreatestSwordEver')
    end
end)

@vast nacelle

will work?

[pulsar heath]

wandering horde mode

mod

i think there is a wandering mod already dunno

[sour island]

there were, from what I understand they're broken

[pulsar heath]

well thanks to @drifting ore , got the tire event sorted... if setting the condition to 0 and the pressure to 0 doesnt blow the tire... just remove the damn wheel 😄

[drifting ore]

modern problems require modern solutions

btw is it normal that I start making 1 mod then think of a better one and loop until I reach the pinnacle, which is what I'm doing rn lmfao

until probably tomorrow when ill think of something even better to do 🤣

[sour island]

that's kind of where I got the idea from

[pulsar heath]

that happens to me when im producing music

[sour island]

The helicopters in EHE right now just use player's zones to create a weighted target list

[pulsar heath]

more like making remixes... and i end up with a lot of unfinished projects... tbh every 100 i start i usually finish around 8 or 9

[drifting ore]

shit is exhausting tbf but it's so damn fun every day I think to myself god damn I wish the day had more hours

[pulsar heath]

well... got 2 things done today... so dinner time 😄

[drifting ore]

my dinners gonna be 2-3 cigarettes then continuing on this 😂

bon apetit btw!

Anyone know why I am getting the error "failed to update workshop item, result=9" while uploading my mod ?

oh man that happened to me a lot I think, that or 6

I think it's because some of the folders / files are not in proper order

yea it's file issue one way or another

Hmm

I mean l did check it again

The only thing new is a .lua file l put in lua/server

My mistake was I put the mod in the C:/Zomboid/Workshop folder and not in the C:/Users/User/Zomboid/Workshop one

if that helps :/

Imma check that out but l dont really understand

There's 2 zomboid folders afaik

worst case just read this 10 times
https://github.com/FWolfe/Zomboid-Modding-Guide/blob/master/structure/README.md

One is in the main location like, when you enter your C drive, just at the bottom right there

you will figure out where you went wrong

[drifting ore]

Ah gotcha

and the other one you have to go into users, yourusername, zomboid, workshop

that fucked with me for so long

Im on linux so no C: , so gotta dig

oh yea and error 9 means file not found btw on workshop

so expected folder or file name is wrong

I wonder why there's 2 of those folders and they look exactly the same inside 😮

reason for extra folder. files where host runs, client runs, server runs, depending on what you have setup

aha

uses diff files for host and client

workshop is client, common/pz/workshop is host i believe

I am finding just one folder though

thats not your issue then

like i said that erro means you r are missing a folder it expects

or file

so either missing file or bad name

zombvoid workshop

thats where you are uploading right

yes

it's the mod itself with issue not your game fodlers

its zomboid/workshop/mymod/content/mod itself

like in example mod

unless that wrong ?

workshop/mod/contents/mods/modname/media/whatever else

make sure contents

and mods

not content

and mod

also in same folder as content you need workshop.txt and preview.png

clothing/clothing.xml and lua/server/mymod.lua and lua/shared/NPCs/zombiezonedefintions.lua

thats not the issue

[cosmic condor]

Zomboid\Workshop\MODNAME\Contents\mods\SUBMODNAME\media

[drifting ore]

yes this

follow that exactly

your mod files and folderss are not the issue

oh so modname and submodname should be different ?

no

whats in between matters

[cosmic condor]

workshop.txt

id=
title=MODNAME
description=
tags=Build 41
visibility=public```

leave the ID blank if you're creating a new mod

[drifting ore]

very nice lol so much more clear

[cosmic condor]

one workshop can contain more than one mod

[drifting ore]

can see the whole folder thing up top

show first removeitems folder

screenshot it

yea looks good lol

you double check and make sure all your folders inside of media are named correctly?

done and done

though there was an id number in workshop.txt

take that out for sure

if you use a currently used one that could give error

because no permission to upload

should I add something to id in modinfo ?

riko showed

empty

[cosmic condor]

to be more clear it is
Zomboid\Workshop\WORKSHOPNAME\Contents\mods\MODNAME\media

[drifting ore]

oh in modinfo you name id whatever

[drifting ore]

so indeed different names ?

[cosmic condor]

can be the same

[drifting ore]

ah okay

[cosmic condor]

it doesn't matter

[drifting ore]

removed the id number, going to try again

[cosmic condor]

Steam with assign new ID

[drifting ore]

failed again

[cosmic condor]

oh, I guess you need mod.info

lol

[drifting ore]

error=2 this time

id=modname in mod info. id= nothing in workshop.txt

if new mod

you have some identifier in the mod info file tho

[cosmic condor]

id=MODIDNAME
description=Enjoy my mod
poster=preview.png
icon=icon.png```

[drifting ore]

name=removeitems
id=removeitems
description=toremoveitems
poster=poster.png

no icon tho

[cosmic condor]

this is my workshop folder

and this is my mod folder

[drifting ore]

lol thats not needed even

just the two files only

workshop.txt and preview.png

[cosmic condor]

yes, just in case 😆

[drifting ore]

lolol alright fair enough

it will def work with em haha

well I did it as you said and it hit me with the error=2

error 2 is the most generic error and means you just did anything wrong lol

[cosmic condor]

here's the thing

[drifting ore]

i just uploaded this mod brand new last night

[cosmic condor]

I use to encounter this error too

you may try creating a new folder with different name

and it should work

I don't know why lol

[drifting ore]

actually thats a better idea

gonna try it

couldnt take a screenshot

even did the workshop.txt again

ill screenshot my mod i uploaded last night lol

https://tenor.com/view/frustrated-gif-14404616

if it's not those then you are misspelling a folder name

all you need for mod.info is
name=
id=
description=

fill all out no space in id. you had. in workshop.txt you can use same 3 also. keep id blank. now for folder structure

in media

lua

nothing else i can think of that would give you error besides any of those being named incorrectly lol

if non eof this helps then use that guide i posted earlier and rebuild the entire hierarchy from scratch

let me share my screen with you

np

hello

test successful. maybe

[fast galleon]

hm, I thought I could make start threads here 😭

[drifting ore]

nope

error=2 again

[fast galleon]

what's best way to get all local players? SP and Client

    for i=0,3 do
        local player = getSpecificPlayer(i)
        if not player then break end
    end

is it this?

[ruby urchin]

you can use IsoPlayer.getPlayers() this returns a ArrayList<IsoPlayer>

[fast galleon]

thanks, I'll save this for later

[small topaz]

Does anyone knows what poison level a food item must have so that it kills the player char?

[drifting ore]

Its still not working @cosmic condor

probably 100 @small topaz since it's max

I did double check it again, even remove a whole file that was not necessary anymore

nope, result=2

but there is this though

its on workshop, with no name 😄

it's corrupt dont mind that

just delete

[vast nacelle]

Can you post your workshop.txt?

[drifting ore]

version=1
id=
title=removeitemsv2
description=removesitems

had to delete id several times after uploading as it assigned one but was corrupt

[vast nacelle]

Try this?

title=removeitemsv2
description=TEST
tags=Build 41
visibility=public```
I typically have something like this in place before I tell PZ to upload

[drifting ore]

let me try it

[drifting ore]

nope, failed to update item result =2

[vast nacelle]

How large is your preview.png file?

[drifting ore]

109,9 kB

same with poster, the same image actually

[vast nacelle]

That should be fine.
Do you have files with the same name but different capitalizations?

[drifting ore]

nope, I checked through it several times and once with @drifting ore as well

[ancient grail]

Ye why not just set it to max
Or kill the player oncreate

[devout flint]

Ok, I'm shutting down now but I began working on my first mod tonight.
Expect to see in the upcoming days, if I succeed at doing what I was planning, a solar garden lamps mod to keep your yard lit at night without the need of a generator in the sector :)

Tiles are done, in a cheap recycling way, might improve them later, but at least I've got some base to work on.
Next will be the properties, craft and other technical stuff :)
I can't wait to see were it will go :D

[vast nacelle]

Bleach has 120 poisonpower. So I'm going to guess 100 poison power is the minimum but you need a bit more to account for natural recovery.

[small topaz]

It is not that I want to kill the player. It is just that I can get an idea what poison level causes what type of illness.

[viral notch]

what is different between <Model>x:skinned\clothes... and <Model>skinned\clothes.. ?

[ancient grail]

Use debug
Use doparam
@small topaz

[ancient grail]

Try #modeling

[viral notch]

to reload xml, txt and java files i need to restart game or reload lua button will also reload that too?

[drifting ore]

reload lua works if you aren't using the files in question (from main menu)

[ancient grail]

No

It dont think so

[viral notch]

no...

[ancient grail]

I tried it before didnt work

[viral notch]

no for restart
for button
for both ?

[ancient grail]

Ye u should just restart

[viral notch]

dam

[ancient grail]

Ik ow its a drag

[viral notch]

that annoying

[bronze yoke]

txt files reload

[viral notch]

every error or test exit ... run game wait 2min to run start any mode wait next 5 min to start gameplay ... test mod in 2min and repeat

[bronze yoke]

i haven't messed with the xml much but i think that reloads too

i'd be shocked if java did though

[drifting ore]

me right now

[viral notch]

[drifting ore]

when you get that midnight burnout and you start looking at every little function much like you did in college when doing an exam and using the calculator for 1+1

[drifting ore]

i give up man, attempt to index table null value something.. I searched this channel in and out

all I could find is probably either folder order borked or file order borked... or maybe function order borked

but all of it seems fine

the files that have my table are in the server folder, the command that asks for them is in the client, the server command that gives them is in the server folder

idk

attempted index: functionName of non-table: null

local theFunctions = require 'itemListAndFunction'

returnValue = theFunctions.functionName(theKey)

[golden sparrow]

me trying to use LoadChunkForLater and LoadChunk earlier 😄

[drifting ore]

ignore the naming scheme, just changed it for easier understanding

might've been counterproductive on second thought

[ancient grail]

anyone knows 1 line of code to transfer a specifc item to player inventory or floor

[dull moss]

Yo @undone elbow since I caught you here last time about your mod, maybe you'll be able to fix another one of yours? 😄
Windows Everywhere make sandbox options crammed, just like the other mod was, any chance you could take a look at that, it's very convenient mod

[fast galleon]

--ISCraftAction:addOrDropItem
local function addOrDrop(character, item)
    local inv = character:getInventory()
    if inv:getCapacityWeight() + item:getWeight() < inv:getEffectiveCapacity(character) then
        inv:AddItem(item)
    else
        character:getCurrentSquare():AddWorldInventoryItem(item,
            character:getX() %1,
            character:getY() %1,
            character:getZ() %1)
    end
end

[dull moss]

he said 1 line, this is not 1 line, therefore you are banned

[fast galleon]

i line is at top

not sure if it can be used for him

I mean, I can fit this into 1 line as well

[drifting ore]

I need coffee

non-table index null

😠

[dull moss]

usually a typo

[drifting ore]

honestly at this point

Yeah but the thing is the table has 1209 entries

[dull moss]

[drifting ore]

guess I better start looking

...

[fast galleon]

either you don't return a table, or your require fails

[jaunty marten]

r u sure u even do return module table at the end of file?

[drifting ore]

I mean

items = {}
items["Item"] = 1

I might be too tired but isn't this the right way to make a table

yeah I'm returning the table

and using require in the other file as well

oh boy...

i'm gonna work with the assumption that the require failed

since the table seems fine

[jaunty marten]

check itemListAndFunction file in debug menu files list

if there's no file then it's problem with it

[fast galleon]

try require from console

then try that function from console

print everything

[stray yacht]

does anyone know how to get if the game is running in debug mode?

[drifting ore]

my brain is being fucked with because every time I search online how to correctly import functions or tables from another file I get 5 different answers

for each stack thread lol

So I've tried about 8-10 methods so far

[dull moss]

ask chatgpt

chatgpt good stuff

[jaunty marten]

isDebugEnabled()

[stray yacht]

ha wow, thank you

[small topaz]

In the vanilla lua file server/Farming/farming_vegetableconf.lua, there are some comments stating how long the growth time for a given vegetable is. For example

-- Carrots
-- Need 12 seeds
-- Need 80 water at phase 1, minimum 70 at 2, then between 35 and 65
-- Grow in 17 days (68h per phase)

Does anyone knows whether those descriptions are still up to date? Or possible that the devs changes smth without changing the comments? Point is that the wiki tells smth different for carrots: It says ca. 12 days til harvesting and 50-55h per growth phase.

[jaunty marten]

--module.lua
local module = {}

module.a = function()
  print("a")
end

return module

--file.lua
local module = require("module.lua")
module.a()

[dull moss]

can confirm this works, I use same stuff

[drifting ore]

hopefully it works because ive been sitting here not having a smoke for 2 hours already so my braing is going fuzzy, thank you for the effort B, don't have those letters on my keyboard so cant type full

[dull moss]

Call him Vishnya

[drifting ore]

isn't that cherry

[dull moss]

yes

[drifting ore]

nice, ty

hey uh quick question

do you enable your mod in the mods or not ?

[jaunty marten]

[drifting ore]

how come it's module.lua they always say online not tu use .lua

other than that no error so far but nothing is working either so gonna have to refollow the steps

when requiring i mean

[jaunty marten]

local active_mods = getActivatedMods()

for i = 0, active_mods:size() - 1 do

    local mod_id = active_mods:get(i)

end

[drifting ore]

How and where should I put this ?

because I enabled my mod in the menu and it crashes the game

[jaunty marten]

oh stop, mb I don't get ur question correctly

read it so fast

yea, it's absolutely different XD

I thought u need to get if some mod enabled

yea mods from /Workshop folder have to be enabled as usual mods in mods list menu

[drifting ore]

welp, why is it crashing my game then lol

[jaunty marten]

if u got crash then seems u have smth fatal error in ur mod

idk how to get it cos if there's typo error in file then it's just won't load

[livid geode]

How do I set-up a function that will keep a character at 45% Stress as long as a condition isn't met.
I can use Events.EveryTenMinutes, but it is not enough to keep the character at a stable 45% Stress, since stress naturally decreases.
What can I do?

--example
x = 3
if x == 3 then
  --function to keep character at setStress(0.45);
end

Please help 😄

[high cloak]

what's the behavior of require in this version of lua? I'm used to being able to return a value at the end of a file, and this is passed to whatever other files require it, but that doesn't seem to work for me. does require just run the script if it hasn't run already?

[drifting ore]

Object tried to call nil

hop in boys, new error in town 😎

[jaunty marten]

I'm not sure but event OnPlayerUpdate sounds like have to call when stress chaning

[sour nova]

Is there a simple way to find out how many items are in a stack? Or should I iterate and count them

[jaunty marten]

what a line?

[drifting ore]

local returnValue = module.a(args[1])

the argument it takes in is the item name

the argument gets sent here

[jaunty marten]

r u requiring the module?

[small topaz]

you can also use more frequent events like EveryOneMinute or even OnTick (see here for more info: https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Modding:Lua_Events). In that case, it might be the best idea to add your function to the event only when needed and remove when not needed anymore since those frequent events might lead to performance issues.

[jaunty marten]

and did u have a function there?

[drifting ore]

module.a = function(itemName)
   local returnThis = itemPrices[itemName]
   return(returnThis)
end

[jaunty marten]

#table works only for numerically and sequentially indexed tables

[drifting ore]

local module = require("itemlist")

boy, every day I try modding and every day I get stuck on the most dumbass inane shit

next time I'm gonna put one folder in the mod called clieservershared and jam every single file in there

[livid geode]

Could I do this?

functionX
  ...setStress(0.45):
end

if x = 3 then
  Events.EveryOneMinute.Add(functionX);
end

Would that work?

[jaunty marten]

try to print everything

[small topaz]

Not sure if this will work (not sure what "x" is and when it is 3) but smth like that will work. You need to make sure that your code starting with "if x == 3 then..." is executed at an appropriate place while game is running. Moreover, this code will execute functionX on every tick during the whole game which might not be the best idea since it may cause performance problems.

[jaunty marten]

print this function at the end of file but before return

[small topaz]

@livid geode do you need to keep the stress level during the whole game or only during certain situations?

[jaunty marten]

and print each function after u did require

like for k,v in pairs(module) do print(k) end

[livid geode]

Only during drug overdose regulated by some float..

So yeah.. only during some situation

[drifting ore]

sry for wasting ur time, i dont think im cut out for this, gonna sleep on it and see if im gonna keep up with this

been at this one problem since 10-11PM and its now 1:30AM

[jaunty marten]

np, I hope u will find the problem

[small topaz]

Ok. Then I would rather use smth like this (note this is only pseudo-code!!!):

function functionX()
-- code for keeping stress level over 45
if Drug_Overdose_Is_Over then
Events.OnTick.Remove(functionX)
end
end

if Durg_Overdose then
Events.OnTick.Add(functionX)
end

[drifting ore]

Just before I go I need to know one thing tho. Why if I put in the server lua file where onclientcommand is, a function, it stops working?

[pulsar heath]

as usual... everytime i clean up my code... something goes wrong... anyway wanna play the game what's the stupid thing that m3ss did?

    local mycar = playerChar:getVehicle()
    local TireSet = { "TireRearRight", "TireRearLeft"," TireFrontRight", "TireFrontLeft"}
    if mycar ~= nil then
        for i = mycar:getPartCount()-1,0,-1 do
            local part = mycar:getPartByIndex(i)
            local cat = part:getCategory()
            local item = part:getId()
            if item ~=  nil then
                if Mypart == "Engine" and item == Mypart then
                    part:setCondition(ZombRand(1,11))
                    break
                end
                if Mypart == "FlatTire" then
                    WhichTire = ZombRand(1,5)
                    VehicleUtils.RemoveTire(TireSet[WhichTire], true)
                    break
                end
                if Mypart == "GasTank" and item == Mypart then
                part:setContainerContentAmount(0)
                --part:setCondition(0)
                end
                if Mypart == "Muffler" and item == Mypart then
                part:setCondition(0)
                end
                if Mypart == "Battery" and item == Mypart then
                part:setCondition(0)
                end
            end
        end
    end
end```

[livid geode]

Thank you.. will try it now

[pulsar heath]

missing a few breaks i know...

[drifting ore]

Like, I have the onclientcommand thing in there and if you even put a small ass function in that file it stops working completely

[pulsar heath]

or to many breaks i dont know anymore... i added the breaks for some reason but i forgot already 😄

[drifting ore]

This has legit replaced my cig addiction more or less and idk if thats good or bad

In a few years I'll see the outside world matrix style

Someone said I think if even one part of the lua file doesn't work it wont load the entire files functions no matter what I wonder if thats it

Maybe the table doesnt even get created because of one shit

[pulsar heath]

yeah the code stops bein' read when it hits an error

[drifting ore]

I'll put the entire lua table into another file and test that might help

[pulsar heath]

function TWECars(Mypart)
    local mycar = playerChar:getVehicle()
    local TireSet = { "TireRearRight", "TireRearLeft"," TireFrontRight", "TireFrontLeft"}
    if mycar ~= nil then
        for i = mycar:getPartCount()-1,0,-1 do
            local part = mycar:getPartByIndex(i)
            local cat = part:getCategory()
            local item = part:getId()
            if item ~=  nil then
                if Mypart == "Engine" and item == Mypart then
                    part:setCondition(0)
                end
                if Mypart == "FlatTire" then
                    WhichTire = ZombRand(1,5)
                    VehicleUtils.RemoveTire(TireSet[WhichTire], true)
                end
                if Mypart == "GasTank" and item == Mypart then
                part:setContainerContentAmount(0)
                end
                if Mypart == "Muffler" and item == Mypart then
                part:setCondition(0)
                end
                if Mypart == "Battery" and item == Mypart then
                part:setCondition(0)
                end
            end
        end
    end
end```

[jaunty marten]

just open the debug menu and try to reload ur file

[drifting ore]

Will that show the error

[jaunty marten]

mb

[drifting ore]

Aight

[jaunty marten]

#TireSet = 4

WhichTire = ZombRand(1,5) > 5
VehicleUtils.RemoveTire(TireSet[WhichTire] > value is nil, true)

btw u have no any args about ur vehicle

from where script have to remove tire

[pulsar heath]

?

[jaunty marten]

there's just a tire class and true

have to be like
VehicleUtils.RemoveTire(vehicle, tire, ...)
but u have just
VehicleUtils.RemoveTire(tire, ...)

[pulsar heath]

i know where the mistake is

[drifting ore]

Error in objects.lua line 1 where it says objects { and nothing else

[pulsar heath]

but you are wrong in one thing, but you spotted the error

[jaunty marten]

objects?

what

[drifting ore]

I have no fkin idea

[jaunty marten]

open errors panel

last right button on left upper corner

[bronze yoke]

zombrand always returns a number less than the second argument

it will never return 5 in this case

[jaunty marten]

wtf

why..

[jaunty marten]

objects.lua is ur file?

[drifting ore]

No

[jaunty marten]

lua of non-table

show ur entire code

[bronze yoke]

it just means the error handler doesn't even know what the error is

[drifting ore]

Lmfao

[pulsar heath]

function TWECars(Mypart)
    local mycar = playerChar:getVehicle()
    local TireSet = { "TireRearRight", "TireRearLeft"," TireFrontRight", "TireFrontLeft"}
    local WhichTire = ZombRand(1,5)
    if mycar ~= nil then
        for i = mycar:getPartCount()-1,0,-1 do
            local part = mycar:getPartByIndex(i)
            local cat = part:getCategory()
            local item = part:getId()
            if item ~=  nil then
                if Mypart == "Engine" and item == Mypart then
                    part:setCondition(0)
                end
                if Mypart == "FlatTire" then
                    if item == "TireRearRight" and TireSet[WhichTire] == item then
                        VehicleUtils.RemoveTire(part, true)
                    end
                    end
                end
                if Mypart == "GasTank" and item == Mypart then
                part:setContainerContentAmount(0)
                end
                if Mypart == "Muffler" and item == Mypart then
                part:setCondition(0)
                end
                if Mypart == "Battery" and item == Mypart then
                part:setCondition(0)
                end
            end
        end
    end
end```

[drifting ore]

My entire code of the lua table has 1200 lines

[pulsar heath]

like i said, you were right about where the error was, but not what was causing the error, but thanks

[jaunty marten]

bruh

[pulsar heath]

you help me see what was the stupid thing i was doing...

helped*

[jaunty marten]

yep, good for u

[jaunty marten]

finally

[drifting ore]

Is it line 14?

[pulsar heath]

it appears so

[jaunty marten]

yea

[pulsar heath]

you have a typo

something that shouldnt be there

[drifting ore]

Nothing there except for a comment

[jaunty marten]

O_O

[drifting ore]

RIGHT????

[jaunty marten]

it's not a comment

[pulsar heath]

😐

[drifting ore]

What

[jaunty marten]

--[[ is a comment

[pulsar heath]

comment --[[

[jaunty marten]

[[ is a part of code

[pulsar heath]

or --

[bronze yoke]

[[ means string

[drifting ore]

WHY IS IT the same color then

[jaunty marten]

XD

it's color of string

comment color is a green

[drifting ore]

I am colorblind....

Literally

[jaunty marten]

[drifting ore]

Fuck me man

Cant even code

[pulsar heath]

anything you want the code to ignore --

[drifting ore]

Whats the point in living

[pulsar heath]

the interpreter i mean

[jaunty marten]

it's fine it's fine

don't kill him

I can hold back

I can..

[drifting ore]

Bro... 3 hours on this

[jaunty marten]

[astral dune]

-- I wonder
--[[ If
Discord
Can tell
]]
the = [[difference]]

[pulsar heath]

i've done a lot of typos worse than that one

[drifting ore]

Is it a diff color or the same????

[pulsar heath]

diff collow

collor

color...

comentend ou is green

[drifting ore]

Bro what

[pulsar heath]

comented out is green

[drifting ore]

And which one is this

[pulsar heath]

string is orange

[drifting ore]

LMFAO alright code

Couldve put it fucking blue or something

No love for colorblindness

[pulsar heath]

in my case... string is lightGrey

[drifting ore]

You know when ure so mad at urself ure not mad ure just disappointed

[pulsar heath]

yup

been there done that... several times today

tbh several times in the last 4h 😄

[drifting ore]

I must have checked this code 500 times in the last 3 hours and instead I did what I did as a child when I told people I liked coloring my code using /*

[pulsar heath]

like you lost time because of that... i lost time because i was using the part name ( item ) and no the part

[drifting ore]

:/

[pulsar heath]

but he spotted that i was doing something wrong with the VehicleUtils.RemoveTire

so,... he saw my mistake in 30s

i didnt in like 4 hours, welcome to the club 😄

[drifting ore]

Yeah, what a club 😁🤣

[jaunty marten]

he-he

[pulsar heath]

im even scared of cleaning the traits code... ill prolly mess it up somewhere... so im just gonna chill for a bit

and trade raging at myself and my code for raging at rng in hs or something

[drifting ore]

Yeah burnt myself once cleaning the code next time gonna be extra careful

Also gonna double check colors fr now on

Or at least see if VSC has a colorblind option

[pulsar heath]

you can personalize the colors so that you can see the difference

[drifting ore]

Oof yeah that's gonna help

Thanks man

[drifting ore]

Thnks also, sry for all this

[pulsar heath]

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=PedroFonsecaDEV.dark-plus-colorblind

youre using visual studio code right?

[drifting ore]

Ye

[pulsar heath]

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/themes

i think the themes are compatible between vsc and vs

but im not sure

you can also download vs community edition, its free

but tbh i also use vsc for java, lua, python, etc

[jaunty marten]

np

[drifting ore]

how to make sure no underwear spawns on zombies ?

[pulsar heath]

bad joke: give them the nudist trait 😄

[drifting ore]

a mod I am using has this -- used to spawn underwear automatically on zeds
UnderwearDefinition = UnderwearDefinition or {};

-- base chance of having a special underwear spawning, don't want this too high as it adds new items on dead zeds everytime!
UnderwearDefinition.baseChance = 0;

-- outfit name

but its not working

[pulsar heath]

even if no special underwear appears on zombies

even naked, the model has underwear

[drifting ore]

well the mod that has this code is a mod called shadow zombies

so they are just pitch black

but the underwear messes it up

[pulsar heath]

well this isnt the place to ask for mod support 🙂

[viral notch]

[pulsar heath]

you should contact the modder

[drifting ore]

no but I am asking how to make sure it works myself

[pulsar heath]

or try #mod_development

[drifting ore]

basically add it to my own mod

[viral notch]

but if someone have same problem with that problem then is correct place right ?

[pulsar heath]

oops

if he is making his own mod yup

[drifting ore]

yeah, the mods own underweardefinitions isnt working properly, so I am asking what I should do to make my own

[pulsar heath]

i can't help you with that... its a vague question

but if anyone else can, go for it

[drifting ore]

UnderwearDefinition.baseChance = 0;

I mean this should do it in theory

buuut it doesnt

[pulsar heath]

without more code to see, its still a vague question at least for me

[jaunty marten]

check the code where it uses, mb it's broken by a part and create new mod for urself

[livid geode]

  function PrintOverdoseValue()
      getPlayer():Say("Hello" .. OverdoseValue()); --OverdoseValue() is the same as overdosevalue

      if overdosevalue > 0 then
          Events.EveryTenMinutes.Add(PrintOverdoseValue); --if I run this at the end of the file without condition it works.. but within a condition.. nope
      end--if
  end--function

This did not work.. it just doesn't run the function at all..

Even if someone else but the pinged person knows a solution let me know. I'm trying to activate everytenminutes.add(function) only if a condition is met to avoid lag caused by constant running of 5 functions every 10min

[drifting ore]

I posted it thats literally the all of it regarding the underwear definitions

-- used to spawn underwear automatically on zeds
UnderwearDefinition = UnderwearDefinition or {};

-- base chance of having a special underwear spawning, don't want this too high as it adds new items on dead zeds everytime!
UnderwearDefinition.baseChance = 0;

-- outfit name

the rest are shadow zombiex textures and blood and a zone definition which also did not work but thats fixed on my mod

[jaunty marten]

mb he cached UnderwearDefinition in another file with different name

try to find just baseChance

[pulsar heath]

@drifting ore you are asking for us to guess what UnderwearDefinition is

[drifting ore]

the only thing related is this but it also did not work

ZombiesZoneDefinition = ZombiesZoneDefinition or {};

-- total chance can be over 100% we don't care as we'll roll on the totalChance and not a 100 (unlike the specific outfits on top of this)
ZombiesZoneDefinition.Default = {};

table.insert(ZombiesZoneDefinition.Default,{name = "Naked", chance=100, maleHairStyles="Bald:100", femaleHairStyles="Bald:100"});

[small topaz]

Has the variable overdosevalue the correct value in your code. It is not defined in the code you posted....

[viral notch]

small question how to add icon for ItemList menu ?

[pulsar heath]

@drifting ore i still think you should contact the dev of that mod

[viral notch]

icons for players works in EQ but in menu are missed

[high cloak]

can someone tell me more about how localization works? where do i put text files with localized text? how do I reference localized text from code?

[viral notch]

mate look in game files

[drifting ore]

yeah gonna try it

[high cloak]

i am

[jaunty marten]

lua/shared/Translate

[viral notch]

X:\STEAM\steamapps\common\ProjectZomboid\media\lua\shared\Translate

[pulsar heath]

example: of a language file

    UI_optionscreen_binding_STATSPZ = "Twitch Game Stats",
    UI_TwitchInGameWindow_status = "Ingame Stats Window",
    UI_Zkills = "Zombie Kills",
    UI_AliveFor ="Time Alive",
    UI_optionscreen_binding_STATSPZToggle = "Game Window Key",
    UI_TwitchStatsTitle = "Game Stats"

}```

[viral notch]

chose you lang and look how it should look

[pulsar heath]

basicly you create a dir for the language you want to make the translation

[jaunty marten]

to get translated text in ur code use getText function

[high cloak]

so if i put text files there, the game automatically picks them up?

[jaunty marten]

yep

[viral notch]

no

[pulsar heath]

no

[viral notch]

you need to put in mod folder not there

[small topaz]

Moreover, this can probably not work since the function which you would like to execute on the event is the same function that adds the function to the event!! The result is that the function is probably never executed in this way (except you also call it elsewhere in your code)!

[jaunty marten]

why no

[high cloak]

oh yea i gathered that

[pulsar heath]

its not the game who picks it up

[viral notch]

are you making mods or re-edit game ?

[pulsar heath]

if he is translating a mod the mod only picks up if gettext if being used

[high cloak]

so in the shared/Translate directory of my mod folder

[jaunty marten]

getText returns translated text from Translate folder depends on ur language from game settings

[livid geode]

local overdosevalue = 0;

function ConsumeCocaine()
  overdosevalue = overdosevalue + 10
end--function

--so the character consumes cocaine.. and as tested before while making the mod, value does indeed change by 10
--then I do the following function which would usually make a character say hello00 or hello10 if the overdosevalue becomes 10, it works only if I put EveryTenMinutes event at the end of the file and not when I put it under the condition as in the following function
function PrintOverdoseValue()
      getPlayer():Say("Hello" .. OverdoseValue()); --OverdoseValue() is the same as overdosevalue

      if overdosevalue > 0 then
          Events.EveryTenMinutes.Add(PrintOverdoseValue); --if I run this at the end of the file without condition it works.. but within a condition.. nope
      end--if
  end--function

[high cloak]

no i'm not translating a mod, i just want to be translator friendly for a mod i'm making and i don't want to hardcode english everywhere

[viral notch]

i like function ConsumeCocaine

[jaunty marten]

already for 6 years

[small topaz]

Ok. But see my second answer to your post: #mod_development message

[livid geode]

So I should just change function that calls the condition? from the example you gave me I thought it was supposed to be the same

I got it

[small topaz]

Nono, must be a different function. One idea might be to add the function to the event in your ConsumeCocaine() for example (assuming that the ConsumeCocaine() is called elsewhere in game...)

[high cloak]

so if my translation file looks like

shared/Translate/Mod_EN.txt
Etc = {
  ThisText = "Hello"
}

i can just use getText("ThisText"), am I understanding correctly?

[pulsar heath]

yup

[viral notch]

did you make any cloth item ?

[high cloak]

got it, thanks everyone

[pulsar heath]

but the names of the files

must match the language code

[livid geode]

function OverdoseCheck()
    if overdosevalue > 0 then
        Events.EveryTenMinutes.Add(PrintOverdoseValue);
    else
        Events.EveryTenMinutes.Remove(PrintOverdoseValue);
    end--if
end--function

Would this work?

[pulsar heath]

used by the game

[livid geode]

ConsumeCocaine is called OnCreate with a recipe

[drifting ore]

needless to say this is much better thanks @pulsar heath

[small topaz]

then it might work (but no guarantee here ofc...)

[jaunty marten]

did u make any ui lib?

[pulsar heath]

no worries, as long as it made life easier for you

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Modding#Localization

[viral notch]

and remember about definition for translation due different functions/items/scripts has different file name ... UI_ ,Items_ ,Farming_ ,Tooltip_ etc etc

[small topaz]

Does anyone happen to know how to store some "global modData" which is not attached to a player or an item? Was it just

   local data = ModData:getModData()
   data.myNewData = "something"

and the to retrieve

   local retrievedData = ModData:getModData().myNewData

??

[livid geode]

function OverdoseCheck()
    if overdosevalue > 0 then
        Events.EveryTenMinutes.Add(PrintOverdoseValue);
    else
        Events.EveryTenMinutes.Remove(PrintOverdoseValue);
    end--if
end--function

In this scenario.. must an OverdoseCheck be called within some other action in order to work or will it run automatically?
Would just simply placing it at the end of the code work or do I have to run it in some other function too? for example

function functionExample()
  OverdoseCheck();
end--function

[viral notch]

o.o nah im making models not UI

[jaunty marten]

I'm making mods not models

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[jaunty marten]

ModData.getOrCreate("Name")

[viral notch]

xD

someone can tell me what is supported bit depth ???

[sour island]

local heatMap = {}

heatMap.events = {}
heatMap.cells = {}
heatMap.cellsIDs = {}

function heatMap.initModData(isNewGame)

    local cellData = ModData.getOrCreate("heatMap_cellData")
    if not cellData.cellsIDs then cellData.cellsIDs = {} end
    if not cellData.cells then cellData.cells = {} end

    heatMap.cellsIDs = cellData.cellsIDs
    heatMap.cells = cellData.cells

    heatMap.events = ModData.getOrCreate("heatMap_events")
end
Events.OnInitGlobalModData.Add(heatMap.initModData)

This is loading the modData into a module

[small topaz]

Best is to call it within some other function where you can be certain that it is called at a correct time and place.

[sour island]

a bit more complicated is that I'm loading parts of the modData into different tables

You also want this running in /server/ if you want it to be consistent

If you want client side copies you can also do that

[pulsar heath]

that heatmap thing youre working on, has so many uses

im already thinking of ways to use it in twitch integration 😄

that would allow to make some cool stuff happen

[sour island]

the heatmap alone would only be tracking what cells certain events occur - what did you have in mind?

[pulsar heath]

triggering a wandering horde if a player enters a high heat zone

that will follow him and increase the heat map from where it goes through

kinda like a snowball

draggin more zombies into the horde, and generating even more heat and so on

[drifting ore]

is there a way to set a roomID for a room? or roomdef? either or. i can only seem to find how to get

[small topaz]

might it be a bit easier if I just you smth like this

      local time = GameTime:getInstance()
      local data = time:getModData()
      data.myData = "bla bla..."

?? Just storing in the game time on server side so that it is (hopefully) the same for all players?

[pulsar heath]

or using it to generate sepcial zombies according to the heat level

if its a high heat zone, tougher zombies, random sprinters, etc

[sour island]

That was what people did prior to globalModData yes

I did the same actually for EHE

[pulsar heath]

or even with EHE, if its a high heat zone, its would trigger only military air events

[livid geode]

Finally made it work. You are the legend.. love ya and thanks again ❤️

[pulsar heath]

but i digress

[small topaz]

I do not really get what this "getOrCreate("bla")" does. So maybe easier for me to use game time since I have more ideas what's going on. 😅

[sour island]

'getOrCreate' is a special function for globalModData

adds a subtable with that name as a key

it's = {}

local cellData = ModData.getOrCreate("heatMap_cellData")
``````lua
local cellData = ModData["heatMap_cellData"] = ModData["heatMap_cellData"] or {}

basically

where ModData also = {}

I don't think you can just use modData as a table though - hence why you have functions to add/remove/change

[high cloak]

when you use ModData.get/getOrCreate, are you getting a copy of that data or is it the same table every time

[sour island]

it's the same table by reference

local heatMap = {}

heatMap.events = {}
heatMap.cells = {}
heatMap.cellsIDs = {}

function heatMap.initModData(isNewGame)

    local cellData = ModData.getOrCreate("heatMap_cellData")
    if not cellData.cellsIDs then cellData.cellsIDs = {} end
    if not cellData.cells then cellData.cells = {} end

    heatMap.cellsIDs = cellData.cellsIDs
    heatMap.cells = cellData.cells

    heatMap.events = ModData.getOrCreate("heatMap_events")
end
Events.OnInitGlobalModData.Add(heatMap.initModData)

This effectively creates a table you can save/load from automatically

[high cloak]

oh okay

[sour island]

any changes to

heatMap.cells = {}
heatMap.cellsIDs = {}```Should also impact the modData table

[small topaz]

kk

[pulsar heath]

that kinda reminds of a public property name as dictionary

[high cloak]

then is it not necessary to use ModData.add to save some data if it exists already or if the table was modified? i figured it was necessary and that's what i was doing

[ancient grail]

Force closing local host is shitty compare to escaping on a remote server
Its cuz you terminate both client and server at the same time
Messed up my tiles and its harder to debug

Just sharing my frustration to you guys so that you dont do the same
/Save first if you think u need what you are testing to be preserved

[drifting ore]

you gonna have it force close client side then client command to server from there?

or you just trying something diff completely

question to anyone . is anyone familiar with any way to change the IsoFlagType.exterior to false on tiles?

i can only seem to get

i'm working on finding a way to set a roomdef or just start by changing exterior flag for now

[small topaz]

If I store some modData in the GameTime instance and do this in the server folder, can I safely access those data in the client folder??

[ancient grail]

I also figured i can do this i saw some mod do it

[sour island]

uhh

Not sure if the gameTime object is sync'd between client and server

Chances are you don't need the client to know the information anyway

you can have commands coming from the server to tell the client what it needs to know

and updates from the client to change the server's

globalModdata has this a bit integrated in the form of recieveModdata events

you'd have to write your own if you're using gametime

[small topaz]

In my current setup, the client definitely needs to know the modData. The modData stores some numerical value (which happens in server) and this value should in some cases be displayed the player's interface...

Or can I just store those GameTime modData in shared or client and it will still be the same for every player?

[viral notch]

how to easy way add something to existing items in game but without overriding it (txt files)

[sour island]

No, shared doesn't work like that I believe

You'd have to call the information using a client/server command

[small topaz]

are you willing to tell me how to do that? (in case you have the time...)

[sour island]

I don't personally do it - I use the modData method

If the information one way?

client's get updates- never the other way?

---This goes in /client/ somewhere
local function onServerCommand(_module, _command, _data)
    if _module == "module" and _command == "command" then
        --_data is a table provided in the command
                -- do gametime modData editing here using the _data
    end
end
Events.OnServerCommand.Add(onServerCommand)--/server/ to client
``````lua
---This is called in server
--do gametime modData editing here
sendClientCommand("module", "command", {key1=value1, key2=value2})

you could also send the entire modData as the argument to do a table copy

but this is unideal and why global modData is preferred as you can keep it to your own stuff

[small topaz]

Only one way: client needs info from server.

And if I use this global ModData.getOrCreate("myData"), then I can safely access the data in client without further work?

[sour island]

no

you'd still have to call on update events

using 'ModData.request()'

this should collect the information to match client's lists

I personally grab the data from the lua event to parse it to the client's list

local ExpandedHeliEventsModData --.EventsOnSchedule = {} --.DayOfLastCrash = 0 --.DaysBeforeApoc = 0
local function receiveGlobalModData(name, data)
    if name == "ExpandedHelicopterEvents" then copyAgainst(ExpandedHeliEventsModData,data)
    end
end
Events.OnReceiveGlobalModData.Add(receiveGlobalModData)

[small topaz]

many thanks!!

btw, if I store stuff in modData of an inventory item (not GameTime), do I have the same problem that if it is stored in server, I cannot access it in client?

[sour island]

inventoryItems are client side in nature (until on the floor/in a container)

you can use transmitModdata to update it across clients - in the case of an item being on the ground

infact it's suppose to work regardless of serer/client - if you called transmit from either side

so be careful using it

[ancient grail]

    container = containers:get(2)

    print('-----------------')
        for j=1,container:getItems():size() do
            local toSell = container:getItems():get(j-1);
            if  toSell and FunctionalATMs2.isSellable(toSell) == true
            and not (toSell:isCustomName() and toSell:isCustomName() ~= toSell:getName()) then
                --getPlayerLoot(0).inventoryPane.highlightItem = toSell
                --toSell:getContainer():DoRemoveItem(toSell);
                local piecePrice = FunctionalATMs2.checkQty(toSell)
                print('sold '..toSell:getName()..' for ' .. piecePrice)
                totalSellAmt = totalSellAmt +   piecePrice
                toSell:getContainer():DoRemoveItem(toSell);
                getPlayerLoot(0):refreshBackpacks()
            else 
               -- print('cannot sell '..toSell:getName())
                getPlayerLoot(0):refreshBackpacks()  
            end
        end

can some one pls help im almost done 😦

i mean my problem here is im deleting the item as i convert it to cash

i think its messing up the table's index?

idk

[drifting ore]

does (2) need to be (2)

it seems like thats something to do with it

[ancient grail]

idk i just figured 1 was always floor i think

[drifting ore]

i thought it was 0 or 1

[ancient grail]

i really am not good at getting the container

[drifting ore]

try containers:get(1) ?

the error is essentially saying that it seems

2 out of bounds for length 1

[ancient grail]

Ye i tried to change that but u see that dorenove item

Doremoveitem

If i dont do that it doesnt give error

[drifting ore]

so the -1?

[ancient grail]

Idk i got that from vanilla

[drifting ore]

i actually saw that

[ancient grail]

I think what i should do it prevent the container from.acxepting anything else aside from the sellables

[drifting ore]

it's got to be how you are trying to use it vs how it's supposed to. enter smart experienced person

any time now lol

😄

[ancient grail]

Ye o understand but the problem is this the only one that worked

Lol

And idk why or how

[bronze yoke]

loop from the end of the list not the start

[thick karma]

Can anyone clarify the bare minimum required in an animation's XML file?

[bronze yoke]

if you're removing items while you loop forwards it's going to mess things up

[ancient grail]

Why do you know everything?! Thnx albion!

   for i = container:getItems():size(), 1,   -1 do 

[rancid tendon]

https://i.imgur.com/JOQsFw9.png

making custom zombie outfits is kind of exhausting but

it's very satisfying to see them show up in game

[dark wedge]

Oh hey, I know this one:

<animNode>
    <m_Name>NAME</m_Name>
    <m_AnimName>Animation_Name</m_AnimName>
    <m_deferredBoneAxis>Y</m_deferredBoneAxis>
    <m_SpeedScale>0.40</m_SpeedScale>
    <m_BlendTime>1.25</m_BlendTime>
    <m_Conditions>
        <m_Name>PerformingAction</m_Name>
        <m_Type>STRING</m_Type>
        <m_StringValue>CONDITION</m_StringValue>
    </m_Conditions>
</animNode>```
This would be the minimum required for a TimedAction.  The "PerformingAction" condition value should be updated to whatever you want the anim name to be called from your code via `self:setActionAnim("CONDITION")`

[open drum]

Hi im trying to spawn a zombie near myself when i press caplock key so I coded a LUA like so in the below

but it keeps giving me an error

could anyone help me with this?

not sure what i am doing wrong

this is the error i get when i try.. i guess the getVirtualZombie manager no longer exist in new build??

[thick karma]

Sorry, I wasn't clear at all in retrospect.

I mean, what is the bare minimum to avoid throwing exceptions from a file being "too short"

I have 2 extra XML files in my set, I need them to basically do nothing, compiler is complaining even though stuff works.

I would like to eliminate those exceptions

I suspect deleting the files would cause worse problems for servers running my mod.

[dark wedge]

I have not seen this error before....What is the error you get? is the animation file formatted correctly? I just put in:

<animNode>
</animNode>```
And i received no exception for it being "too short"

[thick karma]

Thanks. I tried:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

I had to check console.log to see the error because it happens during server load and the game will not pause for it... If you're off doing things while your server loads, you'll miss it.

I will try what you tried

If all else fails, I'll try:

-- Old Sit Actions File

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<animNode>
    <m_Name>MeditatingActions</m_Name>
    <m_AnimName>Meditating</m_AnimName>
    <m_deferredBoneAxis>Y</m_deferredBoneAxis>
    <m_SpeedScale>0.40</m_SpeedScale>
    <m_BlendTime>1.25</m_BlendTime>
    <m_Conditions>
        <m_Name>NeverGonnaGiveYouUp</m_Name>
        <m_Type>BOOL</m_Type>
        <m_BoolValue>true</m_BoolValue>
    </m_Conditions>
</animNode>

-- Old Sit Ext File

<!-- This file never should have been born. -->

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<animNode>
    <m_Name>MeditatingExtensions</m_Name>
    <m_AnimName>Meditating</m_AnimName>
    <m_deferredBoneAxis>Y</m_deferredBoneAxis>
    <m_SpeedScale>0.40</m_SpeedScale>
    <m_BlendTime>1.25</m_BlendTime>
    <m_Conditions>
        <m_Name>NeverGonnaLetYouDown</m_Name>
        <m_Type>BOOL</m_Type>
        <m_BoolValue>true</m_BoolValue>
    </m_Conditions>
</animNode>

<!-- This file never should have been born. -->

[dark wedge]

haha. if the action file isn't used anymore, should be safe to remove it though.

[thick karma]

Here's the error btw:

[Fatal Error] :3:48: Premature end of file.
ERROR: General     , 1673932647828> 0> ExceptionLogger.logException> Exception thrown zombie.util.PZXmlParserException: Exception thrown while parsing XML file "C:\Users\Zen\Zomboid\Workshop\Meditation\Contents\mods\Meditation\media\AnimSets\player\sitonground\MeditatingAction.xml"
  Caused by:
    org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber: 3; columnNumber: 48; Premature end of file. at PZXmlUtil.parseXml line:51.
ERROR: General     , 1673932647828> 0> DebugLogStream.printException> Stack trace:
zombie.util.PZXmlParserException: Exception thrown while parsing XML file "C:\Users\Zen\Zomboid\Workshop\Meditation\Contents\mods\Meditation\media\AnimSets\player\sitonground\MeditatingAction.xml"
  Caused by:
    org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber: 3; columnNumber: 48; Premature end of file.
    at zombie.util.PZXmlUtil.parseXml(PZXmlUtil.java:51)

[thick karma]

I am under the impression Steam will not delete it and therefore it will continue to remain empty in their directories.

Seems to imply maybe it expects something on line 3 of a file that I had reduced to a single line

Maybe that was an issue?

idk I am trying your version

[dark wedge]

yea its reporting the formatting is wrong:[Fatal Error] :3:48: Premature end of file.
odd.
Also, is that how the workshop works? if so, that would be gross....
I guess that would result in the user having to unsubscribe/resubscribe, which i knew was a thing that just had to be done sometimes.

[thick karma]

I've heard it will cause signif problems for dedicated servers

So I am not trying to make anyone go through that headache

Bingo

[thick karma]

Your guess was right; this appears to be the bare minimum to avoid the error I mentioned above.

[thick karma]

Though part of me still wants to publish this instead lmao

Just for anyone who finds it

[dark wedge]

I'll have to keep this in mind then.

[dark wedge]

I tried to do a thing where I left a "Comment '<THIS>' on Steam if you're readding this" in a code comment, no one did or cared i guess.

[thick karma]

😭

[bronze yoke]

i've realised that trying to spread joy with my comments is futile

so now i deliberately use insane syntax in the hopes that it'll upset someone instead

[high cloak]

use semicolons

[open drum]

https://discordapp.com/channels/136501320340209664/232196827577974784/1064781503445340160

[bronze yoke]

that's too much work i can't bring myself to do that

[open drum]

still waiting for a help here .. anyone would like to help a noob please?

[bronze yoke]

i don't think getVirtualZombieManager() exists

use VirtualZombieManager.instance instead

[open drum]

ty for your response

https://projectzomboid.com/modding/zombie/VirtualZombieManager.html#createRealZombieNow(float,float,float)

although i looked up the class

it seems to exist

[bronze yoke]

the class exists, but there isn't a getter function for it

[open drum]

i see isee

[bronze yoke]

use VirtualZombieManager.instance instead, it does the same thing

[bronze yoke]

could i see the code?

[open drum]

i guess it's not simple plug in and go type of function...

[bronze yoke]

oh, instance is a field, not a method, just use VirtualZombieManager.instance:createRealZombieNow(X, Y, Z)

[open drum]

Oh wow that worked

thanks albion

but if you dont' mind and if it doesn't bug u too much

cuold you explain one more time why

including .instance (field)

worked

while VirtualZombieManager() fucntion didn;t?

[bronze yoke]

virtual zombie manager is a singleton class, so you need to grab the instance of the class to use its methods - when they do this they usually have a static field 'instance' pointing to it

[open drum]

hmm

are u saying the other methods are under the instance then??

sorry i am still learning the python

[rancid tendon]

shocked by how easy it is to make hair dye

modding this game is often much more complicated than it should be so

it's nice to find something that takes basically no effort and produces great results

[humble oriole]

If I wanted to change a specific item setting would I use script manager or the itemPicker?

specifically I want to change the KeepOnDeplete to true on propane tanks without overwriting the item definition.

[ancient grail]

Ye iknow right

[ancient grail]

Ahh the same question i have. @bronze yoke if you know how i can permanently change an item do i use onGamestart?
Also i didchange a static model but didnt reflect to players around me

[rancid tendon]

the game doesn't let you make zombies spawn with items in certain condition, and it doesn't let you define a tint for a tintable object when it spawns on a zombies, but it gives you a fully automated system with simple RGB codes to make any hair dye you want in the space of a single item script lol

[bronze yoke]

do you mean you want to change a parameter on the item script without overwriting the entire script?

[dark wedge]

I would think you need to get the item from the ScriptManager and use the DoParam on the item to set that

[bronze yoke]

ScriptManager.instance:getItem("Module.Item"):DoParam("KeepOnDeplete = Value")

[humble oriole]

do I have to do what Clytch3r mentioned and set that to ongamestart to make sure it doesn't revert?

[bronze yoke]

no

you just do it

if you want to be safe (especially if you're linking into another mod that might remove things with no notice), you can do

local item = ScriptManager.instance:getItem("Module.Item")
if item then
    item:DoParam("KeepOnDeplete = Value")
end

[humble oriole]

I should do this in server not shared, right?

[sour island]

should be shared actually

[bronze yoke]

it executes the same anyway, but you shouldn't hide it behind any checks or anything

you need to change the script on both

[sour island]

server and client's need matching scripts otherwise they flag the anticheat

[humble oriole]

ah, yea, good point

[sour island]

I had to write around something related to this - let me look up the reasoning

Seems like I had to include a 'already ran' check on the function for EHE - it is under ongameboot in shared

seemed to cause problems in MP (perhaps running once for client and once for server

But in my shops mod I do something similar in ongameboot and in shared and haven't gotten reports of issues so 🤷

ah the EHE stuff was item scripts, shops is recipe related

[humble oriole]

I'll go look at it to see if it's something I'll need to worry about

I don't think any mods other than the workshop mess with propane tanks

[bronze yoke]

i don't think this will be an issue if you just don't tie it to an event

[humble oriole]

and we're trying to phase that out of our server

hmm, I wonder how it changes the tanks to have a x/capacity

[ancient grail]

Wait so doparan is permanent? Cuz i thought if i use it on an instant then it wont change everything else that will spawn esp since i used debug console

[humble oriole]

it's probably cause you're doing it in console. Files load before the server starts

[ancient grail]

Ok ididnt want a permanent change anyways

But if i do how do i do that?

[thick karma]

Okay, new puzzle. MoveTo appears to work by two mechanisms from the limited perspective of its own file content:

Step 1: player:getPathFindBehavior2():pathToLocation(x, y, z)
Step 2: On update(): player:getPathFindBehavior2():update()

I am aware of no other functions that are called to make the movement happen, and yet, for whatever reason, if I move this code outside of a timed action and try to call player:getPathFindBehavior2():update() on every tick (for experimental purposes), character does not proceed down path, but instead walks in place. Anyone know the secret here? Could I trigger this loop outside of a TimedAction if I do it right, or is there something subtle that stops me from calling the functions this way?

I've got autowalk working p well, but it would be cooler if I could use other TimedActions freely while I'm doing it...

[bronze yoke]

it doesn't exist on instance

[ancient grail]

Ok

[bronze yoke]

it only exists on the item script

[high cloak]

does anyone know where the list of channels for tvs and radios is created?

the little dropdown

adding a channel after a game has already started will cause that channel to not show up in tvs you already looked at, so i'm trying to figure out if i can trigger the list to refresh

[cosmic condor]

media\radio\RadioData.xml

[high cloak]

sorry, I should have been more specific. I mean like the ui dropdown, when you click device options and you can pick different channels

[cosmic condor]

search in the file for cat="Television"

[high cloak]

I'm sure that I'm looking for lua code. I think I found it, but I have to find what triggers the channel list to update

[thick karma]

Defeated by modding again. 💀😴

[humble oriole]

What's the best way to get the max capacity of a drainable? There's no maxCap function

currently I'm cross multiplying and it's not great

(((1 - tankDelta) * tankAvailableUses) / tankDelta) + tankAvailableUses

[bronze yoke]

wouldn't it be 1/delta?

[humble oriole]

well, 1/.25 is still 4

strangly 1/.0625 is 16

[bronze yoke]

i mean the other delta

i'm not at a computer right now so i can't check the exact names (and i recall them being annoyingly similar)

but the max capacity is defined using a delta

1/delta = max capacity

[humble oriole]

there's getDelta(), getUseDelta(), and getUsedDelta() xD I'll play around with em in console and figure it out

I could do 1/(1-delta)

[fast galleon]

if you're bad with math, you can create a new instance item, use it until it's drained and return how many times you used it

[humble oriole]

problem is I do this at 1-2am when I have the most time

[fast galleon]

1/useDelta is the simplest though

[humble oriole]

and brain has significantly diminished capacity for story problems.

[fast galleon]

I get derp moments like that too, no worries

[humble oriole]

oh, getUseDelta() is how much is used on each "use" of the item

I misunderstood that

[bronze yoke]

i think we can all agree... there is no way this was simpler than using integers

[humble oriole]

yea, cause delta returns about 16 decimal places hahah

[high cloak]

how's server/client communication work, is there a global function for passing data back and forth?

[bronze yoke]

sendClientCommand(optional player, module, command, args) triggers OnClientCommand(player, module, command, args) on the server

[fast galleon]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2735092774

[bronze yoke]

and vice versa with sendServerCommand

[high cloak]

ah okay, thank you both

[calm depot]

That's just an effect of it using a floating point

[humble oriole]

I know, but they could do floats to like 4-5 points instead

[calm depot]

That wouldn't be a float

They should have used integer values, though

There is no need for drainables to be floats

[ancient grail]

so i tried playing with doparam for fun

https://imgur.com/aLlJ4iR

i wanted to make my weapon do all the swing types

but then it was permanently applied to the game items

i noticed the icon turned into apple ont the item picker

thres an error but this is the code

Events.OnPlayerAttackFinished.Remove(weaponStance);
function weaponStance(character, handWeapon)
    local item = character:getPrimaryHandItem()
    item:getContainer():DoRemoveItem(item);
    character:setPrimaryHandItem(item)
    local Script = ScriptManager.instance:getItem("Base.Katana")
    Script:DoParam("AttachmentType = Knife")        
    Script:DoParam("DisplayName    =    GlytchBlade")
    Script:DoParam("Tooltip    =    GlytchBlade")
    Script:DoParam("Icon    =    Apple")    
  local item = InventoryItemFactory.CreateItem("Base.Katana")
    local stance = ZombRand(1,6)
    if stance == 1 then Script:DoParam("SwingAnim    =    Bat")        ; character:setSecondaryHandItem(handWeapon) end
    if stance == 2 then Script:DoParam("SwingAnim    =    Heavy")        ; character:setSecondaryHandItem(handWeapon) end
    if stance == 3 then Script:DoParam("SwingAnim    =    Stab")        ; character:setSecondaryHandItem(nil) end
    if stance == 4 then Script:DoParam("SwingAnim    =    Spear")        ; character:setSecondaryHandItem(handWeapon) end
    if stance == 5 then Script:DoParam("SwingAnim    =    Shove")        ; character:setSecondaryHandItem(nil) end
  
    character:getInventory():AddItem(item)
    character:getInventory():setDrawDirty(true);
end

Events.OnPlayerAttackFinished.Add(weaponStance);

[cosmic condor]

looks like fun

[ancient grail]

But its permanently changing everything

I tried setswinganim didnt work idk why

[fast galleon]

split screen question, if a player left, would there be an event? Would obj:isAlive() return false, or rather should I check if obj:isDead()?

*isAlive() just returns not isDead(), now that I look closer

[ancient grail]

Ondisconnect maybe

Or something o
Like that

[sour nova]

`item AdvancedTradingPost
{
Weight = 1000,
Type = Container,
Capacity = 9999,
DisplayName = Trading Post,
icon = ATP,
ResizeWorldIcon = 2.0,
}

recipe Create Trading Post
{
    keep BlowTorch,
    SheetMetal=10/SmallSheetMetal=40,
    MetalPipe=10/MetalBar=10,
    Generator,

    Result:AdvancedTradingPost,
    Time:5.0,
}

`
Can someone help me with my recipe? its throwing errors and im not sure why

Seems like all inputs need to be on one line?

I changed it to this and it works -
`recipe Create Trading Post
{
keep BlowTorch,
SheetMetal=10,MetalBar=10,Generator,

    Result:AdvancedTradingPost,
    Time:5.0,
}

`

But I wanted options between large/small sheets and pipes/bars

[vast nacelle]

MetalPipe=10/MetalBar=10,```
This doesn't work. Alternate ingredients have to have the same amount used and be of the form
```IngredientA/IngredientB;Amount,```
You'll have to have two recipes if you want the amounts to vary

[sour nova]

Cheers @vast nacelle

[sour nova]

no semi-colon though. it looks like this and works as intended.

`recipe Create Trading Post - Large Sheets
{
keep BlowTorch,
SmallSheetMetal=40,
MetalBar/MetalPipe=10,
Generator,

    Result:AdvancedTradingPost,
    Time:5.0,
}

`

[fast galleon]

hm, any suggestions for free courses for amateurs like me?

[drifting ore]

Free courses on what?

[drifting ore]

Damn this looks dope af

[sour nova]

Ty, I'm excited to get this thing going

[ancient grail]

Amateur what are you talking about?!

Ow your name is back haha

[fast galleon]

game / mod development:
systems - models - sim, what would a person need to know

[viscid drum]

I'm trying to modify "Modified Backpacks" to create the different coloured duffelbags instead of just the default one. I managed to get it to do so by replacing all instances of bag_dufflebag with bag_dufflebagTINT but replacing the icon with DuffelbagWhite as is done in zomboids clothing_bags.txt has resulted in the icons being varicoloured questionmarks instead of duffelbags. Any way to fix this?

[drifting ore]

hey quick question

what would happen if I put the chance over 100 here ?

        {
            name="Naked",
            chance=100,
        }, ```

[rancid tendon]

anyone know if it's possible to make a weapon associated with a zombie outfit always come with a specific set of upgrades?

for instance, if i have a zombie spawn that always has an M16 on its back, is it possible to add upgrades such as a stock to that M16 in any way, or does it just have to be a random version of it

[pulsar heath]

uff finally manage to get real world time inside the game

local pzCalendar = PZCalendar.getInstance()
local hour = pzCalendar:get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY)
local minute = pzCalendar:get(Calendar.MINUTE)
playerChar:Say("Hour: " .. hour  .. ":" .. minute)```
dunno if anyone will have use for it, but i  do so im sharing what i've learned 😄

[jovial harness]

Hi, this is my first time here. I'm looking for a way to identify different kinds of buildings. For instance let's say I've got an IsoBuilding instance from calling a getBuilding() method. Is there a way to check if that building is a school, a house, a firestation, etc ?

[vast nacelle]

The ZombiesZoneDefinition states that every zombie zone except default should not exceed a total chance of 100. The loop I gave you is setting all zombie zones so I do not recommend setting that higher.

[fast galleon]

not sure this is possible, every building has a building definition though, you can check that.
For my purposes I check room types. Don't remember now, maybe it was just because it was easier or because the values weren't always set.

[jovial harness]

All right I'll just loop on the rooms until I find the ones unique to specific kinds of buildings then

[vast nacelle]

There is this in media\lua\server\Items\SuburbsDistributions.lua:

    VarmintRifle = {"x2Scope", "x4Scope", "x8Scope", "AmmoStraps", "Sling", "FiberglassStock", "RecoilPad", "IronSight"},
    HuntingRifle = {"x2Scope", "x4Scope", "x8Scope", "AmmoStraps", "Sling", "FiberglassStock", "RecoilPad"},
    Shotgun = {"AmmoStraps", "Sling", "ChokeTubeFull", "ChokeTubeImproved"},
    Pistol = {"Laser", "RedDot", "IronSight"}
}```
I *think* if you add weapons and an attachment to this array, there's a chance that the weapon can spawn with an associated weapon upgraded. However, I'm not sure if this applies to Weapons attached to Zombies. It's probably used in the Java-side of the code. So I'm not really sure how it's used.

[thick karma]

If I wanted to write a config file that only existed serverside so I could load admin options before basically anything else happens (ideally before traits get added so that I can make traits and their costs optional), where would I need to write from, and where would I expect that file to be saved? (@ anyone)

[rancid tendon]

and even then, presumably it's just a chance, which wouldn't really be as functional for me as simply forcing the modifications to spawn in the zombie's inventory to make sure the player gets em

shame though, would've been cooler if they appeared modified on the zombie :p

[fast galleon]

if the file is on server, how do you receive the relevant data so early? I asked this yesterday, btw.

[thick karma]

I am guessing that if it were on the server I could just read the file right before creating the trait; but I'm not clear on how to read/write a server-only config in the first place.

[fast galleon]

me too moment

[fast galleon]

Hm, I think you'd create a weird desync this way.

Client has A set of traits, selects based on that. Then the server kicks him or removes invalid traits based on B set of traits?

[thick karma]

I am assuming that I may need to send the client a command. Hoefully that would be possible but I'm really not sure

I wish the gd sandbox options loaded before my files run

[jovial harness]

I was doing a "Forced and Forbidden Traits" mod a while ago, never finished it. But basically it removed or forced traits in character creation based on sandbox settings

It'd be hard to modify their cost on the fly tho

[pulsar heath]

math kills my brain... but this should be a 5 m timer ...

kind off

[drifting ore]

Possible to put another tooltip string below the existing one?

How long does it last

[pulsar heath]

the code is wrong

tried to clean it up and this shit happens as usual

😄

[drifting ore]

😮

[pulsar heath]

gimme a second... ill get the frankenstein code and clean it up again ...

[vast nacelle]

option.toolTip = option.toolTop .. "NEW WORDS";

Don't know which tooltip you are wanting to extend, but you can do something like that.

[drifting ore]

Na just a regular item was wondering if you can just underneath for example leather scraps put "Yeah this b letter scraps"

[ancient grail]

🫡 burry agas names soo cool

[drifting ore]

So you get the item, get the tooltip option and modify it by making it option.ToolTip .. " New string"

Or do I have to go into scripts for it

[vast nacelle]

Well, if its an item, I'd probably just create a new tooltip that takes the old one and adds your new text.

[neon bronze]

Do you wanna add a new box for a tooltip under the existing tooltip for the item?

[drifting ore]

Nah in the same box

Just another category

Like theres weight add smth else

[cosmic condor]

Do you know what is more fun than DoParam?

DoHaram

[drifting ore]

Zing

[vast nacelle]

Like

{
   ...
   Tooltip = Tooltip_Original,
   ...
}```
Go find Tooltip_Original in the translations file in `media/lua/shared/translate/EN/Tooltip_EN.txt`
Then make your own Tooltip_EN.txt in the same file structure but in your mod and have something like
```Tooltip_EN =
{
    Tooltip_New = "Stuff in Tooltip_Original + <br>your new text",
}```
and then make the item have `Tooltip = Tooltip_New,`

[pulsar heath]

local pzCalendar = PZCalendar.getInstance()

local MyTime = pzCalendar:get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY) *60 + pzCalendar:get(Calendar.MINUTE)


mytimer(5,MyTime)

function mytimer(timervalue, startTime)
    local currentTime = pzCalendar:get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY) *60 + pzCalendar:get(Calendar.MINUTE) + timervalue
        if currentTime - startTime >= 0 then
        playerChar:Say("Timer ended!!!!")
    end
end```

now to make it pz compatible 😐

hmmm still wrong had an extra * 60 which is not needed...

only need to multiply the hour value by 60

and in theory this should get me the start time in minutes

but im still doing something wrong... in the if

brain melted with something so simple... i need fresh air 😄

duh

local pzCalendar = PZCalendar.getInstance()

local MyTime = pzCalendar:get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY) *60 + pzCalendar:get(Calendar.MINUTE)


mytimer(5,MyTime)

function mytimer(timervalue, startTime)
    local currentTime = pzCalendar:get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY) *60 + pzCalendar:get(Calendar.MINUTE) + timervalue
        if currentTime - startTime >= timervalue then
        playerChar:Say("Timer ended!!!!")
    end
end```

[finite radish]

anyone know how .pack file loading works for mods? does it just pick up any of them in media/texturepacks/ and load them?

[pulsar heath]

whith mistakes like this i really need to make a break and have some coffee 😄

still a big duh moment

local pzCalendar = PZCalendar.getInstance()

local MyTime = pzCalendar:get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY) *60 + pzCalendar:get(Calendar.MINUTE)


mytimer(5,MyTime)

function mytimer(timervalue, startTime)
    local currentTime = pzCalendar:get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY) *60 + pzCalendar:get(Calendar.MINUTE)
        if currentTime - timervalue >= startTime then
        playerChar:Say("Timer ended!!!!")
    end
end```

this one is the correct one ...

[drifting ore]

Is it not possible to use public void setTooltip(String tooltip)?

Or is that string in the brackets just what ID from the script file of the item you are pulling the tooltip

I have quite a few items to iterate over, hence the focus on trying to do this via a function and loop over items rather than do it manually

[finite radish]

anyone know if the wiki's list of lua-exposed events is up to date?

also, slightly related - trying to see what the replacement for OnRenderUpdate is. I can't imagine the render loop and the game loop both run on tick

[fast galleon]

I think you need to define them in the mod.info.

[finite radish]

ah, that makes sense. i vaguely remember that from custom map tiles that utilize them, so that's useful. thanks!

[finite radish]

regarding this - looks like it's OnRenderTick most likely, but there's a hoop to jump through regarding the doRenderEvent bool that I'll have to figure out. seems pretty simple though, just not sure if there's consequences for not setting it back

[pulsar heath]

local pzCalendar = PZCalendar.getInstance()
local timervalue = 0

function TWE_TraitCheck()
        local currentTime = pzCalendar:get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY) *60 + pzCalendar:get(Calendar.MINUTE)
        if currentTime - timervalue >= startTime then
            player:getTraits():remove("abc");
            HaloTextHelper.addTextWithArrow(player, getText("UI_trait_abc"), false, HaloTextHelper.getColorRed())     
            Events.EveryTenMinutes.Remove(TraitCheck)
        end
end

function TWE_addTrait()
    if not playerChar:HasTrait("abc") then
        playerChar:getTraits():add("abc");
        HaloTextHelper.addTextWithArrow(playerChar, getText("UI_trait_abc"), true, HaloTextHelper.getColorGreen())
        Events.EveryTenMinutes.Remove(TraitCheck);
        Events.EveryTenMinutes.Add(TraitCheck);
    end
end```
i think this it it 😄

trait abc is placeholder... will probably use a table with all the traits or something like that

[ancient grail]

Special Thanks to Fajdek for giving me permission to use some of the functions on this lua file
Special Thanks to dhert for providing me an improved player distance code and Cannibalize Animation
Special Thanks to BurryAga for lending me his Darkvision Code for Primitive Trait
Special Thanks to Cosmic B for helping me with the Believer Context menu contextmenu
Special Thanks to Albion for pointing out the OnPlayerGetDamage event

credits for the trait mod im done with it

the client will be the one to post it

[pulsar heath]

you finished your mod?

gratz 😄

gimme the worshop link so i can sub it

[ancient grail]

yes sir

its not yet done for him i mean i did the traits functions but his going to make the profession..

so its currently hidden

[pulsar heath]

ok ok, whenever its available let me know

[ancient grail]

but ill post it here when he outs it i doubt its gonna be soon cuz he plans to replease all his mod when he launches his server but the atm mod 2 is also done

hehe

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2919435743

new proj im working on

https://imgur.com/PrlScni

[pulsar heath]

undead char?!

cool

[ancient grail]

more like animations make available for roleplay purposes

im going to use dislaik's toggle functions for the setup (with permission)

[drifting stump]

damn wheres my workshop mechanic

[ancient grail]

Whats that

[drifting stump]

blue role

whole bunch of new ones popped up

[drifting ore]

is there a way to replace the posters in game with my own ?

not add new ones mind you, but replace them