mod_development

[jaunty marten]

I tried and it's working

[sour island]

ah you're right, there's an overload that uses an empty array

I wonder why his isn't working

[jaunty marten]

I have empty gas, 50% gas and empty bottle, 50% water bottle

same function as and u

print(getPlayer():getInventory():getAllEvalRecurse(function(item)
    -- our item can store fue, but doesn't have fuel right now
    if item:hasTag("EmptyPetrol") and not item:isBroken() then
        return true
    end
    -- or our item can store fuel and is not full
    if item:hasTag("Petrol") and not item:isBroken() and instanceof(item, "DrainableComboItem") and item:getUsedDelta() < 1 then
        return true
    end
    return false
end))

it works

[humble oriole]

it's crazy that it won't work from the file

[sour island]

what's player in this case? 0?

[humble oriole]

oh yea, it's just me since I'm the only one on

createMenuEntries = function(player, context, worldobjects, test)

I thought about wrapping into the ISWorldObjectContextMenu but I want to use my own ISTakeFuel because the vanilla one has the gas station pump sound.

I decided the best way is to just interact with the item:hasTag like they're doing it so I can write my own ISTakeFuel because I don't want to use set/getPipedFuelAmount(). I want the context menu entry to be a submenu instead of the a main option like it is in vanilla

Specifically in the instance of interacting with my item, of course. I just want to be consistent.

[red tiger]

Made some progress on my shaders core mod today.

Backdrop shader for UI as a draw call.

[ancient grail]

Wow

[thick karma]

🤣

[thick karma]

lol but the results are glorious @bronze yoke

lol I haven't been at it nonstop but I have definitely been at it lol

[jaunty marten]

for complete there need add/remove mult buttons

[ancient grail]

is it possible to make a weapon contain drainable data

[jaunty marten]

oh, it's already existed menu for mp xp
never used it so didn't know, I thought u did that

lul

[sour island]

https://tenor.com/view/bender-futurama-neat-wow-gif-5744318

[jaunty marten]

huh?

[sour island]

unpack() lets you feed a list as arguments

[jaunty marten]

sure

[sour island]

so I can provide some arguments within a function and pack the rest of them with a list

I'd have to calc x/y for each use otherwise

[jaunty marten]

yup

[jaunty marten]

btw mb will be new for u as and unpacked table as args

function test(a, b, c, d)
print(a, b, c, d)
end
--same
function test(...)
print(...)
end

this cool thing too

function test(...)
  local table_of_args = {...}
end

[sour island]

yes, I do this for fingerPrint

where I do ```lua
test(...)
print(x, y, ...)
end

currently making every window off debug open next to the debug panel and open/close from the menu button

the normal close buttons are still present - but I found it really nice to have that behavior when messing with cheat menu and adding aiteron's vehicle menu

[sour island]

hmm

closing the windows using their close buttons makes them unable to reopen

🤔

[grim rose]

hello guys i have question to you

how do i overwritte vanilla objects?

[thick karma]

What kind of object do you want to overwrite?

[sour island]

finally figured out the quirks of the UI

some of the UI uses instantiate while others don't

isoRegionWindow and zombiePopulationWindow close() doesn't clear their instances, just removes it from UImanager

that was a pain to sift through

also modified the isoObject modData viewer to scale to it's not massive

[jaunty marten]

I think be better to restore panel position after re-open it

[sour island]

as in save them?

I agree, will look into it

[jaunty marten]

if u will just :setVisible(false) and :removeFromUIManager() after it u can open it as :setVisible(true) and :addToUIManager()

not creating new one

just hide

[sour island]

I believe the vanilla behavior creates new ones

I originally just had it to hide

but using the in-window close buttons breaks it

and many of their close() sets instance to nil as well

Might be something worth looking into for the community patch

as I imagine if every UI element does this - it could add up

[jaunty marten]

idk how original close button works cos ever I creating my own buttons with :setVisible(false) :removeFromUIManager

[sour island]

idk how well kahlua/java/lua handles garbage collection

[sour island]

same

[jaunty marten]

yeah

[sour island]

function ISDebugPanelBase:close()
    self:setVisible(false);
    self:removeFromUIManager();
    ISDebugPanelBase.instance = nil
end

this is vanilla

[jaunty marten]

ah

yea

[sour island]

by setting instance to nil it fucks up the reopen

creates a new one

[jaunty marten]

but u can don't nil instance and use it again to set visible back and add to ui manager

it's working well

[sour island]

I'd have to overwrite all the debug windows

lol

I don't mind doing it, but ugh

[jaunty marten]

u can just create u own button, use default button as base and just replace onclick function

and replace default close buttons there by ur own

[sour island]

they all call close() I can just overwrite the original function

these are also debug UI stuff - so I'm hoping the vanilla stuff doesn't do this

[drifting ore]

Hi want to ask, is it possible to use 3d models on another mods and skin on my mods, then create new item in my mod?

[jaunty marten]

original function uses only there? u can broke smth if this func uses in some other code

[sour island]

yes, the close() is only used for each window

there's a close for their derive'd classes but the sub-class close doesnt call on it

not sure why as the close()'s are basically identical

function ISPlayerStatsUI.OnOpenPanel()
    if ISPlayerStatsUI.instance then
        ISPlayerStatsUI.instance:close()
    end
    local x = getCore():getScreenWidth() / 2 - (800 / 2);
    local y = getCore():getScreenHeight() / 2 - (800 / 2);
    local ui = ISPlayerStatsUI:new(x,y,800,800, getPlayer(), getPlayer())
    ui:initialise();
    ui:addToUIManager();
    ui:setVisible(true);
end

[jaunty marten]

@drifting ore hey, I saw on workshop ur mod Lightswitch Electrician and checked it but there's no any lua files with function to connect light switches with in-room light. basically pz automatically link them when u creating new light switch object in room?

[sour island]

I overwrote this

almost all of the panels do this

hides the old one then creates a new one

I'll check the close() to avoid this

[drifting ore]

yeah i havent gotten that far yet. also working on seeing if i can make a seperate mod for linking lightswitch to lamps in the meantime for player bases

[jaunty marten]

u can just do this way

function ISPlayerStatsUI.OnOpenPanel()
    if ISPlayerStatsUI.instance then
        ISPlayerStatsUI.instance:addToUIManager();
        ISPlayerStatsUI.instance:setVisible(true);
        return
    end
    local x = getCore():getScreenWidth() / 2 - (800 / 2);
    local y = getCore():getScreenHeight() / 2 - (800 / 2);
    local ui = ISPlayerStatsUI:new(x,y,800,800, getPlayer(), getPlayer())
    ui:initialise();
    ui:addToUIManager();
    ui:setVisible(true);
end

[drifting ore]

i tried seeing if you can set room id on switch light but i couldnt figure it out.

[sour island]

I'm feeding it into my genericOnOpenPanel

that's how my behavior looks

[drifting ore]

didnt care if it saved. just wanted to see if it would set the roomdef.id

also teaching myself about how to use sandboxvars in scripts

well more like reading lol

[sour island]

what impact does not using setVisible() have with removefromUImanager?

I'm noticing a few of the panels do that

[jaunty marten]

just I'm trying to find any way to turn off in-room light without original light switcher (that was completely removed) and I found that u can't reach in-room light object by lua but java

if creating new light swithcer will work it's amazing for me

[sour island]

also only 2-3 use instantiate - I never looked into how it's different to initialize

[jaunty marten]

removeFromUIMaganager stops any update of panel, just :setVisible(false) won't stop :update() event

[sour island]

by default StashUI only have remove from UI

[jaunty marten]

hmmm

[sour island]

so using it's close button means I have to select the open button twice

probably do to me assuming it's visible

[jaunty marten]

tbh only know difference between :setVisible(false):removeFromUIMaganer and just :setVisible(false)

[jaunty marten]

it will hide panel too? like :removeFromUIMaganer() == :setVisible(false):removeFromUIMaganer()?

[sour island]

remove seems to hide it, but I think internally it's visible flag is true

which is why selecting to open it doesn't work the first time

very odd but interesting behavior

I would add setvisible false to removefromUI

but idk what kind of ramifications that might have

would be safer to overwrite the individual UI elements that are written inconsistently

[jaunty marten]

seems removeFromUIManager removes it from order to update, render and any interactions

setVisible just hide it and changes the flag

• calling idk what is that xd

never seen it

[sour island]

removing it from render would make it not visible by default then

is there a check if something is apart of UImanager?

[jaunty marten]

right but I think :isVisible() will return true

without actual :setVisible(false)

[sour island]

I'm hoping I can use OR to catch these weird cases

stashUI for example would require tapping into it's cancel button

local StashDebug_onClick = StashDebug.onClick
function StashDebug:onClick(button)
    if button.internal == "CANCEL" then self:setVisible(false) end
    StashDebug_onClick(self, button)
end

🤷‍♂️

guess this works

hate it tho

this is vanilla

function StashDebug:onClick(button)
    if button.internal == "CANCEL" then
--        self:setVisible(false);
        self:removeFromUIManager();
    end
``` the setvisible is commented out for some reason

it's on-open panel also just uses add to UI

[jaunty marten]

always hate this TIS way onClick with a million if "CANCEL" elseif "OPEN" elseif "blablabla"

bruh

[sour island]

could be neater for sure

you technically don't have to do it that way

just call the function in button:new()

[jaunty marten]

yea, Ik

just when checking some file see this and idk what's button do and need to check internal string and after it search this one in elseif

[jaunty marten]

sure, no need to create new one when u can use old he-he

and it will "auto save old position" of panel

[sour island]

I'm going to add it to layouts eventually

[jaunty marten]

cool

[sour island]

that's why I wanted to push them all through the same function

hate copy pasting

[jaunty marten]

[sour island]

why many word when few do trick

[jaunty marten]

hah

[grim rose]

pipebomb

[sour island]

hmm

I'm just going to overwrite close() within open

fuck this lol

is there a proper syntax to overwrite an instancing function with a local one?

[jaunty marten]

local function close(self)
  self:setVisible(false)
  self:removeFromUIManager()
end
ISGameStatisticPanel.close = close
any_panel.close = close

for example

same for OnOpenPanel so

[sour island]

ah, I was about to try that

didn't have the (self)

[jaunty marten]

u even can create table to simply add panel class in it and iterate them with changing funcs in a loop

of course only if all funcs are have to be same

[sour island]

That's what I do for the cheats

[jaunty marten]

[sour island]

Nice, it works

don't have to overwrite 6 buttons anymore lol

[jaunty marten]

he-he

@sour island I really want #waywo channel for modders and already sent suggestion to blair, aiteron and nasko but even no response . I see u ultra active here and mb do u know who exactly from tis manage discord server?

[sour island]

what's waywo?

[jaunty marten]

"what are you working on"

like #old_showcase but for modders

[sour island]

ah

🤔 perhaps #threads could be used somehow?

[jaunty marten]

so interesting to see what peoples doing

[sour island]

I dont really see an issue with what's happening right now

there's only usually like 0-3 convos happening here

[jaunty marten]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[drifting ore]

anyone know if i call a sandboxvar option into a script as a function, if LuaGrab or LuaCreate or another option for grabbing it? trying to use sandboxvar for changing recipe item amounts, change page size of book. seems like this is all possible but i'm struggling to find the way.

[jaunty marten]

u can use DoParam

[drifting ore]

that works direct in script for sandboxvar tho?

or i mean function

[jaunty marten]

it's lua func

[drifting ore]

yea

myb i meant. need sleep. i'll try it thank you

maybe crazy but doparam work in item also?

any script?

[jaunty marten]

sure

check ItemTweaker mod

[drifting ore]

ah good call

[jaunty marten]

[small topaz]

hey! I am playtesting one of my mod in multiplayer via the host button in debug mode. Is there a way to change my players stats via the debug menu (e.g. cooking skill, farming skill etc.)?? All those options are currently greyed out for me.

[drifting ore]

oh wow i can use this method to add glucose moddata to food lol

diabetes mod incoming

[jaunty marten]

give admin for urself and there will appear new button on right side admin menu as Ik there's player stats menu

or add some cheat mode like Cheat Menu Rebirth

[jaunty marten]

oh no.. needles.. veins.. ||drugs....||

[drifting ore]

i already did all the icons and models lol

[jaunty marten]

ideal death is 100 ml of insulin and going to sleep

better than gun suicide mod

hah

[drifting ore]

lmao

[jaunty marten]

silent death, ahhh

[drifting ore]

i intend on it being a dynamic trait most likely if i can make it interesting enough

obv death being on both ends

[jaunty marten]

I hope dynamic only for give a trait but not to take it off XD

[drifting ore]

maybe have option for that lmao

[jaunty marten]

yea

[small topaz]

how do I give myself admin? (and sry for asking here... maybe there is a channel better suited for those multiplayer questions??)

[drifting ore]

/Setaccesslevel name Admin *fixed thanks glytch3r 😛

[thick karma]

🤣 🤪 😭 😃 😭 🤯

[drifting ore]

lmao

[jaunty marten]

1 full bottle bourbon rolls 0.1% chance > now ur pancreas is killing u, sorry

[jaunty marten]

sure #google

[drifting ore]

i got a randomizer util im gonna use for it lol

[jaunty marten]

he-he

[drifting ore]

some good mathing i hope

good with numbers not amazing with math lol

[ancient grail]

yea #mod_support or #1019767076094758924
but to answer

lua console :

local result = "/setaccesslevel ".. getPlayer():getUsername() .." admin";
SendCommandToServer(string.format(result))

using chat:
/setaccesslevel yourusername admin

[small topaz]

many thanks!!!

[sour island]

btw @jaunty marten if you wanted to test out/use/contribute https://github.com/ChuckTheSheep/pz-modding-community

planned goals are three mods within a workshop release - a general patch, a set of frameworks/libraries, and the debug tools

will eventually roll it out to a github organization so it's not directly under me

[grim rose]

Sorry guys to ask this again but today im busy beee

and i lost track when someone offered help

im trying to replace model of vanilla item

anybody would help?

well as i can count i counted on myself

and well to overdrive texture you only need to rename texture to same thing

[small topaz]

Still trying to figure out how I can make data stored and generated in server accessible to client. We already chatted a bit about this some days ago but I haven't been able to really understand what I need to do. So I ask again.

I made a minimal code example so I can explain what I precisely want to do. On severs side, I store a random value in GameTime's modData. How can the clients access this (I want it to be accessible for all clients)?? Also cool if there is a better approach not using GameTime (I just did it this way to have smth to start with).

[neon bronze]

you'd have to send a servercommand to the client(s)

i think

im not too sure, i havent messed around with them too much

[small topaz]

I've heard about this servercommand thing but have no clue how to use it properly in my situation

[burnt vapor]

hey all, I know this isn't a mod but I was making my own game inspired by project zombiod, I was wondering how would I create a system to group rooms together? I already have isometric walls and all but I cant seem to figure out how to group rooms together...

how did project zombiod do it?

that is what im really asking

so I understand the concept

[sullen bobcat]

Stupid Question. Im having issues with adding items to the Foraging loot pool. Any chance anyone can have a quick look at the code and sanity check it? I think im just missing something basic but I have no idea on it

[small topaz]

what type of item are you working with?

[grim rose]

Pipebomb

[frank elbow]

Maybe try #other_games or #general_chat ?

[frank elbow]

Dunno whether it's the best option available (it's what I'd think to use, but I'm no expert), but you pretty much just add an event listener for commands on the server & client and call a method to trigger updates

Or just an event listener on the client, I suppose, if it won't need to communicate back

Global mod data is what was thinking of when typing that (& what I'd use) oops, but the above applies to that too

[small topaz]

the script.txt entry has an attribute called WorldStaticModel which refers to the 3d object of the item. you could try changing it via item:DoParam("WorldStaticModel = MyNewObject_Ground") But for this thing to work, it is necessary that you already created the 3d object and brought this properly into game...

[grim rose]

thanks i already implemented that

[small topaz]

Would be totally fine for me using the globalMod data instead but I simply do not know how this works. And no, the client does not have to send any info to server. It is just server info to client.

[small topaz]

have you already defined the model script for Neco_arc? If not, you might have a look at the vanilla file media/scripts/models_items.txt. In this file, mesh refers to the actual 3d object.

[grim rose]

yes i do just above ITEM

for now its bit janky as this model is only used as placeholder from my previous mod

    {
        mesh = FUMOTH_default_cocard_low,
            texture = FUMOTH_cirno_fumo,
            scale = 0.004,
    }```

now i fixed it so it loads corectly

[small topaz]

have you tried putting the mesh into a folder media/models_X/WorldItems instead and then using mesh = WorldItems/NECO_Items ?? At least, this is the structure the vanilla game uses in this case

[grim rose]

oh thanks i forgot that i setted up this folder putted model there and gave it wrong path

    {
        mesh = WorldItems/FUMOTH_default_cocard_low,
            texture = FUMOTH_cirno_fumo,
            scale = 0.004,
    }```

[small topaz]

how do I do this, adding an event listener and call a method for triggering updates?

I already found some info on eventlisteners here https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2735092774 but I have no idea what all the parameters stand for and where I have to put it into my code...

[jaunty marten]

yeah, I already saw, cool idea

[jaunty marten]

btw u stroing ur random value not in moddata

u just store it in gametime object

it will removed after reload

correct is

local data = GameTime:getInstance():getModData()

[small topaz]

whooops! Yep, you are right. code must be as you write. Just a typo.

[ancient grail]

@jaunty marten oh vishnya i had an idea.. maybe the object is deleted when you remove the light switch but its not just refreshed on your screen

[grim rose]

One thing

I did not overwritte it

It added new item

[grim rose]

Anyone knows mod that does that?

So i can look up

What to do

[small topaz]

Is your script entry for PipeBomb wihtin module Base { your entry here } ??

[grim rose]

it is

but i see my mistake

i wrote

BASE

not

Base

But now i get error

game not lunching severity type erorr

...

as i just edited it]

i fixed it

Bruhhh

allright so it "works"

now sounds

[small topaz]

I am currently playing around with the event OnReceiveGlobalModData I use it on client side and try to access global moddata which has been stored on server. On client, I use the command ModData.request(key) to trigger the event. PZ Wiki and other sources say that the event has as one paramter a lua table containing the global mod data. However, for me, this table is empty on client side (although it is non-empty on server side). Any ideas what I am doing wrong here?

here is my code example:

[grim rose]

one question where is directory with vanilla pz events ?

[small topaz]

I use the pz wiki as a reference: https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Modding:Lua_Events

[grim rose]

thanks im trying to find function that would help me with sounds

[small topaz]

oh... or can I simply access the global mod data in client by local data = ModData.get("myUniqueKey") ?? So not necessary to use ModData.request and the event??

[thick karma]

I'm not sure on the details of pipe bombs, but this video will help a lot in adding a new item modeled after another... I see no reason you couldn't use its technique to make a custom bomb. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N6tZujOPnDw

[grim rose]

oh good old memories

it works?

i just have to know how to replace sound

and for that i going for any mod that changes sound

[thick karma]

The sound is part of that tutorial

And that part works

[grim rose]

oh yea

i forgot

[thick karma]

I added a sound myself by following that video

[grim rose]

lets see then

[grim rose]

one thing

[thick karma]

?

[grim rose]

weapons follow bit diffrent sound file

so i have to look at his glock tutorial

[thick karma]

Oh idk anything about that but you could play a sound OnWeaponHit if the handweapon is right

Any smallish ogg sound should work for that afaik

[grim rose]

well for this moment this one doesn't

[vestal geode]

Anyone know the issue of getting nil from server/ClientCommands.getThumpable() for some wallType (north/west) objects when trying to plaster them?

It will work after a server restart, so it seems something is wrong with transmitting those objects to the server?

[ancient grail]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2921981763

done

[ancient grail]

No unless you have permission, the mod is labeled "freeforall"

But if you are going to this and run on singleplayer go ahead

[ancient grail]

Darkmode pls

[jaunty marten]

nope

[grim rose]

im having big issues with sounds

can some one help me?

{    
    imports
    {
        NECO,
    }
    

    sound PipeBombThrow
    {
        category = Item,
        clip
        {
            event = Weapon/Throwable/PipeBomb/Throw,
            /*file = media/sound/NecoArcThrow.ogg,*/
        }
    }
    sound PipeBombExplode
    {
        category = Item,
        clip
        {
            event = Weapon/Throwable/PipeBomb/Explode,
            /*file = media/sound/NecoArcExplode.ogg,*/
        }
    }
    sound PipeBombEquip
    {
        category = Item,
        clip
        {
            event = Weapon/Throwable/PipeBomb/Equip,
            /*file = media/sound/NecoArcEquip.ogg,*/
        }
    }```

i don't know how to change that vanilla pipebomb has custom sound

that doesn't come from events/blaablaablaaa

i think i found dumbest way to fix this temporary

i just overwritten explosion.ogg

okay i given up

nothing fucking works

dumb overwritting nope

bashing head and changing some random things

nope

typo:

https://tenor.com/view/transitions-kinemaster-black-guy-suit-tiktok-gif-25279479

i named directory "sounds" not "sound"

🥹

[red tiger]

Hmm.. Time to write a responsive tech demo with UI shading.

One thing that I feel is sort of funny is how that UIFont is used for selection of fonts while AngelCodeFont could be passed and made way easier for people to integrate their custom fonts with say ISUElement's API.

[grim rose]

It doesn’t matter

Shit still don’t work

I surender

Im gonna take nap for an hour

[hollow current]

How viable would it be to make a mod where a piece of paper would spawn with a random content written on it (the content will be picked randomly from a .json)

Is it possible to configure the written content of a paper while spawning it?

[red tiger]

PZ on its own does not support JSON files. You'd either need to adapt a pre-existing Lua Parser or use Lua with loadstring(..).

[hollow current]

I got it working somehow, there was a plugin or sth that allowed me to do that

someone helped me with it before, I can handle the json part

got it saved somewhere on my pc

Anyhow, assuming I have a string loaded from the .json

[red tiger]

I modified this JSON parser to support PZ's Kahlua.

(There were calls to non-implemented Lua global API)

That should save you the trouble.

[hollow current]

Much appreciated, thanks

[red tiger]

I prefer JSON over Lua tables.

[hollow current]

I find JSON very easy to handle to be honest

or at least, much efficient

[faint jewel]

anyone know how i would go about getting a list of items that are in an object a player is holding?

[jaunty marten]

:getContainer():getItems() mb?

like for an common object

ah, btw I'm not sure it will can returns any item cos in vanilla pz u even can't pickup container if any item in it

with some debug mode u can pickup it without this condition but it will be emptied

[faint jewel]

no what i want to do is have an item in my hand (backpack etc) and be able to place all its items in a tile

[small topaz]

getPrimaryHandItem() and getSecondaryHandItem() look as if they return the inventory item the player is holding in the respective hand. can then try to apply getItems() as @jaunty marten wrote

see here: https://zomboid-javadoc.com/41.65/zombie/characters/IsoGameCharacter.html#getPrimaryHandItem()

if getItems() does not work directly, you could also try getInventory():getItems() instead

[faint jewel]

hmmmm

so the item might not be in their hand when it tries to place the tile.

[red tiger]

Old and third-party docs. Use https://projectzomboid.com/modding/zombie/characters/IsoGameCharacter.html#getPrimaryHandItem()

(Official & partially documented)

Also 41.77

[small topaz]

thx for hint!

[jaunty marten]

he asked about get items from object that player hold so I think he already know how to get item in hands he-he. btw u holding the item not container so may be first :getContainer() and after it :getItems() (I'm not sure 100% but it's common logic of pz)

[jaunty marten]

so official or third-party?

[small topaz]

ah ok. but for the part with :getContainer(), I would also try getInventory() if getContainer() doesn't work (as I mentioned earlier...)

[red tiger]

Official if the game's version is closer to current.

[jaunty marten]

or u meant created by third-party and published by official?

[red tiger]

I mean that the pz.com link is official.

[jaunty marten]

yeah

[red tiger]

zomboid-javadoc.com is third-party and rendered from compiled sources.

[jaunty marten]

it's why I got confused by ur words

[jaunty marten]

yea yea yea

I saw different sites

[red tiger]

It used to be the one to go to because before the recent JavaDocs compile, the official one was as old as 2015.

(If you look at the HTML for the root JavaDocs page, you'll see the comment showing the time that it was compiled)

[jaunty marten]

ah

then it make sense yea

oki

[red tiger]

I also grep'd the current JavaDocs as an offline site copy.

[bronze yoke]

that seems like a smart thing for me to hold onto

[red tiger]

This'll be useful for people with spotty Internet connections or other uses.

I'd give the grep command but it would mean a lot of heavy traffic for the site which is bad.

So this copy will do. =)

[jaunty marten]

[red tiger]

Huh?

Must be an imperfect copy?

[jaunty marten]

search bar even disabled

[red tiger]

Could pick those resources up on the official site.

6 files? Not that bad. :D

[jaunty marten]

XD

yea

good idea

[red tiger]

We should make a scrapper that builds into an in-game editor lol.

Have JavaDocs in-game hahaha

[jaunty marten]

first need in-game editor

current editor is not editor

[zinc pilot]

hey, is there a way to wait until a variable has been initialized?

[jaunty marten]

even windows command line is powerful but pz command line is real command line hah

[jaunty marten]

u can check event for ur variable here https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Modding:Lua_Events

if u mean thing like ZombieRadio, GlobalModData and etc

[zinc pilot]

Yeah, a global var used for online stuff

I could use a OnTick event basically, right?

[jaunty marten]

sure

[zinc pilot]

thanks

[jaunty marten]

don't forget to remove it after u got one

hah

[zinc pilot]

absolutely

[jaunty marten]

[red tiger]

Writing OpenGL boilerplate code ATM.

[jaunty marten]

@red tiger u didn't even give favicon

[red tiger]

"Function over Form"

[jaunty marten]

[red tiger]

Cleanup then release it as a ZIP.

We could sneak in our own favicon

[zinc pilot]

another dumb question

[jaunty marten]

[zinc pilot]

is there a way to pass a variable to an event without using global vars?

[red tiger]

local foo = "bar"
-- ..

[jaunty marten]

wdym?

[zinc pilot]

I mean, OnTick passes numberTicks

[jaunty marten]

https://tenor.com/view/old-lady-talk-not-bad-pearls-gif-17124532

[zinc pilot]

is there a way to add another parameter?

[jaunty marten]

nope, it's precreated event

[red tiger]

You can fire your own sub-event and put in params that way.

[jaunty marten]

for what do u need it?

[red tiger]

Events.OnTick.Add(function() 
  triggerEvent('OnMyTick', ..);
end);

[zinc pilot]

oh interesting

that's what I wanted to know

thanks

[red tiger]

(Fixed typ0)

[jaunty marten]

You can fire OnTick event in OnTick event and put in new params.

[red tiger]

Hahaha nooo

That's so bad tho

[zinc pilot]

wut

[jaunty marten]

he-he

[zinc pilot]

now I'm curious tho

how?

[red tiger]

You could look for the params but Jesus calm down Satan.

[zinc pilot]

(I won't)

[red tiger]

Hahah mixing / poisoning existing API.

[jaunty marten]

@zinc pilot

[red tiger]

Having fun extending on my Shader API to work with both render methods for TIS's render engine on both the main thread and render thread.

So basically all the modder needs to do is set a variable to a "ShaderProfile" object and that object is then applied at render time or cached render calls.

[zinc pilot]

Custom shaders for basically every object?

[red tiger]

Any that I implement.

[zinc pilot]

well shit

nice

[red tiger]

My modified copy of the UI engine has shading support now.

Also UI is 100% cached draw calls on the main thread.

[jaunty marten]

stop talking, go work on web engine feature

[red tiger]

Oh this is for that.

How else am I going to get backdrop-filter: blur(4px)?

Also border-radius: 4px

[jaunty marten]

I already waiting for 1 day and can't wait anymore

[zinc pilot]

to prevent stutters?

[red tiger]

I see that RadialMenu.java has drawPolygon() methods for circles.. Wish they'd share the love in UIElement

[red tiger]

To prevent issues with multi-threading Lua.

[zinc pilot]

I have really limited knowledge about this kind of stuff, sorry for stupid questions

[jaunty marten]

it's fine

[red tiger]

These.. are advanced questions that helps clarify some really deep and unknown stuff about the game's core engines.

Some taking me a couple hundred hours going through decompiled code to understand. :D

So yeah helpful.

Not dumb.

[zinc pilot]

How long have you been up working on this if I may ask? Sounds like such an hassle

[red tiger]

This? Time-wise a year. Hours? Around 200 for these API.

[zinc pilot]

jesus

makes sense

[red tiger]

It's for a content mod I'm writing. I figured since I don't have the time to finish that ATM I'd release the tools I built for the mod to work. =)

[zinc pilot]

so if I'm understanding correctly, you've basically redone a lot of their rendering pipeline

[red tiger]

Actually I didn't do much. Their render library is huge. I am adding on useful tools to let modders take control of certain unexposed API and also mine to help simplify that process.

The biggest being shader uniform values being modifiable at runtime through Lua.

[zinc pilot]

hot reloading of shaders?

[red tiger]

hot-reloading can be a thing yeah. I modified the base class for shaders to have that. I added a global call reloadShaders() so I can actually debug / test.

xD

[zinc pilot]

to be fair I didn't even know you could apply custom shaders on zomboid

[red tiger]

You can without modifying the core game's code. The problem with that is that you can only modify what shaders the game uses and you cannot modify their values.

[bronze yoke]

yeah, i've messed with custom shaders but there just isn't a lot you can do with them without that mod

[red tiger]

Being able to extend on modding support with Shaders might simply be a very low priority item (If TIS even considers this a future feature)

But I kind of wanted it.. right now. xD

[zinc pilot]

what do you mean by you cannot modify their values? Like, you can't get values from the game?

[red tiger]

You can't push values to the shader when ran.

[zinc pilot]

my experience with shaders is limited only with reshade flavour of HLSL, so not much

[bronze yoke]

you can't pass any information from the game to the shader

[zinc pilot]

so basically useless as is

[bronze yoke]

you can only use information vanilla already passes, and things that can run entirely within the shader

[lunar shard]

this mod is published?

[red tiger]

Not really. It's useless for modders.

[bronze yoke]

at the moment the only use i've been able to get out of them is letting vehicle parts support transparent textures, since that only needs to access the texture

[red tiger]

I'm near a mini-fridge and heard it through my earphones.. Thought I had PZ open and idling in a house.

Hahaha

[jaunty marten]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2921029369

[zinc pilot]

now I'm really curious, are you gonna release the code somewhere?

[red tiger]

I'll release API documentation. The code I write is closed source due to the nature of how IP laws operate with compiled code and modifying the game's code.

[zinc pilot]

makes sense

[sand harbor]

is there way to set engine quality/loudness to anything besides 100? I've only seen stuff do it with SendClientCommand (the debug option) and I don't know where that goes

[lunar shard]

ty

[zinc pilot]

really curious nonetheless :p

[red tiger]

Leaving for an hour or two but before I do this is what my current demo code shows @zinc pilot

[hollow current]

still can't figure out how to configure what's written in a paper, would appreciate it if someone has an idea!

[red tiger]

This is the backdrop shader working.

[hollow current]

basically I am trying to have a piece of paper spawn with something specific written in it

[weak sierra]

java mod?

[zinc pilot]

really really nice, wow

[weak sierra]

or do you hook into stuff previously unused in lua

[grim rose]

it was good idea lads

[zinc pilot]

shaders done with GLSL?

[red tiger]

Yes, purely for utility on rendering and other tools.

[weak sierra]

nod

nice work

[grim rose]

everything works

[red tiger]

I intend to release it soon. It'll be a collection of tools so that it can omnibus other needed things and people can grab it from one source.

The project is called "Crowbar".

Just like I did with ModelLoader back in 2014, this intends to be tools to improve the game's quality of life via additional API and modding tools.

Cya guys. bbl. Thanks for input on the progress!

[ancient grail]

I needed this before

Wasnt able to find solution

[zinc pilot]

New question, when is transmitModData actually necessary?

[bronze yoke]

technically not necessary if you don't need other clients to know about it, but i would transmit it anyway

if another mod changes the moddata from another client and transmits it, the local moddata is overwritten - better to just keep everything synchronised

[zinc pilot]

that's the thing I'm not sure I understand

I was under the impression that modData is local only

like, you can't access modData stuff of player 1 on player 2 client

or am i missing something?

[bronze yoke]

every client has moddata on everything, they just don't get synchronised automatically

[zinc pilot]

so in theory I should be able to have two different clients and get each modData on every client, correct?

local player1 = getPlayer()
local other_player = ...

player1:getModData()

other_player:getModData()

to be more precise

this should work, no?

[drifting ore]

does anyone know a mod that makes you see injuries when u hover over your " bandage" there used to be one but its gone

[bronze yoke]

that should work

[zinc pilot]

mhhhhhhhh

I've been working for a bit on a continuation of the only cure and everytime I tried to get modData from another client it failed

I would get only nil from them

I managed to workaround it by sending data to the server and then back to the client

are you sure about this?

[bronze yoke]

i have a mod that relies on the server setting and using moddata on all the players

[zinc pilot]

I'm really confused... If I use transmitModData I should have every other modData from other players then, correct?

wait... there was some error since the og dev added a transmitModData in an EveryOneMinute function and it just errored it out

[bronze yoke]

you set the moddata on the object and then transmitmoddata on that object and it should be available to all clients and the server

[zinc pilot]

maybe it was overwriting other players mod data with nil because of that

if that's the case, holy shit I've been workarounding it since forever

just to be sure, I should be able to update modData via transmitModData in an event, right?

[bronze yoke]

yeah

[zinc pilot]

well shit

time to hunt it down then

thanks

receiveObjectModData: index=-1 is invalid x,y,z=8208,11601,0

that's what I get from Events.EveryOneMinute

any idea?

[bronze yoke]

sounds like the transmit command is messed up in some way

can you show the code around that?

[zinc pilot]

shouldn't it be only player:transmitModData()?

[bronze yoke]

yeah that's it

[zinc pilot]

    local player = getPlayer()
    -- To prevent errors during loading
    if player == nil then
        return
    end

    local toc_data = player:getModData().TOC

    if toc_data ~= nil then
        TheOnlyCure.CheckIfPlayerIsInfected(player, toc_data)
        TheOnlyCure.UpdatePlayerHealth(player, toc_data.Limbs)
    end

    player:transmitModData()

end```

in the og mod player:transmitModData() was spammed fairly frequently in every function

[ancient grail]

u the author of only cure?

[zinc pilot]

in the OnEveryMinute section

[ancient grail]

cool mod man

[bronze yoke]

index -1 implies to me that it isn't actually finding the player object when it sends it, or something

but this looks fine to me

[zinc pilot]

just fixing it

[zinc pilot]

mhh

[ancient grail]

ow was it abandoned?

[bronze yoke]

and like

[zinc pilot]

mostly abandoned

[bronze yoke]

if player wasn't a valid player object somehow we would be seeing a lot more problems

[zinc pilot]

fairly broken

[bronze yoke]

so i'm not really sure why that's happening

[zinc pilot]

just to be sure

I should be able to have tables inside tables in a modData table, right?

[bronze yoke]

yeah

[zinc pilot]

or is there some kind of limitation

mh

I guess transmitModData isn't coded in lua, right?

so I can't even access it from the debugger

wait, shit

it's sending it from the server

I'm an idiot

I should make so that only clients can send it, right?

[ruby urchin]

player can't transmit mod data? I did some time ago some test, but never get the mod data on the other side

[bronze yoke]

getPlayer() shouldn't return anything on the server so it's fine

the function will just return

[zinc pilot]

the error spam is coming from the server though

not the clients

I would expect to see that error on a client

[zinc pilot]

welcome to the club

[ruby urchin]

Oh well, anyway I used the traditional way

[zinc pilot]

same but it stinks of work around

if there is a better way to do it, I wanna be able to

[bronze yoke]

now that i'm thinking about it... i think my mod that i was talking about earlier found the exact same problem...

my memory really isn't very good 😅

[zinc pilot]

even without that, I wanna be able to fix this error

I think even the og dev asked about it here

ok, so it's sending it correctly from the clients but receiveObjectModData fails

mh could it be that you can't send empty tables inside tables?

[sour island]

If I recall isoPlayers have some kind of problem with their references that doesn't impact other isoObjects using trasnmitModdata - afaik there isn't a purposeful limitation placed with their modData so it's probably an unintentional behavior 🤷‍♂️

IsoZombie has a similar limitation (unless it was changed) theirs can't save across session

If you REALLY need to transmit the modData you can use client/server commands

As those pass to the correct player

[zinc pilot]

so like I was doing before then

gotcha

good to know

[sour island]

Depending on what this information is it may be better to store it on the server

[zinc pilot]

now just to be sure, I'm getting the same error even with this

        Limbs = {
            Right_Hand = {},
            Right_LowerArm = {},
            Right_UpperArm = {},

            Left_Hand = {},
            Left_LowerArm = {},
            Left_UpperArm = {},
            is_other_bodypart_infected = false
        },
        Prosthesis = {
            WoodenHook = {
                Right_Hand = {},
                Right_LowerArm = {},
                Right_UpperArm = {},

                Left_Hand = {},
                Left_LowerArm = {},
                Left_UpperArm = {},
            },
            MetalHook = {
                Right_Hand = {},
                Right_LowerArm = {},
                Right_UpperArm = {},

                Left_Hand = {},
                Left_LowerArm = {},
                Left_UpperArm = {},
            },
            MetalHand = {
                Right_Hand = {},
                Right_LowerArm = {},
                Right_UpperArm = {},

                Left_Hand = {},
                Left_LowerArm = {},
                Left_UpperArm = {},
            },
            Accepted_Prosthesis = {}

        },
        Generic = {test = false},
    }```

This should be acceptable by transmitModData or am I missing something?

[tame mulch]

What error?

[zinc pilot]

on the server

[thick karma]

Anyone know how to move this tooltip to the right properly? I thought I had it working but I restarted and it is not working so clearly I am using the wrong function or using the right function at the wrong time... If anyone else who knows ISToolTipInv could be all, "Oh, yeah, that files a mess, but you need to do this..." that would be great.

[zinc pilot]

I've basically gut everything out and left only the init and the updates (with just a print in them) and I'm still getting the error

I even tried having the modData with only a boolean

and I still get the errror

pretty sure there is something wrong with transmitModData inside Events

[tame mulch]

How you send moddata?

[zinc pilot]

player:transmitModData

I check before if player is nil

[tame mulch]

Because it will not work. TransmitModData require that object must be in square.Objects list. Player not in this list

[zinc pilot]

oh nice, so it's what @sour island was saying before

[tame mulch]

Code?

[zinc pilot]

so there is no way to transmit mod data from players object, right?

[thick karma]

I figured it out @tame mulch but thanks so much. I needed to call DoTooltip.

[zinc pilot]

I mean, not directly

[thick karma]

And I need to change the position in the middle of a vanilla function

meaning it needs overwritten

BUT

Wait

I do have something more important for you

[tame mulch]

You can use globalmoddata and client-server commands

[thick karma]

You worked on Aquatsar, right? @tame mulch

[tame mulch]

Yep, some time ago. Now I am not working on it

[zinc pilot]

and is that updated automatically between players?

[tame mulch]

Yes, if you will set it correctly

[zinc pilot]

mh is there any example in the wiki? I've never heard of it

[thick karma]

Do you know anyone who is? Or would you be willing to add this udpate?

    WGS = WGS or {} -- Doesn't really matter to me how this function gets made.
    WGS.isWaterAhead = function(player)

        local waterDirectlyAhead = false
        local direction = player:getForwardDirection()
        local x = player:getX() + direction:getX()
        local y = player:getY() + direction:getY()
        local location = player:getSquare()
        local destination = getCell():getGridSquare(x, y, player:getZ())
        if location and destination and 
           destination:Is(IsoFlagType.water) and 
           not location:Is(IsoFlagType.water) and 
           not location:isWallTo(destination) and 
           not location:isWindowTo(destination) then 
            return true
        end 

    end

    function fastSwimJoypad(joypadData, joypadButton)
        -- print(joypadData.player)
        if joypadButton == Joypad.BButton then
            local player = getSpecificPlayer(joypadData.player)
            local dir = player:getForwardDirection()
            local x = player:getX() + dir:getX()
            local y = player:getY() + dir:getY()
            local sq = player:getSquare()
            local sqDir = getCell():getGridSquare(x, y, player:getZ())
            if sq and sqDir and 
                    sqDir:Is(IsoFlagType.water) and 
                    not sq:Is(IsoFlagType.water) and 
                    not sq:isWallTo(sqDir) and 
                    not sq:isWindowTo(sqDir) then 
                player:setX(x)
                player:setY(y)
            end 
        end
    end

    function ISButtonPrompt:getBestAButtonAction(direction)

        WGS.originalGetBestAButtonAction(self, direction)
        
        local player = getSpecificPlayer(self.player)
    
        local boat = ISBoatMenu.getBoatInside(player)
    
        if boat then
            if boat:getPartById("InCabin" .. string.sub(boat:getPartForSeatContainer(boat:getSeat(player)):getId(), 5)) then
                self:setAPrompt(nil, nil, nil)
            else
                self:setAPrompt(getText("IGUI_ExitBoat"), self.cmdExitBoat, player)
            end
            return
        end
        boat = ISBoatMenu.getBoatToInteractWith(player)
        if boat then
            self:setAPrompt(getText("IGUI_EnterBoat"), self.cmdEnterBoat, player, boat)
            return
        end
    
        if (player:isSprinting() or player:isRunning()) and player:getSquare() and 
               not player:getSquare():Is(IsoFlagType.water) and WGS.isWaterAhead(player) then
            self:setAPrompt(getText("IGUI_JumpInWater"), fastSwimJoypad, Joypad.BButton, nil, nil)
            return
        end

    end

[tame mulch]

Oooh. I am not sure if exist tutorial for this. Some mods use GlobalModData

[thick karma]

This code makes it so opening doors is still possible while jogging or sprinting on gamepad

[tame mulch]

@zinc pilot What exactly you want to do

[thick karma]

With Aquatsar installed, your jogging and sprinting normally blocks door-opening, even when no water is around.

[zinc pilot]

I want player 1 to read a modData from another player

[tame mulch]

@thick karma Ask IBrRus in his discord

[zinc pilot]

I've been using client-server commands for now

[tame mulch]

for what?

[zinc pilot]

but I was under the impression there's a better way

[thick karma]

Cool, I'll try to find it.

[zinc pilot]

I'm fixing up the only cure, the amputation mod, I need mod data from another player to set the correct variables when I'm amputating a limb or stuff like that

[tame mulch]

Ok. I will try do example for you

[zinc pilot]

you're amazing, thanks

[tame mulch]

@zinc pilot

-- Client part

function OC_OnReceiveGlobalModData(key, modData)
    if modData then
        ModData.remove(key)
        ModData.add(key, modData)
    end
end
Events.OnReceiveGlobalModData.Add(OC_OnReceiveGlobalModData)

function OC_OnConnected()
    ModData.request("OC_PLAYER_DATA")
end
Events.OnConnected.Add(OC_OnConnected)


-- Client Usage

...
if ModData.get("OC_PLAYER_DATA")[anotherPlayer:getUsername()] ~= nil then
    local anotherPlayerData = ModData.get("OC_PLAYER_DATA")[anotherPlayer:getUsername()]
    if anotherPlayerData.L_arm == ... 
    ...
end
...

...
if PLAYER_CHANGED_ARM then
    sendClientCommand(playerObj, 'OC', 'ChangePlayerState', { L_arm = "NONE", ... } )
end
...


-- Server part

OC_Commands = {}

function OC_OnInitGlobalModData()
    ModData.getOrCreate("OC_PLAYER_DATA")
end
Events.OnInitGlobalModData.Add(OC_OnInitGlobalModData)

OC_Commands.OnClientCommand = function(module, command, playerObj, args)
    if module == 'OC' and OC_Commands[command] then
        OC_Commands[command](playerObj, args)
    end
end
Events.OnClientCommand.Add(OC_Commands.OnClientCommand)

OC_Commands.ChangePlayerState = function(playerObj, args)
    ModData.get("OC_PLAYER_DATA")[playerObj:getUsername()] = args
    ModData.transmit("OC_PLAYER_DATA")
end

[zinc pilot]

thanks man

[ancient grail]

https://imgur.com/inbcuY3
https://imgur.com/W9Ov8Gu
https://imgur.com/PrlScni
https://imgur.com/auwk3bh
https://imgur.com/KVdVwxx

i wonder if i can make it actually do a drag down

[zinc pilot]

is ModData an already declared global var?

[tame mulch]

Yep

[zinc pilot]

perfect, thanks

[stable light]

Hypothetically speaking. If I wanted to have a custom mod developed for the game and was willing to pay to have something made (be it, it would be a little while before I decide to do this). What would be the best way to find someone willing to do this?

[zinc pilot]

got it working, you're amazing @tame mulch

thanks again

[grim lynx]

Is it better to use discord or read the forums if I'm trying to learn how to mod ?

[ancient grail]

#mod_development message

[grim lynx]

Thanks!

[drifting ore]

@ancient grail should edit that post to add this also and someone should pin it. all those links together is literally almost everything you'd need to get going from no knowledge.
https://rentry.co/BluesModClues

some is redundant info but every single link i went to had something the other didnt lol

[sour island]

The stance atm is that anything useful should go on the wiki page for modding help - and a link to that can be pinned.

I like the look of rentry tho ngl

[drifting ore]

fair enough that it prolly best

[sour island]

Best part is anyone can contribute to the wiki

[drifting ore]

oh well, easy add! thanks good sir

[ancient grail]

my post is full... im not using nitro

[drifting ore]

gotcha. no idea what limits are there. haha didn't even know nitro gave you more length

[ancient grail]

We could re create the post tho

Mod Learning Materials

``
PzWiki:
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Modding

Lua events:
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Modding:Lua_Events

Mod permissions:
https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/2530-mod-permissions/

Fenris guide:
https://github.com/FWolfe/Zomboid-Modding-Guide

Dislaiks guide:
https://steamcommunity.com/id/Dislaik/myworkshopfiles/?section=guides

https://projectzomboid.com/modding/index-files/index-1.html

Konijimas guide:
https://gist.github.com/Konijima/7e6bd1adb6f69444e7b620965a611b74

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

Mr bounty guide:
https://github.com/MrBounty/PZ-Mod---Doc

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

Lua:
https://www.lua.org/pil/contents.html

Server client commands:
https://github.com/RangerSimple/ProjZomb-Guides

Mapping and tiles:
https://youtube.com/@daddydirkiedirk119

Loot distrib:
#mapping message

Clothing masks:
#modeling message

DoParam:
#mod_development message

Item full type:
#mod_development message

Mod Testing:
#mod_development message

Startup Param:
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Startup_parameters

Vehicle modding:
https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/24408-how-to-create-new-vehicle-mods/

Clothing mod:
https://steamlists.com/project-zomboid-how-create-a-clothing-mod-41-60/

Authentic peach guide:
https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/49385-do-not-delete-luascript-files-from-your-mod-some-modding-guidelines/#comment-342943

tag system:
https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/53019-details-on-the-improved-modding-tag-system-in-4169/
``

.
azak's wordzed guide:
[#mod_development message](/guild/136501320340209664/channel/232196827577974784/)

Javadocs:
https://rentry.co/BluesModClues

MusicMan's SandBox Guide:
[#mod_development message](/guild/136501320340209664/channel/232196827577974784/)

Vanilla Sandbox
https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/20771-sandboxvarslua-file-explanation/

Albion: OnPlayerGetDamage event
[#mod_development message](/guild/136501320340209664/channel/232196827577974784/)

Albion: Hook Guide
https://github.com/demiurgeQuantified/PZ-events-guide/blob/main/Hooks.md

.
Vehicle modding:
https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/24408-how-to-create-new-vehicle-mods/

Vehicle modding:
https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/28633-complete-vehicle-modding-tutorial/

Vehicle skins modding:
https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/24278-how-to-edit-vehicle-skins/

Mod install:
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Modding#How_to_install/play_mods

Tile properties https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Tile_Properties

Chucks guide:( object types and flags)
[#mod_development message](/guild/136501320340209664/channel/232196827577974784/)

Check serverclient game mode:
[#mod_development message](/guild/136501320340209664/channel/232196827577974784/)

.

Anything else you guys want me to add?
Ill update my bookmarked msg link to this

[drifting ore]

oh nice. this is good. i honestly have a hard time going thru that wiki atm. needs a facelift big time. I may attempt

atm feels like im doing a puzzle with all pieces upside down

[ancient grail]

function GlytchMenu2.press(key)

    if (key==199) then --home
    --GlytchMenu2.openPanel()
    return key
    end
    
    if key == getCore():getKey("Pause") then
    print('do stuff here')
    return key
    end
end



Events.OnKeyPressed.Add(GlytchMenu2.press);

[drifting ore]

yea i was trying to use NUMPAD_4 for awhile there and realized....

[ancient grail]

Send me guides you fond along the way ill add it here since i can always edit the msgs i added as place holder

[drifting ore]

sounds good

[ancient grail]

Or you can edit the msg you sent in the midle and add the link there

#mod_development message
This one

[drifting ore]

kk

[sour island]

There's github pages - not sure how they work yet

Seems like a webpage or glorified readMe

[drifting ore]

they are lol

[sour island]

But it could look a bit nicer with images and cleaner linking than the wiki

[drifting ore]

also more clear direction on what is what. right now it has only a few specific directions and the rest are just grouped into one group

it would be nicer to see script stuff in one area, lua stuff in another etc

kinda like how mapping is atm even tho thats not great also..

anyway i write training manuals and do corporate training so this kinda stuff is right up my alley. if i have time I will attempt

[ancient grail]

Imagine if we have more access as moders over an official website page like about guides that the community wrote

[drifting ore]

and yes my grammer is a thousand times better after a good proof read. LOL

btw I hope noone takes my words offensively. really appreciate everything so many have done. i should really state this

[sour island]

Everyone has editing access on the wiki afaik

[drifting ore]

yea i just need to make time to do and not only talk about it 😄

[sour island]

And they're always looking for help

No worries either way, free time is precious

[bronze yoke]

the wiki page seems fine to me, probably needs to be organised a little but the bigger problem isn't that the resources aren't accessible but that the resources don't exist

[drifting ore]

yea it's got a LOT. only organization yea thats really it just grouping and a little formatting. i really honestly could maybe do it soon

says person too lazy to use shift key when typing 😛

this entire community is one of the best around. from company to devs to people

[ancient grail]

Ill help u
Says person who always type with missing letters

[drifting ore]

just a random question how can i combine mod traits with mine?

[ancient grail]

And then ill be the one to answer 😂 lol
What trait mod u looking to use?
You should always ask permission
Otherwise just require the mod and credit the author

[drifting ore]

The bow and arrow mod

i all was credit the author

[ancient grail]

Ye should still send a msg atleast 🙂

[drifting ore]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2208315526

[drifting ore]

anyone know if it's possible to impose a level requirement on an items usage?

[ancient grail]

What do you item usage? What item

[drifting ore]

a book from my lightswitch mod

i can impose crafting req but wondered about item

[drifting ore]

i think durability

i was trying with doparam but i dont actually think it's valid parameter

[bronze yoke]

for a book you'd probably want to gate the timed action somehow

or override the context menu to tell you you can't read it, that's probably better

[drifting ore]

🤯 good idea thank you

[ancient grail]

Ow ok you should probably remove its read context menu . By hookong on to the vanilla and do oncreate function to give the benefits with ontest checking your level

[bronze yoke]

i'd have the book work completely normally, just have the option disabled and have a tooltip saying 'you need to be a higher level in whatever'

[ancient grail]

Thats better idea

[drifting ore]

thank you both. this is perfect haha. was hoping. love item restrictions over craftin because it makes more sense that you don't understand a book in an RP scenario, than learned it but cant craft

[bronze yoke]

it might not stop players from right clicking the item to read it actually, you'd have to check how to limit that

[ancient grail]

How does vanilla do it

Like u have to read book vol 1

Then 2

Then so on

Yeah just look for that contextmenu for read and jist hook there. Best approach ithink

[bronze yoke]

that's not quite how vanilla works

it's based on what level your skill is, not which books you've read

[drifting ore]

i couldnt use the concept from checking book prerequisites and just change that to getSkillTrained or w/e?

[bronze yoke]

vanilla just has your character go 'i don't understand...' and cancel the timed action

it's pretty easy to copy if you want to do it that way

[drifting ore]

yea i'm looking at some UI stuff showing kinda how it works

[bronze yoke]

if you do it that way make sure the character has lines specific to the reason they can't read

[drifting ore]

thank you for the suggestion i really like this method i think the best. gonna see how to implement it here and i'll report back in case anyone else wants to do the same in the future

[bronze yoke]

local old_isValid = ISReadABook.isValid

function ISReadABook:isValid()
    if Literacy.PlayerHasReadBook(self.character, self.item) or self.character:getAlreadyReadBook():contains(self.item:getFullType()) then
        Starlit.sayRandomLine(self.character, {'IGUI_PlayerText_AlreadyRead', 'IGUI_PlayerText_AlreadyRead2'})
        return false
    end
end
```here's how one of my mods does it

[drifting ore]

being very new to coding in general, this saves me a ton of time and yet another example i can learn from. thanks!

[bronze yoke]

just to be clear Starlit.sayRandomLine isn't a vanilla function, i was just showing the structure of how these work

[drifting ore]

yea lol all good

[bronze yoke]

felt weird to be writing the same 'pick a random line' code all over the place lol

[drifting ore]

i have most of the basics of what im looking at in most code and i will use find in files on the decomplied luadoc if i see something i dont understand its function

thank you for the clarity i've prolly been spending like 8+ hours a day learning this stuff lol

super excited to add fully customizable sandbox options also.

[ancient grail]

Sandbox are easy u just need the syntax

Im not using desktop i could have sent u a snippet

[drifting ore]

hard to test this since i have to run around. but i have been looking for it lol

[bronze yoke]

you need to get a bit fancier for sandbox option distributions

this code will run when the game boots, which is usually before sandbox options are set... it varies sometimes so it can be really annoying to debug

[ancient grail]

U just need to tp on one location to test
Open debug cheats and tick lootzed
Right click on the container icon to show lootzed panel

[drifting ore]

ohhh yea

i completely forgot about that tool

[bronze yoke]

usually distributions are parsed to the java before sandbox options even load

[ancient grail]

So.u cant do sanbox for these types of things?

[bronze yoke]

you can, you have to make it re-read the distribution tables

[drifting ore]

different event?

[ancient grail]

Nice atleast theres a workaround

OnPostMergeDistribution or something like that

[bronze yoke]

local function HandleDistributions()
    if SandboxVars.Literacy.WantGunBooks then
        table.insert(ProceduralDistributions['list']['BookstoreBooks'].items, 'Literacy.BookAiming')
        table.insert(ProceduralDistributions['list']['BookstoreBooks'].items, 0.5)
    end

    ItemPickerJava.Parse()
end
Events.OnInitGlobalModData.Add(HandleDistributions)
```here's a super stripped down example from one of my mods

this runs (afaik) as early as it can after sandbox options load, and after it runs ItemPickerJava.Parse() which makes the java re-read the table

[drifting ore]

oh this is super efficient with an actual failsafe

okay thank you yet again

[ancient grail]

Whats itempickerjava.parse

[drifting ore]

they just said it parses the table i think

[ancient grail]

What if u call that during the game using debug

[bronze yoke]

it's the method that pulls the distribution tables into the item picker

i think that's fine

it just pulls the tables again

[ancient grail]

Ahhh makes sense now

[bronze yoke]

it doesn't read them directly from lua so if you make changes to the tables they won't be reflected until you call that method

[ancient grail]

Sorta like a refresh if incase you modofied stuff

[rustic grove]

if I add a window to the UI Manager, to prevent duplicates how do I check if that window already exists?

function onCustomUIKeyPressed(key)
    if key == 21 then
        local myUI = MyUI:new()
        myUI:initialise();
        myUI:addToUIManager();
    end
end```

[drifting ore]

wait so i could tie this to initsandboxvars or whatever that is and it would refresh the values without restart?

[bronze yoke]

have your ui class keep an instance field that points to the instance, and refuse to create itself if one already exists

basically add to the new() method MyUI.instance = self (or o, i forget the exact syntax), and nil it during whichever method destroys the ui

[rustic grove]

ok, but if I use say an ISCollapsableWindow, then how would I destroy/reassign that field if the X button is pressed?

shoulda asked that to begin with I suppose lol

[ancient grail]

I would just close the first one then reopen another if i can make it that it dont goves off error if its trying to close nil

[drifting ore]

chuck just solved that earlier today i think

and posted the fix

where it wont open after x

[rustic grove]

!

[ancient grail]

[rustic grove]

hrmm... not actually seeing anything relating to the X close on an ISCollapsableWindow.... am I blind?

[drifting ore]

looking

[bronze yoke]

whatever function that x button calls, make that go MyUI.instance = nil

[drifting ore]

i dont think it was that exact usage also is why you cant find that

[rustic grove]

say what

hrmm.... extend my own ISCOllapsableWindow perhaps?

[proper folio]

trying to make my first custom map test which is just a 300x300 basic cell with a house but Im getting errors when trying to start a game
ERROR: General , 1674435819529> ExceptionLogger.logException> Exception thrown java.lang.RuntimeException: can't create player at x,y,z=11702,6896,0 because the square is null at IsoWorld.init line:2799.
ERROR: General , 1674435819529> DebugLogStream.printException> Stack trace:
java.lang.RuntimeException: can't create player at x,y,z=11702,6896,0 because the square is null
im confused about the coordinates because my map is only 300x300 but it shows x,y,z=11702,6896,0
not quite sure what that means lol

[drifting ore]

here is the convo also around it. im sure albion will get you tho
#mod_development message

[red tiger]

Buzzed modding session? Buzzed modding session.

[proper folio]

(posted in #mapping too cause I was unsure where to post)

[ancient grail]

I wonder what will happen with getPlayer() = nil

[bronze yoke]

nothing

you overwrite your reference to the player with a reference to nil, and you never saved the reference to a variable so it doesn't do anything at all

[bronze yoke]

yeah, it needs to be its own derived class for this to work

[red tiger]

Terrifying..

[bronze yoke]

i'm afraid modding ui is very manual in pz

[rustic grove]

ok, yea that makes sense now, thanks ^_^

[red tiger]

Which is why modding UI in PZ is a task.

[bronze yoke]

which is why only one of my mods has a ui element LOL

[red tiger]

=)))

[sour island]

👁️ 👄 👁️

[red tiger]

rip

I'm glad that my stuff is so old that I don't get any new messages.

I usually feel like if I get messages from people asking me about my content uploads that means I failed.. since my stuff is to help make stuff easier. =(

[sour island]

Generally I don't get many comments - a few of them were the same guy representing a server asking to use stuff.

[bronze yoke]

if i wake up to more than one or two notifications i'm starting my day worried

[sour island]

I get an influx whenever there's an update - if I messed up it's over 10+

5ish or so is just people telling me to update at a time better suited to their personal time zone

[bronze yoke]

it's annoying to have to be tech support and stuff, but a lot of the comments i get are just very nice too

[sour island]

The pleasant ones are always nice

I was on the fence about dropping steam comments, cause most people can't be bothered to report stuff

but the cost/benefit quickly dropped lol

[red tiger]

This is why when I write content mods I'm writing a config file to load only version-specific code so people don't go insane when I upload a new version.

i've seen way too much grief over subtle version updates. =(

[sour island]

So you have the files execute depending on version?

[red tiger]

Oh you could totally do this.

[sour island]

I know, but that seems like a pain lol

[red tiger]

Self version-control saves lives.

[warm flame]

Mod idea for MP: False floor tile. Can store X amount of shit and is an undetectable container unless you have foraging X+ or are the person who made it. Can only craft 1 per floor per building

Another one for MP: Hotwire Blocker. A vehicle upgrade that makes the car impossible to hotwire. Require mechanics and/or electrical X+ to install

[sour island]

Solid ideas, good for a first time mod. 👍

[plucky pollen]

hey everyone.. i have this vehicle mod.. but i want to make it so it does not spawn anywhere on the map basically making it a admin spawn only as I want it to be a limited # on map only... how would i do this?

like would it just be setting this spawnChance = 2 to 0?

[drifting ore]

#mod_support

[cosmic condor]

@drifting ore I guess the accuracy of the translation may depend on the amount of data available for each language. (try not to hijack mod support 😆 )

[drifting ore]

so true lol

[cosmic condor]

context is where most failures occur in machine translation

translators nowadays use machine translation as a pre-translation tool and then do some post-editing

[proper folio]

anyone help?

[drifting ore]

yes its saying you can't spawn somewhere where there isn't map

so your spawn coords maybe are bad?

did you set the lots for being added to vanilla? or standalone

those coords tell me probably meant for vanilla implement

the way coords work is pretty much 1 pixel of map = 1 unit

so if your map is at 3x3 your spawn coords will be within x900-x1200, y900-y1200 (i think i did that right) lol

people in mapping will still be able to help you better than here though for the most part outside of reading that error maybe

@vast nacelle not sure if you figured this out also but seems like might work for you in your issue with MP sandbox issue with distributions
#mod_development message

I noticed it when looking for a solution for myself

oh and Thank you @bronze yoke it works perfect and so simple

and yes im fixing the translation for that 😄

[bronze yoke]

i'm glad that worked out!

[drifting ore]

im also starting to believe that spawn weights are based on not only the total weights average of all items of that type vs item, but also only being considered for the chunk you are actually in that loads, or worse the specific roomdef itself is considered only when spawning items

i always assumed item spawn weights were a global thing but i'm assuming the way the game works as is, is not true

[bronze yoke]

i'm not sure i understand what you mean

[drifting ore]

not 100% how item spawn weights work

[bronze yoke]

when you say spawn weights do you mean the spawn chance? that's just per container

[drifting ore]

yea weights i meant chance

[bronze yoke]

it's not as complicated as many people (myself included) first assume, for example each BookstoreBooks has a 0.023...% chance of spawning your item

it doesn't consider how many are already in the world or anything like that

[drifting ore]

gotcha just per container period

[proper folio]

I have no idea what any of this means lol

I was just following daddy dirkies tutorials

[drifting ore]

each 1x1 cell is 300x300 pixels

[proper folio]

Ye

[drifting ore]

that is same measurement of coord location in game

so those coords you posted are pretty far into the map

[drifting ore]

thank you also again lol

lets goto mapping

[proper folio]

But how can they be anywhere in the map? Shouldn’t the max possible coords be x300 y300?

I only have one cell

[drifting ore]

#mapping

[ancient grail]

I never understood how to use extend rcon commands

[ancient grail]

Did you allow?

[ancient grail]

Wdym

[ancient grail]

Run the world without the vehicle mod
Travel the whole world install the mod
And use #mod_support next time 🙂 goodluck

[ancient grail]

Ye this is 100% #mapping related

[sour island]

I usually do, as long as the pack is unlisted. He mentioned editing the code - which as per the license I chose requires changes to be made available.

[ancient grail]

Mod pack steals subs

[sour island]

personal opinion: That's why I usually ask the packs be unlisted, and that is not really something you can stop either way + subs don't mean much

[cosmic condor]

they don't want the server to restart because of mod updates, so they create a mod pack to halt the update 😅

[sour island]

I'd revise my statement to say I prefer it being unlisted to keep the clutter on the workshop down too

[sour island]

that's also why I don't care lol - they're basically asking for more work on their end

[ancient grail]

I respect that. At first i feel the same. But some people who hjre for commission looks at these stuff . Rarely but atleast it sorta matter on my perspective..

[sour island]

If they give credit it's more advertising than anything eitherway

[plucky pollen]

i posted it there.. i thought it would go here sorry.. and that dosnt quite help hahaha ty though

[ancient grail]

Yeah im also guilty of this back then.. when i was only doing mods for our server but now i know modders perspective so we didnt make modpacks anymore

[ancient grail]

Howcome it didnt help? Thats exactly what we did when my code failed

[cosmic condor]

I've seen some people ask a mod developer refrain from updating their mod on a weekend, as that is when their players are at its peak

[ancient grail]

    local vehiclesToDelete = {
        ["Base.SmallCar"] = true,
        ["Base.SmallCar02"] = true,
        ["Base.CarTaxi"] = true,        


        ["Base.ModernCar02"] = true,

        ["Base.SportsCar"] = true,
        ["Base.CarLuxury"] = true,        
        ["Base.OffRoad"] = true,
        ["Base.ModernCar"] = true
    }
    
        for key, value in pairs(VehicleZoneDistribution) do
            for vehicle, data in pairs(value.vehicles) do
                if vehiclesToDelete[vehicle] then
                    value.vehicles[vehicle] = nil
                end
            end
        end

This is the code that dodnt work

Well i think this is half of it o cant find the other half

[ancient grail]

ahmm anyone knows how create a small simple input text box

[azure rivet]

Hello.
I see that there is a setting in the animation events that are "ZombieHitReaction", can someone send me a reference that explains them, I tried to implement some but it doesn't seem to change anything.

[small topaz]

I am still working on sending data from server to client and now I have found smth which works fine for me when I play alone via the host button. My question is whether this will also work when other players are around. Maybe anyone an idea? Here is a minimal code example:

[ancient grail]

You check by launching
Host: -nosteam -debug
Client: -nosteam

[ancient grail]

Try creating xml files of the hitreaction

Or use lua
OnZombieUpdate event

[small topaz]

you mean my question??

[ancient grail]

for both of you

since you need test if it can be seen by other players

[small topaz]

ok. so start parameter -nosteam in steam will make it so that I am just client when entering game?

[ancient grail]

no the thing im telling you will let you open 2 diffrent instances of the game

you can use one as host and another or more as client

just change the username for each instance

this wil allow you to test MP features and you dont have to bother friends or run mods on a live server to test

[small topaz]

many thanks! ultra useful! does this also works for playing via the host button or do I need a dedicated server?

[neon bronze]

Think it was ISTextBox something like that

[drifting ore]

so im trying to remove all the magazines from the base game distribution and they still keep coming up. Is there anything besides this code i have to include in my patch? ```require "Items/ItemPicker"
require 'Items/Distributions'
require 'Items/ProceduralDistributions'
require 'Items/SuburbsDistributions'
require 'Vehicles/VehicleDistributions'

---Base Game

RemoveItemFromDistribution(Distributions[1], "Base.MechanicMag1", nil, true);
RemoveItemFromDistribution(SuburbsDistributions, "Base.MechanicMag1", nil, true);
RemoveItemFromDistribution(VehicleDistributions, "Base.MechanicMag1", nil, true);
RemoveItemFromDistribution(ProceduralDistributions.list, "Base.MechanicMag1", nil, true)

[drifting ore]

that's 1 type of mag. that's all you are trying to remove? you will probably have to add each magazine i'd guess to stop them all

[drifting ore]

no i just didnt want to post the code for all of them

but this mag still shows up as well so im wondering if im doing something wrong

[small topaz]

I am currently trying to get into modding of item spawn rates (want to change the rate for a vanilla item). I think I already know some of the coding required but I do not yet know the meaning of all those parameters in the distribution table. Here is a vanilla example:

what does "rolls=4" means what is the meaning of all those integers? Probably smth about the probability to find them there??

[ancient grail]

i went with using buttons instead

[neon bronze]

👍 i think the textbox could also be set to accept numbers only if it ever is needed

[ancient grail]

I need to give my client a debug code to modify sandbox settings on single player is it possible?

I have an idea
To fix my prob. How do i check if its running single player?
isClient()?

[silk hemlock]

When filling a container with items, it's how many times the game will loop through the item table.

[tame mulch]

if not isClient() then

Also can check that is not isServer()

[tame mulch]

I am not sure that this is will work in MP because you not send ModData changes to clients

[odd notch]

@heady crystal to touch on what i mentioned in that comment,

function DebugContextMenu.OnWindowLock(worldobjects, window)
    window:setIsLocked(not window:isLocked())
end

this is the debug onwindowlock function. it's a simple boolean swapparooni. if you made a timed action like you have with your other prying stuff, then instead of setting the door's islocked, setting the window's, pow. :)

CSServer.PryDoorOpen = function(priableObject, playerObj)
    if not priableObject then return; end
    --window check
    if instanceof(priableObject, "IsoWindow") then
        priableObject:setIsLocked(false)
    else
        priableObject:setLockedByKey(false)
    end
    
    --playerObj:getMapKnowledge():setKnownBlockedDoor(self.priableObject, self.door:isLocked())

    local doubleDoorObjects = buildUtil.getDoubleDoorObjects(priableObject)

    for i=1,#doubleDoorObjects do
        local object = doubleDoorObjects[i]
        object:setLockedByKey(false)
    end

    local garageDoorObjects = buildUtil.getGarageDoorObjects(priableObject)

    for i=1,#garageDoorObjects do
        local object = garageDoorObjects[i]
        object:setLockedByKey(false)
    end

    ISTimedActionQueue.add(ISOpenCloseDoor:new(playerObj, priableObject, 0));
    BravensUtilsO1.TryPlaySoundClip(playerObj, "BreakBarricadePlank") 
end

something like this in your CSServer.lua perhaps

[ancient grail]

yep thats exactly what i did
i just forgot to post here that i figured it out sorry

function ArcherMenu1.press(key)
    --if (key==201) then --pgup 
    local kc = SandboxVars.Archer.Key or 51
    if (key==kc) then --comma
    local isNonAdminAllowed = SandboxVars.Archer.Toggle 
        if isNonAdminAllowed or (getCore():getDebug() or isAdmin()) or not isClient() then
            ArcherMenu1.openPanel()
        end
    return key
    end
end
Events.OnKeyPressed.Add(ArcherMenu1.press);

[ancient grail]

hi 🙂

[odd notch]

[zinc pilot]

Is there a way to modify existing world items such as doors and fences?

I'm not talking about craftable ones

[jaunty marten]

btw #mod_development message

[tame mulch]

What you want to do with them?

[jovial harness]

@tame mulch @zinc pilot I was wondering about that too. Making tall wooden fences destructible by zombies for example

[zinc pilot]

making every kind of fence thumpable

[zinc pilot]

exactly, I was thinking mostly of metal fences though

[ancient grail]

Yep thnx i added this to my guide list

[high cloak]

does anyone know if translation files are parsed as lua? i ask because i'm wondering if they can accept multi-line strings with double square brackets

[sour island]

I've used /n for line breaks in translation unless I'm hallucinating. It's parsed through the translator object.

[hollow current]

ugh that sucks

Maybe there is a solution to create a custom item and be able to configure its contents?

still though, I am not sure how'd that be possible

[sour island]

I don't see why it'd be impossible

Just depends on what your end goal would be

For 'Named Literature' I set a modData on viewing objects if one isn't set

I also use an unsaved list to hold references to objects already edited

[hollow current]

im trying to spawn paper/paper-like items around the world, each with its own written content, which is picked randomly from a set of pre-written stuff in the mod

[sour island]

The randomized content is doable -- do you need the items to be in specific points?

[hollow current]

You mean spawn locations?

[sour island]

Yes

[high cloak]

yeah that works, though the real reason i wanted to use long strings is to break up some long text into separate lines for readability

[hollow current]

ye, places where it'd be logical for the paper to spawn considering its contents. The content is supposed to be lore, written by the citizens of Knox County pre-apocalypse or when the apocalypse started.

For example, if the content of the paper contains a paragraph written from the PoV of a kid who whose parents locked him in a room to protect himself, I want the paper to spawn in a room in a house

That's why I thought about using JSON

[high cloak]

i suppose i just leave it for now

[sour island]

You could create a copy of the paper item and decide it's contents depending on its surroundings - if you don't want it to apply to all paper

For named lit I just use Base.Books and it changes the title, icon, tootips, and applies dynamic stat changes

Cant change the moddle yet as its tied to script - but I've asked if that can be considered 🤞

[hollow current]

well the two main problems right now are

1- How do you change what is written in a paper in the first place, from code
2- How do you check the paper's surroundings

[sour island]

The event I use is the rendering for container contents

Applies changes once

[jaunty marten]

if u will use json then u can't use getText function to get translated version of ur text from shared/Translate/...

only if u will use text_id in ur json and after getText(text_id)

[hollow current]

aaaah right I didn't even think of translations

[jaunty marten]

but then u can just use lua table but not json

[high cloak]

me and @hollow current have similar issues i think wrt translation

[sour island]

If you use the same event as I do you can check against the items type and use the related functions to change its contents. Since the item exists somewhere you can pull the area around it for info unless you want to make a table of coordinates.

[high cloak]

but idk if they're exactly the same

[hollow current]

what's your issue?

[hollow current]

Hmm yea that event could definitely work

What is the event? Might have to note it somewhere

[jaunty marten]

I already started same idea mod in a while before but dropped cos thought will brain-fuck to mind about texts and translated ones for it

[high cloak]

im making a dynamic tv channel where messages are picked randomly as basically interchangeable flavor text but it is difficult to work out how the translation should look for that

so i have all of the random messages stuffed in one key separated with a symbol and then i pick a random segment from that

but it's hard to edit or see unfortunately

[sour island]

---@param ItemContainer ItemContainer
function namedLiteratureContainerScan(ItemContainer)
    if not ItemContainer then return end
    local items = ItemContainer:getItems()
    for iteration=0, items:size()-1 do
        ---@type InventoryItem
        local item = items:get(iteration)

        if item and namedLit.StackableTypes[item:getFullType()] and (not namedLit.setLiterature[item]) then
            namedLit.applyTitle(item)
            --[DEBUG]] print("--n:"..item:getName().."  dn:"..item:getDisplayName().."  t:"..item:getType().."  ft:"..item:getFullType().."  c:"..item:getCategory())
        end
    end
end

---@param ItemContainer ItemContainer
function namedLiteratureOnFillContainer(_, _, ItemContainer)
    namedLiteratureContainerScan(ItemContainer)
end
Events.OnFillContainer.Add(namedLiteratureOnFillContainer)

[hollow current]

Is it possible to have multiple JSON files, like english_text.json spanish_text.json, etc, and then in the mod you firsthand check what language the player uses, and based on that, you decide which json to pick from?

[high cloak]

that is possible im sure if i can check what language is active but i guess i felt like i should use the same thing all mods use for sake of parity

[sour island]

Hmm the function should be local, but the table I use to cross check application is .setLiterature that prevents it from being reapplied needlessly.

[high cloak]

but tbh that sounds like a better option if possible

[jaunty marten]

it's bad way cos u already have way to have translated texts with shared/Translate/...

[high cloak]

maybe i will

[jaunty marten]

idk why u trying all ways to use json

[sour island]

Are TV channels translated? I never checked

[jaunty marten]

when there's already exist easy way

[high cloak]

yes i believe so

[jaunty marten]

live and living (don't remember correct name) is translated

[high cloak]

the translation keys are all generated with some tool and then referenced in the radio xml file

each separate line is translated

[hollow current]

anyhow, thanks so much for help guys. Much appreciated!

[high cloak]

each with randomly generated keys

[sour island]

Ah yeah, to generate dynamic radio messages would probably require some tricks