#mod_development | Project Zomboid | Page 116

pulsar heath Feb 16, 2023, 4:08 PM

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and the syntax sometimes makes no bloody sense...

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and between similiar endpoints the syntax changes drasticly... so if its for this endpoint X its a b c d for Y its c a d b

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when it uses the same values but in diferent order... that just annoys the hell out of me

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 4:11 PM

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Yeah.. Bloat isn't a good thing.

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It's why I think for example that PZ shouldn't be made using a commercial engine like Unity or UE4.

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Making your own engine is fine in my book.

pulsar heath Feb 16, 2023, 4:12 PM

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yeah if you have the skills for it

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why settle for making something the way someone else wants you to if you can make the way you want?

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plus now that i know i've been promoted and only working 4 days a week

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 4:13 PM

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That's why I mod.

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That's actually why I core-mod.

pulsar heath Feb 16, 2023, 4:13 PM

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i know ill have the time to dedicate to this and several other projects

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so i rather do it the way i think is best

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 4:14 PM

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I don't like to sit and wait for things. =)

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 4:14 PM

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pulsar heath so i rather do it the way i think is best

The good attitude to have.

pulsar heath Feb 16, 2023, 4:14 PM

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doesnt mean its the right way... but its my way at least 😄

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 4:15 PM

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pulsar heath doesnt mean its the right way... but its my way at least 😄

I call it "The C Programmer Attitude".

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"F it. I'm making my own lib. Screw yours!"

pulsar heath Feb 16, 2023, 4:16 PM

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in this project ive crossed to the dark side... vbnet

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😄

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 4:16 PM

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Why vb though?

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I work in ASP.NET for my job.

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Preference over CS?

pulsar heath Feb 16, 2023, 4:16 PM

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why vb... since im gonna make it public on github... vbnet is easier to "rookies" to understand

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 4:17 PM

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I'm afraid to express my thoughts on VB. It's very slanted and biased on my experience in C Syntax.

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So you'll know everything about my perspective.

pulsar heath Feb 16, 2023, 4:17 PM

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vbnet is good for "quick" projects

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 4:18 PM

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pulsar heath vbnet is good for "quick" projects

When the project grows though.. That's my concern.

pulsar heath Feb 16, 2023, 4:18 PM

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which is not the case for this one

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 4:18 PM

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VB scales way better than Lua.

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I also like that I can mix CS with VB.NET so I can avoid it.

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xD

pulsar heath Feb 16, 2023, 4:19 PM

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you can mix pretty much anything with vbnet

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i still use libs i made in C++

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just add a reference to it

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 4:19 PM

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Hahah to me that's the only good thing about VB.

pulsar heath Feb 16, 2023, 4:19 PM

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and use it at will

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 4:20 PM

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I saw a codeproject post on how to run C# from the JVM in order to use JNI libraries.

pulsar heath Feb 16, 2023, 4:20 PM

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my way of thinking about vbnet and C# is the same as my app and the pz mod i made

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the heavy lifting is done by the more powerfull language

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the rest can be done in lua or whatever

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so the gui is in vbnet the libs are in c#

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 4:21 PM

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My thinking on flow for designing frameworks has become so abstract.. I've realized lately that I may have stared into the void of design.

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Haha

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But yeah this is all fun.

pulsar heath Feb 16, 2023, 4:22 PM

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coding its only but a hobbie as of late... since my profession lies somewhere else

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apart from some freelancing jobs i do, i only code for fun

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 4:22 PM

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@tame mulch Is there a point in time when I can get information on the updated schema for ZedScript? I can write a parser for this version as well.

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It would also help modders if docs could get a head-start on it.

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I also need to see which script properties belong to which categories. I can write a strict-mode to detect problems in existing scripts.

tame mulch Feb 16, 2023, 4:24 PM

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red tiger <@460779707797995521> Is there a point in time when I can get information on the...

For 41 build info about scripts on pzwiki. For 42 I will do scripts guide when 42 will be released (or in public beta)

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 4:24 PM

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tame mulch For 41 build info about scripts on pzwiki. For 42 I will do scripts guide when 4...

Ah. So I'll need to wait until beta.

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Thanks.

pulsar heath Feb 16, 2023, 4:25 PM

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it works

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so now to make the damn gui

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and this is where i get bored... gonna stop for a bit... i hate making gui's...

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 4:28 PM

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pulsar heath so now to make the damn gui

🤣

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Good luck.

thick karma Feb 16, 2023, 4:30 PM

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Has anyone made a playlist mod for True Music?

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 4:42 PM

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.."A flexible per chunk 32 height that can be different in each chunk, allowing parts of the map to be at 32 level height, where others in theory go from -31 to ground floor."..

I'm really hoping that the chunk setup uses powers of two so all coordinate conversions can be in bitwise operations.

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The game will be so much faster if so.

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Was thinking of modding the game to experiment with this as a benchmark but I might wait to see what 42 is cooking.

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Cheers for the render team. Hopefully we can make maps of New York and Chicago with the optimizations for 42.

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The thursdoid is a long description of caching chunk renders. It's good to see this finally come about. I'd like this for the UI though.

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=)

sour island Feb 16, 2023, 4:48 PM

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The blog is really really chock full of goodies

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 4:48 PM

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It explains rendering to the normies. Too bad they didn't go into detail on their SpriteRenderer's TextureDraw issues.

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(Nerds out)

sour island Feb 16, 2023, 4:49 PM

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I wasn't aware they were working on anything render related so it was a nice surprise

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Makes super basements and larger buildings more possible too

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 4:49 PM

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Oh. I was given a warning that rendering will change for 42 when I started modding their render engine.

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My question is why make z chunk ranges dynamic?

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It'd make things faster to do +16 <-> -16

sour island Feb 16, 2023, 4:50 PM

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I guess I don't mess with complicated enough stuff to warrant a warning 😅

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 4:50 PM

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sour island I guess I don't mess with complicated enough stuff to warrant a warning 😅

You're not missing much. Headaches.

sour island Feb 16, 2023, 4:51 PM

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I think chunks will be 10 cubed

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Atleast for loading purposes

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 4:51 PM

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I mean I can use shading to turn your vehicles into driving rainbows.

sour island Feb 16, 2023, 4:51 PM

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It was 10*10*7 prior - if I'm not making up stuff

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 4:52 PM

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I've stated in the past that using powers of two would speed up the map engine drastically.

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It is decimal yes.

golden plover Feb 16, 2023, 4:53 PM

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Can somebody tell me where i am allowed to announce that i am ready to commission someone to take my car and make the code for it work (one month of troubleshooting wasn't enough)

sour island Feb 16, 2023, 4:54 PM

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You'll have to shop around for people who take comissions

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There isn't really a portal or page for that

golden plover Feb 16, 2023, 4:56 PM

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i'll see what i can find.. but thanks

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 5:01 PM

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To convert from world to chunk coordinates in powers of two I could simply do:


// Chunks being 16x16
var worldX = 17;
var chunkX = worldX >> 4; // 1

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Bitwise = superior.

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:D

gilded hawk Feb 16, 2023, 5:05 PM

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is there an event for when a zombie spawn? I need to give the zombie an item to wear

ancient grail Feb 16, 2023, 5:08 PM

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There are none

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But you can use OnZedUpdate and give it to him

gilded hawk Feb 16, 2023, 5:09 PM

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ancient grail But you can use OnZedUpdate and give it to him

Events.OnZombieUpdate ?

ancient grail Feb 16, 2023, 5:11 PM

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Yep

gilded hawk Feb 16, 2023, 5:11 PM

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Is there no function on the lua side of PZ that is called when a zombie spawn, and gets it's outfit?

ancient grail Feb 16, 2023, 5:11 PM

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Try it

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I believe this will work

neon bronze Feb 16, 2023, 5:14 PM

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I mean you could also just define an outfit for your zombie like TIS does for their say police zombies

drifting ore Feb 16, 2023, 5:15 PM

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red tiger To convert from world to chunk coordinates in powers of two I could simply do: `...

Is that example? Because I thought they were 10x10?

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Now I wonder

gilded hawk Feb 16, 2023, 5:15 PM

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neon bronze I mean you could also just define an outfit for your zombie like TIS does for th...

Do you know where it is defined?

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 5:16 PM

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drifting ore Is that example? Because I thought they were 10x10?

No no. I'm showing an example IF the chunks were powers of two.

drifting ore Feb 16, 2023, 5:16 PM

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Ahh

neon bronze Feb 16, 2023, 5:16 PM

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gilded hawk Do you know where it is defined?

Ahhh unfortunately no though if i had to guess id say in NPCs

drifting ore Feb 16, 2023, 5:19 PM

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UI was fun until I started looking into how to color the slider dynamically as it moves left and right lol

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Three hours gone and got nowhere so far lol

worn juniper Feb 16, 2023, 5:31 PM

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Is it possible to make have a map act as a container?

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Still being able to read the map

hot patrol Feb 16, 2023, 5:37 PM

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The dakimakura mod thanks you, Indie Stone!

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pepeLaugh

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 5:41 PM

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hot patrol The dakimakura mod thanks you, Indie Stone!

So this is finally going in?

hot patrol Feb 16, 2023, 5:41 PM

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On build 42

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If I understand that right I will finally be able toake all my dakimakura just one item with different texture options

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Copy paste hell will be over

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 5:42 PM

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A LOT of modders have waited a long time for this feature.

hot patrol Feb 16, 2023, 5:43 PM

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Also decrotive placement options veiAhegao

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 5:43 PM

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Was discussing this exact thing yesterday.

hot patrol Feb 16, 2023, 5:44 PM

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Very exciting

neon bronze Feb 16, 2023, 5:45 PM

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Seems like they also tend to use finally tags more often

gilded hawk Feb 16, 2023, 5:49 PM

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Does anyone have any suggestion for how to ensure that my function added to Events.OnZombieUpdate only runs once per zombie and not multiple times?

neon bronze Feb 16, 2023, 5:50 PM

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Break?

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If you find a zombie then break?

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Or a bool value

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 5:58 PM

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gilded hawk Does anyone have any suggestion for how to ensure that my function added to `Eve...

Table with isoZombie:getID()

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The event will fire but you can wrap your execution of code with a check from a table.

gilded hawk Feb 16, 2023, 6:00 PM

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Sounds like a smart idea, thank you

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does the ID of the zombie change between loads? 🤔

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What if I want to ensure that I'm running it twice between sessions?

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I assume the zombie:getModData() would also be a good option, no?

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 6:02 PM

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gilded hawk does the ID of the zombie change between loads? 🤔

I think ID does but there's two IIRC.

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I forget what gets serialized.

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Maybe I'm thinking MP not SP.

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uhhhhhhhh

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Try it and get back to me if it doesn't work.

gilded hawk Feb 16, 2023, 6:03 PM

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I noticed that CDDA zombie uses both id and online id

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function CDDA_GetZombieID(zombie)
    if zombie and zombie:isZombie() then
        local id
        if isClient() or isServer() then
            id = zombie:getOnlineID()
        else
            id = zombie:getID()
        end
        return id
    else
        return 0
    end
end

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 6:03 PM

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Yeah IIRC that would be the right way to go about this.

gilded hawk Feb 16, 2023, 6:04 PM

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Alright, thank you

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 6:04 PM

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Lunch time.

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 6:24 PM

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Hmm.. I'm worried. Will ZedScript have version flags when the format changes?

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I'd otherwise need to version control using PZ build ranges. ded

spare burrow Feb 16, 2023, 6:38 PM

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Has anyone tested or done tweakitem with variables?

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like TweakItem("Base.CanoePadel","MinDamage","LongBluntDmgMult*0.5");

gilded hawk Feb 16, 2023, 6:49 PM

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spare burrow like ```TweakItem("Base.CanoePadel","MinDamage","LongBluntDmgMult*0.5");```

I'm fairly sure that wont work

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but try it, who knows shrug

quasi kernel Feb 16, 2023, 7:05 PM

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spare burrow Has anyone tested or done tweakitem with variables?

Are you using ItemTweaker?

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(I haven't used it before, all I know is :DoParam() has more or less superseded it)

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No shame as long as it works, just one less dependency otherwise

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demonram

spare burrow Feb 16, 2023, 7:07 PM

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haven't used doparam, using item tweaker atm for adjusting values on weapons for convenience xD

quasi kernel Feb 16, 2023, 7:08 PM

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Fair enuff!

sour island Feb 16, 2023, 7:09 PM

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ItemTweaker is using doParam - it's just a wrapper

quasi kernel Feb 16, 2023, 7:09 PM

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Oh?

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Huh, more you know.

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I haven't touched it before, I've just heard people tend to just go the DoParam route, not entirely sure why.

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Could be because of the dependency thing so the mod is more standalone, but otherwise I don't 100% get it.

bronze yoke Feb 16, 2023, 7:25 PM

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doparam is better mainly for two reasons: one, why use a dependency for something so simple, especially when dependencies have been such a nightmare historically; and two, item tweaker has a bunch of prints that massively slow down game load

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item tweaker is particularly one of those nightmare dependencies, it's not worth dealing with that crap when all it does is change some syntax and make load times worse

sour island Feb 16, 2023, 7:27 PM

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Unrelated but I think it can also cause issues as it's client sided

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If the game needs to match script values and changes only occur on players' ends as server doesn't execute client code

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You'll end up with some really hard to pin down bugs

ancient grail Feb 16, 2023, 7:40 PM

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whats the furthest radius that i can check sprites on a tile

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i need to check if the water pump is within a certain distance then return true if it is...

hoary spruce Feb 16, 2023, 7:47 PM

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Sup. Can i get some help here? I need to equip an container item and then put some items inside using timed actions. I figured out how to equip the container, but I don't understand how to put items in it. I found some useful methods like ISInventoryPane:canPutIn() ISInventoryPane:transferItemsByWeight(...) ISInventoryPage:setNewContainer(...) --?, but how can I get the exact container I equipped to transfer items inside?

Here what i got.

-- ISInventoryPane:onMouseUp(x, y)
-- ...
local item = self.items[self.mouseOverOption]    -- get container item from player's inventory
if item ~= nil and item.cat == "Container" then
    local items = ISInventoryPane.getActualItems({item})
    local action = ISEquipWeaponAction:new(player, items[1], 50, false, false)    -- then put it in the right hand
    local queue = ISTimedActionQueue.add(action)
    -- ??? idk what to do here

    return
end

fast galleon Feb 16, 2023, 8:18 PM

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ancient grail i need to check if the water pump is within a certain distance then return true ...

if distance < radius then ... end this sounds simple

tame mulch Feb 16, 2023, 8:25 PM

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hoary spruce Sup. Can i get some help here? I need to equip an container item and then put so...

Try use ISInventoryTransferAction

pulsar heath Feb 16, 2023, 8:29 PM

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im starting to think i should never thought about having a gui in the damn ap 😐

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man i hate working with gui...

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 8:30 PM

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pulsar heath man i hate working with gui...

Darn that sucks.

pulsar heath Feb 16, 2023, 8:31 PM

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to much to think about...

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 8:31 PM

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I'm on the other end of that opinion. I can't wait to write a UI for my script manager app.

pulsar heath Feb 16, 2023, 8:31 PM

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the size... what if he moves it this way, what if he wants to have the console on the right side or using the full form width

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to many unknown vars to think about

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nothing beats the beauty and simplicity of a console app

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 8:32 PM

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I have all these visions in my head of the ideal ZedScript editor.

pulsar heath Feb 16, 2023, 8:32 PM

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just shows what you need to know...

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i havent any visions for the gui apart from the console showing the activity

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😄

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 8:32 PM

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Heh. I have an advantage though.. This is also my work.

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I am working on just that: UI redesign of an ASP.NET solution.

pulsar heath Feb 16, 2023, 8:33 PM

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but ill go the dictators way... unresizable gui!

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one less thing to worry about 😄

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 8:33 PM

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responsive UI. We really are different.

pulsar heath Feb 16, 2023, 8:34 PM

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i could make it responsive and customizable

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but...

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dang it... now you make me feel dirty and lazy

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 8:34 PM

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=)

pulsar heath Feb 16, 2023, 8:34 PM

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i guess ill go the modular way...

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 8:34 PM

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It's whatever you want it to be.

pulsar heath Feb 16, 2023, 8:34 PM

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and allow to snap the "widgets" of the gui the way the user wants them to be

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 8:34 PM

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All code is unfinished brush-strokes on a painting.

pulsar heath Feb 16, 2023, 8:35 PM

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ill just make a default theme the way i want it to be for myself and allow the user to move stuff around hide and show stuff resize it and save it as a theme

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winforms for the lazy ones like me are the best way to go

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 8:36 PM

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UI design keeps me grounded and reminds me that code is human expression too. =)

drifting stump Feb 16, 2023, 8:36 PM

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i am in emense pain

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 8:36 PM

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If you read code from someone long enough, you can see who they are as a person. ;3

pulsar heath Feb 16, 2023, 8:36 PM

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yeah but... i dont think its worth writing a gui from scratch for something like this... ill just use the crappy winforms

drifting stump Feb 16, 2023, 8:36 PM

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they have stencils but too strict

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i want to do the oposite operation they allow

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i want to clear whats inside the stencil

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not keep only whats inside

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 8:37 PM

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drifting stump they have stencils but too strict

Tell me what you want. Crowbar is a mod specifically targeting limitations to the UI engine.

drifting stump Feb 16, 2023, 8:37 PM

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red tiger Tell me what you want. Crowbar is a mod specifically targeting limitations to th...

make that work on the workshop without users having to do anything manual

pulsar heath Feb 16, 2023, 8:38 PM

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or better yet... the extreme of lazyness... 1 form and diferent user control objects...

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 8:38 PM

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drifting stump make that work on the workshop without users having to do anything manual

Oh you want to inverse mask

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Draw 8 times with stencils spanning the width of the screen to the target box.

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You can do this without modding the core.

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N E S W NW NE SE SW boxes.

drifting stump Feb 16, 2023, 8:39 PM

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yeah thats what i thought

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however

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i might found my way around

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exposed \o/

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 8:40 PM

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I'll get you to join the Crowbar army someday.

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:)

pulsar heath Feb 16, 2023, 8:40 PM

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well once again im bored working on the UI... another break 😄

drifting stump Feb 16, 2023, 8:40 PM

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so

fast galleon Feb 16, 2023, 8:40 PM

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We added some new events for mods to use, including: – OnZombieCreate and – LoadChunk
will be 8 x 8 when b42 launches
that's big, we also need to know when chunk is first loaded, maybe a boolean parameter passed with event

drifting stump Feb 16, 2023, 8:40 PM

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they do

SpriteRenderer.instance.renderi((Texture)null, (int)var1, (int)var3, (int)var5, (int)var7, 1.0F, 0.0F, 0.0F, 1.0F, (Consumer)null);

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when setting a stencil

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i simply have to invert the matrix

pulsar heath Feb 16, 2023, 8:41 PM

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@drifting stump what are you trying to make?

drifting stump Feb 16, 2023, 8:41 PM

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optimize ui rendering

pulsar heath Feb 16, 2023, 8:41 PM

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brave man....

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 8:41 PM

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hehe

drifting stump Feb 16, 2023, 8:42 PM

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in particular this pains me

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 8:42 PM

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(One of my goals long-term is to get Browser8 on-board with using Crowbar)

drifting stump Feb 16, 2023, 8:42 PM

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from tests simply doing 1 draw and a stencil op yields 2x speed improvement

pulsar heath Feb 16, 2023, 8:42 PM

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im just glad i managed to finish my stats ui and the animation mod ui

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not touching pz ui ever again

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unless i really have to... annoying as hell

ancient grail Feb 16, 2023, 8:44 PM

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fast galleon `if distance < radius then ... end` this sounds simple

Na i mean like syntax
Vishnyas telling me to use ongrid load but the client who commissioned the mod doesnt want me to use it as it lags their server. So im looking for another alternative. I have a code similar but its too laggy i can mt even properly use it to print if it has a huge radius

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 8:44 PM

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I'm feeling ill rn too btw.

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Also back is tense.

fast galleon Feb 16, 2023, 8:48 PM

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ancient grail Na i mean like syntax Vishnyas telling me to use ongrid load but the client who ...

so you want this to happen when a specific sprite (water pump) is loaded, but it also must be in radius of something?

ancient grail Feb 16, 2023, 8:48 PM

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To plumb a sink

fast galleon Feb 16, 2023, 8:49 PM

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ancient grail To plumb a sink

automagicaly or player interaction? only on load or every ten minutes?

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adding finding 2nd object makes it more performance consuming unless it's small area or you save it somehow e.g (ModData: linked sink x,y,z)

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you need something similar to water pipes and global objects

drifting stump Feb 16, 2023, 8:56 PM

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damn java calls are expensive

silent heath Feb 16, 2023, 8:56 PM

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ok i have. no clue if this question goes in this channel or not but uh
i saw that zomboid runs on java and lua, it's a stupid question but do i have to learn java and lua or can i just. do c#

drifting stump Feb 16, 2023, 8:56 PM

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10ms from removing 2 calls(x2000 per frame)

drifting stump Feb 16, 2023, 8:58 PM

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silent heath ok i have. no clue if this question goes in this channel or not but uh i saw tha...

lua at the very least

fast galleon Feb 16, 2023, 8:58 PM

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local waterPumpSprites = {"sprite_01_0","sprite_01_1"}
local function myFunc(isoObject)
  --...
end
for _,pump in ipairs(waterPumpSprites) do
  MapObjects.OnLoadWithSprite(pump,myFunc,5)
end

@ancient grail

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 8:58 PM

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silent heath ok i have. no clue if this question goes in this channel or not but uh i saw tha...

Lua is your main concern.

drifting stump Feb 16, 2023, 8:59 PM

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my idea of inverting the draw isnt working and i have no clue why

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 8:59 PM

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There is an alternative to Lua if you're interested in coding TypeScript. Lua is the canonical modding language for PZ.

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You'll need to know the API you're working with.

drifting stump Feb 16, 2023, 9:00 PM

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      IndieGL.glStencilFunc(519, StencilLevel, 255);
      IndieGL.glStencilOp(7680, 7680, 7681);
      IndieGL.glColorMask(false, false, false, false);
      SpriteRenderer.instance.renderi((Texture)null, (int)var1, (int)var3, (int)var5, (int)var7, 1.0F, 0.0F, 0.0F, 1.0F, (Consumer)null);
      IndieGL.glColorMask(true, true, true, true);
      IndieGL.glStencilOp(7680, 7680, 7680);
      IndieGL.glStencilFunc(514, StencilLevel, 255);

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here what they do when setting a stencil

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i cant access IndieGL

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i can however do things with the SpriteRenderer just fine

silent heath Feb 16, 2023, 9:00 PM

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red tiger Lua is your main concern.

alrighty, thank you 👍
(time to suffer to learn how to create my mods)

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 9:00 PM

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silent heath alrighty, thank you 👍 (time to suffer to learn how to create my mods)

No problem.

thick karma Feb 16, 2023, 9:01 PM

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https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2934405064

Steam Workshop::Wookiee Server Options

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 9:06 PM

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Are these all script object types?

{
  categories: [
    'animation',        'animationsMesh',
    'evolvedrecipe',    'fixing',
    'item',             'mannequin',
    'model',            'multistagebuild',
    'recipe',           'sound',
    'soundTimeline',    'template',
    'uniquerecipe',     'vehicle',
    'vehicleEngineRPM'
  ]
}

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Built this string array from all categories for objects defined in modules in all PZ script files.

ancient grail Feb 16, 2023, 9:14 PM

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fast galleon ```lua local waterPumpSprites = {"sprite_01_0","sprite_01_1"} local function myF...

MapObjects.OnLoadWithSprite??
Wow thats new

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Thank you

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 9:20 PM

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Going to take a look at zombie.scripting.objects

limber oar Feb 16, 2023, 9:26 PM

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Man, there is no better feeling than looking at the B42 news and seeing that changes are coming that will make your life 5x easier... 🥹

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We added some new events for mods to use, including: – OnZombieCreate

We have also moved around the order of operations when sandbox options are loaded and the loot tables are parsed, to make it easier for mods that use sandbox options to set loot spawn values.

gilded hawk Feb 16, 2023, 9:32 PM

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Which is the syntax to require a file inside the shared folder, from the client folder?

wet sandal Feb 16, 2023, 9:32 PM

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Anyone have any clue what to tell this guy?

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Reorder Containers is entirely client side, and I can setup a server no problem with it

hoary spruce Feb 16, 2023, 9:40 PM

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tame mulch Try use ISInventoryTransferAction

It works, thank you!

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 9:41 PM

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wet sandal

Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

wet sandal Feb 16, 2023, 9:42 PM

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Yea... I feel bad, but whatever the problem is seems to be out of my jurisdiction

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 9:42 PM

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This is why I prefer you guys being my players.

wet sandal Feb 16, 2023, 9:42 PM

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lol

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 9:42 PM

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Less confused patrick.

spring hare Feb 16, 2023, 9:43 PM

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I'm trying to make a voice mod which adds custom voice lines to lots of actions in the game. I'm doing this by creating new wav files which combine the vanilla sounds with my custom voice lines, and then pointing to those new sound files in a scripts .txt file. I have 90% of it done and working well in-game, but one strange issue I've run into is that some voice files can only be heard in one headphone/speaker. An example of this is the sound of opening a hood. The vanilla sound in-game sounds normal (i.e. the sound is centered), but as soon as I replace it with my custom sound file, the sound is fully panned into the right-side headphone in-game. The wav format is the same as the vanilla sound file (mono, 48000Hz, 32-bit float), and it sounds fine outside of the game. Does anyone know why this might be happening?

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 9:43 PM

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https://tenor.com/view/modcheck-discord-twitch-spongebob-looking-gif-21451454

Tenor

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 9:44 PM

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spring hare I'm trying to make a voice mod which adds custom voice lines to lots of actions ...

That's freaking awesome. Glad to hear someone is doing something like this.

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 9:45 PM

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spring hare I'm trying to make a voice mod which adds custom voice lines to lots of actions ...

It's definitely a issue with the codec you use and how the game reads it.

wet sandal Feb 16, 2023, 9:45 PM

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Does Zomboid prefer .wav?
I need to do some sound work soon.

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 9:45 PM

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You can also use Ogg Vorbis. Have you tried this @spring hare ?

wet sandal Feb 16, 2023, 9:46 PM

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Ah, .ogg sounds more inline with my expectations

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 9:46 PM

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Ogg is the "We don't want to mess with crazy mp3 licensing" option.. AKA everyone..

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Save the file with the same name and .ogg instead of .wav and it should work.

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(obviously exporting as Ogg Vorbis format heh)

fast galleon Feb 16, 2023, 9:47 PM

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wet sandal Anyone have any clue what to tell this guy?

usually just ignore, since you need a ton of messages to get to the issue
I probably had something similar and they posted logs, issue is "mod pending download" and "files not found"

spring hare Feb 16, 2023, 9:47 PM

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I've tried both .ogg and .wav but it's the same problem either way. I'm using Audacity to edit/save the sound files. But like I said, the weird thing is that this issue only seems to happen on certain actions. If I edit the sound of eating food, there's no problem, it sounds fine in-game. But if I edit the sound of opening a car hood, it's hard-panned to the right.

wet sandal Feb 16, 2023, 9:48 PM

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https://tenor.com/view/smg4-mario-luigi-good-ending-meme-gif-23859691

Tenor

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red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 9:48 PM

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spring hare I've tried both .ogg and .wav but it's the same problem either way. I'm using Au...

I wonder if it's the 3D sound stuff with you sitting exactly at the point in 3D space.

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Try offsetting the FmodSoundEmitter

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You can sometimes get audio artifacts when using spatial algorithms with sound emitters in the exact same point in space.

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Just a thought.

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 9:50 PM

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wet sandal

And that's why I ignore haha.

spring hare Feb 16, 2023, 9:53 PM

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That's what I was thinking. But I don't really understand how to use those settings. In my text file I just write (for example):

sound VehicleHoodOpen
category = Vehicle
clip
{
file = media/sound/Vehicle_HoodOpen_Standard_01.wav,
}

How would I incorporate FmodSoundEmitter settings in that?

spare burrow Feb 16, 2023, 9:54 PM

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bronze yoke doparam is better mainly for two reasons: one, why use a dependency for somethin...

Did not knew the slowdown

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will have to shift to it then, is there any guide or mod i can use as ref for it?

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 9:55 PM

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spring hare That's what I was thinking. But I don't really understand how to use those setti...

https://github.com/FWolfe/Zomboid-Modding-Guide/tree/master/scripts#the-sound-block

fast galleon Feb 16, 2023, 9:55 PM

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spring hare That's what I was thinking. But I don't really understand how to use those setti...

is that the exact lines? You're missing commas , for start

spring hare Feb 16, 2023, 9:56 PM

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red tiger https://github.com/FWolfe/Zomboid-Modding-Guide/tree/master/scripts#the-sound-bl...

Thanks for the link, I'll give it a read and see if I can figure it out

bronze yoke Feb 16, 2023, 9:58 PM

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spare burrow will have to shift to it then, is there any guide or mod i can use as ref for it...

TweakItem("Module.Item", "Parameter", "Value")
```becomes```lua
local item = ScriptManager.instance:getItem("Module.Item")
if item then
    item:DoParam("Parameter = Value")
end

spare burrow Feb 16, 2023, 9:58 PM

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can be instantiated multiple times for multiple parameters, no?

spring hare Feb 16, 2023, 9:58 PM

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fast galleon is that the exact lines? You're missing commas `,` for start

Not the exact lines. The custom sound is playing in game so I don't think it's an issue with syntax or formatting or anything. The problem is only that some sounds get hard-panned when in-game.

spare burrow Feb 16, 2023, 9:58 PM

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bronze yoke ```lua TweakItem("Module.Item", "Parameter", "Value") ```becomes```lua local ite...

and ty!

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 9:59 PM

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spring hare Not the exact lines. The custom sound is playing in game so I don't think it's a...

You need commas IIRC.

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(I'm literally writing parser code for these files lol)

fast galleon Feb 16, 2023, 10:00 PM

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nice guide for blocks, didn't remember that one existed. So many useful stuff there.

fast galleon Feb 16, 2023, 10:01 PM

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spring hare Not the exact lines. The custom sound is playing in game so I don't think it's a...

When you miss a comma, the values - properties get mixed

bronze yoke Feb 16, 2023, 10:01 PM

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spare burrow can be instantiated multiple times for multiple parameters, no?

yeah, if you want multiple just do```lua
local item = ScriptManager.instance:getItem("Module.Item")
if item then
item:DoParam("Parameter = Value")
item:DoParam("AnotherParameter = Value")
end

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 10:01 PM

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My parser needs the commas because property names & values supports whitespace.

spare burrow Feb 16, 2023, 10:01 PM

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ty again, will take a look

spring hare Feb 16, 2023, 10:01 PM

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red tiger You need commas IIRC.

The exact format I'm using is:

sound VehicleHoodOpen
{
category = Vehicle,
clip
{
file = media/sound/Vehicle_HoodOpen_Standard_01.wav,
}

spare burrow Feb 16, 2023, 10:01 PM

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def may shift as i want to make the thing as streamlined as possible

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 10:02 PM

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sound VehicleHoodOpen
{
    category = Vehicle,
    clip
    {
         file = media/sound/Vehicle_HoodOpen_Standard_01.wav,
    },
}

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Wait..

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Oh yeah that's right nvm

spring hare Feb 16, 2023, 10:03 PM

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red tiger ``` sound VehicleHoodOpen { category = Vehicle, clip { file...

Yup, that's it (minus the last comma after the second to last bracket). Sorry, I'm new to discord and don't know how to put code in quotes like that

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 10:03 PM

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Do you have to specify the format on the file?

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Backticks

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Yeah you apparently do..

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I'm used to internal API stuffs.

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(Ignore my rambling)

spring hare Feb 16, 2023, 10:05 PM

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red tiger Do you have to specify the format on the file?

Cool, thanks. Not sure about needing to specify the format. I used another sound mod as a foundation for mine and followed the same format etc. That mod didn't specify the format but it seemed to work fine

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 10:06 PM

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I'm used to using GameSound.getOrCreateSound() which attempts to find the file with all supported extensions.

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 10:06 PM

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spring hare Cool, thanks. Not sure about needing to specify the format. I used another sound...

Yup. Pointing to that resolver code.

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BTW I have a soundtrack for a shelved mod I'm working on.

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So it's cool to see people being creative with sounds in their mod.

spring hare Feb 16, 2023, 10:07 PM

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red tiger Yup. Pointing to that resolver code.

Sorry, what do you mean by "pointing to that resolver code"? I don't understand

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 10:07 PM

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spring hare Sorry, what do you mean by "pointing to that resolver code"? I don't understand

Ignore me. Hahah. I mean code that loads your sounds inside the game's core code.

spring hare Feb 16, 2023, 10:08 PM

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red tiger Ignore me. Hahah. I mean code that loads your sounds inside the game's core code...

Ah ok, thanks

true vault Feb 16, 2023, 10:08 PM

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Anyone know of a way to disable and enable the map from Lua?

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 10:08 PM

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I planned to modify everything about the game's atmosphere.

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https://soundcloud.com/jabdoesthings/sets/project-silence-tracks

SoundCloud

JabDoesThings

Project Silence Tracks

Listen to Project Silence Tracks by JabDoesThings #np on #SoundCloud

▶ Play video

spare burrow Feb 16, 2023, 10:09 PM

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seems like a hard but amazing job there!

opal rivet Feb 16, 2023, 10:10 PM

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It's just Silence

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Pretty good Jab

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Keep it up

spring hare Feb 16, 2023, 10:10 PM

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red tiger I planned to modify everything about the game's atmosphere.

Sounds really good, I'd definitely try that out if you decide to finish it and release it

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 10:11 PM

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spring hare Sounds really good, I'd definitely try that out if you decide to finish it and r...

=) I plan to release it someday. It'll have an recommended age restriction because I plan to make it as psychological as possible.

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I want a very dark and mind-bending flavor of PZ.

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How dark and mind-bending? That soundtrack pretty much covers that.

opal rivet Feb 16, 2023, 10:12 PM

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I think It sounds fitting

faint jewel Feb 16, 2023, 10:12 PM

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i'm gonna take your mod and make it disney LOL.

opal rivet Feb 16, 2023, 10:12 PM

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very fitting

fast galleon Feb 16, 2023, 10:12 PM

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true vault Anyone know of a way to disable and enable the map from Lua?

function ISWorldMap.ToggleWorldMap(playerNum) like this?

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 10:13 PM

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Going HARD with the content mods. Safer to keep me distracted with writing tools.

true vault Feb 16, 2023, 10:13 PM

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fast galleon `function ISWorldMap.ToggleWorldMap(playerNum)` like this?

I will look into that; thanks!

royal rose Feb 16, 2023, 10:14 PM

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I have an idea of a mod where the player can go running and bust through doors if they are closed (assuming they are not locked) , also pushing any zombies behind the door. I new to modding in PZ so i would appreciate any help

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 10:14 PM

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I took an unused wav file of crazy-talk from PZ and made this to periodically play in segments in walkie talkies and another one on TVs. https://soundcloud.com/jabdoesthings/phantom-in-the-handheld

SoundCloud

JabDoesThings

[Project Silence] Phantom In The Handheld

Listen to [Project Silence] Phantom In The Handheld by JabDoesThings #np on #SoundCloud

▶ Play video

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Thought I'd share that head-trip.

spring hare Feb 16, 2023, 10:17 PM

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red tiger https://github.com/FWolfe/Zomboid-Modding-Guide/tree/master/scripts#the-sound-bl...

That link you posted unfortunately didn't seem to say anything about FmodSoundEmitter or offsets or how to use them. Only stuff like distanceMax and SoundRadius. I don't mind doing some trial and error to see what amount would have the desired effect, but do you know what text/syntax I would use to incorporate that setting into my script file?

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 10:17 PM

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spring hare That link you posted unfortunately didn't seem to say anything about FmodSoundEm...

Oh. It's general scripting tutorials.

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What I discussed involves coding in Lua.

true vault Feb 16, 2023, 10:19 PM

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fast galleon `function ISWorldMap.ToggleWorldMap(playerNum)` like this?

looks like that only opens and closes the map; I'm looking to enable and disable it entirely as an option; for example, start of game disable being able to use it. Later craft a "world map" item, that enables use of the map again.

spring hare Feb 16, 2023, 10:19 PM

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Ah, I see. Yeah, Lua coding would be way over my head unfortunately. I can make nice sounding sound files and point the game to them, but I don't know how to code

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Anyway, thanks for your help Jab. I guess I'll just avoid the "problem" sounds/actions for now

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 10:25 PM

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spring hare Anyway, thanks for your help Jab. I guess I'll just avoid the "problem" sounds/a...

No problem. Hope you find your solution.

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Depends on the modder. I comm myself but am utterly full of both comms and projects.

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I have a market on my server however people have become inactive there over the past half-year unfortunately. =(

true vault Feb 16, 2023, 10:40 PM

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Would also be helpful to attract someone interested, if you stated what you were looking for

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 10:40 PM

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It won't be inactive for long.

true vault Feb 16, 2023, 10:42 PM

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Sounds good, I'll take a look when ya do.

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 10:42 PM

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Yeah. I can't guarentee you people responding to your post if you make one. You're more than welcome to try.

weak sierra Feb 16, 2023, 10:51 PM

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any idea why deleting a vehicle via permanentlyRemove() might trigger this nonsense?

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i've never had this happen before

true vault Feb 16, 2023, 10:51 PM

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LLS_Rayven_Wheeze

weak sierra Feb 16, 2023, 10:51 PM

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it spams it so fast that the log grows by KBs per second

true vault Feb 16, 2023, 10:51 PM

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Oh thats bad

weak sierra Feb 16, 2023, 10:52 PM

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it resolves upon server restart but it's gonna make huge log files and slow the server down

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cuz we'll be deleting a lot of vehicles

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as-encountered

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automatically

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 10:52 PM

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mmm yes it begins

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weak sierra Feb 16, 2023, 10:53 PM

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any idea why that might happen jab?

true vault Feb 16, 2023, 10:53 PM

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And that's just using the built-in vehicle deletion Eve?

weak sierra Feb 16, 2023, 10:53 PM

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vehicle:permanentlyRemove

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 10:53 PM

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@weak sierra Probably a removal queue that is blocked.

weak sierra Feb 16, 2023, 10:53 PM

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nothing special other than the conditions

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it's removed fine tho

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as far as i can tell

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 10:53 PM

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And logs that should be deleted but never will be.

weak sierra Feb 16, 2023, 10:54 PM

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and it keeps spammin it after client d/cs even

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 10:54 PM

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weak sierra and it keeps spammin it after client d/cs even

It may be removed from the world but not something it's assigned to be removed from.

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I bet it's some list.

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Haha

true vault Feb 16, 2023, 10:55 PM

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red tiger I bet it's some list.

ab_angryferret No Lists, Only Tables

/s

fast galleon Feb 16, 2023, 10:55 PM

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true vault looks like that only opens and closes the map; I'm looking to enable and disable...

ah so you really meant that. you can see in that file the isAllowed function. You can change that or the things it checks.

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 10:55 PM

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I wrote an AST parser. Now I get to apply it to my own Json API.

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Hoping that B42 will have a major Logger cleanup.

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PZ Seriously needs it.

true vault Feb 16, 2023, 10:57 PM

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fast galleon ah so you really meant that. you can see in that file the isAllowed function. Yo...

Okay fair, that may prove useful if I can alter checks, and have it actually check if the "world map" item exists in inventory, and then open the map or not, depending on that. Thanks!

tame mulch Feb 16, 2023, 10:57 PM

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weak sierra any idea why deleting a vehicle via permanentlyRemove() might trigger this nonse...

Vehicle still call function update() after removing. This log writes in update func

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 10:57 PM

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@weak sierra Honestly it's probably a vehicle not being properly disposed. =(

tame mulch Feb 16, 2023, 10:57 PM

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@weak sierra You do this on serverside?

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 10:58 PM

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oooo possible desync.

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Surprised if stale cars aren't removed if the server says it doesn't exist.

weak sierra Feb 16, 2023, 10:58 PM

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yes server-side

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this is done the same way on other mods and it doesn't trigger this afaik

tame mulch Feb 16, 2023, 10:59 PM

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This happen every time?

weak sierra Feb 16, 2023, 10:59 PM

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it happened every time i tested it until this restart, and now it's removed two without triggering it

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so maybe not every time but often

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will be using this tomorrow upon removing vehicle mod packs on my server to delete mismatched vehicles

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to clean up the oddities that causes

tame mulch Feb 16, 2023, 11:01 PM

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You remove vehicles that in loaded chunks?

weak sierra Feb 16, 2023, 11:01 PM

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it's only when they are encountered by the player and init

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so it should always be loaded

tame mulch Feb 16, 2023, 11:06 PM

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Strange. Looks like it not removed from chunk because chunk is null. But maybe reason in something else

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Maybe try remove a little later?

weak sierra Feb 16, 2023, 11:10 PM

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the weird thing is it's succeeding, though, the vehicle disappears

drifting stump Feb 16, 2023, 11:30 PM

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one of the first things i thought about when i started modding was making a program to generate items

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good to see someone is doing it

drifting stump Feb 16, 2023, 11:48 PM

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@red tiger big, large, huge

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idk how i missed it

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BUT

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 11:48 PM

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I'm currently taking my AST parser and compiling this data as object notation.

drifting stump Feb 16, 2023, 11:49 PM

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i can call gl operationss directly

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this is actually huge

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you might be able to make your shaders work with lua XDD

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 11:50 PM

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drifting stump you might be able to make your shaders work with lua XDD

Nope.

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I can't pass uniform values this way.

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Been through that code. I had to write my own solution

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Unless someone like @tame mulch is willing to pass on my solution as it works async, then yeah no support in vanilla.

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I wrote an API for Crowbar called ShaderProfile that wraps a shader program and allows you to set uniforms.

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Works in Lua.

silk hollow Feb 16, 2023, 11:52 PM

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Hey everyone, I'm trying to dig a bit in how factions works in the game and was checking this out: https://zomboid-javadoc.com/41.78/zombie/characters/Faction.html#<init>()

I'd like to have an example of how to invoke the function of this class. For example is it safe to assume that the Faction class is a global object available on the client side at all times once a game session start?
Would I simply go for Faction.isAlreadyInFaction() to determine if the player is currently in a faction or not?

Faction

Javadoc Project Zomboid Modding API declaration: package: zombie.characters, class: Faction

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 11:52 PM

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thoroughly tested over the past year. =)

drifting stump Feb 16, 2023, 11:52 PM

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well this should solve my issue tho

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now to figure out the op codes

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 11:52 PM

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silk hollow Hey everyone, I'm trying to dig a bit in how factions works in the game and was ...

https://projectzomboid.com/modding/zombie/characters/Faction.html

Faction

declaration: package: zombie.characters, class: Faction

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You'll see any documentation there.

silk hollow Feb 16, 2023, 11:54 PM

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Thanks Jab, it's the same link I wrote but I seems to fail to understand how to translate that automatically generated documentation in how that would translate in actual use for it. I'm not really used to lua/java coming from different languages although I've a background in programming 🙂

bronze yoke Feb 16, 2023, 11:54 PM

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it's not the same link, jab's is the official documentation that has more detail than the community one you posted

red tiger Feb 16, 2023, 11:54 PM

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silk hollow Thanks Jab, it's the same link I wrote but I seems to fail to understand how to ...

I can give you my generated docs for TypeScript.

silk hollow Feb 16, 2023, 11:55 PM

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ah sorry, didn't notice the root level domain was different 😄

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my bad

bronze yoke Feb 16, 2023, 11:55 PM

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silk hollow Hey everyone, I'm trying to dig a bit in how factions works in the game and was ...

for the static methods yes, for the instance methods you need to get a faction object using some of the static methods

silk hollow Feb 16, 2023, 11:58 PM

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bronze yoke for the static methods yes, for the instance methods you need to get a faction o...

So I could write something like Faction.getPlayerFaction(getPlayer()) for example to get the current player faction on the client side, correct?

bronze yoke Feb 16, 2023, 11:58 PM

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yep!

silk hollow Feb 16, 2023, 11:58 PM

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great, thanks for confirming 🙂

drifting stump Feb 16, 2023, 11:58 PM

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jab got any clue where i can find the opcodes

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docs i find all use stuff like GL_NOTEQUAL

silk hollow Feb 16, 2023, 11:59 PM

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I'll do some testing in the weekend but I just wanted to see if I got it right in the first place before ending in a dead end immediately by misunderstanding the class 😛

drifting stump Feb 17, 2023, 12:01 AM

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got it

red tiger Feb 17, 2023, 12:01 AM

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silk hollow ah sorry, didn't notice the root level domain was different 😄

https://github.com/asledgehammer/PipeWrench/blob/stable/java/zombie_characters.d.ts#L494

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Here's my generated typings documentation.

drifting stump Feb 17, 2023, 12:01 AM

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https://registry.khronos.org/OpenGL/api/GLES/1.0/gl.h

red tiger Feb 17, 2023, 12:01 AM

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drifting stump jab got any clue where i can find the opcodes

What are you doing again?

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Search up those constant numbers in the GL static interface classes.

drifting stump Feb 17, 2023, 12:02 AM

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the only stencil op exposed through ui elements was keeping only whats inside the stencil

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i want the oposite

drifting stump Feb 17, 2023, 12:02 AM

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drifting stump https://registry.khronos.org/OpenGL/api/GLES/1.0/gl.h

found it already

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vanilla is using GL_ALWAYS

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ill slap a never and we good

red tiger Feb 17, 2023, 12:03 AM

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drifting stump vanilla is using GL_ALWAYS

Remind me to add this to Crowbar at some point.

drifting stump Feb 17, 2023, 12:04 AM

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though all this might be for nothing

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ive come to realize the real performance issue is doing java calls from lua

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aka drawing 4 times isnt the problem its the 4 java calls

red tiger Feb 17, 2023, 12:13 AM

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drifting stump ive come to realize the real performance issue is doing java calls from lua

Yup. This is why TIS uses a cached instruction library. You know it well.

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It's called SpriteRenderer.

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My gripe about it in terms of performance is that every call object is recycled for any draw call, filling in for memory that will likely not be accessed.. as opposed to draw-specific objects that are recycled for those calls only.

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I have a hunch that's changing in 42.

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Seeing powers of two for tiles in cached chunk renders makes me very excited.

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 12:16 AM

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best way is to just ask in this channel if anyone can implement your idea :)

drifting stump Feb 17, 2023, 12:28 AM

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cant get it to do anything

wheat kraken Feb 17, 2023, 12:37 AM

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mod-ideas

drifting stump Feb 17, 2023, 12:43 AM

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@red tiger got any idea why this isnt working?

    self:setStencilRect(x, y, w, h)
    local renderer = SpriteRenderer.instance
    renderer:renderi(nil, x + self.x, y + self.y, w, h, r, g, b, a, nil)
    renderer:glAlphaFunc(512.0, 0.0)
    renderer:glStencilFunc(512.0, 255.0, 255.0)
    renderer:glStencilOp(0.0, 0.0, 0.0)
    renderer:glClear(1280)
    renderer:glDisable(2960)
    renderer:glDisable(3008)
    self:clearStencilRect()

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its still keeping the drawn rectangle

red tiger Feb 17, 2023, 12:43 AM

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could probably rename spriteRendererInstance to renderer to save some typing heh.

drifting stump Feb 17, 2023, 12:44 AM

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meh autocomplete solves that

red tiger Feb 17, 2023, 12:44 AM

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Uhh hmm

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I never tried doing this explicitly.

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Sanity-check those numbers on renderi

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That'd be my first check.

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Reference those LWJGL static constants too.

drifting stump Feb 17, 2023, 12:45 AM

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the numbers?

red tiger Feb 17, 2023, 12:45 AM

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I know you're doing GL_DEPTH_TEST and what not there.

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Yeah check x and self.x

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y, w, h, rgba

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Make sure they are exactly what you expect.

drifting stump Feb 17, 2023, 12:46 AM

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i know the rect is placed correctly

red tiger Feb 17, 2023, 12:46 AM

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Then check the LWJGL op numbers.

drifting stump Feb 17, 2023, 12:46 AM

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if i call the methods in uielement it works

red tiger Feb 17, 2023, 12:47 AM

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Hmmmm

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I have to go. =( But I really want to see this hack work.

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Make sure that UIElement and UIManager aren't calling anything that might be messing with your instructions too.

drifting stump Feb 17, 2023, 12:48 AM

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thats why i do the disables to make sure it cant run the stuff after

drifting stump Feb 17, 2023, 1:09 AM

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nope cant get it to work

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copy pasted all the calls vanilla does

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:o

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got it

#

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 1:20 AM

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just to make sure, do semi-colons change the kahlua code in any way or are they ignored

drifting stump Feb 17, 2023, 1:20 AM

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glass basalt just to make sure, do semi-colons change the kahlua code in any way or are they ...

syntactic sugar

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 1:20 AM

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hmm ok

thick karma Feb 17, 2023, 1:24 AM

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Unless they are inside of a single line, in which case sometimes they will be necessary* @glass basalt

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At the end of a line, sugar.

drifting stump Feb 17, 2023, 1:33 AM

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i did it

#

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@red tiger aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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now to fix that render time

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i understood what needs to change

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\o/

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in comparison the vanilla function takes 50 to render

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glorious

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2.5x faster

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@sour island behold

sour island Feb 17, 2023, 1:39 AM

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Hm?

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Quicker UI render?

drifting stump Feb 17, 2023, 1:39 AM

#

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this function

sour island Feb 17, 2023, 1:39 AM

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120FPS UI :0

drifting stump Feb 17, 2023, 1:40 AM

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i made it 2.5x faster

sour island Feb 17, 2023, 1:40 AM

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How?

drifting stump Feb 17, 2023, 1:41 AM

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i unlocked the secrets they dont want us to know

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i found i could directly do opengl calls

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function TestUI:drawRectBorderStaticV2(x, y, w, h, a, r, g, b)
    self:setStencilRect(x+1, y+1, w-2, h-2)
    local renderer = SpriteRenderer.instance
    renderer:glStencilFunc(517, 1, 255)

    renderer:renderi(nil, x + self.x, y + self.y, w, h, r, g, b, a, nil)

    self:clearStencilRect()
end

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also reducing the number of java calls is imperative for better performance

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 1:45 AM

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I, uh, broke ISUI

#

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wallpaper, I guess? lol

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 2:03 AM

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are there any vegtables without recepies

drifting stump Feb 17, 2023, 2:04 AM

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sour island 120FPS UI :0

so you get a tangible benchmark
drawing 200 borders each frame with uncapped fps and ui
vanilla function i do 172fps
my version i get 345fps

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and 200 borders isnt that unrealistic considering how many are used throughout the uis

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quite impressive tbh

red tiger Feb 17, 2023, 2:06 AM

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drifting stump and 200 borders isnt that unrealistic considering how many are used throughout t...

Wait.. what

drifting stump Feb 17, 2023, 2:07 AM

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which part is wait what XD

red tiger Feb 17, 2023, 2:07 AM

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You get it working?

drifting stump Feb 17, 2023, 2:07 AM

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aye aye read above

red tiger Feb 17, 2023, 2:07 AM

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I did

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Steam guide when?

drifting stump Feb 17, 2023, 2:08 AM

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lol yeah of course a guide about opengl calls

red tiger Feb 17, 2023, 2:09 AM

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Yeah. It's going to be helpful for people

drifting stump Feb 17, 2023, 2:09 AM

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so many XD

red tiger Feb 17, 2023, 2:09 AM

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I worked with lwjgl for personal work

drifting stump Feb 17, 2023, 2:10 AM

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drifting stump ```lua function TestUI:drawRectBorderStaticV2(x, y, w, h, a, r, g, b) self:s...

whole magic is here

red tiger Feb 17, 2023, 2:10 AM

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On the road

drifting stump Feb 17, 2023, 2:10 AM

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this line did the trick for removing

renderer:glStencilFunc(517, 1, 255)

red tiger Feb 17, 2023, 2:10 AM

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I should join a vc lol

drifting stump Feb 17, 2023, 2:10 AM

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rest is just doing the least amount of java calls i can get away with

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need to test the vanilla function with removed java calls

red tiger Feb 17, 2023, 2:12 AM

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Want me to call you? I'm driving

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You're doing my kind of crazy code solutions now haha

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 2:14 AM

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is this file in the right place

drifting stump Feb 17, 2023, 2:14 AM

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going to sleep soon so not this time

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 2:14 AM

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its in my scripts folder but idk if its the right place

drifting stump Feb 17, 2023, 2:15 AM

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tawdry solar is this file in the right place

should be

red tiger Feb 17, 2023, 2:15 AM

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No problem

drifting stump Feb 17, 2023, 2:15 AM

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interesting removing a bunch of java calls got it from 50 to 26

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 2:17 AM

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drifting stump should be

thanks man

drifting stump Feb 17, 2023, 2:17 AM

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ooooo removing even more got it down to 18

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 2:18 AM

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~~If I want to include double quotes within a string of a translation file, is it still \" ?~~
Yes it is, simple web searches do be working doh

drifting stump Feb 17, 2023, 2:18 AM

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vanilla keeps calling self:getXScroll() and self:getYScroll() over and over each time doing a java call

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if i cache that in a var i get it to 20

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then if i instead save the xscroll and yscroll values in the table when doing a set i dont even need to call the gets in the first place getting it down to 18

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tldr forget the scrolling implementation in java and just do it in lua, always the save to avoid calling java

drifting stump Feb 17, 2023, 2:24 AM

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drifting stump so you get a tangible benchmark drawing 200 borders each frame with uncapped fps...

new version gets me to 404 fps

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 2:27 AM

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drifting stump new version gets me to 404 fps

don't break the sound barrier with that kind of power

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 2:48 AM

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my distributions are differant to the tutorial im on

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:12 AM

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the tutorial might be outdated, if you're doing Distributions and not ProceduralDistribution(s)

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:13 AM

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glass basalt the tutorial might be outdated, if you're doing Distributions and not Procedural...

hm?

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could you please explain

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:14 AM

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there are two different ways the game distributes items

drifting ore Feb 17, 2023, 3:14 AM

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drifting stump ```lua function TestUI:drawRectBorderStaticV2(x, y, w, h, a, r, g, b) self:s...

since im working on a ui i decided to test it lol

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:14 AM

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drifting ore since im working on a ui i decided to test it lol

hey man

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:15 AM

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glass basalt there are two different ways the game distributes items

the default way, where everything is assigned in one big table of tables, is Distributions. To modify this table you have to copy the entire thing to include your new values (not mod-friendly)

drifting ore Feb 17, 2023, 3:15 AM

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i'm not even horribly versed in it but with drawing a larger border and two smaller borders to create fake buttons it's alright haha

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:16 AM

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glass basalt the default way, where everything is assigned in one big table of tables, is Dis...

the newer way, where methods add onto another table by "injecting" new values, not overwriting anything, is ProceduralDistributions

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they do the same thing but the way they are implemented are different. you want ProceduralDistributions, without a doubt

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:16 AM

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my tiny little smooth brain is blown

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:16 AM

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normal Distribution BAD
ProceduralDistribution GOOD

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lol

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:16 AM

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ok

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so how do i do this proc distribution

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i legit want it to spawn in 2 places

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:17 AM

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you need a function that does it. luckily everyone does it the exact same way, so you can just copy it. ill post it here, one sec

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:17 AM

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thanks man

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:18 AM

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    local containerData = ProceduralDistributions.list[containerName]
    if not containerData then
        print("Container does not exist. Are you sure you typed it in correctly?")
        return
    end

    table.insert(containerData.items, itemName);
    table.insert(containerData.items, itemChance);
end

AddLootToType("item name", "container type", numberOfItems)```

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that last line on the bottom is what you need to change.

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:18 AM

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where do i put this

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:18 AM

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This goes into a LUA file in media/lua/server

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:18 AM

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ah cool

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which lua file

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:19 AM

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you make a new one

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example

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:19 AM

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what do i call it

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ah i got that already

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:19 AM

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anything you want, as long as there are no illegal characters but thats easy lol

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:19 AM

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btw you made pocket tvs?

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:19 AM

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people usually follow a convention adding "_Distributions" at the end

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yep lol. Im Panopticon on Steam

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:20 AM

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ah

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well congrats on being front page

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:20 AM

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thank you, its my second time hahah

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:21 AM

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how do i know what the containers are called btw

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:21 AM

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there is a list of them in the game files. ill find it

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:21 AM

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oh thanks man

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:22 AM

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these files are usually in the same place as where you want your custom code to be (the procedural containers being in lua/server/Items)

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:23 AM

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glass basalt these files are usually in the same place as where you want your custom code to ...

im in there

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:23 AM

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It's called 'ProceduralDistributions.lua', in Steam\steamapps\common\ProjectZomboid\media\lua\server\Items

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:23 AM

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which one will it be

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ahh

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alr

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:23 AM

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so like, Antiques, the first one, is the name of a container

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have fun with it

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if you want an exact amount of items to spawn in an exact place, theres a different way

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:24 AM

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thanks man

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so FreezerIceCream is the one i want

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would it be that

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:25 AM

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i believe so

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:25 AM

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thanks man

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:25 AM

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put it in as a string with quotes

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:26 AM

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so ''FreezerIceCream''

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:26 AM

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yep

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:26 AM

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alright

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@glass basalt sorry abt the ping but do i needa change this

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:42 AM

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you're good, idgaf about pings

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yes, change that into an integer, like 1 or 2

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:42 AM

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thanks man

drifting ore Feb 17, 2023, 3:42 AM

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drifting stump new version gets me to 404 fps

keep in mind i'm still super new with UI but was able to use that function to draw all 3 of those lol

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:43 AM

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tawdry solar thanks man

you can also duplicate that last line into more lines, in case you didn't know. I'm not sure how much experience you have with programming lol

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:43 AM

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drifting ore keep in mind i'm still super new with UI but was able to use that function to dr...

is that the lightswitch mod?

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:43 AM

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glass basalt you can also duplicate that last line into more lines, in case you didn't know. ...

nada

drifting ore Feb 17, 2023, 3:43 AM

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yes

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:43 AM

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no experiance

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:43 AM

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drifting ore yes

deos it work with mp

drifting ore Feb 17, 2023, 3:43 AM

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yes

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:43 AM

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alr thanks

drifting ore Feb 17, 2023, 3:43 AM

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none of this is in it

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:43 AM

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drifting ore keep in mind i'm still super new with UI but was able to use that function to dr...

wait, did you essentially make a UI window from scratch?

drifting ore Feb 17, 2023, 3:43 AM

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i will be releasing an addon mod with that as the requirement

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yes i did

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those arent buttons

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:43 AM

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wowza

drifting ore Feb 17, 2023, 3:44 AM

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they are drawn rectangles

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im just using their location reference for the location of the label inside

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:44 AM

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there is that UI library in the mod resources, but idk how many people really use it

drifting ore Feb 17, 2023, 3:44 AM

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this is my render function atm

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:44 AM

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nice and simple, cool stuff

drifting ore Feb 17, 2023, 3:44 AM

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function ISLightPowerControl:render()
    ISPanel.render(self)

    -- Set up the background color and border color of the panel
    self.backgroundColor = {r=0, g=0, b=0, a=0.5}
    self.borderColor = {r=1, g=1, b=1, a=0.5}

    -- Call the function to draw the border
    self:drawRectBorderStaticV2(0, 0, self.width, self.height, 0.8, 255, 249, 0)

    -- Calculate new dimensions for the child elements
    local newWidth = self.width - 40
    local newHeight = self.height - 85
    local newSliderWidth = newWidth - 20

    -- Create a label for the slider
    self.sliderLabel = ISLabel:new(self.width / 2, 10, 20, "Light Strength", 252, 244, 0, 1, UIFont.NewMedium, true)
    self.sliderLabel.center = true
    self:addChild(self.sliderLabel)

    -- Create the slider
    self.slider = ISSliderPanel:new(30, self.sliderLabel:getBottom() + 10, newSliderWidth, 10, nil, nil)
    self.slider:setValues(3, 30, 1, 0)
    self:addChild(self.slider)

    -- Draw the "Apply" button
    local buttonWidth, buttonHeight = 60, 30
    local applyButtonX = self.slider:getRight() - 5 - buttonWidth
    local applyButtonY = self.slider:getBottom() + 20
    self:drawRectBorderStaticV2(applyButtonX, applyButtonY, buttonWidth, buttonHeight, 0.8, 255, 249, 0)
    local applyLabel = ISLabel:new(applyButtonX + buttonWidth / 2, applyButtonY + buttonHeight / 2 - 5, 5, "Apply", 252, 244, 0, 1, UIFont.NewSmall, true)
    applyLabel.center = true
    self:addChild(applyLabel)

    -- Draw the "Close" button
    local closeButtonX = self.slider:getX() + 5
    local closeButtonY = self.slider:getBottom() + 20
    self:drawRectBorderStaticV2(closeButtonX, closeButtonY, buttonWidth, buttonHeight, 0.8, 255, 249, 0)
    local closeLabel = ISLabel:new(closeButtonX + buttonWidth / 2, closeButtonY + buttonHeight / 2 - 5, 5, "Close", 252, 244, 0, 1, UIFont.NewSmall, true)
    closeLabel.center = true
    self:addChild(closeLabel)
end

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this draws that

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:45 AM

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🧐 👍

drifting ore Feb 17, 2023, 3:45 AM

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that function though is what browser wrote not me

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just wanted to test it since im trying to learn 😄

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:46 AM

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i mean, you're essentially just drawing on the screen

drifting ore Feb 17, 2023, 3:46 AM

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function ISLightPowerControl:drawRectBorderStaticV2(x, y, w, h, a, r, g, b)
    self:setStencilRect(x+1, y+2, w-3, h-3)
    local renderer = SpriteRenderer.instance
    renderer:glStencilFunc(516, 1, 255)

    renderer:renderi(nil, x + self.x, y + self.y, w, h, r, g, b, a, nil)

    self:clearStencilRect()
end
``` is what he wrote earlier

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yes

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i altered it a little for me

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i like the buttons to have the shadow kind of look

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i guess in this case more embossed

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either way it's pretty neat that he figured that out

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:47 AM

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can somone help me detirmine if this code is right

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:47 AM

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maybe we'll get to see a PZ UI overhaul soon? crazy UI fps lol

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:48 AM

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tawdry solar can somone help me detirmine if this code is right

you need brackets to close module

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:48 AM

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glass basalt you need brackets to close module

ah

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:48 AM

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and an import to Base

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:48 AM

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how od i do that

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:48 AM

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like

import
{
???? Base (i forgot lol)
}```

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:48 AM

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huh

#

?

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:48 AM

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tawdry solar how od i do that

{
      your stuff
}```

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:49 AM

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like that

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:49 AM

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you need the { } brackets

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:49 AM

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its ther?

#

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:50 AM

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that is for item

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module needs {} and item needs {}

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it is called ~~encapsulation~~ not really but you are containing code into blocks

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:50 AM

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like that

#

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:51 AM

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like

module MM_roundmeal
{
    item roundMeal
    {
    your stuff
    }
}

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:52 AM

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eh?

drifting ore Feb 17, 2023, 3:52 AM

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module outside of brackets

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completely

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item inside first set

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im desciribing what you are doing

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:52 AM

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now im confused

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:52 AM

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im sorry man its like 4am

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:52 AM

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lol k

drifting ore Feb 17, 2023, 3:52 AM

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he's just not getting it lol

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:52 AM

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i cannot understand

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:53 AM

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glass basalt like ``` module MM_roundmeal { item roundMeal { your stuff } } `...

just copy this into your file

drifting ore Feb 17, 2023, 3:53 AM

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oih wait im dumb

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:53 AM

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replace your stuff with the item stuff

drifting ore Feb 17, 2023, 3:53 AM

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you have it right i think lol mybad man

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i should not switch my thought process

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:54 AM

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i need to look at a txt file now lol

drifting ore Feb 17, 2023, 3:54 AM

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i am

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i didn't pick the best example lol

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myb 🙂 haha lets remove those

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dont let me make you look bad

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:54 AM

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Here is an example from the game files

module Radio
{
    imports
        {
             Base,
        }

    item WalkieTalkie1
    {
        DisplayCategory = Communications,
        Type            = Radio,
        Icon            = WalkieTalkieBudget,
        Weight              = 1.0,

        DisplayName        = Toys-R-Mine Walkie Talkie,
        
        UseDelta        = 0.007, 
        UseWhileEquipped    = FALSE,
        DisappearOnUse        = FALSE,
        TwoWay            = TRUE,
        TransmitRange        = 750,
        MicRange        = 5,
        BaseVolumeRange        = 8,
        IsPortable        = TRUE,
        IsTelevision        = FALSE,
        MinChannel        = 75000,
        MaxChannel        = 150000,
        UsesBattery        = TRUE,
        IsHighTier        = FALSE,
        WorldObjectSprite    = appliances_com_01_16,
        Tooltip = Tooltip_item_Radio,
        StaticModel = WalkieTalkieToy,
        AttachmentType = Walkie,
    }
}

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:55 AM

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glass basalt just copy this into your file

like this?

drifting ore Feb 17, 2023, 3:55 AM

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look above

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:55 AM

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yeah

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:55 AM

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they need to be on different lines, like

{
     {
     }
}

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:55 AM

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i get it

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:55 AM

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always start with { and end with }

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like a russian nesting doll

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:56 AM

#

like?

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:56 AM

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almost, change the first line to be on the third

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and switch it from } to {

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:56 AM

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i switched it

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:56 AM

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and the last line, separate the brackets onto two lines

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}
}

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:56 AM

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like this?

#

istg

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:57 AM

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it hasn't changed I think

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:57 AM

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its showing the same image

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:57 AM

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ahhhh i see

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:57 AM

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i have changed it

#

#

there

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:57 AM

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yep, put a { after module

#

module yourModuleName
{

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:57 AM

#

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:58 AM

#

and now remove that first line

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:58 AM

#

first line?

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:58 AM

#

the first {

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:58 AM

#

like that

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:58 AM

#

yep

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:58 AM

#

so thats it?

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:58 AM

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last part, you need to import Base because that is what defines an "item" in the game

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 3:59 AM

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what does that mean

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:59 AM

#

module MM_roundMeal
{
    imports
        {
             Base,
        }

drifting ore Feb 17, 2023, 3:59 AM

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i dont think thats fully true

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:59 AM

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you need to chain the different things together

drifting ore Feb 17, 2023, 3:59 AM

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if you dont import you have to use Base.

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 3:59 AM

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drifting ore i dont think thats fully true

not quite but it's easy

drifting ore Feb 17, 2023, 3:59 AM

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if you do, you dont have to prefix

#

same with other mods

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:00 AM

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hmm alright

drifting ore Feb 17, 2023, 4:00 AM

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if you dont want to prefix you import their module

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it says it in the script guide 😄

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:00 AM

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like that

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:00 AM

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yeah

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:00 AM

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so i have done the code

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:00 AM

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i believe so

drifting ore Feb 17, 2023, 4:01 AM

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skulker is the true mvp

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that was a true step by step

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:01 AM

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yeah

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thanks man

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:01 AM

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rubberducking it to victory

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:01 AM

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that helps alot

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:01 AM

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np

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:01 AM

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as ive said to nippy once already i cant look at a wall of text and learn

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i dont see it ingame

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like in mods tab

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:11 AM

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where do you have the folder

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:11 AM

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c/users/myuser/zomboid/mods

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i think i double foldered it

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:11 AM

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do it in Workshop instead of mods

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:11 AM

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oh

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:12 AM

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mods works too but i imagine you want to upload it, right

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:12 AM

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yeah

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just testing

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:13 AM

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so, Zomboid\Workshop\YourModName\Contents\mods\YourModName\the files

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:13 AM

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still aint showing

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i have it in there

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:14 AM

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in the first "YourModName" folder you want workshop.txt, a preview.png, and the Contents folder

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for the game to see it correctly

tame mulch Feb 17, 2023, 4:14 AM

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Maybe mod name in mod.info different?

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:14 AM

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maybe

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:14 AM

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tame mulch Maybe mod name in mod.info different?

oooh

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them 2 both

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:15 AM

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glass basalt in the first "YourModName" folder you want workshop.txt, a preview.png, and the ...

what size is the preview.png

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:15 AM

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it has to be exactly 256x256 pixels

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because steam

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:16 AM

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tahnks

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:16 AM

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but in the second folder of YourModName, the preview can be whatever you want, as long as its a PNG

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ModTemplate has placeholders if you don't want to make pictures

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:18 AM

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does that work

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still isnt showing

tame mulch Feb 17, 2023, 4:21 AM

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Can you send screen of mod.info file?

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:21 AM

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tame mulch Feb 17, 2023, 4:22 AM

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Try find by id in mod menu

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:22 AM

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no

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still doesnt work

tame mulch Feb 17, 2023, 4:23 AM

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Can you send path to your mod.info file?

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:24 AM

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tame mulch Feb 17, 2023, 4:24 AM

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Not correct

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:24 AM

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huh?

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how so

tame mulch Feb 17, 2023, 4:24 AM

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One sec

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Need like this:

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:26 AM

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oh

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ms

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msh

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ms

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i cant speel

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smh

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it still wont show

tame mulch Feb 17, 2023, 4:31 AM

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Send your path to mod.info now

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:31 AM

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tame mulch Feb 17, 2023, 4:31 AM

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You forgot mods folder

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check again my screenshot

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:32 AM

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yeah uhh sorry

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its 4 am

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and im tierd

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im half awake

tame mulch Feb 17, 2023, 4:32 AM

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Same feel. 9 AM, no sleep night)

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:33 AM

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ok

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its still noy showing

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:37 AM

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@tawdry solar in "Contents", you need a folder called "mods"

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:37 AM

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i put it there

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:37 AM

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in the folder "mods", you put [mm]ROUNDMEAL

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:37 AM

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we just talked abt that

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oh

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i fucked up

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i put mods in the other folder

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:38 AM

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yeah its the order of the files lol

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:38 AM

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glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:38 AM

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other way around :)

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:38 AM

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yeah

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just noticed

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omfg

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its still no

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no

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not

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:40 AM

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did you restart the game?

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:40 AM

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yeah

tame mulch Feb 17, 2023, 4:40 AM

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And send your path to mod.info now 🙂

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:40 AM

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wait

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i cant remember where to put the rest

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:41 AM

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https://tenor.com/view/were-waiting-angry-mad-gif-4318766

Tenor

We're Waiting

▶ Play video

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which folder is that

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:42 AM

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mods

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tame mulch Feb 17, 2023, 4:42 AM

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what in ROUNDMEAL folder?

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:42 AM

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drag "workshop.txt" and "preview.png" into [mm]ROUNDMEAL in 'Workshop"

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:42 AM

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tame mulch what in ROUNDMEAL folder?

wait

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there us nothing?

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:43 AM

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you need "media", "roundmealposter.png" and "mod.info" in second pmm]ROUNDMEAL folder

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:43 AM

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like this?

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:44 AM

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@tame mulch sorry to bug you, but what happened with Project Humanoid? I heard the file was in the discord server many months ago

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:44 AM

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tawdry solar like this?

YES!

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:44 AM

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project what??

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:44 AM

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glass basalt YES!

thanks man

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:44 AM

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project humanoid, its an npc mod

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:44 AM

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like the survivors series

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:44 AM

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yep

tame mulch Feb 17, 2023, 4:45 AM

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glass basalt <@460779707797995521> sorry to bug you, but what happened with Project Humanoid?...

I stopped developing the mod.

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:45 AM

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YES

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IT WORKS

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:45 AM

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https://tenor.com/view/celebration-will-smith-price-de-bel-air-danser-bouger-gif-12344509

Tenor

Celebration

▶ Play video

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:45 AM

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tame mulch I stopped developing the mod.

I see :(

tame mulch Feb 17, 2023, 4:46 AM

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tawdry solar IT WORKS

Now go sleep spiffo

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:48 AM

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tame mulch Now go sleep <:spiffo:232169419617337345>

na

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needa work out model sizes

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and bug fixes

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:48 AM

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9 times out of 10 you will do better if you sleep on it

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life hacks

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:48 AM

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the icon

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and the model do not work

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glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:49 AM

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that is the next step for tomorrow

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we will be here spiffo

tame mulch Feb 17, 2023, 4:49 AM

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Icon file name starts like Item_***.png?

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:49 AM

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tame mulch Icon file name starts like Item_***.png?

oooh

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im not even tired

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:49 AM

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example

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:50 AM

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like that

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is it same for models

tame mulch Feb 17, 2023, 4:50 AM

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Anyway you use item

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:51 AM

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tawdry solar

yes, and make sure the text after "item_" is the exact same as the icon you are calling in the item

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:51 AM

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tawdry solar is it same for models

no, for models you do them differently

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:51 AM

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do i change code ?

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:51 AM

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glass basalt no, for models you do them differently

oh how

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:51 AM

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i will show you

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:51 AM

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ty

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:51 AM

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example

module Base
{
    model CASIOTV10_Ground
    {
        mesh = model_CASIOTV10,
        texture = texture_CASIOTV10,
        scale = 0.004,
    }
}

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this is for custom models

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:52 AM

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huh

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where does this go

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:52 AM

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if you have a model from PZ then you simply call that

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in the same folder as the items.txt

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:52 AM

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glass basalt in the same folder as the items.txt

the what

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oh

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this

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:52 AM

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yes

tame mulch Feb 17, 2023, 4:52 AM

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You do original mod or modification for other mod?

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:52 AM

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do i need new file

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:52 AM

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yes

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:53 AM

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tame mulch You do original mod or modification for other mod?

from scratch

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:53 AM

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glass basalt yes

what will it be called

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:53 AM

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anything, does not matter

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:54 AM

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do i put scale as what it is in blender

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:54 AM

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not quite

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but you can try

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:54 AM

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alr

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:54 AM

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my scale is very small, but that is because of issues 🤣

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:54 AM

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why does it say _ground

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:54 AM

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that is just naming convention, it can be whatever you want

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i wanted different names for everything

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:55 AM

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do i have to put texture_ and model_

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_

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i mean

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:55 AM

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you need texture and model yeah

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:55 AM

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do i put _ before the texture and model naems

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:55 AM

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no, the names are up to you

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mesh can be skdbfbsdf

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texture can be sjndfgkjlskldjfg

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:56 AM

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like texture_mode-name

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:56 AM

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but they have to match the name of the file

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:56 AM

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tawdry solar like texture_mode-name

ah, yes

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:56 AM

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alr

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:56 AM

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i think, i don't remember

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i remembered, it doesn't matter, but its good practice

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:56 AM

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is it new folder for texutres

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:56 AM

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same folder as icon

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media\textures\yourfiles

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:57 AM

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btw what if my model has texture already

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:57 AM

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you need to extract it from blender

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as a PNG

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:57 AM

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i made this

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i have seperate file for texture

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as i made it in software

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:58 AM

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is it PNG?

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:58 AM

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yes

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:58 AM

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put that file into media\textures

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:59 AM

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how do i see scale in blender i forgot

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:59 AM

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idr, under transform?

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 4:59 AM

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transform?

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 4:59 AM

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you will probably have to edit it later anyways

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 5:00 AM

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yeah ik

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 5:00 AM

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set scale as 1.0 for now

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 5:00 AM

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like that

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 5:00 AM

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yep, now just change the name of the model and the module

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the module should be the same as your item

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 5:01 AM

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like so?

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 5:02 AM

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like

module mm_Roundmeal
{
    model ROUNDMEAL
    {

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 5:02 AM

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so its correct

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oooh

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 5:03 AM

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as long as "module" is there, you're good

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 5:03 AM

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so it should work

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 5:03 AM

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did you change it?

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 5:03 AM

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yes

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 5:04 AM

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okay, now go to round_meal.txt and change "WorldStaticModel" to be the name of the model

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as in

WorldStaticModel = ModelName

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 5:04 AM

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eh

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 5:05 AM

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glass basalt okay, now go to round_meal.txt and change "WorldStaticModel" to be the name of t...

thats not a file

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glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 5:05 AM

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i mean the round-meal file with your item

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 5:05 AM

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like so

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 5:06 AM

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yep!

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 5:06 AM

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ty

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 5:06 AM

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is the module "MM_roundmeal" in roundmeal-model.txt?

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they have to be the same

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 5:06 AM

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yep

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 5:06 AM

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ok good

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 5:08 AM

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well the model isnt showing

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the texture is howevre

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 5:08 AM

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show it

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 5:08 AM

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glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 5:08 AM

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ok, so that means the model is incorrect somewhere

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open up round-meal and roundmeal-model

tame mulch Feb 17, 2023, 5:09 AM

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Can you send model script again?

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 5:09 AM

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tame mulch Feb 17, 2023, 5:09 AM

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tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 5:09 AM

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i forgot to save

tame mulch Feb 17, 2023, 5:09 AM

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Different

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 5:09 AM

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wait no

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 5:09 AM

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you need to change "CASIOTV10_Ground" into "ROUNDMEAL"

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 5:09 AM

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ahh

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 5:09 AM

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that is the name of my item 😂

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 5:10 AM

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like so?

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still wont work

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 5:13 AM

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yep, and make WorldStaticModel = "model_ROUNDMEAL"

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right now it is "ROUNDMEAL"

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 5:13 AM

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glass basalt yep, and make WorldStaticModel = "model_ROUNDMEAL"

already is

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 5:13 AM

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hmm

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make a new save, that might be the issue

tame mulch Feb 17, 2023, 5:13 AM

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And send again screenshot of both files

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 5:14 AM

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glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 5:14 AM

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module names are different, it is case-sensitive

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has to be exactly "MM_roundmeal"

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for both

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 5:15 AM

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ah

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still not

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should i try new save

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 5:18 AM

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still an icon?

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yes

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items do not update automatically, you usually want to start fresh

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 5:22 AM

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fml

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still no

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i dont think it spawns in world either

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yeah doesnt spawn

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been to like 5 gas staitons

glass basalt Feb 17, 2023, 5:25 AM

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did you make the spawn rate abundant?

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 5:25 AM

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yes

tame mulch Feb 17, 2023, 5:25 AM

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Did you do spawn tables?

tawdry solar Feb 17, 2023, 5:25 AM

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tame mulch Did you do spawn tables?

yeah

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skulker walked me through it

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i can send them