mod_development

[lyric turtle]

You need a bit of oversaturation and a very VERY slight VHS filter on that, as if it were a commercial

That would be GOLDEN.

[fading horizon]

just wait till y'all see the steam workshop image

its amazing

i'm not gonna spoil it

[lyric turtle]

God

I can't wait

[fading horizon]

but i spent too much time on it

[brittle lodge]

Does anyone have a good tutorial for applying bones to outfits?

[fading horizon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkmQNZzf2TQ

[brittle lodge]

😐

[lyric turtle]

Long live Jobel

[fading horizon]

i suck so bad with regex

how do i use string.match on '('

local vapeFlavor = string.match('GnomeBar (Cool Mint)', '\(')

does not work

which i thought would be the escape sequence

[glass basalt]

do you want everything past (?

[fading horizon]

between ()

trying to get flavor name

[glass basalt]

alr gimme one min

[glass basalt]

https://regex101.com/r/ZZyysK/1

awesome site for regex btw

[fading horizon]

i got it

local vapeFlavor = string.match('GnomeBar (Cool Mint)', '%((.+)%)')

[glass basalt]

does this look like an APC

if I gave you this for comparison

[fading horizon]

i feel like the dip in nthe middle is a little too low hanging

or maybe it needs to be wider

[glass basalt]

yeah p restricted with image size

[atomic zinc]

that looks like a space invader

but yeah like an APC too

[glass basalt]

gonna adjust it a bit

normal vehicle (my ref) and APC icons
made the APC a pixel lower and less fat

[atomic zinc]

what if you remove the one I squared in black

[glass basalt]

eh, has less detail

I have the lower pixels as "suspension"

top pixels are for the turret-ish outcrop

[rancid panther]

how many pixels is this

[glass basalt]

18x18

trait icons

[atomic zinc]

looks like batman

car icons always look funny when viewed from the front 😄

[glass basalt]

the dimensions are a little funky, im going to instead try tracing over my source image

[atomic zinc]

I think your first image with the "turret" top removed is pretty good though

[lyric turtle]

Is there a horizontal one as well?

Would be fairly easier to do and use that one

[glass basalt]

if you're referring to my icons, I have no clue what you're referring to 😂
these are facing front

traced over my source image

[lyric turtle]

Yeah, I'm asking for that specifically

Is there already a horizontal one?

[glass basalt]

you mean the side view? no, but I am already using these front-facing icons. I'll show my folder

[lyric turtle]

I mean, you took the worst approach for a pixelated icon

[glass basalt]

🤷‍♂️ I am a programmer

these trait icons are insignificant anyway, just making them unique for my own pizzazz

[lyric turtle]

Ah, okay; can there be semi transparent pixels?

It'd help with overall shape

[glass basalt]

yes, but I find them a pain

[lyric turtle]

Fair

[rancid panther]

would you go with this

[lyric turtle]

[glass basalt]

lol that def looks like a space invader

[rancid panther]

[fading horizon]

should i have the whole item name be colored or just the flavor name?

[glass basalt]

I'm okay with my latest version. I just want to move onto other patches I need to make

[glass basalt]

whole name is cleaner. keep it like that

[shut oar]

For a food script item, how can I make it so that food can never rot?

[lyric turtle]

Oooooooh that's a cute addition

[glass basalt]

food items have a field for that

as in you define how long until it rots, and set it to nil or 0, idr

[shut oar]

okay thank youu

[glass basalt]

    item MeatPatty
    {
        DisplayCategory = Food,
        HungerChange    = -40,
        Weight            = 0.3,
        Type            = Food,
        IsCookable        = TRUE,
        DangerousUncooked = TRUE,
        DaysTotallyRotten = 4,
        MinutesToBurn    = 70,
        DisplayName        = Meat Patty,
        Icon            = MeatPatty,
        DaysFresh        = 2,
        MinutesToCook    = 50,
        EvolvedRecipe     = Stew:15;Pie:15;Burger:10;Taco:10|Cooked;Burrito:10,
        FoodType        = Meat,
        Carbohydrates     = 0,
        Proteins         = 46,
        Lipids             = 30,
        Calories         = 380,
        BadInMicrowave    = true,
        GoodHot            = true,
        BadCold            = true,
        WorldStaticModel = MeatPatty,
    }

DaysTotallyRotten is the field. if it can be set to nil, idk

unless you are not touching lua, in which case directly edit the file and remove that line

[lyric turtle]

About this, is there anything about how long does it stay good frozen?

Because I remember food going stale and rotten even while being frozen

[glass basalt]

that might be determined outside of the items themselves

Ice cream is special, i'd look at that

[fading horizon]

idk having just the flavor colored might look better

[lyric turtle]

AAAAA they're so cool

[glass basalt]

hehe
thank you but it looks v wide

[glass basalt]

in that case I'd remove the parentheses. maybe it'll look cleaner?

[rancid panther]

i see

[glass basalt]

item Icecream
    {
        DisplayName = Ice Cream,
        DisplayCategory = Food,
        Type = Food,
        Weight = 0.2,
        Icon = Icecream,
        Packaged = TRUE,
        ReplaceOnRotten = IcecreamMelted,
        DaysFresh = 1,
        DaysTotallyRotten = 1,
        HungerChange = -30,
        UnhappyChange = -10,
        Calories = 1680,
        Carbohydrates = 180,
        Lipids = 84,
        Proteins = 26,
        WorldStaticModel = IceCream,
        Tags = GoodFrozen,
    }

It's Tags = GoodFrozen

[lyric turtle]

So rotting is delayed by freezing efficiency as a factor

That's interesting

[glass basalt]

yeah and whatever GoodFrozen is, it effectively puts the rotten timer on hold

but ice cream immediately melts when it becomes unfrozen, because the frozen factor is multiplied to the rotting rate, so to speak

not frozen, meaning rot time of 1 day is instant

I think

[rancid panther]

here's my last attempt

[lyric turtle]

Choncc

[glass basalt]

i actually like this one

[fading horizon]

i think yyoure right

[rancid panther]

i added one pixel height to the last design since i was confident in the shape

[fading horizon]

now i just have to figure out how to get the current usedDelta on inventoryItem instead of Item

or some way to display the uses remaining bar

[rancid panther]

even if you dont go with it, using grey will help create the illusion of diagonals and roundness

[glass basalt]

you'd have to scan ItemContainers whenever you find them maybe

[fading horizon]

or i just say its immersion that you can't see how much is remaining

lol

[glass basalt]

I can't find any GNOME products that look like those pods, but I found these...

(I don't vape)

[fading horizon]

gnome bars don't exist

its just to get around the copyright

[glass basalt]

ahhhhhhh lol

[fading horizon]

i modeled it after those ones

[glass basalt]

brands don't gaf when it comes to mods

you're not making money so who cares

[fading horizon]

i like being a little creative idk

makes it more fun

[glass basalt]

understandable

[rancid panther]

[old crescent]

where does runtime located?

[glass basalt]

uh, the whole runtime?

its located in the Zulu Architecture Process 😂

[old crescent]

hahaha

[shut oar]

is there any way to store dynamic info in an InventoryItem? like storing my own value in the item to mutate when necessary

[glass basalt]

modData

[old crescent]

script

[glass basalt]

thats a table for everything imaginable, meant to store other stuff

[rancid panther]

what is the name of the sound file for the power shutoff?

[shut oar]

thank you

[glass basalt]

there's a sound like that?

[rancid panther]

it sounds like a big power surge

[glass basalt]

i have never heard that in any games I've played

[old crescent]

this script.. where can I find this

[rancid panther]

it's like a deep loud noise that sounds like everything is losing power at once

it only plays when the power goes out

[glass basalt]

yeah ik what you mean, I just don't think it actually plays. the water and electricity simply stop working, no sound or anything

[lyric turtle]

Someone slipped it in #pz_b42_chat

Before

So uh, lemme dig some up

[glass basalt]

no idea honestly, I would look in the functions that play once the player dies

[old crescent]

did you try locating in the sound bank >?

[old crescent]

actually I find the ISPostDeathUI. but I cant find that specific script

[glass basalt]

@rancid panther
this sound?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cv-eigCASk

[lyric turtle]

#pz_b42_chat message

[glass basalt]

I have no clue how I've never encountered that sound

[rancid panther]

https://youtu.be/nZyIgwBQ9uQ

[lyric turtle]

You can't hear the water one, but the electricity one you can when indoors

[glass basalt]

so, since it's SFX called in a function, I don't think its in a soundbank, unless there's a very specific reason

[shut oar]

how can I send a little message notification to a player, like how a tv or radio works, but only to that player?

[lyric turtle]

That'd be a server thing

[glass basalt]

player:Say()
works client-side

[rancid panther]

im just wondering cuz doing getWorld():setHydroPowerOn(true/false) doesnt get the sound to play, but using getSandboxOptions():set("ElecShutModifier", getSandboxOptions():randomElectricityShut(0)) does

[shut oar]

Only client side, or server side too?

[glass basalt]

only client-side, if you want server-side then you need to work with the chat functions

[rancid panther]

setHydroPowerOn seems good for disabling the power without messing with the electricity shutoff sandbox setting, but it doesnt play the sound

[shut oar]

the addLineChatElement(*) functions?

[glass basalt]

it does water & electricity?

[lyric turtle]

From what I can tell (and I don't know absolute shit about coding), playing the sound only happens "once", because randomElectricityShut(0)) triggers setHydroPowerOn(False), and not viceversa

[glass basalt]

no clue honestly, I haven't looked at that, sorry

[shut oar]

oh okay, all good, thank you

[lyric turtle]

So take it with a gram of salt, I'm only using brain power and zero knowledge to say that

[rancid panther]

i kno but i am trying to see if i can get the shutoff event to happen without changing the sandbox option

[fading horizon]

Should i try to make a bar for the uses remaining or should I just have a numeric percentage

Or does anyone know if there's an easy way to make those bars?

[glass basalt]

bar would be nicer tbh

[rancid panther]

the more vanilla-looking it is the better

it looks really offputting when a mod adds something that looks different from how it would look if it were vanilla

especially when it comes to ui

[fading horizon]

does my ui look okay so far then

[rancid panther]

yea it does

[glass basalt]

yea

[lyric turtle]

I swear if you make it so I can clip it on my belt I'll love you for the rest of my life

[fading horizon]

ill figure this out

[glass basalt]

its in the item scripts, attachment points

[lyric turtle]

Oh my god

[rancid panther]

maybe make it compatible with noir's attachments so you can put it in a bottle slot

[lyric turtle]

🥹

[fading horizon]

i really am putting off learning how to properly do item distributions

[old crescent]

Im trying to add a respawn time after death.. I already done it, but the problem is the text of the button doesnt count down

[fading horizon]

that's really the only thing left

[glass basalt]

item distros are ezzz

[fading horizon]

i wish itemzed worked on my pc

[glass basalt]

AttachmentType    = Walkie,

attaches to belt.

[old crescent]

anybody knows how to disable the button ?

[glass basalt]

have you tried setEnable>

[fading horizon]

just added the attachment

ill test it out

now we need a gnomebar plushie for the plushie slot

[glass basalt]

ill check if the attachment type is universal or not, i took it from a radio item

[old crescent]

like this button

just disable it not remove

[glass basalt]

button2:setEnable(false)

[old crescent]

ok.. Ill try

[glass basalt]

or self, idk

[fading horizon]

it works!

akimbo vapes

[glass basalt]

nice

[rancid panther]

you've gone mad with power

have it attach to the holster slot lol

[fading horizon]

make it a throwable

[lyric turtle]

AAAAAA

I love it

I love it so much

Empty throwable vapes

[glass basalt]

and then mae be like: never releases because item distributions

[lyric turtle]

Chuck the fucking thing for a chuckle

[rancid panther]

then the mod will have so many features ppl complain that their friend attached vapes to every slot on their backpack and is throwing them around like a madman

[fading horizon]

[lyric turtle]

How's that bad

If anything I'd laugh my ass off because they found so many vapes

[old crescent]

doesnt work

[glass basalt]

what is self

[old crescent]

drainable ?

[fading horizon]

yea

[glass basalt]

#1072112420908175421 message

[old crescent]

ithnink by using self .. it doesnt specify that specific button

[fading horizon]

wow

[glass basalt]

do you have the file where the death screen has its functions

[fading horizon]

today i learned discord had threads

[old crescent]

yes

[fading horizon]

i didn't even know all these resources were here

fuck

[glass basalt]

the fact that you got so far without them is pretty phenomenal

[old crescent]

*duck

[glass basalt]

also have #1070852229654917180 and #1070858800501891172 , most important ones

courtesy of Glytch3r

[rancid panther]

maybe i should toss my ideas in that ideas corner and cast aside all responsibility

[glass basalt]

always an option 😏
i only have one or two ideas that I have no idea on how to implement
the rest are in my to-do

oh shit it is well past midnight

I need to get up tomorrow

gn lol

[rancid panther]

gn

[neon phoenix]

is there any event which tracks item uses?

[rancid panther]

what kinda item uses

[neon phoenix]

for example drinking

i saw lua event but it doesnt work

[brittle lodge]

Are there any good tutorials on adding full body outfits? having issues with mine

[shut oar]

Can I make it so when a food item is eaten it does not get destroyed/consumed?

[fading horizon]

you could change the timed action to where it gets the item being eaten

then when it hits the perform section (when the action ends), it re-adds that item to the inventory

[shut oar]

yeah i was thinking something like that, but theres no built-in way to do that?

[lyric turtle]

What are you trying to do?

[shut oar]

I'm trying to make a dabpen to add to the MoreSmokes mod

[lyric turtle]

Wh-
What is a dabpen?

Aren't you pretty much trying to do the vape thing this absolute chad just made in a different package?

[shut oar]

essentially yes, seemed like a fun idea but its not a carbon copy because you would have to convert MoreSmokes cannabis into oil first then fill the dabpen (weed pen, cannabis pen, etc) it, then you can smoke it and get the effects from MoreSmokes

[fading horizon]

i'm still laughing at the microwave function

you better have that in yyyours

[rancid panther]

how can i check if the world power is on? i know i can turn it on/off using getWorld():setHydroPowerOn(true/false) but can i check if the value is true/false?

[fast galleon]

getHydroPowerOn?

[rancid panther]

i think i tried that already. i'll try again

[fast galleon]

isHydroPowerOn then

[rancid panther]

that's right, thanks!

[shut oar]

oh?

[fading horizon]

if you microwave it, it explodes

[lyric turtle]

"Hello, is your isHydroPowerOn working correctly?"

[shut oar]

well thats neat

[lyric turtle]

So its the refined idea behind the GnomeBars, refilling the og GnomeBar with the flavour for then it be empty ready to refill, yes?

But I do get the jist of the idea and how is it not "carbon copy"

[shut oar]

uh sure? I don't see how this is relevant though

[lyric turtle]

So far I've only seen one specific "way", if I could call it that, and has to do with how you can choose to eat a consumable a quarter or half way instead of fully

One mod specifically has gone their way to add the "3/4s" for all the options possible

If not replacing the item each time it is consumed for a lower quality of the same item

Do check what autodrink does with bottles

That might have some insight

[shut oar]

alright I will, thank you

[fading horizon]

I think i'm happy with the tooltip now

ignore the random crash

[lyric turtle]

lol

[drifting ore]

This is me to myself when trying to find out how to mod

[shut oar]

Bottles are Drainables rather than Food, which makes sense maybe I could implement my items like that

[fading horizon]

it works! Literally just have to do item distribution and version 1 is DONE

[drifting ore]

@fading horizon would you be willing to help me on my mod?

[fading horizon]

not right now i'm finally done for the night

but ping me tomorrow

[drifting ore]

Kk

[fading horizon]

or today i guess since its 3am

lol

[drifting ore]

Jaja

[old crescent]

anybody knows how to disable this button without removing it.

[rancid panther]

EveryHours is supposed to run every :00 hour right?

i am using it but it is doing every ten minutes

or do i need to restart the save for it to change? i already reloaded the file

looks like that worked

okay i got the basic features of a temporary blackout to work

[twilit rune]

Day 2. Steam Workshop Survivor diary. Adding gifs to desc with the help of imgur.

[thorny pollen]

maybe try this https://i.imgur.com/kfiMB77.gif

[drifting ore]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2955282161

[twilit rune]

Thx

[rancid panther]

basic structure of the blackout is made

i need to learn how to store the vanilla sandbox setting since my mod will be overwriting it every time there is a blackout
and how to make a queue to check if there is an upcoming blackout so it doesnt reschedule it as it is about to happen

(better to schedule a blackout the next day so it uses the vanilla blackout time randomizer, methinks. but it seems to always pick a time close to noon. i'll have to do more testing with that)

lmk if anyone sees a way to do those things i havent figured out yet

[warm vessel]

Hey, I'm making a food can mod, but I can't open it with a can opener, any ideas on how to fix this?

It uses practically the same stats as "Canned Peaches" but not able to open it

[lyric turtle]

There must be a tag you must be missing, read carefully all the tags Dog Food has

(I say Dog Food as I remember it being the case to be only openable with a can opener, could be any other can)

[warm vessel]

Exact same as peaches, I'm thinking it might be a recipe thing?

[lyric turtle]

Could be, yes

Most can-opener interactions have to do with a crafting recipe

[warm vessel]

Ahhh

Ok

That explains why then, thanks.

Another question, for the 3D models that on the ground, how do I go about changing that? The tutorial I watched only shows how to get the inventory icons working, but not the models themselves.

[rancid panther]

try reading #modeling

they probably have pinned resources too

[warm vessel]

I'll take a look at that, thanks.

I'd imagine I just have to make a copy of the texture that get's put on the 3D model and edit it, but where to place it or find it is beyond me lmao

[old crescent]

need help in this.. anybody knows how to disable this button without removing it.

[rancid panther]

your next best option is to remove and replace the button with a placeholder that doesn't do anything

[old crescent]

hmm .. im planning on adding a timer that enable the button when time the runs out .. i already did the timer function..

button:setEnable(false)
button.Enable(false)

doesnt work\

[rancid panther]

even better idea: add an invisible unclickable window over the button

that disappears when the time is up

[drifting ore]

Joy can you colab on a mod with me?

[rancid panther]

i do not plan on collabing on any mods as i have no expertise

[thorny pollen]

is it not meant to be button2?

[rancid panther]

if u collab with me on a mod i guarantee it will not work

[drifting ore]

Is there anyone you know who would colab?

[old crescent]

its just a variable

[old crescent]

what type of mod ?

[thorny pollen]

yeah but does it not refer to the button it created

[drifting ore]

A knife sharpening mod

[drifting ore]

Dm me

[rancid panther]

join Glytch3r's orbit modding server and see if there is anyone who can collab with you there

[old crescent]

no.. you can change it to "ThisButton", after all its just a variable

[drifting ore]

Yo hattori

[drifting ore]

Can you send me the inv? I can’t find it

[thorny pollen]

can I see the full file?

[old crescent]

Its in ISPostDeathUI.lua

found it thanks ..

[cunning kestrel]

Hi not sure if its documented but,
How can I add to a repair script ? it just gets overridden depending on the filename/load order....

[thorny pollen]

I might have something

[sour island]

You could drop a check for enable in the function the button calls

Also, I'm pretty sure I've set enable to false on a button to make it disabled before 🤔

[thorny pollen]

It's setEnabled not setEnable

but you can still click the button even though It's hidden from the screen

[sour island]

You're calling self.button2:setEnabled() ?

You can click it I believe but it shouldn't register the action

[thorny pollen]

I just tried it it sent me back to the menu even though the button was hidden

[sour island]

Hidden being faded?

Or invisible?

[thorny pollen]

invisible

[sour island]

SetEnabled shouldn't be making it invisible

[frosty falcon]

like this?

[sour island]

Yes enabled false fades it

[frosty falcon]

unclickable, but idk what trying to achieve

[thorny pollen]

trying to do this

[sour island]

Someone wants to prevent respawning for a duration

[frosty falcon]

I just used setEnable

is the timer not able to recall it after a certain time to true?

[sour island]

He tried but I guess he's not calling on the instance

He can just prescribe a timestamp to a global list with steamIDs for keys

Overwrite the UIs render or some similar event - and toss setEnabled if current time is less than the stamp

But I think his issue is getting the actual button

[frosty falcon]

can't you just do it on the client side without all that?

with lua checksum on it shouldn't be a problem right?

[old crescent]

that one

[sour island]

The global list can be client side

I only mention it being global to avoid issues with creating a new character

[sour island]

Chances are your new character will take over as the IsoPlayer

[frosty falcon]

I mean is there any point to a list when you can just use client side lua to lock the button for x time

[old crescent]

thats my syntax haha

[sour island]

Relogs?

[frosty falcon]

true depends how long the timer is, they can quit to desktop and rejoin

that'll take at least 30 sec?

list would indeed be the better idea there

[old crescent]

Im trying to make a Respawn Time .. the client will abel to click the respawn or new character after a period of time \

[frosty falcon]

but wouldn't you have to prevent them joining/spawning

guess thats easy enough with server side code

[old crescent]

can you help me with it ?

[rancid panther]

if their modlist is different from the server modlist it will take even longer

[frosty falcon]

nope I don't know any lua, sorry

just experience from other languages

[old crescent]

how did you do it

the unclickable button thing

[frosty falcon]

just call the button and setEnable(false)

[rancid panther]

remove player from whitelist and then add them back once the time is up

[old crescent]

like this

[frosty falcon]

I did it in the games lua code directly, where the button is drawn so its easy

you won't want to do that tho

[old crescent]

thats a lot of work on my server .. i have a bunch of clients on my server

[frosty falcon]

you need the button from ISPostDeathUI I believe

[old crescent]

oh ok

[sour island]

He can overwrite the buttons parent's render()

[rancid panther]

i still think having a button overwrite is way better than changing the current button

[sour island]

For sure

[rancid panther]

put an invisible unclickable window on top of it

[old crescent]

I did that

[sour island]

Replacing the button isn't overwriting it lol

You have to call on a function as a local variable

[old crescent]

that the original code I just add some functions

[frosty falcon]

an unclickable window over the top sounds like the worst way to do it, no more unnecessary elements when you can just overwrite the code

[rancid panther]

you know like how journalists and stockphotos do it? they make it hard for u to right click their images

u have to inspect element to delete the invisible window that is on top of the image

not that that's what i do

[frosty falcon]

you need to call setEnable(false)

thats it

[old crescent]

can anyone do it ?

[frosty falcon]

but you need to reference the original button object and overwrite it with a timer

[sour island]

local funStored = something.func

function something.func()
   funStored(self)
end

On phone, so forgive any typos

[frosty falcon]

and the list

for proper respawning by time

[rancid panther]

my bad, this was under the assumption that they really arent able to do it, but they clearly are.

[frank elbow]

I remember when you initially asked I looked at ISPostDeathUI. All of the buttons are stored as fields, so you should be able to easily access it without overwriting the entire file

[frosty falcon]

yea theres a function to just disable it

[sour island]

SetEnabled works

You don't need a blocker

There's a few types of elements that enabling doesn't work on which would need a blocker if you want that type of effect

[old crescent]

button:setEnabled(false)??

[sour island]

Yes

[old crescent]

Ill try it

[sour island]

But you need to make sure you're calling on the button

[old crescent]

hmm I have question

[sour island]

UI are pseudo classes - and players usually have an instance to them

[old crescent]

does anyone know the function of this context

[sour island]

That's java side I believe

[old crescent]

oh ok2 ..

[sour island]

Don't take my word for it though -- I'd confirm but can't as I'm at work

Which I need to get to 😅

🏃‍♂️

[old crescent]

I need help on something .. hmmm I how can the text of the button be responsive to a timer.??

[rancid panther]

add the timer as part of the text

[warm vessel]

Heya, trying to put my modded item into loot distributions, but I'm getting an error and not seeing it spawning.
Here's my code.

require 'Items/ProceduralDistributions'

table.insert(ProceduralDistributions["List"]["CrateCannedFood"].items, "Base.Surströmming");
table.insert(ProceduralDistributions["List"]["CrateCannedFood"].items, 6);
table.insert(ProceduralDistributions["List"]["GigamartCannedFood"].items, "Base.Surströmming");
table.insert(ProceduralDistributions["List"]["GigamartCannedFood"].items, 6);
table.insert(ProceduralDistributions["List"]["GroceryStorageCrate1"].items, "Base.Surströmming");
table.insert(ProceduralDistributions["List"]["GroceryStorageCrate1"].items, 0.5);
table.insert(ProceduralDistributions["List"]["KitchenCannedFood"].items, "Base.Surströmming");
table.insert(ProceduralDistributions["List"]["KitchenCannedFood"].items, 100);

(Just started making mods, I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing lmao)

[rancid panther]

( .. "seconds until respawn") or smth

[old crescent]

remove Base.

[warm vessel]

Alright; the tutorial I was watching was to have it there, but can do

[frank elbow]

What does the error say?

[warm vessel]

Not sure, it pops up right as I start a 'game' and disappears almost instantly

[old crescent]

just try removing "Base."

[old crescent]

its in the console

[frank elbow]

If you check console.txt you should be able to see it. I'm unsure off the top of my head where the file is located, unfortunately

Potentially your user folder/Zomboid

[warm vessel]

Yeah I can't find anything there, unless you're talking about the numbers, in that case "640" and "360"

[rancid panther]

is there a way to store data for the world the same way u can store data on players or objects?

[frank elbow]

Did you search for "error" in it?

[old crescent]

thats the line inside the file

[frank elbow]

Global mod data?

[rancid panther]

i see

how is that written

[warm vessel]

console.txt shows "no errors" as far as I can tell

[frank elbow]

local data = ModData.getOrCreate('youruniquemoddatakey')

data is a table

[old crescent]

it works, but just hidden

[old crescent]

theres an error in it

Im positive about it

[rancid panther]

i see. i am familiar with how moddata works on players somewhat, but wasnt sure how to write it in regards to the world

thanks

[frank elbow]

There's probably a guide on it somewhere, it works via events & manually transmitting it

[warm vessel]

If so I can't see it / too dumb to spot it

[old crescent]

send me the console

[rancid panther]

i'll look around tomorrow or something when i actually am working on it

[frank elbow]

Have you confirmed that all of your table key accesses are correct? They would be case sensitive; List ≠ list

[old crescent]

delete that file .. and run the game .. after the error close the game.. cgheck consoe

[rancid panther]

me? i havent started on it yet. i only made a todo list to add these things

[frank elbow]

I meant doomsday, discord decided not to reply

[rancid panther]

ah

i can use global moddata to store something like if i have a blackout queued right?

[frank elbow]

Yeah. If it's something only the server has to worry about, you won't need to transmit it

[warm vessel]

Um no idea, as I said, I'm following a tutorial so. I'm clueless

[warm vessel]

.

[frank elbow]

Okay, you should open the Lua files in the game directory and look at the distribution code

[rancid panther]

something like, if there is a blackout already queued, then my mod wont schedule another one the next day

[warm vessel]

can do

You're correct, it's "list" and not "List"
Time to see if it helps :D

[frank elbow]

Sounds like something you'd handle server-side in a multiplayer context, no?

[rancid panther]

yea

it would have to be something that occurs on the server

[drifting ore]

I need help Agustting spawn rates

[rancid panther]

my blackout code is in /shared rn cuz i wasnt able to use the functions im familiar with in /server. do they act differently? or does it just mean i did something wrong with the server folder?

[frank elbow]

You should still be able to use functions in Lua files in the server folder. I wouldn't rely too hard on the folder structure anyhow—explicit checks are better

[rancid panther]

i see i see

[frank elbow]

Some functions don't work when run by the server (and vice-versa for the client) but usually it's simple to guess that that'd be the case from context

[frank elbow]

More detail?

[warm vessel]

So the error seems to have disappeared, but it's still not spawning surprisingly

[drifting ore]

Can anyone help me with a mod in making, I’m having trouble adjusting spawn rates

[frank elbow]

Have you confirmed that you're able to spawn the item at all? A good way to do this is to use the item list in debug mode to manually add the item

Or the "additem" command

[warm vessel]

Yes, I've verified that it works (opening it, 2d icon, 3d model etc)

[frank elbow]

And you've gone to a new area so it has the opportunity to spawn?

[frank elbow]

By more detail I meant what exactly are you having trouble with

[warm vessel]

I've created a new game so that'd count no?

[frank elbow]

That should, yeah

I'm not too sure why it wouldn't spawn. I haven't messed with item distribution myself too much

[warm vessel]

I just want my can of food to spawn D:

[drifting ore]

The spawn rates are fucked they are spawning in every single last container

[frank elbow]

Seems you two have opposite problems

[warm vessel]

[frank elbow]

What's your code for item distribution? Seems odd that it'd spawn that much

[drifting ore]

I’m a script kitty

I found a item spawning script

[frank elbow]

I think the term you're looking for is script kiddie, although script kitty is adorable

[drifting ore]

Yeah that

[frank elbow]

I don't think anyone can help that much unless you send the code

I also think it's worthwhile to try to understand any code you use

[drifting ore]

I’m not home currently

I’ll send some in a bit

[warm vessel]

So I've checked the console for when my mod loads and there's no errors or anything

[frank elbow]

My only guess is that it could be having trouble with the ö, but I doubt that. Could be that something is missing that I'm not seeing

[warm vessel]

WARN : General     , 1680267043586> ItemPickerJava.ExtractContainersFromLua> ignoring invalid ItemPicker item type "Surstr mming"

I think you're correct

[frank elbow]

Oh 😄

[warm vessel]

💻

It works :D

Thanks a lot @frank elbow @old crescent

[cunning kestrel]

How can I add to fixer script without it getting overridden depending on the filename/load order.... ?

[fast galleon]

Events.EveryTenMinutes.Add(function() if z ~= x then z = x end end)

the loading wars

[frank lintel]

laughgs and says If I'm a dog, then you're dog food... then realized they have it in PZ Hmm wonder if they got a Luke Valentine zombie lurking about somewhere...

[open drum]

hey hey guys

need a help here

im keep producing a nil result..

so I have a recipe which has this code

    {
        
         Apple,
        
        Result: Apple,
        RemoveResultItem: False,
        NeedToBeLearn:False,
        Sound:PutItemInBag,
        Time:3.0,
        OnCreate:OpenmagZ_OnCreate,
        Category:WURO_recipe, /*레시피 창에 나오는 이름*/
        
    }

and after onCreate

function OpenmagZ_OnCreate(result)

    chk = result
    print (chk)
    --local tex = item.getTex()
    --print(tex)
    
    name = result.getName()
    print(name)






end```

and when I try to get name for print(name)

it produces error with nil

i thought the result would just pass right into result variable..

[fast galleon]

result should be the 2nd arg, first is an array of source items

[open drum]

is that onCreate specific?

[fast galleon]

would be nice if the print result was't cropped out

[open drum]

hmm?

the error page u mean?

[sour island]

You have to use : on exposed method calls

.get name() won't work

[open drum]

i tried both

and still shows up the nil

[drifting ore]

How would I make it so the higher a skill is the higher the chance or repair success is, if it fails it damages it instead of doing nothing. I also want the repair to be locked behind a skill wall.

[open drum]

sorry for it being white

[lyric turtle]

Check vehicle engine repair, higher level gets you to use less parts; for failing check replacing windshield or exhaust, failing damages the component

[drifting ore]

Wdym

I’m incredibly new btw

[lyric turtle]

By check I mean take a look at those specific interactions for ideas on how to code what you want to code

[sour island]

Well someone also said the args are wrong

[drifting ore]

Oh I see

Thx

[drifting ore]

Where would I see that code?

[open drum]

ah true

[sour island]

Try (items, result, player)

Which I think is the arguments

[tardy wren]

Well, it is me again. I need to have a Client send something to the Server

As in, I need to make sure that while the client starts someyhing, it's executed fully on the server's side of things for the results

[lyric turtle]

Nnno clue, I just know the interactions you are describing and where they come from. lol

[drifting ore]

Oh jaja

[open drum]

is this parameters or contructors

where can I find them?

is it oncreate() specific? or just in general for any function?

[drifting ore]

How do I make it so a crafting recipe has a chance to fail and damage the item

[open drum]

u will have to put the code

after OnCreate

code a function

[drifting ore]

Idk what that is

I want the it to have a chance to fail

And not be created

It’s a knife sharpening mod

[open drum]

what i would do is

do a RemoveItem:True

the OnCreate: failcheck_OnCreate

[fast galleon]

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Scripts_guide/Recipe_Script_Guide#OnCreate

[open drum]

then in lua client

code RandZombie ( #,#)

[drifting ore]

I want it to have a chance based on skill level to fail

[open drum]

then after Oncreate

do a player skill level check

then based on the skil level

alter their chance

[drifting ore]

How do I implement percentages? And what’s the code for skill check

[open drum]

i would use ZombRand method

ROLL = ZombRandBetween(0,10);

that rolls number from 0 to 10

and gives a random number

[drifting ore]

And for a skill level it would be a smaller number pool?

[open drum]

yea u can getplayer() then use a method that would check player's skill level

then do a if check

[sleek holly]

Question, since the java docs don't really tell you what anything DOES beyond the method name: SandboxOptions methods, should I use sendToServer() or applySettings() to dynamically change the sandbox options?

[open drum]

if the player has certain level of skill, u will increase the chance

if the player has low level of skill, u reduce the chance

[drifting ore]

How do I set it so a certain number is a fail or succces and how do I tie that into the recipe

[open drum]

actually it's more simpler thant hat

local Z = SandboxVars.Wuro.LocZ

using SandboxVars. "option name". "variable name"

u can automatically call the int, boolean, text

from the sandbox file

[sleek holly]

To read yes, but to write in memory?

[open drum]

ah,

[tardy wren]

sendToServer I've seen is the function

I'm messing with it too, and my current issue is to make that function be called ftom the server itself?

[sleek holly]

Haha, same... I'm like, "Should this be in shared, or server?"

[open drum]

but if you are playing MP

u have option to change it

[sleek holly]

Which, yes, for MP

[open drum]

ah u want to do it in sp?

[sleek holly]

No, I want the server to consider some of the variables when it's time to rally or respawn zombies.

And those values can change over time

[open drum]

ah.. i see

[open drum]

do you know how to use conditionals?

[sleek holly]

Kind of like the random rally settings mod, but MP compatible, and extended out more.

[open drum]

like IF statements

if a number comes out to be 0 or 5

then u can let the program to consider them as fail

[sleek holly]

Thank you, will try this whenever I can actually get home to test it.

[open drum]

then under Else, a success

not sure if that helped

[open drum]

ty

[tardy wren]

Is this a decent way of making my code run when the player spawns in the server and only then?

local Daikon =  Daikon or {
    SandboxOptionsSyncing = {

    }
}

Daikon.SandboxOptionsSyncing.TellServerItNeedsToUpdate = function()
    if isClient() then -- Check if it's running in MP or SP (Returns true in MP and false in SP)
        sendClientCommand("SandboxOptionsSyncing", "SyncTheSettings", {});
    end
    Events.OnPlayerUpdate.Remove(Daikon.SandboxOptionsSyncing.TellServerItNeedsToUpdate)
end

Events.OnPlayerUpdate.Add(Daikon.SandboxOptionsSyncing.TellServerItNeedsToUpdate)
return Daikon ---> REMEMBER THIS NEEDS TO BE AT THE END OF THE FILE

[sour island]

It might be explained in the javaDoc but for me personally I looked through the java

You can also called them arg1, arg2, arg3 and then print them to check

[open drum]

ah good idea 🙂

[red tiger]

Hoping to get work done this weekend on the VSCode extension.

Work comes first.

[open drum]

anyone knows what is the best function to use to get all the players in the server? to get their playerIndex

[red tiger]

getOnlinePlayers()

[open drum]

fighting

[open drum]

do i have to iterate it?

[red tiger]

It's an ArrayList

[open drum]

ah

and if i want to select each players in the list

to get thier zombie kills

ill have to iterate then right?

[red tiger]

 /**
       * @noSelf
       *
       * Method Parameters: 
       *  - (Empty): java.util.ArrayList<zombie.characters.IsoPlayer>
       */
      static getOnlinePlayers(): java.util.ArrayList<zombie.characters.IsoPlayer>;

Yeah.

You grab something from the list, either:

1. You know the index and grab the player from that index or
2. You iterate through each player and figure it out.

[open drum]

i see

let's try it..

[red tiger]

Also: It's a zero-based index

Keep this in mind when iterating.

[open drum]

it starts from 0 right?

[red tiger]

.

[drifting ore]

I kinda know how to use python conditionals is that similar?

[open drum]

yes

[drifting ore]

Can you be so kind to make a list of the stuff I need to do to this idea mod work?

Dm if you can

[open drum]

1. make a recipe with onCreate: to call a function that would roll a repair chance
2. in client.lua folder create an onCreate function that would do
3. create a variable that saves player's skill level (example: axe )
   3-1: roll a random numbers that would b used as chance percentage (1-100 for example)
   3-2: create an if statement and choose a range that would b considered as repair Success
   3-3: else it would b fail --> destroy item

[regal fiber]

Can someone help me or send me a guide on how I can create an occupations mod?
I wanna do some Marine Corps occupations.

[open drum]

https://github.com/MrBounty/PZ-Mod---Doc/blob/main/How to make a custom trait.md

[regal fiber]

thanks

[open drum]

oh wait.. that's a trait

not a occupation

XD

[regal fiber]

I need a one for traits too so np

[open drum]

https://theindiestone.com/forums/b.)%20Creating%20the%20profession

[regal fiber]

its says 404 server not found

[drifting ore]

Can I set the condtion of the weapon the recipe will spit out?

[open drum]

https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/61-robomats-modding-tutorials-updated-12112013/

[regal fiber]

thanks have a good one

[drifting ore]

@open drum yo

[polar thicket]

Is there a chance that modding custom power sources will be easier once the new updated power system rolls out? (which appears to finally add a proper wiring system where each generator is treated properly rather than the weird way it is now?)

[fast galleon]

one can hope

[torn igloo]

how do you check the game is MP or SP?

[sour island]

If either isClient or isServer true then it's an MP game

[cunning kestrel]

help ?

[torn igloo]

SP runs both isClient and isServer....

Anyway, searched the discord history, is...

getWorld():getGameMode() ~= "Multiplayer"

[sour island]

I'm pretty sure SP returns false for both

GameMode has issues when changing modes as you keep the old mode upon entering the MainMenu

So starting up a server then going back to the MainMenu will still return "Multiplayer"

Not really an issue in most cases I imagine.

[jaunty marten]

#mod_development message

[torn igloo]

thanks

[polar thicket]

Me and a friend of mine where working on a windturbine mod (got pretty far into it) but we stopped looking into it hoping the new power system rework update will simplify some aspects. Like how we should deal with someone making multiple turbines. Hopefully this means generators actually has a limited Wattage output system as well unlike the strange system we have now where you need to make a lot of custom code to make multiple generators see eachother in the same system and where the entire power system is like confined within one generator and normally unsharable...

[slender crown]

I was working on a mod that made it so building zombies would spawn in as soon as the chunk would spawn in. But I'm having trouble hooking an event to when cells are loaded. It seems like the OnPostMapLoad event isn't firing in the first place, or so I think; The "cell loaded!" print is not firing off. Should I be using another event in this case? I've tried making the script a Server, Client, and Shared, so I think I've covered my bases. (The script cannot be on the client anyhow because the roomSpotted method only works on the server)

local function DucksBZSF_CellLoaded(cell,x,y)
    
    print("cell loaded!")
    local rooms = cell:getRoomList() -- Returns an ArrayList
    for index=0, rooms:size()-1, 1 do
        local room = rooms:get(index)
        print("room loaded!")
        VirtualZombieManager:roomSpotted(room)
    end
end

Events.OnPostMapLoad.Add(DucksBZSF_CellLoaded)```

(P.S. I made a forum post and then immediately saw that they never get any responses so I just copy pasted my question here :P)

[bronze yoke]

i'm not sure why it's not calling at all, but i don't think onpostmapload (or cells in general) is meant to do what you think it does

the cell stores the entire current loaded area, it's not related to the cells they use in mapping so this is only called once, when the player is first loading in

if you want to catch new areas loading, painfully the only option is Events.LoadGridsquare

[fast galleon]

Join the wait for v42 and the ChunkLoaded event

[slender crown]

this makes much more sense, thankyou

I'll just check for rooms that are loaded in ever so often instead of checking every grid square that's loaded in lol

[fast galleon]

I use the OnSeeNewRoom in one mod, it's rather efficient. You can use that and check all other rooms too when it triggers or is that took late?

[slender crown]

OnSeeNewRoom is when the room spotting is fired so it wouldn't change much

it's fired when you can see into the room and are in like... 16 tiles or so? i can't remember the exact range

[bronze yoke]

yeah, it really wouldn't change much LOL

[slender crown]

but the point is to fire zombie building spawning wayyy before that so that making noise actually drags em out

[fast galleon]

I mean when that happens, also check the rest of the area.

[bronze yoke]

it looks like it's when the room can first be seen inside?

[red tiger]

(Scratches Head)

Well for all the back-and-forth on deciding whether the inventory stuff should be server-side for the past several years, I hope this iteration of server-authority is better.

[bronze yoke]

i'll be honest that this code is a little too dense for me to go through quickly but that seems to be how it works

[slender crown]

i'm basing a lot of my knowledge from this video and from my skimming of the code it seems to line up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOQaZ0PflZs

but the gist is: zombies that spawn inside buildings don't spawn until you can see into the building via a window/door, and if you're within a certain tile radius

[bronze yoke]

if you loop through the room list every ten minutes or so it should be sufficient

[slender crown]

aye, that was gonna be my plan

[tidal crystal]

I managed to make my hat visible!!

granted it is about 100 times too big and sideways - but progress!!!!

[red tiger]

I'm also a little upset as to how vague the discussion surrounding upgrading recipes has been.

I want to know more about how ZedScript is changing for 42.

=/

[fast galleon]

what was wrong last time?

[red tiger]

I think that the format needs heavy revision and they're not up for that If I were to put my bets on it.

[red tiger]

That's what I'm asking.

It went client-auth for some reason that I'll likely not find out.

[slender crown]

@bronze yoke would you happen to know how to grab that room list? i know the method is attached to IsoCell but what would be the best way of getting the cell? would there be multiple cells I'd need to go through?

[red tiger]

Whether TIS revises ZedScript for B42 is not going to affect my plans to write a whole new format that compiles to ZedScript. =)

[fast galleon]

getCell()

[frank elbow]

Alternate universe where an existing format with a detailed spec was used for scripts: world peace

[bronze yoke]

you can use getCell(), or cache it from OnPostMapLoad

[slender crown]

aye, thanks

[red tiger]

Hopefully my extension gets us closer to world peace.

lol

We can realistically make our own scripting specifications that can compile to PZ's format.

Mine is in its 4th week or so of planning.

[slender crown]

@bronze yoke @fast galleon Thanks for the help - got it working:

[slender crown]

For reference, this is what happens when you approach the prison normally:

[tawdry solar]

i forgot where the distributions are

[fading horizon]

Good afternoon everyone

[wet sandal]

UI go brrrr

[reef karma]

Mod looking sick dude! Do we have a shorter eta than announced on the mod page or still the same ?

[wet sandal]

Still the same

The core grid is a tad scuffed ever since I added item stacking

Haven't even tried to fix it yet since it's still serviceable

[fading horizon]

Awesome progress. Great job

[wet sandal]

I'm working through my to-do list, but it's big because I have invested so much time at this point I need this to launch bug free

Also need to add (sandbox option to disable) searching containers

Sound

[reef karma]

searching counters in all equipped inventories ?

[wet sandal]

Not the equipped, new ones you find in the world

[reef karma]

wait.. is that where that search arrow comes from that i pushed by accident?

it is from this mod ?

xD

[wet sandal]

Nah

Nothing search related has been done yet

[reef karma]

where the f is it coming from okay then lol, looking forward to it

[wet sandal]

Thanks and same lol
I haven't played Zomboids is so long lol, just been running around in debug mode for months

[fading horizon]

Notloc you seem to have a good understanding of how the ui works.

Do you know of an easy easy to create the "remaining uses" condition bar on drainables

I made a custom context menu but have no idea how to add the progress bar

[reef karma]

I have been trying to play around with mods a little now. got 2 going for now and a couple of ideas. not able to do them yet though because I just don't know how lol.
All my friends that play on the server are very happy with the mod 😄

[wet sandal]

I inject a progress bar for mask condition in Susceptible, feel free to steal whatever you need from that

[fading horizon]

You're the best, thank you!

[wet sandal]

I'm out right now, not at a computer, can't link directly

There's one for the popup UI, but also one injected into the inventory itself

[stable ether]

Hey, anyone have an issue with crop stop growing in a MP server. Like it stalls at 0 hours to next growing phase. I have checked the code and it works on another MP server and it was working on this server and then just stopped.

[humble oriole]

When using a drainable item in a recipe, I've seen it done PropaneTorch;2, what is the :2 represent? Is it a % of the amount?

[stable ether]

the =2 or ;2 is the amount of units of the use delta used up. so like if an item has 10 units, that uses 2 of the 10

[humble oriole]

that's what I thought, but didn't want to restart my game 4-5 times to test it

[west bramble]

Hello I wanted to do some back end work with the servers on Zomboid, what language is it written in?

[reef karma]

👀

[fading horizon]

i figured it out lol

[reef karma]

lol glad you did, i will probably use some bits and pieces of your mod when you release it if that is ok with you?
I need to understand how to spawn new items in with custom textures and what not

And you actually comment your code so i can learn lol

[fading horizon]

where should I make them spawn

just gas stations and zombies?

or should i add it to other just general spawn tables too

idk how rare i want them to be

[fading horizon]

of course!

[cunning canyon]

Any idea what item:setCustomName does? I'm assuming it's related to customized items like annotated maps or something, but I'm not sure exactly what changing the flag does.

[fading horizon]

it's a bool

its whether the name is a custom name or not

its not how you set a custom name

[reef karma]

strip malls, electronics stores, gas stations, maybe some schools (you know kids vape).
I would do more locations with lower chance of spawning if that makes sense

[fading horizon]

that's a great list

thank you

[reef karma]

i would personally do houses (bed dressers etc) as well but that is up to you. you gotta play with the drop table to make sure that they can all spawn in those locations but spread out the drop rates between them.
And np, the least i can do. i will be able to help with coding once i get the hang of it too lol

[cunning canyon]

Lmao that I understand

But when I set a name, it doesn’t seem to matter if I set the flag or not

[fading horizon]

oh i see

[cunning canyon]

It still shows my custom name even if that is false

[fading horizon]

sorry i just remembered seeing that the other day

[cunning canyon]

Lmao no worries

Maybe it’s a networked thing?

[drifting ore]

How do I make my mod item spawn?

[rancid panther]

first test if your item works so far in debug mode

[drifting ore]

Rn it’s just a txt file

Idk how to make it a mod

[fading horizon]

@drifting orehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6tZujOPnDw

[rancid panther]

what parameters do i need if im creating and setting global mod data at the start of a game?

[bronze yoke]

wdym?

[fading horizon]

finally about to test item distributions

if i can get this right i should be releasing it tonight

[rancid panther]

ModData.getOrCreate("blackoutqueue")
i want to use this to store data on whether or not a blackout is already queued for the next day, through a boolean.
so the blackout qualifier would look something like this if getGameTime():getNightsSurvived() < blackoutoverride and ModData.getOrCreate("blackoutqueued") == false then

[wet sandal]

ModData.getOrCreate

getOrCreate

What is this black magic!?

[rancid panther]

yea i know that part im wondering what the function is to store that information to use

[bronze yoke]

it returns a table

[rancid panther]

i cant just put it in there without creating it at the start of the world can i?

when i made the immunity mod i used playerIndex to store data on the players so it can be used everywhere else

but i dont know what parameters or function i would need when making it for the world itself

[bronze yoke]

it returns a table, so like

local modData = ModData.getOrCreate("string key")
modData.foo = "bar"

[rancid panther]

do i need a specific function and event to make it at the start of a new world?

[bronze yoke]

OnInitGlobalModData is the earliest you can use it, it happens pretty early so most normal events are fine to use

[rancid panther]

and for the function itself, do i need specific parameters?

[bronze yoke]

no

it's called getOrCreate for a reason

[rancid panther]

i see

[bronze yoke]

there's stuff like ModData.create, ModData.get, etc, but you usually won't really need anything but getOrCreate

[rancid panther]

i see

thanks!

[drifting ore]

Mod I made isn’t showing in zomboid, I moved it to my mods folder

[rancid panther]

go to ProjectZomboid/media and format your mod folders the same way according to which folders you used

since you are using scripts, your folders would be something like ModName/media/scripts/script.txt

and follow the examplemod folder for the icon and info

[drifting ore]

Still very confused

[fading horizon]

y'all

the vape mod is ready

i just have to make the steam page and upload it

i got the item distributions right i'm pretty sure

[drifting ore]

Maumento pls help

[fading horizon]

i can't rn i'm going to get some dinner to celebrate

[drifting ore]

Lmao

[fading horizon]

C:\Users\USERNAME\Zomboid\Workshop

or

C:\Users\USERNAME\Zomboid\mods

that's where it should go

C:\Users\USERNAME\Zomboid\mods\Clove Cigarettes\media\scripts\CloveCigarettes.txt

that's an example of where your item definition script should go

then you see if you can spawn the item with either cheat menu or debug mode

This is how an item definition file looks

{
imports
    {
        Base
    }

item CloveCigarettes
    {
        DisplayCategory               =   Junk,
        Count                         =    12,
        HungerChange                  =    0,
        StressChange                  =    -3,
        UnhappyChange                 =     -3,
        Weight                        =    0.001,
        RequireInHandOrInventory      =    Matches/Lighter,
        Type                          =    Food,
        DisplayName                   =    Clove cigarettes,
        Icon                          =    cloves,
        Tooltip                       =     Get lung cancer in the edgiest way,
        CustomContextMenu             =   Smoke,
        CantBeFrozen                  =   TRUE,
        OnEat                         =   OnEat_Cigarettes,
        StaticModel                   =   clove,
        EatType                       =   Cigarettes,
        WorldStaticModel              =   clove_ground,            

        
    }```

another example

@drifting orehope that helps somewhat

should be the basics to at least let you spawn some type of item

your Icon file is stored in media\textures and needs item_ in front of the filename. So for example my clove cigarette texture icon is
C:\Users\USERNAME\Zomboid\mods\Clove Cigarettes\media\textures\item_cloves.png

[drifting ore]

Is it ui_trait_name.png or is it trait_name.png

For the ui

Images

[reef karma]

you deserve it! dont forget to post it here

[rancid panther]

it works!

i needed to make a local function and use the isNewGame parameter

[fading horizon]

tying to decide whether to post it tonight or tomorrow

since its kinda late

[rancid panther]

and i was misunderstanding how to add dif types of data

[reef karma]

it is early somewhere else in the world xD, but yea.
maybe tomorrow morning. but we are all waiting here 🥹

[rancid panther]

so now my mod can store the original shutoff date secretly

flaw: if the server owner decides to manually change the permanent shutoff day, it might become an issue

[drifting ore]

I still don’t understand how to make the mod show up

[fading horizon]

Show up where

Show up what

[rancid panther]

in your mod list?

[fading horizon]

What I just listed will get an item that is spawn able on game

[drifting ore]

Yes

[rancid panther]

make sure you change the mod.info file to have a unique mod name

take a screenshot of your mod folder and the contents within it please

[thorny pollen]

are you putting it here? C:\Users\yourname\Zomboid\mods

[drifting ore]

K one sec

Is the ui images 16x16 or 18x18

@rancid panther

[thorny pollen]

18x18

[drifting ore]

Thank you

[thorny pollen]

well can be either

some are 16x16

is this for traits

[thorny pollen]

look in here C:\Steam\steamapps\common\ProjectZomboid\media\ui

[drifting ore]

Does it have to be called “mod.info

[fading horizon]

Poster is 256x256 right

[thorny pollen]

can be any size I believe

default is 870x1080

[rancid panther]

hmmmm

would it be better to make the blackout event have a chance for every hour instead of every day and scheduling it the next day?

it seems that scheduling the blackout a day ahead usually makes it happen between 7 am and 12 pm

aka the least threatening time for a blackout to happen

here is how it looks now

i think i will change it to everyhour and just make the chance lower

[thorny pollen]

so what exactly is modData

[drifting ore]

I hate this shit so much

Not showing still

[bronze yoke]

mod data is persistent storage for mods

[drifting ore]

Wut

[thorny pollen]

is it just like a variable

[bronze yoke]

they're tables that let you store variables between game sessions

[thorny pollen]

tables are just arrays but for lua right?

[bronze yoke]

yeah

[rancid panther]

i used it to save information that i need to pull from or change so it is consistent with each other

im actually removing the blackout queue thing cuz im changing it to blackout chance every hour, but i was using it so it wouldnt schedule a blackout on a day that one is already scheduled

felt like changing it since it kept scheduling them at midday when it was conveniently bright outside

[thorny pollen]

how would I get the length of this?

I have no idea how to do it in lua

would you do something with a for loop and add to a variable?

[bronze yoke]

:size()

[thorny pollen]

https://tenor.com/view/shocked-what-stoned-high-black-gif-26335103

no shot

thanks for this information

[thorny pollen]

do you want to just send us the files and we can try?

[rancid panther]

if i change what frequency events are being added and reload the file, it still uses the old frequency (EveryDays vs EveryHours) is there a way to make it use the new event besides reloading the world?

[drifting ore]

I can dm you the file

I don’t want my idea stolen

[thorny pollen]

np

[rancid panther]

you dont need to copy folders that you are not using

[bronze yoke]

when you reload your file it just executes it again like it's a new file, it doesn't do anything to 'undo' the old version of the file

[bronze yoke]

so things you add to events won't be removed

[rancid panther]

ah

[bronze yoke]

same with anything you do in the global namespace

[rancid panther]

so i just gotta reload the world

[bronze yoke]

yeah

[rancid panther]

okay thanks

that's all i needed to know

[thorny pollen]

I think we have the problem

[drifting ore]

I dmed

[drifting ore]

Wut

Wuts wrong

With it

[thorny pollen]

it needs to be .info

no spaces

[rancid panther]

classic chess blunder

[drifting ore]

Oh my goodness

[thorny pollen]

https://tenor.com/view/esqueleto-gif-24452082

[drifting ore]

i suc

[rancid panther]

lol, my blackout mod made a blackout happen with perfect timing for a random scream event

[shut oar]

for the Recipe OnCreate callback what are the arguments passed to it?

[rancid panther]

damn, even with 50% chance of blackout recovery, it made a blackout take an hour and a half to recover from (9 failed attempts)

this is why you dont gamble, kids

[bronze yoke]

.2% chance...

[rancid panther]

i think i will replace blackoutqueue with blackoutcooldown

[thorny pollen]

can you show code snippet

[bronze yoke]

ArrayList<InventoryItem> items, InventoryItem result, IsoPlayer player

[thorny pollen]

is this on javadoc

[bronze yoke]

no

[thorny pollen]

where did you get it from

[bronze yoke]

myself

[thorny pollen]

so do you just have to remember it?

[bronze yoke]

pretty much

[thorny pollen]

I see thanks

[rancid panther]

should i chill with the print statements in my mods for things like checks and cooldowns?

[bronze yoke]

i remove my print statements before release

[rancid panther]

i see

[bronze yoke]

if i'm feeling really fancy i give them their own function that checks for debug mode before actually printing

[rancid panther]

i see i see

[bronze yoke]

prints are really bad for performance

[rancid panther]

i felt like i was spamming the command console with my prints

i'll keep that in mind, thanks!

[thorny pollen]

source

[shut oar]

Thank you, and theres no documentation anywhere for these?

[bronze yoke]

i don't have anywhere specific to point you to, but i've seen tests showing it performed here and it's generally well accepted knowledge here

[frank elbow]

You're writing to a file with every print. No source should be necessary, really

[bronze yoke]

not that i know of!

[shut oar]

neat

[thorny pollen]

I know I'm messing

source trust me bro

speaking of writing to file do you know what those 2 arguments do?

[bronze yoke]

create file if it doesn't exist, append to existing file

[thorny pollen]

thanks very useful

[bronze yoke]

you can see parameter names on this site https://projectzomboid.com/modding/ , they usually help decipher these things

[thorny pollen]

oh nice I was looking for that website

I knew it had extra info

thanks again

[fading horizon]

can you have gifs in your workshop images

i ant remember

[thorny pollen]

for sure

[rancid panther]

how can i make time pass during an event function?

like if my function runs at every ten minutes, it all happens pretty instantaneously. is there a way to make a sequence within my function that takes a few seconds?

do i make it call a new function that is able to do that? or can it stay within the same function

[glass basalt]

.GIF files below 2MB are good

[fading horizon]

i'm spending way too much time on these workshop images

lmao

i need something to fill the space on the right though

hmmm

is there a mod that lets you zoom in more

so i can get a good shot of the car vaping

[rancid panther]

nice

the glow kinda makes it hard to look at

[fading horizon]

i like the glow tho

my monitor calibration is shitty though

so maybe it looks bad on others screens

[rancid panther]

it is good, and ur own mod. i just have weak eyes

[glass basalt]

might be. What values did you set for the glow? I can help you calibrate it

[fading horizon]

1 sec

i'm finishing the last letter

then i can just send the psd file if you want to look

[glass basalt]

I don't have photoshop on this computer, and my installation on my other one is jank. just send a SS of the params

I can eyeball it

@fading horizon

[rancid panther]

yea for me it was mostly lemon mint and cool mint that was harder to read

[glass basalt]

yeah, immediately noticed it

[rancid panther]

i'd say a lil bit on the pink lemonade but it is still readable. could help to use a stronger border shade tho

is the glow in front of or behind the text?

[glass basalt]

seems like in front. if the blending options are set to be behind, it would be much more legible imo

unless it is behind, in which case some of the glow is bleeding into the font itself

ah wait, I CAN read PSD files. this site takes them
https://www.photopea.com/

not sure if its up-to-date with all of adobe's features tho

[fading horizon]

in font

layer style

rainbow blast

lemon mint

[glass basalt]

hmm, you also have a lot of stuff going on

[fading horizon]

cool mint

[glass basalt]

yeah I'll try tweaking the settings if you send me the file

[rancid panther]

you could put the layer of the border on the top layer to make the letters pop more while making the glow stay glowy