mod_development

[frank elbow]

Remove Key3 = Value,. See if it works. Do the same for Key2. Repeat

[tawdry solar]

these?

[frank elbow]

Not ideal, but if you've exhausted your avenues then yeah

Yes

[tawdry solar]

wouldnt that wreck the code

[frank elbow]

You're not removing them permanently, you're taking them out to see if something is causing issues

All it'd do it give them the default values unless it's a required value

You can surround them with /* */ if you're concerned about losing something

[tawdry solar]

how would i see if ms is causing issue

[frank elbow]

item X {
  Key = Value,
  Key2 = Value,
  /* Key3 = Value, */
}

ms?

[tawdry solar]

sm

somtin

[frank elbow]

If it's taken out and the item shows up, that was the problem

Which means you will have narrowed it down and can figure out what exactly was the problem with that value

[tawdry solar]

how do ik if its that vlaue

[frank elbow]

Remove Value 1. The item still doesn't show up
Remove Value 2. The item shows up

This implies that value 2 (or a combination of values 2 and 1, if you don't add 1 back) was the problem, because the item does not show up when it's included

[tawdry solar]

but why would that make the item not apear ingame

[frank elbow]

I don't know; as I said before, this is just a shot in the dark as a way you can debug it

Presumably it'd mean there's something wrong with the value which would cause it to not load

[tawdry solar]

i think i miscommunicated somt

the item doesnt apear

so if i try and spawn it

its not there

[frank elbow]

🤦🏾

In your defense, I suppose I could've asked that question better originally, but yeah "item spawner" isn't a super clear answer lol

[tawdry solar]

yeah

my bad

[ancient grail]

im looking for an event that has both zombie death and the weapon that kills it as param. this eevent doesnt exist so im thinking of using onzombiedeath then check if the player has equipped the specific weapon .
but then now if i do this, it will trigger the thing even if the zed died from other reasons

then i looked at
OnHitZombie
and thought this must be perfect except
idont know when if it can check if the zed is killed by the hit tho,.. does it?

can OnHitZombie
used to check if the zed is killed?

[frank elbow]

In that case it's probably just an issue with the model or texture; can you send the relevant item script?

[tawdry solar]

sure

item Shiv1
    {
    MaxRange    =    0.85,
    WeaponSprite    =    shiv_1,
    MinAngle    =    0.65,
    Type    =    Weapon,
    MinimumSwingTime    =    2,
    KnockBackOnNoDeath    =    FALSE,
    SwingAmountBeforeImpact    =    0.02,
    Categories    =    Improvised;SmallBlade,
    ConditionLowerChanceOneIn    =    6,
    Weight    =    0.4,
    SplatNumber    =    1,
    PushBackMod    =    0.3,
    SubCategory    =    Stab,
    AimingMod    =    0.8,
    ConditionMax    =    10,
    MaxHitCount    =    1,
    IsAimedHandWeapon    =    TRUE,
    DoorDamage    =    1,
    SwingAnim    =    Stab,
    DisplayName    =    Shiv,
    MinRange    =    0.61,
    SwingTime    =    2,
    KnockdownMod    =    0,
    SplatBloodOnNoDeath    =    True,
    Icon    =    dudclub,
    RunAnim    =    Run_Weapon2,
        IdleAnim    =    Idle_Weapon2,
        CloseKillMove = Jaw_Stab,
        BreakSound  =   BreakMetalItem,
        TreeDamage  =   1,
        EnduranceMod = 0.5,
        MetalValue = 5,
        CriticalChance    =    10,
        CritDmgMultiplier = 10,
        MinDamage    =    0.3,
        MaxDamage    =    0.7,
    WeaponLength = 0.19,
    HitFloorSound    =    BladeHit,
        ImpactSound    =    BladeHit,
    HitSound    =    BladeHit,
    AttachmentType = Screwdriver,
    Tags = Screwdriver,
      }


        model Kurki
                {
                mesh = weapons/1handed/Shiv,
    
                attachment world
                {
                offset = 0.0000 -0.1660 0.0070,
                        rotate = -180.0000 0.0000 0.0000,
                }
            }
}

its the same for 2 of my items

oh my god

i just

saw that the model and the item are differant

im gonna test it now

[frank elbow]

I believe OnWeaponHitCharacter fires for zombies, but it wouldn't only fire on death. You could feasibly use it to track the last weapon that hit a zombie, but that wouldn't be super great. OnHitZombie is triggered before the hit actually occurs, so checks for death wouldn't be accurate

[ancient grail]

great so tehres no event for what i want to do....

[tawdry solar]

stil doesnt work

[ancient grail]

is there anywhrere i could hook?

i dont know when its triggered cuz its past tense then present

idk which is which

[red tiger]

Holy hell. Format your script.

[ancient grail]

ill try tho

[tawdry solar]

wym

[frank elbow]

It occurs directly before the hit function is called

[tawdry solar]

i actually just used the script for the screwdriver

[red tiger]

[tawdry solar]

welp

im gonna give up for now

[novel swallow]

I've bloated my zomboid play hours by like 80% due to having it running in the background for testing/scraping when writing mods - anyway around this lol?

[pearl citrus]

silly modder, coding is the game for you now.

[fast galleon]

nosteam, no hours

[mellow frigate]

This is the way

[novel swallow]

well yes, but it's very rapidly climbing my most played now

not that there's anything wrong with that, I kinda just want it to reflect gameplay

[novel swallow]

Can I just launch the .exe without steam running?

[fast galleon]

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Startup_parameters
Most of these should work

[novel swallow]

Ooooh, thanks

[still hill]

Hi i need help with getVehicleById()
I Send from server this

   sendServerCommand("ProjectRP", "NPCSPAWNCARCOMMAND", { ARG1 = steamID, ARG2 = vehid})```
send 254. I checked
On Client i wrote this:

local function NPCBuyCARCmd(_data)
player = getPlayer()
local username = player:getUsername()
local steamID = getSteamIDFromUsername(username);
veh = getVehicleById(_data.ARG2)
if(steamID == _data.ARG1) then
if(veh == nil) then
player:Say(tostring(_data.ARG2))
player:Say("No") -- <- player says. This part of the code is executed
return
end

ARG2 = 254. I checked

But getVehicleById can't find the car. What is the reason for this

I buy a car from the NPC, I'll spawn it on the server side, and I'm trying to find it on the client side to give the keys to the player

[mellow frigate]

Hello there, is there a function in vanilla or in a mod that already duplicates a player ? My main objective is to reset the pathfinding from lua which is only ever done at IsoGameCharacter creation.

[silent bloom]

Does anyone have an idea where the graphics for the vehicle dashboard are stored? As far as I can tell, they don't seem to exist in media/ui like I assumed they would. Doing a ton of searching and they don't seem to exist at all. Is this constructed in the .class files maybe? I would think at least the icons exist somewhere, but I can't find them

[thin hornet]

must be in a texture pack

    local textures = {}
    textures.texEngine = getTexture("media/ui/vehicle/engine.png")
    textures.iconEngine = getTexture("media/ui/vehicles/icon_enginetrouble_light.png");
    textures.iconAirCondition = getTexture("media/ui/vehicles/icon_airconditioning_light.png");
    textures.iconDoor = getTexture("media/ui/vehicles/icon_doorslocked_light.png");
    textures.iconLights = getTexture("media/ui/vehicles/icon_headlights_light.png");
    textures.iconHeater = getTexture("media/ui/vehicles/icon_heating_light.png");
    textures.iconIgnition = getTexture("media/ui/vehicles/ignition.png");
    textures.iconIgnitionKey = getTexture("media/ui/vehicles/ignition_key_off.png");
    textures.iconIgnitionStarted = getTexture("media/ui/vehicles/ignition_key_on.png");
    textures.iconIgnitionHotwired = getTexture("media/ui/vehicles/ignition_hotwired.png");
    textures.iconBattery = getTexture("media/ui/vehicles/icon_lowbattery_light.png");
    textures.iconTrunk = getTexture("media/ui/vehicles/icon_trunk_light.png")
    textures.iconSpeedRegulator = getTexture("media/ui/vehicles/speedregulator_light.png")
    textures.dashboardBG = getTexture("media/ui/vehicles/dashboard.png");
    textures.gaugeFull = getTexture("media/ui/vehicles/rj-vehicle_fuelguage-full.png");
    textures.gaugeLow = getTexture("media/ui/vehicles/rj-vehicle_fuelguage-low.png");
    textures.gaugeEmpty = getTexture("media/ui/vehicles/rj-vehicle_fuelguage-empty.png");
    textures.engineGaugeTex = getTexture("media/ui/vehicles/rj-vehicle_engineguage.png")
    textures.speedGaugeTex = getTexture("media/ui/vehicles/vehicle_spedometer.png")

something like
media\texturepacks\UI.pack
media\texturepacks\UI2.pack
media\texturepacks\Mechanics.pack

[ancient grail]

soulsteal={}
local damageBoost = 0.0009
function soulsteal.EvolvingWeapon(zed, _, _, wpn)
    ---TODO add weapon's moddata check  if wpn and wpn:getModData()['isSoulStealer'] == true then        
    zed:getModData()['isStoleSoul'] = true
end

function soulsteal.ZedDead(zed)
    local player = getPlayer() 
    if not player then return end    
    if zed:getModData()['isStoleSoul'] == nil then return end
    local wpn = player:getPrimaryHandItem()

    if wpn then 
        if wpn:getModData()['killCount'] == nil then 
            wpn:getModData()['killCount'] = 0
        end
    end
    wpn:getModData()['killCount'] = wpn:getModData()['killCount'] + 1
    print("killCounter")
    print(wpn:getModData()['killCount'])
    print("Zed Dead?")
    print(zed:isDead())
    if wpn:getMaxDamage() >= 12 then         
        wpn:setMaxDamage(wpn:getMaxDamage()+damageBoost)
        player:Say(tostring(wpn:getMaxDamage()))     
    end        
    zed:getModData()['isStoleSoul'] = nil
end
Events.OnZombieDead.Add(soulsteal.ZedDead)
Events.OnHitZombie.Add(soulsteal.EvolvingWeapon)

[frank elbow]

Hadn't thought about using the zombie's mod data when I said the "wouldn't be super great" bit, makes sense

[silent bloom]

Much thanks! I'm going to have to do some digging it looks like. I havent worked with texture packs before. I appreciate it.

[wet sandal]

Anyone know how Global Moddata works online?

[thin hornet]

They work like pretty much any modData you can have a client copy and a server copy, you can transmit them inbetween the two
You have to use special events to receive and handle changes

ProjectZomboid\media\lua\client\Foraging\forageClient.lua
ProjectZomboid\media\lua\server\Foraging\forageServer.lua
may have some example, but there are plenty if you search for ModData.getOrCreate

[wet sandal]

Thank you!

[sick yew]

Hello there people

You all are good number crunchers

How many zombies spawn indoors in Louisville?

@left plank

I'm pretty sure that's a scam bot man

OH FOR FUCK'S SAKE

[drifting ore]

@left plank - Scam spyware links

[left plank]

thank you!

[fast galleon]

<@&671452400221159444>

[drifting ore]

I don't like free stuff

[left plank]

thanks again

[fast galleon]

free codes
https://github.com/Project-Zomboid-Community-Modding/pz-community-modding

[drifting ore]

fuck

don't start, im taking the summer off

[tame mulch]

Warning! PZ modding can be addictive

[pseudo estuary]

Newbie modder trying to make a new option for this wheel here. question is would it be a user interface mod?

[muted cliff]

Images only, apparently.

[sour island]

I was looking into this but - is there something to confirm modData changes to items if the item is in a world container?

I know isoObjects can transmitModData but that seems to be for world objects

Having an issue with my shops code - where I have money able to stack values stored in modData - removes the other item

Someone was storing money in world and piling it

when they relogged half of it was missing

[thin hornet]

The client must send a command to the server which changes the data on the server and then transmit it to all clients if needed. At least from what i've seen it's how vehicles work.

[sour island]

That's what I was semi afraid of lol

Hopefully all this stuff gets ironed out with the inventory changes

[thin hornet]

The more things goes the more everything will or should become server sided.

It make sens to have the real value on the server and client that needs it request it

[sour island]

the thing is if items are in the inventory it already transmits the information once you place it on the floor

maybe I can just make stacking money force it into the player's inventory than back out

[thin hornet]

You mean to transmit the worldinventoryItem'item modData

[sour island]

Yes

In-hand the actions are fine, as it's client side in one person

They can drop it on the floor and the game knows to trasmit the information

To sync it up basically

The issue here is they can perform actions outside their inventory that seems to not trigger this syncing

[thin hornet]

@sour island did you try to isoWorldInventoryItem:transmitCompleteItemToServer()?

that would be for an item dropped on the ground

so if the item is inside a container i supose you can send the whole container back to the server or something

@sour island it seem that ItemContainer has a removeItemOnServer addItemOnServer, did you try that on the client

[sour island]

yes for removal

The issue is I made it so if you drag money onto other money items it combines the modData.value

so there is no isoWorldInventoryItem as I made it required to be in a container

going to make it so the container has to be a player

Going to just leave it as is

lol

cba to deal with network code rn

I had already made splitting only work in your own inventory

should've known to match merging

[hidden jungle]

when your creating traits using TraitFactory.addTrait() what are the 2 booleans at the end of the function?

local t = TraitFactory.addTrait("internalname","Display Name",Cost,"Description",DisableSinglePlayer?,DisableMultiplayer?)

i'm trying to make a trait that is only enabled in multiplayer. i know one of those values is for disabling it on multiplayer but im wondering if the other one is for disabling in singleplayer or if its for something else entirely

[bronze yoke]

boolean profession, boolean removeInMP

profession means it isn't selectable normally

[hidden jungle]

so theres no way to disable traits specifically in single player?

[bronze yoke]

no

[pseudo estuary]

looking for the location of the files where i can add options to this menu

[thin hornet]

You can add to this menu from anywhere, create a script in your mod client side.
then use:

local function someFunction(param1, param2, param3)
  
end

local function contextMenu(playerNum, context, worldobjects, test)
  context:addOption(getText("ContextMenu_My_Text"), param1, someFunction, param2, param3), 
end
Events.OnFillWorldObjectContextMenu.Add(contextMenu)

You would add conditions to define when to show or not show the menu options you are adding.

There is also a context:addOptionOnTop(...) if you want to add the option on top of the menu options list.

[pseudo estuary]

interesting, im new to modding so i may need to find someone to walk me thru it, its a pretty simple mod i think

[pseudo estuary]

thank you very much

[thin hornet]

search for OnFillWorldObjectContextMenu in the game lua source code. Youll find so many example how to use it

here steamapps\common\ProjectZomboid\media\lua

[wet sandal]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2982070344

[pseudo estuary]

so with this i can make it to only show in a car with the window rolled down?

[wet sandal]

Its finally done

ish

[thin hornet]

holy moly

[wet sandal]

Will probably need some balance patches

[pseudo estuary]

oh nice man some dayz shit

[thin hornet]

gotta try that

[mellow frigate]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdihS5k4oZM

That said, I'm very impressed by the work !

[thorn bane]

Well done Notloc, massive undertaking, but I'm gonna have a blast when I'm back home from work

[pseudo estuary]

anyone in here willing to walk me thru making my first mod? its a simple idea i think Lol

super new to modding pz but im a fast learner

[thin hornet]

what do you need help with

[thorn bane]

that's what we're here for 😊

[pseudo estuary]

Lol Pretty much start to finish, someone to help me get a general idea of finding what i need and some minor stuff maybe. i got myself into a situation in game and been thinking of modding so i found the perfect mod to make when i got stuck if u would like to know more dm me

i really dont need all that, i can figure that out later but for this specific mod i do need some help as its my first one

[tawdry solar]

mod development

[pseudo estuary]

the resources provided are (Stale) Buns

[tawdry solar]

the resources actually make me want to tie concrete blocks around my feet and jump into a river

[faint jewel]

grats on the release homie

[weary matrix]

Any clue how to get the current mod's workshop ID? I tried this but the workshop ID is null:

local mod = getModInfoByID('OutTheWindow')
print(mod)
print(mod.workshopID)```

and yes the target mod is available on the workshop

[thin hornet]

@weary matrix ```lua
mod:getWorkshopID()

[weary matrix]

Hello @thin hornet, thanks, let me try

my pz skills are a bit rusty 😂

[thin hornet]

there is never any java field accessible only methods

[weary matrix]

yeah totally forgot and didn't check the permissions on the field

[thin hornet]

@weary matrix port your mod into pzstudio and youll get the whole intelisense for lua working 😛

[weary matrix]

sorry but I hate IDEs, and IntelliJ 😂

[thin hornet]

oh right forgot you use vim

yo vscode is bomb tho

[weary matrix]

don't need all that crap

[weary matrix]

sweet it's working

[thin hornet]

You need it like everyone

you just stuborn lol

[weary matrix]

well if I needed it how come I was able to make mods without it?

[thin hornet]

Well it would boost your productivity thats all

its a plus not a negative thing 😛

[weary matrix]

no IDEs are only wasting my time to be honest

[thorn bane]

i programmed my previous mod mostly in notepad

[thin hornet]

its a matter of opinion anyway, but with the IDE i could answer your question in 2 seconds
#mod_development message

[lone nest]

in case you haven't gotten a response, you can probably try getPlayer()
https://zomboid-javadoc.com/41.78/zombie/Lua/LuaManager.GlobalObject.html#getPlayer()

and then create a "new" isoPlayer
https://zomboid-javadoc.com/41.78/zombie/characters/IsoPlayer.html

from that point, you might need to fiddle around with SurvivorDesc SetID()
https://zomboid-javadoc.com/41.78/zombie/characters/SurvivorDesc.html

Funny enough, I can't seem to find a delete(), so you'll have to come up with a new copy function that cleans up

[weary matrix]

yeah well haven't been modding pz for more than a year now, so like I told you I'm a bit rusty, but I could have answered that question at least as fast as you when I was really into pz

[thin hornet]

yeah bud i know

[weary matrix]

@thin hornet also you're obviously not that much into efficiency or you wouldn't be running windows 😂

[thin hornet]

I got my reasons and by the way I've been trying to reach you concerning your vehicle's extended warranty.

[weary matrix]

whaaat? 🤔

[pine patio]

Where can I find the icon for hoodies in the game files? I'm talking about this image

[weary matrix]

I have no clue what you mean

[thorn bane]

Why don't you just go to the wiki and download the PNG there? :P

[thin hornet]

@weary matrix so whats the plan new mod idea?

Throw your inventory through the window?

[pine patio]

U brilliant

[thorn bane]

@pine patio https://pzwiki.net/w/images/c/c6/HoodieWhite.png

glorious hoodie

[heady crystal]

Anybody know any tools, guide or example for writing custom moodles?

[weary matrix]

@thin hornet nah, I'm making a tool for modders who want to protect their IPR. I'm trying to have the following features:

• obfuscate lua code to prevent edits
• possibility to blacklist a steam user ID
• possibility to disable the mod when running from inside a modpack

[thin hornet]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2859296947 seems to have what you need

[thorn bane]

There is a moodle framework if you haven't investigated that

^^^^^

[heady crystal]

Thank you!

[weary matrix]

Hum, so this should be enough to detect if a mod is running inside a modpack right?

local mod = getModInfoByID('OutTheWindow')
local workshopID = mod:getWorkshopID()
if workshopID == "2659216714" then
    print("No modpack detected")
else
    print("MODPACK DETECTED!")
end

[heady crystal]

I don't understand, how are you gonna force people's client to disable a mod?

[thorn bane]

i would imagine that if workshopID is true, run the mod, else, don't run anything

[thin hornet]

well that seems like a way to detect it but it doesnt prevent it so far

[heady crystal]

That seems extremely unethical

If at all possible

[thorn bane]

also it's not strong enough to consider using

[heady crystal]

"Yeah just gonna mess with your mods real quick"

Is that even legal?

[weary matrix]

it's just one part

[thin hornet]

Well i dont see anything wrong with it

[heady crystal]

Assuming it even works, you would be forcing the user to not use a mod they obviously want

[weary matrix]

I don't think there's any law in any country that prevents you from protecting your IPR, Windows and Apple do it too

[bronze yoke]

it's very possible and not at all illegal

[heady crystal]

When they could have no idea about the infringement

[heady crystal]

In my country there's a law for forcing people to use a product they don't want

You're not punishing the modder here

[thin hornet]

The mod would not load if it was loaded from a different workshop id so it would work

[thorn bane]

^

[weary matrix]

I'm not trying to punish any modder

[thin hornet]

at least if you stop it from loading

local mod = getModInfoByID('OutTheWindow')
local workshopID = mod:getWorkshopID()
if workshopID == "2659216714" then
    print("No modpack detected")
else
    print("MODPACK DETECTED!")
    return
end

[weary matrix]

that's a totally different topic?

[heady crystal]

That's your idea from what I understood

[wet sandal]

Thanks! I need get it working with your carry everything mod at some point. They seem like an obvious combo now that I think about it due to how I handle Moveables, doesn't seem to work out of the box though 😦

[faint jewel]

let me know if you need anything.

[pine patio]

What's stopping the reposter from deleting this?

[heady crystal]

Nothing

[thorn bane]

Hey Notloc, great job on the mod! Haven't tried it out, but will do when I'm back from work

[thin hornet]

well Co is making an obfuscator so that would be hard to remove it

[weary matrix]

@heady crystal Modpackers are stealing code basically, I'm just trying to give modders a tool to add some level of protection against that

[thin hornet]

its not bullet proof but it require some work from the reposter

[heady crystal]

By punishing the end user

And you're generalizing

[bronze yoke]

obviously this won't be applied to mods that are allowed to be in modpacks, and exceptions will be made for authorised modpacks U_U

[pine patio]

The user just has to download the original mod for free, I don't see any punishment here

[thin hornet]

Well its not punishing the end user, when they join the server that include redistributed content it would just not work and they would find an other legit server to play into

[thorn bane]

There is a point to this. I don't enjoy having people shove my mod into a modpack

@weary matrix instead of disabling, you could try doing a UI pop-up saying "This mod is being used in a modpack without permission". The pros are that, if the modpacker is stupid or lazy, they wont be able to remove it. The con is that if they are smart, they will remove it

[bronze yoke]

also mod pack creators aren't going to even upload something that doesn't work so i don't think the 'end user' will be a large group of people

[heady crystal]

You're making them do it

You're not giving them the option to refuse

You know, the person who has no blame

They have no way of knowing if the modpack is not authorized by some random modder

[thin hornet]

They dont need option they dont even know what they are subscribing to when its a mod pack

[bronze yoke]

you're not making them do anything, they can just not download your mod if they don't want to use it morally :3

[weary matrix]

@thorn bane imagine having this line embed somewhere in your code (when all your code is some sort of similar gibberish:

local a0 = getModInfoByID('\79\117\116\84\104\101\87\105\110\100\111\119') local a1 = a0:getWorkshopID() if a1 ~= "\50\54\53\57\50\49\54\55\49\52" then print("\77\79\68\80\65\67\75\32\68\69\84\69\67\84\69\68\33") else print("\78\111\32\109\111\100\112\97\99\107\32\100\101\116\101\99\116\101\100")```

[heady crystal]

What if they don't know

[thorn bane]

"Messy code that runs is just debt to sanity"

[weary matrix]

@thorn bane not saying it's bullet proof of course, but I'm pretty sure it would be enough to deter many average modpackers

[weary matrix]

it's just the code you publish that is gibberish, you can still have your normal code in your git repo

[thin hornet]

How does error logging show when its obfuscated, does it give enough details

[weary matrix]

@thorn bane this is what it would look like for a not so big mod (still some work to get it to work though):

[weary matrix]

error would be the same, except the line number would indicate 1, but if you want you can preserve newlines if that's a problem

[drifting ore]

gotta say it's always kinda funny to watch people protecting IP

[heady crystal]

To each their own, I don't support the slightest chance of negatively impacting an innocent end user.

[weary matrix]

the modder is free to add a popup to tell users where they can get the real mod

[weary matrix]

this would mostly impact server owners who put mods in modpacks even when it's against EULA or similar

if they're not happy with that they can still use mod collections

[thin hornet]

Anyway modpack are not really usefull, steam workshop keep mods up-to-date and modpack need to update manually the mods, plus the user need to redownload the whole modpack everytime something small has been updated.

[weary matrix]

modpacks are a disease that should be eradicated 😂

[thin hornet]

When project zomboid workshop update was bugged, modpack was a good thing

Now its fixed and workshop update works great

[pine patio]

Except when we have a Dislaik situation and the whole server dies

Or something like that

[thin hornet]

Doesnt happen too often hopefully

[weary matrix]

what happened?

[pine patio]

Deleted all his mods from the workshop

[weary matrix]

well I know him a bit, he's not an ass, pretty sure he had his reasons

but I fail to see how Dislaik deleting all his mods from the workshop would result in a server dying?

[drifting ore]

the unachievable dream of foss modding

[thin hornet]

well probably prevent it from starting until the admin remove it from the list

[drifting ore]

removing mods from a game is prolly uhhhh

bad for health

[thin hornet]

depend of the mod but yeah

[pine patio]

Nothing too serious, but I understand why they wouldn't want to risk it. Specially for big servers

[weary matrix]

having people abusing your TOS when you're not asking money is also bad for health

[drifting ore]

what tos are you talking abt here

[weary matrix]

whatever TOS the modder decide for his own mods

[drifting ore]

oh

[pine patio]

I can't take you seriously with that pic lol

[drifting ore]

well i dont like that idea anyway

but probably yeah

[drifting ore]

lmao nice

[thorn bane]

that is the worst code i have ever seen

i want it

[weary matrix]

@thorn bane hahaha ❤️

[drifting ore]

the lua experience

[weary matrix]

well you'll have to wait a bit for me to finish it 😂

[thin hornet]

Let's make Lua uglier

[drifting ore]

just copy js

you'll achieve your goal in no time

[weary matrix]

actually obfuscated JS can be way worse than obfuscated Lua

[drifting ore]

tbf all js counts as obfuscated code

[weary matrix]

cause there's no restrictions on the characters you can use for a symbol

[drifting ore]

the infamous ==

[weary matrix]

I've read proper JS code

[drifting ore]

when a core feature of your language is considered bad practice

[thin hornet]

js > lua

[drifting ore]

if its proper js then yea i agree

[weary matrix]

@drifting ore have you checked fabrice bellard jslinux code?

[drifting ore]

nope

[weary matrix]

it might not be the best example but is perfectly readable, looks like C actually

[drifting ore]

is it worth checking out?

oh nice

[weary matrix]

it's a Linux implementation in JS

[drifting ore]

ooo

[weary matrix]

so you can have linux running in a webpage

https://bellard.org/jslinux/

[drifting ore]

thanks

[shrewd violet]

Godless abomination...

[weary matrix]

see it as a performance, an artist move rather than something really useful

there's also a C compiler in there 😂

also written in JS of course

[thin hornet]

its impressive

[shrewd violet]

Its must be only 3 distributives of linux

[thin hornet]

but im staying to windows for now

[weary matrix]

I don't get what you mean

[shrewd violet]

Why choose anyway? Windows for games and linux is for anything else

[thin hornet]

true

[weary matrix]

that's not true anymore, for many games you actually get better performance for gaming on Linux than Windows, thanks to valve's proton

[shrewd violet]

You are in pz anyway so two computers dont make you a more "nerd" than you already are))

[weary matrix]

people even use proton when the game is Linux native because the performance are better

[shrewd violet]

Well, we are still have that large pool of non optimized onlywin games

Meanwhile people running wow with all that ~300 mods on lua and somehow its works in linux without of fps drops

[weary matrix]

@shrewd violet since proton is out I've been buying games on steam without checking the compatibility, never had a game I couldn't play so far

or well yes but for other reasons, my CPU was too old and missing an instruction set the game was using, but that's a problem that would have ocured on windows too

@shrewd violet check your favorite games here: https://www.protondb.com/

[shrewd violet]

Yeah, thanks, i know) Im just lazy

[weary matrix]

the only games that wouldn't work are the ones with DRM

[shrewd violet]

(and have a job which require a both ecosystems to know)

[weary matrix]

or that rely on non regular stuff outside of the win32 API

which is kind of rare to be honest

[shrewd violet]

Oh shit

Nonono, i will not run it again

[weary matrix]

hehe

[weary matrix]

oh and cherry on top of the cake, proton is using bubblewrap, which adds a really good layer of security with no performance penalty. It's a sort of VM at the filesystem level, a bit like chroot but better and safer

do you guys also have issues with github today?

first time in my life I'm having timeouts on github 😮

[thin hornet]

nope

[weary matrix]

@thin hornet does this page works for you?
https://github.com/boolangery/py-lua-parser/tree/master/luaparser

[thin hornet]

yep

[weary matrix]

damn it seems to be working for discord too

don't think it's my connection either because it's the only website I'm having issues with

ah finally

[weary matrix]

@thin hornet how nice, it seems TIS added some random crash to make their game even more convivial 😄

hopefully it's only when using debug mode and you have an error, but I'm 100% positive this is new, never had this problem before

guess it's a way to say thank you to the modding community 😂

[shrewd violet]

Oh geees

[ |\t]*

[drifting ore]

where can i find the moodles in the project zomboid's files

?

[weary matrix]

what?

[weary matrix]

check the mod moodle framework or I'm not sure about the name, but it should probably help you figure it out

[drifting ore]

ok thanks

[drifting ore]

like for example the insanity mod

[weary matrix]

rather this one: #mod_development message

[drifting ore]

ok

[weary matrix]

@thorn bane OK, I got my Ladders mod to work when obfuscated, let me know if/when you want to give it a try on your mod

I probably still have many stuff to handle, but at least I got a real mod working

[thorn bane]

Sure, probably won't use it on the mod I'm currently working on but if I have any further ideas I'll let you know

[weary matrix]

@grave oyster Hi, I'd like to talk to you in private, just let me know if you're OK with that

[fast galleon]

hm, should radial textures be cached? I'm guessing it's better to cache only things that run every tick?

[weary matrix]

Hey mate, from a general perspective I don't think there's any downside in using a cache, unless you have a limited cache

[tawny pendant]

I haven’t seen a mod that changes the protection values of the padding/patches you can add onto clothes. Anyone know if that’s a technical limitation or just something only I wish existed lol

[pearl citrus]

There's a ISGarmentUI:doPatch method, maybe you could take a peek at that and see.

[tawny pendant]

Welp time to learn how to mod zomboid lmao

[pearl citrus]

Oh, sorry :P I assumed you were familiar.
It doesn't look like it'd be hard limitation, from my quick glance.

[fast galleon]

Some of the values are hard coded in java but they scale based on skill and fabric.

Somebody motivated enough, might find a solution.

[tawny pendant]

The only thing I can think of is to add custom patches. Like a crafted leather patch that has its own values compared to the vanilla one lol

But it’s too complicated for my brain to understand lol. I make art for a reason. Code is too complicated for me

[pearl citrus]

Modding's how I learned to program originally, now I've been at it for like 4 years!
I would encourage you to give it a go if you're interested; Zomboid's modding is pretty lightweight, you just need to figure out the project structure and have a text editor and you can start writing code, no need for compilation or specialized software (Though such things might help in the future).

[tawny pendant]

Well I guess this could be a decent way to kill some time.

[pearl citrus]

Could do! And you're already at a good advantage because you've got this community to back you up.
Do you have much understanding of programming concepts, like if statements, for loops, functions, objects?

[tawny pendant]

The last time I did anything related to coding was code academy’s html course…back in middle school

So no I have no idea what any of that meant lol

[pearl citrus]

Ahh alright :P Objects were the trickiest thing for me to pick up, but with some time they start to make a lot of sense. A lot of programming is just a simple concept on top of a bunch of other simple concepts.
Lua is very similar to javascript in how it's designed, which I've heard from beginners is easier to start with compared to python/C#/etc.

[tawny pendant]

Well at least this might go better than my attempt at making a mod for stardew valley. That went nowhere cause the game is coded on C# and the any 101 style video is like an hour or two long

[pearl citrus]

Oh yeah, I've done stardew modding and outside of adding simple items that thing is the real deal. Uses harmony and code injection stuff - very interesting, but also very complicated.

[tawny pendant]

Yeah. And I wanted to add guns to the game (I wanted to shoot slimes with something that wasn’t a child’s toy) that went nowhere fast. Spent a month on it got nowhere.

[pearl citrus]

lmao dang, yeah that is ambitious. Comparatively, adding patches to clothes sounds like a cakewalk.
If you're the kinda person to dedicate a month on a mod in spite of that though, I think you can absolutely pick up something like lua in time :)

[tawny pendant]

Well do you know where I should start with making a mod for zomboid? Cause YouTube has only provided a video from 2 years ago and one that’s like 3 hours long. I’m not saying my attention span is bad. But I don’t have the patience to watch a 3 hour lecture

the one from two years ago is an hour too

[pearl citrus]

Sadly there probably aren't any video tutorials on zomboid modding. Lua is quite well covered as it's used on Roblox, though.
Before zomboid modding I'd never used lua and it was a complete enigma to me. So I approached it at two fronts: Tried to find a basic, text tutorial for it, which I usedd these:
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Modding#Modding_tutorials
https://github.com/FWolfe/Zomboid-Modding-Guide/tree/8d3a1265c10ce96a89f4c67a092c7fb7d3e9114d
And to complement that, I looked at existing mods that I liked. Taking apart something and figuring out how it works, without actually having to make it yourself, is such a great way to learn code imo.

And of course, asking ample questions of communities like these will help out.

[tawny pendant]

I guess I’ll take a peek at the repair any clothes mod. Maybe that’ll have something to offer as far as clothing patches go.

[pearl citrus]

Good idea! I hope it goes well.

[tawny pendant]

I feel like Im missing something obvious, but how do I actually make a blank mod, like just getting the game to recognize the mod exists and is technically loadable. the documentation isn't entirely clear on this 😅

[pearl citrus]

Ahh yeah, that was a bit weird too. You need a specific file structure.
Your local mods will go in a different file to steam mods. There should be a folder called "Zomboid" somewhere near the root of your file system - i'm on linux so i can't give what the windows location is exactly. Maybe just directly in c:
In there is a folder called Workshop
In this folder, you'll make a new folder with the name of your mod - something like MorePatches
Then inside of MorePatches, make a folder called Contents
make a folder called mods
new folder, MorePatches
Then finally, in here, you'll put a mod.info file, which you can look at in another mod, or it's described here: https://github.com/FWolfe/Zomboid-Modding-Guide/blob/8d3a1265c10ce96a89f4c67a092c7fb7d3e9114d/structure/README.md#modinfo

[tawny pendant]

ah okay got it, thanks for the help. at the very least I'll have made a blank mod today lol

[pearl citrus]

it was confusing to me too

It makes a lil more sense why they do it this way now, though it's still a bit messy :P

[pearl citrus]

Oh yeah, this Workshop folder will also have a template mod that you can glance over for structure, called ModTemplate.

Annd I should also mention, capitalization is important. It has to be Contents, capital C.

and mods, lowercase m

[tawny pendant]

I certainly wish it was better explained on the documentation that does exist lol

[pearl citrus]

Yep! I just tore apart mods to figure it out :P

[tawny pendant]

but yeah I usually just assume by default that capitalization matters

I feel like this wouldn't even need to be a whole lua file. it's probably just a script edit. but what's the values im editing lmao

[pearl citrus]

I'm not quiite sure. I can't find anything in any of the script/.txt files from searching patch.
It's possible that the tailoring system doesn't use any script files and is just all in lua - it's a relatively squirrelled away portion of code.

That ISGarmentUI:doPatch function I mentioned earlier is in projectzomboid/media/lua/client/ISUI/ISGarmentUI.lua, which is where I'd look around. That whole file is the UI that pops up when you inspect a piece of clothing.

[tawny pendant]

I think that do patch function is only responsible for the action of applying a patch/padding to a piece of clothing. it seems to be getting the bite and scratch defense values from IGUI_perks_Tailoring

[pearl citrus]

Alright! Then you have some leads to follow up on.

[tawny pendant]

local x = player:getX();-- these values are used to prevent AFKing to grind nimble

those sons of- so thats why nimble feels like such a pain in the ass skill to grind. well this isn't the protection values im looking for but this is interesting to learn

[pearl citrus]

yep
there are tonnes of interesting artefacts in the code

my favourite one I noticed is that, you cannot slice pizza. There's a recipe for it, but it doesn't work.
Reason being, they inverted a check, and instead of checking if the pizza is cooked before allowing you to do it, they check if your knife is cooked.

[tawny pendant]

ah yes my favorite meal, knife fricassee XD

[pearl citrus]

mmmm mm!
i also tried throwing the knife in the oven and sadly that doesn't cook it :P
guess i gotta get a furnace and smelt the knife if i wanna eat my pizza in nice bites

[tawny pendant]

yep XD

okay so good news, I figured out what IGUI_perks_Tailoring is. bad news, its just the line in the translation file for the tailoring perk name

Imma need someone to take a look at this line for me cause I know somewhere in here is what I'm looking for, but its all gibberish to me

tooltip.description = getText("IGUI_perks_Tailoring") .. " :" .. self.chr:getPerkLevel(Perks.Tailoring) .. " <LINE>" .. ISGarmentUI.ghs .. getText("Tooltip_ScratchDefense") .. " +" .. Clothing.getScratchDefenseFromItem(self.chr, fabric) .. " <LINE> " .. getText("Tooltip_BiteDefense") .. " +" .. Clothing.getBiteDefenseFromItem(self.chr, fabric);

[pearl citrus]

The .. syntax you see there is lua's version of string concatenation. That basically means, join the string on the left to the string on the right.
So everything used there is a string. It seems what you want is the following functions:
Clothing.getScratchDefenseFromItem(self.chr, fabric)
Clothing.getBiteDefenseFromItem(self.chr, fabric)
self.chr:getPerkLevel(Perks.Tailoring)

Those first two look like java functions - you won't be able to look at or modify their code, but you can look at the java docs to get an idea on how it's being used, the object it's on, etc. Here's the one for Clothing.getScratchDefenseFromItem:
https://zomboid-javadoc.com/41.78/zombie/inventory/types/Clothing.html#getScratchDefenseFromItem(zombie.characters.IsoGameCharacter,zombie.inventory.InventoryItem)

Like someone else mentioned, it seems that however scratch defence is calculated, it's all done in java, it isn't exposed to the lua.
That doesn't necessarily mean your goal is impossible, but it does mean it'll take more work - from here, you'd probably have to reimplement the functionality of the java code in Lua, modify it to fit your purposes, and then replace the usages of that function in the codebase.
(Perhaps there's a cleaner way, someone more experienced here might be able to chime in?)

[fast galleon]

Hello, welcome to PZ mod development!
Here are some links with resources to get familiar with making mods for Project Zomboid.
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Modding
https://github.com/FWolfe/Zomboid-Modding-Guide

[tawny pendant]

im starting to think the reasonable way out is to add in a new item for clothing patches that has a higher value than the base game fabric options.

[pearl citrus]

Possibly! I don't have much experience with even vanilla tailoring, so you'd know better how to take the design of it than me.

[tawny pendant]

im gonna take a look through item tweaker first before I make any decisions, maybe it has something I can use as a base lol

[fast galleon]

Item Tweaker would make changes for all items - the Item script. Not the specific InventoryItem instance of the item.

[tawny pendant]

yeah I figured that out real quick after taking a look at its files lol

I just assume whatever it does is too broad for what Im trying to accomplish lol

welp this leaves me at square one. Im gonna get some rest, maybe i'll have better luck in the morning.

[pearl citrus]

Sleep well.

[mellow frigate]

Hello there, when a player (Dog) dies, the mod (Dogs) tries to replace the IsoDeadBody by an item.

The item adding works

The IsoDeadBody removal does bug:

Immediately after death, There is an IsoPlayer on the square that should not be there (should have been removed).

When I quit and continue, that IsoPlayer has disappeared (as expected, but it is too late)

If I look at the IsoMovingObject list of the square, there is no IsoPlayer

Note that there is no IsoDeadBody (its removal was a success, set aside that remaining IsoPlayer)

I remove the IsoDeadBody at OnUpdateContainer time with ```
function DogsOnContainerUpdate(container)
--some check that identifies it is a dog corpse
square:removeCorpse(container, false);
square:RecalcProperties();
square:RecalcAllWithNeighbours(true);
container:setSquare(nil)
end
Events.OnContainerUpdate.Add(DogsOnContainerUpdate)

Do you have any Idea how I could get rid of the IsoPlayer as soon as possible ?

[gilded hawk]

Check the "furry mod" they do something similiar when the player dies

[mellow frigate]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2893930681 That one ?

[gilded hawk]

Yeah, check fur.lua. I had to check that mod cause one guy reported a bug with my transmog mod, and the code is very solid, lot's of cool tricks

[mellow frigate]

thx

[gilded hawk]

The author even does an interesting trick by swapping the position of the body locations. which is something I was struggling to do

[gilded hawk]

Omar, I did a quick test on https://www.lua.org/cgi-bin/demo and it looks like my forEach isn't particulary slow. I tested it like this:

local function forEach(array, callback)
  for index, value in ipairs(array) do
    callback(value, index, array)
  end
end

-- Example usage
local myTable = {}
for i = 1, 1000000 do
  table.insert(myTable, i)
end

-- Measure execution time of forEach
local startTime = os.clock()
forEach(myTable, function(value)
  -- Do something with each value
end)
local endTime = os.clock()
local forEachTime = endTime - startTime

-- Measure execution time of for loop with ipairs
startTime = os.clock()
for index, value in ipairs(myTable) do
  -- Do something with each value
end
endTime = os.clock()
local forLoopTime = endTime - startTime

-- Compare execution times
print("forEach execution time:", forEachTime)
print("for loop execution time:", forLoopTime)

And it's printing

forEach execution time:    0.03
for loop execution time:    0.03

In the wort case is printing

forEach execution time:    0.04
for loop execution time:    0.02

What do you think?

[tame mulch]

Try add remove body function to Ontick event and after remove body remove function from event

Hi @ancient grail! How do you do?

[ancient grail]

Im fine sir thank you. Just reading the chat. Lots of veteran modders chatting feels like i have travelled back in time

[potent ibex]

anyone know how to export x file in blender?

[ancient grail]

I hope this is helpful btw
https://discord.com/channels/136501320340209664/1109270548418150410

[ancient grail]

I believe you need a plugin

I dont have it tho.

[potent ibex]

ok cause the one i found seems to break the file, any model export as x file end up 1kb and doesnt work

[ancient grail]

It might be due to version incompatibility

[frank elbow]

Interesting, but not too unexpected—those numbers aren't precise enough to tell you much. A loop that does nothing will be p quick either way. That said, these results can't very well be used to make assumptions about the game; I believe that site uses Lua 5.4, whereas the game uses Kahlua

I don't think the speed is that much of a concern anyway, though, despite what I said before (the only overhead is the additional function call, so it's negligible)

[gilded hawk]

Alright, thank you for your insight 😺

[gilded hawk]

Do InventoryItems actually have an Id? can I trust getID? Is this ID persistent?

Or should I implement my own Id system using moddata?

Also @tame mulch sorry for the ping, but, is it possible to write unit tests for zombie mods?

[nimble spoke]

PZ accepts FBX too, that one is easier to manage

[potent ibex]

yeah i noticed, just had to resize it because somehow fbx is x1000 bigger lol

[nimble spoke]

I usually export with 0.01 scale and adjust from there

[tame mulch]

yes

[tame mulch]

I think you can't do unit tests for all stuff, but for some functions you can write custom checks

[gilded hawk]

Okay thank you 🙏

[gilded hawk]

Why can't I use this code?

TraitFactory.TraitMap:remove("Asthmatic")

Not even this helps me

local num = getNumClassFields(TraitFactory.TraitMap)
  for i=0, num-1 do
    print(getClassField(TraitFactory.TraitMap, i), " --", i)
  end

I get this error

Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InaccessibleObjectException: Unable to make field transient java.util.LinkedHashMap$Entry java.util.LinkedHashMap.tail accessible: module java.base does not "opens java.util" to unnamed module @179061e1

[bronze yoke]

linkedhashmap is not exposed

[gilded hawk]

Well, fuck 😦

[weary matrix]

also last time I checked, most global functions that use reflection are only properly working in debug mod

[gilded hawk]

Well, good to know, thanks mate

[weary matrix]

as a workaround you can probably use the getTraits() methods to get a list of all traits, Reset method to clear the TraitMap, then use addTrait() to add back those you want

[gilded hawk]

Yeah. that's basically what I'm planning to do.

But I'm trying to see if setting a trait to profession only does the trick

[fast galleon]

fixed

this is from an older discussion I had with chuck

[gilded hawk]

I'm a bit confused, what is this? Like, what is patchClassMetaMethod ?

[weary matrix]

another approach that might work is to use the setMutallyExclusive() to make a trait mututally exclusive with all other traits

[gilded hawk]

Yeah, also this can work

[fast galleon]

#mod_development message

[gilded hawk]

Ah I see, but what does your code exactly do? I'm a bit confused, do you mind examplaing it?

[fast galleon]

This intercepts calls to add the trait, so you can change arguments or stop it from being added.

[gilded hawk]

Ah, that's interesting 🤔

[gilded hawk]

But how are you checking if the trait passed to the intercept is correct?

[fast galleon]

    TraitFactory.addTrait("Axeman", getText("UI_trait_axeman"), 0, getText("UI_trait_axemandesc"), true);

 if args[1] == "Axeman" then --[[...]] end

wait, this has error, I think I had improved this

[gilded hawk]

Ahhh, okay, makes sense, since the args[1] is the first param, and args[0] is the self, right? And then for safety sake I can return a dummy trait Trait.new("","",0,"",false,false) of it does not match I forward to the original function, right?

[gilded hawk]

One more question, what is local def = TraitFactory.overwriteDef[arg[1]] doing?

[fast galleon]

It could be used as an API to insert /replace values

[gilded hawk]

Aaaah okay I see

But I also noticed another odd behaviour, I'm looking at this:

print('TraitFactory.getTrait("Axeman").prof: '..tostring(TraitFactory.getTrait("Axeman").prof))

And prof is nil even when it's supposed to be true, am I doing it wrong?

like TraitFactory.addTrait("Axeman", getText("UI_trait_axeman"), 0, getText("UI_trait_axemandesc"), true); prof should be true O.o

Also Trait in not exposed.... 🙄 Alright, plan B

[bronze sand]

How could you make a mod to make most props moveable?

I see a lot of stuff that can't be built, or can't be obtained

This applies for a lot of tiles from popular mods

For example, I would like to build or obtain the short fences in some homes

Specially those from Raven Creek

[mellow frigate]

they work also out of debug mode but crash if you try to use non public members. you can counter it with some string analysis. That's how I made https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2973841201

[fast galleon]

hm, TraitFactory.Trait is exposed

[gilded hawk]

Apparently not fully exposed?

[sour island]

Got an example of the UI?

[mellow frigate]

you cannot directly access public parameter, call TraitFactory.getTrait("Asthmatic"):isFree()

[gilded hawk]

Yeah, apparetly I can only use isFree to read prof but I cannot write it

[mellow frigate]

I made no UI, just lua functions to encapsulate the problem. but there is an exemple in the mod and the interface is in the description.

[sour island]

Ah

I made this, I dont think it's related(?)

[fast galleon]

in the intercept, add Asthmatic.prof = false

[mellow frigate]

yes, this is only set at trait construction time.

[sour island]

Would be a neat Ui to add to community projects

https://github.com/Project-Zomboid-Community-Modding/pz-community-modding

Should also note:

[fast galleon]

@sour island
time to add this?

TraitFactory.overwriteDef = TraitFactory.overwriteDef or {}

util.patchClassMetaMethod(TraitFactory.class,"addTrait",function(addTrait)
    local obsoleteTrait
    return function(...)
        local args = {...}
        local def = TraitFactory.overwriteDef[args[1]]
        if def then
            if def.obsolete then
                obsoleteTrait = obsoleteTrait or Trait.new("","",0,"",false,false)
                return obsoleteTrait
            end
            for i,v in ipairs({"name","cost","description","prof","removeInMP"}) do
                if def[v] ~= nil then args[i+1] = def[v] end
            end
        end
        return addTrait(unpack(args))
    end
end)

[sour island]

I have a general purpose patch class method in the issues sections

[gilded hawk]

Yeah, I'll probably need to work with the intercept, or I'll do something else. Anyway, it's enough coding for me today, need a break , I'll catch up with you soon

[sour island]

Just havnt had time to pretty it up and incorporate it

What does that one do?

[gilded hawk]

HOOOOOOOW 😻

How did you make it so that from github it pushes to the steam workshop?

[sour island]

Long story

It's not something you can safely do broadly speaking

If you visit the workshop button youll see it's not my actual account

and this is because 2FA needs to be disabled

[gilded hawk]

Ah, interesting 🤔
I think I'll give it a deeper look tomorrow

Good job anyway, very cool stuff!

[fast galleon]

The code above is from when we discussed that some trait properties can not be set, leading to people recreating the whole trait from start.

[sour island]

Ah right

I do recall that-- I would suggest dumping that into issues too

Both the general patching method and that trait patch can work in tandem

[bronze yoke]

iirc most of the trait stuff is only used in lua

so patching getters is enough

[sour island]

ty, I'm looking for maintainer volunteers - or if anyone has useful utility stuff

[gilded hawk]

I'd love to help, but I can barelly mantain myself right now 😅

[fast galleon]

Interesting, that also makes sense.

[fast galleon]

overwrites can be false now

[manic relic]

does anyone got an idea what "posx/y" do?

wanted to make a spawn points

I knoe world x and y

and posz

[bronze yoke]

world co-ordinates are cells, pos co-ordinates are position in that cell

[manic relic]

okay?

could you explain further?

[bronze yoke]

cells are 300x300 areas the game is divided into

[manic relic]

ohh

okay

thanks alot

anyone knows what be the best way to remove the unemployed requirement so that it works for any profession?

[mellow frigate]

Indeed ! Thanx a lot ! In my solo case it took ~=100ms after the dead body container update for the dead player to be accessible OnTick to the getMovingObjects of the grid square.

[weary matrix]

Any clue how to get the current mod ID? The one in mod.info

[fast galleon]

would getActivatedMods() work for what you want?

[weary matrix]

I don't think so because for example if your mod is in a modpack you don't know the mod id

[bronze yoke]

i think i've seen it extracted from the callframe

that might have been the mod name and not the mod id though

[weary matrix]

Yeah i've seen this too, but i'm wondering if there's a better way

[thin hornet]

mod:getId()

no?

ah i see what you mean

[weary matrix]

how do you get a reference to current mod object in the first place? 😛

[fast galleon]

I'm not sure what a current mod is, Lua files aren't loaded based on mod.

[weary matrix]

in my case it would be the mod to which the file currently being executed belong to?

hum but thinking about it, I don't really need the mod ID, just the workshop ID would be fine, but I don't want to hardcode the mod ID to get it

[wet sandal]

Is there a way to disable lua checksum?

Trying to make server testing a bit less cumbersome

[sour island]

in server settings yes

[wet sandal]

Ah, there it is under other

[thin hornet]

true, also nothing stops someone to rename the mod itself

@weary matrix

local mod = getModInfoByID('OutTheWindow')
if not mod then
    print('mod renamed?')
    return
end
local workshopID = mod:getWorkshopID()
if workshopID == "2659216714" then
    print("No modpack detected")
else
    print("MODPACK DETECTED!")
    return
end

[weary matrix]

what if the user has my mod installed from the workshop and also from a modpack? Then I think it would not detect that it's running in a modpack

getModInfoByID will return the mod if installed, whether it is loaded or not for the current game

[thin hornet]

in that case you still get your sub anyway

[weary matrix]

oh, interesting, that's a good point indeed 😂

[thin hornet]

[weary matrix]

but then I wouldn't get the pleasure to ruin some modpacker days 😂

[thin hornet]

Tho that check must be included in every single files

So it should be added automatically when obfuscating your code

[weary matrix]

of course

@thin hornet but why do you copy/paste my code back at me? 😂

@thin hornet anyway I decided to improve my strategy, I want to "encrypt" my code using the corresponding workshop ID as key

even a simple xor would be enough I guess (yeah I know it's trivial to break, but not to most people)

[wet sandal]

Anyone have an idea on how to sync item mod data when the item is on the ground?

IsoWorldItems transmit their data fine during play, but when I rejoin nothing get retrieved from the server.
InventoryItems themselves only auto sync their data while actively inside a player inventory.

And InventoryItem does not have a transmitModData function 😦

[weary matrix]

I'm not 100% sure but you should be able to sync the data by calling square:transmitAddObjectToSquare() or something (on the square where the item is),

[wet sandal]

The issue this is causing me is that on servers with Inventory Tetris, when someone reconnects, item containers placed in the world revert to the item arrangement they had when they were dropped.

[weary matrix]

hum so it's a different issue I guess, forget what I said

[wet sandal]

Similar issue with vehicles.
They refuse to transmit their mod data.

Server complains that their IsoObject index is invalid

[wary sonnet]

Does anyone have a livestream or channel where they are working on mods? I use to watch for mods on skyrim and enjoyed it.

[mellow frigate]

Authentic Peach does https://www.twitch.tv/authenticpeach

[wary sonnet]

Thank you!

[thin hornet]

vehicle will only transmit from the server side

Tho for items on the ground i have no idea yet

[wet sandal]

Yea I'm just playing around with some custom networking via global mod data

Hopefully this works the way I think it does

[sour island]

I had this issue with my money - my solution was to restrict manipulation to items inside the player :\

you'd have to send the modData through server and back to clients

and I didn't want to deal with all that

[tiny token]

hi! Did you evaluate the possibility of having threads inside this channel? I think it could be great. good Monday!

[frank elbow]

Threads are allowed in this channel

[wet sandal]

Ayy I got it working for ground items

Time spent on the actual networking architecture: 10 minutes
Time spent hunting down silly typos and silent bugs only possible in lua: 90 minutes

[thorn bane]

this is programming 101

[wet sandal]

Is this real?

Because thats kind of a huge problem I shouldn't have to deal with. I can't change my mod ids at this point. Basically all of them have underscores.

[bronze yoke]

seems unlikely

[wet sandal]

Maybe trolling, trying to get unsuspecting authors to remove their mods from everyone's saves

[bronze yoke]

more likely someone unknowledgeable blaming their issues on something completely arbitrary

[lone nest]

sus.

but folder path naming IS case sensitive though for Linux, Macs, and Unix OS iirc.

[spice saddle]

Underscore doesn’t cause issues with macs from my experience

Otherwise all steam deck users would be having a lot of issues

[lone nest]

Shoutout to @mellow frigate, your contribution is greatly appreciated!

[oblique meadow]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2982067438

i made an addon for true music if any of you guys or gals like phil collins or genesis

32 songs, all lore friendly as they were recorded before 1991

[heady crystal]

Are evolved recipes handled through code that's not exposed?

[bronze yoke]

i've messed with them a bit and i didn't run into anything that wasn't exposed

[heady crystal]

Original:

evolvedrecipe PieSweet
{
  BaseItem:PiePrep,
  MaxItems:4,
  ResultItem:PieWholeRawSweet,
  Cookable:true,
  Name:Prepare Sweet Pie,
  CanAddSpicesEmpty:true,
}

Mine:

evolvedrecipe Prepare Literally Anything
{
  BaseItem:PiePrep,
  MaxItems:4,
  ResultItem:PieWholeRawSweet,
  Cookable:true,
  Name:Prepare Something for the love of GOD,
  CanAddSpicesEmpty:true,
}

Original

[bronze yoke]

what module is your recipe in

[heady crystal]

Base

[bronze yoke]

hmm not that then

[heady crystal]

It's identical

[bronze yoke]

oh, wait

did you add the items to this recipe?

[heady crystal]

Wdym?

[bronze yoke]

items assign themselves to the recipe, they work backwards for some reason

[heady crystal]

https://tenor.com/bVtec.gif

I'm gonna have a HEART ATTACK

Infuriating is putting this midlly lol

[bronze yoke]

this is especially frustrating because this is not even how it works behind the scenes, it's only backwards as far as the scripts go

[heady crystal]

How does one add the ingredients?

[bronze yoke]

are you familiar with using DoParam?

[heady crystal]

Not at all

[bronze yoke]

local item = ScriptManager.instance:getItem("module.myItem")
if item then
    item:DoParam("EvolvedRecipe = RecipeName:Amount")
end

if you want to add to multiple recipes you separate them with semicolons e.g. EvolvedRecipe = RecipeName:Amount;Recipe2:Amount

[heady crystal]

module.myItem is the ingredient?

[bronze yoke]

yeah, that's right

[heady crystal]

And what's the amount?

[bronze yoke]

i think it's the amount of usedelta or something

[heady crystal]

Ah

Where should I put this LUA file?

[bronze yoke]

shared or server, as long as it runs on both sides

[heady crystal]

Sorry for all the questions I just want to make sure it works I am super frustrated rn lol

I'll give it a go, thanks for the help!

[wary sonnet]

Has anyone tried using AI to develop their mods?

[hidden jungle]

is there a way of pulling the list of valid hammers for crafting?
in vanilla its just the ball peen, normal hammer, and stone hammer, but if i make a list of those 3 then modded hammers wouldn't be detected. even though they're valid and being used for the recipe.

not just hammers, saws, propane torches. pretty much all of the tools. how do you pull those lists?

[bronze yoke]

they probably use a tag + function for it, like [Recipe.GetItemType.Hammer] or something

[thorn bane]

I used ChatGPT to get a head-start on some of the mods, but it's really only good for checking if your Lua code is good

Anything regarding Project Zomboid modding specifically gets iffy

[bronze yoke]

here it is```lua
function Recipe.GetItemTypes.Hammer(scriptItems)
scriptItems:addAll(getScriptManager():getItemsTag("Hammer"))
end

you can reference functions in a recipe script by enclosing the name in square brackets like that

[hidden jungle]

where is that? is that in a lua file?

[bronze yoke]

yeah, server/recipecode.lua

[hidden jungle]

thanks 👍

[heady crystal]

Anybody know if there's a way to check if an object is being cooked?

Like an event or function that gets triggered or something

[thin hornet]

item:isCookable() and item:getItemHeat() > 0

[heady crystal]

Yeah but that only checks its temperature, I am looking for a function or something that gets triggered when you say put something in an oven

Or a fridge

[silver widget]

Not quite sure if If this is what your looking for but in ISCraftActiin there's
newItem:setCooked(resultItemCreated:isCooked());

And in food lua
---@public
---@return boolean
function Food:isCookedInMicrowave() end

[mellow frigate]

the good ol' OnContainerUpdate

with a bit of clicky turn on/off

[heady crystal]

I'm making ice cream aaaand apparently I cannot prevent it from turning into a cookable item

[mellow frigate]

but good luck with that

[heady crystal]

So I am looking into forcing it to melt on cook

[heady crystal]

Using evolved recipes

[thin hornet]

I had ice cream today

was tasty

[mellow frigate]

you can do whatever with the oncreate function in the recipes don't you ?

[heady crystal]

Ice cream rules

[heady crystal]

Don't know, never touched recipe code before

[thin hornet]

Maybe copy normal cookable food

[heady crystal]

I am already setting it to turn into a regular base game ice cream

[thin hornet]

and make the iced ice cream a "uncooked" and the melted one a "cooked"

[heady crystal]

But the evolved recipe forces it to become a cookable item

[thin hornet]

hum nevermind

[heady crystal]

Yeah it's pretty silly haha

[thin hornet]

i mistaken, cooked item arent a different one

[heady crystal]

You can cook the ice cream

[thin hornet]

what a waste

[heady crystal]

This might work tho?

[mellow frigate]

You've gone too far into madness !

[heady crystal]

https://tenor.com/5xCr.gif

If the oncontainer thing gets called frequently I can just check if the ice cream is heated and destroy it

[mellow frigate]

that's pretty much what Cooler mod does

Coolbag

[heady crystal]

https://tenor.com/bgaJx.gif

[silver widget]

• I need a lil guidance 🙏. Recently inspired by Ra's body mod.
  I've gone through and made new assets for m&f and 500+ decals and overlays I know I can just replace the default player texture but I'd like to add them to the character creation screen and maybe a few new buttons for eye types/color.
  Can some one direct me as to where I should look/ how to Guid?

[thin hornet]

the only way i would see this possible so far, is by hooking into InventoryPane and checking there, but thats wrong on many level

[heady crystal]

https://tenor.com/bCnZw.gif

[thin hornet]

items do have an update method but not something we can access in lua

[heady crystal]

I found this

But it's not accessible it seems

[thin hornet]

oh

    item CheeseSandwich
    {
        DisplayName = Cheese Sandwich,
        DisplayCategory = Food,
        Type = Food,
        Weight = 0.3,
        Icon = Sandwich_cheese,
        IsCookable = true,
        ReplaceOnCooked = GrilledCheese,
        MinutesToCook = 4,
        DaysFresh = 2,
        DaysTotallyRotten = 4,
        HungerChange = -15,
        Calories = 366,
        Carbohydrates = 28,
        Lipids = 22.5,
        Proteins = 12,
        WorldStaticModel = CheeseSandwich,
        Tags = HideCooked,
    }

ReplaceOnCooked is a thing

there you go man, that must be it

its already what the vanilla ice cream is

    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,
    }

    item IcecreamMelted
    {
        DisplayName = Melted Ice Cream,
        DisplayCategory = Food,
        Type = Food,
        Weight = 0.2,
        Icon = IcecreamMelted,
        Packaged = TRUE,
        HungerChange = -30,
        Calories = 1680,
        Carbohydrates = 180,
        Lipids = 84,
        Proteins = 26,
        WorldStaticModel = IcecreamMelted,
        DaysFresh = 2,
        DaysTotallyRotten = 2,
    }

[heady crystal]

No way

[thin hornet]

ReplaceOnCooked = IcecreamMelted,
ReplaceOnRotten = IcecreamMelted,

[heady crystal]

Can't be this easy

https://tenor.com/bCnZw.gif

[thin hornet]

https://tenor.com/view/yes-yep-yup-its-is-nod-gif-16786631

[heady crystal]

It actually works

You genius!

[thin hornet]

well you the genius lol

or lets say we are geniuses?

[heady crystal]

Yes! It's lonely at the top

We're both legends

Hahaha

[thin hornet]

Dont cook too much ice cream keep some for us

[heady crystal]

https://tenor.com/4XEE.gif

[thin hornet]

Have fun lol

im out zzzzz

[heady crystal]

Cya! Thanks again 💖

[thin hornet]

@heady crystal btw i love your mod presentation with your purple hoodie character and the speech bubble

[heady crystal]

Thanks so much! I'm glad people like it, I wanted to have my own avatar like a lot of the bigger modders do

[thin hornet]

mine is a woman in bikini lol

i dont actually have one

used to have gorillaz characters

[heady crystal]

Yeah that one stuck with me

It looked great

I think you should go for something like it

[thin hornet]

always loved their drawing

[heady crystal]

But that's just me

[rain rune]

You're the modder for Bravens Utilities?

[heady crystal]

Yeah, something up?

[rain rune]

Not at all

Its a great mod. My players love the common sense additions

[heady crystal]

Thanks so much! 💖

It really means a lot. It fills me with joy to know people are having fun with my mods 😄

[rain rune]

Do you ever take mod commission work?

[heady crystal]

Hit me up with a friend request, let's see if I can make it

[hoary widget]

Hey how does the npc spawngroup for clothing work? Is 1 meaning they are guarnteed to spawn on 1?

table.insert(ZombiesZoneDefinition.Offices, {name = "Jacket_samurai_classic", chance = 0.1})
table.insert(ZombiesZoneDefinition.School, {name = "Jacket_samurai_classic", chance = 0.1})
table.insert(ZombiesZoneDefinition.FancyHotel, {name = "Jacket_samurai_classic", chance = 0.1})

Im talking about stuff like this btw

[manic relic]

anyone got any idea whats wrong with my code?

everytime trying to load a new game it just breaks?

[hoary widget]

Also I have a question is possible to make a vehicle with new animations? Like a walker or mech type deal?

[ancient grail]

Same

[heady crystal]

See?

[weary matrix]

any clue if there's a way to have a unique identifier for a server?

from lua of course

for example I'd like to call something like: getServerID() and it would return a unique identifier, always the same for a given server but different for each server

[ancient grail]

Guid generator:
https://guidgenerator.com/

[fast galleon]

I wouldn't worry about it, I have a lot of popular mods installed with _. One mod also has empty space and -.

[weary matrix]

neat, I can retrieve the server IP with steamGetInternetServerDetails()

[mellow frigate]

SpawnPoints is a Java type in PZ

[heady crystal]

Posting with the preview picture cause Discord's embed is broken lmao
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2982620850

[snow egret]

I want to create a propane furnace that the player can create. Like the one in BlackSmith that is not implemented, but that works with propane, and that like the propane barbecue can be interacted to insert and remove the propane tank. For this I must create a new class in java that extends IsoObject, or is there a way to do it in lua?

[wind jetty]

How to fetch the "CustomContextMenu" property of an item in a mod? It's in the documentation but it doesn't show up within the table when I debug a food Item?

I tried:

• item:CustomContextMenu()
• item:getCustomContextMenu()
• item.CustomContextMenu

Reason I need it because I want to perform a certain action on drinks, and not other food/smoke/etc

[mellow frigate]

Events.OnFillInventoryObjectContextMenu.Add(myModdedFunction);

function myModdedFunction(playerNum, context, items)

[ancient grail]

Animated Musical tiles WIP :
https://imgur.com/WH353bI
https://imgur.com/Nx1WApQ
https://imgur.com/fXv9aNb

[spice saddle]

I’m imagining this being used by ice cream truck!

[ancient grail]

Oooh yeah i could make this an api

[tropic hedge]

Hi Aiteron

I don't understarnd how the client/server command works

It seems like MyDebugServer is not functioning properly

Thank you

client-side MyDebug.lua

    require("MyDebugServer")

    local function onServerResponse(response)
        print("Received server response:", response)
    end

    local function sendServerRequest()
        local player = getPlayer()
        sendServerCommand(player, "exampleCommand",
                onServerResponse(response), nil )
    end

    Events.OnKeyPressed.Add(sendServerRequest)

server-side MyDebugServer.lua

    local function handleClientRequest(player)
        print(">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> handleClientRequest")
        local response = "Hello from the server!"
        sendClientCommand(player, "exampleResponse", response, nil)
    end

    Events.OnServerCommand.Add(function(player, command, args)
        print(">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> OnServerCommand")
        handleClientRequest(player)

        --if command == "exampleCommand" then
        --    handleClientRequest(player)
        --end
    end)

[tawdry solar]

[fast galleon]

Hello!

[tawdry solar]

hi

[thin hornet]

if im not mistaking, sendServerCommand need to be called on the server and sendClientCommand called on the client.

[storm flame]

Me on my way to make ice cream:

[sage eagle]

trying to make a mod that adds a draggable day counter to the screen

i know not where to start

[white pivot]

hi everyone. I'm using arsenal gunfighter 2.0 data to in my mod an i call it like that : local player = getSpecificPlayer(0); local weaitem = player:getPrimaryHandItem(); local recoilamount = weaitem:getModData().TempRecoilDelayis there anything unreliable in that ? provided i specified require "content.108600.2297098490.mods.ARSENAL-26-GunFighter.media.lua.client.GunFighter_02Functions.lua" at file start ?

how do you guys call mod data in your mods, if any ?

[sage eagle]

wym

[white pivot]

And many thanks @fast galleon, i ended up to understand how to use time and time instance, here is how i made a double sinusoidal works in pz ^^ : ```if drunklevel > 0 then

            local newtimeinstanz = Calendar.getInstance()

            local secz = math.abs(newtimeinstanz:getTimeInMillis())*0.001

            local drunknesstime = 0.4 --0.25*math.sin(2*math.pi*0.1*secz)+0.35
            local drunknessoffset = 0.2*math.sin(2*math.pi*0.2*secz)
            local oscillationamplitude =  drunklevel*1.8
            local oscillationoffset = 0
            local drunkennessAdjustment = oscillationamplitude * math.sin(2 * math.pi * (drunknesstime * secz - drunknessoffset)) + oscillationoffset -->> y = A * sin(2πf(x - h)) + k
            Advanced_trajectory.aimnum = math.min(math.max(Advanced_trajectory.aimnum + drunkennessAdjustment-adsEffect, aimin), maxaimnum)

        else
            local drunknessAdjustment = nil
            local drunknessoffset = nil
            local secz = nil
        end --Drunkness ``` it drives distance between sight's sprite

[bronze yoke]

that's correct, and requiring a file isn't relevant to moddata

[sage eagle]

waityou said you used time

[sage eagle]

are you amodder

[bronze yoke]

yeah

[sage eagle]

would be able to help me

i have an idea for a mod with no understanding of how to do it

its something like a day counter for the corner of your screen, to help people making any form of 100 days series for PZ

like what Predz did

[bronze yoke]

i haven't done much with ui, not my area

[sage eagle]

editing in the day counter is confusing cause even predz lost track

[bronze yoke]

i know gametime tracks how many days survived

[sage eagle]

yea

its similar to that

it would be days since the world was created

and wouldn't reset on death

i mean technically it could reset on death

so people would have to keep track by not dying

[white pivot]

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/GameTime

[sage eagle]

...

[white pivot]

it helped me with time. From what i barelly understand about your idea, did you tried to catch ISAlarmClockDialog.lua ?

[bronze yoke]

i think gametime's days survived is probably time since creation

[sage eagle]

no

yea

i want like a little box i can drag around

that says Day XXXXXX

[white pivot]

then don't anchor it

[sage eagle]

i have no idea how to even make it

thats the thing

im very smol brain

the most i've done is tweaked the antiserum mod

to allow me to disinfect used injectors

[white pivot]

You'll have to learn how to make a mod with folder organisation, then you start from clock ui, u set anchor false, you drive it the way you need about time, custom sprite, and go.

[sage eagle]

and...there goes my brain

[white pivot]

i believe in you ;p

[sage eagle]

i dont

i prefer guidance

T_T

i'm very incapable

[sage eagle]

anchor true would be fine tbh

as long as the background of it is similarly transparent to the watch ui

does not reset on death```

thats my storyboard/plan

[manic schooner]

been thinking, would it be possible to rollover the "time survived" and "kills" stats from one character to another?
anyone know where those 2 stats are stored?

[sage eagle]

in the world save folder i believe

[white pivot]

it's easy, grab the last part of the file, remove what you don't need (it refers to ISPanelJoypad wich is interactive buttons, look in there too if you need anything). then you need the prerender function, render function and update function. You name them the way you need. You place it in another corner or set anchor false, you make your sprite, you grab all what's about days.

[bronze yoke]

IsoPlayer:getHoursSurvived(), IsoGameCharacter:getZombieKills()

[sage eagle]

1. where should i look for the code
2. where the fuck am i gonna get a sprite, im ass at art

and yes, before you ask, i can fuck up simple text in photoshop

[white pivot]

Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\ProjectZomboid\media\lua\client\ISUI\ISAlarmClockDialog.lua

[crystal idol]

Hi all, im new modding, how can I see the amount of propane in a propane tank? I want to write a recipe, if the tank is below 5% or its empty, will consume some materials to destroy the tank an respawn a filled one, OR to simply refill the current item to 1 .

Def's long term survival mod convert empty tanks to a new item, that item its destroyed and the recipe spawn a new item, I want to do the same with the Industrial propane tank from the mod "the workshop"

[sage eagle]

that yes?

[pearl citrus]

This might be the function you need. I believe the "uses" function is the main way items like that are checked.
Either way, this page will almost certainly have the function.
https://zomboid-javadoc.com/41.78/zombie/inventory/InventoryItem.html#getCurrentUses()

[sage eagle]

you said i need this:

    self.backgroundColor.a = 0.8
    self:drawRect(0, 0, self.width, self.height, self.backgroundColor.a, self.backgroundColor.r, self.backgroundColor.g, self.backgroundColor.b);
    self:drawRectBorder(0, 0, self.width, self.height, self.borderColor.a, self.borderColor.r, self.borderColor.g, self.borderColor.b);
    self:drawTextCentre(getText("IGUI_SetAlarm"), self:getWidth()/2, 10, 1, 1, 1, 1, UIFont.Small);
end```

[pearl citrus]

There's also "getDrainableUsesInt", might be that? I'd run a search on the codebase to see if you can find an actual instance of it being used.

[sage eagle]

end```

and that

    ISPanelJoypad.update(self)
    if self.ok.joypadFocused then
        self.ok:setJoypadButton(Joypad.Texture.AButton)
    else
        self.ok.joypadTexture = nil
        self.ok.isJoypad = false
    end
    if math.abs(self.character:getX() - self.playerX) > 0.1 or math.abs(self.character:getY() - self.playerY) > 0.1 then
        self:destroy()
    end
end```

and that

IsoPlayer:getHoursSurvived()

and i'll need this

    local o = {}
    o = ISPanelJoypad:new(x, y, width, height);
    setmetatable(o, self)
    self.__index = self
    local playerObj = player and getSpecificPlayer(player) or nil
    o.character = playerObj;
    o.name = nil;
    o.backgroundColor = {r=0, g=0, b=0, a=0.5};
    o.borderColor = {r=0.4, g=0.4, b=0.4, a=1};
    if y == 0 then
        o.y = getPlayerScreenTop(player) + (getPlayerScreenHeight(player) - height) / 2
        o:setY(o.y)
    end
    if x == 0 then
        o.x = getPlayerScreenLeft(player) + (getPlayerScreenWidth(player) - width) / 2
        o:setX(o.x)
    end
    o.width = width;
    o.height = height;
    o.anchorLeft = true;
    o.anchorRight = true;
    o.anchorTop = true;
    o.anchorBottom = true;
    o.player = player;
    o.playerX = playerObj:getX()
    o.playerY = playerObj:getY()
    o.alarm = alarm;
    return o;
end```

[crystal idol]

Thanks! gonna test all of them

[sage eagle]

O_o

okay i got a headache now

thats a lot of Lua

[white pivot]

you'll also need everything wich is used to display and update days

[sage eagle]

o_O

oh no

[white pivot]

uhuh

[sage eagle]

im not gonna be able to thin

think

[white pivot]

ask chat gpt to do the thinking

[sage eagle]

it doesnt work

i tried to make a mod with gpt

it did not work

never use chat gpt

[bronze sand]

Is Blackbeard here?

I have a piece of feedback about the MRE mod

I think it's important, I found a huge exploit

[sage eagle]

tell us

what is it

@white pivot

ISDayCounter = ISPanelJoypad:derive("ISDayCounter")

function ISDayCounter:initialise()
    ISPanelJoypad.initialise(self)
    
    self.dayLabel = ISLabel:new(0, 0, 100, 20, "", 1, 1, 1, 1, UIFont.Small, true)
    self.dayLabel:initialise()
    self:addChild(self.dayLabel)
end

function ISDayCounter:update()
    ISPanelJoypad.update(self)
    
    -- Get the current day from GameTime
    local daysSurvived = GameTime.getInstance():getWorldAgeDays()
    
    -- Update the day label text
    self.dayLabel.name = "Day " .. tostring(daysSurvived)
    self.dayLabel:setX((self:getWidth() - self.dayLabel.width) / 2)
end

function ISDayCounter:prerender()
    ISPanelJoypad.prerender(self)
end

function ISDayCounter:render()
    ISPanelJoypad.render(self)
end

local dayCounter = nil

local function showDayCounter()
    -- Create the day counter instance
    dayCounter = ISDayCounter:new(10, 10, 100, 20)
    dayCounter:initialise()
    dayCounter:addToUIManager()
end

Events.OnGameStart.Add(showDayCounter)```

how does that look

[white pivot]

remove everything about ISPanelJoypad, you don't need interactive buttons

[sage eagle]

ahhh

isnt that like the whole thing

[bronze sand]

The exploit?

Well, with the MRE mod, you can get Infinite food

[sage eagle]

obv

loot respawn

[bronze sand]

No

[sage eagle]

farming gives infintite food too

[sage eagle]

how so then

also Cosmik

are you sure

[bronze sand]

I mean infinite food without any effort

Not even searching for the stuff

It's obviously a non intended mechanic

You see, there's "Boxes of MRE"

Each has 12 MRE

You can unpack the Box to get them

[sage eagle]

👍

[bronze sand]

I clearly haven't finished

[sage eagle]

yeah

[white pivot]

i checked, you don't need ISPanelJoypad, it's only about interactive buttons

[bronze sand]

You can eat half or a quarter of the 12 MRE's, then you can pack them back into a Box, and unpack them again to get Full MRE's

[bronze sand]

Infinitely

[sage eagle]

but its in there a bunch

i dont wanna mess up and have to start over

its in there six times

[white pivot]

yes yes, but it's for buttons

[sage eagle]

i know

so do i just delete the word

or every line that contains it

[white pivot]

delete the whole line for each occurence

[sage eagle]

what about the line that says require ISUI

function ISDayCounter:initialise()
 
    
    self.dayLabel = ISLabel:new(0, 0, 100, 20, "", 1, 1, 1, 1, UIFont.Small, true)
    self.dayLabel:initialise()
    self:addChild(self.dayLabel)
end

function ISDayCounter:update()
 
    
    -- Get the current day from GameTime
    local daysSurvived = GameTime.getInstance():getWorldAgeDays()
    
    -- Update the day label text
    self.dayLabel.name = "Day " .. tostring(daysSurvived)
    self.dayLabel:setX((self:getWidth() - self.dayLabel.width) / 2)
end

function ISDayCounter:prerender()
  
end

function ISDayCounter:render()
   
end

local dayCounter = nil

local function showDayCounter()
    -- Create the day counter instance
    dayCounter = ISDayCounter:new(10, 10, 100, 20)
    dayCounter:initialise()
    dayCounter:addToUIManager()
end

Events.OnGameStart.Add(showDayCounter)```

there it is

[bronze yoke]

requiring a vanilla file doesn't do anything anyway

the only reasons you'll see someone require a vanilla file is either they don't know that or it's just for organisation

[sage eagle]

so i can remove the entire requirement line

[white pivot]

yes, or you can use ISPanel instead, but look into ISPanelJoypad functions thats called in the clock file

[sage eagle]

you broke my brain again

[white pivot]

when you hit initialise(), it does function ISPanel:initialise() ISUIElement.initialise(self); end

[sage eagle]

am i adding that

[white pivot]

that's not too harsh

[sage eagle]

im a dumbass lmao

[white pivot]

😅

i think you are on a good way to learn LUA

[sage eagle]

i wish i had the mentality of a pz character

read one magazine and learn an entire field of information

do i need to add anything to what i have

[zinc pilot]

any clue in how to directly run a SendCommandToServer on the server?

Specifically, I wanna trigger a /Save

[sage eagle]

function ISDayCounter:initialise()
 
    
    self.dayLabel = ISLabel:new(0, 0, 100, 20, "", 1, 1, 1, 1, UIFont.Small, true)
    self.dayLabel:initialise()
    self:addChild(self.dayLabel)
    self.dragging = false
    self.dragOffsetX = 0
    self.dragOffsetY = 0
end

function ISDayCounter:update()
 
    
    -- Get the current day from GameTime
    local daysSurvived = GameTime.getInstance():getWorldAgeDays()
    
    -- Update the day label text
    self.dayLabel.name = "Day " .. tostring(daysSurvived)
    self.dayLabel:setX((self:getWidth() - self.dayLabel.width) / 2)
    
    -- Update the label position if dragging
     if self.dragging then
        local x = getMouseX() - self.dragOffsetX
        local y = getMouseY() - self.dragOffsetY
        self:setX(x)
        self:setY(y)
     end
end

function ISDayCounter:onMouseDown(x, y)

    -- Check if the mouse click is within the day counter panel
    if x >= 0 and y >= 0 and x <= self.width and y <= self.height then
        -- Set dragging flag and calculate drag offsets
        self.dragging = true
        self.dragOffsetX = x
        self.dragOffsetY = y
    end
end

function ISDayCounter:onMouseUp(x, y)
    
    -- Reset dragging flag
    self.dragging = false
end

function ISDayCounter:new(x, y, width, height)
    o.backgroundColor = { r = 0, g = 0, b = 0, a = 0 }
    o.borderColor = { r = 1, g = 1, b = 1, a = 0 }
    return o
end

function ISDayCounter:prerender()
  
end

function ISDayCounter:render()
   
end

local dayCounter = nil

local function showDayCounter()
    -- Create the day counter instance
    dayCounter = ISDayCounter:new(10, 10, 100, 20)
    dayCounter:initialise()
    dayCounter:addToUIManager()
end

Events.OnGameStart.Add(showDayCounter)```

alright so i made it draggable i think

cosmik does that look good?

[sage eagle]

youtube

[snow egret]

I want to create a propane furnace that the player can create. Like the one in BlackSmith that is not implemented, but that works with propane, and that like the propane barbecue can be interacted to insert and remove the propane tank. For this I must create a new class in java that extends IsoObject, or is there a way to do it in lua?

[hoary widget]

Check pinned messages, and sadly there is no youtube tut for cloth modding in PZ...yet

[clever totem]

Hey guys! I wanted to make myself a custom map, just like they did flyers in Expanded Helicopter Events, and I was wondering if someone here could help me out with it, I am quite new to modding zomboid, haven't done anything except for clothes, and I am unsure of where to start with it, thank you in advance

[sour island]

You can open up mods that do things to see how they did it.

also, hit my first mili

Nvm... my menu mod beat it, I forgot to check it first

Egg on my face, a menu mod is my most subbed

Then again, mod options is still at #1

[tame mulch]

Congrats!

[sour island]

Oh nice, better sorting jumped up a few spots - I wonder what happened there.

[sage eagle]

@white pivot

it did not work

T_T

[untold turtle]

Haio could someone dm me who is willing to help me with a modding issue? or @ me when you can (Ty)

[urban vapor]

hi, if I want to do some mod, where should I start with? I now the basic of basics in code and never touched lua

[bronze sand]

@sour island
Now request a job at The Indie Stone

I actually think they should consider hiring more QoL modders

[clever totem]

Oh yeah! I did open your mod guys, and checked around, tried to copy a bit, and play around... but now it crashes my game whenever I activate the mod

[sour island]

If you post the error people will help

[clever totem]

Got it, I will try to, it doesn't show any error, though I can show what files, and code I put so far

[stone garden]

im trying to learn modding could anyone help me?

im trying to modify project humanoid because i got perm from aiteron and i wanted to see how to make npcs spawn naturally

[clever totem]

I've fixed the code, it doesn't kick anymore, however I can't seem to find the map in the cheat menu, the map is already coded aswell as an item

though Muldrough is changed to MapS1

I also got LUA stuff for the overlay thign from EHE

along with UI

[stone garden]

No one can help me :(

im really sorry for begging please help me

[lone nest]

you can use Events.OnGameStart.Add(<function>);

and Aiteron's code is from 2 years ago, which may or may not work in the current b41 build.

[stone garden]

it actually works

[lone nest]

I'm assuming you have it spawn on command or by a function call...

Either way, you can try spawning NPCs "naturally" by using Lua events
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Modding:Lua_Events

In the case of NPCs, I strongly suggest no faster than EveryHour (in-game hour)

every minute in-game is about 2 seconds(?) IRL, which will kill your game performance very quickly.

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Game_Time

@stone garden hope that's enough to get you started.

[stone garden]

alright thx

[stone garden]

the npcs dont spawn in

[clever totem]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1110555632383299625/1113244046480113725/image.png well, I've got the map somewhat, is there a way to make it wider?

i got it!!!

[gilded hawk]

I decided to update my color picker for the transmog mod, it even support custom pickers 😄

[magic halo]

Good night guys! I have a problem, I created a machine item to use at an ATM, I set its weight to 2000 so that no one can pick it up, but I can't place it on the ground for some reason, is there a way to work around this problem?

I needed to use the place item option, to prevent the machine from being deleted on floor cleaning...

[sour island]

You made an item to act as the ATM?

[magic halo]

Yes

[sour island]

Take it from someone who thought using cars as crates was a good idea - look into IsoObjects instead

[gilded hawk]

Storage goes vrooom?

[sour island]

Nah, no wheels - we just wanted a 3D object with density

you can tow it though

[magic halo]

I'm making a savings system that uses cash items to buy things from vending machines and ATMs, so the ATM and machines could show up in receipts as well

Would be like this

[weary matrix]

Can you make it possible to hack ATMs using a laptop to withdraw money like in terminator II? 😄

[nimble spoke]

Next to that my mods are extrmely niche nd unknown

[stone garden]

does anyone here have project humanoid file?

[hidden jungle]

how do you cause zombies to fall? I found :setStaggerBack() which causes them to react as if they're pushed but is there a way to force a knock down?

[weary matrix]

https://github.com/quarantin/zomboid-spear-traps/blob/main/media/lua/client/SpearTraps/SpearTraps.lua#L307

[pulsar stag]

Hydrocraft has the file you'll want to copy. Their biogas refill does just that, and you can just swap out the ingredients for the ones you want. You can search their GitHub for "biogas" to find the relevant recipe

[hidden jungle]

@weary matrix its a bit iffy. it looks like zombies have some kind of "fall resist" mechanic? is that what im seeing or is it something else.

its being tied to the WeaponHitSomething event so could that be it?

[bronze yoke]

i think you just need to setBumpFallType

[hidden jungle]

what are the valid strings for that?

[bronze yoke]

i think glytch3r kept a list of them but his resources aren't very organised so idk how to find it

[hidden jungle]

can you send me the link? i'll dig around myself. maybe i'll find some other stuff too

[bronze yoke]

probably somewhere in this entire thread and everything it links to 😅 https://discord.com/channels/136501320340209664/1070852229654917180

from searching vanilla code i see only "pushedBehind" and "pushedFront" used

[hidden jungle]

no dice.
but setBumpFallType() is something that i already use for causing a player to trip. gonna try the same setup on a zombie and see if ti works

[bronze yoke]

yeah it might be part of a larger thing, i've never used it myself just seen it come up here a couple times

[hidden jungle]

oh god... it corrupted the entire save

what the fuck

i've never seen zomboid do that, instead of the error reporter it just faded to black and went back to the main menu

it saved the corrupted world as a new one. good to know zomboid has failsafes for when things go wrong.

[mellow frigate]

If it comes from one of your mods, you can consider this as +1 level in modding perk.

[hidden jungle]

buddy i'm already level 8 at least.
i've been developing in lua since i was 13 years old :P

the java lua hybrid shinangains that zomboid does is a nightmare for me though. java is so much different than lua its not even funny

[potent ibex]

i made some custom items but cant attach it to my backpack in the utility slot, anyone know how to fix this?

[hidden jungle]

is the utility slot from another mod?
or are you talking about the back slot

[potent ibex]

i think its from the noir attachment mod

is this mod have included specific items to an list in his mod?