mod_development

[deft plaza]

whole line?

[crystal oar]

ya get rid of usedelta if it's not a drainable

[deft plaza]

here is what it looks like now

[crystal oar]

also if it's not a drainable you won;t have partial stacks and can't consolidate it, axe the consolodate line

[deft plaza]

what

[crystal oar]

ConsolidateOption

[deft plaza]

delete it?>

[crystal oar]

ya, that's also for drainables

[deft plaza]

okay

update

[crystal oar]

can you try booting up now and looking for it? my fingers are crossed that this was the only problem

even if there was an issue with the model or the icon or the texture it should still show up in item picker right anyone?

[deft plaza]

lets see

nope

just sending it again

[crystal oar]

and the icon is in the right folder and named Item_RedDuctTape? and is the right size and everything?

[deft plaza]

here

[crystal oar]

item_redducttape != Item_RedDuctTape

change either the filename or the line in the item so the two match

[deft plaza]

yea okay

wait I think icon does not need item_

[crystal oar]

i don't think it needs it, but make sure it matches

[bronze yoke]

yes, the item not showing up means there is a massive issue with the block that is stopping it from being read or the file isn't being read at all

[crystal oar]

when you look at it does anything jump out at you?

[bronze yoke]

no

[crystal oar]

sigh i wish i could figure it out

[bronze yoke]

i think the file isn't being read at all but i've already suggested every cause i know of that

[deft plaza]

updated code

hold on why doesnt redducttape have those lines like the other txts

[crystal oar]

unclear, what IDE is that you are using?

[bronze yoke]

looks like vscode

[deft plaza]

IDE

???

[deft plaza]

it is

[crystal oar]

i use notepad++ like a scrub lol

what on earth do the little lines mean?

[deft plaza]

thats my question

[bronze yoke]

that is weird, it should just be the icon for the file type

but it shows .txt so ???

could you send me the item_redducttape.txt?

[deft plaza]

sent

[deft plaza]

sent

[bronze yoke]

works for me with no changes

[deft plaza]

are my scripts right?

[bronze yoke]

yeah

[bronze yoke]

all i did was put your file into one of my mods

[deft plaza]

there all in my scripts folder

I saw somewhere where someone puts there mod id after module instead of base

[bronze yoke]

can you change something in one of your other files and see if it changes ingame?

i think what is happening is it is loading another copy of your mod from another folder

[deft plaza]

like what

[bronze yoke]

if you worked in both mods and workshop folders it might load the other one, if your mod is on steam and you're subscribed it might load the steam version instead

[deft plaza]

like should I delete the machete

and see if it does anything

[bronze yoke]

make a backup or something but yeah, if you delete the machete and it's still in the game then you know for sure

[deft plaza]

alright loading up the game

good news or something

it did not change anything

so what shall I do

[crystal oar]

albion you the best

[bronze yoke]

check Zomboid/Workshop/ and Zomboid/mods/ to make sure the copy you are working on is the only copy of your mod

[deft plaza]

for sure

its empty

what do I do

where should I work

I like working in mods make sure everything works

before updating

[bronze yoke]

you can work in either one as long as there's only one copy, but it's probably easier to work from workshop once you've first uploaded it (otherwise you'll have to keep moving it around every time you want to push an update)

that's what i usually do, develop from mods and then move to workshop when it's ready for its first release

[deft plaza]

what does that mean as long as there's only one copy

[bronze yoke]

if you have your mod in mods, and then you copy it into workshop to publish it, then your mod exists twice, and changes you make to one might not show up, it just messes everything up

[deft plaza]

so what do I do in the future?

[bronze yoke]

just make sure if you move your mod to workshop to delete the one in mods

[deft plaza]

oh okay

I guess I should move everything now

wait so

if I move the workshop one somewhere else will it still be on the workshop?

[bronze yoke]

yeah, that folder is just an area for you to upload it, steam has whatever you uploaded

[deft plaza]

okay

so I can delete it?

for now I backed it up

[tawdry solar]

did it wrok

[deft plaza]

one sec

okay now recipe

this right?

[tawdry solar]

@deft plaza what was issue

[deft plaza]

I was using workshop folder

but one sec

[crystal oar]

heyy so now it shows up in item picker?

[deft plaza]

I assume but I will check

scale is bad

this is the scale

[near chasm]

Would be cool if these could be used as sheets

[tawdry solar]

shoq

show

[tawdry solar]

that has fuckall to do with mod develop,emt

[tawdry solar]

so its big?

[deft plaza]

yup

[tawdry solar]

set it to 0.01

0.1 i mean

[deft plaza]

wait

no no way

for the machere its 0.06

right so

[tawdry solar]

its 0.06?

[deft plaza]

wait no hold on

0.01

thats

[tawdry solar]

ah

[deft plaza]

it

[tawdry solar]

0.01 then

[deft plaza]

lets see one sec

[tawdry solar]

@deft plaza

it works?

[deft plaza]

the scale is still messed up

[tawdry solar]

is it scaled in blender

thats teh only reason why

[near chasm]

Anyone happen to know the name of the funny flag

cant find it on the wiki

[tawdry solar]

the scale must be messed up in blender

[deft plaza]

scale

[near chasm]

ctrl A to apply transforms

[deft plaza]

what

[near chasm]

er, scale as well

[deft plaza]

wait how do I transform

[deft plaza]

what does it do

[near chasm]

basically you usually want scale in blender to be 1

[bronze yoke]

if you stand on the square with it and copy-paste this into the lua console it'll spit out the names of all the objects on that square, hopefully should be easy to recognise which one is the flag
local objects = getPlayer():getSquare():getObjects(); for i=0, objects:size()-1 do print(objects:get(i):getSprite() and objects:get(i):getSprite():getName()) end

[near chasm]

Thanks! I've had the game for less than a week. How do I open the console? 💧

[bronze yoke]

launch the game with -debug

[near chasm]

🙏

[near chasm]

not sure if this does the trick, or if this is just a skill issue on my part

[bronze yoke]

huh...

it's not part of the wall is it 😨

check the bit of wall next to it, if the wall there has a different sprite that's bad news

[near chasm]

uh oh

the plain wall is 02_50

[deft plaza]

this is the scale

but it is still showing up in game

big

hey seperate question

what do you guys thinkj

should add the option to make the machete

or should make it optional make a seperate mod within the mod

also this is how big the duct tape roll is

I made it

help

[bronze yoke]

just reduce the scale in the script

[deft plaza]

look

[tawdry solar]

0.001

Try tl

[deft plaza]

nows its very small I'm going to try 0.0010

how would I make two seperate mod versions in 1

as in one I have everything on one I have something removed

[bronze yoke]

two mod folders with different ids in their mod.infos

[deft plaza]

ahh

okayt

item distribution is this right

two different items in this

[deft plaza]

wait how will it be in the same mod then?

if its different ids

[bronze yoke]

it should be in the same Workshop/myMod/Contents/mods/ folder

[tawdry solar]

@deft plaza

[bronze yoke]

so when you upload it it uploads both as one workshop item

[deft plaza]

yea

[tawdry solar]

Can I see it?

[deft plaza]

not now one sec

[tawdry solar]

Ingame

Alright

[deft plaza]

wait here

[tawdry solar]

The on before iirc

[deft plaza]

iirc?

[tawdry solar]

If I recall correctly

[bronze yoke]

you basically want your structure to be like
Workshop/myMod/Contents/mods/Mod1/mod.info
Workshop/myMod/Contents/mods/Mod2/mod.info

[tawdry solar]

Why 2 mod.info

[bronze yoke]

two mods

[tawdry solar]

Why is there 2 mods??

[bronze yoke]

because they wanted a version without something

[tawdry solar]

Makes senss

[deft plaza]

you will see

[tawdry solar]

You are making another mod?

[deft plaza]

no you will see

[ancient grail]

Can objects that are dropped on the ground
Be moved using lua?

Like z axis

[bronze yoke]

what kind of objects

[ancient grail]

Like guns or swrods

[bronze yoke]

inventory items?

[ancient grail]

Or whatver dropped on the ground

Yes

Cuz they obey the tile right
Like certain elevation

[bronze yoke]

i think you have to remove it and recreate it in new location

[ancient grail]

But can it be placed like

For example under the table

[bronze yoke]

not possible with current renderer

[ancient grail]

Or cuz the tile will make it go on top of it

Right...
What about like upwards

Cuz im assuming the render thing is cuz under the table means theres cropping

Like it was suppose to be that tile is below
And you cant put it under the table cuz ot will mean the gun is below

[bronze yoke]

constructor has zoff parameter, probably means z offset?

[ancient grail]

Thnx ill check it out

I think addworldobject has x y z

[bronze yoke]

ya i think so

[ancient grail]

I thought it was an offset like code based place on ground

But now im curious if z works

[thin hornet]

it does

[ancient grail]

Nice so you can add the item as if its floating

[thin hornet]

without shadow it will never look like its floating

[bronze yoke]

you probably can force it to be 'under' a table but i don't think it'll render correctly

• ya there's no way to tell depth in pz's style

[deft plaza]

I can use someones sound right

not another mod creator though right

[ancient grail]

Yeh ive seen alot of illusions
Like if you have a deadbody floatin on z1 but without floor tiles
It will still look like its on z0

[compact shale]

Anyone knows what the SuburbsDistributions[“laboratory”] is Broken error indicates?

[deft plaza]

hey does likes show on steam workshop stuff

[compact shale]

It happens in fresh install vanilla 41.78 along with a mannequin zone error i’m sure someone is familiar with those

[bronze yoke]

it indicates nothing

you can ignore it

[deft plaza]

recipe right?

better ss

is it good guys?

[formal oasis]

Quick question (not to overshadow Rightwayup) Do you all reckon its possible to change weather for specific players but not the whole server? I strongly suspect the answer is no from my own searches, but figured it can't hurt to ask people with more experience .

[bronze yoke]

i looked at it briefly when i was writing up the events data, and maybe...?

[deft plaza]

albion is my recipe correct

[bronze yoke]

missing module

[deft plaza]

its there I added it

anything else

[formal oasis]

Ah theres a chance... Alright... Can't hurt to try some stuff

thanks

[deft plaza]

I added it anything else?

[bronze yoke]

need commas after each item name

[deft plaza]

everything

[deft plaza]

now what

does anyone know why this is not spawning?

[deft plaza]

sorry for the ping but you are good at this stuff

anything wrong

[sinful scaffold]

You gave it a 0.02% chance of spawning if it is rolled.

[deft plaza]

what

so what does that mean

[mellow frigate]

Is there already a mod that shows player 0 mod data, like Debug shows global mod data ? If not I'll make one.

[thin hornet]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2909488957&searchtext=Community

This mod let you instect IsoObject modData

[sinful scaffold]

I mean, I am being very literal. You gave your red duct tape an incredibly low chance of spawning. Increase that and you will see it spawning more often.

[deft plaza]

well dude I used the abundant option

alright how much should I do then

[mellow frigate]

Thanx mate

[deft plaza]

how much should I do

I want crate tools to be the most and garage tool to be the second most

[sinful scaffold]

That's up to you, how easy do you want to be for people to find it?

[deft plaza]

good?

I used the abundant option

so I'm pretty sure spawns dont work

[bronze yoke]

this is still a very very low chance

you can check if your spawns work and see an actual spawn chance for your settings with lootzed

[deft plaza]

reallyy

wait

hold on

how is it low 50%

[sinful scaffold]

They do work, you are off by 2 decimals.

[deft plaza]

thats not low

[sinful scaffold]

50% is 50, not 0.50

0.50 is 0.50%

[bronze yoke]

they aren't raw percentages but yes it's much closer to 0.5%

[deft plaza]

I guess

better?

[sinful scaffold]

Yeah, that should work.

[deft plaza]

probably totally un related

but its not in the spawn menu anymore

code again

if someone can dm me the problems

I'm too tired and I got a headache

thank you guys

[deft plaza]

alright

im good

whats wrong?

[mellow frigate]

Is there already something to manage the fact that players flags must be spread on the network to work in MP ? (e.g. zombiesDontAttack)

[slow granite]

zojot has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[novel barn]

Is there a recommended way to link to things in the workshop.txt or mod.info files? I was hoping markdown would work but seems like Steam is too smart to let people XSS attack each other. I just want to mention another steam user as thanks.

[bronze yoke]

for workshop.txt [url=url]text[/url] iirc

[tawny depot]

If I want to access a java class from LUA that doesn't have a LUA interface (Lets say for example, FliesSound), is there any way I can do this quick & simple, or will I have to create some additional files to emulate the java class in LUA?

[bronze yoke]

wdym lua interface?

if you're talking about class exposure, a class is either exposed or it isn't, nothing you can do to change that from lua

[tawny depot]

Right, I meant like for example there's Clock.lua, and Clock.java. I take from what you're saying is I'm SOL?

[bronze yoke]

yeah, that's not really how zomboid's lua works

[tawny depot]

Thanks for clearing that up

I'll have to find another way to count corpses 🥲

[deft plaza]

can I dm someone a question

[thin hornet]

ah the headache of translation file encoding

[raven briar]

Hi ! Quick question, I'd like to make a re-texture for some of the basegame vehicles. I have read the tutorial on the forums, but as I understand it that would overwrite the base game vanilla texture?? If I wanted to have it be standalone then would i just take the 3D model from the Zomboid folder, then rename it to myawesomecar blah blah blah whatever the Namin convention would have to be and put it in the mod folder??

[tame mulch]

You can do it like new car. Will be enough just create new texture and new vehicle script + add spawn vehicle to world

Or you can modify vanilla script (and overwrite it) and some cars will spawn with new textures + vanilla textures

[jaunty marten]

u can just do

for k,v in pairs(tbl) do
  if v == value_to_remove then
    tbl[k] = nil
  end
end

about sequential table

local tbl = {}
for i = 1, 100 do tbl[i] = true end
-- with it u can use ipairs and #
for k,v in ipairs(tbl) do print(k, v) end -- output: 100 lines
print(#tbl) -- output: 100

-- if use ur func for this `tbl` then:
for k,v in pairs(tbl) do if v == some_value then tbl[k] end end
-- for example we removed 35 index
-- then ipairs and # won't work correctly
for k,v in ipairs(tbl) do print(k, v) end -- output: 34 lines
print(#tbl) -- output: 34
-- problem is ipairs and # going from 1 to N where's N it's last index of sequence
-- for sequential tables u should use table.remove
-- for example: table.remove(tbl, 24) and after it lua will remove 24 index and shift all keys after 24
N = 24
tbl[N] = nil
tbl[N] = tbl[N + 1]
tbl[N + 1] = tbl[N + 2]
...
tbl[#tbl] = nil

[deft plaza]

can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong here

Redducttape is custom

[raven briar]

Oh brilliant thanks!!!

[red tiger]

It's pretty obvious. You're not following the syntax.

[deft plaza]

brother I'm new

[red tiger]

All you need to do is look at the examples in the game's files and check against them.

Also if you think I'm attacking you, that's on you.

[cosmic arrow]

hello, how can i check if the player has 1 or more nail item in their inventory (excluding nearby containers/floor)

[red tiger]

Single player?

[cosmic arrow]

mp

[red tiger]

local player = ..;
local inventory = player:getInventory();
-- I can't remember how to get items specifically but should be in this object

Should be in there.

I'll double-check. Grabbing my Umbrella environment.

[cosmic arrow]

so something similar to this?

[red tiger]

Hope that helps.

[cosmic arrow]

[red tiger]

@jaunty marten Hey.

[cosmic arrow]

would it be necessary to go for a function with Count or is it fine to just getItemFromType

[red tiger]

Oh. You could try getting the item with the ID.

[jaunty marten]

[red tiger]

local item = inventory:getItemById('Base.Nails');
if item not nil then
  -- ...
end

[cosmic arrow]

ah i see

tyvm

[red tiger]

Hey. How're you?

[jaunty marten]

pretty good, and u?

[red tiger]

Tired. Too hot here for my comfort.

I brushed up on Webpack this weekend and worked on a mock interface for writing 3rd party documentation for Umbrella.

Not final. No functionality. Just a set of panes and some filler text.

[jaunty marten]

ohhh, looks so sleek

[deft plaza]

can someone tell me what the number means at the end of the lines

=2
=15

[red tiger]

I already have a functional API on npmjs for PZ-Rosetta, my dataset solution for extracting data from the JavaDocs and Lua docs stuff too.

[jaunty marten]

amount of items

[deft plaza]

needed?

[jaunty marten]

[jaunty marten]

[deft plaza]

okay cool thank you

[jaunty marten]

[deft plaza]

is this recipe code right

[neon bronze]

Replace the semicolon with = otherwise it seems ok

Did you define Recipe.GetItemTypes.RedDuctTape?

[deft plaza]

define?

[neon bronze]

I mean wrote it

Its a function call in lua

You have to define what it does

[deft plaza]

its suppposed to be txt

[neon bronze]

Take a look at recipecode.lua in server folder

There are all the vanilla functions called for recipes and what kinda recipe items are allowed

[deft plaza]

I don't understand a single thing

[neon bronze]

If you have something like [Recipe.GetItemTypes.DuctTape] in your txt file its actually referencing a lua function that will be executed when creating the recipe

So instead of painstakingly referencing for example all the knives in the base game you can just write a lua function that gets all sharp weapons and says that those are needed for the recipe to work

[deft plaza]

I still don't get it man

[neon bronze]

Do you have only redducttape as the modded item?

[deft plaza]

yes

the redhandled machete is the first modded item I want to be crafted

[neon bronze]

Then just write how its called in the file instead of Recipe.GetItemType.RedDuctTapr

So RedDuctTape=1

[deft plaza]

okay

[neon bronze]

Also missing the closing bracket

[deft plaza]

where does that go

[neon bronze]

In the end

[deft plaza]

like this? you sure?

[neon bronze]

Yes

[deft plaza]

alright

is it good

[neon bronze]

Yep looks good

[deft plaza]

dude the crafting recipe is not even there

where is the crafting recipe.txt supposed be

[neon bronze]

In your client/scripts folder

Also enable your mod when starting

[deft plaza]

ahh okay

here

[neon bronze]

Ye

[regal roost]

so apparently
group:setHideModel
on my custom bodylocation under /shared/NPC/ doesn't seem to work on multiplayer. I've been reading about ClientCommand and ServerCommand but currently struggling to understand how can I work with these.
Other things such as
group:setExclusive on the same bodylocation.lua works fine.

[deft plaza]

dude something is wrong man

its giving me errors everytime I try and open the recipe

menu

[neon bronze]

Then your recipe is broken

[tawdry solar]

🤯

[deft plaza]

Thanks Mr. Obivious

[neon bronze]

Then figure it out on your own lol

[red tiger]

Hey can you check your attitude? Nobody is paid to help you here.

You're asking without trying first.

Nobody will help you if you're going to talk down to people.

[deft plaza]

how are you talking? "it's pretty obvious. You're not following the syntax"

that's what you said

[red tiger]

I can call a moderator if that's what you'd like.

[deft plaza]

for what dude I have been asking for help and there is no point of it

[neon bronze]

You could look through the f11 menu in the error log what exactly the error is

[deft plaza]

See this guy gives good help he tells me what I should do or could do Thank you

[neon bronze]

How about we just calm down and look what the error log says

[deft plaza]

Sure thing

what am I looking for?

[neon bronze]

There is an error button up left

[deft plaza]

this is it

there is more

alot more

[neon bronze]

Yea im aure it just repeats that all the time

[deft plaza]

oh okay

[neon bronze]

Im not currently at pc but you would be wise to look through some of the vanilla recipes and see how they do it

[deft plaza]

sure

[neon bronze]

And mostly its just syntax problems really

[deft plaza]

which file is that again

[orchid notch]

extremely early dev, started on this last night

[deft plaza]

this is what it looks like currently the recipe

[orchid notch]

once the basics are in and it's functional, I'll be adding features of convinence

[ancient grail]

I have this on my item recipe script
``
Result:someDrainableItem=5,

``
This will produce
5 items and are all full

Question
Ks there a way to get that number 5
Onto the lua as variable

[neon bronze]

OnCreate with moddata?

[ancient grail]

Its suppose to be usedDelta

But since its more than 1 it becomes quantity instead of amount

I want
To convert it into
0.05
But theres alot of em

[neon bronze]

There is a usedDelta call for drainable items that you could call in OnCreate

[ancient grail]

I was able to do q table and refer from that
But it would be so much easier if i can just get the result's = var
Which idk what its called

Yeah but
It produces 5 items
Im guessing it will give me
1 per item

I need the var 5

Not 5 x 1

If that makes sense?

Thnx btw

[deft plaza]

so what does this mean

[neon bronze]

It refers a lua function in recipecode.lua

[deft plaza]

so do I need it?

[neon bronze]

If you want all the base ducttapes types as a required item

[deft plaza]

what

[ancient grail]

The param for oncreate and ontest doesnt make sense for me

Like result is singular but uou can add quantity

[deft plaza]

oh wait do you mean the amount of it

[ancient grail]

Isnt it suppose to be table instead

[deft plaza]

like how much duct tape?

amount?

[ancient grail]

No those are tags i believe

Like sharpknives

So all the vanilla knives are there

Excpt for crafted one i think
Stone knife? Not sure

[mellow frigate]

Thanx for the detailed explanations. Try your first example, it does not work as a function. For sequential table (ipairs), if I understand well, there is no way to make its removal compatible with non sequential ones (pairs). Thanx for your time too.

[deft plaza]

so would this work?

[neon bronze]

You need the commas after the items

Also your category is outside the brackets

[deft plaza]

Should result be Display name?

[granite ginkgo]

Is this the right channelfor asking questions ,or should i stick to mod support?

[deft plaza]

what kind of question

[granite ginkgo]

about one of my 3d models

[mellow frigate]

if you want help to use mods, mod_support, if you want help to make mods, mod_development

[deft plaza]

#modeling

probably

[regal roost]

    recipe Attach Bread Knife to Spear
    {
        SpearCrafted,
        BreadKnife,
        DuctTape=2,

        Result:SpearBreadKnife,
        Time:100.0,
        OnCreate:Recipe.OnCreate.UpgradeSpear,
        Category:Survivalist,
    }

take a look at this Attach Bread Knife to Spear, from base game I think its similar to what you are trying to do.

[granite ginkgo]

well since i want to make a mod with it then it shoudl be the right channel

[deft plaza]

My question is Oncreate now?

What is OnCreate

[mellow frigate]

Hello there, Does any of you know why the IsoGameCharacter flag m_invisible makes you invisible from zombies in vanilla but makes you invisible to yourself when using NPC mods ? (NPCmods I tested being superb survivors, continued and Dogs)

[granite ginkgo]

So,my vehicle body model is invisible in the debug editor,any ideas why???

[tawdry solar]

i think its when you create somting

[tawdry solar]

why can you craft it with normal duct tape

[deft plaza]

Because

I want it like that

[tawdry solar]

fair

but then whats the point in the red duct tape

[deft plaza]

to make it harder

[tawdry solar]

wym

[deft plaza]

the duct tape is only there for a little bit of a challenge

[tawdry solar]

alright

[deft plaza]

the red duct tape makes it way harder

[tawdry solar]

ig

[deft plaza]

because it will be easy to make the red handle machete with duct tape

so its like whats the point

[tawdry solar]

no i mean it says you can with normal duct tape

[deft plaza]

oh why is it there?

[tawdry solar]

yeah

[deft plaza]

Just because I guess

[tawdry solar]

alr

[deft plaza]

so does anyone know what should I put for OnCreate

[tawdry solar]

i think its OnCreate then add the machete

[jaunty marten]

wdym it does not work as a function?

[mellow frigate]

put your code in a function call it => no effect out of the function.

[jaunty marten]

??

local tbl = {...}
local function removeValue(tbl_arg, val)
  for k,v in pairs(tbl_arg) do
    if v == val then tbl_arg[k] = nil end
  end
end
removeValue(tbl, some_value)

[mellow frigate]

Yes. I feel very stupid writing that, but that failed me so many times 😄

I'll look for one of my failed experiments

[jaunty marten]

[deft plaza]

nope

wait when you say add the machete you mean the red?

[tawdry solar]

yuh

never fucked w it

just know ab it

[deft plaza]

bet

[deft plaza]

what should be the machete name though display name or item name

[tawdry solar]

i would assume item nae,m

[deft plaza]

this?

[tawdry solar]

prolly

im gonna hop on vr so i wont be able to reply

[deft plaza]

what are you going to play

[tawdry solar]

ghosts of tabor with a friend

[deft plaza]

oh cool

[mellow frigate]

So, I got 2 use cases. One with non sequential table (key,value) where key are used for retrieval, periodic cleaning occures (parses the whole table on pairs) on the whole table and I need the table to not grow over time. with table[key]=nil the key remains valid in the table and my cleaning process time takes more and more time.

[deft plaza]

is this right guys?

[jaunty marten]

keys are valid cos u still using them

lua won't remove objects if they have any reference

[mellow frigate]

second use case with sequential table (table.insert used for construction) where periodic use (with pairs) and periodic cleaning (with pairs) occures. I also (crucialy) need to detect when the table is empty.

[fast galleon]

table.isempty(t)

[deft plaza]

bump

[fast galleon]

wonder if you still have the keys 🤔

[mellow frigate]

I do not understand that. when I write: myTable[myKey]=myValue; myTable[myKey]=nil; then myTable[myKey] exists and its value is nil. the table still contains it.

[jaunty marten]

if table still contains it then u do smth wrong lol

[mellow frigate]

lol

[jaunty marten]

even in theory it can't work that way

[deft plaza]

can someone help please.

[tawny depot]

have you tried asking ChatGPT?

[deft plaza]

[tawny depot]

real

[fast galleon]

can you replicate the problem persistently? Does using pairs then give you nil values?

[deft plaza]

also I have a question for those people who have those donate links on there mod

[fast galleon]

What is your table, is it some kind of modData?

[deft plaza]

bump again

[jaunty marten]

@deft plaza inspect these things and stop asking each your step, please
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Modding
https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/15188-item-and-recipe-script-variables-brief-description/
https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/53019-details-on-the-improved-modding-tag-system-in-4169/

[deft plaza]

sorry man

[tawny depot]

@deft plaza

[fast galleon]

can you please make a thread, so you don't spam here?

[deft plaza]

dude just forget it alright

[tawny depot]

🤨

[deft plaza]

I'll give it a break

[tawny depot]

lmao

[deft plaza]

god sorry for asking for help

[granite ginkgo]

Guys, what causes black models in the editor but also invisible in the game??

[mellow frigate]

Sorry mate don't let them get on your nerve.

[mellow frigate]

Follow Вишня's links though and don't bother the trolls

[fast galleon]

@mellow frigate

• how to replicate it
• is the table some sort of modData?

[mellow frigate]

I do not have the problematic code in hand anymore, as I used that costly remove function instead.

[jaunty marten]

better to just remove this function from ur lib cos it working incorrectly

[fast galleon]

I see, well now and then you discover weird facts about kahlua.

[jaunty marten]

as input table ~= output table

[mellow frigate]

Certainly not, it works wonder.

[jaunty marten]

.

it can cause some issues

[mellow frigate]

it solves mine, feel free to not use it if you keep memory of iterators of your sequential tables.

[jaunty marten]

for sequential tables it's fine I think but ur lib is public so it can confuse someone who will use it

-- ur version
function luautils.removeFromTable(tab, elem)
    local newTab = {}
    local found = 0
    for it,val in pairs (tab) do
        if val ~= elem then
            newTab[it] = val
            found = found + 1
        end
    end
    if luautils.Verbose and found ~= 1 then
        print ('luautils.removeFromTable removed '..found..' elements from '..tab2str(tab))
    end
    return newTab
end
-- correct version
function luautils.removeFromTable(tab, elem)
    local found = 0
    for it,val in pairs (tab) do
        if val == elem then
            tab[it] = nil
            found = found + 1
        end
    end
    if luautils.Verbose and found ~= 1 then
        print ('luautils.removeFromTable removed '..found..' elements from '..tab2str(tab))
    end
    return tab -- tbh no need to return it cos it's same table but for backward compatibility it's fine
end

[mellow frigate]

If I can make everybody happy, I will.

[tawdry solar]

It's his first time modding cut him a lil slack

[bronze yoke]

this isn't how lua works, a key that points to nil is not 'in the table'

if you loop through pairs you will not find keys that point to nil, otherwise every possible key would be in every table because all undefined keys point to nil

nil is not a value

[fast galleon]

Shouldn't they stay until garbage collection though?

[bronze yoke]

it depends what you mean by that

if the key was an object reference then the object will still exist until it's garbage collected, as would the value it pointed to if that was an object, but the key is immediately not 'part of the table' afaik

[jaunty marten]

https://www.lua.org/pil/17.html

[red tiger]

https://youtube.com/shorts/xlTrDIHhnhs?feature=share

Convenient video to share here.

[fast galleon]

I never had this issue, so I would agree with this.

[ancient grail]

@hollow current
just saw thi s on vanilla and remembered your problem, might need to set both name and custom name? idk
hope this helps you out

function Recipe.OnCreate.GetMuffin(items, result, player, selectedItem)
    result:setBaseHunger(selectedItem:getBaseHunger() / 6);
    result:setHungChange(selectedItem:getHungChange() / 6);
    result:setCalories(selectedItem:getCalories() / 6);
    result:setProteins(selectedItem:getProteins() / 6);
    result:setLipids(selectedItem:getLipids() / 6);
    result:setCarbohydrates(selectedItem:getCarbohydrates() / 6);

    -- This gives a bonus. See Food.getHungerChange().
    result:setCooked(true);

    result:setName(selectedItem:getDisplayName());
    result:setCustomName(true);

    player:getInventory():AddItem("Base.MuffinTray");
    player:getInventory():Remove(selectedItem);
end

[fast galleon]

How does one test it, by using __newindex?

[fast galleon]

I remember reading this, it said you can set tables to keep the keys and stay at fixed length.

Anyhow.

[lone nest]

Does someone know or have an example of the API to call and spawn a zombie in the world?

I'm trying to create a function to spawns a zombie at the targetSquare in the world for testing my mod.

nevermind, I think I got it.
https://projectzomboid.com/modding/zombie/Lua/LuaManager.GlobalObject.html#createHordeFromTo(float,float,float,float,int)

 float spawnY,
 float targetX,
 float targetY,
 int count)```

[fast galleon]

addZombiesInOutfit is the one I usually use.

[lone nest]

thanks, that actually looks like the better call

now I'm curious about what the default string outfits are

do you have a list or reference to outfits?

[fast galleon]

It should be the same as the list when you try to spawn the zombies with debug ui.

[lone nest]

... actually screw it, i'll just pass in a nil value and see what happens

[bronze yoke]

nil means random outfit

[lone nest]

yep, thanks, it'll do, i'm just testing some interactions between zombies and world objects

[mellow frigate]

my use of it was not working properly. I'll remove the function in next version.

[granite ginkgo]

Guys, why is the car's body texture offset in game but not in blender? What values should I thinker with?

[wet sandal]

Probably a question for #modeling

[late hound]

Is there a guide somewhere that states which encodings are used by certain languages for the translation files?

[wet sandal]

I use VS code to open the game's built in translation for a langauge these days

[bronze yoke]

there's a table in the modding page on the wiki

[wet sandal]

You can click the encoding at the bottom right of the window and it offers to reopen with a different encoding

And it tells you what it probably is

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

Did not know about this table, nice

[trim mist]

I'm hoping to get someone's opinion on how to tackle an issue i'm facing. I'm gonna try to keep this really concise:

• Working on furry trait mod
• a small set of traits increase the nutrition, unhappiness, boredom bonus of a type of food (most often plants/meat)
• I've hooked into oneat.perform to have it run the function that handles the increase
• it works by detecting a tag on the food items that I set on game start.

Problem: Meals are created during runtime (soup, stew, roasts, etc). How do I apply item tags or otherwise give a bonus to these items? Thoughts:

• See if one or two ingredient meals can be resolved into meat/plant based on their name (tomato and onion roast, for example, or Vegetable soup)
• Access the ingredients somehow and determine if that a majority of the ingredients have the correct tag, apply the bonus
• ???your solution or thoughts???

[mild venture]

Hi! What's a difference between vehicleObj:getId() and vehicleObj:getID() ?

[bronze yoke]

getID() returns an IsoObject id, getId() returns a vehicle id

[mild venture]

Thank you!

[wet sandal]

Any of these good as keys for mod data?

Im testing trying to test sqlId across clients right now

[bronze yoke]

didn't test it myself but someone was in here earlier who found neither to be persistent

it would be absolutely crazy if sqlid isn't

[mild venture]

unique and stable id is vehicle:getKeyId(). I used it

[mild venture]

It was me. sqlId persistent if it dedicated server. If it coop sqlId changes after restart

[wet sandal]

Oh

lmao I see

Its the item id of the key item

that makes sense

Yup, sqlId is not persistent

I guess its my local dbs sqlId

[tawdry solar]

is it possible for custom vhs

[bronze yoke]

yes

[tawdry solar]

how?

im doing an inside joke for a friend

with one of his yt vids

[tawdry solar]

   module Base
{
    item VHS_Bananaman
    {
        DisplayCategory = Entertainment,
        Type                = Normal,
        DisplayName            = 7 PAVLOV SHACK! Facts, YOU already knew!,
        icon                = Cassette3,
        Weight                = 0.1,
        MediaCategory       = Home-VHS,
        WorldStaticModel = VHSBox3,
    } 


     model VHS_Bananaman
        {
        mesh=WorldItems/VHS_Banana,
        texture=WorldItems/VHS_Banana,
                scale=0.005,
            attachment world
        {
        offset = 0.0000 0.1500 0.1500
          rotate = 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
        }
           }

}

this code is valid right?

[wet sandal]

Fastest way to check is probably to just boot the game in debug mode and give yourself the item

vehicle:getKeyId()

is working great

[mellow frigate]

I doubt a ',' is valid in a displayname

[tawdry solar]

aah

this shit is still chalanging

[tawdry solar]

the discord server im in is doing an event with this mod and the extraction one

[tawdry solar]

there we are

just finished my pipe bomb mod

[mellow frigate]

Is there some sort of direct connection from Client to client or all com must go through server in dedicated MP ?

[prisma wren]

how easy would it be theoretically to replace weapon models

but not stats

would i just need to make a model and put it in the appropriate location with the name of the vanilla weapon

[tawdry solar]

thats like the fuckin easiest thing you could do

just use base game code

and change model

[mellow frigate]

make the model takes time. And unless you can ensure they got the same parameters as vanilla (coord, scale), you'll have to adapt their relative positions (model_items.txt in vanilla).

maybe change their associated 2D icon too

[trim mist]

I'm working on this and hitting a wall

[thin hornet]

screenshot too low res cant read

[trim mist]

I'm going with solution #2 and i'm trying to access an index of a ?table? called ingredients that I get from an EvolvedRecipe class's getItemsList() function. Even though it's returning something for size() trying to access it as ingredients[i] is returning a nil

[bronze yoke]

it's not a table so indexing with [i] is not valid

[thin hornet]

ArrayList?
list:get(i)

[trim mist]

🤔 is it even possible to do this then?

for i = 0, ingredients:size() -1
    do
        for tag, count in pairs(tags)
        do
            local ingredient = ingredients[i]
            if ingredient:hasTag(tag)
            then
                count = count + 1
            end
        end
    end

[bronze yoke]

it's a map

[trim mist]

lemme try that

[bronze yoke]

the keys might not be numeric or continuous

[trim mist]

oh qwq

that's annoying

so then how am I supposed to know the difference between an item that's valid for this recipe vs. the items actually in the recipe?

there must be a way to get at them

[bronze yoke]

i'm trying to work out what this map even is

the keys are item types

[crystal oar]

before i start going down this rabbit hole, is it possible to add a button to the admin panel?

[bronze yoke]

yes

[crystal oar]

okay, and i hesitate to ask but is it difficult?

[bronze yoke]

it's item type : recipe

well actually it's type : itemrecipe which doesn't seem to be the same thing as a recipe at all

[trim mist]

so in that case I'd likely be able to get what's currently in it by doing

local ingredients = self.recipe:getItemsList().source:getItems()?

https://projectzomboid.com/modding/zombie/scripting/objects/Recipe.html

[bronze yoke]

i think itemrecipe just describes some of the properties of that item in the recipe?

[trim mist]

oh, let me see

[trim mist]

https://projectzomboid.com/modding/zombie/scripting/objects/ItemRecipe.html

this documentation isn't very helpful at all

[bronze yoke]

no this is basically all the class is as far as i can tell

it just stores some details of an item and how it's used in that recipe

i don't think this is what you're looking for

since you're hooking the add item to recipe action you should either add tags to the result every time an item gets added, or recalculate tags after items get added (depending on how much exactly you want a single item to influence the tags)

[trim mist]

that's more or less what I'm doing

[bronze yoke]

does the timed action not already know what item you're adding?

[trim mist]

local OriginalEvolvedRecipeAdd = ISAddItemInRecipe.perform
ISAddItemInRecipe.perform = function(self)

    OriginalEvolvedRecipeAdd(self);
    --get items in the recipe
    local ingredients = self.recipe:getItemsList();
    local tags = {}

    --get all tags relating to food, and init table with string keys so their count can be added to
    for _, tag in pairs(AnthroTraitsGlobals.EvolvedRecipeFoodTags)
    do
        tags[tag] = 0;
    end

    local tagWithLargestCount = "";
    local tagWithLargestCountCount = 0;

    --for each ingredient...
    for i = 0, ingredients:size() -1
    do
        -- for each tag...
        for tag, count in pairs(tags)
        do
            --if the ingredient has this tag, up the count for that key in tags
            local ingredient = ingredients[i]
            if ingredient:hasTag(tag)
            then
                count = count + 1
            end
        end
    end

    --for each tag...
    for tag, count in pairs(tags)
    do
        --record if the count is larger than the previous
        if count > tagWithLargestCountCount
        then
            tagWithLargestCount = tag;
            tagWithLargestCountCount = count;
        end
        --and remove the tag from the recipe to reset what food-tags it may already have
        if self.item:hasTag(tag)
        then
            self.item:removeTag(tag);
        end
    end

    --if the largest count tag is present on greater than 50% of the recipe's items...
    if tagWithLargestCountCount / ingredients:size() > .5
    then
        --add the tag to the item, so it can be handled appropriately when eaten.
        self.item:addTag(tagWithLargestCount);
    end
end
```lua

[bronze yoke]

try looking through the result item's getExtraItems() instead

[trim mist]

"self" has this:

[bronze yoke]

it's an arraylist of strings, i think you'll need to check their tags with the scriptmanager or something

[trim mist]

who knew this would get this complicated

i'll give it a try. For now i'm gonna comment my code above

[mild venture]

Hello again, everyone. How can I change the coordinates of BaseVehicle? setX, setY don't work for unknown reason. Does not raise errors

[bronze yoke]

that's because the vehicle's position is controlled by the physics engine

[mild venture]

Hm, what method can I use?

I tried

        local oX = vehicle:getX()
        local oY = vehicle:getY()
        vehicle:setPhysicsActive(false)
        vehicle:setX(oX - xDif)
        vehicle:setY(oX - yDif)
        vehicle:setPhysicsActive(true)

don't work

[bronze yoke]

try setBulletActive

not really sure why those are different methods, they sound like they should do the same thing, but i'm not able to check right now so maybe this one works better

[mild venture]

Unfortunately there is no effect.

        local oX = vehicle:getX()
        local oY = vehicle:getY()
        vehicle:setActiveInBullet(false)
        vehicle:setX(oX - xDif)
        vehicle:setY(oX - yDif)
        vehicle:setActiveInBullet(true)

[bronze yoke]

you could try setWorldTransform if transforms are exposed and like, manipulable

[sinful scaffold]

I've finished my first mod! https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2991660699

Now I just gotta figure out how to make it work properly in MP.

[ornate grotto]

guys how do i make like a Wait() function?

[mild venture]

Where can I find usage examples? I can't figure out how to define Transform. Code search didn't help either

[bronze yoke]

nowhere, i've never seen anyone do this before

[mild venture]

oh

[tawny depot]

Hey! Anyone here know if there's any way to get a chunk's corpse data in LUA? I know it's not exposed but maybe there's a roundabout way to do this?

[bronze yoke]

that's why i included the 'if transforms are exposed and manipulable' lol, i have no clue

[ornate grotto]

also guys how do i make so character fully heals on a function ig

[bronze yoke]

wdym corpse data? are you trying to get corpse objects?

[tawny depot]

I want to get the number of corpses in a given chunk

in Java this is easy as the IsoChunk has a FliesSound.ChunkData field which has a ChunkLevelData data object with a corpseCount variable

however this is not exposed on LUA as far as I can see

[bronze yoke]

yeah, i don't see any way to get that

you can loop through all of the squares in the chunk and count the corpses you find in their getStaticMovingObjects

[tawny depot]

are corpses a specific type?

that was a bad question one sec let me rephrase

if I have a reference to a given square, I am able to get all instances of corpses on that square?

I haven't read through a IsoGridSquare, but I just want to know if that's even something I can access

[bronze yoke]

you can loop through getStaticMovingObjects and check how many of the objects in that array are IsoDeadBody objects

oh actually

there's just a getDeadBodys

[ornate grotto]

guys pls how do i make a thing where caharacter heals fully

like no sickness

[bronze yoke]

you can just add up the size of every square's getDeadBodys array

[ornate grotto]

no pain

[trim mist]

i think this is the way. Looking at it in the f11 screen, it seems to have all the items i added to recipe

You don't think i'll be missing the just-added item this way, do you?

[bronze yoke]

i don't see how it could be missing after the action would have normally completed

[tawny depot]

Yoooooo!!!

Is that on the gridsquare class?

[bronze yoke]

ya!

[trim mist]

that's what i hope, but i've run into like, the game having to wait a tick or something before displaying the correct data

[bronze yoke]

that probably will be kind of slow, so i hope it's not something you need to call often

you might be able to cache it without too much trouble...?

[tawny depot]

Right, I mean if it's a small radius I could also just do that , a 3x3 grid is only 9 calls

plus I can just append them all to one list and have the loop just be accessing the list

and adding it to another bigger list

[wet sandal]

Anyone here the dev of one of those:
"Put an icon on things you've found, checkmark on books you've read, etc" mods?

Want to use one if possible as a backend for inventory tetris so I only have to read the data and handle rendering instead of remaking my own implementation.

[tawny depot]

I'll need to look into LUA performance though, are loops typically resource expensive?

[mild venture]

I think java api calls more expensive

[tawny depot]

Ah that makes sense

I imagine it's mostly the controller layer between the two that causes the slowdown?

[bronze yoke]

not inherently but the concept of 'doing something many times' can obviously lead to spikes

[tawny depot]

right of course

N^2 is bad

[bronze yoke]

most performance issues in mods i've seen have been from irresponsible loops

[ornate grotto]

guys pls tell me how do i do like "wait" function

[bronze yoke]

there is no wait equivalent in pz, you can find an implementation or create your own

i think vishnya has a timer api on the workshop

[tawny depot]

from my understanding the LUA scripts are not asynchronous and if you called a wait function it will halt the entire game

but I could be way off base

[bronze yoke]

ya

we usually just check every tick if it's time to call the function

[tawny depot]

Quick question albion, in the decompiled lua, do I have access to all the @field public ... fields directly in the LUA?

eg: here's the top of IsoChunk

---@class IsoChunk : zombie.iso.IsoChunk
---@field public bDoServerRequests boolean
---@field public wx int
---@field public wy int
---@field public squares IsoGridSquare[][]
---@field public corpseData FliesSound.ChunkData

do I have direct access to wx, wy, squares, corpsedata... ?

[bronze yoke]

not quite

there's some weird method to grab fields but usually you just use a getter method

to grab a field that doesn't have a getter you need a whole bunch of api calls

[wary dust]

Sorry to ask again, but can someone help me with a texture issue? in blender the model shows as fully textured, however in game the texture is broken

[tawny depot]

I hate this

this.squares[var3][var2 * 10 + var1]

[red tiger]

Don't expect performant code

[tawny depot]

hahahaha

[red tiger]

That's not a common theme here

[tawny depot]

this is straight from the java code LMAO

[red tiger]

Yes.

[wary dust]

my bad didn't realize there was a convo going on lol didn't mean to butt in

[tawny depot]

why no 3d array 😭

[red tiger]

I've spent almost 2000 hours inside the core engine

[mild venture]

I can't find a solution for moving cars. Is it really impossible? A lot of work for nothing 😦

[tawny depot]

Yeah? How many times has it made you slam your head into a wall?

because reading this is really...

painful 😭

[red tiger]

I've read obfuscation for 15 years

[bronze yoke]

try beautiful java

[red tiger]

Sounds good not as much as you think

[bronze yoke]

it won't fix the logic but it makes things a bit easier to follow

[mild venture]

@red tiger Do you happen to know a way to change the coordinates of the car?

[tawny depot]

2d 3d array isn't real it cannot hurt you

[red tiger]

Nope

[mild venture]

uh

[red tiger]

Okay now do 1D array of 2D coordinates

[tawny depot]

Me when 1d array tree

it's over

OO save me

[tawny depot]

1D of 3D coordinates 💀

[red tiger]

I'm a code goblin.

It's far more thrilling to core mod

[wet sandal]

I prefer the challange of backflipping between the cracks of 18 other mods in lua, in a hopeless quest for compatibility

[red tiger]

Can't fix cracks in the floor when the foundation is compromised.

[tawny depot]

simply ignore compatibility

if it breaks, it was not meant to be

que cera cera

[wet sandal]

You'd be surprised what you can fix with:

-- your entire file
end)```

[deft plaza]

alright I know someone is gonna get a butthurt because I asked for help

I tried my best
new mod btw

What is wrong with my code

also the other mod I made works

[crystal oar]

glad to hear you got the other mod working, does commenting out the days fresh and days rotten work like that?

[deft plaza]

I just copied and pasted the cookie code into the txt made it mine basically

[crystal oar]

still looking over it but had to lol at this. Why you eating me bro? lol

[deft plaza]

my fault lol

[crystal oar]

trying to dig up cookie in my game's code now, i don't see anything wrong with it

[wet sandal]

The display name perhaps

has a '

[crystal oar]

the apostrophe?

ah word

[wet sandal]

Just jumps out as a special character

[crystal oar]

Jack'o'lantern works tho

[deft plaza]

can that be a problem

[crystal oar]

    {
        DisplayName = Jack'o'lantern,
        DisplayCategory = Food,
        Type = Food,
        Weight = 1,
        Icon = Jackolantern,
        DaysFresh = 5,
        DaysTotallyRotten = 8,
        HungerChange = -40,
        Calories = 404,
        Carbohydrates = 20.45,
        Lipids = 20.61,
        Proteins = 34.53,
        WorldStaticModel = Jackolantern_Ground,
    }```

[deft plaza]

???

[wet sandal]

Probably not the issue then

Someone earlier had a comma in their displayname which was their issue

[crystal oar]

i sometimes see commas on offset and rotate, sometimes i don't. does anyone know which is right?

[wet sandal]

I think either is fine. ZScript is really forgiving.

But that makes it kind of confusing imo

[crystal oar]

oh that would explain why i see both

could it be the issue you were having the other day where you had two copies of the mod and the wrong one was loading?

[deft plaza]

nope lol I listened to there is no folder in mods

just workshop

[crystal oar]

well shoot, i'm looking at this cookie and seeing nothing wrong with it. so it's just not showing up in itempicker?

[deft plaza]

nope

not showing up

[crystal oar]

okay so the problem has to be with the item block not the model block (i think)

[deft plaza]

item block?

[crystal oar]

ya the block of code that starts with item

[deft plaza]

wait if I update the folder do I have to update the workshop item?

its hidden btw

[crystal oar]

i'm not 100% on what you are asking but just because you change stuff with the files in your workshop folder does not meran you need to update the workshop item.

[deft plaza]

okay

this look right?

[crystal oar]

you will run into errors trying to join servers running the workshop version of your mod if you have a newer version on your computer tho

looks to me like cookiebox doesn't have a filetype

should be .txt right?

[deft plaza]

I believe so

but one thing at a time I guess

[crystal oar]

can you show me the folders with the icon and worlditems if you don't mind?

[deft plaza]

sure thing

[deft plaza]

you have to click on it

[crystal oar]

i mean that looks right

anyone smarter than me able to help?

[heavy steeple]

can anyone post me a guide on how to make an item forageable?

[crystal oar]

does NearItem= reference a tile or any tile or item?

[deft plaza]

anyone can answer my question anytime just means more time for me to relax lol

[heavy steeple]

do an imports {base}

[deft plaza]

alright

[heavy steeple]

imports {
base
}

same indexation as the item

[deft plaza]

like this?

[heavy steeple]

where is the module base with the {} emcompassing all?

[deft plaza]

what

[heavy steeple]

like this

[deft plaza]

oh I removed lol I thought you wanted me to remove it

good?

[heavy steeple]

ya

[deft plaza]

okay thanks let's see if it works

[heavy steeple]

imports means you are importing the base library to your mod

[deft plaza]

I think I finally know what it means does it mean your basically adding the average code to your mod?

[heavy steeple]

more or less

[deft plaza]

oh okay

[heavy steeple]

its more techy stuff but yeah

[deft plaza]

nice

[heavy steeple]

in a nutshell it means your code uses the base code to run

think of it as using action.eat
without the import action.eat means nothing, but its defined elsewhere what action is and eat is a derivative of action

so any code that expands the base game needs to import the base code for it to properly work

[deft plaza]

I keep making a backup and only editing that and forgetting to add it to the workshop folder

[deft plaza]

Thank you

[heavy steeple]

did it work?

[deft plaza]

yup

[heavy steeple]

pls ping me if you do so

[deft plaza]

Hey sorry again guys

I just need to know If I'm doing this right

[trim mist]

This might be a silly question. but. Is it possible I could do this?

SandboxVars.ModName[partialString.."_cost"]

[wet sandal]

yes

[bronze yoke]

yeah

[trim mist]

oh poggers let's goooo

[deft plaza]

okay good news the item is there but no model

[novel barn]

👋 good evening/morning/afternoon everyone! I'm trying to write a temporary function that checks the player's inventory to determine if they have a bag eligible to hold dirt. I've dug into ISShovelGroundCursor.GetEmptyItem which I believe is where the game starts to determine if the player has an eligible fillable item. The function I'm currently studying in the game files is as follows:

local function predicateEmpty(item)
    return item:hasTag("HoldDirt") and item:getInventory():isEmpty();
end

function ISShovelGroundCursor.GetEmptyItem(playerObj, groundType)
    local playerInv = playerObj:getInventory()
    local fullType
    if groundType == "dirt" then
        fullType = "Base.Dirtbag"
    elseif groundType == "gravel" then
        fullType = "Base.Gravelbag"
    elseif groundType == "sand" then
        fullType = "Base.Sandbag"
    end
    local item = playerInv:getBestEvalArgRecurse(predicateTypeNotFull, comparatorMostFull, fullType)
    if not item then
        item = playerInv:getFirstEvalRecurse(predicateEmpty)
    end
    return fullType,item
end

I'm writing my own function to determine empty items so I'm not worried about returning fullType at the moment. I'm only interested in understanding item = playerInv:getFirstEvalRecurse(predicateEmpty) I don't understand what's going on here. getFirstEvalRecurse must be a method that isn't exposed to lua because I only find places where it's called, never where it's declared. predicateEmpty is declared locally at the top of the file but when it's called it doesn't send an item parameter, yet the local definition expects one?

**Can anyone clarify where getFirstEvalRecurse is coming from and how predicateEmpty is defined expecting a parameter but isn't called with one? **

[bronze yoke]

getFirstEvalRecurse is an ItemContainer method, it returns the first item in the container or any subcontainers that the function passed to it returns true for

predicateEmpty's usage there isn't a call, it's passing the reference to the function to the java so that it can be called by it later (similar to adding a function to an event), so the parameters aren't passed from this side of the code

iirc it just passes the item and nothing else

[novel barn]

I'm trying to wrap my tiny little brain around what you just said. Is the following statement true or false? "The local definition of predicateEmpty is not called or referenced in any way by playerInv:getFirstEvalRecurse(predicateEmpty)"

[bronze yoke]

it passes that function to the java method, which then calls the function

it basically just loops through its item list, calls the function you gave it for each item with the item as a parameter, and returns the first item that the given function returns true with

[novel barn]

okay that's starting to make sense. Thanks! I still can't find the definition for getFirstEvalRecurse anywhere. I started looking for ItemContainer too. Are either of them exposed to lua in a way that I can read the definition? Is my local workspace just hosed and is that why I can't find them?

[bronze yoke]

it sounds like it, are you using umbrella?

[novel barn]

I am

I'm going to remove my PZ workspace folder and re-add it.

[bronze yoke]

https://projectzomboid.com/modding/zombie/inventory/ItemContainer.html#getFirstEvalRecurse(se.krka.kahlua.vm.LuaClosure)

all these Eval methods basically just let you use a function to filter what items they return

[novel barn]

I'm just getting more frustrated and I should be in bed anyway. I'm going to tackle this in the morning. Thanks for the help as always Albion! You rock!

[rancid panther]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2992009278

uploaded my abandoned blackouts mod, since the main feature of the mod was finished and just sitting for months

[rancid panther]

crap i forgot to add required mod 🤦

[ancient grail]

[rancid panther]

thanks for your help on the mod! i have trouble following advice so i only applied what worked and what i could understand

it's in the same state as it was however many months ago, but it seems to work just fine

im sure someone will be able to make a better one in the future, but at least now we have one

[rocky zephyr]

Can anyone point me to a "Getting started" guide for modding in PZ? can't really seem to find one

[ornate grotto]

guys how do i use the lua timer thing

on workshop

for addon

[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

[ornate grotto]

guys how do i change player texture?

like not clothes

but the player itself

i wnat to make player look like a zombie

[fast galleon]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2991010328
like this?

[ornate grotto]

no

(im actually editing it to be better and to upgrade my skills but i wont publish cuz i aint got permission to do so) im making it better so player looks like a zombie by a texture cuz there is no this thing rn

[ornate grotto]

.

[ornate grotto]

so can you answer?

[fast galleon]

Sorry, I'm not familiar with this.

[ornate grotto]

ok

[ornate grotto]

so will anyone help

[red tiger]

Good morning.

[red tiger]

The best thing to do in this situation is wait a bit and then kindly ask again. Make sure not to be spammy when doing it and you should eventually get help.

[ancient grail]

You need to create custom outfits i guess

[ornate grotto]

Good morning (but not for me, its not morning for me)

so what is the name of zombie texture or where do i get it?

[ancient grail]

You need to create zed looking assets . Or just require authentic z
As it does have a bunch of zed skins

[ornate grotto]

i found :SetTexture()

[ancient grail]

I was telling you to create your own

Thats if the clothing has multi textures

Like tshirts has bunch of texture
So it has index

SetTexture(1)

You will see this on the clothing xml

Goodluck

#modeling message

[mild venture]

Guys, I already asked yesterday, at night. Maybe someone knows how to change the coordinates of the car? Maybe there is some way? Ordinary setX and setY don't work

[ancient grail]

Doesnt work on mp afaik

[mild venture]

Even if you execute the code on the server? There must be some way

i need it on mp

[ancient grail]

Not that i know of ..sorry

I know how to rotate it but not teleport it

Goodluck

[bronze yoke]

it depends what you're trying to do but i know some mods have a way of storing vehicles and respawning them elsewhere, that could be a hack for it

[fading horizon]

custom steam reply button since they don't have one for some reason

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1075779152499720222/1120722886244696134/chrome_Gfd0Lq8xDb.gif

not exactlymod related but i figured some of y'all would think its cool

[red tiger]

IMO Valve doesn't care about improving the workshop tools / setup.

[bronze yoke]

it definitely seems that way

[tame mulch]

no way for this currently

[ornate grotto]

guys how to play animations for player?

[mellow frigate]

Hello,
I'm trying to put my player on its knees to eat a corpse.
My player is eating the corpse but does not drop on its knees

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<animNode>
    <m_Name>IdleToEatInfected</m_Name>
    <m_AnimName>Zombie_IdleTo_OnKnees</m_AnimName><!--Zombie_IdleToEating-->
    <m_Looped>false</m_Looped>
    <m_SyncTrackingEnabled>false</m_SyncTrackingEnabled>
    <m_EarlyBlendOut>false</m_EarlyBlendOut>
    <m_SpeedScale>0.56</m_SpeedScale>
    <m_BlendTime>0.50</m_BlendTime>
    <m_Scalar></m_Scalar>
    <m_Scalar2></m_Scalar2>
    <m_Conditions>
        <m_Name>PerformingAction</m_Name>
        <m_Type>STRING</m_Type>
        <m_StringValue>FeastOnCorpse</m_StringValue><!--action activation-->
    </m_Conditions>
    <m_Conditions>
        <m_Name>isInfected</m_Name>
        <m_Type>BOOL</m_Type>
        <m_BoolValue>true</m_BoolValue>
    </m_Conditions>
    <m_Events>
        <m_EventName>SetVariable</m_EventName>
        <m_Time>End</m_Time>
        <m_ParameterValue>EatingStarted=true</m_ParameterValue>
    </m_Events>
</animNode>```

```<!--player/actions/eatingInfected.xml new file: loop animation-->
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<animNode>
    <m_Name>eatingInfected</m_Name>
    <m_AnimName>Zombie_IdleEating_OnKnees</m_AnimName><!--Zombie_IdleEating-->
    <m_deferredBoneAxis>Y</m_deferredBoneAxis>
    <m_SyncTrackingEnabled>false</m_SyncTrackingEnabled>
    <m_SpeedScale>EatSpeed</m_SpeedScale>
    <m_BlendTime>0.50</m_BlendTime>
    <m_Conditions>
        <m_Name>EatingStarted</m_Name>
        <m_Type>BOOL</m_Type>
        <m_BoolValue>true</m_BoolValue>
    </m_Conditions>
    <m_Conditions>
        <m_Name>isInfected</m_Name>
        <m_Type>BOOL</m_Type>
        <m_BoolValue>true</m_BoolValue>
    </m_Conditions>
</animNode>```

We can see on the log below that both animations are started together.
I also wonder if there is something from Zombie_Idle that is still maintaining the character standing.
Anyone has cues on what I'm doing wrong ?

[ornate grotto]

oh wow, btw im editing your mod but i wont publish it without your permission btw i improved it

i think

infected players right?

[red tiger]

If you can move cars in singleplayer, couldn't you use server commands to move the car?

[mellow frigate]

I see you're doing things by the book. Nice

[tame mulch]

for client used hack

[ornate grotto]

i added like so you dont instantly turn into zombie, and that you have god mode on for one second and then it turns off to remove all of the bleedings and reset ya health

[red tiger]

Hack as in "Java mod"? =P

[mild venture]

like this? https://github.com/xyberviri/CarWanna/
Im doing admin tool for mass car moving. And if you use this method, then, for example, items inside cars will be lost. And the key id will also change

[ornate grotto]

and im trying to figure out the thing where you like "die" and then get up when infected

and do ya know that your mod is on the front page?

[mild venture]

What is hack?

[bronze yoke]

you can probably restore those things yourself without much hassle

[tame mulch]

take BaseVehicle private variable and use it for change vehicle transform

[mild venture]

Can you show a small example, please?

[mild venture]

Items also have states. I'm afraid it will be quite boring

[red tiger]

You'd need to add a method for this in the Java code.

[mild venture]

I need to work it on mp

[tame mulch]

I used this for my first towing mod

[red tiger]

You'd need debug=true for this to work, correct?

[tame mulch]

no)

only for first part

[red tiger]

That's class reflection API.

Okay.

Yeah I was about to say.

[mild venture]

Why won't it work on the server-side?

[tame mulch]

mp vehicle sync

[red tiger]

Yeah. desync is a bitch.

The server would have to pause the simulation and sync the physics clocks.

:D

[mild venture]

Maybe we can send some kind of synchronization command?

[red tiger]

(Speaking vaguely on purpose)

[deft plaza]

is there anything I'm doing wrong here

[tawdry solar]

food mod?

[deft plaza]

yup yup

[tawdry solar]

module MM_Roundmeal
{
    model ROUNDMEAL_1
    {
        mesh = WorldItems/ROUNDMEAL,
        texture = WorldItems/ROUNDMEAL,
        scale = 0.01,
    }
}

this is one of mine

the least i could do for the help

[deft plaza]

alright cool

[tawdry solar]

just did this too

[deft plaza]

Oooo nice man

[tawdry solar]

im gonna upload

[deft plaza]

alright cool

[tawdry solar]

i added a custom item with it too

[deft plaza]

nice

[tawdry solar]

who was that guy who wanted somone to model?

he didnt dm

[deft plaza]

Nokia597

he is not up yet I guess

[tawdry solar]

yeah i didnt get a friend req or dm

what does he did it for?

ooh

he was the tribal mod guy wasnt he

[deft plaza]

not sure

[tawdry solar]

stone age or wtv

yeah

[verbal yew]

Guys, need your help with joypad keys.
getCore():getKey("Left") - it's for keyboard, whats key should be on joypad?

or it's same?

[tame mulch]

Maybe the same. Try test it

[verbal yew]

not sure...
i think not...
Keyboard.KEY_A
but joypad has Joypad.AButton (B, Y, X buttons), LBumper, RBumper
and i can't find left up right down arrow

[deft plaza]

any clue why its not showing the model?

[tawny depot]

Broooo

the whitespace 😭

[deft plaza]

explain please

[tawny depot]

I know we've said this and it's been sort of a meme but you really need to organize the layout of that better. Mainly because with spacing like that it's hard to read

https://github.com/prettier/plugin-lua

You can use prettier to have it automatically make your code look better

[deft plaza]

alright thanks

I guess I'

I'll use it

[tawny depot]

Also, do you have any references for how other models are made?

[deft plaza]

what do mean?

[tawny depot]

like

okay, I'll go through how I would think of this problem