#mod_development

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vital wave
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(spiderman is place holder)

nimble yarrow
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um

vital wave
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i picked a random image and resized it, dont judge me

neon bronze
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You skipped the contents folder

nimble yarrow
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C:\Users\userName_Here\Zomboid\Workshop\TurnScrewsIntoNails Mod\Contents\mods\TurnScrewsIntoNails Mod\media

vital wave
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whats that

neon bronze
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Thats the correct pathing

nimble yarrow
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look at this example mod, to ensure you are following the correct folder structure
C:\Users\userName_Here\Zomboid\Workshop\ModTemplate\Contents\mods\ModTemplate\media

vital wave
nimble yarrow
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you put your mod in Zomboid\Mods... this is the wrong folder

vital wave
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oh

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what folder do I put it into

elfin stump
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the example they gave is the file structure, you might need to create some folders like "contents" that dont exist now

neon bronze
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he wrote you out how it should look like

vital wave
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so I make a new file called contents, put everything inside of that

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then make a new file inside of content and put everything inside of that

nimble yarrow
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no. you're not even in the Workshop

elfin stump
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C:\Users\userName_Here\Zomboid\Workshop\ go there, create your mod name folder, create contents folder, move mods folder into that

vital wave
neon bronze
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you skipped the mods folder

worthy sparrow
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Isn't the folder mods

nimble yarrow
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also, you have two folder names... "turn screws into nails" and "TurnScrewsIntoNails mod"
choose one.

vital wave
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so both folders have to be called the same thing

elfin stump
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Contents\mods\TurnScrewsIntoNails Mod\media

vital wave
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right ok

bronze yoke
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they don't need to have the same name

vital wave
worthy sparrow
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its just confusing this way imo

vital wave
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wait

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i forgot mods folder

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does content need capital letter

bronze yoke
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i've never seen it without one

elfin stump
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not sure, but usually it does have the capital

hollow current
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So i guess there's no easy way to play around with how it works at all?

bronze yoke
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not at all

vital wave
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so like this?

worthy sparrow
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just do
Zomboid/mods/MyMod/media/lua/...

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Yes, thats better

elfin stump
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give it a shot, it looks I think

vital wave
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alright i'll give it ago

hollow current
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I was thinking about creating a seatbelt mod to prevent damage from crashes. Since that's apparently not doable, maybe the damage can be reversed after being applied? If there's a way to check the cause of the damage. Still though it doesn't seem like a viable method considering the damage may be so severe you just die lol

bronze yoke
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onplayergetdamage should be able to do that

vital wave
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and it doesnt work

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it still disables it

hollow current
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Hmmm I'll mess around with the idea. Thanks

worthy sparrow
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maybe because you have .txt instead of .lua?

vital wave
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lemme try that

elfin stump
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It could be that your txt file is bad, what is the contents

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that can be .txt there

neon bronze
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its a recipe

nimble yarrow
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@vital wave go to
C:\Users\userName\Zomboid\Workshop folder
there was already a folder in here. it's called "ModTemplate" -- you see it, right?

worthy sparrow
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oh okay, then txt is the way

vital wave
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If we are doing comparisons to that

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im missing preview.png and workshop.txt

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but apart from that it is pretty much similar

nimble yarrow
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copy ModTemplate exactly.

vital wave
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im not doing a map mod tho

nimble yarrow
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forget the stuff in the 'media' folder

vital wave
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yeah then its fine

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its exact like that

neon bronze
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how do you activate your mod?

elfin stump
# vital wave it still disables it

you could have bad brackets or something in your .txt file too which is why it would see it but not activate it if it cannot load the scripts folder. Not positive but double check the contents of the .txt file for correct format and brackets.

vital wave
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Mods > Turn Screws Into Nails > on > accept

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and it doesnt work

neon bronze
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whats for you save file that you use?

vital wave
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I use a new one each time

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to test it

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thats the file that has the .txt

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should I try changing it to .lua?

neon bronze
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do you enable in there the mod?

worthy sparrow
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Shouldn't the content of recipes be:?

module Base
{
    recipe MyRecipe
    {
      (...)
    }
}
vital wave
neon bronze
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module can be whatever it can

elfin stump
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missing bracket on line #1

bronze yoke
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module base is bad practice

elfin stump
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module TSINbyEndy {

vital wave
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right

neon bronze
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go into the pause menu and in the lower right corner click on the mods button

vital wave
neon bronze
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esc

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click esc

vital wave
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I know esc

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I mean when i've loaded into a save?

neon bronze
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when you are in the game you press esc and then you are in the pause menu

vital wave
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I know that

elfin stump
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fix that bracket on line #1 and give it a shot

vital wave
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but it isnt enabling on the main menu

vital wave
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this is on at the moment

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but the second i press accept

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then leave and relook on th e screen

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it disbales itself

neon bronze
vital wave
nimble yarrow
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@bronze yoke if I wanted to make zed clothes 100% "bloody", for example, I cannot use Events.OnZombieDead, as you've informed me, (some clothing items are not visible, perhaps a shirt under a jacket or something), is there a way to affect starting int holes, float condition or float bloody?

These variables are randomized, for each zed walking around. but maybe that happens under the hood, in java?

vital wave
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it been like this since it first appears in the mods section

elfin stump
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Are you restarting the game after you are doing your fixes?

vital wave
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yes

bronze yoke
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i'd imagine the not visible clothing should still be there: before that event fires it creates the zombie's inventory and copies its worn items into there

vital wave
elfin stump
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Can you repost your txt file after modification?

neon bronze
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Isnt that mp?

vital wave
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no thats singleplayer

nimble yarrow
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Interesting. my Events.OnZombieDead strategy is working 80% of the time. but 20% of the time, Military Boots are skipped. super strange.

vital wave
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should I be changing the .txt to anything?

neon bronze
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Make a new game in single player and when you make it click the mods button and enable there your mod

vital wave
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but it automatically disables the mod the second I accept it and get out of it

elfin stump
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It looks good to me on on the format of the file

vital wave
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yeah but it keeps autodisabling after pressing accept

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it doesnt even say reloading lua

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which it normally does when u enable a mod and leave the mods screen

warped condor
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Seems like id problem

nimble yarrow
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oh snap, i think i figured it out

elfin stump
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Maybe when you moved it over to the new workshop area it wasnt done correctly, and you are still seeing the old one. Is the old one still present that was giving you issues before?

nimble yarrow
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I was using return in my ForLoop, when I should have been using break, assuming that's a thing in lua. hell yeah.

vital wave
elfin stump
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ok good, so then we are seeing the new one at least, is the contents of the mod the one .txt file is there more?

vital wave
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i dont understand

elfin stump
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Is the only bit of code you have added the contents of TurnScrewsIntoNails.txt or are there more files that you have added that have code or blocks in them (like in the recipe file)?

nimble yarrow
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actually, break doesn't work either. maybe... continue, if lua has that.

vital wave
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@elfin stump thats my full file for it

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(i tried even removing the workshop.txt / preview.png)

elfin stump
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What is the contents of workshop.txt?

vital wave
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exact same as the example mod one

elfin stump
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I can't remember how that file gets generated, or if we copy it over, it has been awhile since I have created a new mod folder. I don

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't think that would break it but someone else might be able to chime in

warped condor
vital wave
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both wouldnt let me enable it (this is how u use mods in singleplayer) and when i went back to the mods page, it would go back to disabled

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as much as people said they didnt want to, should I send the full file here and u can check it further?

elfin stump
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come to think of it, I do not recognize the screenshot I am seeing where you are selecting your mod with the hide/favorite/off - where is that?

vital wave
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its a revamp of the mod screen

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it does not affect it at all

elfin stump
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Can you disable it and test without that?

vital wave
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ok lemme try

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wait no

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its called mod manager

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wait no

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im so confused

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hold on

neon bronze
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Mod manager is for mp

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Use the vanilla way to enable it

vital wave
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yes that is the mod way

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its called NRK modselector

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but i cant seem to disable it..?

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even when its on disable, it doesnt turn back to the vanilla version

bronze yoke
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i've never heard of the vanilla mod menu not actually loading mods you've selected

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so i think you just have a buggy mod menu

vital wave
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yeah

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especially as it wont let me disable it

elfin stump
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Yeah it seems like you got your install all wonked and zonked

vital wave
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aight lemme reload my game, i removed the nrk modselector mod

elfin stump
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Does anyone know in the recipe blocks for things like this "[Recipe.GetItemTypes.Spoon]" - How would I tell a new item that it should be a spoon?

vital wave
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is mod menu screen ment to look like this

neon bronze
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Not vanilla one

elfin stump
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You proably need to unsubscribe at the staem level or reinstall, that is a mod you are seeing

vital wave
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I did unsubscribe it at steam

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but it still enabled???

elfin stump
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nuke it

vital wave
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what u mean

bronze yoke
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this is a different mod manager mod

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did you have two??

elfin stump
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save your mod and reinstall if you can't get that thing stripped out of the current install

vital wave
karmic fog
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Is there a guide on how to create a desktop icon of PZ, where it starts with debug, without making every game launch start with debug?

bronze yoke
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you removed the nrk one, this one is mod manager

vital wave
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mod manager

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right

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lemme try removing that

bronze yoke
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this one should behave properly, i never turn it off and i've never had issues

elfin stump
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ProjectZomboid64.exe -debug on the end of 'target' in the properties of the shortcut

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You will need an icon for debug and one for not debug

karmic fog
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oh, so i create a shortcut on the exe file and add -debug in the properties?

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Lemme try

elfin stump
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yep, in the shortcut, then you can rename that shortcut or even change the icon if you want

karmic fog
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Like that? bunny_peek

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vital wave
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is this vanilla

elfin stump
karmic fog
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thanks man

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this has been bothering me so much

elfin stump
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no problem! happy to help spiffo

karmic fog
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<3

elfin stump
karmic fog
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Quick question - Could I have multiple mods in the same workshop item?

We have a server where we have our own dev team, and we pool our mod resources into one mod and workshop item.
Though, the one managing it has to insert the contributions of the others into the mod files.

Could we just put our separate mod folders into the mod folder of the workshop item? like in the picture?

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bronze yoke
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yeah

karmic fog
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That is nice, that cuts down so much time cost

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thanks!

vital wave
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I used utopia as an example
it should say reloading lua when its loading a new mod

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thats what keeps happening

elfin stump
vital wave
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(it is mod.info, but I've turned it into mod.info.txt so u can read it)

elfin stump
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It looks fine, I am not sure. I suspect you could still have some issue with your directory setup or maybe even though the menu looks ok your other mods could be causing an issue. It is hard to say without trying to enable only your mod on a fresh install or reviewing the entire directory.

vital wave
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can u try the mod

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and see if it works for u

elfin stump
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sure

vital wave
elfin stump
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Yes it looks like there are issues, I am seeing if they are the cause

vital wave
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ahh ok

warped condor
elfin stump
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I think it is the directory format

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Let me double check though

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there was another copy of the media folder and duplicates of a lot of files, i removed them but it still seems to have hte issue, ill see what else i can find

vital wave
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ok

tardy wren
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I feel as though I have asked this, but I need to keep some configuration info outside of sandbox settings

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How do I do that?

bronze yoke
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if it's per-save, global moddata, if it's cross-save, reading and writing a file

elfin stump
vital wave
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oh no what was it

elfin stump
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in mod.info there is a tab character at the end of the id=TSINbyEndy and it was breaking the id check because it was trying to include the tab character

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the first folder called TurnScrewsIntoNailsMod also had a duplicate media folder, a duplicate icon, mod.info and poster, you should delete those too, they only need to be at the folder of the same name that is lower in the hierarchy.

vital wave
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bru

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but it works now?

elfin stump
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yep, the tab character was breaking that, you likely wer egoing to get other errors tho if you do not remove those duplicates

vital wave
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ah ok

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can u send me the file back

elfin stump
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sure one sec

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Got it?

vital wave
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yup

elfin stump
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Okay good luck, it should load up fine now. I recommend getting notepad++ or some other mode advanced editor and turning on the setting to show all characters. That one was invisible without it.

vital wave
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ima test rq

vital wave
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it was in teh zip u sent

elfin stump
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yeah the .txt one isnt doing anything you can get rid of it

vital wave
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also i think it broke again

elfin stump
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I just double checked, I did not include the mod.info.txt I think you opened the zip you sent to me instead of the one I sent to you

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renamed so it had a different zip name

vital wave
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got it

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ima test it again

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it works perfectly, thankyou!

elfin stump
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spiffo No problem!

elfin stump
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Anyone have a list or know how to get a list of the top languages of PZ users?

tardy wren
elfin stump
tardy wren
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Sounds too ugly for my taste, thanks

elfin stump
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Np, it is definitely a work around

crystal terrace
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can i trust modData wont mess up my objects if i were to store em?

ancient grail
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If youre not using an existing moddata from other mods then it should be safe

crystal terrace
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sweet

bronze yoke
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you mean storing objects in moddata?

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objects aren't saveable

crystal terrace
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ye

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for example i tried to store my scanner object which contains a door object

bronze yoke
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moddata can't save objects, only basic lua types

crystal terrace
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so numbers, string all that standard stuff only

bronze yoke
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yeah pretty much

crystal terrace
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maybe that's why im having trouble retrieving my obj back, ty for the info.

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Early days in modding feels like jumping straight to season 3 of a TV show that you never watched or know anything about, but the story unfolds one bit at a timedrunk

crystal terrace
bronze yoke
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yeah

crystal terrace
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alr

bronze yoke
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the only lua type i can think of that can't be stored is functions

elfin stump
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Is there any built in way to make an item spawn only one time in the world and never again? I think I have a way to do it if I don't use the loot tables and spawn it on zombie death and check a global mod data, or something like that. But before I dive into that, is there any built in way to limit how many times something spawns?

chrome veldt
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Hey, I'm new here so I'll present myself before anything else. I'm a 27 dev (mostly web since my graduation, although I have a strong C / C++ background) and I've been playing a lot of PZ lately (absolutely love it). Huge props to the devs!
So, I came up with a few mod ideas since I started playing. One of them, which I started to work on for a few days, may require some network features like being able to make POST request to an external server. Is it something feasible in the game or is it fully sandboxed? (This might be a dumb question but I've never really done that before)

bronze yoke
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we can't make post requests

chrome veldt
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Thanks for your answer, this might be what killed my idea tbh zombie
I can't think of anything else than relying on a 3rd party app running in the background then

bronze yoke
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i was about to suggest that ctually

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if you write an external program, you can have a mod that writes to file to send it commands/data, which gets around most things like this - though it does shrink the audience of your mod

chrome veldt
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Yeah, that's why I was trying to do it via a Lua script, this "subscribe" feature for mods is so smooth compared to a lot of games

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Or generate a local website (as some minecraft map mods / plugins) during game launch but that's probably my last resort

bronze yoke
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i think you can send GET requests, but apparently this is kind of a deadend because of how it's implemented

chrome veldt
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Hmm, that might help but what do you mean exactly by deadend, is it deprecated or something?

bronze yoke
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if your collection is non-public it won't show up for other users

chrome veldt
bronze yoke
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i'm not sure if lua's exception handling equivalent (pcall) would work in kahlua for handling java exceptions, but either way, TIS rewrote errors and pcall doesn't work at all anymore

crystal terrace
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teh debugger stops here for some reasons, im trying to get a square using cell.getGridSquare(double,double,double) method. CoordsTable contains both x and y coords. Is it because the values are passed are of type int?

bronze yoke
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should be called with a :

crystal terrace
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ty, always fall for this trap. Java ruined me.

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wow finally all these function calls reach to the final chapter without any hiccups

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finally les go, now just need to make the code pretty

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much better than finding every tile around the player

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what would be appropriate trigger for this kinda functionality?

chrome veldt
warped condor
sleek magnet
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@trim mist would you mind sharing an example of your tooltip rework? I've been trying to change the text of string to be red. I started by just adding <RED> to the localization .txt version of the string. While <br> works that didn't work. More specifically, I'm trying to change the tooltip of "unread" for skill mags to be red.

I've looked at ISInventoryPaneContextMenu to use dangerous meals as an example, but I'm finding it a bit overwhelming. I have have a general understanding of Lua, (if you know the mod for minecraft called ComputerCraft I've made my own tree fellers and quarry scripts) but its a pretty safe sandbox to get your feet wet. Where as here, I feel over my head.

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I learnt how to do my scripts in computercraft by looking at other smaller examples, that simply worked, and tweaked them till I understood how something worked.

bronze yoke
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it might be that the tooltips don't go through the same rich text label thing i got the tags out of

sleek magnet
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I think that is possible, because other localizations have the <LINE> and such. I suspect I may have bitten off more than I can chew, when i started this.

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I do know that tooltip for mags displays the mod name in blue, so in theory it has to possible. I just have no idea where to start. The thing about learning computer craft was the documentation was all on an official wiki. If I needed an API I could type in keywords into the search and find it. I know PZ has the javadocs, but I barely know enough java to tell a mod dev why I suspect a crash happened.

trim mist
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is there anything in particular you think could be useful to you?

stoic barn
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how difficult is modding with pz? I already know lua and I have software engineering career so I'm not complete newbie with coding adjacent stuff

sleek magnet
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Or even an exmaple of it in the base game

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Any situation where it isn't already being passed through the rich text

crystal terrace
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lol is this even going to be visible in-game, for icons the size is 32x32 pixels from what ik.

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crystal terrace
stoic barn
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link?

crystal terrace
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search pz wiki modding

stoic barn
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this one?

crystal terrace
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ye

stoic barn
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👍

crystal terrace
trim mist
trim mist
sleek magnet
crystal terrace
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atleast i won't lose my door tag lol

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crystal terrace
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much better now

image.png
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quick question, id like to give player an option to change names via context menu but how do i capture the new name? ik how to set i think.

stoic barn
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u could use this

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add a rename option to context menu which opens a new ui that uses entry-text

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i think that could work

crystal terrace
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i can add the context menu but how do i pass the value teh player entered to my function

crystal terrace
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yep this is it

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ty for sharing the link

heady crystal
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Anybody know what is the earliest UI code to initialise when in-game?

hidden jungle
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so i'm trying to translate my mod into russian and i'm running into this wierd issue
UI_Trait_Cardio is what its supposed to be displaying, and then you can see what its actually doing.
does anyone have a fix for this? or at least some info so i can try to find one myself?

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sleek magnet
hidden jungle
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what encoding should it be?

sleek magnet
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it says somewhere on the wiki, let me see if I can find it

sleek magnet
hidden jungle
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trying it now..

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its not encoded properly

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can i convert it?

sleek magnet
sleek magnet
hidden jungle
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i use notepad++
the text file is from someone else.
its fine in the editor

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once i change the encoding it shows the same as zomboid (obviously)

sleek magnet
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Might need to ask the original person to save it correctly, or copy paste it to a new file and try saving it. If that doesn't work, someone else will have to help you, sorry.

hidden jungle
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copy pasting it worked.
make a new file, set the encoding to Cyrillic (windows-1251) then paste the entire document into it and then save it.

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@sleek magnet thanks

sleek magnet
cobalt fiber
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How can I check for a item on a player inventory including it's own containers?

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eg. backpacks

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FindAndReturn seems to only look for the main inventory

neon bronze
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ContainsRecursive()

cobalt fiber
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thx!

limpid grail
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When someone has free time could you make a mod for single player where sleep isn't required but allowed, "sleeping in single player" doesn't allow you to sleep at all

rose verge
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Is it possible to add new walk and idle animations to the player when in a specific state? Thinking about how the character should have a different pose and animation when it's cold, for example

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There are specific animations for limping when your legs are damaged, is that something to go by? Or is that some hardcoded mess?

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Technicalities of creating new animations is something I can deal with later, right now I just want to know if this is even possible, and how

karmic fog
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Hey, it's me, ya boy.

I'm currently trying to add gloves into the game. They are supposed to be made out of white wolf fur, so I took the model of the player character, deleted everything but the hands and retextured the hands.

Well, that leads to clipping issues. While the gloves aren't damaged, the masks of the hands are hidden through the xml file, but when they get holes, the masks get visible and the model starts clipping. I remembered that the project zomboid base game has gloves too, soooo, I checked other mods on how they did that - And how they took advantage of the base game model.

But they just don't reference it at all? There's no entry for malemodel or femalemodel, just blank.

How did they do that, and how can I do that too?

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crystal terrace
# rose verge Is it possible to add new walk and idle animations to the player when in a speci...

I believe you can use different animation, I think I even read a list of Animations that you can call through your mod like walking, idle, etc etc. Not too sure about the details but most likely there should be a file defining animation to be used somewhere. About adding a new animation, might be possible. I should clarify, I haven't dealt with animations at all so not experienced at all on this one.

karmic fog
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OH WAIT

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<m_BaseTextures> is that referencing the base model of the character?

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so, it's not using a model to put it over the character, it's actively repainting the character itself?

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Cheeeers

rose verge
crystal terrace
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Might be something different than what you're looking for. Try to find how the animations are defined in vanilla files, that should be the start. Or if someone knows where to look they might respond.

ancient grail
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It low uses the long leap if its far from the target only

rain shard
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Hello everyone,

Is there a function akin to processSayMessage that does it as a system message instead? I am trying to run in-game tips for players but unfortunately the say message does actually transmit to other players, so I'm looking for alternatives

rain shard
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Ah, nevermind, it's actually just a print statement.

crystal terrace
rain shard
crystal terrace
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What these tips are for? Couldn't you do tooltips and stuff?

rain shard
crystal terrace
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Ah so something like moderation stuff

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Imagine if you could sneak in that one as an infomercial script somewhere in there. That'd be cool imo.

crystal terrace
rain shard
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Ooooh, thank you so much.

brave ruin
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What is the value you need to add to recipe to adjust how much Propane torch is uses? Is it as simple as just saying BlowTorch=5, ?

crystal terrace
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how do you guys work on performance related stuff on your mods? Like logging the tiem b/w function calls maybe?

crystal terrace
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ah sorry, thats not what you mean

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the first line inside recipe is usually the amount that needs to be consumed in order for recipe to result into something

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So if you're consuming BlowTorch then yes tweaking the number such as BlowTorch=5 would consume 5 units (however 1 unit is defined)

slow graniteBOT
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naw_chubbs has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

bronze yoke
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vanilla uses it for the dialogue when you can't sleep, already read a book, etc

rain shard
crystal terrace
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trying to work b/w client-server events, is this the right way to pass your commands from client side?

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bronze yoke
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to accomplish what you're trying to do here you'd need an event handler to call the command functions```lua
local OnClientCommand = function(module, command, player, args)
if module ~= "MyModule" return end
Commands[command](player, args)
end

Events.OnClientCommand.Add(OnClientCommand)

neon bronze
#

Is there a guide for server/client command?

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If im not wrong you have to send the client command to server which then has OnClientCommand event call that executes and vice versa

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But i am wrong

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Probably

bronze yoke
#

you are right

bronze yoke
neon bronze
#

Its over.

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Is it grabbable through the wayback machine?

bronze yoke
#

probably

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i'm going to write a new one at some point but it's not a huge priority for me

neon bronze
#

I would just wish that they would extend it to OnClientCommandReceived to make it understandable

bronze yoke
#

yeah, there's definitely a lot of confusion around the naming

neon bronze
#

Does the event get sent from the server to all players?

crystal terrace
bronze yoke
#

yeah

bronze yoke
neon bronze
#

How that?

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And how will it know to which player?

bronze yoke
#

there's an isoplayer argument, you omit it to send it to all

neon bronze
#

Omit it?

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What does that mean?

bronze yoke
#

don't include it

neon bronze
#

Ah so leave it empty and it will send it to everyone

bronze yoke
#

sendServerCommand(module, command, args) sends to all, sendServerCommand(player, module, command, args) sends to one player

crystal terrace
bronze yoke
#

when a client calls sendClientCommand, the server will fire OnClientCommand

crystal terrace
#

is it done automatically or do i have to call it from somewhere on client side?

bronze yoke
#

you need to call sendClientCommand when you want the server to do something

crystal terrace
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so imagine if i want client to send the trigger when i enter a vehicle, i woudl need to add an event for onEnterVehicle , then id call sendClientCommand and itll execute it from server side whatever teh command is?

bronze yoke
#

yeah basically

crystal terrace
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oh im not sure if this would solve my problems then, because im having trouble with triggering OnEnterVehicle event from client side, It's inconsistent. Yesterday it working fine and now it's not, i thought maybe i could trigger it from server side or something. But if the switch doesnt work then command wont be triggered.

bronze yoke
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it's a client-only event

crystal terrace
#

Do you think something wrong in code? Events always trigger right?

bronze yoke
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they should

sleek magnet
#

Could do the tried and true print("test") at the very beginigng of your function to see if the event is being fired.

crystal terrace
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yes ill throw one it, i removed em earlier when everything was working fine. Prolly introduced a new error while removing print statementsfrog

fast galleon
#

in SP, press F11, open your file and double click on lines inside your function, that adds breakpoints that will pause the game on those lines. beware, not all lines work, there needs to be something that will interrupt the process, e.g. variable assignment or function call, etc.

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on client it will work only for function that are executed on client 🤔

crystal terrace
#

ye i have been trying to use debugger to its full potential, it also sometimes helps to look at what objects you get back and stuff.

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i fixed it, teh event was fired but it was stalled because i didnt have something in my inventory that i needed👀

sleek magnet
#

ezcalp

crystal terrace
#

is there a way to generate unique id to store stuff inside tables? i tried to use getID() method of comboItem but it not unique, returns same ID for every object in the world.

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ill try with a doorID in the meantime.

bronze yoke
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hmm, those IDs are supposed to be unique*

crystal terrace
#

without em i cant store more than one entry, i can also start an index count maybe grab teh last index and increment it each time

nimble yarrow
#

Where are base inventory icons stored in PZ directory? Not in Textures, not in UI. Must be stored in a .pack or .dat or something? Only option is to take them from the wikis?

bronze yoke
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they're in the texture packs

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i think modding tools has a tool to extract them, but getting them from the wiki is probably easier since they come out as sheets anyway

chrome veldt
#

@bronze yoke iterating on our conversation from last night, I thought about using os.execute to make a curl request, unfortunately, os.execute is not exposed (or fortunately when I think about it). I'm not sure, given Lua and Kahlua documentation, there is a way to send a request. You talked about a possible GET request, do you have, by any chance, a piece of documentation or code I could use to help me?

bronze yoke
#

all i really know is it starts with getUrlInputStream()

sleek forum
# 
      @LuaMethod(
         name = "getUrlInputStream",
         global = true
      )
      public static DataInputStream getUrlInputStream(String var0) {
         if (var0 != null && (var0.startsWith("https://") || var0.startsWith("http://"))) {
            try {
               return new DataInputStream((new URL(var0)).openStream());
            } catch (IOException var2) {
               var2.printStackTrace();
               return null;
            }
         } else {
            return null;
         }
      }
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you will need to do the read operations on the stream

#

not sure how that translates to LUA

chrome veldt
#

thanks @bronze yoke @sleek forum, that's interesting, not sure I'll be able to do anything with it but there's potential, I'll try my best hoping I won't have to build a 3rd party app

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I'm afraid this function can only read from a stream and can't be used to send data

sleek forum
#

depends on the data you need to send

crystal terrace
#

event with diff IDS now i can't store more than one value i think, isnt this how you add values? getModData gives you table in which you insert key,value pairs

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sleek forum
#

if it fits in the request uri then that should work

#

discord wont format the url correctly

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but you get the idea

bronze yoke
chrome veldt
#

you're right, I guess I could split some of the objects I'm trying to send, might need some work on the backend but I guess the painfull part would be to translate that to Kahlua

bronze yoke
#

since you don't know what other mods are going to put in there, you usually either have string keys or an ordered subtable

sleek forum
#

and if your data is really small you could also turn it into base64

crystal terrace
#

i wanted to store multiple entries so couldnt think of another way, if i create a new table called config wouldnt it be same for each entry?

sleek forum
#

depends on the server you're sending the request to i guess

chrome veldt
#

Yeah, I think there's enough granularity in the API to split the data nicely in small packets. My other concern is also security, making sure I'm not exposing anything

sleek forum
#

well you would unless you're encrypting

chrome veldt
sleek forum
#

not sure I would install a mod that would be sending sensitive data over to some server in the first place though

bronze yoke
#

if you're inserting id and config together it might make more sense to add them as a key/value pair doorTag:getModData()[id] = doorTagconfig, you can put these in a subtable for safety from other mods putting stuff in moddata

fast galleon
#

here is an example of mixed table

obj:getModData().config = {
  id = "example",
  [1] = "a",
  [2] = "b",
}
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you can loop with ipairs the 1 and 2 keys (ordered keys) while also having other keys in the table.

crystal terrace
chrome veldt
crystal terrace
bronze yoke
sleek forum
#

@chrome veldt good man 🙂

sleek magnet
#

But also take what I say with a grain of salt

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I'm strugginging to change a tooltip text red lmao

chrome veldt
mellow frigate
chrome veldt
sleek magnet
#

Perhaps that is more telling of my own personal saftey, than it is the greater public tho.

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I'm just thinking about a mod for RimWorld called RealRuins where it uploads your save to a database when you lose, so that other players can encounter a wrecked version of your base. I haven't even once considered if any data was included with it, simply because I knowing installed a mod that contacts a server. (Albeit, like I'm mindful of it being malicous but that's another subject.)

bronze yoke
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oh that's fun, i was considering the viability of a similar project for zomboid

chrome veldt
#

We're kinda obsessed with security where I work so I guess it reflects on my personal projects as well 🙂
The rimworld mod seems really cool tho

sleek magnet
#

Yeah, it's really cool. Sometimes you can find a base and just know how that player lost. And other times you'll find a base in pristine condition and feel a sense of unknowing dread.

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Security is important, and if it is a skill you want to learn early on go for it. When I was learning to make bukkit plugins for minecraft (code is a strong word because I was using a drag-and-drop block coder) a lot of people were harping that I was too worried about optimizing my plugins. I enjoyed doing it. And it helped me learn a lot about how both minecraft and java work.

Ultimatly what I'm saying is, don't let me stop you from using this as an opportunity to learn a new skill.

sleek forum
#

if you're going to encrypt, dont write your own encryption unless thats what you do

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i mean, for serious projects that is

chrome veldt
sleek forum
#

however just fyi, if you're sending the GET request over HTTPS the connection itself will be encrypted, even the query string

nimble yarrow
#

trying to upload 7 mods today, writing out the descriptions and stuff now.

[h1]blue header text[/h1]

[list]
    [*]bullet point text
    [*]bullet point text
[/list]

[b][u]bold underlined text[/u][/b]

any other useful [html type stuff] i missed?
-not sure what [list] [/list] does, really. maybe a set of bullet points don't need it?
-I'd really like to hyperlink the name of a mod, so that when clicked, it takes you directly that mod in the workshop
-I'd also like to have a -------------Divider------------, that you often see separating categories of pictures, text and stuff

bronze yoke
#

[url=YourUrl]link text[/url]

sleek magnet
#

I am going to ask a very fundamental question, is the javadocs being used for the Lua documentation? Or is it only code that is exposed to Lua?

frank elbow
frank elbow
fast galleon
frank elbow
#

Did I ninja you or did you ninja me 🤔 can't tell on my end

nimble yarrow
#

LOL

#

that was wild

sleek magnet
bronze yoke
#

i haven't heard of any lua documentation

sleek forum
#

you can find all the exposed methods in the decompiled java code though

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and how it works on the java side

sleek magnet
#

Okay, so I have been doing it "correctly" so far. Thank you.

stoic barn
#

how feasible is a mod that allows you to use pen&pencils to write on books/papers?

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i feel like having a personal journal would vibe really well with the loneliness aspect of the game

crystal terrace
#

you can tho in vanilla? no?

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or is it just notes, never tried notebooks

stoic barn
#

rly? i thought we can only put marks on the map

bronze yoke
#

you can do that

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that's what they're for

crystal terrace
#

ye i keep a note of long term goals for my character on it just in case if i load a save after quite a while

bronze yoke
#

oh that's smart

stoic barn
#

is this what youre talking about

crystal terrace
#

yep

crystal terrace
# bronze yoke oh that's smart

ye sometimes you dont play for a while and when you load back up if you dont have goals you dont know what to or where you left last time.

gilded hawk
#

Is there a way to export the map to an image?
eg this:

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crystal terrace
#

just learned a diff b/w ipairs and pairs , i mostly used em interchangibliy but ill be cautious of ipairs from now on. Took me 20 mins to figure this one out. Anyway now it works smoothly and we're back on track, after some optimization ill work on performance and then maybe some visual stuff for mod. Hopefully itll be ready to upload soon.

bronze yoke
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ipairs should never be used

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if you need to iterate through only the numeric keys in a table, a for loop is exactly the same thing but runs faster

gilded hawk
#

Really?

crystal terrace
#

ye tehre was something else about the it tho, someone mentioned about "halts" in code if tehre were gaps in numeric values

bronze yoke
#

yeah, if there's a gap it's not an ordered table and trying to iterate through it like that doesn't make sense

stoic barn
crystal terrace
#

ah yes you could work on that maybe, it's rather simple in nature for now.

bronze yoke
#

ipairs is just a for loop with java function overhead

stoic barn
#

i was thinking like handwritten with whichever pencil/pen color etc

#

idk how good that would be

bronze yoke
gilded hawk
#

oh wow, I did not know that, thank you

gilded hawk
bronze yoke
#

i think in normal lua the gap isn't nearly as big but it's still slower

#

sorry, no idea

gilded hawk
#

Well, thank you anyway

bronze yoke
crystal terrace
#

maybe its coz of non contiguous numeric keys?

#

nah you'

#

you'

#

re right about pairs being faster then

#

it doesnt keep track of indexes as well

bronze yoke
#

with a table with three elements in ordered numerical indices, over 10,000 iterations each, i found that for loops usually took around ~0.03s, ipairs usually took around ~0.20s, and pairs usually took around ~0.12s

#

the times are specific to my hardware of course but we would expect a similar ratio on all hardware

crystal terrace
#

safe to say pairs for the win if you dont care about order and numeric keys

bronze yoke
#

yeah. if your table doesn't use numeric keys you have to use pairs, but in any situation where you would normally use ipairs, for loop is always better

elfin stump
#

When using events like Events.EveryDays.Add(functionHere) - there is no reference to player. If called from the client does this run on client or does it end up running events from the server? Is best practice using getSpecificPlayer() to access a player from these sorts of events?

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Would it be possible to pass a parameter to the function in Events.EveryDays.Add(functionHere)?

bronze yoke
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it doesn't pass a player because it wouldn't make sense to, the day doesn't pass for one specific player

#

using getSpecificPlayer() is best practice

stoic barn
#

eventually allowing doodles as well

#

not sure how feasible all this is

elfin stump
#

Okay so if you are using that event and the goal is to have something happen to an individual player each day, you would need to then store some mod data and check that for info on what player to effect or something of that sort?

stoic barn
#

not scratch off but scribble over

bronze yoke
#

yeah, you could also keep a reference to a player/players in a variable if that suits your code

crystal terrace
elfin stump
#

cool. In that case if you were calling a stored player reference from an function that was attached to that event, it would call on just one client and not affect all players? Provided it is running from the client folder?

bronze yoke
#

as long as it's running on client lua, it doesn't really matter which folder it's in

elfin stump
#

media/lua/client is client lua and media/lua/server is server lua? Or am I misunderstanding that?

bronze yoke
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all lua runs on the client, all lua except the client folder runs on the server

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it doesn't matter which folder it's in, it matters which environment is executing it

elfin stump
#

I am a bit confused I think. How would you determine what code is running where?

bronze yoke
#

i was trying to convey in response to 'it would call on just one client and not affect all players' that code can't 'spill over' to other clients, every instance of the game has a completely separate lua environment

elfin stump
#

Okay I see, that makes sense. So if I use that event I can store a player and call code to affect that client and safely only them, provided they are not on split screen or something like that, which I imagine I could check for if needed.

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I am also curious about getPlayerNum() - when a player logs off, say #2 of 20 players, does PlayerNum change for everyone? Do I need to be handling that if I am running something overtime? I guess, is there risk of a players number changing as people log in and out of a game?

bronze yoke
#

playernums are completely local

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everyone's playernum is 0-3, depending on the order they joined splitscreen

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the multiplayer identifiers are OnlineIDs, they don't shift when a player leaves

elfin stump
#

Okay cool I see, do they shift on a server restart or are they permanent until the user is deleted?

bronze yoke
#

they do reset on server restart

elfin stump
#

Okay cool. Thank you so much this has been very helpful. Time to start running print statements to see if I understand this right spiffo

#

Ohhh... real quick, is there an ID that does not change ever for a player? usename maybe? is that the best way to get a solid repeating id as long as the server exists?

bronze yoke
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i think the only solid one is sqlID (though that doesn't change after character death, and isn't easy to access)

crystal terrace
#

open doors all day long from the comfort of your car(you do have to get out and get in tho as trigger is onEnterVehicle)

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bronze yoke
#

on servers that rely on steam accounts instead of server login, username is the steam display name i think? which can easily be changed

#

steamid can be used instead but then this causes issues for steam account sharers on server that *do* use server login

#

if character death is a problem, the workaround i went with was just generating a uuid when a character is created and putting it in their moddata

elfin stump
#

Okay cool this is making sense. I think I have a few potential ways to do what I am looking for.

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Thank you so much @bronze yoke !

neon bronze
#

You can also use steamIDs for that

bronze yoke
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no, this causes problems for servers that use logins and won't change after character death

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and of course non-steam users

mellow frigate
granite ginkgo
#

Guys, how do I Export the armature from blender, cause of I do it as fbx it doesn't work??

uneven mauve
#

Hey, looking into Distributions.lua and I am wondering why a room might have a property "forceForRooms" that points to another room

In the image, the "changeroom" has a "locker" with a property that force a "PoliceLockers" to appear in the "policestorage" room? Why is this defined here? Why is not in "policestorage" definition

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crystal terrace
#

forceForRooms makes sure that this table is rolled for sure no matter what

bronze yoke
#

multiple room types can share a loot definition

#

forceforrooms forces that proc table to be picked for that container in that room type instead of the default behaviour which is randomly rolling one from the procList based on their weights

crystal terrace
#

the idea of turning doors into storage units for implanting your scanner device works great with double doors but fails against Garage or metal doors. I could keep it only for double doors or ask player to put a container for scanner device beside every door they wanna tag.

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from Top 5 wishlist pz in discussions on steam, every pz fan on the floor for NPC's, animals and whatnot. My man has his priorities straightfrog

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sleek magnet
#

Minecraft was truly ahead of its time by binding sprint to double tap W

crystal terrace
#

I have never played Minecraft but that seems like a nice way to do it, still it might be risky with pz I think what if you're character jumps from the top floor while you're working on your stairway to moon.

bronze yoke
#

that happens anyway drunk

brave ruin
#

Hello, if I want to make certain items more rare in my multiplayer save. Is the only way to cut down on the loot rarity and can I do my own mod and then add in loot distrubtion and change the value and they will override the normal ones? Would that work?

sleek magnet
brave ruin
bronze yoke
#

if you mean directly adding a new loot rarity setting, those are completely hardcoded

brave ruin
#

Like.. If I wanted petrol cans to be harder to find, can I take the distrubtion file and take that line to my own modpack and change the values?

sleek magnet
sleek magnet
bronze yoke
#

that seems very odd, ISPanel is a vanilla file and it is in that location

#

is this from the server log?

sleek magnet
#

Client debuglog.txt

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I can't even get the game to boot with this example loaded as a mod

bronze yoke
#

oh, because it's in shared

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move it to client

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the shared folder loads before client, and client contains all the ui code

sleek magnet
#

now how did I manage that

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lmao

#

I knew it needed to be in client, idk why I put it in shared, thank you

#

That did the trick, thank you again

void cargo
#

I'd like to have a debug flag that's off by default in the workshop folder for uploading, but on in my mod development folder. Right now I manually set a true/false flag. Anyone know how?

bronze yoke
#

you could just check isDebug()

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then it'll only be true if the game is in debug mode

void cargo
#

I do like that idea! thanks! better than what I have, it might spam other mod devs which is fine since I guess they prob won't do development with my mod installed

bronze yoke
#

btw, i recommend caching the value as java function calls are super slow and it's never going to change anyway

void cargo
#

is there a caching library or just setting it to a module/table/namespace variable

bronze yoke
#

the latter

crystal terrace
#

is there any restrictions for poster image file? apart from extention being .png

nimble yarrow
#

one of them needs to be 256x256, i believe

bronze yoke
#

the steam preview.png needs to be 256x256, poster has no such restriction

nimble yarrow
#

they look nice / fill up the ModManager window when in a 16:9 resolution

#

any reason my clothes are appearing pristine & brand new, even though they are low condition with holes?
playing in debug.
maybe its impossible to have ragged clothes in debug?

covert carbon
#

Thought of a way simpler mod. In inspiration from the Oppenheimer movie I will make a nuke

elfin stump
#

Does anyone know what we can use to generate a 'sound' that attracts zombies? like the cough or sneeze from the player, not playing an actual sound. Is there a sound emitter or radius or something that we can call/set from a player/character location?

bronze yoke
#

getWorldSoundManager():addSound()

elfin stump
#

perfect

bronze yoke
#

most of the args should be self explanatory but volume is a tiebreaker, zombies go towards the loudest sound

elfin stump
#

awesome thank you, I will experiment with that but it looks like it is exactly what I need.

#

looks like loud sounds cause stress, that is pretty cool

#

or they can**

bronze yoke
#

oh, and zombieIgnoreDist is a range at which zombies will not hear the sound if they are too close

#

that's so zombies won't all stack up on one square

elfin stump
#

okay nice! thank you for that timer saver, I was gonna test that out.

#

ohh man this is awesome, nice a flexible. I like it. Thank you again @bronze yoke !

#

do you know what the unit for the radius is? Is it meters?

bronze yoke
#

it's probably squares

elfin stump
#

okay cool

hollow current
bronze yoke
hollow current
#

This is perfect, thank you!

brave ruin
#

If I have a mod and I change values in like the recipe, more exp, more time or etc.. Currently now I exit from a game, go into solo and load the mod again to get the changes updated. Does it work to instead launch the game in debug mode and use the F11 window or whats it called and just update it from there?

neon bronze
#

Nah scripts have to be reloaded entirely

#

The whole lua has to be reloaded

brave ruin
#

Can't I do that in the debug mode+

neon bronze
#

You can reload lua files but not .txt

brave ruin
#

Ohh okay

#

This value

  • OnGiveXP:Recipe.OnGiveXP.TailoringLow, *

Does it determ based on the experience set on the server?

neon bronze
#

Its a function that gets called

#

Its probably in recipecode.lua

brave ruin
#

I am a bit confused regarding the xp give..
OnGiveXP:Recipe.OnGiveXP.MetalWelding25,
OnGiveXP:Recipe.OnGiveXP.Give20MechanicsXP,

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Both of these work right?

neon bronze
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If they are in recipecode.lua yea

brave ruin
#

Yeah but why does the Mechanic have the number in the start and Welding in the end?

neon bronze
#

Probably cause the guy who wrote that just forgot it

#

Doesnt really matter

#

As long as the code inside them works

#

But you can name them whatever you want

#

As long as they follow the conventions

#

Smth like Recipe.OnGiveXP.MyFunction

brave ruin
#

So instead of those two I can set..

OnGiveXP:Recipe.OnGiveXP.MetalWeldingLow,
OnGiveXP:Recipe.OnGiveXP.MechanicsLow,

#

??

neon bronze
#

I dont know but you can try that out

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Though i dont believe that

brave ruin
#

How can I know what works and not in reality? 🙂

neon bronze
#

Well you could check your stats

#

Since the one going through should give you xp

#

Alternatively you could add prints or says in it

brave ruin
#

Add prints or says in it?

neon bronze
#

In the function called

#

So that you know that it works

#

In the console it should add new words if you do prints

#

Or your character says something if you do player:Say(…)

brave ruin
#

To use console I need - debug right?

neon bronze
#

Yes it only appears in the debug mod

brave ruin
#

Where can I find more info about OnGiveXP ?

#

This does not work :/
OnGiveXP:Recipe.OnGiveXP.MetalWelding25,

dusty wigeon
#

is there a place i can go to see a full list of the distibutioons

crystal terrace
#

You can make one for yourself from the vanilla file /media/lua/server/Items/Distributions.lua

#

But there's no such list as a resource

dusty wigeon
#

im just trying to figure out a certain place for loot to spawn

#

I want it to spawn only on military zombies

hollow current
#

Soo in trying to update an existing mod, and I was successful in updating it before, now, somehow, it's giving an error, result=2. Did anyone figure out the cause of this issue?

bronze yoke
#

i restarted steam when this happened to me and it resolved it

hollow current
#

Doesn't seem to be working on my side. Tried to restart my PC altogether, no luck. My only guess I might have accidentally messed up sth with the files in the new update but not sure what would cause this lol

crystal terrace
#

https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/37047-unable-to-upload-new-mod-to-steam-workshop-failed-to-update-workshop-item-result2/

The Indie Stone Forums
Unable to upload new mod to steam workshop. "failed to update work...

I'm unable to upload my new mod "Playable Arcade Machines Grapeseed" to the steam workshop. The error I get is "failed to update workshop item, result=2" The result in my workshop is an empty mod with no content. This is my 3rd mod. I've successfully uploaded my other two mods in the past. I even...

hollow current
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Thanks! the issue seems to have been fixed after waiting it for a bit

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probably some steam/PZ sided issue

bronze yoke
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the most common cause is just steam issues yeah

crystal terrace
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np, why is forum so ded. Would have been great resource tbh maybe its cause folks are more active on discord. But i guess it's not too bad as well. Much more active for sure.

bronze yoke
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we're just not in the era of forums

hollow current
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i think discord is just.. more efficient so to say

crystal terrace
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for sure, you could get answers in minute or day instead of waiting for a month or a year

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i often try to search earlier chats for any related info i might wanna find out

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trying to interact with in-game weather, having trouble to event trigger car events.

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full ibex
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Would it be possible to make a mod for multiplayer that splits players into two teams and puts circles around where each team is located?

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I want PZ TDM

bronze sand
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What would be the circles for?

full ibex
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to locate the other team, or at least where most players on the other team are

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Im imagining the teams spawn in separate towns

mellow frigate
#

Hello there, if anyone has a comprehensive description of Lightfoot Vs Sneak perks, I'm interested, else I'll go in the code.

bronze yoke
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sneak is the chance to be spotted by sight, lightfoot is the radius you can be heard

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hmm well that's not what the wiki says so maybe i'm wrong

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wiki says lightfoot is your footstep sound radius and sneaking affects an additional radius reduction while sneak walking

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i'd be kind of surprised if that's it, but it would kind of make sense with how unhelpful those skills can be

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the wiki was incorrect, i am right

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lightfoot affects the radius of your footstep sound while sneaking and sneak reduces your chance to be spotted by zombies while sneaking

mellow frigate
bronze yoke
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actually, sneaking does also reduce your footstep sound while sneaking

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lightfoot affects it at all times

ancient grail
final current
#

print() in a server command would print to the server right? (trying to test via coop-console.txt and only getting command entered via server console (System.in): "ping@pong" which isn't what im printing, and guessing it's just bc i called a command, but unsure if it's executing)

bronze yoke
#

it should print in that file, yeah

final current
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i'm doing something wrong maybe. lemme retry a few things.

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just hosting a multiplayer locally is good enough to test thought, right? 😅

crystal terrace
#

is it safe to use globalModData? or if there's anything i should know

bronze yoke
#

it should be fine

crystal terrace
#

aight, ty

crystal terrace
#

How do i get GlobalModData?👀 through getWorld()?

bronze yoke
#

use the ModData static

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ModData is the api for GlobalModData

patent knoll
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Hey, new to coding/modding I'm looking for some guidance. I have added an item drop that on use gives you a small bag (think supply drop) I have the bag working and dropping correctly, I have an item distribution setup for the bag but I can't get the "crafted" bag to spawn any items. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. If I am requesting help incorrectly please guide me to the correct route. Thanks!

crystal terrace
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the distribution file in vanilla doesnt know that your container exists tho, might need to put it there as well

brave ruin
#

Can you somehow control what cars that will spawn in or a certain car mod? If I want that car only to spawn in like 5 vehicle as max?

patent knoll
crystal terrace
#

there are two types of distribution files in game, one is called Procedural another one is called Distribution, first one creates a table of items(list) that are allowed to spawn with their odds. Second one to actually used to roll these tables from procedural to spawn loot.

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Checkout media/lua/server/Items/ should have both files

patent knoll
crystal terrace
# patent knoll Okay my understanding was that the procedural distribution was for map placement...

https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/38165-quick-guide-how-to-mod-the-loot-distribution-system-distributionslua-proceduraldistributionslua/ this one does a better job at explaining stuff

The Indie Stone Forums
Quick Guide: How To Mod The Loot Distribution System (Distributions...

This is a visual guide for mappers and modders who need to add or modify PZ's loot entries using the new ProceduralDistributions.lua approach. Whilst the ProceduralDistributions.lua file has been in the game for quite a while (i.e. the Gigamart shelves having distinct loot types), TIS will be eve...

patent knoll
crystal terrace
#

no problem

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here's a snippet from Distributions.lua which rolls lists from ProceduralDistributions.lua

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in your case, i believe you'd need to insert your container in here, teh all contains items which will roll stuff universally where as other tables contains shop/room wise stuff

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patent knoll
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So my distribution table looks like the second image.

crystal terrace
#

Also a word of caution, `be careful with naming files and avoid naming same as vanilla character to character that way you dont replace original files

patent knoll
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The first is the one I don't have. I just wasn't sure since it's a created bag if contents would procedurally create on crafting

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I also put sv before all mod items/recipes

crystal terrace
#

both tables are in same file Distributions.lua

bronze yoke
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basically, zomboid's distribution system is to choose a random list so that 'matching' items always appear together, e.g. each shelf in a supermarket stocking a specific category of items instead of random items from the entire supermarket pool

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i don't think crafting will trigger distributions, you can probably do it manually though

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try adding an OnCreate to the recipe that calls ItemPickerJava.fillContainer if this doesn't help

crystal terrace
#

ye you are prolly right, it might not roll distributions once its rolled

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so if there was no crafting the container then it would have been possible

heady crystal
#

Anybody know if it's possible to get a list of all items in the Player's game?

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Both vanilla and modded

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Not in their inventory or anything, like literally all types of items. Like every clothing item, every weapon item, etc. a list.

bronze yoke
#

to be clear, every *type* of item, not every spawned item instance?

heady crystal
#

Yeah, just the type

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This is kind of confusing to explain haha

bronze yoke
#

you can loop through ScriptManager.instance:getAllItems() and grab the type from the script object

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e.g. if you wanted them all in a table```lua
local itemTypes = {}
local items = ScriptManager.instance:getAllItems()
for i = 0, items:size()-1 do
itemTypes[i+1] = items:get(i):getFullName()
end

heady crystal
#

Thanks a lot Albion! 💖

patent knoll
bronze yoke
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it should be in a bunch of recipes, you can find the references in the game's recipe scripts and then their implementations in server/recipecode.lua

patent knoll
#

Thank you all so much I'll look there

crystal terrace
#

for events, does it capture the args by itsself or do i have to get the value and then use em in those function calls?

bronze yoke
#

what do you mean?

crystal terrace
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for ex lets say there an event OnEnterVehicle which requires function to have param IsoPlayer type of obj. So when i declare this function, do i get the player first and then send it or just write in function def expecting event to capture it and pass it along

bronze yoke
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you just write in the function reference, the event passes all of that to the function

crystal terrace
#

awesome, thanksfrog

bronze yoke
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if an event says it passes a player, that means it's going to call yourFunction(player)

crystal terrace
#

ah makes sense now tbh since an event already knows how its triggered so it grabs the values it needs

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this is the way to do it right? unless there's a syntax error or something.

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i think i might have messed up by introducing that . in there

bronze yoke
#

that looks good

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all of moddata's methods are static so . should be used when calling them

crystal terrace
#

ah oki oki, prolly something else then. Wrote everything in one go, it was bound to happenstressed

heady crystal
#

Is it possible to listen to when a specific zombie is hit rather than all of them?

crystal terrace
#

about OnFillContainer and OnContainerUpdate events, does fill means like full to cap? or just anything is added to container

bronze yoke
#

you can do whatever to filter it out after the event fires, but you can't only listen for specific zombie's events

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OnFillContainer is fired after the distributions run

crystal terrace
#

is there some event to work only if anything is added to container?

bronze yoke
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so only when loot is first spawned/event respawn, not during player interaction with it

bronze yoke
crystal terrace
#

oof

bronze yoke
#

you can hook the inventorytransferaction to detect when players add/remove items from containers

crystal terrace
#

is it an event?

bronze yoke
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no, it's the timed action for transferring items

crystal terrace
#

any idea how to use em? i only am familiar with how to trigger stuff with events so far

bronze yoke
#

it's probably the most complex one to hook unfortunately, it works super weird

crystal terrace
#

i have read somewhere you can create custom events as well, you think something like that might be possible? Otherwise i might have to use one of those key events i think

covert carbon
#

Is it okay if I have space in the name of a new item I am creating?

crystal terrace
#

actually i think ill just use Everyhour or EveryDay instead, will be much more efficient with my problem

crystal terrace
bronze yoke
#

iirc it technically works but most people would agree it's bad practice

covert carbon
covert carbon
covert carbon
cobalt fiber
#

I would recommend you always test things before asking.
Not because people don't want to help, but because you will be getting familiar with how things works etc

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sometimes I catch myself for hours debugging things, and you can always learn from it

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That said, whenever help is needed, I'm sure this community will be always willing to help 😉

patent knoll
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If a mod adds an item to a specific room fill type and my mod references that table to roll loot from will the first mods items have a chance to appear? Trying to be as compatible as possible for things like britas etc

bronze yoke
#

yeah

patent knoll
#

Excellent now I just have to figure out how to reference specific procgen tables

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Thank you

bronze yoke
#

if this is for your loot bag thing, i think you can add a ForceForContainers entry

patent knoll
#

What is that, this is my first time coding

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This is like an early placeholder for a much larger project I'm just trying to accomplish step by step basic concepts that will help me on the larger project

crystal terrace
#

from what i know, its like its a property where whatever value you give that proc list will be rolled 100%

patent knoll
#

recipe ignite supply flare
{
Supply Flare,
Result:Supply Bag,
Time:100,
OnCreate: itempickerjava.rollContainerItem,
}
Ignore formatting cause I know it's not accurate but does this look accurate at all

#

If I'm totally off I'll just keep looking for things that work lol

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I have my own distribution list that has that containers item name and the list will roll from random tables in the vanilla procgen(like medical, toolsheds, military)

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Later on I'll add zombie spawn on use and the container will be placed with a delay timer if I can figure it out and helicopter sound to draw zomboids to the location

elfin stump
#

Anyone have a legend for everything you see in the Zombie Population window in Dev mode in Debug?

crystal terrace
#

wym like the red dots?

elfin stump
#

well yeah I know there are standing zombies and moving zombies and the npc zombies that own stuff, but I also see flashes of green that outlines zones and other weird events that I cannot remember. I am curious if anyone has put together or has something that says what is what

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or when they turn white, it seems like they aggro to maybe a sound, but I am not sure

crystal terrace
#

globalModDataTable[myRandomIndex].property=someValue trying to write some values this way but table remains null i believe. I have looked in debugger as well, can we use [myRandomIndex] this sort of indexing with moddata? or is it only with . operators

crystal terrace
elfin stump
#

Yeah I probably will mess with it a bit just to understand it better.

crystal terrace
#

you can also clear out zeds around you, there's a lot of options to play with.

elfin stump
#

Oh yeah there is so much in here its great, I am really curious about that flashing green line tho, maybe it is just showing things loading, but I am not sure

elfin stump
crystal terrace
#

i tried with ModData.create("key"), it works i can see the table in global mod data in debug but its empty. Thus resulting into error "indexing-non table"

elfin stump
#

I am not certain what it could be unfortunately

crystal terrace
#

from what i can remember when you index non existent indexes in table it gives back nil, that might be it. Since its giving back nil as result and im calling another index on the nil value. Ill fix it later on. Ty for help anyway.

elfin stump
#

Ohh you know I think in LUA the tables are not ordered so there is no index unless you are using the key as the index... I might be wrong since zomboid uses some sort of special lua, but that may be a place to start

crystal terrace
#

I'll test it in an isolated environment later on just to be sure .

tawdry solar
#

my mod doesnt show up

crystal terrace
#

Scroll it down to the bottom, otherwise something wrong with structure or files

tawdry solar
#

it works

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i just had a mod with teh same id

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good to know my mods still bricked

covert carbon
#

Been trying to look it up but cant find many good results. Is there a way to make a user interface with lua?

bronze yoke
#

your null error is because globalModDataTable[myRandomIndex].property you have not initialised globalModDataTable[myRandomIndex] as a table

covert carbon
#

Is it possible to still write in java for certain parts of your mod?

elfin stump
covert carbon
#

Thank you

bronze yoke
#

most of pz's ui is created in lua

civic kiln
#

hey there! quick question, the numbers within the distribution lua files (both base game and mods) are represented as percentages? or what exactly?

i'm guiding myself with other mods and base game's distribution numbers, but was just curious

bronze yoke
#

it is a percentage, but there are a lot of other factors so it's never really the chance as set in the lua

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for example default loot settings are well below 100% and zombie density increases the chance

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you can see the 'true' chance in lootzed

vagrant valley
#

How do you use lootzed?

bronze yoke
#

enable it from the cheats menu (remembering that it doesn't apply until you close it) and then right click the container icon in the inventory

vagrant valley
#

Okay

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Thank you

civic kiln
mellow frigate
crystal terrace
crystal terrace
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yep that was it, fixed it finally. Everying works now.

crystal terrace
#

might upload my first mod today hopefully and become an official member of pz mod communityrj

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just one more thing about globalmoddata, as long as im working with SP it should be alright but i doubt globalmoddata would be feasible incase of MP servers, thoughts? what if i have 10 entries for each player would it fine performance wise

bronze yoke
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i've heard conflicting reports on that

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someone in the community was having terrible issues with not even that large of a dataset, but i maintained a mod much more wasteful of global moddata and didn't see the same issues

covert carbon
crystal terrace
#

you better hurry up with em nukes

covert carbon
#

I just started at like 6 pm

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I am having to learn how to model and how to do a bit of java because I learned that UIs are the type of stuff that zomboid runs java with

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but dw

crystal terrace
covert carbon
#

it should be done soon

#

also alphabee what is your mod about?

crystal terrace
#

that youll know after you subscribe, i plan to ruin everyone's saves

covert carbon
#

I will subscribe to it

crystal terrace
#

nobody will see it coming

covert carbon
#

good thing my near 3 month character just died today

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cant be corrupted by you 🙏

crystal terrace
covert carbon
#

Veronica Sutter was my best

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she died

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I wasn't sad I knew it was coming

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I killed thousands but died to just 5 zombies

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tip: banging at a door is never just two zombies

crystal terrace
#

yep, the moment you get into your comfort zone and forget about the rule book. You ded.

covert carbon
#

ong

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its kind of funny. The only reason I got into code is because my ankle is broke rn

crystal terrace
#

Well that's one way to learn something new

covert carbon
#

I also learned how to draw

#

I actually get out of the boot hopefully in a week

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ping me when the mod is posted

crystal terrace
#

sure i will, you'll get the first subscriber award and a special mention. Not that many people are competing for it😆

covert carbon
#

RAAAAAAAAAAH

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I need opinion for the nuke mod

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should the nuke be an unmovable object located right in the center of louisville

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or should it be movable

crystal terrace
#

i dont think it should be movable, unless your guy is super man that he can do what he pleases i suppose.

covert carbon
#

I might make it movable for the sake of letting people use it creatively but if I might also add a need for the hazmat suit to get near it otherwise you get sick

crystal terrace
#

ill give hint about the mod tho, if anyone's a Harry potter fan, my mod is something related to it.

covert carbon
#

Never got into harry potter. I watched the first movie and the last one

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its a good series but I just never watched it all

covert carbon
crystal terrace
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xd that'd be too obvious and boring

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something i had in mind, now that i think about it. There's more than a couple of usecases. I think it'll be great plus something that can add value along side other mods.

covert carbon
#

well I will be waiting to see what it is

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I cant be bothered to learn java but I have no choice with the UI thing

crystal terrace
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aight bet

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java is cool

covert carbon
#

My brother who majors in computer science visited me a bit ago and got confused by the coding for zomboid XD

crystal terrace
#

all the proramming languages have same stuff more or less, you know one you translate to others.

covert carbon
#

which is fine

crystal terrace
#

Don't learn everything right away, only what you need.

covert carbon
#

It's kind of hard not to learn everything

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"oh what does that do" leads to "what's that?" and so on

crystal terrace
#

It's a trap and you lose motivation over time.

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You learn something relevant to your work that's enough and you build on that one.

covert carbon
#

My motivation is the fact i've spent days on my mods and it would be a waste to give up now

bronze yoke
covert carbon
crystal terrace
#

oh yea that UI thing is lua

covert carbon
#

this is lua?

bronze yoke
#

yeah

covert carbon
#

whats with the semicolons at the end of every line

crystal terrace
#

lua doesnt care

bronze yoke
#

you can do that, it's a style thing

crystal terrace
#

just like javascript

covert carbon
#

welp all I have to do is change the file type

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not much time wasted

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A style thing

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bruh

crystal terrace
#

i dont think if lua even cares if you write stuff on same line(i could be wrong on this one i feel like i saw it somewhere) or maybe it was a diff language.

covert carbon
#

Do you put UI scripts in the client folder?

crystal terrace
#

ye albion earlier mentioned that i think

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coz itll be shown on player side so

covert carbon
#

I put hard research time for nuclear bombs

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also the bomb will be on the ground so it wont be an airblast

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fallout perhaps?

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It's beautiful

#

The UI works

normal scroll
#

Anyone knows if it is possible to get ONLY the lowest value from this kind of calculation?

        local zombiePos = {x = secondObj:getX(), y = secondObj:getY()}


        local dx = zombiePos.x - playerPos.x
        local dy = zombiePos.y - playerPos.y
        local distance = math.sqrt(dx*dx + dy*dy)
        
    return distance```
crystal terrace
normal scroll
glacial viper
#

Hey there, pretty new to modding, want to ask whether this is a correct implementation to export player kill count on the server side as I'm getting attempted index of non-table at KahluaUtil.fail line:82.. error

function KillCountServer.updateExportFile(player)
    local kills = player:getZombieKills()
    local username = player:getUsername()
    local displayName = player:getDisplayName()
    local filename = username .. "_killcount.txt"
    local file = getFileWriter(filename, true, false)
    if not file then
        file = getFileWriter(filename, false, true)
    end
    local outputString = displayName .. "," .. tostring(kills)
    file:write(outputString)
    file:close()
end

Events.OnPlayerUpdate.Add(KillCountServer.updateExportFile)
frank elbow
frank elbow
glacial viper
frank elbow
#

That fail method is presumably just intended to print an error message. What's the full error? It likely points to where it's occurring

glacial viper
# 
STACK TRACE
-----------------------------------------
function: KillCountServerExports.lua -- file: KillCountServerExports.lua line # 1 | MOD: KillCountServer.
[26-07-23 20:05:32.726] ERROR: General     , 1690373132726> 1,486,989,834> ExceptionLogger.logException> Exception thrown java.lang.RuntimeException: attempted index of non-table at KahluaUtil.fail line:82..
[26-07-23 20:05:32.726] ERROR: General     , 1690373132726> 1,486,989,834> DebugLogStream.printException> Stack trace:.
[26-07-23 20:05:32.727] LOG  : General     , 1690373132727> 1,486,989,835> -----------------------------------------
STACK TRACE
-----------------------------------------
function: KillCountServerExports.lua -- file: KillCountServerExports.lua line # 1 | MOD: KillCountServer.```
frank elbow
#

Not a lot of additional info there, but I believe the line does refer to the line in Lua. So, what's 82?

#

Oh, the "line 1" there may be more telling. Did you declare KillCountServer as a table?

glacial viper
#

ah

#

KillCountServer = {}

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i didn't

#

haha

glacial viper
#

Okay, no more errors now, the mod works, but it export the file in client side

#

Does getFileWriter always point to the client folder?

#

I thought it would use Zomboids/Lua folder in serverside if use in server context

neon bronze
#

getFileWriter i believe points to your mod media folder

#

Actually im wrong

#

I think its supposed to go to your lua cache folder if its on client

drifting ore
#

Would it be possible to make a Pathologic mod to this game, where there are areas of plague, and the plague follows you if it sees you, infects you and you die?

#

That would be pretty cool.

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If people have not played that game, that might sound odd. There are like these invisible plague ghosts that infect you in that game, and you have to run away. And in palgue districts the plague damages your mask and protective clothing

#

It kinda feels similar to a zombie game, except like ghost zombies

normal scroll
#

Or maybe a way to sort that order from lowest to highest

glacial viper
#

is there a way to create file in server side instead?

neon bronze
#

I dont believe so unless it creates them in the cache of the servers folder

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But i would be cautious with files creating

#

It can cause checksum problems

glacial viper
#

hmm, what im trying to do is actually related to a discord bot to query the kill count of players in my server, so unless im able to access the exported file from the server itself, not sure how else this can be done

neon bronze
#

I think pz has some discord calls in it

#

They have a DiscordBot class in it

glacial viper
#

i think that's for chat functionality

neon bronze
#

You can send the player kill count as a message in the discord channel directly without storing them separately

frank elbow
#

You should be able to create files serverside and write to them, you just have to be careful about which method you use since placing files in the mod directory can invalidate the checksum & make it so clients can't connect

#

I can't check specifics at the moment, unfortunately

glacial viper
#

and my discord bot are also on the same server so it would be able access all the files there as well

#

another method I can think of is just output the kill count to server side log (if possible) then use regex to extract it out

crystal terrace
karmic fog
#

Hello! I've been trying to make a grappling hook mod nodding Basically, I want to add my own version of the sheet rope, where I retexture the sheetropes tiles and configure the placement of the sheet ropes to only take the item "Grappling hook".
Though, I've been searching through the Lua files and I can't find a mention of the sheet ropes. Does anybody know where their function, being climbed and being placed, is saved?

patent knoll
#

I'm trying use the code additem("blahblahblah") to add items but I want it to roll from the games existing proc gen list for specifc shelfing, etc. Am I able to just refence the proc. gen table in the quoted section or do I need to add another function to pull the lists and then reference that function?

bronze yoke
#

all lua runs on the clientside unless you tell it not to

#

even files in the server folder

slow graniteBOT
#
martytricky#6530 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

crystal terrace
patent knoll
#

doRollItem
public static void doRollItem(ItemPickerJava.ItemPickerContainer containerDist,
ItemContainer container,
float zombieDensity,
IsoGameCharacter character,
boolean doItemContainer,
boolean isJunk,
ItemPickerJava.ItemPickerRoom roomDist)
rollContainerItem
public static void rollContainerItem(InventoryContainer bag,
IsoGameCharacter character,
ItemPickerJava.ItemPickerContainer containerDist)

slow graniteBOT
#
tadalafila5mg has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

crystal terrace
#

you wanna add an item to a container if im correct?

patent knoll
#

yes

#

i want the container to go into the player inventory and for it to contain x random items (medical for medical flare, food for food flare, etc)

#

I appreciate all your help, I am very new, I'm reading the lua handbook and trying to pull as much info from other mods as possible.

bronze yoke
#

you can probably do that with itempickerjava

patent knoll
crystal terrace
#

im not sure if you can just add an item to container or you have to pick from the world, if its former then it become super easy.

bronze yoke
#

i don't think it's commonly used

patent knoll
#

can't find anything that seems to use it appropriately for reference

#

itempickerjava sounds to me like the most elegant solution

#

but I have google everything i can think of and can't find examples or useage so far

crystal terrace
#

thoughts about this? im just hitting shots in the dark personally havent done this before.

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patent knoll
#

yeah i've seen that, unfortunately i'm not a programmer and can't even begin to decipher its implementation.

crystal terrace
#

it should create an item i think and give you an item of type InventoryItem which can be added through addItem command which expects this item type

patent knoll
#

right now my recipe has OnCreate: Recipe.OnCreate.SupplyBagBlue which leads to a function to get the bags inventory and then spawn an item in the bag but so far its not even putting any items in the bag so I'm still stuck

#

the recipe itself gives you the supplybag

crystal terrace
#

it might be your best shot, maybe throw up a test mod folder and jsut work on trying to create items inside inventory/container first. Once you're done with that, then merge it to your project. Will make it much better plus you can experiment a lot on your test mod with less scope of errors from other stuff.

neon bronze
#

Do you get the bags inventory?

patent knoll
#

Not totally sure how to tell. Currently its throwing zero errors but clearly not populating the bags inventory.

#

I don't care to share my code if thats allowed as I may be missing something super simple :/

bronze yoke
#

i think you need to use getItemContainer to get a loot definition, and then pass it to doRollItem