mod_development

[sour island]

The issue is if you need it to load after -- afaik there's no way to ensure your mod loads before another in code

[quasi kernel]

Agony

[sour island]

Would be nice though lol

You could I guess deactivate / reactivate the mod

If you can't manipulate the load order list directly

🤔

[quasi kernel]

Maybe

[sour island]

Out of the house all day, so I just have suggestions

No proofs from me 😅

[quasi kernel]

Hehe thas fair

[limpid leaf]

I'm trying to figure out how guns spawn for my own mod. I've noticed that a bedside table can spawn an m9 with mags and ammo, but in the loot tables the BedroomSideTable only has the handguns, not mags and ammo. Does anyone know where the logic for spawning the extra stuff is?

[neon bronze]

Distributions.lua i think its called

Its just tables upon tables where its determined how much it rolls for what items with corresponding chances

[limpid leaf]

Yeah that's where I've looked. There's one called ProceduralDistributions.lua as well and they both work together. One has the loot tables and one has how the containers use the tables if I understand it correctly. None of them reference mags and ammo when it comes to some containers that very much do spawn those items. So I suspect there's additional logic somewhere else

[crystal terrace]

are you sure side tables spawns bullets? not just the cases, i dont remember exactly

and you're right both tables work together to spawn items

[limpid leaf]

Yep! I did some testing and they definitely spawn directly in the side table as well as in the gun cases

[mellow frigate]

Hello there anyone knows where I can find the icon for dead & zombified moodles

[tiny karma]

making a mod via Java

[bronze yoke]

media/ui/Moodles/Moodle_Icon_Dead.png, media/ui/Moodles/Moodle_Icon_Zombie.png

[mellow frigate]

I do not have any Moodles folder under ui ! what have I done (not a real question)

[sour island]

You're making an item in java?

[tiny karma]

Ye

I have it legitimately working now that ss was from last night

[mellow frigate]

found them under media\texturepacks\UI\ui

[bronze yoke]

i just copied it from statsapi, which just copied the reference vanilla uses, so i wouldn't know which texture pack it's in

[mellow frigate]

anyway thanx, the exact name helped

[keen silo]

@bronze yoke I'm working on adding voiceover to the Automated Emergency Broadcast system. The problem I have is that there are a lot of possible combinations for what is being said. Is there a simple way to say to project zomboid "Play this sound, then this sound then this sound"? or will I have to code it in LUA?

[bronze yoke]

you will have to code it in lua

[keen silo]

[sour island]

May not be that hard to do, as you can check if a certain sound is playing or not

Unfortunately there isn't a clean play in order feature - that I know of

[covert summit]

I'm making an add-on for More Builds Reloaded using Dirk and Dylan mod tiles. I think this is a useful thing, given that there are a huge number of different things that could be built using the resources of the original game. I would like to add support for Hydrocraft, but probably it will be superfluous.

[keen silo]

@bronze yoke do you know where the Dynamic Weather Station (Automated Emergency Broadcast System) lines are stored?

[bronze yoke]

no

[keen silo]

found it: DynamicRadio_EN.txt on lua/shared/Translate/EN

(will have to add [cdt] commands to the file though, but when I have the sounds)

[sharp timber]

how can i get that debug menu window to show up?

[tiny karma]

-debug to ur launch options

[sharp timber]

i've launched the game in with -debug but idk the key to make that window show up

besides f11 for errors

[bronze yoke]

click the button that looks like a bug at the bottom of the top-left buttons

[sharp timber]

i see now

ty

[sour island]

May I interest both @sharp timber and @tiny karma to https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2909488957

It features some additional debug tools and such - you'd still need -debug I the options.

Also happens to be self-updating if you're into that sort of thing, and have some useful snippets.

[sharp timber]

ooo, i will subscribe and try it out

will i be able to set moodle levels for the character

[tiny karma]

What I’m hoping to do is bring Java mods (or even just Java mods that act as frameworks) to the main community of PZ

while LUA’s versatility, simplicity, and accessibility makes it a good language for modding, some stuff just doesn’t work due to the fact you are limited to a single threaded, interpreted, and loose programming language

[fast galleon]

But, just in case: you should know that we do plan to implement an anticheat solution like BattleEye at some point. The work done to streamline this for MP might not be usable in the future (or might be further set apart from the main audience of the game than even now).

https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/62821-modding-java-without-requiring-manual-install/&do=findComment&comment=375207

[tiny karma]

there’s ways to turn battle eye off

[fast galleon]

@quasi kernel
btw, have you checked the logs for file loads? It would be easy to see which file is loaded before a specific file in case it also requires the file you want.

[quasi kernel]

I have seen the file load orders, it loads the LGR file soon after farmingconf which is annoying.

[sour island]

You can already do that in debug mode

[sour island]

I believe there's work done that does handle java mod loading.

[tiny karma]

Yeah, an old project called storm

[sour island]

The unfortunate thing is something like that takes a lot more know-how.

[fast galleon]

that's weird considering one is vanilla, right?

[sour island]

I was thinking of the other one - I forget what name it had but I believe Jab/Mango wrote it

[tiny karma]

or just free time and experimentation, which I fortunately have a lot of :D

[quasi kernel]

Correct. LGR loads almost immediately afterwards, seeming to ignore the usual alphabetical loading rule.

[fast galleon]

https://github.com/Olipro/PZHook
you mean this one maybe?

[sour island]

Probably actually

Yeah that is the one I was thinking of

[tiny karma]

Storm works by making the mods show within the in-game mod manager

[fast galleon]

both start with farming so it makes sense if a mod overrides it

[quasi kernel]

LGR technically doesn't.

It's starts with LG then does the farming part.

[fast galleon]

it does, Farming/

[quasi kernel]

I mean, sure, but wouldn't file load order still be taken into account?

Mine is similarly under Farming/

[fast galleon]

would help if you posted the logs

[quasi kernel]

Starts from farming_vegetableconf.lua and ends at LGfarming_vegetableconf.lua

Mine doesn't step in until later. Line is just..

LOG  : Lua         , 1692981116601> Loading: C:/Users/#####/Zomboid/Workshop/UltimateFarmingPatch/Contents/mods/UFP/media/lua/server/Farming/FarmingPatchconf.lua

[tiny karma]

On my phone atm so I can’t exactly see what this will add, is it more insights into what the game is doing and like event logging and such?

[quasi kernel]

They both fall under a /media/lua/server/Farming/ path

[karmic fog]

I have a problem with the implementation of a backpack.

I made it a skinned model, placing the backpack on the right spot in the blender app. Parenting the bones, assigning all of the backpack vertices to the backpack bone.
Though, the game shows me this error. And I believe this small string of white and black is my backpack smushed together into a line

Does anybody know what hell im doing wrong?

[sour island]

It gives the existing debug tools a facelift - and implements stuff from AUD (aiteron's old debug suite)

• a few new things like an inpsect panel that displays modData and java fields for the object

[fast galleon]

It seems like his file overrides are loaded together with vanilla files and LeGourmetRevolution/media/lua/server/Map/MapObjects/MOFarming.lua might require LeGourmetRevolution/media/lua/server/Farming/LGfarming_vegetableconf.lua

[karmic fog]

Fixed it myself by doing the exact same thing five times until it somehow worked

One problem though!

I have the model referenced in the script, and made an FBX file for it too. Yet it drops with its icon, not the worlditem model.
I don't have it referenced anywhere else, but I don't see where I should

Though, eh.. Is this the chat for it? It's the implementation of it, but not the modelling itself - Does it still go to #modeling?

[sour island]

Well you're here - so I can say you need a model script afaik

[karmic fog]

A model script?

Ah, damn. I think i know what you are talking about

You mean this, right?

[karmic fog]

Do I need the same model thingy for making them equipable by hands?

Hold on, I'll just take a look on how other mods do it

[trim mist]

Do you think that there's a way to mod player models to be more dynamic? Like if you have a certain amount in strength your arms/chest get bigger, or vice versa

I feel like that might be a java mod thing

[keen silo]

nvm found it, it was with f11, errors :p

Does anybody know the temperature range in game?

I need to record every possible number from negative to positive with celcius and farenheith

like 21.1 C, 21.2C, 21.3C etc

[quasi kernel]

I'll investigate this, thank you for the lead. It's a heck of a lot better than running off nothing.

[tiny karma]

oopsies

[quasi kernel]

@fast galleon You were right. It was required in that map file.

Now it's a matter of figuring out how to load before it

[sour island]

Load the other mod before or your own?

If you want to load something else first require does that

[weary knoll]

lifestyle update almost done, only animation work left

[ornate field]

I'm making a profession mod, how do I add items to the player's inventory on spawn?

[mellow frigate]

local function initSpiffoItem(player)
    local itemContainer = player:getInventory();
    if player:HasTrait("LovelySpiffo") or player:HasTrait("LuckySpiffo") then
        itemContainer:AddItem("Base.Spiffo");
    end
end

Events.OnNewGame.Add(initSpiffoItem);
```change function name,  check profession instead of trait, add your own items

[trim mist]

What mod is this?

[lavish shadow]

Hi if anyone is interested i would pay for someone who would make me a private mods of a Chevrolet Aveo5 2007 :)) (would be for me and my wife to play with our car ingame)

[ancient grail]

Wizardry

[mellow frigate]

https://steamcommunity.com/id/KI5 KI5 (N°1 on the cars mods) suggests on their profile to contact them through their ko-fi page for mods commissions.

[lavish shadow]

thanks alot

[chrome veldt]

Hey guys, I'm not sure how modData works, can you create world modData? Like each world has its modData

[drifting ore]

How does the run speed modifier work

On clothing

[mellow frigate]

it is deactivated (except "partially" for bags)

[drifting ore]

so it does not matter what it is on jackets

does not change

[vagrant valley]

Combat speed works i think

But even that seems contentious

[sour island]

There is a global modData

[chrome veldt]

Yes, thanks, I tried before but was using ModData:get() instead of ModData.get() ^^'

[drifting ore]

is there some easy way to make your own jacket textures

[drifting ore]

can you reload textures in game?

[jolly goblet]

Hi everyone, I have a question.
I have a map and I want to set an element to a specific location.
For example a note above the table, how do I do that?

[vagrant valley]

Hello

Is there a possibility to randomize the results from crafting something?

[vapid escarp]

hello everyone

im trying to make a mod where a player can spawn in st. peregrin hospital in lousiville as a patient.

i got the spawnpoints down, and a function that removes all clothing and items and put on a hospital gown. but i want it so that when a player spawns ONLY in the hospital, it will call that function.

however, i have absolutely no idea on how to code. ive been just reverse engineering other mods and using chatgpt.

i also added a trait "Injured". just like what it says, a player will spawn in injured with fractures, scratches, bandages, and splints. yet again, i don't know how to do that.

[boreal rose]

so if I were to say, double the door damage of all vanilla weapons in my mod, would I simply (through all the correct directories), have a item_weapons.txt file, which I assume would replace items_weapons.txt with a modified copy?

[drifting ore]

How do i fix the sides of the collar

[hushed hill]

is a .dae file important for putting a model into mods

or is the .fbx file only needed

[drifting ore]

.fbx

No .dae

[hushed hill]

if my fbx model already has textures do i still need a seperate folder for the clothing

[drifting ore]

What do you mean by that? Do you mean do you still ned a texture file?

[hushed hill]

yeah

[drifting ore]

I think the answer is yes and also the model should have no texture

So you will still need a texture png

[hushed hill]

well do the textures have to be combined into one png

[vagrant valley]

The game will not read textures save in fbx

You need a separate texture file

And in their own folder

[hushed hill]

but do the textures have to be in one file

or does the game read seperate files

[drifting ore]

Do you mean like multiple textures in one png?

[hushed hill]

yeah

[drifting ore]

I dont think thats possible

I am pretty sure you need for each

[hushed hill]

multiple files or in one png

[drifting ore]

one png

[hushed hill]

so i dont need to put the textures in one png

[drifting ore]

Yea you dont you need a seprate png for each texture

so if you have jacket and hat you make hat.png which is its texture and jacket.png

so not one png

[hushed hill]

like a path for every part of the mesh to their textures

[drifting ore]

@vagrant valley Since your here and you look experienced do you know anything bout this

[drifting ore]

I dont understand this

[hushed hill]

im trying to say that i want to put a model into the game and turn my character into that model

[vagrant valley]

You probably have to play around with the textures

Change some stuff here and there

[drifting ore]

Yea i figured just dont know which part to texture on the png

I tried the whole collar but it did not help

[drifting ore]

So you want to change the char model?

[hushed hill]

yeah but like make it a fullsuit

[drifting ore]

Oh well i dont know anything bout changing the char model sorry i only added clothing and stuff like that

[hushed hill]

i also wanna know how that works

since coding isnt really my thing

[drifting ore]

https://web.archive.org/web/20230205175919/https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2648115890/

this is a good guide

its on web archive cus it was removed

[hushed hill]

oh

does it include fullsuits

[drifting ore]

They only showed how to add a jacket but i would assume the process is simliar

[drifting ore]

I mean you would add the pants the same way as they did the jacket

[hushed hill]

well

incase that guide sort of helps

is there anybody in the server whos fond of dealing with models

and making mods

about models

[drifting ore]

you could try to ask in #modeling

idk which channel tbh is better that or this

[boreal rose]

hm. I uploaded a mod to the workshop, I subscribed to it, but it doesn't seem to appear in my ingame mod list.
Is this due to the waiting period of it being processed for verification?

[hushed hill]

its probably downloading

is the mod big like brita's armor pack

[boreal rose]

no

it's just a script text file

[hushed hill]

did you try resubscribing

[boreal rose]

I simply just made the saucepan deal 9999 damage to doors to see if that would work by changing that value to 9999 and then uploading said text file within all the correct directories

then uh went and submitted it

anyway yea I'll try doing that

[hushed hill]

if resubscribing doesnt work its probably going through what you suggested as verification

[boreal rose]

yeah

that would make logical sense

This is how the directories are supposed to be done right?
(for submission via the workshop tool ingame)

[hushed hill]

uh

i think its supposed to be an xml file but i dunno im just starting to mod

[boreal rose]

Ah well

I noticed for a mod that only needs to adjust an items stats

I looked at another mod as to how they did it

a mod called "double durability" and it does essentially the same thing I did

[hushed hill]

did you code it to change the sauce pans durability

[boreal rose]

anyway this point is kinda moot since the mod doesn't even show up for selection to be loaded ingame anyway

[hushed hill]

and also since youre looking at other script mods does the directory follow the other mods directories

[drifting ore]

I havent uploaded a mod yet only working on one but if your uploading it from the game i dont think it needs that structure i think only the second and ofc its sub contents SaucepaDoorBreaker

So you would drag that one into your mods folder in the user dir and then load the game and then upload

[hushed hill]

whats a fileguidtable.xml

[boreal rose]

this was basically a modified Mod Template but instead of it going to maps it went to scripts for item_weapons.txt

anyway this point is moot until I see my mod (which is presumably still in verification)

once I do see that it works, then I can move on to other silly item stat edits

[drifting ore]

It basicly just holds a list of items and their guids

[hushed hill]

whats a guid

and how do i make a guid

[drifting ore]

GUID (aka UUID) is an acronym for 'Globally Unique Identifier' (or 'Universally Unique Identifier'). It is a 128-bit integer number used to identify resources. The term GUID is generally used by developers working with Microsoft technologies, while UUID is used commonly used elsewhere.

[drifting ore]

https://www.guidgenerator.com/online-guid-generator.aspx

[hushed hill]

does the game need a guid to make the mod work

[drifting ore]

From what i know so far i know that clothing items do need them

so yes

[boreal rose]

if I ever get indepth into modding I will probably try some other things
Like making the composter also able to compost non-rotten foods

[drifting ore]

Should not be hard to do

You could probably do it

Even now

[hushed hill]

to be honest with you all i just wanna add kazuma kiryu into project zomboid

[boreal rose]

ends up messing up and somehow makes all items in the game that doesn't have a rot tag compostable

well I'll get there

eventually

[hushed hill]

good luck to us both

[boreal rose]

yes

[drifting ore]

I am pretty sure it would just be 2/3 lines

by removing the check if the food is rotten

[hushed hill]

do people who mod use free models in mods

[drifting ore]

Yea i would not know how to add that as a char

Only clothing

[drifting ore]

Pretty sure most make their own its not hard

[hushed hill]

then how does satispie do it

i look up to that person

[drifting ore]

who is that

[hushed hill]

person who puts character models into fullsuits to use in project zomboid

[drifting ore]

Oh i see

You could get one of his mods and follow what he did

[hushed hill]

i started playing project zomboid a week ago so if theyre controversial its not on purpose

i did

i got 3

[drifting ore]

got 3?

[hushed hill]

yeah

3 mods

[drifting ore]

oh

you did follow structure?

i mean you just need to follow it and then replace the models, textures and rename stuff in the scripts if you want to do it like he did

[hushed hill]

well

the problem is

he uses guids

and im not into coding

so i copied the folders

and im here because

i dont know if i should put multiple textures into one png like they did

[drifting ore]

can you screenshot the png when u open it?

[hushed hill]

my model has 29 textures

sure

heres smasher from cyberpunk

heres ghost

[drifting ore]

okay

well if he did it like that just replcae the textures in the png too

[hushed hill]

and heres leon

[drifting ore]

yea just replace each texture in that file then

with your own

[hushed hill]

i dont know what the px size should be when putting it there

[hushed hill]

this ones 32 by 32

[hushed hill]

this ones smaller probably

and i have to choose which one i should replace

and also my model has source pngs

like the whitish crystal purple images that probably form the mesh

[drifting ore]

Hmm yea idk sorry i think it would be best if you just dmed him or i guess wait for someone who knows

[hushed hill]

i dont know what satispies profiles are other than steam

[drifting ore]

Yea trying messaging him on steam

[hushed hill]

hes also the guy who made easily find the key

or girl

[boreal rose]

I think I found the issue about why it isn't appearing for me, and it was because I forgot to change the mod id

[drifting ore]

Probably

[boreal rose]

At the very least, it appears as a "local" mod now that I can load

that's probably why the workshop one hasn't shown itself

[drifting ore]

do you have one in the user dir?

a copy of the mod folder

[boreal rose]

it works now pog

all doors now fall to the mighty saucepan

[drifting ore]

good to hear

[boreal rose]

now the question is if other people can actually see it and load it in game

I got some friends who I'll ask to try...

[drifting ore]

I can test

[boreal rose]

i wonder if it'll actually let me post the link here
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3025928852

[drifting ore]

it will but i found it already

[boreal rose]

if it doesn't load in game...well I'll sleep on it and check what's wrong tomorrow

I can confirm the mod does show up for my friends so that's nice
Now he just has to find a saucepan ingame lol

he's new to the game so it might take awhile to get one :/

[drifting ore]

Il test it rn now sorry i had to eat

[hushed hill]

search a kitchen

[drifting ore]

il spawn one in

[boreal rose]

yeah

[hushed hill]

also frosty in testing out what you said about the copying the textures

[boreal rose]

okay

[hushed hill]

im*

[boreal rose]

you don't need to test it frostyy

my friend found a saucepan and broke a door instantly lol

[drifting ore]

ah lol

[boreal rose]

this is a good step

[drifting ore]

nice good to hear it works

[boreal rose]

now to actually test some silly stuff

I wanted to experiment with changing the range of weapons

and other stats

[drifting ore]

yea would not be too hard

[boreal rose]

and test if say, I have this mod before the load order of another mod that doubles the durability of all weapons, would the default door damage stat in their items_weapons.txt file override mine

should be simple to test

[drifting ore]

i think you needd to load other first

then your last

so it overrides all the others

or idk

tbh

[boreal rose]

but then if that's the case, wouldn't my default durability values override their mod
Anyway, easily solved with a bit of testing
If it does override, seek solutions that may just mean changing it to be a lua script that specifically targets the stats of items or something idk

[hushed hill]

does this work

[drifting ore]

i think it would as long as the textures are correct

[hushed hill]

the shirt and pants are combined into one image in the original file

whats the fbx inside this file for

[drifting ore]

for ground items etc stuff like that

but not the stuff you wear

[hushed hill]

do i need it

like important

even though i want it to be in the crafting menu

[mellow frigate]

I just re-uploaded Dislaik's guide to clothes modding: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3025955520

[drifting ore]

    FirstAidKit = {
        rolls = 1,
        items = {
            "AlcoholWipes", 50,
            "AlcoholWipes", 20,
            "AlcoholWipes", 10,
            "Bandage", 50,
            "Bandage", 20,
            "Bandage", 10,
            "Bandaid", 50,
            "Bandaid", 20,
            "Bandaid", 10,
            "Coldpack", 10,
            "CottonBalls", 10,
            "Disinfectant", 10,
            "Scissors", 10,
            "SutureNeedle", 50,
            "SutureNeedle", 20,
            "SutureNeedle", 10,
            "SutureNeedleHolder", 20,
            "Tweezers", 10,
        },
        junk = {
            rolls = 1,
            items = {
                
            }
        },
        fillRand = 0,
    },

What doe the numbers next to the item names mean?

[remote sonnet]

Spawnchance out of a 100

[drifting ore]

ah so anything 100 or above meants it will spawn 100%

[vagrant valley]

Rolls is how many times that probability will be done

[drifting ore]

thanks guys

[remote sonnet]

I also just now did a thing relating to that.
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Procedural_Distributions

It ain't really anything now, but you can see an easy view list of all the categorys where you can insert items.

[drifting ore]

yea i saw that one

i also have another question releated to textures

[remote sonnet]

Well shoot.

[drifting ore]

https://www.reddit.com/r/projectzomboid/comments/161txq7/collar_and_shoulder_buttons_not_displaying_in/

i made post actually before

but yea thats the question

[remote sonnet]

Ah well I can't answer that. Hope someone else can! 😄

My attempt would be to look at some original files and see how the pz guys did it.

[drifting ore]

I did and its all the same

[hushed hill]

hey guys

good news

its in the game

i can see the mod

but

bad news

the model didnt load in

what should i do

[hushed hill]

most of the links dont work

[mellow frigate]

That's strange, they all work by me

[hushed hill]

oh wait just refreshed

my browser said it redirected too many times

[mellow frigate]

steam warns for external redirection, just read their messages.

[vagrant valley]

Is there a possibility of randomizing the results you get from recipes?

[hushed hill]

probably a mod does

[drifting ore]

If anyone is able to help with this please ping me!

[tardy wren]

Hello, I crave a sanity check

player:getInventory():AddItem(item:getModData().ropeItems or "Base.Rope")

[sour island]

You want condition and result or default

[tardy wren]

This line should add whatever item is stored in the ropeItems table of the items modData, or if there is none, a "Base.Rope"?

[drifting ore]

Hey Finn I have a question

[sour island]

If the condition meets the result using condition or default is fine

So what you have should work as long as .ropeItems is only ever set to a string or nil

[tardy wren]

Okay, thanks

I wanted to write a quick nullcheck to make sure my items spawned in via cheat menus will still work

[drifting ore]

Why wont it spawn an apple in first aid kits?

[vagrant valley]

It has to be 100 or less

It's a percentage

[drifting ore]

Other stuff has 200 in the file too

And it spawns always

[sour island]

I think firstaidkits have a special case check for item types

I faintly recall seeing that when rooting around stuff

[drifting ore]

How can i allow it to spawn

[sour island]

Uhhh I would have to check what's happening internally

[vagrant valley]

Try using a different container

[tardy wren]

string.find(itemType, "[bB]ucket")

[sour island]

If it's despawning or preventing the spawn on creation you'll have to tie into onFill events and make sure it only fires once

[tardy wren]

This should return true whenever ItemType contains the word bucket regardless of casing, right?

[drifting ore]

Tbh im new to pz modding but im sure i can figure it out, which files to i look at tho?

[sour island]

It would be java stuff misread, sorry

You would use Events.OnFillInventoryContainer.add()

And you can tack on a modData value to the item so it's only ran once

[tardy wren]

Help me I am going insane over a bucket

[sour island]

Ive never seen a check uing that syntax

[tardy wren]

According to the pattern viewer...
https://gitspartv.github.io/lua-patterns/?pattern=[bB]ucket

[sour island]

I would use lower() if if were me

[drifting ore]

Its in java files or lua? then

[sour island]

It's a triggerable java event called in Lua

You can find uses in the vanilla files

[tardy wren]

I didn't think of that, huh

[drifting ore]

Do you know in which file i can find the use of that function

[tardy wren]

Btw, any way to check an item's mod data in-game? Besides printing, any usable mods?

[sour island]

I would check if this was a recent change to Lua - bear in mind PZ uses a modified KahLua that's like 3.1(?)

Current Lua is 3.5

[tardy wren]

...you meant 5.4.6?

[sour island]

Yes lol sorry 5.1 then, the current Lua was 5.3 - when did 5.4 come out?

Or maybe I'm misremembering and the current KahLua is 5.3, and PZ uses a modified older one that used 5.1 🤔

Point is, there's a few sleeker features not present

[tardy wren]

Well, I've looked up the reference manual for 3.1 and it had the same pattern matching so I think I am good

[drifting ore]

Finn

[sour island]

Not off top of my head, I would recommend if you're not already, to use an IDE so you can parse the files easier

Maybe check out one of the decompilers

[drifting ore]

I am using VSCode

[sour island]

Do you have the install directory decompiled? You can parse around and learn a lot from the java

[drifting ore]

Nope I dont

wait im stupid

i think i found the reason

[tardy wren]

Am I trying too hard

I'm trying to maintain compatibility with unknown modded buckets

[drifting ore]

@sour island I fixed it

[sour island]

Nah, that's a good use of the tag

[tardy wren]

It doesn't even exist in vanilla

[sour island]

Oh then... Like...

You're offering potential support to other mods - can't really predict items

You could use name but then you'll grab stuff like "bucket hat"

[drifting ore]

Finn do you know textures and stuff

[tardy wren]

Well, if said bucket is waterproof...

Anyway... I'll leave it at that

[ornate field]

How do I make it so that if I choose a profession it gets to pick an exclusive trait only available to it?

[drifting ore]

I mean I guess you would give it when they pick it so something like lumberjack

So there is no need to be avaible to pick part

[ornate field]

Thanks

[drifting ore]

@sour island

[sour island]

Know textures?

[drifting ore]

Like good with them

And stuff releated to them

[sour island]

I've studied art, but not really 3D computer stuff - my goto method is hammering something until I don't hate it

[drifting ore]

I am having an issue with one

[sour island]

#modeling may be better at helping with the technical aspects

But I can give an opinion if you show a screenshot

Oh you already posted there - looks like the UV map for those edges gets a bit wonky

I had some issues lining stuff up on the mr.X spiffo due to this - I'm not sure how to overcome that short of trial and error

You could grab another clothing item and if the texture is the same and it has a collar maybe try to match it - looks like it's getting stretched around the neck area and some of your details aren't even on the UV

[drifting ore]

I did that tried to match but no luck

[covert summit]

Can someone explain why, when viewing the pak file from the Dirk tile mod, I see an object such as storage_ddd_01_30, or 01_38, but they are missing in the world_filler file. Why?

There is shelves in a pack file without line in worldfiller. Is it normal?

[sour island]

So dropping the color count to 6 did not help the compression issues

Not sure why getTexture() does this 😦

[true nova]

when using your method of hiding the recipe it still shows up in the crafting menu if i set is hidden to false in the recipe scripts, it also doesn't show in the craft menu at all if it's true. is there a way to make it not show in the menu at all if it's set to hidden through the sandbox options?

[sour island]

Also it's almost non existent with the boards but there is some color compression - and those only have 3 colors

[fast galleon]

it applies when you load the save

if you need to reverse it use if not option then and the script should account for the default behaviour

[true nova]

ok so if i use the sandbox options to set the recipe to hidden and its set false in the scripts it will still show up upon loading the game likely because sandbox loads after items, but upon reloading the game they will become hidden?

[sour island]

Oh, there's a texture compression option - I feel like I never noticed that 🤔

[fast galleon]

I used IsHidden:true, in my scripts

[sour island]

Yep, that was it - texture compression was the issue - but why is it hammering these texture so hard?

[fast galleon]

The event that I use applies when you load the save, if you change the options while in-game then you need to reload for them to apply.

as I said before, it might be safe to load a file with recipe scripts instead, just don't use that method with item scripts.

[drifting ore]

table.insert(ProceduralDistributions["list"]["ArmyStorageOutfit"].items, 8);

does this mean the chance to spawn is 1 in 8?

[bronze yoke]

8% base chance

[drifting ore]

i mean would that be really rare or

[bronze yoke]

default loot settings reduce that by a further 60%, but the zombie density of the area increases it, so there's no exact value

best to just judge it based on the chances of other items

[drifting ore]

where can i see them

[bronze yoke]

server/Items/ProceduralDistributions.lua

[true nova]

I'm testing in mutiplayer and when setting isHidden:true and then setting items to not be hidden with sandbox options before starting the game they do not show in the crafting menu at all. they do still show in the context menu on the crafting items in inventory, despite reloading the game to see if that would change anything. If i set isHidden:false then they show in crafting menu but any that are set to be hidden in options are still there but greyed out and not craftable.

[fast galleon]

@true nova
add prints

it's likely that the recipes aren't found, try printing them from console. If there are multiple recipes with same name then you need a different approach, loop through all the recipes.

context menu is affected by the canPerform function I mentioned before.

[ocean coral]

Does anyone know if there is a way for me to turn chunk_data from a map on my hosted world into a mod to upload to steam workshop? We're trying to move a mansion I built but when we directly transferred the chunk_data to the server it broke so many different things so I'd like to try it as a mod instead. Weird part about the situation though is when I direct transferred to a separate hosted world of my own it worked just fine.

[drifting ore]

When i put on my custom boots my char becomes this

[true nova]

i think i figured it out but i still have to test. when creating your table of recipe names you had them as "modulename.recipename" i just put the recipe name

[true nova]

that was it and i was actually using my item names which is weird that it worked anyways. thanks for the help!

[weary knoll]

wait for the drop

[cinder oyster]

Is there a name for the filetype for most of the 3d models that modders make their clothes in? If I wanted to import an X file into blender to do some retextures, would I need a plugin for it?

[keen silo]

Is this out yet? what's the name of the mod?

[sour island]

Not out yet

[keen silo]

looks pretty cool

[sour island]

ty

[keen silo]

I suppose it would have support for multiplayer, right?

[sour island]

I have not tested it- but yes

[keen silo]

this is a question kinda far into the future, but would you consider adding an AI addon? that uses either the future NPC update once it's released, or requires current Superb survivors mod?

[sour island]

For this mod?

[dim coyote]

Hey folks, just looking for some people to play with.

[keen silo]

as an addon for the mod

I gather the mod itself would be just the games

[sour island]

Yes, I don't really think making AI players would be all that fun tbh - and pretty limiting

[keen silo]

https://github.com/soumith/sunfish.lua

[weary knoll]

Looks cool, but why the weird faces?

[sour island]

I blew up the models and then smoothed their edges - unless you mean the faces being in pain

[true nova]

that's awesome i dont think ive seen that so i wouldnt have made the connection. Love your mod insert in the top of yours

[jolly goblet]

Hi everyone, I have a question.
I have a map and I want to set an element to a specific location.
For example a note above the table, how do I do that?

The idea is that when players enter the map they can find certain clues and items that will help it continue as a story.

[ancient grail]

Can someone help me with logic
The thing i must do is this

Player die once they respawn in safehouse

Player die again within 12hrs
Wont

How do i set the moddata of the player

[ancient grail]

You mean spawn the item

?

    local sq = getCell():getGridSquare(7098, 8369, 0);
        sq:AddWorldInventoryItem("Base.Plank", ZombRand(0.1, 0.5), ZombRand(0.1, 0.5), 0);

this is from vanilla

[ancient grail]

Is there a vanilla function that tells when the player last died

[true nova]

timeOfDeath i would think. i cant find its class anywhere but it appears to be used at the postdeath screen i think to time skip

theres also getTimestamp() which is an actual function that returns the time when it's called

[ancient grail]

Thank you i will look into it

[sonic needle]

make the woman cry

yeah i forgot i can do it myself lol

@sour island do iiiit

[ancient grail]

does the player moddata get transfered to the new player created? cuz iirc it will only stay on the corpse then transfer to the zed if it becomes zed

[bronze yoke]

no

[muted garnet]

How can I add bloodiness to the instrument in hand and certain items of clothing in the perform function?

[hushed hill]

whats static

[jolly goblet]

Hey guys... How use addZombie()?

[true nova]

you want to add blood to it outside of the normal game functions?

[jolly goblet]

I have this function but, not work for me... 😦

    local cell = getCell();

    local x = 3145;
    local y = 7223;
    local z = 0;

    local square = cell:getGridSquare(x, y, z);

    addZombies(square);
    print("-- ADD ZOMBIES");
end```

[muted garnet]

what do you mean by normal game functions? I want that when the timed action is completed, the player's clothing becomes bloody (for example, a mask, hat and jacket) and the tool that the character is holding in his hand (for example, a knife, scalpel)

[true nova]

addBlood(BloodBodyPartType var1, boolean var2, boolean var3, boolean var4) for clothing. not sure what all of the booleans do exactly at a quick glance setting 3 to true runs it through a for loop longer adding more blood i think. but 4 runs through another function it also adds blood to weapons in hand

[muted garnet]

ok thanks for the tips

[true nova]

and if using in a recipe you want to use the oncreate function. it should allow you to apply blood to the character

[muted garnet]

thanks

[verbal yew]

cho ti u menya sprashivaesh, ya hz!

[magic nymph]

Does anyone know how to view certain tiles from the game file? Something like d_plants_1_38

or maybe someone exstracted all the tiles and posted them on a website?

[hushed hill]

my mod doesnt appear when i search for it in the hat or helmet list

[hollow current]

Hello! So, I am trying to block the player's ability to do anything within my code. I was succesful in implementing that in a previous mod using a timed action and by using

self.action:setBlockMovementEtc(true)```

In the mod I am currently working on, I don't use timed actions, so I just use

```lua
character:setBlockMovement(true)```

While this does block the player's movement, it still allows him to do other actions like manage inventory items, smoke, use weapons, etc. Is there a way to totally block his ability to do such things without having to use timed actions?

[sour island]

Is there a reason for not using the timed action route?

[hollow current]

mainly because it includes restructuring the mod's code, which would be time consuming, so I hoped there'd be another solution for this

[sour island]

How large is the mod?

[ancient grail]

local function disabler(player, bool)
    player:setIgnoreInputsForDirection(bool)
    player:setAuthorizeMeleeAction(bool)
    player:setIgnoreMovement(bool) 
    player:setCanShout(bool)
    --player:setZombiesDontAttack(bool)
    --player:setAvoidDamage(bool)
    player:setBlockMovement(bool)
    JoypadState.disableClimbOver = bool
    JoypadState.disableSmashWindow = bool
    JoypadState.disableReload = bool
    JoypadState.disableGrab = bool
    JoypadState.disableInvInteraction = bool
    JoypadState.disableYInventory = bool
    JoypadState.disableControllerPrompt = bool
    JoypadState.disableMovement = bool
    ISBackButtonWheel.disablePlayerInfo = bool
    ISBackButtonWheel.disableCrafting = bool
    ISBackButtonWheel.disableTime = bool
    ISBackButtonWheel.disableMoveable = bool
    ISBackButtonWheel.disableZoomOut = bool
    ISBackButtonWheel.disableZoomIn = bool
end

Hi bud hope this helps you somehowmaybe just pick a few of those to disable or all of em

[hollow current]

well it'll probably take few hours worth of work to restructure things and make them work correctly with timed actions

[hollow current]

That actually does look awesome I will try that, thanks so much!

[ancient grail]

[manic relic]

question, what position does a melee weapon need to be to show up correctly?

I rotated the model 180 degrees because the survivor was holding it backwards and now.... well it explains it selfe

and the blender view

[hollow current]

By the way, works like a charm. Thanks :)

[ancient grail]

welcome bud

[cinder oyster]

When I made my melee weapon I just took a note of how it was placed in the game and then just flipped the model so I think you would flip it vertically and then horizontally

[manic relic]

hmmm

that does make sense in a way

Thanks :D

[manic relic]

Bro you it worked like you said it, huge thanks

[drifting ore]

Whats the attechment type in items

[hollow current]

@ancient grail By the way it still allows for interaction with inventory items, as well as health interaction (bandaging wounds, etc). Those are two major issues, any idea of a function to disable those?

[ancient grail]

hmm imight have something on my previous mods, i just recently re wrote this function but let me check my snippets

you could force close the menus tho

[hollow current]

if I can just disable the ability to do stuff within those menus, it'd be way better than force closing the menus

also some functions within this function use "not bool" instead of "bool", thought i'd let you know in case something isn't working correctly with you

[atomic crow]

This might be an odd request, and unfortunately I have no experience on the code side of zomboid modding, but would anybody know how to make a patch for Noir's Rifle Slings to change the amount it reduces the attached weapon's weight and also allow the player to wear more than one of the slings?

[ornate field]

local function getsword(player)
if player:HasProfession("sworduser") then
player:getInventory():AddItem("WazuraWeapons.CuttingJian");
end
end

Events.OnNewGame.Add(getsword);

Does anyone know why this isn't working?

[faint jewel]

remember to ALWAYS reset your transforms before exporting (Ctrl+A -> all transforms)

[manic relic]

I did that, dont worry

just had to find the right position

[drifting ore]

is this the right way to add multiple items

table.insert(ProceduralDistributions["list"]["BarShelfLiquor"].items, "Item", "Item", "Item");

[ancient grail]

table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["BarShelfLiquor"].items, "YourMod.YourItem");
table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["BarShelfLiquor"].items, 1);

[drifting ore]

i can only add a single item like that yea?

[ancient grail]

you can create tables if you want

as reference

require "Items/ProceduralDistributions"
 
local stuff = {
    {item="Base.MortarWeapon", location="ArmyStorageGuns", rate=0.4},
    {item="Base.MortarWeapon", location="ArmySurplusBackpacks", rate=ZombRandFloat(0.1, 5)},
    {item="Base.MortarWeapon", location="ArmyStorageGuns", rate=0.4},

    {item="Base.MortarRound", location="ArmyStorageAmmunition", rate=5},
    {item="Base.MortarRound", location="ArmySurplusMisc", rate=1},
    {item="Base.MortarRound", location="ArmySurplusBackpacks", rate=0.4},
    {item="Base.MortarRound", location="ArmySurplusTools", rate=0.3},

    {item="Base.RepairKit", location="ArmyStorageAmmunition", rate=2},
    {item="Base.RepairKit",location="ArmyStorageOutfit", rate=1},
    {item="Base.RepairKit", location="ArmySurplusBackpacks", rate=0.2},
}

for k, v in pairs(stuff) do 
    if isDebugEnabled() then    
        print(stuff[k].location)
        print(stuff[k].item)
        print(stuff[k].rate)
    end 
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list[stuff[k].location].items, stuff[k].item)
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list[stuff[k].location].items, stuff[k].rate)
 end 

[manic relic]

so the mod is working now

like it should

but everytime I hit an zombie / get blood on my axe

the axe head just turns red

funny thing is, the handle works like it should. With blood getting on it and not just turning red

( sorry if the pictures aren't the best)

any way how to fix this?

I dont really know what could cause something like this

[cinder oyster]

of course man ❤️

[manic relic]

:D

[cinder oyster]

alr so with the blood

I'm really not sure

I didnt get that far

Maybe the actual texture for the head of the axe is too small and the blood just covers it because it is a much bigger texture

[ancient grail]

This makes sense

[bronze yoke]

sounds like a uv issue

[drifting ore]

How the hell do i make a t shirt there i cant find a model for it

[manic relic]

hmm that would be wierd, cause I the texture of the head is the same as vanilla

and the head model aswell

might look at the uv again

[atomic crow]

Okay what I'm attempting to do has suddenly gotten a bit more complex, I found another mod that did part of what I wanted, that being further reduced encumbrance of items on hotbar slots, however the other part seems a bit more difficult, or at least confusing, that being that I'm trying to allow players to wear multiple of the item at a time by creating more slots for it to be worn in. Now hopefully that's as easy as doing several more get or create location lines with slightly different variable names, but if it's any more than that I wouldn't know where to start.

[limpid leaf]

So I started tweaking Firearms B41 a couple of weeks ago and it has snowballed into redoing pretty much everything from scratch. One things I'm stuck on is how to stop a vanilla item from spawning. Hyzo made the MSR788 into a rifle that irl has an integral magazine. So the vanilla .308 magazine is not needed. Is it even possible to stop it spawning from the mod?

[ancient grail]

Wouldnt you want to just patch the item instead?

[limpid leaf]

To use the magazine again? Sure I could, but that seems like the easy thing to do :P

[sour island]

I believe items have an overwrite and obsolete parameters in scripts

Not sure if using both conflicts - but you can also tap into the scriptmanager to make those items obsolete/hidden

Actually, seems lke you can't set these in lua - that'd be only recipes

I do think you can just overwrite the script though and add them there

[limpid leaf]

I think just renaming the item and adjusting it to use the mag again is the way to go then

[slow granite]

gvtted has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[sharp minnow]

I’ve been trying to wrap my head around the climate manager, does anyone know how to turn the weather off?

And with daylight - is this also managed by the Climate manager? There’s multiple entries for some of this stuff in the code docs.

[crystal terrace]

didn't really used it so far but i would also suggest looking at weather stuff in debug mode, try tweaking those settings and see the effects in-game. Gives you some insight on what's what.

[sharp minnow]

Thanks. I thought i’d managed to sort it by running some disabling commands. Maybe I’ve got some errors in my code or something.

[true nova]

the commands from the admin panel are getClimateManager():transmitStopWeather(); it checks for isClient and else getClimateManager():stopWeatherAndThunder() idk which does what butworth trying out

[sharp minnow]

Nice. I think those are in my code that i’m using- I might just have messed it up so it no longer works. I’ve been having issues with fog but I need to double check those snippets. Thanks guns!

[slow granite]

ozz_24 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[true nova]

it looks like stopweatherandthunder is for servers

[slow granite]

tico.w has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[sour island]

What is going on with all the warnings

Anyway, anyone well versed in client/server commands know if it is worth me concating strings into 1 big string to send over rather than a table of values?

I'd split the bigger string on the client side

This would be used for displaying other player's cursors in real time - so I'm a bit concerned over performance lmao

[atomic crow]

Question: can a clothing item have more than one bodylocation assigned to it?

[trim mist]

I'm trying to do exactly this but i'm struggling on how to write the for loop

for x = 0, x >= objects:size()
  do

except :size() doesn't return anything

I've been banging my head against this for an hour

[trim mist]

https://projectzomboid.com/modding/zombie/util/list/PZArrayList.html

https://projectzomboid.com/modding/zombie/iso/IsoGridSquare.html#getObjects()

[bronze yoke]

for i = 0, objects:size()-1 do

you don't need to include the actual comparison in lua

or rather it's incorrect to do so

so it's likely trying to do null >= objects:size()

either that or it just does 0 >= objects:size(), and then it'll just try to compare a number to a boolean each loop

[cobalt fiber]

I was about to answer but albion already explained the problem 😉

[trim mist]

wait reALLY?!

that would explain. so. so much. about my repeated difficulties with for loops

[vagrant valley]

Can you use random numbers in recipe scripts?

[trim mist]

lmao. sorry for the frustrated tone. Thank you two. I was gonna come back and edit that for clarity after I sat down and combobulated

[cobalt fiber]

you can use the OnCreate tag to reference a lua function and use random numbers there

[vagrant valley]

Ah good

What about recipes that use multiple items, but have different recipe results depending on those items

[true nova]

the simplest way id do that is writing multiple recipes with the same name. you can also use lua with oncreate to check for items change the results depending on what is put into it

[vagrant valley]

Will the recipes merge together or be separate with the same names?

[true nova]

they stay separate so i suppose if you had multiple on the same item it would show double the recipe. Id suggest writing a lua function.

[vagrant valley]

How would the lua function look like?

[crystal terrace]

Prolly like any other function that can generate random numbers

[vagrant valley]

I mean the multiple recipe thing

I dont want to bloat the crafting menu so much as it already is

[atomic crow]

Short answer: Probably not? Something went very wrong, but I'm unsure what.

[vagrant valley]

You have to make a separate item for it

[bronze yoke]

didn't see your question earlier, no that should not happen

[atomic crow]

Ah, that's a shame really, makes things far more complicated for me.

[vagrant valley]

I have practically no lua knowledge

So it's kinda confusing

I do know python

[atomic crow]

I'm just trying to make it so a player can wear multiple of a specific clothing item at a time...

I thought I'd found a simple solution but I clearly didn't understand the limitations of the code enough to even manage that much.

If anyone would be willing to walk me through this it would be greatly appreciated, I'm just trying to edit a mod to suit a specific desire, I don't need to understand the entire code, just the bits that concern what I want.

[median mantle]

Use setMultiItem in BodyLocationGroup

[ancient grail]

I did the mod its done
And i hadnt had any help whatsoever
Polt, albion

Its normal to ask for help but doesnt mean im asking people to do the mod

Pls stop convincing people false information

Enough is enough already

[true nova]

look through the pz wiki page on scripts it covers how all script functions work as well as examples for lua code. Other peoples mods are a good source of examples as well if you find one that does something similar. I don't know exactly what you are trying to do but you are going to want to use the OnCreate function in your recipe script followed by your lua function name and then in your lua file make a function that uses a for loop to check the player inventory and if it finds the items you want for the recipe then add the result items to their inventory and remove the consumed items from it.

[vagrant valley]

I think i'll look into recipecode.lua and other mods for it, thank you for your help

[true nova]

if you run into issues in your code then you can usually get more help, good luck

[crystal terrace]

oki so from what i understand you want to generate a random number and use that in your recipe or something like that? The trigger everyone's talking about onCreate is gonna call your lua function right. It's just a function then whatever you wanna do there or if you wanna return something or not(not sure if you can pass params to it refer to onCreate usage in vanilla files) . Correct me if i misunderstood anything.

[vagrant valley]

Yes

I need a random number generator

Like how disassembling things give random amounts of things everytime

[crystal terrace]

so then youd need to generate a value and return it i suppose to the recipe, never really worked with those. I assume you are familiar with ZombRand ? should help you with random values and then you only need to figure out how to use that value in recipe. Like whatever you return from taht random function.

i'd honestly start looking into vanilla usages and see if they used a value from function or something like that or maybe called a function and tweaked that value inside that function.

[vagrant valley]

I think i know what zombrand is

[fast galleon]

@vagrant valley
If you search in this channel there have been scripts for recipes that: use different number of ingredients, create random items, etc

[hollow current]

quick question --

function TimedAction:new(character, playerIndex) -- What to call in your code
    local o = {};
    setmetatable(o, self);
    self.__index = self;
    o.character = character;
    o.playerIndex = playerIndex;
    o.maxTime = 1000; -- Time taken by the action
    if o.character:isTimedActionInstant() then o.maxTime = 1; end
    return o;
end```

what unit of time is the maxTime? is it ticks?

[vagrant valley]

I dont know if i didnt look hard enough but i didnt see one

[fast galleon]

yes, about 48 per second

[hollow current]

I assume an irl second?

I want to figure out how many ticks would it take per in-game minute

[fast galleon]

#mod_development message

[hollow current]

alright one more thing -- If I understand correctly, timed actions duration are affected by a character's fatigue or how tired they are, is that correct?

[fast galleon]

yes

[hollow current]

Is there a way to make it so that the duration of my timed action is absolute and not affected by any external factors?

[fast galleon]

function Action:adjustMaxTime(maxTime)
    return maxTime
end

This will replace the vanilla function and not change it

[hollow current]

Will try that, thanks!

is there a way to completely clear the current timed actions queue/stop any ongoing timed actions and immediately start the one I set?

[fast galleon]

I can't find a good example. If you want to change the results based on the items used then you would need to use OnCreate function that checks the used items and adds the new items. In the script you would want to use RemoveResultItem:true,.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2914213621
This mod should be adding random items in some of the recipes.

[fast galleon]

ISTimedActionQueue.clear(playerObj)

[hollow current]

Thanks!

[fast galleon]

I also recommend these links with resources to get familiar with making mods for Project Zomboid.
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Modding
https://github.com/FWolfe/Zomboid-Modding-Guide
https://www.lua.org/pil/contents.html

[atomic crow]

Wouldn’t that result in me being unable to unequip them? The game generally doesn’t handle multiple items on one body location well when that method is used, hence why I tried multiple body locations to an item as my alternative.

[median mantle]

As far as I know, it does not affect to unequipping. setMultiItem in BodyLocationGroup just allow players to equip several items with specific BodyLocation
Srry, it seems to unable unequip items. My mistake.

[atomic crow]

Yeah that’s what I thought, if only it were that easy. Seems like I’ll have to make multiple versions of the same item or something…

[lilac belfry]

Hello everyone, I had a question when developing my project for PZ: "is it possible to create a map and objects on it using programming, is there an API and documentation for this?"

[mellow frigate]

yes it is possible. no there is no dedicated documentation to that function but you can dig the building actions and do similar stuff.

[uneven mauve]

Heyo, can someone explain the Distributions.lua file?

From my understanding is a collection of rooms -> rooms have containers -> containers have loot tables.

I don't understand the other properties near the loot table, like min, **max **and **weightChance **do they determine which one is more likest to spawn? There's some loot tables where they all have **weightChance **of 100. There's also rolls, which appear in some room definitions with 1 or in others with a 4, why some rooms dont define a **rolls **?

bandmerch = { isShop = true, clothingrack = { procedural = true, procList = { {name="BandMerchClothes", min=0, max=99, weightChance=100}, } }, metal_shelves = { procedural = true, procList = { {name="BandMerchClothes", min=0, max=99, weightChance=100}, {name="BandMerchShelves", min=0, max=99, weightChance=100}, } }, shelves = { procedural = true, procList = { {name="BandMerchShelves", min=0, max=99, weightChance=100}, } }, },

[tiny karma]

working on BIG THINGS

[next mason]

I would like to make a mod that allows your character to stick their head outside of an open window and be able to look up, down, left and right

How would I go about this tho
I have absolutely zero modding experience

[fast galleon]

distribution table selection

Game picks a distribution table based on room type and container type. That can be either a procedural distribution (selection between a number of tables) or a normal distribution table. If there's no match for the special combination it then goes to All table and container type.

distribution files

• lua/server/items/Distributions.lua
• lua/server/items/ProceduralDistributions.lua

Blair Algol: add items to distributions
#mod_development message

Image explanation by Commander
#mapping message

~~ selfpins distributions ~~

[true nova]

as i don't think it exists in the vanilla game you'd have to make an animation for it in blender or something similar. This Would be all Lua to make it and i haven't worked on animations myself. i would suggest checking out mods like true actions for a coding example

[next mason]

Alright, thanks much

[iron iris]

how does one open pz mods? And is there a wiki for the libraries that are available?

[slow agate]

This is an ongoing project I've been working on for about a week. I was working with NightScale5755 on this, but something came up, and he may not be able to help. There's two different armor styles, as seen in the images.
I'm posting it here to showcase what I have and the overall style of what I do, spreading some awareness to see if anyone would be interested in helping me get it into the game for the community to use. Of course, these vehicles are from Filibuster's, I only added to them.
Right side are finished/near finish (except the Corolla)
Left side is planned/WIP

ive already got optimization, textures, and regions for parts lined up
issue is making them exist into the game itself

[ornate locust]

How do i reload my mod in game?

[faint jewel]

nyte, you would have to edit the models themselves to use those parts. maybe talk tof ilibuster and he can work with you on it? there is also a mod out there for adding armor to regular cars, maybe they can help you make a version for filis stuff?

[slow agate]

if you're mentioning Standardized Vehicle Upgrades, I was working with the creator of that mod. As I said though some things came up and he might be busy, and I'd still like them to be released.

all of the parts are made to overlay with the existing models, nothing removes from the base vehicle model - this was something I made sure to follow

Like on the stepside in the second image, that overlays perfectly with the bed of the truck and the fender, and doesn't affect the existing vehicle

[faint jewel]

of course. you DO know fili is redoing all of his cars though right?

[slow agate]

i did not know that, no

[faint jewel]

yeah

[slow agate]

will this mod replace his current?

[faint jewel]

yeah

will be an update to it.

[atomic crow]

Posting about this again to hopefully get some better assistance, I'm trying to edit an existing mod to allow multiple of a clothing item to be worn at a time. This clothing item occupies it's own modded body location and I am not against adding new body locations but adding new items entirely is something I'd like to avoid. I previously attempted to add multiple body locations to the item with pretty scuffed results. Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated.

[bronze yoke]

you can flag a bodylocation as allowing multiple items in it, but you'd have to rewrite all the equipping/unequipping logic as there's no support for it (it's only used for 'hidden' clothing like zombie damage)

[atomic crow]

How would I flag it as such? I'm not above doing something like that if I have to.

[bronze yoke]

where you create your body location, call location:setMultiItem(true)

[atomic crow]

Ah that, I might try that, I think I've found another alternative for now, as the item already has multiple equip states I think I can simply apply each of them with their own bodylocation.

[jolly goblet]

Hello everyone. I have a question... How can I make this window?

[true nova]

any good examples for adding build options to the context menu? I've looked at a few but don't fully grasp everything theyre doing

[jolly goblet]

I think this is the method, but I keep reviewing all the code because it is big.

[iron iris]

how does one begin making a pz mod? I know plenty of glua, but not pz

[true nova]

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Modding#Introduction thats a good start hop down to creation of mods and it links to other pages that go into more detail. above that it also covers mapping. Other than that looking at other mods for examples and looking through the base game scripts and lua files

[atomic crow]

It worked!

[iron iris]

Yeah I have like over 4k+ hours of coding experience

and am 100% sane

[sharp minnow]

I've been scratcing my head around the procedural distributions - is it a requirement that the container has to be inside a room for them to work?

My entire map is technically outside - lets say I have 1,000 shelves - should this work?

Is there a hard limit of 99 ~~items ~~ containers per room, with procedural only working inside rooms?

    shelves = {
        procedural = true,
        procList = {
            {name="ShelfGeneric", min=9999, max=9999},
        }
    },

[iron iris]

oh god, pz is more tablcromancy than gmod isn't it

[sharp minnow]

my mod is 50% braincells from banging my head against my monitor screaming why doesn't this work. But that's probably just me.

[iron iris]

nah man, I get you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuIuLXe8I7U

lua in a shellnut

[tiny karma]

same, والله

[iron iris]

try getting someone to look at it

take breaks

like seriously, I have been so burnt out from doing the same for 4k hours, that I have been hiding in this discord lol

[fast galleon]

yes, it needs to be non procedural

[sharp minnow]

Thank you. Excuse me while I go scream at a wall.

[fast galleon]

rollProceduralItem
only rolls if var1.getSourceGrid().getRoom() != null
so container must be in a Room

maybe you can add "Rooms"?

[sour island]

Anyone familiar getPlayerFromUsername() know if it works in MP?

Trying to check if a specific player is in a location - rather not have to rely on sending commands - I assumed the clientside IsoPlayers would share the username

Yeah seems like if it's called on client-side it's only grabbing coop/local players

Ah... I may have been missing a very obvious thing

Yep... I was trying to compare the modData of an object but not transmitting after adding to it

[atomic crow]

Made my mod and it works properly, wanted to show it off, honestly surprised I already have 38 subscribers!
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3026940827

It is basically just an edit of a preexisting mod but I'm proud that I was able to get it to work.

[granite ginkgo]

Greetings,anybody who knows how to add animated parts to vehicles? I'm a little stuck

[drifting ore]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3027423591

Just released another mod.

[slow agate]

im inclined to suggest a mod that adds more beef jerky types

[drifting ore]

Probably will do it lol

Later tho busy now

[true nova]

these craftable?

[drifting ore]

ah not should i make them tho

[true nova]

i mean you can make the vanilla cookies. it would be cool to be able to make cookies with different ingredients and different hunger values. I also was thinking about the beef jerky mod and how you should be able to make the trappable animals into jerky that keeps indefinitely. Id be down to help out

[drifting ore]

yea il mak them craftabale, you mean jerky that cant expire?

[sharp minnow]

Which file was this in?

[true nova]

jerky already doesn't expire i just meant a way to craft your own jerky so you have meat that doesnt expire. idk if the irl methods would be reasonable though. it takes like 8 hours in an oven

[drifting ore]

ah

infinite source of food

Alright il get to work to make the craftable

first gotta add 3 new foods so you can make them with it

talking bout the cookie mod

[true nova]

the specific place they referenced is in zombie\inventory\ItemPickerJava.java .Its a java class

[sharp minnow]

Well. There goes any hope of modding that

[drifting ore]

@true nova Should i make the single craftable or like in game a tray of them

[true nova]

dude do whatever you want this was just a suggestion, but i would try to make it similar to vanilla

[true nova]

i wouldn't say that. the java class is just what determines what items will go into a room. you just need to create your own rooms. which i was trying to help find how to do that but may take some work

[drifting ore]

table.insert(ProceduralDistributions["list"]["BakeryMisc"].items, "MoreCookies.CoconutCookie");
table.insert(ProceduralDistributions["list"]["BakeryMisc"].items, 10);

whats up with this i dont get it

those are line 12 and 13 above

[bronze yoke]

can you show the error?

[drifting ore]

Where can i find it

also my new items that i added dont show up but thats the only error i seem to get

is this the error: attempted index: items of non-table: null

[bronze yoke]

ProceduralDistributions["list"]["BakeryMisc"] BakeryMisc is not found

[drifting ore]

hmm weird bceause above this code i used it

and it works

it stops in middle

im an idiot

nvm is not the issue i thought

[drifting ore]

fixed all

i just commented it out

[near hull]

Hello, I am developing a map and I want to implement easter eggs, but I don't have the knowledge of how I can do it, could someone give me the necessary advice, please? Or if you like to work on the map with me, all the better.

[faint jewel]

what kind of easter eggs?

[near hull]

Search certain areas of the map (Vanilla and mods) to find a clue that leads you to my map and you must investigate to find the point and from there you find a note that makes you go to another place and things like that. I don't know if I can explain myself

[faint jewel]

you mean you want a quest more or less?

[near hull]

One could say, Yes. Between each track you take "unique" things, it can be a backpack, a weapon that can only be obtained by discovering and exploring and things like that

[drifting ore]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3027423591

Made all of the cookies craftable

[fast galleon]

ItemPickerJava?

I've been waiting for v.42 to see if it is fixed, until then I switched to using non procedural table with rolls.
You could ask Blair Algol, see if they plan to fix it.
Best to check bug reports and ask there.

[vagrant valley]

Would "result:getInventory():AddItem("Base.");" Work in oncreate?

Or does it have to be player:getInventory

[neon bronze]

I would use player:getInventory since result:getInventory would try to pull the items inventory which could fail if its not a container

[vagrant valley]

This is for crafting though

[fast galleon]

I agree that trying to get container from result might not work.

[neon bronze]

You still can get player from crafting with getPlayer()

Almost anything is run on the client including crafting

[fast galleon]

the oncreate has the player argument already

[neon bronze]

Oh yea thats true

Then it should be even easier

[vagrant valley]

So it has to be result:getPlayer then?

[neon bronze]

No the player is already passed to the function

You have it probably as player in your onCreate function in lua

[vagrant valley]

I do have player:getInventory inside the function

[neon bronze]

Yea so just player:getInventory():AddItem(…)

[vagrant valley]

Is it a requirement to have result: at all?

[neon bronze]

Not necessarily

Just if you want for example set its durability to smth else than 100% or similar stuff

[vagrant valley]

Yeah

This isnt a crafting recipe for weapons or tools

Just an item

[neon bronze]

But still leave it in the function args

[fast galleon]

not having a result in recipe script breaks the game

[neon bronze]

I think he means in the lua function

[vagrant valley]

Still about oncreate

For the actual recipe script yeah it break everything

[fast galleon]

just covering the bases, the arguments are: items, result, player. So you always have a result.

[vagrant valley]

I'll add it in some way or another

[sharp minnow]

Thanks

[sharp minnow]

I was hoping I could swap that out to be =null and just solve all my problems. I think i’m going to go a different route rather than creating rooms for all my use cases. I have a few rooms specified already for other purposes. Thanks for your help.

[broken cloak]

any idea how to parse json file to lua table?

[drifting ore]

where can i find the code which changes food to rotten after an amount of time

i am looking to change a food to something else if its in a container for x amount of time

anyone with some starter code?

[granite ginkgo]

so,anyone experienced with animated vehicles around here??

[primal hearth]

yo! i'm trying to make some custom signs to place in-game for a roleplay server i own. I've got the photoshop part down with the correct sizing and chopping it up, but i have no idea where to go from here.

I see a lot of packs have a .tiles and .packs file

I just have no idea how to do any of that lol. anyone have a tutorial or could help me out?

im on a lil bit of a time crunch to get it out.

thanks!

[ancient grail]

watch daddy dirks youtube tutorial

[weary knoll]

all 121 dances are in, they occur based on what genre of music you're listening to, player dancing skill and how often any specific dance move was used (to reduce repetitiveness). Goal now is polish each and make the transitions more seamless

[primal hearth]

I did. All his tutorials are a walk through on the World Editor. I'm just more curious about a graffiti sign and uploading it.

Which from his tutorial he used the TilesZed

But he didn't explain uploading it as a mod and getting it ready

[fast galleon]

Do you mean you want to paint them?

[vagrant valley]

How do you define the required number of items in oncreate?

[crystal terrace]

Think they mean how to turn that sign into a mod and upload it

I think you'd need to create custom tiles and then prolly make a map by placing those tiles onto vanilla or your own custom map.

[fast galleon]

ok but graffiti signs also need lua to work. I have a mod with signs that already overwrites the necessary functions is rather easy to add more signs. Might need some changes depending on the tileset.

[crystal terrace]

Or if you can work with what poltergeist is suggesting, you might need to add your tiles tho. I only have a little bit of experience with maps and tiles so this is just an idea that might help.

[fast galleon]

You need to manually remove the extra items.

[fast galleon]

If this is your first mod, try to find a guide. For uploading you can copy the ModTemplate in the Workshop folder which is usually located in %username%/Zomboid/. Change the names in the template to fit your mod.

[vagrant valley]

What would the function be in this case?

[fast galleon]

https://projectzomboid.com/modding/zombie/inventory/ItemContainer.html#RemoveOneOf(java.lang.String)

you could use this

[drifting ore]

i am looking to change a food to something else if its in a X container for X amount of time anyone know how i can start?

[fast galleon]

Reminds me of composters and dry fish mod. Not best option performance-wise probably.

[drifting ore]

does it really affect perfomance much

[vapid quest]

how can i send message in chat? i tried sendServerCommand

[sour island]

[29-08-23 12:42:57.171] ERROR: General     , 1693309377171> 151,477,366> java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot read field "x" because "<local2>" is null.
[29-08-23 12:42:57.171] ERROR: General     , 1693309377171> 151,477,366>     at zombie.network.packets.PlayerDataRequestPacket.process(PlayerDataRequestPacket.java:21).
[29-08-23 12:42:57.171] ERROR: General     , 1693309377171> 151,477,366>     at zombie.network.GameServer.receivePlayerDataRequest(GameServer.java:5221).
[29-08-23 12:42:57.171] ERROR: General     , 1693309377171> 151,477,366>     at zombie.network.PacketTypes$PacketType.onServerPacket(PacketTypes.java:358).
[29-08-23 12:42:57.171] ERROR: General     , 1693309377171> 151,477,366>     at zombie.network.GameServer.mainLoopDealWithNetData(GameServer.java:1532).
[29-08-23 12:42:57.171] ERROR: General     , 1693309377171> 151,477,366>     at zombie.network.GameServer.main(GameServer.java:800).
[29-08-23 12:42:57.171] ERROR: General     , 1693309377171> 151,477,366>     at zombie.SSROverride.main(SSROverride.java:75).```

[29-08-23 12:41:18.756] LOG : Network , 1693309278756> 151,378,949> [29-08-23 12:41:18.756] > ZNet: RakNetRecvFrom: Unknown sender 76561198116570803.

[29-08-23 12:35:41.775] LOG : Network , 1693308941775> 151,041,964> Received packet type=GlobalModDataRequest connection is null..

Getting reports of this kind - looking at the java the error is from the data request being unable to find the IsoPlayer. The error also implies no connection being found to send requested data to. I'm curious what could cause this?

[bronze yoke]

what are you trying to do?

[sour island]

They claim it's being caused by my shops mod

That having the UI open causes these errors over time

The system sends the shop catalogue through global modData when there is a change to a shop

My guess is sending every shop when only one is changed is coming back to bite me in the butt

However, no one else has reported issues - but this server is also making very large shops + player owned shops

I'm just worried I'll mess with the system to send only partial updates and they still get errors

• risk breaking things for the other people who don't have this issue lol

Requesting modData last time I checked doesn't have an argument for a specific address - is that still true?

[sour island]

Determine if this is caused by mod mod and if I can avoid it, to answer you. 😅

[muted garnet]

How to add code that will update character`s gloves for this code:

    local wornItems = self.character:getWornItems()

    for i = 0, wornItems:size() - 1 do

        local item = wornItems:get(i):getItem()

        if item:getType() == "Gloves_Surgical" then
            if item:getBloodLevel() < 100 then
                item:setBloodLevel(100);
            end
        end
    end

this code not working:

    self.character:resetModel();
    sendClothing(self.character);
    triggerEvent("OnClothingUpdated", self.character)

[jade pulsar]

does anyone know how to mod in or add radius bonus for foraging?

I am creating custom professions and traits for my mod using Profession Framework by @quasi geode , and I wanted to add/edit radius bonus, ignore weather/darkness etc. to each individual profession - is this something possible to add to a mod such a mine?

I've been looking online about modding custom radius bonus, but to no avail. Any help provided or pointers to a good/right source would be much appreciated, really

[ancient grail]

Try replacing
self.character
With
getPlayer()

[muted garnet]

Nope, not working, I have code, like this, to update scalpel, maybe I can change something, for update gloves?

    if self.character:isPrimaryHandItem(tool) then
        self.character:setPrimaryHandItem(tool);
    end

[bronze yoke]

you can set blood from the health menu in debug, i would look at how that updates it

[errant bluff]

@pulsar heath Is there any possibility to connect your integration to StreamerBot?
This way ingame events could trigger actions in the program.

[modern hamlet]

How can I play a sound for players in a large area in multiplayer?

local emitter = getWorld():getFreeEmitter()
emitter:setPos(x, y, 0)
emitter:playAmbientSound(clip)

I tried this but only my char hears the sound.

[steel locust]

Silly question, but lets say I have two recipes with the name "Craft Bronze Nail", but the recipes themselves are different (i.e. one of them uses bronze ingots and a hammer, the other uses bronze scraps and pliers), and a skill magazine that teaches "Craft Bronze Nail", will it teach both versions of the recipe? Will that cause any issues, other than meaning I can't teach one without teaching the other?

I'm leaning towards "yes it'll teach both" but I just want to check with someone who's more familiar.

[bronze yoke]

it'll teach both

a character's 'known recipes' is actually just a list of names so as long as they have the same name

[steel locust]

Thank you Albion!

[jolly goblet]

Hi Z's
How can I do the zombie population increases terribly at night and is normal during the day.???

[hot void]

#pz_b42_chat message

[cobalt fiber]

Hi people!
I'm working on a mod to add some extra functionality to generators (cough cough power-sharing cough cough). While testing, I noticed a weird issue with total power consumption, here are the shots:

On the first 2 screenshots, the +0.02 is normal, it's like a own generator consumption, but as I put more fridges, the value escalates drastically, which doesn't make any sense

And this gets even weirder the more items the generator is powering

What I really want to know is if this is intentional or a error in the code

I took a look at the calculations done on the IsoGenerator java class, and oh boy it's a mess

Looks like the "Power Consumption:" string part has the correct values, I'll maybe use it to try "fixing" this weird issue

[crystal terrace]

interesting idea, always wanted to be able to use generators like this.

[vapid quest]

hello, i need help
i need to send random messages in chat on server but there are no messages in chat and no errors or warnings

code:

local function sendMsgInChat()
    local randIndex = math.random(1, #messages)
    local randMsg = messages[randIndex]

    sendServerCommand('chat', '[SERVER]: '..randMsg)
end

Events.EveryHours.Add(sendMsgInChat)```

[crystal terrace]

i think you also need to handle the command on client side, this is gonna trigger the event OnServerCommand client side.

[bronze yoke]

math.random is not available in pz, use ZombRand

there's also no sendServerCommand that only takes two string arguments - you might be misunderstanding it's purpose, it's for lua to communicate between client and server, it doesn't send a chat command

[vapid quest]

where can i see how it working?

[bronze yoke]

https://projectzomboid.com/modding/zombie/Lua/LuaManager.GlobalObject.html#ZombRand(double)

[vapid quest]

thanks

[crystal terrace]

that too 👀 , didnt see the math.random there.

[vapid quest]

so what i need to use instead or how to make this working?

[cobalt fiber]

It's on the margin of being released, I'm just polishing some details, and noticed the problem I've posted

[balmy terrace]

hey, could i ask a probably silly question about mod development?

[crystal terrace]

Might get some answers if you share stuff around the part which handles this logic.

[crystal terrace]

https://dontasktoask.com/

[vagrant valley]

I think i should make separate recipes before trying to mess around in oncreate to merge recipes together

I'd hate the bloat in the crafting menu but i'll learn to deal with it later

[balmy terrace]

i'm not doing either of those things, i'm "asking to ask" because i don't want to butt in to the conversation randomly

[cobalt fiber]

Well, I've started using Git in my projects, so all the code is available there under the "beta" branch https://github.com/Susjin/GeneratorTweaks/tree/beta

The main issue right now is multiplayer, I need to mess with the Global ModData sync between server and clients

[crystal terrace]

It's just when you do ask something specific people who know stuff might respond. There's no conversation, it's a place for modding questions😀.

[cobalt fiber]

And I've didn't even touch on that topic yet

[crystal terrace]

I have had some luck with that although I never needed it lol

[balmy terrace]

i always get worried because there's usually already questions being answered, i always have some minor guilt about asking questions on discord anyways, and coming from Minecraft modding always makes me scared to ask questions that might be too "simple" even when they're not (the forge forums were not a fun place in my experience)

[cobalt fiber]

One thing I can say for sure. People here are ALWAYS very kind, even if you don't know how to program, we're always trying to help 😉

[balmy terrace]

that aside, the reason this might be kind of a "simple question" is because i do not understand why the for-each loop i'm putting for an iterator through the players list isn't doing anything
this is a function i have being called on every minute in-game just to test things out and get used to it
local function DebugListener() local players = getOnlinePlayers() if players == nil and players <= 0 then players = {getPlayer()} end print(ipairs(players)) for id in ipairs(players) do print("it's working!") end end

[balmy terrace]

ty gamer 🙂

[bronze yoke]

the majority of questions here are asked by newcomers, even if it feels too simple the questions here are often quite simple

[vagrant valley]

Yeah

I have like no idea how to code in lua

Though i know a lot more about modelling

[bronze yoke]

ah so this is an annoying pz thing

getOnlinePlayers doesn't return a table, it returns an ArrayList - a java object that ipairs doesn't work on

to imitate a foreach through an arraylist you can do```lua
for i = 0, players:size()-1 do
local player = players:get(i)

end

[balmy terrace]

i looked it up and people online said that ipairs worked with arrays... but not ArrayLists. argggh

[bronze yoke]

i think in most lua implementations the native language types do work with the basic lua functions like ipairs, but pz uses a pretty old and... frankly not very good one

[balmy terrace]

thank you a lot, it would have taken me ages to notice that

[vagrant valley]

@bronze yoke Are you familiar with OnCreate and recipe scripts in general?

[bronze yoke]

yeah i'd say so

i spend almost all of my modding time in lua so i'm not a script expert

but i've written enough oncreates

[vagrant valley]

Well script is just script

I think i've figured them pretty much

[crystal terrace]

Currently on mobile, have you tested your rounding off function? Might has to do something with this

[cobalt fiber]

About what? the generator total consumption issue? If it is, probably it's not the issue

[vagrant valley]

Ah, so i need an OnCreate function that deals with different types of items and then outputs a different item depending on what was used

[cobalt fiber]

The shots I've put here where done in vanilla

So yeah, the issue with total consumption in on vanilla code, actually, the IsoGenerator class code

[vagrant valley]

I could have used separate recipe scripts for one single type but that didnt feel too comfortable for me

[bronze yoke]

should be possible, it passes the item list to the oncreate and there's a script parameter to have it not actually spawn the result in the script

[crystal terrace]

Usually people like if you put some effort to it, like say if someone sends you to a direction and you dig deeper into that and still couldn't find something. It's alright to ask for and people would love to help😄.

[bronze yoke]

you do still need to have a result in the script since it's used for the recipe icon and stuff, everything explodes if you don't have one

[crystal terrace]

Yes you mentioned about problem with total power consumption values no?

[balmy terrace]

yes but the point is that i wasn't asking just to "be lazy", i just legitimately didn't want to interrupt anyone

if you're explaining the forge forums... yeah fair

[vagrant valley]

Yeah, i can use the remove result function in the oncreate for that

[cobalt fiber]

Uh yeah, but that is not actually related to my mod, it's a vanilla thing

My question is really why that happens

Because it doesn't make any sense

[crystal terrace]

Oki my bad I thought it was something with your mod

[cobalt fiber]

No problem 😉

[vagrant valley]

@bronze yoke Anyway, can i send you the oncreate script i wrote in dms?

[balmy terrace]

sry btw if this came across as hostile or defensive, you've all been nice and kind

ty yall

[bronze yoke]

sure, i'm about to be busy for a couple hours though so i might not get to it until then

[vagrant valley]

That's fine

I have all day

[vapid quest]

i tried to fix the code and i have an error

code:

local function sendMsgToAll()
    local randIndex = ZombRand(1, #messsages)
    local randMsg = messsages[randIndex]

    sendServerCommand('server', 'servermsg', '[SERVER]: '..randMsg)
end

Events.EveryOneMinute.Add(sendMsgToAll)```

error:

    at se.krka.kahlua.integration.expose.MultiLuaJavaInvoker.call(MultiLuaJavaInvoker.java:112)
    at se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.callJava(KahluaThread.java:182)
    at se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.luaMainloop(KahluaThread.java:1007)
    at se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.call(KahluaThread.java:163)
    at se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.pcall(KahluaThread.java:1980)
    at se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.pcallvoid(KahluaThread.java:1812)
    at se.krka.kahlua.integration.LuaCaller.pcallvoid(LuaCaller.java:66)
    at se.krka.kahlua.integration.LuaCaller.protectedCallVoid(LuaCaller.java:139)
    at zombie.Lua.Event.trigger(Event.java:64)
    at zombie.Lua.LuaEventManager.triggerEvent(LuaEventManager.java:65)
    at zombie.GameTime.update(GameTime.java:680)
    at zombie.gameStates.IngameState.UpdateStuff(IngameState.java:566)
    at zombie.gameStates.IngameState.updateInternal(IngameState.java:1623)
    at zombie.gameStates.IngameState.update(IngameState.java:1333)
    at zombie.gameStates.GameStateMachine.update(GameStateMachine.java:101)
    at zombie.GameWindow.logic(GameWindow.java:298)
    at zombie.core.profiling.AbstractPerformanceProfileProbe.invokeAndMeasure(AbstractPerformanceProfileProbe.java:71)
    at zombie.GameWindow.frameStep(GameWindow.java:765)
    at zombie.GameWindow.run_ez(GameWindow.java:681)
    at zombie.GameWindow.mainThread(GameWindow.java:495)
    at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
LOG  : General     , 1693352960867> 3 861 734> -----------------------------------------
STACK TRACE
-----------------------------------------
Callframe at: se.krka.kahlua.integration.expose.MultiLuaJavaInvoker@4bcfd4a1
function: sendMsgToAll -- file: main.lua line # 7```

[cobalt fiber]

What is in line 7?

[vapid quest]

sendServerCommand('server', 'servermsg', '[SERVER]: '..randMsg)

[cobalt fiber]

maybe use "" instead of ''

I think '' in lua don't work for a string

[sour island]

sendServerCommand is supposed to be on the server side

[vapid quest]

nothing changed

[sour island]

Is your code in /client/ or /shared/ ?

[vapid quest]

no

[cobalt fiber]

well, there's what @sour island said, if you are running this on client

[vapid quest]

its in server

[cobalt fiber]

will not work

hmmm

[sour island]

You have incorrect argument types

sendServerCommand(String var0, String var1, KahluaTable var2) or sendServerCommand(IsoPlayer var0, String var1, String var2, KahluaTable var3)

[vapid quest]

sorry, but have no idea how is it working

[sour island]

The last argument has to be a table

This is not the same thing as sending a command on the server console btw

So you'll need code for when the command is recieved too

[cobalt fiber]

Also, maybe you are misunderstanding the use of sendServerCommand

That does not sent a message on the server chat to everyone

It sends a 'signal' to all client (or one specified), and the clients needs to handle the signal it receives

[sour island]

SendServerCommand and SendClientCommand is for sending tables of simple data

Strings, integers, ... tables, etc

[vapid quest]

so i need another code in server that will recieve command and send message?

[sour island]

No

You need code in /client/ for when a server command is received

SendServerCommand is sending to all clients unless one isoPlayer is specified

Your clients will receive the three arguments/variables

(string)module, (string)command, and (table)data

You can put the message in a table as {"message"}

[vapid quest]

sendServerCommand("servermsg", "broadcast", {"[SERVER]: "..randMsg}) is this correct?

i think i made it

server:

local function sendMsgToAll()
    local randIndex = ZombRand(1, #messsages)
    local randMsg = messsages[randIndex]

    sendClientCommand(getPlayers(), "MessageModule", "CommandModule", {"[SERVER]: "..randMsg})
end

Events.EveryOneMinute.Add(sendMsgToAll)```

client:

```local function sendMsg(module, command, data)
    if module == "MessageModule" and command == "CommandModule" then
        local msg = data[1]
        getPlayer():sendMessage(msg)
    end
end

Events.OnClientCommand.Add(sendMsg)```

[vagrant valley]

How many time ticks are in a second?

[cobalt fiber]

On the client, the event actually is onServerCommand

and when you sent it, should really be sendServerCommand

the server doesn't send client commands

and the client don't receive client commands

[vapid quest]

thanks, i have an error in line and trying to fix it sendClientCommand(getPlayers(), "MessageModule", "CommandModule", {"[SERVER]: "..randMsg})

[vapid quest]

thanks

[cobalt fiber]

Oh, if you want everyone to receive the message, don't send the IsoPlayer, or else it will just show the message to that player

[vapid quest]

i'm not sure if the message receive is correct, i just found public void sendMessage(String message) and thought it will work

oh

there is error in client side in this line getPlayer():sendMessage(msg)

[signal frost]

So I'm just curious how could I make one of the vanilla cars specifically the Masterson horizon destroy trees like the super bulldozer mod?

[signal frost]

@sour island

[vapid quest]

help me pls, i don't know how to send message to player when he received it

[signal frost]

@ember orchid hey since you made made a mod with cars could you potentially help me with this I don't mean to bug people but I'm just really curious because I want to make a car that functions like the super bulldozer mod

[undone tapir]

🤣

[granite cedar]

Is there any trick to changing the icon for an item? I've copied the item's script and changed the icon filename but the icon remains the same in game.

[ember orchid]

I didn't make a bulldozer mod, I dunno how I could help ya there, haha.

Have you tried that mod creator?

[signal frost]

I was just wondering if you would know possibly like where to look in the files I mean I was just curious lol

[chrome veldt]

Short video of PZTracker's front end part progress. I retrieved more data from the mod, made sure there was no conflicts between worlds and characters. It's looking good. I just need to figure out how to get the full map with buildings visible and how to know player's visited areas. With these I'll be able to show each character exploration on the map (being able to fetch player map annotation would be the cherry on top)

[ember orchid]

They probably did some fancy lua stuff with it, check in that folder.

[trim mist]

I developed something that I accidentally don't have use for, so y'all have it for posterity:

Right-clicking and displaying a context menu item based on sprite ID (doesn't work with items, only tiles)

function [ClassName].[FunctionName](player, context, worldobjects, _)
    for _,v in ipairs(worldobjects)
    do
        if instanceof(v, "IsoObject")
        then
            local sprite = v:getSprite();
            local spriteID = sprite:getID();
            print(spriteID);
            if spriteID == [SpriteID] -- distance to tile too
            then
                context:addOptionOnTop(getText([TextPath]), player,  function()
                    [FunctionToTrigger]
                end);
                break;
            end
        end
    end
end
...
Events.OnFillWorldObjectContextMenu.Add([ClassName].[FunctionName]);

[karmic wing]

That's very very cool

[balmy terrace]

wth is going on here
function DataThingTable:getDataThing(player) local index = player:getUsername() return self.dataThings[index] end
causes an error in game of "getUsername of non-table: null"
and before you ask, i have checked to make sure i'm passing an IsoPlayer table/'object'
so i'm very confused

ok i figured it out i think
for some reason the method i defined was super weird and thought that the IsoPlayer i passed was actually the "self" variable

[bronze yoke]

when you define a function with : it creates an implicit self parameter

if you then call it like DataThingTable.getDataThing(player), you're passing player as the self parameter and nil as the player parameter

this is one of the tricks lua uses to pretend it's suitable for object oriented programming

basically, if you define DataThingTable:getDataThing(player) it actually creates DataThingTable.getDataThing(self, player)

the intention is to then call it with myObject:getDataThing(player), which actually calls DataThingTable.getDataThing(myObject, player)

if you're not emulating oop principles you can just avoid using the colon

[balmy terrace]

yeah but
now its starting to yell at me, saying the "implementation is not found", even though i'm calling it like this:
DataThingTable:getDataThing(player)
and it's implementation still looks like this:
function DataThingTable:getDataThing(player) return self.dataThings[index] end

if i try to remove the colon in both the definition and the call, making it so it's actual definition is apparently just getDataThing(player), it still yells at me for "implementation not found"

oh wait

i think the thing i was feeding it into is the problem, not the actual method i m ade

one moment

[bronze yoke]

implementation not found is a very strange error to get, lua isn't strict about that - it should be a java method throwing that