mod_development

[echo rune]

Thanks brothers, it was the name of the file. now working properly

[small topaz]

also true XD but they are still there shown in the interface at least

[solar rover]

All the infection stuff would be easy enough because it's already there. As a total newb i would guess you just need to script checks for wet condition, then add that status to a be tracked for duration and after x time apply condition. But then you need to tell the game to do something about it? So maybe you need to make a wet-infection condition of your own that you can then link to walking speed and pain levels? Sounds like work

[sonic ibex]

It'd be cool if they added blisters to the game as an injury type 🤔

I did not know that 😅 so no need to disinfect?

[bronze yoke]

iirc they make the wound heal a lot slower

but without a wound i don't think they do anything at all, they don't make you sick or anything like some people might assume

there's similarly little reason to clean bandages

all dirty bandages do is increase the chance of infection, but because of a bug(?) a wound can't be infected more than once, and in my experience wounds usually get infected the first time pretty fast even if you try to avoid it

a lot of the medical system is just designed to look more significant than it is 😅

[sonic ibex]

That's a shame. Hopefully they flesh it out a bit in a future update. The need to have good hygiene and clean clothes would be cool. Dental care and such. Imagine having to extract a tooth 😧

[echo rune]

a wire and a door 😅

[sonic ibex]

😬 tooth infections would be a bitch to deal with.

[drifting ore]

@thick karma sorry for another ping. Would you happen to know how importing or creation of character works for project zomboid? I am looking to import or create an animal into the game.

[vestal gyro]

Wound infections should 100% give you sickness

I know its a mod already

But the medical system should be much more fleshed out

[sonic ibex]

I need to find a server with high realism

Also How about a mod that makes you have to search through containers to find stuff? Say you have a crate and it's full. You'd only really be able to see what is on top, and would have to dig through to find anything else.

[civic tree]

check this out then https://discord.com/channels/136501320340209664/1235971208265203794

looks cool, too bad i couldnt join them cause of my ping

[civic tree]

inventory tetris has this as an optional thing and i think its a mod for vanilla looting too

[cobalt star]

is Lua the standard for PZ modding? I'm a scripting modder for BG3 and we basically only use Lua there, however when researching PZ I hear about using Java (like here https://github.com/cocolabs/pz-modding-guide), I wonder if that's even considered nowadays

[bronze yoke]

nobody makes java mods

[red tiger]

If people desire a mod that's done using Java, then they'll download it.

[red tiger]

I do and have for over 10 years here. =)

Most mods don't require modding Java.

If you're doing core-related changes, you'll need to.

Just note that you'll be in a heavy minority and some discussions surrounding Java modding can be touchy depending on who you talk to.

[cobalt star]

could you give an example or broad categories?

[red tiger]

• Modifying the Lua API to add functions not exposed by the Lua engine.
• Modifying or improving the render engine to provide more features or optimizations.

I touch and do both these things.

[bronze yoke]

ok, *one guy makes java mods

no mo culling is in common usage, there's a couple more niche ones that have some popularity, but apart from that it's not really done, mostly because it's a hassle to install

and by hassle i mean 'takes a minimal amount of effort' but we are in the era of the steam workshop 😅

[cobalt star]

thanks, and the Lua API is official and exposed by the game itself?

[red tiger]

Yup.

The only unofficial alternative to Lua is TypeScript and it is compiled to Lua in order to run.

@cobalt star Since you're familiar with Lua I'd imagine you knowing about the vscode extension lua the language-server for Lua.

If you use this, use Umbrella. https://github.com/asledgehammer/Umbrella

That should help you get familiar with the API when writing the code itself. For examples, I wouldn't know where to look.

[cobalt star]

that seems great, thanks! we have our helpers in BG3 too

[red tiger]

@bronze yoke Manages the Event API while I manage the other API.

[cobalt star]

I'm assuming the https://pzwiki.net is the most comprehensive source of modding info

[red tiger]

If you get bored and want to play with the experimental TypeScript environment: https://github.com/asledgehammer/PipeWrench-Template

[red tiger]

One of them. It's the most official source. It's somewhat dated in areas so keep this in mind when searching.

The documentation in this game is verrrry lacking, if not missing altogether. Keep this in mind too.

(My current project is third-party documentation)

[cobalt star]

definitely would prefer TypeScript for more complex mods, can PW still be used?

[red tiger]

This is the 41.77 official JavaDocs. https://projectzomboid.com/modding/index.html

[red tiger]

It's a little dated but runs afaik.

I use it for a React HTML project and it's been compiling and running in PZ.

If you need to reference that project's package.json, it's PipeWrench-UI on my organization.

I'll get back to it eventually.

Working on this for now:

:3

[tiny stirrup]

Maybe you can help me, then! The mod I want to make is so simple if I can edit the java, but I'm not sure how to make my edits override the vanilla code, and I'm not sure if it can be done via Lua (I think probably it can't).

I've been looking at APIs to see if anyone's already exposed what I need, but... I kinda doubt it.

The only way I can think to do it with Lua would be to intervene when the entire class is loaded, probably on loading into a game, and replace the entire class with a slightly tweaked one... but that'd definitely be pushing the limits of what I know how to do, and then some.

[red tiger]

Depends. If it's a Lua class then yes? If not then no.

[tiny stirrup]

Is IsoClass

[tiny stirrup]

Gah, fingers didn't do what I told them.

Is IsoPlayer

[red tiger]

Java, and no.

I keep pushing this commons-like Java patch project but I haven't released anything publicly yet although it already has enough to release something for people to mess with.

[tiny stirrup]

Is Zomboid Storm?

[red tiger]

?

[tiny stirrup]

https://github.com/pzstorm/storm

But yes! A way to patch the java code is precisely what would let me do this.

[red tiger]

I don't use pzstorm.

Capsid is also not recommended.

Umbrella pre-compiles typings.

[tiny stirrup]

Well, the mod I intend to make would tweak the formulas for how often you cut your feet walking barefoot outside.

There's a mod that attempted to just wholly disable that feature, but I don't really like that idea. I just want to tweak the devs' really bizarre underestimation of human feet, so you don't need four bandages to walk across a single manicured suburban lawn or down a pristine sidewalk.

All I'd need to do is change like... 9 lines in updateFootInjuries in IsoPlayer.

As a stretch goal, I'd expose some of the variables I'd be changing in a sandbox settings tab, like how harsh the two types of outdoor terrain are, how likely it is to get a scratch based on movement speed, and the base for the foot injury timer, so players can decide for themselves.

The existing mod that tries to just disable the entire system looks like it monitors constantly the call to check to see if the character is wearing shoes or not, and temporarily adds 100% scratch protection for that event, which is just... so blunt and inelegant. And also it's broken and doesn't work anymore anyway, and... I'm not sure it ever did, given the comments in its workshop page.

Would a mod made with your project need any special installation by users? Or could it just be a simple "click Subscribe" mod like most, @red tiger?

(Presumably with a dependency)

I have considered other ways of doing it, like periodically resetting footInjuryTimer, but that's much clunkier and less flexible.

[red tiger]

Is it solely for personal use? (No pun intended)

[tiny stirrup]

Meaning for me myself? Or just not-multiplayer?

[red tiger]

just for you.

[tiny stirrup]

I'd like to publish it... but am willing to consider not. I do already have a supporting mod published, though, and there is interest in the community.

Why, just thinking of having me recompile the game with the edits? xD

[red tiger]

That's why I asked. You could do that yourself it seems.

Like you understand what to do.

[tiny stirrup]

To some extent...

[red tiger]

What's holding you back?

[tiny stirrup]

Is decompiling, editing, and recompiling consistent enough to just work?

[red tiger]

You'll need to recompile against the game's compiled class files.

If IsoPlayer has errors on decompilation then you'll need to fix those.

[tiny stirrup]

I'm not a professional... I've been a coding hobbyist all my life, starting with AppleBASIC on my parents Apple II-C, and I took some programming classes in college, so I'm not a novice, but this is still beyond anything I've done before, or at least in over two decades.

See I... know the general gist of what it means to recompile against the game's compiled class files, but I don't know how to actually do that.

[red tiger]

Hmm ok

[tiny stirrup]

I take it what I want to do is pretty rough, in a publishable form?

[red tiger]

Rough in that it requires clients to be modified to work. Not rough in procedure.

[tiny stirrup]

What about the idea of resetting the timer periodically? The period would give me at least a little control, especially if I can detect walking vs. running vs. sprinting purely in Lua.

[red tiger]

If damage can be interpreted per instance in Lua then you could fling off a few of them based off of a percentage calculation to offset it.

[tiny stirrup]

I mean yeah, if I could just patch the class, it'd be super simple. But I'm aware that "just patch the class" is a big hurdle.

[red tiger]

I'd argue that these sorts of events should be done in Lua to begin with.

[tiny stirrup]

I mean, most of them are. It's frustrating... almost any other injury in the game seems to be triggered in Lua. Just this one thing is hard-coded for some reason. It feels like maybe a very early decision made in an early version, that just never got updated to a new system as they progressed.

[red tiger]

I wish that a lot of things were Lua-side. =/

[tiny stirrup]

I mean literally it would take me about two minutes to edit what I need to edit in the java.

Just edit these, and a few lines down, change 8500 in if (Rand.Next(Rand.AdjustForFramerate(8500 - this.footInjuryTimer)) <= 0) { to something higher (which is what I'd expose in mod options), and maybe reduce the scratch time it adds if that doesn't feel like enough.

Speaking of which... a lot of numbers have an F after them, like these... what does that do, just let it know it's a floating point?

Anyway... it sounds like it's kind of a no-go for publishing it without a patch system or some complicated shenanigans... is there an easy guide to follow for how to recompile just this class? Obviously I'd have to redo the changes after every game update, but those seem... <_< Less than frequent, here. *cough*

[ripe lava]

Looking to get a clothing/costume mod made. Would be a big onesie essentially but the hard part would be the art portion and creating the actual character we would like as a costume. I guess the closest thing it would be to is making a zombie skin replacer such as OccultZed

[tiny stirrup]

What is it you want the outfit to be?

[tiny stirrup]

Oh wait... I just realized, the game isn't mostly one giant archive file like I'm used to, it's in tons of small files... so can I just compile IsoPlayer.class?

I'm not sure I fully understand how this is working, though, as there's IsoPlayer but also IsoPlayer$1, $2, $InputState, $MoveVars, etc. InputState, MoveVars and such are categories in the decompiled code, but 1 and 2 are not, so does it just split it into two chunks for more granular editability? How do I know which one to replace? Or do I do the whole IsoPlayer.class? @red tiger

[ionic sentinel]

Is there a way to check if the player is crouched?

or to detect when the player crouches?

[small topaz]

player:isSneaking() will return true then. However, there are a few things to note: it will always return true when the player presses the sneak button, also when the player is sitting or aiming. In those cases, the player is actually not in the sneaking animation but will automatically go to sneaking animation when sitting/aiming ends (in case player does not stop sneaking by pressing the sneak button again). Possible that there are other situations like that but I know for sure that this applies in the case of sitting and aiming.

In case you mean with crouching that the player is sneaking near a wall, you could try this instead:
player:isSneaking() and player:checkIsNearWall() >= 1
This is true when player sneaks near a wall and therefore goes into a take-cover position. My remarks from above concerning sitting/aiming also apply here.

[small topaz]

Haven't you found a way to realize this by using lua only? Irrc, whenever player gets an injury, the game triggers the event OnClothingUpdate. Not 100% though but maybe worth a try. In case this applies, you could try to use this event. Only problem I see here is that whenever you get a foot injury and the event triggers, it is not obvious how to detect that the injury is due to walking without shoes and not due to a zombie or broken glass lying on ground assuming that in the latter cases, you probably won't change anything about the injury. I still speculate that it will be possible somehow...

[tiny stirrup]

Yeah, but I don't want the character's feet to be immune to zombie attacks, or scratches from walking through trees or stepping on glass. I want realism. And unfortunately, while most injuries happen in Lua, that one specific case happens purely in java.

The mod "Callused Feet" tries to do exactly that, with some pretty involved stuff, but the last patch broke it to the point that the game just disables it. I'm not convinced it worked before that patch, either, as there were varying reports of its reliability.

[small topaz]

I see where the problem is...

But when using the lua event, couldn't you just check whether there are zombies near the player, glass or rough terrain is on the tile the player walks on and stuff? In case not, chances are good that the injury comes from walking without shoes alone and then you could try to remove the injury manually (or remove it with a certain chance). In case zombies are present for example, you could simply not change anything about injuries. Still possible that the injury is then in fact due to having no shoes and not from a zombie but it could still be an ok-ish approximation to what you'd like to achieve.

Just an idea though and not sure whether this is acceptable for your project...

EDIT: Ok... there are still complications. For example when there is more than one injury on the player's feet, things can still get messy I guess...

[frank elbow]

I've done simple java mods by just manually recompiling with the target version set to the one the game expects. Didn't need any dependency other than javac

[frank elbow]

javac --class-path "<PATH-TO-GAME-FOLDER>" -d .\out --release 17 -Xlint:none .\*.java. Something like this (I say "something" because it's adapted from a build script that puts the output where the build file is)

Note that this may not work for every file in the game since it assumes every dependency the file needs is in the class path specified. This should be true for most, though

[tiny stirrup]

You can't do it within the IDE? I'm using IntelliJ IDEA 2024.1.2

[frank elbow]

🤷🏾

I don't use that IDE

[tiny stirrup]

It's also saying the file is read-only... but within its own menu structure, it thinks it isn't (I can "make read-only" rather than "make editable")

[frank elbow]

Are you looking directly at a .class file, according to the IDE?

That is, I know it's decompiled—but does it say .class?

[tiny stirrup]

Yeah, both in the decompiled directory and the one in the ProjectZomboid directory

[frank elbow]

Then my guess would be you're looking at something that's being decompiled on-the-fly. Just a guess though (I know IDEA can do it, no idea whether it's the case right now)

i.e., if you drag the file into notepad it wouldn't be what you're looking at there

Unfortunately I don't actually remember how I decompiled it—I think I used fernflower directly—but people here have recommended beautiful-java, which you can find with a search here. That likely decompiles it to a permanent file, as opposed to IDEA's temporary decompilation

[tiny stirrup]

Yeah, I used beautiful-java

It created teh game's whole directory tree, decompiled

[frank elbow]

In that case I'm back to 🤷🏾 Dunno enough about that IDE to know what's going on there

Mine decompiled to .java. I don't think javac would care, at any rate

[tiny stirrup]

Yeah, they're .java in the decompiled directory

I wonder if it's because it's within Program Files...

[drifting ore]

I want to make an item turn into something else/replace if its been in a x container for x amount of time. Which lua files handle these things?

[tiny stirrup]

Ah, thanks, yeah, turns out when I was editing the project as a whole, it was still treating it as .class and read-only. When I opened just IsoPlayer.java it's editable.

[ionic sentinel]

this answered my question, thank you. 🙂

[bronze yoke]

there has not been a patch since that mod was released, i think the author just didn't want to admit it was badly made

the game has not had an update of any form released since 2022 😅

looking at its code, i think it was probably ai generated and never tested

most of the structure makes sense but the actual protection part entirely relies on functions that just don't exist at all

[muted garnet]

I can get the character's walk or cancel keypress using if player:pressedMovement(false) or player:pressedCancelAction() then -- some code end
but how do I get the "WalkTo" action in "WalkTo" action? After the player pressed "WalkTo" when walking by "WalkTo" action

[thick karma]

The OnPlayerMove event?

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Lua_Events/OnPlayerMove

[muted garnet]

I have an action in which the player approaches an object, I need to cancel the action if the player uses "WalkTo" while walking

if the player does not use "WalkTo" while moving to the object, then the action does not need to be canceled

[thick karma]

Ah no

[bronze yoke]

there's an event when the keybind is used, i don't think the context menu fires it but that probably triggers a global lua function you can hook anyway

[thick karma]

I think I see what they're saying now... I think what they really want is an onComplete function for their action that only occurs if the approach to the object is successful

I have an example one sec.

They have an action they're firing right after a walkto times event

[thick karma]

Is that right?

Above

[muted garnet]

for better understanding, I need check in InTick that player will not use right click "WalkTo" timed action again, cuz it breaks the walking for two players

local function onTick(player, clickedPlayer, args)

    function InTick()

        if player:pressedMovement(false) or player:pressedCancelAction() then
            sendClientCommand("123", "noBusys", args)
            return
        end


        local distance = player:DistTo(clickedPlayer)
        
        if distance <= 1 then 

            ISTimedActionQueue.clear(player)
            Events.OnTick.Remove(InTick)
            ISTimedActionQueue.add(SomeTimedAction:new(player, clickedPlayer, args))

        end

    end

    Events.OnTick.Add(InTick)
end

Events.OnServerCommand.Add(function(module, command, args)

    if command == "noBusys" then
        ISTimedActionQueue.clear(getPlayerByOnlineID(args.clickedPlayerID))
        ISTimedActionQueue.clear(getPlayerByOnlineID(args.playerID))
        Events.OnTick.Remove(InTick)
    end

if not (module == "123" and (command == "onAcceptWindowRequest" or command == "onAcceptWindowRequestclickedplayer")) then return end

local player
local clickedPlayer

        if command == "onAcceptWindowRequest" then

            player = getPlayerByOnlineID(args.playerID)
            clickedPlayer = getPlayerByOnlineID(args.clickedPlayerID)

        else

            player = getPlayerByOnlineID(args.clickedPlayerID)
            clickedPlayer = getPlayerByOnlineID(args.playerID)

        end

            ISTimedActionQueue.add(ISWalkToTimedAction:new(player,clickedPlayer:getSquare()))
onTick(player, clickedPlayer, args)

end)

[thick karma]

So you just want to call sendClientCommand("123", "noBusys", args) if the player activates walkTo while InTick is running OnTick (which is imo not a good way to make yourself talk about this)?

[muted garnet]

Yep

I already have a check for canceling the action and walking with the keys

        if player:pressedMovement(false) or player:pressedCancelAction() then
            sendClientCommand("123", "noBusys", args)
            return
        end

but if player clicks "WalkTo" this check not working

[thick karma]

I mean I have an idea but intuition is telling me this has to be overkill lol

[muted garnet]

overkill?

[thick karma]

I am skeptical that all this is necessary to make two players walk to each other properly

[muted garnet]

what do you mean?

[thick karma]

If that is your fundamental goal

That two players walk to each other

I just don't see all of this OnTick business as likely necessary...

That is the goal, yes? It's not a follow mod or something is it? It's just that you want two players to close the gap between each other automatically?

[muted garnet]

If you do not set these checks, then if the players interrupt the action of walking towards each other, they will not be able to start the action again until the server is restarted

No

[thick karma]

That seems like shortcoming of the timed action design

[muted garnet]

I need the players to approach each other before the action begins

[thick karma]

Hmmm

I mean intuitively it seems to me that you should be able to accomplish that with a modified WalkTo action without the weird onTick/InTick function. I'm torn about what to tell you because you're closer to weird solution than one that would feel intuitively logical to me.

We may be able to make the weird solution work with a final hack but if it's so sensitive to interruptions I'm not sure if it's the ideal strategy in the first place.

[muted garnet]

what solution do you mean, please tell me more details?

[thick karma]

One way would be to decorate the base ISWalkToTimedAction:new function.

Run the function as normal and set some accessible variable to true, and if thatVariable then you send noBusys.

When you first trigger the event you set thatVariable = nil to ensure that the variable does not exist unless someone runs a new walkTo action after initiating the movement you triggered.

You might call thatVariable something like yourModule.justFiredWalkTo... it might be best to make that a table so you can track each local player separately, as in yourModule.justFiredWalkTo[playerIndex], if you want to be robust.

[muted garnet]

you mean like this?:

someVariable = nil

local function onTick(player, clickedPlayer, args)
-- some code
someVariable = true
end

function ISWalkToTimedAction:start()
if someVariable then return end

    self.character:getPathFindBehavior2():pathToLocation(self.location:getX(), self.location:getY(), self.location:getZ());
end

[thick karma]

No you would decorate the signature function ISWalkToTimedAction:new (character, location, additionalTest, additionalContext)

Do you know how to decorate functions yet?

[muted garnet]

a little

[thick karma]

Well you decorate that one such that it runs normally and then you set the variable and then you return the new object.

Now personally my instinct is to handle this differently. I would be inclined to make a custom WalkTo action with a modified definition of success

A successful event would complete when I reached the other player and OnSuccess I would then trigger the server's "we're dealin" behavior

And if I reached the halfway point and the other player weren't there, I'd wait X seconds (or ticks) and bail under assumption of failure if user never showed up.

And eventually that action would terminate reliably without bugging out a player.

In other works, I would make a new WalkToTimedAction and then customize that action's update function

So I would just go

  local action = ISWalkToTimedAction:new(character, location, additionalTest, additionalContext)
  function action:update()
    -- Check conditions of failure or success that make sense for my
    -- custom event.
  end

That way I don't need a decoration of the vanilla module

Nor do I need to write my own custom module that is essentially a duplicate of ISWalkToTimedAction

And while you're at it you would call action:setOnComplete(onCompleteFunc, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4)

And make sure the way you defined update() ran through action:perform() on success so that your custom onComplete function would fire.

[muted garnet]

but the player will still be able to call the vanilla Walk To, right?

[thick karma]

Yeah but that should not matter if you fully followed what I'm suggesting above.

Because the process would go:

1. Players approach each other.
2. If and only if 1 goes well, fire the client command that connects the two clients in a state of interaction.
3. While clients are interacting, routinely check their distance. If their distance becomes > maximum allowed, cancel action.
4. Players who remain near each other proceed through interaction by other normal means.

I don't see an obvious point of failure if you make the process follow these fundamental rules.

Why would activating WalkTo on either client mess up this process in a way that would bug a client? I would think it shouldn't and if it does you have some other problem.

[muted garnet]

2,3,4 points are already implemented, the only problem is that the player can use Walk To, when one client uses Walk To, the second client will continue to walk to the point until the first client stops walking, also, if the first client is nearby, then the second client will start an action, this problem is not very critical, but quite funny

and I believe that if it can be solved in a simple way, then why not

[thick karma]

Either path above could fix that issue. Neither one would result in a player continuing to walk until the other stops. They would simply walk to the target location and wait. And if they wanted to hit escape and bail from the action they could.

I would pick a fixed location approximately halfway between the players; I would not update their goal based on the movement of the other player.

[muted garnet]

Got it, thanks, by the way, can you please tell me if you know how to make the players move away from each other at a certain distance before starting the action?

I mean that if the distance between the players before the start of the action is 1, then they first moved to a distance of 5 and only then started the action

[wintry finch]

Gonna' start a map mod for PZ in preperation for build 42 changes/additions. Though with PZ modding I'm 99% noob(I've made professions before ) and modded other games.

But what's the best tutorial now days for PZ map modding to go to? And the best way to get the tiling going? I saw a map tutorial by Daddy Dirk from 2021 just not sure if that's still the most relevant.

[bright fog]

There's a mapping Discord

Daddy Dirk is good I believe

https://discord.com/invite/GHXYWzuP

[small topaz]

Hi! What is the command to check whether a particular modded sandbox option has been set to true in lua? Thanks!

[zinc epoch]

What encoding should i use to encode polish letters properly?

[bright fog]

SandboxVars.OptionModule.OptionID

[bright fog]

Has a list of the encodings
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Translations

[zinc epoch]

Thank you! :)

[small topaz]

Many thanks! 😄

[agile vigil]

Is there a way to set a custom weight on an InventoryContainer in code? setActualWeight seems not to exist on the InventoryContainer I'm working with, in the ISInventoryTransferAction

[bright fog]

Did you look at the PZ java doc ?

[solar rover]

@sour island Hiya Chuck! I used some slap-chop magic with Expanded heli events models/skins + TTAJ1bl4's UH 60 scripts to make a civilian heli. Asking for permission to use those parts if I also get TTA's perms for his code base. Always happy to credit and link, thanks for all the work!

[agile vigil]

I was under the impression we couldn't call Java setters from Lua?

[bright fog]

The java doc is every methods you can access from the lua

https://zomboid-javadoc.com/41.78/

https://zomboid-javadoc.com/41.78/zombie/inventory/types/InventoryContainer.html

[agile vigil]

That doesn't seem to be universally true, to clarify. In-game, inspecting the Lua instance of the InventoryContainer, there is no "setActualWeight" function, and trying to call it anyway just throws a nil exception.

[bright fog]

[agile vigil]

Exactly 😄

[bright fog]

https://zomboid-javadoc.com/41.78/zombie/inventory/InventoryItem.html#setActualWeight(float)

InventoryContainer:setActualWeight(float)

[neon bronze]

How do you call it in your code?

[bright fog]

InventoryContainer inherits a bunch of InventoryItem class methods

And it inherits setActualWeight

So you can apply setActualWeight on InventoryContainer

It could also be a problem of the method being available but not actual doing the correct thing on the java side

[agile vigil]

local destination = self.destContainer;
destination:setActualWeight(0.1)
destination:setCustomWeight(true);

Crashes with Object tried to call nil in transferItem on the second line.

[bright fog]

There's a lot of methods that are exposed and that you can use, yet in the java they don't do shit or what they do is unused by the game

[agile vigil]

And from in-game debug GUI to show that is an I- Ah.

[bright fog]

Verify destination is not nil

[agile vigil]

It is not

[bright fog]

transferItem ?

Your function ?

[agile vigil]

The name of the function I'm inside of.

[bright fog]

Yeah right

[agile vigil]

require "ISInventoryTransferAction";


local originalTransferItem = ISInventoryTransferAction.transferItem;

---@param action ISInventoryTransferAction
function ISInventoryTransferAction:transferItem(item)
    originalTransferItem(self, item);
    if self:isAlreadyTransferred(item) and self.weightAlreadyAdjusted then
        return;
    end
    if not self:isAlreadyTransferred(item) then
        return;
    end

    ---@type InventoryContainer
    local source = self.srcContainer;
    ---@type InventoryContainer
    local destination = self.destContainer;

    if (source:getType() == "FirstAidKitSwiftlyPacked") then
        source:setActualWeight(10.0);
        source:setCustomWeight(true);
    end

    if (destination:getType() == "FirstAidKitSwiftlyPacked") then
        destination:setActualWeight(0.1)
        destination:setCustomWeight(true);
    end

    self.weightAlreadyAdjusted = true;
end

Full code here, but simplified to the stuff that matters in the above example, because it was a little obtuse otherwise.

But yeah, I see the error.

It is not an InventoryContainer, it is an ItemContainer.

[bright fog]

Indeed

https://zomboid-javadoc.com/41.78/zombie/inventory/ItemContainer.html

And you can't modify its weight

Rip

[agile vigil]

It has a containingItem and inventoryContainer field, so I can access those, probably.

[bright fog]

I'm not familiar with these class and item/container handling so eh

[bright fog]

You can access them yes, doesn't mean you can do shit with them lol

welp gl gtg, you got the doc so maybe you can figure something out

[agile vigil]

I already had the decompiled code and kahlua definitions, so it was more just noticing that my thing wasn't what I thought.

[bright fog]

👌

if you find something I'm interested

[sour island]

The container here is not the inventory item/container

[agile vigil]

Aye, we got there.

[sour island]

Chat just updated for me

[agile vigil]

I remember we looked at getting values from Java fields at one point. Do you remember if it was safe for non-debug and multiplayer?

[sour island]

The way containers are handled is probably the better way to handle behaviors in items - but the class names are very hard to follow lol

[sour island]

Getting is safe regardless of mode, setting only works in debug

[agile vigil]

Perfect. Then I have my path to success.

I was planning to make items capable of holding "bulk stuff", similar to Pantry Packing, but without hardcoding lots of crafting recipes.

To start with, I stored things in modData for my faux-container, but it was quickly a little dirty and hard to see things.

With this approach, what I'll do is modify the weight of the bulk storage item dynamically when the player puts something in or takes it out. I'll probably use modData on the container item, just to sanity check and be a bit defensive, in case an exploit is found that lets you remove items or add items without the weight update applying.

require "ISInventoryTransferAction";

---@param instance Object
---@param fieldName String
local function getField(instance, fieldName)
    local i = 0
    while true do
        local field = getClassField(instance, i)
        if field:getName() == fieldName then
            return getClassFieldVal(instance, field)
        end
        i = i + 1
    end
end

local originalTransferItem = ISInventoryTransferAction.transferItem;
---@param action ISInventoryTransferAction
function ISInventoryTransferAction:transferItem(item)
    originalTransferItem(self, item);
    if self:isAlreadyTransferred(item) and self.weightAlreadyAdjusted then
        return;
    end
    if not self:isAlreadyTransferred(item) then
        return;
    end

    ---@type ItemContainer
    local source = getField(self.srcContainer, "inventoryContainer");
    ---@type ItemContainer
    local destination = getField(self.destContainer, "inventoryContainer");

    if (source and source:getType() == "FirstAidKitSwiftlyPacked") then
        source:setActualWeight(10.0);
        source:setCustomWeight(true);
    end

    if (destination and destination:getType() == "FirstAidKitSwiftlyPacked") then
        destination:setActualWeight(-10.0);
        destination:setCustomWeight(true);
    end

    self.weightAlreadyAdjusted = true;
end

[agile vigil]

And thanks! Saves me restarting a bunch and testing out multiplayer. This is so much better than my original plan of moddata fiddling.

[sour island]

There's an example of how to get java fields in Lua in the community repo

I've been meaning to make it a usable API for the frameworks portion

[agile vigil]

I just used this old goldie

---@param instance Object
---@param fieldName String
local function getField(instance, fieldName)
    local i = 0
    while true do
        local field = getClassField(instance, i)
        if field:getName() == fieldName then
            return getClassFieldVal(instance, field)
        end
        i = i + 1
    end
end

[agile vigil]

Did the strategy improve at some point?

[solar rover]

Sorry to ping you at random Chuckleberry!

[sour island]

Strategy?

[agile vigil]

Like, is there a better way than numerically going through the class fields and selecting once you find a name match?

[sour island]

I think I changed it up to bypass a few iterations, you'd need to play around with it.

[agile vigil]

I could just add a memoization here, since I'm always getting the same field.

[sour island]

I'd need to ask the modellers about it, do you have a screenshot of what you have done so far?

[solar rover]

https://streamable.com/ikjlls TTAJ1bl4 gave me the ok on the code

[sour island]

That might work to make it faster. For weapon lengths, since they're static, I made a table of types and values.

[sour island]

So it's TT's helicopters and EHE's old skins?

[solar rover]

yessir

well its EHE's model too

just TT's code

[sour island]

Where were you able to find the old models?

[solar rover]

They're still in the mod pack lol

[sour island]

Ah

[solar rover]

My server thought I was trolling them when Udderly kept spawning the parts and random Civ heli that didnt work

So I figured I would make it work 😉

[sour island]

The newer models look a lot nicer. 😢

But, I'll forward the request and video over to the modellers.

[solar rover]

Thanks a bunch!

I'm happy to upgrade to a nice model too hahah

[bright fog]

I actually had plans to make such a mod where you can add items in it but without storing the entire item in it

Like adding antibiotic pills inside a small fake container

[agile vigil]

I already have functionality for this for a first-aid kit if you'd like it. It has support for bandages, disinfectant, and painkillers, but adding new ones is fairly simple.

[bright fog]

You could make a framework for it

[agile vigil]

That was the original plan, but I can't really be bothered with it now that I can just use real containers and adjust their weights 😄

[agile vigil]

local function addFirstAidKitPackedStorage()
    local proxies = MutiesBulkStorage.Proxies;
    MutiesBulkStorage.AddStorage(fak.itemType);
    -- Add disinfectants to the storage
    local disinfectantType = "Base.Disinfectant";
    MutiesBulkStorage.AddStorableToStorage(fak.itemType, disinfectantType);
    MutiesBulkStorage.AddFieldToStorable(fak.itemType, disinfectantType,
            "alcoholPower", proxies.getAlcoholPower);
    MutiesBulkStorage.AddFieldToStorable(fak.itemType, disinfectantType,
            "deltaUses", proxies.getUses, proxies.setUses);
    MutiesBulkStorage.AddLimitToStorable(fak.itemType, disinfectantType, fak.LimitNames.Disinfectant);
    -- Add painkillers to the storage
    local painkillersType = "Base.Pills";
    MutiesBulkStorage.AddStorableToStorage(fak.itemType, painkillersType);
    MutiesBulkStorage.AddFieldToStorable(fak.itemType, painkillersType,
            "deltaUses", proxies.getUses, proxies.setUses);
    MutiesBulkStorage.AddLimitToStorable(fak.itemType, painkillersType, fak.LimitNames.Painkillers);
    -- Dynamically add bandages as storables
    local allItems = getScriptManager():getAllItems();
    for i = 0, allItems:size() - 1 do
        ---@type Item
        local item = allItems:get(i);
        if item:isCanBandage() then
            local type = item:getFullName();
            MutiesBulkStorage.AddStorableToStorage(fak.itemType, type);
            MutiesBulkStorage.AddFieldToStorable(fak.itemType, type,
                    "bandagePower", proxies.getBandagePower);
            MutiesBulkStorage.AddLimitToStorable(fak.itemType, type, fak.LimitNames.Bandage);
        end
    end
end
Events.OnInitGlobalModData.Add(addFirstAidKitPackedStorage);

I wrote it forever ago, but it was always intended as a kind of framework with storages (the first aid kit) and storables (the stuff that goes inside).

The main limitation I kept running into was having to create these proxy functions so I could get and set uses for items, or adjust alcohol power, or God forbid I stored food with their million getter/setter combos.

It honestly made the code so hard to decipher and require so many pieces of indirection that whenever I've taken a break and come back, I've just kinda stared at it for 20 minutes, then closed IntelliJ and walked away.

[bright fog]

Can't read that I'm on phone but I have other stuff to do before looking into it ngl

[zenith igloo]

just want to make sure the player is not holding a firearm (so a melee weapon or a tool etc.) I tried everything I could find yet none of them worked till now anyone has any ideas?

if getPlayer():getPrimaryHandItem():getSubCategory() != "Firearm" then if not getPlayer():getPrimaryHandItem():getSubCategory() == "Firearm" then

if weapon:isHandWeapon() then (weapon is a parameter)

if not weapon:isRanged() then

etc.

I started to feel like blind, if anyone has an idea I appreciate it

[echo rune]

Morning people. Anyone know wher i can find the character parameters like hunger, stamina, calories, health, etc. I search everywhere in the LUA files but i can't find them. i want to add a "mana" parameter that refills over time without any requirement

[zinc epoch]

How do i translate item names in a mod i'm making?

Like i have the translation files, but it doesn't display properly.

[zinc epoch]

ItemName_EN=
{
    ItemName_GlassOfBleach = "Glass of Bleach",
}

What am i missing here?

I think i might have figured out what i did wrong.

[drifting ore]

Is there a file where I can dress zombies the way I want? Like for example if I wanted all girl zombies to where dresses, is this possible?

[zinc epoch]

Is there any way to get if player drank a spefific item?

[bright fog]

Yeah, decorate the drink function

The drink action to be more specific

[vast flint]

--Override vanilla function
local base_perform = ISEatFoodAction.perform

function ISEatFoodAction:perform()
base_perform(self)
doSomething(self.item, self.character)
end uses

[fleet bridge]

getPlayer():getPrimaryHandItem():isRanged() will return boolean for ranged weapons

[vast flint]

Is it possible to enable chat in SP so I can type admin commands ?!

[bright fog]

No

[vast flint]

they changed it ? Was possible in 2015 😦

[trim yacht]

Am I missing something or is there not a way to check a players inventory from server side? eg:?

• playerObj:getInventory():getItemCountRecurse(name)
• playerObj:getInventory():getItemCount(name)
• playerObj:getInventory():getItems():size()

All return expected on client, but 0 or nil on server

[bright fog]

I believe it's not possible

Could verify it

[vast flint]

or let me asks the question another way, how would I start to add a right menu to a container so I can change it's max content amount ? I dont know the difference between amincontextmenu and debugcontextmenu

[bright fog]

Hmm it's probably stored clientside then

[vast flint]

I checked let me speak code and they make their own window and their own interpreter

[bright fog]

Context menu

[vast flint]

that is the issue basically it would need to use ServerCommand to trigger other mods as normal

since it uses its own window that mod back from 2015 didnt use the built-in sendservercommand

[bright fog]

Looking at 2015 mods is definitely not a good idea

[zinc epoch]

local player = getPlayer();
local base_function = ISEatFoodAction.perform;

function ISEatFoodAction:perform()
    base_function(self);
    PotentComboDeath(self.item,self.player);
end

function PotentComboDeath(item,player)
    print(item:getType())
    if item:getType() == "PotentCombo" then
        player:Kill(player)
    end
end```

I'm getting a error when i drink the modded item.

[vast flint]

the problem in the game ischat.lua is basically ISChat.createChat = function( if not isClient() then return; end. Is it possible to change that by lua code ??

[zinc epoch]

What did i do wrong?

[bright fog]

Yeah you can change it

But there's most likely a reason it's like that so you'll have to verify it actually works properly

[vast flint]

and how do I change it from another code ? Obviously for a mod I cant just tell the player to change their game file and to not verify game integrity

seems like the only way so far would be to copy-paste it without the isclient()

[bright fog]

That function should be global

So just replace the function

In another file, redefine the function

-- your file
 ISChat.createChat = function()
    ...
end

[zenith igloo]

thanks this is the one 🙂 ofc it was that one combination I didnt try lmao 😄

[wet sandal]

Finally getting my head around controller support

[thick karma]

❤️

Love to see it.

[thick karma]

Food for thought: we need a mod to use player-to-player trade; that mod depends on sending focus back to the inventory panel after temporarily focusing on the player trade panel. I know you have plans for heavy editing. Food for thought before you get deep into it, you would simplify compatibility with this existing need greatly if all edits came down to modifications of type ISInventoryPage (iirc; in other words, the type of the table that comes back when you call getPlayerInventory(0)), so that the mod is still fundamentally sending focus back to that object. Other minor adjustments might be needed from there, but I could work them out more easily if this the starting point.

(Though I guess we can always branch to a custom UI if necessary.)

[wet sandal]

So how I've got this going for Equipment UI, and it will be the same for Tetris, is the only thing I modify on the vanilla panel's is navigation to allow selecting the equipment ui panel if its open

The rest is all handled automagically by my class ControllerNode, which gets injected into every ui element I need to have controller support

[thick karma]

Sounds awesome

I am stoked to see you workin on that

I almost tackled it myself a few months ago but just did not have the energy lol

I did take a look at your stuff

People want that support bad.

[wet sandal]

Basically, the nodes intercept the controller events, see if they can do something with them, if not, they defer to the vanilla handler

[thick karma]

Nice. Sounds like the right way to do things.

I will definitely make sure to do any minor changes needed on my end to ensure compatibility with your stuff if you get yours working independently.

Feel free to ping me with updates so I can try to be on top of that when you drop it.

[wet sandal]

👍

Hoping to update Equipment UI asap and Tetris a week after

(Equipment UI has some changes that Tetris requires and I don't want to be in another situation where the workshop lets people run outdated copies of Equipment with latest Tetris)

[thick karma]

for sure.

[wet sandal]

@thick karma
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3260667128

Unlisted copy I use for MP testing, has the new controller support uploaded

[verbal yew]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1209061008619077642/1220087468167139329/1709948948_new_Untitled_design_1.gif

[wet sandal]

https://tenor.com/view/penguins-of-madagascar-skydiving-helldivers-penguins-diving-sky-diving-gif-12586682718523660000

[gleaming sorrel]

I had a dream about a zombie apocalypse
I'm making a texture for it but to make it accurate
I need to know how to just
Make crawling zombies really fast
As some of the zombies in the dream crawled on all fours

I think it would also be extremely horrifying to see a zombie crawl at you at the speed of a sprinter

[inland flume]

Now i wanna find a server with that 😭

[agile vigil]

My path to success did not work. Upon reloading, the container resets to its normal weight, so back to my framework-style approach 😄

[sonic ibex]

A common problem with MP zomboid is the servers continue while you are offline. Loot gets taken or expires, the players progress and things move on. Like say you want to travel a long distance but only get an hour to play a day.. .

So I'm wondering if it'd be possible to have a mod that lets you set offline goals for your player? Say you want to practice carpentry or read a book. You set the activity in some UI, go offline and then when you log back in it does some logic based on how long you were away and gives a little experience or progress on the book. Maybe even a little loot?

Would that be a difficult thing to implement?

[bright fog]

Difficult ? Probably not

[bright fog]

You want all the zombies to be like that ?

[gleaming sorrel]

Only the crawling ones

It would be accurate to the dream and scare the hell out of people

[bright fog]

Look into modifying the base game AnimSets

And increase the speed scale factor

This will make animations run faster and thus the movements of the zombies too

[gleaming sorrel]

It works like that?

I figured I'd need to speed the zombies up and the animation separately

[bright fog]

Yup

No need for anything fancy

Would require you to modify a few AnimSets

[sonic ibex]

Difficult as a first mod?

[bright fog]

Yeah

Involves a lot of stuff but you shouldn't let that slow you down. The problem is that you might need to get some experience in lua to do it properly

[sonic ibex]

I see, well I'm a dev but I have never used Lua. It's similar to python right?

[gleaming sorrel]

How do I do that
I have seen the animation sets
But like everything in the zomboid files
They are a weird filetype that I don't know how to edit

[bright fog]

Sort of yeah

[bright fog]

AnimSets are .xml files. There should be files about crawler zombies. You take those, copy the ones that you want to speed up and increase the speed scale factor

[gleaming sorrel]

Is this done in blender
Or are .xml files done though code

[sonic ibex]

XML is a markup language like html so I assume it's done through code.

[bright fog]

Code

It's really easy to do

[gleaming sorrel]

I'd assume it is but I really don't know what I'm doing

I'm not exactly sure what speed scale is
Though I'd think it's just a number in the code that I can increase

I hope

[sonic ibex]

Can you point me in the right direction to get started? Maybe I need to look at a spawn script or something? Find out the time they logged off and the current time?

[solar rover]

Scrolled too fast, found it~

[bright fog]

GameTime to count how much time elapsed btw last disconnect and now
ModData to store player informations whenever they disconnect
Use Events that trigger OnGameStart and on quit to apply the data save
Apply XP idk the thing exactly but could find it easily

[bright fog]

Yeah it's really extremely easy

Just go check the AnimSets folder then crawler zombie

You'll see it's very easy to navigate

If you want an example mod that speeds down or slows down zombies, check the mods for slower sprinters

[agile vigil]

Anyone know how to build the integer required to make an ImmutableColor, if I already have the rgba values?

[bright fog]

Build the integer ?

Not sure what you mean by that but I know how to create an ImmutableColor with rgba values

[agile vigil]

Please enlighten me, then. All I could find was the decode function, which takes an integer in string form.

[coarse sinew]

This ? https://projectzomboid.com/modding/zombie/core/ImmutableColor.html#<init>(int,int,int,int)

[agile vigil]

Yes

[bright fog]

ImmutableColor.new(Color.new(0.70, 0.70, 0.70, 1)),

[agile vigil]

How strange, I don't have the .new in my luadocs.

Oh nevermind, I do 😄

[agile lily]

Hello! Is anyone sitting on any decent resources regarding getting started with Lua programming for PZ? 🤠
I'm starting out small and am currently trying to figure out how to write "hello world" in the console when booting the game up lol

[thorn cipher]

Probably find a similar mod and look inside the files to see how it works

Best place to start

[agile lily]

Got it working, forgot to say. But thank you!

[humble crater]

@solar rover hey did you ever end up figuring out how to delete books once they're read?

[agile lily]

How would I go about setting the overal body health of a player if certain conditions are met?

[solar rover]

Nothing I was able to write did it yet, no. Best bet is what Burryaga told me but I don't know how to make it happen. "You can decorate the update function of book-reading such that when you complete the book, you also call a function that replaces the book in player inventory with a different item."

Let me know if you figure it out? 😅

[humble crater]

gotcha, just wanted to check before i start trying to figure it out myself

will let ya know if i get anywhere with it

[ancient grail]

Try

local function yourCondition()
    if .... then return true end
end

if yourCondition() then
    local damage = 50
    local body = getPlayer():getBodyDamage()
    body:setOverallBodyHealth(damage)
    print(body:getOverallBodyHealth())
end

[bronze yoke]

setting overall body health doesn't do anything, the game recalculates that value every tick

[agile lily]

How do I make those fancy codeblocks?

The way I've been doing it so far has been like this:

` if intensity > 0
then

    local playerHealth = getPlayer():getHealth()

    getPlayer():setHealth(playerHealth - intensityToDamage)

    print(playerHealth)

end`

[bronze yoke]

```lua
paste code here
```

[agile lily]

Eventually the player dies, but the health in the health panel doesn't update to show it

[bronze yoke]

the player's 'health' is a weighted average of the health of each of their body parts

the game calculates that average every tick when it's processing health stuff, so if you change it, it just gets discarded and replaced by whatever it normally would be anyway for the purpose of actual calculations

[small topaz]

Hi! Is it possible to organize your xml files from the media/clothing/clothingItems folder into different subfolders (assuming you correctly specify this in fileGuidTable ofc)? Just asking because in the vanilla game, there are no subfolders but using them would make the organization so much easier...

[agile lily]

Ah, that's fair then I suppose. So to cause "global" damage you could go about just damaging each individual limb?

[ancient grail]

just incase you need this

BodyPartType.Foot_L
BodyPartType.Foot_R
BodyPartType.ForeArm_L
BodyPartType.ForeArm_R
BodyPartType.Groin
BodyPartType.Hand_L
BodyPartType.Hand_R
BodyPartType.Head
BodyPartType.LowerLeg_L
BodyPartType.LowerLeg_R
BodyPartType.Neck
BodyPartType.Torso_Lower
BodyPartType.Torso_Upper
BodyPartType.UpperArm_L
BodyPartType.UpperArm_R
BodyPartType.UpperLeg_L
BodyPartType.UpperLeg_R

[agile lily]

Love you xoxo

Is there anywhere I can get the java references without having to decompile the game?

[ancient grail]

getPlayer():getBodyDamage():getBodyPart(BodyPartType.Hand_R)

[ancient grail]

oh you can find it on github

i think

[red tiger]

https://projectzomboid.com/modding/zombie/characters/BodyDamage/BodyPartType.html

[small topaz]

in the clothing xml files, what is the parameter
<m_Static>false</m_Static>
doing?

[vast flint]

what property do I need to reset to keep perishable fresh indefinitely in a container shop ? Id run it like once per day and make sure item sold have 0 days freshness ?

[modern knot]

I just made my first ever mod, and I'm trying to test it but my items don't appear in the item list when I'm testing my mod in debug mode. What are some things I might be doing wrong, or what are some reliable resources I can use to troubleshoot?

[hollow lodge]

set your model animation, like backpacks moving arround when you walk/run, or stay static, glued to your back

[small topaz]

many thanks for the info!

[hollow lodge]

idk how the animations are made tho

[modern knot]

I've tried the Wiki, I've tried tutorials and comparing my mod to other existing mods, but nothing seems to work. I checked the console, both the mod and the distributions lua load, but that's all I see in the console. Is my mod loading impartially for some reason?
EDIT: My mod also contains items, recipes and models lua, along with custom models and textures (fbx and png respectively)

[vast flint]

mostly asking this for others in the channel cuz I just started but how are you trying to load the item ? lua console ? debug mod with an item list ? loot list ?

[modern knot]

I use the item list in the debug mode, and I also check the crafting menu for my recipes

[hollow lodge]

what type of mod

clothing, items, guns

[modern knot]

It's an items mod

[hollow lodge]

oh, i'm not familiar with those, try copying a workshop mod that already exists

and does the same

[modern knot]

Yeah that's one thing I've tried with multiple mods, but I'm still stuck somehow. I'm digging deep for solutions right now haha

[hollow lodge]

mmm verify all lines of code

perhaps a typo

or a missing "," can ruin your code

[modern knot]

Thanks! Taking a close look EDIT: Verified all code multiple times now lol

[vast flint]

depending on what your mod add if you post it somewhere and its for b41 someone might be willing to try to load it and figure whats wrong 😄

[gleaming sorrel]

Is there anyway I can go through the radio messages and TV messages and change them

I wish to change every message from the Project Zomboid lore to my own
So the people can learn the general state of things while they play

[agile lily]

I think there should be a file somewhere in the /media folder containing all of the messages. I might be mistaken though, let me check

[viral hill]

\media\radio\RadioData.xml i think?

can you confirm @agile lily?

[agile lily]

Yup! Seems to contain a lot of those things, I ain't going through it to see if it's all of the lore though. It's a lot to read x)

[gleaming sorrel]

Thank you I'll check it out
The radio data should be what I need

[agile lily]

Now I get to ask the questions. How do I start/define a period of rain through code?

There's a boolean called "isRaining" but I'm not too sure how to use it, if it actually starts the rain or if it just checks if it already is raining

[viral hill]

@gleaming sorrel do you know about this?
https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/21318-wordzed/

[gleaming sorrel]

Yes

[viral hill]

okie :3 just making sure

[rare token]

isRaining() returns true if it's raining and false if it's not, to start raining there's a function called startRaining(), you should check this: https://zomboid-javadoc.com/41.78/zombie/iso/objects/RainManager.html

[rare token]

if it has the prefix "is" it will always mean that returns a bool

[agile lily]

Thank you. I've been staring myself blind at this exact page without figuring it out so far haha. So to make it start raining i'd call "RainManager():startRaining()"?

I only started dabbling with this today so forgive me if I'm being a bit slow <:)

[vast flint]

for stuff like this I recommend decompiling in intellij etc as per the guide

[rare token]

Maybe you also need the StartRaindrop() and StartRainSplash() for visuals idk, never used it

[agile lily]

Yeah, I was trying to do so earlier but I was getting some errors. Is there a newer guide on how to decompile the game, or should the one that's up on github still work? Will probably need to give it another try, working like this is far from optimal :x

https://github.com/Konijima/PZ-Libraries

[vast flint]

honestly id recommend setting up procyon, cfr or fernflower manually even though it is more advanced

and tell it to process all classes file in the game folder and subfolders

cuz it seems limited to do it file and file and I personally prefer being able to grep or GetChildItem | For-Each in powershell

[vast flint]

like with the code: so startraining dont seem to do anything

so youd probably have to use climatemanager

[vast flint]

so for this Id start from this: and uses the climate debugger in debug mode to find good values for rain, dont forgot to set setprecipationissnow to false

ie: in lua for example fx = getCell():getWeatherFX(); .fx:setPrecipitationIsSnow(_value);

[modern knot]

Here are some snippets from my mod's lua files. Can someone identify what I'm doing wrong please? My items don't appear in the debug item list, but the mod appears to load.

From Recipes lua:

{
        imports
        {
        Base
        }

        recipe Unfold Picnic Blanket
        {
            FoldedPicnicBlanketPink,

            Result:PicnicBlanketPink,
            Sound:PutItemInBag,
            AnimNode:RipSheets,
            Time:20.0,
        }
    
        recipe Fold Picnic Blanket
        {
            PicnicBlanketPink,

            Result:FoldedPicnicBlanketPink,
            Sound:PutItemInBag,
            AnimNode:RipSheets,
            Time:60.0,
        }
        
        recipe Make Pink Picnic Blanket
        {
            keep Needle,
            Thread =5,
            Sheet=3,
            [Recipe.GetItemTypes.HairDyePink]=2,

            Result:PicnicBlanketPink,
            Sound:PutItemInBag,
            AnimNode:Disassemble,
            SkillRequired:Tailoring=2,
            Category:Tailoring,
            Time:120.0,
        }```
        
From Items Lua:
```module Base
{
    item PicnicBlanketPink
    {
    DisplayCategory = Camping,
    Weight = 2.4,
    Type = Normal,
    DisplayName = Pink Picnic Blanket,
    Icon = PicnicBlanketPink,
    WorldStaticModel = PicnicBlanket,
    }
    
    item FoldedPicnicBlanketPink
    {
    DisplayCategory = Camping,
    Weight = 1.2,
    Type = Normal,
    DisplayName = Pink Folded Picnic Blanket,
    Icon = FoldedPicnicBlanketPink,
    WorldStaticModel = FoldedPicnicBlanket,
}```
    
From Models Lua:
```module Base
{
        model PicnicBlanketPink
        {
        mesh = PicnicBlanket,
        texture = WorldItems/PicnicBlanketPink,
        scale = 0.15,
        }
        
        model FoldedPicnicBlanketPink
        {
        mesh = FoldedPicnicBlanket,
        texture = WorldItems/PicnicBlanketPink,
        scale = 0.15,
}```
Attached folders screenshot for reference.

Here's my models folder too, since I forgot to include it in the screenshot above. They are FBX files, the icons and textures are PNGs with indexed colors for compression
EDIT:
All feedback is welcome! This is my first mod, and I have no idea what I'm doing so far.
Also, I don't think the distributions lua file is an issue because I've noticed in the console that it loads without issue along with the mod, but there's no indication of any other part of the mod loading.

[verbal yew]

module Base
imports { Base }

without imports base

in script folder it's should be TXT file, not lua

module Base
{
        recipe Unfold Picnic Blanket
        {
            FoldedPicnicBlanketPink,

            Result:PicnicBlanketPink,
            Sound:PutItemInBag,
            AnimNode:RipSheets,
            Time:20.0,
        }
    
        recipe Fold Picnic Blanket
        {
            PicnicBlanketPink,

            Result:FoldedPicnicBlanketPink,
            Sound:PutItemInBag,
            AnimNode:RipSheets,
            Time:60.0,
        }
        
        recipe Make Pink Picnic Blanket
        {
            keep Needle,
            Thread =5,
            Sheet=3,
            [Recipe.GetItemTypes.HairDyePink]=2,

            Result:PicnicBlanketPink,
            Sound:PutItemInBag,
            AnimNode:Disassemble,
            SkillRequired:Tailoring=2,
            Category:Tailoring,
            Time:120.0,
        }
} -- close Base {

another look fine

[modern knot]

All of this is great, thank you so much for your help!

[gleaming sorrel]

That was it
Now the time has come to rewrite the entire Project Zomboid story

[verbal yew]

https://tenor.com/view/sxv-wtf-gif-23560064

[vast flint]

I wonder if there is a mod in which there was ever self-driving

especially with the cell, lot etc thing I dunno if you could even know that something distant is a road and astar it

[undone tapir]

There is. Don't remember the name of the top of my head but you open the map and place waypoints and the car auto drives

Turns and all that shit

[solar rover]

its from the "NAVIGATION" mod

[azure rivet]

Hello, does anyone know the script to identify when a player is in idle?

[grizzled burrow]

Hi so I'm completely new to modding this game but real quick question how hard is it to mod like a custom radio station into the game

Or add a CD that has multiple tracks on it that works like a music CD

[wet sandal]

getPlayer(playerNumber):isPlayerMoving()

playerNumber is 0 unless playing splitscreen co-op where its 0 to 3

[wet sandal]

This mod provides the ability to add custom music rather easily:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2613146550&searchtext=music

[grizzled burrow]

Would you mind explaining how?

[wet sandal]

There's an entire write up and a video tutorial on the linked mod page

[grizzled burrow]

Thank you

[wet sandal]

Inventory Tetris controller support

About 80% done.

@thick karma Unlisted test copy of Tetris with controller support (and incomplete clothing pockets)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3260666789

[half remnant]

Hey guys, just a general question.

Is there a way to pull out info about all players on a server?
For example, what's the distribution of occupations and traits among players etc.

Is there a mod for such things or third-party software?

[ancient grail]

Log extender mod

[agile lily]

Currently it's a bit unclear to me in which cases I should write code for the client, server or for it to be shared. Is there any reading regarding this?

[ancient grail]

Server and client cant access their files

So you can have 2 goobal function named the same kn each folder and it wont overwrite themselves

Client and server can access files from shared

Client does more control on player stuff thats local

Server is where you would want definitions to go to and global events etc.
If you place something like a spawn function and you want it to Only happen once for example then out it on the server
Otherwise it will spawn many times cuz each player can trigger it

Im not explaining this clearly...lol

I suggest you look at how vanilla does it

But just to ask
What are you trying to build?

[bronze yoke]

server folder globals will overwrite client folder globals

[agile lily]

Ahhh, I think I get it... -sorta-. Right now I'm trying to make an acid rain mod which damages the player and applies burns & other nasty effects if they're caught outside. I've got the very basics working thus far (detecting if you're inside/outside, getting damage from the intensity of rainfall and so on...) but this has all been stuff I've written on the client-side of things, which seems to work fine in singleplayer. I'm not asking for any particular reason other than me suspecting I'll need to know how this works at one point or another

[ancient grail]

You can trigger the rain event via server and handle the damage client side

But thats just me .
Someone else would give better advice

[agile lily]

I think that's a good idea, as soon as I figure out how to create my own "weather events". I was asking about this yesterday but couldn't figure it out haha. Currently ALL rain damages the player, which makes it a bit too predictable. Eventually I'd like to be able to define different storm presets that get picked from a list. Probably should get to decompiling the game so I can get a closer look at things, haven't found any examples so far that are accessible in the media/ folder.

I really appreciate the advice though, you've all been very helpful so far :D

On a second unrelated note, how would you go about implementing chance based randomness to the game? Using math.random from lua seems to make PZ a bit angry

[bronze yoke]

lua random isn't available in the pz environment, use ZombRand and ZombRandFloat

[dense bison]

Hi, I'm a beginner working on creating a new trait: 'Undead Stalker' for a game character. I'm struggling to implement these features efficiently and seek guidance to finalize the code. I put this code into a new Lua file in the media\lua\client directory.
My goals:
Create the 'Undead Stalker' trait with the following enhancements:
Increase character size by 25%.
Double strength and fitness.
Boost XP gain for strength and fitness by 60%.
Double defense and endurance.
Lower bite chance to 15%.
Double attack range.
Reduce panic and fatigue by 4 and 2 times, respectively, against zombies.
Expand inventory capacity by 1.5 times.
Enable reversion to human form within 5 seconds after zombification, removing zombification effects.
Organize functions and variables into a separate table to prevent conflicts with global elements.
Here is my code:

[vast flint]

is there any mod so I can debug my mod with an existing save IN PEACE WITHOUT BEING INVISIBLE like debug ghost mode does ?!

like what is usually called no target in other games

[vast flint]

did you see what I said about it ?

[agile lily]

Oh, right! I'd forgotten about that. It was about four in the morning(night?) for me when you sent that. I'll give it a looksie. Thank you!

[vast flint]

yeah and here are some values for you to try it: with these there is light rain

so along with #mod_development message you could probably set off rain in the current cell

and stop it with stopraining or forecasts system

[bright fog]

Character size ?

[ancient grail]

There also command for admins they can type on chat
/startrain
/stoprain

Iirc

Theres a send command for you to use that via lua. Just dont know the syntax , im using mobile rn

[ancient grail]

He Was serious

[bright fog]

Didn't even knew that was a thing

But you sure it's not deprecated ?

[bronze yoke]

it isn't a thing

[bright fog]

Bcs I've never seen it used

[ancient grail]

Theres no such thing

Only for cell and markers

[bright fog]

You know stuff in the doc doesn't always do smthg ?

[bright fog]

Ah nvm missunderstood

So he used it wrongly then

[ancient grail]

Tho why not right imean isnt that something that we should have available would be nice to have that really

[ancient grail]

Ik

[bright fog]

Yea

[ancient grail]

Esp for custom zeds lol
They grow

Omg thats gona so cool
Like every player kills they gain size

[agile lily]

I'd love for some special infected to keep you on your toes

[ancient grail]

Check out @bright fog he did special zeds

[agile lily]

Spider-boys that can climb buildings once 42 drops

chef's kiss

[ancient grail]

Climbing buildings can actually be done now i think

[bright fog]

Yup

[bright fog]

Also a guy made his zombies bigger yesterday

#modeling message

[agile lily]

Oh yeah, I saw that too. Looks really nice :D

[ancient grail]

So yeah you have to to set the outfit right? But its not gona be incremental unless you make lots of outfit models(same model but diff sizes)

[dense bison]

Is there any code that can help players revert to being human after turning into a zombie?

I meant, with this trait, is there a possibility of immunity after being infected, or a chance to return to being human after turning into a zombie? Is there any code that accomplishes this?

[bright fog]

Yeah

Basically

Still some limitations but I didn't knew that was doable

[bright fog]

No

I don't think so

But you can become immune that's for sure

There's a lot of mods with such a feature

[ancient grail]

try this

local bodyDamage = getPlayer():getBodyDamage(); 
bodyDamage:setInfected(false);
bodyDamage:setInfectionMortalityDuration(-1);
bodyDamage:setInfectionTime(-1);
bodyDamage:setInfectionLevel(0);
bodyDamage:setInfectionGrowthRate(0);    
bodyDamage:setFakeInfectionLevel(0);

untested

but thats what i could find in a short time so i guess one of em might work

but threre are 2 types of infection im always confused as to which one is the zed infection

[bright fog]

Lol understandable

[bronze yoke]

the one on bodydamage will always be zombie infection, you can't get a full body wound infection

[agile lily]

Hmmm, this seems very promising but for now the getCell() command returns "nil"

[bright fog]

Hmm true

[agile lily]

I suspect there needs to be something more there to help define which cell it's supposed to affect

[bronze yoke]

there is only one cell, if it's returning nil the game has not loaded yet

[bright fog]

No it should give the cell

The cell around the player I believe ?

There's always a confusion on player cell and map cell tho

[bronze yoke]

the IsoCell object is not related to map cells

[agile lily]

Huh, weird. I've set the function to trigger every ingame hour so I'm pretty sure the game is loaded

[bright fog]

Hmm

I use it I believe and it does work

So hard to say what breaks for you ?

Overwriting getCell globaly maybe ?

[bronze yoke]

can you show the code that shows it returning nil?

[agile lily]

Sure

Nevermind, I tested it and it does return the cell, the weather change doesn't seem to cooperate though

    local getTheDarnCell = getCell()
    local var1 = getCell():getWeatherFX()
    
    var1:setFogIntensity(1);

    --prints affected cell
    print(getTheDarnCell)
end

Events.EveryHours.Add(ChangeWeather)```

I give up

[bright fog]

The weather change applies to the getCell() ?

[agile lily]

No, nothing happens when it calls "setFogIntensity(1)"

[vast flint]

so without changing the vanilla game .luas what is the fastest way I can test the above code in-game ? 😄

I wanna be a weather wizard too

but it seems like even for one line of code you need the whole modding template

[vast flint]

I suspect youd probably need all values, I used this help you but it would probably need a full climate def before it display something and in the code they just call setfogintensity too but that is along the rest of cell having values. Maybe weatherfx is off for that cell in that particular moment etc. At this point Id suggest looking at the weather wizard mod and see how they did it

[agile lily]

Might have figured out something that works

Need to test it

[vast flint]

seems more complicated than IRL to make it rain 😄

[agile lily]

This does not create an error, it just doesn't do anything "getClimateManager():transmitServerStartRain(100)"

AAAAAAARGH FINALLY

[wise parcel]

i'm looking to replace the warehouse in muldraugh with a better, more expanded version. anyone got any pointers on how I'd be able to clone the nearby roads and buildings into the mapping tools?

for context, it's the mass-genfac warehouse packed full of metal on the mainroad of muldraugh

[bronze yoke]

there's a decompile of the vanilla map floating around somewhere on github

you can build off of that

someone in #mapping can probably give you a link

[wise parcel]

damn thanks man

found it myself 🙏🏻

https://github.com/Unjammer/PZ_Vanilla_Map

[agile lily]

This worked for me:

    getClimateManager():triggerCustomWeatherStage(WeatherPeriod.STAGE_TROPICAL_STORM, 10);

end

Events.OnGameStart.Add(WeatherServer)```

[vast flint]

that is a big of a nuclear option 🤣

"light rain doesn't work" - k let's do a hurricane then

[agile lily]

Hahahahha

[wise parcel]

genuinely thank you so much

just what i needed

[bronze yoke]

glad i could help!

[wise parcel]

was originally planning to try remake the whole cell 1:1 😭

strange

[vast flint]

again #mapping let's keep things of relevancy in the relevant channels please

unless you are copying it by code which is probably not possible very hard this is a pure mapping thing

[floral raft]

Is it possible to change player's accesslevel to admin using OnConnected function?
I dont understand how to....

[thick karma]

You just call setAdmin()

You might need to disable certain anti-cheats to allow that to work

[vast flint]

can setadmin sets intermediate level like moderator ?

[thick karma]

No clue

[floral raft]

where can I find it? I've looked everywhere for it

like

I didnt found it

[thick karma]

I just know setAdmin() will toggle admin mode when you're in -debug

[floral raft]

on wiki

[vast flint]

I changed most debugs lua to work without -debug in SP lol by direct editing. Know that this cant be a mod but nice practice regardless

[thick karma]

https://zomboid-javadoc.com/41.78/
https://zomboid-javadoc.com/41.78/zombie/Lua/LuaManager.GlobalObject.html#setAdmin()

[floral raft]

ty

[vast flint]

couldnt stand having the lua debugger in the way

[floral raft]

so setAdmin() will not work without -debug enabled?

[thick karma]

I didn't say that. I don't know when it will work. I just don't use it when I'm not debugging.

[vast flint]

no that is another subject unrelated to yours. Like you work on your own things and I work on mine and I comment on my things in a public chat 🙂

[vast flint]

so... huh...

lua methods are globals right ? So I could call another mod methods right ?

[bronze yoke]

if they are global

[thick karma]

They're global by default not always. If we preface them with local or they're in a local module, they're not global.

[vast flint]

but even if they are in a table I can go throught the table to call it ? Like for instance ISUICheatMenu:ObjectCheatMenu if im not too rusty in lua ?

(I last did lua in opencomputers in minecraft in 2020 so Im a bit rusty 😦 )

[bronze yoke]

if that table is global

[vast flint]

it is defined as ISUICheatMenu = ISUICheatMenu or {}; cant find any other definition for it...

[thick karma]

Idk if that's global but that's not how you call a function. You need () to invoke a function.

[thick karma]

That's global.

Unless I suppose local ISUICheatMenu = nil appears somewhere above that in the file, which is highly unlikely.

[vast flint]

No just a bunch of required. For my target mod if all else fail the target has sendClientCommand(playerObj,"shop", "ImportStores", {}) and it's loading exportedshops.txt in its folder. I dont know if sendclientcommand actually works in SP though

[hearty gulch]

So I start a game with a sandbox variable set to -150. and it works all nice. But when I load the save next time it resets to its default value being 30.
What could be the issue? How do you save and retrieve a sandbox variable?

[vast flint]

So my method so far would be : 1) gather items in a container in-game, spawning it with item menu (so it only work with an uncraftable one like locker) 2) click a button in my mod to export the container in exportedshops.txt using zomboid legal IO to put it in the other mod folder 3) call the other mod with sendclientcommand 4) profit or critical failure

[vast flint]

isn't it SandboxVars.Temperature = -- to set it and getSandboxOptions():getTemperatureModifier(); -- to get it ??? That is the kind of stuff I see all over the game lua

[bronze yoke]

you'd use the former to get it

[hearty gulch]

This works the first time on starting a new save, but when loading it afterwards it fails and uses default values from the sandbox vars

[bronze yoke]

you're caching it too early

when the file runs the game hasn't loaded the sandbox options for the save yet

if you want to cache them do it during OnInitGlobalModData (the earliest event after sandbox options load)

[vast flint]

did you use initSandboxVars() as well at some point to add your ownj sandbox vars or the game lua is lying ?

[bronze yoke]

this works when creating a new save because the sandbox options are still set from the menu screen

[hearty gulch]

No what you see is the entire mod, except for the sandbox-options.txt

[bronze yoke]

in your case i don't think you need to cache them at all, you can just call on the sandbox option directly during your OnInitSeasons

[hearty gulch]

like this?

[bronze yoke]

yeah, looks good

[vast flint]

@bronze yoke is initSandboxVars() actually required ? The code seems to says it is

[hearty gulch]

I've tried this earlier, but I had both Server and Client versions running at the same time. Now I'm server only.

[bronze yoke]

no, i've never seen that before

[hearty gulch]

And I need this only in the Server lua folder right? No shared or client necessary for something this small?

[vast flint]

meh I have so many self-blockages about learnoing lua 😦

but in hospital I was stuck with my laptop and no internet and learned most python basic in 6 hours (the programming language not the snake) 😦 so when I really want to I can

[bronze yoke]

i would guess that this will automatically synchronise to clients when done from the server, but you'll have to test that yourself

however be mindful that the server folder runs on the client as well

[hearty gulch]

Yeah that's the reason removing the caching didn't work the first time.

[warm plover]

hello. never really worked with mods before and am new to coding so please bear with me as i proceed to butcher this question.

is there a way to use FindAndReturn() to do partial matches? or perhaps some other way to read the inventory that returns an array?
like if i had Base.xxxyyyzzz, where yyy was always static, xxx and zzz has multiple variations (to include blank), how would i go about building a list of everything that has a matching yyy?
if needed, zzz only has 4 variations so i'd be willing to run multiple times for yyyzzz too, but would prefer running only once

spent some time trying to resolve it myself, but i don't know my way around documentation well enough to figure anything out 😬

[agile lily]

Are you messing around with weather stuff in what you're currently making? You wouldn't happen to have stumbled across how to define your own custom weather patterns? It seems like it would be possible but so far I've had no luck at figuring out how to create your own custom weather .

https://zomboid-javadoc.com/41.78/zombie/iso/weather/ClimateManager.html#triggerCustomWeather(float,boolean)

[ancient grail]

What do you mean by variation?
There cant be more than 1 item with the same fulltype

[hearty gulch]

Oh i was just fixing KYR's Realistic Weather mod, it had some bugs with saving and loading in Singleplayer.

But check out MonthlyClimate.lua from Monthly Climate Settings, that should get you started in the right direction if you want to change weather and season params at certain times.

[warm plover]

i assume when you say fulltype you mean like Base.Axe right?
okay. let's use vanilla items for an example.
let's say i want Base.Hat_CrashHelmet, Base.Hat_CrashHelmetFULL, Base.Hat_CrashHelmet_Police, Base.Hat_CrashHelmet_Stars
"", "FULL", "_Police", "_Stars" would be variations

now if we pretend those are the only things in the item list that have "Helmet", for my example...
xxx = "Base.Hat_Crash"
yyy = "Helmet"
zzz = "FULL"
i basically want to find and return for anything that contains "Helmet" in my inventory

[ancient grail]

#1070852229654917180 message

[ancient grail]

In your case youre just manually defining the key for your table

Especially since you would have to manually do this for each items as they are not named using a certain pattern where you can just replace/remove certain parts of it

Even on your example
If you omit the first characters then you should have

{"FULL", "_Police", "_Stars" }

Oh wait i think i misunderstood

You probably ment look for an item which is partially similar to your input

I think its
:contains("Helmet")

[grizzled fulcrum]

sorry for replying but I just want to say that is a really nice font choice, I need a 4k monitor so bad

[hearty gulch]

It's a nice to have for sure haha. I'm unsure what font exactly this is, but I'm prety sure its one of Rider's IDE default dark themes.

[agile lily]

Is it possible to call a function in the client from a server script?

[bright fog]

Yes

[civic tree]

maan im so hyped about the pockets

[bright fog]

You can require a /client file and it will load the /client file on the server

Allowing you to run functions that you can access from that /client file in a server side

[modern knot]

I published my first mod today which adds picnic blankets to the game. But I just noticed that my items don't appear in Item List when testing on a Mac. No issues on PC. Any ideas what the problem might be? Here's my mod: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3262481378

[wet sandal]

Case sensitive file system immediately comes to mind

On Windows
myFile.lua and MYFILE.LUA are the same file.

On Mac and Linux they are not

[gleaming sorrel]

It worked

And now the workshop will live in fear

[wet sandal]

😰

Sonic crawlers and Susceptible!? That mask's gonna fall off

[gleaming sorrel]

It definitely will

[modern knot]

Thanks! I will check for discrepancies

[silk mason]

hi! i'm trying to add new sounds to an already existing mod, does anyone know if a table like this:

{
    sound MBatHit
    {
        category = SnakeMods,
        clip
        {
            file = media/sound/MetalBat_Impact3.wav, 
            volume = 1.0,
        }
    }
}```

could hold multiple sounds for variation?

i was also wondering if i could add some sort of pitch variation to said sounds, i'm pretty much new to LUA, but i know that a module called pitchVariation exists but don't know how to apply it here

[thick karma]

Yes it can:

module Jumper {
    imports {
        Base
    }
    sound Rifting
    {
        category = Player,
        clip
        {
            file = media/sound/jump1.ogg,
        }
        clip
        {
            file = media/sound/jump2.ogg,
        }
        clip
        {
            file = media/sound/jump3.ogg,
        }
        clip
        {
            file = media/sound/jump4.ogg,
        }
        clip
        {
            file = media/sound/jump5.ogg,
        }
        clip
        {
            file = media/sound/jump6.ogg,
        }
        clip
        {
            file = media/sound/jump7.ogg,
        }
        clip
        {
            file = media/sound/jump8.ogg,
        }
        clip
        {
            file = media/sound/jump9.ogg,
        }
        clip
        {
            file = media/sound/jump10.ogg,
        }
        clip
        {
            file = media/sound/jump11.ogg,
        }
        clip
        {
            file = media/sound/jump12.ogg,
        }
        clip
        {
            file = media/sound/jump13.ogg,
        }
        clip
        {
            file = media/sound/jump14.ogg,
        }
    }  
}

[thick karma]

No idea on part 2.

[silk mason]

No worries, much obliged for the fast response!

[grizzled burrow]

I don't know why the file size is so big

[thick karma]

yeah

Very odd

[grizzled burrow]

I just deleted all of the images and the file size did not change at all

[thick karma]

Uhhhh are you sure you're zipping the same folder you're emptying?

[grizzled burrow]

Yep I'm 100% sure

[thick karma]

Okay well 185 MB was the size of the original file

So it sounds like whatever you're doing is not deleting the data that needs deleted for some reason

Almost half-way, the ETA is a total lie because speed isn't stable

[grizzled burrow]

Actually wait couldn't I just make an .rar file to compress it even more?

[thick karma]

At this point probably not worth it

Already halfway through'

Unless compressing from .zip to .rar will reduce size by > 50%

Doubt it

I don't want to jinx it but Google givin me all the bandwidth now

From hours to seconds lol jeez

[grizzled burrow]

Rip

I am clarifying really quickly I am getting legal rights to use the music that I put in the mod

[thick karma]

@grizzled burrow k

So you don't even see this?

[grizzled burrow]

No

[thick karma]

Then I'm going to take a shot in the dark and guess that you have this directory in Zomboid/mods

[grizzled burrow]

Ye

That's what the video guy said to do

[thick karma]

Needs to be in Zomboid/Workshop

You likely misunderstood; it's in Zomboid/mods when testing

[grizzled burrow]

Oh wait

[thick karma]

When you move it for upload it goes to Workshop

[grizzled burrow]

No I'm sitting here I'm looking at it I'm wrong it's in the workshop file

[thick karma]

So does your directory go Zomboid/Workshop/True Music Addon/Contents/mods/truemusic_addon?

etc?

[grizzled burrow]

E:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\ProjectZomboid\Workshop\True Music Addon

[thick karma]

Wrong Workshop folder

That's **ProjectZomboid/**Worskhop

Which despite the one-word difference is enormously different from Zomboid/Workshop

And is a common mistake

Zomboid/Workshop is in your user directory

You can open it on Windows by typing Windows Key + R and dropping this in it: %UserProfile%/Zomboid/Workshop

[grizzled burrow]

So I'm looking for zomboid not project zomboid

[thick karma]

Correct. It's not in the game installation folder. It's in your user directory.

[grizzled burrow]

I feel so dumb I'm not even going to lie to you

[thick karma]

It's an easy mistake to make

[grizzled burrow]

I've been sitting here going off of this stupid guide on YouTube for the past like 30 minutes wondering what I've been doing wrong this entire time

[thick karma]

There are many very similarly named things throughout Zomboidland

Takes great care not to mistake one thing for another.

[grizzled burrow]

All right thank you I'm going to go back to working on my mod and get rid of all of the stupid placeholder text I put

This was my first ever time modding this game

[thick karma]

While I'm looking at this, I'm gonna throw some other tips out there that the guide may or may not cover or communicate effectively to you.

In workshop.txt file, make sure you set title and description, but do not set id. In fact, you can delete id= line entirely and Steam will create it for you when you first upload your mod.

I wouldn't name my parent folder True Music Addon. You are free to be descriptive; the mod will still work. I would go with True Music Addon - Amazing Music if that's your working title. (: not allowed in folder name).

Alternatively you can drop the True Music Addon entirely -- that is not necessary at all for the mod to work. Some people put True Music at the end of the mod name and that's fine too -- e.g., "Music for the End of the World [True Music]"

[grizzled burrow]

Well the entire mod is just going to be adding all of trocadero's music into the game

[warm plover]

i don't think contains will do what i want at all...

[thick karma]

Truecadero Music

How does the mod not name itself

😉

[grizzled burrow]

I want to sucker Punch you so badly sir

[thick karma]

lmfao what it's a perfect name

[grizzled burrow]

I've never felt my body physically heat up like that before

[thick karma]

Don't hate the player

[grizzled burrow]

No I'm going to use that I just I'm mad about the pun

[grizzled burrow]

I've never heard the term parent folder before I assume you mean the main file?

[thick karma]

Anyhoo so yeah you can change True Music Addon folder name to Truecadero Music, and I would personally change the truemusic_addon subfolder of Contents/mods to TruecaderoMusic (I generally avoid spaces in folders and filenames at that level of the mod).

[thick karma]

I mean the folder containing the entire mod.

[grizzled burrow]

Okay yeah that's what I thought you meant

[thick karma]

You have the mod in Zomboid/Workshop/True Music Addon... I'm calling the last of those three folders the "parent folder" of your mod.

You could have many workshop items adjacent to it in the Zomboid/Workshop folder.

[grizzled burrow]

So does this look better?

[thick karma]

Standard practice for many of us would be to use that same smashed foldername (TruecaderoMusic) as the mod id (on the id= line of mod.info, which, again, you must not confuse with the id= line of workshop.txt [again, the latter of these does not even need to exist until you upload]).

[grizzled burrow]

C:\Users\gayman1\Zomboid\Workshop\Truecadero Music\Contents\mods\TruecaderoMusic

[thick karma]

Yes

In scripts there are 4 files

[grizzled burrow]

So I don't need to worry about the workshop. Text

[thick karma]

It is very important that you do not forget to append a unique id to those files

[grizzled burrow]

How would I go about doing that

[thick karma]

No wait

hold on

Let me double-check

It may be the Lua ones not the scripts

Yes, the scripts, too.

Okay so you pick a random long number, perhaps 10 digits.

[grizzled burrow]

Well I know what I'm going to do

I'm going to do the lyrics from one of their songs

[thick karma]

Okay yeah that would work

[grizzled burrow]

So where would I exactly edit it at

[thick karma]

Just nothing too insanely long idk what the limits are here.

[grizzled burrow]

Would it be like this?

[thick karma]

But basically you need to edit these four filenames:

[grizzled burrow]

TCGSoundsTCVinylplayer24110617.txt

Or doesn't not matter where I put it?

[thick karma]

Exactly

I doubt it matters but I have not experimented.

What you did is standard.

All 4 files get the same number

[grizzled burrow]

Okay so pretty much like this?

[thick karma]

Stuff in items needs renamed as well

lua/server/items

and lua/shared

[grizzled burrow]

Just do the same thing that I did last time?

[thick karma]

Yep

[thick karma]

Exactly

Yeah afaik the scripts and all the mods Lua files are what you have to rename

[grizzled burrow]

All right boom I did it

So are you familiar with this mod/template at all?

[thick karma]

Somewhat yes

[grizzled burrow]

Okay so I know it adds vinyl into the game and this is going to kind of sound dumb but would you know how to add like a custom image on the vinyl in the game

Textures what I'm looking for

Work well I think you know what I mean

[thick karma]

Music for the End of the World does that. I would recommend referring to that mod for guidance.

Basically, in your current item scripts (the MusicScript txt files), you have a line that says this:

WorldStaticModel = Tsarcraft.TCVinylrecord3,

This points to a generic record model provided by True Music

[grizzled burrow]

I think I understand?

[thick karma]

You would change that to say
WorldStaticModel = Tsarcraft.VinylRECORDNAME(YEAR)Model,

Then you would make a model somewhere else in that file by adding a new block just like the item blocks that looks like this:

    model VinylRECORDNAME(YEAR)Model
    {
        mesh     =    WorldItems/TCCover,
        texture  =    WorldItems/VinylRECORDNAME(YEAR),
        scale    =    0.0012,
    }

Or .0012 is used by MFTEOTW. You might want your vinyls to be slightly bigger or smaller, that's on you.

[grizzled burrow]

I think I'll just let it stay generic

[thick karma]

Fair

[grizzled burrow]

You're doing a very good job at explaining it but I don't understand a word you're saying

[thick karma]

It's always an upgrade you can consider if your mod is popular.

[grizzled burrow]

Is there a video/image guide for this?

[thick karma]

No I am translating things for you by reading the mod files for other mods that do this.

[ancient grail]

local stuffList = {
    'BlueJacket', 'BlueShoes',
    'RedShoes', 'RedJacket',
    'RedHat', 'BlueHat',
}

for _, v in ipairs(stuffList) do
    if v:contains('Blue') then
        print(v)
    end 
end
--prints: BlueJacket BlueShoes BlueHat 

[grizzled burrow]

My head is starting to hurt

[thick karma]

If you do decide to do vinyl covers, the last step is including the vinyl as a .png file in media/textures/WorldItems/ called VinylRECORDNAME(YEAR).png

[ancient grail]

for _, v in ipairs(stuffList) do
    if v:contains('Hat') then
        print(v)
    end 
end
--prints: RedHat BlueHat

@warm plover

[thick karma]

There are no further steps

That would be the last detail you needed to learn

But honestly I recommend a break @grizzled burrow 🤪

Breaks are good

These things take time and energy

[warm plover]

cool. maybe it will do what i want then. how do i make it work on the inventory?

i tried getPlayer():getInventory():contains("text") but just got "false"

oh. wait. let me try it with the for loop

sorry. new to this

[ancient grail]

unfiltered

local inv = getPlayer():getInventory() 
for i = inv:getItems():size() - 1, 0, -1 do
    local item = inv:getItems():get(i)
    print(item:getFullType())    
end    

filtered

local inv = getPlayer():getInventory() 
for i = inv:getItems():size() - 1, 0, -1 do
    local item = inv:getItems():get(i)
    if item:getFullType():contains('Worm') then
        print(item:getFullType())
    end
end    

[warm plover]

thank you

[ancient grail]

[wet sandal]

I want to turn this game into the Sims

[gleaming sorrel]

I tried to do this through imagur and it didn't work

[thick karma]

I'll just leave this here.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3262742704

[bright fog]

Lol

[bright fog]

Use Github and you don't need to copy the video link in a special way

[gleaming sorrel]

I don't know how to embed from Github

I see no option

[bright fog]

You open the image, then open the source image in another tab and you'll have the link for it

I did a guide for that I believe on the modding Discord

No I didn't

I will do it later today

But yeah you need the raw link of your image and video

Video is a bit annoying to do

Also I believe imgur does work

I did use it

[bright fog]

What did you put for the bbcode of your video

[gleaming sorrel]

I'm not sure
But I copied it straight from imgur

This is the video I'm trying to do it with
But I just can't for the life of me get it to work

[untold radish]

some more bags ive been working on

[bright fog]

An example with imgur

[video mp4=https://i.imgur.com/dAvvzEL.mp4][/video]

[gleaming sorrel]

[Img was there instead of video

[bright fog]

The reason it didn't work ?

[gleaming sorrel]

Possible

[bright fog]

An example with github

[video mp4=https://github.com/SirDoggyJvla/Susceptible-Overhaul/raw/main/images/natural_drain.mp4][/video]

That link requires a bit of a trick to get

Bcs for images, if you open the source image it gives you raw link

But for videos if you open the video in another tab, it downloads it

So what you have to do is copy the link to the video, and in that link there's a part you need to modify

Bcs the link won't give the raw,.it will give smthg else

So where the raw is supposed to be, you have to modify the link to replace the part that took its place

[dense bison]

Hi, I am in the process of creating the Undead Stalker trait. In this function, I want panic, fatigue, and stress to be reduced to 0 when I have this trait, but it is not working. Here is my code:

[agile lily]

Anyone able to hook me up with an example of how to call a function on the client from the server?
I read earlier that it's possible, just not too sure how to actually do it 🫠 .

[bronze yoke]

-------------------
-- server file
-------------------

-- table of arguments to send to the client
local args = {}

sendServerCommand("MyMod", "MyCommand", args)
-- if you have a specific player to send it to, use this instead
sendServerCommand(targetPlayer, "MyMod", "MyCommand", args)

-------------------
-- client file
-------------------
local function handleServerCommand(module, command, args)
    if module ~= "MyMod" then return end
    if command == "MyCommand" then
        myFunction(args)
    end
end

Events.OnServerCommand.Add(handleServerCommand)

[agile lily]

Woah, now that's an example! Thank you a lot :)

[drifting ore]

Please optimize this game

[modern knot]

How does the case-senstive file system affect mods on Mac? My mod doesn't appear to work on Mac (items don't show up in item list), and I'm not sure where to start to fix it

[agile lily]

All the files being refrenced and such in your code needs to have matching capital and lowercase letters, they need to be referenced exactly as the file is named

[modern knot]

Oh ok, that's what I figured too. I've made sure that everything is referenced correctly, but found no discrepancies. Is it possible for the problem be the names of my scripts, lua files or folders? Here is a preview of my file/folder structure. I can also share my code if it helps

[sour island]

Better to post this one pastebin or something similar.

Or to attach it as a file

[modern knot]

Sounds good, thank you so much! Here are my files shared to pastebin:

Distributions lua
https://pastebin.com/pkqrQskZ

Items script
https://pastebin.com/JBHNdjCn

Models script
https://pastebin.com/bEjma69b

Recipes script
https://pastebin.com/FMa4Bh7Z

[untold radish]

anyone know where to find the scripts for the military duffel bag and medical bag? they are not in with the rest of the backpack scripts

[hollow lodge]

perhaps in containers or containersnew

[wet sandal]

The Media folder should be lowercase

[modern knot]

Ahhh thank you!! I will try that!

[red tiger]

Wait wait..?

They're case-sensitive about it?

[wet sandal]

Unix is

[red tiger]

Oh that's right.

I'm used to the Windows environment.

[bronze yoke]

didn't they patch that out ages ago?

[wet sandal]

I've only ever modded under build 41 and it's been a thing I've had to deal with

[bronze yoke]

you should be consistent anyway but it should ignore case

because it was causing so many problems

it would've been one of the last patches of b41

so around a year and a half ago

yeah, it was the very last major patch actually

- When sorting the relative paths of scripts and Lua files to determine load order, the relative paths are first converted to lowercase. This is to fix platform differences breaking checksums in multiplayer. It also fixes the issue where the same file might be loaded more than once if mods use different capitalization for the same file or folder.

[wet sandal]

Sorry, I guess that was outdated advice. Case sensititivity was patched.
Your mod also tested fine on Linux on my end.

[thick karma]

@wet sandal

ayo

Finally got around to tryin this

DMs or here for code chat?

Errors and such

[wet sandal]

Either is fine iwth me

[modern knot]

Oh ok, thank you! Glad to know it’s fine on Linux too

[thick karma]

Okay in NotlocControllerNode you have problematic decorations of onJoypadDirRight etc.

Here you forward a UIElement as input to that function:

But that function expects joypadData

(et cetera)

[wet sandal]

the ui element is taking the place of self

[thick karma]

Doesn't work

[wet sandal]

But yea, I need to get the joypad data

[thick karma]

When it gets forwarded to functions expecting valid joypad data, it is possible they'll get nil instead.

[red tiger]

Did someone say UIElement? :D

[thick karma]

And when they do you trigger errors that are not possible following vanilla convention

You must pass the exact form of variable these vanilla gamepad functions expect or they will get pissy fast

[red tiger]

@wet sandal I'm currently documenting the ISUI library and just did most of ISUIElement.

[thick karma]

In the case of the error I saw, self.og_onJoypadDirRight(self.uiElement) led to an error because self.uiElement was nil instead of joypadData

Need to figure out how to reliably pass the expected data here. Odd to be called from a function receiving dx, dy... Hmmm.

Does a NotlocControllerNode reliably have a player controller index?

You can use the controller index to grab the correct joypad data object

But I do not know exactly what's available in this module at a glance. Seems its fed joypad data from an external file..

[wet sandal]

Yea I think I've got it fixed uploading now

[thick karma]

Oh cool.

I'll try it out

[wet sandal]

Sorry, didn't realize that those functions had a param

The vanilla ISInventoryPage was my base

[thick karma]

No worries, this controller code can be a bit hard to follow.

[red tiger]

This might help. I researched as much as I could into the joyData stuff.

It looks like there's legacy fields for ISUIElement.

Check out zombie.input.JoypadManager

[thick karma]

Also ISPanelJoypad explains some things, and JoyPadSetup explains others, and ISButtonPrompts explains yet others.

[red tiger]

Oh and the sub-class Joypad in there.

[thick karma]

I don't think we can do anything with JoypadManager... I've tried using it iirc.

[red tiger]

Thanks. I'll take a look at that for myself.

[red tiger]

No I mean the object Joypad is passed IIRC.

[thick karma]

I see I don't remember finding or trying Joypad specifically. I think I saw functions in the Manager I wanted but couldn't access them but I'm about to test it

[wet sandal]

Might be worth documenting this @red tiger

--- Triggered when the down-direction of the arrow-pad of the joypad is pressed.
--- 
--- @return void
function ISUIElement:onJoypadDirDown() end

--- Triggered when the left-direction of the arrow-pad of the joypad is pressed.
--- 
--- @return void
function ISUIElement:onJoypadDirLeft() end

--- Triggered when the right-direction of the arrow-pad of the joypad is pressed.
--- 
--- @return void
function ISUIElement:onJoypadDirRight() end

--- Triggered when the up-direction of the arrow-pad of the joypad is pressed.
--- 
--- @return void
function ISUIElement:onJoypadDirUp() end

These functions are actually being called by the game with a param often referred to as joypadData

joypadData's contents:

[red tiger]

Thanks. Looking into it.

[wet sandal]

@thick karma Fix uploaded, should properly ferry the joypad data through now

Good catch there!

[red tiger]

BTW I started a long-term project working on third-party documentation for the API of the game.

[wet sandal]

Oh, joypadData is also present after button in ISUIElement:onJoypadDown

[red tiger]

I wrote a webpage that makes it easy for me to document the game's API. Will be crawling over things over time.

[civic tree]

can i disable some of these somehow?

[sonic ibex]

You know what would be a cool thing to add? Ziplines and those rope hooks that can be thrown to a roof and used to climb up

https://tenor.com/view/zipline-adventure-adrenaline-rush-gif-9473066

Go from roof to roof like this 😅

[warm plover]

is there a trigger for when a repair finishes?

[agile lily]

Would anyone like to take a look together with me and try to figure out why I can't call a function from the server to the client?

Here's the code for the Client: https://pastebin.com/D1s3NH0T
And here's the Server: https://pastebin.com/sH54LxaU

I think I must've done something stupid, just not sure what 🙃 .

[warm plover]

question

on server side, why is true stored in array? 🤔

[agile lily]

Honestly? I have no idea

That's just me saying "random BS, GO!!" and trying out things I think might work

[warm plover]

i'm pretty new to this myself

[agile lily]

I think my reasoning was that the array will contain the arguments you pass onto the command you want to send

[warm plover]

so i dunno if it even changes anything

[agile lily]

But that's probably wrong

[wet sandal]

When does the Event OnGameStart fire on the server?
I suspect that might be the issue.

1. Does it actually fire on servers?
2. If it does, is the client connected to receive the command at this point?

[bright fog]

First off

ZombRand(min,max) --exists

Secondly OnGameStart doesn't fire server side:
https://github.com/demiurgeQuantified/PZEventDoc/blob/develop/docs/Events.md#ongamestart

[wet sandal]

Mint, I needed this myself

[warm plover]

maybe i'm misunderstanding, but having an array even with false in it will return true

[red tiger]

I really wish that PZ didn't force everyone to use a high-quality PRNG.

[bright fog]

Here you check that args exists, so since the table exists it will return it

[bright fog]

Yeah well, deal with it lmao

[warm plover]

true. my next point was gonna be this, because i type slower than molasses

{true} == true means false

[bright fog]

I believe that will break because you compare a table to a boolean

[warm plover]

that's what trog is doing

[red tiger]

Nope. I mod the game's core.

[agile lily]

Hmmm, so what do I do regarding the array? How do I pass arguments to the client from the server?

[bright fog]

Let me check that again

Also that's a complete missuse of args

[warm plover]

server line 1
client line 49/53
client line 3

[bright fog]

You can send args = nil and it will work if you just want a check for your command

[red tiger]

You don't need to send table data to send a command.

[bright fog]

yea that's my point

[warm plover]

i'm trying to say that client line 3 will always return false, no matter what server line 1 reads. acidrain will never run

or am i misunderstanding how lua works

because i might, since i'm brand new to coding in general

[bright fog]

First off: please change MyMod and MyCommand

-- client side file
function HandleServerCommand(module, command, args)
 
    if module ~= "AcidRain" then return end
    if command == "AcidRain_start" then
        AcidRainDamage(true)
    end

end
 
Events.OnServerCommand.Add(HandleServerCommand)

-- server side file
function AcidRainEvent()
    getClimateManager():triggerCustomWeatherStage(WeatherPeriod.STAGE_TROPICAL_STORM, 12)
    sendServerCommand("AcidRain", "AcidRain_start", nil)
    print("Acid Storm active.")
end

Events.OnGameStart.Add(AcidRainEvent)

Secondly: don't make your function global so:
First off: please change MyMod and MyCommand

-- client side file
local function HandleServerCommand(module, command, args)
 
    if module ~= "AcidRain" then return end
    if command == "AcidRain_start" then
        AcidRainDamage(true)
    end

end
 
Events.OnServerCommand.Add(HandleServerCommand)

-- server side file
local function AcidRainEvent()
    getClimateManager():triggerCustomWeatherStage(WeatherPeriod.STAGE_TROPICAL_STORM, 12)
    sendServerCommand("AcidRain", "AcidRain_start", nil)
    print("Acid Storm active.")
end

Events.OnGameStart.Add(AcidRainEvent)

[agile lily]

So I could do sendServerCommand("MyMod", "MyCommand") in the server and then:

    if module ~= "MyMod" then return end
    if command == "MyCommand" then
        AcidRainDamage(true)
    end

end```

?

[bright fog]

Yes, check the code snipet I just sent above

[agile lily]

Ah, I think I get it now. Thank you :)

[bright fog]

Remember to replace RandomInt(maxValue, minValue) with ZombRand(min,max)

[agile lily]

I had no idea that function even existed. Where do you people learn all of this?

[bright fog]

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

This devilish place which you need to learn how to use

[warm plover]

#mod_development message
i'm still curious as to if it'll run at all

[bright fog]

Well no

It will work if he does AcidRainDamage(true)

wait

Wait no

No you are right

It won't work

Yes that won't work at all @agile lily