mod_development

[bright fog]

You basically just want the player to be assigned a house when he spawns and stay there ?

Is he allowed to go outside ?

If no then you can simply:

1. On spawn, access the building the player is in
2. Write in the mod data of that building the player

Then

1. Every minutes, access the building the player is in
2. If not in a building, then player is not respecting the house arrest
3. If building, access mod data and the player assigned to that house
4. If player == player assigned to that building, then house arrest is respected
5. If not then player is not respecting the house arrest

Anyway that would be a very cool concept and truly not hard to make in fact

[hard coral]

I kinda wanted a fuzzy radius, have it give a warning beep if they were getting close to the radius, and then full-on alarm if they leave it. Structure it as either a trait for a start or just as a separate challenge map.

[main pasture]

You could use the distance method of Vector3f for example to calculate the distance to the starting point

[hard coral]

cool. Thanks for your advice everyone this gives me some direction to start in. Is there a mod manual or wiki to reference as i'm going along? I come from linux so don't want to get hit with a RTFM

[ashen copper]

Quick question - is there a way to cancel the skill loss/remove skill loss if you die via player/pvp? Is there an existing mod (other than the skill journal) that covers this more specifically?

[main pasture]

zomboid-javadoc site has good API documentation

[opaque ocean]

i wanna say there's something called cow's respawn, or something like that. I'm sure you could fidget with it to make it only work on a pvp death

might have the name wrong, been a hot minute

im way off but https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2687842971 would be a decent thing to look at for reference

[main pasture]

I am trying to get "worldZRotation" of an InventoryContainer (inherits InventoryItem). It has no getter in InventoryItem, but I can get the value using GetClassField. However the inheritance hides this value for the GetClassField in the InventoryContainer. I also checked the metatable of the container, but it doesn't contain it either.
Does anyone know if there is some way to get the value using lua?

It is a public int, but the class only implements set method for it

[ripe lava]

Looking to commission an outfit mod for PZ that will be the Hive guys from Kenshi?

[vestal gyro]

go over to the zomboid modding discord for a proper commision forum

[late gate]

Is there's another discord server for modding?

[vestal gyro]

yes

[late gate]

Ah, I didn't realise. I'll check it out

[ripe lava]

have the link?

[coral lava]

Hey, just to make sure i'm doing it right. When you want to patch a file, you just give it the same name, right?

[late gate]

https://discord.com/invite/7Fvdk43qYE

[small topaz]

this would in most cases overwrite the file.

what kind of file are you talking about?

[coral lava]

A Lua file, I think overwriting the file should be fine though

[thick karma]

I would not recommend that for a public workshop upload if you can avoid it

But it can work

If necessary and if you have permission

But if you clarify your goal we might know a better way

[coral lava]

I am trying to make an edit to a line in Udderly Evelyn's programming so the code does a consistent removal of xp, rather than making it randomized

[thick karma]

What is the file name and mod?

[fleet bridge]

Probably udderly knocked out

Also burryaga i solved the context menu issue. It was exactly what you pointed out.

I made a mistake somewhere and referenced incorrect parent

[thick karma]

Glad you solved it

[thick karma]

@coral lava not sure you saw my response the other day.

[quiet rain]

Hey guys,
I'm looking into a method to mess with the zombie population through ingame metrics, like day, month, year and so on.
My first thought was to use sandbox.zombieconfig to adjust the sandbox multipliers, but those can't seem to be edited, nor does it let you lower the zombie.
Manually tracking the zombies and adding/removing them doesn't seem to work, because you can't grab them if they're ouside of the cell.
Would anyone have another method I could do this?

[verbal yew]

@thick karma hello, have you by any chance done any modifications on Rimworld?

[thick karma]

Nope

Why do you ask

[verbal yew]

need to edit one mod, one aspect, but i cant xD

just one number

[compact tinsel]

heya, not sure whether I'm right in this section or another but...
I'm working on a little something where I made some Keychains that can be attached to Noir's Attachements (Backpacks)
I've asked someone with help on some models since I know nothing about models. They've then modified them and they actually work but there is one problem:

no matter what the person I asked for help does, the models stay right down there and aren't up close to the backpack like the spiffo is

[compact tinsel]

I uh... resolved this
found out that Noir's uses different types of attachement types and depending on which one you take the model is on the backpack differently
why do I always find an answer straight after asking a question 😭

[coral lava]

Apologies! I was dealing with server stuff on my end

I forget the file name off the top of my head, i know it's a .lua file related to leveling. It's Udderly Knocked Out!

[thick karma]

No rush, get back to me when you have the details about what you want to change and where.

[small topaz]

Just overwriting the .lua file by giving your file the same name should probably work but you have to ensure then that your mod is loaded after the mod you want to patch.

In case the function you want to patch in the Udderly Mod is a global function, there might still be alternative (and better ways) to patch it. The basic structure of such a patch could look like this:

local function myPatchedFunction(something, ...)

   -- [insert new code here]

   backUp_UdderlyFuntion(something, ...) -- execute the original function

   -- [insert new code here]

end

UdderlyFunction = myPatchedFunction -- overwrite with your patched function```

For making this work, you should additionally ensure that the Udderly Mod is already active and loaded before your code. And this won't work in case the function from the Udderly mod is not global.

[thick karma]

Please share the function. It is not strictly true that it must be global for you to accomplish your goals. There are ways.

[small topaz]

I think it can also work if the function is assigned to a local module and the module is returned to make it accessible from other files. Or are there even ways to do this in other cases (i.e. not global, not returned as part of a module)?

[thick karma]

There are other ways

If a local unreturned module derives from BaseObject, you can use DOME to get it.

Also, if the local function makes calls to vanilla functions that can be decorated from global space, your goal can often be achieved even if the mod function cannot be decorated.

[red tiger]

Allllllllllrighty

Good morning.

[coral lava]

The file is Recoverable Levels

    if hasConfig then
        local oldTargetLevel = 0.0 + targetLevel
        if chanceToLose ~= 0 and UKO.random(chanceToLose) then --we rolled to lose something
            --randomly modify targetLevel up to configured amount for this skill
            targetLevel = 0.0 + targetLevel - (10 * targetLevel)
            if targetLevel == oldTargetLevel and oldTargetLevel ~= 0 then --if we somehow rolled no change, not even a fractional loss, and we're not at zero..
                targetLevel = targetLevel - UKO.randomDecimal(1) --you're not getting away that easily..
            end
            print("UKO: Randomized loss has left the new target at "..targetLevel)
            if (oldTargetLevel - targetLevel > 0) then
                if affectedPerks ~= "" then
                    affectedPerks = affectedPerks..", "
                end
                affectedPerks = affectedPerks..perkName
            end
        --elseif chanceToLose == 0 then
        --    print("UKO: Skill configured to zero chance, so we don't affect it..")
        --else
        --    print("UKO: Got lucky, rolled to not affect this skill.")
        end
    else
        print("UKO: Skipped unconfigured skill \""..perkName.."\".")
    end

[red tiger]

No syntax highlighting?

[thick karma]

Jab is suggesting you do this:

```lua
etc.
```

[coral lava]

oh okay got it

[red tiger]

Let there be syntax highlighting!

[thick karma]

What do you need to edit in this function @coral lava

[coral lava]

The actual edit i made is the line

        targetLevel = 0.0 + targetLevel - (10 * targetLevel)

Let me grab the original version of the line as well

            targetLevel = 0.0 + targetLevel - ((UKO.randomDecimal(maxToLose / 10)) / 10 * targetLevel)

this is the original line

[thick karma]

Okay

there are 2 ways that I would consider

Yours is what we would call the nuclear option

Replacing a whole file

That is not necessary here

The first way I would consider might be likened to a missile

You overwrite just that function

That blows up something, but not everything

The third option

[red tiger]

You can store the old function and invoke it.

[thick karma]

Which is what I would call the assassin

@red tiger did you read the function and their goal?

[red tiger]

Nope.

[thick karma]

😉

Anyway, the third option

is to decorate UKO.randomDecimal when it's called from this function only

That would be the option I would use

For minimum casualties

But it would be the most complicated to implement mentally in a way

More complicated than copy-pasting a function and changing a number

The final code would actually be shorter

@coral lava You decide

Pick your adventure and I'll give you an example

[coral lava]

I think just because I'm a new coder, (and the actual file is small) i'll stick with just replacing the whole file and seeing if that works. Since it seems easier to wrap my head around. haha

[thick karma]

I would strongly recommend not that option lol

The missile option is very simple

And much less conflict-prone

If the assassin intimidates you

[red tiger]

It's such a funny way to explain it

[thick karma]

lol

[red tiger]

But I like that you view it as destructive.

It's an important thing to send home.

[thick karma]

lmao

❤️

[red tiger]

I'm more wordy with my way of explaining.

[coral lava]

Okay

lets just do the missle then haha

[red tiger]

I'll leave that wordiness to my documentation project. =)

[thick karma]

Okay the missile is this:

1. Make your own file with its own name in your own mod called MyNameIsBanana.lua (no other name will work; this is the only filename allowed in Lua).
2. In MyNameIsBanana.lua, add the attached lines (which are 31 through 133 of the original file).
3. At the top of that file, add the following line:

require("UdderlyKnockedOut/Recoverable/RecoverableLevels")

4. Change whatever you want.

In step 2, we're copying the function you want to change and the 2 local functions it will require.

@coral lava Godspeed.

[coral lava]

Thank you so much for the help 🙏!

[thick karma]

Also in your mod.info add a line that says require=UdderlyKnockedOut

And link back to her page with credit

[uneven ore]

Does anyone have Information about the Discord Functions? Looking at the Documentation it seems like you can only send messages and there are no functions to Read or Recognize commands

[earnest blaze]

making rdr1 music mod

[civic tree]

This is code from superb survivors, it should be what gives ammo to npcs based on the guns they have. i added modded guns but i cant get the mod to give ammo to npcs for guns with new calibers, can someone help me? the ammo that needs to be added are
( bullet itemID - Ammobox itemID ): (Mod id of guns and ammo being added is Guns93 if thats important)

10mmBullets-10mmBox
40Bullets-40Box
25Bullets-25Box
22Bullets-22Box
357Bullets-357Box
792Bullets-792Box
30CarBullets-30CarBox
76239Bullets-76239Box
556Belt-556box
ShotgunSlugs-ShotgunSlugBox

[azure rivet]

Hi, can someone help me with a script to identify when a player is wearing a specific jacket?

[knotty path]

So how can i work with ".tiles" files? Idk if it's necessary but I'm trying to find "changing one item to another" script or something that i can use and for now i have no idea where can i find it. Tried to do it by making new recipes in .txt but the game doesn't even want to open.

[jaunty isle]

guys, I want to add a windup phase to miniguns from Arsenal gunfighter mod
but I have zero knowledge of lua coding and I dont get the mod's structure at all.
I might try ask ChatGPT to write the script for me, but not knowing the mod's structure makes me stuck hahah
any tips will be much appreciated!

(the script written by the AI, just in case)

[reef umbra]

does anybody know if it's possible to change a specific stat on every item via a script

[ebon garden]

hey guys, the mod I want to make is a touch unusual but I think it would be very useful for many

I just want to make it so users can combine and uncombine stacked boxes

so three cardboard boxes wouldn't be three separate inventories, it would be one

the thing is, when I look at the code for other mods... I really don't see any hints on how I could achieve this

I guess it wouldn't be that hard for me to make a crafting item that stacks them one on top of the other? but does anyone have any ideas for how it might be possible to just click on the stacked crates and have a "combine" button

[outer crypt]

Might be a tough one, for instance, one egg is not a stack but a dozen eggs could be put into a carton. If you take one egg from the carton its now a carton with 11 and that could be handled by the Use() and a usage bar. But I think you would need to define what a stack is to make that work for each item type you want to stack. Otherwise you could just make a recipe combine 12 eggs into a carton and another that empties the carton giving the player 12 eggs. Hope that makes sense... I have seen this done with stacks of bowls, etc...

of course if you are trying to do this with a world object then it will get even more complicated, like stacking 100 crates in one square...

if I needed access to each of the 100 crates I think my head would explode.

this mod will show you everything in the area together though. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2847184718

[civic tree]

is there a way to set up """preset cars"""? as in spawning the same car, in an specific car condition and in the same place in every new save

[hallow knoll]

@reef umbra if you mean to change any vanilla or modded item stats like DisplayName, Icon, ConditionMax, MaxDamage, etc. you can use Item Tweaker API OR copy it's functionality inside your mod.

[hallow knoll]

IsoGameCharacter has two functions for this - isEquipped(InventoryItem item) & isEquippedClothing(InventoryItem item)

local function checkForJacker()
    local player = getPlayer();
    local inventory = player:getInventory();
    for _, item in ipairs(inventory:getItems()) do
        if item:IsClothing() and player:isEquippedClothing(item) and item:getType() == "Base.Jacket" then
            return true
        end
    end
    return false
end

Not tested this code but you got the idea

[reef umbra]

how would i change it for only people with a specific trait

[hallow knoll]

if getPlayer():HasTrait("Dextrous") then
    -- your code is here
end

[compact fog]

I just thought of something, with update 42 coming out, having a homemade ammo and gun mod would be pretty cool.

Would it make sense to have a recipe for gunpowder that needs charcoal (or whatever it is forging will require as a carbon element), sugar and fertilizer?

also, homemade rifles, shotties and revolvers that preform slightly worse than normal firearms but can be repaired by metal, wood, etc that can be made in game

[true plinth]

hello all !
let's talking about getSquare(X,Y,Z).

If the square is in not loaded chunck, the return will be nil. ok.

But, i see on this post : #mod_development message
that we can manually load, parse, unload the square.

Does someone know how to do that please ?

[ancient grail]

i tried it didnt work

[ancient grail]

function isItemWorn(targetItem)
    for i=0, getPlayer():getWornItems():size()-1 do
        local item = getPlayer():getWornItems():get(i):getItem();
        if item:getFullType() == tostring(targetItem) then
            return true
        end
    end
    return false
end
print(isItemWorn("Base.Jacket_CoatArmy"))

[hallow knoll]

forgot about getWornItems()

gj!

[ancient grail]

getCell():getOrCreateGridSquare(x,y,z)

[true plinth]

Thanks you very much !

[main pasture]

Thanks! I've been trying to do this too. I'm also trying to access the worldObjects of the square (getWorldObjects). It does not seem to work if the chunk is unloaded. Do I need to do something more to load them?

[fast galleon]

It doesn't work, he's just wasting your time.

For global objects you can use something like getLuaObjectAt. You will need to use this for the specific global system you want to get the object of.

[main pasture]

I'm trying to get a WorldInventoryObject of specific type. Is that possible, or should I change the object to global?

[ancient grail]

like an item? if its not loaded its not there

function CFarmingSystem:newLuaObject(globalObject)
    return CPlantGlobalObject:new(self, globalObject)
end

if its global object i think you should create a subclass and register it

[main pasture]

Just a normal item on the ground. So there is no reasonable way to force the chunk to load from memory? It would'nt need to happen often or fast

[red tiger]

I see a lot of inventory convenience mods but man oh man do I want to do the exact opposite.

[ancient grail]

whatevers out side of that area is not loaded
not sure if you could find a way to force load it if its not global object
what are you planning to do again?
https://discordapp.com/channels/136501320340209664/1070852229654917180/1249084872694435861

[red tiger]

I'd love a more realistic inventory system where players would struggle in tense situations to open zippers in bags and search items with discovery.

I'd love rushed item-searches to be faulty where unclosed bags leak stuff out slowly.

[main pasture]

Thanks. I'm trying to do remote control from an "briefcase" item to another item that can be deployed anywhere. They are linked by storing the position and id to moddata. They are currently just items dropped to the ground, but now that I think about it, don't see reason they couldn't be global objects

[red tiger]

Broken zippers too.

Either way I'm a modder so this isn't a suggestion. I'd do it myself. =)

[ancient grail]

but you have specific items inside? with stats and unique id, youcant store that on moddata

[main pasture]

You mean that the global object couldn't hold objects in it? Didn't think of that, but maybe the briefcase should be empty to be able to deploy it as global object or something like that

[main pasture]

The briefcase and the drone are both items currently (when the drone is not controlled), because that was easiest to do. The "reattachment" of control back to the drone doesn't work if it is outside the loaded area (as expected)

[ancient grail]

im confused, cuz if you say global objects those are stuff with 2d sprite, liek traps, generator, campfire
if you say WorldInventoryObject then those are items like clothes, bags, guns, food etc

[main pasture]

I see. The drone and briefcase are both currently WorldInventoryObjects (and the drone is a swapped into a vehicle when controlled)

[ancient grail]

i guess you should try to be able to rpint the vehicle first

[fringe heart]

How could you switch the camera to the drone. Did you do it using Java?

[main pasture]

Everything is done with lua. It's just a vehicle the player is controlling. The "player" in the ground is a dummy clone (you can see it still lacks backbag etc). Also some teleporting to make it appear like the player never moved

[fringe heart]

I was making a robot that can deliver parcels. But I did not find where to compare a copy of the 3d model of the player. I had the same idea as you

And how do you transfer the damage. If other people start shooting at the dummy?

[main pasture]

Nice. It was a lot of trial and error, but it is not too difficult to do with IsoPlayer.new

[main pasture]

I haven't really considered multiplayer yet, but I made the player eject from the drone, when the dummy is being attacked by a zombie, so they can receive it

[main pasture]

I think I'll change both to global objects so they are easier to work with

[ancient grail]

not sure if thats possible

also you cant actually switch camera, to do this you have to hide you player like wear a transparent textured skin
and teleport to the drone i guess

[main pasture]

That's what I'm doing. However when I teleport the player to the position the drone WorldInventoryObject should be (on a previously unloaded chunk) and try to get it from the ground (getWorldObjects). It cannot find anything. Should I make it wait a few ticks to load the objects before searching?

[ancient grail]

oh yeah theres a delay when you teleport. i guess you can try to do that delay

or maybe put everything on a timed action

if the drone has no important unique data. then just spawn a new one

[main pasture]

Have to try that

[main pasture]

It has some data to identify it is the one paired to the controller. I would like to find the correct one, so it is certain the drone was actually still there

[ancient grail]

ok then delete controller and spawn new one

or maybe its possible to just set he id? not sure

ISInventoryPaneContextMenu.OnLinkRemoteController = function(itemToLink, remoteController, player)
    local playerObj = getSpecificPlayer(player)
    if remoteController:getRemoteControlID() == -1 then
        remoteController:setRemoteControlID(ZombRand(100000));
    end
    itemToLink:setRemoteControlID(remoteController:getRemoteControlID());
    ISInventoryPage.dirtyUI();

instead of doing random just set the same id

[main pasture]

I have to think about that. I'd like to prevent spawning new drone if the last one was stolen after landing

[ancient grail]

then everytime you stop using drone despawn it

[main pasture]

Well that should work

[ancient grail]

or
spawn an item with moddata thats equal to the id of the drone
so it looks like youre carrying it?

the when you respawn it ise the moddata to assign the new drone it's id
the remove the item from inventory

[main pasture]

I see. By the way do you know how can I get worldZRotation of an InventoryContainer as it has no get method? It is a public int, and it is visible to the getClassField in an InventoryItem, but not in InventoryContainer which inherits it

The cast methods of java API don't seem to be implemented in lua, so I can't just cast it to InventoryItem

[sonic ibex]

Hmm could it be modded so that players need sleep but it can be done by logging out? So that people can't just grind for 10 days straight in multiplayer?

[pine sonnet]

Can you change the position of a held or equipped model in the players hand without changing the models themselves? For example, change where the player holds an item.

[teal slate]

Does anyone know what IsoZombie:isUseless() does? I'm writing an extension to Susceptible that makes fresh zombie corpses cause sickness, and the base code for Susceptible calls it, so I'm curious.

Oh, interesting, it looks like it makes them docile?

[ancient grail]

slr
local item = 'Base.Katana'
local sq = getPlayer():getSquare()
local worlditem = sq:AddWorldInventoryItem(item, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) 
worlditem:setWorldZRotation(90);

try that

[bright fog]

Makes it impossible for zombies to get a target and sets their speed to shambler

So yes, docile

[teal slate]

Yeah, it makes them not respond to sounds and prevents them from spotting players, it seems

thank goodness BeautifulJava exists

[bright fog]

Yup

Decompiling the java is very useful :)

[teal slate]

I've got a couple mod ideas I'm working on in order of what I consider their feasibility, so knowing that isUseless exists is nice. I'd love a mod that lets you restrain or otherwise pacify zombies, mostly for roleplay purposes

[teal slate]

decompiling it on its own just gives a pile of awful autogenerated variable names, BeautifulJava's postprocessing pass on the decompiled code is great

[main pasture]

Thanks. The setting of worldZRotation works fine, but I can't read it back. I would need that information to place the drone (vehicle) correctly after player places the drone (item) on the ground using the place item action

[ancient grail]

store the time the player logged out on a server file
when player logs in it will check the time difference, recover the amount of stamina based probably from your own observation or maybe less than what you recover from actually sleeping

[bright fog]

Hmm I used BeautifulJava but variable names still don't make much sense
Anyway I can help with zombies if you want, I suggest joining the modding Discord if you ever want more specific help on the subject
https://discord.com/channels/136501320340209664/1125248330595848192

I even found something that can be used to restrain zombies around a certain point

[teal slate]

oh shoot, I just hit the hundred server limit

[bright fog]

Not sure how it handles in MP however but it would require testing

[bright fog]

Find some place then lol, if you ever want to do specific zombie stuff you'll need a fuck ton of help on the subject because it's absolutely terrible to do zombie stuff lol

I made a framework called Zomboid Forge and I made TLOU Infected so zombies is my expertise and I can assure you it's really not easy

[ancient grail]

make it face wherever the player is facing

[teal slate]

made some room for it!

[ancient grail]

so you dont need to get the info

[bright fog]

Saw that yea

[ancient grail]

oooh do share what it is

[teal slate]

well, string0 string1 integer0 etc is still much better than variable0 variable1 variable2 :P

[bright fog]

I don't have that weirdly enough

               var1.put((byte)var7);

               for(int var9 = 0; var9 < var7; ++var9) {
                  AttachedItem var10 = var16.get(var9);
                  GameWindow.WriteStringUTF(var1, var10.getLocation());
                  var1.putShort((short)var12.indexOf(var10.getItem()));
               }
            }
         } catch (IOException var11) {
            DebugLog.Multiplayer.printException(var11, "WriteInventory error for zombie " + this.getOnlineID(), LogSeverity.Error);
         }
      } else {
         var1.put((byte)0);
      }

   }

   public void Kill(IsoGameCharacter var1, boolean var2) {
      if (!this.isOnKillDone()) {
         super.Kill(var1);
         if (this.shouldDoInventory()) {
            this.DoZombieInventory();
         }

         LuaEventManager.triggerEvent("OnZombieDead", this);
         if (var1 == null) {
            this.DoDeath((HandWeapon)null, (IsoGameCharacter)null, var2);
         } else if (var1.getPrimaryHandItem() instanceof HandWeapon) {
            this.DoDeath((HandWeapon)var1.getPrimaryHandItem(), var1, var2);
         } else {
            this.DoDeath(this.getUseHandWeapon(), var1, var2);
         }

      }
   }

   public void Kill(IsoGameCharacter var1) {
      this.Kill(var1, true);
   }

   public boolean shouldDoInventory() {
      return !GameClient.bClient || this.getAttackedBy() instanceof IsoPlayer && ((IsoPlayer)this.getAttackedBy()).isLocalPlayer() || this.getAttackedBy() == IsoWorld.instance.CurrentCell.getFakeZombieForHit() && (this.wasLocal() || this.isLocal());
   }

   public void becomeCorpse() {
      if (!this.isOnDeathDone()) {
         if (this.shouldBecomeCorpse()) {
            super.becomeCorpse();
            if (GameClient.bClient && this.shouldDoInventory()) {
               GameClient.sendZombieDeath(this);
            }

[teal slate]

it outputs two folders

[bright fog]

Oh ?

[teal slate]

decompiled and sources

you're looking in decompiled, i believe?

[bright fog]

Yeah

[teal slate]

you want sources

[bright fog]

Damn thanks didn't knew what those other folders were for

[teal slate]

it makes my eyes glaze over less when reading large functions, haha

[bright fog]

Now that's fucking nice thanks

Anyway yeah if you ever start working on your idea, don't hesitate to ping me. I'm mostly active in the modding Discord (you'll see me there hanging out and going crazy after random ass shit)

[bronze yoke]

wonder how much work it'd be to hook up beautifuljava to the api scrape

[bright fog]

api scrape ?

[bronze yoke]

jab scraped the javadocs for candle, that's where it sources parameter names and the rare tiny bits of documentation that exist

[bright fog]

hmmm

[bronze yoke]

in-method variable names aren't ever happening but parameter names would really make things easier to read and in theory isn't that much work

[red tiger]

Oh I didn't see me mentioned. Reading.

@bright fog Yeah I wrote a scraper for the JavaDocs so that Umbrella & Candle wouldn't have silly variable names.

What I'm working on with Mallet right now actually further-improves these names by human hands.

[bright fog]

idk what a scraper is

[red tiger]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_scraping

I grep'd the hosted JavaDocs by TheIndieStone and then took that local copy and scraped it for all the documentation data and applied it to my PZ-Rosetta JSON format.

If you want an offline copy I have one.

[teal slate]

would be really nice if BeautifulJava used that...

[red tiger]

Well I plan on writing my own code that takes the decompiled code, applies any patches I do to make it compilable (legally), and then apply forward PZ-Rosetta documentation.

[teal slate]

that would be incredibly useful

[red tiger]

I was buddies with the kids who originally made MCP, the first competent Minecraft decompiler project.

Would be fun to make my own version of what they did.

It wouldn't be providing the games' code. It'd instead provide a format of sorts that changes characters in the file based on a compiled data source by using the differences between fernflower's decompile and mine.

All it'd provide are fixes in a binary format, nothing else. =)

You'd still need the game to use the tools.

Sarge made his own format with MCP.

[raw trellis]

does anyone know how to get the current weight of a players inventory? I'm logging out some information about players for admin use and one of the things I want to pull out is the current total weight of all inventory items as shown at the top of the inventory window. I'm probably missing something but i've tried getInventoryWeight() and also getInventory() and getContentsWeight(). No luck so far. Getting various other things without issue.

[mellow frigate]

local playerInv = playerObj:getInventory();
local invOccupiedCapacity = playerInv:getCapacityWeight()
local invMaxCapacity      = math.floor(playerObj:getMaxWeight())

[raw trellis]

testing that out

[teal slate]

is there a way to tell the age of an IsoDeadBody?

[wet sandal]

I don't see a way to directly check, but you might be able to create an estimate using the zombieRotStage on body:getHumanVisual()

[raw trellis]

thanks, i've given it a shot but still having issues. writer:write(invOccupiedCapacity) or (invMaxCapacity) breaks the logging, if I tostring() those then logging picks up again but returns 0 and 8 respectively no matter how much is in the characters inventory. I'm going to put this down tonight and come back to it tomorrow and see if I can have any more luck.

[teal slate]

unfortunately there's no way to access m_zombieRotStageAtDeath

but yeah, that's the closest I can get

[wet sandal]

You can use reflection
getClassFieldVal(humanVisualObj, "m_zombieRotStageAtDeath")

[teal slate]

I just remembered that, thank you

in that case I can just use deathTime

getClassFieldVal(corpse, "deathTime")

getClassFieldVal doesn't need debug mode, right

[wet sandal]

I think so, I think the writing side of reflection is locked to debug mode.

[mellow frigate]

I'm using those in autoloot

[raw trellis]

I'll have a look in auto loot code then if that's OK. Could be an issue with the filewriter maybe?

[patent quarry]

how do i make a mod

i want to add fema vests and jackets

[reef umbra]

i have one question, is it possible to use Item Tweaker API to change every item in the game at once?

im trying something very stupid and seeing if it works

if player:HasTrait(LeadStomach) then TweakItem("Base","Type","Food") end

[reef umbra]

didn't work

oh wait i forgot to add item tweaker api to my mods list

[teal slate]

I am not great at designing mod posters

[bright fog]

It's not that bad, if you want I can tell you the Susceptible font

[teal slate]

please do, ha

[bright fog]

It's called Stencil

It's what you see on my Susceptible Overhaul mod page

(ik I've already sent it but here ya go lol)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3204615438

[reef umbra]

still didn't work

is there any way to do this @hallow knoll

[wet sandal]

:V

Awesome

[teal slate]

I don't actually know if the stencil font makes it look better, darn

I wanted to emulate the appearance of the exclamation mark on the icon, but

[wet sandal]

Gonna give Susceptible some love soon.
I've been sitting on a half finished update for like a year.

Adds "contamination" that builds up inside buildings based on zombies and corpses, requiring masks even once the zombies are gone until the building has time to air out.

[wet sandal]

I like both, but this second one wins out for me

Feels like something Mr Sunshine would make

[teal slate]

maybe I'll make the drop shadow a little larger

[bright fog]

Just the shadow or 3d thing you put on top makes it weird

[bright fog]

Didn't even realized you made it haha

[bright fog]

The red might be too flashy too, try a darker red perhaps

[wet sandal]

Group effort between Mr Sunshine and myself

Hoping to kick this out the door in the next few months

Just gotta get through all my other mods that need support first

[bright fog]

Hmmm

Me needing to update my Overhaul for Susceptible and CSZ to fit this lol

[wet sandal]

It will be a sandbox option, not default

[bright fog]

You can take my list actually if you want

From Susceptible Overhaul

Check it out I've got a fuck ton of new mod compatibilities added

Also update some wrong ones

Like Undead Survivor

[wet sandal]

Oh, like the masks?

[bright fog]

Yeah

[wet sandal]

That would be great, Mr Sunshine mainly took care of that, but he's busy with life and Insurgent these days.

[bright fog]

Yea nvm you weren't talking about it

I mean I could work with you on it but my Overhaul mod is still a thing haha

Idk what your plans are exactly

[wet sandal]

For Susceptible, I don't either tbh

It's near the bottom of the list

I'll know more in a month or 2

Gotta handle Inventory Tetris 6 first

[bright fog]

Damn didn't knew you made that one too

You worked quite on a few banger mods

[teal slate]

tried emboss instead of a drop shadow... I think the first one was better

[wet sandal]

Agreed, the text doesn't read as well when I hold my phone at arms length

It's also worth considering the image will get downscaled when users are viewing it on the workshop

[teal slate]

and the ol' classic

seems pretty alright when downscaled

maybe a bit less clear about the thumbs-down pose, but that was pretty silly anyway

[bright fog]

That's good

I would make the character look towards the pov

So front view thumb down

[teal slate]

alas, then the thumbs-down is less clear

but I can try that

[bright fog]

Now thay I think about it I wanted to do exactly something like that

For my rework of "Working Gasmasks"

[teal slate]

I think this mod should also work with Susceptible Overhaul but I don't use it myself so I can't test

(or rather, I have it installed but am too lazy to start a save with it and test it)

[bright fog]

I set a fuck ton of corpses so the floor you see on the image is only corpses and my character in the middle with a thumb up

[bright fog]

Yeah it will, I don't rewrite Susceptible files and since you only decorate the functions it's good

I'll link your mod on my mod page once it's out

[teal slate]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3267306459

Should be working

[bright fog]

Nice I'll check this out tomorrow

Tell me if you ever test compat

[teal slate]

ah, I made it require the Susceptible mod ID

does Susceptible Overhaul require Susceptible?

[teal slate]

oh dear

this mod makes it a lot harder than I thought

I think a large pile of corpses is enough to overpower a gas mask

[patent quarry]

how on earth do i make custom acessory icons

[reef umbra]

does anybody know if it's possible to tweak every item in the game at once via item tweaker api

[sullen basin]

I just figured this out

icons seem to need 'item_' before their name. I don't know how this worked for me honestly, but it did.

[patent quarry]

i said make but thanks anyway

i need to read a whole lotta shit 💀

[sullen basin]

You can make them with like ms paint or something

[reef umbra]

@hallow knoll you helped me find out about Item Tweaker API. do you know anything about this?

[hallow knoll]

It's simple af

[reef umbra]

i was thinking of using a for loop but i don't know if that would work so im testing it right now

[hallow knoll]

----------------------------------------------Begin File
if getActivatedMods():contains("ItemTweakerAPI") then
require("ItemTweaker_Core");
else return end

TweakItem("Base.Needle","Icon", "Worm");
TweakItem("Base.Needle","Tooltip", "Wearable: Waist");
TweakItem("Base.Needle","DisplayCategory", "Repair");
------------------------------------------------End File

[reef umbra]

no i was meaning how do i tweak a stat of EVERY item in the game at once

if possible

not how to initiate the mod

[hallow knoll]

aww

[reef umbra]

this is how i plan on doing it

        for _, item in pairs do
            inventory = getInventory()
            if not item:IsWeapon() then
                TweakItem(item,"CantEat",false);
                TweakItem(item,"HungerChange",-20);
            end

        end```

don't know if it'll work though

[hallow knoll]

ah, ItemTweaker tweaks items on startup

[reef umbra]

ohhhhh

[hallow knoll]

meaning it's chaning stats of all items of type

[reef umbra]

so uh

is there any way to do it without having to manually change the type

[hallow knoll]

yup, check this
https://www.projectzomboid.com/modding/zombie/inventory/InventoryItem.html

[reef umbra]

oh ok

[hallow knoll]

you can change a lot, just check this docs

[reef umbra]

ok

if i want to keep the functionality though

if i were to make a certain weapon the type "food" would it remove the weapon functionality

[hallow knoll]

I think no

[reef umbra]

ok

[hallow knoll]

It'll be strange that you can eat m16

But I think it should work, not sure

[reef umbra]

ill try it

ty

[hallow knoll]

gl

[reef umbra]

ty

    local player = getPlayer();
    TraitFactory.addTrait("leadstomach", getText("UI_trait_leadstomach"), 12, getText("UI_trait_leadstomach_desc"),false,false);
    if player:HasTrait("leadstomach") then
        for _, item in pairs do
            item:setType("Food")
        end
    end
end```

this doesn't work

why doesn't it work

[reef umbra]

why does this code not work

[reef umbra]

the code in question:

oh wait i forgot to figure out what the item was

mb

[hallow knoll]

uhm the question is when you call this function

when and where

[reef umbra]

uh

on game boot

[hallow knoll]

you looping nothing

[reef umbra]

?

[hallow knoll]

on game boot character even is not created

[reef umbra]

oh good point

[hallow knoll]

use another lua events for this

like on inventory contents update

[reef umbra]

how do i run it

ok

would that just be

Events.OnInventoryUpdate or something

[hallow knoll]

check for lua guides how to properly loop arrays

[reef umbra]

ok

[hallow knoll]

yup, maybe this

[ancient grail]

is there such event? im not sure abt that

[reef umbra]

is it uh

OnRefreshInventoryWindowContainers?

[hallow knoll]

OnContainerUpdate
or
OnRefreshInventoryWindowContainers

check both

[reef umbra]

ok

[ancient grail]

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Lua_Events

just use player update event

[reef umbra]

that's what im looking in

oh yeah good point

[reef umbra]

why does this if statement give an error

        for _, item in pairs do
            if item:IsInPlayerInventory() then
                item:setType("Food");
                item.HungerChange = -20;
                item.Calories = 0;
                item.CantEat = false;
            end```

@hallow knoll

i need to send another line hold up

TraitFactory.addTrait("leadstomach", getText("UI_trait_leadstomach"), 12, getText("UI_trait_leadstomach_desc"),false,false);

this is in the initLeadStomach() function

[patent quarry]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1037101536163147796/1251025118076076062/image.png?ex=666d136f&is=666bc1ef&hm=d13e50ba6afd3fc00ebeecfad2257cf6d180e80a4f0691fadbc19f12166e782c&

I made my icon yippie

[reef umbra]

yay

congratulations

[patent quarry]

I still have to make the vest icon and then make the actual thing itself

But oh yeah I'm feeling good

[wet sandal]

for _, item in pairs(of_what?) do

for _, item in pairs(listObject) do is how this should be done

[reef umbra]

that gives an error

[wet sandal]

If you literally wrote listObject as your pairs Target, yeah it should give an error

What are you intending to loop over?

[thick karma]

You will make progress faster if you communicate in detail. Even if nobody has time to respond, it will clarify your thinking.

[reef umbra]

yeah mb one sec

[reef umbra]

im intending to loop over every item in the game

[wet sandal]

I would say pause on this approach to be honest, I don't know exactly what the goal is, but its immediately incompatible with split screen

You probably want to modify the result of an ISEatFoodAction instead

[reef umbra]

what

ok yeah i'm just gonna pause on making that mod for now

[zenith igloo]

is there a way to check if the certain bodypart has clothing on it?

like if feet has shoes

[bright fog]

Yeah of course you can

[hallow knoll]

Hey guys, someone know where I can a function responsible for interacting with object when pressing E/Shift+E?
I wanna to block certain interactions, but I can't find how to block E interactions...

[zenith igloo]

any ideas? Im struggling to find that way 😄

[ancient grail]

i think you should hook on the keybond cuz if people change their keys then thats a problem for you

what object dont you want them to interact with

[raw trellis]

i've worked out my issue (why I wasn't getting any useful information for inventory capacity)

I'm logging only on the server events, not on the client events, when I enabled logging EveryOneMinute for both client and server I got duplicate log entries, except the server log entry had no weight information and the client log had the weight information.

This leads me to... does the server know anything about a players current inventory or is it all clientside and as a result very cheatable?

[ancient grail]

you should send the details to server if thats your case. i have no experience with logs tho

use OnClientCommand

[raw trellis]

so in theory I could use OnClientCommand to send getCapacityWeight() but could I then override the serverside value for that player? trying to work out how I get that into my log line with player positions etc

[hallow knoll]

I'm making knocked down mod, so I want to restrict all interacts when knocked

like windows, doors etc

[ancient grail]

oh yeah i saw that . i also commented good job

hold on

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

but its better if you use timed action

[hallow knoll]

Thx for inside

Maybe timed action really will help, but I don't know how to hide this action line above character's head

[hallow knoll]

thx xD ❤️

[raw trellis]

are there any good mod examples of OnClientCommand that you know of?

[ancient grail]

#mod_development message

[raw trellis]

thanks, i'll have a dig off the back of that

[ancient grail]

#mod_development message

[raw trellis]

thanks, just trying to find a mod now that implements it

[ancient grail]

why not just look for logging mod

[raw trellis]

i've got my own logging mod i'm working on atm, the main issue I have is so much is dealt with clientside and abusable so trying to gather more information, also looking at other preexisting mods that handle some of the issues for me

there is quite a lot of inconsistency in what is actually available clientside and serverside so just trying to trawl through it a bit

[marsh idol]

Hey guys, Im looking to make my mod multiplayer compatible and am having a hard time finding what I need to make the client and server scripts communicate with each other, my mod effects how calories are burned, got any ideas or knowledge that can be passed to me?

[fast galleon]

This sounds like something that only needs on the client side and not require any mp compatibility.

There are multiple guides explaining how to communicate things. Here's one for example
https://github.com/MrBounty/PZ-Mod---Doc/blob/main/Use commands.md

[patent quarry]

i makea the stuff

[marsh idol]

Thank you VERY much!!!! I agree normally it would, I just broke it into two pieces so that the server does the math side of things and the client just handles updating the player with the info it receives from the server. Maybe that isn’t efficient??? Might look into changing that.

[mellow frigate]

all inventory management iss client side and this should change with B42 if I remember correctly

[teal slate]

Hm

I wonder how hard it'd be to make an addon for Tetris inventory that modifies how gravity works

I'd like it if instead of blocking objects it just adds a configurable delay to accessing them, like 0.2 seconds per blocked square above it

[bronze yoke]

probably pretty simple

[teal slate]

as a hook that doesn't outright copy and replace the original code?

... also, maybe it'd be good to factor in weight. A single nail shouldn't block something beneath it...

[bronze yoke]

i haven't looked at inventory tetris but notloc has seemed very knowledgeable whenever i've seen them around so i assume it is structured in a sane way that would allow you to do that

[wet sandal]

That's actaully planned as a vanilla feature for the next IT update, assuming I make it through my todo.

[teal slate]

Oh, nice!

[patent quarry]

how do i upload the clothing and actually make the mod?

[abstract topaz]

what would it take to build a hang glider mod?

[sullen basin]

Musket mod is proceeding hilariously.

[patent quarry]

hell how do i even script my clothing to make a new zombie that spawns 💀

[bright fog]

@teal slate I'm sure your mod page could get some love
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3267306459&searchtext=

[teal slate]

Yeah, it's very barebones

[patent quarry]

how do i even upload it to the workshop

[bright fog]

hmm ?

[patent quarry]

what part of that did you not get

[bright fog]

Does your mod work ?

Then you need to look at the example in /Zomboid/Workshop

[patent quarry]

wat

[bright fog]

When you created your mod, you put it in the folder /mods ?

[patent quarry]

well i dont know because i hvent coded it because i havent got a clue what to even do in the first place

i want to create a unique zombie that spawns with my stuff but idk how

[bright fog]

So your mod doesn't work, you haven't even created the mod yet

There's nothing to upload, it's your last concern

Have you made your clothing ?

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3025955520

[patent quarry]

I wanted atleast a precursor a little front I didn't know the mod itself was what was uploaded

I thought I could make a thumbnail and add the content later

And yes I have the textures and everything

[patent quarry]

I'm not making new clothing like physical meshes I'm doing retextures for a unique zombie

[bright fog]

You want to replace an existing clothing ?

[patent quarry]

yeah

[raw trellis]

and some of the admin states as well as i've discovered. Thanks for the pointers and thanks to @ancient grail for the sendClientCommand references. I've now got more logs being sent up from the client for better tracking.

[sour island]

Hello friends, just wanted to share that the PZ Modding Community discord server (for 3 Saturdays now) has held an event called Supportive Saturday where modders all share their mod(s) they'd like a bit more support towards in the form of ratings, thumbs up, comments, etc. The time frame is All Day Saturday UTC, so it starts in 2 hours.

The way it works is members can use a /promote command to a mod, and it generates a link to the page in Steam. You just rate it up, and that's it. Thanks to the fact people don't really use the Steam Workshop all that consistently these mods shoot up to the most popular for the day/week and get more eyes on it.

We would be greatly appreciative to anyone willing to help support the mods to the front page. 🙂

https://discord.gg/fjB35Twd?event=1249403950524792872

[worthy mulch]

I was working on DinoVille, yes very similar to name lol, but I got bored, made a way to load into the tutorial world...not a remake, but the actual world, just gotta figure out the coords now, I heavily modified the tutorial codes

so I made it better lol it only broke because I changed the lots=muldred ky, which it should of stayed lots="media/lua/LastStand/Challenge1.png";

[sullen basin]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3267938638

Finally finished my musket mod. It's definitely a meme weapon, but it does hurt real bad to get hit by.

[patent quarry]

man i wanted aworking musket for over 3 years and all i got was a spear melee

this is peak

[civic tree]

hello, i got this thing for a mod that tweaks some zone spawns, but for some reason it makes "Yaki's Makeshift Clothing" mod not work, can someone help me?

[sullen basin]

It was made just for you!

[patent quarry]

:D

however wheres the rusting of the cartridge pouch followed by the ripping >:(

[sullen basin]

That's actually in the mod

[patent quarry]

oh the video didnt show it

[sullen basin]

It's right at the start of the reload

[patent quarry]

how do i create this

[hollow lodge]

idk how musket sounds but there's a considerable ammount of files if u have age of empires 3

[sullen basin]

It's not the greatest sound I don't think but it works

[rare obsidian]

mod idea Im thinking of.

adds buildable blocks that turns wood into charcoal + mix with water to create syngas

[patent quarry]

yeah

what do i do now

[rare obsidian]

wouldnt the mod appear at your local newgame since it's in mod folder

so at that point you'd test by loading it

[patent quarry]

then i fucked something up cause i did but it aint hsowing up

aw shiy

[chrome veldt]

Pro-tip : Upload your mods during the weekend. I made the mistake of publishing one of mine on a tuesday and it got way less visitors compared to the others (maybe my preview image sucks, that might have played a role tbh)

[ancient grail]

this doesnt really apply to me since i do commission mods, however it still a good advice and might actually do it when given the chance to delay uploads

[chrome veldt]

Interesting, do you make the mod and hand it over you client for him to upload? Do get credited?
Sorry for the dumb questions, but I never thought about doing this kind of things so I’m curious

[ancient grail]

depends on the agreement
i do the upload by default

[chrome veldt]

Ok, nice! Thanks for your answer

[hallow knoll]

Who worked with client/server commands?
I'm trying to send specific states from moddata from all players to one when someone joins server.
Is it better to send individual packets for every player to this one player, or it's better to send ONE big packet with every player state?

[chrome veldt]

Never done it but I’d say individual packets over big ones. Large operations can cause stuttering

[thick karma]

Sending one packet from one player to one other player seems likely best to me as well. What kind of data is in the packet?

[pine sonnet]

Is there a way of adjusting the position of an item held by the player, without editing the model itself?

[hallow knoll]

knocked state, just small string

[hallow knoll]

so you can directly send packet from one client to another?

[thick karma]

Yeah I wouldn't stress that personally.

[thick karma]

I thought you could but I could be misremembering. I know you can send data from server back to one player using sendServerCommand(player, module, command, packet) if you supply player object in your sendClientCommand. We do this in True Music Jukebox and you can review it and refactor what you need.

I don't know if you're allowed to send the player object of another player from client to server that way or not.

But you can use a loop on client to get the clientside player object of another player.

You just loop through the ArrayList returned by getOnlinePlayers().

I would imagine you could combine those tactics to send 1 thing to 1 person in theory.

[hallow knoll]

This is how I implemented all my stuff right now

[thick karma]

But when you're sending so little data to everyone, I honestly don't think it's gonna matter much

That won't cause any human perceptible lag most likely

One way you can perhaps slow it down is by requiring a random number to pass when the event is flagged as ready if you're already checking on player update or something

[hallow knoll]

But I need to send data of all other players to one player

It'll be on player join to sync states

For some reason even if I store states in moddata on player join server not sending moddata to client

[thick karma]

I haven't narrowed down sending the update to one player yet so I can't show you that

But clientside this is how I plan to check whether players need update:

Anyway good luck!

[hallow knoll]

What mod do you developing?

Thx)

[tidal pike]

someone ask me a question please , i want to create a closet , in blender i just make the model , i create the UV mapping and export it and the 3d model to create the texture in the right way and in the .txt tell the game what the texture issomeone ask me a question please , I want to create a closet , in blender I just make the model , I create the UV mapping and export it and the 3d model to create the texture in the right way and in the .txt tell the game I say what is the texture ?

[stone umbra]

Would it be possible to make a mod for server admins that displays all whitelisted characters in a UI that we can utilize like the mini scoreboard whether they are online or offline? Currently there is no way to check stats of someone offline to conduct administrative actions (log and warnings) besides outright banning the user from the database white list

[thick karma]

Shameless plug; enjoy your Saturdays.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3267954706

[chrome veldt]

Do you guys promote your mods? If so, where?

[mellow frigate]

steam pz discussion (workshop), TIS forums, reddit and here.

[teal slate]

I'm wondering... for Susceptible Corpses, I wonder if maybe I could make the infection strength taper to zero as the corpse gets older

or maybe it should just be a cutoff like it is now

[chrome veldt]

Thanks for your answer! I was worried promoting mods here would not be well received or against the rules as there is no showcase room
Edit: My bad, my dumbass just didn't see the #1162438206516645948 room

[sour island]

#mod_development message

[chrome veldt]

That's really cool! Thanks, I'll do that

[empty flame]

anyon can help me? i created a tiles mod but for some reason i cant find them on the debug menù brush tool
Any info? thanks

[wraith ruin]

Looking for answers on how to create my own loading screen replace text message mod prior to loading into the world?

ya know currently it says "bla bla bla bla" and "this is how you died". i want to change that to something else basically.

[mellow frigate]

hard coded. this links to text from UI_EN.txt (or matching files for other languages). see Floor Is Lava mod as an exemple. ````
-- Main screen (lua)
UI_Intro1 = "THE EARTH ITSELF TURNED ON LIFE",
UI_Intro2 = "LAVA COVERED THE LAND",
UI_Intro3 = "THIS IS HOW YOU BURNT",

[wraith ruin]

hard coded, what do you mean? also ive seen mods like this one that replace these with anime weeaboo texts and whatnot lol

[mellow frigate]

I have not found any way to make it dynamic so I'd be happy to see what mods you are refering to. (I do not understand what 'anime weeaboo' means)

[wraith ruin]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2842123233&searchtext=text+screen

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2902638247&searchtext=text+screen

two examples

theres a whole list of them but none of which i am looking for

[burnt grotto]

Maybe this one might help? They include instructions in the mod description. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2782997073

[wraith ruin]

True. But then, how do I apply the edits onto my dedicated server? o_O

[tiny stirrup]

Since IsoGameCharacter is exposed, can I call any function from within it?

[burnt grotto]

I think what you may need to do is make your own mod, basically copy the files from that one (altered for your own intro text) and upload it anew, so that everyone on your server can download it. The mod creator seems to be cool with that.

[wraith ruin]

Bet

[tiny stirrup]

Specifically getFootInjuryType

[wraith ruin]

If I only knew how to upload mods 🤣 but i bet I can find some tutorials on that.

[burnt grotto]

It's super super easy, you can do it!!! \o/ I think TIS was kind enough to include instructions in the game itself, if you click 'Workshop' and 'Mods' - I can't check right fast now, though. ; v ;

[mellow frigate]

yeah those changes the text line like I do. it is not dynamic (you cannot change the lines depending on player perk or whatever other variable)

[tiny stirrup]

It's easy, yeah. The game will tell you where to put your mod files (in ...user/Zomboid/Workshop/) and there's a Mod Template to serve as an example. You want your directory structure to mimic that one's, with preview.png, poster.png, and mod.info in the same places, and the same basic information in mod.info. If anything's wrong, it'll prompt you with what's wrong and where it expected something.

You don't have to back out of the whole game to refresh, just hit "back" and then the mod folder and "next" and it'll tell you what else is wrong now.

Then it walks you through the process of creating the description, tags, etc, and you hit "Upload to Workshop Now!" and it does it.

[wraith ruin]

I made it work. I simply just copied ModTemplate and replaced with my own stuff. AWESOMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

Thank you @tiny stirrup and @burnt grotto 🥰 🥺👉👈

[tiny stirrup]

I'm trying to test out some Lua commands. I have the debug console up, and I have Accessible Fields running.

If I type print(getPlayer().footInjuryTimer) it works just fine, and returns an integer appropriate to that variable.

But if I do print(getPlayer().footInjuryType) it only ever returns 'nil', when I'm expecting "heavyleft" or "heavyright" (or both, which is maybe problematic?)

Does anyone know what's going wrong?

Congrats!

[bright fog]

You can't access fields like that

Oh nvm you have accessible fields

[tiny stirrup]

Now you'll probably want to move that directory somewhere else, so when you download via "subscribe" it won't be duplicated in your mod selector.

Yeah, I'm wondering if it is maybe returning an array, and I'm not requesting it to print that or something?

[bright fog]

No it wouldn't say nil

Are you sure it can give out something ?

Because there's a lot of cases where fields can just be unused yet available

[tiny stirrup]

Here's what the code for the method is...

      if (!(this instanceof IsoPlayer)) {
         return "";
      } else {
         BodyPart var1 = this.getBodyDamage().getBodyPart(BodyPartType.Foot_L);
         BodyPart var2 = this.getBodyDamage().getBodyPart(BodyPartType.Foot_R);
         if (!this.bRunning) {
            if (var1.haveBullet() || var1.getBurnTime() > 5.0F || var1.bitten() || var1.deepWounded() || var1.isSplint() || var1.getFractureTime() > 0.0F || var1.haveGlass()) {
               return "leftheavy";
            }

            if (var2.haveBullet() || var2.getBurnTime() > 5.0F || var2.bitten() || var2.deepWounded() || var2.isSplint() || var2.getFractureTime() > 0.0F || var2.haveGlass()) {
               return "rightheavy";
            }
         }

         if (!(var1.getScratchTime() > 5.0F) && !(var1.getCutTime() > 7.0F) && !(var1.getBurnTime() > 0.0F)) {
            if (!(var2.getScratchTime() > 5.0F) && !(var2.getCutTime() > 7.0F) && !(var2.getBurnTime() > 0.0F)) {
               return "";
            } else {
               return "rightlight";
            }
         } else {
            return "leftlight";
         }
      }
   }```

Well, not sure why the formatting didn't work, but yeah.

Oh, maybe it's because of the intermediate temp variables? Maybe Accessible Fields didn't populate through those?

[bright fog]

But this method is private and thus not exposed

[tiny stirrup]

Ah. How can I tell that (other than by it failing)?

[bright fog]

Where did you even get footInjuryType

[tiny stirrup]

IsoGameCharacter

[bright fog]

Did you understand what Accessible Field is for ?

Bcs there isn't a field for footInjuryType, at all

https://projectzomboid.com/modding/zombie/characters/IsoGameCharacter.html

[tiny stirrup]

Those are only the vanilla exposed fields, though, right?

[bright fog]

Yeah and Accessible Fields allows you to access them easily

There's nothing else you can access

You can only access what is shown in the documentation

[tiny stirrup]

That's... just not true. footInjuryTimer isn't in the documentation either, but that works just fine, as long as Accessible Fields is working.

It's in IsoPlayer

[bright fog]

Hmm you're right actually

[tiny stirrup]

Ah, heh, sorry, didn't see that you'd said that.

[bright fog]

Well either way, I didn't find any footInjuryType field in the java

So my guess is your trying to access something that doesn't exist

[tiny stirrup]

Like, in the actual code? It's in IsoGameCharacter.java on line 9348

[bright fog]

Giving lines for the java doesn't mean anything bcs the decompile doesn't give out the same lines as what the devs actually had so it depends on what decompiled your code I believe

[tiny stirrup]

Ah, fair. But... isn't the top one where it defines the variable?

[bright fog]

@bronze yoke on the subject, you can access random fields defined for any class ?

[bright fog]

No that's the animation variable

[tiny stirrup]

Ah. Interesting...

[bright fog]

this.setVariable("footInjuryType", this::getFootInjuryType); will set the animation variable "footInjuryType" to this::getFootInjuryType

Check out AnimSets if you wonder what it's used for

[tiny stirrup]

Could I just reproduce what their code is doing using like, IsBleeding, IsScratched, etc?

Though they're using ScratchTime...

[bright fog]

Hmm I would say yes

You can reproduce a few java methods in lua

I've done it myself to get the hit reaction of zombies based on the attack type

[tiny stirrup]

I guess I don't really need scratch time. Just... if it's scratched vs. worse injuries. I just thought using that method would be elegant, as it already has everything defined and worked out, and is about what I'm looking for.

[bright fog]

yup

[bronze yoke]

footInjuryTimer won't be on the javadoc because it is private

[tiny stirrup]

How do I test, say, "IsBleeding" for a body part, in the lua console, just to see if it's working? I don't know the syntax for that.

[bronze yoke]

the methods accessible fields calls on force access so i don't think access modifiers matter

[tiny stirrup]

Heh, hihi albion. I hear you is wizard. xD

Is there any easy way to tell what I can access with Accessible Fields and what I can't?

[bronze yoke]

to my recollection, any field declared directly by the class of the object

fields declared by superclasses can't be accessed

[tiny stirrup]

And what is the syntax for something like public boolean isBodyPartBleeding(BodyPartType bodyPartType) in the lua console?

[tiny stirrup]

Ah, fields, but not methods?

[bronze yoke]

yeah, it doesn't allow you to access any methods you couldn't without it

[mellow frigate]

public field only right ?

[bronze yoke]

i honestly thought it was public only but they seem to be accessing private fields fine

[mellow frigate]

this may only work when using debug.

[tiny stirrup]

Yeah, like I can see FootInjuryTimer just fine.

[bronze yoke]

iirc the method used to get the field calls makeAccessible so access modifiers shouldn't really matter

that's why it used to error on core java objects, zombie package isn't allowed to make those accessible

[tiny stirrup]

So you think footInjuryTimer (which is private int) woudl fail in normal gameplay? Or would be okay?

Also, what is a protected variable?

Or... field, I guess?

[bronze yoke]

protected is similar to private but accessible within subclasses

[mellow frigate]

If you used it no problem with accessible fields, you should try by starting the game without debug mode (but with the same mods).

and then you tell us 🙂

[tiny stirrup]

But if I don't have debug mode, I also have no console with which to test it. <_<

When the code says this... what exactly does that mean?

Does that mean isWearingNightVisionGoggles is deprecated? Or transactionID? Or everything below it? Or is it a placeholder for something deprecated that's no longer there?

[bronze yoke]

it would mean transactionID is

[tiny stirrup]

Ah, so the next thing. Okay, that's... somewhat reassuring. xD My initial assumption was everything from there down but that'd be a lot of deprecated stuff. >_<

Okay, so the reason I can call footInjuryTimer is because it's defined as a field at the top of IsoPlayer, while I can't called getFootInjuryType because it isn't defined as a field, but is a method?

What would be the syntax to get the type of injury to a body part in general?

Also, can I use the && syntax in Lua in an if statement?

[dry chasm]

local canUse = true;
local isMine = true;
if canUse and isMine then
  -- do whatever
end

[tiny stirrup]

Thanks!

[ocean gulch]

Do we have anything more up to date than https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/24408-how-to-create-new-vehicle-mods/ ?
The images aren't loading.
Point of reference; I'm looking to make a vehicle, custom ui overlay, custom parts, custom part requirements (like how a door window requires the door), 3d model, and animated when opening closing.
The coding and 3d modeling aren't daunting. My issue is getting integrated in understanding the structure of the mods, especially the vehicles. I'm currently digging around in https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2846036306&searchtext=r32 to look for clues on how to handle these things, as this modder seems to have touched on all of the points that I'm looking for.
I'm already running into issues when looking for part requirements though. I know the spoiler requires the trunk lid, but I can't seem to find where that is referenced, etc., etc. Basically, I need to start a tutorial from scratch so I can have a better understanding but I can't seem to find these topics and don't know where to look. The forum seems pretty antiquated and derelict, and discord search is very hit or miss.
https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/28633-complete-vehicle-modding-tutorial/#comment-292151
Definitely covers the broader subjects in plenty of detail and will definitely be my starting point. But these little things like the requirements and ui that are eluding me. I can use other tutorials for making my own parts, I'm sure those tutorials are abundant.
Summary: vehicle part pre-requiring (like door windows need doors) and animating the vehicle are what I'm really looking for. I can live without the latter, but the part pre-requiring is necessary for my vision.

[junior blaze]

how do u create learned traits recipe?

i tried this. the traits won't show up when start the char creation.

did i missed something?

[ancient grail]

not sure if youre syntax is correct but i can see youre not triggering this function

[coarse sinew]

Yes, calling that function

Events.OnGameBoot.Add(initDoomsdayPreppersRecipes);

[junior blaze]

i'll copy paste that?

[coarse sinew]

Yes, and also changing Doomsday_Preppers to Vintner

[ancient grail]

right

good catch

[junior blaze]

yeah but i have thattraits active. the vintner

[ancient grail]

or change vinter to Doomsday_Preppers

its not gona matter cuz its local var

but yeah just link them

[junior blaze]

so how's this?

i changed the code

[ancient grail]

yeah

but your description and icon will be from that mod you got vinter from

if people dont have that mod then nothings gona show there

you need to make your own and create the translate files

or require the mod

[junior blaze]

i see. it was just reverse engineer. i copy pasted the code..

[ancient grail]

better to look at vanilla

[junior blaze]

still not showing up

[ancient grail]

maybe you dont have the mod installed

or did you just copied the whole mod

[junior blaze]

the file was located in different folder

in the mod from crossbows

i copied the mod code inside from crossbows and make a new NPCs files to store the code there. and copy paste the code from vintner

this is the new one i created new file and still won't show up

[surreal crater]

for procedural loot tables, does "min" indicate the least that WILL spawn or the least that CAN spawn?

procedural loot distributions i should say

[civic tree]

im trying to delete some building and table stories, is that posible?

[wet sandal]

Math, partially successful

I have rotated a texture

Shout-out to umbrella for making ISUIElement:drawTextureAllPoint make sense

[drifting ore]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2840330802&searchtext=shop

does anyone know how to modified this mod ?

[dull bear]

Hello everyone. I am trying to modify the player FoV / view cone (tightening and widening it) and also view distance. Does anyone have any references to how i could go about this?

[gilded crescent]

I'd suggest waiting for Build 42, it's redoing a lot of that stuff so you'd have to go back through it then anyway I would assume

[dull bear]

Seems like a reasonable choice then. Thanks 🙂

[tiny wolf]

Hey guys
When player eat a part of a food item, what is the variable modified by that on the item ?
I'm seeing it is not "condition" or "usedelta" of the item 😳 but i'm looking for which one it is

[half remnant]

The event itself shouldn't be a function and there is currently no "initDoomsdayPreppersRecipes"
Try something like this instead:

`local function initDoomsdayPreppersRecipes()
-- Your code here
end

Events.OnNewGame.Add(initDoomsdayPreppersRecipes);`

[ancient grail]

use delta is the consume amount
like for water
reason why you get to pick how much you want drink is because of that

[tiny wolf]

Thank you for your answer
So when you eat half of in game sugar (for example), the use delta of the sugar would be modified after right ?

Because I’ve got a function which test the use delta of this kind of items, but when player eat a part of food, function don’t return a « modified use delta »

And it consider a perfect food or eatten food got the same use delta

[junior blaze]

tnx but still not showing

[tiny wolf]

And i think useDelta is about Drainable items
About food item, i don't know how to check if the item is into perfect condition 😬

[ancient grail]

why are you doing you rmod on the actual uploaded mod like that? nothing gona work

[ancient grail]

what exactly are you looking for

[tiny wolf]

I'm using a trader mod

and i'm creating a function that is conditionning the possibility to sell

If player consume a part of an item, he can't sell it

so i'm trying to check if a food item is into perfect condition or not

[ancient grail]

local function isItemFull(item)    
    return item:getUsedDelta() == 1 or item:getScript():getUsedDelta() == 1
end

if not isItemFull("Base.Apple")    then  return end

not sure which one but yeah

if it errors try just one of em

[tiny wolf]

Gonna check 😉 Thanks Glytch3r

I'm using this

  function EFK_ItemNotUsedDelta(sourceItem, result)
    if sourceItem:hasTag("EFK_Selling") then
      if sourceItem:getUsedDelta() < 1 then
        return false
      end
    end
    return true
  end

And it always return true for food items

even if i eat half of it

But Drainable items works fine

[mellow frigate]

the way this function mixes tag check and used delta check is suspicious. it may be exactly what you want, but it is design-error prone.

[tiny wolf]

Good point, maybe this one is better 😉

  function EFK_ItemNotUsedDelta(sourceItem, result)
    if sourceItem:hasTag("EFK_Selling") and sourceItem:getUsedDelta() == 1 then
        return true
    end
    return false
  end

[mellow frigate]

implementation and function name have a better match now ;). I do not know why Glitchr refered to item:getScript():getUsedDelta() though. maybe it would be interesting too ```lua
function EFK_ItemNotUsedDelta(sourceItem, result)
if sourceItem:hasTag("EFK_Selling") and (sourceItem:getUsedDelta() == 1 or item:getScript():getUsedDelta() == 1) then
return true
end
return false
end

[tiny wolf]

Thank you very much 😉

[tiny wolf]

Hey guys @mellow frigate @ancient grail
It does not work for example :

ITEM

    item EFK_Sugar
    {
        DisplayName = Pack of sugar,
        DisplayCategory = Food,
        Type = Food,
        Weight = 0.5,
        WeightEmpty = 0.1,
        Icon = EFK_Sugar,
        Spice = true,
        UseDelta = 0.16,
        UseWhileEquipped = FALSE,
        HungerChange = -70,
        ThirstChange = 45,
        Calories = 387,
        Carbohydrates = 100,
        Lipids = 0,
        Proteins = 0,
        WorldStaticModel = Sugar,
        Tags = Sugar;EFK_Selling,    
        FoodType = Sugar,
    }

RECIPE

    recipe Sell Pack of sugar
    {   destroy EFK_Sugar,
        keep TancredTrader,

        Result:    Money=135,
        CanBeDoneFromFloor:true,
        Category:Money,
        OnTest:EFK_ItemNotUsedDelta,
        Tooltip:Tooltip_EFK_ConditionReparation,  
        Time:0,           
    }

FUNCTION

  function EFK_ItemNotUsedDelta(sourceItem, result)
    if sourceItem:hasTag("EFK_Selling") and ((sourceItem:getUsedDelta() == 1 or item:getScript():getUsedDelta() == 1)) then
        return true
    end
    return false
  end

ERROR :

LOG  : General     , 1718547253494> Object tried to call nil in EFK_ItemNotUsedDelta
ERROR: General     , 1718547253494> ExceptionLogger.logException> Exception thrown java.lang.RuntimeException: Object tried to call nil in EFK_ItemNotUsedDelta at KahluaUtil.fail line:82.
ERROR: General     , 1718547253494> DebugLogStream.printException> Stack trace:
java.lang.RuntimeException: Object tried to call nil in EFK_ItemNotUsedDelta

Any idea about where is the problem ?

[coarse sinew]

Why don't you use the trading plugin for ssr quests ? I saw you asked a question there.

[tiny wolf]

because of inventory tetris

SSR only let player sell items which come from his main inventory, not bags or belts of chest rigs or on the floor

But into my EFK project, player do not have got main inventory

[mellow frigate]

  function EFK_ItemNotUsedDelta(sourceItem, result)
    return sourceItem:hasTag("EFK_Selling") and (sourceItem.getUsedDelta and sourceItem:getUsedDelta() == 1 or item:getScript():getUsedDelta() == 1)
end

[ancient grail]

where the lua file located

--server folder
Recipe = Recipe  or {}
Recipe.OnTest = Recipe.OnTest or {}
function Recipe.OnTest.IsNotWorn(item)
    if instanceof(item, "Clothing") then
        return not item:isWorn()
    end
    return true    
end

this is from vanilla

add this to your file

Recipe = Recipe  or {}
Recipe.OnTest = Recipe.OnTest or {}

[tiny wolf]

Recipe file ?

[ancient grail]

oh nevermind arent you making recipe cuz i saw the sourceitem param

i got confused

(sourceItem, result) <--- this is what OnTest use

[ancient grail]

can you show the actual lua that will use this checker function

[ancient grail]

i ment where is this being use

whos calling the functions

[tiny wolf]

into the recipe during a OnTest

#mod_development message

[tiny wolf]

Do you think i must use the way to do ?

[ancient grail]

Recipe = Recipe  or {}
Recipe.OnTest = Recipe.OnTest or {}


function Recipe.OnTest.isItemFull(item)    
    return item:getUsedDelta() == 1 and item:hasTag("EFK_Selling") 
end




recipe Sell Pack of sugar
{   
    destroy EFK_Sugar,
    keep TancredTrader,

    Result:    Money=135,
    CanBeDoneFromFloor:true,
    Category:Money,
    OnTest:Recipe.OnTest.isItemFull,
    Tooltip:Tooltip_EFK_ConditionReparation,  
    Time:0,           
}

[tiny wolf]

Yeah ok 🙂 Gonna try this

You're the best guys @ancient grail @mellow frigate ❤️ Thank you very much to you and other big PZ moders
My Escape From Knox County project won't be as sophisticated as it is without all your good work on PZ from the beginning ❤️

[thick karma]

You can assume Recipe and Recipe.OnTest exist in lua/server (i.e. skip first two lines here. They do nothing. @tiny wolf

[ancient grail]

right

[thick karma]

If you needed to declare those objects to add your recipe function because there was any chance at all that the vanilla file hadn't yet loaded (which is not the case), then the vanilla file would erase your access to your functions as soon as it said Recipe = {} in the vanilla files.

So it still wouldn't work to try to set them to a new table

[tiny wolf]

OK thanks to you @thick karma
I gonna test this right now

Error again 😬

LOG  : General     , 1718551650014> Object tried to call nil in EFK_isItemFull
LOG  : General     , 1718551650112> [INVENTORY_TETRIS]     creating new sourcewindow: C:/Users/TancredTerror-Gaming/Zomboid/mods/EFK_CORE/media/lua/server/EFK_ItemGoodCondition.lua
ERROR: General     , 1718551702716> ExceptionLogger.logException> Exception thrown java.lang.RuntimeException: Object tried to call nil in EFK_isItemFull at KahluaUtil.fail line:82.
ERROR: General     , 1718551702716> DebugLogStream.printException> Stack trace:
java.lang.RuntimeException: Object tried to call nil in EFK_isItemFull

Strange, Inventory Tetris mod seems to do things here

function: EFK_isItemFull -- file: EFK_ItemGoodCondition.lua line # 12 | MOD: Escape From Knox Project CORE Callframe at: getUniqueRecipeItems function: createMenu -- file: ISInventoryPaneContextMenu.lua line # 274 | MOD: Escape From Knox Project FIX function: createMenu -- file: InventoryTetris_DevTool.lua line # 917 | MOD: Inventory Tetris function: openStackContextMenu -- file: ItemGridUI_events.lua line # 573 | MOD: Inventory Tetris function: onRightMouseUp -- file: ItemGridUI_events.lua line # 109 | MOD: Inventory Tetris java.lang.RuntimeException: Object tried to call nil in EFK_isItemFull

Erf, do you think it could be a Inventory Tetris issue or incompatibility ?

function Recipe.OnTest.EFK_isItemFull(item)    
  return item:getUsedDelta() == 1 and item:hasTag("EFK_Selling") 
end



    recipe Sell Pack of sugar
    {   destroy EFK_Sugar,
        keep TancredTrader,

        Result:    Money=135,
        CanBeDoneFromFloor:true,
        Category:Money,
        OnTest:Recipe.OnTest.EFK_isItemFull,
        Tooltip:Tooltip_EFK_ConditionReparation,  
        Time:0,           
    }

[junior blaze]

I see so u need to create a patch?

[fast galleon]

might need to check that it is drainable

[tiny wolf]

it is a food type item, not a drainable item

so : do food type items have got a usedelta variable ?

[fast galleon]

test function tests all items, so you need to check that it's food then
?

[tiny wolf]

because i don't think so

[tiny wolf]

i only do this test on item that i want to test : food item in this case

[fast galleon]

To give you a list of available recipes when you right click on something every item is being tested so it would not be surprising if not all of them were drainbale or food. But I haven't looked at the specifics of this in a while so it might not apply for your case.

Anyhow, you need a drainable item to use getUsedDelta.

[tiny wolf]

Are food type items drainable ?

Gonna add a test to test only food item into function

[thick karma]

I agree with Polt. Is return item:getUsedDelta() == 1 and item:hasTag("EFK_Selling") end line 12?

[tiny wolf]

So maybe with this it could be better ?

function Recipe.OnTest.EFK_isItemFull(item)
  if item:getUsedDelta() then
    return item:hasTag("EFK_Selling") and item:getUsedDelta() == 1
  end
  return false
end

but about food, i don't think this will solve my situation
because i want to test food type item that player didn't eat a part

[thick karma]

No but did you answer my question somewhere I missed?

[tiny wolf]

I'm sorry, i don't understand your question

[thick karma]

Is line 12 of the file identified by your error the line that says return item:getUsedDelta() == 1 and item:hasTag("EFK_Selling") end?

[thick karma]

☝️

[thick karma]

This error says line 12 is the prob

I'm asking for confirmation about which line is line 12

[tiny wolf]

Oh yes ok

it is always linked to the UsedDelta test of Get

And it seems, after a lot of tests, that food type items do not have got a Drainable variable

So the UseDelta do not work

So there is another variable which save the state of a food type item when a player eat a part of it

but i can't find what it is

so i could test it when i would know

[fast galleon]

is it weight?

[tiny wolf]

oh yes maybe

because weight evolve when player eat a part

do you know a way to get the "initial" weight of an item ?

[runic siren]

sorry to interrupt: i was wondering how much it'd cost to get a main menu mod made? i'd actually fw this really hard as a main menu theme https://youtu.be/2Oq6BraVZgo?si=WM8rZG-k9l2bZpPT

[bright fog]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3181140789&searchtext=28+days+later

[runic siren]

that's just In The House In a Heartbeat and East Hastings though

[lilac belfry]

Hello guys, I am trying to do my very first mod, a very simple add of a pistol following a tutorial, just to get the hang of it, unfortunately while the item works in game, I can't get it to appear. It stays invisible, despite having proper nomenclature. Does anyone know what could be the issue ? (note, I used an online fbx to X converter since I don't have a plug-in for that file format)
I'm sure it's something very little but I can't seem to find the problem

[tranquil kindle]

Just use FBX model

[tranquil kindle]

Game supports FBX models and most of modders use it, but for some strange reason devs do use X files.

[lilac belfry]

I did try to add the fbx in the same folder, with no result as well

[tranquil kindle]

Launch debug mode and restart game, in console if you equip/have gun "visible" if its issue with model script it will tell you

[lilac belfry]

I'm gonna try that, thank you !

... yup 😬 I guess I'm good to check my nomenclature once again

[regal hornet]

mod idea: i just want to make/have made a more realistic loot tables. grocery stores should be nearly empty except the back storage, and peoples pantries should have more food, etc

would anyone be willing to make it/help me make it? id be willing to pay depending on how much it costs

[bright fog]

If you want you can make a commission in the modding Discord
https://discord.com/channels/136501320340209664/1125248330595848192

[tiny wolf]

i think it is a big work because it need to reword all loot table you want to edit

[regal hornet]

i totally forgot that was a thing

[tiny wolf]

i just finished to rework all loot tables of the game and i needed 3 weeks to finish it with my project ^^

[bright fog]

Which is 20k lines of code to go through

[regal hornet]

jeez!

[bright fog]

Well yeah

[austere sequoia]

On the one hand side it is super easy, since you only need to change numbers. But since it will be hundreds, maybe thousands of numbers, hidden in said 20k lines of code, it will take forever 😂

[regal hornet]

I see why it hasn't been done then lol

[slim steeple]

how can i make some custom flags for a zomboid server im in

basically will it require coding or putting custom pictures

[ancient grail]

you need to create the tiles pack and tile definitions

the actual sprite sheet
and depending on how you want to use the tiles you would have to do bit of code

[wet sandal]

What version of Lua is Zomboid using again?

[bronze yoke]

5.1ish

[sour island]

Anyone know what font face this could be:

I assume it's not hand drawn

Looks like ravie

[hallow knoll]

guys, I have a really stupid question

I wanna translate in english button, which responds for getting up knocked player

How to properly translate, "Help to get up"?

Or "Help to stand up"?

[muted garnet]

can I find out when the player clicked the go here button? like for example I can find out player:pressedMovement(false) or player:pressedCancelAction() but can I find out when the player selected the go here button with the mouse?

[royal rose]

Can someone tell me how can i change which materials a tile drops when it is disassembled? I want some vanilla tile, for example the military tent walls, to drop some custom item. How can i do that?

[bright fog]

There's webwites to check fonts based on an image

https://www.myfonts.com/fr/pages/whatthefont?step=resultPage

[teal slate]

progress...

[bright fog]

Nice

[sour island]

I ended up just scrolling through them, and found what it was most likely based on. 😅

Update on why I needed the font. These are WIP and changes have since been made.

Basically Spiffo trading cards for Game-Night.

[bright fog]

Nice

That's amazing

[sour island]

Thank you 🙂

Can't take all the credit, as I had StableDiff generate the foundation, and I just had to do some chops/edits + the graphic design aspect.

There's still a lot of details that stand out and bug me, but the whole point of using SD instead of drawing them all out was so shave off time.

[bright fog]

I mean you can just link the stable diffusion model you used in the mod's description

[sour island]

For example the police's gun before was melded into his hand lol, I also had to construct most of their hands, eyes, and tools.

[sour island]

I plan to add a disclaimer with a guide. Maybe people can make their own Spiffo cards lol.

[bright fog]

Expension packs lol

That would be amazing

[sour island]

I was thinking of marking them as sets with logos on the back - but I'm concerned with making it harder to expand.

These would be like "Careers of the World" or something - maybe with a little globe

But yeah, it would mean others would need some level of skill lol

I do need to make a guide for card generation - could be useful for others. Anything to make the workflow easier.

[teal slate]

wonder if I should retitle my mod's page to say Susceptible Corpses [Sandbox Options] or something

since it's a pretty notable change...

[bright fog]

Naah I don't think it's needed

What you can do however is make an announcement in the comments and also make sure to make your patch notes clear

[teal slate]

I did make the patch notes clear, comments are probably useful too though

Still waiting on verification...

[bright fog]

For example

[teal slate]

I'm too lazy to figure out formatting, ha. Is it markdown, BBcode, limited HTML...?

[bright fog]

https://discord.com/channels/908422782554107904/1235648828900642966

I made a whole guide on what's possible and available

[dull moss]

does getServerOptions() work for SP game too?

nvm its probably getSandboxOptions() for SP

[fast galleon]

@dull moss
those are different things that you access both in SP.

[dull moss]

huh

[sour island]

Those are two different sets of settings

[dull moss]

oh

so serveroptions are there both in sp and mp?

cuz i've been using this getServerOptions():getBoolean("SleepNeeded")

to check if MP server uses sleep needed

[thick karma]

It does

But

Some things get reported oddly

It does not error

[dull moss]

hmm

imma go test stuff i guess

[thick karma]

It seems possibly that it reflects the most recent way you ran your server

[dull moss]

ok thats not good then

[thick karma]

I used it in SP just yesterday and expected a nil value

Was surprised

Then I added a feature to make a popup show based on an Anti-Cheat

And that showed in SP when Anti-Cheat was true

Much to my surprise

I haven't further explored the weirdness of it but it suffices to say the function works and returns non nil under some conditions at least, all the ones I tested

[dull moss]

i have to decide if i wanna add safeguard vs players not properly setting sandbox settings or if i leave it be and assume they are smart enough

[thick karma]

Safeguard will spare you headache long-term

[thick karma]

Idk I can send you some very useful code in a minute

[dull moss]

only now realized that i check for mp if sleep is forced

[thick karma]

I've been moving from mod to mod

[dull moss]

but not in sp

[thick karma]

For different purposes

[dull moss]

ignore sandbox thing i jsut added it without testing yet

[thick karma]

But not sure when Internet back

[bright fog]

That's... an interesting way of writing a if

[dull moss]

ye its a huge if so i had to decide how do i wanna format it

i dont like it

but i have to format it somehow

ye i tried getServerOptions():getBoolean("SleepNeeded") and getServerOptions():getBoolean("SleepAllowed") in SP where both of those are on, and it returned false twice

Which is I assume from my server where both are off

So how do I check those in SP

How can I open table in f11 to browse it

Like for example I know there's table SandboxVars

how do I open it in here

to view its fields

[bright fog]

What are you trying to access exactly ? A sandbox option ?

[dull moss]

yes

[bright fog]

SandboxVars.MyModName.MyOptionOne in lua
for

option MyModName.MyOptionOne= {
    type = integer,
    default = 1,
    min = 1,
    max = 100,
    
    page = MyModName,
    translation = MyModName_OptionNameOne,
    valueTranslation = MyModName_OptionNameOne,
}

[dull moss]

I am aware of how my options work, I need base game

Idk how SleepNeeded is named internally

or where to find it

[bright fog]

Oooh

[dull moss]

which is my initial question

[bright fog]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3262742704&searchtext=

[dull moss]

bruh

[bright fog]

Allows you to check every option names

[dull moss]

oh

[bright fog]

No I'm not fucking with you

At least you can use it to find every option tags I guess

It has a command you can print in-game (or anywhere in lua I guess) to check sandbox options IDs

It's not it's original use but you can use it for that I guess

[dull moss]

[bright fog]

I believe you can use it for it ?

Maybe I'm completely wrong lmao

[coarse sinew]

SleepNeeded and SleepAllowed aren't sandbox options, you can set them only in the .ini

[dull moss]

I mean the game somehow knows if in SP those options are enabled

right

So there's gotta be a way to fetch those values

[dull moss]

anyone knows this one, it's last place where I can check

how to open specific table

just make it error out and then you can have it in object stack

prints(SandboxVars) works like a charm

also its not in there so I officially give up on trying to fetch from game if sleep is needed

[thick karma]

I would put it in a variable

And check the variable as the condition

Just to avoid the aesthetic atrocity

😎

[dull moss]

oh ye I actually do that for few things already
local desensitized = function(player) return player:HasTrait("Desensitized") and SBvars.BraverySystemRemovesOtherFearPerks end

no worries, I fix it by deleting whole thing and letting users figure it out since it doesnt work as intended anyway

[dull moss]

also is this a new way for options? I've been using

{
    type = boolean,
    default = true,
    page = EvolvingTraitsWorldSystems,
    translation = EvolvingTraitsWorld_TraitsLockSystemCanGainPositive,
}```

looks slightly different from yours

or did you not mean to put = sign in there at the start?

or does it work regardless if = there or not

[bright fog]

That's a different type of option

Ah right the =

[dull moss]

ye

[bright fog]

I copied the example from somewhere else

[dull moss]

ah k

[bright fog]

Gonna report it to the guy who made the option example

[bright fog]

Confirmed the = is wrong

[dull moss]

[compact warren]

Im trying to make a mod that adds some custom buildings into the vanilla map

https://github.com/Unjammer/PZ_Vanilla_Map

Will this work

I have no

previous experience at all with project zomboid

only LUA

[slow hound]

better luck in #mapping if you haven't tried yet. also mapping for the most part, you use external tools such as a painting program, worlded, tilezed, depending on what youa re trying to do. mainly tilezed if you are redoing buildings from vanilla. you then create the mod, and with your editing map using the same locations as in game map you are replacing, will overwrite the map with yours. you have a bit of learning you may need though if your goal is to edit a preexisting vanilla map

[compact warren]

Alright

i tried

[slow hound]

if you want to create full custom map over top of vanilla there is some good guides. look at pins in mapping, there is also another discord for mapping with a LOT of resources and guides

[compact warren]

Daddy Dirkie dirks zomboid mapping tutorials

or am trying

[slow hound]

yep, you just move through those and ask specific questions as you run into things

[calm rose]

Can anyone give me a starting point as to where I can learn more about how to create PvP zones on a server, ideally with higher loot spawns?

[slow hound]

asking general question like what you did though will get you not much help

it's too many answers needed at the same time 😄

if you overwrite vanilla map with full custom map, you don't need that github though.

Alree does make some updated tools that make mapping WAY easier though. try to find a link for unofficial mapping discord. thats your best bet imo

[compact warren]

trivial but uhh

how do i see a detailed version

this is what the cell looks like

but its only showing in green for some reason

[slow hound]

https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/21951-the-one-stop-tilezed-mapping-shop/

you need to have the bmp/png and also have a TMX made

[compact warren]

this?

[slow hound]

you put them all with a veg layer in worlded and drag it all to your cell, it will show all. you can change the view to show

the problem is you aren't obviously using any guide here

[compact warren]

I am

[slow hound]

you really need to use the guide i posted to at least have some idea