mod_development

[thick karma]

(and screenshot)

[unreal pewter]

@thick karma

[thick karma]

Show me line 36

[thick karma]

Looks like you must not have ProjectGurashi module declared anymore

Function name should be ProjectGurashi.addBook

Above that you need local ProjectGurashi = {}

[bronze yoke]

but if the module wasn't declared the error should happen further up when you try to add to it right?

[thick karma]

I think maybe they changed that

[unreal pewter]

how can i just go from the debug error screen straight back to the main menu

[thick karma]

Not really possible unless you're accessing it from Main Menu

[unreal pewter]

guh

[pulsar sinew]

anyone know what sound "event" corresponds to zombies idling around? the audio works with MaleZombieCombined, but it seems to also play when zombies are idling around, which I've found slightly annoying. Here's the script I'm using for context:

module Base
{
    sound MaleZombieCombined
    {
        category = Zombie,
        is3D = true,
        clip
        {
            file = media/sound/this_is_lemonade.wav,
            distanceMax = 13,
            distanceMin = 0,
            volume = 0.5,
        }
        clip
        {
            file = media/sound/oh_no.wav,
            distanceMax = 13,
            distanceMin = 0,
            volume = 0.5,
        }
    }
}

[unreal pewter]

@drifting ore no more error, but its still not in loot pools

oh, i tried to use lootzed on the classroom desk and got this

[drifting ore]

is your file missing local ProjectGurashi = ProjectGurashi or {} at the beginning?

[unreal pewter]

apparently

[grizzled fulcrum]

why do people do that btw

the whole MyMod = MyMod or {}

[drifting ore]

it's a simple way to create a table IF it's not already created

as for why MyMod - it's a common practice to put all your mod's belongings into its own little table, though it's not necesasry

[grizzled fulcrum]

but it's not like the file gets ran multiple times so how would MyMod = MyMod and not equal {} always?

[grizzled fulcrum]

o

[unreal pewter]

same thing happened again

[drifting ore]

that's exactly it, when you run the file a second time, the MyMod table already exists, so you don't necessarily want to reset it

Lua files don't normally run more than once, but PZ's internal code does quite frankly abuse the dofile equivalent so the same file can run many times in principle.

[unreal pewter]

the classroomshelves dont show that the books are in the loot pools and the desks just show an error screen

[grizzled fulcrum]

oh I always assumed it shouldn't ever load twice unless its a reload but even then it wouldnt exist

[grizzled fulcrum]

can you send a ss of the errors pane again?

but scroll down to the bottom of the errors scrolling text thing

[unreal pewter]

i just cloesd it

gimme a minute to pull it up again

[drowsy fjord]

Has anyone here added custom sounds to their mods? I have a custom first aid item I am trying to add a custom sound to but I can't get it to work. The item works fine and spawns normally, but I can't seem to get the sound to work.

[grizzled fulcrum]

do you include the sound in the itemscript?

and where is the file path of the sound in the context of your mod

although I am not quite sure if that would work just on it's own

[drowsy fjord]

I tried adding it to the script, but since it isn't a food item I didn't think that the custom eat sound would work. I have a "TakePill.lua" file that I've been trying to add the sound to.

[grizzled fulcrum]

also do you have a sound script for the actual sound?

[drowsy fjord]

the "takepill.lua" file is where the player stats gets changed.

[drowsy fjord]

a sound script?

[grizzled fulcrum]

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Scripts_guide/Sound_Script_Guide
if you dont have a sound script

[grizzled fulcrum]

yes, you need one to tell the game a multitude of things, one being the file path of the sound it needs to play

[grizzled fulcrum]

can you show your addBook func in lua?

in the ProjectGurashiDistributions.lua

[unreal pewter]

local books = {
    "ProjectGurashi.TheDancingGirl",
    "ProjectGurashi.Kokoro",
    "ProjectGurashi.Yoakemae",
    "ProjectGurashi.TheCrabCanneryShip",
    "ProjectGurashi.NatsunoHana",
    "ProjectGurashi.NoLongerHuman",
    "ProjectGurashi.FiresonthePlain",
    "ProjectGurashi.TheSilentCry",
    "ProjectGurashi.TheLegendofTono",
    "ProjectGurashi.JidaiheisokunoGenjo",
    "ProjectGurashi.AnAutobiography",
    "ProjectGurashi.ListentotheVoicesoftheSea",
    "ProjectGurashi.ParadiseintheSeaofSorrow",
    "ProjectGurashi.RedLightsShakko",
    "ProjectGurashi.ACollectionofHagiwaraSakutaro",
    "ProjectGurashi.ACollectionofNakanoShigeharu",
    "ProjectGurashi.ACollectionofKanekoMitsuharu"
}



ProjectGurashi.addBook = function()

-- Base Rate
local rate = 4

for _, bookItemName in pairs(books) do 
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["ClassroomDesk"].items, bookItemName )
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["ClassroomDesk"].items, ProjectGurashi.truncate(10 * rate))
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["ClassroomShelves"].items, bookItemName )
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["ClassroomShelves"].items, ProjectGurashi.truncate(10 * rate))
end

ItemPickerJava.Parse()

end

Events.OnInitGlobalModData.Add(ProjectGurashi.addBook)```

thats the entire lua file

[grizzled fulcrum]

just an FYI, make sure your distributions on server side

[unreal pewter]

its in lua\server

[grizzled fulcrum]

ok that is fine

well the game is complaining that your distribution's chance is fucked somehow

[drifting ore]

the truncate function is not in the file

[grizzled fulcrum]

I think in this case, the truncate function

well yes that, I assumed it was left out(?)

if it does exist, it's somehow not able to refer to it (its nil)

[unreal pewter]

no thats the whole file

[grizzled fulcrum]

;-;

[unreal pewter]

i just copy pated what cs typed earlier

[grizzled fulcrum]

you're trying to call truncate function that doesn't exist

[unreal pewter]

ill go grab it again

[drifting ore]

i probably clipped it out without looking

[grizzled fulcrum]

don't copy paste, kids!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[drifting ore]

don't replace the entire file, just relevant bits

[drowsy fjord]

How to I tie the sound to the item? Do you want me to post my script?

[grizzled fulcrum]

one you have the sound script, you can add the sound like you would any other in the item script like Sound:MySound

so long as the sound script defines the sound as MySound in the above example

[unreal pewter]

YESS ITS WORKING

thanks a lot for the help

[drowsy fjord]

Am I doing something wrong?

module Melatonin_Gummies
{
imports {
Base
}
sound EatMelatoninGummies {
category = Effect,
loop = FALSE,
is3D = true,
maxInstancesPerEmitter = 2,
clip {
file = media/sound/EatMelatoninGummies.ogg,
distanceMax = 10,
reverbFactor = 0.1,
volume = 0.7,
}
}

item PillsMelatonin_Gummies
{
    DisplayCategory = FirstAid,
    Weight = 0.3,
    Type = Drainable,
    UseDelta = 0.05,
    UseWhileEquipped = FALSE,
    DisplayName = Melatonin Gummies,
    Icon = MelatoninGummies,
    Tooltip = Tooltip_Melatonin_Gummies,
    StaticModel = PillBottle,
    WorldStaticModel = PillBottleGround,
    Medical = TRUE,
    Sound:EatMelatoninGummies
}

}

[grizzled fulcrum]

is it possible it's because sound doesn't have an ending comma?

you can try it

otherwise that should work from just looking at it

oh wait

do you paly the sound when you perform the action? such as eat

[drowsy fjord]

It's the take pill action

[grizzled fulcrum]

ok nvm

[drifting ore]

trailing commas are optional

pretty important feature over a lot of "classic" languages where trailing comma is forbidden

[grizzled fulcrum]

o

[echo lark]

Does anyoen know how to/if you can remove a multiplier? i know addXpMultiplier is to give someone a multiplier and that using another addXpMultiplier will overwrite the last one. but i cant figure out how to remove a multiplier after its set. Basically trying to write a mod for exp boosters that adds a multiplier for X ammount of experience but cant figure out how to remvoe that multiplier

[frank elbow]

Not for most PZ scripts, unfortunately

Unsure whether it's the case for that one, but plenty of script handling code is done by reading until a comma

[grizzled fulcrum]

maybe change sound category to Item

I just add them for uniformity idk why

[drifting ore]

or until a closing bracket if I understood the code correctly

[frank elbow]

Depends on the code since there's some duplicative parsing code, but iirc most require it

It's been a common answer to script confusion here in the past

[grizzled fulcrum]

if changing category to Item doesn't help (idk if it does or not), vanilla items do specify a clip event like:

event = Character/Survival/Farming/Crops/Water,

That tells it when to trigger the sound, but the wiki says that's only for vanilla sounds in the soundbank

[drifting ore]

that whole system looks almost like a MIDI font

[frank elbow]

God I wish

SoundFonts and MIDI support would be lovely, plus more fmod access

[drifting ore]

Looking at it this way, it feels like devs should've enabled java modding instead of adding Lua.

It's a steeper learning curve but it automatically deletes this kind of issues.

[frank elbow]

Plenty of other pros and cons that could be discussed with that approach, but I think Lua made it significantly easier for them to limit access where appropriate

[drifting ore]

Eh. If it's good enough for Minecraft, it's good enough for you.

[frank elbow]

Like yeah, through a Java mod anything can be done but they require manual installation so they're less “safe” anyhow

[drifting ore]

Besides. With that kind of logic you run afoul of the whole idea of modding, by restricting what people can and cannot mod.

[frank elbow]

Not really, since there's an alternative that allows for more control

With the tradeoff of ease-of-installation and safety

And just not really generally, since idt sandboxing is anti-modding

[drifting ore]

IDK. Minecraft mods are installed by simply dropping the jars into the runtime folder. And as for safety, for a videogame mod that's redundant. It's not like it's even your place to play the internet police.

Making malicious mods is already not allowed on Steam, and is generally illegal.

[frank elbow]

It's their game so I think it is their place a bit lol, and idt it's really fair to compare mod loaders with a built-in modding API

[drifting ore]

Yeah well. Minecraft modloaders mainly just hook into the game to provide events to which mods can latch, since the game didn't originally had them.

[frank elbow]

Nonetheless the simplicity of dropping mods into a folder is due to the loaders, not the game

[drifting ore]

Allright fair enough.

[drowsy fjord]

Sorry, I did something that messed up the icon so I had to revert to an earlier backup of my mod. I'm trying to mess around with the categories.

[drowsy fjord]

I'm gonna go snuggle with my pug and come back to this issue in a little bit.

[unreal dust]

Hello, I am making a mod but for some reason it is using 2D texture for the item that I drop on the ground. I have a custom-ish model but it is not working at all. Could you please help me out? I've tried copying the other mods and how they do it, but had no success.

mod folder:
media
>lua
>server
>items
Distributions.lua
scripts
mod_item.txt
mod_modelstextures.txt (this file should attach my texture to the model, but it is not working. I've tried putting my custom model to the folder models_X > static to no avail, nothing works)
textures
mod_icon.png [35x35]
>WorldItems
mod_texture.png [256x256]
mod.info
poster.png

Please elp :(

[echo lark]

anyone know how to remove a multiplier? im using addXpMultiplier to add one but then i need to remove it, and i cant seem to figure it out

[rancid barn]

the way that vhs dialogue gives or removes moodles i set up wrong when i wanted to do 2 moodles

[drowsy fjord]

Nice, glad you were able to fix it!

[oblique venture]

you want to apply your mesh to thet mod_models.txt script as well

something like this:

``model Smoker
{
    mesh = WorldItems/BigSmoker,
    texture = WorldItems/Smoker,
    scale = 1.5,
}``

obviously replace it with your model name and file path for your files.

and then you call on it using the world static model in the item script. like so:

item Smoker { DisplayCategory = Tool, Weight = 20, Type = Normal, DisplayName = Smoker, Icon = smoker, WorldStaticModel = Smoker, }

it is case sensitive though

[unreal dust]

Do I put my model (mesh) to the WorldItems folder or to models_X? I understand that I need to put the code you've sent above to the mod_models.txt that is located at the moment in my scripts folder, thank you very much.

[oblique venture]

the worlditems folder should be within the models_X folder. but if you just drop it in the models_X folder then your would do like so:

model Smoker { mesh = BigSmoker, texture = WorldItems/Smoker, scale = 1.5, }

same for texture.

[fleet bridge]

Negative value?

[echo lark]

hmmm maybe, i did try setting it to just 1 but it still gives that visual arrows like reading boost does. but i think i can do it with getPerkBoost and setPerkBoost so im trying that way might be easier

ah, setPerkBoost is the xp boost you see on perks, from like professions where it gives +100% exp to certain perks. i maybe be able to use that

[true pollen]

Does anyone know what can it be? It says I don't have enough propane units, but I have many.

[oblique venture]

likley one of those old mods that were made when propane torches had more than 10 uses. pretty sure they no longer work. i tend to use this mod for that purpose: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2757712197&searchtext=vehicle+repair+overhaul

yeah, you're probably using this mod: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2289429759&searchtext=vehicle

dont

[true pollen]

yes I am

[true pollen]

So is this mod giving the error?

[unreal dust]

Oh, it was working when I unlinked the .fbx file (it is located in media\models_X\WorldItems\ and placed the base game one instead (texture is off since the meshes are not meshing). But once I linked my model to the item, it stopped working and stayed as 2D sprite when you drop the item. Could you please tell me if I am wrong here?

This is my modelstxtures file:

`module model
{

model MODmodel
{
mesh = models_X/WorldItems/NEWmodel, [it is a .fbx file, located in media\models_X\WorldItems]
texture = WorldItems/modeltexture, [the texture is located in the media\textures\WorldItems\ folder]
}
}`

I am very thankful for your help. 🙂

[oblique venture]

correct

[oblique venture]

module Base
{

  model MODmodel
  {
    mesh = WorldItems/NEWmodel, [it is a .fbx file, located in media\models_X\WorldItems\]
    texture = WorldItems/modeltexture, [the texture is located in the media\textures\WorldItems\ folder]
  }
}```
make it like that

[true pollen]

testing now

[oblique venture]

notice how i took out models_x from the path and i changed the module to Base

do that

[unreal dust]

Yes, trying it out currently.

[true pollen]

You can't see it, but I'm giving you a standing ovation, I would never find out it was that mod.🫡

[oblique venture]

comes with a lot of practice/experience with mods. that standing ovation is for me not having a life, lol.

[unreal dust]

Tried it out in many ways, but in the end it worked. Removed the path. Thank you. But now it seems that I have to fix the scaling. Oops. The textures were too big it seems. 👏

[oblique venture]

no no, not the textures.

you can add a

scale = (decimal value) to the model script and it will scale that way

or you can just scale the model in blender if you want

@unreal dust

[unreal dust]

It is just re-meshed vanilla model, I don't know what is causing this.

[oblique venture]

was it a .x file that you converted to .fbx?

[unreal dust]

It was .x file that I converted to .blend to edit it in blender. Then, I used in-built converter to convert the .blend to .fbx.

[oblique venture]

that is why its big then. changing from .x to another format resets any and all transforms

sometimes it even inverts the uv mapping

massive pain to deal with

[unreal dust]

Got it, thank you. I'll just scale it down XD

[oblique venture]

would scale it in blender. just scale all x,y,z to something like 0.01 i think?

and make sure to save a backup and apply transformations before saving the file you want to test

[unreal dust]

Bravo, thank you, it all worked out well. I now only have three hours for sleep before job, so might as well. Thank you.

[echo lark]

lol im dumb. i didnt try just setting the multiplier to 0.... which works XD

i was just looking for something like removeXpMultiplier without thinking it through

[thick karma]

So the whole mod seems alright now?

Had to tune out for awhile

[unreal pewter]

yeah, it works perfectly

im now able to add new items by myself pretty easily

i just .. need to learn how to make art for icons and models

ill need more help eventually learning some more complicated things that i have no clue how i could possibly do (or if theyre even possible) but for now im set

[thick karma]

I've got 5 minutes on my PC; can I see current state of Lua? Had suggestions but no time to show you. Unsure if you got to them.

[unreal pewter]

uh well im in the middle of editing some stuff ubt sure

ProjectGurashi.truncate = function(number)
    return math.floor(number * 100) / 100
end


-- Lists of Items

-- List of books
local books = {
    "ProjectGurashi.TheDancingGirl",
    "ProjectGurashi.Kokoro",
    "ProjectGurashi.Yoakemae",
    "ProjectGurashi.TheCrabCanneryShip",
    "ProjectGurashi.NatsunoHana",
    "ProjectGurashi.NoLongerHuman",
    "ProjectGurashi.FiresonthePlain",
    "ProjectGurashi.TheSilentCry",
    "ProjectGurashi.TheLegendofTono",
    "ProjectGurashi.JidaiheisokunoGenjo",
    "ProjectGurashi.AnAutobiography",
    "ProjectGurashi.ListentotheVoicesoftheSea",
    "ProjectGurashi.ParadiseintheSeaofSorrow",
    "ProjectGurashi.RedLightsShakko",
    "ProjectGurashi.ACollectionofHagiwaraSakutaro",
    "ProjectGurashi.ACollectionofNakanoShigeharu",
    "ProjectGurashi.ACollectionofKanekoMitsuharu"
}


-- Lists of Locations



-- Add to Distributions

--BentoBox Distribution
function ProjectGurashi.addBentoBoxToClassroomDesk()
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["ClassroomDesk"].items, "ProjectGurashi.BentoBox")
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["ClassroomDesk"].items, ProjectGurashi.truncate(15))




    -- Function to add books to distributions
ProjectGurashi.addBook = function()
for _, bookItemName in pairs(books) do 
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["ClassroomDesk"].items, bookItemName )
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["ClassroomDesk"].items, ProjectGurashi.truncate(rate))
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["ClassroomShelves"].items, bookItemName )
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["ClassroomShelves"].items, ProjectGurashi.truncate(rate))
end

ItemPickerJava.Parse()

end

Events.OnInitGlobalModData.Add(ProjectGurashi.addBook)```

oh also @thick karma if i wanna get rid of the rate variable is it just ProjectGurashi.truncate(4))

or is it a different format

[drifting ore]

yes

[frank elbow]

If it's gonna be constant then you ought to just use the value that it'll ultimately be

[thick karma]

So have you not finished this? It doesn't quite look like it's in a working state at a glance... Copying it into another file it appears that you have an unclosed function called addBentoBoxToClassroomDesk?

[unreal pewter]

im trying to figure out the most efficient way to organize this

[unreal pewter]

yeah no im not done

currently trying to think of a good way to organize things and then im gonna finish adding a couple other items

[drifting ore]

well it appears a good way of organizing it

[unreal pewter]

i guess ill just do a different function for each category of items i wanna do

[drifting ore]

that works. But also the function you have there doesn't care what kind of object it is, it should work the same for all of them.

It operates with just a piece of text. The game then deciphers what the text actually means.

[unreal pewter]

yeah i could put it all in one function

but thats what i mean by organization

i guess i can comment in the middle of the function and nothings stopping me

ill just do that

[drifting ore]

well the purpose of making code like this is to reduce the amount of manual labor. You can always just manually insert each item into each container distribution individually, by calling the insert function individually for each of them

[unreal pewter]

oh i just realized i can also make a list of locations to distribute to

[drifting ore]

table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["ClassroomDesk"].items, ProjectGurashi.Kokoro )
table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["ClassroomDesk"].items, ProjectGurashi.Yoakemae )```
etc

[unreal pewter]

whats this?

[drifting ore]

an example how you can do all of this manually

[unreal pewter]

oh, yeah

[thick karma]

Okay:

1. local ProjectGurashi = ProjectGurashi or {} should just be local ProjectGurashi = {}. If you're working with a local table that cannot be modded in a global way, there is no point in worrying about your table being initialized before you initialize it.
2. You don't need truncate if you're not doing any kind of math with rate.
3. Encapsulating books as ProjectGurashi.books and returning ProjectGurashi at the end of your file will create the opportunity for other modders to theoretically prevent specific books from spawning, or spawn new books everywhere you spawn yours, by editing the list before the event that adds it.
4. Adding end to any scope that needs it as soon as you open that scope will prevent you from forgetting to close it after writing a long function.
5. It is good practice to indicate the scope of variables (the area of your code in which they exist) by tabbing things in based on their scope; this is why e.g. virtually everyone tabs in the contents of functions. I would recommend you do so for the function addBook above.
6. Since addBook in fact adds a list of books, I'd rename it.
7. If rate were also module-encapsulated, you would make it easy for other modders to patch.

When all of the above advice is applied, your code looks like this:

local ProjectGurashi = {}

ProjectGurashi.rate = 4

-- List of books
ProjectGurashi.books = {
    "ProjectGurashi.TheDancingGirl",
    "ProjectGurashi.Kokoro",
    "ProjectGurashi.Yoakemae",
    "ProjectGurashi.TheCrabCanneryShip",
    "ProjectGurashi.NatsunoHana",
    "ProjectGurashi.NoLongerHuman",
    "ProjectGurashi.FiresonthePlain",
    "ProjectGurashi.TheSilentCry",
    "ProjectGurashi.TheLegendofTono",
    "ProjectGurashi.JidaiheisokunoGenjo",
    "ProjectGurashi.AnAutobiography",
    "ProjectGurashi.ListentotheVoicesoftheSea",
    "ProjectGurashi.ParadiseintheSeaofSorrow",
    "ProjectGurashi.RedLightsShakko",
    "ProjectGurashi.ACollectionofHagiwaraSakutaro",
    "ProjectGurashi.ACollectionofNakanoShigeharu",
    "ProjectGurashi.ACollectionofKanekoMitsuharu"
}

-- Add to Distributions

--BentoBox Distribution
function ProjectGurashi.addBentoBoxToClassroomDesk()
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["ClassroomDesk"].items, "ProjectGurashi.BentoBox")
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["ClassroomDesk"].items, 15)
end

    -- Function to add books to distributions
ProjectGurashi.addBooks = function()
    for _, bookItemName in pairs(ProjectGurashi.books) do 
        table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["ClassroomDesk"].items, bookItemName)
        table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["ClassroomDesk"].items, ProjectGurashi.rate)
        table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["ClassroomShelves"].items, bookItemName)
        table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["ClassroomShelves"].items, ProjectGurashi.rate)
    end

    ItemPickerJava.Parse()
end

Events.OnInitGlobalModData.Add(ProjectGurashi.addBooks)

return ProjectGurashi

[unreal pewter]

thats what i was gonna default to at first

[thick karma]

Anyhoo good luck

[unreal pewter]

ill get to that in a sec, thakn you !

[true nova]

does anyone know the full function of the event OnContainerUpdate? im trying to log times for items in a container and this event only seems to do things when opening doors. is there a better option?

[drifting ore]

You can keep track of which containers you want to update and then loop over them in OnEveryMinutes callback. But it's not exactly "better".

Anyway is there a reason you must actively check the time values? Most time-related applications work completely fine off of just recording the starting time and comparing it to current time.

[true nova]

thats what i wanted to do. i was planning on logging the time when the player checks the container and updating the item when the container is checked again

[drifting ore]

Well there's an addon for inventory tetris which hides container contents for a few moments when you open it, you might be able to borrow some code from it.

[unreal pewter]

how could I make it so when an item spawns in a container a certain amount will spawn?

[true nova]

one method could be making an item like "pack of items" put it in distributions and make a recipe that unpacks into the number. im sure theres a way to make it spawn directly in distributions but im not very knowledgeable on it

[drifting ore]

you can specify a procedural item data and it has min and max fields

[unreal pewter]

well i think in the table.insert thing you can also list an amount but i might be wrong

oh also i got rid of the truncate thing and it no longer works (yay)

im gonna try some more stuff but this is the right format, right?

    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["OfficeDesk"].items, ProjectGurashi.15)```

for the rate being 15

[true nova]

make it just 15

[unreal pewter]

i see

[true nova]

youre trying to call the position of ProjectGurashi at 15 which doesnt exist

[unreal pewter]

oh right

also

i can use break to end a loop but continue a function, right?

[drifting ore]

yes

[unreal pewter]

alright cool

[drifting ore]

why do you need to end the loop though?

[unreal pewter]

im only using the loop for the books

im putting every item im adding into this same function and the book loop only needs to loop in the part of the function that adds book loot

[drifting ore]

i don't get it but it sounds like the program doesn't needs to be this complicated

[thick karma]

Can you elaborate?

[drifting ore]

and you don't exactly have a lot of leeway with getting fancy with code so keeping it simple for now would be the easiest route

[unreal pewter]

well

[drifting ore]

anyway you can just have multiple separate lists of objects for multiple separate loops

[unreal pewter]

i can get rid of it

items are no longer spawning anyways

-- Lists of Items

-- List of books
local books = {
    "ProjectGurashi.TheDancingGirl",
    "ProjectGurashi.Kokoro",
    "ProjectGurashi.Yoakemae",
    "ProjectGurashi.TheCrabCanneryShip",
    "ProjectGurashi.NatsunoHana",
    "ProjectGurashi.NoLongerHuman",
    "ProjectGurashi.FiresonthePlain",
    "ProjectGurashi.TheSilentCry",
    "ProjectGurashi.TheLegendofTono",
    "ProjectGurashi.JidaiheisokunoGenjo",
    "ProjectGurashi.AnAutobiography",
    "ProjectGurashi.ListentotheVoicesoftheSea",
    "ProjectGurashi.ParadiseintheSeaofSorrow",
    "ProjectGurashi.RedLightsShakko",
    "ProjectGurashi.ACollectionofHagiwaraSakutaro",
    "ProjectGurashi.ACollectionofNakanoShigeharu",
    "ProjectGurashi.ACollectionofKanekoMitsuharu"
}


-- Lists of Locations



-- Add to Distribution
ProjectGurashi.Distribution = function()
-- Book Distribution
for _, bookItemName in pairs(books) do 
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["ClassroomDesk"].items, bookItemName )
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["ClassroomDesk"].items, 4)
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["ClassroomShelves"].items, bookItemName )
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["ClassroomShelves"].items, 4)
break
    -- Bento Box Distribution
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["ClassroomDesk"].items, "ProjectGurashi.BentoBox")
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["ClassroomDesk"].items, 25)
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["OfficeDesk"].items, "ProjectGurashi.BentoBox")
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["OfficeDesk"].items, 15)
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["BreakRoomCounter"].items, "ProjectGurashi.BentoBox")
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["BreakRoomCounter"].items, 15)
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["KitchenFridge"].items, "ProjectGurashi.BentoBox")
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["KitchenFridge"].items, 5)
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["SchoolLockers"].items, "ProjectGurashi.BentoBox")
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["SchoolLockers"].items, 10)
    -- PackagedBentoBox Distribution
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["ConvenienceStoreShelves"].items, "ProjectGurashi.PackagedBentoBox")
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["ConvenienceStoreShelves"].items, ProjectGurashi.5)
ItemPickerJava.Parse()
end

Events.OnInitGlobalModData.Add(ProjectGurashi.Distribution)

return ProjectGurashi```

this is what ive done

[drifting ore]

yeah I figured this is where break would go

no it's not gonna work like this

[unreal pewter]

why not?

[drifting ore]

Lua will terminate the loop as soon as it sees the break statement, so what will happen is that it will add TheDancingGirl to ClassroomDesk and to ClassroomShelves, and then exit the loop entirely

also you seem to be missing an end to close the loop code block, right before the Parse call

[thick karma]

Ahh so you want to move partway through one round of a loop?

And then move to next round?

Just to clarify intention?

[drifting ore]

Anyway it looks like the bento box code doesn't even needs to be inside that loop, so you can just take it out and put outside the loop, either before or after.

[unreal pewter]

i might be thinking about how this works wrong so just forget it

ill just get rid of the return

[unreal pewter]

thats what i was trying to do with the break

i thought break would end the loop but not the function

so i could put it after the loop

[drifting ore]

well yes that's what it does

but you need to loop over all the books

and it stops on the 1st book

[unreal pewter]

so how do i make it not do that

[thick karma]

for key, value in pairs(values) do repeat

until true end```

[drifting ore]

in this case, you just don't need it

[unreal pewter]

does until true end go before or after the loop

[drifting ore]

can I have what you're smoking? thanks

[thick karma]

If you use break here it will only break 1 round of the loop @unreal pewter

[unreal pewter]

whar

[thick karma]

It's a one-round loop in a loop

[drifting ore]

yeah exactly, that whole thing doesn't makes sense. Well repeat X until true is the same as do X end

[thick karma]

Therefore break breaks the inner loop

Using break as continue might work with do X end as well

Never tried it with that

[drifting ore]

break is illegal outside of loops

anyway

[thick karma]

Well that why you use repeat until true

It counts as a loop

[drifting ore]

@unreal pewter you simply don't need break in the loop

[unreal pewter]

so how do i do this

[thick karma]

Sec, I'm on a phone

[drifting ore]

it was a bizarre example and do not do this

[unreal pewter]

oh i see

[thick karma]

Ignore CS

[unreal pewter]

so should i just leave it how it was

[thick karma]

He is a fool

And has been combative for hours

And provided wrong answers repeatedly

[unreal pewter]

woah so true

[thick karma]

And the answer I gave is the correct way to solve your stated goal in this game

If you want to learn it, it is a useful skill and I will share it

[unreal pewter]

actually i will kindly pass this time

[thick karma]

for key, value in pairs(values) do repeat

    thisHappensEveryLoop()

    if youNeedToBreak then break end

    thisOnlyHappensIfYouDoNotBreak()

until true end```

This is all you need

[drifting ore]

you're missing another end

[thick karma]

You don't put another end

Repeat doesn't have another end

Again, you're not helping

It's one thing to give bad advice

[north drift]

For loop, while loop, do while if you understand these three loop styles this all makes sense.

[thick karma]

It's another to tell others not to follow good advice

[unreal pewter]

for loop do loop until end

[thick karma]

No

[drifting ore]

sticking to simple methods while it's your 1st or so day programming is a sound advice

but for key, value in pairs(values) do repeat i'm not so sure

[thick karma]

It's a simple loop...

for indexVariable = start, limit do

end```

[drifting ore]

why would you put repeat there?

for is already a loop there doesn't needs to be another loop

i mean it's not bad. But it's redundant and frankly bizarre.

[thick karma]

Then inside the loop you put repeat followed by all the things you want to do followed by until true which creates a loop that only happens once. And then break will break that loop instead of your for loop, which effectively skips to the next iteration

That said you would only break conditionally, of course. Breaking every loop is not the usual usage of this technique.

[north drift]

Not know Lua very well, this explanation seems weird, could you not just use an if statement

[drifting ore]

That's what people normally do. Or goto continue but I think this version of kahlua doesn't support it.

[north drift]

for key, value in pairs(values) do

    thisHappensEveryLoop()

    if NOT youNeedToBreak then 

                      thisOnlyHappensIfYouDoNotBreak()
     end

end```

[drifting ore]

oh I get it. The whole for X do repeat until true end is a way to generate behavior of continue in absence of this functionality. But then break doesn't work, and you will need if clauses and flags. Which is effectively the same as ^ code, but with a weird looking repeat block jammed into it.

[thick karma]

Yes this just creates more nesting. It's a tradeoff

Totally fair alternative of course

[drifting ore]

Eh I don't feel it. It makes break become continue depending on whether or not the loop code is also wrapped in repeat. It works but it's probably not ideal for code readability.

[north drift]

I would propose that it is less nesting as you replace the if statement but remove the inner loop.

[thick karma]

Technically it's the same nesting, but not visually. Using repeat until true in the header and end line just gives you a clean way to continue without tabbing one more time

Yes it may require 2 or 3 more brain cells and a couple more seconds to understand than a normal for loop

[north drift]

If the nested loop, at some point ran more than once I could see this as a use case.

No idea about lua tabbing or anything like that
Once you get into those realms it's kinda really preferences based. And each to thier own.

[drifting ore]

Lua is one of those "there are many ways to do it" languages. I've been using it since about 2010 and it's the first time I've seen anything like this.

Most of PZ modding code doesn't even make Lua classes and ho boy is there a lot of ways to make a Lua class.

[north drift]

I mean, I don't think that really is an issue tho

[drifting ore]

It's not. I just don't find it's appropriate to aggressively offer what amounts to a parlor trick to someone who's probably using Lua for the first time. They're having hard time using break as it is.

[north drift]

Lol

I'm pretty sure all programing is basically magic.

Honestly there are very few cases for break

Or should be, atleast

[drifting ore]

99% of the time I use it is to aid in optimization. Instead of creating a 100% solid table of items to go through, which will never need to deviate from the full code of the loop, I put in a condition to skip certain elements and use the original table. Depending on the size of the table, avoiding generating a whole new one is a huge time save.

Well, that's for continue which is not a thing in Lua. But break has a similar purpose - when you're already done with your calculations, and you can break the loop to save CPU cycles.

[drifting ore]

this construct gives me the same vibes as regex, but lite. Sure, writing regex isn't hard. But how often you can read it without mistake? If you had a penny each time you come back to a 2 years old regex and can read it the first time, you'd have 2 pennies. Saying only a dingus couldn't always ace this, IDK.

[frank elbow]

I don't think that pattern is difficult to read and understand for anyone familiar with Lua

That said, I'm not a fan of it either

[drifting ore]

Well if you stick to very simple patterns, yeah, there's a good chance that you can read it and understand its function exactly and without mistake. When your regex is 300 columns, the odds are getting close to nil.

[frank elbow]

I'm referring to the pattern of a repeat within a for loop that Burryaga sent

I disagree entirely with the regex thing but that's neither here nor there

[drifting ore]

ah. Well, hence "lite".

[frank elbow]

I think any processing burden (visual processing, I mean) from the for/repeat thing comes from not indenting it "properly," i.e., the repeat immediately follows the for loop's do

[drifting ore]

if you do indent it properly, I think there's greater odds that you'd miss it while scanning.

stuff directly following the standard for construct is usually conspicuous

[frank elbow]

I disagree, considering it'd more clearly be a block

But ultimately all of this comes down to preference

[drifting ore]

The fact that this switches the function of a standard keyword makes it pretty hard to justify IMO. To grossly exagerrate, imagine if true and false were swapped every odd indent level. One can very easily keep track of indent levels, but still.

Anyway this should be taken in context of trying to coach a brand new Lua user.

[unreal pewter]

so in an attempt to get some items to spawn in-game, ive got this, and the books spawn correctly, but the bento box and packaged bento box dont work. i made them two separate functions because whenever i add the bento box code to the first function, the books dont spawn either, and im not sure what else to do, any opinions or thoughts would help

-- Lists of Items

-- List of books
local books = {
    "ProjectGurashi.TheDancingGirl",
    "ProjectGurashi.Kokoro",
    "ProjectGurashi.Yoakemae",
    "ProjectGurashi.TheCrabCanneryShip",
    "ProjectGurashi.NatsunoHana",
    "ProjectGurashi.NoLongerHuman",
    "ProjectGurashi.FiresonthePlain",
    "ProjectGurashi.TheSilentCry",
    "ProjectGurashi.TheLegendofTono",
    "ProjectGurashi.JidaiheisokunoGenjo",
    "ProjectGurashi.AnAutobiography",
    "ProjectGurashi.ListentotheVoicesoftheSea",
    "ProjectGurashi.ParadiseintheSeaofSorrow",
    "ProjectGurashi.RedLightsShakko",
    "ProjectGurashi.ACollectionofHagiwaraSakutaro",
    "ProjectGurashi.ACollectionofNakanoShigeharu",
    "ProjectGurashi.ACollectionofKanekoMitsuharu"
}


-- Lists of Locations



-- Add to Distribution
ProjectGurashi.BookDistribution = function()
-- Book Distribution
    for _, bookItemName in pairs(books) do 
        table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["ClassroomDesk"].items, bookItemName)
        table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["ClassroomDesk"].items, 4)
        table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["ClassroomShelves"].items, bookItemName)
        table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["ClassroomShelves"].items, 4)
        table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["BookstoreBooks"].items, bookItemName)
        table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["BookstoreBooks"].items, 2)
        table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["LibraryBooks"].items, bookItemName )
        table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["LibraryBooks"].items, 2)
        table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["LivingRoomShelf"].items, bookItemName)
        table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["LivingRoomShelf"].items, 2)
        table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["CrateBooks"].items, bookItemName)
        table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["CrateBooks"].items, 2)
        table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["OfficeDesk"].items, bookItemName)
        table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["OfficeDesk"].items, 1)
        table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["SchoolLockers"].items, bookItemName)
        table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["SchoolLockers"].items, 1)
    end

    ItemPickerJava.Parse()

end

ProjectGurashi.Distribution = function()
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["ClassroomDesk"].items, "ProjectGurashi.BentoBox")
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["ClassroomDesk"].items, 25)
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["OfficeDesk"].items, "ProjectGurashi.BentoBox")
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["OfficeDesk"].items, 15)
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["BreakRoomCounter"].items, "ProjectGurashi.BentoBox")
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["BreakRoomCounter"].items, 15)
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["KitchenFridge"].items, "ProjectGurashi.BentoBox")
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["KitchenFridge"].items, 5)
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["SchoolLockers"].items, "ProjectGurashi.BentoBox")
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["SchoolLockers"].items, 10)
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["ConvenienceStoreShelves"].items, "ProjectGurashi.PackagedBentoBox")
    table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["ConvenienceStoreShelves"].items, 5)
    
ItemPickerJava.Parse()

end




Events.OnInitGlobalModData.Add(ProjectGurashi.BookDistribution)
Events.OnInitGlobalModData.Add(ProjectGurashi.Distribution)

return ProjectGurashi```

[true nova]

first double check that your item names have no typos in the item script and here, as well as check syntax in there if you made these items separately from the books . and you're checking this with lootzed?

[unreal pewter]

yes, i think so, and yes

what do you mean by the second thing?

the bento exists in game and functions properly as an item

its just not spawning in containers

[drifting ore]

Can you show the item script for bento box?

[unreal pewter]

    {
        Type = Normal,
        DisplayName = Packaged Bento Box,
        Icon = BentoBoxItem,
        Weight = 0.6,
        WorldStaticModel = BentoBoxPackaged,
        ReplaceOnUse = ProjectGurashi.BentoBox,
        Tooltip = "test",
    }

    item BentoBox
    {
        Type = Food,
        DisplayName = Bento Box,
        Icon = BentoBoxIcon,
        Weight = 0.5,
        HungerChange = -40,
        UnhappyChange = -10,
        BoredomChange = -10,
        ThirstChange = -10,
        Calories = 590,
        Carbohydrates = 77,
        Proteins = 10,
        Fats = 31,
        DaysFresh = 3,
        DaysTotallyRotten = 5,
    }```

[drifting ore]

module is ProjectGurashi right?

[unreal pewter]

right

any ideas?

[drifting ore]

None.

[unreal pewter]

im so confused whats wrong

no errors, either

[drifting ore]

For now I can only suggest a way to automate location and probablity coding, while this problem is awaiting solutions.

[unreal pewter]

the weirdest thing is that its showing up in lootze

as if its in the distribution table but its not included in the roll or something? i dont konw

[true nova]

that means the distribution is done right

[unreal pewter]

it was the same way earlier for books

but i fixed the issue by removing the bento distribution code from the same function as the book disribution code

[drifting ore]

ctrl+f through the original distributions file finds no instances of KitchenFridge or ConvenienceStoreShelves

have you been getting Lua errors?

[unreal pewter]

none

well, some, but unrelated

[true nova]

i would think that would break it

[unreal pewter]

related to how i dont have a model assigned to bentobox

which i dont thikn is an issue

[true nova]

comment those two lines out and try?

[drifting ore]

well either way, try replacing those two locations with something that you copy and paste from the ProceduralDistributions.lua file

[unreal pewter]

what two lines?

[unreal pewter]

am i insane

[true nova]

well 4 wherever you put KitchenFridge or ConvenienceStoreShelves in your distribution

[unreal pewter]

lemme try some stuff

[drifting ore]

Well, see, the way this works, is that it looks for an exact match. If there's no match, then it doesn't work. Partial matches don't count.

[unreal pewter]

with this i was talking about the errors

i swear to god i thought kitchenfridge existed i think im actually insane

[drifting ore]

there exist 17 varieties of kitchen fridge, but not KitchenFridge specifically

it's what I mean by "partial matches don't count"

[true nova]

i would suggest CafeKitchenFridge,DinerKitchenFridge,FridgeGeneric,FridgeRich,FridgeTrailerPark

[unreal pewter]

oh my god it works now, im insane

im so upset that that was the issue

[true nova]

your insanity will only increase with time. Lucky CS found it cause i think i thought about that earlier but completely didnt consider it

[drifting ore]

there was probably a directly related Lua error in the debug log. They can be easy to miss when there are a lot of various errors.

[unreal pewter]

well, thank you

[chilly ermine]

when you assign a weapon swing animation value to an item, say you set it to bat, where is the value for what constitutes the bat weapon swing animation stored in the vanilla game, and could you possibly make your own without overriding the ones used in the game already?

[true nova]

im not the guy for this but i know this should be possible and it is handled in xml. i found i short guide that has an example at the bottom for the xml https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3035712003

[chilly ermine]

Thanks so much for this, Ill look at this rn.

[true nova]

i would also suggest looking in common\ProjectZomboid\media\AnimSets for more examples of the xml

[chilly ermine]

Tysm for this, I just needed an idea on how to sort of get started, and this was awesome. Im assuming you can program the hit scan for an attack in the xml file itself, as Ive just seen that somewhere.

[thick karma]

To make your own weapon swing you add a new copy of one of the existing XMLs, give it a unique condition that you will set, change its name, and then change the animation it points to.

[chilly ermine]

thank you, I will do that

sorry I deleted my previous msg bc I thought it was stupid

[thick karma]

Based on modding the bat's critical hit animation, I think this would get you started:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<animNode x_extends="2HDefault.xml">
    <m_Name>YOUR_CUSTOM_NAME</m_Name>
    <m_AnimName>YOUR_CUSTOM_ANIMATION_NAME_WITHOUT_FILE_EXTENSION</m_AnimName>
    <m_Conditions />
    <m_Conditions />
    <m_Conditions>
        <m_Name>YOUR_CUSTOM_PLAYER_VARIABLE</m_Name>
        <m_Type>BOOL</m_Type>
        <m_BoolValue>true</m_BoolValue>
    </m_Conditions>
    <m_2DBlends>
        <m_AnimName>YOUR_CUSTOM_ANIMATION_NAME_WITHOUT_FILE_EXTENSION</m_AnimName>
    </m_2DBlends>
</animNode>

Then you would set player:setVariable("YOUR_CUSTOM_PLAYER_VARIABLE", true) when you wanted to be overriding the default attack with yours.

Might be able to throw in

<m_Events>
  <m_ParameterValue>ZombieHitReaction=HeadTop</m_ParameterValue>
</m_Events>

To aim at the head, based on 2HOverhead

[chilly ermine]

and I'm guessing that the <animNode> tag thing refers to what the provided code will override?

[thick karma]

Some of the files have stuff like this:

    <m_2DBlends>
        <m_AnimName>Bob_AttackBat02_Hit</m_AnimName>
    </m_2DBlends>
    <m_2DBlends>
        <m_AnimName>Bob_AttackBat02_Hit</m_AnimName>
    </m_2DBlends>
    <m_2DBlends>
        <m_AnimName>Bob_AttackBat02_Hit</m_AnimName>
    </m_2DBlends>
    <m_2DBlends>
        <m_AnimName>Bob_AttackBat02_Hit</m_AnimName>
    </m_2DBlends>

I honestly don't know if each copy does anything but my gut says I highly highly doubt it. I would bet on these being placeholders for future variants.

So likely you only need one

[thick karma]

It inherits from 2HDefault. It doesn't override it

2HDefault will still behave normally when YOUR_CUSTOM_PLAYER_VARIABLE == false

[chilly ermine]

that's so awesome, that's exactly what I need

[thick karma]

Also you can probably throw your animation scripts in their own subdirectory of player/melee/2handed

I threw all my custom ActUndead animations in an ActUndead subfolder of the corresponding player movement folders

And it works fine

[chilly ermine]

so the placement of the scripts dont matter?

[thick karma]

@chilly ermine Feel free to refer to and refactor anything useful Act Undead. I added custom player movement animations but the technique is largely the same

Although your animations will have to worry about where the props go 😭

And those props are a headache lol

[chilly ermine]

if I just wanted to rejig the Vanilla animations to use a specific sequence instead of being random when attacking, can I just point to them untill I make my own animations?

[thick karma]

I think they may need to be in the right parent folder to be found but I'm unsure about that. Might purely be based on the variables in the scripts and prioritizing what was recently set. I did have issues trying certain things outside of their natural folders -- e.g. my idle animations started working when I moved them to player idle folder iirc -- but I could have made and fixed some other tiny error without noticing. I haven't extensively tested trying to get animations to work outside of their natural parent folders.

[thick karma]

Yes you can point to vanilla animations in custom scripts

That's what AU does

It steals zombie animations for players

You can use them however other XMLs use them

Reading through various melee XMLs may give you an idea of what you're allowed to try

[chilly ermine]

but as you've just mentioned, ensure that they are in the correct folder ig, if ur talking abt the actual .X file

[thick karma]

"allowed"

What the game will handle well

Well the .X's go somewhere entirely different but yes I would put custom .X's in the right parent folders too

[chilly ermine]

why are you guys so helpful lmfao

[thick karma]

Mine are in media/anims_X/ActUndead

My .X files

They work fine there

[chilly ermine]

I can't remember the name, but essentially where you find them in the game directory, I'll just leave them there. I'll have a look at act undead when I get back

[thick karma]

Examples:

[chilly ermine]

curiously, could I set a variable inside the XML file? and adjust the animation speed from the lua script?

[thick karma]

Examples in Act Undead

Movement speeds when acting zed are sandbox optional

And scaled from base values in a table in the mod

I manually calculated each base value using a function that calculated player speed to get it as close to vanilla as I could and work from there.

[chilly ermine]

so in Ur case the animation speed affects walking speed?

[thick karma]

Yeah

zombieSpeed is for when players are acting like zombies

I set that whenever I set the player's movement animation

[chilly ermine]

and for this example, sprint 3 replaces sprint towards.xml, which I'm assuming is a base game XML file. sorry I'm asking so many questions, I will have a look at the mod when I get back, I just wanna know for sure what I'm doing

[thick karma]

"replaces sprintToward.xml" is not quite the right way to say it; it extends that XML, rather than replacing it, so I imagine it inherits the same conditions. But if you add new conditions and those are also met, your XML's animation will run in place of the default set by sprintToward. Which isn't quite the same as overriding or replacing an entire file.

[chilly ermine]

sorry, but I think I understand the premises now. it's called "act undead" correct?

[thick karma]

yeah

[hollow talon]

Act undead is a great mod i’ve been hoping for something like this for awhile, the others similar are just not as good.

thank you Burryaga

[chilly ermine]

length always returns 0, and i cannot access the attackAnims array whatsoever, even after removing the kumpt. tag on the front of it

kumpt.attackAnims = {kumpt1hUppercut, kumpt2hUppercut, kumpt2hOverhead}
length = #kumpt.attackAnims```

why is that so?

[drifting ore]

I hazard a guess that none of kumpt1hUppercut, kumpt2hUppercut, kumpt2hOverhead have a Lua value defined so they resolve as nil, and filling a table with those has no effect. So it works out to be an empty table with length 0.

If these exist as defined animation objects through scripts and xmls, then a probable solution is to enclose each of them in quotes, so it's a piece of text, not Lua variable.

[unreal pewter]

im trying to make a recipe to unpackage a food item but ingame nothing is happening and the recipe doesnt exist, do i have something wrong here?

{
    recipe Unpackage Bentou
    {
        PackagedBentou,
        Result:Bentou,
        Time:60,
        Category:Cooking,
    }
}```

[grizzled fulcrum]

im not sure if this is a factor but time usually (i've only ever seen it) is a float value (decimal like 60.0) and not an integer

[unreal pewter]

the vanilla recipes do both

[grizzled fulcrum]

ok then I am unsure as that looks like it should work -_-

[drifting ore]

It might not make any difference but all recipes that I've looked at have a blank line between ingredients and the rest.

[unreal pewter]

yeah i did that at first

[grizzled fulcrum]

true true

[unreal pewter]

still didnt work

[grizzled fulcrum]

😭

[unreal pewter]

lua moment

lua is allergic to working properly

[grizzled fulcrum]

is it a chance that it's in the wrong directory?

[unreal pewter]

maybe?

its in scripts

which is where the vanilla game has the recipes file

[grizzled fulcrum]

hmm true

maybe you might need to import base?

[unreal pewter]

tried that

[grizzled fulcrum]

oof

[unreal pewter]

didnt work and the game says it automatically imports base anyways

[grizzled fulcrum]

is the mod enabled?

[unreal pewter]

yes ??

[grizzled fulcrum]

it's a stupid question ik but sometimes I've been making a mod and the thing just randomly disables and enables itself whenever it feels like it

[unreal pewter]

well

the mod is lumped in with a map mod that im making

and i am testing it on my map

so

[grizzled fulcrum]

fair

[unreal pewter]

id be surprised if it wasnt on

[unreal pewter]

i mean, this is the entire file

is there something i could be missing?

something at the end maybe?

[grizzled fulcrum]

I don't think so, you already specify result and all that

I have no idea, im not much help in this case as the file is literally as is and doesn't look wrong to me\

[drifting ore]

only if a trailing newline lmao. I'm sure it's already there and I don't htink it even matters.

though I will say that sometimes files encoded in UTF-8 with BOM mess up parsers

Anyway just to be sure you can put it in the same file as the bento box item definition.

[unreal pewter]

ill try that

also completely unrelated, do any of you know how, with my mod, i could change the default sandbox settings or something? or (ideally) add a new playstyle like Apocalypse or Builder ?

and also, when the mod is enabled, disable the ability to spawn in knox county

[unreal pewter]

still nothing

[unreal pewter]

actually id like to be able to replace the playstyles

[drifting ore]

My last idea is to spell out the full name of the item, module and everything. Thought I doubt that would work.

[unreal pewter]

tried that already

love this

i also just replaced spawn weights in my distribution file with a variable

so that i can easily just change the variable and itll change the spawn weights for everything

and now not a single thing in the entire distribution file works, despite only modifying a tiny part of it

and after undoing that

it still doesnt work

despite it being the same exact code that worked 5 minutes ago

[drifting ore]

Computers do what you said, not what you meant.

[unreal pewter]

it worked 5 minutes ago

[drifting ore]

Then enough ctrl+z should fix it.

[unreal pewter]

and so i reverted my code to what worked 5 minutes ago

[unreal pewter]

thats

what im saying i did

i undid my edits back to the exact same thing that just worked

and it no longer works

[drifting ore]

Maybe it just needs more ctrl+z

[unreal pewter]

i copy pasted a backup of the code

i think my computer is just cursed to never work

[drifting ore]

The endeavour was doomed to be extremely frustrating. Learning Lua by modding a game is like learning to swim by jumping into a shark tank.

And, well, this item/recipe scripting format isn't even Lua. PZ did some completely custom thing.

[unreal pewter]

i guess so

im learning relatively quickly though

im not sure why but it works now

not the recipe, just the distribution i mentioned

[unreal pewter]

ALSO is there a way i can remove an item from a distribution table?

[grizzled fulcrum]

you should be able to use table.remove similar to how you do table.insert

[unreal pewter]

so just
table.remove(ProceduralDistributions.list["(the distribution target)"].items, "base.(item)")

and thats all?

[drifting ore]

No this actually wouldn't work.

The remove function takes numerical index of the data inside the table - so you need to find this index first.

Lua doesn't have built-in function for this but it looks like this:

    for k, v in ipairs(table) do 
        if v == value then return k end 
    end
end```

Due to the way removing items from the table works, if you inserted twice then you can simply remove twice.

[stone garden]

im useless now my mod dream has come true

i been defeated

[bronze yoke]

local list = ProceduralDistributions.list["(the distribution target)"].items
local target = "ItemName"
for i = #list-1, 1, -2 do
    if list[i] == target then
        table.remove(list, i+1)
        table.remove(list, i)
    end
end

[stone garden]

btw is an joke what i said

[unreal pewter]

thank you !

[stone garden]

you get the reference?

[fast galleon]

I think it can be done like this

RemoveItemFromDistribution(ProceduralDistributions.list["(the distribution target)"].items, "Base.Item", nil, nil)

[unreal pewter]

no?>?

[stone garden]

reference from bandits mod

because it was an mod that i wished to come

[unreal pewter]

how would i get that reference

[stone garden]

idk

[bronze yoke]

don't include the module for base items, they don't include the module when writing the distributions so they won't be the same string

[fast galleon]

good point, I was going by the example

[unreal pewter]

vendingpop is a procedural generation list i can target, right?

its not showing up on a wiki list so i just wanna make sure

[fast galleon]

You can search in game files really fast and find that it exists in SuburbsDistributions.all.vendingpop.

[unreal pewter]

well , it is NOT a target

[fast galleon]

but it can be one

[grizzled fulcrum]

tl;dr yes

[unreal pewter]

it doesnt exist in proceduraldistributions though?

what

ig

oh i see

[grizzled fulcrum]

it's not procedural iirc

it's just under normal Distributions table

[unreal pewter]

so instead of

        table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["BandPracticeFridge"].items, sodaVMrate)```
should i put
```        table.insert(Distributions.list["vendingpop"].items, sodaVMItemName)
        table.insert(Distributions.list["vendingpop"].items, sodaVMrate)```

[fast galleon]

the answer is above

[unreal pewter]

what

[fast galleon]

👆

[grizzled fulcrum]

they said it's under suburbsdistribution

[unreal pewter]

right i dont understand what that means so im asking for clarification

[grizzled fulcrum]

but I can't find it in suburbs distribution

it only exist in base distribution table I can find

[fast galleon]

SuburbsDistributions = distributionTable;

[grizzled fulcrum]

o

so it inherits distribution table then modifies it

makes sense

[unreal pewter]

youre speaking gibberish to me

[grizzled fulcrum]

tl;dr yes

[unreal pewter]

okay

cool

thakn you

[grizzled fulcrum]

but instead of Distributions use SuburbsDistributions

[unreal pewter]

alright

[grizzled fulcrum]

though if suburbsdistributions inherits base distribution table why would you need to add it to suburbs distributions table specifically? @fast galleon

or would they only add it to suburbs table if they want it specifically in suburbs table

[true nova]

does anyone know how the game handles container overlays? how can i make a container have specified overlays when it has items in it?

[grizzled fulcrum]

I am not sure myself but I can refer you to how the vanilla game does it (look at the metal shelving thingy)

maybe you can find some of an answer there

[true nova]

i know it uses a table in java i just dont know what that contains exactly. thanks though maybe it will give an idea

[grizzled fulcrum]

let me check

so the (idk the name) wood shelves uses 2 different tiles obj for different state (full, not full)
furniture_shelving_01_26 and furniture_shelving_01_27

WorldFiller.lua#35 has this:

overlayMap["furniture_shelving_01_27"] = {{ name = "other", tiles = {"books&misc_01_27", "books&misc_01_31"} }, { name = "other", tiles = {"books&misc_02_27", "books&misc_02_31"} }}

idk if it's related at all but 🤷‍♂️

[true nova]

thanks dude 👍 this tells me that this is created in tilezed. idk how and also idk if i can make that happen in a mod but i think that overlay map may be the table im looking for, so i can atleast try to structure something and do addoverlays

also big find at the bottom i just saw confirms this! thanks a lot!

[grizzled fulcrum]

nice

[chilly ermine]

im finding that because the missand the crit animation have their own conditional values, when either occur, they seem to take priority over my modded attacking animations. Can i attach something that would achieve the same effect as the following to the top of my xml files

<animNode x_extends="2HDefaulCrit.xml">
<animNode x_extends="2HMiss.xml">```
as the provided snippet doesnt allow me to load into the game

[thick karma]

Gotta make multiple xmls to make extensions of all of those. Could also need to include the critical hit flag. I think the game prioritizes variables set recently because I know when I'm acting undead I can still jump or aim or whatever even though I have the acting variable set and no defined acting-and-aiming state

Adding the crit flag would at least increase number of recently set variables that align with that animation

[chilly ermine]

just ont top of that, something like this wont work
xml:

        <m_AnimName>kumpSwingAnimation</m_AnimName>
    </m_2DBlends>```
lua:

kumpt.attackAnims = {"Bob_Attack1Hand03_Hit", "Bob_AttackBat02_Hit", "Bob_AttackBat03_Hit"}
if (i >= 3) then
i = 0;
player:setVariable("isKumpExtends", "false")
else
i = i + 1;

        player:setVariable("kumpSwingAnimation", kumpt.attackAnims[i])```

[chilly ermine]

so all conditions must be true for the animation to play right?

[thick karma]

Yes but additional unrelated conditions can also be true

As long as their being false is not required

[chilly ermine]

is there anything that prevents this from working? it simply just ignores everything and plays animations as normal

[thick karma]

Nah the animation variable needs to be a condition not the AnimName referenced in a 2D blend

You're not setting animation variable in expected way

What is the name of the animation file?

[chilly ermine]

there isnt one, its just the base animation=
Bob_Attack1Hand03_Hit

[thick karma]

I mean what is your custom animation

Or you're using vanilla

[chilly ermine]

I havent added anything just yet, im just using the vanilla ones

[thick karma]

So then for 2DBlends you would make the AnimName Bob_Attack1Hand03_Hit

Because that's the AnimName

That's what it means by AnimName

The filename of an animation file

[chilly ermine]

okok, so 2DBlends corresponds to the animation file

[thick karma]

Or it might also be able to blend into others. But that's not what determines the primary animation of the xml

[thick karma]

No AnimName does

[chilly ermine]

because previously i was changing both m_AnimName and the 2DBlends

[thick karma]

2DBlends has other valid params too

AnimName is just one

AnimName often matches at top of xml and in 2D Blends in vanilla xmls

I refer to vanilla xmls for what will probably work and edit from there tbh

[chilly ermine]

is there anyway to change <m_AnimName > with a var set in lua?

ie
<m_AnimName>VarName<m_AnimName>

then have a list of possible animation names in lua in a lsit

kumpt.attackAnims = {"Bob_Attack1Hand03_Hit", "Bob_AttackBat02_Hit", "Bob_AttackBat03_Hit"}

[thick karma]

Ohhhhh now I see why you tried using that variable there

Hmmmm

I would try to get it to overwrite without a variable first. My recommendation for changing animation would be to just change the animation condition

[chilly ermine]

IT WORKS

LOL

[thick karma]

In Act Undead the conditions for animations are strings so to switch from one to the next I would do something like :setVariable("attackAnimation", "attack1")

[chilly ermine]

i just have 2 xml files, my file, and a modded defualt.xml with the condition

        <m_Name>isKumpExtends</m_Name>
        <m_Type>BOOL</m_Type>
        <m_BoolValue>false</m_BoolValue>
    </m_Conditions>```
up the top, to only enable it when my thing isnt being used

actually i lied, it takes a sec for the xml file to update

[thick karma]

I dunno to switch animations I use different XMLs

I have not tried what you're trying tbh

[chilly ermine]

Anim clip not found: kumpSwingAnimation

[thick karma]

Interesting idea but would have to play with it and test

[thick karma]

Sounds like it looked literally for kumpSwingAnimation.x or .fbx and found nada

Dunno if you can make it treat that as a player variable or not tbh

[chilly ermine]

seems to treet this as just text
<m_AnimName>kumpSwingAnimation</m_AnimName>

[thick karma]

Exactly

[chilly ermine]

whats the best way to reload the game?

[thick karma]

That may be fundamental to the system

[chilly ermine]

istg it worked like 3 mins ago

[thick karma]

Uhhh reloading game idk it sucks but animation files can be edited while game is running if they exist when you load in

They'll reload when you save em

[chilly ermine]

is there another way to reffer to an animation file? insteaf of using animName?

[thick karma]

Not to my knowledge

Idk how if so

That's how all the vanilla files I've seen do it

AnimName is always the string filename associated with a .X or .fbx

[chilly ermine]

thats so annoying being so close, but being stopped by a slight setback

[thick karma]

Well you can still do what you're thinking just differently

You need to use animation variable to set conditions to switch between XMLs

Instead of using a variable to change animation of a single XML

[chilly ermine]

ill just have diff anim files, and pass a conditional string instead

[thick karma]

The outcome will be the same

Right

Well

[chilly ermine]

i belive thats what you did correct?

[thick karma]

Different animation XMLs

Animation "file" ambiguous

But presumably also different animations

[chilly ermine]

sorry, yea. just the xml

[thick karma]

For walking yes

And running and sprinting

[chilly ermine]

when i player:say the follwoign
tostring(player:getVariableString("kumpSwingAnimation"))
it comes up with the correct attack animation names, like its reading it from the variable in the xml file correctly

[thick karma]

Again I don't know all the things; maybe the 2D Blends can be used to accomplish what you're tryin, I'm not sure... But I haven't figured out that formatting mode

[thick karma]

Not from the XML. From your player

Means you've set that variable on the player

Could not exist in any XML and still be set on player

[chilly ermine]

so the right value, just isnt doing anything

[thick karma]

Yeah sounds like that strategy is no good

Maybe skim the decompile for ways player anims are set during attacks to figure out how to trigger a blend into an alternate animation. I suspect it's possible but haven't solved how

[grizzled fulcrum]

Why do people change item params at runtime rather than just overriding the actual item script itself?

Apart from it being dynamic in lua

I mean I guess you don't have the "This item is overriden by Mod" message or whatever

tbh the message is kinda ugly

[bronze yoke]

overriding an item script is a bad idea for a couple reasons

if the original item gets changed in some way your override will be out of date even if the changes would've been perfectly compatible

and if more than one mod overrides an item only one of their overrides will work

it's much much better to use code to change only the things you actually need to change than to replace the entire script

[solar rover]

So... when I have a print command its showing up in the debug console window but not the in game chat window, any help?

[modern flare]

Hi guys! Is there any mappers and modders who does stuff fit money?

[hollow current]

Any idea if it's possible to accurately fetch a player's getLookVector on serverside? I was doing some debugging, and here's what I found:

Clientside

Player Position: (10905.0771484375, 10090.443359375)
Object Position: (10915.0771484375, 10100.443359375)
Object Vector (normalized): (0.7071067690849304, 0.7071067690849304)
Dot product: -5.9604644775390625E-8
Result: Player isn't looking at the Object```

**Severside**
```Running check for: Arendameth
Player Look Vector: (0.9087646007537842, 0.41730907559394836)
Player Position: (10905.0771484375, 10090.443359375)
Object Position: (10915.0771484375, 10100.443359375)
Object Vector (normalized): (0.7071067690849304, 0.7071067690849304)
Dot product: 0.9376757144927979
Result: Player is looking at the Object```

**Truth**
Player is, in fact, **not** looking at the object. The server-side ``player:getLookVector`` is not accurate

**Edit:**
Solved. Had to refer to a vectors approach.

[hollow current]

You might wanna check the PZ Modding community for commissions

[modern flare]

Oh, can I get some link or something?

[hollow current]

https://discord.com/invite/HStM7xFXYn

[modern flare]

Thanks!

[north drift]

Is there any standard way to extend in game items to hav additional variables ?

[ancient grail]

yes
moddata
item:getModData().yourvar =

[vital nacelle]

Hello mates !

Quick question, do you have link or anything that explain how to create custom attributes on in game items ? For example, on my newly created glasses in my mod, I want to add a property to it like "eyes correction [X]"

[north drift]

Okay thanks, do in game items have unique ids per chance ?

[austere sequoia]

The itemname in the scripts

[north drift]

more on the line indivual items

eg two crowbars in inventory ?

[north drift]

I was asking basically the same as this

[vital nacelle]

Yup haha I just saw !

[north drift]

Im going to Guess and say it works like this
item:GetModData().eyesCorrection = 8

[vital nacelle]

Yep but this is to get the item value right ?

Before getting its value, I need to set it, and would like to print it on mouseover on the item

mmh oh I didnt read right, ok gonna try

But do you know the way to print this value on the mouseover on the item ?

[north drift]

var data = item:getModData().eyesCorrection

print( item:getModData().eyesCorrection) ????

[vital nacelle]

gonna try this getModData() method, never used it yet

I suppose it will do the job ^^

[north drift]

I also have never let me know how you go

[vital nacelle]

I am trying something like this for the tooltip on mouseover in the inventory, nothing great yet, keep you updated :p

[chilly ermine]

hey did you figure out what reffrence id reffers to?

<m_2DBlends referenceID="1">

[north drift]

argh

i cant even print to console

[hollow solar]

Hello~ I'm trying to reduce the chance of getting useful materials you get from disassembling furniture. Specifically, to reduce number of pipes I get from disassembling toilets, bathtubs, sinks etc. I hoped it'd be something as simple as editing recipes.txt, but it looks like MovableRecipes are in .class file :( I'm new to modding and was wondering if there would be an alternative way to achieve what I'm trying to do, or if there is a way to use the MovableRecipes.class file and code therein. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[bright fog]

<@&671452400221159444> yikes

The wave of bots is back at it

[austere sequoia]

Aye. Already reported this

[lost slate]

Ty ♡

[bright fog]

@coarse sinew Since you're the master of building, are you aware if he could maybe override the destroy of furniture with its own or maybe another way if you know any ?

[ancient grail]

you can

1:
overwrite the tile property of the object you want l remove

2:
not sure if possible but maybe use OnObjectDestroy event(not sure about the proper syntax)
check if it has square parameter and just delete the objects from there

3:
hook on the dismantle function

[ancient grail]

its the pointer for the child animation
heres an example from the Idle.xml

        <m_AnimName>Bob_Idle</m_AnimName>
        <m_XPos>0.00</m_XPos>
        <m_YPos>0.00</m_YPos>
        <m_SpeedScale>0.80</m_SpeedScale>
    </m_2DBlends>
    <m_2DBlends referenceID="2">
        <m_AnimName>Bob_Idle_HeavyBreathing</m_AnimName>
        <m_XPos>0.00</m_XPos>
        <m_YPos>1.00</m_YPos>
        <m_SpeedScale>0.80</m_SpeedScale>
    </m_2DBlends>
    <m_2DBlends referenceID="3">
        <m_AnimName>Bob_Idle</m_AnimName>
        <m_XPos>0.00</m_XPos>
        <m_YPos>0.04</m_YPos>
        <m_SpeedScale>0.80</m_SpeedScale>
    </m_2DBlends>```

in this case referenceID="2" is Bob_Idle_HeavyBreathing_Bat
tho i haven't actually used referenceID yet but thats just what i think it is
so if you see <animNode x_extends="Idle.xml">
then thats the child animation
also saying child is just my way of describing it i dont know the exact term for this

[chilly ermine]

can you edit the reference ID with a variable? and if so, could you have a list of animations in a separate file that x_extends to said file file. that way you could call the animations by just changing the reference id and having only like 2 files, right?

mby i dont understand, but im just curious

[fast galleon]

<@&671452400221159444>

[vital nacelle]

How do you set guys the zombie loot table ? is it with distribution with same methods as for the containers etc ?

[fast galleon]

Check ISMoveableDefinitions.lua for the tool and materials of those objects that are set in the properties of those tiles.

The entries where the tools and materials are added have difficulty and chance of drop.

[lost slate]

Ty

Holy cheesus, so many

[chilly ermine]

nice words?

[onyx sage]

any info on how b42 will affect mods i.e. what kind of updates will mod authors need to do

[bright fog]

Every mod will need at least a small update since they are changing the mod ID and stuff like that and how they are handled

Some mods will require massive rework but I think most mods will actually survive okay with the need for one or two changes here and there

[sour island]

📣
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3281767964

People wanted cards to appear as loot - quick neat mod. I enjoyed making the artwork more lol.

[bright fog]

They didn't appear as loot ?

[ancient grail]

not sure thats possible, but you can specify the blend without using the reference so you can still blend on a new anim

[chilly ermine]

what relevance does the reference id have? like what does it reffer to? the n'th animation listed in a xml file or something?

[ancient grail]

you dont even need to add blends. aslong as the new variable requirements are met it will transition to the other xml

[ancient grail]

for making it shorter to type maybe?
not really sure.
cuz if you look at vanilla you will see thats how they did it

are you modding player or zombie anim?

[tribal moth]

I have a ready-made fbx zombie model. How can I add him to the game, assign him speed, strength. Also, how can I create unique abilities for him: ramming, jumping, throwing various objects, spitting acid, explosion after death. I know that some of these mechanics are present in other addons, then the question is - how can I take the mechanics of these addons and adapt them to my own?

[ancient grail]

try @bright fog 's framework

[chilly ermine]

player

[ancient grail]

todo what exctly

[bright fog]

Like Glytcher mentioned, my framework helps handling anything related to stats of zombies

I'm still writing the guide for it however, let me send you the WIP

(I explain the framework and basic stuff)

https://github.com/SirDoggyJvla/Zomboid-Forge-Template-Mod/blob/main/ZomboidForge_guide.md

[ancient grail]

yep , @tribal moth you wont need to do the sync and manually making the stats etc.

if this existed before i did my zeds i would have used this too tbh

@bright fog
a guide would be nice btw

[bright fog]

Read the github

I sent here

I'm writing it but it's stil WIP

[ancient grail]

oh havent checked the git. only the workshop lol
ayt

oh wow didnt know there was a guide lol

[bright fog]

Still got a bunch to write down. I'm currently reworking something in the framework before continuying writing it

So you can extremely esily define weights for clothings, and for males and females

[tribal moth]

I realized that the guide is not finished. But it will tell you how to make a zombie have a unique ability that is not in the vanilla game? Will it be possible for him to change his appearance like in OccultZombies, not limited to just clothes?

[bright fog]

Yes my framework allows you to change the visuals of zombies easily

For abilities you'll have to code them however

With customBehavior

Once I write the guide on this it'll help understanding it but it's basically triggering functions within customBehavior only for this specific zombie

OnZombieUpdate

Then I have other tags for specific timings

Like onThump when a zombie thumps a structure

Or when attacking a player, or when agro on a player

When dying

[tribal moth]

I don’t think that with a regular tag I can add the zombie’s ability to jump, explode, throw objects, etc.

[ancient grail]

first step is to turn your zed into "special zed"
or "modded zed"

then add the necessary functions and animations for those feature

also research hitreact

[tribal moth]

"then add the necessary functions and animations for those feature" - How?

[bright fog]

Tags are not what you think

It's a tag for the zombie type to run specific code

Bcs you need to differentiate your zombie with other zombies

And my mod does that

[tribal moth]

That is, tags are some kind of presets, and if I write a certain tag, then I am writing a zombie whose abilities and behavior are not provided for by the vanilla game

[bright fog]

You still need to code the zombie ability that's for sure

[sour island]

To clarify as zombie loot

[tribal moth]

Okay, I'll start delving into this topic later. I hope the guide will be finalized and detailed, but in any case it is not enough to have models for the zombies that I want, their behavior requires codes and animations, which is not enough for moth skills.

[bright fog]

But my mod allows you to not have to make any code to handle zombies and zombie differentiation AND allows your mod to run alongside other custom zombie mods easily

[bright fog]

Models are done by creating a clothing

And applying it on the zombie

I do it with my bloater by making it an outfit

[tribal moth]

I cant understand

I hope i can get it later

[bright fog]

What Mystery did for her Occult Zombie mod is every zombies has an outfit applied to them

The outfit having the model as a clothing

[chilly ermine]

queue animations for the player, using lua

pre much

[dull moss]

its done

I hate ui

[pulsar sinew]

I've been going at this for hours now and I still don't understand why my custom outfit doesn't get recognized by the game (it doesn't show up in horde manager). I've read every single thread on here about outfits, I've crossed referenced like five mods, and I've done pretty much all the usual suggestions (i.e. random/unique guid for the outfit, defining all the clothing used in fileGuidTable.xml, etc) and still, somehow, the game won't consider it a proper outfit, need some pointers on how to actually get the outfit to at least be spawnable

here's the clothing.xml in case I did it wrong: https://pastebin.com/2PZq7J8v
and fileGuidTable.xml: https://pastebin.com/FHkAiZt5

[bright fog]

Amazing

[ancient grail]

omg this is insane. youre a legend

[grizzled fulcrum]

<@&671452400221159444>

Sorry for ping lol

[dull moss]

Surely not a scam link

[dull moss]

also you fine, pinged them few days ago for same thing

[dull moss]

Shameless self-ad
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2914075159

Big thanks to @mellow frigate @sour island and few others who I bullied in here with questions

Getting initial thing to work was the hardest part

then it's jsut filling up the page

[bright fog]

So update out ? 👀

Nice

[sour island]

Nice update! 😮

I removed the message, can't time out or ban people lol

His last message was from exactly last year this time

[dull moss]

can admin target specific player moddata?
say I want getPlayer():getModData().EvolvingTraitsWorld.AsthmaticCounter = -getPlayer():getModData().EvolvingTraitsWorld.AsthmaticCounter this command to be ran by admin for specific player

[sour island]

I don't think players have a transmit - but you could try sending the command using the intended player's ID but the command would need to hit all clients

You could check how the admin's edit player stats is handled

I know you can send IsoPlayer and Inventory items though commands as their objects - but I ran into an issue showing it has the same "ID" but isn't the same object

[dull moss]

hm

[unreal pewter]

is there a way i can make a custom playstyle, like Apocalypse or Builder?

[hollow solar]

Oooh! Exactly what I was looking for tyvm!

[unreal pewter]

or does anyone know of any mods that do this so i can reference how they do it?

[unreal pewter]

also this ended up not working

[grizzled fulcrum]

even using normal distributions table?

[unreal pewter]

?

[grizzled fulcrum]

well there's Distributions table which is like the base of the distributions

[safe silo]

Sending chat messages with LUA? How would I go about doing that? Just a general /all chat message.

[grizzled fulcrum]

then there's SuburbsDistributions which is a subset of distributions that inherits Distributions table

[unreal pewter]

` <--- that thing 3 times at the beginning and end of what you wanna type

wait i might misunderstand

[unreal pewter]

why the difference?

[safe silo]

Just want to put a string into the chat window basically and unsure what function/methods to use

[grizzled fulcrum]

I think suburbsdistributions only applies to certain areas

[bronze yoke]

it's not a subset, they are the same table

[grizzled fulcrum]

not fully sure, just guessing

[grizzled fulcrum]

o

I thought SuburbsDistributions adds to the table after it inherits the base one

[bronze yoke]

they're just two different variables pointing to the same table

[unreal pewter]

this is what i have for testing

-- Soda Vending Machine Distribution
ProjectGurashi.BookDistribution = function()
    for _, sodaVMItemName in pairs(sodasVM) do 
        table.insert(SuburbsDistribution.list["vendingpop"].items, sodaVMItemName)
        table.insert(SuburbsDistribution.list["vendingpop"].items, sodaVMrate)
        table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["BandPracticeFridge"].items, sodaVMItemName)
        table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["BandPracticeFridge"].items, 
    end
    ItemPickerJava.Parse()
end

[grizzled fulcrum]

why would SuburbsDistributions even exist then

[grizzled fulcrum]

It's SuburbsDistributions iirc not SuburbsDistribution

[bronze yoke]

oh i see actually, Distributions is for the weird table merging thing they have

i misremembered, SuburbsDistributions is actually Distributions[1]

[unreal pewter]

yknow

thatd do it

[grizzled fulcrum]

even more confusing...

[bronze yoke]

iirc it's something like if you have a distribution table and insert it into Distributions it merges them all together before they get parsed

but from what i've seen nobody really does things that way anyway, they just insert into SuburbsDistributions

[unreal pewter]

huh

it is finished, just not in what i sent here

weird?

[grizzled fulcrum]

oh so it's basically just a table of tables that get merged

[unreal pewter]

yep still nothing

[grizzled fulcrum]

btw I don't want to sound like a shill but you should use vscode with https://github.com/asledgehammer/Umbrella because with lua it will fix a lot of these small headaches like missing a letter on a global

[grizzled fulcrum]

when are you calling this function in the game btw

[unreal pewter]

wait i might be actually stupid and forgotten to do that

.

yep

[grizzled fulcrum]

idk if you can change distributions at runtime (like mid-game) but I've always done and seen it done in OnGameBoot

[unreal pewter]

Events.OnInitGlobalModData.Add(ProjectGurashi.Distribution)

this is what i do

i jsut go back to tile screen and reload lua and make a new save

[bronze yoke]

you need to do it on OnInitGlobalModData to access sandbox options

[grizzled fulcrum]

oh true

[bronze yoke]

the ItemPickerJava.Parse call forces the game to re-parse the distribution table since that would have already happened by then

[grizzled fulcrum]

oh that is good to know

I was actually wondering what that did

nice

[unreal pewter]

still nothing..

[grizzled fulcrum]

;-;

[grizzled fulcrum]

btw

you called your func BookDistribution

[unreal pewter]

yeahh

i noticed that

i just fixed it

[grizzled fulcrum]

oh ok

[unreal pewter]

because i copied a different distribution function

now i have uhh

[grizzled fulcrum]

was that after or before you posted the ss above

[unreal pewter]

local sodasVM = {
    "ProjectGurashi.BossBlackCannedCoffee",
    "ProjectGurashi.Ramune"
}```
```local sodaVMrate = 80
-- Soda Vending Machine Distribution
ProjectGurashi.SodaVMDistribution = function()
    for _, sodaVMItemName in pairs(sodasVM) do 
        table.insert(SuburbsDistributions.list["vendingpop"].items, sodaVMItemName)
        table.insert(SuburbsDistributions.list["vendingpop"].items, sodaVMrate)
        table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["BandPracticeFridge"].items, sodaVMItemName)
        table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["BandPracticeFridge"].items, sodaVMrate)
    end
    ItemPickerJava.Parse()
end```
```Events.OnInitGlobalModData.Add(ProjectGurashi.SodaVMDistribution)```

[unreal pewter]

before

[grizzled fulcrum]

I honestly have no idea, I practically do the exact same thing in my code

im literally like side-by-side with my code and yours and I have no idea

[unreal pewter]

im just having things not work recently for reasons i cant figure out

like this recipe

this is my entire script for recipes

{
    recipe Unpackage Bentou
    {
        PackagedBentou,

        Result:Bentou,
        Time:60.0,
    }
}```

i had more modifiers and stuff

but on it not working (despite me literally just copying and modifying stuff from the vanilla recipes) i just tried cutting it down as simple as possible

[grizzled fulcrum]

whats the file name of the file it's contained in

[unreal pewter]

ProjectGurashiRecipes

.txt

i think?

oh my god

its not a txt file

[grizzled fulcrum]

I am going off a whim here and I doubt it will work but try changing the file name to recipes.txt which will override the game's one

[unreal pewter]

its just a

file

[grizzled fulcrum]

LOL

nvm then that's why

but your lua code still not working which is weird

[unreal pewter]

yeah

glad i figured out the recipe though

[grizzled fulcrum]

like this code and mine below are practically the same yet mine works and yours doesn't ;-;

for _, v in pairs(distributions.toothbrush.containers) do
    for k2, v2 in pairs(distributions.toothbrush.items) do
        if k2 == "item" then
            v2 = (mod_constants.MOD_ID .. v2)
        end

        table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list[v].items, v2)
    end
end

like you even put .items at the end of the distribution table and everything

[unreal pewter]

do you have an example of putting something in suburbsdistributions?

[grizzled fulcrum]

no, I am looking at suburbsdistributions rn

but it should practically be the same

like down to the T

wait

@unreal pewter

remove .list from suburbsdistirbutitesniyjhsig

hoowever you spell it

[unreal pewter]

so
table.insert(SuburbsDistributions["vendingpop"].items, sodaVMItemName)
table.insert(SuburbsDistributions["vendingpop"].items, sodaVMrate)

[grizzled fulcrum]

so it's just table.insert(SuburbsDistributions["vendingpop"].items, item)

yes

I am like 99% sure SuburbsDistributions doesn't have a "list" member

[grizzled fulcrum]

damn I was hoping that would work

why can't it be simple ever

[unreal pewter]

because lua

[grizzled fulcrum]

vendingpop doesn't even exist for SuburbsDistributions

[unreal pewter]

right it exists in just normal Distributions file right?

[grizzled fulcrum]

yes

[unreal pewter]

should i try Distributions instead?

[grizzled fulcrum]

probably

[bronze yoke]

the distributions file defines SuburbsDistributions

the actual SuburbsDistributions file is just a bunch of util functions and the merging code

[unreal pewter]

Distributions or Distributions.list

?

which should i do

[grizzled fulcrum]

im so confused and im not even making the mod and my vscode kicked the bin so I have to wait

[unreal pewter]

most of my experience modding has been pure confusion

[grizzled fulcrum]

just do Distributions["vendingpop"]

try that, I don't think it has list member like ProceduralDistributions does

require("Items/Distributions") -- Is this even needed since it's a global?
table.insert(Distributions["vendingpop"].items, eeeeeeeee)

[bronze yoke]

requiring vanilla files does nothing whatsoever

[fast galleon]

Did this not work for you? You need the all table

[unreal pewter]

??

what does that mean

[fast galleon]

literally table.all.anotherTable

[unreal pewter]

do i need the .items at the end?

[shadow rose]

yoo i just today started modding this is a pretty newbie question but how do i make sure that the game knows that my mod requires another mod for example Simple UI Library?

[unreal pewter]

uhh so table.insertSuburbsDistributions.all.vendingpop.items, sodaVMItemName?

[fast galleon]

add brackets ()

[unreal pewter]

ah

right

[pulsar sinew]

add require= to your mod.info followed by the id(s) of the mods your mod requires, with commas to separate them

[unreal pewter]

heyyy that worked

thank you!

[shadow rose]

ok thank you!!

[unreal pewter]

while i have you here, do you know if its possible to create a new playstyle like apocalypse or builder, or at least replace one already in the game?

i tried finding the game files where it defines these but i couldnt find them anywhere

[fast galleon]

A lot of this is in lua so yes, but adding a new one would require to patch a few UIs to show the new mode.

[unreal pewter]

well

ideally id like to replace them

[grizzled fulcrum]

dam I must've missed it

[unreal pewter]

which i think wouldnt require modifying the ui, or at least require it less

    survivor.internal = "APOCALYPSE";
    survivor.mode = "Apocalypse";
    survivor.desc = getText("UI_NewGame_Apocalypse_desc");
    survivor.thumb = "media/ui/spiffoSurvivor2.png"
    survivor:initialise();
    self.mainPanel:addChild(survivor);
    survivor.onMouseDown = NewGameScreen.onMenuItemMouseDown;
    survivor:setOnMouseDoubleClick(self, NewGameScreen.dblClickPlaystyle);
    self.survival = survivor;
    
    local survivorDesc = ISLabel:new(survivor:getRight(), y, mediumFontHgt, " - " .. getText("UI_NewGame_Apocalypse_desc"), 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 1, UIFont.Small, true);
    survivorDesc:initialise();
    self.mainPanel:addChild(survivorDesc);
    y = y + FONT_HGT_LARGE + 4;

        MainScreen.instance:setSandboxPreset(MainScreen.instance.sandOptions:getApocalypsePreset());```

i found these two things in NewGameScreen.lua

thought cant really figure out where its referencing things like getApocalypsePreset from

i found GameMode.class but i cant open that file in a readable way

[grizzled fulcrum]

well sandOptions is a SandboxOptionsScreen

see:

function SandboxOptionsScreen:getBeginnerPreset()
    local newPreset = {};
    newPreset.name = "Beginner";
    newPreset.options = SandboxOptions:new()
    newPreset.options:loadGameFile(newPreset.name)
    return newPreset;
end

function SandboxOptionsScreen:getApocalypsePreset()
    local newPreset = {};
    newPreset.name = "Apocalypse";
    newPreset.options = SandboxOptions:new()
    newPreset.options:loadGameFile(newPreset.name)
    return newPreset;
end

function SandboxOptionsScreen:getSurvivorPreset()
    local newPreset = {};
    newPreset.name = "Survivor";
    newPreset.options = SandboxOptions:new()
    newPreset.options:loadGameFile(newPreset.name)
    return newPreset;
end

function SandboxOptionsScreen:getBuilderPreset()
    local newPreset = {};
    newPreset.name = "Builder";
    newPreset.options = SandboxOptions:new()
    newPreset.options:loadGameFile(newPreset.name)
    return newPreset;
end

and say for survivor preset

It calls loadGameFile with the preset name which loads media/lua/shared/Sandbox/<preset>.lua

like survivor media/lua/shared/Sandbox/Survivor.lua

And all that lua file returns is a massive list of all the sandbox options it wants to define

I am guessing it loads the default of a specific sandbox option if it isn't specified in that table but I can't know for sure rn

I hope that helps speed up your research a bit

[unreal pewter]

oh wow thats incredibly helpful thank you

i wish i knew lua more so i could figure this out on my own

[grizzled fulcrum]

.

it gives you type defs on all the documented globals

it's super helpful for anything pz lua related, that's how I dug and found the stuff above

[unreal pewter]

ill look into how to set it up, thakns

[grizzled fulcrum]

I use that and sometimes I open the pz media folder so I can just search all files for specific words or strings

[unreal pewter]

i searched apocalypse and survivor and sandbox but nothing like this showed up

[grizzled fulcrum]

well I basically just saw that func getApocalypsePreset then just searched all the game's lua scripts for that same function and the above just showed up

[unreal pewter]

hh i see

[coarse sinew]

You can achieve this by modifying material definitions in Lua.:

local materialDefinitions = {
    Wood = {
        { returnItem = "Base.Plank", maxAmount = 3, chancePerRoll = 20 },
        { returnItem = "Base.Nails", maxAmount = 1, chancePerRoll = 10 }
    },
    Log = {
        { returnItem = "Base.Log", maxAmount = 3, chancePerRoll = 15 }
    },
    Steel = {
        { returnItem = "Base.Screws", maxAmount = 3, chancePerRoll = 10 }
    },
    Plumbing = {
        { returnItem = "Base.Screws", maxAmount = 3, chancePerRoll = 10 }
    },
    Electric = {
        { returnItem = "Base.Screws", maxAmount = 3, chancePerRoll = 10 }
    },
    Fabric = {
        { returnItem = "Base.Thread", maxAmount = 1, chancePerRoll = 20 },
        { returnItem = "Base.RippedSheets", maxAmount = 3, chancePerRoll = 10 },
        { returnItem = "Base.Sheet", maxAmount = 1, chancePerRoll = 1 }
    },
    Leather = {
        { returnItem = "Base.Thread", maxAmount = 1, chancePerRoll = 20 },
        { returnItem = "Base.LeatherStrips", maxAmount = 3, chancePerRoll = 10 }
    },
    Natural = {
        { returnItem = "Base.Twigs", maxAmount = 3, chancePerRoll = 10 }
    }
}

local function overrideMaterialDefinitions()
    local moveableDefinitions = ISMoveableDefinitions:getInstance();

    for material, definitions in pairs(materialDefinitions) do
        -- clear existing material definitions
        moveableDefinitions.removeMaterialDefinition(material);

        -- add new material definitions
        for _, def in ipairs(definitions) do
            moveableDefinitions.addMaterialDefinition(material, def.returnItem, def.maxAmount, def.chancePerRoll);
        end
    end
end
Events.OnGameBoot.Add(overrideMaterialDefinitions)

This script clears the existing material definitions and sets new ones with your desired chances. Adjust the chancePerRoll and maxAmount to reduce the max amount and probability of getting specific items. The values in materialDefinitions are the default vanilla.

There are also built objects in which the items used to build are saved in modData, there are no standard values for this, each object has different materials, a solution could be to divide in halves/quarters/eighths the materials that can be dropped.

[ancient grail]

<@&671452400221159444>

[unreal pewter]

so i was able to modify the settings for Apocalypse but how does it work if i wanna provide settings for a mod?

[true nova]

do you mean you want to add changeable sandbox settings?

[unreal pewter]

no

its complicated

im trying to change certain aspects of apocalypse difficulty for my standalone map

and i wanna make it so if you have certain mods enabled, specifically this one that adds clothing, apocalypse difficulty will ALSO set sandbox settings for that mod

[true nova]

if getActivatedMods():contains("the mod id here") then

[echo lark]

what would cause sandbox options to just not show up in game?. 2 nights ago i made a mod with sandbox options. today i transfered it to its own test mod from my generic testing mod and now those sandbox settings dont work

[hollow current]

Make sure there are no syntax errors in your sandbox options, like missing a comma, or a double comma, or wrong setting type, etc etc. In worst cases, you can delete all settings and add them one by one to find the issue

[echo lark]

i didnt change anything when moving it over to the new mod. i basically draged the files over to the new mod all in the same paths. and it was working fine before i changed it into its own mod

[hollow current]

Would you happen to be subscribed to the new mod on steam workshop and the changes done only locally?

[echo lark]

ive unsubbed to both mods. rejoined the server and downloaded the mod from the server, and it has all the settings and everything.
i think im gonna try to reinstall my test server see what happens when it redownloads all the mods from scratch

[hollow current]

Not quite sure what's going on there then honestly. Only two reasons I can think of ^

[echo lark]

yeah im not sure either. it was in my TestingMod. worked fine. today i made a new mod for it by dragging the files over. deleted the files from my TestingMod added the new mod to the test server. no more sandbox settings

its making me think its trying to pull the sandbox settings from the testingmod still

[sacred oyster]

Anyone know of any mods that allow custom zombie spawn zones? Essentially like Minecraft MobSpawners. You walk within the radius of a marker and it force spawns a pre set amount of zombies around the marker or something along those lines. I'm trying to find a workaround for an underground map, zombie spawns are a bit janky because essentially the entire map is a building and there are no true outdoor areas.

I know there are server commands that can spawn zombies on request so I imagine something like that would be possible but I don't know if anyone has approached it that way yet.

[sour island]

I wouldn't know about ones that would spawn a group like a triggered trap - if that's what you'd like. But what you're saying is doable.

[echo lark]

i think there is let me find it

[sacred oyster]

Not so much as a trap although that would be cool. Moreso as a way for map creators or server admins to populate maps in a very specific way or set up zombie hives. Like say a server admin wants to use that gloomy places mod to add sewers but they want it to be filled to the brim with zombies. I'm hoping I can come up with something that will allow the admin to place markers within the sewer and have those markers trigger a pre defined amount of zombies to spawn should someone enter a radius. Something like that

[sacred oyster]

That would be great, thanks mate.

[echo lark]

There is an issue on multiplayer though, read the comments about it. basically it desyncs and spawns zombies over and over
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2992366401&searchtext=zombie+event

[sacred oyster]

That sounds like a pain to fix

Is there specific documentation on multiplayer modding or is it a crapshoot?

[echo lark]

i have never modded any other game so i wouldnt know how to compare it. but theres alot of community made guides, alot of people in here help eachother out and theres these website https://projectzomboid.com/modding/ and https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Modding

thats everything that i know of/that ive been using

[sacred oyster]

Alright, thanks for the help mate!

[outer crypt]

does anyone know if there is a problem with removeItemOnServer() or maybe it works differently than addItemOnServer()? I have been using addItemOnServer() for a while without issues but can never get removeItemOnServer() to work with an identical code setup.

[safe silo]

Asking here again, does anyone know how to send chat messages with LUA? I just need to add like a welcome message in chat when a player joins (not the one in server.ini!!)

[hollow current]

#mod_development message

Pair this with OnCreatePlayer

[chilly ermine]

can someone please send me vanilla AnimSet for melee 2 handed (only xml files), i accidentally edited mine... whoops

[fast galleon]

verify files

[tidal pike]

Algum br ?

[echo lark]

hmm is there a way to spawn pieces of paper pre written on? like if i want to spawn an item in a players inventory that has rules written on it or something

[bright fog]

You can modify the tooltip so yes

[winged ocean]

I could really use some help here https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/71631-help-adding-xp-to-other-player-in-multiplayer/

[worthy pawn]

Is it possibile to use <probability> in the <subitems> on a clothing .xml like so?

            <probability>0.1</probability>
            <itemGUID>b53aaf11-929c-4506-8310-e9b26d5f20eb</itemGUID>
                        <probability>0.1</probability>
            <subItems>
                <itemGUID>3cac5469-f9d2-4462-8fb2-063be1b63450</itemGUID>
            </subItems>

[worthy pawn]

Nevermind, I figured it out, it has to be nested within the <subItems> tag.

[worthy pawn]

Actually that doesn't seem to work either.

[unreal pewter]

if im trying to get a model to work in-game, what specifically do i have to do? i have this code in media\lua,

getWorldStaticModels():addModel("ProjectGurashi.BossBlackCannedCoffeeModel", "media/models/bossblackcanmodel.x")
    getTexture("media/textures/bossblackcantexture.png")
end
Events.OnGameBoot.Add(definePGModels)```
and in my item definition 
```        StaticModel = BossBlackCannedCoffeeModel,
        WorldStaticModel = BossBlackCannedCoffeeModel,```
under my canned coffee item

when i drop the item in-game it just shows the icon on the floor

im new to model stuff so is there any obvious issues here from me just not knowing how to do this?

[drifting ore]

i'm pretty sure you don't need Lua code for this

but world item models normally go into media/models_X/WorldItems

[tranquil kindle]

Any reasons you try to add model throught lua?

[unreal pewter]

i wasnt aware that you CAN do it without lua

i literally asked chatgpt (something i need to stop doing for giving me chronically horrible answers)

[unreal pewter]

with that capitalization?