mod_development

[raven zinc]

There was a project france?

[sour island]

Would be cool to crunch out KY and then go state by state

Coast to coast roadtrip challenge

[safe seal]

Managed to make my mod better, but good god it took me way too long to figure out how to do it. My lack of coding experience bit me in the ass for sure. I imagine it still would make more experienced modders cringe, but I think I've made it compatible with most other foraging mods

[fresh isle]

I'm looking at Better Flashlights, Grimlight. Is there a way to make something from an outfit have light without filling an attachment slot? It looks like the only options are to have an object act as a flashlight (in hand) or as an attachment to something, and then toggleable, like having a weapon attachment slot to interact with that is filled either as part of a gun or connected to a clothing that treats it as a weapon attachment slot filled

viewing headlight from Better Flashlights

[cursive hull]

ALright, I'm starting from scratch.

I want to make an identical copy of the friendship bracelet, renamed to the "Melon Bracelet". How do I do that?

Preferably using as many base in game assets as possissible.

[hollow current]

Anyone else getting failed to update the workshop item result=2 while trying to update a mod?
was working fine 2 mins ago, now its not for me

[fresh isle]

Updated mine after you mentioned, worked for me

[hollow current]

That's really weird. Its refusing to update any mod at all of mine, even old ones that I didn't change

aaand its working now after I enabled a VPN

[bronze yoke]

yeah that's just the 'random steam issue' error

it usually goes away after restarting the game or steam

[fresh isle]

for each of the first aid items (rags, bandaids etc) there is the AlwaysWelcomeGift = true, what does that do?

[fresh isle]

nvm, no use after build 32

[analog summit]

wait i actually never thought about using the crafting menu

i barely ever used it

but thered be too many stuff in the menu so i wanna do it in the tailoring menu instead

[weary compass]

Hello, Is there way to change animSet xml's property on game boot?
I'd want to access animNode by m_AnimName, but zombie's animation so it may be impossible through timedAction (no sure)

I understood, mod-loading and overriding media xmls is earlier stage than any of lua script functionality.
So it makes hard to provide configurable animiations 😦

[drifting ore]

translation files aren't lua, they're plaint text

the 1252 encoding might not support these characters

or there might be an issue where these characters are visually similar but are different code points so they don't map to ANSI characters

[glossy frost]

I'm not using translations, do I need to ?

player:setHaloNote("Vous quittez la zone de combat, désactivation du mode PvP dans 10 secondes...", 252, 194, 3, 500)

[autumn garnet]

Hey :) getText("Translation_code") instead of plain text, and then you have to make the link with your translated file in \lua\shared\Translate\FR

you must make sure that the encode of the FR file (translation) is in ANSI

[glossy frost]

Alright thanks !

[distant quest]

how about fesco
@raven zinc -also where can I find that mod

[eager pond]

hello guys, who can help me with creating car mod?

[dull moss]

A bit of server/client stuff question.
I have a function in my client file

local ETWCommonLogicChecks = {};

local strength;

local function populateSkills()
    local player = getPlayer();
    strength = player:getPerkLevel(Perks.Strength);
end

Events.OnCreatePlayer.Remove(populateSkills);
Events.OnCreatePlayer.Add(populateSkills);
Events.LevelPerk.Remove(populateSkills);
Events.LevelPerk.Add(populateSkills);

function ETWCommonLogicChecks.SewerShouldExecute()
end

return ETWCommonLogicChecks;

and I need to use it in my server file

local ETWCommonLogicChecks = require "ETWCommonLogicChecks";

local original_Recipe_OnCreate_RipClothing = Recipe.OnCreate.RipClothing;
---Overwriting Recipe.OnCreate.RipClothing() here to insert ETW logic catching player ripping clothing
---@param items any
---@param result any
---@param player IsoPlayer
---@param selectedItem any
function Recipe.OnCreate.RipClothing(items, result, player, selectedItem)
    local modData = ETWCommonFunctions.getETWModData(player)
    if #modData.UniqueClothingRipped < SBvars.SewerUniqueClothesRipped and ETWCommonLogicChecks.SewerShouldExecute() then
        local item = items:get(0)
        ---@cast item Clothing
        if detailedDebug() then print("ETW Logger | Recipe.OnCreate.RipClothing() item: " .. item:getName()) end;
        ETWCommonFunctions.addClothingToUniqueRippedClothingList(player, item);
    end
    original_Recipe_OnCreate_RipClothing(items, result, player, selectedItem);
end

And I got a report of an error in server console

ERROR: General     , 1725907727926> 17 983 052 429> ExceptionLogger.logException> Exception thrown java.lang.RuntimeException: attempted index: getPerkLevel of non-table: null at KahluaThread.tableget line:1689.```

As I understand that's server trying to run `populateSkills` but why?

[bright fog]

/client is not loaded server side

You can technical force load a /client file in server side, but it is highly suggested to never do that

If there's a clear separration between both it's for a good reason

/shared and /server are loaded server side
/client, /server and /shared are loaded client side

[dull moss]

oooooh

[dull moss]

this is the information that I required

[bright fog]

So things being shared client side and server side should be put in /shared

Unless they are only used in /server then put them in /server

You can also check if a code is ran client side or server side with isClient() and isServer()

[dull moss]

this explains why server fucntion

local original_Recipe_OnCreate_RipClothing = Recipe.OnCreate.RipClothing;
---Overwriting Recipe.OnCreate.RipClothing() here to insert ETW logic catching player ripping clothing
---@param items any
---@param result any
---@param player IsoPlayer
---@param selectedItem any
function Recipe.OnCreate.RipClothing(items, result, player, selectedItem)
    local modData = ETWCommonFunctions.getETWModData(player)
    if #modData.UniqueClothingRipped < SBvars.SewerUniqueClothesRipped and ETWCommonLogicChecks.SewerShouldExecute() then
        local item = items:get(0)
        ---@cast item Clothing
        if detailedDebug() then print("ETW Logger | Recipe.OnCreate.RipClothing() item: " .. item:getName()) end;
        ETWCommonFunctions.addClothingToUniqueRippedClothingList(player, item);
    end
    original_Recipe_OnCreate_RipClothing(items, result, player, selectedItem);
end

was working in SP and MP while being in server folder xd

ye

do you think doing something like changing

local ETWCommonFunctions = require "ETWCommonFunctions";
local ETWCommonLogicChecks = require "ETWCommonLogicChecks";

to

local ETWCommonFunctions;
local ETWCommonLogicChecks;

if not isServer() then
    ETWCommonFunctions = require "ETWCommonFunctions";
    ETWCommonLogicChecks = require "ETWCommonLogicChecks";
end```
would work nicely then

[bright fog]

Depends if you're trying to access anything from these modules ?

[dull moss]

functions

[bright fog]

Just your tool functions should be put in /shared

[dull moss]

can I require lua from shared in client/server folders?

[ancient grail]

ye this is also my problem
since recipes are on the server folder

[dull moss]

Ye I'm trying to avoid making my functions global

[bright fog]

Yup

[bright fog]

Don't make them global

[dull moss]

i dont

[bright fog]

Use modules like you're doing that's great

[ancient grail]

so is it possible to just put the oncreate functions on the shared

while we have our modules function on the client?

myModule = myModule or {}
--then recipe functions

the also use

if item:myModule.isValid() then
myModule.doStuff(item)
end

[bright fog]

The "module" you are makikg here is a global, not a module

[ancient grail]

ok yeah then global then

[bright fog]

But oncreate just needs to be globals

Idk if these run server and client side, but if they tend to be put in both I guess they do

So as long as both are global client and server side then they will work so shared or server doesn't matter

Tho I would suggest following what everyone does if people tend to put them in server

[ancient grail]

i remember back then when i placed the oncreates on client
after doing the recipe its says no such function

[bright fog]

Especially since it doesn't matter

[bright fog]

Yea so probably don't put it in client

Put in shared or server

[dull moss]

this is in server in vanilla

[bright fog]

Also

[ancient grail]

yeh i placed them on server
and just copied my functions from client and just made em local

[bright fog]

shared loads before server and client files

And I don't remember which loads first between server and client

[ancient grail]

question

if we have onPlayerUpdate
on server
and just have it sendServerCommand
will that work?
instead of having client to ping pong it back

[dull moss]

how often does player update? that sounds like a lot of commands

[ancient grail]

with checkers it wont be heavy

i think its similar to ontick

[bright fog]

Some Events don't run client side or server side

[ancient grail]

right

[bright fog]

Check Albion's event documentation

She has the info on which runs where

[ancient grail]

right

[fresh isle]

Is there a status effect for being on fire? It doesn't occur with a moodle, I'm trying to figure out how to ignite a player to apply similar mechanics

Granted my main issue is not being able to make someone glow without a flashlight in hand or flashlight attachment worn

My fear is that fire does get overhauled in 42, but cest la vie

[dire oracle]

gta sa car

[bright fog]

Yes there is

give me a sec

https://projectzomboid.com/modding/zombie/characters/IsoGameCharacter.html#isOnFire()

-- example
if not player:isOnFire() then
    player:setOnFire(true)
end

[proud flame]

Hi. Can someone confirm to me that index refers to the vehicle skin? I had this idea but wanted to double check and can't find where I saw that information. Thanks!
VehicleZoneDistribution.construction.vehicles["Base.f700dump"] = {index = -1, spawnChance = 20};

[coarse sinew]

Indeed, looking at the file with the cars distribution ProjectZomboid\media\lua\shared\VehicleZoneDefinition.lua in the game directory, it refers to the car skin index, with -1 being random.

[proud flame]

Ah, thank you! That must be where I first saw it then. By the way, when they say the total for a zone should always be 100 does it mean the maximum spawn chance a vehicle can have or the total sum of all vehicles spawning for that zone? Is this percentage based?

[coarse sinew]

see this #mod_development message

[proud flame]

oh perfect, thank you so much.

[viscid ginkgo]

Hello everybody. Does anyone know if it is possible to make a vehicle that spawns with different wheel options? I know that for the body you can make the Vehicles_XYZ_Shell transparent and the game handles color variations, or make every color variant manually and list them in the script. I was thinking of something similar to the latter for the wheel texture.

[dull moss]

My guess ppl in #modeling can maybe help better

[junior steeple]

Hello guys, I have a question. I made a recipe to transform thread in twine or other stuff, and so I put the line destroy Thread=4, to make it disappear once transformed, but the problem is that it works even if the thread has only 1/10 unit, and I would like it to take 4 full units threads. How is that possible please ? thank you !

[crystal crypt]

module MonsterEnergy

{

recipe Make Nails From Can
{
        EmptyPopCanMonsterWhite/EmptyPopCanMonster/EmptyPopCanMonsterRed/EmptyPopCanMonsterPacificPunch/EmptyPopCanMonsterUltraViolet/EmptyPopCanMonsterUltraParadise/EmptyPopCanMonsterMangoLoco/EmptyPopCanMonsterMIXXD/EmptyPopCanMGuaranáBaré/EmptyPopCanMGuaranáDolly/EmptyPopCanRedBull/EmptyPopCanFanta/EmptyPopCanGuaranaAntartica/EmptyPopCanPepsiMax/EmptyPopCanBangStrawberry/EmptyPopCanGuaranaJesus/EmptyPopCanSpriteSoda/EmptyPopCanCocaColaZero/EmptyPopBangBlackCherry/EmptyPopPurpleHazeCherry/EmptyPopBlueRazzCherry,
        keep [Recipe.GetItemTypes.Hammer],
       Result:Nails=2,
    CanBeDoneFromFloor:true,
       Time:80,
        Category:Carpentry,
        Sound:SliceMeat,
}

recipe Make RedBull And Whisky Mix
{
RedBullCan=1,
WhiskeyFull=1,
PlasticCup/GlassTumbler/GlassWineWater,
Result:CupRedBullWhiskey,
Time:20.0,
Category:Cooking,
OnGiveXP:Recipe.OnGiveXP.Cooking8,
NeedToBeLearn:True,
CanBeDoneFromFloor:False,
}
}
I make this recipes , and the rest is not apearing , can someone help me ?

[crystal crypt]

its not appearing and idk why , i need helppp

[tranquil kindle]

Remove "destroy". Also is your goal to make one Full Twine from 4 Full Threads? I belive by default you would recive "full" Twine, but for it to require 4 Full Threads you'd probably need to use something like : Thread = 40 , because Thread has use delta of 0.1 and that means that it will use 1/10 of item per use, recipes included.

Going back to "destroy" Its mostly used to prevent item from becoming other item (there are items that once used: For example if you were to use DishCloth in recipe (it has 0.1 use delta) and required 10 units of it, When recipe would end you would get your result and Wet version of that item, because it has "ReplaceOnDeplete = DishClothWet," and its considered when in recipe, so in case you would prefer for it to not give you wet DishCloth, you would instead use Destroy (then there is no need for amount, since it will just delete item after recipe).

[crystal crypt]

Can you help me ?

[tranquil kindle]

You added both of those recipes in tabs Carpentry or Cooking and you look for them in general? If you write name of recipe and select the checkbox next to place you write it, it will check each category for that recipe.

[crystal crypt]

its not the recipes that i created

its the normal ones

i didint even searched anything

just like 40 recipes

[tranquil kindle]

Sorry, i might've read it wrong

My first guess you overriden vanila recipe file

How is your file where you have it named?

[junior steeple]

I already tried with Thread=40 but it doesn't work because it requires 40 thread (complete or not, it doesn't understand the units and only the numbers of items in the inventory). The problem is, if I remove destroy, then the recipe won't show anything in the craft panel, it'll show an empty recipe.
I try to make a full twine with 4 full threads yes. The result is ok until now. The process isn't.

[crystal crypt]

recipes.txt

[tranquil kindle]

Change it. iF you use same name as vanila file, it is overriden.

[crystal crypt]

should i put the same name like in the game files ?

[crystal crypt]

ok , i will try it , thankss

[tranquil kindle]

Can you post that recipe here?

[crystal crypt]

i will try it rn

[junior steeple]

The script text you mean ? Or a screen ?

[tranquil kindle]

Could be both just to make sure

[junior steeple]

{
    destroy Thread=4,

    Result:Twine,
    Time:250.0,
    Category:Tailoring,
    NeedToBeLearn:false,
    CanBeDoneFromFloor:true,
    OnGiveXP:ClothMendingXP10,
}```

[tranquil kindle]

Maybe destroy does not support "=4 or any amount" Im not sure. Can you tell me again why you think Thread = 40 doesnt work?

[crystal crypt]

@tranquil kindle THANK YOU , finally

it really worked

really thank you

[junior steeple]

I tried and it doesn't work because you need to have 40 Threads items in your inventory. It's the number of items, not the number of unit. Then with =4 the recipe works, but it can be done with incomplete Threads.

[tranquil kindle]

Did you actually tried it with 4 Full items, or did you use debug option in crafting menu to give ingredients?

[junior steeple]

I tried with both full items, partially full and it works no matter what, but I wish it'll work with only Full threads. In debug and without.

[tranquil kindle]

Does it really make a diffrence if someone has 4 full threads or 8 halves? or 12 quarters?

It doesn't really make sense for me at least, but if you really wanted to force Full Threads only, i belive the only way is to use OnTest function similar to one used while crafting Molotovs, which checks if in molotov case the bottle is Full, and if it isnt, it does not allow for recipe.

[junior steeple]

It does because my recipe is supposed to work in revert and so you can create 4 threads with a twine, but then, it'll give you 4 full threads. And so it can be "glitched" to have full threads

Yeah i'm actually trying to do a OnTest function to make it work, but there is always a problem 🥲

[tranquil kindle]

Am i missing some logic here? 1 Thread = 10 units, 4Threads = 40 units, 8 times Half Thread means 8x0.5 = 40 Units too, You can already Consolidate Threads to make two halfes of thread to make one Full Thread.

[junior steeple]

Yeah it should be working too but I mean, idk how to apply this logic to my recipe. Atm it works even if you have 4 thread with only 1 unit on each of them.

[tranquil kindle]

But youre using "Destroy" right now

So it makes sense because destroy does not seem to care about How much uses there is per item, but only if there is an item.

[junior steeple]

Yes I know, but idk how to do it another way, i'm kinda noob in coding, that's why i'm asking for help ^^'

[tranquil kindle]

Its literally recipe for making matress

So thread = 40 should work

And then to revert it make it require Twine=1, and result Thread=4, or 40 (I think result will give you Full items, if no functions are involved, so you might need to test both)

[junior steeple]

I swear it doesn't work, I tried already 😅

[tranquil kindle]

I swear if i launch game and it works.....

(not mad)

Its just that i usually have to actually show people that something works in most cases

[junior steeple]

It doesn't really make sense for it to work since it takes 4 thread items in your inventory with =4 (not mattering the units) so 40 would require 40 items from your inventory (full or not)

[crystal crypt]

i would trust nik , she knows what shes doing

[junior steeple]

It's not a question of trust, I TRIED and it doesn't work 🤷🏻‍♀️

[tranquil kindle]

Thread does have UseDelta, so does ducttape, If item has use delta 0.1, it means that whole item has 10 uses

[junior steeple]

Yeah i get it for this point

That is the result when set to Thread=40

I can only if I have at least 40 items in my inventory, not 40 units of this item

[tranquil kindle]

https://i.gyazo.com/8097d6e5caa6a54689b9c5386e0de11e.mp4

[junior steeple]

Why does it shows (40 units) in yours and not in mine ? 😭 😱

[tranquil kindle]

recipe Make Twine
    {

        Thread=40,

        Result:Twine=1,
        Time:180.0,
        Category:Carpentry,
    }
recipe Make Thread
    {

        Twine=5,

        Result:Thread=40,
        Time:180.0,
        Category:Carpentry,
    }

Literally copied matress code

thats why its carpentry

[junior steeple]

Dang so the carpentry line did all the job ?

[tranquil kindle]

Twine has use delta of 0.2 so that means 1 Full Twine has 5 uses, so i use 5 twine for 40 Threads

No

I just got lazy and did not remove it

[junior steeple]

Oh sh*t i'm dumb, just realized you didn't use destroy that's why it litterally works and mine doesn't because I was still using destroy line -_-

Sorry for my slow brain

And thank you for explaining

[tranquil kindle]

Yeah if you wanna use :```recipe Make Thread
{

    Twine=5,

    Result:Thread=40,
    Time:180.0,
    Category:Carpentry,
}```

you actually need to set Thread=4, since i wasnt sure if it gives full item or not, but in this case it does. so if you have result:Thread=40 you literally get 40 full items.

[junior steeple]

It was so "simple" and yet i'm struggling like a donkey 😅

[junior steeple]

Okay thank you 🙏🏻 And sorry for being kinda stupid 🙈

I tried and it works so I made all my "look alike" recipe as you explained me and it works very well. Thank you again ❤️‍🔥

[ancient grail]

iguess albions car reads the property from script and cannot be changed via lua,. owell

[rugged sapphire]

Can someone help me in the mod support plz

[alpine scroll]

Can sendServerCommand return a value to the script that called it?

Forget it, I'll just do a SendClientComamand back so I can deal with it

[digital sail]

This is the way to go. Send a packet to the server asking for stuff then receive an answer in a different packet sent from the server.

You will likely always have those 4 files when doing network:

ClientRecv.lua
ClientSend.lua
ServerRecv.lua
ServerSend.lua

[digital sail]

It's more convenient if you explain your issue first :p
People will help you if they know the answer

[rugged sapphire]

well i did before and no one said notting "_"

[ancient grail]

but they are asking for the details now, wouldnt it be better to provide the statement or atleast link to the issue you originally posted?

[ancient grail]

no. theres a delay so it wouldnt be possible to do a callback

[alpine scroll]

Yea. I did it but now I need to know how to grab back, since I need it for a rcon response, but oh well

[digital sail]

They were actually talking about the #mod_support channel where they explained it. I did not get it at first either.

[digital sail]

Was my explanation not answering that question?

[alpine scroll]

I dont think so. Not for my case anyway. I do have a command that sends a ServerCommand, that gets intercepted by the client, do things, and sends a ClientCommand, that gets intercepted by the server. This part is ok. However its the command that sends the ServerCommand that returns when I send an Rcon command to the zomboid server

It does print correctly on the server, but I need something to return the value to the RCON client specifically, not simply make it run

[digital sail]

Then send a ServerCommand to the client

[alpine scroll]

Yes. I did that. And the client ran the command

That is ok

Look

LuaServerCommands.register(CMD_NAME, function(author, command, args)

    -- Check if the correct number of arguments are passed.
    if #args < 2  then
        return '/'..CMD_NAME..' [player] [range]'
    end

    -- NOTE: The helper only becomes visible in global scope when the first lua server command is fired.
    --       Make sure to reference the helper inside of the command's handler function.
    local helper = LuaServerCommandHelper

    -- Attempt to resolve the player using the helper method.
    local username = args[1]
    local player = helper.getPlayerByUsername(username)
    if player == nil then 
        return 'Player not found: '..tostring(username) 
    end
    local playerID = player:getOnlineID()
    local range = tonumber(args[2])
    sendServerCommand('refresh', 'container', {playerID = playerID, range = range, playerName = username})
    local containers = getNearbyContainers(player:getX(), player:getY(), player:getZ(), range)
    for i = 1, #containers, 1 do
        local container = containers[i]
        local items = container:getItems()
        if items:size() > 0 then       
            if container:getParent() then
                ItemPicker.updateOverlaySprite(container:getParent())
            end
            container:setExplored(true)
        end
    end
    return 'Command ran'
end)```

This is my code

Its a code that, when I send a command via RCON (this is important), it triggers something in game

So, it sends the command, on the sendServerCommand. That is ok and that is working

However, the sendServerCommand DO NOT RETURN A VALUE, which is my issue, so I made a separate thing to try to grab it back when it runs

which is

local CommandsTest = {};
CommandsTest.returnvalue = {};

CommandsTest.returnvalue.container = function(playerObj, args)
    print('player:' .. tostring(args.playerXx) .. '-containers:' .. tostring(args.containersXx) .. '-quantity:' .. tostring(args.quantity))
  return 'player:' .. tostring(args.playerXx) .. '-containers:' .. tostring(args.containersXx) .. '-quantity:' .. tostring(args.quantity)
end

local onClientCommandTest = function(module, command, playerObj, args)
    if CommandsTest[module] and CommandsTest[module][command] then
        CommandsTest[module][command](playerObj, args)
    end
end
 
Events.OnClientCommand.Add(onClientCommandTest) ```

So it prints on the server, it shows on the server, it works as I want, BUT it doesnt return as a value if I trigger the command as RCON to the RCON Client that triggered it

It works, it just doesnt return the value where I need it

I'll probably need to store the things in a variable most likely and somehow update that variable once I've grabbed the value

[digital sail]

(use ```lua for coloration)

[alpine scroll]

(I thought I was?)

Oh

Litteraly write lua

Sorry

Uh

I dont know how to do that?

It just wrote lua on the code

[dry chasm]

make a line break after.

[digital sail]

function()

[alpine scroll]

Got it

But anyways

Since I send the code, it is being returned "Command ran", as I added to the return code

Im pretty sure something breaks if I dont add a return there, let me test

[digital sail]

is LuaServerCommands from the Java API?

[alpine scroll]

From Jab's mod

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3243738892

This is what allows Rcon to begin with

[digital sail]

haha, that parts was important

I'm not familiar with it, it might be buggy

did you try their discord (in mod description)?

[alpine scroll]

Its not a bug in Jab's mod this thing specifically

[dry chasm]

Instead of return, you send another command back and handle the expected "return" there.
as mentioned by Glytch3r here: #mod_development message

[alpine scroll]

Because for most things, you can run the code on the server side

[dry chasm]

although If you do need it outside lua, I don't think that mod supports that

[alpine scroll]

Messing outside lua wouldn't be a problem

But yea, I think I may have to do another look on what I am doing

Maybe check if I can update the containers outside the client side

[digital sail]

they made his own java API call that will or not print the value your return in the Lua callback

the only way to know is to have a look at their java code

[alpine scroll]

I think I could ask him about something like that, but I think that will not be necessary

I will try changing the focus here from the clientside of the code to the serverside of the code, and see if the serverside works too

[digital sail]

it's not even open source, so we'd need to uncompile it first 😩

[alpine scroll]

It isnt?

I am almost sure Jab did it on github somewhere

Oh well

Let me try the serverside thing here and lets see if serverside it works

[digital sail]

I decompiled it

   protected String Command() {
      int argCount = this.getCommandArgsCount();
      if (argCount == 0) {
         return "/luacmd <command> <varargs>";
      } else {
         String command = this.getCommandArg(0);
         KahluaTable tableArgs = LuaManager.platform.newTable();

         for(int index = 1; index < argCount; ++index) {
            tableArgs.rawset(index, this.getCommandArg(index));
         }

         String author = this.getExecutorUsername();
         if (author == null || author.isEmpty()) {
            author = "console";
         }

         KahluaTable ourObject = (KahluaTable)LuaManager.env.rawget("LuaCommands");
         LuaClosure outFunc = (LuaClosure)ourObject.rawget("onCommand");
         LuaReturn luaReturn = LuaManager.caller.protectedCall(LuaManager.thread, outFunc, new Object[]{author, command, tableArgs});
         return !luaReturn.isEmpty() ? luaReturn.get(0).toString() : "Executed Lua command.";
      }
   }

looks like it's supposed to print it

well, I guess, it's printing is somewhere since he's forwarding your return value

do you ever see an "Executed Lua Command." message?

[alpine scroll]

So, John. The thing is it prints, but it doesnt return because it prints outisde the function that has a return

I just refactored the thing to run serverside instead of clientside, so I'll see if it works this way

If it does, great

If it doesnt, its back to the drawing board

[digital sail]

Yes, it would never work that way anyway. If it did that would mean the entire game would freeze while waiting for the server to answer. :D

[alpine scroll]

That makes way too much sense and I totally didnt think like that

[digital sail]

They way it could work, but I guess they did not write the code for it, is by having their java plugin register a callback, wait for the answer then call another lua function with the result.

basically what you are emulating right now with a servercommand

[alpine scroll]

I think if I want it to work, I would need another code, so when code 1 works, it writes on some ModData, and when code B works, it reads from the ModData

And then maybe a third code to clean the ModData

maybe

dunno

[digital sail]

you just want an object on the client side that remembers the call, ModData is for persistent memory (alive after a reboot)

but you probably don't need to remember anything about the command itself from the client side, the servercommand should contain every instruction you need to execute

[alpine scroll]

Yea, probably

[ancient grail]

his lookin for a return like lets say
getHealth()

but client to server to client

[ancient grail]

global moddata is the way to go

[digital sail]

I think you're right. I only knew about ModData and that got me confused. I looked at the decompiled game and I see there is a GlobalModData which, I'm guessing, is sync with the server at all time?

[bronze yoke]

no, it's the same thing

ModData is the lua wrapper around GlobalModData

it's usually just called global mod data to differentiate it from object mod data

[digital sail]

how is it synchronized with the server then?

oh, there is a transmit

and receive

ok

[bronze yoke]

the methods for it are kind of unreliable from what i've heard

[digital sail]

I did not know about it and made my own packets with commands :D

[bronze yoke]

good!

besides the reliability concerns the provided transmission works by sending the entire table every time

it can get really wasteful for most applications

[digital sail]

https://github.com/Phibonacci/Bard-Interactive-Music/blob/main/media/lua/server/BardServerCommands.lua
https://github.com/Phibonacci/Bard-Interactive-Music/blob/main/media/lua/client/BardClientRecvCommands.lua
https://github.com/Phibonacci/Bard-Interactive-Music/blob/main/media/lua/client/BardClientSendCommands.lua

once you've already sent one packet it's really no burden to add more anyway

[bronze yoke]

i had an issue with a mod i helped with where once the table got big enough receiving it just disconnected you because the client timed out processing it 😭

the issue there was twofold with the mod having the most terrible algorithm imaginable on receiving it but it can demonstrate how big the tables can get

[digital sail]

that's the most PZ thing I've read today :'D

keeping the spirit of the vanilla code, I like it

it's probably ok as long as you send tables this size: #mod_development message

[bronze yoke]

yeah that's no issue

[digital sail]

The worst programming habit I've ever witnessed was years ago, at my first job. Someone took the source object that should have been read only. Modified a string in this object to serialise the value of an int and then parsed the int and modified the string back to the initial state further in the code.

I was amazed.

[analog summit]

what is that supposed to mean 😭

[ancient grail]

true

[digital sail]

readonly (or constant): the value of the variable can only be read, not modified
serialize: translate data into another data format (here a number into a string like 1.6 -> "1.6")

[analog summit]

ojjj

[digital sail]

oh, sorry

[analog summit]

i meant oh 😭

[digital sail]

and here I was searching what "ojjj" meant on duckduckgo, only to find "only joking" :D

[grizzled fulcrum]

lol

[alpine scroll]

I updated a container on the server side. How do I make the client grab the container again?

If I log out and log back, it shows the items, however just moving away and back dont

[neon bronze]

Dont know the exact command but you need to draw tje ui „dirtty“

[crystal crypt]

imagine that i make items and i put "Module Bla Bla Bla" why do people sometimes put Imports Base ??? i just want to know

[tulip valve]

Is there anyway to disable the bleeding and injured moodles for a specific trait? You still bleed and get damaged, but the moodle wouldn't show up

[analog summit]

do yall know any mods that tamper with the tailoring panel??

im gonna explode i cant find anything on it at all

[ancient grail]

so that everything from base exists for your mod
you can then use them or parts of them

like their model icons etc for parts
or items directly for recipes
for example ammotype
if you import base then you can just say
Ammo:Apple,

if you did not then you need to say

Ammo: Base.Apple,

not really sure about the syntax here but the point is you dont need to add the module everytime you use anything from Base

[nimble badger]

Hello, How can I get stats:setEndurance(1.0), to get the current endurance, and add x value over the amount of times the program has been run, and after to reset the program run times, it will be implemented as a wearable

[bright fog]

Did you try replacing set with get ;) ?

[nimble badger]

Yes, but do I then assign it to a variable, say i for example:

player:getEndurance()
stats:setEndurance(i+0.02)

how do I then set the Get endurance to i, so that I can add it to the current endurance? (im trying to fix the stalker exoskeleton fix mod)

[drifting ore]

i = player:getEndurance()

[crystal crypt]

The Fatigue Value is for sleep ? what is the value for tireness ??

[bright fog]

Yeah, the point of getters is that they give you a value, so you write it in a variable

local endurance = player:getEndurance()
stats:setEndurance(endurance+0.02)

(make variables local, NEVER global

[bronze yoke]

if you are adding items, use sendItemsInContainer(object, container)

[alpine scroll]

From server?

[bronze yoke]

yeah

if you are removing items, you must use a server command to send the ids of the removed items to the clients and remove them manually

[alpine scroll]

I am refilling the container contents with the ItemPicker.fillContainer(container, player)

This works, considering I do receive a new stock of items in the container, however it just updates on the client after I logout and login

[bronze yoke]

yeah the game doesn't really have convenient ways of modifying items from the server

if the container is empty before you use the itempicker (as i believe it'll delete existing items) then sendItemsInContainer is sufficient, otherwise you'll probably need to use a server command to delete all the existing items

[drifting ore]

pretty weird that some object synchronize automatically and others don't

like, in what scenario would you want clothes out of sync between clients and servers?

[severe crane]

If a recipe has a lua component for whatever reason, do I still put the NeedToBeLearn in the function or the script recipe?

[ancient grail]

true. it takes time to determine which ones are synced

[ancient grail]

wdym

[severe crane]

I have a recipe I want to adjust so that you need to learn it, it has a module base entry and a lua entry. I've tried putting the NeedToBeLearn variable on the base recipe, but it doesn't seem to work. So I was just wondering if it needs to be added to the .lua side?

[bronze yoke]

it should be part of the script

[severe crane]

ty, I'll keep at it, just wanted to make sure it wasn't something obvious with the lua (which I suck at)

[ancient grail]

can you show us both script and lua

[ancient grail]

i still got no clue what youre asking

[weary compass]

hello small Q, which event will be fired after sandbox setting is changed?

[nimble badger]

is endurance already a variable, do I just write it as it is? so no need to get endurance then?

[bright fog]

What ?

???

No you need to get it ???

[bright fog]

this

I'm so fucking confused like did you read the code snipet ?

[grizzled fulcrum]

calm down 😭

@nimble badger if you don't know lua, I'd recommend reading the PIL guide before you start modding https://www.lua.org/pil/

[bright fog]

Sry I'm tensed, getting only stupid questions today lmao

[dull moss]

to be fair if the dude doesnt understand whats happening in those 2 lines he probably shouldn't doing it

Like it's just reading

its not bitwise shifting where you have no clue whats happening if you dont know it

[bright fog]

I mean no he just needs to learn that's fine

[twin turtle]

Hi, one question, does anyone know where i can learn in a guided way the api for the game and how to mod it? thanks

[nimble badger]

I was just confused about setting a variable to something more than one character, never worked with lua before

Thanks for the help btw

[grizzled fulcrum]

yes, but thats why you recommend them resources to learn lua instead of telling them how little they know

and bitwise shifting isn't any different, it's easy to understand once you know it, but you have to learn it first to know it

[dull moss]

I'd argue reading English "getSomething()" and "setSomething()" is easier than understading what's <<< or >>> when you never seen both options

Doesn't matter

[bronze yoke]

no event is fired

[weary compass]

ty, I am just finding the info on decompiled javas.
hm.. if you can give another favor to me. What way seems good to catch the sandbox changes (especially on dedicated server)?
@bronze yoke

[dull moss]

you could write them into mod data or something and then check if they changed every 10 min for example

[bronze yoke]

only real way is to check periodically, if you're waiting for a specific option you can cache that value and do something if the current value doesn't match the cached one

[weary compass]

well I wanted to avoid periodical events, but it looks only way :/
Thank you 🙂

[hexed ferry]

can someone make vhs / cd player and storage ( if you put vhs / cd in it they will weight 0 and ability to play that music and tapes, something like mp4 player ) , it is portable and be usable while walking and sprinting

[bright fog]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2932823902&searchtext=Portable+tv ?

[hexed ferry]

is there any good thing to store VHS / CDs

[dull moss]

This is #mod_development

Not #pz_b42_chat or #mod_support

[nimble badger]

Im going to ask a question that isn't as stupid now, wasn't there a website or something of sorts, that had all of project zomboid's Variables?

[dull moss]

do you mean this?
https://zomboid-javadoc.com/41.78/

[nimble badger]

Well yeah, im specifically trying to find player variables, like Endurance so i can write them correctly (eg endurance or Endurance)

[dull moss]

you can update player variables using methods. So you wanna use the link and in search put "Endurance" for example to see what method is used for it

Aka you cant just

playerEndurance = 1```
you need
```player:setEndurance(1)```

(pseudocode)

[nimble badger]

This is how my code is looking at the moment

local stats = player:getStats()
local EnduranceRG = player:getEndurance();
stats:setEndurance(EnduranceRG + 1.0);

it breaks at stats.setEndurance

[dull moss]

getEndurance should be run on stats

(i think?)

[nimble badger]

so stats;getEndurance?

[dull moss]

what does it say

the error

I'd expect it to error at
local EnduranceRG = player:getEndurance();

not at stats:setEndurance(EnduranceRG + 1.0);

[nimble badger]

Can't really screenshot the debugger, but the green bar is at stats;setEndurance(EnduranceRG + 1.0);

could be that its calling nil value??

[dull moss]

First things first, you should have console.txt open pretty much 24/7 when u making mods and testing them ingame so when it errors you have easy access to error

[nimble badger]

I think I fixed it hold up

[dull moss]

open console.txt, ctrl+f for error and check latest one

should be yours

[nimble badger]

Thanks a lot! im sure it was player:getEndurance, You were right, it was stats:getEndurance() thanks!

[dull moss]

Ye but did you look at error

Learning to read those is going to help a lot during modding

[nimble badger]

Callstack?

[dull moss]

nah above it

send the error

-----------------------------------------
Callframe at: removeItemOnServer
function: transferItem -- file: ISInventoryTransferAction.lua line # 399 | MOD: Snow is water - Full Version
function: perform -- file: ISInventoryTransferAction.lua line # 260 | MOD: Snow is water - Full Version
function: perform -- file: AutoLoot_DisplayLooted.lua line # 88 | MOD: AutoLoot
function: perform -- file: ETWActionsOverride.lua line # 122 | MOD: Evolving Traits World (ETW)

ERROR: General     , 1726083822845> 16,241,616> ExceptionLogger.logException> Exception thrown java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException at GeneratedMethodAccessor1226.invoke.
ERROR: General     , 1726083822845> 16,241,616> DebugLogStream.printException> Stack trace:
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
    at jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor1226.invoke(Unknown Source)```

as exacmple

i was wrong you were right, the stacktrace

xd

[nimble badger]

there's no error anymore, and there's nothing above call stack??????

Wait

you made that mod?

[dull moss]

i jsut grabbed random error from my console

[nimble badger]

Found it thanks

[fresh isle]

Is there a way to make the protection stats of clothes random in the .txt?

or will i have to call on some sort of lua function :C

[bronze yoke]

you'll have to rely on lua

[fresh isle]

unfortunate but expected news

client or server? I'm thinking it could be done when items are spawned but I'm not actually sure

like, how to make sure stats are associated with different instances rather than the server deciding on some random level that will dupilcate across all instances of an outfit

[bronze yoke]

you can do it on the server

items can have an OnCreate function associated with them, that would be the easiest way to do this

usually editing item properties per instance can be a pain as they usually aren't persistent but i have a feeling this will be because tailoring changes the defence of clothing instances anyway

[fresh isle]

Interesting, I was doing this to mod jewelry, so tailoring would be something I can avoid, sounds pretty doable C:

[red tiger]

Hello,

I just uploaded some code I wrote late last-year to aid in detecting and removing players who join servers with the EtherHack mod installed for cheating.

Here's the Steam Workshop item:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3329520682

Here's the GitHub repository:
https://github.com/asledgehammer/EtherHammer

Enjoy.

[next shell]

Is there a way to seperate player related deaths vs pve deaths?
I want to know the possibility of a mod that can separate the two so that players when they die to, for example zomboids, they wont get punished but if they do get killed by a player they get blocked or something along those lines

[fresh isle]

you might be able to do an isinfected check, not exactly the same so probably not what you want, but pretty simplistic

won't work unless infection is enabled though <w>

[next shell]

Well I personally am not a modder but lemme show something rq

We use a mod that logs players deaths, skills, inventories, etc, would it be possible, with the mod makers permission of course, to pull this data and use in the way I was describing?

[ancient grail]

https://discord.com/channels/136501320340209664/1070852229654917180

[ancient grail]

yes by getting last attacker

then check using instanceof

[pastel raptor]

is there a way in which I can read all the pz supported functions ? Like this site?

[dull moss]

Wdym?

You mean detailed documentation?

There is none

[pastel raptor]

yep

do you have a website or something?

[dull moss]

Closest thing you'll have is umbrella

[pastel raptor]

isn't this image taken from a website? :E

[dull moss]

I thought you saw a link 3 msgs above

And wanted more

[pastel raptor]

no I didn't see any link lol

XD

[dull moss]

Well now you do

[pastel raptor]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmm no :E

[dull moss]

Literally

Look 5 msgs above

[pastel raptor]

oh sorry wtf

[dull moss]

From the screenshot

xd

[pastel raptor]

lol sorry :E my apologize

[dull moss]

Np

I still recommend umbrella tho

Google luacat umbrella project zomboid

[pastel raptor]

yeah i'm there thx

just one more question maybe you can help since i'm not so good ^^'

I'm trying to make a new skill called Gunsmith and apparntly I managed to do it. Now the guns are defined with a tooltip that I want players to read only if the gunsmith skill is above or equal to 3.

I made a small lua script but chatgpt suggest me this event t make the script run :E
Events.OnPreItemTooltip.Add(showTooltipBasedOnGunsmith)

I don't think that "OnPreItemTooltip is something that should work ahhaahhaha

any suggestion?

[dull moss]

By initial idea (which might not be the best) is to catch tooltip in UI and if it's a gun, overwrite it

Not sure how to do that though as I think tooltip code is generalized and it's not separate for different items

Which mean you'd be catching every single item tooltip with your code

Which again can he fine but not ideal

Albion is smarter than me, wait until she sees your question or ask her when she's around, she's the

[pastel raptor]

U.U

I made the same with meds. Meds have the same icon as "pill" or "syringe". If you have enough level in doctor you see the name of the pill and what is it used for u.u

The problrm is the event which handles everything. I am trying OnPlayerUpdate

[dull moss]

Wait if you have it for meds already can't you use same thing but for guns?

Also what exactly are you doing OnPlayerUpdate

I believe that event is fired very often

Like on the OnTick level often

[pastel raptor]

Almost always hahahah

I never use on tick

It s very performante killer

[ancient grail]

@pastel raptor

[ancient grail]

no such event
chatgpt randomly assumes events exist based on other games

you can just use setTooltip()

[dull moss]

Chatgpt is decent help as long as you ask it Lua questions and not PZ questions

Aka
"How do I loop through 2 depth table modData.MyMod" and not "how do I make weather change to rain in PZ with event"

[pastel raptor]

local function showTooltipBasedOnGunsmith(player, item)
-- Check if the item is the "Pistol" (or whatever weapon you want to use)
if item:getFullType() == "Pistol" then
-- Get the player's skill level in "Gunsmith"
local gunsmithLevel = player:getPerkLevel(Perks.Doctor) -- Use your custom skill perk name

    -- Only show the tooltip if the player has level 3 or higher in Gunsmith
    if gunsmithLevel >= 3 then
        -- Show the tooltip (normal behavior)
        item:getModData().showTooltip = true
    else
        -- Hide the tooltip
        item:getModData().showTooltip = false
    end
end

end

-- Hook the function to run when the tooltip is being displayed
Events.OnPlayerUpdate.Add(showTooltipBasedOnGunsmith)

chatgpt made this 😄

[dull moss]

I mean general idea is good

Just gotta refactor it so it works in-game

[pastel raptor]

🫠

[bright fog]

Don't use ChatGPT for PZ modding unless it's basic algorithm

It will give you a fuck ton of wrong things

For example here

item is not sent to OnPlayerUpdate

[ancient grail]

item:setIcon()
doesnt work

is there a way for doparam to be applied to old items?

[tranquil kindle]

I think icon will be applied to old items with do Param. I set sounds for guns that way and it works for new and old ones.

I believe stats like condition and damage might still use old values, but icons/sounds/attached models do work on both from my experience

[viscid ginkgo]

Currently, in the settings menu, the largest texture size for the vehicles is 2048x2048, but there is also a checkbox for "Double-sized textures". So the question is, what is the resolution of the texture file supposed to be? Actually... How does the checkbox work in the back? is it just a large texture that's downscaled if it is unchecked?

[empty flame]

i have created a deathtracker bot script for discord that send an image on player death, if u are interested dm me

[bright roost]

whats the best way to debug your code in game?

[drifting ore]

Don't use chatgpt period. It generates text that looks like human text, and merely that. Since the information itself isn't stored anywhere, there isn't even a way for it to tell if it's hallucinating or saying truths. If it's correct, it is purely because what it generated happened to match real world information. And otherwise, it's confidently incorrect.

[bright fog]

Just don't be a fucking idiot when you use it, that's it

People keep saying to not use it, they are the same people who don't even know how to use it

[drifting ore]

automation bias isn't a sign of being an idiot tho

also you don't know what you don't know, so if you ask chatgpt for something you didn't already knew, you have no way to know if it's saying the truth or hallucinating

[bright fog]

Again, you just don't know how to use it

If you try to use it for knowledge, you haven't understood the whole point of the tool

I'm telling you: you just don't know how to use it

[drifting ore]

paraphrasing search engine something something

same issue occurs but in a different plane

[bright fog]

Example of what you can do

[kind turret]

Write an essay through ai, test it, tell ai to make it more human, test it

It’s undetectable

[ancient grail]

yes the thing is i need to change tooltip and icon
doparam works but the already spawned items doesnt change
setTooltip works but icon doesnt

[bright fog]

The best way to do that is to give an example of how you write, and tell it to write like you

[drifting ore]

allright fair. Writing human-like text is literally what it's designed to do.

[kind turret]

Hmm smart

I’ll try that

[bright fog]

AI hatters just don't even know how to use AI, like seriously, stop shitting on AI, you just have an insane tool at your disposal that you DO NOT KNOW HOW TO USE

[bronze yoke]

finding new, more computationally expensive ways to find and replace

[ancient grail]

depends on what youre workin on

[kind turret]

Literally

[drifting ore]

i'm not a hater i'm just quick to point out its limitations

[bright fog]

But at least it didn't take me 15 minutes basically

[kind turret]

Even tho ai might take our jobs doesn’t mean we can’t use it to our benefit

[bright fog]

There's a lot of examples I've used this tool for easier repetition

[bronze yoke]

ctrl-r takes you 15 minutes? 😟

[drifting ore]

i mean i wouldn't have had 400 gbs of llms downloaded if i hated the idea of using llms

[bright fog]

It's not a search and replace here

I mean sort of I guess

I can leave it do the thing, go do something else in the mean time. This is a bad example I think in this case

[drifting ore]

search and replace the text that i would write except i don't wanna write it

[bright fog]

The voiceline example is the one I've used a lot

[bronze yoke]

voicelines makes sense to me

[drifting ore]

fun fact: it's in principle possible to make PZ NPCs that use llama-3b to talk to you

it'll require a java mod + not sure what else but it's a thing

[bright fog]

Pythoid

[bronze yoke]

it's been done

[drifting ore]

cool!

[bronze yoke]

using ai to generate code will usually hold you back - for new users it creates things they have no hope of understanding, but even for an experienced user it'll just slow them down

[bright fog]

Pythoid is the go to here ngl, if you have to use a manual installer, you could directly use Pythoid to link Python to PZ

[bronze yoke]

if it generates something wrong (and it will) it's actually quite difficult to go through something that looks correct and verify every bit of it - much easier to just write it yourself in the first place

[bright fog]

That's again a miss use of the tool, telling it to write you a code is not the go to, you should ask questions on how to write/a tool with smaller parts

[drifting ore]

it's not like it's any good at anything more complicated than fizzbuzz anyway

[bright fog]

Don't tell you to write an entire application or yes it will break

Tell it to teach the steps to follow to make such application, where to start etc

[drifting ore]

there's an AI in development that specifically can operate with symbolic logical data, so it can make mathematical proofs and by extension it codes quite well.

[bright fog]

We'll have to see how it goes

[drifting ore]

it's not an llm so there's no reason to dunk on it before it's out

it's just in the past few years llms have been all the rage so people associate AI in general with LLMs specifically

it went from "a program that can speak like a human? wow, magic" to "a program that can speak like a human, whop dee doo" in like a year

[bright roost]

Im working on a new item, and a multiplayer mod around the item

one of the main things im noticing is when i try to get the player on a server side, im getting an exception thrown and it doesnt tell me why there is an error, and according to the local variables in game this is correct:

-- Function to get the correct player for singleplayer or multiplayer
local function getCorrectPlayer(player)
if player == '0' then
print("Server: Singleplayer mode detected, getting local player")
return getPlayer() -- For singleplayer
else
print("Server: Multiplayer mode detected, getting player by ID")
return getSpecificPlayer(player:getOnlineID()) -- For multiplayer
end
end

ignore my debug statements

[ancient grail]

use isClient()

[bronze yoke]

it's because getPlayer() returns a local player but the server has no local players because it is not a client

[bright roost]

player in local is a '0' so my logic should have not errored correct?

[bronze yoke]

getSpecificPlayer also deals with local players

use players' OnlineIDs with getPlayerByOnlineID

[bright fog]

-# Use this format for easier reading:
```lua
<code here>
```

[bronze yoke]

if it's 0 then what does 0:getOnlineID() mean?

[bright roost]

thats why it was within an if

interesting that the single player isnt being hit, im in the carpentry scenario if that makes a difference

[bronze yoke]

isClient() returns false in singleplayer

singleplayer is considered neither a client or a server

[bright roost]

so when i do the following

local function getCorrectPlayer(player)
    if isServer() then
        print("Server: Multiplayer mode detected, getting player by ID")
        return getPlayerByOnlineID(player:getOnlineID())  -- For multiplayer
    else
        print("Server: Singleplayer mode detected, getting local player")
        return getPlayer()  -- For singleplayer
    end
end

-- Prevent unauthorized interactions within a safehouse
local function onPlayerInteract(player, context, worldobjects, test)
    print("Server: Player interaction detected")

    local actualPlayer = getCorrectPlayer(player)
    local playerSquare = actualPlayer:getCurrentSquare() -- error on this line
    local isInSafehouse = false
end

i get the error:

attempted index: Add of non-table: null

I can see that actualPlayer has an isoPlayer object

[bronze yoke]

i don't see an Add index here, are you sure it's not on another line?

usually that would indicate a typo in an event name

[bright roost]

me either 😦 local actualPlayer = getCorrectPlayer(player) this gets called however

[bright roost]

another note, is there an event for when an item is crafted using carpentry? i looked on the docs and i couldnt see anything obvious?

[nimble badger]

one off here but where can I check print() functions? command line?

[bronze yoke]

console.txt or in-game lua console

[nimble badger]

Thanks, do you know where I can find all player: stats: and such?

[bright roost]

anyone know?

[solar rover]

@mystic vessel Hello friend! We cant make brown paint with your Machines! mod, need a quick edit to the paint recipe here:

    {
        PaintbucketEmpty=1,
        PaintRed=2,
        PaintYellow=2,
        NearItem:PaintMixer,
        Result                   :PaintBrown,
        Time                     : 500,
        Category                 : PaintMixing,
        Sound                     :CanisterAddFuelFromGasPump,
        CanBeDoneFromFloor      : TRUE,
        NeedToBeLearn: falsed,
    }


    recipe Make Brown Paint
    {
        PaintbucketEmpty=1,
        PaintGreen=2,
        PaintBlue=2,
        NearItem:PaintMixer,
        Result                   :PaintCyan,
        Time                     : 500,
        Category                 : PaintMixing,
        Sound                     :CanisterAddFuelFromGasPump,
        CanBeDoneFromFloor      : TRUE,
        NeedToBeLearn: falsed,
    }

Rather, you need to make sure you have the right items and not just click "make brown" as it will choose either recipe to use.

[mystic vessel]

sure, a i'll edit and upload thank you for the report

i'm also late for that, but i'm almost uploading machines II

It took a lot longer than it should have, but for a good reason.

[solar rover]

I spent the last week editing fish models and skins for my server, I get it hahah. Thanks for the hard work!

[mystic vessel]

I appreciate

[hollow lodge]

How can I make a clothing item that isn't affected by other clothings masks?

Should I create a new body location?

[fresh isle]

I would look at the ammo strap, it's basically doing that for itself

dedicated clothing slot

[topaz tangle]

i have an idea

no clue how imma do this tbh

[fresh isle]

Is there a way to change the color of light from attachments?

(aiming to have an orangey gold candle glow...)

[hollow lodge]

without using that slot

is there a guide or template to create body locations?

[bright fog]

actually

yes

In the modding discord
#1270944623661027328 message

[grizzled fulcrum]

is that like those chocolate coins

the ones wrapped in gold

[topaz tangle]

Uh no

Real coin

[grizzled fable]

Hi all, is there a way to change the maximum amount of runners in the vanilla Casual setting for zombie speed?

[raven zinc]

UK Map update now with zebra crossings!

[tulip valve]

Is there anyway to make FullSuitHead BodyLocation protect feet from scratches if you have no shoes? I'm using a clothing model that has shoes on the model itself.

If I could modify whatever code that checks if you have Shoes, also check for FullSuitHead should fix the problem hmm

[bright roost]

Anyone know the event for when something gets constructed like a storage box

[twin turtle]

Thanks!

[strong lagoon]

Mods are programmed in Lua right?

[grizzled fulcrum]

mainly yes

There is a little bit of zedscript which is some weird text scripting thing but it's pretty easy to learn, pzwiki has a bunch of docs for that (or look at vanilla game files in \media\scripts\

[bright roost]

I have a custom vending machine how can i use the existing mesh, cant seem to find it in the media folder

[bronze yoke]

vending machine? they aren't 3d

[hollow lodge]

yeah but how can I make to have my own bodylocation render AFTER the vanilla ones?

I have shirts above jackets

[bright fog]

I'm not too familiar with that guide, it should tell you tho ?

Bcs I'm pretty sure it tells about clothing priority or shit like that

Which I believe are defined in a lua file

[hollow lodge]

sadly it does not

[ancient grail]

also xml ? that counts too right?

[bronze yoke]

if we're being pedantic about the term 'programmed' neither zedscript or xml count

but let's not LOL

[grizzled fulcrum]

I guess but barely

[ancient grail]

but you just did tho

[ancient grail]

is it because lua isnt compiled? which is why "programming" doesnt apply?

[bronze yoke]

lua counts, scripting is a subcategory of programming

but zedscript and xml are not scripting, they're just data storage

[ancient grail]

i see good to know

[bronze yoke]

there's probably an argument that animation xmls should count as scripting

[ancient grail]

is it normal to use xmls for animations?

[bronze yoke]

don't you have to?

[grizzled fulcrum]

I think glytcher means in general and not specific to pz

[bronze yoke]

oh, i don't really know exactly what formats for it are common, most games i've looked at have proprietary binary formats for it, but animation xmls basically just set up a finite state machine which is a pretty standard way to handle animations

[bright roost]

any modding gurus want to talk me through some issues im having? please dm me

[topaz tangle]

making an entierly different type of mod... gotta find a tutorial!!

[topaz tangle]

would... anyone be able to help with making an item mod? im so confused by this

[bronze yoke]

what are you having trouble with?

[topaz tangle]

so, the items.txt file has two different ways of making item scripts and what on earth!

it makes very little sense to me...

[bronze yoke]

wdym two different ways?

[topaz tangle]

like.... these are so different

[bronze yoke]

i think part of the confusion here is just because you're looking at it in notepad, the indentation is all messed up

[topaz tangle]

oh shit true
i should use notpad++

it looks better id say

[bronze yoke]

the differences in values specified is just because most items don't need to specify most fields, they're either not relevant to that type of item at all or they have default values to fall back on

[topaz tangle]

okay makes sense
what is metal value?

[bronze yoke]

in the current version of the game, literally nothing

it would've been for melting things down for blacksmithing, no idea if they're still going to do things that way though

[topaz tangle]

alr!!

im working on a coin mod

its gonna be small on release but thats okay

can, i put whatever i want as the category? or would i have to make a new one for that to work

[bronze yoke]

you can put whatever you want, they don't need to be declared anywhere

you'll need to add a translation entry for it somewhere for the name to show up correctly, let me check where that is

yeah, if you have for example DisplayCategory = MyCategory, then in IG_UI_EN.txt you should have an entry like IGUI_ItemCat_MyCategory = "My Category"

[topaz tangle]

okay... what is IG_UI_EN?

im trying to...

im not very snart

mostly confused on file stuff, i get the stuff i need to write

[ancient grail]

i believe theres a purpose for it i just forgot what since i havent played the game ever since i did modding
but i recall there was a purpose for it cuz i used to run a server
i think its related to metal weld blow torch thing

maybe to create scrap metal or something

[ancient grail]

this is related to translate
go to shared translate
then whatever language
by default its EN

[topaz tangle]

ill just use one of the ones from the base game, probably just "junk"

[ancient grail]

ye thats what most people do anyways

[topaz tangle]

maybe ill do it in the future

another question, can i put all of the item stuff in one txt file?

[bronze yoke]

you can

for some reason most modders separate each type of thing into a separate file (items file, models file, etc) but it doesn't actually matter at all how script files are organised

[topaz tangle]

thanks!!

ill keep pennys with pennys, nickels with nickels tec

ect!

etc@

^

[grizzled fulcrum]

in my opinion it's cleaner, depends on how much stuff you have in the script tbf

but it is a pain to scroll through a large file

[topaz tangle]

kinda figuring it out!

never done an item mod so, yn

[bronze yoke]

separating models and items can make sense but when you only have a couple items it feels kind of cumbersome and i think sticking strictly to that way of doing things is what makes people not think to group objects more logically (e.g. items_carpentry.txt, items_cooking.txt instead of a giant items.txt)

[topaz tangle]

uh oh.... ive done something wrong

fixed it

okay, model... isnt appearing

[topaz tangle]

unsure why

icon wont aswell

[next shell]

Possibility of a everyone has schizo mod?

[pine patio]

I'm like 90% sure it's used to determine which items make microwaves explode

[bronze yoke]

i recall that using a tag, like HasMetal or something

[ancient grail]

icons should be named

Item_whatever

but when you add to the script

Icon = whatever,

[bright roost]

anyone good with script files?

[dull moss]

https://dontasktoask.com/

[bright roost]

im asking so i dont waste the gen publics time ¬_¬ ass

what i specifically want is some guidance on if i cant use the script file system to use a custom tileset/pack instead of using a model

[bronze yoke]

you should read the site - it makes the point that people won't want to respond to a question like that because they don't know what problem you're having and they don't want to commit to helping you when they don't even know if it's something they can help with

there's a good chance someone who knows the answer to your question will not respond because they don't know what your question is

[bright roost]

can i have guidance on if i cant use the script file system to use a custom tileset/pack instead of using a model

[dull moss]

Learn to ask proper questions instead of insulting people. I've sent this here a dozen of times and every single time person asking adjusted their question in a way so someone could help them. Except you, that is. You're not saving time, you asking ppl to spend more time to help you. You asking ppl to spend time to figure out what your question is, instead of posting your question straight away.

And shove your unwarranted hostility someplace mentioned in your comment :)
The website is not an insult, it's a genuine advice, and I'd recommend using it, instead of being offended

[grizzled fulcrum]

I got caught doing this before like 2 days ago on a separate server (unrelated to pz), I thought they were gonna call me dumb for asking such simple things so I abstracted a lot from the question, ended up being the things I abstracted that were the issue

[dull moss]

🤝

We all learn

[bright roost]

im guessing it cant be done then i will model it

[dull moss]

I just bully albion for all my questions

[bronze yoke]

i'll be honest that i hadn't read any of those sites until recently and i did always get the vibe that people posting them were a bit snarky

but they actually make pretty great points that make it easier for everyone

[dull moss]

I mean it is a bit snarky but youknow

When every day like 3 ppl ask to ask...

[bright roost]

there has to be a way of using a tileset/pack with the script txt files

for carpentry for example with the bookshelves

[onyx valve]

Hello, I have a question, how can I change the fire rate of a weapon?

[bright roost]

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/CombatSpeedModifier this should do it

CombatSpeedModifier = 0.9,

just add that to your item.txt

[onyx valve]

Thkx a lot

[bright roost]

within scripts, when defining the object what file does this need to go into, i have seen a variety

[ancient grail]

#modeling

[ancient grail]

just put it on the scripts
you can put everything together or separate them its up to how you want things organized

[bright roost]

oh so i can put the recipe etc all together?

each guide i read seems to differ slightly

[exotic orchid]

👍🏼

[tranquil kindle]

I Belive rakeki is wrong, or its some other way but site says its only on clothing, where you want firearm. That would be RecoilDelay, so less recoildelay = more firerate, but its capped by animations, m16 Assault Rifle with 10 aiming is the fastest you can get in vanila, but there is also "real full auto" mod that changes it.

[bright roost]

interested to see the result

[craggy delta]

Hey all, trying to make my first mod. I get an error in game, the little red box down in the right hand corner. How can I see the console? or is it log file only? if so, where are the log files?

[bright roost]

its a log file in your mods

its how i see them

[craggy delta]

found it, thank you

[topaz tangle]

this worked thanks!

[topaz tangle]

where are icon photos stored in the base game????????

[ancient grail]

.pack files

texturepack folder

[topaz tangle]

Damn

[lament hound]

Somone point me in right direction how I would go about making a mod to make the back of toilet's containers

[echo snow]

im so good at editing

[lament hound]

Wish there were more modding tutorial videos 😭 but I'm assuming I'd just need to look at an example of a mod that has made custom object containers already to see how it's put together any suggestions?

[exotic junco]

your best bet is looking in ProjectZomboid/media and other stuff online ;-;
just keep on poking around and youll figure it out, you got this!!

[lament hound]

Thanks for support I don't think it should be the hardest thing to do 😭 just recently started learning to map and made a item following Blackbeard's video so yeah I'll poke around for awhile end goal for me is to learn how to make a trainable skill with custom items animations and object interactions but yeah one thing at a time 😅

[quiet fulcrum]

I'm trying to SendClientCommand, I already have added a hook to OnClientCommand but when I'm hosting a game, it doesn't seem to be firing my 'hello world'. Am I doing something wrong or does this not work when you host the game on non-dedicated?

[crystal crypt]

recipe Make Nails From Can
{
EmptyPopCanMonsterWhite/EmptyPopCanMonster/EmptyPopCanMonsterRed/EmptyPopCanMonsterPacificPunch/EmptyPopCanMonsterUltraViolet/EmptyPopCanMonsterUltraParadise/EmptyPopCanMonsterMangoLoco/EmptyPopCanMonsterMIXXD/EmptyPopCanMGuaranáBaré/EmptyPopCanMGuaranáDolly/EmptyPopCanRedBull/EmptyPopCanFanta/EmptyPopCanGuaranaAntartica/EmptyPopCanPepsiMax/EmptyPopCanBangStrawberry/EmptyPopCanGuaranaJesus/EmptyPopCanSpriteSoda/EmptyPopCanCocaColaZero/EmptyPopBangBlackCherry/EmptyPopPurpleHazeCherry/EmptyPopBlueRazzCherry,
keep [Recipe.GetItemTypes.Hammer],
Result:Nails,
CanBeDoneFromFloor:true,
Time:80,
Category:Carpentry,
Sound:SliceMeat,
}

I have this recipe for empty pop cans

and its giving me 10 nails idk why

its supossed to give me 1

i already tried Result:Nails = 1,

@tranquil kindle

[tranquil kindle]

If i remember correctly when you open vanila box of nails it gives you 100 nails, right?

recipe to open box of nails
 recipe Open Box of Nails
    {
        NailsBox,

        Result:Nails=20,
        Sound:PutItemInBag,
        Time:5.0,
    }

But in result you have 20, which leads me to belive that result:nails=1 will equal to being 5 nails

    item Nails
    {
        DisplayCategory = Material,
        Count    =    5,
        Weight    =    0.01,
        AlwaysWelcomeGift    =    TRUE,
        Type    =    Normal,
        DisplayName    =    Nails,
        Icon    =    Nails,
        MetalValue = 1,
        SurvivalGear = TRUE,
        WorldStaticModel = Nails,
    }

Because it has Count = 5 means one unit as result of recipe will give you 5 nails. Im not sure why TIS went with that approach. It does not even make sense for me, but its same for opening boxes of ammo.

[crystal crypt]

yes

[tranquil kindle]

So you can either leave it as nails=1 and be it 5 nails, or you'd need to use lua for that, which is actually hillarious

[crystal crypt]

so i need to put 0.25 ?

[tranquil kindle]

It wont work i belive

Never tried though.

[crystal crypt]

soo i need to create the nail ?

[tranquil kindle]

If you really want it to be 1 nail and not 5, you'd need to make onCreate Function which will give player exacly one nail

[crystal crypt]

how do i do that hahaha

i just know how to create models items translate recipes

just the basics of that coding thing

never tried and i dont even know how to learn

[tranquil kindle]

I belive you, i myself been there.

Let me see if i can cook something up for you

[crystal crypt]

thank you

[exotic junco]

pottery i'm working on :3

[crystal crypt]

thats cool

[exotic junco]

thank ye ^^

[tranquil kindle]

Okay, so you'd need to create lua file in your mod and put it in lua>server>Your file and all you need is to paste this

function Recipe.OnCreate.didizaoNails(inventoryItem, result, player)
   local SingleNail = InventoryItemFactory.CreateItem("Base.Nails")
    player:getInventory():AddItem(SingleNail);

end

then
on your recipe you add those 2 lines

OnCreate:Recipe.OnCreate.didizaoNails,
RemoveResultItem:true,

[crystal crypt]

the name of the file should be didizaoNails ?

[tranquil kindle]

anything, but it has to be rather unique so other mods wont be overriden, or you do not override vanila file.

[crystal crypt]

why the didizaoNails in the second code ?

[tranquil kindle]

I just named it like that

Because of your nickname here

[crystal crypt]

okk how can i learn more ?

[tranquil kindle]

What do you mean?

[crystal crypt]

how can i learn to do that ?

like more

[tranquil kindle]

Same as you did with just script items and such. You try, you fail, you check other mods to see how its done

Many ways

Others would write you this from memory and would guarantee it works, i actually had to test it first just to make sure.

[crystal crypt]

thank you

on "OnCreate:Recipe.OnCreate.didizaoNails,
RemoveResultItem:true," i just paste it

i dont need to delete nothing ?

[tranquil kindle]

Nope

[crystal crypt]

ohh , thank you

im going to try it now

you re really good making mods

[tranquil kindle]

IF it worked before and only gave you more nails, now it will give you one, if it didnt work, then....

[craggy delta]

Ok, so a few hours of meddling around with all this. I this I have a basic version of what I wanted working. I want useless items to be useful. Saw several tear underwear mods, but found then buggy and not what I wanted.

I now can tear any base game boxers into sheet rope. I will add the other underwears and add rip cloth to the one that make sense.

I ended up using ItemTweakerAPI to do this. Is it still supported? I found something its lacking and I am working on adding it.

[crystal crypt]

whats your steam @tranquil kindle ?

[tranquil kindle]

I belive its pinned to my discord profile, why?

[lament hound]

Wish I was at home rn to learn more 😭 y'all seem to be having fun

Question tho would it be possible to change the zombies into like rpg monsters that only attack when aggroed and non humanoid models w animations or should I wait for the npc update in 42

[bright roost]

what in scripts to i need to do to have an item be crafted in a similar way to how carpentry/metal working is done, i want a siloette of the item being crafted and when clicked crafting will commence

[lament hound]

The preview tile ?

[craggy delta]

so some testing and I think I fixed ItemTweakerAPI

not sure if its still active or if there is a preferred form of communication 😅

[small topaz]

have you tried to contact the author if ItemTweakerAPI?

[craggy delta]

how/where?

[coarse sinew]

You're referring to builables, well the game doesn't have predefined method to add those kind of objects like there is for .txt script items. But I created a framework for such objects, the "Building Menu". Here is a guide if you want to use it https://github.com/eI1on/pz-building-menu/blob/main/DEVELOPMENT.md. And the workshop page https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3067798182. But from what I've seen devs will add their own version next build.

[small topaz]

comment section on the mod's steam page

[craggy delta]

I wasn't sure if there was github or something.. I can comment there but I don't think I can add all the code changes there

[exotic junco]

all the pottery items i'm making are considered food items internally so i can "cook" them... thankfully we can disable the eat property so youre not chomping down on clay lol

[craggy delta]

you technically answer my first question. reading the mod page, seems it may not be supported anymore.

[exotic junco]

more progress :3

[bronze yoke]

if you're looking for a print, keep in mind that the server doesn't log to the in-game console or the regular log file (as it is an entirely separate instance of the game, even when in-game hosted) - check coop-console.txt instead

[ancient grail]

#1070852229654917180 message

[ancient grail]

you need to show the code

[crystal crypt]

@tranquil kindle can you help me in dms ?

Im making a mod to a server that just works in singeplayer idk why , i maked a mod with media/textures/vehicles and i put the modified textures of the advert trailer with the same name , and it actually works on single player but in mp its not working

[tranquil kindle]

You overriding texture for a trailer, but its only visible on Singleplayer? Or is that you see it changed, but others do not, or it just doesnt work at all?

[crystal crypt]

it works in sg but doenst work on mp

im trying

[tranquil kindle]

But how does it not work

Does not show custom texture, or does but only for you?

[cursive hull]

Hey, my mod's done.

Is there somewhere I can post the steam link?

[ancient grail]

https://discord.com/channels/136501320340209664/1162438206516645948

[craggy delta]

ok, I need opinions 😄

My goal was to make underwear useful by being able to rip it.

• all base game underwear types are able to be ripped into sheet rope except the garter.
• all base game stockings are able to be ripped into 2x sheet rope.
• all base game boxers and briefs are able to be ripped into ripped sheets.
• all base game corsets are able to be ripped into leather strips.
• all ripped sheets will be +1 per 5 levels of tailoring.
• all ripped sheets give chance of producing tread at the same rates as base game.
• easy patch support for third party underwear mods

Am I missing anything?

[dull moss]

There's already mod that allowsd you to rip underwear, but I'm not sure which one cuz it's in my like 200 mod list I'm fairly sure it's a pack of a bigger QOL mod but im not sure.

Looks good tho

        local finalRainCounter = modData.RainCounter + rainGain - rainDecrease;
        modData.RainCounter = math.min(upperBoundary, finalRainCounter);
        modData.RainCounter = math.max(lowerBoundary, finalRainCounter);
        modData.RainCounter = finalRainCounter;

Very smart. Big brain. Much code

[digital tinsel]

what is the thing about .pack files? is there a way to see the contents?

lets say i want to replace a texture or something inside it

[bronze yoke]

you can extract it using tilezed, which can be found in the Project Zomboid Modding Tools automatically added to your steam library if you own the game on steam

[digital tinsel]

I got tilezed downloaded, do you mind showing how to extract? i cant open the file inside of it

[craggy delta]

I wasn't aiming for the 'never been done' mod.. its just 'my first mod'.. I will be making a full series of them

[dull moss]

Ye it's great

[craggy delta]

now I just have to figure out how to package it and put it on the workshop lol

[exotic junco]

this will let you view the textures and associated names, i have not created new .packs though so i wish you the best with that! :)

[lofty frigate]

What is the time I have to set for the "WearClothingHat" animation? I set it to 40 or 60 and the animation plays and ends but the "SetJobDelta" never ends and the action is not performed.

[digital tinsel]

tried it but it does not export the images at all

created a folder, set everything up correctly i guess

just doesnt do anything after clicking on OK

[exotic junco]

hmm, it's not something i've tried before but i can take a poke at it and letchu know what i find

[digital tinsel]

to be more specific im trying to edit the tiles2x

to create custom tiles for a retexture attempt

maybe someone already has that unpacked probally, but the tilezed isnt doing the job atm apprently(checked at the forums)

[exotic junco]

it's working fine on my end? unsure what's causing the problem, but regardless i can send you the unpacked set in dms or something

[digital tinsel]

that would be great thanks

yeah, idk what is happening

not sure if windows has something to do with it

[exotic junco]

yeh, its a bit large so lemme go upload (temp site, not redistributing) it somewhere and i'll shoot ya a download link in a min
and no worries, i have no clue either

[cobalt latch]

Hi guys! I'm just starting my attempts to understand modding, and I've encountered a problem. I'm trying to spawn a zombie of the appearance I need when I press a button. The hair color has changed, but the zombie's suit for a policeman does not change. What am I doing wrong?

    local x = 10907
    local y = 10094
    local z = 0

    local square = getCell():getGridSquare(x, y, z)
    
    if square then
        local zombie = createZombie(square:getX(), square:getY(), square:getZ(), nil, 0, IsoDirections.S);

        local visual = zombie:getHumanVisual()

        local hairColor = ImmutableColor.new(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0)
        visual:setHairColor(hairColor)

        zombie:dressInNamedOutfit("Police")
        
        zombie:resetModel()
    end
end

Events.OnKeyPressed.Add(function(key)
    if key == 34 then
        SpawnZombie()
    end
end)```

[bright fog]

Hmm I believe the outfit can be set only if the zombie is loaded in

[onyx valve]

Hi, I hope you are having a nice night, I have a question, how can I make my 3D model of a gun magazine visible when I place it on the ground? When placing it, only the icon appears but I would like the 3D model to be shown, I already made a script where I place everything necessary including the WorldStaticModel, I made a folder with the name world items and placed the OBJ file so that it can be " detected" but nothing happens, I appreciate your help and thank you very much.

[grave cosmos]

Does anyone know if there is a way to add protection to a specific body part on clothing? For example, I made pants with leg protection and I need them to only protect the legs

[grave cosmos]

Maybe the problem is in the model format? As far as I know, the game supports .x and .FBX. Try exporting the model in FBX format and apply all transform

[onyx valve]

The model is already in FBX jeje, which is why it seemed strange to me that the model did not already appear having used both formats

[onyx valve]

I don't know if I'm okay, I have worlditems in the models_x folder and inside is the 3D model in fbx, I have 2 .txt files in scripts, one is for my weapon and the other is for the magazines and in this I have all the configuration of my gun magazines. Is the order okay? Or am I failing in something? Jejeje

[grave cosmos]

In theory, everything is correct, maybe the problem is in the names? Missing comma, period, letter, etc.

[pastel raptor]

Hey guys please help. I'm really going OUT of mind with a stupid On.Create function which does not add what I want è_é
I got this Recipe:
recipe Scuoia cervo
{
keep ButcherKnife,
DeadDeer,

    Result        :DeadDeerSkinned,
    Sound        :Butcher_short,
AnimNode     :BuildLow,
Prop1        :ButcherKnife,
NeedToBeLearn   :true,
SkillRequired   :Butchery=4,
OnGiveXP:Recipe.OnGiveXP.Butcher10,    
Category    :Hunting,
    Time        :4500.0,
CanBeDoneFromFloor :TRUE,
**OnCreate: Recipe.OnCreate.DeerSkin,**
  
}

This is the On.Create function placed in Lua/Shared

function Recipe.OnCreate.DeerSkin(items, result, player)
local itemContainer = player:getInventory()
if not itemContainer then return end

itemContainer:getInventory():AddItem("LeatherCustom", 1)

end

I don't know why I get the recipe result (DeadDeerSkinned) BUT I don't get the item LeatherCustom from the On.Create function. Please help I?m really going out of my mind ç_ç

[bronze yoke]

put your function in lua/server/

the Recipe table isn't created until then, if you put your function in shared depending on how you did it it will either error or get silently deleted

[pastel raptor]

I tried in server also but nothing :E

[pastel raptor]

nothing I'm going literally crazy

è_é

[ancient grail]

its cuz of the syntax
you used addItem but added a 2nd param

remove the ,1

or add s
addItems(inventoryItem, integer)

[digital sail]

did someone manage to reload a lua script without reloading the game?
I noticed there is an option to do that in the debugger but for some reason it never worked for me

[bronze yoke]

it works, it's just often not advisable

[digital sail]

I understand the implications but I could never redefine a function with my new code by doing that so I assumed it did not work at all

[bronze yoke]

i've never heard of it straight up not working

it's fairly commonly used

i don't personally make much use of it but there aren't any quirks to it i know of

[digital sail]

maybe I gave up to early on it then

I'll give it a try when I have a chance to do so

[solar lava]

Does anyone happen to know the variables for holes in clothing by chance? I've found these ones but they don't really help me. I want to transfer holes from one piece of clothing to another and im not seeing what I need to get it done.

getHolesNumber()
copyPatchesTo(Clothing newClothing)```

[sour island]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2909488957
This includes something Aiteron made that reloads Lua per file - but there's a few issues with things like Events.Add etc

[digital sail]

yes, the luatable is copied when you add it to en event, it's unavoidable

thank you for the link, I'll have a look at that

[sour island]

I create modules, and keep event adds elsewhere

[quiet fulcrum]

is there a way to get the server to sync all animation variables with clients or should I be individually calling my mod's setVariables on all clients?

[hollow lodge]

Once again I thank this server for having the tools and info for mod making.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3331641213&searchtext=

[lofty frigate]

I create a game with only this mod and when it is reloading lua it detects an error, the screen goes black and I have to close the game. I don't know if it's my fault but I think it's because of the mod.

[empty flame]

anyone knows what this means?

[2024-09-15 17:08:52] [AppID 108600] CAPIJobStoreUserStats::BInit() - no stats found, aborting

[alpine scroll]

I may be wrong, but I think you can do a sendServerCommand and use createhorde2, which has an argument -outfit that spawns the zombie with the desired clothihng

Let me check here

public class CreateHorde2Command extends CommandBase {
   public CreateHorde2Command(String var1, String var2, String var3, UdpConnection var4) {
      super(var1, var2, var3, var4);
   }

   protected String Command() {


      int var16;
      for(int var12 = 0; var12 < this.getCommandArgsCount() - 1; var12 += 2) {
         String var13 = this.getCommandArg(var12);
         String var14 = this.getCommandArg(var12 + 1);
         switch (var13) {
            case "-count" -> var1 = PZMath.tryParseInt(var14, -1);
            case "-radius" -> var2 = PZMath.tryParseInt(var14, -1);
            case "-x" -> var3 = PZMath.tryParseInt(var14, -1);
            case "-y" -> var4 = PZMath.tryParseInt(var14, -1);
            case "-z" -> var5 = PZMath.tryParseInt(var14, -1);
            case "-outfit" -> var11 = StringUtils.discardNullOrWhitespace(var14);
            case "-crawler" -> var6 = !"false".equals(var14);
            case "-isFallOnFront" -> var7 = !"false".equals(var14);
            case "-isFakeDead" -> var8 = !"false".equals(var14);
            case "-knockedDown" -> var9 = !"false".equals(var14);
            case "-health" -> var10 = Float.valueOf(var14);
            default -> {
               return this.getHelp();

}``` Yea, here is a snipped of the code in java, but you mostly need the 'case' section to know what to use

[cobalt latch]

Thanks, but I have no idea how to use this. My knowledge of Zomboid's methods, functions, etc. is practically zero. I want to be able to spawn a zombie with any clothes, not just with ready-made outfits.

[uneven ore]

How can I configure the Time it takes for a Player to Eat a Food Item?

[robust locust]

Hi, does anyone know why my tilesets are getting split like this?

[ancient grail]

ongamestart event returns getmoddata as nil even if i have initiated the moddata already
whats a better event for initiating player moddata?

OnLoad?

[dull moss]

Events.OnCreatePlayer.Remove(createModData);
Events.OnCreatePlayer.Add(createModData);```

I run mine there

works as intended

[digital tinsel]

Idk, but are you managing to unpack and pack things sucessfully? im trying and It just doesnt work

[digital tinsel]

tilezed refuses to actually fucking work, getting on my nerves at this point

packing seems fine btw

unpacking othewise does not work

[ancient grail]

i thought that only runs first time you create the player?

anyways on load worked

[bronze yoke]

no, every time

OnNewGame is the first time only

[ancient grail]

i also did that before

[ancient grail]

good to know

[dull moss]

can someone save me 3 min of testing and tell if infection level 100 or 0 if sandbox is set to everyone is infected?

    local bodyDamage = player:getBodyDamage()
    local infectionLevel = bodyDamage:getInfectionLevel()

[bronze yoke]

0

[dull moss]

cheers

[bronze yoke]

100 activates the damage effect

[dull moss]

I see, ty

[ancient grail]

how the hell do you know all this?

[bronze yoke]

it's just something i've looked at before

[hoary pagoda]

how do i make a single shirt to be wore by all zombies in the game?

[bright fog]

The annoying way:
modify every outfits
the chad way:
modify the visuals of every zombies

[digital tinsel]

Yo, any goood soul would mind unpacking the tiles2x.pack and this file here too? my tilezed can create .pack, but unfortunetly, I cant unpack, it doesnt work.

[rain dock]

If I wanted an outfit mod made is this a good place to make a request?

[weary compass]

Hi there.
Short question. I don't want to provide other language's translation of my sandbox options for now. Can I make EN as default?
If then please let me know the way 🙂

[dull moss]

EN is default

[weary compass]

hm.. then it seems due to that I missed putting commas.
ty

[digital sail]

Is there an easy way to detect an update in sandbox variables ? I would like to send some info to the client when they change. I could save a state and compare it to the new state every few seconds but that's not so pretty.

[onyx valve]

Hello, I hope you had a great day, I have a problem, I made a separate script so that my weapon was detected and the attachments could be placed, and when I rack the bullet it does not appear in the inventory it simply disappears and I get an error what is
Callframe at: se.krka.kahlua.integration.expose.MultiLuaJavaInvoker@d99f9350
function: removeBullet -- file: ISRackFirearm.lua line # 71 | Vanilla
function: rackBullet -- file: ISRackFirearm.lua line # 50 | Vanilla
function: animEvent -- file: ISRackFirearm.lua line # 122 | Vanilla

Does anyone know what I can do to solve it?

[weary compass]

unfortunately no

[quiet fulcrum]

is there a way to make it so zombies won't attack a player? I know of setGhostMode but that seems to make my char invisible to other players doesn't it?

[ancient grail]

you have to show the code

[ancient grail]

@thick karma
told you it also invi to players

[ancient grail]

getPlayer():setZombiesDontAttack(true)

try this

[digital sail]

I have been updating my unlisted mod for a few months and it's almost ready to come out. Should I reupload it so the workshop shows it as a new mod? Is it bad for its visibility if I just change it to public?

[bronze yoke]

there's some evidence that it won't always count time before it was first made public but overall the algorithm heavily punishes older mods, i would reupload it

[hoary pagoda]

But like doing that as a mod not locally

Maybe a script that inputs "every zombie will wear this shirt"

[digital tinsel]

I tried unpacking the specific .pack files i said, but no luck, aparently an issue on my side, using w11

but thanks

[bright fog]

Yes, I was talking about a mod here

By visuals I meant the clothings of zombies

In real time

Change the item they wear

They are called ItemVisuals

[hoary pagoda]

Right

Im kinda new i just made a shirt mod texture and worked at first try

[grave cosmos]

Hello, please tell me how the NeckProtectionModifier works? I saw it in the vanilla hoodie code and I don't understand how it works. Is it possible to implement it for other body parts as well?

[onyx valve]

oh sorry, what code, where does that error appear? or the scripts where I have the weapon and accessories?

[silk wadi]

im curious if its possible to have it so lightbars dont flash on the clients end or something? like is it possible/does it exist? or something. im trying to find a way to deal with seizure triggers, as far as i can tell currently other ppls lightbars r completely out of my control

[tranquil kindle]

If i remember correctly it makes it so if you set your item to be for example 100% Scratch/Bullet/Bite resisten and then add that line, it will give 0.5 Of those resists to Neck area, so while rest of body has 100% resists, neck will have 50%

Because Hoodie with hood up will cover neck and head too, so its to slightly nerf it, but I might be wrong.

[bright fog]

New mod !
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3332296598

[ancient grail]

ye

[onyx valve]

both? Haha

[ancient grail]

anything that will help narrow down the issue

[onyx valve]

Oh ok ok sorry

[placid delta]

has anyone used PZ Upacker recently?
I'm trying to upack UI2 but its been running for hours and doesnt appear to be doing anything.
is that maybe an old method? i've been away for some time

[coarse sinew]

In the Extract .tiles images window under Prefix did you put the tilesheet name? And not the name from that list in Pack Viewer.

[placid delta]

no idea what your talking about. sounds like your talking about something totally different?
this is what im doing? trying to "uppack" UI2 so i can get the individual texture sheets in like png format

but the process starts working, and it never finishes or does anything, even after waiting hours and hours

[coarse sinew]

Oh god I don't know what ancient version you are using but the tools have been updated and look like this. You can find them in the Steam library.

Or a modified version https://github.com/Unjammer/TileZed

[placid delta]

oh lol me and my ancient tools, you making me feel old

[onyx valve]

This is my scripts "Thompson" have the gun and stats, "Mods" have attachments and "error" have the error from console

[small topaz]

Hello! When using the command

local item = InventoryItemFactory.CreateItem("Base.MyItem")

is there a way to check whether an item with script ID Base.MyItem acutally existis?

I use this for creating a clothing item and in case the item does not exists, the game displays the usual red-white canvas when the clohting gets equipped.

I tried if item then but this didn't work for me (i.e. variable item seems to contain smth although the clohting item does not exist).

[bronze yoke]

it should return nil if it really doesn't exist

it sounds like the item does exist but the ClothingItem doesn't

[small topaz]

yeah thanks! I just found my error. I forgot to delete the item's script.txt entry but deleted everything else. XD XD MY BAD!!!

sorry for asking! was really thinking for quite a long time about it. then I asked my question here and immediately afterwards, I remembered this 😦

[bronze yoke]

haha don't worry that's how it always is

[grizzled fulcrum]

This line is causing error in ISRackFirearm:

self.character:getInventory():AddItem(newBullet)

Maybe it's failing to create item from the previous line

idk why

[drifting ore]

could be that you need the lowercase addItem

[grizzled fulcrum]

that is official lua, not mine

but addItem and AddItem are same I believe

[drifting ore]

no they take different argument type

[bronze yoke]

yeah it sounds like the item is probably nil

[drifting ore]

with more context it might be that the issue is 9mmBullets doesn't exist yeah

[bronze yoke]

likely either a typo in the reference to the item or if it's a custom item something may be stopping that script from being parsed

[grizzled fulcrum]

wat they both take InventoryItem no?

and return same thing

[drifting ore]

only lowercase version accepts just the inventoryitem object

[glossy fulcrum]

Hii idk if this is the right place to ask, but is anyone here looking to become an actice developer for a small team for PZ content creation?

[drifting ore]

wait what no

ok nevermind, i got bamboozled by PZ api again

lowercase version doesnt accept string objects but uppercase works for all types

[onyx valve]

I can reload, shoot, equip, unequip and add attachments to the Thompson normal but at the moment i rack the gun the error appears and bullets do not appear in inventory

[cursive hull]

ugh

Finally fixed my mod.,

[bronze yoke]

can you post the script for the bullets?

i suspect if everything else is working it's just a typo in the name of the bullets or something

[hoary pagoda]

where do i find that

[bright fog]

Check the doc

[hoary pagoda]

wwhat doc

[bronze yoke]

i actually can't really see how this error would occur

the method has null checks, it shouldn't be able to throw an exception because of that

[hoary pagoda]

nvm found it

[onyx valve]

I dont have script for the bullets jajhaja i jus take the scripts for attachments and in the Thompson script and the scripts for the magazine put the base.9mm

[bronze yoke]

if loading them works fine i have no idea what's going on here

[red tiger]

https://tenor.com/view/lain-sad-serial-experiments-lain-anime-sad-gif-10037591103599604021

Spent too much time working IRL to advertise a new anti-cheat for EtherHack users on multiplayer servers.

It exists, though.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3329520682

[ancient grail]

just parts of it like how everyone does it

im not gona dl files lol

[autumn sierra]

okay so im working on changing zombie clothing and all i did was add the hat to the fossoil zombie clothing XML and they now spawn without shirts or pants 100% of the time. any idea what i could've done wrong to cause this? does the hat need to be a subitem?

they also appear to be wearing only default clothing

[digital sail]

what exception message to you get with this?

[bronze yoke]

unfortunately InvocationTargetException

which basically just means 'there was an exception'

i think i see what could have happened

if you passed nil and it chose the string overload that string isn't nil checked

[bronze yoke]

AmmoType = 9mmBullets but the item is called Bullets9mm

[onyx valve]

jahaja thkx It didn't work for me but you made me realize my mistake and I compared my code from Thompson script with Magazine Script and I put in magazine script Base.Bullets9mm and changing that, everything was solved

[glossy fulcrum]

Hii, sorry again if this is the wrong channel but #1285397103652372500 we are hiring modders for a content creator / content creation

[onyx valve]

Just another question, how could I make my firearms mod compatible with another? For example, with Vanilla Firearms Expansion (VFE) only in the attachments section, or would I have to ask for permission first?

[proud flame]

Hi, I'm currently trying to add some items to the distribution tables through procedural lists but the lists are not appearing in the tables. In fact, two of the lists are but the rest refuse to appear, and even these two lists only appear in one room definition and no more. I have checked this through LootZed in debug mode.

I have both proceduraldistributions and distributions files in the /server/items folder and followed the guide in the forums.

This is what the proceduraldistributions file looks like. Here I just have the first and last entry of the file, the ones that appear in the container, together with one of the procedural lists that refuses to appear.

This is what the distributions file looks like (with just one room definition to summarise). As you can see all but the last two refuse to appear in the container.
If I remove those from the list the others don't appear either way.

local LDFDistributionTable = {
    
    carsupply = {
        isShop = true,
        metal_shelves = {
            procedural = true,
            procList = {
                {name="CarTiresOffroadFR", min=0, max=99, weightChance=40}, -- missing
                {name="CarTiresCommercialFR", min=0, max=99, weightChance=40}, -- missing
                {name="CarTiresEquipmentFR", min=0, max=99, weightChance=40}, -- missing
                {name="CarTiresClassic1FR", min=0, max=99, weightChance=30}, -- missing
                {name="CarTiresClassic2FR", min=0, max=99, weightChance=20}, -- missing
                {name="CarTiresClassic3FR", min=0, max=99, weightChance=10}, -- missing
                {name="CarBumpers1FR", min=0, max=99, weightChance=100}, -- missing
                {name="CarBumpers2FR", min=0, max=99, weightChance=80}, -- missing
                {name="CarBumpers3FR", min=0, max=99, weightChance=60}, -- missing
                {name="CarAttachmentsFR", min=0, max=99, weightChance=40},
                {name="CarHubcapsFR", min=0, max=99, weightChance=80},
            }
        },
    },
}

table.insert(Distributions, 2, LDFDistributionTable);

Can someone help me see if I'm doing something wrong? Thanks!

Here's a screenshot showing just the last two procedural lists appearing in the container loot probabilities.

[stable yew]

PZK VLC got new update with SVU3 compatibility, enjoy! 😉

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NzoIYrWkd0

[digital sail]

Is there any way you can think of for the server to send an image to the client?

I'm talking about a PNG that the server would have in a directory but the client would not.

I've seen it's possible to write files but I guess it's only in text mod.

[placid delta]

i feel like im opening really old pack files, because im trying with tilezed and the same thing happening. its just processing forever. where should I get the most up to date pack files for item UIs these days?

[coarse sinew]

Same as here, maybe try to update the game? idk. I can give you the icons if you want, I was able to unpack them.

[ancient grail]

anyone knows how to fetch the players target, specifically zombie
i think i saw it before, and it involves hightlight

[placid delta]

what file from where exactly did you unpack? I feel like I must be trying to unpack older .pack files of different format or something?

[civic galleon]

Is there a method for checking when an item has entered a player's inventory?

Attempting to make infinite ammo 9mm mags for a weakened copy of the basic pistol to keep reloading a necessity.

[placid delta]

when I open TileZed I do not have any of these packs in my window, its blank. i dont see any way to configure that working directory or anything either. are those base game texture packs? or something you made for a mod/map?

[coarse sinew]

In File > Open .pack > select D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\ProjectZomboid\media\texturepacks\UI2.pack and it will populate that list circled in green. Those names in the list you will not use to extract images. You will use the image prefix in File > Extract images...

[placid delta]

I tried opening with 2 different versions of TIleZed, neither can open my
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\ProjectZomboid\media\texturepacks\UI2.pack

maybe my pack files are messed up, can someone send me their copy of
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\ProjectZomboid\media\texturepacks\UI2.pack

[placid delta]

how long should this part take?

[coarse sinew]

for me it took less than 1s

[placid delta]

i must still be using wrong version of TileZed I guess, what version are you guys using and can you share the download link or zip and attach here?

[coarse sinew]

This is the latest version on steam

[placid delta]

i downloaded mine from TIS forums

i'll try yours now

yep, i guess i was using old version that cannot open current .pack files

thanks for your time

[coarse sinew]

glad that helped

[placid delta]

yep it did thanks, I now updated undeniable wiki to version 41.78.16 , new textures and all:
https://undeniable.info/pz/wiki/itemlist.php?sort=Version&DESC=DESC

[smoky cipher]

What is the app called to make a pz map mod

[hollow lodge]

I'm getting reverse values when using
ClothingItemExtra
Like for the lumberjack shirt, I convert the first texture and i get the last one, seems like evrything is reversed

[quiet fulcrum]

in TimedActions, what time units is maxTime based on?

[bright fog]

No idea, if you find out I'm interested lol

[plush urchin]

Can I use fbx for weapon models as well or only items?