mod_development

[opaque ocean]

there's prob some way in lua you could do that on consuming it though

[grizzled fable]

was working on 41, i just need a timedaction to use

i was using animnode eat

[bronze yoke]

you can give foods an OnEat, it's how cigarettes are implemented

[silent zealot]

I'd be suprised if there was no "OnConsume" event you could add a "if item==foo then <do stuff> function to.

Just need to find it.

...by looking one line up, where albion mention OnEat 😂

[crystal canyon]

you COULD make your own timed action

[opaque ocean]

you'd think there'd be a bunch of useful events... but I basically had to add AcceptItemFunction onto an isoObject container by running the function to do it through onCreate on the build recipe

and felt so dumb for spending almost an entire day looking for a way to run it in the same lua script

[crystal canyon]

can we access static objects and give them new properties? Like adding a fluidcontainer to a Barrel?

[opaque ocean]

yes

[crystal canyon]

any examples I could look at?

[opaque ocean]

yes

[silent zealot]

You mean like container items can have an accept fucntion defined, but for an in-world object?

[opaque ocean]

you could basically retrofit what I was whinging about not letting me bypass container capacity earlier into a function to change tiledefs

[crystal canyon]

hmmm java

[silent zealot]

Was that in B42? I suspect there might be one now there are feeding troughs. Not that I've tried to put non-food in them.

[opaque ocean]

yes. have it working too

was from a mod from b41

and the only example I could find of someone doing it

one sec

[silent zealot]

I can't think of any world containers in B41 that would restrict what you can put in.

[opaque ocean]

last two functions are the ones to look at

not the commented garbage

D:

feew wake up and tell me the rest of your secrets

[opaque ocean]

doesn't matter though. that example of it I found in the script showed applying AcceptItemFunction to a sprite container

and it works

so I'm not going to question why it works, because then it might decide not to

[silent zealot]

I see "Massive Wood Container" and immediately feel like making an inappropriate joke about storing stuff in underware.

[opaque ocean]

trying to make mass log/branch/twig storage... as soon as I figure out the rest of this to bypass that 100 cap restriction I can make a couple variants for planks/stones/bricks/etc too.

or yknow

[silent zealot]

Probably because I just spent a few hours deciding that making an equipped item not of type container usable as storage would never work because of teh way containerItems and items are different on the java side

[opaque ocean]

if TIS would just TRUST US and let us brick our own games by setting a container to a bajillion storage cap

[silent zealot]

hahahaha

[opaque ocean]

then I wouldn't have to suffer through trying to bypass it

[silent zealot]

It's a wierd and arbitrarily low amount

[opaque ocean]

but either way, it's more of an MP mod. purpose is to let players actually store those heavy things you need tons of for building/crafting/etc without just dumping them all over the floor or having to give them negative weight items to abuse

and without them having to dedicate 90% of their safehouse to storage

[silent zealot]

I assume that it's a limit in the java side, not the lua? I've not gone looking, but that is my suspicion.

[opaque ocean]

it's java side

and the variables are private ints

java edit will still bypass it, but eh.

[silent zealot]

I've learned enough C# reflection that private variables are no longer private.

...but not for java

[opaque ocean]

C is way more locked down than java. you can actually decompile java almost any time you want.

or at least, way easier than C

[silent zealot]

Traveller's Rest was a fun modding challenge because something they used to help build it means half the stuff in the code is autogenerated with random names that change every build.

So you have to hang all your changes off the bits with real names and get creative with reflection to get the right randomly named thing

[opaque ocean]

problem is you can't really change the java through the lua here... though if you wanted to go full evil genius and manage to make your own lua code that could set a container's capacity and bypass the java function to do it entirely... please do share with the rest of the class.

[silent zealot]

hahahhhahaa

that sounds like a way to destroy every container in the world at once.

[crystal canyon]

sounds likr the minecraft obfuscated mcp mappings

[opaque ocean]

tbh, lotta games obfuscate their variables and functions

[finite radish]

java also has reflection, but without a java modding framework (and there aren't really any that are popular, mainly due to fears of unmoderated execution) you're beholden to whatever the devs expose to Lua

[grizzled fable]

guys, they change even OnCanPerform? is there another way to do it?

[silent zealot]

There's no way it was deliberate - a lot of it used real names, it felt more like they used a higher level framework and it built compiler optimized versions of things.

[opaque ocean]

just be thankful you could see anything at all in a C program, man...

[silent zealot]

C#, big difference for modding.

[opaque ocean]

every time I feel like messing with a C program, everything is in bins, even down to the models, textures and audio

ah

[crystal canyon]

I think arma is on C

[finite radish]

C/C++, yeah, with a custom scripting language iirc

[crystal canyon]

dear lord!

[finite radish]

most games (Zomboid included) use at least some C/C++

[crystal canyon]

i remember editing a lot of hpp files for arma lol

[opaque ocean]

arma runs off hewlett packard printers?

I'd believe it.

[grizzled fable]

guys, they change even OnCanPerform? is there another way to do it?

[opaque ocean]

can you... describe what it did? I'm not really famailar with that one

[grizzled fable]

the question is, can i use OnCanPerform into recipes?

from the vanilla files seems commented

[opaque ocean]

uh... yeah, what effect does it achieve?

[grizzled fable]

function Recipe.OnCanPerform.TestCook(recipe, playerObj)
local SkillLevel = playerObj:getPerkLevel(Perks.Cooking)

-- Controlla se la skill è inferiore a 1
return SkillLevel < 1

end

check if the level of a skill is less than 1

[opaque ocean]

so... it's the same as SkillRequired?

or how is it different from SkillRequired?

like in:
craftRecipe SewPillow
{
timedAction = SewingCloth,
Time = 200,
SkillRequired = Tailoring:1,
xpAward = Tailoring:5,
AllowBatchCraft = False,
Tags = AnySurfaceCraft,
category = Tailoring,
inputs
{
item 1 tags[Scissors] mode:keep,
item 1 tags[SewingNeedle] mode:keep,
item 1 [Base.FabricRoll_Cotton],
item 1 [Base.Thread],
item 100 [Base.ChickenFeather;Base.TurkeyFeather],
}
outputs
{
item 1 Base.Pillow_Crafted,
}
}

SkillRequired is also a very common b41 recipe element, it's not just a b42 thing

requiring you to have the levels listed in it to do the recipe

though b41 is slightly different in formatting

SkillRequired : MetalWelding=2,

[umbral ingot]

Does anyone know if the Battery drain of the cars is an OnTick event or its an EveryTenMinutes event?

[grizzled fable]

i'm not asking that you have at least 1 in the skill as skillrequired, but i'm asking that you DON'T have 1 in that skill

[opaque ocean]

OH

[grizzled fable]

so i need to put SkillRequired:0,

[opaque ocean]

no if you're trying to restrict recipes to not having OVER a level then...

fuck, only example I can think of would maybe be building wood/metal walls... crates...

even then, they probably handle that differently

wait, it looks like they straight up got rid of scaling quality building in b42...

tf

a b41 media folder might still have examples of how they did that though

and it might be applicable to recipes... otherwise you're gonna have to write lua to like... "on character levelup, remove recipe from character" "on character creation, give recipe" and make it require recipe to achieve that

those are definitely events you can hook a function into though, so 100% doable

[grizzled fable]

ok ty

[opaque ocean]

i don't know the first thing about how car mods work, so i wouldn't know where to look in base-game files, but im sorry for burying your question if someone wants to look at this.

[umbral ingot]

Hey no worries I'm just firing off into the void in case someone knows. I've looked through the events manager and Java back end of it and the VehicleCommands for the server I'll keep combing

[empty cosmos]

Not quite making a mod, but I'm trying to see if I can get a few old ones from B41 working on B42, but I've noticed some of them seem to work fine but cause errors in other areas, the biggest example I've found so far is a car's dashboard not showing up, was wondering if there's a fix for this? I think it might have something to do with crafting, but idk if that's just me grasping at straws, can post error logs if I sound like an idiot trying to explain this

[bronze yoke]

you need to remove b41 style recipes or the cars bug out

[empty cosmos]

Gotcha, I'll try and see if I can get rid of anything with crafting stuff. I found a text file in media/scripts that held a bunch of crafting stuff, are there any lua files that have to do with crafting as well?

[bronze yoke]

most recipes will use some lua functions but you just need to remove the stuff in scripts to fix the car thing

[crystal canyon]

what exactly is a thumpable?

[bronze yoke]

a world object that can be hit, damaged and broken

[crystal canyon]

ah ok. thanks

[opaque ocean]

okay real talk

between thumpable, isoobject, sprite, tile, etc... what the heck are we actually supposed to call them?

[bronze yoke]

🤷‍♀️ objects

'tile object' would probably be the most descriptive you can get

[empty cosmos]

worked perfectly, thanks

[crystal canyon]

@opaque ocean accidentally made barrels have the containers of counters

@opaque ocean it is starting to work.

LOG : Lua f:0, t:1735118444262> [MassiveWoodMain] OnLoadedTileDefinitions event triggered.
LOG : Lua f:0, t:1735118444262> [MassiveWoodMain] Loading fluid tiles...
LOG : Lua f:0, t:1735118444262> [MassiveWoodMain] Setting properties for tile: industry_01_23

[opaque ocean]

hell yeah

just uh... dont use massivewoodmain or you're gonna conflict with me stuff down the line, lmao

though I'm prob renaming every function, variable, etc later anyways once it's working

[ancient grail]

i think.

they are tile objects

• they have sprites (the image from spritesheet)
• they can be thumpables(type of isoobject that have certain properties that other objects dont such as health)
• they are isoobjects

[mental urchin]

Hello everyone! I'm trying to revive an old backpack mod and noticed that in B42, for some reason unknown to me, the stats in the game don't match the ones in the script. Has anyone encountered a similar issue?

I also checked some mods from other creators who had backpacks, and the same issue occurs there. The capacity doesn’t match the script and doesn’t go above 100.

[winter bolt]

containers are capped at 100 right now for some reason

[mental urchin]

So I’m not losing my mind after all! 😄 Thanks! I was starting to think I had some inexplicable issues, but it’s just B42...

[coarse sinew]

Actually 50 for Inventory Items (usually backpacks), 100 for tile objects and 1000 for car parts containers.
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[blissful urchin]

Hello guys, I am triying from yesterday evening how to get a free "square" or "tile" from a room ? Have the feeling that the room has to be rendered first before getting a free/valid square, have some already tried to use these properties ?

[spare burrow]

Oh god i hope this is changed, specially for tile objects

[mental urchin]

Okay, I have another question: does anyone know how to make weapon placement on the back display the same way as with the Duffelbag?

[mellow frigate]

Is there a thing in B42 for lua to trigger events with more than 4 required object parameters ? (like triggerEvent("OnWeaponHitXp") that requires 5 of them) LuaManager exposes only triggerEvent up to 4 parameters in addition to the Event string

[mental urchin]

I assume it's the AttachmentReplacement = Bag parameter, but I don’t quite understand what value needs to be used.

UPD: Found it! You just need to remove this parameter entirely.

[granite moss]

Does anyone actually make mods for B42 or are everyone just transfering their old B41 mods to 42

[fast galleon]

pack them all into one table?

[mellow frigate]

vanilla does not unpack on the other side

I'll probably call LuaEventManager directly

[fast galleon]

sorry, I thought this was for custom event and you'd pull anything you want

[winter bolt]

does it count as porting if it was unreleased before b42 came out lol

[granite moss]

i guess

[tranquil kindle]

Some Bags have this line. It makes it so it replaces Back Weapon attachment position to one specified here. Maybe you could create new Attachment point and its name put here and see if it work? Working with attachment points is rather confusing, just a headsup.

[mental urchin]

Its just need to remove this parameter and that's all.

[tranquil kindle]

From what i see right now Dufflebags do not have this line.

[worthy sparrow]

I'm trying to make one or two and learn stuff at the same time

[granite moss]

Good luck! I would never have intelligence to make one so i just leave it to other people

[regal crest]

I am trying to port someone's mod to b42 and they didn't respond if I can post it so I am in an weird situation

[worthy sparrow]

Any idea how can I programatically show/hide the Crafting UI?

[regal crest]

Any idea if they're any changes with the health Ui?

[dull moss]

Feel free to upvote
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[final rampart]

Hello, I'm trying to upload a mod for the b42 but when I want to do it it doesn't recognize the mod.info file, any suggestions?
Someone asked me if I created the "42" and "common" folders but still when I want to create the mod from the game it does not recognize the mod.info, it is not urgent but it would help me to port more outdated mods to 42

[dull moss]

Do you have submod in your mod?

Make sure it's updated to b42 as well

[regal crest]

Sent an picture with the folder structure

[umbral ingot]

What version of Lua is PZ running? I'm gettting " '=' expected near continue" error on a goto statement so I'm assuming its an older version without goto statements?

[regal crest]

I would love to help but I doubt Lua is like C#

[umbral ingot]

All good I'm reading up on it. Looks to be the case

[regal crest]

I think I will try make an trait rebalance mod. I don't know if it's easy tho

[umbral ingot]

Honestly Im partial to the way CDDA just made points a legacy feature and lets you freeform make your characters without trying to balance. Hard to roleplay yourself if you're ADHD and a tiny bit good at everything lol

[regal crest]

Hmm

I am an beginner lol

[umbral ingot]

Ahh gotchyea, well I've never messed around with the traits but I'm sure they have .txt files you can modify to change their point requirements. Not sure where you edit the total point pool

[regal crest]

No like add functionality to them

Like you can lose smoker if you don't smoke x amount of days

[umbral ingot]

Ahhh that'd be cool.
https://zomboid-javadoc.com/41.65/zombie/characters/IsoPlayer.html

https://zomboid-javadoc.com/41.65/zombie/characters/IsoGameCharacter.CharacterTraits.html

Gotta find a way to access this stuff from the Lua side probably

[signal ibex]

Is there a way to modify/delete cached zombies?

[bronze yoke]

5.1ish

as is pretty common with lua it's not exactly on spec

[bronze yoke]

why are you using javadocs from 41.65? 😅

if you're developing for b41 the official javadocs are newer than that and have more info https://projectzomboid.com/modding/ and if you're developing for b42 i'm hosting unofficial ones here https://demiurgequantified.github.io/ProjectZomboidJavaDocs/

[umbral ingot]

No Idea it was the first set of docs I found on google lol. I'll check out the unofficial ones thanks!

[mental urchin]

Has anyone seen the script for the ALICE Belt and Suspenders? I want to check how the vanilla attachment for the angled flashlight is implemented.

[ancient grail]

whats the difference albion?

[bronze yoke]

my ones are b42, the official ones are b41

[ancient grail]

damn thats useful

[umbral ingot]

Im doing b42, and thse are all lua exposed?

[bronze yoke]

no, but i am thinking about ways to mark things as exposed or not

any methods and constructors you can see are exposed if the class is exposed, but i don't have anything to show if the class is exposed yet

[umbral ingot]

Anything in the LuaManager.java file with LuaMethod annotation right? So could parse that I suppose

[bronze yoke]

nah, that's just for the global lua api, the rest are automatically exposed by class using Exposer.setExposed

i recently updated umbrella to parse that for building java stubs, but the javadocs have a totally different system - main thing really would be working out how the site generation actually works and where i can insert this information (and how to actually display it in a way that's clear)

[signal ibex]

What about adding option to middle click search results on the javaDoc?

[bronze yoke]

i'll try and look into that too!

[vague marsh]

yo do it using AttachmentsProvided

e.g. AttachmentsProvided = WebbingRight

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\clothing\clothing_bags.txt

try looking in here

[mental urchin]

Thx ❤️

[drowsy delta]

where are my downloaded project zomboid mods

[mental urchin]

Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\108600

[tiny valve]

where i can find items icons?

[vague marsh]

steamapps\common\ProjectZomboid\media\textures

[drowsy delta]

are their any tutorials for how to get a mod set up for build 42

cause I'm looking at other mods that already exist for 42 and they just make a "42" folder and toss everything in that

but it didn't work for my stuff

[crystal canyon]

Try this

[fast galleon]

check pins

[drowsy delta]

I'm so dumb tysm

[crystal canyon]

there too, lol theres 2 guides right away

[bright fog]

#1318920979581501502 message

@hidden compass
Order most definitely has nothing to do with the names I believe. It might be linked to how the game iterates through every recipes to add them, could also be linked to the order in the recipe file

[bronze yoke]

i would not be surprised if they were just in the order of definition

there wouldn't be any reason i can think of for it to intentionally sort them

[bright fog]

Yeah

[spare burrow]

Was messing around editing some genomes of animals (via the ingame debug) and... i think faster growth rates led to infinite animals spawned when an animal grows from juvenile to mature (which can be the reason of those rabbit/chicken bombs, as the animal seems to try to spawn itself in the mature phase... infinitely) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbzvE5AnscU

[grizzled fable]

hi guys, what's the error here?
craftRecipe MakePotOfSap
{
timedAction = Making,
time = 200,
tags = InHandCraft,
skillRequired = PlantScavenging:4;Cooking:4,
xpAward = Cooking:3,
category = Herbalist,
inputs
{
item 8 [Herbalist.Sap],
item 1 [Base.Pot] mode:destroy,
item 1 tags[WoodenStick;TreeBranch;Spoon] mode:keep,
},
outputs
{
item 1 Herbalist.PotofSapUnboiled,
}
}

or here
craftRecipe MakeRiceMilk
{
timedAction = Making,
time = 80,
tags = InHandCraft;Campfire,
skillRequired = Cooking:4,
xpAward = Cooking:3,
category = Herbalist,
inputs
{
item 1 [Base.WaterSaucepanRice],
item 1 [Base.Sheet],
item 1 tags[SaltPacket],
item 1 [Base.Spoon] mode:keep,
},
outputs
{
item 1 Herbalist.RiceMilk,
}
}

i can't figure it out

[icy yarrow]

Onlything I could think would be the category or the items?

[vague marsh]

is this valid item id? Herbalist.PotofSapUnboiled and Herbalist.Sap

[icy yarrow]

The rest of the recipe seem fine

[vague marsh]

Herbalist.RiceMilk

item 1 tags[SaltPacket],

and i dont think salt packet is considered as tag (is this valid too tho)

[grizzled fable]

yes

where i can check all the tags?

[icy yarrow]

I did a search in the item folder for base PZ and SaltPacket doesn't come up

[vague marsh]

i have no idea if theres a documentation about it but you can see it at C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\recipes

[icy yarrow]

Salt is a valid tag however

[vague marsh]

just look at some examples there

[icy yarrow]

Tags come from the items Tags = foo;bar, line

[vague marsh]

yea in the wiki some of the items he put doesnt exist? maybe its a modded item he did?

[icy yarrow]

Well the Herbalist tag is from their mod, I assumming they are trying to update to the b42 crafting system

[regal crest]

I am trying to port The Only Cure mod to b42, and I am tested if it works and I get an error every second that's passed in game, also when I get bit the "exercise" button just vanishes and I can't do amputate the limb ;d.... How can I find what's wrong lmao

Anyone have any idea what changed and what should I look into?

[icy yarrow]

I'd takea look at the console.txt or trying running in -debug mode since it will break when an error pops for you to look at it easier

[regal crest]

console.txt?

[icy yarrow]

%UserProfile%\Zomboid\console.txt assuming windows

[regal crest]

WARN : General f:0, t:1735150977290> TextManager.Init > font "MediumNew" not found in fonts.txt
WARN : General f:0, t:1735150977290> TextManager.Init > font "AutoNormSmall" not found in fonts.txt
WARN : General f:0, t:1735150977291> TextManager.Init > font "AutoNormMedium" not found in fonts.txt
WARN : General f:0, t:1735150977291> TextManager.Init > font "AutoNormLarge" not found in fonts.txt
WARN : General f:0, t:1735150977305> TextManager.Init > font "DebugConsole" not found in fonts.txt

I found it and I see an warning for this

I think it has something to do with "exercise" panel vanishing

I found more errors

[bronze yoke]

that's normal

idk why but that's always there even without mods

[regal crest]

Anyone know if the tag for saws has changed?

[worthy sparrow]

Were rooms in B41 random generated?

[alpine timber]

The storytelling with the zombies and items were the only thing that was randomized, as far as I know.
Including those affected by survivor and burnt home randomizers

[pulsar pagoda]

anybody know why this, and only this item is not having info, no texture and has a random hue/tint allowed when the xml doesnt allow it?

[tranquil kindle]

Its literally item that you're not supposed to have...

[pulsar pagoda]

what do you mean?

log throws this at me

[tranquil kindle]

Its for displaying damage on your character?

[pulsar pagoda]

its a cosmetic "clothing" item

its like equiping a shirt

[tranquil kindle]

Yes, but you're not supposed to be able to interact with that item without debug ect.

[pulsar pagoda]

oh yes, not implemented recipes yet

[tranquil kindle]

No, It literally works how its supposed to. The moment you get injured game equips it on you so when you look at your plater model you can actually see that the injury is there.

Its just the way they went with it.

[pulsar pagoda]

what im doing works with all other items

[pulsar pagoda]

let me explain what i've done

i've added a new set of clothing items, scars from scratches. these have the textures of the ingame scratches but with a color hue. these do not take into account damage, they are like shirts or pants.

[tranquil kindle]

Okay. I thought you force spawned item that is for displaying scars/dmg

[pulsar pagoda]

actual scratches override these clothes

[pulsar pagoda]

nono, i added new ones

[tranquil kindle]

Okay. But it gets overriden. Let me guess. You copied whole itemscript from them and pasted for your clothing item, meaning that it uses same BodyLocation, right?

[pulsar pagoda]

same body location, wound, yes. but they all have different names and clothing item

[tranquil kindle]

Thats why its overriden because it equips vanila injury on place, where you have your item already.

[pulsar pagoda]

nono, i forced these scratches

thats a good thing

scars would open up

my issue is that a specific scratch isnt loading

a specific clothing item, abdomen male

the display item is "the same" as the vanilla wound but these dont have a display item in vanilla

so it doesnt matter if they are the same

[tranquil kindle]

Maybe its there but isn't actually used?

Devs tend to add stuff that are not used/leftover. In b41 some things straight up did not work/poped error every time you loaded up game.

[pulsar pagoda]

its there for sure

complete files

same thing happens with female chest

[tranquil kindle]

Those screenshots are really hard to read. So the issue is that when you hover over that item, it gives errors?

[pulsar pagoda]

yes and when you equip it nothing happens

also the icon's color randomly changes

[tranquil kindle]

Might i ask, why do you have separate wound for male and female if they're both usually use same textures is xml file states "Basetextures"

[pulsar pagoda]

scratches actually use different files, for example the chest scratch in a male would be in the female's model bra

[pulsar pagoda]

thats wearing a male chest scratch

[tranquil kindle]

Install nude mod 👍 .

But in fair seriousnes. I don't see anything wrong from what you posted.

But are you using vanila clothing item or you make your own clothingitem.xml file with them?

[pulsar pagoda]

i made my own xml file for all of them

and textures

and GUID

[tranquil kindle]

Because you want them to have slightly diffrent texture?

[pulsar pagoda]

yes, a scar texture

my idea is that people craft and wear their scars after healing wounds

ideally i would add more scars that dont look like vanilla

because theyre kinda underwhelming

[tranquil kindle]

Yeah. From what i see there should be nothing wrong, Maybe try new diffrent guids?

[pulsar pagoda]

yeah did that twice, maybe i got really unlucky

let me see

both items that arent working are next to eachother in the fileguidtable, interesting...

still doesnt work

[pulsar pagoda]

anybody else may know what the issue is?

@bronze yoke

[bronze yoke]

sorry, i have no idea

the error indicates that the clothing item can't be read but i don't really see why

[strong pine]

is it possible to compare java strings and lua strings with == directly? or do i need to convert it

[bronze yoke]

java strings are lua strings

[strong pine]

ok thx

[ashen mist]

i am so tempted to give up

i moved the item ids and recipes of the bats over to my SOMW tweak because idk, maybe it'll work cleaner there

still nothing

[tranquil reef]

I'm tired of waiting for animal mods. Anyone know how to decrypt and encrypt the .class files? Is it a fairly simple process or is there a specific encryption technique it uses

[ashen mist]

recipes are a no show

cant find anything

[icy yarrow]

Use a java decompiler

[ashen mist]

shits either broken or not working every step of the way

[tranquil reef]

I already know how to decrypt it, but not encrypt. Is it the same for all .class files or are there different methods

[bronze yoke]

it's not 'encryption' it's compilation

you can compile class files with the java sdk, most ides that support java can do it in-ide too

if you're compiling a single file you'll need a jar of the rest of the game to compile against, plus its dependencies

[tranquil reef]

apparently the method people used primarily was a pain in the ass, but wouldn't this bypass recompiling everything?

[bronze yoke]

this sounds way more annoying

[tranquil reef]

way more annoying, but I don't think the game comes with a jar file for the entire game lol

the bandits mod code insinuates they're actually zombies in disguise somehow. maybe I'll try to be lazier and find a way to do the same thing with animals. no idea if that's possible

[bronze yoke]

just make one

jar files are literally renamed zip files lol

[tranquil reef]

Would renaming the entire game folder .jar actually work?

[bronze yoke]

i've always separated out all the non-java stuff for file size and processing time concerns but that's how i make my jars

just grab the java stuff, put it in a zip, rename to .jar

[ashen mist]

alright

im putting it in its own folder now

forget attaching it to a tweak for ease of updating, whole new mod just for backporting bats

[tranquil reef]

Alright. Just to clarify, the bytecode shit won't screw up if I do it that way will it? I don't want to make the people that play my mod have to replace every file

Just the modified ones

[bronze yoke]

you don't need to do any weird bytecode editing for this, i don't really know what that guide is talking about

oh i misread it, it's basically telling you to check your recompile to see if the decompile is actually perfect

and to fix it manually if not

[ashen mist]

so the recipes show up

items dont though

progress!

i can even craft using them

just cant pull anything

[worn mica]

does anyone know how to remove or hide a Crafting Recipe in B42?

via the recipe name

[ashen mist]

alright so

i'm struggling to get the items to show up at all in my mod to add some b42 bats to b41

is there like, anything iffy there?

actually, here, have all the files

ah, i see now. i forgot to correct the modules from the move

[sonic dome]

Hi guys, I would like to add bow to the game and I am new to this. I created a model in Blender and added texture, script and sound in it. It is currently using shotgun animations/ammo etc but first I want to see it in the game.

I can spawn in the bow and it shows up the bow icon. I can equip it and rack shotgun ammo and kill zombies the issue is, bow does not show in the game world. I believe I messed up the blender/texture part since I have never used it. I was following this tutorial but it is pretty old https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M2fWLBLaX8&t=1304s. Any help would be appreciated 🙂

The mod content is here https://file.io/S3J06ffcAMQc

[pulsar pagoda]

you mean like placing it in the world?

[sonic dome]

Placing in the world also it does not render in character's hand as well. It plays the shotgun animation though. To see if the issue is with my Bow.fbx, i will change it with a working model to see if I messed up my model

[pulsar pagoda]

make sure that your .txt file that adds the bow item has a line to indicate world render and textures

[sonic dome]

Yep, I changed it to assualt rifle fbx and named it Bow.fbx and it now renders in my character's hand. I messed up it in Blender :/ Thank you for the reply. I will see if I can fix it

[blazing vine]

add .xml to the ends of the path file

[ebon dagger]

Ok, my current issue is driving me bonkers lol.

I have created a script that fires on the event OnFillWorldObjectContextMenu

it scans world objects that are containers and checks for a specific item. If that item exists, it adds a context menu option.

This part is working, but I'm trying to pass 2 references to the script called by the context menu. One to the item found, and one to the container it is in.

But no matter what I do, the variables are out of order or nil. Sometimes I get some of them to pass, sometimes not.

Is there any good writeups on context menus?

[bronze yoke]

you've very likely stumbled into addOption's stupid argument order

addOption("Option Name", arg1, function, arg2, arg3, ...)

[ebon dagger]

OH

WTF

That would very much explain it. thank you. Hahahahah

[bronze yoke]

yeah, literally everyone i've seen try to add a context menu reacts like that 😭

[pulsar pagoda]

it really was that simple, THANK YOU 🫶

[ebon dagger]

Yup, that was it. I'm commenting in my code right now to thank you. Hahahah.

[mystic vessel]

I'm making this mods, This is a bug or i'm missing something ?

[bright fog]

Maybe you need to be properly in front of it

Did you try to open it from the right side ?

[mystic vessel]

Still doen'st work

[bright fog]

[mystic vessel]

Rejoining the game now it works, but the SOUTH side don't lol

Probably a bug right?

[bright fog]

idk, maybe

That's all vanilla ?

If so report it there #1318920979581501502 message

[mystic vessel]

Sure, only my mod it's loaded

[mystic vessel]

Thank you :)

[ebon dagger]

Ok, now its time to venture into territory I have never touched before. Any advice on where to look for syntax dealing with map coordinates and distance?

I need to record where a specific ISO object is, and then check how far away the player is.

[compact rampart]

does anyone know why the weapon I created as a mod doesnt hit any targets at all? when aiming, the dot doesnt turn red and nothing can be hit, even though the weapon uses the msr700 rifle script

[ebon dagger]

Just a possibility, did you increase your aiming? B42's aiming is sus af at the moment.

[compact rampart]

yeah its at level 10

now I noticed that the muzzle flash appears in a random ass spot far away from the character

[worn mica]

is this the correct way to get the Crafting Recipe In B42? getScriptManager():getCraftRecipe(RecipeName_)

[hybrid tiger]

should be

[ebon dagger]

Found a source, Bobber.lua has a bunch of distance code.

[worn mica]

oh wow after two days of trying to figuring out, that seems to finally work

is there a way to erase or hide the Recipe?

[hybrid tiger]

ive been looking for the same thing honestly, (I just started like 2 days ago) B41 had setIsHidden to hide from craft menu but from what im seeing on javadocs craftrecipes doesnt have this function anymore

or override argument to replace a vanilla recipe

[worn mica]

i wish it would be as simple as = nil

oh well still big thanks to you skittles

[little harbor]

Did you add the south facing sprite to the spriteconfig in the script for your sewing machine?

[mystic vessel]

Sure

[mystic vessel]

apparently the game doen'st update in real-time the UI for workstations.
When I re-enter the save I can access it, but if I change the side I can't.
So I have to go back in again
If you notice that no built workstation can be moved

[finite scroll]

anyone figured out a way to disable new crosshair completely?

[ebon dagger]

if I pass a reference to a world object into the modData for the player, and then restart the game, is that reference lost? Seems to be the behavior, but its possible I'm storing the reference wrong.

[bronze yoke]

yeah

[ebon dagger]

Ok, bummer lol.

[finite scroll]

what are the proper terms for an onCreate function? (b42)

[bronze yoke]

not sure if you mean a recipe or an item but there's documentation for either here https://github.com/demiurgeQuantified/PZEventDoc/blob/develop/docs/Events.md

[hybrid tiger]

albion would you know the proper way to hide / overwrite a recipe in b42?

[bronze yoke]

not yet unfortunately

i haven't seen anything like an intentional provided way to do this but generally you can hack around that

or bug the devs to add a way to do that since it's very likely an oversight

[sour island]

The closest I've gotten is scuffing the recipe to require learning

Effectively making it unusable- but it still appears in the menu

[hybrid tiger]

The only way Ive really seen to replace recipes is to simply overwrite the whole recipes.txt file its in but thats not the best way

[sour island]

Wait - what happens if you reuse the same ID?

[hybrid tiger]

it uses your modded txt

[sour island]

No I mean of just the recipe ID

They're unique now

[hybrid tiger]

like craftRecipe makebread

and you make your own called makebread

[sour island]

Yeah

[hybrid tiger]

both appear in crafting menu

[sour island]

So they're not unique? 😐 Someone told me they were

[hybrid tiger]

both have makebreaddough id

[sour island]

I feel like that's maybe a bug 🤔

Or atleast an oversight

[hybrid tiger]

I started modding 2 days ago so idk ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[sour island]

A large issue with hiding/obsoleting recipes in the past was due to them being able to share ID names

[bronze yoke]

and they're in the same module?

[hybrid tiger]

base

[finite scroll]

Probably should have specified given how many things are named with "OnCreate," I was referring to the functions referenced to in item/recipe scripts, not general events

unless one is somehow derived from the others

[hybrid tiger]

This is the entire txt for my custom bread recipie

{
  craftRecipe MakeBreadDough
    {
    timedAction = MixingBowl,
    Time = 50,
    NeedToBeLearn = True,
    category = Cooking,
    Tags = AnySurfaceCraft;Cooking,
    xpAward = Cooking:10,
    AutoLearn = Cooking:7,
    inputs
    {
      item 1 tags[MixingUtensil] mode:keep flags[MayDegradeLight],
      item 1 [Base.Bowl] mode:keep,
      item 1 [Base.RollingPin] mode:keep flags[MayDegrade],
      item 1 tags[Flour],
      item 2 [Base.Salt],
      item 1 [Base.Yeast;skittles.SourdoughStarterActive],
      item 1 [*],
      -fluid 1.0 [Water],
    }
    outputs
    {
      item 1 Base.BreadDough,
    }
  }
}```

in the base module

was thinking that would override it

but nope

[bronze yoke]

there's information on callbacks further down the page

[finite scroll]

oh, I must've missed it

alright

[bronze yoke]

i've been meaning to split them into different pages since it's definitely confusing

[sour island]

Try Base

Modules might be case sensitive

[hybrid tiger]

if I skilled issued the captialzation im gonna lose it

[bronze yoke]

they are yeah

[hybrid tiger]

DISASTEEEERR

yeah

that was it

ok cool

[bronze yoke]

what happens now? does it override?

[hybrid tiger]

yup

just the one with updated recipe

oh wait

why does it take double items

and double output

[finite scroll]

how exactly should I be linking my callback functions? I can't seem to get LuaManager to recognise them.

[bronze yoke]

is it merging them

[hybrid tiger]

yeah

lovely

[bronze yoke]

they need to be in the global namespace by the name you give them

[finite scroll]

and default scope is global, correct?

[bronze yoke]

yeah

[sour island]

That's how it worked with my changes too

I didn't expect this though

Seems like an override behavior should be default 😅

[finite scroll]

ohhh fuck i bet i know what's gone wrong

my item creation callback is on client side

and i bet it has to be defined server side

since that's where all the other stuff usually is with items

oh fuck me it's still not working

[bronze yoke]

client/server location shouldn't matter for most cases (except when it affects load order) since we don't have multiplayer yet

singleplayer works as one single environment so everything is loaded

[finite scroll]

ah alr

[ebon dagger]

Anyone see an issue with using os.time() as a "reasonably unique" id to tie a world object to modData?

I give the timestamp to the worldobjects modData, and store it in a table on the players modData. Then use it to check status later, and delete it when its done.

[bronze yoke]

probably fine yeah

[finite scroll]

i forgot

a single fucking comma

in the item script

this whole time it was looking for a function with a completely seperate name but because there was a newline i didn't notice

yeah it works now godamnit lol

[bronze yoke]

it's always a comma

[wet osprey]

Hey I added a recipe mod and now all the other mods are instantly ❌ and unable to be readded, is something with this code causing it?

craftRecipe MakeMakeshiftNeedle
{
timedAction = SewingCloth,
Time = 200,
AllowBatchCraft = False,
Tags = AnySurfaceCraft,
category = Tailoring,
inputs
{
item 1 [Base.Nails],
item 1 tags[Hammer] mode:keep,
}
outputs
{
item 1 Base.Needle,
}
}

[red tiger]

/info lua

oh I wish I remembered the command

Oh wait wrong discord

print('Please use this. kthxbye');

[wet osprey]

this is in the mod.info

[tacit sparrow]

Some of my professions have discriptions when you hover over and some dont, LiveStock Farmer is bugged and LongBlunt won't appear for blacksmith

I've credited it as rancher but not sure if that is right. I think the UI issue is to do with Trait Order, which could be wrong and LongBlunt not implementing could be wrong ID or wrong order. Any ideas??

Content: I made a profession mod that overwrites the defaults and half are working and half are not

[tacit sparrow]

nvm Fixed it

[ebon dagger]

Hmm. Does modData on worldObjects get removed on restart?

[crystal canyon]

what would be a good way to record preview videos for spawn selection?

[ebon dagger]

Oh, no I just confirmed it stays. Weird.

[crystal canyon]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3387563172 I had similar issues as well

are you using Profession Framework?

[tacit sparrow]

Nah, I was re-writing the source files

[crystal canyon]

gotcha

[tacit sparrow]

I know there's extra options with that but I find it simpler just to work the MainCreationsMethods file

Just got to make sure your values are correct

and in alphabetical order

which is mentioned no where and I found by accident

[crystal canyon]

I made mine like that too, but got a bit messy because I had to make duplicates of vanilla traits to add them as a free profession trait

[tacit sparrow]

wym a free profession trait

Like you don't have the default trait cost for the profession and set your own?

I don't understand

[crystal canyon]

like axeman, you cant choose it in character creation, but its a free trait for lumberjack

[tacit sparrow]

and you wanted to do what?

add it to lumber jack?

or have it available for all

[sonic fiber]

make their own one like it im guessing

[crystal canyon]

no, add others to my own professions

[bronze yoke]

yeah this is how profession traits work

e.g. chef's free Cook trait is actually a separate trait entirely from the one you can pick

[tacit sparrow]

could just use "More Traits" as that does that

or did you not like there version

[crystal canyon]

more traits just adds new traits

im duplicating vanilla traits, make them cost 0 and give them to some of my professions

then at the end, a function replaces my duplicate trait with the vanilla one so it retains its functions

if you publish your mod, let me know so I can add compatibility to mine if needed

[tacit sparrow]

can you just use the command: policeofficer:addFreeTrait("Brave");

for example

policeofficer:addFreeTrait("Axeman");

would work for that Ax-pert

[crystal canyon]

yes, but it wouldnt be displayed in the character creation screen as a feature that profession has

[tacit sparrow]

but it would in game?

I see

nice bit of polish

[pulsar pagoda]

anybody know if we can do subfolders inside textures/bodydmg or if the files have to be freballing in there?

same inside clothing/clothingItems

[crystal canyon]

the new zombie spawns are all kinds of borked...

[pulsar pagoda]

this happens when i do a subfolder

[crystal canyon]

I wish I knew, Im looking at the javadocs for any indication, but for now, you can try both in subfolder, in base folder or in subfolder with inverted slash /

https://demiurgequantified.github.io/ProjectZomboidJavaDocs/zombie/core/skinnedmodel/Texture/TextureManager.html

[pulsar pagoda]

allright ill try that, thanks :)

[crystal canyon]

Anyways, back to my rant with new zombie spawns. Look at this crap

[hard seal]

adjustability

[crystal canyon]

that location is exremely remote

[pulsar pagoda]

secret zombie party

[vague marsh]

also in the remove cabins

[ebon dagger]

Firecrackers! They are such a dope new item. Lite em, toss em, and just run around the building. Zeds wander into the forest, things are great.

[hybrid tiger]

smh didnt get the invite

[crystal canyon]

yeah

[hard seal]

the little kid in me wants to set them off around seasoned pvpers bases lmao

[crystal canyon]

The cabins spawn mod is nearly unusable now 🙂

unless I modify it and add a function to wipe zombies in a radius

[pulsar pagoda]

seems like a great fix!

[vague marsh]

Are the ff. methods I listed valid in B42?

Hunger: getHunger(), setHunger()
Thirst: getThirst(), setThirst()
Fatigue: getFatigue(), setFatigue()
Stress: getStress(), setStress()
Panic: getPanic(), setPanic()
Endurance: getEndurance(), setEndurance()
Boredom: getBoredomLevel(), setBoredomLevel()
Unhappiness: getUnhappynessLevel(), setUnhappynessLevel()
Sickness: getSicknessLevel(), setSicknessLevel()
Pain: getPain(), setPain()
Infection: getInfectionLevel(), setInfectionLevel()
Wetness: getWetness(), setWetness()
Temperature: getTemperature(), setTemperature()

or is it like:
getHungerLevel()
setHungerLevel()

[crystal canyon]

https://demiurgequantified.github.io/ProjectZomboidJavaDocs/zombie/characters/Stats.html

[vague marsh]

thanks!!

[crystal canyon]

public float getHunger()
public void setHunger(float var1)

boredom seems different getIdleboredom()

ah theres 2 boredom

getBoredom()

I wonder whats the difference

[vague marsh]

yeah right im curious

[bronze yoke]

if i remember right the boredom stuff in stats is deprecated

the real boredom is on bodydamage

[crystal canyon]

https://demiurgequantified.github.io/ProjectZomboidJavaDocs/zombie/characters/BodyDamage/BodyDamage.html#getBoredomLevel()
ah yeah

[vague marsh]

player:getBodyDamage():getBoredomLevel()

like this?

[crystal canyon]

yeah

player:getBodyDamage():getBoredomLevel()

return boredomLevel

Ill ask a previous question again, incase new eyes are available, What would be a good way to record short videos like the ones in the spawn selection?

[crisp fossil]

hey guys I have a local mod for my personal use but in b42 it does not show up. how should I update it? i did put it in 42 folder

[crystal canyon]

check pinned messages

[vague marsh]

using more scale mod for drone view and then 360 vision mod

the rest is can be achieved with video editing

[crystal canyon]

that sound great

gonna try that after I reinstall windows

[vague marsh]

and also you will see some shadows on top buildings or behind buildings with the more scale mod, to remove that u need to walk around it because unvisited areas have shadows

idk how to remmove the shadows on roofs but if u can fly up there then thats all😆

[crystal canyon]

you got me a great start already

ill work it out. My next mod upload will be an updated Cabin spawns mod with new spawns from the new portion of the map

[vague marsh]

it looked like this when unvisited (look at the orange building in front of police station)

but when you visit that area (it get removes when your character see it), it will look like this

[crystal canyon]

Nice

[tacit sparrow]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3392050325

I finished my mod for professions after 2 days of hard grind. Take a look xoxoxoxox

[crystal canyon]

feels good eh?

[tranquil reef]

It's still impossible to give zombies custom models right?

And animations?

Individual ones I mean. I had a mod for boss zombies, it ended up sucking because the default animation stretched the model I put on using a random clothing item

[finite scroll]

10000 zombies in a house twelve miles into the woods 🔥

[pulsar pagoda]

anybody know where to find this loading zombie gif? i could only find a png

[bronze yoke]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/908422783049007116/1319428848193896478/zombielogo.gif

it is stored as the rare animated png though

[pulsar pagoda]

aaaah, so thats why, thanks!

[ebon dagger]

anyone manage to make their own Print_Media yet? Like the fliers, photos, etc?

[tranquil reef]

Any way to overwrite the grab context menu option on a custom item

[crystal canyon]

someone did, theres a mod up already.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3391711960

and the person made a guide
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3391857427

[ebon dagger]

FANTASTIC, thank you!

[bronze yoke]

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/How_to_make_a_flier_mod

[ebon dagger]

Oh also dope! Ty. I clicked around, but is there an index page for the pzwiki for B42 mods?

[bronze yoke]

i doubt it, it's never been great for modding and the whole wiki's pretty frazzled right now with b42

[ebon dagger]

For sure.

Is the workshop acting silly for anyone else? Downloads seem to not be working and installing / uninstalling mods isn't working for me.

[crystal canyon]

ive had to verify files a few timess the last few days so mods can actually dl and update

[grizzled fable]

hello guys, was wondering how to deal with empty container now, if i need to use an emptywaterbottle in a recipe now that is deprecated how i need to put the item to be empty?

[ebon dagger]

does it matter that the bottle needs to be empty? Can it be assumed that your character dumps it out before crafting?

Ok, I guess I'm off slightly in what I am looking for. I don't want to add a random flier to the pool of random fliers, I just want access to Read the thing -> Show the picture.

I might need to write the UI part myself.

[bronze yoke]

add flags[IsEmpty] to the input

e.g.```
inputs {
item 1 [Base.PopBottle;Base.WaterBottle;Base.PopBottleRare] flags[IsEmpty],
}

[grizzled fable]

you the best 🙂

[crystal canyon]

which mods did you use? the ones in steam are gone https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3387892883&searchtext=

[vague marsh]

its this one https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2919952739

make sure to backup your zombie folder first because i didnt like how it zoom in and out😅

[crystal canyon]

and for 360?

[grizzled fable]

do we have a list of flags or i just look in recipe file?

[vague marsh]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3388480471&searchtext=360

[crystal canyon]

ah good, thanks!

[fluid current]

anyone get progress bars to work?

specifically on item tooltips

i can clearly see the method setProgress in the java code but it just doesnt want to work

it ends up looking like this

[sonic needle]

what happened to it -_-

[crimson ore]

is there a guide to uploading mods for 42. cant seem to get it to work. itll upload but unstable wont display it

[crystal canyon]

check pinned messages

[crimson ore]

nvm im looking in pinned now

[crimson ore]

yeah lol ty

[crystal canyon]

no idea, all i know is that it is no longer available lmao

[sonic needle]

i keep backups of mods. so not for me >:D

[silent zealot]

...why did I waste time looking for the definition of a pencil under** item_literature**, item_office and item_misc instead going straight to the obvious place: items_weapons_stab

[crystal canyon]

hahahaha

https://tenor.com/view/with-a-pencil-john-wick-scary-scared-pencil-gif-16042376

[fluid current]

pencil only run when

[silent zealot]

Might need a craft pencil from wood & charcoal recipe or it will quickly be an unarmed run.

[fluid current]

well if anyone knows why this **function LSMRRInventoryUIListeners.MakeProgressBar(volume, layoutItem) local max = LSMRRMain.getProgressBarMax() if max < volume then max = volume end local progressValue = tonumber(string.format("%.2f", tostring(volume / max))) if math.abs(progressValue or 1.0) > 1.0 then progressValue = 1.0 end progressValue = 0.6 local color = ColorInfo.new(1,1,1,1) getCore():getBadHighlitedColor():interp(getCore():getGoodHighlitedColor(), progressValue, color); layoutItem:setProgress(progressValue, color:getR(), color:getG(), color:getB(), 1.0) end isnt working, lemme know

cuz i aint got a clue partner

progressbar just doesnt wanna render properly

label renders fine tho

[opaque ocean]

had the best house I've found so far in the new map area pull something similar. spawned like 20 zombies in a bedroom, along with a police/criminal zombie set (of about a dozen total zombies) in the shed just next to it.

this one outside ekron

[molten hornet]

are mapping tools out yet

[opaque ocean]

tbh, enjoyed it. scared the hell out of me and made me replace some windows, but ye

[crystal canyon]

its crazy. Even if distribution is set in urban

[opaque ocean]

also that house is going to cause some uh... bloodbaths in MP

even with pvp off, god knows everyone who joins after day 1 is going to drive there to see if it's available.

[silent zealot]

B42 has a lot of good base locatiosn comapred to B41

[opaque ocean]

fireplace, antique oven, well, close enough to looting areas but not close enough to deal with looting areas spawns

a fishable pond/stream

feels like a modded safehouse

plus big garunteed basement

[silent zealot]

My single player game in Mauldraugh I'm in the Rusty Rifle - it's now a bar and motel around a central carpark with a pre-built high chainlink fence, chickens and a well across the road a minutes walk from forest foraging zones...

That is nice, especially for a rural location

[opaque ocean]

they added a bunch of farmhouses with wells around ekron, but that map location is the best one I've found so far

[opaque ocean]

worlded might still work? I know I saw an updated map mod on the workshop

they did nerf wells though, no longer clean water.

[crystal canyon]

i found a nice log cabin it has a hand pump well

[silent zealot]

I'm working on a way to deal with the severe lack of crafting recipie scematics.

The BSToolScematics only spawn in blacksmith crates, survivor houses and very very rarely on welding whop shelves... that's just not feasible!

[opaque ocean]

gotta just hitup the post offices instead of libraries now. post offices have become magazine heaven.

instead of skillbook heaven

gotta check if they might spawn inside mailbags on shelves

[silent zealot]

Not for these schematics. I've not looked up others scematic spawn points, but I went through trying to figure out where I shoudl go loot

the distribution table only puts BSToolsSchematics in CrateBlacksmithing, SafehouseBookShelf and WeldingWorkshopTools

[opaque ocean]

because idk if distros are only for loose items of shelves or not... or how they're handling item spawns inside item containers in containers

[silent zealot]

Unless tehre is some random generated thing that is "any thing wih tag: scematic" or some such

[opaque ocean]

there probably is, one day they added tags to items and used them in a few recipes in b41, now they're doing it everywhere.

[silent zealot]

tags are so good - item 1 tags[Write] mode:keep, instead of writing pencil or red pen or blue pen or black pen or red marker or black marker of multicolor pen...

And you can have an input -> output map,

[opaque ocean]

they are, just feels like it's gonna be a pain to keep track of... but then again, so was keeping up with having to add every hammer/etc to a recipe manually.

[silent zealot]

so "put ammo in box" takes any ammo, and maps 9mm bullet -> box of 9mm bullets, shotgun shell -> box of shotgun shells etc.

[opaque ocean]

different but equally likely to lead to losing track of stuff

[silent zealot]

I really prefer the tags, makes things more future proof if a modder adds a new type of pen or something.

[opaque ocean]

i get that for ammo... but I don't like how they did that with remove tool head recipes or fixers/etc.

[silent zealot]

the tool head stuff is so confusing

[opaque ocean]

because at first glace, I thought I could turn a woodaxe axe head into a sledgehammer

[silent zealot]

And some things you can't seperate, or you can seperate but not repair the head... Like a machete

You can stamp a machete out of sheet metal, they don't even need to be forged... but they're too good for repairs or something

[opaque ocean]

yeah, I'm just now to a point in my save where I can start playing with the new crafting.

and already to the point where I hate that the only way to aquire clay is foraging

[silent zealot]

I got there this morning, whcih is when I found that it really sucks if you didn;t choose teh blacksmith profession for base recipies

I added a mod to give you a chance of clay on digging dirt into a bag

clay is a bottleneck and stupid to find single lumps via forage

Then finding a "large stone" took me a long time

[opaque ocean]

I'd probably just go in, figure out how they added those big rocks that I'm assuming you need a pickaxe to interact with... make one for a clay deposit to randomly spawn and just make it harvestable with a shovel.

[silent zealot]

Then I can't make metal tongs without knowing how to make a header and I can't make a header without a recipe. cries

That would be a good way to do it.

Also, forage chance for roads is based on the "AllOther" loot setting which is 0.4 by defaultinstead of 1.0 like most foraging... so it took me a lot of wandering along the highway (which is supposed to have lots of rocks!) trying to get 10 ordinary stones.

Who makes highways out of flint????

Kentucky, that's who

[opaque ocean]

the problem with adding clay as a chance from shoveling dirt into bags... is it's just going to bring back the hydrocraft issue of uh... "stand in place for an irl hour while your character does something automatically and you wait until you can continue progressing"

[umbral ingot]

Anyone know the best way to setup a debug/command line that sets the time to midnight? Need to debug in darkness. Or do I just make my own sandbox scenario where time is midnight and apply that?

[silent zealot]

Not at all, you have to move to a new tile every time. 😂

[opaque ocean]

tbh, getting more rocks from farm fields than roads. but you can just pick up one of the weird new like... non-aligned sprites and right click to pickup a big rock, as long as you've got a masonry chisel or 2 knapping for a stone chisel you can turn those into a bunch of stones... or just pickup the normal stones

[silent zealot]

The "clay with dirt" mod feels more like an emergency stopgap than something meant to be a long-term part of the game,

[silent zealot]

I used apickaxe, a chisel would be lighter to carry around on foraging trips. I also tracked down where #$@#$^ing large stones spawn, and they are in forests and deep forests.

[opaque ocean]

i dont actually know if they added a way to set the time... but there's already b42 mods to speedup time by like 100x+

[silent zealot]

.. and weigh 40 so fun to carry out

[umbral ingot]

Okay thanks that works too

[opaque ocean]

that's what 6 seater vans are for... or just put a table in the van

[silent zealot]

I was quite away down a forest trail.

Also, I had driven a dart to the trailhead... oops.

[opaque ocean]

actually...

do those plastic garden tables work as workbenches?

since they're technically tables

those things can't weigh more than like, 10 encumb. you can fit one of those in a dufflebag along with a chisel and hammer.

carry that duffle in secondary slot and just run around turning big rocks into small rocks

also... after driving for a bit, it feels like camper zombie stories aren't showing up, or are way rarer than they used to be

man i just want a mili backpack

[silent zealot]

Ah yes, a millipack.. 1/1000th the size of a normal pack.

Got it working - random scematics from a category, limit one recipie per scematic. I'm going to add the other schematic categories and make it take a lot longer than 10 minutes.

And maybe add sandbox options for how long they take to craft, if I can figure how to modifiy a recipe in lua (it's probably either super easy or impossible, depending one what the API gives me to work with)

...and change "recipies" to "recipes"

[opaque ocean]

tbh... making it take longer doesn't mean much. just means dudes are either going to AFK or speedup time in singleplayer.

what I did while revamping/adding recipes for researching blueprints to hydrocraft back in the day was make it so like... it took stuff you'd use in that profession, took (and consumed) skillbooks, had level reqs, etc.

[silent zealot]

If it takes 30 minutes to an hour it will at least feel like a little investment, as opposed to 5 seconds

And if it goes in sandbox options people can do whatever. But it can't take too long, since you can't stop/start like you can with a skillbook.

[opaque ocean]

why... cant it though?

[silent zealot]

If you interupt crafting it stops the crafting

[agile vigil]

Could override the update function of the crafting to update moddata with the progress - then skip to whatever saved progress you have if current progress is lower to load it next time.

[opaque ocean]

skillbooks already exist, so there's code for partially doing something. you could make the recipe take like an irl minute or two to craft... then the result is a skillbook you have to "read" to completion to get the recipe (turns the skillbook into a magazine on finishing reading), and then just use a different animation than reading.

[silent zealot]

I could probably do something like have you craft a skillbook that you "read" but that's feeling like a lot more coding effort and doesn't quite make sense.

skillbooks have X pages and track how many pages are read

[opaque ocean]

basically, just use recipe to make a blueprint "skillbook", that you "read" until finishing then transform it into a mag.

[silent zealot]

That requires more effort to make though 😂

[opaque ocean]

but animation/gameplay wise you're just drawing on it

yeah but it's so much cooler

than just sitting in place for like 30 irl minutes, you could make it take longer based on reading speed but have saved progress

[silent zealot]

I think I'll do that as a version 2, something that may actually be useful even after teh update (hopefully) plugs all the gaps in crafting tech.

I'll make it 30 in-game minutes.

that's just seconds if you hit F5

[opaque ocean]

fuck it, if you're not taking it right away, it's going on our server's ideas forum. legitimately sounds like a cool way to do recipe magazine crafting.

and I can already partially see how I'd make it work

[silent zealot]

I'll get the first version up (so I can keep going with learning crafting in my game!) and calling "modname (easy mode) "

then add the full mode, becauseit really does sound a lot better that way

or screw it, I'll see if I can get the core of full mode out today.

It's only 9pm, I'm not going to sleep anyway with Zomboid to play 😂

Starting with a 9mm handgun is such a trap. "Learn the new aiming system by attracting more zombies than you can handle with aiming zero!"

[sonic dome]

Can anybody please tell me what the count refers in the ammuniton script?

item Bullets44
{
    DisplayName = .44 Magnum Round,
    DisplayCategory = Ammo,
    Type = Normal,
    Weight = 0.03,
    Icon = PistolAmmo,
**    Count = 3,**
    MetalValue = 1,
    WorldStaticModel = 9mmRounds,
    Tags = Ammo,
}

I know a gun can have how many ammo it can have but I have no idea what count does in ammo script 😮

[silent zealot]

No idea, maybe a clue if you see what values different ammos types have.

[sonic needle]

when it is boxed etc. this is how many is given or taken.

[sonic dome]

Thanks a lot! So also does it mean that if I create a recipe, and create 1 arrow with count=5, it would give me 5 arrows? ( i am tryinc to create a bow and arrow mode)

[sonic needle]

Technically. yes.

technically.

usually its for stacked items like ammo.

[sonic dome]

Got it. Thanks a bunch. I appreciate it. Merry Christmas 🙂

[hidden compass]

@bright fog
Thanks for the reply, I'm afraid I haven't been able to check the Java source, but I've tried different settings and it seems that in the Crafting menu, the recipes are sorted by the translated recipe name. However, in the context menu of the item, the translated recipe name is irrelevant and appears to be in the order in which the recipe settings were probably loaded. However, I have the recipe settings (recipes.txt) defined in ascending numerical order, and I am wondering why they are not in the same order as defined. As a specification, I think it would be better if the “context menu is also sorted by the translated recipe name” to match the Crafting menu.

[tulip cipher]

Hi! a technical question that im sure a few people have thought about in the past, what actually is the main cause of server lag in multiplayer when it comes to modding or base game, i would love to cut down a few things here and there and make mods that dont suck because of horrific overhead
i would assume its mostly a shear amount of different items or items with high stack amounts, like clothing mods and ammo mods respectively

[finite radish]

i don't think there's really a good answer anyone will be able to give to that, other than "do expensive operations as rarely as possible" more or less, which is a loaded/vague answer in itself. it all depends on what you're trying to do and how you're trying to do it. generally it's good to set out with a mindset of common sense (don't run complex multi-stage functions every single tick) and go from there, because over-optimizing from the start without even knowing what's required to accomplish what you're trying to do is going to result in frustration and an unfinished mod.

tl;dr build it first, then benchmark, then optimize.

[dull moss]

Hello fellow modders it's me again with a request to upvote dis: #1318920979581501502 message

[worthy sparrow]

Hi, anyone knows how to make a recipe output for example a Bucket of water?
Since I can't do the following, so should I use onCreate or is there something im missing?

outputs
{
  item 1 [Base.Bucket],
  -fluid 0.5 [Water],
}

[worthy sparrow]

nvm, figured it out

[verbal raft]

Hi everyone, I'd be very grateful if anyone with even the slightest knowledge of "PZ lore" could quickly give their opinion on this. I understand that the exact nature of the Knox infection is never explained in any great detail but, on the surface at least, do you think this basic premise holds water?

1. It was initially an airborne infection, meaning everybody was infected.
2. The Player Character (and presumably a small number of others once NPCs are added) have some sort of natural immunity to the infection, meaning they weren't effected by the airborne variant but can still be infected by blood and saliva.
3. If, a few weeks into the event, the immune system of anyone with this natural immunity were compromised in any way, say if they were malnourished, got otherwise sick, etc. it's reasonable to assume they would be at risk of catching the airborne infection, even though they didn't turn during the initial breakout.

Thanks anyone who replies - it's the basis for a mod, so even just a very general "yeah that probably does/doesn't make sense" would be very helpful.

[sonic needle]

1 / 2 yes
3, not really so much

walking dead mentality, you beat the airborne sure. but a bite. and that virus is your end.

[tranquil kindle]

Bite is straight up killing you overtime, but no matter what, you would reanimate. At least thats how i remember it.

IN TWD, sorry*

[sonic needle]

yeah you burn out trying to fight it

[tranquil kindle]

Body kills itself by going into high temperature in hopes of killing virus

[jaunty gate]

Has the interaction between food sickness and sickness changed? Using debug mode, moving Food Sickness to 100 only moves the Sickness meter up to 49 or so. Basically it seems now that Sickness = 1/2 food sickness. In b41, moving the Food Sickness meter > 90 resulted in Health going down. Doesn't seem to the case at the moment. Or am I missing something?

[rain musk]

Trying to make sub-mod for Dynamic Traits B41. Cuz in original mod players are dying from 1-2 scratches from broken glass because mod add poison wounds on food sickness base. Maybe, someone has some ideas about better modify original code for less poison damage by 2 or 3?

`function DTincreasePoisonByWounds(player, chance, poison)
--print("DT Logger: Chance: " .. chance);
--print("DT Logger: Poison: " .. poison);
--print("DT Logger: running DTincreasePoisonByWounds function");
local currentFoodPoison = player:getBodyDamage():getFoodSicknessLevel();
if chance == 0 then
if ZombRand(2) == 0 then
player:playEmote("dtpoisonvomit");
else
player:playEmote("dtsmellgag");
end

    if player:HasTrait("Thinskinned") then
        poison = poison * 1.2;
        --print("DT Logger: player has trait Thinskinned");
        --print("DT Logger: Poison: " .. poison);
    elseif player:HasTrait("ThickSkinned") then
        poison = poison * 0.8;
        --print("DT Logger: player has trait ThickSkinned");
        --print("DT Logger: Poison: " .. poison);
    end

    if player:HasTrait("ProneToIllness") then
        poison = poison * 1.3;
        --print("DT Logger: player has trait ProneToIllness");
        --print("DT Logger: Poison: " .. poison);
    elseif player:HasTrait("Resilient") then
        poison = poison * 0.7;
        --print("DT Logger: player has trait Resilient");
        --print("DT Logger: Poison: " .. poison);
    end

    player:getBodyDamage():setFoodSicknessLevel(currentFoodPoison + poison);

    if player:getBodyDamage():getFoodSicknessLevel() > 100 then
        player:getBodyDamage():setFoodSicknessLevel(100);
    end
end

end`

[blissful urchin]

Hello, is there a way to refresh the game entirely without re-starting the game again and again to test my features ?

[eager imp]

i found the grapple animations but i need to find the code stuff for it, anyone know to spot?

do i just need to make the anims?

[icy yarrow]

If it’s lua you can rug in debug mode and just reload lua from home screens

[hearty gulch]

Is there a guide on how to re-structure your mod for B42 for multi version approach?

[mellow frigate]

yes, check pinned messages from nasKo

[hearty gulch]

Oh I'm sorry, I should have done that. I always forget about the pinning feature. Thanks!

[pearl prism]

Guys, does anyone know how I can make the player execute an animation while he is inside the vehicle. I tried using "vehicle:playPassengerAnim()" and the game doesn't give me errors, but it doesn't execute any animation.

[full escarp]

when using PZ specific events and functions, objects etc. is there a way to make VSCode aware of them? so they aren't marked as wrong?

[tranquil kindle]

Isn't it what "Umbrella" does, I belive if you search for this keyword here you should find something

its some sorts of addon to vscode

Or however are those called.

[full escarp]

oh i see thanks!

[winter bolt]

https://github.com/asledgehammer/Umbrella

this guide still works but the actual files are for b41

https://github.com/demiurgeQuantified/UmbrellaAddon-Unstable

this one should work for 42

[full escarp]

awesome thank you! is there btw a official modding api documentation especially to see what changes between b41 and b42?

[winter bolt]

theres a version of the javadoc for b42 but idk if anyones made any list of changes

https://demiurgequantified.github.io/ProjectZomboidJavaDocs/

the biggest one i know of is that to spawn items you use instanceItem() instead of itemfactory now

[red tiger]

Do you want a Git diff?

[full escarp]

i guess i have to look into the decompiled b42 version anytime soon

[tranquil kindle]

#1125248330595848192 message You might also be intrested in this.

[red tiger]

https://github.com/asledgehammer/PipeWrench/commit/fc46fa086b93a44df859a6326e060d340e54933c

I wrote a TypeScript environment that reflects all exposed API so this naturally shows added and removed API from builds.

Useful depending on what you're looking for.

[full escarp]

nothing specific, more to be aware of what changes i need to do for my mods to be compatible with b42

[red tiger]

Global API calls are in here in the GlobalObject scope: https://github.com/asledgehammer/PipeWrench/commit/fc46fa086b93a44df859a6326e060d340e54933c#diff-e5b1e7a6f33e8c24845ca0cfc729aa6286e54e0e970d91baa17e4eea926e5a61

So if you need to see what parameters changed this can help too.

[full escarp]

thanks! i will look into that

[grave nest]

hi ! did anyone had luck getting a lua remote debugger extension for vscode ?

[normal galleon]

PZ takes a few years after Operation Just Cause, funny mod idea would be to have amps mounted to humvees like the ones used outside Noriega's hiding place and can be used to blast music to attract zombies from far away

[blissful urchin]

Hello everyone, is there any guide on how to publish a mod in the workshop ? 🙂

[crystal canyon]

https://discordapp.com/channels/136501320340209664/232196827577974784/1321724926440243220

look at the bottom of the wiki in this link

[blissful urchin]

Thanksssss 🙂

[zealous wing]

So I'm at my wits end and I need help. Basically I'm trying to add a custom backpack to existing entries in clothing.xml, but doing so completely breaks all clothing on any outfit entry I make changes to? Basically my backpack will spawn okay, but nothing else will. Insights into exactly what I'm doing wrong or literally any help at all I would appreciate.

The pic shows my backpack spawning on the test outfit, but nothing else. THe code is basically the test clothing.xml script I'm using to try and figure this out.

[winter bolt]

the fileguidtable in your mod needs to include every single item you use in any of your outfits

no idea why

[tranquil kindle]

As far as i know (sadly) there is no way to add a single new clothing item to already existing outfits without completly overriding them?

[winter bolt]

no

[zealous wing]

So basically copy the vanilla guidtable into the mod and append it with my modded items basically?

I.e. the specific file in projectzomboid/media?

[winter bolt]

yeah

unless you feel like finding all the items your outfit uses and copying them

[icy yarrow]

so much time wasted troubleshooting due to a bugged appliance...

[winter bolt]

im not sure if theres like a performance or loadtime impact when having a big fileguidtable though

[zealous wing]

That's so stupid and absurd and I am going to try it and it will work, and I will have wasted Christmas evening on this bollocks

[winter bolt]

yeahh

i'd give anything for the guid system to get removed

it only exists to make outfits more painful

[quiet lion]

Is it possible to backport the build 42 heatmap to build 41

[zealous wing]

I have mad respect for Authentic Peach for AuthenticZ in that regard.

Basically they're reading/writing machine code like the mad lunatic that made the first RCT

[icy yarrow]

Why does lua not have a continue statement

[winter bolt]

its not too bad if you comment which items are which but its still extremely fucking tedious

[bronze yoke]

the designers of the language are quite annoying about keeping the language as minimal as possible

later versions of the language get goto which can be used to implement continue but i really dislike it lol

[icy yarrow]

did they not see the benefit of exiting a loop early

[bronze yoke]

i think the argument was always that it wasn't flexible and that something like goto could do the same thing and more

but doing it with goto is ugly and i think literally any other usage of goto is probably bad design so i don't really get it

[icy yarrow]

guess I will just have to use an ugly nested if statement

[zealous wing]

extremely tedious is something I am coming to understand.
I've been at it a couple of days now and I am starting to recognize guids at a glance

b02d is the first 4 of the duffel bag lmao

[queen oasis]

I just use while / for loops. it's ugly but it works.

[bronze yoke]

there's a weird thing some people like doing to emulate continue

for i = a, b do
    repeat
        
    until true
end

within the repeat, break acts as a continue for the for loop

[zealous wing]

@winter bolt it worked lmao, thanks

[icy yarrow]

alright sweet got this properly loading laundry machine

[cunning haven]

Does anyone know if it is possible to make a book that teaches all skills?

[tranquil kindle]

Yes

[round notch]

Anyone noticed this weird log?

[cunning haven]

How would it be done? The xp system seems to work only with a single skill at a time

[winged lotus]

Hi fellow mods devs, do you know if there is a file to get the list of Events we can use to trigger our custom code? In case there is new added / old removed in b42?

[finite scroll]

don't think there's a file, but albion has this github page of documentation
https://github.com/demiurgeQuantified/PZEventDoc/blob/develop/docs/Events.md

[bronze yoke]

https://github.com/demiurgeQuantified/PZEventDoc/blob/develop/docs/Events.md

[finite scroll]

pretty sure it has most of them

if not all

[round notch]

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Lua_Events

Wiki got a lot as well

[bronze yoke]

it has every event, but don't rely too hard on specific information about b41 events since there's not really any way for me to detect what's changed

[winged lotus]

Thanks!

[crystal canyon]

2 questions is there a way to completely hide the UI

[bronze yoke]

you can bind a button to it in the settings, it's unbound by default

[crystal canyon]

is there a command to reveal everything around you?

[crystal canyon]

Damn I love you! Youre so knowledgeable

[blissful urchin]

Guys I developed my first mid and thank you all for the guiding me but I have something very weird but it’s working, my mods does not work in the « 42 » folder but only in « common » folder 😂😂 I don’t figure out why

[bronze yoke]

the main thing to watch out for is the game will refuse to load your mod if there isn't a common folder

it doesn't have to have anything in it but it does have to exist

[digital oxide]

You can set All skill level at max in cheat menu: rebirth

I think, if you check cheat menu used code, it may have the same way in the book

[warm yacht]

I need a savy guy/girl, who is savy with code

Can someone find out why crops are being planted with cursed-true even on good seasons

as in my testing if you turn off seasonal growth the cursed tag is false

[blissful urchin]

Yeah but why my mod works where it is in the common folder but not working anymore when it’s in the 42 ?

[hallow anvil]

What file is now responsible for moodle background colors in B42?

[warm yacht]

I found the code, to do with bad seasons but there is no line to say what a bad season is

[heady ember]

It seems to be setCurSeason()
https://demiurgequantified.github.io/ProjectZomboidJavaDocs/zombie/erosion/season/ErosionSeason.html#setCurSeason(int)

[warm yacht]

Also here it has number's for the months

It's not letting me view it D:

[heady ember]

You mean the documentation website?

[warm yacht]

No that is fine, when i go into the folder location it's all encrypted.... i am a massive noob at this btw 😄

[heady ember]

Its fine, its okay to ask 👍 Must be some administrator rights thing on windows then, or some other windows shenanigans. Either way - i blame Bill Gates

[blissful urchin]

You have to decompile the class

[blissful urchin]

I can check when I am on my computer to see if we can have the month from the object

[round notch]

Anyone know how I can stop B42 from reading data in the base media directory that is associated with B41. I have some AnimSets no longer in use on the B42, but I'm getting 2 errors saying that it's looking for them in B42 folder. Is that a bug?

[bronze yoke]

yes

animations don't seem to have made the transition properly, wait for a fix

[warm yacht]

Yes that went over my head good sir/madam 😄

[hallow anvil]

What lua script in Build 42 is responsible for moodle background colors?

[bronze yoke]

what are you trying to see here exactly? you can see the badMonths in the crop definition you posted after this

[warm yacht]

In my debug testing the tag cursed is being applied even in the sow and best months. That's why plants are not surviving longer then 2 weeks without compost

So i am looking for the line of code that applies cursed

i dont think the math is mathing 😄

[blissful urchin]

I agree, the isbadMonth() method is based on the badMonth array

[warm yacht]

So the cursed tag is being applied regardless

[blissful urchin]

in what month are you testing the cursed tag ?

[rare saddle]

Hello, I'm sure this has already been asked 1000 times, but I can't find the right message: If I have a small mod for 41b, 100% compatible with 42b, do I need to create a separate mod to leave it for both versions?

[winter bolt]

you can just put them both in the same mod folder

b41 will ignore the b42 files and b42 will ignore the b41 files

[blissful urchin]

Did you check these lines ?

elseif self.fertilizer > 2 then -- too much fertilizer and our plant cursed ! self.cursed = true self.health = self.health - 25 end

And these ?

if getSandboxOptions():getOptionByName("PlantGrowingSeasons"):getValue() == true then if not self:isSowMonth() then self.cursed = true elseif self:isRiskMonth() and ZombRand(20) < (11 - skill) then self.cursed = true elseif self:isBestMonth() and ZombRand(20) < (9 + skill) then self.bonusYield = true end end

[warm yacht]

Does not matter, in my testing but you could use the example of radish in july

[round notch]

not with animsets it don't! BUG

[nimble badger]

has anyone figured out the new transforms?

[winter bolt]

most people arent modding animsets tbf so

[warm yacht]

Without any fertilizer or compost also 🙂

i think you found it Ysaaro

That should be false right?

im going to jump into debug and switch that to false i will post my finding

[bronze yoke]

looks normal to me, although a bit confusing

the plant def you posted had every single month either as a sow month or a bad month

[fair python]

Hey, Im very much new here (and to modding in general).
I was stunned to see the new B42 menu screen when I first started playing. And I understand why the devs had to remove it after all of the AI discussions.
I was thinking I could do a simple mod to re-enable those screens back - does anyone know how to acquire those screens again?

[bronze yoke]

if it's not a sow month then it'll be cursed, if it's a risk month then it has a chance of being cursed, and if it's a best month it has a chance of (presumably) extra yield

[warm yacht]

yeah thats how it supposed to work, but it's not the cursed tag is always being applied i have change that line of code to false to see if that fixes it

[nimble badger]

unless someone saved the image the n I dont think youll have much luck, (I havent seached yet)

[blissful urchin]

keep us informed 🙂

[warm yacht]

it worked Ysarro you are a beast

[blissful urchin]

Acquiring idk if they are not available anymore in the media files, but you can add your own images as a mod if you want 🙂

[warm yacht]

I am going to try a crop where july is a bad month now

[blissful urchin]

You're welcome 😄

[warm yacht]

I spoke too soon

[blissful urchin]

Aaaah 😦

[warm yacht]

this is corn Where july is a bad month, and does not have cursed applied

[bronze yoke]

because you just told it to always make cursed months not cursed

[warm yacht]

Ill revert it back and post

July is not a bad month

for radish

[fair python]

Yeah, I tried searching for it and unfortunately no luck

[warm yacht]

It's so weird man

[warped valve]

I got around to making a video about FrameworkZ (a framework I'm making for Project Zomboid): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2ObvIJjFCw

[blissful urchin]

I think MoodlesUI java class. The background colors work with filters in background textures, but not sure how it works exactly

[mellow frigate]

        self.Border = getTexture("media/ui/Moodles/Border.png");
        self.Background = getTexture("media/ui/Moodles/Background.png");

[hallow anvil]

thanks

[crystal canyon]

Its so fucking hard to capture a good video for the map review

all my ui is hidden, the character is hidden but when panning, the damn buildings cutout

[blissful urchin]

It retrieve only to you the background texture, but does not change the color :/

[hallow anvil]

I'll figure it out
(probably)

[mellow frigate]

check Moodle Framework mod (folder 42) MF_ISMoodle.lua lines 249-250.

[hallow anvil]

I don't really understand how to work with all this
I'm looking for a file that has vanilla moodle background colors to change them so they are visible more clearly

[blissful urchin]

My only find on how texture are changed is on there below, I don't have any idea on how it works, have no background on texturing:

short var7 = 9985; short var8 = 9729; this.Background.getTextureId().setMinFilter(var7); this.Background.getTextureId().setMagFilter(var8); this.Border.getTextureId().setMinFilter(var7); this.Border.getTextureId().setMagFilter(var8); this.DrawTextureScaledCol( this.Background, (double)((int)var4), (double)((int)this.MoodleSlotsPos[var3]), (double)this.width, (double)this.width, var6 ); this.DrawTextureScaled( this.Border, (double)((int)var4), (double)((int)this.MoodleSlotsPos[var3]), (double)this.width, (double)this.width, (double)this.alpha ); float var9 = this.width; double var10 = Math.ceil((double)((this.width - var9) / 2.0F)); var5.getTextureId().setMinFilter(var7); var5.getTextureId().setMagFilter(var8);

[mellow frigate]

your var6 is the color.

If you wanna change the color reference set by TIS, they opened the interface in B42 here: ```lua
--Java:
--Core.setBadHighlitedColor(ColorInfo var1) {
-- this.OptionBadHighlightColor.setValueVarArgs((double)var1.r, (double)var1.g, (double)var1.b);
-- this.badHighlitedColor.set(var1);
-- }
-- same for Core.setGoodHighlitedColor Core.getGoodHighlitedColor

local colorInfo = getCore:getBadHighlitedColor()--this is how you can get bad color reference.
local newR = (colorInfo:getR()+1)/2--new red component is twice MORE red
local g = colorInfo:getG()
local b = colorInfo:getB()
local a = colorInfo:getA()
colorInfo:set(newR,g,b,a)--for each value 0=min, 1=max
getCore:setBadHighlitedColor(colorInfo)--this is how you can change bad color reference.

I'll add this to MoodleFramework

[cunning haven]

these usually dont have a code, they just use debug features. It is also not the same as getting the xp modifiers from books

[signal ibex]

ohh wow thanks for the updated event list in 42
also contains OnZombieCreate for lua event when zombies spawn 😄

[bright fog]

Yup OnZombieCreate will be very very useful

[mellow frigate]

back on your topic, you can change bad and good color references from OPTIONS / ACCESSIBILITY. those are already primary colors though and they are used for many other things so beware. to get more primary moodles, you would need to change java code &/or Color.gray values.

[noble shell]

Is there a way to take control of a new instance of IsoPlayer?

[crystal canyon]

damn, for some reason, it doesnt want to read my .bik video for the map preview

[sly gazelle]

How can i get the ZoomX/Y/S for an specific place in the map for the map.info?

[crystal canyon]

its a pain

[sly gazelle]

at first i thought it was a matter of just loading the ~170MB worldmap.png on a tool to get coordinates like this one and then trying to get the coordinate i was interested

but seems like the coordinate i'm getting for muldraugh (for example) is different that the vanilla map.info gives 🤷

[crystal canyon]

Maybe this function can be modified to get coords as well

[sly gazelle]

wait...

are these coordinates the same that appeared in the b41 zomboid map? https://map.projectzomboid.com/

[crystal canyon]

yes

[sly gazelle]

but what about the zooms variable?

[crystal canyon]

but its a pain if you want to get the coords for new regions

[sly gazelle]

i'm porting a b41 spawn point mod for myself, so dont need to mess with new regions

[crystal canyon]

for zoom, sepends, if you want to get close-ish try 14.5

[sly gazelle]

thanks

[silent zealot]

Why not just right click on floor in debug mode:

[crystal canyon]

oh right hahahahaha\

[sly gazelle]

https://tenor.com/view/steve-carell-the-office-yikes-gif-25728224

[crystal canyon]

sometimes the simplest way goes /woosh

[sly gazelle]

didnt paid attention haha

thanks a lot

[silent zealot]

I was trying to figure out how to get player co-ordinates and then I saw that and was... oh.

[bronze yoke]

it's active even in normal mode for unstable

[silent zealot]

Mod idea for after DIY schematics is "naked and alone" that spawns you in a random campsite with no clothes or equipment and a hangover.

[crystal canyon]

ok, I converted my video to bink 1 format, added it to videos folder, added it to the map info, but it doesnt want to play!!!

[crystal canyon]

Im already making a spawn point mod that puts you in the most remote locations I could find on the vanilla map
{worldX = 0, worldY = 25, posX = 292, posY = 99} --Isolated Spawn
{worldX = 17, worldY = 25, posX = 247, posY = 108} --Isolated Spawn 2
{worldX = 18, worldY = 44, posX = 22, posY = 209}
{worldX = 28, worldY = 44, posX = 256, posY = 115}
{worldX = 41, worldY = 40, posX = 251, posY = 225}
{worldX = 40, worldY = 33, posX = 277, posY = 217}
{worldX = 43, worldY = 24, posX = 299, posY = 294}
{worldX = 48, worldY = 6, posX = 130, posY = 236}
{worldX = 14, worldY = 43, posX = 224, posY = 72}

trying to get the new video preview thing figured out first >.<

[silent zealot]

hahahahah

I'm taking a break from modding to play the game for a few hours.

[crystal canyon]

I like these middle of nowhere/caveman challenges

[silent zealot]

I think I figured out all the code I need to tweak for DIY schematics, except for teh context menu action which I have a rough idea where/how I need to alter it.

[silent zealot]

Really needs mods or crafting rework to avoid getting utterly stuck without schematics

or you can just do pre-metal tech

[crystal canyon]

agreed, but at least we have the framework already. This new crafting system can really become very robust

Ah, i see whats wrong with the video. It wants to load it from
LOG : General f:0, t:1735264714115> Unable to load video texture C:\Games\Steam\steamapps\common\ProjectZomboid\media\videos\FishingCabin.bik.

[silent zealot]

Yes, huge improvment in a lot of ways.

[crystal canyon]

not from my mods media\videos folder

[silent zealot]

Same with the aiming system - such a shame it has been badly received because of the issues, because it's amazing

[crystal canyon]

i started to get the gist of the aiming system. I got to the conclusion that it is off-centered. If I aim that the center is slightly left of the zombie, i tend to hit more

[silent zealot]

disable pan-on-aim

And I'm pretty sure some animations are a problem - for example when a zombie bangs their head on a door, the hitbox seems to stay in the on-door position and does not move with the head.

Also, get a pump action shotgun, Right click -> edit and change the range from 12 to 18.

[crystal canyon]

will try on my next run

[silent zealot]

Feels like a much more natural range

optianl: edit the crosshairs in the UI settings to taste

Actually I should make a quick mod for +50% shotgun distance

[crystal canyon]

ive noticed that a lot of youtubers are trying to play as if it were b41 and they even arent reading the item or action tooltips

[silent zealot]

Once I noticed I had to aim for teh head things got better

[bronze yoke]

the gun changes definitely would've been a lot better received if people knew what to expect

[silent zealot]

M9 is weak though - with aiming four still takes 2 or 3 hits for a kill a lot of the time.

[crystal canyon]

and a lot of their complaints come down to them not reading

[silent zealot]

And starting with a M9, and probably zero aiming

So you shoot, enough zombies come over to panic you, then you have no chance even if you know how to use the gun.

[crystal canyon]

that too, at aiming 2, i can kill in 2 shots

so, how can I put the file path so it reads from the correct location?
https://demiurgequantified.github.io/ProjectZomboidJavaDocs/zombie/gameStates/ChooseGameInfo.Map.html#setDemoVideo(java.lang.String)

[verbal raft]

HI everyone, what's the best reference for methods/events? I can find some on the wiki but not all

[crystal canyon]

title=Cabin Spawns: Fisherman's Cabin
lots=Muldraugh, KY
description=Cabin to the south east of muldraugh. Close enough to loot town easily, has a sink.
description=
description=
zoomX=11063
zoomY=10637
zoomS=14.5
demoVideo=FishingCabin.bik

this makes it load from pz videos folder

[crystal canyon]

https://github.com/demiurgeQuantified/PZEventDoc/blob/develop/docs/Events.md

[silent zealot]

How's this for stupid mod idea: Accurate Digital Watches. Replace the easy to use alarm setting UI with 2 buttons and make you click through hours, minutes, and on/off with one button and the other increase the value. Just like actual cheap digital watchs from the 1900s.

[silent zealot]

Is that for B42?

Seeing the horrible orange streetlights made me wonder what other terrible aspects of the 1900s I've forgotten. 😂

[bronze yoke]

b42 events are present and have partial documentation, i haven't reviewed if any b41 information has become inaccurate

[silent zealot]

The game already has torches woth low power beams that eat batteries in minutes so that does not need a mod.

[verbal raft]

I've found this for methods, is it a good reference?

https://projectzomboid.com/modding/zombie/characters/ILuaGameCharacter.html#HasTrait(java.lang.String)

[verbal raft]

There's definitely a few, OnGameStart is now OnNewGame so I'd expect to find others

[crystal canyon]

I actually love the color of those sodium vapor lamps

beautiful amber

[bronze yoke]

in b41 both existed, are you sure OnGameStart no longer fires?

OnNewGame was once per character and OnGameStart was every time you created/loaded into a save, so both were useful

[crystal canyon]

OnGameStart still works, my mod uses it

[bronze yoke]

that's for b41, this is for b42 https://demiurgequantified.github.io/ProjectZomboidJavaDocs/

[kindred grove]

CDDA Reading mod got updated for B42 but I think it broke it on B41. Do mods have versioning file structures? I see he threw everything into a /B42/ folder and I'm wondering if that's why its not loading the lua anymore. Would love to try and fix it myself.

[crystal canyon]

Events.OnGameStart.Add(function()
    local player = getPlayer()
    if player then
        replaceTraits(player)
    end
end)


Events.OnCreateLivingCharacter.Add(function()
    print("[DEBUG] OnCreateLivingCharacter triggered")
    traitsInitialized = false
    exclusivitySet = false
    professionsInitialized = false
    initializeTraits()
    setMutualExclusivity()
    initProfessions()
    traitsInitialized = true
    exclusivitySet = true
    professionsInitialized = true
end)

[bronze yoke]

only in b42, previous versions did not have this and don't support it - if there's nothing outside of the 42 folder then he deleted the entire 41 version for no reason

[kindred grove]

Thank you. I don't suppose theres a way to download a previous workshop version? I'll try just throwing all the lua outside the folder.

[bronze yoke]

so where b42 would load mod files from MyMod/42/, b41 just loads from MyMod/ (so there should be MyMod/mod.info, MyMod/media/, etc)

[kindred grove]

Gotcha. I'll see if I can rig this together. Dev here with zero Zomboid modding experience lol

[crystal canyon]

https://catalogue.smods.ru/game/project-zomboid/

you might still be able to get the previous version here. search by modid

[kindred grove]

Oh sweet. Thank you

[crystal canyon]

So if i put the video in the pz videos folder, it works. I need to figure out how can I put the path. Its weird beccause for preview image, it loads straight from the map folder

i wonder if it reads it if i put ./ before the vide filename

[verbal raft]

Uh, they probably do yes, good chance I just screwed up folder structure on that one...

[kindred grove]

Is there a way I can prevent the server from updating CDDA after I change the files? Worried it'll reach out and detect changes and update again.

[crystal canyon]

load themm from the mods folder

in your users Zomboid folder

[kindred grove]

Not 100% clear. This is a server I rent. Usually updates on restart.

[crystal canyon]

ah, i see

[kindred grove]

Maybe just have to make it its own mod

[crystal canyon]

not sure then, since every server hoster is different. You could upload it as hidden

and only people with the link can sub to it