mod_development

[blissful urchin]

Thanks for sharing this doc, did not know about it

I want it as a sandbox options because there is no sense for using it in-game, does the doc is also for sandbox options or only for in-game mod options ?

[bright fog]

Only mod options

[sour island]

I do wish sandbox options were available in SP by default- I know there's mods, but yeah...

[bright fog]

Albion has a doc for sandbox options I believe

[bright fog]

Uh?

[sour island]

Like modifiable

[bright fog]

Ah yea

Like to modify other mods sandbox options

That'd be amazing

Or just straight up use the same system for sure

[blissful urchin]

Thanks anyway Doggy Jvla

@silent zealot Thanks man

Maybe saved some work hours

[bright fog]

https://github.com/demiurgeQuantified/PZModdingGuides/blob/main/guides%2FSandboxOptions.md

[blissful urchin]

https://tenor.com/view/leonardo-dicaprio-clapping-clap-applause-amazing-gif-11638060812026845608

Thanks !

[sour island]

Just to put it out in the world but I used to make mod options hosts could lock to a setting using EasyConfig -- it could probably be done using a sandbox option instead.

Probably overkill as it being a sandbox option would suffice, but people get weird about downloading more mods.

[flint brook]

            player:getBodyDamage():setSicknessLevel(currentSickness - 1)
            if player:getBodyDamage():getSicknessleve() < 0 then
                player:getBodyDamage():setSicknessLevel(0)

does this work?

this will happen when the player is asleep

[silent zealot]

No idea if it will work, but check if the value is less than zero before setting it instead of setting it to something weird and invalid, reading it back and setting it again.

[flint brook]

ok

[silent zealot]

You wouldn't want to set sickness to -1, overflow an unsigned int and suddenly have 4,294,967,296 sickness.

...or more likely have the Java API throw an error about invalid input.

[flint brook]

for now i did not had this type of problem, i play with a lot of mods and for some reason my sickness value keeps increasing very slowly, until i die from fever, no matter what i do, in the first few days of the game. I want to do the change in code above so everytime i go to sleep my sickness value goes to 0, so i don't have to deal with that anymore

[sour island]

Are you near alot of bodies?

Alot of people aren't aware of bodies causing sickness and assume it's a mod.

[flint brook]

nope

i kill few zombies near where i live, but is never more than 10 zombies. It is a mod thing mostly, probably related to traits, since i don't get the same problem in vanilla.

[round notch]

They definitely cranked up the sickness near bodies in B42

[sour island]

Do you have any mods like susceptible?

[blissful urchin]

@bronze yoke I see that you documented this, is is not possible to divide the sandbox page by sections ? Like it is done with vanilla sandbox options pages ?

[flint brook]

i don't have susceptible, and honestly i am not sure what mod is causing the issues, since i have a lot of them. If i found out i will tell you guys.

it is probably because i have "more traits dynamic" and "Evolving trait worlds dynamic" and they are not compatible, but idk.

Also, i am playing in 41 still, not 42.

[bright fog]

this guide was for B41, so maybe

[undone elbow]

Does rawget really work?

[bright fog]

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Visual_Studio_Code#Zed_Script

New section about Zed Script, a VSCode extension to typing scripts which can help in formating those

[north raven]

Is there a suggested fix for zfighting for items on the ground yet?

[bright fog]

zfighting for items on the ground ?

[north raven]

I have flat items that when placed on the ground have zfighting issues with teh floor that was not present in 41. I'm thinking it's probably related to the way lighting may be done now.

Someone had mentioned that it was a common thing. The item I'm placing is only a single plane model so that may be something that can be modified to fix it.

[nimble badger]

it happens even with tiles now

[tranquil kindle]

Vanila items, or modded ones?

[bright fog]

wtf does zfighting even mean

Does that mean like flat textures mixing ?

[winter bolt]

when polygons overlap they fight over which one gets rendered so its flickers between them

[bright fog]

It's because now tiles have actual 3D surfaces in a way, so probably put the model a bit higher on the Z axis ?

[winter bolt]

you could try making it float maybe

[bright fog]

So instead of being Z=0

Make it Z=0.01 or idk

[pastel thorn]

Good day all!
Maybe its a bit easy question, but anyway I want to be sure, that this is working as expected.
How does PZ resolve relative paths? I mean, if im trying to add Icon = MyMod/SomethingWithoutExtension
It will lookup inside the path:

Contents/mods/<MyMod_placeholder>/media/textures/.. and I could make whatever folder between .png and /textures folder? The main thing is to prevent duplicated names?

[tranquil kindle]

I'd suggest "world" attachment in Attachment editor

[north raven]

I'd thought I'd tried that, but I was still re-learning how to mod just updating for the first time in a year so I may have updated files in the wrong location. I'll try it again now that I'm more coherant about it.

[tranquil kindle]

"world" attachments allow you to change position of ground models on all 3 axis without any programs but your game

Launch game in debug mode, in debug/cheat menu find "attachment editor" top left you should have option to import model, select one you want to change. If it has "world" attachment, you can edit it, if it doesn't, create new attachment, select it and change name for "world" no uppercases*. Then once you hit enter to save name, you should have window pop up on right top corner with model you have chosen

There should be option to "disable right hand orientation or something like this", its small checkbox, disable it. Now it shows you model how it will look exacly. Select attachment world and play around this tool to raise it.

[bronze yoke]

before any lua loads so before any events

you can just use VehicleScript:Load()

[bronze yoke]

it's not possible, unfortunately the vanilla sandbox options are not made the same way so we can't do everything they do

also from my brief checks absolutely nothing has been changed about sandbox options since i wrote this

[frank swan]

thank you so much! this helps tons!!

[north raven]

Thank you, I'll give that a try. Seems like a great solution.

[tranquil kindle]

Thats exacly what attachment editor does, but it can be previewed in that tool

And once saved with it, it will work real time so you can instantly see the result, where if you were to modify model script, you need to restart

[north raven]

Gotcha

[bronze yoke]

to clarify this, the syntax is something like:```lua
local vehicle = ScriptManager.instance:getVehicle("Base.CarNormal")
if vehicle then
vehicle:Load(vehicle:getName(), "{ part Foo { ... } }")
end

it is very strict about curly brackets and (at least in b41) it's very strict about every key/value line having a comma at the end, even if it's the last one

[flint brook]

i will try a new thing.
I just need to know where is the folder with the "Zomboid Globals". Then, i will create a new mod, with the defines to be just like vanilla, so the increases/decreases in sickness, fatigue, hunger, stress, etc, will be normal again.

[vivid imp]

Can someone help me figure out the issue with the texture pointer in this xml? The player keeps turning into a checkerman when equipping the item, even though the <textureChoices> line should point towards a correct texture

<clothingItem>
    <m_MaleModel></m_MaleModel>
    <m_FemaleModel></m_FemaleModel>
    <m_GUID>e3e4b0cd-9adb-4b10-8a5a-8da2dcde21f7</m_GUID>
    <m_Static>false</m_Static>
    <m_AllowRandomHue>false</m_AllowRandomHue>
    <m_AllowRandomTint>false</m_AllowRandomTint>
    <m_AttachBone></m_AttachBone>
    <textureChoices>clothes\Paddlefruit\Trousers_Yasogami</textureChoices>
</clothingItem>```

Pretty much all my mod files and textures are in the 'common' folder, is this the issue?

Note that 'Trousers_Yasogami' is the texture file, (but I left out the .png)

[blissful urchin]

Yea it’s ok I just separated by pages, thanks a lot for the doc !

[umbral ingot]

So the first var is the existing script name and the second var is what you want to append to it?

[bronze yoke]

yeah

it's literally just the main script reading function but since it doesn't reset itself or anything you can add with it

the name has to be the same just because it sets the name to whatever you pass it since it's not supposed to be used like this anyway

[umbral ingot]

Hmm I'm looping through all the scripts at game start and adding to them but it's not showing up.

part DomeLight
{
    area = engine,
    mechanicRequireKey = false,
    category = lights,
    specificItem = true,
    lua {
        create = Vehicles.Create.DIDomeLight,
        init = Vehicles.Init.DIDomeLight,
        update = Vehicles.Update.DIDomeLight,
    }
}
]]
local function addNewVehiclePart(vehicleName, part)

    local vehicle = ScriptManager.instance:getVehicle(vehicleName)
    if vehicle then
        print(vehicle)
        print(part)
        vehicle:Load(vehicle:getName(), part)
    end

end```
Might just be calling it at the wrong time though

[ornate sand]

Aren't your \ the wrong way? 😄
Shouldn't they be / instead?

[vivid imp]

I tried that as well, no dice

[bronze yoke]

you need to enclose your entire script in { }

[bright fog]

Updated Lua API
First version of the page. More to come. You can already start linking it to new modders
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Lua_(API)

[umbral ingot]

like this?

{   part DomeLight
    {
    area = engine,
    mechanicRequireKey = false,
    category = lights,
    specificItem = true,
        lua {
            create = Vehicles.Create.DIDomeLight,
            init = Vehicles.Init.DIDomeLight,
            update = Vehicles.Update.DIDomeLight,
        }
    }
}
]]```

[bronze yoke]

yeah

[tulip valve]

Is there any way to change back so if a watch is in your inventory you still see the time ui on screen? I put armor on both arms where watch is and they replace the watch slot sadly

I understand its supposed to be a drawback but its so annoying having too look at the watch in inventory all the time to see exact time lol

[vivid imp]

Is there any documentation on what the <textureChoices> line does when making a clothingItem? I'm stumped

Where does it start the file search, media/textures?

[ornate sand]

<textureChoices>clothes\bag\Ammopack2</textureChoices>
<textureChoices>clothes\bag\Ammopack2B</textureChoices>
Those are for my ammo "fannypacks" and one of them is for a military green camo texture and the other for a dark gray neutral texture.

[vivid imp]

Where are your fanny pack textures stored relative to the main mod folder?

[ornate sand]

42/media/textures/clothes/bag

[vivid imp]

This xml file is stored in (main mod directory)/42.0/media/clothing/clothingItems/Tousers_Yasogami.xml

My texture is stored in (main mod directory)/common/media/textures/clothes/Paddlefruit/Legs/Trousers_Yasogami.png

<clothingItem>
    <m_MaleModel></m_MaleModel>
    <m_FemaleModel></m_FemaleModel>
    <m_GUID>3b9a7b39-9587-476e-8474-a38db5aa8c0a</m_GUID>
    <m_Static>false</m_Static>
    <m_AllowRandomTint>false</m_AllowRandomTint>
    <m_AttachBone></m_AttachBone>
    <textureChoices>clothes\Paddlefruit\Legs\Trousers_Yasogami</textureChoices>
</clothingItem>```

So should I move the texture from common to 42?

[ornate sand]

If you're making a B42 mod you gotta have all your data in 42

[vivid imp]

hmmmmmm ok

[ornate sand]

My common folders are empty on every single one of my B42 mods lol

[umbral ingot]

Thank you! Got it working now just need to reload all of the vehicle scripts the right time and they'll all reset with a dome light added on.

[vivid imp]

Damn, its still not working

Not sure what I'm doing wrong honestly. Is it doing something weird since its just a pants texture and not a mesh?

[ornate sand]

You might need the models too. And I remembered the attachbone thing giving me an aneurysm until I just went off and made my bags static instead of skinned so I could get around it.

[vivid imp]

What model tho? I was under the impression that some pants just slap a texture onto the player character without a mesh, which is what I'm trying to emulate

Do I need to set static to true?

[ornate sand]

The type of pants you're going for? If you want those skin tight pants then find their model, copypaste it, rename it, and try to link it in your xml with your new texture

[vivid imp]

hmmmm ok

[ornate sand]

If you're just going to use them as the template to wrap your texture around, you ought to try to keep them skinned first. Just to see if it will work.

So you'll need a new folder in your mod at:
42/media/models_X/Skinned/Clothes <- and put the copypasted pants model(s) in there

[vivid imp]

Finally

The problem is its not that skintight mesh I was looking for... but more experimenting is needed then!

Thanks for your help @ornate sand

[ornate sand]

Try the skinny leather pants model 😄 That might look pretty rad

[vivid imp]

Hmmm good idea lemme see if I can find it

The only leather skinned clothes model is that leather jacket... I feel like a different method is used for those skintight pants you can get at character creation and the like

[ornate sand]

<m_MaleModel>skinned\clothes\bob_trousers</m_MaleModel> <- That's the whiteTINT model isn't it?

[vivid imp]

Thats the one I used in the photo I think

[ornate sand]

heeeey

Above allowrandomtint there's also an allowrandomhue entry for the skintight "no model" vanilla pants

Your xml doesn't have that entry

<clothingItem>
<m_MaleModel></m_MaleModel>
<m_FemaleModel></m_FemaleModel>
<m_GUID>18ccabec-7fcc-4446-94a8-fd94e2fe9637</m_GUID>
<m_Static>false</m_Static>
<m_AllowRandomHue>false</m_AllowRandomHue>
<m_AllowRandomTint>false</m_AllowRandomTint>
<m_AttachBone></m_AttachBone>
<m_BaseTextures>clothes\trousers_mesh\trousers_white</m_BaseTextures>
</clothingItem>

[vivid imp]

Yeah I removed that but I don't really believe that would change much tbh

The big kicker about that vanilla XML entry is the lack of anything between the MaleModel and FemaleModel entries

[ornate sand]

well I mean hue is a color setting so maybe the game needs to know it's 'false' to load the texture? Idk, I sure don't miss making clothing items now

[vivid imp]

Ill try it once more

[ornate sand]

Also might be the folder structure again. So maybe try foldering it like:
42/media/textures/Clothes/Trousers_Mesh <- because vanilla does the skintights like that

[vivid imp]

Yeah changing the XML to look more like the vanilla tint pants results in the return of checkerman

<clothingItem>
    <m_MaleModel></m_MaleModel>
    <m_FemaleModel></m_FemaleModel>
    <m_GUID>3b9a7b39-9587-476e-8474-a38db5aa8c0a</m_GUID>
    <m_Static>false</m_Static>
    <m_AllowRandomHue>false</m_AllowRandomHue>
    <m_AllowRandomTint>false</m_AllowRandomTint>
    <m_AttachBone></m_AttachBone>
    <textureChoices>clothes\Paddlefruit\Legs\Trousers_Yasogami</textureChoices>
</clothingItem>```

Hmmm nope changing the folder structure like that didnt work either

[ornate sand]

Wait a freaking minute-rino

It's not <textureChoices>

it's <m_BaseTextures>

[vivid imp]

I saw that too and tried that but this time it spat out a bajillion errors... Ill try once more tho

WAIT THAT WORKED LMAO

[ornate sand]

🥳

[vivid imp]

Ok we cracked it, you use <textureChoices> ONLY when adding textures onto a 3D model you wear, but you use <m_BaseTextures> when actually slapping the texture onto the main body

yayyy thank you

[ornate sand]

Cool beans man

No problem either.
Now you fix the AnimSets so I can customize firing rates between a slow firing heavy caliber battle rifle and a minigun okay?

😄

[vivid imp]

As a beginning modder I can totally do that for sure

[ornate sand]

Is that Freddie Mercury btw

[vivid imp]

Haha he does look like it lol

[winter bolt]

textures and models can be in in common

[ornate sand]

Oh that's good to know.

[winter bolt]

you need to use m_BaseTextures instead of textureChoices

textureChoices is for items that use a model

m_BaseTextures is for items that add a texture to the character

[vivid imp]

Yup we figured that out with blood sweat and tears haha

[ornate sand]

You're like 4 minutes late spongie 😄

[winter bolt]

oh rip

discord didnt scroll down

[leaden pelican]

is week one out yet

[vivid imp]

I appreciate it tho!

[ornate sand]

Have you cracked the AnimSets problem for guns yet spongie?

[winter bolt]

ive never touched guns in my life 💀

[ornate sand]

What a waste... (jk)

[winter bolt]

theres like 20 gun mods so not really

[ornate sand]

So tomorrow morning I find out that you must place custom AnimSets in the common folder instead of 42 or they can't work and then I'll have a nervous breakdown and actually model in the M134 Minigun and give it a 200% spawnchance in every Chevalier Dart's glove compartment

[flint brook]

      FoodSicknessDecrease = 0.002,
      FatigueIncrease = 0.0000245,
      UnhappinessIncrease = 0.00005,
}```
Will this decrease the rate of sickness and fatigue, or i need to change something else?  My character is getting extremely tired after 6 in game hours, and is always depressed, since every 2 seconds he loses 1 of happiness.

[old ginkgo]

AnimSets folder is broken for 42 file structure atm. So you need to keep it in the old b41 file structure and the 42 file structure for it to work right now.

Already reported it so hopefully the next major update fixes it.

Animation FBX files also need to be placed in the Bob folder under anims_x for b42.

[crystal canyon]

I am awake... at last!

https://tenor.com/view/i-am-awake-join-discord-lousey-louse-discord-gif-8551778392223970934

[bright fog]

New wiki page
Explains how to create items, and how to spawn them in and place them in inventories
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/InventoryItem

[ebon dagger]

Anyone working on "developing film" with the new basements and the photo labs etc? I don't want to double up effort lol.

[crystal canyon]

well,

Soul filcher had this mod for b41 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2810116138

and he is now working for TIS

I'm sure it has a high chance of either it being added to game, or Soul Filcher updating it. He already has updated 2 of his mods to B42

[ebon dagger]

Good call out!

[ebon dagger]

the big mod I'm working on adds 100's of lore items in the form of "evidence" for uncovering the dark conspiracy around the outbreak, as an expansion of my mod "They Knew". One item is undeveloped film, and I was thinking, well, what if I made them able to be developed.

[crystal canyon]

sounds cool

kinda in line with what I want to add

[ebon dagger]

I'll maybe try and respectfully message Soulfilcher and ask about using the code.

[crystal canyon]

I want to add a radio station that hosts a talk radio show on par with Coast to Coast AM where citizens call and talk about conspiracy theories. Day one they'll talk about ufos and random conspiracies, and then as days progresss theyll talk about whats goin on in the exclusion zone

[ebon dagger]

So, I just did a mod like that, feel free to use my code!

[crystal canyon]

😮

[ebon dagger]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3395616087

[crystal canyon]

oh nice

[ebon dagger]

It uses the same code base as the AEBS, and dynamically generates broadcasts.

It doesn't need the GUIDS and stuff like the other radio tech uses.

[crystal canyon]

I see, I downloaded some old coast to coast shows with art bell and I'm looking for a software to transcribe the audio to text, so I can use real shows

and they are all from 1993

[ebon dagger]

That would be a fun mod.

[crystal canyon]

Thanks for giving permission to use your mod as a base

[ebon dagger]

No problem!

[icy yarrow]

I realy need to work on my mod, but I can't be bothered to deal with Tilezed

[crystal canyon]

hahaha I cant wait for official tools to be released so I can use my favorite map mods again. I hope they update since its hard to update without the original files

Im sure there is a way but everyone is very secretive about it. I for one want to bring this mod back to life. It was even removed from the workshop until I brought it back unlisted. Would love to fix and update it.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2743285515

[icy yarrow]

Unfortunately, I think that a bunch of super popular map mods aren't going to get updated to 41 by their authors

[crystal canyon]

yeah, they really dont need to do much for the initial port. They just wont have basements. all they need to do is (recompile?) using the new tools

[icy yarrow]

depends on the mod. With the new stuff in 42, some will definitely have to move

[crystal canyon]

My top map mods are:
Lake Ivy
Constown
Hartburg
Pineville
Greenport
Muldraugh - West outskirts Shipping Company
SecretZ
Shelters

I also love Big Bear Lake but that one needs some fixes and dont like that cuts off the campgrounds

[ebon dagger]

Ok, more random questions to throw at the wall:

Is there a tool for getting screenshots like this from game models?

[crystal canyon]

I think they used some machinima, not sure if loading the models into blender and creating a scene but im interested in knowing as well. Ive seen some youtubers using pz models for animations, maybe they would know

[clear spear]

Have you tried my new map? (B41)

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3391173474

[crystal canyon]

Ooooh! I hadnt seen the city version. I used Shortrest County before. I guess this is an expansion?

[clear spear]

Expansion indeed.

[crystal canyon]

Ill give it a go. I liked the county version but found it too small

[clear spear]

Still B41... since B42 is not suitable for proper mapmods (even though there are some)

[clear spear]

I would be glad if you played it and tell me how you like it!

[crystal canyon]

yeah, I got both 41 and 42 installed so I can play it ;p

[torn igloo]

Is the new modding events available on unstable b42 yet?

[clear spear]

nope

[bronze yoke]

like lua events? there's some new ones yeah

[flint brook]

yep, it was the bodies, i am big dumb, you were right. But i learnt more about zomboid code, so it was not totally wasted time on my part.

[icy yarrow]

Is there a tool for merging multiple png into a tilesheet?

[tranquil reef]

Any tutorial on custom animations for the player

[crystal canyon]

any recommendations to make items not sink halfway on the ground on b42?

thanks for that!

[ebon dagger]

Does fileGuidTable have an import function? Or do I just need to add lines for every base Item I use?

[tacit pebble]

is there any way to restrict type of the value on custom input box of narrative mod option?

type means string, int, float, double, ... and min max if it's number

[bronze yoke]

it does not, and yes you do have to do that

[ebon dagger]

Fair, thanks for the reply!

[crystal canyon]

mostly, I used the barrel tiles

for example,

but I noticed a problem with entities. If I use industry_01_22 in one entity, I cant use it in any other

[bright fog]

Use the other type of mod options

Sliders

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Mod_Options#Slider

[tacit pebble]

I don't think it's good for readability and intuitive so trying to avoid using sliders

[bright fog]

Well idk what you want, it's literally a min and max value, it's exactly what you want, but I agree it's not very ergonomic for now

[bright fog]

My guess is that you can use the apply function for force the value

apply function > go through your options and access this specific option, force to a min max value

[tacit pebble]

dont worry slider is actually what I wanted but it's slider.. 🤣

[crystal canyon]

right now I'm testing with the MashingLogic for entities. It mostly works but I dont know how to mess with panels and UI stuff

[bright fog]

Yea it would appreciate a typing box

For the value

[tacit pebble]

yep you know when step of the value is 0.1 then slider is like... pain.. so for now I'm just using function and let them free text box.
okay I'm gonna think about this and maybe post something to request thread. thanks 🙂

[bright fog]

#1318920979581501502 message

Made a request yea

Also the slider is very small

[crystal canyon]

and lastly this is the last entity I messed with,

    xuiSkin default
    {
        entity ES_Metalworkbench
        {
            LuaWindowClass      = ISEntityWindow,
            DisplayName         = Metal Workbench,
        }
    }

    entity Metalworkbench
    {
        component UiConfig
        {
            xuiSkin         = default,
            entityStyle     = ES_Metalworkbench,
            uiEnabled       = true,
        }

        component CraftBench
        {
            Recipes             = MetalWorkbench,
        }

        component SpriteConfig
        {
            face S
            {
                layer
                {
                    row = crafted_02_0 crafted_02_1,
                }
            }
              face E
          {
                layer
                {
                    row = crafted_02_3,
                    row = crafted_02_2,
                }
            }
        }
                                
        component CraftRecipe
        {
            timedAction   = BuildWoodenStructureMedium,
            time          = 150,
            category      = Carpentry,
            ToolTip       = Tooltip_craft_metalWorkbenchDesc,

            inputs
            {
                item 1 [Base.BenchAnvil],
                item 1 [Base.CrudeBenchVise],
                item 1 tags[Hammer] mode:keep flags[MayDegradeLight],
                item 1 tags[Saw] mode:keep flags[MayDegradeLight;Prop1],
                item 6 [Base.Plank] flags[Prop2],
                item 20 [Base.Nails],
            }
        }
    }

just a static workbench that is a crafting station for specific recipes that have the tag MetalWorkbench

[tacit pebble]

as a graphic designer irl, slider sucks but I should think about if there any better solution than slider.
because args will be duplicated if we merge the type option and that's another problem.

[bright fog]

Tbf you can mod the sliders to be longer

Definitely doable

[tacit pebble]

or maybe this input box..?

[bright fog]

Yea was my idea

An input box I guess is the name

[tacit pebble]

oh you already posted about this what a man

i just saw that thread

[crystal canyon]

type = double,
min = 0, max = 100,
default = 1.0,
wouldn't double work? whats wrong with it? you can limit the options

[crystal canyon]

just saw* 😄

[bright fog]

That's a sandbox option

But we're talking about mod options

[tacit pebble]

i was correct at the first and messed 🤣 thanks. those are helping me a lots.

[crystal canyon]

ah, i see

[crystal canyon]

No worries, I was going to college to be an ESL (English as a second language) teacher, so some stuff about helping others stuck with me

[tranquil reef]

This seems impossible but can I have a world item change tint based on code?

Or use multiple textures and just swap which one I want it to use on command?

[full escarp]

when i want to add custom moodles and don't want to use the moodle framework
i assume that i would need to handle all the on screen rendering, icon loading, tool tip etc. myself or are there any API calls i could use?

[bronze yoke]

you have to do it all yourself

[full escarp]

weird how little API Calls for some ui stuff is there in PZ

[bronze yoke]

moodles are unfortunately the most hardcoded least moddable system in the entire game

[full escarp]

so basicially im just creating a own ui element which imitates the behavior and look of a moodle
but its not a real moodle in the original sense?

[cinder nebula]

Hi all. I am trying to figure out how to modify the game time for sleep, so that if you had the game time set to real time, sleeping wouldn't take like 15 real-world minutes, and instead be as fast as if you had your game time set to 1 hour.

I put these two class files into intelliJ to decompile them, and copied and pasted the code into Grok to see if it can help locate the code that deals with sleep time speed, but apparently the code in these two class files is not specifically in there, but is tied to time progression else where?

Anyone have any ideas?

[bronze yoke]

yeah

[winter bolt]

for some reason its not possible so i might just check if the item name contains "band" lmao

i cant think of any items it might cause issues with so itd probably be fine?

[crystal canyon]

The SleepingEvent and SleepingEventData are part of the sadistic ai director code

[bronze yoke]

i really don't think ai is going to be able to do this for you

[cinder nebula]

Ohh. Wow, I was way off.

[cinder nebula]

Yeah, I mean, my java and lua code knowledge is very limited, so it was worth a shot. 🙂 Thank you, though.

I am under the impression it is possible to still modify the code I am after, it just has to be found first?

[crystal canyon]

I think the code you need might be here

you would have to create a new gamespeed i believe

or you could change the game time multiplier while sleeping

local originalMultiplier = GameTime.getInstance():getMultiplier()
GameTime.getInstance():setMultiplier(10.0) -- Set time to pass 10x faster.

GameTime.getInstance():setMultiplier(originalMultiplier)

[cinder nebula]

Interesting. Can I put that code anywhere in the file?

[crystal canyon]

in what file, issleepdialog?

thats a base game file, look for ways to hook into them instead of overriding

Here is the info on the relevant java class
https://demiurgequantified.github.io/ProjectZomboidJavaDocs/zombie/GameTime.html

[cinder nebula]

Thank you very much.

[crystal canyon]

I hope this info can guide you in the correct direction to start messing around and learning :p

[cinder nebula]

Thank you.

I added in the code, but ti didn't work. I put it in the function ISSleepDialog:onClick(button) section.

[eternal hound]

Hi, wondering is there a resource somewhere for all lua functions specific to zomboid? I can't seem to find anything

[tacit pebble]

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

[bright fog]

That's for B42, if you need others:
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Modding#Javadoc

[eternal hound]

Thanks, appreciated

[crystal canyon]

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

[bright fog]

@hidden compass #1318920979581501502 message

Wdym by that exactly ?

[red tiger]

Umbrella is the wider Lua typings solution containing PZEventDoc. =)

[hidden compass]

For example, suppose a slider is set up to allow numbers from 0 to 100. The textbox could be populated such as “-1” or “abc”, etc. I would like the core of Mod Options to handle these inputs automatically (= validation check), rather than having the mod developer implement them individually. The slider handles only numbers and sets minimum and maximum values, so I think it is possible to implement this.

[bright fog]

I mean that's literally what the sandbox options does

I don't know how they would even let such a possibility of fucking up the text input be released

[hidden compass]

Sorry, I think I requested something extra, so I'll delete it.

[bright fog]

I mean you requested something which is already logical to implement if they add the input text box lol

[bronze yoke]

i was a little surprised seeing that request, i hadn't really realised that the current mod options don't support that

[bright fog]

I mean, they don't need it ?

Unless you mean the input box

[bronze yoke]

yeah, like there's no int/float input box?

[bright fog]

But for the limiting max min thing, sliders already do that well (tho if you modify the slider max min values, your old choice can go over the values)

[bright fog]

Nop, you can't directly chose the slider value with an input box

You're forced to using the slider

Which can be problematic because the slider is extremely small as is

[bronze yoke]

can it be limited to integers at least?

[bright fog]

Yes

It takes a step

[tacit pebble]

and it's hard to select exact value when step is too close. imagine when you try to select 0.974748

[bright fog]

min max step default

[bright fog]

Tho on that I doubt you ever need exact values with such a step

[bronze yoke]

the only options i've used so far are tickbox and button so i don't know all this stuff 😓

[bright fog]

Check the wiki page

;)

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Mod_Options

[gilded hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/team-fortress2-engineer-tf2-thumbs-up-gif-25556531

[vast pier]

Hey, does anyone know why the name is displaying like this?

    item Ladle
    {
        DisplayName = Empty Ladle,
        DisplayCategory = Cooking,
        Type = Normal,
        Weight = 0.6,
        Icon = Ladle,
        MetalValue = 20,
        StaticModel = Ladle,
        WorldStaticModel = Ladle,
        FillFromDispenserSound = GetWaterFromDispenserMetalMedium,
        FillFromLakeSound = GetWaterFromLakeSmall,
        FillFromTapSound = GetWaterFromTapCeramic,
        FillFromToiletSound = GetWaterFromToilet,

        component FluidContainer
        {
            ContainerName   = Ladle,
            capacity        = 0.1,
        }
    }```

Build 42

[bright fog]

I think that's a debug thing

[vast pier]

It doesn't do it for other fluid containers, just the custom one

[bright fog]

Hmm

[bright fog]

Aaaa

I think it's your translation which is not set

[vast pier]

oh, how/where do I do that

[ornate sand]

This was a great call, thank you! But unfortunately mine still refuse to work gosh darnit. Maybe I'll need to use some anims_x of my own too? Idk...

[old ginkgo]

Do you see them in animation viewer in debug mode?

[bright fog]

I think check where in the base game they define other translations strings Fluid_Container_

[vast pier]

hmm okay, I don't wanna search around so I'm gonna install a mod that adds an item and then use it as a reference 👍

Thanks

Also is there a way to modify existing items instead of replacing them? For compatibility reasons it would be best if I could replace/add values instead of replacing the entire item

[bright fog]

It's easy to search

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Visual_Studio_Code#Searcing_in_a_folder

You'll find translation files in lua/shared/Translate

[ornate sand]

No because I wasn't creating/adding a new animation, I was trying to add and then modify an existing AnimSet. This was how we got different rates of fire in B41.
But I think I've got an idea. I'll try using a re-named Bob_AttackRifle animation and link it to my custom AnimSet?

[bright fog]

I just checked, it's done in Fluid_EN.txt

[ornate sand]

Still a no. I'm guessing those new GUIDs mean that now animations need 'em too?

[outer crypt]

is there a way to pull a list of all the items in the vanilla game? I had a list from 41 but I need to get or make a list for 42.

[tardy mural]

Anyone has an Idea why this recipe doesn't show up in the craft menu in B42? I read a magazine to unlock it and hit the required skill level. Still I just can't get my test recipe to show up.

craftRecipe MakeTestRecipe
    {
        timedAction = Welding,
        time = 120,
        NeedToBeLearn:True,
        SkillRequired = MetalWelding:2
        tags = AnySurfaceCraft;Welding,
        category = Cooking,
        xpAward = MetalWelding:10,
        Autolearn = MetalWelding:4,
        inputs
        {
            item 1 tags[WeldingMask] mode:keep,
            item 1 tags[Hammer] mode:keep flags[MayDegradeLight],
            item 1 tags[Screwdriver] mode:keep flags[MayDegradeLight],
            item 1 tags[Wrench] mode:keep flags[MayDegradeLight],
            item 8 [Base.BlowTorch],
            
            item 1 [Base.ScrapMetal],
            item 1 [Base.MetalPipe],
            item 1 [Base.SheetMetal],
            item 1 [Base.Screws],
        }
        outputs
        {
            item 4 Base.MetalPipe,
        }
    }

[crystal canyon]

looks good, thats weird

[cinder nebula]

Anyone know where the loading screen images are located and the azombie animation at the bottom-middle? I would like to make a mod to have custom images. 🙂

[tardy mural]

Anything else I need to watch out for? This is what the top of the file looks like:

module TestRecipe
{
    imports 
    {
        Base
    }
    

[crystal canyon]

Change NeedToBeLearn:True to NeedToBeLearn = true

[tardy mural]

Its not really a list but there are files with what I believe to be all items in ProjectZomboid/media/scripts/items. But they are spread out across like a few dozen different .txt files.

[vast pier]

yeah that worked, thanks 👍

    Fluid_Container_Ladle = "Ladle",

}```

[tardy mural]

Thanks will try

[outer crypt]

Yep, my fallback plan is to dump them into a spreadsheet and make something that can sort through the mess.

[crystal canyon]

make sure it is like this, needTobeLearn lowercase n

that is how it is in vanilla recipes

    craftRecipe Forge_Steel_Sheet
    {
        time        = 10,
        SkillRequired = Blacksmith:4,
        needTobeLearn = true,
        timedAction = Making,
        xpAward = Blacksmith:45,
        AutoLearn = Blacksmith:6,
        tags = Forge,
        category = Blacksmithing,
        inputs
        {
            item 1 tags[Charcoal],
            item 1 [Base.IronBlock],
            item 1 tags[BallPeenHammer] mode:keep flags[Prop1;MayDegradeLight],
            item 1 tags[Tongs] mode:keep flags[Prop2;MayDegradeLight],
            item 1 tags[MetalworkingChisel] mode:keep flags[MayDegradeLight],
        }
        outputs
        {
            item 1 Base.SheetMetal,
        }
    }

[tardy mural]

I am a little confused with the capitalisation in B42, as I have seen many of these attributes both capitalised and uncapitalised sometimes within the same file of the game

So I figured it's not important, but I will try anyway

[ornate sand]

So copying and renaming a Bob_AttackRifle to something else and linking it to my AnimSet ain't working either. Won't even show up ingame.
And what sucks for us Blender poors is that we can't even get the vanilla animations so we could simply edit them 😂

[wild canopy]

Gotta love when you clearly have multiple programmers who each implement camelcase differently

[tardy mural]

Seems like it

[tardy mural]

I adjusted it, still no better :(. But thanks for your advice.

[wild canopy]

At least you don't have a rando adding Hungarian into the mix 😄

[crystal canyon]

there should be something in the console if theres an error

[eternal hound]

Don't suppose anyone could help me with an un-equipping script? All I'm trying to do is make the player un-equip certain items during an action then re-equip when done, can't seem to figure out the relevant functions

[outer crypt]

In case anyone needs a list of the items in b42

2615 total at this moment

[vague marsh]

you missed a comma

'SkillRequired = MetalWelding:2'

[tardy mural]

Damn you are right, will retry. Thank you, too.

[outer crypt]

and the list of moveables

[crystal canyon]

damn recipes... You need like 5 sets of eyes to spot all the errors. can anyone make a vscode or npp addon for this scripting language? lol

[ornate sand]

I had something like this in B41 but I fully expect it to not work in B42
ISTimedActionQueue.add(ISEquipWeaponAction:new(playerObj, wep, 20, true, wep:isTwoHandWeapon()));

[undone elbow]

Is there a definition somewhere of all the syntax rules and possible/required lines?

[crystal canyon]

https://demiurgequantified.github.io/ProjectZomboidJavaDocs/zombie/scripting/entity/components/crafting/CraftRecipe.html there's this

might need to do some more digging to see how the constructor parses things

[eternal hound]

Thanks. Has B42 made a bunch of these functions not work?

[ornate sand]

Whoooo boy where do I start lmao

[crystal canyon]

And here are all the available script types. CraftRecipe, Item, Entity, etc

https://demiurgequantified.github.io/ProjectZomboidJavaDocs/zombie/scripting/ScriptType.html

[tacit pebble]

We currently no option for vehicle's headlight, right? distance, power, etc.
I saw this but args seem hardcoded because they want to control them as part's condition. (I might be wrong with this)

https://demiurgequantified.github.io/ProjectZomboidJavaDocs/zombie/vehicles/VehiclePart.html#createSpotLight(float,float,float,float,float,int)

btw what i was thinking: highbeam and under-glow parts working with AA Battery

[bright fog]

@fleet bridge #1318920979581501502 message
Why do you need it ?

Also you might need to update the format for your message as they asked at the top

#1318920979581501502 message

[fleet bridge]

Changed my request, thanks for the heads up

[vague marsh]

great idea! and it would be great if it's open source too

[crystal canyon]

I started with a NPP custom language xml

looks like this

[drifting ore]

when wipe

[crystal canyon]

I improved the Notepad++ custom language formatting

it now includes all base game timedActions such as Dismantle, all base game crafting tags such as AnySurfaceCraft, all the item input modes such as keep or destroy , all the possible input flags such as AllowDestroyedItem, all the base game perks/skills such as Aiming or Maintenance, and most of the item tags I could find such as Screwdriver or Hammer.

[tardy mural]

Has anyone or the wiki a full list of tags that can be used in recipes like "AnySurfaceCraft" or "Carpentry"?

[crystal canyon]

...

would you read the post above yours? XD

[tardy mural]

Well I wasn't able to locate it on the wiki if that is what you are trying to call out

I was hoping to maybe find describtions of each action or something

[crystal canyon]

Ah, i see

[tardy mural]

But it will still be helpful

[crystal canyon]

well, the recipe tags are mainly from entity tags

for example, the pottery wheel entity

module Base
{
    entity Pottery_Wheel
    {
        component UiConfig
        {
            xuiSkin         = default,
            entityStyle     = ES_Pottery_Wheel,
            uiEnabled       = true,
        }

        component CraftBench
        {
            Recipes         = PotteryWheel,
        }

        component SpriteConfig
        {
            face S
            {
                layer
                {
                    row = crafted_01_65,
                    row = crafted_01_64,
                }
            }
            face E
            {
                layer
                {
                    row = crafted_01_66 crafted_01_67,
                }
            }
        }
                
        component CraftRecipe
        {
            timedAction   = BuildWallHammer,
            time          = 50,
            category      = Pottery,
            ToolTip       = Tooltip_craft_potteryWheelDesc,

            inputs
            {
                item 1 tags[Hammer] mode:keep flags[Prop1],
                item 4 [Base.Plank],
                item 4 [Base.Nails],
            }
        }
    }
}

has the component CraftBench with the parameter
Recipes = PotteryWheel,

that is the tag that then is used on the recipe for a ceramic crucible for example,

    craftRecipe MakeCeramicCrucible
    {
        timedAction = Craft_PotteryWheel,
        time = 120,
        Tags = PotteryWheel,
        SkillRequired = Pottery:1,
        xpAward = Pottery:25,
        category = Pottery,
        inputs
        {
            item 2 [Base.Clay],
            item 1 [Base.Sandbag],
        }
        outputs
        {
            item 1 Base.CeramicCrucibleUnfired,
        }
    }

[tardy mural]

Interesting, thank you. I will test some tags and see which best fit my needs.

[crystal canyon]

Fixed an issue, reuploaded. Thinking about making a version for VSCode but its more complicated than a simple XML. To use, put the xml file in C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\userDefineLangs or wherever you installed NPP.

[tranquil reef]

Very glad they added these native mod options but, they probably should've updated the sandbox menu lol

No headers, no sliders, no color pickers

[crimson ore]

how can i make a bag spawn within a container and contain items

[ornate sand]

-You'll need a script file for your bag
-You'll need a distributionTable set up for your bag
-You'll need to insert your bag to proceduraldistributions

[crimson ore]

assuming this is some of the code im looking for in distro

[ornate sand]

Depends on what you're looking to do exactly

[crimson ore]

load a briefcase full of money (more than the vanilla ones but i dont want to overwrite them) and have them spawn in a container

[ornate sand]

Oh okay, so make a new script .txt for your moneycashbagerino (<- name it that lol), and don't use that distro because there's an easier way, and then do a tableinsert to whichever loot table you want it in

[crimson ore]

so its just like any old loot but with a script.txt

[ornate sand]

Yeah, for example my gun cases use the vanilla template but contain my guns, and spawn where I want 'em to

[crimson ore]

well ty cant wait to start finding completley worthless money cases around lol. loot goblin things

[crimson ore]

makes sense

maybe i could have an underground diamond market

[ornate sand]

That's how I have one of my gun cases set up. I probably don't even need all those require lines but ehh, better safe than sorry amirite?

[crimson ore]

not sure if those gems were in b41 but i saw them in 42s distro so ima use them

[crimson ore]

very helpful ty

[crimson ore]

in saying that probably. my distro file looked slightly different and was not working (replacing vanilla was). so ill try this approach also

[crystal canyon]

I need some ̶g̶u̶i̶n̶e̶a̶ ̶p̶i̶g̶s̶ beta testers

especially someone working on craftRecipe scripts

[frank elbow]

Probably worth throwing in https://discord.com/channels/136501320340209664/1318920979581501502 if you haven't already. I ended up just starting work on a custom config since sandbox options don't meet my needs, which is unfortunate

[crimson ore]

Got it to work. Briefcases can store 8 cash stacks so that’s idk a lot of dosh but it works and I’m happy

[ornate sand]

I don't exactly "work on" craftRecipes but I definitely can make thing A turn into thing B, or thing C turn into 50 thing D 😄

[crystal canyon]

do you use vscode?

[ornate sand]

I am the living equivalent to ihavenoideawhatimdoing.jpeg

[crystal canyon]

hahaha

but seriously, i need someone working on recipe scripts for B42

I made a vscode extension to check recipe formatting

[random finch]

We get the top left corner of a square by doing:

local squareX, squareY, squareZ = square:getX(), square:getY(), square:getZ()

How to get the center of a square?

[silent zealot]

I have fixed a major oversight in the new fluid & farming sytstems:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3399431185

[tranquil reef]

when spawning an item on the ground, it moves to a random position around the player. is it possible to make it just go right where the player is

[silent zealot]

How are you spawning the item?

[tranquil reef]

local toothItem = instanceItem("ToothManager.Tooth")
player:getCurrentSquare():AddWorldInventoryItem(toothItem, 0, 0, 0)

[silent zealot]

What do those three zeros do? I suspect they may be positioning info

Looking at some examples from vanilla code:

self.player:getCurrentSquare():AddWorldInventoryItem(self.fish.fishItem, dropX, dropY, dropZ);

playerObj:getCurrentSquare():AddWorldInventoryItem("AnimalFeedBag", ZombRand(-0.5, 0.5), ZombRand(-0.5, 0.5), 0);

_square:AddWorldInventoryItem(item, ZombRandFloat(0.1,0.9), ZombRandFloat(0.1,0.9), 0);

At a guess, you need to get the players position within the tile and then use that to work out the X/Y parameters to pass to getCurrentSquare():AddWorldInventoryItem(toothItem, Xoffset, Yoffset, 0)

[tranquil reef]

Not sure. I know it used to work fine, until they added the thing that makes items go to a random place when dropped. If that's the problem then I don't know if I'd be able to get an accurate offset no matter what

[silent zealot]

Might be "if 0 then random, otherwise use number"

[crystal canyon]

I need to adjust the colors but dont know what colors to use

some of the error detection I have so far

[round notch]

If chocolate_milk then
player:isHappy()
end

[ornate sand]

Always nice to see these realistic QOL fixes

[ancient grail]

offset on the square itself

[ornate sand]

That is so freaking rad.
I wish there was something like that when I'm messing around with PZ lua.
"No you can't put that there dummy. Put it here instead."
"Oh k lol sry."

[crystal canyon]

there's Umbrella for lua

[ornate sand]

Here we are modding a zombie game and you're recommending Umbrella? 🤔

[crystal canyon]

#mod_development message

[ornate sand]

I was wondering why my multitool broke in 2 ingame weeks. I found out why. Its chance to lose condition is one in two.
So I'll be adding my swiss army knife back and it's gonna be harder to break than a crowbar.

[pastel thorn]

Any chance for testing or maybe some help with this?

[crystal canyon]

I'm working on the javascript for error detection now

https://github.com/KuroNeko87/zomboid-Scripting

WIP VSCode extension to assist with Project Zomboid Scripts. First implementation focuses on craftRecipe utility. All base game timedActions (i.e. RipClothing), perks (i.e. Maintenance), recipe tags (i.e. InHandCraft), tool/item tags tag[Hammer], item flags (flags[AllowDestroyedItem]), item modes (mode:keep) are supported.

download the .vsix extension and install it in the extension tags

it detects almost every error, but Im not good with javascript

[silent zealot]

I think the Chance to lose condition 1 in X is for use in combat, and there is a separate system for use in crafting (tags on the required tools for wear or light wear) ... but the crafting one may still use the combat chance as well in which case that poor litle handiknife/mutitool is not long for this world.

[ornate sand]

Yeah I'd imagine it's not intended to be that fragile as a tool. And when TIS updates it in 2027 I'll just update my swiss army to be double as tough too 😄

[tacit pebble]

uh uhm.. i remembered there's player mod data button with vanilla debug, but it seems to be moved somewhere. anyone knows?

[pastel thorn]

Could i make some PRs if you dont mind?

[crystal canyon]

more than welcome!

[old ginkgo]

Can you edit this post with a bit more description and then @sour island can you pin this by chance?

[ornate sand]

So I'm still racking my brain about the AnimSets thing for custom firing rates, and one of the (many) things that has me wondering is that now, for some reason - the AnimSet for AssaultRifleDefault has GUIDs in it. This wasn't the case in B41.

Does that mean that when the AssaultRifleDefault.xml has <m_Conditions x_name="b8063f52-d400-425d-a792-6ac689f2cf28"> over the FireMode/STRING/Auto entry that there needs to be something somewhere else where that particular GUID links to?
Also do the vanilla anims_X animations have data like those GUIDs in them, and is that why simply copypasting and re-naming Bob_AttackRifle or Bob_AttackRifleSmall isn't enough for the game to recognize them as "new" animations?

I wish I had more than just Blender so I could dig in to these, but online .x to .fbx converters don't work for PZ animations. Anyone wanna take a look?

[old ginkgo]

I sincerely doubt that the FBX or x files themselves would contain any sort of fire rate data in them in anyway. The guids are likely what you’ll need to find; and they’re likely an XML file.

Have you tried searching for the guids?

[ornate sand]

I did search those exact GUIDs and they're unique only to those AnimSets they're mentioned in

[crystal canyon]

Edited and added screenshot of how script looks while using the extension

[old ginkgo]

They might be tied to a function somewhere; the dragging animations also feature GUIDs. But again; I wouldn’t chase the dragons tail on the FBX or X Files. They’re strictly animations and don’t contain much else.

[ornate sand]

It is so weird that if you edit the first SpeedScale of AssaultRifleDefault.xml from "autoShootSpeed" to a number like "8" or "10", it does exactly what it used to do in our custom AnimSets in B41.
But the second you edit anything else in that xml, it just breaks. 😄

[old ginkgo]

There’s certainly a couple backend things going on. For example; idle animations aren’t as easily overridden anymore even when using priority tags. I have to utilize emotes in my mod now I’m fairly certain; just about everything I tried to make my mod function like it did in b41 hasn’t worked.

So I wouldn’t be surprised if a few things are different elsewhere as well.

[sonic needle]

this was likely due to the Folder Bug going on, as it is not intended at all
( my best... guess with what i know atm )

[pastel thorn]

Tried first small test forked PR, just sent. If all is OK, I ll make some fix with merge color theme (to make possible to work with the existing lua theme (and rest lang files) Coz now, if you are pushing the theme button - main theme is being override

[crystal canyon]

Like I said, I'm not good with JavaScript and when I try to fix one thing, another breaks hahaha earlier I was able to check for inputs and outputs for proper use of trailing commas and square brackets but trailing commas in the other parameters was not being registered. I fix that and the other thing breaks

[pastel thorn]

If you dont mind, test, please, if all is ok on your local (the comment block skip). I believe I have some issues, that you dont have with color theme and some error handling (like aim to bracket places, if you do not close them properly)
I will sit on this a bit later tonight, so will inspect what exactly is going wrong and reply with pr 🙂

[ornate sand]

Another thought on my AnimSet problem lol sorry:
Since there is a lua script in base PZ that refers to an entry within an AnimSet (ChangeWeaponSprite for the double barrel shotgun during reloading), shouldn't it be entirely possible to write up a lua function that adds a multiplier to the "autoshootspeed" entry in the AssaultRifleDefault.xml?
My thought is like, leave the autoshootspeed as is for most automatic weapons, but multiply it by x0.95 for a heavy battle rifle switched to full auto, and multiply it by like maybe x1.2 for something like a belt-fed machine gun.
Is there any reason that wouldn't be possible?

[wheat kraken]

when the current player dies, and choose to respawn on same map, how to get the new player reference?

getPlayer seems to get the dead one

[vast pier]

Got annoyed by bleach bottles holding the same amount as water bottles and decided to change almost every fluid item
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3399569763

[ancient grail]

you can post on the threads

mod resources:

#1070852229654917180 message

mod tools:

#1070858800501891172 message

[ancient grail]

thats a b42 bug?

[ancient grail]

you shouldnt really overwrite xml
just clone em then modify and finally add your own condition

[ornate sand]

Yep, that's exactly how it worked in B41. Not anymore though.

[ancient grail]

i see havent really touched b42
so youre probably right

[sonic needle]

Still the case actually, but it depends.

there is a routing Bug affecting FBX and XML for anim files.
they must be stored as if the mod were still in B41

[ornate sand]

Yeah, I've tried that too 😄 I guess I'm hoping that TIS throws a hotfix our way that addresses the whole anim file issue, because that might be the key to our custom animsets

[sonic needle]

store the files for xml / anims_x etc in the old 41 location. even though it is a b42 mod

[blissful urchin]

Hello everyone, is there a cheat sheet to write steam workshop description with better formatting directly in the txt file ? Additionally, how can I add several photos to my steam workshop page details ? Also can it be done locally like the poster.png or should it be done in steam ?

• My poster.png is good in the steam workshop mods list but then it's too small in my mod details, how can I change it ?

Thank you

[sonic needle]

i pre type all my WS txt,
there is a BB code steam guide, in the guides section, on the Workshop

• Guide Here for Steam BBcode
  https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=630662853

[steep vortex]

Can you use DoParam to set a value to nil to remove the param? Trying to remove DaysFresh and DaysTotallyRotten from some food.

Using nil seems like it's throwing up errors

[blissful urchin]

Thank you 🙂

And how about images ?

[bright fog]

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

[blissful urchin]

Seems to not have access to it

[bright fog]

https://discord.com/channels/136501320340209664/1125248330595848192

[bronze yoke]

no

[sonic needle]

time traveling a doParam, ill be damned lol

[steep vortex]

Ah, thanks. Guess setting it to 5000 will amount to the same result.

[bronze yoke]

i think the default is just a really big number lol

public int DaysFresh = 1000000000;
public int DaysTotallyRotten = 1000000000;

[bright fog]

lol

[blissful urchin]

Thanks man

Idk when I add images from my workshop item page, it does nothing :/

Not talking about images in description btw, but the item images

I think better thing is to see how other modders do 😄

[wheat kraken]

no, i have this difficult in b41 too

[bright fog]

What link are you using

[ancient grail]

can you show the code?

[worthy copper]

stupid question, how do I get a b41 mod to show up in the mod list? I can't find a version # in the code.

[bronze yoke]

check the pinned messages

[worthy copper]

Thank you very much

[sour island]

I wasn't aware of this being a thing -- maybe get specific player(Id) where Id increases, but are you positive get player is getting a dead body?

[bronze yoke]

id definitely won't increase

[sour island]

If what he says is accurate, I wouldn't know how one would get the new player.

[mellow frigate]

checking the player returned is dead or not. do nothing if the player is dead. wait for the next callback call and check again

[dark wedge]

From testing in just the console, the getPlayer(0) function is working as intended. Here's a snippet of my log:

Am just calling:
print("isDead" .. getPlayer(0):isDead())

[sour island]

He's saying get player() gets the body even after making a new character- your log shows otherwise, so I guess he is mistaken or just not waiting long enough?

[dark wedge]

Yea, it works after making a new character and such on the same game. (literally just died and hit new character). Possibly they have it cached OnGameStart or something? Or yea, it's being used too early before the reference is overwritten.

[bronze yoke]

if this limitation existed we would know, half of the mods on the workshop would be non-functional

[teal nacelle]

Hey y'all, just wondering, how would I go about making a sound replacer?

[bright fog]

Depands, what sound are we talking about here

[teal nacelle]

Zombie sounds

I was gonna make a zombie sound replacer to go with my retexture

[bright fog]

In B41, there was 2 ways:

• either you define some custom sounds, and you make zombies use them
• you replace the .bank file which has the zombie sounds (manual installation)

There's one problem with the first solution is that zombies have reactive sounds, so if it's agro to you, it uses agro sounds for example. This is handled by FMOD and you had to manually install the bank files

In B42, I don't know yet, I suppose it's the same system

[teal nacelle]

How do I make new .bank files?

I'm probably gonna try the second solution

[blissful urchin]

I found how to do it now thans for the help 🙂

Guys, I need again some help 😦 😦 my mods files worked fine until I depoy it to steam

Seems that my file cannot use function from another file, but locally it was working fine when running the mods

[nimble badger]

do not click it

[noble shell]

do you happen to know where the render coroutine for IsoPlayer would be in the source code? Using the constructor IsoPlayer(IsoCell cell, SurvivorDesc survivorDesc, int int1, int int2, int int3) does seem to render 3D model on client side on B41, but not on B42 and I'm trying to figure out why

[bronze yoke]

if that has changed i don't know anything about it, sorry

[noble shell]

no worries 👍

[bronze yoke]

animals are for some reason a subclass of isoplayer so theoretically it is much easier to get an isoplayer rendering than it was before

[noble shell]

ikr, I was scratching my head trying to figure out why IsoAnimal seems to render just fine too

[hallow anvil]

What values can I put into mod.info?

[crystal canyon]

name=Ultimate Survival Mod
id=ultimateSurvival
poster=poster.png
icon=icon.png
description=Enhance your Project Zomboid experience with new survival mechanics, items, and challenges.
url=https://example.com/ultimate-survival-mod
require=Base,SomeOtherMod
incompatible=OldSurvivalMod,AnotherMod
loadAfter=SomeOtherMod
loadBefore=AnotherMod
pack=UltimateTextures
tiledef=UltimateTiles 200
tags=Vehicles
modversion=1.0
author=MyName
versionMin=42.0.0

[hallow anvil]

thanks!

[crystal canyon]

for b42 mod ids in required, incompatible, load before and load after need to have a \

for example \SomeOtherMod

not sure if they will fix that in the future but for now that is the way

[hallow anvil]

many, many thanks!

[astral wind]

someone please make a mod that disables trunk capacity being affected by condition. there was one in b41 now i need one in b42 but no one has made such a thing yet

It's making me crazy

[crystal canyon]

not to be a jerk, just encouraging learning new skills but you should try to do it yourself! 😄 its actually not that hard

[astral wind]

If someone is willing to show me I'd be more than glad to do it myself

But by myself I don't have the brain power for thst stuff

[crystal canyon]

inside the game files where zomboid is installed, you will find a media folder. navigate to it then enter the scripts and then the vehicles folder

you will find a file called template_trunk.txt

to edit these files I recommend using Visual Studio Code or Notepad++

[astral wind]

well that was easy. thanks

[crystal canyon]

if you just edit the game file, it will get overridden on every update, so I recommend making it a mod. the pinned messages have good starting information

but at least now you know the file that contains what you need to change

[bright fog]

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Modding

To get started

[old ginkgo]

Doggy beat me to it.

We’ve been overhauling the wiki for modding so it’s easier than ever to get started.

[crystal canyon]

😄

we have a great community here

[astral wind]

so if i wantedd to make it a mod i just upload my changed file and anyone who enables such mod will override the vanilla file with my changed file?

[crystal canyon]

not exactly

[astral wind]

well i changed the file so it no longer reduces capacity but im not sure how to make it a mod like you said

[crystal canyon]

one of the options is to create a new script file. Follow the modding wiki guide on how to set up your mod folder

[restive lodge]

quick question. Am i correct in assuming that commands work in this way

Client calls: SendServerCommand
Server handles: OnServerCommand

Server calls: SendClientCommand
Client handles: OnClientCommand

[astral wind]

too much brain power for me. i'll just change the file/override it everytime it updates. thanks for the help

[crystal canyon]

Im sure the mod will get updated eventually

[dull moss]

yep
dont mind me I'm stupid

[bronze yoke]

no, the commands are named after the sender

[dull moss]

I misunderstood the question

[restive lodge]

Server calls: SendServerCommand
Server handles: OnServerCommand

Client calls: SendClientCommand
Client handles: OnClientCommand

so like this then

Server calls: SendServerCommand
Client handles: OnServerCommand

Client calls: SendClientCommand
Server handles: OnClientCommand

or like this lol

[dull moss]

SendServerCommand sends command to client from server
OnClientCommand is ran when server gets command

OnServerCommand is ran when client gets command from server
sendClientCommand sends command from client to server

Client: https://github.com/MusicManiac/EvolvingTraitsWorld/blob/main/Contents/mods/Evolving Traits World/media/lua/client/ETWServerCommands.lua
Server: https://github.com/MusicManiac/EvolvingTraitsWorld/blob/main/Contents/mods/Evolving Traits World/media/lua/server/ETWClientCommands.lua
as an example

[restive lodge]

Thanks that helps

[dull moss]

thats b41 code, fck knows if it works in b42

we'll have to wait for MP to arrive or dig in code to see if stuff changed

[bronze yoke]

at the very least in singleplayer b42 networking stuff still works

it seems like most of the changes are directed around what is authoritative over what, i wouldn't expect commands to stop working

i'm doing my best to ignore what timed actions look like now

[dull moss]

i know they moved car repairs to separate file had to fuck with that to make my stuff work again

[dull moss]

I'm still confused why petting animal doesn't do perform() while being a timed action

[bronze yoke]

yeah i don't get that one

[dull moss]

so I tied my logic to animation

at least that one is consistent

now I wait until someone makes a mod that uses pet animation for some shit like motorcycle cuz why wouldn't you want to pet a motorcycle and my whole thing crumbles

https://tenor.com/view/its-not-stupid-if-it-works-alina-gcbs-great-canadian-baking-show-optimist-gif-23478625

[bronze yoke]

TIS tend to like having things controlled by animations so maybe they just use an anim event to terminate the action

[dull moss]

uuuh stupid queston but i'm not sure how scopes work when it's decorating existing function, eg:

if not getActivatedMods():contains("EvolvingTraitsWorldDisablePetTherapy") then
    local original_ISPetAnimal_animEvent = ISPetAnimal.animEvent
    ---Decorating animEvent on petting animal to boost player mood through petting if they have the perk.
    ---Can't use ISPetAnimal.perform() because fuck knows why we can't, it just doesn't execute.
    ---@param event any
    ---@param parameter any
    function ISPetAnimal:animEvent(event, parameter)
        --- code here
        original_ISPetAnimal_animEvent(self)
    end
end

like will this decorate base game function correctly if mod is not enabled?

[bronze yoke]

yes (but keep in mind that mod ids start with \ now so this will never detect the mod)

[dull moss]

ye it's a placeholder, ty

[bronze yoke]

scope doesn't matter when you're assigning/reading globals

[dull moss]

I haven't updated this to b42 yet
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2934686936

[dull moss]

gotcha, thx

[grim fern]

I'm having trouble updating my zomboid mod. no matter what I do, it claims there is no mod.info file despite the fact that I've quadruple checked that there is one in the correct locations

[ebon dagger]

Anyone had any luck with adding pre-filled custom bags to the distrobution system yet?

I defined the Bag_BagNameHere

I defined the Outfit

And I merged them into BagsAndContainers and Distrobutions.all. Game crashes with no errors, so I am kinda stuck with no clues to follow.

I'm likely missing an important step.,

[crystal canyon]

mind if I see your code?

or at least the console

[grand cloak]

do you guys know where inside the game files the traits definitions are located?

[crystal canyon]

creationmethods?

MainCreationMethods.lua

[grand cloak]

yeah but

it adds the traits to the game but it doesnt define their effects

i think

[bronze yoke]

what you're looking for doesn't exist

[crystal canyon]

ahh thats what you mean

[grand cloak]

but how is it done then

[bronze yoke]

the game doesn't define trait effects anywhere, just whatever system uses that trait will have hardcoded checks for that trait and apply an effect based on that

[ebon dagger]

require 'Items/ProceduralDistributions'
require 'Items/Distribution_BagsAndContainers'

BagsAndContainers["Bag_AgentSatchel"] = {
        rolls = 1,
        items = {
            "TKE.LoreAudioLogs", 1,
            "TKE.LoreVHS", 1,
            "TKE.LorePrintedDocuments", 1,
            "TKE.LoreDisc", 1,
            "TKE.LoreTranscribedCommunications", 1,
            "TKE.LoreDisturbingPhoto", 1,
            "TKE.LoreUndevelopedFilm", 1,
        },
        junk = {
            rolls = 1,
            items = {

            }
        }
    }

Outfit_TKE_Hazmat = {
        rolls = 1,
        items = {
            "TKE.AgencySatchel", 1,
        },
        bags = BagsAndContainers.Bag_AgentSatchel,
        junk = {
            rolls = 1,
            items = {

            }
        }
    }

local function preDistributionMerge()
    table.insert(Distributions.all, Outfit_TKE_Hazmat)
end


Events.OnPreDistributionMerge.Add(preDistributionMerge)```

[bronze yoke]

e.g. the driving system checks for slow driver and caps your speed

[grand cloak]

oh

interesting

[ebon dagger]

oops forgot the reply @crystal canyon

[grand cloak]

that's quite impratical tbh

but thanks

[bronze yoke]

yeah for modding purposes it often means you just can't do something a vanilla trait does

[grand cloak]

yeah

[ebon dagger]

and the colsole:

    java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaTable.len()" because "<local2>" is null at TableLib.insert(TableLib.java:217).
    Stack trace:
        se.krka.kahlua.stdlib.TableLib.insert(TableLib.java:217)
        se.krka.kahlua.stdlib.TableLib.call(TableLib.java:89)
        se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.callJava(KahluaThread.java:192)
        se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.luaMainloop(KahluaThread.java:988)
        se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.call(KahluaThread.java:173)
        se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.pcall(KahluaThread.java:1963)
        se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.pcallvoid(KahluaThread.java:1790)
        se.krka.kahlua.integration.LuaCaller.pcallvoid(LuaCaller.java:66)
        se.krka.kahlua.integration.LuaCaller.protectedCallVoid(LuaCaller.java:139)
        zombie.Lua.Event.trigger(Event.java:81)
        zombie.Lua.LuaEventManager.triggerEvent(LuaEventManager.java:281)
        zombie.iso.IsoWorld.init(IsoWorld.java:2437)
        zombie.gameStates.GameLoadingState$1.runInner(GameLoadingState.java:301)
        zombie.gameStates.GameLoadingState$1.run(GameLoadingState.java:251)
        java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
LOG  : General      f:0, t:1735953439333> -----------------------------------------
STACK TRACE
-----------------------------------------
Callframe at: table.insert
function: preDistributionMerge -- file: TKE_Distrobutions.lua line # 38 | MOD: They Knew Expanded```

[crystal canyon]

hmm you're using proceduraldistributions, but are trying to insert into Distributions.all which is not in procedural, it is in Distributions.lua

either change it or require 'Items/Distributions'

Distributions = Distributions or {};

[ebon dagger]

I'll change that and give it a few swings! Ty.

[crystal canyon]

i see base game sets up bags and contents here

you could perhaps add your bag and contents to this table instead

[bronze yoke]

requiring vanilla files doesn't do anything

[crystal canyon]

then is he calling it while the table is not initialized?

[bronze yoke]

i don't see anything defined as Distributions.all

[ebon dagger]

In my code or in the vanilla file?

[bronze yoke]

in the vanilla file

you're trying to insert to a table that doesn't exist

[ebon dagger]

Line 79

[bronze yoke]

that's not in Distributions

[crystal canyon]

yeah, alb is right. there is no all in the distribution table

[ebon dagger]

OH

Ok

[bronze yoke]

try inserting to SuburbsDistributions.all instead

[ebon dagger]

Will do! I appreciate all the help.

[hybrid tiger]

How do the numbers in the distribtutions relate to the spawn percentages and the rolls amount?
Would:

    rolls = 4,
    items = {
        "LetterHandwritten", 50,
        "Lighter", 20,
        "Locket", 20,
        "Medal_Bronze", 20,
        "Medal_Gold", 10,
        "Medal_Silver", 20,
        "MilitaryMedal", 20,
        "Necklace_DogTag", 10,
        "Necklace_SilverCrucifix", 10,
        "PenFancy", 10,
        "Photo", 20,
        "Photo", 50,
        "Photo_VeryOld", 20,
        "Pocketwatch", 10,
        "Postcard", 50,
        "Ring_Left_RingFinger_Gold", 20,
        "SmokingPipe", 10,
        "StraightRazor", 10,
        "WristWatch_Left_Expensive", 1,
    },```
Using that as an example would that mean that the LetterHandwritten have a 50% of spawning per roll, and all other items have their weight % chance of spawning (several items per roll?)
Or does it add all the weights and spawns one item per roll?

[bronze yoke]

pedantically it's not a weight, just a chance - every 'roll' each item in the list is rolled for against their individual chances, the chances of other items don't affect each other

they aren't raw percentages and are honestly quite difficult to predict but technically they should be out of 250 on default loot settings

[hybrid tiger]

so letter handwritten would be 50/250
Lighter a 20/250
...
chance of spawning in roughly?

[bronze yoke]

but they're also affected heavily by zombie population in the area so the chance you put in is never going to be the actual chance

[hybrid tiger]

ah gotcha

is there a general rule of thumb?

[bronze yoke]

base it off of vanilla

[hybrid tiger]

so a 250 "weight" would more or less guarantee an item to spawn in on default settings

[bronze yoke]

from what i've heard when people have tried this it's not actually reliable, if you want it to be 100% just set it to a crazy high number

[hybrid tiger]

gotcha

ty

[ebon dagger]

Ok, everything is working so far. No more crashes. But in the console, it appears I am missing another step.

LOG  : General      f:1989, t:1735955284365> ItemPickInfo -> unable to set source grid pick info, Caller: FillContainer, for Container: AgencySatchelWithBackpack```

[zenith harness]

Can someone help me with a mod I am making it is a discord logger and i am trying to get the sandbox options to work but I just am having trouble

[south ginkgo]

Someone who makes mods for Project Zomboid, can you help me with something?

[dull moss]

https://dontasktoask.com/

[random finch]

When you highlight the ground, you get these side-effects of the squares being outlined without texture. I think you can also get this side-effect when loading snow textures in.

Any idea of how to replicate this outline method?

[dull moss]

1 min read, highly recommend

[random finch]

I could throw a texture in, but that would just hit the performance.

[south ginkgo]

Ah, sorry about that, I’ll try to be more direct. My mod isn’t showing up in the mods tab to be activated in the game. I was wondering if I need to publish it for it to appear, or if it might be some issue with my mod

[dull moss]

Mod issue. Which folder is your mod in?

You don't have to publish before mod appears

[tardy mural]

Also, do you have a mod.info file with the correct content?

[south ginkgo]

yes

[dull moss]

So if it doesn't appear it's in wrong location or it has incorrect folder structure or mod.info is screwed

[south ginkgo]

I will send the directory here

[dull moss]

Your 3 options pretty much of why mod is not in the mod list

[tardy mural]

Also keep in mind directory structure changed in B42 compared to previous versions so old guides and even the "mod template" provided by the game are outdated

[south ginkgo]

NoMuscleStrain/
mod.info
media/
lua/
server/
RemoveMuscleStrain.lua
It's a mod where I'm trying to remove muscle strain from the game

[tardy mural]

Yeah this looks like the old directory strcuture

[south ginkgo]

I think because I'm used to B41 mods, I’m having trouble producing them in B42

[tardy mural]

There is a pinned message explaining the new structure in this channel

[ebon dagger]

Not trying to sound mean or anything, but you don't need that mod I think?

There is a sandbox option to set it. You can just set it to zero.

[south ginkgo]

I don’t want to use Sandbox

[south ginkgo]

ok

[dull moss]

[ebon dagger]

Sure, you do you. The world is your oyster 😄

[south ginkgo]

I’ll take a look. I’m learning how to use this confusing app

[dull moss]

Are you like adjusting muscle pain or removing it fully? And why not sandbox, you using this mod idea to learn PZ modding?

[old ginkgo]

Yeah you can entirely disable it via sandbox settings so while you can…absolutely make a mod to remove it it’s a bit pointless.

[tardy mural]

Since we are already talking about modding changes in B42 compared to B41, does anyone know why this translation doesn't work in B42?

Recipe_EN = {
    Recipe_MakeEnginePart_w = "Make Spare Engine Parts",
    Recipe_MakeEnginePart_m = "Make Spare Engine Parts",
    Recipe_MakeEnginePart_e = "Make Spare Engine Parts",
}```

[dull moss]

I bought this car that came with wheels but I'mma make my own wheels for it myself

[south ginkgo]

I'm just working on the simplest mods I can find. I know how to modify things in Python and I'm testing this new system

[old ginkgo]

You can find most of the information about the basics of modding; including addendums about b42 updates here

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Modding

[south ginkgo]

learning, you know

[dull moss]

Fair

I'd still recommend something that's not already present but you do you

[stoic patrol]

One question, is it possible to run serverside scripts, without them being received by the client?
I really want to make a couple of custom scripts for my server but I don't want them to be open source, because they are player detections or calculations. Is this possible?

[tacit pebble]

omg.. wrong script files can break your game completely and end-user can't be reconized this is from one of mods.
game just doesn't start, like current AMD player's issues.

[tardy mural]

Can't it be tracked back to a specific mod with the error messages in console.txt?

(I accidentally did this to myself and soft locked myself out of the game with an error I introduced, which I was able to find and fix with the log)

[cosmic ermine]

Do you guys still support 41.78 for newer mods?

[tacit pebble]

LOG  : General      f:0, t:1735958155639> Load Scripts: CraftRecipe, loadMode = Init
LOG  : General      f:0, t:1735958155665> [craftRecipe] removing script due to load error = HearingAidUret
ERROR: General      f:0, t:1735958155666> ExceptionLogger.logException> Exception thrown
    java.lang.Exception: CraftRecipe error in HearingAidUret at CraftRecipe.Load(CraftRecipe.java:359).
    Stack trace:
 -- SOME TRACES --
LOG  : General      f:0, t:1735958155672> Load Scripts: StringList, loadMode = Init
LOG  : General      f:0, t:1735958155672> Load Scripts: EnergyDefinition, loadMode = Init
LOG  : General      f:0, t:1735958155672> Load Scripts: FluidDefinition, loadMode = Init
LOG  : General      f:0, t:1735958155674> Load Scripts: TimedAction, loadMode = Init
LOG  : General      f:0, t:1735958155675> Load Scripts: Ragdoll, loadMode = Init
WARN : General      f:0, t:1735958155757> TaggedObjectManager.createTagBits   > manager-> new tag discovered that was not preprocessed, tag: keyduplicator
WARN : General      f:0, t:1735958155759> TaggedObjectManager.createTagBits   > manager-> new tag discovered that was not preprocessed, tag: recipes_stone_anvil
WARN : General      f:0, t:1735958155760> TaggedObjectManager.createTagBits   > manager-> new tag discovered that was not preprocessed, tag: advancedfurnace
ERROR: General      f:0, t:1735958155765> GameWindow.uncaughtException        > Unhandled java.lang.RuntimeException thrown by thread MainThread.
ERROR: General      f:0, t:1735958155766> ExceptionLogger.logException> Exception thrown
    java.lang.RuntimeException: java.io.IOException: Script load errors. at GameWindow.mainThreadInit(GameWindow.java:705). Message: Unhandled java.lang.RuntimeException thrown by thread MainThread.
    Stack trace:
 -- SOME TRACES --
        ... 2 more
LOG  : General      f:0, t:1735958155766> GameThread exited.

Like you saw, game just exited itself without any warning, and nomal player never know what mod is the issue.

java.lang.Exception: CraftRecipe error in HearingAidUret at CraftRecipe.Load(CraftRecipe.java:359).
this is the only clue

[bronze yoke]

i don't

to be fair my only new mod since b42 dropped entirely hinges around a b42 only mechanic but i wouldn't develop for b41 and b42 simultaneously in general, except maybe if a mod benefitted a lot from multiplayer

[cosmic ermine]

Should my mod contain media then? If it's going to be for 42+ only then it should only contain common and 42, no?

[stoic patrol]

@red tiger I can bother you a little in your private 🙏

[red tiger]

To answer your question, yes. Your mod can load a file from the ~/Zomboid/Lua/** folder, making it capable of loadstring()() calls.

@stoic patrol

[stoic patrol]

but these have checksum problems when loading the server

How do you bypass this detection on clientside?

[bronze yoke]

yeah, there's no need for a media folder if you only support b42, nothing from there loads (except a couple bugs that'll probably be resolved soon)

[red tiger]

How so? You give a legitimate code block requesting and loading the file.

[stoic patrol]

for example said file x doesnt exists

[bronze yoke]

nothing in the Lua/ folder is checksummed to begin with

[red tiger]

You then place the code in the server Lua folder.

Call it, read it, then loadstring it

I have a framework that does this for anti-cheat and other proprietary works for server-exclusive content.

[stoic patrol]

Let me explain better, let's say I create serveside.lua in that folder and run the server. When another client tries to connect, it says that this file is not in its files and cannot be connected.

[cosmic ermine]

name='85 Lamborghini Countach 5000QV
id=Isaglish_LamborghiniCountach5000QV
authors=Isaglish
description=Adds the Lamborghini Countach 5000QV
poster=poster.png
```The `id` should be fine right?

[red tiger]

You're probably putting it in the main installation lua folder. I'm asking you to place it in the Lua Cache folder.

[bronze yoke]

the checksum only covers:
.lua files in media/lua/shared, media/lua/client and media/lua/server
.txt files in media/scripts
nothing else is covered

[stoic patrol]

Ohh okay, now I understand you, I'm going to try and test, thank you very much

[bronze yoke]

you can even put it in the main mod folder so long as you don't put it somewhere it can get checksummed

but there's not much point to that

[fast laurel]

For making profession and trait overhauls, is it easier to use the framework on the workshop? Has anyone used it and wouldn't mind fielding some dumb questions?

[crystal canyon]

I did mine without the framework because it wasn't updated. Its not that bad, it all depends on the scope you want to go.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3387563172

you can dl it, check it out and see if you think its too complicated. (I went overboard and added a bunch of stuff im not gonna use that I need to remove in next update)

[fast laurel]

I want to edit what traits and professions give first, maybe add some traits and professions if I feel feisty.

Do we know what's coming down the chute in the next update for traits and profs?

[hidden compass]

I went ahead and posted this in the Modding Reports/Request thread (sorry, I'll be careful from now on), but is there any way to make empty Drainable items available for processing in a recipe? I would like to implement a “Recipe with empty items as the processing target”.

[crystal canyon]

well if youre gonna modify the vanilla professions first, don use the framework

[fast laurel]

Oh interesting

[crystal canyon]

adding the flags notEmpty notFull isEmpty or isFull would be my guess

you can get all available input flags here
https://demiurgequantified.github.io/ProjectZomboidJavaDocs/zombie/scripting/entity/components/crafting/InputScript

[hidden compass]

Thanks for the reply. I tried all those tags but no luck. I also decompiled Java and checked the tag implementation, but there did not appear to be any applicable tags.

[crystal canyon]

can you give an example of what you want to do when you say “Recipe with empty items as the processing target”

[tacit pebble]

I'm asking just because I'm not sure,
should i go to TIS report forum with this instead of modding report thread? or this thread is better? any advices?
#1318920979581501502 message

[hidden compass]

I have added mirrored eye makeup; in B42 cosmetics become consumable (Drainable) and the item is removed when consumed. However, I want to keep the mirror element for my added item, so I set DisappearOnUse to false on the Drainable item. This created a situation where the item remained in the “empty” state.

For this empty Drainable, I would like to create a recipe to refill the remaining amount from other cosmetics (eye makeup, foundation, lipstick). The same kind of items can be done with the default function of Drainable, but I want to implement refill between different items.

[stoic patrol]

Is there somewhere I can find documentation for functions like these?

I don't know if it's some kind of implicit class

[crystal canyon]

https://demiurgequantified.github.io/ProjectZomboidJavaDocs/zombie/Lua/LuaManager.GlobalObject.html#getFileWriter(java.lang.String,boolean,boolean)

[stoic patrol]

ty

[ornate sand]

They gots to be craftRecipe nowadays

[crystal canyon]

thats a lang file, but you are correct that scripts must use craftRecipe now

[ornate sand]

I just woke up and I'm not even in my 2nd cup o' joe. Maybe I shouldn't be trying to answer any questions, including "good morning" lol

[trim mist]

Just gonna forward this here. If you think this would be useful, please react to it in the thread!

[crystal canyon]

this smells to me that you will need a function to run when you craft it to translate the drainable property of the lipstick for example, to the fluidcontainer format of the eyeshadow kit

I hope someone more knowledgeable can chime in on this

but here is the relevant class for the drainable item and what fields are available
https://demiurgequantified.github.io/ProjectZomboidJavaDocs/zombie/inventory/types/DrainableComboItem.html

[hidden compass]

Thank you for reply, and I try to check the Java implementation (the decompiled one) and not Javadoc whenever possible to make a statement.

[crystal canyon]

gotcha

[hidden compass]

Anyway, I think the essence of this problem is that Drainable items are designed as recipes for consumption. So, when I create such a recipe, I am doing the useless process of “ restoring the consumed remaining amount for UseDelta” in the OnCreate function. Of course, it is quite possible that I just don't know how to do that!

[crystal canyon]

UsedDelta is deprecated now, no?

woops, you said UseDelta, theyre different

[hidden compass]

Yes, and there is a setCurrentUsesFloat method to change current remains.

[bronze yoke]

it's the same thing anyway, i think they just realised that having two things one letter apart isn't a good idea

[crystal canyon]

yeah. I just need to close all code editors and just play

[stoic patrol]

Is there a way to verify the integrity of the clientside classes?

I've seen people modifying a specific .class to get "wallhack" meaning they modify the light class. It's possible that the server knows if they have modified any class.

[bronze yoke]

it's not possible without getting all of your players to run a modified version of the game that does that - you can't do it through a regular mod

[quiet rain]

I'm having a silly issue with corpse / tile deletion. I'm deleting a zombie corpse using removeCorpse, and using RemoveFromSquare and RemoveFromWorld just to be sure.
The strange thing is that the corpse does get removed. But when the save is loaded again or the server restarts, the corpse will then become visible. Some kind of sync issue, or am I missing something?

[old ginkgo]

Is it only passing locally through the client? I’m not sure but I’d imagine the state of the corpse needs to be passed to the server as well.

[bronze yoke]

the server's perspective is the only one that saves so things reappearing after reloading means it wasn't deleted on the server

[quiet rain]

It's a function that's run onZombieDead, which I thought would be good enough to have it pass on the server? But yeah that's fair enough, I should've figured it out myself it was a sync thing 😄

[tardy mural]

Should it look like this? Because this still doesn't seem to be working

    craftRecipe_MakeEnginePart_w = "Make Spare Engine Parts",
    craftRecipe_MakeEnginePart_m = "Make Spare Engine Parts",
    craftRecipe_MakeEnginePart_e = "Make Spare Engine Parts",
}```

[ornate sand]

I guess that's the idea but yeah, even that doesn't work yet

[fast laurel]

I notice you haven't implemented starting items and such. Isn't that something the framework makes easier or will it be easy enough without it?

[old ginkgo]

I can’t verify but I believe translations aren’t currently implemented on the new crafting menu? Likely to be added soon. I swear even vanilla crafts have the issue if I’m not mistaken.

[tardy mural]

Ah I see, thank you

So I don't need to bother with thi anymore

[old ginkgo]

Not for now at least no.

[hidden compass]

By the way, I was able to solve this problem by “adding a recipe with the IsEmpty flag in addition to the normal recipe” to run in both cases. However, I don't think this is smart because I see two recipes in the recipe menu. I can remove the display from the recipe menu and only execute from the context menu, but I would like to keep the display in the recipe menu where we can check the recipe status. FYI.

I would still like to see a flag like “Ignore consumption on Drainable items” (NotConsumption). 😦

[eager imp]

👀 makeup?

I love makeup

[hidden compass]

Sorry for the personal reply. I like vanilla makeup and would be happy to see a more widespread culture of vanilla makeup.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3235103558

[eager imp]

This is so cute i love the compact

[old ginkgo]

Also just realized why your name was familiar fancy seeing you here

[bright fog]

Yea me too wtf

xD

[tardy mural]

Is it also due to that unstable release, that crafting (timed actions) emit no sound?

[bright fog]

Hmm

You sure there's 0 sounds ?

[tardy mural]

Atleast nothing I can hear and I tried a few different timed actions

[bright fog]

I haven't played enough lol

[old ginkgo]

Are you in “invisible” mode in debug mode?

[bright fog]

yea that too

[old ginkgo]

Because all of mine have had noises.

[bright fog]

Invisible stops noises

[eager imp]

The model is so cute

Makes me wanna make more makeup textures

[fast galleon]

have you tried other modes?

item 1 [...] mode:destroy itemcount,

#mod_development message

[cosmic ermine]

Has anyone ever had a problem with the vehicle masks? I messed up the UV unwrapping process because it's my first time and the guide isn't exactly perfect which causes some parts of the vehicle to bleed. If it does become a problem then I will have to unwrap and go through the texturing process again.

[hidden compass]

Oh, I see. I was also trying this pattern on another assignment (with or without specifying Outputs params), but it seems to ignore the Drainable consumption check in this mode. I'll try to implement it further.

[cosmic ermine]

Help, I can't find the issue.

[ancient grail]

press the errors

[cosmic ermine]

Where?

[ancient grail]

this is harder to troubleshoot since its not pointing towards your mods code

it could be a syntax error somewhere

[cosmic ermine]

Does going back to B41 have a chance to corrupt your files?

[ancient grail]

you could narrow it down by determining when its triggered
and what code you have that could have done this

also isolate your mod dont use other mods

[ancient grail]

have no idea abt that
i havent touched b42

[cosmic ermine]

That's the thing, the error is getting thrown whenever I go to the mod manager.

[ancient grail]

hmm so that means you have the mod activated for singleplayer

try disabling everything
and just use local host to test

[bronze yoke]

it may cause issues, if you are going to play both i recommend using a separate cache directory

[ancient grail]

but this could be something else entirely if its b42 related

[bronze yoke]

can you scroll up? the actual error is a little higher and it probably indicates what the problem is

most likely you've put something in your mod.info that it doesn't like

[cosmic ermine]

I was contemplating whether to support B41 earlier and reverted back, cancelling the download half-way through.

[ancient grail]

you can change your cache directory via startup param

[cosmic ermine]

No, I've double-checked it.

[bronze yoke]

if you didn't launch it it's absolutely fine

[ancient grail]

i suggest making it b41 compatible first before figuring out b42
if ever this is your first time doing this kind of mod

this is just to reduce issues

[bronze yoke]

yeah it definitely failed to load your mod.info, it says id here but it might just be saying that because the entire thing failed

[ancient grail]

looks like the menu is showing an empty mod
or something

[bronze yoke]

it is at least seeing it though or else there would be no error, it just wouldn't show up

[cosmic ermine]

Mod list is empty.

[hidden compass]

Thanks to all of you, I was able to implement a recipe that uses an empty Drainable item; I'll skip showing for OnTest and OnCreate, but here's a sample craftRecipe.
I would like to thank everyone in this community. I am not fluent in English, but I will try to help this community in a small way.

{
    timedAction = P4PrismPower.P4MakeupEyeshadow,
    time = 50,
    onTest = P4PrismPowerRecipes.OnTest.MakeupEyeshadowRefill,
    onCreate = P4PrismPowerRecipes.OnCreate.MakeupEyeshadowRefill,
    tags = InHandCraft,
    category = Packing,
    inputs
    {
        item 1 [P4PrismPower.P4MakeupEyeshadow] mode:keep itemcount flags[NotFull],
        item 1 [Base.MakeupEyeshadow;Base.MakeupFoundation;Base.Lipstick] mode:keep itemcount flags[NotEmpty],
    }
    outputs
    {
        /* all items are kept */
    }
}```

[frosty bridge]

Hey! Sorry to interrupt. Anyone knows a .lua script that gives a random item OnCreate?
I tried this:

function VeinstoneSmall_OnCreate(items, result, player)
local rand = math.random(1, 100)
if rand <= 65 then
player:getInventory():AddItem("Stone");
elseif rand <= 90 then
player:getInventory():AddItems("Stone", 2);
elseif rand <= 100 then
player:getInventory():AddItems("Stone", 3);
end

But the game enters the debug screen when I use the recipe.

[ancient grail]

[ancient grail]

ZombRand()

[bronze yoke]

math.random does not exist in zomboid

use zombrand or newrandom

[cosmic ermine]

name='85 Lamborghini Countach 5000QV
id=85countach5000qv
author=Isaglish
description=Adds 1985 Lamborghini Countach 5000QV
poster=poster.png
modversion=1.0.0
pzversion=42
versionMin=42

[frosty bridge]

Alright! I'll try. Thank you guys!

[ancient grail]

should be authors not author
but i dont think this is the issue

[bronze yoke]

no, author is the b42 syntax

[cosmic ermine]

Nah, it changed in 42.

[mellow frigate]

is ' a valid character for a name ?

[bronze yoke]

i think it must be because a lot of mods have names like '<name>'s Doors' but maybe it doesn't like it at the start?

[cosmic ermine]

Nah, still the same.

[bronze yoke]

oh actually

try versionMin=42.0.0

i think i remember someone saying it hates short versions there

[cosmic ermine]

Why does it show the error at the line where it gets the ID of my mod? I'll try that though.

[bronze yoke]

the error specifically is that the entire mod info object does not exist, so getting the id from it doesn't work

so it could be anything in there

[cosmic ermine]

B-Bruh...

Thanks.

[frosty bridge]

It worked with the ZombRand() instead of math.rand!!! Much obliged guys!!

[ebon dagger]

Ok, in case anyone else ever uses the search function in this discord for future issues. I figured out how to populate pre-filled bags/backpacks/whatever.

Thanks for the help earlier @bronze yoke and @crystal canyon

[crystal canyon]

Glad i was able to help even if at least a little

[cosmic ermine]

Anyone know why this is getting thrown? It was working fine but when I started editing the vehicle's scale in the editor it suddenly starts throwing this error.

I can't reload the scripts either.

[unkempt epoch]

Hi, I want to share with you the 2 mods I've been working on:

1 - Keep Your Distance Trait:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3400049129

2 - New Infection System:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3400051090

[onyx valve]

Hello, I am making an Attachment Definitions for my weapon mod, at first I tried with 2 weapons, the Thompson and Hellriegel and everything was fine, but when I placed all the weapons as I want, only the VEPR, Lewis Gun, Kriss Vector and MP9 appeared in the zombies, is there something I'm forgetting to place? Or it just can't be done like I'm trying to do.

[cosmic ermine]

What does outside mean?

[ebon dagger]

Anyone else had your mod just... disable itself? No errors, no issues. Just takes itself off of a save game?

[ornate sand]

Yeah, when I re-named a mod by its folder and in its mod.info the save didn't recognize it anymore.
I just re-added it though so no real problem there.

Stuff like this makes me feel okay about throwing s*** at the wall when modding PZ:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/q2pL890BvWw

[ebon dagger]

Hmm. I can see why that would happen. But it happens without me messing with the file structure. Just editing files.

[tranquil reef]

items don't have to be dung to be compostable right?

the tag just automatically allows it?

[cosmic ermine]

As long as they're "rotten" I guess.

[grim fern]

can I get some assistance? I'm trying to update my mod but I'm running into an issue. No matter where I put mod.info, Zomboid tells me that my mod is missing a mod.info file, preventing me from updating my mod

I've tried putting mod.info in "Zomboid/Workshop/StygianIkazuchi/Contents/mods/", "Zomboid/Workshop/StygianIkazuchi/Contents/mods/42", AND "Zomboid/Workshop/StygianIkazuchi/Contents/mods/common". The mod is meant to be for b41 and b42.

[cosmic ermine]

The car won't move. Anyone know how to fix this? Does it have something to do with the Tire/Wheel offsets?

[dull moss]

Do you have submod? I had same problem, turned out submod has to be updated to b42 as well. Alternatively your mod.info is wrong. Post it here

[grim fern]

I don't. I'm using (with permission) files FROM a submod but I thought I'd changed it to be correct. one second.

[dull moss]

Bro I'm on phone

Can you send a text not a file xd

[grim fern]

ok one second

[dull moss]

If you put it in ```

It formats as multipine code

[grim fern]

id=StygianIkazuchi
author=StygianIkazuchi
description=Thunder Ram
url=https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3215926413
poster=preview.png
icon=poster.png
modversion=2
require=\FurryMod
incompatible=
loadModAfter=\FurryMod
loadModBefore=\FurryApocalypse
category=Silly/Fun
versionMin=42.0```

[dull moss]

Shouldn't id start with \

[grim fern]

I'll try that

[dull moss]

Not sure, haven't gotten used to new thing yet but ye try that

[grim fern]

I mean it's something I haven't tried yet

[dull moss]

Also haven't used categories myself so idk if that's correct

[grim fern]

so might as well

[cosmic ermine]

Does url= work for you?

[dull moss]

I have url but it doesn't work but it won't break the mod

[cosmic ermine]

Can you show how they're displayed in the mod manager?

[dull moss]

https://github.com/MusicManiac/EvolvingTraitsWorld/blob/main/Contents%2Fmods%2FEvolving Traits World%2F42%2Fmod.info

As an example

[grim fern]

still says "your mod is missing a mod.info file."

[cosmic ermine]

Show your file structure, please.

[dull moss]

Also id doesn't need \ apparently

[grim fern]

how do I do that without taking multiple images?

[dull moss]

Do you use any IDE or just editing mods in notepad

[grim fern]

not sure what an IDE is so probably not

[dull moss]

How do you make mod? With notepad or something like VSCode

How do you edit Lua files or mod.info, etc

Or just use this
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/tree

[grim fern]

well, someone else ported my mod (an addon for Anthro Survivors) to b42 and gave me permission to use said files for my own update (they didn't fix some clipping issues), so I didn't need to edit any Lua files, but I use Notepad++

[dull moss]

Or something similar

There should be some way to display tree of a folder and it's content recursively

[grim fern]

is this for cmd or something else? because it says windows server

[dull moss]

Try cmd

Haven't used it myself and on the phone so can't check but should work probably

To open cmd in your mod folder just go in it, select filepath on top and type cmd there and press enter, then just do tree

It'll open cmd in your current dir

Also should work on win10 and 11

Says on top to what OS it applies

[grim fern]

yeah I can't get the command to work

[dull moss]

Oh

[grim fern]

for one, what do you mean "select filepath on top and type cmd"?

[dull moss]

Try it in PowerShell

[main pasture]

I think "outside" in the vehicle config is where the player exists from the seat

[dull moss]

https://superuser.com/a/1303475

[dull moss]

https://www.lifewire.com/open-command-prompt-in-folder-8681085
Option 3

[main pasture]

Did you try to raise the extents over the wheel origins. The wheels inside the extents usually causes this for me. It also requires setScript to start working, if that was the problem

[cosmic ermine]

What setScript? And no the extents only go as far as the shell.

[grim fern]

ok I can't post it in text form because it says the server thinks it's spam

[main pasture]

From the right click context menu "vehicle>set script>(the same vehicle)", to load it again

[dull moss]

Sometimes it chokes when msg is very close to 2000 characters

[grim fern]

it's 3174 characters

[dull moss]

Ye 2000 is limit

Break it into 2

And send 2 msgs

[cosmic ermine]

Use code block or upload it as file.

[main pasture]

If it doesn't work then, you can try to raise the extents temporarily out of the way, just to see if it was the issue (for some reason fixing the "bottomed out" car always seems to require the SetScript to reload it after fixing the config. At least in b41)

[grim fern]

MusicManiac specifically wanted it in text form, and I tried code block. it said the message was suspected spam

[dull moss]

Just send txt then

[grim fern]

but here's the txt

small note, the reason there are 3 mod.info files is because I was just trying to get Zomboid to recognize ANY of them

and it doesn't recognize any of them

[dull moss]

This is both for b41 and b42 right?

Or b42 only

[grim fern]

both

but zomboid b42 is refusing to recognize the mod.info file in any of those locations

[dull moss]

Then for one you're missing mod info in your b41 folder

[grim fern]

no it's just listed at the top for some reason

above the 42 folder

[dull moss]

Oh

Ah

It should be Contents/mods/NameOfTheMod/yourFiles

[cosmic ermine]

Stupid thing still won't budge.

[dull moss]

You missed your name

https://github.com/MusicManiac/EvolvingTraitsWorld/tree/main/Contents%2Fmods%2FEvolving Traits World

Check file structure here

[grim fern]

wait really? I don't remember that being stated anywhere

[dull moss]

It should be Contents/mods/stygianwhatever/42

That's how they always been

[grim fern]

how did I miss that? my old version was set up that way...

[dull moss]

Oh maybe if you don't have submod you don't need that

[grim fern]

well that's infuriating but thanks

[dull moss]

I never made a mod without submod

So maybe without submods structure is different

Worth a try

[grim fern]

yeah now it works. that's an annoying oversight

[dull moss]

Heh

[cosmic ermine]

I really can't figure it out.

[gloomy quest]

That is a really great looking model and I'm looking forward to seeing how you progress with getting your models into the game.

I got the game a few days ago and I'm also looking how I could do the same with my models. Got plenty of cars I've modelled that I want to try ingame, if time allows me.

If you don't mind I'll be observing how it went for you so I can be guided myself.

[main pasture]

That is weird. Maybe it is floating off the ground? The vanilla vehicles have the chassis bottom at about 0 height in the editor. Maybe it spawned too high? Maybe try to raise and drop it with the "vehicle angles ui" from the context menu

[dull moss]

For modeling you'll have more luck in #modeling , really

[cosmic ermine]

Thanks, I'm still trying to figure out how to mod vehicles lol

[grim fern]

so last question. does there need to be a separate mod.info for b41 or does the one for b42 work for b41? and if a separate one is needed, where does it go specifically? I know I don't need 3 mod.info files lol

[dull moss]

I have 3, one in b42, one in common and one in root

root is b41

Other 2 are b42

[grim fern]

ok

[cosmic ermine]

Doesn't work.

[dull moss]

If I'm not mistaken

Check the repo

[dull moss]

[grim fern]

thankfully I only have this one mod, so once it's updated I don't have to update anything until the official anthro survivors updates (to swap requirements from the temporary patch someone made to the official one)

[main pasture]

No idea then. I would just copy/compare the extent and wheel configurations of known working config to get it to drive. Then try to adjust them to suit your car little by little to ensure you know what it was if/when it breaks

[cosmic ermine]

Bruh, this is really demoralizing.

[elder lake]

Guys, has anyone tried creating new workshops with custom tiles?

[main pasture]

One more idea. Have you tried lowering the wheels below the blue line (<0 in height)? Not sure if it matters, but most cars have them like that (or ~0 height)

[ebon dagger]

If I use :getModData() on a corpse, and that corpse despawns. Does that data get garbage collected and removed? Or am I building an ever growing data leak?

[cosmic ermine]

No.

[torn igloo]

1 game tick is 1 ingame second or 0.5 ingame second?

[lyric bane]

no unfortunately

oh that message is old

I was searching for the phrase "week one" and found it

[gloomy quest]

Thanks I'll hang around there to see what I can learn.

[ashen ledge]

hi, I am currently trying to adapt a zombie voice pack mod to build 42
But i have hit a roadblock. while the mod works perfectly fine in 41, i cant get the sounds to replace the vanilla ones in the new version.
i have done the folder restructuring and the game accepts the mod as a compatible one.
did something change about the way i need to declare the file path?

[grizzled fulcrum]

Depends what sandbox option. On server one tick (with normal 1 hour days) it's 48 ticks a second so basically I think like a tick every 0.8 seconds?

Shouldn't be measuring game time (as in converting ticks to seconds/minutes/hours) via ticks though I don't think since there's already a gametime sorta class

[tacit pebble]

hmm.. can't i use getAmount() and getPerk()? or am i doing something wrong?

    if craftRecipe:getXPAwardCount() > 0 then
        local xplist = craftRecipe:getXPAward(0)
        if xplist:getAmount() then -- Returns non-table error
            print(xplist:getAmount()) -- I expected to be returned "5" for the value
        end
    end

https://demiurgequantified.github.io/ProjectZomboidJavaDocs/zombie/scripting/entity/components/crafting/CraftRecipe.xp_Award.html

[vivid imp]

How hard would it be to add an icon to an inventory item's row? I want to make a mod that gives an indicator to if an item is smeltable, if its packable, etc. I feel it would really help the loot goblins out there

[ornate sand]

You mean like, a png icon that shows an image? Or like a text prompt that pops up, such as "Dangerous uncooked" for some foods?

[vivid imp]

A png icon, ideally

[ornate sand]

Then idk

[vivid imp]

Adding more text in parenthesis would just clutter up things imo

Like (rotten) or (frozen)

[tacit pebble]

What about tooltip?

[ornate sand]

That's what I was talking about. They don't come in parentheses, they're just a little tooltip 😄

[vivid imp]

Ah i see, i suppose that would work too!

[tacit pebble]

I mean, if it has type somethign like rottenFood then simply add a line to explain what is the rottenFood
from lua side

[vivid imp]

Sorry for the misunderstanding haha

Hmmmm ok thats good food for thought

I wonder if i can dynamically get all valid items that can be smelted in a forge and give them a special tag... honestly im just throwing out ideas here

[ornate sand]

I'm sure there's a way to do that. The quick and easy way would be to overwrite 'em but that's also the bad way to do it.
A more challenging but way better way would be to somehow have your mod just pop in that little icon/tooltip without modifying the og item scripts.