mod_development

[storm patio]

I was just looking for a way to require player to stand near sandtile, so looked around for a reference

[mellow frigate]

To avoid vehicles being stuck under ground, I set changed Wheel radius from 0.15 to 0.16. There may be better solutions. I have not tested enough to ensure this is the way.

[undone elbow]

How to check that fluids are incompatible? Is there a comparison sheet somewhere?
There is no info about it on the wiki.

e.g. gasoline is incompatible with water, and they can't be mixed.

[crystal canyon]

In that same file (ISEntityUI.lua) theres also

local obj = ISEntityUI.FindCraftSurface(_player, 1);
if obj then
    -- Use the crafting surface
end

whats the tile name for sand? @storm patio

[storm patio]

1 min, looking at this atm
function ISEntityUI.FindCraftSurface(_player, _radius)
if not _player then return; end

local sx = _player:getX();
local sy = _player:getY();
local sz = _player:getZ();

local done = {};

for r=0,_radius do
    for x=sx-r,sx+r do
        for y=sy-r,sy+r do
            local square = getCell():getGridSquare(x, y, sz);

            -- added check to ensure that the player can properly access the sqaure in question (ie not in another room; behind a fence; etc)
            if square and _player:getSquare():canReachTo(square) and not done[square] then
                local objects = square:getObjects();
                if objects:size()>1 then
                    for i=1,objects:size()-1 do
                        local obj = objects:get(i);
                        -- note that using this specific function is technically redundant, in that it also checks square canReachTo square, but for the sake of consistency still using it
                        if _player:canUseAsGenericCraftingSurface(obj) then return obj end

-- if obj:isGenericCraftingSurface() then return obj end
end
end
done[square] = true;
end
end
end
end

return nil;

end

[crystal canyon]

i was just editing that hahaha

to try and make it find sand tile

[storm patio]

There's actually EntityScriptName = SandFloor

and tile name blends_natural_01_5

and 01_6

01_0

Yeah corners

[crystal canyon]

try adding
component CraftBench
{
Recipes = SandCraft,
}

to that sand entity and create a test recipe with the tag SandCraft

or try something like this (not sure if it works)

still need to tie that to a tag

[storm patio]

Thanks, I'll check it tomorrow actually. Legit overcomplicating simple ass recipe for crafting sacks of sand without murdering world tiles

[crystal canyon]

why not just modify the function that crafts the sand bag?

[hollow ore]

How can I make a custom UI for the mechanic panel of my vehicle

[uneven shard]

why it is doesn't appear in game, i'm maked everything right, help please

[bright fog]

https://github.com/MrBounty/PZ-Mod---Doc/blob/main/Make an custom UI.md

This might help

[hollow ore]

thanks

[undone elbow]

Well, bleach can't be mixed with bleach.

You can pour any amount (e.g. 10 mL) of bleach into empty bottle but you can't add more because bleach incompatible with bleach, lol.

See the zeros in the main diagonal in the table.

[vivid imp]

Would it be possible to be able to create our own 'zone', like how you can designate an animal zone?

It would be kind of cool to create a Storage Zone which would take into account all storage tiles so you could dump all your materials into that without needing to sort

[wild canopy]

i'm having trouble updating my mod. i go through the ingame uploader, it says it's updated, i go to my mod page, i get the 'this item is awaiting analysis...' message, then that goes away and the last updated date stays the same

[elfin cradle]

After doing a bunch of testing what feels like a comfortable weight carry/reduction ratio and brainstorming just exactly HOW I'm planning to pull this off, this is what I have so far 3D Modeling-wise. Aside from that, trying to figure out everything I need has been a pain in the butt without a proper script library. Reminds me of my days scripting in Second Life or tweaking Minecraft plugins where I'd learn by cannibalizing other people's scripts.

I think I'll probably use the holding umbrella animation for when the bodybag is being held by the player in both hands... if I can figure out exactly how to call for it that is.

[vivid imp]

Are you trying to make it so that you can put corpses in a bodybag?

Wouldnt it just be making a bodybag clothing item and forcing the corpse to wear it?

It would also be funny for the player to wear it too lol

[undone elbow]

I guess your files are not changed.

[wild canopy]

one definitely is, but now the game is struggling to see it...hmm

[winter bolt]

this would work actually

make the bodybag an item that adds the right click option which equips a hidden bodybag clothing item to the body

[vivid imp]

I suppose a crafting recipe for bodybags could also be garbage bags and rags, which gives those items another use

[wild canopy]

oh i'm a bellend. i was updating the files in %userprofile%\zomboid\mods, not \workshop. dick.

[vivid imp]

I did that at first too haha\

[wild canopy]

i'd unsubbed, deleted from \mods and it was still showing in the list of mods. i was going mad then remembered there's two bloody folders

also explains why console.txt was showing the wrong errors

[winter bolt]

now i actually want to try making this 💀

[wild canopy]

that's better; now it updated correctly 🙂

[vast pier]

is there an easy way to add items to usable tool lists?

like if I wanted to add something to be used in place of a knife, hammer, or saw?

[elfin cradle]

Yes to putting corpses in bags, no to the worn clothing item. The goal is moreso to change corpses into containers so you can transport them long distances.

[ornate sand]

Yeah, tags. That's how I added my swiss army knife and its many functions

[vivid imp]

Corpses already are containers tho

[elfin cradle]

But they cannot be loaded into cars in B42, nor can they be fully picked up- only dragged (painfully slowly may I add)

[ornate sand]

And of course my amazing sawback machete. Yes that's right, sawback machete. It can saw wood, whooooa.

[mortal sky]

please help, I'm trying to figure out simple things to start with, instead of a 3D model I have a custom icon displayed on the ground, where did I go wrong?

[ornate sand]

Try without the StaticModel entry, and only the WorldStaticModel?

[mortal sky]

yes

I already launched it like this

[vast pier]

can you add tags without replacing the item?

[ornate sand]

idk what you mean but for example my sawback machete is just a machete thats Tags line includes "Saw"

[vast pier]

Like if I wanted to add a tag to a vanilla item, the only way I can think of involves replacing the item

[ornate sand]

Oh right, yeah probably

[bronze yoke]

unfortunately you can't right now, it will be addressed later

[vast pier]

ah, same goes with any sort of modifying of a vanilla item?

[bronze yoke]

no, pretty much anything else is possible

we used to add tags through lua and you can still do that but the recipe system caches all items with each tag before lua even runs, and we don't have a way to update that cache

[vast pier]

Oh, how could I go about changing the fluid value of items without replacing them?

my fluid containers mod currently just replaces items but I would like to make it just target the storage max instead

for compatibility

[ornate sand]

local item = ScriptManager.instance:getItem("BucketEmpty")
if item then
    item:DoParam("capacity = 50")
end

Would that work?

[bronze yoke]

i haven't seen it used with components since they're new, but ideally if it works like everything else does, something like this should work:```lua
local item = ScriptManager.instance:getItem("Module.Item")
if item then
item:Load(item:getName(), [[{
component FluidContainer {
Capacity = 50,
}
}]])
end

the simpler DoParam unfortunately wouldn't work here since it's a parameter of the FluidContainer component and not the item tiself

[undone elbow]

How to target a custom fluid from Lua?

[bronze yoke]

most methods will have the option to pass its type as a string rather than the FluidType enum

[mossy crypt]

what would be the best way for me to verify that a Moveable item definition I've created in a script is actually loading

I'm attempting to set the CustomItem property on an existing worldsprite but it's changing it to a TV and not my custom Moveable definition

worried it might not be loading the script

[vast pier]

Having trouble understanding the syntax and what would be swapped out for different items

[bronze yoke]

all you'd need to change is the item reference in Module.Item and the number at the end of Capacity = 50, - Module.Item should be the full type of the item (so an item originally declared in the script as module Base { item Bottle { ... } } would be referenced as Base.Bottle)

i *think* all vanilla items are in module Base now, they weren't in b41 though

[vast pier]

And what would I need to do if an item I want to have a fluid capacity, isn't a fluid storage in vanilla?

ladles for example

[random finch]

Does B42 expose anymore methods for changing the cursor texture dynamically? In B41, it seems impossible.

I know people have been overriding the default cursor texture by dropping a png with the same name/dimensions, but I want the ability to change the cursor conditionally.

[undone elbow]

the simplest way is to redefine the item, but it's not neat

[bronze yoke]

you could probably add a FluidContainer entirely by just filling out the```
component FluidContainer {
Capacity = 50,
}

this code basically just loads a string as an item script, on top of what's already there from the actual script

[solar violet]

hello everyone im trying to make a vehicle mod and followed the instructions online but idk if its out of date or what im doing wrong ive tried looking through the games files to help and im just getting more confused

[vast pier]

I don't quite understand

[random finch]

Bruh, why can't we change the cursor...

--setNativeCursor not exposed
function PlayerConstructionZone.crossHair:changeCursor()
    local fileLocal = "cursor_proto.png"
    local defaultCursor = Mouse.loadCursor(fileLocal)    
    Mouse.setNativeCursor(defaultCursor)    
end

--defaultCursor not exposed
function PlayerConstructionZone.crossHair:changeCursor()
    local fileLocal = "cursor_proto.png"    
    Mouse.defaultCursor = Mouse.loadCursor(fileLocal)
    Mouse.initCustomCursor()    
end

--mouseCursorTexture not exposed
function PlayerConstructionZone.crossHair:changeCursor()
    local fileLocal = "media/ui/cursor_proto.png"    
    local cursorTexture = getTexture(fileLocal)
    if cursorTexture:isReady() then
        Mouse.mouseCursorTexture = cursorTexture
    end    
end

Events.OnGameStart.Add(function()
    PlayerConstructionZone.crossHair:changeCursor()
end)

[hollow ore]

I'm referring to the UI that appears when you open the hood to check the status of a car. I'd like to know how to modify it to be the shape of the car.

[bright fog]

Find the code which involves opening the hood

[random finch]

Where is the best place to suggest API changes? Forum?

[bronze yoke]

right now, probably here https://discord.com/channels/136501320340209664/1318920979581501502

[vast pier]

so like

local Ladle = ScriptManager.instance:getItem("Base.Ladle")
if Ladle then
    Ladle:Load(Ladle:getName(), [[{
        FillFromDispenserSound = GetWaterFromDispenserMetalMedium,
        FillFromLakeSound = GetWaterFromLakeSmall,
        FillFromTapSound = GetWaterFromTapMetalMedium,
        FillFromToiletSound = GetWaterFromToilet,
        IsCookable = true,
        Tags = Cookable;HasMetal;SmeltableIronSmall,

        component FluidContainer
        {
            ContainerName   = Ladle,
            RainFactor    = 0.8,
            capacity        = 0.3,
            CustomDrinkSound = DrinkingFromMug,
        }
    }]])
end

?

[vast pier]

yeah this worked

[random finch]

Did we get the ability to get remote zombie IDs in B42 yet? Better yet, I hope they change how zeds sync.

[bright fog]

Wdym by "remote zombie IDs" ?

[mellow frigate]

there is no MP yet, so no remote zombie IDs.

[random finch]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3012642917

[bright fog]

I mean yeah what this mod does you could have always done it by accessing every zombies and finding the zombie which has the same onlineID as your zombie onlineID that you sent to other clients

Tho it's more performant because it does a single check to allow every onlineID which is checked to use the same iterated list

Tho the problem is that this mod doesn't allow access of the zombie server side

And like Tcherno said, there aren't even online functionalities in the game rn

So impossible to know if it'll be a similar system, if it'll be vanilla etc

There's going to be improved zombie syncing, that's for sure, but will allow modders to better sync zombies, I sure hope so

[fleet bridge]

Doggy you said you solved the health sync issues by syncing zombies via commands right?

[bright fog]

Nop

lol

Sadly the fix I tried didn't work

I'm not sure if it's because I wasn't properly finding the zombie server side with the onlineID, or if setting health server side actually doesn't do jackshit

[fleet bridge]

Hrm

Did the zombs just turn into wigglers when you attacked them or what

[sly monolith]

can someone tell me what does that tag refer to "IgnoreZombieDensity"

[crystal canyon]

that's for distributions. You know how rolls for drops are affected by how many zombies there are?

[winter bolt]

oh thats what that is 💀

[winter bolt]

some items have that tag as well

[sly monolith]

yea i see that on items all the time and was wondering, idk how distributions work tho

[crystal canyon]

I haven't found anything in the java or lua directly referencing the tag so this is just my assumption. If you notice, It is mainly used on "junk" items

I think it is so junk items spawn normally and arent affected by the chances of loot other items are affected by when large hordes of zombies are present

most "story" items also have this tag, so they still appear in-world on buildings

[silent zealot]

Makes sense - you don't want zero loot when there are no zombies around, and you don't want a warehouse in a high-zombie area to fill up with junk.

[wet sandal]

this took me 3 days

i hate textures

[silent zealot]

Well done matching the game style

[wet sandal]

Those are the game assets, its rotated rendering of the new fluid and color masks

[silent zealot]

If I want to trigger an event and do something involving the player whenever they load into the game, what is the best event to attach to? OnLoad()?

[bronze yoke]

generally OnCreatePlayer

[silent zealot]

perfect

[wet sandal]

That way you can support split screen too

[bright fog]

[silent zealot]

I got distracted when working on the Put Anything Into Anything mod and now I'm making a button on the dashboard to toggle Speed Demon on/off.

[bright fog]

That's sounds .... OP asf

[silent zealot]

It's definitely not balanced.

But not every mod needs to be. Sometime I just want to be able to reverse park in peace without sacrificing my ability to tow trailers.

Hmmm... if I made it a more expensive trait "Expert Driver" how many points do you think that would be worth?

[winter bolt]

nice

[silent zealot]

helpful, especially for that inventory tetris mod (which I assume is what you're working on that for)

[wet sandal]

Yea, thats a screenshot of the next update in action

[atomic hare]

Is there any mod that allows the building of storage only for logs, twigs, tree branches and the like that fit tons of it? B42 is really needing one with the tons of tree branches you end with if you use logs to build a wall

[silent zealot]

For containers you carry there is an AcceptItemFunction paramters that is just a function(item) that return true if the item can go inside.

Not sure if world items have the same capability, I've never looked at how they are defined

And a "log only backpack" probably isn't what you're after here!

[bronze yoke]

i don't think object containers have anything like that

[silent zealot]

You could do it by modifying the code for transfering objects with a prefix patch (if dstcontainer ==logstorage then <my code> otherwise <call OG function>) but be warned yo have to update a lot of places:

ISTransferAction
ISInventoryTransferAction
ISInventoryPane
ISInventoryPane:canPutIn()
ISInventoryPane:onMouseUp(x, y)
ISInventoryPaneContextMenu
ISInventoryPaneContextMenu.hasRoomForAny
ISInventoryPage

[wet sandal]

B42 driving me crazy with the new hardcoded container capacity limits

[silent zealot]

There's another place for "I unequiped an item and now have to decide if it can fit in my inventory" but that won't be relevent to you.

[wet sandal]

I'm pretty sure my workaround for Inventory Tetris counts as a code crime

[silent zealot]

I work with enough developers to know most professional production code is a crime.

[bright fog]

Some found some work around too

[silent zealot]

But if it works, it works. Until it doesn't. OR until a minor update takes 12 month longer due to technical debt.

[wet sandal]

My solution: Every container enters a capacity check with a fake id that says "Hello, I'm the floor."

[silent zealot]

I'm working on that - I've modified a lot of lua directly and have bypassed the limites for everything except when uneqipping gear, and have been testing with no problems.

But this is "ignore container capacity competely" not "allow size 200 containers that are not vehicle trunks"

[mossy crypt]

Hey all! Hopefully somebody can provide me with some insight on a few things.

1. I have an item definition script in media/scripts. I'm not sure if this is being loaded. I do not see the items in the debug Item List, but I'm a newbie with PZ modding so I'm also not sure if there is another way to verify if the file is being loaded as expected.

2. There's an existing object in the game that I'm trying to modify. It's properties (name and weight) are assigned as a world sprite. My goal is to modify it's name and weight using the script from the paragraph above. I've found a property within the sprite called CustomItem that is used for the Radio module and all of its different types of radios and TVs. Setting this property to anything that isn't within the Radio module defaults it to Radio.WideScreenTV - however, setting it to say, Radio.RadioRed works fine. In the Lua side of things, the CustomItem property doesn't do a check on what module it belongs to, so I'm unsure of why it's doing this.

[silent zealot]

puts a fridge in his fanny pack to demonstrate

For inventory items you can update a parameter with item:DoParam()

eg: x = ScriptManager.instance:getItem("Base.Plank") x:DoParam("Weight = 0.3")

World items... I'm not sure on those.

[bright fog]

I suggest checking out
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Scripts
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Folders_structure

[silent zealot]

And Radio stuff may be entirely seperate to general item properties.

[atomic hare]

not really. Altough that could be a interesting idea.

[silent zealot]

In zomboid terms those are probably "sticks" but close enough.

...there isn't any "firewood" item is there?

you go straight from logs to planks.

[atomic hare]

yeah. I know, but i seen some pics of them being used for logs (small tree logs but still logs)

[silent zealot]

also, a lot of stuff in zomboid is close-enough approximations.

[atomic hare]

yeah, thats why i think its a "close enough" idea that would improve on solving the "i cant carry enough logs to build my log wall"

(ps, love how the logs grow or shrink as needed :p)

[mossy crypt]

Solved #1. PZ doesn't like the default Windows line separator (CRLF) and files with a BOM it seems. Need to change my default in JetBrains I guess

[mossy crypt]

There is a comment in the Lua file that I've found where it handles instancing for moveable world sprite props that mentions its purpose for items with a subtype like Radios, but doesn't say that it's specific to just them.

But that very well could be the reason

[tranquil reef]

Is it possible to override the "Grab" context menu option for a specific modded item

[buoyant scaffold]

Hey guys. I'm new. Looking to find out what I would need to help make mods in the game. Also, do I need to know any coding?

[old ginkgo]

You can check out the pz wiki page for modding; but it is indeed best to either teach yourself Lua and some basic programming principles first.

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Modding

[buoyant scaffold]

Thanks. Much appreciated. I used to code in HTML, Flash, Java, C++ even. Just haven't done it in ages. I'll have to look into Lua, never heard of it.

[silent zealot]

Yes, all the context menu stuff is in lua. Look for files with "context" in the name under \media\lua\client

There is also a way to add a context menu option I can't remember right now. That's easier than overriding existing context menu entries.

[severe jay]

who hungry?

[silent zealot]

Do they inflict burns when you eat them?

[severe jay]

straight out of the oven, minor but yes XD

[tranquil reef]

Do you know if it'd be possible to do non-destructively though? Like not taking over the entire function?

[silent zealot]

Are you adding an option

or changing one that already exists?

[tranquil reef]

The "Grab" context menu option shows up every time you right click on a world item. I'm trying to make it not show up on a specific item

Because I want to add a custom context option that's whole point is kind of defeated if you can just grab it and put it in your inventory lol

[silent zealot]

that can be done

FInd the function that add context menu options to world items

add a prefix patch

"if item=myitem then return otherwise call original function"

(also, "prefix patch" is probably not the right term for doing this in LUA)

C# modding is like making finely crafted clockwork to fit exactly into the existing code, Lua modding is like making a bowl of soup to tip into a giant pot of soup.

[fleet bridge]

you can remove the context menu option to grab that item

otherwise you can do this:

ISGrabItemAction.o_transferItem = ISGrabItemAction.transferItem
function ISGrabItemAction:transferItem(item)
  if item == "Module.Item" then
    self.character:Say("I cannot pick up that item!")
  else
    self:o_transferItem(item)
  end
end

you probably want to do that since double clicking the item lets you transfer the item iirc

(if it's forageable that is)

[vivid imp]

So dropping the item I made on the ground destroys reality as we know it

This is the XML for the item, but I feel it has something to do with the FBX more than anything

<clothingItem>
    <m_MaleModel>static\clothes\Hat_LiteralBucketHat</m_MaleModel>
    <m_FemaleModel>static\clothes\Hat_LiteralBucketHat</m_FemaleModel>
    <m_GUID>a2c8fa8d-f036-4c1f-880b-919edb857375</m_GUID>
    <m_Static>true</m_Static>
    <m_AllowRandomHue>false</m_AllowRandomHue>
    <m_AllowRandomTint>false</m_AllowRandomTint>
    <m_AttachBone>Bip01_Head</m_AttachBone>
    <m_HatCategory>Group01</m_HatCategory>
    <m_MasksFolder>media/textures/Clothes/Hat/Masks</m_MasksFolder>
    <textureChoices>WorldItems\BucketFullWater_New</textureChoices>
</clothingItem>```

[old ginkgo]

Lmaooo I forget what specifically causes this error but I’ve seen it before from a friend who was adding items to the game.

[tranquil reef]

the world was consumed by the bucket

[vivid imp]

Stanley Parable moment

[vivid imp]

Figured it out, the error seems to be caused in the FileGuid file having an entry with an incorrect namepath but a proper GUID

[winter bolt]

i didnt know you could make these lol

[vivid imp]

Also, AHHHHHHHH

[old ginkgo]

Lmao. Lower your scale export in blender and might I recommend attachment editor to rotate its model relative to the hat bone

[vivid imp]

Hmmm ok!

Any tutorial on how to use it

[old ginkgo]

Are you on b42 or b41?

[vivid imp]

B42

[old ginkgo]

You’re in luck I just made one

[vivid imp]

My lucky day

[old ginkgo]

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Attachment_Editor#:~:text=Attachment Editor is a menu,or scaled per attachment bone.

It’s not a very good one but it covers the basics

[vivid imp]

Ayyyy thanks a bunch

[old ginkgo]

If you have questions just lmk

[vivid imp]

Hmm, the atatchment editor doesnt seem to have my item

Its registered as Paddlefruit.Hat_LiteralBucketHat, not starting with Base., is that the issue?

[old ginkgo]

Nope. Should be able to search Paddle and it should show up at the top bar as long as you’ve defined the model. Or are you using the base games model for the bucket?

If you’re using the base vanilla bucket; search for the bucket model.

[cosmic ermine]

Has anyone ever made a vehicle with more than one trunk accessible from the outside?

[old ginkgo]

And it should have a head bone attachment point.

[vivid imp]

Well technically I'm using a modified bucket that I exported, just with a rotation

[old ginkgo]

And you’ve defined it as a separate model in a script file?

[old ginkgo]

I know KI5 has.

[vivid imp]

In the lines with MaleModel and FemaleModel, yea

[cosmic ermine]

Which vehicle?

[old ginkgo]

A few of his do; i can’t think of their specific names but for example he has the roof racks on many of his cars alongside the normal trunk.

[old ginkgo]

How are you defining its model attachment to the player body?

Like what does your script file look like?

[vivid imp]

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<clothingItem>
    <m_MaleModel>static\clothes\Hat_LiteralBucketHat</m_MaleModel>
    <m_FemaleModel>static\clothes\Hat_LiteralBucketHat</m_FemaleModel>
    <m_GUID>a2c8fa8d-f036-4c1f-880b-919edb857375</m_GUID>
    <m_Static>true</m_Static>
    <m_AllowRandomHue>false</m_AllowRandomHue>
    <m_AllowRandomTint>false</m_AllowRandomTint>
    <m_AttachBone>Bip01_Head</m_AttachBone>
    <m_HatCategory>Group01</m_HatCategory>
    <m_MasksFolder>media/textures/Clothes/Hat/Masks</m_MasksFolder>
    <textureChoices>WorldItems\BucketFullWater_New</textureChoices>
</clothingItem>

[cosmic ermine]

I meant two containers outside with a trunk door or something.

[vivid imp]

I suppose I could just get rid of a custom model and just use a base one, yeah?

[bronze yoke]

clothing doesn't use model scripts so it can't use attachments

[old ginkgo]

I meant your script file for the bucket model. It does have one yes?

[old ginkgo]

Oooooh my mistake then.

[vivid imp]

Ah I see

Well I can just eyeball it then

[old ginkgo]

In that case you’re going to need to rotate it in blender

[bronze yoke]

vanilla hats are just put in the right place in editor lol, and most modded hats use bones (which means they do have to additionally define a model script for the dropped item model, since the clothing model is not in the right place)

[old ginkgo]

I thought hats still used it for the head since they were “attached” to that bone. I knew other ones didn’t use the script models.

My mistake/confusion there

[vivid imp]

Good things are brewing

[old ginkgo]

Phenomenal.

[vivid imp]

I'm just mad that setting vision imparement to the max doesnt make your character lose the view cone lol

[old ginkgo]

[vivid imp]

Setting it to 0 just makes it not affect vision at all

[cosmic ermine]

Can we get a Crazy Dave pan hat?

[vivid imp]

That is a FANTASTIC idea

Im going to create armor for the Bucket Knights

[cosmic ermine]

Allow us to wear the kitchen pans lol

[ornate sand]

Saucepans, cooking pots, what else?

[vivid imp]

Is there a caulinder in the game

[cosmic ermine]

Call the mod "Paddlefruit's Wearable Pans" and then add this to the description: "You heard that right, Pans, not Pants."

[ornate sand]

The "Wear Cooking Pot as Hat" mod had a Walter White wearing a cooking pot on his head on the cover, and he says "we need to cook". It got me bad. 😄

[cosmic ermine]

lol

[vivid imp]

I dunno the cooking pot is really large, I dunno if I just want to scale it down

I think I'll stick to stuff that actually would fit on your head haha

[ornate sand]

Give it a chinstrap and a craftrecipe: cooking pot + 1 leather strip = moneymoney

[cosmic ermine]

Anyone know how to fix this rust overlay issue?

[vivid imp]

Damn clean your car man

[silent zealot]

Have you tried smashing more windows?

Is there any sort of "drawLayer" property on the textures? I've never touched texturing in Zomboid, but it looks like it's trying to draw two things in the exact same location so it flickers back and forth based on which one is lucky enough to be "closer" for each pixel.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3403031401

[ornate sand]

Another banger, damn 🙂

[random finch]

How does escaping the Moveable Cursor eat the main menu keybind? Say I want to set a keybind for escape while I have a UI Element active. How would I bypass the Main Menu from opening?

I tried using GameKeyboard.eatKeyPress(key) such as in ISVehicleSeatUI, but doesn't seem to work. Moveable Cursor does not eat the key like this:

function ISVehicleSeatUI:onKeyPress(key)
    if key == getCore():getKey("VehicleSwitchSeat") then
        self:closeSelf()
        return
    end
    if key == Keyboard.KEY_ESCAPE then
        self:closeSelf()
        GameKeyboard.eatKeyPress(key)
        return
    end
end

[vivid imp]

The Order of the Bucket Knights draws close...

[finite scroll]

how can i set a trait as inaccessible to one specific profession?

[ashen mist]

how do I make a repair option stronger?

i'm backporting some bats from B42 to B41 and while i cant get the models to show, i'd like to get some stuff sorted in the meantime

[uneven fractal]

where do i find "Item:ActivatedItem" field?

[random finch]

https://projectzomboid.com/modding/zombie/scripting/objects/Item.html#ActivatedItem

[uneven fractal]

srry i'm just a newbie i want to eliminate certain guns from the game i dont know where to start, someone told me to try this but where in the game files is it?

[random finch]

It is not exposed, you will need to use StartLit library mod or the non-sense of getClassField.

[random finch]

You cant change that field. Someone can lead you in the right direction here for B42. I think it has changed.

[finite scroll]

Starlit lib actually, here's the link https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3378285185

what

[uneven fractal]

haha lol

[finite scroll]

why is that embed

[random finch]

lol

[uneven fractal]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3378285185&searchtext=startlit+library

[finite scroll]

idek what happened there

there's other ways to remove items from the game tho

or at least prevent them from spawning

[uneven fractal]

i tried removing from items_weapon and brute forcing from itemsdistributions but my game wont start

[finite scroll]

namely you can change the item distributions to remove them from all the loot tables

[vivid imp]

It would be cool if someone made a mod that let you choose what specific items could and couldnt spawn

[finite scroll]

are you replacing the file or doing it programatically?

[finite scroll]

yeah that would def be very nice

[vivid imp]

I want every junk item to be replaced with Spiffo

[uneven fractal]

replacing it i guess

[finite scroll]

i would say that's generally not a good idea, it'd be better to edit the table with a function

lots of ways to break it replacing the file and it won't cover any mods that have something spawning it for one reason or another

[uneven fractal]

right, i think i can do that but not sure how can i remove lines from a table doing it that way?

[finite scroll]

also could cause conflicts with other things changing loot tables

[finite scroll]

no, but you can change the rates to 0

should be effectively the same

[uneven fractal]

oh ok

any way to change all the rates that have the word let say "assaultrifle2" on it to 0? to make it faster

or i have to do it manually one by one

[finite scroll]

you should be able to make a function that does them automatically

lemme see if i can get a snippet rq

i tried something similar before

uhoh

item distribtion tables appear to be entirely different in b42

unless i'm blind

wait

no

we might be good

wait no they're totally different

gimme a second here

ok yeah no there's no way i'm gonna make a function that successfully iterates through all this in like less than an hour

but the table you want to edit is Distributions

it's a global so you don't need to get a reference to it or anything

structure is very confusing

no idea what's going on there tbh

sorry i couldn't be of more help lol

[ashen mist]

i wanna crush my skull with two really big rocks because of these bats

[uneven fractal]

it's all good i just have to do it manually no worries, as i said i'm a newbie but i can figure out how to do that, seems simple enough for me

[mossy crypt]

do the setWeight and setName methods (on InventoryItem) work or will it just use whatever the item definition has for both of those?

i see both methods on the javadocs, as well as a setCustomWeight and setCustomName (both take booleans)

[mossy crypt]

they aren't erroring. just don't seem to have an effect?

[finite scroll]

ok looking into it more you actually are gonna want to edit ProceduralDistributions.list

not Distributions

that list is structured something like

Category = { rolls = [number of rolls] items = { "ItemName", [chance] } }

@uneven fractal

[uneven fractal]

okay thx

ok so the mod must be made in lua/server right?

[bronze yoke]

they haven't changed

i think there's a vanilla function somewhere to remove an item from all distributions

[bronze yoke]

try setActualWeight

custom weight and custom name are flags that tell the game to save these properties, you should set them to true if you change those properties

[flat relic]

isnt that already possible in sandbox?

[mossy crypt]

Ah, thanks, that one is working

although, with custom name set to true, setName is not doing anything

is there a way to override the display name of an item or would that be the purpose of setName?

there is both a getName and a getDisplayName method

[vivid imp]

Not specific items, just categories of items

[flat relic]

I'm sadly currently not on my pc, so i cant test, but i feel like i saw a blacklist setting to only block certain things

[cosmic ermine]

FINALLY GOT TWO TRUNKS TO WORK!

[uneven fractal]

should this work then?

[vivid imp]

Oh yeah i guess that works but thats a nightmare to include everything in a single text box haha

[cosmic ermine]

Man, now I can't lock the trunks. Does anyone know how to?

[random finch]

This is B41, right? I hope they fix this issue in B42. I use long strings like this as well for some of my options.

[uneven fractal]

yep

hey so i just used that instead and i'm now trying something diferent, i just want to double the calories of canned food but i can't make it work

it's really simple but i cant

[cosmic ermine]

Anyone know how to allow locking for custom trunks? I'm really confused.
Also my texture overlays (rust) are not working properly.

[random finch]

Anyone seen a mod that modifies the overhead name display? This mod doesnt something similar but adds crazy text/font above the vanilla display name.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3272662140

[main pasture]

Did you notice the example I posted? I got the opening working. I think that also works with locking, but didn't test

[cosmic ermine]

Huh?

[main pasture]

Also not sure why the overlay looks like that, but I got all vehicle overlays working by adding another uv in blender and using "multiuv" shader version

[cosmic ermine]

I use vehicle_multiuv.

I don't have any other UVs though apart from the wheel.

OH, I did not notice that. I was asleep.

[main pasture]

Add another in blender. Just from the menu. No idea what it does, but it worked for me

[cosmic ermine]

The same vehicle UV but duplicated?

[main pasture]

Don't duplicate. Just add another in the properties tab

Data tab (the green triangle thing) in the properties "UV Maps". Add another

[cosmic ermine]

What do I do with it?

[main pasture]

Nothing. It just works. At least did for me

No idea why

[cosmic ermine]

Weird hack.

Should I customize my vehicle overlays? Or just use the vanilla ones?

Painted this earlier, don't know if it's good.

[cosmic ermine]

So I export the model with the extra UV?

[main pasture]

Yes

[cosmic ermine]

How to add?

Oh, I see it.

[main pasture]

Just like that

[faint jewel]

the second uvw map will control your rust and damage

[cosmic ermine]

Now I just export?

[faint jewel]

yup

[main pasture]

Ah. Now I realize how the vanilla vehicles can all use the same blood and rust textures

[faint jewel]

because they map the car to the texture.

rather than the other way around

[main pasture]

Yes

But they can use different uv for the body texture?

[cosmic ermine]

So the second UV can be modified?

[faint jewel]

yup

[cosmic ermine]

Hmm, if it can be modified then what about the mask?

[quaint warren]

Anyone know how I can access the array SkillBooks in lua/server/XpSystem/XPSystem_SkillBook.lua?

I'm getting Attempted index of non-table: null when I try

[main pasture]

But you shouldn't need to, because you have already made them all use the same uv

[cosmic ermine]

Ugh, modding Zomboid is such a pain with this loading speed.

lol

[faint jewel]

new loading screen?

heres my custom menu.

[cosmic ermine]

Hmm, the front trunk doesn't lock.

[faint jewel]

waituntil you find out doors trunk and hood can be animated. poor brain gonna melt.

[cosmic ermine]

Animation shouldn't be too much of a pain. It's the modeling cause now you also have to model interiors.

[faint jewel]

it actually is. pz is not fun with anims.

[cosmic ermine]

Yeah, they just don't fit.

[faint jewel]

no they DO fit.

[cosmic ermine]

Personally, I like making my mods an extension of vanilla. I try my best to stay as close to vanilla as possible.

[faint jewel]

so do i.

been doing it quite a while lol

[cosmic ermine]

They don't fit if the vanilla doesn't have them. If getting in/out of the vehicle can be animated then yes. Otherwise you just have your character phasing through the roof of the vehicle when getting out, etc.

[faint jewel]

it's just how pz HANDLES the animations that sucks.

[cosmic ermine]

Hehe, rust.

[main pasture]

I think I used truck bed as template for the access check, so it might not check locks

[quaint warren]

Was just searching for people talking about requires because I was wondering if I needed to require something to access SkillBooks from lua/server/XpSystem/XPSystem_SkillBook.lua; sounds like I don't need to and everything's global... I don't understand why I can't access it then

[undone elbow]

How do you try?

If no info, the answer will be just try better.

[quaint warren]

local function tmp()
    print(type(SkillBooks))
end

Events.onPreMapLoad.Add(tmp)

Attempted index: Add of non-table: null

[undone elbow]

This error is related to Events.onPreMapLoad, not to SkillBooks.

onPreMapLoad doesn't exist; try OnPreMapLoad

Next time if you are not sure, check in console:

print(Events.onPreMapLoad)

[crystal canyon]

great... so I went to turn on my vehicle to get food and its misfiring. Now I have to diagnose that crap.

i have too much on my hands with mods XD

[tranquil reef]

Is it possible to force the game to stop the sped up mode when a custom time action plays?

[quaint warren]

Thanks! Followup question: lua/server/XpSystem/XPSystem_SkillBook.lua is a server lua file, none of which show as loaded in the "Lua Files" dialog which comes up during a crash at mod loading time?

Is there something special I need to do for server files? I would expect maybe a specific event which fires after server lua loads?

[bright fog]

Yea

Tho I don't remember how, but yes you can

[bright fog]

You can look for it in the debug UI for the game, in the tool which allows you to set the time speed

[tranquil reef]

Alright. I'll try to look for a function somewhere in the game code. Trying to debug a custom idle animation that's based on very specific values, pain in the ass having it happen within 0.3 seconds when I'm unable to see it lol

[quaint warren]

#mod_development message

Oh, I see.. Both OnPreDistributionMerge and OnInitGlobalModData occur quite late in the game boot process. Both occur after server/ lua scripts are loaded

Hmm, let me try one of those

hmm

[undone elbow]

Just move your file to /server. From that file you can call a [global] function from /client/file.lua

[quaint warren]

🤦‍♂️ I hadn't even considered there was a specific modding file structure. I had just autopiloted all that

[undone elbow]

lua order:

1. all game shared
2. all modded shared
3. all game client
4. all modded client
5. all game server
6. all modded server

[silent zealot]

from notes I got from this channel:
[1:26 PM]albion: also, server files don't load on the main menu, they only load when you join a server or start a singleplayer game (the only interesting consequence of this that i've found is OnGameBoot happens before server files load most of the time)

[undone elbow]

Put your script to 6. so you will be able to access 5. and will be connected with 4.

[quaint warren]

Perfect, was just running into this. Thanks!

[ornate sand]

That went straight to my "remember this, dummy" .txt file in my workshop folder.

[silent zealot]

I AM DRIVING A CAR WITH A CHICKEN ON MY LAP THIS IS GLORIOUS!

It gets better:

...I'm pretty sure that right now if I get a bull out of a livestock trailer I'll send up holding it.

Nope, that still works normally. Whic is probably very good.

Dual-wielding chickens.

[quaint warren]

Is it normal when trying to upload a new mod to the workshop it defaults to showing the title, description, and preview image from the last mod you uploaded?

[silent zealot]

check workshop.txt

Make sure the new mod has a new workshop.txt, especially the WorkshopID

[quaint warren]

Ohh, yeah it's there from me copy/pasting my last one

[silent zealot]

Otherwise the upload will overwrite the previous workshop item

[quaint warren]

The wizard will auto-create those once I delete

[cosmic ermine]

Oh, so I have to code locks too? TruckBed is not a bed though, it's supposed to be "trunk"; there's a comment on the template script.

I also checked the decompiled code and found nothing- they don't check locks.

[silent zealot]

I'm pretty sure the lock check is in the lua

[cosmic ermine]

Nah, I only saw area checks and door checks.

[silent zealot]

The trunkDoor:getDoor():isOpen() means you can only get to the "TruckBed" when the rear door (boot etc) is open

[cosmic ermine]

Weird, there is a locked door check. I use Vehicles.Use.TrunkDoor for my front trunk lid though. So I am not sure why it isn't working.

[silent zealot]

I assume using Vehicles.Use.TrunkDoor forfront trunk lid is fine - you just have to make sure the area you stand in to access it gets changes from default otherwise you'll need to walk to the the back of the car to open it even if the animation is on the front.

    if not part:getInventoryItem() then return end
    if part:getDoor():isOpen() then
        ISTimedActionQueue.add(ISCloseVehicleDoor:new(character, vehicle, part))
    else
        if part:getDoor():isLocked() then
            ISTimedActionQueue.add(ISUnlockVehicleDoor:new(character, part))
        end
        ISTimedActionQueue.add(ISOpenVehicleDoor:new(character, vehicle, part))
    end
end```

[cosmic ermine]

.

[silent zealot]

(from lua\server\Vehicles\Vehicle.lua)

The locking (using the button on dash) is ISVehicleDashboard:onClickDoors() -> ISVehiclePartMenu.onLockDoors -> ISTimedActionQueue.add(ISLockDoors) so if the locking is not working, I guess try to follow that chain to see where it breaks.

[cosmic ermine]

It's not connected to my front trunk whatsoever so there's no point looking into it.

[silent zealot]

The TrunkDoor is not connected to TruckBed access?

[cosmic ermine]

FrontTrunkDoor uses TruckBed's lua table so it's not a bug on my end.

[elfin cradle]

Weird things are happening whenever I place the test Body Bag in world...

[silent zealot]

Looks like a Zomboid/Stalker crossover. Congrats, you just created an anomaly!

[elfin cradle]

XD

[cosmic ermine]

part TrunkDoor
        {
            table install
            {
                recipes = Advanced Mechanics,
            }

            table uninstall
            {
                recipes = Advanced Mechanics,
            }
        }

        template = Trunk/part/TruckBed,

        part TruckBed
        {
            container
            {
                capacity = 40,
            }
        }

        template = CountachFrontTrunkDoor,
        template = CountachFrontTrunk,

[elfin cradle]

Here's a question; I was cross reffrencing someone else's container mod- What are the .xml files and how important are they?

[main pasture]

The problem is with having two trunks. The other has to use different part for the door (and custom container access function that tests for it)

[cosmic ermine]

I haven't seen the game's .xml files but they're mostly used to hold data just like the .txt scripts.

[silent zealot]

The back one is also storage, not just engine access?

[cosmic ermine]

Yes, though you can't access the engine unless the trunk does not exist or you go to the radial menu.

[silent zealot]

I know KI5's P19 has multiple storage sections around the vehicle that are opened independently

B41 only, but valid if you want to look how he did it

[cosmic ermine]

Trust me, I've checked more than one mod.

[quaint warren]

Thanks for the help everyone. Made a mod to fix this:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3403134379

(I've got another for fixing Carving 2 being treated as Carpentry if you look at my other mods)

[elfin cradle]

Maybe I've got something missing....

{
    item Dynn_MakeshiftBodyBag_Plastic
    {
        Type                =    Container,
        WeightReduction            =    50,
        Weight                =    20,
        Capacity            =    100,    
        RunSpeedModifier         =     0.75,

        
        DisplayName            =    Makeshift Plastic Bodybag,
        DisplayCategory            =     Bag,
        CanBeEquipped            =     Back,
        Icon                =    Dynn_BodyBag_Plastic,
        WorldStaticModel         =     Dynn_MakeshiftBodyBag_Ground,
        
        OpenSound               =       OpenBag,
            CloseSound               =       CloseBag,
        PutInSound              =       PutItemInBag,
        
        ClothingItem             =     Dynn_MakeshiftBodyBag_Plastic,
        BloodLocation             =     Bag,
        CanHaveHoles = false,
        AttachmentReplacement         =     Bag,
        
        ReplaceInSecondHand         =     Dynn_MakeshiftBodyBag_Held holdingbagleft,
        ReplaceInPrimaryHand         =     Dynn_MakeshiftBodyBag_Held holdingbagright,
    }
}

[ornate sand]

Oooh so it is a clothing item. Bags are such. So you definitely do need an xml file

[elfin cradle]

Thanks haha okay. I'll figure that part out

[ornate sand]

You'll also need a GUID for your xml, vewy vewy important

[elfin cradle]

GUID; how do I get one

[cosmic ermine]

0520758057235027520523058275\

There ya go

[ornate sand]

https://guidgenerator.com

[elfin cradle]

oh does it work like a UUID for objects to try and prevent conflicts between mods?

THANKS!

[cosmic ermine]

Why don't you use mine

[elfin cradle]

I mean a tool is a tool. I'll be getting a lot of good uses out of it

[elfin cradle]

Okay. Got the texture working, however the model fills the entire screen. I'm a bit perplexed seeing as I modeled it next to the default duffel bag to try and make sure the scale was correct. is there a step I missed?

[ornate sand]

scale it down to 0.01

[elfin cradle]

Thank you. That's in export settings, yes?

[ornate sand]

For Blender, yup

[elfin cradle]

hmm

and if I zoom in closer this happens.

[ornate sand]

Something's not loading the texture and looks like you can still halve the scale

[elfin cradle]

Console says "skinningData is null, matrixPalette may be invalid"

[ornate sand]

Do you have something like this set up in the script.txt?

    model Bag_Ammopack2Frontground
    {
        mesh = WorldItems/FAmmopack2Ground,    
        texture = WorldItems/Ammopack2,
    }

for the WorldStaticModel?

[elfin cradle]

I'm missing the Texture haha

[ornate sand]

Yeah that might do it 😄

[elfin cradle]

err lets see. in scripts?

[ornate sand]

Probably also needs a media/textures/WorldItems folderino

[elfin cradle]

Got the texture working for the placed version, but it still has a fit about it when it's held. I'll re-resize the models to like 0.005

[tranquil reef]

Is there a way to do something when the player sneezes or do I have to check every tick

[ornate sand]

Or make this a separate mod. The real annunaki

[elfin cradle]

Perfect

[ornate sand]

This mod is gonna be rad

[elfin cradle]

I think I may have one that's just a body under a sheet so you can have the classic Autopsy scene with the body on the table

[ornate sand]

Nice. And then like a right click action "Cover Corpse in Sheet"

[elfin cradle]

Yeah 🙂

Now I gotta figure out why the container capacity isn't behaving

[crystal canyon]

Turns out faulty ignition coil

also, I think I'll stop trying to mod 42 until it is more stable. Too much broken stuff right now

[ornate sand]

I was like 50/50 on whether you were talking about your PZ vehicle... 😄

[crystal canyon]

hahaha no, RL vehicle imagine that advanced level of mechanics in the game

[ornate sand]

Yeah I kinda prefer RL vehicles. For one they actually have bumpers and stuff.

[undone elbow]

Could you make a list with the most important broken features?

[vast pier]

Imagine learning how to diagnose and fix cars irl because of sims 1 zombies

[hidden compass]

Hello, just question. I want to specify “Bob_Idle_DumbbellPress_LHand02” for my timedAction actionAnim.
For example, do I need to copy the vanilla xml into own AnimSets folder to define my own AnimSets?

[tribal dagger]

can anyone help i just downloaded a bunch of mods and i broke my game, this is my console.txt

these are the last lines

SpawnPoints.initSpawnBuildings > initSpawnBuildings: no room or building at 12893,5281,0 WARN : General f:0, t:1736340075140> SpawnPoints.initSpawnBuildings > initSpawnBuildings: no room or building at 10629,9658,0 ERROR: General f:0, t:1736340077175> ExceptionLogger.logException> Exception thrown zombie.world.WorldDictionaryException: World loading could not proceed, there are script load errors. (Actual error may be printed earlier in log) at IsoWorld.init(IsoWorld.java:3180). Stack trace: zombie.iso.IsoWorld.init(IsoWorld.java:3180) 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:1736340077187> LuaEventManager: adding unknown event "OnPreUIDraw" LOG : General f:0, t:1736340077187> LuaEventManager: adding unknown event "OnPostUIDraw" LOG : General f:0, t:1736340080358> LuaEventManager: adding unknown event "OnKeyKeepPresse

[undone elbow]

ERROR: module "Base" imports itself

[tribal dagger]

ok now how do i fix this

[old ginkgo]

Nope! You can refer to the animation and use it in the timed action via the string of the animation in the XML. It should already exist as an “action” xml in the filepath as well since exercising is timed action.

You should be able to find examples referencing vanilla timed actions

[silent zealot]

start by removing the mods you just added

Make sure the game works

If it does, add the mods back one by one until you find which one is the problem.

[hidden compass]

Thanks for the reply. As you said, I understand that I can actually use the action defined in vanilla (e.g. Making, SmithingHammer etc...), so I specified it in various patterns as well, but this action (\AnimSets\player\fitness\dumbbellpresslefthandendstruggling.xml) did not work. 😭

I tried to actionAnim, dumbbellpresslefthand, dumbbellpresslefthandstruggling, DumbbellPress_LHand02, DumbbellPress, Idle_DumbbellPress_LHand02 etc...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<animNode x_extends="dumbbellpresslefthand.xml">
    <m_Name>dumbbellpresslefthandstruggling</m_Name>
    <m_AnimName>Bob_Idle_DumbbellPress_LHand02</m_AnimName>
    <m_Conditions />
    <m_Conditions />
    <m_Conditions>
        <m_Name>FitnessStruggle</m_Name>
        <m_Type>BOOL</m_Type>
        <m_BoolValue>true</m_BoolValue>
    </m_Conditions>
    <m_Events>
        <m_EventName>PlayerVoiceSound</m_EventName>
        <m_TimePc>0.2</m_TimePc>
        <m_ParameterValue>Exercise</m_ParameterValue>
    </m_Events>
</animNode>```

[old ginkgo]

Hmmm. I’m not home at the moment; I will be in about 6-7 hours. If you haven’t figured it out by then give me a ping and I can give a hand; you may need to copy the xml and make a separate one for your mod that includes a “string” value.

I won’t be able to experiment to try or to check myself for those 6-7 hours though.

Timed actions require a string and it looks like that xml instead uses an event.

[tribal dagger]

it does, adding them back 1 by 1 is kinda painful because there are like 30 of them but i guess i'll do that if that's the only way, thanks

[hidden compass]

Thanks, I tried the method of copying the XML and defining my own AnimSets, but it didn't work.
However, this issue is not urgent, so I will try to understand AnimSets properly and deal with it someday, thanks for the reply!

[old ginkgo]

No worries! I’ll take a look if I remember when I’m home and try to give a hand. It shouldn’t be super hard to get to function the way you’d like it to!

[deft wave]

I made a backpack and by adding different textureChoices lines in the backpack.xml it spawns in different colors. So far, so good, I guess.
Can anyone tell me how to change the color of the corresponding icon too?

[elfin cradle]

I am also having a bag related issue. I can't for the life of me get the character to visibly hold the bag in their hands

[vivid imp]

Im assuming you need to attatch it to the prop point?

[elfin cradle]

Prop Point. Elaborate please. I'm a total noob and figuring it out as I go

[deft wave]

I had the same problem. if its just not visibly showing than try checking yourbackpack.txt and the yourbackpack_LHand.xml same for _RHand.xml

[elfin cradle]

Aaaah, so Prop Point is the issue then? Lovely. uh where do I find those and what are the options?

[deft wave]

Not sure if I get your point, but this is what I started with
https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/37647-the-one-stop-shop-for-3d-modeling-from-blender-to-zomboid/

[vivid imp]

Dear god what is that demon

[deft wave]

This is what you end up with if you never asking for help 🤭

[elfin cradle]

as a side note, I think my trashbag corpse icon fits in nicely with the other loose corpses

[deft wave]

Its beautyful!

[elfin cradle]

Aye. now I just gotta figure out this prop attachment issue so I can have the player either Fireman Carry over the left shoulder, or carry the corpse all morose-like in the main hand

[ornate sand]

That looks perfect for the woman_with_a_handbag prop attachment

[hidden compass]

I think it will work if you specify "IconsForTexture" property in the Item Script settings in the correct order.
As a sample, here's what a vanilla golf bag looks like.

[deft wave]

I was thinking about that, but thought it wouldnt be this easy. I will try that. Thank you! ❤️

[tranquil kindle]

Instead of icon= your icon you make iconsfortexture = "icon for first texture choice"; "icon for 2nd texture choice and so on and you end last one with ","

[elfin cradle]

.< I can't figure it out. what am I looking for when it comes to attaching things to Prop Points? I'm seeing a space in the <m_AttachBone> in the .xml where it could go, but I'm admittedly lost.

[deft wave]

Did you export proper .fbx from Blender for left and right hand?

[elfin cradle]

Yes, I have FBX files made, in folders, and attached to the scripts. I'm getting no errors, but there is no model or animation when they are held in the hand.

I made them in the same batch as the on-ground version

See equip in hands but not visible. Console has no errors.

If I go in and change the .xml to ANY OTHER ONE it works, so I'm not sure what the issue is. This has been my struggle all night trying to troubleshoot this, making sure everything is the same or similar to other mods I looked at as an example, making sure all files are where they should be, checking for incorrect punctuation and spelling in my scripts with a fine toothed comb.

Main Script

module Base
{
    item Dynn_MakeshiftBodyBag_Plastic
    {
        Type                =    Container,
        
        WeightReduction        =    50,
        Weight                =    20,
        Capacity            =    200,    
        RunSpeedModifier     =     0.75,
        
        DisplayName            =    Makeshift Plastic Bodybag,
        DisplayCategory            =     Corpse,
        Icon                =    Dynn_BodyBag_Plastic_Full,
        WorldStaticModel         =     Dynn_MakeshiftBodyBag_PlasticFull,
        
        OpenSound    =       OpenBag,
        CloseSound    =       CloseBag,
        PutInSound    =       PutItemInBag,
        
        ReplaceInSecondHand = Dynn_MakeshiftBodyBag_LHand holdingumbrellaleft,
        ReplaceInPrimaryHand = Dynn_MakeshiftBodyBag_RHand holdingumbrellaright,
    }
}

Dynn_MakeshiftBodyBag_LHand.xml

<clothingItem>
    <m_MaleModel>media\models_X\Skinned\BackPacks\Dynn_MakeshiftBodyBag_LHand</m_MaleModel>
    <m_FemaleModel>media\models_X\Skinned\BackPacks\Dynn_MakeshiftBodyBag_LHand</m_FemaleModel>
    <m_GUID>dynn0759-8196-44b5-9c2f-e0d58197ae88</m_GUID>
    <m_Static>false</m_Static>
    <m_AllowRandomHue>false</m_AllowRandomHue>
    <m_AllowRandomTint>false</m_AllowRandomTint>
    <m_AttachBone></m_AttachBone>
    <textureChoices>Dynn_BodyBagGarbageBag</textureChoices>
</clothingItem>

[deft wave]

Sorry, if I again get you wrong but why umbrella?

[elfin cradle]

For the animation... Is that not where you call for the limb animation?

[deft wave]

Btw 10 days ago I started with nothing but simple Blender-knowlegde xD

[deft wave]

Atm I have not done any animation, but Im not sure you do it like that. Please anyone has to enlighten us 🙂

[elfin cradle]

well here, look- 1 sec

if I set it to this ```module Base
{
item Dynn_MakeshiftBodyBag_Plastic
{
Type = Container,

    WeightReduction        =    50,
    Weight                =    20,
    Capacity            =    200,    
    RunSpeedModifier     =     0.75,
    
    DisplayName            =    Makeshift Plastic Bodybag,
    DisplayCategory            =     Corpse,
    Icon                =    Dynn_BodyBag_Plastic_Full,
    WorldStaticModel         =     Dynn_MakeshiftBodyBag_PlasticFull,
    
    OpenSound    =       OpenBag,
    CloseSound    =       CloseBag,
    PutInSound    =       PutItemInBag,
    
    ReplaceInSecondHand = Bag_Cooler_LHand holdingbagleft,
    ReplaceInPrimaryHand = Bag_Cooler_RHand holdingumbrellaright,
}

}

My issue seems to be my Dynn_MakeshiftBodyBag_LHand.xml and I can't for the life of me figure out the issue

[brittle geyser]

Hey guys, I want to replace the default rat model with my own funny model. What kind of modding process could achieve this?

[elfin cradle]

Hey so I'm confused as to what everyone means. How do I exactly attach props?

[ornate sand]

I don't know about this one. I just have custom fannypacks

[deft wave]

Sorry for confusing. I just started modding too and wanted to help because I felt similar every now and then. Its like hitting a wall.

[elfin cradle]

Aye haha. Yes, the wall has indeed been struck XD I'm not used to working on mods for a project without a very extensive script library.

[undone orchid]

Just wanted to confirm if someone has the relative information regarding updating mods from b41 to b42

[random finch]

Check the pins

Any ideas on how to determine if a player is vc muted?
getPlayer():isVoiceMute()

Object false did not have __call metatable set

I tried grabbing the field as well but it doesnt seem to change

[deft wave]

@hidden compass @tranquil kindle It worked! Thanks for helping out ❤️

[bronze yoke]

this is a really weird error to get here, are you sure it's this line?

it would imply you tried to call false() but i don't see how that could be the case

[random finch]

I tried using it in a mod but thats from console.

[worn mica]

does anyone know why modded Item Icons are so Blurry on the B42 Crafting Menu?, they are 32x32 .pack icons

.png had the same result with 32x32

only when i upscaled the .png icon files they looked normal on the Crafting Menu

but in return the upscaled ones had scaling issues

[hidden compass]

I have also had a same problem since B41 with the MOD item icons not displaying properly.
FYI, I don't know why, but if I use texturepack instead of putting the png files in the texture folder, they are displayed relatively nicely.

[random finch]

Same issue with: getPlayer():isSpeek()
Can someone type it in console to see if they get the same error please?

[frank elbow]

Those are boolean fields

Not methods

[random finch]

they are both

[frank elbow]

At least from the code's perspective, it's reading the field based on that error

[random finch]

wait, wait

You are right

[frank elbow]

Maybe you could try getting the method from the class metatable & calling it with the player? Although I imagine if it's adamant about treating it as a field then it'll just be the field again

[random finch]

I was grabbing the field, but I think one of them was not updating

Today, I started fresh with this and decided to use both of these as methods for some reason

[worn mica]

hm i did use .pack / texturepack but they still look blurry

[hidden compass]

Sorry for not being able to help you.
I tried it with my own mod just to be sure, but in my environment it displays beautifully via texture.pack.
If both .pack and .png exist, the .png has priority and the image is blurred, so you may want to check this just to be sure.

[worn mica]

Okay Whew i figured it out,

it was cause i keept selecting 1024x1024 as the texture size instead of 512x512

[worn mica]

thank you for leading me in the right direction ❤️

[sour island]

You guys may have suggestions/better ideas/interest.

It is fairly common for other games with large modding communities to have change logs for mods in game. I've released an update/ChangeLog display mod that's been pretty useful for me, and I want to expand its useability to others. I am still working out the kinks in my free time, and in the process of giving it an overhaul.

It uses a txt file in the common folder (also supports B41 if the file is in media/) expecting a format of a header, body, footer as so: [ update title ] multi-line body [ ------ ].

Currently the system keeps a local cache file to track titles and modIDs, so when a new alert is found the exclamation point turns red. Will be working on it so that that red status can be cleared in session. Also going to allow for designated links (upto 4) which will be up to the modder to include. I'm thinking YouTube, twitch, Kofi, patreon, or their own website/GitHub. And going to color-code well known urls provided. This will probably be a block included in the change log with a specific header, but I'm debating if each new change log could allow for an additional link for that time.

Some concerns people may have - the UI window does indeed collapse to the right to a small sliver the width of the exclamation point. Also right clicking the collapse arrow, as instructed via a tooltip, also hides the UI entirely (currently for the session) - I plan to change this so that it stays hidden until a new alert is found, in which cause the UI will return I but in a collapsed position.

I think that about covers the current scope and plans, if anyone has any suggestions/ideas to improve and hopefully appease a good chunk of potential naysayers.

Thanks for reading through my ted-talk.

Oh forgot a bonus feature, the in-game uploader pulls from the change log txt to populate the change logs for you. Something I forget alot. 😅

[frank elbow]

I can't imagine I'll personally make use of this since my changelog lives above the mod directory, but my suggestion nonetheless would be the ability to read markdown files. I use markdown & it's fairly common to do so for changelogs; the mod could read the markdown and just ignore formatting it can't replicate (i.e., bold and italics. lists seem feasible)

I should note that I'm thinking this would be in addition to and not instead of—not recommending you get rid of your established format for text, just that if an .md file is present it could use that

[sour island]

Unless the new UIs include something that handles markdown natively i would be stuck trying to replicate it. 😅

But this is a good idea.

[cosmic ermine]

Man, I really don't know why the front trunk isn't locking.

-- vehicle script
        area TireRearRight
        {
            xywh = -1.1000 -1.2111 0.4667 0.4667,
        }

        template = TrunkDoor/part/TrunkDoor,
        template = CountachFrontTrunkDoor,

        part TrunkDoor
        {
            table install
            {
                recipes = Advanced Mechanics,
            }

            table uninstall
            {
                recipes = Advanced Mechanics,
            }
        }

        template = CountachFrontTrunk,
        template = Trunk/part/TruckBed,

        part TruckBed
        {
            container
            {
                capacity = 40,
            }
        }

-- template_countach_trunk.txt
module Base
{
    template vehicle CountachFrontTrunk
    {
        part CountachFrontTrunk
        {
            category = bodywork,
            area = FrontTrunk,
            itemType = Base.SmallTrunk,
            mechanicRequireKey = true,
            repairMechanic = true,

            container
            {
                capacity = 20,
                conditionAffectsCapacity = false,
                test = Countach.ContainerAccess.FrontTrunk,
            }

            lua
            {
                create = Vehicles.Create.Default,
            }
        }
    }
}

-- server.lua
Countach = {}
Countach.ContainerAccess = {}

function Countach.ContainerAccess.FrontTrunk(vehicle, part, character)
    if character:getVehicle() then
        return false
    end

    if not vehicle:isInArea(part:getArea(), character) then
        return false
    end

    local trunkDoor = vehicle:getPartById("CountachFrontTrunkDoor")
    if trunkDoor and trunkDoor:getDoor() then
        if not trunkDoor:getInventoryItem() then
            return true
        end

        if not trunkDoor:getDoor():isOpen() then
            return false
        end
    end

    return true
end

[cosmic ermine]

I think you can do it similar to how the game handles mod settings- with a title, description, separator, etc.

I mean, it's a changelog so it doesn't have to be too special.

[modest swallow]

I have a mod idea for all the melee players out there

the new update adds muscle fatigue when swinging any melee weapon

So This is a real condition people can get.
some people when working out their muscles don’t produce any or little lactic acid compared to others meaning they don’t experience muscle fatigue

So the mod idea is to add a positive trait that makes your body defective at making lactic acid meaning no muscle fatigue.

This will make melee usable again By scientifically and lore accurate standards

as a melee player I need this because I don’t really like using guns

[sour island]

The top of the alert has the mod name, ID, and change log title. It only shows the last entry to the log.

Its mostly automated, other than you need to fill the log with entries.

[cosmic ermine]

So how does it work with multiple different mods using it at the same time?

[sour island]

It grabs the local copy of the change log file per mod. The arrows goes page to page. And only fetches the last entry per mod.

Example of a change log file: https://github.com/Chuckleberry-Finn/moddingAlertSystem/blob/main/Contents%2Fmods%2FchuckleberryModdingAlertSystem%2Fcommon%2FChangeLog.txt

[cosmic ermine]

Oh, so each page is from a separate mod?

[sour island]

Yeah, and only the last entry. 👍

[frank elbow]

Curious: what is “last”? The one at the top or the one at the bottom? I order my changelogs in reverse chronological, so maybe it'd also be good to have an optional configuration file the mod can read (like .changelog or something)

That very well could be overkill & the approach could just be “do it this way if you want the mod to read it”—just a thought since people do things differently

[ornate sand]

Just sayin' that muscle strain has a factor multiplier in sandbox settings, in case you hadn't noticed.

[modest swallow]

I had no idea

[ornate sand]

Yeah you can turn it off entirely or try it at like 0.5 if you want to give it a chance.

[sour island]

I append to the bottom of the text file 😅

I figured it makes sense to do it this way?

[cosmic ermine]

Append what?

[frank elbow]

There are arguments for and against either way; there's not one correct way imo, as with many things

https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/ used to recommend reverse chronological, for example, but it seems that's no longer the case 🤔 (doesn't seem to explicitly recommend either)

[sour island]

I mean I physically I add new entries to the bottom

[cosmic ermine]

So the mod doesn't just read a file and call it a day?

[sour island]

I think a general rule of thumb is what ever order shows you the latest first 😅

So if it's on a website, the top being latest makes sense

[cosmic ermine]

I figured it'd read a .txt file and just display its contents with a scrollbar.

[sour island]

When I open the notepad file I see the bottom first

[frank elbow]

That's a fair rule of thumb for yourself and for notepad lol

For GitHub, opening a file shows you the top

[sour island]

It reads and a file and grabs the latest entry identifying a header/footer to do so.

[cosmic ermine]

How do you parse the texts?

[bronze yoke]

i'd prefer reverse chronological just because that's the way i expect most places to display it anyway

[frank elbow]

Oh it does still say latest first, I just missed it

[cosmic ermine]

It's a pretty nice framework, this way users can be notified of what has changed when they update.

[bronze yoke]

i can be pedantic and say reverse chronological is better because reading it only requires you to keep going down, whereas chronological makes you go down and then up again repeatedly, but we have to be really stretching to pretend that actually matters

[frank elbow]

I think it'll always ultimately come down to preference, assuming it's not written to adhere to some standard that requires one or the other

[sour island]

I do plan to add a block for configuration/links to add to the buttons. So maybe I'll include a order- by the UI just grabs the last one either way. And unless it's my notepad when I open it it shows the bottom?

[frank elbow]

Yeah I think that's universal for notepad, it's just not the case for when documents are displayed (like on GitHub) rather than edited

[crisp fossil]

hi guys how do you force refresh the floor container? I am using this ISInventoryPage.dirtyUI() but it only refresh the zombies inventory

[crystal canyon]

yay lifestyle updated for B42

[main pasture]

I checked, and it seems locking the trunk only locks the "TrunkDoor" or "DoorRear" part (only one of them so can't use that). Maybe change the trunkDoor:getDoor():isOpen() to one of the other doors, so it is locked with them?

[cosmic ermine]

Where is the code?

[main pasture]

BaseVehicle.java

   public void setTrunkLocked(boolean var1) {
      VehiclePart var2 = this.getPartById("TrunkDoor");
      if (var2 == null) {
         var2 = this.getPartById("DoorRear");
      }

      if (var2 != null && var2.getDoor() != null && var2.getInventoryItem() != null) {
         var2.getDoor().setLocked(var1);
         if (GameServer.bServer) {
            this.transmitPartDoor(var2);
         }
      }

   }

[cosmic ermine]

I see.

So I use should DoorRear?

[main pasture]

Use one of the passenger doors, because DoorRear is just alternative to trunk door

[cosmic ermine]

Wait, no. Because TrunkDoor exists so it'll ignore DoorRear.

[main pasture]

Yes

[cosmic ermine]

One of the RearDoors then?

[main pasture]

Does your countach have rear doors?

Not sure if exposed to lua, but there are also vehicle:isAnyDoorLocked() and vehicle:areAllDoorsLocked()

[cosmic ermine]

None.

Locking the trunk doesn't lock the doors though?

[main pasture]

Ah of course... you can just use trunkDoor:getDoor():isOpen(). Just use the actual trunk door, not the front trunk door

[cosmic ermine]

What?

[main pasture]

local RearTrunkDoor = vehicle:getPartById("TrunkDoor")
if not RearTrunkDoor:getDoor():isOpen() then
            return false
        end

that should use the locking status of the rear trunk for the front trunk

I was just over thinking. You don't have to actually lock the front trunk, just check if the rear trunk is locked

[cosmic ermine]

What about the isOpen() though? Isn't it supposed to check if the front trunk's door is open and not the rear trunk's?

[main pasture]

It checks if the specified door is open, but if you want the normal trunk dash icon to control both of them, you can just check the "normal trunk" for both

You can only control one of them (the actual "locked" state of the part) with the dashboard without editing it

[cosmic ermine]

Nah, does not work.

Oh, wait. I have an idea.

[main pasture]

Ah. isOpen() is if its actually open... So that should use the front trunk. Then you have to find and edit the code that tests if it can be opened and use the rear trunk locked state there instead of the front trunk

[cosmic ermine]

function Countach.ContainerAccess.FrontTrunk(vehicle, part, character)
    if character:getVehicle() then
        return false
    end

    if not vehicle:isInArea(part:getArea(), character) then
        return false
    end

    local frontTrunkDoor = vehicle:getPartById("CountachFrontTrunkDoor")
    local rearTrunkDoor = vehicle:getPartById("TrunkDoor")
    if rearTrunkDoor:getDoor():isLocked() then
        frontTrunkDoor:setLocked(true)
    end

    if frontTrunkDoor and frontTrunkDoor:getDoor() then
        if not frontTrunkDoor:getInventoryItem() then
            return true
        end

        if not frontTrunkDoor:getDoor():isOpen() then
            return false
        end
    end

    return true
end
```I am not sure if this will work but it's worth a try.

[main pasture]

Nice. Maybe use the isLocked as value for the setLocked, so it works both ways

[cosmic ermine]

Or maybe I can replace this? I don't know I'll test the one above first.

That way it is only called when you actually interact with the trunk.

[bright fog]

What are you trying to do exactly ?

[cosmic ermine]

Yeah, I can replace that and then check if the rear trunk door's lock is locked, if it is then I'll lock the door and then do the action.

[cosmic ermine]

My front trunk cannot be locked, only the rear trunk can.

[bright fog]

Wouldn't it be because of the timed action ?

[cosmic ermine]

Check the video above.

[cosmic ermine]

Here.

[bright fog]

That's a trunk at the front ?

[cosmic ermine]

Yes, the engine and trunk is at the back, there's a smaller trunk at the front.

[bright fog]

Why don't you have a container appearing in the list when opening it ?

In the other video you do tho

Unless that's related to the code you wrote I guess

Also I've seen other vehicles with different trunks

[cosmic ermine]

I replaced the door item that's why.

[bright fog]

Other vehicle mods that add different trunks don't lock ?

[cosmic ermine]

I don't know I haven't tested.

[bright fog]

Perhaps check that out

[cosmic ermine]

Hope this works.

[cosmic ermine]

I've checked their files, I wouldn't be here if it was that easy.

[bright fog]

May I invite you to this small read
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Mod_optimization#Caching

Just for your future codes, very important aspect of coding in PZ

[cosmic ermine]

Oh, right.

I was just doing it quickly. Trust me, you should see my Python files in GitHub.

I'm a style freak lol

[bright fog]

Yea np

Making it a reflex to cache stuff is a good thing to develop

[bright fog]

That's perfect

[cosmic ermine]

This should be better.

[bright fog]

tho idk if that will do what you want

[bright fog]

Indeed

Simplifies the code, since you do that setLocked anyway

Looks good

[cosmic ermine]

Putting the code out here incase somebody comes across the same issue.

function Countach.Use.FrontTrunkDoor(vehicle, part, character)
    if not part:getInventoryItem() then
        return
    end

    local frontTrunkDoor = part:getDoor()
    if not frontTrunkDoor:isOpen() then

        -- Since the vehicle doesn't update the front trunk door's :isLocked() value
        -- We have to lock/unlock it ourself
        local rearTrunkDoor = vehicle:getPartById("TrunkDoor"):getDoor()
        frontTrunkDoor:setLocked(rearTrunkDoor:isLocked())

        if frontTrunkDoor:isLocked() then
            ISTimedActionQueue.add(ISUnlockVehicleDoor:new(character, part))
        end
        ISTimedActionQueue.add(ISOpenVehicleDoor:new(character, vehicle, part))

        return
    end

    ISTimedActionQueue.add(ISCloseVehicleDoor:new(character, vehicle, part))
end

[sullen pecan]

Hey I just tried asking in the pz_chat about where I could drop suggestions, and I didn't get a response, I know people have probably already thought of the ideas that I thought of but it would be awesome to see it put to life or know that its already out there as a mod. Is this a good place to share suggestions or would it become annoying and there is a better chat?

[bright fog]

Nice !

[bright fog]

What kind of suggestion is it ?

Related to modding ? The API ? Or the game ?

[cosmic ermine]

I don't know why I thought about that only just now -.-

I kept thinking it was an issue with the script.

Ah, damn, found a bug. Front trunk cannot update if the rear trunk doesn't exist.

[cosmic ermine]

Is there a way to check the vehicle's trunk locked value? The button on the dashboard.

[sullen pecan]

Well my suggestions are probably already thought of but if it was modded, added to base game, or even considered by someone who has the power to code I would be really happy anyway, like new vehicles, renewability or end game goals, I see that they're already on a heavy load trying to get build 42 out so I thought modders would take more kindly or would know where I can make suggestions to devs without being annoying

[sly monolith]

does anyone know what line and in which file picks the texture for the world object version of an item

i see that the base game has 2 files called the same for both wearable and world items, and they have separate models

[sullen pecan]

I was thinking about an Ice Cream truck today, or a more in-depth vehicle modification system

[bronze yoke]

look in scripts for model scripts

the clothing won't be in there but the world items will be

[sly monolith]

the folders structure in this game is such a mess heh

[main pasture]

vehicle:isTrunkLocked()

[cosmic ermine]

OK, thanks.

[sly monolith]

oh ok found it thx

[cosmic ermine]

AHH, even if I do that, the vehicle won't update if the rear trunk door is not there.

[main pasture]

You have to move the frontTrunkDoor:setLocked(rearTrunkDoor:isLocked()) outside of the fronTrunkDoor:isOpen

[sly monolith]

lol just realised i had this in my other mod already, idk what i'm doing lmao

[main pasture]

What it broke the trunk locking?

[cosmic ermine]

Yeah, can't update the front trunk if the rear trunk door doesn't exist.

[mellow frigate]

Does someone know what could make the world black when entering a vehicle ? https://youtu.be/rZhVVcv4J6Y

[main pasture]

Ah. That is expected. Well you can't get "accurate" value for the locking if you don't have the part that is controlled by the dash, but you can always set it to either locked or unlocked when the rear trunk doesn't exist

Actually if you name the front trunk to a RearDoor, then the trunk locking might control the front trunk when TrunkDoor is nil

[cosmic ermine]

---@param vehicle BaseVehicle
---@param part VehiclePart
---@param character IsoGameCharacter
function Countach.Use.FrontTrunkDoor(vehicle, part, character)
    if not part:getInventoryItem() then
        return
    end

    -- Since the vehicle doesn't update the front trunk door's :isLocked() value
    -- We have to lock/unlock it ourself
    -- NOTE: front trunk door will unlock if rear trunk door doesn't exist
    local frontTrunkDoor = part:getDoor()
    frontTrunkDoor:setLocked(vehicle:isTrunkLocked())

    if frontTrunkDoor:isOpen() then
        ISTimedActionQueue.add(ISCloseVehicleDoor:new(character, vehicle, part))
    else
        if frontTrunkDoor:isLocked() then
            ISTimedActionQueue.add(ISUnlockVehicleDoor:new(character, part))
        end
        ISTimedActionQueue.add(ISOpenVehicleDoor:new(character, vehicle, part))
    end
end
```I don't have to check if the rear trunk door exists since removing it automatically updates `BaseVehicle:isLocked(false)`.

[hollow ore]

Guys anyone has a guide of how to make doors animations for vehicle, I created it on blender, following an steam forum guide, but when putting the things up on the main file of the vehicle, in the game de doors don't spawn, only the body. Anyone can help?

[main pasture]

I see

[main pasture]

Did you include the door objects as separate models in the script?

[cosmic ermine]

Called it.

[hollow ore]

Yeah

[main pasture]

If I remember correctly, you might need init functions for models that set them visible. (For parts other than the body and wheels)

[cosmic ermine]

What do you think of this loot table?

[opal rivet]

is there a way to disable vehicle regions?

[ebon dagger]

What could go wrong with giving players a flare gun!

Anyway, anyone know if there is an event for when an attack hits a wall? I know about OnHitTree, but I would assume that returns trees.

[hollow ore]

How can I do that? Is there a guide that shows what those functions are or a wiki?

[bright fog]

Nothing new on that side

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

The events at the bottom of the list are the new ones

(the old ones are ordered alphabetically)

[ebon dagger]

Oh awesome, this is more up to date than the pz wiki yeah?

[bright fog]

yes

[ebon dagger]

Dope, I appreciate the link!

[bright fog]

It's linked on the wiki if you're looking for it

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Lua_event

Should be there

[ebon dagger]

Oh I see it way at the bottom lol

[cosmic ermine]

Anyone know what this error is? Lua doesn't get errors, it's just a print.

[ashen mist]

i hate these bats so much

but im a victim of sunk cost fallacy

so i gotta finish this backporting

so, does the position of a model matter

like in blender

because the scrap weapons chain bat opens with the head facing down

but the sheet reinforced bat i'm bringing to b41 opens facing up

could that be the cause of the models not showing up in game?

[vocal vector]

check where your origin is

try rotating the origin

[ashen mist]

uhhhhhhhhh

i have no clue about origin

(i have no experience with blender, it took me like ten minutes to figure out adding textures)

[vocal vector]

go to "tool

in the top right corner

you can choose "origin only"

[ashen mist]

alright

[vocal vector]

try moving that around or rotating it 180

blender confuses me so i have a trial and error approach but it worked for me

[ashen mist]

i got the green arrow pointing downwards now

the model hasn't moved

[vocal vector]

save and check it in game

the model should update without you needing to restart

[cosmic ermine]

VehicleDistributions.CountachGloveBox = {
    rolls = 1,
    items = {
        "Book_Rich", 2,
        "BusinessCard", 1,
        "CameraExpensive", 10,
        "CameraFilm", 10,
        "CordlessPhone", 10,
        "Corkscrew", 1,
        "CreditCard", 10,
        "Diary2", 10,
        "Flask", 0.5,
        "Glasses_MonocleLeft", 0.001,
        "Gloves_FingerlessLeatherGloves", 1,
        "Gloves_LeatherGloves", 1,
        "Gloves_LeatherGlovesBlack", 1,
        "Hat_PeakedCapYacht", 0.01,
        "Lighter", 4,
        "Magazine_Rich", 10,
        "MenuCard", 10,
        "Money", 10,
        "Money", 20,
        "Paperback_Rich", 8,
        "Paperwork", 10,
        "Paperwork", 20,
        "ParkingTicket", 10,
        "ParkingTicket", 20,
        "PenFancy", 2,
        "Pills", 1,
        "PillsAntiDep", 1,
        "PillsBeta", 1,
        "PillsSleepingTablets", 1,
        "Pistol2", 0.8,
        "Pistol3", 0.6,
        "Pocketwatch", 2,
        "PokerChips", 10,
        "Revolver", 0.8,
        "SpeedingTicket", 10,
        "SpeedingTicket", 20,
        "StockCertificate", 1,
        "StockCertificate", 2,
        "Whiskey", 0.5,
        "WristWatch_Left_Expensive", 0.001,
        "HottieZ", 1,
    },
    junk = ClutterTables.GloveBoxJunk,
}
```Does `rolls` mean that it'll populate the storage with `rolls` amount of items from the table?

[vocal vector]

i think it tries to spawn each item in turn, potentially spawning nothing, and goes through the list "rolls" amount of times

scripting question here, I am trying to overwrite a function from ISReloadWeaponAction, but the original function stays active `require "TimedActions/ISReloadWeaponAction"

ISReloadWeaponAction.OnPressReloadButton = function(player, gun)
log(DebugType.Action, '[ISReloadWeaponAction.OnPressReloadButton] '..tostring(player)..' reloads '..tostring(gun))
if ISReloadWeaponAction.disableReloading then

    return;

end

-- If you press reloading while unloading a mag, dump the mag
if player:getVariableBoolean("isUnloading") then

    if gun:getMagazineType() then
        log(DebugType.Action, '[ISReloadWeaponAction.OnPressReloadButton] '..tostring(gun)..' reloads '..tostring(gun:getMagazineType()))
        ISTimedActionQueue.clear(player);
        
        local newMag = instanceItem(gun:getMagazineType())
        newMag:setCurrentAmmoCount(gun:getCurrentAmmoCount());
        gun:setContainsClip(false);
        gun:setCurrentAmmoCount(0);
        player:getCurrentSquare():AddWorldInventoryItem(newMag, 0 , 0, 0, true);
        Sound = player:getEmitter():playSound(gun:getEjectAmmoSound());
        Sound = player:getEmitter():playSound("PZ_FootSteps_Concrete_03");
        player:Say(getText("Reload"))
        ISTimedActionQueue.queueActions(player, ISReloadWeaponAction.BeginAutomaticReload, gun)
    end

end

-- If you press reloading while loading bullets, we stop and rack
if player:getVariableBoolean("isLoading") then
    ISTimedActionQueue.clear(player);
    ISTimedActionQueue.add(ISRackFirearm:new(player, gun));
else
    -- See ISFirearmRadialMenu.onKeyReleased()
end

end
`

[ashen mist]

i've got a resounding nothing

like usual

[vocal vector]

sorry that was my best guess.. maybe if you compare the one that works properly with the one that doesn't? see where the origins are and how they are rotated?

[ashen mist]

i just dont know what the problem is

the pathing should be correct for the models and textures

here's the base file stuff for the bat in question

and the mesh: weapons\2handed\BaseBallBat_UnusableMetal_Hand.fbx

and the texture: weapons\2handed\BaseBallBat_UnusableMetal.png

[vocal vector]

oh, ive misunderstood your problem and thought your item was showing up upside down

d'oh

troubleshoot it by replacing the fbx with a renamed one that you know works?

[cosmic ermine]

Is it possible to choose what tire type a vehicle can use? Just like skins?

[ashen mist]

tried that

got nothing

[vocal vector]

that suggests that it's not a model problem

[knotty stone]

part Tire*
{itemType=Base.OldTire;Base.NormalTire;Base.ModernTire,} like that?

[cosmic ermine]

No, the tire model.

[knotty stone]

You could Look at tsar Mustang ITS using 2 types of wheels.

[vast pier]

where are weapon sounds stored

[cosmic ermine]

OK, thanks.

[cosmic ermine]

Check C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\ProjectZomboid\media\sounds

[light cliff]

im having problems with mesh showing up

no such mesh/texture

this is my very first mod ever i have no clue what im doing

has anyone ever had this?

[vast pier]

what sort of item

[light cliff]

its supposed to be a kind of cigarette

im just trying to add new items

[woven sapphire]

I really want to make a map that redoes all of Rosewood, is there a tool that makes map making easy? Like a map builder

[light cliff]

https://www.mapeditor.org/

heard about that but not sure iif it works for pz @woven sapphire

[woven sapphire]

Tysm

[light cliff]

no problem

[random finch]

There are 2 main tools in the PZ mod kit. TileZed & WorldZed. Not too sure about Tiled but I think i saw a couple of others tools on Github.

Anyhow, you can download them on steam by looking for Tools.

Here are some guides:
https://www.youtube.com/@daddydirkiedirk/videos

[woven sapphire]

I love you, no homo though

[tranquil reef]

this looks like clown vomit but I kind of like it

mb if i'm not scrolling far enough but did you release that somewhere?

[cosmic ermine]

Release what?

[tranquil reef]

the style

is it a personal preset in vs or did you post it somewhere

[cosmic ermine]

Uhh, lemme check my extensions.

[ashen mist]

i am losing my mind

if anybody here knows about models for weapons, can i have some help?

the one thing holding my backporting project back is weapon models not showing up at all

i've tried rescaling models, converting to fbx, i dont know why it isn't working

[cosmic ermine]

It definitely looks better with Python cause that's how I found it.
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=BeardedBear.beardedtheme
It's called Bearded Theme Monokai Terra

Pairs very well with the material icon pack too.

[random finch]

How are the ISScoreboard and MainOptions lua files accessing VoiceManager?

I tried: VoiceManager:getServerVOIPEnable() == true

However, it errors:
Object tried to call nil

[atomic hare]

Is a mod that rotate gates/doors possible? or new assets are needed?

[bronze yoke]

iirc voice manager is the one single special case in the game where it is not automatically exposed and instead specific functions have been picked to be exposed

[random finch]

You could add properties for them if they had sprite for all diections, but a lot of moveables, do not have sprites that cover all directions. You'd probably have you modify some of the build code as well. So yes, most of them would need new assets.

[silent zealot]

So they have more than two orientations for opening?

[random finch]

So, I should at least be able to use the methods that are being used in the lua files. Guess i can test some others. Thanks Albion!

[mint hawk]

Is it possible/doable to make a mod that gives you a trait so you start with a vehicle?

[cosmic ermine]

What's the thickness of the mechanics overlay base outline? Is it 2-3px?

[random finch]

Yes

[mint hawk]

Cool now I'll have to figure out how to do it lol

[random finch]

Yup, lol. Too much on my mind to figure it out but I have an idea. Can always ask questions here through your journey.

[mint hawk]

I'll give it a go later or maybe tomorrow.

[faint jewel]

i wrote a tool to generate those files.

[cosmic ermine]

It's easier to draw the base, so what's the thickness?

[faint jewel]

#modeling message

mine defaults to 2 px thickness

[cosmic ermine]

I'm using 2px though, does it look good to you?

[faint jewel]

i don't see an issue with it?

[cosmic ermine]

Uhh, I don't know the size xD

[faint jewel]

i mean it would work just fine.

[cosmic ermine]

No, the image size.

[atomic hare]

yeah, so they can open towards south or north, east or the other one i always forget

not how they are now that they only open towards one direction, and especially for vehicle gates, makes them very annoying

[cosmic ermine]

Ah, 263x600

[silent zealot]

And do the same for stairs, so there are two stair orientation that are near impossible to use. 😛

I get why they limited it to two directions for an isometric game, but having the option to go the other way would be nice and map makers/builders just have to not use those where they will cause problems.

[atomic hare]

yeah, its REALLY annoying. And i honestly cant see a reason why they dont exist.

[silent zealot]

Only having two orientations is half the work, that's my guess why.

[atomic hare]

Gates especially, since i cant rotate it to open to outside, i have to back up the truck all way against the wall and then barelly have space to open it (luckly)

[silent zealot]

For normal doors, it also means the open & closed door is entirly on the same tile. That may matter for drawing order etc

[faint jewel]

can we not table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["WardrobeMan"] clothing anymore?!

[silent zealot]

Use WardrobeGeneric

[atomic hare]

in case of the gates and doors, its literaly just flipping the sprite. Altough that part of the tile would make sense.

[silent zealot]

WardrobeMan and WardrobeWoman are copires of WardobeGeneric, but in that bizzare LUA way that means some things only work on the original

[atomic hare]

but i seen mods add that already. Their looked the exact same, i dont renember if it was different "models" techinally tough

[faint jewel]

BedroomDresser still exists though right?

[silent zealot]

They would need to be different objects, since teh two existinig orienattion are different objects

I've only seen errors for the gendered wardrobe locations in mods. I assume most locatiosn are unchanged

[faint jewel]

i was like DONT MAKE ME HAVE TO REDO THIS WHOLE FILE BCUASE THEY GOT GENDERED?!

[atomic hare]

right, but would it be hard to just grab the vanilla objects, copy and flip them and make them a new object? Like, can a total modding noob do it?

[silent zealot]

ProceduralDistributions.lua does this: WardrobeWoman = WardrobeGeneric,

Is there a simple reason why in LUA that means table inserts work on WardrobeGeneric but not WardrobeWoman?

Or is this "be quiet, you do not what to know what evil goes on when LUA makes a copy of something" type of thing?

[faint jewel]

so no errors but fuck if i can find anything i spawned lol.

[silent zealot]

Which mod add the semitrailer? I saw Tsar Autolib got a B42 update, so I'm guessing more vehicle mods are showing up now
EDIT: found it, unofficial Petyarbuilt port to B42

[sly monolith]

lol i'm braindead, i was trying to fix a mod i was testing on a save i broke, and there was nothing wrong with the mod cuz i already fixed it 😵

[faint jewel]

found it. itw orks yay

[sly monolith]

i was like wtf is wrong with it, went through all the files like 5 times and couldn't figure it out xD

[faint jewel]

my "here's a sample of how to make clothing" mod can be updated for b42 lol

[bronze yoke]

the simple reason is they did it wrong

[silent zealot]

hahahahaha

What's a bit more jank in the code?

[bronze yoke]

WardrobeWoman = WardrobeGeneric doesn't reference ProceduralDistributions.list.WardrobeGeneric, it references the undefined global WardrobeGeneric, which is nil

[atomic hare]

wrong. PZK VLC

[bronze yoke]

also to clarify, lua never implicitly copies anything but primitives

[silent zealot]

Ah, so it's done inside ProceduralDistributions to create ProceduralDistributions.WardrobeWoman BUT that is broken.

[sly monolith]

seriously, i know nothing about this stuff and i keep seeing stuff that doesn't make any sense, like in one file directory will have "/" and in another "", they do stuff like type_color and then color_type in different one, etc

[silent zealot]

Thanks, that's a lot of vehicles.

[silent zealot]

Inconsistent devs.

Computer doesn't care about type_color vs color_type, it just sees a string of numbers. But good coding proactice is consistent variable names, line formatting, indentation, etc etc.

But I end up being inconsistent in one small mod, so a decade-long prohect by a team is bound to have issues.

[stiff jetty]

Guys, if there is anyone among you who knows how to make cars in Project Zomboid, then write to me in a personal message, please.

[faint jewel]

what you need?

[stiff jetty]

Cars developing

[faint jewel]

function CommonTemplates.Create.FreezerT(vehicle, part)
    local invItem = VehicleUtils.createPartInventoryItem(part);
    if part:getInventoryItem() and part:getItemContainer() then
        part:getItemContainer():setType("freezer")
    end
    CommonTemplates.createActivePart(part)
end
``` what part is nil with this... what changed?

what part of developing lol.

i've made a bunch of cars.

[stiff jetty]

Super!

I mean, we're looking for a developer to make us cars. Do you need a list of cars we want?

[faint jewel]

are you comissioning them? or comWISHioning them?lol

[stiff jetty]

Of course comissioning 😁

[faint jewel]

are you are positive they dont exist yet?

[stiff jetty]

Unfortunately yes. We need cars from 2010-2016

We really like the quality of the K5 machines. I don’t quite understand how he manages to achieve such detail, but unfortunately there is no way to contact him, I tried.

We will be glad to see such quality cars.But if someone is ready to make it even cooler, that would be great. And if it’s level K5, we’ll pay even more.

[cosmic ermine]

You mean KI5?

[stiff jetty]

But it looks small, in real life this car is much larger

[stiff jetty]

yeah

[atomic hare]

very, but all vanilla like and i think he is counting variations in the total number of vehicles

[cosmic ermine]

His models are mostly mid-poly, more than 10k triangles that's why they can achieve such high quality.

[stiff jetty]

In general, we don't just need machine designers. If you know how to work on tiles or you are a mapper or something else, then we will find tasks for you

[atomic hare]

you do know that the game is 83 (93?) right?

[cosmic ermine]

Anyway, how does this look?

[stiff jetty]

Yes. But we have already made telephones, we are making computers and the Internet.

Mobile applications by type of bank, etc. Similar to GTA 5

[silent zealot]

Default date in start in July 1993

[stiff jetty]

This game is a sandbox, it's okay that it has a different style. You can turn it into whatever you want, it's like Garris Mod.

[silent zealot]

but you can change that in sandbox settings, and with mods to make it match

[ornate sand]

Yeah I mean you can mod in Halo vehicles for goodness sake 😄

[stiff jetty]

For example, we are porting maps from Stalker and turning 3D objects into 2D tiles for our second server for Stalker in Zomboid.

[mint hawk]

The only limit is your imagination. (or pocket book, if you need to commission the mods)

[silent zealot]

Zomboid 2020 for a futuristic version, for example. 😂

[atomic hare]

eh, idk, i feel that going too far ahead is a bit too much. I do understand you tough, dont worry. I just kinda preffer to stay around the time

[atomic hare]

that is a overhaul style of mod. Not just random stalker stuff plopped into pz

[stiff jetty]

That's right, buddy.

[stiff jetty]

I don't quite understand what you mean, sorry

[silent zealot]

Could set it in 2015...

[stiff jetty]

Well, if any of you decide to do this, leave your message to me in a personal message. I will definitely answer you, we always have vacancies for money..

[faint jewel]

send me the name of thec a you want the most and i'll look into it

[stiff jetty]

Someone who is ready to make cars

[faint jewel]

what car are you most interested in?

[stiff jetty]

Or do you mean the names of the cars?

[stiff jetty]

I'll send you a list

wait

'10 Toyota Prius
'12 Chevrolet Cruze
'12 Dodge Grand Caravan
'14 Ford Focus III
'15 Cadillac Escalade
'15 Dodge Charger SRT
'15 Ford Explorer
'15 Ford Explorer Police Interceptor
'15 Ford F150
'15 Subaru Impreza WRX STI
'15 Ford Explorer
'15 Ford Explorer Police Interceptor needs to be reworked
'10 Toyota Prius Taxi Yellow Cab needs to be continue work
'14 Ford Transit
'15 Chevrolet Silverado
'13 Ford Taurus Police Interceptor
'15 Dodge Charger Police Interceptor
'15 Dodge Charger Police Interceptor
'10 Mitsubishi Lancer X
'12 Honda Civic
'10 Mitsubishi L200
'08 Lexus RX
'16 Toyota Camry VII (XV50) (new) '16 Toyota Land Cruiser(new ) '07 International MAXXPRO MRAP (new) '15 Land Rover Discovery(new) '16 Land Rover Sport (new) '15 Ford F350 (new)
Mil200
Renault Magnum 4 step.FREIGHTLINER CENTURY

[faint jewel]

jesus

that's a list

[random finch]

There is a voiceban command. It seems to not be used anywhere aside from being able to use it manually.

Am I missing some type of voice ban functionality?

The VC mute in scoreboard list is for personally voice muting a player - does not ban them from being heard by other players as the voiceban command does.

[silent zealot]

Nah, a list would have {} around it. 😛

[stiff jetty]

What's happened?

😄

The timeline will be long, that's obvious

It looks beautiful

Do your cars have door animations?

[random finch]

Skizot has made some awesome vehicles. Always have his vic mods on our server.

[stiff jetty]

Do they have door animations?

[faint jewel]

they do.

both front and rear doors.

[random finch]

popup lights... trunks and hoods.

the popup lights though...

[ornate sand]

door opens up fancy sports car thing?

[random finch]

Lambo doors?

[ornate sand]

Me talking about cars:

[faint jewel]

lambo doors are possible.

[cosmic ermine]

Scissor doors are literally just animated going upwards instead of sideways.

[silent zealot]

Right foot button goes faster, left foot button goes slower, spin the big spinny thing to avoid obstacles.

Some older cars have an extra foot button and a stick, you can use those to make cool mechanical grinding noises

[cosmic ermine]

This batch rename extension has been real useful to me everytime.

See those numbers?

They're gone now.

[restive lodge]

Can an object reference be passed in a sendClientCommand? for example if I wanted to pass a door object, can I pass the door as the argument or would i need to pass the x,y,z and then re-find the door object server side?

[fleet bridge]

Objects won't pass

[faint jewel]

i made a tool for making cars.

[ornate sand]

gibs

[faint jewel]

i linked it already, it's also in the modelling pins

[silent zealot]

I wanted to play some Zomboid. But adding in Day One means dealing with bandits which means wearing protective gear to avoid death by gunfire which means discomfort goes up so fast so then I start making a mod to slow discomfort and now I've spent five minutes playing Zomboid and two hours modding.

[elfin cradle]

I'm still fighting with getting the bag to show up in my hands-

[ashen mist]

WOOOOOOOOOOOO!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3403690449

[ornate sand]

Don't ya just love skinned models

[elfin cradle]

Define Skinned models?

[ornate sand]

As in not static like a hat, a skinned or part of animations like a bag

[vast pier]

Is there a way to resize a weapon model without importing/exporting in blender

[ornate sand]

scale = 0.5,

[vast pier]

where would this value go

[ornate sand]

under model

with mesh & texture

[vast pier]

erm

[cosmic ermine]

How do you guys get the offset for your mechanic overlay parts?

[vast pier]

is there a baseline guide for making melee weapons so I don't have to come back here for questions

[elfin cradle]

Ah, like how the bags wiggle when worn?

[ornate sand]

sub to my axes & blades mod and copypaste it 😄

melee weapons are very easy to do but kinda meh to explain

[vast pier]

I can't install mods currently 💕

I have no wifi

[ornate sand]

Well I can dm you the folder lol

[vast pier]

that would work

[cosmic ermine]

How are you messaging us then? 🤔

[elfin cradle]

I feel like I'm missing something really really simple. With all the talk of Attachment Points and animations but no clear answers or points of reference that I can find I'm at a loss

[cosmic ermine]

Magic! ✨

[vast pier]

I have internet techincally..
I have my phone connected to my computer with a USB, and I have it set to tether my data

[cosmic ermine]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2912606696

[vast pier]

but some services think it's a ddos or something, I can't connect to steam servers or connect to discord calls (RTC never connects)

[ornate sand]

Can't dm ya, you got a friends only setting on

[elfin cradle]

Thanks, but not vehicles. Clothing items. particularly bags

[cosmic ermine]

He still has to download the folder from Discord xD