mod_development

[bright fog]

However the way I will do it is probably not good for you to go to (as I'll do like Bandits and control my clickers manually) BUT

[hollow rock]

I'm basing mine off the death angels from a quiet place

[bright fog]

Someone found something the other day

Zombies, take on the effects of VisionModifier

So if you put glasses on a zombie, they have a worse vision

However you can't set the value to 0

It needs to be at least 0.01 I believe, but that's still really low vision

[hollow rock]

Is there a way to disable it instead?

[bright fog]

Tho I really don't know how that actually affects zombies

[bright fog]

No

Currently

not

I asked for access to the values that affect stealth for zombies

In #1318920979581501502

But that'll probably have to wait ...

[hollow rock]

Dang

[silent zealot]

Not with modding java, and it wouldn't be a simple mod.

[hollow rock]

I'd be happy to take on the challenge

[silent zealot]

The java accepts a list of possible alues for vision/hearing, which are the ones you see in the sandbox options - so no "blind" or "deaf"

[hollow rock]

I see

[unique harbor]

I hope someone can maybe help me figure out why my game crashes when doing that... the debug log doesn't seem to log the error that's happening.
EDIT: runs in OnRefreshInventoryWindowContainers(inventoryPage, reason)

if inventoryPage.onCharacter == true and reason == "buttonsAdded" then
    local playerObj = getSpecificPlayer(inventoryPage.player)
    local backpacks = inventoryPage.backpacks

    for key, backpack in ipairs(backpacks) do
        local items = backpack.inventory:getItems()
        
        for i = 0, items:size()-1 do
            local item = items:get(i)

            if item:getCategory() == "Container" and item:getType() ~= "KeyRing" and not playerObj:isEquipped(item) then
                containerButton = inventoryPage:addContainerButton(item:getInventory(), item:getTex(), item:getName(), item:getName())
            end
        end
    end
end

[hollow rock]

How do you mess with zombie values to begin with?

Like I said I'm new to modding

[silent zealot]

In this case, it's just sandbox options that the java makes use of

One important aspect to Zomboid is the game is spilt into the java engine and the lua scripts & data files. Mods affect the lua code, but to affect java you need people to manually replace files in the game installation; a few mods like better car physics do this but it's rare and undesirable.

Sometimes you can find a crazy workaround, like changing tooltips by swapping ina fake item, letting java populate and render the tooltop, then swapping the item back. Other times you just give up on a mod idea because it hits the Great Wall of Java.

[bright fog]

uuuh no idea sorry

[hollow rock]

I hope the B42 modding tools rectify this issue

[bright fog]

sadly probably not

[hollow rock]

They said that they would be improving it

[bright fog]

I do hope they give us access to stealth parameters

Especially specific zombies stealth parameters

[silent zealot]

They wont, it's a fundemental game design thing - but what will help a lot is when modders make a focused request in the Modding Request channel, because then speciifc java things can get exposed to change.

[hollow rock]

Where is the request channel?

Does it exist

[silent zealot]

it's a thread under this channel.

[bright fog]

Not really

If we get access to these

That's really good

Or something in this way

That'd be great for us

[hollow rock]

So these values change the viewcone of a zombie

[silent zealot]

I meant the general "we can't change java other than through exposed API calls/oublic fields"

[bright fog]

But you can't access shit

[bright fog]

Yea

But if they expose this kind of stuff to us, that could be very useful to make blind zombies

[hollow rock]

But those are what they're used for

I see

[bright fog]

I think so yeah, they weren't there in B41

[silent zealot]

Every zombie spawns with Groucho Marx glasses that have a .0001 vision modifier?

[umbral raptor]

hey guys i need help with a lua script

[silent zealot]

The answer is "tables"

[umbral raptor]

im not familiar with lua scripts but how do i make a new action related to an item appear

[bright fog]

That's a supposition yeah that it could work

[silent zealot]

Because everything is a table.

[bright fog]

A Timed Action that makes an item appear you mean ?

[umbral raptor]

nope

not a recipe

[bright fog]

And I'm not talking about a recipe either lol

[umbral raptor]

i want to add a book that allows the player to read and gain XP instead of XP multiplier

so im trying to implement an action called "ReadGuide" that adds the XP

[silent zealot]

Maybe: 1) make invisible turns-you-blind glasses 2) set all zombie outfits to include these 3) on zombie death they are removed from the zombie inventory

[bright fog]

Welp idk how books work in the game tbf, but I suppose it's a read book timed action or some shit

[umbral raptor]

yeah its a timedaction

[bright fog]

If you don't have a display name, the item doesn't spawn in the zombie inventory (technically it does but it's invisible/doesn't exist for the player)

[flat relic]

there's already a mod out there that does something similiar in B41, you could take a peek at how they did it

[bright fog]

Blind zombies ? Hell nah

[flat relic]

Nah, I mean the "skill literature" that gives XP on reading, sorry should have clarified that

[silent zealot]

might exist, but not get dispalyed when InventoryPane renders objects... I wouldn;t be suprised if that skips things with a nil DisplayName

Either intentionally or because the code aborts

[bright fog]

Yea actually I'm stupid I thought just XP boost but no XP directly, I'd suggest you learn how reading books giving XP boost works and you'll be mostly set for the rest

[bright fog]

Yeah it skips it, but technically it still exists yeah

I use it for my zombie models

My Clickers have a custom full outfit model

[silent zealot]

Look at the skill journal mod

[bright fog]

And it doesn't have a display name so it can never spawn in the inventory

[umbral raptor]

lemme show u what i made but i used GPT which obviously made mistakes

[bright fog]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3409434765

[bright fog]

[silent zealot]

It gives XP & recipes via a timed action when read, up to the limit of the character that wrote the journal

[bright fog]

Nah I'm not reading that shit mate sorry

[umbral raptor]

its prolly all wrong right haha ik im not gonna use it

[bright fog]

I'm not debugging a full on file when the first lines aren't even a timed action

[umbral raptor]

im asking how can i make a timedaction for that?

ight bro whatever

[bright fog]

Did you read the timed action for book reading ?

[umbral raptor]

ill check out some other things

there is none actually

that i found

[bright fog]

What ?

[silent zealot]

Skill Journal.

[umbral raptor]

in the scripts folder

[umbral raptor]

??

[silent zealot]

has a context menu entry that triggers a timed action that reads a book that gives XP.

[bright fog]

Check the mod skill journal

[umbral raptor]

that mod could have what i need

yeah

thanks alot bro!

that helped

[silent zealot]

Look how they did it - might not be the best way, but it works.

[umbral raptor]

yeah im still new to modding haha

[bright fog]

Scripts folder ?

Timed Actions are not in the scripts folder

They are in the lua/shared/TimedActions folder

[umbral raptor]

media>scripts>timedactions, there is a list for alot of timed actions

[bright fog]

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

[bronze yoke]

yeah 'timed action' now refers to two different things at the same time for no reason

[silent zealot]

They are all over the place, but always under media/lua

[bright fog]

wtf is this shit

[bronze yoke]

they define sounds, animations, etc for recipes

[umbral raptor]

thats what im talking bout

[bright fog]

what ?

[umbral raptor]

its not a folder

its a txt file

like animations.txt

[bright fog]

And that's absolutely not what the classical timed action are but now I understand the confusion

I mean

[silent zealot]

those are a bunch of parameters used by vanilla timed actions, not the actual times actions code

[bright fog]

God why did they name it timed action

That's a REAL timed action

[bronze yoke]

i've been complaining about this

[umbral raptor]

ight ha i get it now

[silent zealot]

In general, every timed action is in a seperate file in a folder names TimedActions

[bright fog]

I mean, those are just straight up a different form of timed action 💀

[silent zealot]

but could be client/server/shared, could be a directory like "farming/timedactions" or "vehicles/timedactions"

[frank elbow]

Are they aware of the complaint? Seems like a no-brainer to not have a name collision of concepts for no reason

[bright fog]

yeaaaaa idfk, they love to make their life miserable

[bronze yoke]

i haven't raised it since i don't think it's something they did by accident

i can't imagine the motives for it but they did choose to do this

[bright fog]

That's a hard mistake to make yea

[frank elbow]

I think for my mental health I'm just going to pretend it was an accident anyway

[umbral raptor]

--reading glasses are a little faster
local eyeItem = self.character:getWornItems():getItem("Eyes");
if(eyeItem and eyeItem:getType() == "Glasses_Reading") then
time = time * 0.9;
end

Found this while reading through the ISReadABook file in the vanilla timed actions files

does it mean u read faster with eye glasses? haha. if so i didnt know this before

[spring jasper]

Hello folks! I am new to modding PZ and new to Lua in general; I have a question to try to understand the code a little better. Is the :create method called automatically when an object is instantiated? I am not seeing the :create method called explicitly, so I am curious if that is the case or if I am just missing things.

[silent zealot]

Lua objects are... well they are tables with an object-shaped disguise on.

[spring jasper]

Oh, sounds like I am further from dipping my toes in than I thought 😆

[bronze yoke]

there's no special relevance to a :create() function in lua itself but a lot of the base classes the game uses will implement something like that

i think you're probably looking at ui which does do that

[silent zealot]

Java objects that are accessed through the various API calls... I'm not sure if they all have a create() that is the constructor, I've typically only created inventory items from scratch and I do that with instanceItem("Base.SomeItem")

Made this becuase I play in Debug mode but got sick of having to turn cheats off every time I started the game: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3411534066

[spring jasper]

I am specifically looking at the ISFarmingCursor.lua ; I can see it is derived from ISBuildingObject which in turn is derived from ISBaseObject, but I have no idea how the ISFarmingCursor:create gets called.

[bronze yoke]

that would be in ISBuildingObject, create() is called when clicking

the cursor stuff, to be completely honest, is an absolute nightmare

[silent zealot]

Just put it in the corner with all the other nightmares.

[bronze yoke]

they're all built on top of the build cursor instead of having a generic cursor class to build on so most of them have to have a bunch of extra code to disable all the building stuff 😭

[bronze yoke]

i think the object's isValid() has to have returned true as well

[spring jasper]

oh my, I see my mistake now; I saw the self:create line, but didn't read the whole clause right that led to it. I saw the ISBuildMenu.cheat and completely wrote it off before noticing the big fat 'or' there

Thank you!

[open drum]

Guys i still couldn't figure out a bypass method or another method that could make my "spreading trash" code

the code runs with Event.LoadGridsquare.Add()

but as you can see on 5 o'clock and 6

depends on the direction where the character is coming from. some chunks/grids are not loaded so the trash gets stuck within the chunk and does not spread

is there any method to solve this problem?

spreading trash function looks as follow ```
function SpreadTrash(Square)

local RecievedSqInfo = Square;
local PosX = RecievedSqInfo:getX();
local PosY = RecievedSqInfo:getY();
local PosZ = 0;
local SpreadChance = ZombRand(0,10)
-- print(SpreadChance)
if SpreadChance <= 3 then
     local posSQ = CalculateAdjacentFloor(RecievedSqInfo)
     local isoObject = IsoObject.new(getCell(),posSQ,  "d_trash_1_20")
       isoObject:transmitCompleteItemToClients()
       isoObject:transmitCompleteItemToServer()
       posSQ:AddTileObject(isoObject);
    
end

end

[ebon dagger]

For future info, because I can't do b42 Multiplayer to test it.

If player A's client adds to the mod data for an item (in my specific case, it adds an entry called "CurrentAmmo" to the mod data)

if player B grabs that same item, is the moddata passed?

[bronze yoke]

yeah

there's some bugs with it in b41 multiplayer (generally it works like this as expected though) but i imagine in b42 that probably won't be the case

it maybe could be necessary to add item mod data on the server side in b42

[ebon dagger]

Ok, that won't be too hard I don't think. Thank you for the info.

[open drum]

ugh i must admit Event. OnLoadGrid isn't good idea to use

Any other Event I could use to make my code flow better?

wish there was a onchunkload or something

[bright fog]

Damn didn't knew that

[split summit]

Hi guys, anyone has a sort of resource/guide or content where I can look up to learn how to add new traits into the game.

I don't want to do anything too complex, but I'm developing a mod that basically I want to add traits to the items when you equip them, I already kinda coded the trait on item equip functions but now I wonder how can I create new traits...

[vast pier]

depends on what you want the traits to do

[vast pier]

Sorry not having any help but like.
Why is this something you want?
I'm confused on the purpose

[open drum]

just for fun purpose

[open drum]

I want to make the trash tiles radio active

[vast pier]

The best purpose is for fun

[open drum]

so when then spread, the radioactive zones spread

agreed

i mean i managed to get everything to work Except the unloaded chunk spreading part

as you can see from the image, the 12,1 o'clock northern side chunks are not loaded

if the character walks from the south

so they never get spreaded over there

tried to run Events.LoadChunk.Add(LoadChunkforsq) to run before the Events.LoadGridsquare.Add(LoadingSq)

guess it wasn't enough

tried putting Events.LoadGridsquare.Add(LoadingSq) inside the LoadChunkforsq function

and that gave massive lag

[true nova]

here's something I've been working on that i finally released, thanks all that give help here

[vast pier]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TM_31-210_Improvised_Munitions_Handbook#:~:text=The manual is one of,U.S. troops by foreign troops.

hits that year requirement for immersion

[vast pier]

Someone made a build 41 mod using this exact booklet for the same purpose I'm wanting.
Gonna seek out permission from them for using their assets in my mod, and if not then I'll just try to recreate it using imagery and graphics online about the booklet

[vast pier]

I asked but I made a basic one anyway under the assumption they don't respond

[sly monolith]

so i've run into a weird problem with this, after adding that Icon = line to the crafting script, then making custom icons, now when i craft lets say the red version of the item it doesn't have any icon at all in the inventory. After crafting a tinted version of an item i get an error: ```function: InheritColorFromMaterial -- file: recipecode.lua line # 275 | Vanilla
Callframe at: performCurrentRecipe
function: perform -- file: ISHandcraftAction.lua line # 158 | Vanilla

ERROR: General f:12045, t:1737431924108> ExceptionLogger.logException> Exception thrown
java.lang.RuntimeException: attempted index: getColor of non-table: null at KahluaThread.tableget(KahluaThread.java:1667).```

[open drum]

maybe try doing Icon = Item_line

[sly monolith]

but after restarting the game the icons are back to normal lol

[open drum]

interesting

[sly monolith]

do the icons have to be in the same folder as the textures for the item?

[open drum]

if you want to use the script file

then yes

[sly monolith]

then maybe that's the problem here, gonna move them heh

right so now there's the ? sign everywhere

[ebon dagger]

Does DoorDamage on firearms (which is on all vanilla firearms) just, do nothing? lol

[open drum]

did you have your item name

Item_line?

[sly monolith]

i have this in my crafting script Icon = Item_FaceMask_Red,

and this in the clothing script IconsForTexture = FaceMask_Red;FaceMask_Black;FaceMask_White,

it must have something to do with the icons being in a different folder than the textures, but in the base game they have them bundled in .package files and they work just fine anyway

idk how all that stuff works, but for different items i have textures and icons in 1 folder and those work just fine

[ebon dagger]

Remove Item_ from the Icon Line.

Icon = FaceMask_Red,

But don't remove it from the png.

[sly monolith]

i have it like that in the other stuff that works tho

even the ones that only have 1 color choice work fine

it's just those that have more than 1 color

[ebon dagger]

Oh, weird. I guess I have just been doing it the other way for so long, I thought it was supposed to be like that. lol

[sly monolith]

i mean maybe you're right, i'm about to test it

nope that did nothing heh

[ebon dagger]

I'm not sure, but the icons MIGHT have to be in the base texture folder

sounds like something that would be required lol.

[sly monolith]

like, the icons work just fine no matter if i leave the Item_ there or not, they appear for the crafting menu both ways

another weird thing is i get an error when crafting the tinted version of that item, but the icon appears for it in the bag

[ebon dagger]

Whats the error from console.txt?

[sly monolith]

^ this

[umbral raptor]

is there some form of limit for backpack capcity?

i keep trying to make a new backpack 60 but it reverts back to 48 for some reason

[sly monolith]

you just have to put Capacity = 60, in the clothing script

[bronze yoke]

backpacks cannot have a higher capacity than 50 in b42

[umbral raptor]

is there a way to bypass this?

[umbral raptor]

already did that

[bronze yoke]

i think there's a mod on the workshop that changes a bunch of the lua to bypass it

[umbral raptor]

do u know its name?

[bronze yoke]

i don't

[umbral raptor]

do u mean clothingitem or scripts?

[sly monolith]

42\media\scripts\clothing and the script that adds the item, but like Albion said you can only make it up to 50

[umbral raptor]

item Infantry_Backpack_Ground
{
DisplayName = Tactical Infantry Backpack,
DisplayCategory = Bag,
Type = Container,
Weight = 2,
Capacity = 65,
Icon = InfantryBackpack,
AttachmentReplacement = Bag,
BloodLocation = Bag,
CanBeEquipped = Back,
CanHaveHoles = false,
IconsForTexture = Infantry_Backpack_Green,
CloseSound = CloseBag,
ClothingItem = Infantry_Backpack_Ground,
EquipSound = EquipBackpackLarge,
OpenSound = OpenBag,
PutInSound = PutItemInBag,
ReplaceInPrimaryHand = Infantry_Backpack_RHand holdingbagright,
ReplaceInSecondHand = Infantry_Backpack_LHand holdingbagleft,
RunSpeedModifier = 0.95,
WeightReduction = 90,
WorldStaticModel = Infantry_Backpack_Ground,
Tags = IgnoreZombieDensity,
}

Did I make any mistakes here?

[vast pier]

Funny enough, this has the same issue as vanilla engineer. I forgot to captialize Bomb so it doesn't work

[abstract cairn]

does sending a server command end the function? cause for some reason it's not carrying on with the function

[sly monolith]

yea you can't have capacity 65, it needs to be 50

[sly monolith]

so how is it that the base game has icons in the base textures folder, but the textures for the items are in separate folders inside that textures folder, but when i try doing that i get this issue

[ebon dagger]

Ok, anyone have any thoughts on the following, not from a code perspective, but a how fun would this mod be to use perspective?

I've got my ammo type swapping system mostly finished, but I'm taking a break from it and for the moment I'm doing the fun part and adding all the special types of ammo.

I'm working on "Breaching Rounds". It appears that only melee weapons can hit thumpables.

Which would be more fun:

• A timed action via context menu that had the character walk up, put a round into the door and bust it up
• Some sort of collision system that travels out the best it can and trys to find a door to hit within range when you fire a shotgun loaded with breaching rounds?

[sly monolith]

just make it so you shoot at the door from melee range

[bronze yoke]

no

[ebon dagger]

Like, change Ranged to false?

I am not sure that will behave, but I am INSTANTLY amused by the idea 😄

[sly monolith]

no idea, i just mean a right click on the doors and select breach from there, and then it plays an animation

[hot plinth]

Are you giving the models.txt a proper reference to the texture location?
model blahblah
mesh = blahnlah,
texture = foldername/itemname,

[sly monolith]

oh i'm not, good find xd

thanks

[umbral raptor]

i wish someone would make a battering ram

[sly monolith]

i didn't have that file at all cuz before i made the custom icons it was just using the base game ones

[umbral raptor]

like the one used by SWAT

would be better than B42's 100 axe swings to take down the police station armory door lol

[ebon dagger]

I'm pretty sure I just saw a mod with that

[sly monolith]

isn't there a c4 or smh in the game? 😄

[hot plinth]

Fair enough, honestly all my code is a hodge podge of every other mod ive looked at because I don't really know anything I just see what other people did and try do that too xD

[ebon dagger]

Oh, nm it just has you break doors lol

[sly monolith]

same lmao

[hot plinth]

Its good tho, thinking about it for a second made more sense of it for myself, now i can go back and move some models i had seperated for no reason and delete some duplicates. xD

[sly monolith]

yea if you're using base game models/textures you don't need to have those in your mod folder

[sly monolith]

well that did nothing unfortunatelly

[oak hornet]

I AM ABSOLUTELY A FUKING DUMBASS, We are talking about the OnCreate funciton defined on in the CraftRecipe.txt files not for generic any crafting done

Thanks @bronze yoke @winter bolt , aight gunna find a new workaround now

[sly monolith]

actually i'm now getting errors when i try using the static model for glasses with that script heh

can someone explain to me what does the "models_clothes" file even do

    java.lang.RuntimeException: attempted index: getWorldItem of non-table: null at KahluaThread.tableget(KahluaThread.java:1667).```

i guess it's because glasses don't have a world item? i tried looking for any reference to them but couldn't

[hot plinth]

If all else fails, import base? xD

[spiral egret]

@quartz kindle moving here to not flood the gen chat, but if you have the mod downloaded you can find the sprites in the mod files, they are all 16x16

[quartz kindle]

Ah ok

What's the file path? I'm on a mac so things look a little different

[spiral egret]

not home currently so I can't check it either haha

[quartz kindle]

Ah okay

[spiral egret]

my mod doesn't have a lot of files so it shouldn't be too hard to find

if you can't find them I'll just send you a zip later or something

[quartz kindle]

Gotcha. I sent a friend request if you're able to accept a little later. I checked my Zomboid folder in mods and only saw default.txt and reset-mods-41_51.txt but nothing with yours

[quasi jewel]

Still haven't figured out why this refuses to work

[bronze yoke]

have you tried referencing it as HCustoms.Bag_EliteCombatMaxGraffiti ?

you don't usually need to specify module for script objects in the same module but i've noticed vanilla does anyway

[silent zealot]

I was about to say that

I wouldn't be surprised if you can skip "Base" but not other modules.

[quasi jewel]

Assuming I'd need to change this in both ECB_ITems as well as craft scripts?

[bronze yoke]

no, just the craft recipes

[silent zealot]

And if that fails... try just putting the new items in Base.

[quasi jewel]

gonna test

[silent zealot]

ECV_Items already has it - the items are inside module HCustoms { }

[quasi jewel]

originally tried putting them as base with module HCustoms {
imports {
Base
}

thoough prolly didnt do that right 💀

same error

this is being a real pain in the ass

[umbral raptor]

I have an issue where an item's icon won't load no matter what I do

[quasi jewel]

huh. new error this time

Cannot override existing registry id (5639) to new id (323), item: Base.Bag_EliteCombatMaxSunrise

modding for this game has been.. much more annoying than I expected it to be

[sly monolith]

can someone help me with this? do i need to take all my clothing textures from subfolders and put them in the base textures folder for icons to appear when crafting stuff? i tried placing icons in that folder but that made everything turn into ?

[umbral raptor]

okay im fucking done with this shit

i fix the icon, the model breaks, i fix the mod, the icon breaks

[sly monolith]

what's your problem, maybe i can help, i have some experience with stuff breaking lmao

[silent zealot]

https://tenor.com/view/studio-c-matt-meese-two-out-of-three-bank-robbery-gif-25652391

[umbral raptor]

okay so for some reason

i change the clothingitem's name from infantry_backpack to infantry_backpack_ground and suddenly the icon works but wearing it shows no model

i make it infantry_backpack again and the model is fine and dandy but the icon is broken

i can dm u my files if u want

maybe u can take a look at tell me whats wrong

[sly monolith]

sure

[oblique quiver]

Heya all! I'm interested in doing some mod development for Zomboid for fun. I know Lua pretty well and I'm grateful for all the great resources provided in the wiki, pinned messages, and this channel. I'm curious about the particular workflow you'd suggest for developing/testing mods: What's your set up in terms of quickly iterating over changes/debugging mods/testing mods. I know how to set up mods, but how do you quickly test them ingame? What does your setup look like for doing the actual development? Thank you!

[silent sky]

has anyone seen this when making vest im new and do not see why my upper torso would disappear when puting on my vest i just made

[sly monolith]

it's probably using some masks that hide it

[silent sky]

face palm

    <m_Masks>12</m_Masks>
    <m_MasksFolder>media/textures/Clothes/BulletVest/Masks_BulletVest</m_MasksFolder>
    <m_UnderlayMasksFolder>media/textures/Clothes/BulletVest/Masks_BulletVest</m_UnderlayMasksFolder>

i removed this lol

[sly monolith]

yup mystery solved heh

[silent sky]

Made Escape From Tarcov
Airframe
Tv110
BlackJack50

[sly monolith]

ok i solved my own issue, forgot to add "Item_" before the texture name in the texture selector lua 🤦

[tranquil reef]

if ISMusicVehicleMenu == nil then ISMusicVehicleMenu = {} end

if not ISMusicVehicleMenu.oldShowRadialMenu then
    ISMusicVehicleMenu.oldShowRadialMenu = ISVehicleMenu.showRadialMenu
end

function ISVehicleMenu.showRadialMenu(playerObj)
    ISMusicVehicleMenu.oldShowRadialMenu(playerObj)
    ISMusicVehicleMenu.showRadialMenu(playerObj)
end

function ISMusicVehicleMenu.showRadialMenu(playerObj)
    local isPaused = UIManager.getSpeedControls() and UIManager.getSpeedControls():getCurrentGameSpeed() == 0
    if isPaused then return end
    local vehicle = playerObj:getVehicle()
    if vehicle then
        local menu = getPlayerRadialMenu(playerObj:getPlayerNum())
        local seat = vehicle:getSeat(playerObj)
        if seat <= 1 then -- only front seats can access the radio
            -- print("ISMusicVehicleMenu")
            for partIndex=1,vehicle:getPartCount() do
                local part = vehicle:getPartByIndex(partIndex-1)
                if part:getDeviceData() and part:getInventoryItem() and TCMusic.VehicleMusicPlayer[part:getInventoryItem():getFullType()]then
                    menu:addSlice(getText("IGUI_MusicOptionsCar"), getTexture("media/ui/vehicle_tape.png"), ISMusicVehicleMenu.onSignalDevice, playerObj, part)
                end
            end
        end
        
    end
end


function ISMusicVehicleMenu.onSignalDevice(playerObj, part)
    if not part:getModData().tcmusic then
        part:getModData().tcmusic = {}
        part:getModData().tcmusic.mediaItem = nil
        part:getModData().tcmusic.needSpeaker = nil
    end
    ISTCBoomboxWindow.activate(playerObj, part)
end```

This script worked in Build 41, but doesn't in Build 42. No errors, just doesn't show

Anyone know any API changes that could be the reason this doesn't work?

[slim swan]

self.character:Say(getText("UI_ElectricWeapon_BatteryRemoved_WithCharge", math.floor(currentCharge)))

how to change the word color

[umbral raptor]

What is needed to be added while implementing a new moveable?

i made a .pack and a script file for the items

as well as translations

what else is needed?

the items uses vanilla functions such as cooking

i editted that in using tilez

[umbral raptor]

the objects currently appear ig but cannot be placed

[undone elbow]

@tranquil reef You can add colors:
```lua
[your code]
```
It will be more comfortable to read.

[tranquil reef]

Ah, you're right. I used to only post code in the Unity discord so I forgot it had support for more than C#

[ancient grail]

can i still upload b41 even if ive updated to b42 unstable

[bright fog]

Yea, it's literally the same files

[ancient grail]

ISMusicVehicleMenu = ISMusicVehicleMenu or {}

[umbral raptor]

I need help with a moveable. I made the tiles and pack, script and more files, one of the furniture works, but the other does not and cannot be placed

if anyone knows bout adding tiles and such plz dm me

[split summit]

does anyone knows why the size = is not making the worlditem bigger?

[tranquil kindle]

Size?

Don't you mean Scale?

[split summit]

Sorry, I did added as Scale =

[tranquil kindle]

Can you paste whole model script?

[split summit]

item TheBagofPortella_Back
{
WeightReduction = 95,
ClothingItemExtra = BagOfHolding_Front,
ClothingItemExtraOption = FannyPack_WearFront,
clothingExtraSubmenu = FannyPack_WearBack,
Weight = 1.5,
Type = Container,
Capacity = 80,
DisplayName = The Bag of Portella,
Icon = BagOfHolding,
WorldStaticModel = BagOfPortella_WorldItem,
Scale = 0.2,
PutInSound = PutItemInBag,
BodyLocation = FannyPackFront,
ClothingItem = Bag_FannyPackFront,
CanBeEquipped = FannyPackFront,
ToolTip = Portella,
}

[tranquil kindle]

That's not how it works

[split summit]

Everything works, like icon, item, worldstatic etc, just can resize haha

[tranquil kindle]

You need separate model script and put scale there.

Is that vanila model?

[split summit]

would that be
Model TheBagofPortella_Back
{

[split summit]

No, I created a new texture 2d

[winter bolt]

it needs to be in BagOfPortella_WorldItem

[split summit]

The texture works, I just can make it bigger, it seems small compared to the vanilla backpacks

[tranquil kindle]

So that means you need new model script with model and texture assigned, and then use scale

Did you override texture?

[split summit]

I didn't, this is the only script i have

[tranquil kindle]

Because from what I can see you did not made model script.

Wait it's clothing item...

[winter bolt]

WorldStaticModel = BagOfPortella_WorldItem, is pointing to a model script called BagOfPortella_WorldItem

thats where you need to put the scale

[split summit]

I am not trying to have the texture when I wear it, is just when I drop in the ground looks too small, even the texture being 128x128

[split summit]

So I just need to create a new script with model and then add the scale?

[winter bolt]

yeah

if you look in the vanilla game media/scripts/models_items.txt you can see what it should look like

you wont need to put a texture in the model though because clothing items have that set automatically

[tranquil kindle]

He did mention that he doesn't need new texture on clothing, so he needs to specify texture in model script

[split summit]

Hm, so I understand until the part that I have to create a model script, but didn't get it about the texture cloathing etc

the Model should be the name of my item or the texture file?

module Base
{
Model

[tacit pebble]

Can someone confirm this is a bug or something??

function CF_RemoveCache(character, item)
    print(item)
    --item:setWeight(item:getWeight())
end

Events.OnEquipPrimary.Add(CF_RemoveCache)

LOG  : Lua          f:161, t:1737473158362> nil
LOG  : Lua          f:161, t:1737473158363> Base.KitchenKnifeForged:zombie.inventory.types.HandWeapon@11e44d4
LOG  : Lua          f:293, t:1737473160563> nil
LOG  : Lua          f:293, t:1737473160564> Base.BaseballBat:zombie.inventory.types.HandWeapon@5833ac9e

I tried twice (Bare Hand -> Kitchen Knife -> Baseball Bat)
and 4 lines were printed, i have no idea why nil is there.

[main pasture]

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Model_scripts

[winter bolt]

should be whatever WorldStaticModel is set to

[winter bolt]

barehands is nil i think

[main pasture]

Bare hands seem to be nil. So it is Bare Hand -> Kitchen Knife -> Bare Hand -> Baseball Bat

[tacit pebble]

I mean, KitchenKnife -> BaseballBat also printed

LOG  : Lua          f:293, t:1737473160563> nil
LOG  : Lua          f:293, t:1737473160564> Base.BaseballBat:zombie.inventory.types.HandWeapon@5833ac9e

so do they basically do this
knife -> hand -> bat

oh

it makes sense..

[winter bolt]

yeah the character puts away the weapon and then equips the new one

[tacit pebble]

but still i don't understand because event is OnEquipPrimary so bare hand is not something that can be equipped i think??

[split summit]

Thanks a lot

[main pasture]

dropHandItems() for example does setPrimaryHandItem((InventoryItem)null) (setPrimaryHandItem() triggers OnEquipPrimary)

[jovial kindle]

If I wanted to add a metalworking recipe where could I do that?

[quartz kindle]

Hey @spiral egret by any chance are you able to get those PNGs to me?

[spiral egret]

yep nice timing lmao, I tried to message you just now but your DMS are closed

[quartz kindle]

oh shoot sorry

I have it set to friends only

ill change it

Try now?

@spiral egret

[unique harbor]

How do you update a mod without overriding the workshop description?

[vast pier]

Oh hey! Nail grenades are in the Improvised Munitions Handbook

neat

[bright fog]

what even is that handbook

[vast pier]

The TM 31-210 Department of the Army Technicial Manual, Improvised Munitions Handbook

[bright fog]

[vast pier]

It's a official us military handbook regarding manufacturing explosive material & propellents, along with improvised grenades and bombs.
Written in 1969

[bright fog]

yea I checked it out

[vast pier]

Declassified as part of the freedom of information act

[bright fog]

guessed so yea

[vast pier]

I have a pdf of the handbook if you want, I'm looking through it as reference for possible weapons to add in a mod 👍

[bright fog]

I already found it lol

[vast pier]

nice

Page 75 is the nail grenade

[vast pier]

as neat as it would be to have a directional bomb that you set down and ignite to kill zombies in front of you, I'm not sure of a way to have the damage be a cone instead of a full circle

[bright fog]

https://freakoutstudios.com/dot-product-fov.html

To easily check in a cone

[vast pier]

yeah but I wouldn't know how to attach that to the grenade's damage in any way

[bright fog]

Just don't use the typical explosives from the game

[dull moss]

https://tenor.com/view/ied-better-call-saul-bomb-your-honor-gif-24668812

[dull moss]

How can one play a sound withot a regard if player is in-save (aka has character). I know you can play a sound with
player:playSoundLocal("name"); but how does one play it without player?

[bright fog]

playSoundImpl

Some shit like that

Give me a sec, I'll find a better example

        local emitter = getWorld():getFreeEmitter()
        local square = door:getSquare()
        emitter:playSoundImpl("DoorCreek"..tostring(ZombRand(1,16)),square)

With the string, your sound script

[dull moss]

i dont think that would work in main menu, no?

[bright fog]

Nop

[dull moss]

ye that's what im saying

[bright fog]

For that, check the main menu music framework

[bronze yoke]

getSoundManager():PlaySound()

[dull moss]

[bright fog]

In case you need a working example
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3173081439

[bronze yoke]

actually use playUISound

PlaySound won't play on the main menu for whatever reason

[bright fog]

Do you know what happens to emitters of zombies that die ?

[bronze yoke]

nothing i think

[bright fog]

Bcs I set custom emitters for my zombies, however when they die, sometimes the emitter continues to play

Yet

When zombie dies

I stopAll its emitter

I think I just fixed it by checking OnTick if the zombie is dead and forcing it to stopAll

nah nvm

[dull moss]

so I'm using this as template, anyone knows why it crashes my modOptions?

local ETW_config = {
    ...
    SoundNotificationSoundSelectComboBox = nil
}

local function ETWConfig()
    local options = PZAPI.ModOptions:create("ETWModOptions", "ETW - Evolving Traits World")
    options:addTitle("Evolving Traits World")

    ETW_config.SoundNotificationSoundSelectComboBox = options:addComboBox("SoundNotificationSoundSelect", getText("UI_ETW_Options_SoundNotificationSoundSelect"),"")
    ETW_config.SoundNotificationSoundSelectComboBox:addItem(getText("UI_ETW_Options_Sound_B42"), true)
end

ETWConfig()

Intelisense not picking up addItem as existing thing

[bright fog]

Check the wiki page

You'll find better explanation of mod options

OOoh

nah nvm

Usually a crash of mod options tend to be linked to an empty string box

But you're not using these here anyway

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Mod_Options

[bronze yoke]

what do you mean by 'crashes my mod options'

[dull moss]

👍

[bright fog]

wrong link

Fixed now

[dull moss]

mainb menu UI won't load because it throws error when generating mod options UI

    java.lang.RuntimeException: No implementation found at MultiLuaJavaInvoker.call(MultiLuaJavaInvoker.java:112).
    Stack trace:
        se.krka.kahlua.integration.expose.MultiLuaJavaInvoker.call(MultiLuaJavaInvoker.java:112)
        se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.callJava(KahluaThread.java:192)
        se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.luaMainloop(KahluaThread.java:988)
        se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.call(KahluaThread.java:173)
        se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.pcall(KahluaThread.java:1963)
        se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.pcallvoid(KahluaThread.java:1790)
        se.krka.kahlua.integration.LuaCaller.pcallvoid(LuaCaller.java:66)
        se.krka.kahlua.integration.LuaCaller.protectedCallVoid(LuaCaller.java:139)
        zombie.Lua.Event.trigger(Event.java:81)
        zombie.Lua.LuaEventManager.triggerEvent(LuaEventManager.java:281)
        zombie.gameStates.MainScreenState.enter(MainScreenState.java:359)
        zombie.gameStates.GameStateMachine.update(GameStateMachine.java:135)
        zombie.GameWindow.logic(GameWindow.java:372)
        zombie.core.profiling.AbstractPerformanceProfileProbe.invokeAndMeasure(AbstractPerformanceProfileProbe.java:76)
        zombie.GameWindow.frameStep(GameWindow.java:917)
        zombie.GameWindow.run_ez(GameWindow.java:810)
        zombie.GameWindow.mainThread(GameWindow.java:610)
        java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
LOG  : General      f:0, t:1737487789063> -----------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------
Callframe at: se.krka.kahlua.integration.expose.MultiLuaJavaInvoker@793dbd07
function: addModOptionsPanel -- file: MainOptions.lua line # 3582 | Vanilla
function: create -- file: MainOptions.lua line # 645 | Vanilla
function: instantiate -- file: MainScreen.lua line # 718 | Vanilla
function: addToUIManager -- file: ISUIElement.lua line # 1138 | Vanilla
function: LoadMainScreenPanelInt -- file: MainScreen.lua line # 2149 | Vanilla
function: LoadMainScreenPanel -- file: MainScreen.lua line # 2058 | Vanilla```

[bright fog]

That error looks like a classic error I had, tho I don't remember the exact reason

[dull moss]

WAit I have to add to ID

[bronze yoke]

i don't know if this would cause it but why do you have a combo box with only one option?

[dull moss]

it's one of many

or wait

huh

[bright fog]

also why put that in a function ?

just curious

[dull moss]

idfk, dhert was first one to figure new options so I jsut followed his stuff

[bright fog]

Check the Mod Options

wiki page

[dull moss]

yea checking it now

[bright fog]

It's the result of all the researches others did, and my own on the subject

It should detail everything you need to know

Tho don't hesitate if you think something could be added

[hot plinth]

Can I make this like.... not 1 ugly line?
item 1 [Base.Basil;Base.BlackSage;Base.Plantain;Base.Broccoli;Base.Cabbage;Base.Carrots;Base.Cauliflower;Base.Chamomile;Base.Chives;Base.Cilantro;Base.Corn;Base.Comfrey;Base.CommonMallow;Base.Garlic;Base.Greenpeas;Base.Hops;Base.Kale;Base.Lavender;Base.Leek;Base.Lettuce;Base.Marigold;Base.Onion;Base.Oregano;Base.Parsley;Base.RedRadish;Base.Rosemary;Base.Roses;Base.Sage;Base.Soybeans;Base.Spinach;Base.SweetPotato;Base.SugarBeet;Base.Thyme;Base.Tobacco;Base.Turnip] flags[AllowRottenItem] mappers[map1] mode:destroy,

[bright fog]

Tags maybe ?

If vegetables have tags that can be used

Doesn't look like it sadly

[hot plinth]

its only for items that aren't in the basegame collect seeds recipe, so if i dont think theres a tag that would capture all this stuff but not double up the base recipe. Oh well, guess ill just have to deal with it.

[bright fog]

I think these vegetables are not supposed to have seeds lol

Maybe a function idk

[hot plinth]

Yeah they aren't, its not ment to make sense but getting seeds from everything was popular enough in 41 so I redid it for 42 stuff.

[bronze yoke]

you can't use functions for these anymore

[bright fog]

👌

[bright fog]

Really ???

That's so stupid

[bronze yoke]

in vanilla it was only used for tags anyway so they don't need it anymore

[hot plinth]

They must be working for the ultra wide screen companys 😭

[bright fog]

in vanilla sure, in mods you can most definitely find more uses tho

[slim swan]

Any documents for modding ui?

[dull moss]

Just pain and suffering

[hot plinth]

If I do something to add a tag to all the base veggies etc i want to include will that conflict with other mods that touch the same items, like will we just overwrite each other in the load order?

[bright fog]

There is a guide actually

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

Idk how good it is tho

I plan on making that damn wiki page but that requires a lot of time for me to test stuff out, learn how to make UI and make a proper wiki page

But that looks like a decent guide from a quick glance

[slim swan]

Thanks!

B42 code is so different compared to B41

[bright fog]

Not really

Tho in terms of UI idk

[ebon dagger]

Anyone know if there is a flag or option or whatever in the Recipe syntax to require a magazine to be empty?

I don't think anything in vanilla requires this... but I can hope.

[ebon dagger]

Oh, just thought about Recipe.OnTest. I might be able to do it there.

[knotty stone]

so the update killed all mods with recipes? anyone knows what changed?

java.lang.Exception: unknown recipe param: itemcount at InputScript.Load(InputScript.java:545).

ok without -debug i can atleast get in but its throwing errors like hell.

[ebon dagger]

The Exhausted moodle now looks LESS like an anime wifu in heat.

[silent sky]

Hey guys me and my buddy were trying to retexture some cars for fun and realized that somewhere there is a script randomizing the color instead of using a texture for the body any ideas where i should look to make it just use the texture we create

[knotty stone]

in vehicle

     {
         texture = Vehicles/texturename,
     }```

[silent sky]

will this just overide the random colors

[knotty stone]

if you have one declared it will only use this

[winter bolt]

this is way better actually

my biggest complaint is how desaturated all of the new moodles are so im glad they made them more colourful

i love this one lol

[bronze yoke]

42.1.0 lua api diff https://github.com/demiurgeQuantified/UmbrellaAddon-Unstable/commit/9ea219160eac8efa91b600543f5b599531ff7dfc

[pearl prism]

How do I configure the distribution for an item spawns in large quantities?

[tacit pebble]

function IsoAnimal:checkForChickenpocalypse() end
LOL

[silent sky]

module MoreBags
{
        item Blackjack50
    {    
        WeightReduction    =    75,
        Weight    =    1.5,
        Type    =    Container,
        Capacity    =    80,
        DisplayName    =     Blackjack50,
        DisplayCategory = Bag,
        CanBeEquipped = Back,
        IconsForTexture = penetratoricon,
        OpenSound   =   BackpackOpen,
        CloseSound   =   BackpackOpen,
        PutInSound   =   PutItemInBag,
        ClothingItem = Blackjack50,
        BloodLocation = Bag,
        RunSpeedModifier = 0.94,
        AttachmentReplacement = Bag,
         CanHaveHoles = false,           
        ReplaceInSecondHand = Blackjack50_LHand holdingbagleft,
        ReplaceInPrimaryHand = Blackjack50_RHand holdingbagright,
        WorldStaticModel = Blackjack50_Ground,
        }        
        {
            texture = Vehicles/texturename,
        }
}

would this be how i would add multiple textures to my item

[knotty stone]

thats an item not a car^^

but yea its in the right place

[silent sky]

yeah i know i wanted to add multiple to my item lol

as well

[silent sky]

{
texture = textures/texturename,
}

so change vehicles to this??

[knotty stone]

texture= is already accessing the textures folder

[silent sky]

        {
            texture = 90sBlackjack50_Diffuse,
        }
        {
            texture = DPMBlackjack50_Diffuse,
        }
        {
            texture = FecktarnBlackjack50_Diffuse,
        }
        {
            texture = MTPBlackjack50_Diffuse,
        }

last time i ask soo this is good thank you for your help

?

[knotty stone]

yea

[silent sky]

trying this method because my other one did not work for the bags but it did for vest

where i duplicated the texturechoices on my vest and it worked

well added multiple lines

[knotty stone]

yea but you wrote at first about car textures, so i thought it was about that. for clothes i dont know if that works, sry.

[silent sky]

right np testing now

[tacit plover]

you need to change "AutoLearn" to "AutoLearnAny" on your recipes

[knotty stone]

thank you @tacit plover

[tacit pebble]

guys, did they change something with itemcount ?

[tacit plover]

yeah, you need to add it inside a flags parameter now, so it should look something like this flags[ItemCount]

[tacit pebble]

unknown recipe param: itemcount
my game is crashing and i've removed them one by one

oh

thank you 🙂

[bright fog]

For anyone wanting a list of changes, and if anyone has other changes for modding that happened, please share them to be put in the wiki

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Modding#Modding_changes

[tacit pebble]

btw so, unless I unsubcribe them manually, my game will keep crashing right?
why didn't they improve this 😭

[bright fog]

So what was the writing before exactly ?

So I can add that in the wiki too

[tacit pebble]

item 1 [Base.KATTAJ1_TacticalFlashlight] mode:keep flags[NotEmpty] itemcount,

[tacit plover]

oh, it used to be just "itemcount", without any parameters

[tacit plover]

yeah, like that

[tacit plover]

you can open your game without -debug mode

[bright fog]

so instead of itemcount it's now flags[ItemCount] ?

[tacit plover]

your game wont crash instantly, then you can just update your mod

[tacit plover]

yeah!

[bright fog]

done

[tacit pebble]

how,, i mean i didn't know it's an issue of debug mode. because i always play my game with debug mode is enabled.

thank you again anyway ❤️

[silent sky]

can not seem to get multiple textures

[bronze yoke]

thank god

[tacit plover]

if you right click on project zomboid on steam, you can go into "Properties", then you should see "-debug" as a launch option, just delete that and it should work

but, you'll lose your debug tools

[tacit pebble]

Yep i knew xD but i was quite surprised it's only happening on debug mode, i didn't even imagine.

[tacit plover]

ohhh okay, maybe its easier to check crash logs i guess?

wish there was a way to disable it tho

[bright fog]

This might interest you, I think that's the flags for the crafting

Changes to the crafting flags

[tacit plover]

oh, CanBeDoneFromFloor is back, that's nice

[silent zealot]

ooof, that explains why I can't start the game...

[tacit pebble]

hope dev doesn't think this is easier way... i believe this is a small issue from unstable version, that will be fixed soon.

[silent sky]

anyone have any ideas why this method of adding multiple textures to my bag would work for my vest mod but not my bags

added it to each xml too

really trying to make multiple bags just for the texture

[vast pier]

Failed to load asset: AssetPath("CanadeModel)
How is it failing? It's the same model that you see on the ground in the screenshot?

    {
        DisplayName = Can Bomb,
        DisplayCategory = Explosives,
        Type = Weapon,
        Weight = 1.5,
        Icon = Canade,
        ExplosionPower = 90,
        ExplosionRange = 7,
        ExplosionSound = PipeBombExplode,
        MaxDamage = 0,
        MaxHitCount = 0,
        MaxRange = 10,
        MinDamage = 0,
        MinimumSwingTime = 1.5,
        PhysicsObject = CanadeModel,
        PlacedSprite = constructedobjects_01_32,
        SwingAmountBeforeImpact = 0.1,
        SwingAnim = Throw,
        SwingSound = PipeBombThrow,
        SwingTime = 1.5,
        Tooltip = Tooltip_Trap,
        UseSelf = TRUE,
        WorldStaticModel = CanadeModel,
        WeaponSprite = CanadeModel,
    }```

model CanadeModel
{
    mesh = weapons/Canade,
    texture = weapons/Canade,
    scale = 0.35,
}```

don't understand why it's registering the model for worldstaticmodel but not WeaponSprite?

haven't had this issue with weapons before

[tranquil reef]

if a java variable is declared as public, do I still 100% need a setter function to affect it in lua

[bright fog]

A field ?

If the field is exposed, you can access it

[tranquil reef]

this doesn't work. am i missing something blatantly obvious or is it not possible

[bright fog]

You can't do that

[bronze yoke]

kahlua doesn't expose fields

[bright fog]

You need a setter for that

[tranquil reef]

https://tenor.com/view/sanzmeme-moai-batu-emot-batu-gif-23675752

I figured

TIS exposing every value needed for custom animals besides the one that makes hostile animals possible

[winter bolt]

i think its searching for an actual model file called CanadeModel

[tranquil reef]

There's a function that you can call to have the animal fight something, but it moves to you and then doesn't do the attack since it still depends on that attack timer lol. There's also an "attack time" variable in the animal definitions but that does nothing

Hoping they just forgot to make those two affect the same function rather than, the animal definitions one does something mundane and they have no plans to expose anything else

[winter bolt]

im assuming PhysicsObject is the one that needs a model path but ive never touched weapons so i have no clue

[bronze yoke]

isn't physicsobject just a texture

[winter bolt]

oh yeah i guess its looking for a texture path then

[quiet plank]

how would I go about ensuring a gas can is empty before use in a recipe? or - better still - is there a way to get the fluid mixing system to produce a new item?

oh - found something that does similar. Looking in

[vast pier]

no because it's not showing in my hand, and changing the weapon sprite makes it show the different weapon model

also it's displaying the model when throwing it, which is what PhysicsObject seems to handle

[vast pier]

Also it shouldn't be, as I have had weapons referencing the model txt, with a different name from the model

[winter bolt]

oh wtf

[bronze yoke]

that's what that error indicates either way

something is looking for a file called CanadeModel

[winter bolt]

might just have to change each one until you narrow it down

[vast pier]

It's weaponsprite, I know because if I change it then it doesn't spit out the error

also cuz it's loading the ground and projectile model, but not in hand

Maybe it's because it's a throwable weapon specifically?

Lemme try something

[pearl cobalt]

Lil warning to modders, to anyone whom as a recipe mod in B42, last update broke compatibilities with mods with recipes

It'll cause a script loading error that makes the games unlaunchable

they changed the property "AutoLearn" to "AutoLearnAny", if that can help

thus making a parsing script error

[silent zealot]

There is also a change to the way they do itemcount

and for some reason you can load in normal mode (with errors) but teh game will crash in debug mode.

So load in normal mode, disable mods that have recipies, then you can start in debug mode.

[pearl cobalt]

the item count?

[sly monolith]

did they intentionally make all crafting recipes the same color in that b42.1 update, no matter if you have the required materials or not?

[hot plinth]

You don't even have to load in, you can just delete any "mod = xyz" line in default.txt in your user/xyz/zomboid/mods folder.

[lusty yoke]

*falls to my knees in despair* oh god but i have so many recipe mods

[silent zealot]

To put a positive spin on things: we now have a good example of why the new folder structure exists when people ask about it! Separate recipe files for B42.0.2 and B42.1.0 are possible.

[pearl cobalt]

i'm sorry x)

[silent zealot]

Not all of them will be broken, just 90 to 98%.

[lusty yoke]

*gives a thumbs up, through tears*

[pearl cobalt]

it's alright... just like B41 to B42

[silent zealot]

I am glad they are still working on the core recipe stuff, just would have been nice to not crash the game when parsing a recipe from yesterday.

[hot plinth]

yeah only 2 mods ive got used itemcount anyway so simple fix for me until they fix themselves.

[pearl cobalt]

or a mention of it in the changelogs, for modders

[silent zealot]

Changes to recipies in B42.1.0: https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Modding#Modding_changes

Recipe Scripts

AutoLearn to AutoLearnAny
itemcount to flags[ItemCount]

[brittle geyser]

hey all how can I move really fast in debug mode?

[pearl cobalt]

Oh, it's on the wiki ! never thought of looking about it there, i meant the actual changelog of the update

thanks

[lusty yoke]

okay, so. theoretically, if i go into the script files of any mods that have AutoLearn or itemcount, and change them to the new scripts, would it fix it?

[hot plinth]

i did that for itemcount and got 2 working so yeah, not sure of autolearn but probably.

[pearl cobalt]

If your recipes are totally custom i'd say it's a good start

[silent zealot]

can someone pin that link? I feel it is ging to get asked about a lot

[lusty yoke]

it'd be a simple find and replace, right? okay let's see how this goes

[pearl cobalt]

mine are fixing the actual game recipes, so i'm currently going through every fixed recipes and looking line by line what changed

[pearl cobalt]

did TIS modified the wiki, or is it one y'all?

to me, to know for future updates

[hot plinth]

yep, just do a replace in every recipe script then run the game to see if you missed any. run from bat or chexk the console.txt after to try pinpoint which recipes are still borked

[vast pier]

yeah no I even included a version of the model that matches the asset name it's searching for and it just doesn't work

wth

[bronze yoke]

i'm really curious about the quotation mark in your error

that would imply it's trying to load a file called "CanadeModel

i don't really get how it could get that from anything you've written

[vast pier]

I think it's an issue with thrown weapons specifically, as in b41 all throwables just used the molotov model

swapping the weaponsprite with PipeBomb works perfectly fine, I don't understand what is different between the vanilla model and mine?

I haven't had this issue with melee weapons

[lusty yoke]

all recipe mods seemingly fixed, just by doing a simple search and replace (went through and fixed everything i had from the workshop, by just using windows search in workshop folder for itemcount and AutoLearn and then used notepad++ to find/replace all instances with the new terms flags[ItemCount] and AutoLearnAny) though since it's a simple fix, i guess they'll get updated by the mod authors themselves soon enough

[bright fog]

If anyone has anything to add as changes, don't hesitate

[vast pier]

I may just have to give in and make the held model one of the existing throwables, the actual thrown and ground models would still be the cans tho

[distant inlet]

hi everyone! I'm new to modding PZ. I was wondering if anyone knows how to hot reload Lua scripts to test changes. I'm testing a few methods now and update with my findings any case

[bronze yoke]

you can reload files from the debug menu (f11, on the right)

[distant inlet]

ty

[bright fog]

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Modding#Community_Modding_Projects

Community debug tools also make it a bit easier to reload multiple files, and not have to constantly search the file you want to reload

[silent zealot]

Do that, and tell yourself you'll fix it later then move on and never return to it.

That's what I'd do anyway.

[vast pier]

I don't even think I could fix it

Nothing is visually wrong, and the error doesn't even make sense

😵‍💫

[sly monolith]

jfc, i have a new issue with my mod, everything worked just fine, and now it doesn't again, and this time there's literally nothing different about one item or another, but one is working as intended, and the other one picks texture at random

[vast pier]

We love mysterious inconsistent bugs

[sly monolith]

seriously what's wrong with this thing 😭 local maskRedTex = getTexture("media/textures/Item_FaceMask_Red.png") local maskBlkTex = getTexture("media/textures/Item_FaceMask_Black.png") local maskWhtTex = getTexture("media/textures/Item_FaceMask_White.png") this is the lua part for a mask, local skrtRedTex = getTexture("media/textures/Item_Skirt_Tiny_Red.png") local skrtBlkTex = getTexture("media/textures/Item_Skirt_Tiny_Black.png") local skrtWhtTex = getTexture("media/textures/Item_Skirt_Tiny_White.png") this is for the skirt, they are copy paste the same thing just with changed names, and the skirt one doesn't work

[winter bolt]

try testing using the mask textures for the skirt and seeing if it still happens

[mellow frigate]

That small update on moodles made me sweat anyway

[sly monolith]

the icon gets picked correctly, just the item texture goes random

[winter bolt]

what does the function look like

[sly monolith]

wdym

[winter bolt]

for setting the item texture

[lusty yoke]

a few mods have been flagged up as incompatible with b42 despite being, you know. compatible. is there any straightforward fix for this? i've seen a couple of options (changing the mod.info file, redoing the common/42 folder structure) but so far nothing seems to work

it does say they're only available in debug mode but they don't seem to load in even when activated

[winter bolt]

does the skirt item use a model or a texture on the character?

[sly monolith]

it's on the character

[winter bolt]

found it

in the skirt functions replace setTextureChoice with setBaseTexture

[bronze yoke]

yeah that text is a lie, there is no such feature

[sly monolith]

oh man thank you so much !

i dont know how those functions work cuz i dont know lua at all

[winter bolt]

its because clothing items use basetexture for items on the character model but texturechoice for modelled items

it trips me up all the time lmao

[sly monolith]

good to know, i'll keep that in mind for future, thanks!!!

i also get an error when crafting a tinted version of the skirt, i have this line in the crafting script OnCreate = Recipe.OnCreate.InheritColorFromMaterial,, i copy pasted it from the base game skirt

[winter bolt]

what does the error say?

[sly monolith]

    java.lang.RuntimeException: attempted index: getColor of non-table: null at KahluaThread.tableget(KahluaThread.java:1667).```

it's something about inheriting color from material

and the thing is it works just fine, it just gives an error

[winter bolt]

im not at my pc so im not able to check it rip

weird

[sly monolith]

i would guess it could have something to do with skirt i'm using as a base is lets say black, but the thread is lets say red?

the new skirt turns black like the old one

[floral patio]

With the new major patch for B42, is the HitChance field in the items_weapons_firearms.txt file now repurposed to the chance to damage? If not, where can I find the damage chance values?

[sly monolith]

it seems i figured it out, was missing " flags[InheritColor]" in the crafting recipe next to the material i was using as a base for the skirt

[gaunt meteor]

function ISCharacterScreen:hairMenu(button)
    local player = self.char;

if player:isFemale() then
        hairMenu:addOption("Grow Long", player, ISCharacterScreen.onCutHair, "Long2", 10);
    else
        hairMenu:addOption("Grow Long", player, ISCharacterScreen.onCutHair, "Fabian", 10);
    end
end

this is a shortened version of the whole code, but its this part in particular that i wanted to ask about. in the beard menu function ive been able to add "Grow Beard" to the longest setting but I havent been able to get "Grow Long" (hair) to work (the above code)

no matter what I do, it won't show in the hair cut menu, i've made sure that no other mods are overwriting it, so i wonder where im going wrong?

its for MP server btw, i dunno if that changes how player = is

[outer crypt]

heard that a lot of recipes broke after the new update, any info on what broke them?

[tacit pebble]

mostly itemcount

[outer crypt]

interesting, the one it is flagging on launch for me only has a single item in and out

[oak hornet]

Your Honor, I Pledge "Oopsy Daisy"

[autumn sierra]

anyone know how to set snow on the ground in debug mode?

[outer crypt]

Not sure but you might be able to start a blizzard in the climate debugger shrug

Looks like plumbing changed too. :/

[bronze yoke]

plumbing has not worked in any version of b42

[jolly epoch]

what do I need to do to add a tile in the game as a crafting station

as in workbenches

[hot plinth]

probably a tag but dont look at me i dont know anything 🙂

[umbral ingot]

@tacit pebble
"- If it is too dark to read but the character is inside a vehicle it will be possible to read as long as the vehicle's battery has charge." - 42.1.0

Shortest mod life span speed run 😆

[bright fog]

They mentioned something about snow in the update

If it's winter, ability to set snow on stuff or some shit like that

But general, for everything

[tacit pebble]

no problem because they have changed it from java side mean, they did more than i expected.
they have changed how to check for darkness so we can craft something inside vehicle too. (not tested yet tho)

[bright fog]

Don't even mention skizoo mod that got insta put in PZ lol

[umbral ingot]

Hell yeah, my next idea is turning open truck beds/car hoods/etc in craft surfaces so gonna look into how they make those

What one is that?

[bright fog]

Remote control tv stuff

[bright fog]

I think you're fucked for that actually

[tacit pebble]

Did they?

[bright fog]

I believe the check for surfaces is hard coded. However you might have to plug into the crafting UI directly

[bright fog]

Yea

[tacit pebble]

whoa cool

[umbral ingot]

Yeah my naive idea was use the mechanics area checks to force allow a a craft if I can

[bright fog]

Force craft is weird

Sometimes it just straight up doesn't even craft

[round thorn]

If someone is around and able I could use some assistance. I am trying to setup LuaCAT, and using VS code, but when I open the Lua Addon Manager and search for Umbrella, nothing show up, in fact nothing shows up at all it just says "nothing to show" not sure if I am doing something wrong, simply following the instructions from git page.

ah wait, it finally decided to show.

[quaint warren]

Hey CBF, I know your discussion on this topic is over 2 years old, but it's digging in the exact area I'm looking.

I'm trying to fix a bug with one of the broadcast codes at runtime (so I don't have to replace the entire RadioData.xml file, which would be extremely fragile when the game is updated).
Any idea if this is possible or the data structure which contains the line entries isn't exposed and thus can't be modified at runtime?

The more I look at this the less I think it's possible.

[bright fog]

Yea you need to wait for it to load

[round thorn]

its working just took way longer than I expected.

[bright fog]

Yea

Same for unstable

[round thorn]

No clue if what I am working on will work, but we will see I suppose.

[bright fog]

It takes longer than the stable version to load in the list

[quick forge]

Hello, I just created my first mod, and I'm still new to this field! I haven't seen a mod like this (or maybe I missed it), so I decided to make one. Let me know what you think, how I could improve it, or if a better version already exists! Thank you so much for your feedback or any other suggestions. 😊

Link : https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3412325553

[bright fog]

That's nice !

[quick forge]

Thanks a lot ! 😊

[round thorn]

is there an API reference somewhere?

[coarse sinew]

lmao, I did something similar around 2 days ago. Now it's being tested on a server

[quick forge]

Wow is so cool !!! are you going to share it?

[coarse sinew]

here https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3410862525, to add new markers you don't need to republish the mod, just need to use the UI.

[quick forge]

thanks a lot ! very good mods

[main pasture]

B42: https://demiurgequantified.github.io/ProjectZomboidJavaDocs/index.html
B41: https://projectzomboid.com/modding/index.html

[tiny valve]

Can I ask for help?
I'm trying to make a translation of a mod, but I'm getting strange characters in the text. What is this related to? How can I fix it?

[jaunty marten]

открой в блокноте, выбери Файл > Сохранить как, и выбери внизу Кодировка > ANSI

[tiny valve]

🙏

[quick forge]

sorry to bother you but how to add textures to the marker with your mods?

[coarse sinew]

https://github.com/eI1on/pz-map-marker-system/blob/e742ba7d2fec8f743a724dc80e5221eb812fd697/Contents/mods/MapMarkerSystem/media/lua/client/MapMarkerSystem/Client.lua#L38-L41 self:drawTextureScaledAspect plus I'm also scaling depending on zoom

[bright fog]

Wiki

[quick forge]

Sorry if I didn’t explain myself well earlier, what I actually meant to say is this im referring to this specific point 😊

[split summit]

Is it necessary a texture or can I test it with mesh = and my 3d model first?

[coarse sinew]

Sorry , I thought you meant in code. Simply the path to any texture in the game and/or any mod. For example I left a picture in the mod. Type media/ui/quest1.png and when you hover over the modal's input for the texture it will show up as preview.

[quick forge]

thank you very much I will look, and no problem I should have clarified ❤️

[quiet glacier]

Hello all!

Is there a mod that tells you which track is currently playing? I want to replace the soundtrack in Zomboid but I'm unsure of which tracks are unused or not.

[winter bolt]

i kind of remember this mod doing that but i havent used it in a while so i'm not sure
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3394050851&searchtext=volume

[quiet glacier]

Thanks, spongie! I'll give it a try.

[sterile path]

random question how would i go about reverting the butter changes for shits and giggles
i never got to exploit the glitch

[bright fog]

Change the recipe

[sterile path]

how

i've never modded before

at least zomboid

[undone elbow]

B41 - ANSI
B42+ - UTF-8

[ornate sand]

Has anyone checked if the AnimSet system works now?

[frank elbow]

Is this true yet, for B42? I don't see any changes in the Translator class that would indicate this is already the case (unless I'm missing something elsewhere)

I remember nasKo reacted with a checkmark when someone asked if it would be done, but I thought they were still using the old encodings as of now. I'm doing mod development on B41 still (because multiplayer) so I haven't checked ingame

[undone elbow]

e.g. RU/language.txt

VERSION = 1,
text = Russian,
charset = UTF-8,

[frank elbow]

Ah, didn't check the actual languages. Good to know, thanks!

Argentinian Spanish, Catalan, Czech, and Korean were left out 🤔 Hopefully those are updated at some point too

[bright fog]

It's UTF8 only now

[frank elbow]

The files for the languages I mentioned suggest otherwise

[bright fog]

[ornate sand]

Looks like you need the mod_support channel.
This one is for developing mods.

[ember crystal]

misclick 😢

[ember crystal]

didnt relize sorry

[vast pier]

- Lowered the amount of zombies in the Forest by 5
Five what? Five individual zombies were removed?

[tacit mauve]

They were bad zombies

[vast pier]

[dull moss]

fuck those 5 zombies in particular

[tulip valve]

Has anyone figured out how to make a new item act like Whistle/Harmonica and add new sounds when using/equiping the item?

Harmonica has something called ShoutType = BlowHarmonica, I thought it had to be a sound script somewhere but I can't find, looked around in the lua folders too, didnt find anything

[bright fog]

/5 lol

[vast pier]

I like to the think the devs personally join your game, run into the forest, shoot five zombies, then leave.

[dull moss]

---Adds xp boosts from a trait to a player
---@param traitName string
local function addXPBoostsFromTrait(traitName)
    local player = getPlayer();
    local trait = TraitFactory.getTrait(traitName);
    local xpBoostMap = trait:getXPBoostMap();
    if xpBoostMap then
        print("--------  XP Boost Map: ", xpBoostMap, type(xpBoostMap));
        local table = transformIntoKahluaTable(xpBoostMap);
        print("--------  XP Boost Map (table): ", table, type(table));
        for perkName, boostLevel in pairs(table) do
            print("-------- applying boost to traitname: ", perkName, " boostLevel: ", boostLevel);
            local perk = PerkFactory.getPerkFromName(tostring(perkName));
            local currentBoost = player:getXp():getPerkBoost(perk);
            local newBoost = math.min(currentBoost + tonumber(boostLevel), 3);
            ---@cast newBoost integer
            player:getXp():setPerkBoost(perk, newBoost);
        end
    end
end

java.lang.RuntimeException: __add not defined for operands in addXPBoostsFromTrait at KahluaUtil.fail(KahluaUtil.java:82).

?????

local newBoost = math.min(currentBoost + tonumber(boostLevel), 3);

I literally convert it to number

[fleet bridge]

print boostLevel

[dull moss]

check above

all correct

--------  XP Boost Map:     {Doctor=1}    userdata
--------  XP Boost Map (table):     table 0x1027227740    table
-------- applying boost to traitname:     Doctor     boostLevel:     1

boostLevel is type userdata

local newBoost = math.min(currentBoost + tonumber(tostring(boostLevel)), 3)

it's funny sometimes

I pretty much never done scripts, I can list multiple entries, right?
like

module Base
{
    sound ETW_b42
    {
        category = Player,
        clip
        {
            file = media/sound/levelup.wav,
        }
    },
    sound ETW_b41
    {
        category = Player,
        clip
        {
            file = media/sound/b41.wav,
        }
    },
    ...
}

[bronze yoke]

of course

[dull moss]

ah, supposed to be no comma

I don't think getSoundManager():playUISound(str); is workign in main menu unless I'm doing something wrong

local buttonFunc = function(_,button)
    local soundTable = {"ETW_b42", "ETW_b41", "ETW_TLOU", "ETW_SkyrimSkill", "ETW_SkyrimLevel", "ETW_Oblivion", "ETW_Diablo2", "ETW_Witcher3", "ETW_FalloutNV", "ETW_AoE3", "ETW_WoW"};
    local idx = SoundNotificationSoundSelectComboBox:getValue()
    local str = soundTable[idx]
    print(str)
    getSoundManager():playUISound(str);
end

I have this func that fires when button in mod options is pressed

It correctly prints which string it should play

but it aint playing anything

[bright fog]

an example

[dull moss]

oh wait

maybe it aint playing because category = player ?

[bright fog]

no idea

idk what category is

[dull moss]

neither do I

[bright fog]

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Sound_scripts

[winter bolt]

i think category is for volume grouping

[dull moss]

Oh ye you're right

[winter bolt]

the advanced volume screen uses them for the tabs but thats inaccessible now without mods so it might just be unused?

[dull moss]

hm I'm looking at playUISound used in game code and it looks fine, idk why it doesn't work on my end

[winter bolt]

remove the commas after the sound blocks

[dull moss]

already did

and reloaded the game

[winter bolt]

oh nvm i didnt see

if you try playing a vanilla sound does it work?

[dull moss]

which one as example?

[vast pier]

results of face tanking two pipe bombs

[dull moss]

nothing works

can it be because pressing button plays a vanilla sound?

And sound manager can only play 1 maybe? idk

[winter bolt]

maybe the sounds need category = UI,?

all the vanilla ui sounds have it

[dull moss]

I tried using vanilla "UIObjectMenuObjectPlace"

it didnt play

[tulip valve]

is there anyway to make a recipe replace a vanilla recipe?

in b42

[vast pier]

Unless yesterday's patch changed it, don't think so

not intentional, just a bug from the new crafting system

[tulip valve]

well that sucks

[bronze yoke]

technically you can override the entire file it's defined in

[vast pier]

Ah right, forgot about the whole Capgras solution

I prefer to avoid overwriting as much as possible, but sometimes you just have to

[tulip valve]

Yeah for the recipes it seems you have to

[dull moss]

I think my sounds are straight up not loaded

[unique harbor]

Is there an alternative debugger instead of the F11 thing?
I'm seriously starting to loose brain cells trying to figure stuff out

[dull moss]

Is there a way to somehow check im my sounds are loaded into the game?

[dull moss]

printouts

[unique harbor]

Awesome

[unique harbor]

try printouts

[winter bolt]

in console.txt it prints out each script file as theyre loaded so you can just ctrl+f for the name of yours

[silent sky]

When people make cars do they not use guids

[bronze yoke]

no

[spare burrow]

Anyone knows if a skill book can give experience multipliers to two skills? and if not, is there a way to give experience multipliers via on-use?

[pearl prism]

Does anyone know how I can make that the clip of my gun spawn is already loaded?

[winter bolt]

you might be able to add an OnCreate to the item and then fill it with ammo in the function

[silent sky]

What is the common folder for?

[winter bolt]

its meant to be for assets like textures and models that dont need any version specific files

[elfin hamlet]

Professional software engineer here. Looking to work together with an experienced modder as I've never modded pz before; however, I have experience modding DayZ and I know a functional amount of Lua & Java.

[unique harbor]

Is there a lua version of continue? Need it for a for loop

[bronze yoke]

no

you can do this bullshit if you really want to:```lua
for i = 1, whatever do
repeat
-- put the entire loop body in here
-- in this scope, break behaves like a continue
until true
end

[errant bluff]

what kind of animation would correspond when the zombie falls to the ground when pushed by the player?
I want to track when a player's push to the zombie is successful if that animation is triggered, otherwise, if he pushes and does the other animation, the one where he goes back a few steps, don't register anything.

[unique harbor]

Yeah idc about that, honestly fits the modding experience so far.
So I guess I will be forced to break at the end then to continue the for loop?

[bronze yoke]

no, the repeat block will only happen once per loop no matter what

since the condition to terminate it is always true

[unique harbor]

Ohh yeah... I totally misunderstood that, thx xD

You want to order the container btns which are interestingly called backpacks?
Floor: I don't think so.

Now I understand why that one guy just took the whole Inventory Page and overwrote it

[mellow frigate]

Hello there, what should I do when PZ warns my about my vehicles parts-containers with logs like: "ItemPickInfo -> cannot get ID for container" ?

ItemPickInfo -> cannot get ID for container: ATAInteractiveTrunkFront

[bright fog]

Hey it works quite well and I find it ok to read 😭

I write it this way

for i = 1, whatever do repeat
    -- put the entire loop body in here
    -- in this scope, break behaves like a continue
until true end

So it's better to read

[bronze yoke]

i agree you should probably do it that way but i like to write it out on separate lines when showing it to people for the first time since it's a lot easier to figure out what it's doing

[bright fog]

That's fair

[vocal vector]

i'm trying to remove an event but it still fires; maybe because it is a local function?

[bright fog]

Depends how you're trying to do it yeah

That can be a problem

[bronze yoke]

if you want to remove an event listener you need to have a reference to the listener

if it's a local in another file you can't get it very easily

[vocal vector]

it looks like this
Events.OnHitZombie.Remove(OnHitZombie)
Events.OnHitZombie.Add(OnHitZombieAddOptions)

but now both are firing

[bright fog]

Is OnHitZombie in the same file as the line removing it ?

[vocal vector]

no, thats the issue

it's a local function in a different file

[bronze yoke]

local old_add = Events.OnHitZombie.Add
Events.OnHitZombie.Add = function() end
require("path/to/other/file") -- e.g. require lua/shared/MyFile.lua as require("MyFile")
Events.OnHitZombie.Add = old_add

this will prevent the file from adding any listeners to that event

your file needs to run before the original file, that can be done by making it earlier alphabetically in b41 or by mod load order in b42

[vocal vector]

It won't work to use remove the same way?

[bright fog]

Tho that won't even work properly in B42 right ?

Based on what we had discussed the other day with load order

[wet sandal]

B42 has load order now?

Nice.

[bright fog]

No not nice actually

[wet sandal]

ah, and users have to set it right... I'll stick to events for my timing.

[bright fog]

Albion kind of convinced me that the way it loads now is actualkly terrible

[bright fog]

Yup, now it's users fault if load order is wrong

[wet sandal]

Still beating IT for every scrap of performance I can get from it

Realized the grids were deriving ISPanel for no reason and had 100% overdraw as a baseline

[covert carbon]

Is there any way to give an item its own ID or number assigned to it? I am trying to differentiate from different types of guns and I do not know how to tell the difference between two identical guns such as two m9s

[wet sandal]

So, they are the same item right?
The backing Item data will be identical, but for the InventoryItem instance you could put some info into moddata.

Also, InventoryItem's have ids already, which are all unique.

item:getID() is likely all you need

[true nova]

anyone know how to make a new isoRoom and add it to a building and add tiles to it?

[bright fog]

Uuuh

That's a very interesting question

[true nova]

there doesnt really seem to be any options to modify one. i can make a new one but then cant set any properties for it

[bronze yoke]

from all of my research i have concluded that you probably can't

[true nova]

so i'll be making and tracking everything myself then, thank you

[bright fog]

New changelog for modding
You can find a list of changes that were found and that were listed on the modding page. The format for it might change in the future. If you found any changes that need to noted, please don't hesitate to edit the wiki page

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Modding#Modding_changes

[distant inlet]

good evening, I'm trying to test my mod but I can't find it from the mods menu in-game. What could I be missing? My mod is under C:\Users<<myUser>>\Zomboid\mods\MyMod and the structure looks like
MyMod/
mod.info
poster.png
media/
lua/
client/
<<.lua files>>

[bright fog]

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/File_structure

[small topaz]

Hi! In B42, does anyone know how the position of scrollbars is calculated when adding them to a ui panel via "self.myPanel:addScrollBars()"? Also, is there a way to access the scrollbars somehow and change position using commands like "scrollBar:setX(x)"?

[quaint warren]

Anyone know if there's a robust way to modify existing entries from RadioData.xml?
The only way I seem to be able is to replace the whole file, which is quite fragile when the game is updated.

I see how ZomboidRadioDebug.lua accesses the entries, but:

1. It utilizes getValidAirBroadcastDebug, a debug method which I'm not certain can be used when not in debug mode
2. It doesn't change any values

[tacit pebble]

shit wrong channel

[small topaz]

@tacit pebble what are you trying to achieve? get clothing item from specific body location?

[silent sky]

anyone know how adding a required tool works to a recipe

and having it actually show that its a required item

keep [Recipe.GetItemTypes.Screwdriver]/[Recipe.GetItemTypes.DullKnife]/[Recipe.GetItemTypes.SharpKnife]/SharpedStone,

i will see something and its seperate in game from the materials

but somethings will keep needle

and it does not seperate the item

[keen silo]

hey, I need some help with some coding help with changing clothes from zombies.

Essentially, I need to change their clothes from one model to another (to make them look fat, or obese, or thin, etc).

I already did this for the player character, but I had a special function on build 41 that updated the visuals. I do not have this function for zomboids.

Does anybody know how can I force the game to make it reload their visuals?

[keen silo]

I worked a little with the RadioData.xml, what do you want to do?

If you want to modify existing radios I dont think there is any other way than overwriting the file, but if you want to add new radios, you could just add them with another name (different to radioData.xml)

Also, be aware that on build 42 they added english translations to the radios, so you have to make a translations file AND the lines will be read from THERE (not your xml file)

I made a simple py script that turns an xml on it's Translation_EN.txt file

[quaint warren]

Specifically trying to change one of the codes of an existing line; sounds like it's not possible without replacing the file :/

[keen silo]

which code and why?

do you mean the colors?

[bronze yoke]

i've actually done this before, i haven't modified codes but i have modified the text itself

i don't have the code anymore (i think it was one of the first things i made around three years ago, i don't even remember why and i definitely didn't release it) but it can be done

i don't know about getValidAirBroadcastDebug specifically but there are other functions in the game with the -Debug suffix that don't actually depend on debug mode at all

[tacit pebble]

yes that's what i wanted to request but i suddenly got a work. is there any function already which can access on IsoGameCharacter?

[tacit pebble]

what i imagined was something like
IsoGameCharacter.getClothingItme(bodyLocation)

[keen silo]

dunno if its lua public

letme check

[tacit pebble]

it was for modded body location

[keen silo]

then you need to make a java mod

just kidding

[bronze yoke]

these are just proxy methods over getWornItem()

[keen silo]

I kinda worked on something like that

[bronze yoke]

e.g getClothingItem_Back() just does getWornItem("Back")

[keen silo]

local function UpdateClotheVisuals( chr , suffix)

    --if not isCopySkinningDataAvailable then
    --    return
    --end


    ---@type WornItems|ArrayList
    local wornItems = chr:getWornItems()

    for i=0, wornItems:size()-1 do
        local wornItem = wornItems:get(i):getItem()
        print(wornItem:getType())
        local newWornItem = instanceItem(wornItem:getFullType()..suffix)

        if newWornItem then
            print(suffix.." Item Found")
            local oldItemVisual = wornItem:getVisual()
            if oldItemVisual ~= nil then
                local newItemVisual = newWornItem:getVisual()
                newItemVisual:copyBlood(oldItemVisual)
                newItemVisual:copyDirt(oldItemVisual)
                newItemVisual:copyHoles(oldItemVisual)
                newItemVisual:copyPatches(oldItemVisual)
                newItemVisual:setBaseTexture(oldItemVisual:getBaseTexture())
                newItemVisual:setTextureChoice(oldItemVisual:getTextureChoice())
                newItemVisual:setTint(oldItemVisual:getTint())
                oldItemVisual:copyFrom(newItemVisual)
            end
        end
    end
end

I needed to get all items worn by a character, and change their visuals for Fat and Obese versions

[tacit pebble]

oh thanks! i had no idea what string was for
gonna note this

[keen silo]

I guess you could check if they are on a specific body location

[keen silo]

@bronze yoke do you know of something that could make this work?

[bronze yoke]

if it works for players just do the same thing and then zombie:resetModelNextFrame()

[tranquil reef]

is getModData able to store item references

[bronze yoke]

no

[keen silo]

it doesn't work (?)

I need to update the clothing, not the character model

[bronze yoke]

that function is necessary to update the clothing

[keen silo]

mmmm

im not exactly changing the clothing

[keen silo]

what Im doing is copying everything from a new instance of clothing with a different mesh to the old one

to change how it looks

the problem is that it is not updating that (?)

I guess I could simply make it Wear the clothes (I just didn't want players to be able to get the debug clothes in game)

[ebon dagger]

Hahahahah, I do NOT understand combat in this game lol.

The standard Debug combat text says the zombie got shot in the hand with no defense.

> CombatManager.pressedAttack         > Attacked zombie: dist: 5.6978936, chance: (57), crit: false (44%) from behind: true
> CombatManager.attackCollisionCheck  > Zombie got hit in Left Hand with a Base.AssaultRifle for 2.364 out of 2.364 after totalDef of 0.0% was applied

Then, with OnHitZombie I have logging outputting the bodyPart hit, and the defense of the clothing in the location.

> Bodypart:
> Torso_Upper
> Defense 20

Then Combat Debug text from zomboid debug says it was hit in the head.
CombatManager::ProcessHit 276 isCameraTarget and hit BodyPart 2 - BODYPART_HEAD

One bullet hit a zombie in 3 places lol

[tranquil reef]

is multiple world item textures possible for one item or does it need multiple items

[silent sky]

i just add multiple textures like this but it does not let you choose when spawning

its just random

[keen silo]

you could make multiple clothing definitions if you want it to be specific

how can I force a zomboid to wear clothes?

at runtime, like call a function "Wear this" ?

[ebon dagger]

@keen silo can you clarify the question?

Do you want random zombies to spawn in the game wearing your outfit?

Do you want to shoot a zombie with a clown gun and transform it into a clown?

Whatcha mean by "force".

[keen silo]

So, im working on a Dynamic Body Shape mod that changes your character body shape based on your in game weight (purely aesthetic).

I wanted to make it work also with zombies. Zombies dont have a nutrition so I dont really care about that. I just want that when a zombie is spawned in he is asigned a body weight using a normal distribution (aprox) and that sets it up to be that weight until it is despawned.

So I can force the base model zombie to be fat or obese, and texture clothing will become fat and obese with the zombie, but mesh clothing arent working correctly

To make it work with the player, I created copy clothings called clothing_fat or _obese. These are not placed in spawn tables so they shouldnt appear normally in game. They are used to create a ghost visual with a different mesh (fat or obese) and then I copy every hole, blood, dirt and stitch to that mesh and back

So you are still wearing clothing, but it shows with the mesh of _fat or_obese versions

[keen silo]

The closest thing would be the clown gun or something like that

[undone elbow]

Current mods that change the character model require a game restart.

How did you make it in Dynamic Body Shape?

[tranquil reef]

Is it possible to make custom depth maps like TIS does for sitting on things?

[abstract cairn]

table.insert and table.remove are giving me these errors
thoughts?

i think i did wrong methods, going to try again now

[vivid imp]

Project Zomboid Community Human Rig

I've spent the last few days creating a rig for the human character for people to animate with! It should be a lot easier to use than just posing every bone manually. I hope you all like it!

[quaint warren]

Sorry, was away for a bit. So you programmatically modified the text for a broadcast? (and you're sure it was a broadcast and not a VHS?)

[bronze yoke]

it was definitely a broadcast

[vivid imp]

Maybe the rig should be pinned? might be presumptuous of me but it would help people see it haha

[ebon dagger]

You can add radio stations in the same way that the game adds the emergency broadcast station. No XML required. I have a mod that does just that, feel free to peep the code.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3395616087&searchtext=wkzed

This station runs hourly, forever, with over 142 trillion possible broadcasts.

[abstract cairn]

line 39 is causing errors still, different error though

LOG : General , 1737607908497> 31,582,997,828> -----------------------------------------
STACK TRACE

function: AssignPrey -- file: MInit.lua line # 39 | MOD: Chops
function: onClientCommand -- file: MInit.lua line # 16 | MOD: Chops

ERROR: General , 1737607908498> 31,582,997,829> ExceptionLogger.logException> Exception thrown java.lang.RuntimeException: Object tried to call nil in AssignPrey at KahluaUtil.fail line:82.
ERROR: General , 1737607908499> 31,582,997,829> DebugLogStream.printException> Stack trace:
java.lang.RuntimeException: Object tried to call nil in AssignPrey
at se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaUtil.fail(KahluaUtil.java:82)
at se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.luaMainloop(KahluaThread.java:973)
at se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.call(KahluaThread.java:163)
at se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.pcall(KahluaThread.java:1980)
at se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.pcallvoid(KahluaThread.java:1812)
at se.krka.kahlua.integration.LuaCaller.pcallvoid(LuaCaller.java:66)
at se.krka.kahlua.integration.LuaCaller.protectedCallVoid(LuaCaller.java:139)
at zombie.Lua.Event.trigger(Event.java:64)
at zombie.Lua.LuaEventManager.triggerEvent(LuaEventManager.java:214)
at zombie.network.GameServer.receiveClientCommand(GameServer.java:4168)
at zombie.network.PacketTypes$PacketType.onServerPacket(PacketTypes.java:1022)
at zombie.network.GameServer.mainLoopDealWithNetData(GameServer.java:1532)
at zombie.network.GameServer.main(GameServer.java:800)
LOG : General , 1737607908500> 31,582,997,830> -----------------------------------------
STACK TRACE

function: AssignPrey -- file: MInit.lua line # 39 | MOD: Chops
function: onClientCommand -- file: MInit.lua line # 16 | MOD: Chops

line 39 is causing errors still, different error though

[wind lance]

cool fish you there?

is it chill if i dm with help? if not totally cool but i really dont know what im doing

maybe i just need to read up some more ig

just lmk

[grizzled fulcrum]

Is PlayersToAdd just a normal table?

[abstract cairn]

I presume so this is where its defined

[grizzled fulcrum]

As far as I am aware, table.add(table, element) doesn't exist.

[abstract cairn]

that is commented out now

the thing causing the error is PlayersToAdd:add(PlayerArray:get(PlayerTempNumber))

[grizzled fulcrum]

I know

the add function doesn't exist

[abstract cairn]

https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/17/docs/api/java.base/java/util/ArrayList.html

[grizzled fulcrum]

for normal tables

This is why I asked if it's a normal table or not, but when it's defined it looks like a normal table?

[abstract cairn]

Online players returns an array list, array lists have these...

how do I define it as an array list lmao

[grizzled fulcrum]

{} is a normal lua table, not an ArrayList

[abstract cairn]

okay that makes sense

[grizzled fulcrum]

I think you just don't

you dont need to use them

just use a normal table

[abstract cairn]

I was getting this error until I swapped to this method

[grizzled fulcrum]

PlayersToAdd[#PlayersToAdd + 1] = PlayerArray:get(PlayerTempNumber)

[grizzled fulcrum]

uhh

[abstract cairn]

as in this is what I was doing earlier

then I swapped to using gets and adds

[grizzled fulcrum]

Then it might've been an ArrayList somehow?

[abstract cairn]

should I define the PlayersToAdd or does it self define by the playerarray elemet get?

[grizzled fulcrum]

Though this might've been referring to PlayerArray which is presumably an ArrayList<IsoPlayer> whereas PlayersToAdd is an normal KahluaTable

[abstract cairn]

I think your right

[grizzled fulcrum]

Yes this is what is happening ^

[abstract cairn]

So does this work as a way of not having to define it as a ArrayList?

would I change its init?

[grizzled fulcrum]

No, this is just a performance optimisation for PlayersToAdd:insert(value)

[grizzled fulcrum]

No

You don't need to make it an ArrayList

arraylists are only used when you are given something from Java, like an event arg that is an ArrayList

You should just use normal table for it like it is now