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tranquil kindle
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But have you tried altering those? I set 3k or 1 and damage to hood was the same on my testing path

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I might need to change it to HeavyDuty

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As i still use it as standard

pastel wolf
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iii Don't know if any of you would know what's going on with this because its a relatively new system all things considered, but it seems like when fishing and you actually catch a fish the generic fishing rod's model changes to a slightly bent model. I wonder how i would go about making this work for my new fishing rods

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because when i'm fishingg with my rods everything's fine until i get an actual bite and then the model disappears, presumably because its calling a non existent one.. but I have no idea how to broach this currently

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short of that, I'd love to get some help with getting the character to actually equip the cooler I made

tranquil kindle
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I'll gladly help you with cooler, once i finish siege in SM2

pastel wolf
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sweet!

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secondly, whats a typical range for items to spawn in a loot table? i kept low numbers like 2-3 for most spots

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but flying around to the various fishing and camping stores I set them to spawn at I haven't seen them

tranquil kindle
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enable lootzed if those are containers

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And check if they're actually there

pastel wolf
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will do

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Maybe its a syntax error with my distribution table?

fleet bridge
pastel wolf
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it certainly does

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OH

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crap i should ulse base.oldcanoepadel then not ProFishingRod.OldCanoePadel

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idk why its base and not its own thing

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well that answers that!

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maybe

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okay no that was not it, but im far too tired to keep messing with this for now. i'll give this all another go when i wake up

manic dock
# pastel wolf

i wish there was an incentive to use weapons others than axes

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all those modded weapons look really cool

pastel wolf
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I made the paddles as heavier, but far more sturdy and slightly more damaging versions of the default paddles, it breaks into a slightly lighter, faster swinging, way less durable version that breaks into a stick

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the deep sea fishing rod is twice as heavy as the default rod, but beefy enough to make an alright weapon if you don't care about landing the big one! the other fishing rod is just an all around upgrade to the default rod

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I want to get this published and do another pack of farm implements, include some hats and clothing, and then try a full on clothing mod

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antique farm implements could help with filling up the spaces between axes and everything else!

tranquil kindle
pastel wolf
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Its done mesh wise, has its sprite too, yup

tranquil kindle
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Have you tried anything to make it be holdable in hand?

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Also thats a cool looking cooler

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Technicly i know of 2 ways, but i personally prefer to make it a bag thats hold in either right or left hand

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Like backpacks

pastel wolf
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yeah i was thinking it would just be equipable in either hand like the cooler or suitcases

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on the back doesnt really make sense

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I mean maybe with an improvised sling, but thats something for the future, I based its look on one of those fancy yeti coolers (I guess its a biiiiittt modern for '93 but oh well the basegae one already covers the classic cooler look)

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but I haven't tried anything yet to make it equipable no

tranquil kindle
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Import your model there

pastel wolf
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I believe I've been meshing in the armature file?

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helps with keeping stuff in scale

tranquil kindle
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Is it supposed to be that big?

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Nevermind. Take this model and put it in one of hands you want it to be. You see those corsslike lines? Those are (i assume) for easier lining your model to hands and its bones.

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So you'd have to rotate it and make the handle appear where fingers would grip it.

pastel wolf
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Its slightly too large yeah

tranquil kindle
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Exacly

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I'm not sure if you did it in edit mode or object mode, but non the less do Apply all transforms so it's origin point is under player's model at 0x0x0

pastel wolf
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done!

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origin at 0 0 0

tranquil kindle
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I feel like you got some experiend in "meshing" as you say, so i'll just post a video

pastel wolf
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okay so just parent it to the hand bone

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gotcha

icy night
pastel wolf
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parented!

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I'm guessing i'll have to do this process for both hands?

tranquil kindle
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Mirror it on X global

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Apply transforms (it will flip normals, so you have to counter it), change name of bone to R as for Right instead of L and export it as second hand model

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You know how to export clothing items?

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Then you need to do fileguid table and 2 xml files, one for each hand

pastel wolf
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eh no, I do not!

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but im struggling to stay awake

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im going to get back at this when I wake up

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and also start using that visual studio thing instead of messing aroudn with tons of notepads

granite ginkgo
bright fog
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<@&671452400221159444>

silent zealot
# pastel wolf but im struggling to stay awake

Modding when you should be sleeping has a 50/50 chance of waking up with a working mod but you can't remember hwo you fixed things, or waking up to a compelte and utter mess where everything is broken in the stupidest ways.

supple briar
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So, what does IsAimedFirearm = TRUE, do?

pastel wolf
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this is true, but im awake now

red tiger
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This is the first time I'm posting about this project here. I'm around 200 hours of dev time in a project that is a fully comprehensive Object-Oriented environment / engine in pure Lua 5.1. It's comprised of classes and objects, following the Java model with Lua syntax.

It supports objects, class hierarchy, true method behaviors (multiple with same name), interfaces, abstract methods, static context, and visibility scopes. It'll check for improper values.

I will document it thoroughly in my cleanup phase.

I also wrote an alternative Lua-legal syntax for classes that I plan to extend to interfaces here soon.

Here's an example class:
https://github.com/asledgehammer/LuaClass/blob/main/tests/Rectangle.lua

Anyways, thought I'd dump this here. I plan to port this to work in PZ when finished.

GitHub
LuaClass/tests/Rectangle.lua at main · asledgehammer/LuaClass

Contribute to asledgehammer/LuaClass development by creating an account on GitHub.

violet cedar
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hey is there a template for custom professions?

if not can i get some tips or help on how to make a profession

worn lodge
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ok this keeps happening to me

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if its not the straps

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its the backpack

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if its not the backpack its the metal tubes besides it WHICH also dont show

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so

granite ginkgo
worn lodge
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its not

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i checked

granite ginkgo
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oh

worn lodge
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blue

tranquil kindle
worn lodge
tranquil kindle
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Do you have single material on it?

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Is every face weighted by at least one bone?

worn lodge
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because if so then thats it

tranquil kindle
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You can't

ancient grail
silent zealot
# supple briar So, what does `IsAimedFirearm = TRUE,` do?

I give it 50/50 odds of either making a weapon a ranged gun using the new aiming system or doing absolutely nothing because it's an outdated and unused parameter. Have a look at decompiled java if you need to know for sure, or just use it the same way vanilla firearms scripts do.

silent zealot
silent zealot
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You can have multiple meshes (select & Ctrl J) but things get wonky if you have more than one object selected when you export/forget to tick "export selected only", and likewise if you have 2 or more materials associated with the object

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Even though the materials don't get used.

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I should have read further before replying... oops.

twin valley
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can someone help me with my setup?
tilepack exists, tiledef too, can place tiles via brush, but not via "place" menu ingame

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amber crown
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Yo im tryna mark players on the map if they have a specific tool equipped however i have no idea how to mark players like that and I am unable to find anything in the doccumentation

terse delta
lime scaffold
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just wondering if any has, is, or would make a mod that show a visible area of the towing hookup area so as to make it possible to see for modded vehicles where and how to back up to another for towing, main issues is when trying to tow vehicles made by KI5 its very hard to tell how to position the vehicles just right

worn lodge
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not having multiple materials is buns

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i wanted thing to be diferenciable but at the same time i forget that zomboid thrives in less detail

stiff fiber
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Hey guys! I'm almost finished with my car mod which was in development hell for a time and I was wondering. How do you add a specific slot in the lua code where you can put spare wheels? I've seen car mods that had a specific spot for it and I was wondering how I could do the same as the car I made has a back spare wheel holder. (Car is not animated)

true nova
twin valley
violet cedar
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can i get some help with making my professions mod

i cant seem to get the code right

main pasture
stiff fiber
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the car has a spare wheel "box" so the spare wheel doesn't have to physically appear.

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I just need an extra slot in the mechanics menu essentially where the player can store an extra wheel

main pasture
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Then adding a part that uses the wheel as it's item should do it. Just give it a custom name and add it to the translation file to make it recognizable

bright fog
main pasture
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If you create a custom part, you have to define its name. Or was it just for a custom category?

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But a container also works if you don't require the wheel visuals

stiff fiber
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I have no idea how that works. I never needed this before as my previous cars didn't have spare wheel holders 😅

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So I have to define a container in the lua file?

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in the vehicle script? Or where?

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Same where the doors, seats etc are defined?

main pasture
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Yes, the vehicle script

stiff fiber
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I'm looking inside the script file of one of my previous cars...

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I don't want it to be an externally accessible container

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but something you can interact with in the mechanics menu

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so for mechanics stuff I have to define an are first?

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like for instance this one...

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then because it's unseen like the seats I have to write a part like this?

main pasture
stiff fiber
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I'm looking at the seats and there is also this

main pasture
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Just give it a "unique" name, so it does nothing for the vehicle

stiff fiber
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where it's defined what the seats are as containers...

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but I don't need that beause the spare wheel holder doesn't need a container

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how do I define that you can only put a wheel in that slot?

main pasture
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You want it as a normal part that just accepts the wheel items, and does not require mechanics skills to work on, like a battery

tranquil kindle
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Wouldn't that also make it so you have chance to "fail" instalation of that spare wheel and making it loose condition?

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Or you can't fail installation of wheel in vanila? Even at 0 mechanics?

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Can't remember to be fair*

main pasture
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I think that is definable. Can you fail installing battery?

stiff fiber
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not if you don't define a mechanics skill

stiff fiber
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looking for the battery in the file there's only one mention of the battery where the template is defined

tranquil kindle
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I mean... if you have 0 in electricity and mechanics you probably should... For some time i do needed to google how to unplug my battery from car as i wasn't sure

stiff fiber
tranquil kindle
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If you remove + or - first

stiff fiber
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but where do I hard code what you can put in the part slot?

main pasture
main pasture
stiff fiber
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damn I need to write an entire template by the looks of it

main pasture
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Just copy the "part battery" to the script and give it a different name

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And change the "itemType"

stiff fiber
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I see

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that could work

main pasture
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There is some unneeded stuff, like "door" and the "lua" part, but that should get it started

violet cedar
main pasture
stiff fiber
violet cedar
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thnaks tho

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half the mods i download i cant find their id in the files

main pasture
violet cedar
main pasture
violet cedar
main pasture
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That is strange. Does the game recognize them?

violet cedar
drifting ore
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Is it okay to drop a new mod I made here for visibility?

drifting ore
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I'm gonna take that silence as a yes, considering I also see some others have posted their mods here.

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I wasn't able to make a mod that does everything I wanted, but this is a start. It's a pretty straightforward mod that adds a few random bones and sinews here and there on zombies.

red tiger
bright fog
worn lodge
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what would be the course of action if i wanted to make a hazmat esque suit that doesnt override every other clothing piece on the model? or atleast that doesnt override shoes and hats

drifting ore
true nova
worn lodge
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because i want shoes to be visible

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since the thing im doing is not entire a jumpsuit type of clothing

violet cedar
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Hey, I’m trying to upload a mod to the Steam workshop but it is saying that I have no folder/content what is that about and how do I fix it?

worn lodge
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make sure the folder structure is right

violet cedar
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Could you give me an example of so?

worn lodge
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\mods\Death Stranding Items ZMB\Contents\mods\Death Stranding Items\Media

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thats how i got mine

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same folder structure for workshop and mod

violet cedar
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I have mine as media/ Lua /shared /professions

worn lodge
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you need the mod structure i sent

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it has to be

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modname/Contents/mods/Modname/media

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the second modname is not needed iirc

keen echo
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Hey all, I'm trying to get my first example mod installed locally, and I put the mod called "CarveMore" into the directory folder: C:\Users<username>\Zomboid\mods\ (See directory screenshots)
When I launch Project Zomboid, I clicked on the mods menu item, and typed "Carve" into the search box, but nothing is showing up.
What am I doing wrong?

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bronze yoke
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you're using the Workshop mod structure but you're in the mods folder

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if you move your mod to the Zomboid/Workshop folder it'll probably work

keen echo
# bronze yoke if you're trying to make a mod for b42 you also need to change the structure sli...

Ahhh yeah I'm making a mod for b42 (not workshop), I just updated the folder structure to match the mod structure described in the wiki page you referenced, but I'm confused as to where the Contents folder goes. I now have C:\Users<username>\Zomboid\mods\Contents\mods\CarveMore, which contain the folders42 and common. The mod is still not being found by the search in the mod menu.
Is this the right folder structure because the page doesn't clearly describe where Contents goes.

bronze yoke
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if you're working from the mods folder, your mod should just be Zomboid/mods/CarveMore and you should get rid of the Contents/mods/ folders

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but to upload the mod you'll eventually need to move it to the Workshop folder, in that case it'd be something like Zomboid/Workshop/CarveMore/Contents/mods/CarveMore/

keen echo
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Thanks, how can I help get that page updated to make this more clear?

bronze yoke
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anyone can edit the wiki, or else you can probably bug @bright fog to do it

keen echo
wraith sky
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Hey fellas, just thought about making a submod

wraith sky
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What do I need to start with?

true nova
# wraith sky To add some flags to that

first you need to make the tiles. I doubt you'd even need that mod to make more flags. i havent looked at it but have made similar mods and its all pzscript and tile making

wraith sky
wraith sky
true nova
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youll want to make a moveable item

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youll need to use the zomboid modding tools TileZed

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to set the tile properties

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and the custom item property needs to point to the item script

true nova
wraith sky
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Thanks for answering

true nova
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np feel free to come back if you get stuck somewhere

autumn bluff
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what would be involved in adding script to an existing item?
Hoping to make a mod that adds an option to hug a teddy bear for happiness and destress

true nova
autumn bluff
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okay, how do i begin with that?

true nova
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this is the lua that will be needed to start with

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youll need to make a mod folder structure and put this in a lua file in the client folders

autumn bluff
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i am familiar with mod structuring, ive just never edited an existing item

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always added new items

true nova
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have you done lua at all?

autumn bluff
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small amount for one mod.

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it was a translation string

true nova
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so OnFillInventoryObjectContextMenu is an event listener that allows you to modify the inventory context menu. youll need to see if the object is in the items table and then you will add context options that will trigger a separate function

autumn bluff
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alright

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do i need to modify anything in the "Scripts" folder?

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or is it 100% lua

true nova
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no not with this method it should be 100% lua

autumn bluff
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alright

true nova
autumn bluff
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thanks!

rich reef
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Hello everyone. I have a question, if anyone would be so kind to help me.

I am trying to run a 'sendClientCommand' function as soon as the player joins the server, to initialize some data right away.

I can trigger the function it's supposed to run with a keypress once I am loaded into the game, but I cannot figure out which Event to use to get the client command to send automatically upon loading into the game.

I've tried a few, and they don't seem to fire off, and I'm not sure why. My code/mod works great, I just cannot get this initial clientCommand to send correctly.

Is their any specific Event I am supposed to use for this, or a workaround, or delay I need to account for somehow?

Thanks for your help!

bronze yoke
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yeah it's a pain in the ass, you have to delay by one tick

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local delayed = false

local function sendCommandWhenReady()
    if not delayed then
        delayed = true
        return
    end

    sendClientCommand(...)
    Events.OnTick.Remove(sendCommandWhenReady)
end

Events.OnTick.Add(sendCommandWhenReady)
rich reef
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Thanks Albion. I swore I remember you talking about this before, but I dug around for over an hour trying to find a post by you and couldn't locate it.

Is 1 tick enough? Or does it require longer in some cases?

bronze yoke
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it's always one tick

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it's basically just a bug where they don't set the 'you're allowed to send client commands now' flag until the end of the tick, all the networking stuff is actually ready long before this

rich reef
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Ahh, that's interesting. Alright then. I had to do some weird workarounds in other mods I was working on because of this, maybe I'll go and fix those too now that you've enlightened me on this . haha

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Also, since you are here, I have another question, which you may be able to answer.

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The context of my mod, is putting a modData Date/Time stamp on an item by the client.

So I am using a sendClientCommand > sendServerCommand as a loopback to request from the server it's realtime UTC Date/Time, and then using the clients os.time to get their local UTC Date/Time, and create an offset from that, so the Date/Time stamp is always relative to the server.

Do you know if the client has a way to get the server's real Date/Time without having to do a back>forth loopback like that? The code isn't really that complicated to do it, I just wonder if their is a cleaner or easier way to do it.

bronze yoke
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i don't know of a better way than that, no

rich reef
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Alright, thanks! I appreciate your help once again!

red tiger
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It's custom event-based so that those events are consistent.

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It also pads the underlying event listeners so that people who remove their events won't disturb or not fire implemented event listeners.

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Hope that helps.

rich reef
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@red tiger That's awesome. Thank you! Event Listeners are super touchy, especially if you use state machines or similar that remove them/add them on the fly. I'll take a look into this!

red tiger
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I was just coming here to post a strong string dumper library I built for my Lua OOP framework that could be useful to others.

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Does pretty-printing and other options as well like struct-tags.

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Makes printing info about tables and arrays much more informative and useful for data inspections.

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Gonna document it in the coming days.

rich reef
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That's awesome. Can't wait!

red tiger
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It's for a OOP framework that's true OOP, not simplistic metatable inheritence from instancing.

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=)

rancid tendon
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hey folks, i remember reading something along the lines that they'd made introducing your own world events (a la zombie birthday parties) easier in b42, but this was around b42's release and its been so long that i may just be misremembering the chatter in here

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is that true?

bright fog
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Tho I see how it might not be clear

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Bcs I wrote that you'll have to copy the files from mods/ into workshop/ but there's technically a few extra steps

bright fog
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But I haven't seen anything like it yet

craggy delta
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hey all, just getting back into modding and seeing what changed from 41 to 42.. having trouble overriding a vanilla recipe.. I used to do this in 41 and replace the vanilla recipes.. is this still possible with the changes? I am getting weird effects from it.

silent zealot
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B42 completely replaced the recipe system, and the new one (CraftRecipe) doesn't have a lot of ways of changing existing recipes.

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I'd assume you can caompletely overwrite an existing recipe by creating a script file that adds a recipe of the same name, but as for disabling recipes I don;t think you can. You can probably change them so they need to be learned and then not provide any way to learn them.

craggy delta
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I just want to replace. actually for step one, I am just trying to reduce the craft time. just as a proof of concept at the moment.

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I am trying with RipClothing. I am able to replace the recipe, reduce the time, but now it rips everything in inventory at once. just because I change the time.

silent zealot
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What was the tiem before & after you changed it?

craggy delta
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200 -> 25

silent zealot
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If it's ripping everything it can that shouldn't be related to speed - try setting the speed to 200 in your copy and seeing if it still behaves weird.

craggy delta
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first, I cross read. basic rip is 100 -> 25.. worn ripped is 200 -> 25

I removed all other scripts so this mod only overrides the basic ripClothing. I reverted all changes to vanilla. so just copied the recipe from the game files and pasted in my mod.

Now I cannot rip anything. the option is gone.

bright fog
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Tho yea maybe not as flexible

craggy delta
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is there a trick to it? doesn't seem to work how I am doing it.

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interesting.. it does not rip all clothing in inventory.. it rips exactly 2 pieces each time.. if I have 3 in inv, only 2 rip.. the recipe option disappears if I only have 1

craggy delta
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I believe I have this working now.

overriding is a bit weird but hopefully this helps others out.

When overriding a recipe, pay attention to the type of data each variable is. This will help determine what to keep and what not to keep when overriding.

inputs and outputs variables are assigned entire other structures in {} where other variables like Time or Tags are just strings or ints. If a variable is just a value, it will be overridden. If a value is a structure, it will be appended. This is why, when I copy the entire craftRecipe, the time is overridden correctly, but my inputs and outputs double. because the inputs and outputs have now been declared twice.

Based on these findings, this is the resulting script that works.

{
    craftRecipe RipClothing
    {
        timedAction = RipClothing,
        Time = 25,
        Tags = InHandCraft;CanBeDoneInDark;RemoveResultItems,
        OnCreate = Recipe.OnCreate.RipClothing,
        Tooltip = Tooltip_Recipe_ClothingNotWorn,
    }
}```
muted garnet
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How to get an item from a backpack or from the ground in b42?

somber drift
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Im coding a new rcon better than PZ admin

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Its gonna be sick

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Im already amost done

silent zealot
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Can you explain a bit more about what you're trying to do?

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Move an item to a new location, find if an item is in inventory, get an item's object in lua, etc etc

lapis moth
somber drift
# lapis moth what's new there

Im adding a map i might add steam workshop integration and its going to be more sleek and professional looking and its also going to be easier to use in general, plus an ai config bot/chatbot

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Its all going to be on a website too, i might turn it into an app

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It depends tho

lapis moth
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Will it be open source?

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🫡

somber drift
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Yeah

lapis moth
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Depends on you personally

somber drift
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Fully open source

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On github too

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Here is what it looks like so far on mobile

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It is better on pc

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Im still working on it

lapis moth
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what will the Map page belike?

somber drift
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Im working on it, but it will be a map where you can add pins search for buildings ect. But live player tracking is not possible unless i had a custom mod

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And i dont know how to make mods

lapis moth
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Communicate with the server db file

somber drift
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I just had an idea

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I dont know if what you said will work or not

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Ill have to look into it

lapis moth
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it saved the player's x, y coordinates, death status, etc

somber drift
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Thats sorta what i was thinking

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I just didn’t know where it was

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Lol

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Whats a good feature you think i should add?

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Need some ideas

lapis moth
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In the save folder, you can find it

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named players.db

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vehicle.db is also here , u can track vehicle locaiton by this

somber drift
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Oh

lapis moth
somber drift
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No

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Not yey

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Yet*

lapis moth
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Jab wrote a command based on rcon that allows him to execute some in-game global functions via rcon

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You can add this to your console

somber drift
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how did he write a command?

lapis moth
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You need to unpack the class files; it's not really difficult to write new rcon commands, and I've written a few myself

somber drift
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Interesting

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Im also working on a server promotion bot lol

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It doesn’t work

lapis moth
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these rcon command are here and easy to create more

somber drift
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Ill look into it

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Im laying in bed rn

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So i cant really do anything

lapis moth
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sleep time

somber drift
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Yeah

lapis moth
somber drift
red tiger
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Late but hey

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Lua and Java API for server and single player rcon

somber drift
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This better looking?

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frank elbow
somber drift
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I dont have discord on my laptop

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So i decided to use my phone

somber drift
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Another thing im doing is direct importing configs straight from the server without the weird format

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A quality of life thing

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what does everyone think?

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ancient grail
# somber drift what does everyone think?

if youre asking co structive critisism regarding the design...

logo consistency

i see 3 different letter p logos.

tho it might not matter in the end if you dont want to focus on the branding and just want to release the tool
looks useful btw
cant wait to see the interface of each function

also hope you go even deeper
like beyond the vanilla rcon commands

like be able to send lua functions using rcon
lol not sure thats even possible

peace

somber drift
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Im fairly new to coding

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Im trying tho

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Im having fun

somber drift
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Its possible tho

sonic needle
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<@&671452400221159444>

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Fly Swatter Plz!spiffo

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( crossposted in modeling too. )

ancient grail
bright fog
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<@&671452400221159444>

shy mantle
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I've just uploaded it without any customization options and I was wondering how I would go about making that in the sandbox settings before I try to dive into it myself.

wild flint
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I'd like to make a weapon skill magazine, that gives the same exp boost as having a perk when creating a character after reading it for 0-10 levels, and make it consumable after use. Would any of you be willing to help me make it?

silent zealot
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Then reference then in your code like this"

        if (comfortDelta > 0) then
            multiplier = SandboxVars.NepSlowDiscomfort.RateChangeUp or 0.1
        elseif (comfortDelta < 0) then
            multiplier = SandboxVars.NepSlowDiscomfort.RateChangeDown or 1.0
        else
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But a big gotcha: sandbox variables are not availabel when the game loads.

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They become available during the loading process, with the OnInitGlobalModData event being the earliest that they are available (assuming that infor is still correct for B42, which it probably is)

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Your mod edits the VehicleZoneDistribution table when the lua file is loaded, which is when the game is first loading before you start to load a save... so there are no sandbox variables to access.

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So you need to move all your lua into a function, then trigger that function on an event:

local function GamestaSetVehicleZones()
   <set the vehicle tables up teh way you want>
end
Events.OnInitGlobalModData.Add(GamestaSetVehicleZones)
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But then comes the next gotcha: you're deleting the entire VehicleZoneDistribution table and remaking it, so you're going to lose the changes made by every mod that has already updated the table.

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What you would need to do instead not replace, but iterate through the VehicleZoneDistribution table and subtables and make changes.

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It's not hard, but it is fiddly especially if you're not used to lua table syntax and the multiple ways of doing it.

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This is a situation where AI can actually help; if you ask for a project zomboid mod you'll get crap back, but if you say "I have a lua table full of entries like this <paste a few table entries> how do I iterate through the table and change <specific thing you want to change>"

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BEing able to work with stacked tables is really helpful for modding

shy mantle
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I'll see what I can do with all this, thanks for taking so much time to write that out

silent zealot
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    item BookCarpentry2
    {
        DisplayName = Carpentry II: "Carpentry Woodcraft Style",
        DisplayCategory = SkillBook,
        Type = Literature,
        Weight = 1,
        Icon = Book8,
        LvlSkillTrained = 3,
        NumLevelsTrained = 2,
        NumberOfPages = 260,
        SkillTrained = Carpentry,
        StaticModel = BookBrown,
        WorldStaticModel = BookBrown_Ground,
    }
silent zealot
wild flint
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I did it like this

silent zealot
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(back to skillbooks) then th eactual skill increase will be handled by teh code that triggers when reaidng literature

wild flint
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But when i get in-game it doesn't allow me to actually read the book.

silent zealot
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And if you want it to appear in the world you need to add it to distrubution tables. You can do that manual, or use Easy Distributions API to copy another items loot table entries "make this book appear anywhere a handgun could appear, but with 2% of the probability" sort of thing.

silent zealot
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    local allskills = {
    Perks.Aiming, Perks.Axe, Perks.Blacksmith, Perks.Blunt, Perks.Butchering, Perks.Carving, Perks.Cooking, Perks.Doctor,
    Perks.Electricity, Perks.Farming, Perks.Fishing, Perks.Fitness, Perks.FlintKnapping, Perks.Husbandry, Perks.Lightfoot,
    Perks.LongBlade, Perks.Maintenance, Perks.Mechanics, Perks.Melting, Perks.MetalWelding, Perks.Nimble,
    Perks.PlantScavenging, Perks.Reloading, Perks.SmallBlade, Perks.SmallBlunt, Perks.Sneak, Perks.Spear, Perks.Sprinting, Perks.Strength,
    Perks.Tailoring, Perks.Trapping, Perks.Woodwork, Perks.Pottery, Perks.Glassmaking, Perks.Masonry, Perks.Tracking }
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That a list of all the skill I made, since some of the name are not easy to guess.

wild flint
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I'll change it, but also when i right click the book i spawn in debug it goes into the debug menu and when i check erros i get

silent zealot
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Also, level trained =0? that is too low

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level one books start with LvlSkillTrained = 1,

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NumLevelsTrained =10... might work, but try with 2 first because we know 2 works

wild flint
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I've put 0, because i wanted the book to boost the exp from level 0 to level 10, though it should be this way

silent zealot
silent zealot
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Helps you narrow down what is causing issues.

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Also, LvlSkillTrained = 1, does train the first level.

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Level 1 carpentry book is for carpentry levels 1 & 2

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etc.

wild flint
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Thank you very much, i changed the skill name to SmallBlunt and changed skill trained to 1 and number levels to 9. I'll go look in-game how it looks.

silent zealot
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10 is the number you want, based on vanilla, but that assumes things don't go weird when you go above 2. They probably dont, but on the olther hand the game will crash to desktop if you make a shotgun that fires more than 9 pieces of buckshot.

wild flint
silent zealot
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Have a look at the file where the error occurs, line 869, and see what it's doing when the error triggers

wild flint
silent zealot
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You'll need to do some troubleshooting

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Lots of ways to approach that, the easiest to explain on discord while laying in bed is: make your item do exactly what a vanilla skill book does. Mature sure that works. Then change things one by one until you know what breaks things.

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Then you look at the code where the error is, you know what the specific thing that you changed to break it is, so work out how that change affects the line

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Might be something like a table that gets referenced somewhere that lacks an entry for SmallBlunt, because that's not in the vanilla books.

wild flint
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I ran this through chatGPT, and it said that apparently weapon skills are hard-coded not to be able to get a exp boost. Not sure if that is true, since that thing is not really accurate.

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I checked another mod that had a similar function, and it worked. It had some lua script added to it i think.

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Thank you again, i'll try to troubleshoot this and figure it out. 👍

silent zealot
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Never trust ChatGPT with Zomboid specific questions

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It has no idea what it's talking about

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Oh, I just thought of something, are you on B41 or B42?

wild flint
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This is for B41

silent zealot
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If you copied my example item it's B42, check B41 to see if they are the same there

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Same core idea applies; look at the vanilla item, replicate it, then change what you want to change.

wild flint
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The names are different in B41, but it's okay. I'll take the names from item_literature.txt and try to get one vanilla book to work as you suggested.

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I added a regular carpentry book, it worked fine. I went out and changed to SmallBlunt and it gives the same error as before. @silent zealot

shy mantle
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what it's supposed to look like vs NOT supposed to

Screenshot_2025-07-09_111028.png Screenshot_2025-07-09_110807.png
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I would be fine with calling the missing tires a feature if they were ACTUALLY MISSING lol

wild flint
shy mantle
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from a 37,000 character replacement file to 400 lol thanks again

silent zealot
silent zealot
autumn bluff
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animations can be made in blender, correct?

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hoping to make a static hug pose

shy mantle
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In testing compatibility with my mods against other mods, I noticed the week one mod kinda just... deletes cars at random. Does anyone know what's up with that? It deletes about half, maybe less, idk, and they just vanish. You seen them for a few seconds before a random check from week one comes through and then they just get cleared out like they never existed. I know it's related to the NPC driving feature because those cars vanish at the same time when going off screen, but how can I fix that? Or should I ask the modder of that mod to fix this specific thing?

true nova
true nova
shy mantle
silent zealot
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Week one is such a major change to core systems it's reasonable to not be fully compatible with it

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Otherwise download the mod and look for removeFromWorld() or permanentlyRemove() being used on vehicles to try and figure out what is happening... those are the obvious function calls to make a vehicle vanish. Check for setWorldTransform(<transfom>) too since that teleports vehicles around.

shy mantle
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I'll just list it as incompatible because if I tried to fix then I would need to keep up with their mod changes and I really don't wanna do that.

true nova
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anyone added new plants to the farming system in b42? i can't get the icon to appear in the farming ui

autumn bluff
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can anyone help me with animation lua?

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ive already confirmed that my animation works in animation viewer

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but the character does the surrender animation when i try to trigger the animation through lua

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self:setActionAnim("Bob_Smirk_Hug")

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im assuming this is wrong somehow

true nova
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is this for b42?

autumn bluff
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yes

true nova
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there is a bug with the xml for animations

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you need to include the path that would be for b41 and the xml there as well

autumn bluff
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like this?

true nova
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no an extra media folder outside of your common or b42

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with just the path that leads to the animation and na extra copy of it in there

autumn bluff
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oh

true nova
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its dumb i dont think theyve fixed it yet

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it doesnt even read the file from there it just needs it to reference

autumn bluff
true nova
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that should do it

autumn bluff
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alright

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testing

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still surrenders

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what does this error mean? googling it was useless

true nova
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its looking foir it in player/actions

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you have it in player

autumn bluff
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i have it in player/smirkHug

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if you mean the xml

true nova
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thats where its looking for the xml player/actions . idk how you are triggering this though. it can be done in different ways

autumn bluff
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renamed the folders to "actions"

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still surrenders, same warning

true nova
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did you check with a game restart?

autumn bluff
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yes

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i restart after every edit

true nova
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hold on. i've done only a few animations, ill pull up my mod and look

autumn bluff
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oh wait a minute

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i think i formatted the xml as B41

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same warning, what?

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i am utterly confused

true nova
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how are you triggering it?

autumn bluff
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function TimedHugPlush:start()
if instanceof(self.item, "InventoryItem") and self.item:getWorldItem() then
local worldObj = self.item:getWorldItem()
if worldObj then
self.character:faceThisObject(worldObj)
end
end

--self:setOverrideAnimation(true)
self:setActionAnim("Bob_Smirk_Hug")

end

true nova
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so you're missing the node PerformingAction in the xml is all it is i think

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<m_Conditions>
<m_Name>PerformingAction</m_Name>
<m_Type>STRING</m_Type>
<m_StringValue>Bob_Smirk_Hug</m_StringValue>
</m_Conditions>
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add that at the bottom right above </animNode>

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should only need to do it in the b42 xml

autumn bluff
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its the default idle pose now

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still broken

true nova
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get the same error?

autumn bluff
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no error

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just... idles

true nova
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so it likely found it just something is missing. i barely know anything about the xmls but i did notice that sometimes an animation wont play without some other stuff in there

autumn bluff
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a

true nova
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wait a sec

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lol nvm i thought i saw something that wasn't right

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try adding the speed scale?? <m_SpeedScale>1.00</m_SpeedScale>

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maybe bone weights?? i remember that making one work for me

autumn bluff
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experimenting with random stuff now

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GOT IT

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looped it

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idk why that worked

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also there was a lingering quotation mark on name

true nova
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🙌 fantastic

boreal ledge
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Hi, I want to add a recipe to Remove Batteries from various things that take batteries but don't have it
In the base game, the Hand Torch can Remove Batteries but not be Dismantled, while the Flashlight can both be Dismantled and have it's Battries Removed, and if you Remove Batteries the flashlight first, you don't get a battery when Dismantling it
Differently, the portadisc has a slot for batteries, but can't Remove Batteries and also doesn't return its battery when it's Dismantled
the Radio has a slot for batteries, cannot have its Batteries Removed, but does return a battery when dismantled

How come these things are so inconsistent?
It doesn't seem to be related to whether the item has a battery slot like the players, or a charge % like flashlights

Can I see the base game recipes somewhere?
So far I've just been using other peoples mods as syntax templates

gilded crescent
boreal ledge
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I don't need to decompile them or anything, they're just in the same folder structure as a mod, but in the game directory?

gilded crescent
boreal ledge
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Sick, thanks

gilded crescent
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Wait zedscript is lua I believe other then that I was right from memory

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And no problem

boreal ledge
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   {
     keep Torch/HandTorch/Rubberducky2,

     Result:Battery,
     Time:30,
     OnTest:Recipe.OnTest.TorchBatteryRemoval,
     OnCreate:Recipe.OnCreate.TorchBatteryRemoval,
     StopOnWalk:false,
   }```
What is happening during ontest:torchbatteryremoval here?
Somehow this recipe must modify the ingredient item to.. remove the battery, but as far as I can tell, this is the only reference in the lua files to this method
boreal ledge
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OK I've achieved half of what I set out to do, I learned to use oncreate functions to add additional behaviour to recipes
Now what remains, and my next question, is how I can overwrite a preexisting recipe with mine such that the original doesn't show up ingame

(not that I understand yet what the purpose of the OnCreate vs. the OnGiveXP namespace is)

bright fog
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Which version of the game are you on ?

boreal ledge
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b41

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It does for some things, like the radio, but as I found, some things don't have oncreates that return a battery

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e.g., the CD player

    {
       CDplayer,
       keep [Recipe.GetItemTypes.Screwdriver],

       Result:ElectronicsScrap=2,
       Time:30.0,
       OnTest:Recipe.OnTest.DismantleElectronics,
       OnGiveXP:Recipe.OnGiveXP.DismantleElectronics,
       Category:Electrical,
       AnimNode:Disassemble,
       Prop1:Screwdriver,
       Prop2:CDplayer,
    }
bright fog
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Should be a fixed behavior in B42 I believe

cold skiff
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I'm trying to create a backpack based on the game's hydration backpack, but if this backpack is called Lbackpack instead of showing me Water(Lbackpack) it shows me Water(Fluid_container_Lbackpack, I'll put the code I use for the script to see if someone can help me:
module LB
{
item Bag_LBackpack
{
DisplayName = LBackpack,
DisplayCategory = Bag,
Type = Container,
Weight = 1.0,
IconsForTexture = Hydropack_Black,
AttachmentReplacement = Bag,
BloodLocation = Bag,
CanBeEquipped = Back,
Capacity = 49,
CloseSound = CloseHydrationPack,
ClothingItem = Bag_LegendaryBackpack,
EquipSound = EquipBackpackLarge,
OpenSound = OpenHydrationPack,
PutInSound = StoreItemHydrationPack,
ReplaceInPrimaryHand = Bag_LegendaryBackpack_RHand holdingbagright,
ReplaceInSecondHand = Bag_LegendaryBackpack_LHand holdingbagleft,
RunSpeedModifier = 0.99,
SoundParameter = EquippedBaggageContainer SchoolBag,
WeightReduction = 99,
WorldStaticModel = HydrationBackpack_Ground,
Tags = IgnoreZombieDensity,

    component FluidContainer
    {
        ContainerName   = LBackpack,
        capacity        = 1.0,
        InitialPercentMin = 0.0,
        InitialPercentMax = 1.0,
        Fluids
        {
            fluid           = Water:1.0,
        }
    }
}

}

bright fog
cold skiff
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Could you be so kind as to give me a small example of the contents of fluid_EN.txt?

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I guess it will be something like this:
Fluids_EN = {
Fluid_Container_LBackpack ="LBackpack",
}

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Sir Doggy Jvla thx for u help, now its works!!!

rich ruin
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I made a car mod
ui\vehicles\mechanic overlay
How do I make this?

stiff fiber
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Guys could you help me out please? My car keeps sinking into the ground although I have set up the extents, physics shape and such correctly

image.png
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ignore the wheels being backwards that's easy to fix

rich ruin
stiff fiber
main pasture
stiff fiber
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Since when?

main pasture
stiff fiber
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Strange... I don't see any option for that in the vehicle debug menu

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And I also didn't have this problem with my previous car mods

main pasture
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Yeah it might not be in the editor, but you can change them from the script manually. Could be good luck that the wheel visuals matched the default diameter

stiff fiber
main pasture
stiff fiber
main pasture
stiff fiber
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What does the f stand for at the end of some values? Like maxSpeed is set to 120 MPH if you write 90f.

main pasture
stiff fiber
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ah that makes sense

main pasture
orchid marten
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nevermind that's java

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you're talking about lua right

main pasture
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Yeah the pz script format whatever it's supposed to be. They are parsed in java, but haven't checked how the values are handled

stiff fiber
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@main pasture I changed the values so the front wheel doesn't sink into the ground. but the back wheel still does even though I set it to the same value. Also the car is behaving weirdly. when I steer the front wheels also sink into the ground somewhat... as if there was a problem with the suspension

main pasture
bronze yoke
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for some reason TIS like to include f at the end of literals even when it's meaningless (in scripts, and their version of lua even allows it for some reason)

stiff fiber
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it's 2.25 for my previous mods

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and 1.45 with this one

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the problem only happens once I increase the tire radius...

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I set it back to 0.15 and it's back to normal

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it's just the wheels that's sunken into the ground again...

orchid marten
stiff fiber
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also I just found another problem...

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the game isn't rendering the front fender undersides...

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whyyyyyyy....

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I swear to god I'm losing my shit right now. I made 3 mods. I had no issues with the actual script files and stuff and now the game is throwing everything at me for no reason...

main pasture
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Are the normals facing out and mesh tris?

stiff fiber
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how do I check if the normals are facing outwards?

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bruh...

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how the fuck does this even happen?

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@main pasture thank you very much!

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I would've never guessed this was the issue

main pasture
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If you start extruding from a line for example, the normals are facing pretty much random directions

stiff fiber
stiff fiber
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Hmm... I raised the tire radius again and now it's not glitching out... weird. It finally works as intended

stiff fiber
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@main pasture anyway thank you for all the help!

main pasture
stiff fiber
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This whole "sinking into the ground thing" really threw me off

main pasture
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I had the same issue with sinking/suspension and it also solved itself... not sure how

stiff fiber
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We can probably chalk it up to build 42 being build 42

orchid marten
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is there a difference between function foo(bar) and foo = function(bar)

bronze yoke
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not really

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there is technically a difference if the function is local, in that case local function foo(bar) declares the local first and then defines the function, whereas local foo = function(bar) declares the local after defining the function (which means recursive calls don't work) but this rarely ever matters

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it's more of a style preference than anything

bright fog
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If you call a function within a function, it needs to be written with the first method ?

bronze yoke
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yeah

bright fog
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Oh wow that's interesting

bronze yoke
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local foo = function() end is an assignment statement, the function expression has to be evaluated before the statement ends, which means the assignment hasn't happened yet

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whereas local function foo() is a function declaration statement so it doesn't have to follow that rule

bright fog
bronze yoke
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doesn't affect globals though because globals don't have to be declared and you can't call the function until after the assignment

bright fog
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Oh yea

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Also defining the function within a table

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Oh wait no nvm ?

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Oh wait

bronze yoke
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there's similar limitations with table constructors in general although that one is a little more obvious why it doesn't work

bright fog
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Nah I'm right

bronze yoke
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as long as the access happens after the assignment it's fine, the issue with local function recursion is that the local isn't declared in that function's scope, so it references a global instead of the local

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similar problem:lua local t = { a = "myValue", b = t.a } the assignment statement doesn't complete until after the constructor is evaluated, so t is undefined

bright fog
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I see

pulsar pagoda
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hi guys i need help with my lootable map mod, it was working up until some updates ago, now when you open the worldmap with the M key it throws errors and the whole map is revealed

errors_m.PNG m_error_2.PNG m_errors.PNG
pulsar pagoda
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anyone got experience with lootable maps in this version?

silent zealot
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First, what is the mod supposed to do?

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Find a mapitem that reveals the entire map when you read it?

pulsar pagoda
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i use my own image, its the uncompressed 300mb one

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i dont have the code use the one in the game files

silent zealot
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So more like a flyer

pulsar pagoda
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yeah pretty much but i used the how to make a lootable map guide from the forums

silent zealot
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Well, a lootable map reveals a section of the world map.

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Do you want that to happen?

pulsar pagoda
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no, no. the idea is that you can have a map that doesnt show your location and is more detailed than the ingame map

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is for like roleplaying purposes i guess

silent zealot
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in that case, don't make your item a "lootable map"

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Look at how flyers work to display an image.

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And make sure you don't make use of the "and reveal a map section" part of flyers.

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(Assuming B42, based on the map image you are using)

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Also, 300MB for a map image in a mod is crazy

pulsar pagoda
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some guy asked for permission to make a compressed version

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so i rebranded to be the hd version

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i will look into making it a flyer, thanks

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this is what it used to look like

AF8BB74393E3B64BD72C02C1B393BF5D77C7F66F.png
silent zealot
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I don't know if you can zoom in on a flyer, so haveing it full res makes no sense

pulsar pagoda
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the point is to appreciate the details on the map

silent zealot
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And even if you can zoom, make it smaller.

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I have a 500x4000 version I use on my second monittor, that's plenty of detail.

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Only 3MB (in jpg, which I don't know if Zomboid can display)

pulsar pagoda
silent zealot
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If you really want it to be zoomable, look into the new Image pyramid stuf

pulsar pagoda
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also i cant find the flyers in the files

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only the images not the code

silent zealot
# 
    item Flier
    {
        DisplayCategory = Junk,
        Weight    =    0.1,
        Type    =    Literature,
        DisplayName    =    Flier,
        Icon    =    Flier,
        ReadType = photo,
        StaticModel = Flier1,
        WorldStaticModel = Flier1,
        Tags = FastRead,
        OnCreate = SpecialLootSpawns.OnCreateFlier,
    }

SpecialLootSpawns.OnCreateFlier = function(item)
    if not item then return; end;
    local text
    local bookList = PrintMediaDefinitions.Fliers
    local book = bookList[ZombRand(#bookList)+1]
    local text = getText(item:getDisplayName()) .. ": " .. getText("Print_Media_" .. book .. "_title" )
    item:setName(text)
    item:getModData().printMedia = book
end
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Then look at PrintMediaDefinitions.Fliers and PrintMediaDefinitions.MiscDetails in PrintMediaDefinitions.lua

pulsar pagoda
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i will check it out, thanks

silent zealot
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I assume the images are handled with the "put them in a specific path and make them match the name in the table" approach, rather than letting you specify the path to the image to display for each flier type

pulsar pagoda
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gotta be honest man, i dont understand anything in these lines, way too complex for me haha

pulsar pagoda
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anyone know where can i put local mods in pz folders? mods folder in projectzomboid folder doesnt work anymore

pulsar pagoda
lapis moth
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work fine for me

pulsar pagoda
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hi, does anybody know what changes there have been to maps in recent builds? im trying to make a lootable map

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@silent zealot im thinking that i cant make it revel only a pixel or something but i need the map to work first...

bronze yoke
noble fossil
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What is the easiest way to remove a vanilla recipe? I'm replacing it with a recipe I made but Override:true, or Obsolete:true, and IsHidden, don't seem to work.

pulsar pagoda
noble fossil
pulsar pagoda
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tbh i dont have a lot of experience with recipes, if u name it the same it should ignore the vanilla one

noble fossil
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Hmm ok. Basically I'm just trying to change it from 20 jewelry to 5 jewelry to equal 1 gold scrap. But if I change the item inputs, it makes a duplicate recipe with the same name. If I write obsolete, nothing happens.

pulsar pagoda
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try copying the recipe exactly and just change the inputs

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ignore the obsolete stuff maybe it willmake it obsolete bc it has the same name

noble fossil
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Okay I'll try that

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If I copy & paste the recipe over and change only the input from 20 to 5, it gives me an error and wont start.

ERROR: General f:0, t:1752206802128> ExceptionLogger.logException> Exception thrown
java.io.IOException: Duplicate Prop2 in recipe Scrap_Gold_Jewellery at CraftRecipe.OnScriptsLoaded(CraftRecipe.java:692).

pulsar pagoda
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i suggest using chat gpt it may help figuring out whats wrong, im really not a very experienced modder sorry :/

noble fossil
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haha it's ok i'm only a beginner too. I think it's something with the _'s in the name instead of being all one word like RipDenimClothing, I am able to edit all of those types of recipes just fine.

pulsar pagoda
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yeah well maybe TIS changed the way some recipes work and those specific _ recipes work diferently

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try looking into the code that adds that gold jewelery, maybe its called something different idk

silent zealot
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That gets you an ArrayList, which you can modify

noble fossil
orchid marten
# pulsar pagoda hi, does anybody know what changes there have been to maps in recent builds? im ...

i got the "non-hd" version of your mod the other person made to work earlier today by changing initDefaultStyleV1 to initDefaultStyleV3 and it also seems like they put 'media/maps/Muldraugh, KY' into a variable called LootMaps.DEFAULT_MAP_DIRECTORY
seems like the revealed area is too big now though because there's forest surrounding the image so i'll have to find the right values

also the only things you need to copy over to your own script are the local variables MINZ, MAXZ, MINZ_BUILDINGS, and WATER_TEXTURE plus the local functions replaceWaterStyle and overlayPNG

sonic needle
grand raven
#

Hi
Is there flag for food items to consume FULL and ALL food for craft

Know about ItemCount flag, but it consumes only all item (i can bite apple and use only half for recipe). Wanna make recipe which will consume all full(only) apple

Thx

rustic timber
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hello peeps i am trying to make a map for pz but i havbe no luck i have watched every tutorial on everything already if anyone can contact me to assist me that would be much appreciated

bright fog
frank elbow
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<@&671452400221159444>

left plank
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Thank you omy

drifting ore
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I have a very simple mod that adds the ability to craft nails from scrap, with a hammer, hacksaw and tongs at any table.

But it's crashing my game on start up. Can someone take a look at where I messed up?

It's literally a single .txt file that is under 40 lines.

main pasture
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Have you checked if the log shows anything useful?

drifting ore
pulsar pagoda
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im looking into using the games existing texture now, ill se if i can do what u said

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fixed it @orchid marten, ill upload the new version in a couple of mins, just tweaking the empty space that the hi res map used to take

pulsar pagoda
drifting ore
# drifting ore It is a script error. Feel free to post the script file here if you can't find t... 
{

    craftRecipe ScrewsFromScrap 
    {
        time = 30,
        SkillRequired = Blacksmith:1,
        needTobeLearn = true,
        AutoLearnAll = Blacksmith:4,
        timedAction = Making,
        xpAward = Blacksmith:10,
        tags = AnySurfaceCraft,
        category = Tools,
        
        inputs
        {
            item 1 tags[Base.UnusableMetal],
            item 1 tags[BallPeenHammer;Hammer] mode:keep flags[Prop1;MayDegradeLight],
            item 1 tags[MetalworkingPliers;Tongs] mode:keep flags[Prop2;MayDegradeLight],
            item 1 tags[MetalworkingPunch;MetalSaw] mode:keep flags[MayDegradeLight],
            item 1 tags[MetalworkingChisel;SheetMetalSnips] mode:keep flags[MayDegradeLight],
        }
        outputs
        {
            item 4 Base.Screws,
        }
    }

    craftRecipe NailsFromScrap 
    {
        time = 30,
        SkillRequired = Carpentry:2,
        needTobeLearn = true,
        AutoLearnAll = Carpentry:3,
        timedAction = Making,
        xpAward = Blacksmith:5,
        tags = AnySurfaceCraft,
        category = Tools,

        inputs
        {
            item 1 tags[Base.ScrapMetal],
            item 1 tags[Hammer] mode:keep flags[Prop1;MayDegradeLight],
            item 1 tags[Pliers;MetalworkingPliers;Tongs;CrudeTongs] mode:keep flags[Prop2;MayDegradeLight],
            item 1 tags[CrudeChisel;MasonsChisel;MetalworkingChisel;MetalSaw;SheetMetalSnips] mode:keep flags[MayDegradeLight],
        }
        outputs
        {
            item 4 Base.Nails,
        }
    }
}```
drifting ore
#

I've also got some older mods that were throwing errors as well. The old Antique Armory mod was also throwing errors, but it didn't crash the game when I started a new game.

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This is crashing on new game start up.

frank elbow
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@left plank

autumn bluff
#

quick question, attempting to reduce boredom by 40% of maximum. this isnt functioning though...

self.character:getStats():setBoredom(self.character:getStats():getBoredom() - 40)
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heress the full code block, the other two are working fine

self.character:getStats():setStress(self.character:getStats():getStress() - 0.5)
self.character:getStats():setBoredom(self.character:getStats():getBoredom() - 40)
self.character:getStats():setEndurance(self.character:getStats():getEndurance() - 0.3)
solar rover
#

Anyone know off hand what lua's handle combat/damage?

bronze yoke
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none of them, combat is implemented in java

solar rover
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Specifically looking for anything that has to do with conveying multiplayer damage from one client to another

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Oh shoot okay. I'll look for a different way thanks Albion!

gilded hawk
orchid marten
pulsar pagoda
autumn bluff
pulsar pagoda
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the others work with 0.x but that one is 40

autumn bluff
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tried it with .4 as well

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when i add
print("Current boredom before:", self.character:getStats():getBoredom())
it returns 0. always. even if i am max boredom

bronze yoke
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use BodyDamage.get/setBoredomLevel

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the one on stats is unused

autumn bluff
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ah okay

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is it scaled to 1.0 or 100

bronze yoke
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i don't remember

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i think bodydamage ones are usually 0-100

autumn bluff
#

okay

orchid marten
autumn bluff
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self.character:getBodyDamage():setBoredomLevel(self.character:getBodyDamage():getBoredomLevel() - 40)

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like this?

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heck yeah it works!

sonic needle
pulsar pagoda
pulsar pagoda
# pulsar pagoda anyone know how to fix inaccuracy when throwing objects? (im throwing an object ...

module Base
{
item Thrown Rock
{
DisplayName = Thrown Rock,
DisplayCategory = Improvised,
OtherHandUse = FALSE,
MaxRange = 10,
WeaponSprite = FlintNodule,
Type = Weapon,
MinimumSwingTime = 0.5,
SwingAnim = Throw,
UseSelf = TRUE,
SwingTime = 0.1,
SwingAmountBeforeImpact = 0.1,
PhysicsObject = MolotovCocktail,
MinDamage = 0,
Weight = 0.1,
MaxDamage = 0,
MaxHitCount = 0,
FirePower = 0,
FireRange = 0,
Icon = RockSharpened,
NoiseRange = 8,
ExplosionSound = StoneHit,
SwingSound = StoneSwing,
WorldStaticModel = ChippedStone,
ConditionMax = 10,
}
}

supple briar
pulsar pagoda
supple briar
pulsar pagoda
#

yeah, it sounds like its not in a lua file, i already looked

supple briar
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i can't imagine the thrown objects code has really changed since it was first added

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so it's probably hard coded purely for Molotovs and everything else was just added later

pulsar pagoda
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well, i guess ill just have to wait until they get around to updating how the molotovs work

supple briar
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what was your plan?

pulsar pagoda
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i wanted to make a far cry like mod to throw rocks

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that way you can divide zombie groups and stuff

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but if its innacurate then its worthless

supple briar
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I can see that maybe still working

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it seems like it has a small inaccuracy, but not a lot

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maybe if it had a really good range to account for that it could still be cool

pulsar pagoda
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its like its a cone and it has a % chance to go wherever it pleases

supple briar
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Does firepower do anything?

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or is that related to the fire from a molotov maybe

pulsar pagoda
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maybe i should try throwing mollies, see if those are inaccurate too

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that way id know if its a change i made or hardcoded

sonic needle
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Ashlands Module 4! Live

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Real Ghillie Suit's

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late hound
sonic needle
scarlet ingot
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allows admin to join but not others. gives a red error when joining

image.png
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anyone having this issue with apex hosting servers? ^

ancient grail
gilded hawk
sonic needle
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its in my discord. in* the archive

stiff fiber
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@main pasture Can I dm you?

#

Can anyone help me out with some scripting stuff please? I'm trying to make a spare wheel slot in the mechanics menu for my car. It works so far, I can install and uninstall the spare wheel just fine. But It always throws an error when doing either. Here's what I did.

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I wrote a template_sparetire file which is in the scripts--> vehicles folder of my mod

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In the vehicle script file I defined an area

somber drift
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My Rcon is pretty much done, where should i release this lol

image.png
stiff fiber
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and invoked the template itself

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in lua --> shared --> Translate --> EN --> IG_UI_EN.txt I wrote the following so the name displays correctly

#

Here is the error message I'm getting

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"Callframe at: setTireRemoved"
"Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: invalid wheel index"

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the car itself has a wheel box. So no models actually get installed to the car model itself

somber drift
#

@stiff fiber hey man, saw you were having trouble with your spare tire mod. that's a classic error when you start adding custom parts lol, you're super close to getting it working.

the problem is that "invalid wheel index" thing.

basically the game thinks you're trying to remove a real wheel from the car, like the front-left or whatever. those all have a number (index 0, 1, 2, 3). your spare tire part is just a slot, it doesn't have one of those numbers, so when you try to uninstall it the game freaks out and says "invalid index!"

i'm pretty sure it's this line in your template_sparetire.txt file:
onuninstalled = TireUninstalled,

that TireUninstalled function is the one that tells the game's physics engine to remove a wheel. you just want to remove the item from the slot, not a physical part of the car model.

try getting rid of that line, and probably the oninstalled line too just to be safe. your part doesn't need all that fancy logic.

here, try this for your template_sparetire.txt:

Lua

template vehicle SpareTire
{
part SpareTire
{
mechanicsType = 8,
area = SpareTire,
itemType = Base.ModernTire;Base.NormalTire,
mechanicRequired = false,
parent = "Tire",
table install
{
items
{
Tags = Wrench,
count = 1,
keep = true,
sound = Dismantle,
}
},
table uninstall
{
items
{
Tags = Wrench,
count = 1,
keep = true,
sound = Dismantle,
}
}
}
}
that should just treat it like a simple part you can add/remove an item from without throwing any errors.

hope that helps, let me know if it works!

stiff fiber
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yeah I figured it was some logic problem because I used the vanilla template as a "template" template

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and that one installs actual wheel models

stiff fiber
main pasture
#

You should also remove the Init.Tire from the lua section, because it also tries to access the wheel index of the part

stiff fiber
#

the init from here?

main pasture
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Yes

stiff fiber
#

what about the create function?

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should I leave that?

main pasture
#

Lua functions the create, init etc. refer to are at media/lua/server/Vehicles/Vehicles.lua. It seems like it should work without it just fine function Vehicles.Init.Tire(vehicle, part) local wheelIndex = part:getWheelIndex() vehicle:setTireRemoved(wheelIndex, part:getInventoryItem() == nil) end

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Create should work. It just adds the inventory item to the slot and randomizes the pressure

stiff fiber
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So I should only remove these

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Sorry if I sound stupid but I'm not familiar with the lua language

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I only know c# and python 😅

main pasture
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Yes you don't need them. They should be the functions that make the part function as a wheel of the vehicle

stiff fiber
main pasture
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Do you have the required skill level?

stiff fiber
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Yes

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Maybe it's a problem with the custom area

stiff fiber
main pasture
#

Might be a stupid question, but do you have a tire in your inventory that you could install?

stiff fiber
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yes

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if the tire is on and I want to uninstall it it's the same thing

#

maybe I do need this line
test = Vehicles.InstallTest.Default,

main pasture
#

Yes. I it seems to be required

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It is what actually tests if you can install it or not

stiff fiber
#

😅

main pasture
#

Just use Vehicles.UninstallTest.Default for the uninstall test

stiff fiber
#

it works!!!!!!

#

Thank you!

main pasture
# stiff fiber YESSSSSSSSS. FINALLY

BTW if you want the spare tire to be somewhere else in the mechanics menu, you can change the category to anything (just specify the name in the translation file if it's a new one)

stiff fiber
stiff fiber
#

I was also thinking about making it so you can't remove the back door without removing the spare wheel first. But I just checked the vanilla vehicles and guess what. You can remove the back door no problem without removing the rear windshield first on vehicles where it makes no sense (smallcar 1, SUV, pickupvan)😅

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I guess it's an oversight by the devs

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lol

main pasture
#

Yeah maybe that isn't intentional...

stiff fiber
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can't find it's template file

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RearWindshield?

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nevermind, found it

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WindshieldRear

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this should do the trick

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okay that doesn't work

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maybe like this?

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nope. that doesn't work either

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eh screw it. it'll stay like this. vanilla vehicles don't check this either

idle tangle
#

Is there a way to iteretate all recipes in lua and alter them in build 42,. everything i google seems to be for build 41

drifting ore
#

For example, if you wanted to modify craftRecipe FillPipe, you would need to copy the vanilla file recipes_tobacco.txt to the scripts folder of your mod and then make changes there. Keep in note though that any mod that modifies the same file won't merge or anything of course, the one with load priority gets loaded.

idle tangle
drifting ore
#

Correct

red tiger
#

I'm planning to start retrofitting a project I a few weeks ago that adds a comprehensive Object-Oriented framework for Lua called Coolua.

It adds Java-like structure to Lua class definitions, providing classes, class inheritance, type-checks, type-casting, class-casting, interfaces, abstract methods, fields, field getter/setter generation tools, and more.

Here's an example using the builder API I wrote as an optional API style for building classes:

📎 Dimension.h.lua 📎 Rectangle.h.lua 📎 Dimension.lua 📎 Rectangle.lua
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I plan to write my tools in Lua for PZ using this framework. For anyone looking for structure in their larger works, this might help.

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It isn't ready yet. It's around 95% done. I'm looking to get it working fully in the next week.

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It's gonna be a beast to document but I think it's worth it.

drifting ore
shy mantle
#

Is it a known bug that chanceToSpawnNormal does nothing for some specifc zones like transit, lectromax, knoxdisti, scarlet, and possibly more? It still works for EMS type vehicle zones such as police, fire, ambulance, and prison though. I was trying to change the values through a mod, noticed it was only half working with no errors (very strange), so I tested it in complete vanilla and, yeah, something's not right in vanilla either.

stiff fiber
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When's the best time to release mods in terms of exposure? Say in GMT?

bronze yoke
#

i've always aimed for 'sometime on friday' but i don't have much data to say that that's really ideal, honestly monday might be better

stiff fiber
#

On a workday?

bronze yoke
#

the exact timing of your release doesn't matter too much because steam's only seriously effective way of promoting new mods is the front page, and you can show up on there for the first week after your mod has released

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so i'm thinking maybe monday is better because you'll have more time to get to the frontpage before the weekend when the most people are looking

stiff fiber
#

So if I release it sometime tomorrow it might only be on the front page for less than a day?

bronze yoke
#

oh no, you get a full week from whenever you post it

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basically as soon as a mod reaches exactly 1 week old it's no longer eligible

stiff fiber
#

Weird thing is, my most popular mod is the first one I ever made. That one has 3500 subscribers. Second one has 1600 something and the third one has 1850.
So I have no idea how the "algorithm" works 😅

stiff fiber
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Thank you!

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I didn't know that

bronze yoke
#

if your mod is for build 41, i might recommend waiting a little though

stiff fiber
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It's a car mod for both build 41 and 42

bronze yoke
#

there seems to be some issue with the in-game mod downloader currently, which means that servers (or joining players) fail to download any mod uploaded/updated since some time yesterday

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you'll hear no end of it in the comments (especially since it's not too well known of an issue yet) and it'll probably hurt the growth of your mod

stiff fiber
bronze yoke
#

i've noticed on my b41 mods that after it's off the front page, i tend to get far more subscriptions than views, so i suspect the majority of subscribers come from people joining servers with the mod

stiff fiber
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Yeah that happens to me as well

supple briar
#

after some testing I have come to the conclusion that 8 wheel vehicles are possible in theory, but don't work very well in game, shame.

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stiff fiber
supple briar
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you can easily fake 6 wheels with the 2 front wheels being separate while the back 4 are actually 2 wheels

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but that doesn't carry over to 8 wheels

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The Stryker drove fine, really, but with how I set the wheels up it looks awful when turning

stiff fiber
supple briar
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I needed to remake the model later for animations, so when I do that I'll probably add fake wheels to the front so it looks better

stiff fiber
# supple briar 4

Is there no way to also fake the front 4 wheels to be only 2 wheels?

supple briar
supple briar
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my two attempts was to have all 8 wheels be sets of two that rotated from the middle

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but the Stryker kept tipping like a bike

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Adjusting width didn't do anything

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so I went and changed it so the origin of each wheel was on it's respective side (left for the front wheel, right for the wheel behind)

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that worked much, much better

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but looks awful

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I hope and pray to indie stone every night that they rework the vehicle system and let us use all the wheels we want on a vehicle

stiff fiber
supple briar
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as I said, it toppled like a bike

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I didn't try that, no, but I can't imagine it would have helped

stiff fiber
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Oh like the whole thing went on it's side?

supple briar
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I don't have good screenshots

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but it always leaned to the side

stiff fiber
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Damn. I have no idea what might cause that

supple briar
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I think 8 wheels is just a bridge too far

stiff fiber
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I had an issue with my mod the day before yesterday where it sank into the ground and toppled a bit as well

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But it fixed itself after a while

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I have no idea how

supple briar
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It worked fine once I have wheels on either side

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but it looks so bad

stiff fiber
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Yeah...

supple briar
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if there was a way to disable the wheels rotating but no turning side to side, this would be a different story probably

stiff fiber
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It's weird how on the left side the front wheel works correctly and on the right side it's the one more to the back

supple briar
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The back wheel on the front was the right front wheel

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so it was pivoting from the right side

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the front front wheel was the left side one

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so it pivoted from the left

stiff fiber
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Maybe this is a stupid idea, but what if you made it so two wheels share the same model?

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As in two wheels in the same fbx file?

supple briar
stiff fiber
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My bad

supple briar
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No worries

Screenshot_609.png
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this is the wheel

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(I have since deleted the texture)

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so it pivoted from the middle for the first attempt, but it kept tipping over

stiff fiber
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What if it wasn't the wheel pairs, but the two wheels on either side?

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Like one file is the two wheels on the right and the other is the two wheels on the left?

supple briar
supple briar
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and that's why it looks so weird

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oh wait

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do you mean 2 wheels on the right and 2 wheels on the left?

stiff fiber
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Yes

supple briar
# stiff fiber Yes

That might feel better, but when the wheels rotated it would rotate the center of those wheels

stiff fiber
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But maybe it'll turn in a weird radius though...

supple briar
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and would then kinda,,,,windmill them

stiff fiber
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Yeah...

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Damn...

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No easy solutions to this...

supple briar
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you mean this, right?

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stiff fiber
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Yes

supple briar
#

this would work if you could disable the wheels spinning

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stiff fiber
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But that would use the center as the pivot... and it might look like the two wheels turning around the same pivot...

supple briar
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without it, it'll look like that going 65 miles an hour

stiff fiber
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Wait the game also spins the model around the world origin?

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Not around it's own origin?

supple briar
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well no

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that is the model origin

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woops

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well actually....

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I don't know?

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most wheels do have their origin set for the world origin, so I imagine it does depend on the world origin in PZ

stiff fiber
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maybe you should try out a version where the wheels on one side are set up like this

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as a last ditch effort

supple briar
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ngl I already deleted the model

stiff fiber
supple briar
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It's not a bad idea

stiff fiber
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I don't really have any other ideas

supple briar
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but sadly PZ is just built strangely

stiff fiber
supple briar
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I'm sure there's a way to make it work with LUA scripting

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probably

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maybe making the back 2 wheels a trailer that's fixed in place or something

stiff fiber
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Tunes told me earlier today that the wheels are numbered 0-3

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and each wheel has a determined wheel index

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if you could write a modified lua file where the index goes from 0-7 you would be golden

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but I don't know how you could implement it

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so the game uses your modified lua file instead of the vanilla

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a huge headache is what this is...

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sorry I couldn't help much

supple briar
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No worries

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It maybe something I look into in a few months time

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but I have a feeling the best solution is just going to be the hacky one of using fake wheels

tawny pendant
#

can someone diagnose where I screwed up in making a cheat profession? I got this error on load, and if im being honest, it means nothing to me besides the lua file I wrote for the profession is throwing an error (I say wrote, I mean I cannibalized the SOTO and US Military Professions mods for their code cause I am so far from a coder, it would be funny)

function: RR_Professions.lua -- file: RR_Professions.lua line # 28 | MOD: Republic Ranger java.lang.RuntimeException: attempted index of non-table at se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaUtil.fail(KahluaUtil.java:100) at se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaUtil.luaAssert(KahluaUtil.java:88) at se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.tableSet(KahluaThread.java:1704) at se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.luaMainloop(KahluaThread.java:579) at se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.call(KahluaThread.java:173) at se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.pcall(KahluaThread.java:1963) at se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.pcall(KahluaThread.java:1760) at se.krka.kahlua.integration.LuaCaller.pcall(LuaCaller.java:76) at se.krka.kahlua.integration.LuaCaller.protectedCall(LuaCaller.java:117) at zombie.Lua.LuaManager.RunLuaInternal(LuaManager.java:635) at zombie.Lua.LuaManager.RunLua(LuaManager.java:578) at zombie.Lua.LuaManager.RunLua(LuaManager.java:564) at zombie.Lua.LuaManager.LoadDirBase(LuaManager.java:423) at zombie.Lua.LuaManager.LoadDirBase(LuaManager.java:314) at zombie.Lua.LuaManager.LoadDirBase(LuaManager.java:475) at zombie.GameWindow.init(GameWindow.java:1386) at zombie.GameWindow.mainThreadInit(GameWindow.java:756) at zombie.GameWindow.mainThreadStart(GameWindow.java:598) at zombie.MainThread.mainLoop(MainThread.java:64) at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

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the worst part is, the mod still isn't working, the profession isn't being added, meaning this error is actually important

bright fog
bronze yoke
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at line 28 you attempted an index of a non-table

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we'd need your code to tell you what that actually means

tawny pendant
bright fog
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But in reality, they stop the mod that causes them from properly working somewhere

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It could be nothing visual, or only noticable when you ACTUALLY use that specific mod features

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Doesn't mean they aren't important ...

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Getting errors IS NOT and SHOULD NOT be normality here !

tawny pendant
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yeah but when repair any clothes throws three errors cause it can't seem to read some clothing mod I have on, I can't be bothered to diagnose exactly what got broken, since it usually just means I can't freely repair my some of my modded clothing

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its important, just not to me when I just wanna play modded zomboid lol

bright fog
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I will repeat my statement:

Getting errors IS NOT and SHOULD NOT be normality here !

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Because if you ignore that error ? How do you know which one you should ignore ?

bronze yoke
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it can be okay to ignore errors from other mods because half of the time, who cares, as long as it works, but you should not ignore errors in your own mod

tawny pendant
#

sure yeah, I agree, I just think trying to make an error free mod load is way more effort than its worth 90% of the time.

tawny pendant
red tiger
bronze yoke
#

errors are how the language tells you your code is broken, so you don't want to ignore them: even if your code is actually working despite throwing errors, you still want to fix the error so that you can trust future errors

bright fog
#

However the error you got basically means what it's saying, you're trying to access a key from a table that isn't one (usually means your "table" is probably nil here)

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if I'm not mistaken

tawny pendant
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good to know

muted garnet
#

how to replace the player's walking animation during the game? For example, by pressing a button to switch the player's walking animation to the zombie's walking animation?

bronze yoke
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you can create an animation node with higher priority than the default one with your animation, and add a variable to control it

ancient grail
ancient grail
# tawny pendant good to know

also there are errors that you think are safe but is secretly generating shit load of lines
that's gona bloat both server and client

bronze yoke
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log has a max size in b42

pulsar pagoda
#

anybody know why you can only shoot if u have a firearm model?

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anything to do with this?

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open drum
#

guys it seems like Steam is having issue with downloading the mods for dedicated servers

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the dedicated servers can't finish downloading the new mods that are updated today (13th)