mod_development

[small topaz]

This could make any mod requiring the function incompatible with your mod and result in game breaking errors!

instead of overwriting, please try using this construction:

function Vanilla.Function(a,b,c,...)

   -- insert new code here  

   vanilla_function(a,b,c,...) -- execute the UNMODIFIED vanilla function

   -- inster new code here...
end```

Other modders will be thankful if you are doing this because mod users will then report less incompatibilities.

[bright fog]

Exactly

Just hook to it

Also make sure to return the vanilla function into the override return

Like in new here it's important

Since you return the original instance created

[bronze yoke]

we don't know what his override does

overrides are not unambiguously bad

[bright fog]

They do nuke other hooks out of existence that were created before however

Especially on a new function of a timed action which I'd say has more chances of being hooked to by modders

[bronze yoke]

decorating functions doesn't actually guarantee compatibility with other mods and overrides are often the only way to do certain things

[bright fog]

Of course

But on a new function I highly doubt you have to override anything

If you need to modify a key field of the instance, you can hook to it and modify it after ...

[small topaz]

true that decoration does not guarantee compatibility but in my experience, it is much more likely that mods will stay compatible with each other. I already know several examples from my own mods

[bright fog]

It's not like new functions called other weird stuff, they usually just check entry parameters and set different values on the instance itself

[small topaz]

just imaging that every modder will radically overwrite vanilla functions (and not just decorating). would be almost impossible then to play the game with more than a few mods.

[bronze yoke]

i'm just saying that when an override seems necessary, it probably is

[bright fog]

Of course, but imo it needs to be the last option to use

[bronze yoke]

you can go to a lot of work to reverse certain effects of a function to technically use a decoration but in the end it's a waste of time because all of that is still dependent on the original function not changing

[queen oasis]

-- vanilla code ISEquipWeaponAction:complete()
if self.character:isEquippedClothing(self.item) then
  self.character:removeWornItem(self.item)
  triggerEvent("OnClothingUpdated", self.character)
end    
forceDropHeavyItems(self.character)

-- my override
if self.character:isEquippedClothing(self.item) then
  self.character:removeWornItem(self.item, false)
  triggerEvent("OnClothingUpdated", self.character)
end
forceDropHeavyItems(self.character)

not sure how else I would accomplish that without more f-ery

[bronze yoke]

depending on what the original function actually looks like, you can decorate removeWornItem instead

[small topaz]

and even two mods overwriting the same function will not work together anymore. but if they only decorate, chances are decent that everything works. that is also the reason why in B41 times (and pbbly also now), people were able to play with 50+ mod lists without breaking the game

[slim swan]

My only mod that overrides the entire file is cleanUI mod, because it seems there’s no other way.

[bright fog]

Yea in that case you can't do anything else

[queen oasis]

I think I tried to decorate but it's been awhile. maybe I'll try again when I'm done playing with planks and logs

[bronze yoke]

you guys are really misunderstanding me, i'm not saying 'override every function all of the time' 😭

[bright fog]

We're not misunderstanding you 😅

[queen oasis]

nah I think it's me 🙂

[bronze yoke]

this pattern can be useful for injecting into the middle of a function without overriding it:```lua
local old_foo = foo
function foo()
local old_bar = bar
bar = new_bar

-- bar is decorated only while foo is running
foo()

bar = old_bar

end

but this won't help is if there isn't a function near where you want to inject, or the function is too generic, or you need to write to locals

[bright fog]

Hmm in this case you can do it if the method you decorate isn't called multiple times I suppose

[bronze yoke]

yet another reason to hate recursion

[small topaz]

don't know the exact context of your code but I'd bet there is a solution without overwriting too (because there almost always is...)

[small topaz]

here is already one possible approach: use the event OnClothingUpdated, check whether it has been triggered by your complete() function and then remove the self.item manually from player inventory. not 100% sure if it will do the trick but could be a first try...

[queen oasis]

local OG_ISInventoryTransferAction_new = ISInventoryTransferAction.new

function ISInventoryTransferAction:new(character, item, srcContainer, destContainer, time)

  local f = OG_ISInventoryTransferAction_new(self, character, item, srcContainer, destContainer, time)
      
  local function getOverrideType(container)
    return JB_MaxCapacityOverride.CONTAINERS_TO_OVERRIDE[container:getType()]
  end
  
  local overrideType = getOverrideType(destContainer) or getOverrideType(srcContainer)
  if not overrideType or f.maxTime <= 1 then
    return f
  end
  -- change transfer times based on a table lookup and stupid math --

[queen oasis]

I think I'll try piddling with removeWornItem again. I'm a little more persistent now

it was a stop-gap anyway until I could think of a better solution to the long ass transfer times when you have 5000 things in your backpack (and keep the feel somewhat vanilla)

[queen oasis]

oh, and the issue with OnClothingUpdated is it fires before removeWornItem is called. the vanilla function without a bool defaults to true.

[small topaz]

but doesn't the bool only tells the vanilla game that it shoud remove items from the player inventory and drop them to ground?

[queen oasis]

yep, so with vanilla, anytime you try to equip a backback with say 180 weight, it will force drop it instead of equip it

I'm pretty sure I can get in to removeWornItem and handle it from there

[small topaz]

you could then manually do this in your OnClothingUdated function. whatever removeWornItem(item) does, undo it in OnClothingUdated. Then manually redo it by using removeWornItem(item, false)

but yeah... there are probably lots of other ways doing this. also ways without using the ClothingUpdate event

[young trellis]

local ALL_TRAIT_IDS  = { "Faithful", "LRRP_Faithful", "lrrp_faithful" } 
local ICON_KEY       = "trait_lrrp_faithful" 
local REQUIRE_TRAIT  = true

Can anyone tell me why I can't see my icon in game, no capitalization errors, its all spelled correctly the picture is in both my common and 42 folders in an 18x18 icon size I have other traits that all work but this one just doesn't get it

[true nova]

theres a mistake somewhere or your .png is no good

[small topaz]

I just started in this house by manually teleporting to the position.

Is this due to the new B42 randomly looted houses mechanics?

[bright fog]

Sounds like it ?

[young trellis]

This is the icon I'm using, its just a shrunk down crucifix icon from in game

[small topaz]

Is there a known command in the java api to suppress a house from being looted? smth like building:setHasBeenLooted(false)? W

What I can find so far for BuildingDef is setAllExplored(boolean b) and setHasBeenVisited(boolean _hasBeenVisited) but I have no idea what those commands are doing and it is a little hard to find out due to the game's randomness.

[bright fog]

Those are to verify that a zombie population has been loaded already in a building I assume

[queen oasis]

ok, tried the foo() bar = newbar() return foo and I can't get it to not throw an attempted index of non-table on the last line where I set removeWornItem back to the OG. I'm sure it's simple but man I can't see it right now

local OG_ISEquipWeaponAction_complete = ISEquipWeaponAction.complete
function ISEquipWeaponAction:complete()
    local chr = self.character
    local OG_removeWornItem = chr.removeWornItem

    if JB_MaxCapacityOverride.CONTAINERS_TO_OVERRIDE[self.item:getType()] then
        chr.removeWornItem = function(item)
            print("overriding removeWornItems")
            return OG_removeWornItem(item, false)
        end -- errors here if CONTAINERS_TO_OVERRIDE
    end

    OG_ISEquipWeaponAction_complete(self) -- error here if not CONTAINERS_TO_OVERRIDE
    chr.removeWornItem = OG_removeWornItem
end```

[true nova]

it errors if it does nothing? weird

[queen oasis]

if I print both OG_removeWornItem and chr.removeWornItem, they are both functions with the same ... whatever the 0x209... id is called

and taking out the "if" gives the same result, attempted index of non-table

idk if it's because it's a java function. this all works correctly in my head though

[bronze yoke]

you can't assign functions to a java object

userdata often looks like a table but it isn't a table

you change the metatable instead, which affects all instances```lua
local IsoPlayer = __classmetatables[IsoPlayer.class].__index

local OG_ISEquipWeaponAction_complete = ISEquipWeaponAction.complete
function ISEquipWeaponAction:complete()
local chr = self.character
local OG_removeWornItem = IsoPlayer.removeWornItem

if JB_MaxCapacityOverride.CONTAINERS_TO_OVERRIDE[self.item:getType()] then
    IsoPlayer.removeWornItem = function(self, item)
        print("overriding removeWornItems")
        return OG_removeWornItem(self, item, false)
    end -- errors here if CONTAINERS_TO_OVERRIDE
end

OG_ISEquipWeaponAction_complete(self) -- error here if not CONTAINERS_TO_OVERRIDE
IsoPlayer.removeWornItem = OG_removeWornItem

end

[queen oasis]

kk, that was my next stop but I hoping to avoid it

[queen oasis]

absolute legend

[small topaz]

finally updated to b42: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2675128168

[humble stratus]

if anyone else is looking how to get all build recipes i found a way (return 352 recipes for me but i have a few mods):

    local bl = BuildLogic.new(getPlayer(), nil, nil)
    local buildRecipes = bl:getAllBuildableRecipes()

i'm updating this mod, the author approved of me releasing it when it's done https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3134776712&tscn=1755598744

[bronze yoke]

does getScriptManager():getAllBuildableRecipes() not work?

[humble stratus]

it wasnt suggested with umbrellas typings but ill try

damn, you're right I guess i didn't catch that function because it wasn't suggested

[bronze yoke]

are you using the unstable version of umbrella?

[humble stratus]

yesss

[bronze yoke]

that's strange, oh well

[humble stratus]

yeah its not in there for some reason

but yeah thanks for the shortcut haha ^^

[bronze yoke]

ahh, it was added in 42.11.0

i didn't bother pushing an update for 42.11 since it didn't make many changes and the tools were a little broken at that time

[humble stratus]

i tried to include the games lua folder to my vs code to get full autocorrect but the lua addon wouldnt stop mass diagnosing all files lol

[humble stratus]

aahh i see nice to know

[undone elbow]

I didn't know that load order of lua files is different in Windows and Linux...

[bright fog]

Yea you're not supposed to do that

[bright fog]

It's not ?

[true nova]

<@&671452400221159444>

[gaunt marlin]

Is there a mod that lets you control a gate from inside the car, i.e. open and close it, for Build 42?

[true nova]

i thiiink better electronics has stuff for that

[bright fog]

Yea I think so yea

B42 actually not sure

But there is a mod that exists tho I don't remember the version of it

[gaunt marlin]

Thx

[small topaz]

For the other modders here in the channel: do you ever use the new B42 "incompatible mods" feature in the mod.info file, listing mods not written by you?

I've not yet seen a lot of example where this is done. Would you recommend using it?

[bronze yoke]

i've never used it - i've heard from others that a lot of these new mod features don't really work very well

[small topaz]

Yes. The incompatibility feature is somewhat buggy . The listed mods are clickable and when you click on them, game throws the red error box (although none of the mods need to be active, so it seems to be a vanilla issue). Apart from that, this specific feature seems to work quite well...

[storm thunder]

Player spawns specifically. I am very late to reply, but had a few things come up.

thats very useful info. ty!

[bright fog]

Nop because incompatibilities are already fairly rare, AND the thing is bugged anyway

They basically didn't test it ......

[cosmic pond]

Hello, I'm new to PZ modding and I wanted to make a mod that allows me to craft gravel bags and sand bags. Even though my mod shows up in game and all that but the actual recipe does not show up in game. Can anyone help me? I would be very greatful !

[mellow frigate]

Yeah, current B42 (beta) version is made for us to test and report.

[drifting ore]

B41 or 42

[bright fog]

There's a difference between implementing something and having unexpected bugs, and just implementing something and not testing it at all 💀

[bright fog]

If you're on B41 that's the wrong type of recipes, if it's B42 then try remove the space before inputs, idk if that can cause issues or not ? I don't think so but who knows

[bronze yoke]

it cannot

[drifting ore]

<@&671452400221159444>

[past radish]

MODSS

[drifting ore]

Maybe it’s real

Just this one time

[bronze yoke]

the moderators are trying to keep us poor and dependent on pz

mr beast will save us

[queen oasis]

made the 3 sizes of logs a little stubbier so it's a better scale but I think I like the longer versions better. now off to learn uv texturing in blender I guess

[queen oasis]

well, I suck at this

may be better, and may be as good as it gets with a 128x128 texture

I suppose I can give in to the voices in my head and make different logs depending on which tree you chopped down...

[true nova]

is each size worth a different amount of planks?

[queen oasis]

Yep. Small logs give none, medium log is just a normal log and gives 2. Large and very large give an amount I can't remember now. The last 2 can also be broken down into normal logs for regular crafting.

[willow tulip]

Log! it rolls down stairs, rolls down in pairs, rolls over your neighbors dog, its log, its log, its big its heavy its wood.

Neat mod btw. natural things always look better when they are not all identical

[small topaz]

ah... good old feature creep 😇

I constantly have the same problem when I am modding 😅

[shy mantle]

That's why I chose to make a mod where feature creep is the goal. Can a car spawn there? It can now...

[subtle cypress]

(build 41) whats the proper way to use getWorldStaticModel, and getCanHaveHoles? my debug logs always come up saying not found but 51 other properties were found just fine using the get commands

[bronze yoke]

getWorldStaticModel was added in b42

getCanHaveHoles only exists for clothing items

[subtle cypress]

lying ass wiki

thanks

wait so what do you do for accessories with getcanhaveholes, such as this one

[bronze yoke]

the worldstaticmodel exists, there just isn't a getter for it

[subtle cypress]

is there an alternate method you know of then?

[bronze yoke]

don't remember, i don't mod b41 anymore

[subtle cypress]

fair enough

[cosmic pond]

I'm on b42, I literally took out the code from the game so I have no clue why it doesn't work

[grim path]

looking at modding is interesting, since i've got ideas, but... i really don't know how on earth to do it

i'm so ass at coding

the only thing i want is a throwable spear

[bright fog]

?

[bright fog]

I don't see anything weird
You are using unique names for your recipes ? And where did you put the script file ?

Also you're editing those on Note pad ?

I highly advise you use a more adapted code editor

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Getting_started#Programming_environment

[cosmic pond]

I already fixed the issue, my lua code was throwing random errors probably because of something I missed, I decided to use already in-built timed actions and switched the emptysandbag for a burlapbag tag and it's currently working, took some time before I realized that I could just use in game timedactions haha

I usually use notepad, notepad++ or visual studio code

[bright fog]

timed actions in recipes are not defined in lua code actually

They are defined with a timed action script

[cosmic pond]

they aren't? huh

well that's good to know then

[bright fog]

Yea ... it's a confusing part because there are scripts timed actions AND Lua timed actions

[cosmic pond]

oooh

[bright fog]

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/TimedAction_(craftRecipe)

[cosmic pond]

that... makes sense

[bright fog]

Yea idk lol makes shit harder to comprehend haha

[cosmic pond]

yeah

but the most confusing thing was when I had a sack in my inventory and I couldn't craft

[bright fog]

<@&671452400221159444>

[cosmic pond]

but that was because there are multiple ids for this item so I used the burlapbag tag instead

[bright fog]

I see your make sand recipe outputs a gravel bag and uses a sandbag ?

[cosmic pond]

it used the id emptysandbag

which is ONE of the ids of the "sack" item

I used the Base.EmptySandbag because I thought it was the only id for that item

it used to be like that in b41 pretty sure

[bright fog]

But it uses Base.Sandbag, not empty sandbag in your make sand recipe

[bright fog]

Also I didn't knew there were literally multiple sandbag items lol that's cursed as shit

[cosmic pond]

cursed but it kinda makes sense if you think about it

[bright fog]

Eh

Those do the same thing no ?

Those are the same item ?

[cosmic pond]

yeah, they are all sacks

[bright fog]

Maybe different texture ? You can have an item with texture variations

[cosmic pond]

you mean this?

[bright fog]

Yea

[cosmic pond]

yeah, I guess I messed it up because it was supposed to be the other way around haha

I fixed it today though

[bright fog]

👌

If you've figured it out that's good ^v^

[cosmic pond]

the different tags are supposed to be meant for sacks of different origins, sometimes you find them with dead mice inside

thats why there are tags for such things

ids I mean

[bright fog]

Yea but I feel like that's the kind of thing where they could make components for them and have behavior variations when the item spawns in

[cosmic pond]

maybe

game development can be complicated, that's all I can say

anyways

Thanks for the help and info about the two versions of "timedactions"

[bright fog]

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Unofficial_Modding_Discord

[thin swan]

I can help with some animations for free if you still need them when I have time

[queen oasis]

the feature creep is in my wish list notes. I had to pare it back a little yesterday so I didn't get discouraged or bored again

[queen oasis]

you the man. If I can't figure it out or find a vanilla anim that works okish, I'll hit you up

[molten grail]

Feature creep is the entirety of my mod. It started simply as a way to convert items of the same name from mod A to mod B (and vice versa)

Now, the latest feature I added, was adding treasure maps to zombie drops, with semi-randomized locations and loot

[queen oasis]

judging by the way my game crashes to desktop, I'm going to guess that custom timedAction scripts are a no no (the scripts in timedactions.txt)

[bronze yoke]

nope, you did something wrong i guess

[topaz lake]

I love that there’s a GTA: San Andreas True Music mod with all the radio stations and commercials, but I was wondering if it could be fine tuned in such a way to where each tracklist is on a different frequency?

Ex. K-ROSE could be 92.7, Radio Los Santos 95, WCTR, 88 etc.
Sometimes I only wanna listen to a certain station

K-ROSE is my favorite btw! ☺️ started my lifelong love and appreciation for Willie Nelson

[bright fog]

They can be achieved

Like other scripts

[queen oasis]

ok, I'll give it another try then. I mean, I'm usually perfect so it must have been vscode fault or something

yea, it works. it infers base, so module must be specified in craftRecipe
timedAction = JBLogging.JBSawLogs,

I knew that, don't know why I blanked on it

[queen oasis]

holding the axe the wrong way. always something

[subtle cypress]

I have no idea what gave you the impression I'm using notepad, and I figured it out
I have to access the sprite then I can access the model

[summer wren]

Could be worse... 🪓

[queen oasis]

yea, could own a cyber truck

I haven't dug too far in to CraftRecipe, but either OnStart doesn't work or I'm using it wrong

[queen oasis]

OnStart not working is really harshing my propensity for laziness

[bronze yoke]

hmm, maybe onstart doesn't do what i assumed it did

it might be related more to crafting stations that take time to craft things without the player manually crafting it (e.g. drying racks)

the only reference i see to it other than those is *immediately before finishing crafting*, not at the start

[queen oasis]

I see it in CraftRecipeCode. I was hoping that the craftRecipe would call it

I might do some tests. anything to avoid making timed action functions

yea might just be for entityrecipes and I'm not ready for that yet

[bronze yoke]

it seems it's just for recipes crafted by crafting stations, for hand craft and build craft it's just called immediately before OnCreate

i didn't know this stuff was even in yet 😅 all of my questions about the crafting code could be answered easily if i just played the game

[queen oasis]

I haven't played in months

besides for testing my mods. once MP is out, I'm sure I'll get back to it

[bronze yoke]

i knew there were crafting stations but i didn't think they were actually able to craft independently from the player

yeah, i think that's what most of us are waiting for

[queen oasis]

I'm working up to crafting stations but really, I have no idea how they work yet

I wonder if I can force an OnStart from an OnTest = true

no, that sounds worse than just making a timed action. OnTest runs a dozen times when you get near the item

[bright fog]

I mean the screenshot you sent is on Notepad lol

[subtle cypress]

thats the wiki, i posted with the image "lying ass wiki"

i can get darkmode on notepad?

legit question, i would love that

[drifting ore]

anyone knows a mod that cars have nitro?

[queen oasis]

why yes, you can

edit / Font / App theme

[bright fog]

I literally wasn't talking to you ???

I just realized

Like what is he talking about

My message was literally not directed to you only the "?" that's it

[subtle cypress]

oh i misread and thought the followup was part of that

[subtle cypress]

yeah i dont have that

[bright fog]

Never heard of that

[bright fog]

Windows 11

[queen oasis]

yea, don't puke please

[bright fog]

On Windows 10 it's not a thing

[queen oasis]

upgrade now. have you upgraded? you should upgrade now before it's too late. have you upgraded?

[bright fog]

I literally moved to Linux to not upgrade

[queen oasis]

I don't hate it but I miss 10. really, I miss 7

and deep down, I miss XP

[bright fog]

yo old ass

[subtle cypress]

vista gang

[queen oasis]

post up, foo

but take it easy, cuz I'm old

[queen oasis]

my first computer was a ZX81 but I was a kid then

[subtle cypress]

mine was a dell from rent-a-center

running xp

[queen oasis]

man, I miss rent-a-center. they closed the one here down when the manager was busted bringing pills up from Missouri

my brother saved and got a 486DX something or other with 95. simpler times

[quick leaf]

Hello me and my buddys are trying to get into modding.
i have some coding background as im studying it and am doing it for work, although im new to lua.
can someone give me some advice on what i am missing. Im trying to add a ModOption and want to add a keybind wich then runs a function.
however when getting myKeybind:getValue() i always get 0. Do i have to manually set the value on apply?

local myExampleOption = PZAPI.ModOptions:create("myExampleOptionID","Example options")
local myKeybind = myExampleOption:addKeyBind("testKeybind", "Keybind", Keyboard.KEY_NONE)

local function helloWorld(key)
    print(myKeybind:getValue())
end
Events.OnKeyPressed.Add(helloWorld)

Any help greatly appriciated.
Also regarding the LuaDocs. is it save to assume methods are always : and not . ?
ive also considered the unnofficial modding discord. is that generaly where discussions happens or am i at the right place here?
many thanks in advance

[bright fog]

• Not sure, I don't think so. @bronze yoke probably knows
• The unofficial modding Discord is great, especially if you want to get more technical. This channel is fine too but I lean more towards the modding Discord personally for more in-depth help on the Lua and even other stuff

[bright fog]

Have you followed the wiki page on the subject of mod options ?

KEY_NONE is 0, so it means it stays key none when you get the keybind value

When you change it in the options, you still get 0 ?

You don't need to update the value on apply, the way you do it retrieves the current value everytime so no reasons for that being an issue

Also I just checked and you're using the addKeyBind wrong

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/ModOptions#Keybind

Wait no sorry

Nvm you're using it right

[quick leaf]

yes the first line is quite literly copied.

ive changed to dash "-" to avoid conflicts with other keybind, and to q. both cases its 0

[bright fog]

My brain looked and saw 4 params, and only 3 in yours and saw a problem bt no tooltip is optional lol

[bright fog]

Hmm

You made sure to click "apply" when changing the keybind ?

I doubt that's the problem but eh

[quick leaf]

i understand the concern, but yes

[bright fog]

When setting the new keybind in the options, try to check in the file which holds the settings if it appears

[queen oasis]

local myExampleOption = PZAPI.ModOptions:getOptions("myExampleOptionID")
local myKeyBind = myExampleOption:getOption("testKeybind")
local helloWorld = function(keynum)
  if keynum == myKeyBind then
    print("Pressed the key bind key:" .. keynum)
  end
end
Events.OnKeyPressed.Add(helloWorld)

something like that

[quick leaf]

wierd this is from the ModOptions.ini file...

keybind|myExampleOptionID|testKeybind|45
keybind|myExampleOptionID|testKeybind|0
keybind|myExampleOptionID|testKeybind|0

[quick leaf]

i dont think fetching the option object again is necessery when its already cached in a variable.
thanks for the recommendation tho

[bright fog]

Yea that's not needed

As long as he checks the value

[queen oasis]

I was covering bases

[bright fog]

Ok lmao that's fucked up

Try deleting the two last entries

[quick leaf]

ive also tried removing the 2 lines with the 0es and that doesnt change it

[bright fog]

Try removing every lines

Why is it there's always a problem with mod options that's insane

[bronze yoke]

if something is marked with the keyword static it is ., otherwise it's :

sorry that's not clearer, the luadocs are built on a documentation generator meant for an entirely different language (none really exist for lua) and i haven't had time to retool the way things are presented yet

[quick leaf]

i see, i was reading about that when i looked into lua earlier today.
Thanks

[bright fog]

Oh lol I checked if there was the static word that mattered, I randomly picked classes that ONLY had static functions lol

So I thought that might not be it

[quick leaf]

Its fine honestly, ive read and written far worse docs myself. anything to guide in a general direction is appreciated.

[bronze yoke]

when i was double checking myself i couldn't find any *with* static functions 😅 i was worried i might be wrong for a second

[quick leaf]

mhm, weve been playing on a modpack earlier this summer. i unsubscribed from all workshop files - could there still be conflicts?

[bright fog]

No reasons

There can't be incompatibilities if you don't active the mods

In theory

[bronze yoke]

unsubscribing should be fine, it is not really possible for a mod to be able to make permanent changes to the game

[quick leaf]

is there a good way of debbuging the game using the ingame debugger, so that i can atleas figure out why its adding more than one line to the ingame file

[queen oasis]

local myExampleOption = PZAPI.ModOptions:create("myExampleOptionID", "Example options")
local myKeybind = myExampleOption:addKeyBind("testKeybind", "Keybind", Keyboard.NONE)

local function helloWorld(key)
    
    if key == myKeybind:getValue() then
        print("pushed the damn key")
    end
end
Events.OnKeyPressed.Add(helloWorld)

this works fine for me but idk

maybe I'm missing the question

[quick leaf]

cant confirm on my end lol

[bright fog]

@quick leaf Try reseting your cache folder

[quick leaf]

how do i do that

[bright fog]

Sadly no here, you'd have to dig through the game code to understand why that's a thing

[bright fog]

Delete the zomboid folder, tho maybe that's a bit much ...

Are you adding multiple times the option ?

[quick leaf]

nope what you see is what is in the mod, besides general config stuff

[bronze yoke]

local Config = {
    keys = {
        openDebugMenu = nil
    }
}

if getDebug() then
    local modOptions = PZAPI.ModOptions:create(
        "Starlit",
        getText("UI_StarlitLibrary")
    )

    local openDebugMenu = modOptions:addKeyBind(
        "DebugMenuKey",
        getText("UI_StarlitLibrary_Options_DebugMenuKey"),
        nil,
        getText("UI_StarlitLibrary_Options_DebugMenuKey_tooltip")
    )

    modOptions.apply = function()
        Config.keys.openDebugMenu = openDebugMenu.key
    end

    Events.OnGameStart.Add(modOptions.apply)
end

return Config
```this is how i usually use them, they've worked fine for me

do you have any other mods enabled?

[quick leaf]

deleting the folder will let it get reset on next game launch?

[bronze yoke]

i see a possibility that some other mod has a messed up mod option that breaks yours in a chain reaction

[bright fog]

It will recreate the whole thing, but make sure to not delete your mod in there

[quick leaf]

workshop folder is empty besides the mod

[bright fog]

I would have assumed a behavior similar to the string bug bricking the game but here their option file seems to be empty besides their own options

[bronze yoke]

it could be then that it was caused by an earlier version of the code, and the duplicated entries in the file are causing it to persist

[bright fog]

He did delete the entries tho

@quick leaf did you close the game when you deleted the duplicated entries ?

[quick leaf]

ive tried restarting at multiple times in the process although im not 100% sure i did that, ive now reset the folder and will try again

well what ever was the problem its fixed. probably got messed up somewhere inbetween changing from 41 to 42 and unsubscribing from mods

thanks to everyone who helped the troubleshooting anyways. ☺️
being new to a language/framework always makes it hard to decide if im the one to blame or something is going on unusual under the hood.

[bright fog]

yea no worries

[queen oasis]

my player is trying to chop a log with a saw. time to take a break

moar recipes I guess

[true nova]

make it so you can shoot it down with a gun

[austere garden]

Anyone know of any like 'Action' Mods that allow Players to do roleplay actions, like Praying, Saluting, Laughing, etc.?

For B42 ideally

[molten grail]

https://tenor.com/view/chris-evans-wood-rip-strong-ripped-gif-8668757

[molten grail]

True actions has one for dancing. Idk of any others that do though

[austere garden]

Yeah, I already use True Actions, but just looking for something to make my character feel a bit more alive for i m m e r s i o n, like burying a friend and praying for a moment at the sight, before moving on, or saluting a squad of turned Soldiers since I'm rolling Vet

[bright fog]

TTRP poses maybe

[austere garden]

Ah this might just be what I'm looking for thank you very much!

[autumn bluff]

is there any way to check all menus for a suboption with a specific name?
am doing it in "onWorldObjectContextMenu"
and searching for "ContextMenu_Drink", the drink suboption in most water sources
version is B42

[bright fog]

Yes

However it can be limited based on what you're looking for due to options not having IDs and instead you need to ID by name

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/ISTimedActionQueue

[autumn bluff]

i can only get it to search top level menus... i need to search submenus

[bright fog]

Aaah recursive search ?

You could program a recursive search tho none is available in the base game for context menus

Check if an option has children or whatever the suboptions are attached to

[autumn bluff]

am lua beginner. any help is appreciated

the ultimate goal is to gray out the drink option if a condition is met

[willow tulip]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/585277539501735937/1408365308963590265/image.png?ex=68a979e7&is=68a82867&hm=28a7ff3417401de4b7013856171190a2782e9e1692b789c7ba130f9400ab032f& More progress on my engine parts mod 🙂

[bright fog]

Sadly I can't help much rn

[willow tulip]

Hope I can find a modeler someday lol

[autumn bluff]

heck, alright. its bedtime for me anyway.

[bright fog]

You can do a thing which is either in debug mode intercept the context menu object and look at the content of it, which I'm not familiar with
Or print k v pairs(menu) to see its content and see how options which have submenus are indicated

Submenus are accessible from the main menu, tho the best method to access them I'm not sure

You can check if an option has submenus and access it in your recursed function

[willow tulip]

Or you can intercept the call to create submenu and modify options created for drink.

[autumn bluff]

hmm... when would either of you be able to help me write the recursive search?

[mint reef]

is the washer/dryer function timed action?

[true nova]

yes

[true nova]

if i remember right this is how it works

local function removeSubmenuByName(name,context)
    if #context.options == 0 then return end
    local tmp = context.options
    for i, v in pairs(context.options) do
        if v.name == name then
            table.remove(tmp,i)
        elseif v.subOption then
            local submenu =       context:getSubMenu(v.subOption)
            if submenu then
                removeSubmenuByName(name,submenu)
            end
        end
    end
    context.options = tmp
end

should recurse on itself until it doesnt find a suboption

[bright fog]

Definitely not the most performant optimized, he already catches the menus so he just needs to check that main one

[rapid pond]

yo I'm back, and i tried making irritated eyes. what I did is just switch the hue to red but I think it looks kinda good

[rapid pond]

huh

[bronze yoke]

to add to what doggy said, doesn't actually work at all, most context menus are created in java

one of my mods worked on that concept before they changed that 😅

[rapid pond]

decided to tone down the colors a bit and irritate the eyelids too

[rapid pond]

added some more red to the pupils since the last one feels a bit too cheap

[rapid pond]

trying to make a screaming mouth

or something

[bright fog]

Ah yea I keep forgetting about that lol

[bright fog]

Too square I'd say ?

Also do you paint while viewing those in Blender too ?

[rapid pond]

no I just directly use gimp

because blender is too laggy for me

already looking better

planning to add wrinkles to make it a bit more realistic

since when you open your mouth when you scream it wrinkles back

you know

ok what am I blabbering about

[bright fog]

Fair

[bright fog]

Yea looks better !

[bright fog]

Lol no worries

[rapid pond]

but i think in the later stages the skin should be paler

because

i uh

kinda got inspired by a zombie eas scenario

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBWdwDTn4vE

basically ebola

but

zombifying

wow so original

but it's airborne

they say it's flu like

so i got inspired by the flu

and then plan to add bleeding in the later stagesù

but I don't wanna mess with the base textures too much since the bodydmg can make some REALLY nasty zombiesù

or INfECtED

[bright fog]

Hmm that's fine no ? Unless you don't want these body damages ?

[rapid pond]

I am NOT that advanced for gore

besides the eyes took me almost one hour

you know

in fact i'm kinda proud of the irritated eyes since it's my first retexture

[bright fog]

You could also remove them

That's what I meant

Depends on if your zombies can have gore like some found in the base game

[rapid pond]

OH

well

the zombies or should I say InFeCtEd ||ok i'll stop||

are still alive

[queen oasis]

it's gonna happen

[rapid pond]

so your face being ripped out and still being alive after that isn't that realistic

better make their health fragile

especially because they're sprinters

[bright fog]

Yea so maybe removing those is a good idea ?

[rapid pond]

or you could just make their toughness fragile

[bright fog]

They can spawn with these body damage

[rapid pond]

oh yeah

[bright fog]

Removing those shouldn't be hard

You overwrite the textures with pure transparent images

At least I think that's how it should be done, like for body textures replacements

[rapid pond]

huh

neat

actually keeping the gore's good

even though it's not realistic

thanks for the suggestion though

[opal flame]

Guys, I made a weapon mod, but the weapon’s sound in-game doesn’t spread beyond 10 blocks. Even if I copy the exact same sound settings from the vanilla weapons, the sound still doesn’t travel, and it just cuts off right at the 10th block. We’re planning to use it on our multiplayer server, but I couldn’t figure out the issue. Is there anyone who can help? (Build 41) https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3290520996

[rapid pond]

I can't decide which looks better (1st one inspired by the zombified moodle)

[queen oasis]

not sure why I thought hitting a tree with something outside the "chop tree" function would fire IsoTree.WeaponHit

oooh, OnWeaponHitTree is a thing. very nice

[true nova]

pretty sure all the custom gun sound mods have this issue unfortunately. the best solution i've thought of is finding if a player is in the weapon range but outside the range they cant hear and playing the sound within the cutoff radius in the direction of its origin. kind of a dumb way to do it

[true nova]

id overcomplicate this and roll random bullet hole sprites to attach to the tree with offsets and once enough stacked along a line it would break.

[queen oasis]

the shooting trees is going to go on the wish list for later and I'll add the 'complication' cuz I like that.
OnWeaponHitTree only fires in CombatManager.processMaintanenceCheck and it checks isActuallyAttackingWithMeleeWeapon so as far as I can tell, bullets won't register.

I should separate this mod out from my auto logging mod Deforestation Simulator too

[true nova]

well bullets do hit trees right? so surely it triggers somewhere. good luck with that. gonna be a big table of x,y positions on trees lol

[opal flame]

So how do they keep the radius of the sounds wide in other custom weapon mods?

[true nova]

i was asked to look into some popular ones and i didnt find one that worked in mp

[tranquil kindle]

For b41? You don't put your sound file name into swing sound but instead make sound script
example:

sound FlamethrowerFire
    {
        category = Weapon, loop = false, is3D = true,
        clip { file = media/sound/Flamethrower.ogg, distanceMax = 30, volume = 0.2f, }
        maxInstancesPerEmitter = 2,
    }

is3D means you can tell directions its coming from and it also fades the further you're from sound source. DistanceMax is self explanatory. Volume you have to try diffrent values depending on your sound file. MaxInstances i belive is to limit the amount of same sounds that can be played in certain amound of time. If you have high fire of rate weapon it might be good option?

[opal flame]

I understand what you mean, I found it in the game files, these sound txt files are also needed for the propagation of the sound. If I'm not mistaken, I found the right place.

[tranquil kindle]

The thing is that most vanila sounds are hidden in .bank files, so those scripts may vary. The one i've showed you is for something basic like firing sound for a gun

[quick leaf]

is there a way to create items and recipes programaticaly?

[bronze yoke]

are you trying to create them at runtime or just pre-generate scripts for ease of development?

for runtime, no (recipes can be created at runtime in b41 though)

[queen oasis]

I feel bad about this

and I'll make it a lookup table before I'm done, so no judging the code yet aight

[opal flame]

Thank you very much

[muted garnet]

at what distance can zombies notice the player for each zombie vision setting?

[bright fog]

At least you're aware of it lol

[queen oasis]

local typeDropsInChat = {
    [1] = function(sq)
        local animalTypes = { "hen", "cockerel" }
        local breeds = { "leghorn", "rhodeisland" }

        local animalType = animalTypes[ZombRand(#animalTypes) + 1]
        local breedName = breeds[ZombRand(#breeds) + 1]

        local breed = AnimalDefinitions.getDef(animalType):getBreedByName(breedName)
        local animal = addAnimal(getCell(), sq:getX(), sq:getY(), sq:getZ(), animalType, breed, false)

        animal:addToWorld()
        animal:changeStress(100)
        animal:forceWanderNow()
    end,

    [2] = function(sq) sq:AddWorldInventoryItem("Base.Egg", 0, 0, 0, false) end,
    [3] = function(sq) sq:AddWorldInventoryItem("Base.DeadBird", 0, 0, 0, false) end,
    [4] = function(sq) sq:AddWorldInventoryItem("Base.DeadSquirrel", 0, 0, 0, false) end,
}```
boom. already thinking of a making common, rare and maybe legendary drops

[bright fog]

When do you run that ?

[queen oasis]

it's hijacking IsoTree.WeaponHit

[bright fog]

👌

Spawning a chicken lol ?

That's cool

[queen oasis]

can't remember what to use instead of ZombRand

[bright fog]

Random

[queen oasis]

duh

[bright fog]

Sec

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Random

[queen oasis]

if I cache newrandom when the script loads, it will still pick a new seed each time I call it, right?

[bright fog]

Yes

If you don't set a seed, it's fully random

[bronze yoke]

when you create a random it starts with a random seed

the seed changes every time you generate a number even if you do set a seed

[bright fog]

Does it ?

[bronze yoke]

yeah

[bright fog]

Explains better how it works I guess

[bronze yoke]

the seed change is deterministic based on the calls made, so all that setting the seed does is make it so that you always have the same starting point

[queen oasis]

doing what I need. I'm using random a lot so might as well do it right

[bright fog]

Best to get used to it too since it's overall better

[queen oasis]

I can't figure out how to interrupt tree damage when the player just swings an axe at a tree

CombatManager.CheckObjectHit is where that magic happens, but I can't find a way to stop it before it gets there

hmm, maybe I can check if the chop chop is from the ISChopTree action

[fleet bridge]

setTreeDamage to 0 on one of the weapon swing events

then reset it back to the script value on player attack finished

but it will still hit the tree unfortunately

[queen oasis]

that was my take, OnWeaponTreeHit and figure out which tree the player is facing or hitting

I thought about onWeaponSwing for a minute but didn't want someone swinging at a zombie near a tree and not doing any damage

[fleet bridge]

you can make it do basically no damage, but it will always hit the tree

you'd need to change the script value to not have a TreeDamage parameter iirc

if you can somehow make that value nil you might be in business

[queen oasis]

oh, ok yea I didn't know about the TreeDamage thingy

that's a good way in

never made a weapon and never really looked at the files for them

that was easy. thanks!

[gaunt jay]

Hello guys, does anyone know of a trustworthy source or way to get someone to do a mod? tried finding someone through Fiverr but the services I found in there seemed like scams:"(

[tight elm]

There is a server called PZ Modding Community. You can post commissions there

[queen oasis]

idk why the tree damage keeps going down unless getTreeDamage() isn't getting the script value

[fleet bridge]

what's the code look like?

are you resetting it back to its original value?

[queen oasis]

local weaponTreeDamage
Events.OnWeaponSwing.Add(function(player, weapon)
    print("Player has timed actions? " .. tostring(player:hasTimedActions()))
    if not player:hasTimedActions() then
        weaponTreeDamage = weapon:getTreeDamage()
        weapon:setTreeDamage(0)
        print("OnWeaponSwing: setting tree damage to 0")
    end
end)

Events.OnPlayerAttackFinished.Add(function(player, weapon)
    weapon:setTreeDamage(weaponTreeDamage)
    print("OnPlayerAttackFinished: setting tree damage to " .. weaponTreeDamage)
end)

[fleet bridge]

b41? b42?

[queen oasis]

42 all day, every day

[fleet bridge]

make an instance item, get the tree damage off of that

instead of caching it in a var

[quaint sage]

Is it possible to make a mod that automatically gives a previously set Item loadout and skill levels?

[quaint sage]

When spawning

or respawning

[thin swan]

Yes it's possible, you can add items to a player's inventory when first spawning in, and set skills at certain levels. You could set the loadout in sandbox options

[small topaz]

Is there a command to delete a single profession?

[queen oasis]

I'll give that a try after some food. Went down the rabbit hole on why it's happening and heck if I know

public void setTreeDamage(int treeDamage) {
  this.treeDamage = treeDamagex;
}```
seems wrong unless I don't know what the x means

because treeDamagex isn't declared or used anywhere else that I can tell

there's varx everywhere so I probably just don't know what it is

[fleet bridge]

im only familiar with using it on b41, i havent touched b42 since last christmas lol

[bronze yoke]

it means you've decompiled with a very old version of zomboid decompiler

[queen oasis]

sounds like me

the new version is verbose. I like it

public void setTreeDamage(int _treeDamage) {
    this.treeDamage = _treeDamage;
}```

cool

can't blame the code now

[alpine mica]

How do I make the map bigger, also how would I revamp tiles and stuff to make it look like real life stuff, I was wondering if this was possible I was also trying to figure out how to make more cars spawn, can anyone help

[thin swan]

Make map bigger as in expand the current Knox county base map to have new areas? You can make new tiles and give them more detail and higher resolution, it will use up more resources and could make it laggy though. But you can technically do it

[alpine mica]

Oh I need less lag

I was thinking of more areas to explore

[thin swan]

Ah okay, you should check out the mapping discord and go through the pinned posts

You can find the discord at the bottom here https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Discord#External_links

[alpine mica]

Oh okay

Thank you

[queen oasis]

I might remember to change these animations some day

[bright fog]

There's a wiki page for the mapping Discord too

[small topaz]

Can anyone confirm that in B42 vanilla, it is possible to spawn in a looted house? I did several test runs with looted houses on insane and looks like it can happen. Just asking here since the whole thing is randomized. So I want to double check...

[tranquil reef]

aren't item textures stored in tilesets in the vanilla game

[true nova]

anything can be an axe with enough effort

[molten grail]

Is there even a way to change the animation based on which tool is used, without making separate recipes?

[small topaz]

in some cases this can be done via the timedAction belonging to your task (they control which animation is actually played). but not sure how easy it is in B42 when crafting from a recipe

[queen oasis]

I'm on 42 and using craft recipes, so the timed action is defined in the recipe. So ya, separate for different tools. The overhead axe chop is the pick axe animation, but the player holds the axe backwards.

[small topaz]

B42 has still the ISCraftAction.lua in the shared TimedActions folder and it contains the code

    self:setActionAnim(self.recipe:getAnimNode());
else
    self:setActionAnim(CharacterActionAnims.Craft);
end```

[small topaz]

Does anyone know the correct way to check whether all squares in a building or a room are fully loaded?

The problem is that in my modded situation after manually teleporting the player, the command room:getSquares() can return an empty list although the room has more than 0 square. This can happen during the first ticks of the game.

During the first ticks, the size of the list increases, so it takes some time until all squares are in the list. Problem is that for an arbitrary room, I don't know for how many squares I should wait...

[mild canyon]

Hello everyone!
I'm new in mode developing, I work in Blender and I would really appreciate some help. Could someone please answer my questions:

1. Could I use my custom rig with custom bones in the game, if I'm not going to use vanilla animations at all (or should I remake all my custom animations based on PZ_HumanRig bones)? So, I want to load my custom NPC with custom bones and all the animations I made for it into the game and I'm wondering, if it's possible (If yes - the following questions are not relevant.).
2. If not, could I just delete the model from PZ_HumanRig or Mystery_rig and reparent the def. bones to my custom model?
3. Is it OK, If I rescale or move the bones to make them fit my model?
4. Now I can't even load my model into the game, might it be the problem of my custom bones? May be you could help me to import the model at least as an object? I see only question marks on the floor after trying to spawn it. Are there any code tipps?

P.S. I am very new in this branch, so I deeply apologize for all the stupid questions. I would really appreciate your help!

[small topaz]

Does anyone knows how the class RoomRect work? (see here: https://demiurgequantified.github.io/ProjectZomboidJavaDocs/zombie/iso/RoomDef.RoomRect.html) I have a RoomRect form the array list roomDef:getRects() but all the methods mentioned in the javadoc give me an "attempted index: ... of non-table" error

[true nova]

id just delay it by x ticks starting at like 500. should load in everything after so many ticks and no one is gonna notice a few hundred tick delay. thats just assuming you want to do something on loading in, if it is done while the world loads that is not something i know how to do

[true nova]

i dont do 3d models hardly but ive seen it said that in theory all custom models with custom bones and custom animations should work

[mild canyon]

Could you please tell me, where could I found the infos about it? Where have you seen it said?
I said you don’t do them hardly, but have you ever tried to use your custom object with your custom bone?
Is bone naming important?

[tranquil kindle]

In B41 you can't use custom armature

I heard you can in 42, but I myself am not sure

[bright fog]

Yes it seems in B42 you can, however to apply it to existing entities you'd have to redo all their animations with the newly added bone

[regal umbra]

Is there a way to get the vehicle zones next to the houses. I.e the driveways

Im looking at IsoMetaGrid:getVehicleZoneAt()

not sure if it's that or not

And if that's it, how would I get the metaGrid from the cell the player spawned at

Essentially what I want to do is whenever a player picks for example Rosewood and spawns in one of the houses, my code picks that house driveway and spawns the vehicle there

I know there's getMetaGrid() but that is a method only in IsoWorld not IsoCell

[bright fog]

I mean, isn't that enough ?

[regal umbra]

Not sure, that's why I'm asking

[bright fog]

Chuck was using that I think to retrieve every buildings on the map

[regal umbra]

Yeah, but I mean how would I go on about taking the building the player is in and spawning the vehicle in that building's driveway

[bright fog]

You can easily retrieve the player building with getBuilding

[true nova]

you probably need vehiclezones. you can get them with the metagrid. idk anything about it but i assume thats how the devs decide where to spawn vehicles

[regal umbra]

Yeah that's where getVehicleZoneAt(x,y,z) comes in

[true nova]

ah my bad my reading comprehension is bad

[true nova]

this returns a vehicle zone with coordinates

 local zone = getVehicleZoneAt(x,y,z)
  zone:getName()

i would get the building the player is in, use that to check the perimeter until you find a driveway?

[regal umbra]

Yeah it's what im currently working on

[regal umbra]

Ah yes

Lovely spawn

[bright fog]

That's a start

[pearl prism]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3554424111
I published my Humvee mod, it has a turret with a functional machine gun.

[tranquil kindle]

Does it use any kind of framework to make it more durable?

[regal umbra]

I already got it working lmao, not really sure on why that singe spawn point made that happen

single*

Perhaps it spawned too close to the wall

But i fixed it (I think) by adding a minDistance check

Working with trailers too now!! :D

[bright fog]

Great !

[tulip valve]

Anyone know where the vanilla zomboid welding scrap sword recipes are located? I checked in media/scripts/recipes, but its not there :/

[pearl prism]

Yes, but only for the hood and engine with the bullbar. In the future, I will add additional armor and other things.

[bronze yoke]

this error means the class is not exposed

you could use starlit's reflection library to read its fields (exposure doesn't matter for field access)

[small topaz]

Thanks! I'll have a look at it!

[mild canyon]

Hello, guys! Tell me please, how to add my animation .fbx as mode (I've created some animations based on PZ_HumanRig). I've found many guides with NO CODE examples there. Help... I don't want to replace vanilla animations, I want to add my own, it could be possible, yes?..

[thin swan]

What kind of animation is it? You have to make a .xml file in the correct folder for the player state. So for example if you want the animation to play when you're running, then you have to put your xml file in media\AnimSets\player\run

[mild canyon]

Martial art fighting animations:)

[thin swan]

If you don't know how to make the xml file, you can either look at how the vanilla ones are set up, and then just make sure that you add <m_ConditionPriority> to your xml so that your animation takes priority

Nice! I was working on a martial arts mod as well, but it's been taking a back seat for other stuff 😅

You're gonna have to do a lot of stuff in Lua if you want different types of moves btw, trying to add unarmed combat is pretty tricky. You basically have to use the shove and override it with your own moves

[mild canyon]

So, don't you mind me to add you? Could you help me a bit more in DM?

[thin swan]

You can download my b42 skateboard and check how I replaced the shove animation only while holding the skateboard

Sure but I'm gonna be pretty busy for the next couple of days, but I will try to answer when I can

[mild canyon]

Ok, Thanks' a lot! I really appreciate your help!

[bright fog]

Idk what guides you found that have no code because literally every guide I know about animations do have codes lol

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Creating_custom_animations

Ah I guess the wiki guide doesn't nvm

It's kind of something that is a bit unfinished rn and since I'm not very knowledgable about animations it's likely it won't improve until I go deep into it

[thin swan]

I used this one when I first tried https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3035712003, but it's pretty barebones

Has enough to get you started though

I should help fill out the animation section on the wiki tbh, I've learned a lot from making my rideables

The next thing I want to tackle is the 2dblends system in the animations, I have a rough idea on how it works but I want to really know exactly how to use it

[hearty canopy]

Hi, I'm having trouble with a mod I just made that tweaks some recipes. I'm ending up with 2 of the same recipes (albeit one with the changed resource cost) even though my mod's recipes have the Override tag

[thin swan]

Does it mirror the name and location of the vanilla recipe? AFAIK it has to in order for it to replace the vanilla recipe

[small topaz]

does zomboid's lua allows
local t = { maxX = maxX, minX = minX, maxY = maxY, minY = minY }
so the key is the same as the variable name?

[hearty canopy]

It should. I should also mention the original recipe is from a mod as well, and mine comes after it in the load order

[bright fog]

Yes

[bronze yoke]

remember thatlua { key = value }
is really```lua
{
["key"] = value
}

the key isn't actually a variable reference in that syntax, it is a string

[thin swan]

Hmm, did you try putting yours before it in the load order?

[hearty canopy]

thats actually how it was originally, i moved it to after the load order to see if it fixed the duplicating recipe

[thin swan]

Dang okay, I've never tried overriding other recipes and I'm not by my computer right now so I'm afraid I can't help more atm

[small topaz]

yeah I know. I am just wondering if zomboid's lua supports this syntax (newer lua versions do this but was not sure about zomboid...

[bleak remnant]

Does someone here knows how to make a zombie wear an item and it not show or be transferable from its inventory?

when it dies

i am not quite sure how people do it vanilla tho

mods like The last of us use zombie forge but that anthro mod somehow is able to do it vanila

but the way it is made is weird since it uses "fur" on it's script to apply the item to

so i cudn't figure out so well by myself

[small topaz]

what do you mean by "The last of us use zombie forge" ?

[bleak remnant]

here

zomboid forge, i said it wrong

but there are mods there do it vanilla

i just don't know how to do it myself

[thin swan]

Yeah to make it not visible on the zombie you have to hook into ISInventoryPane:renderdetails and add a condition to stop rendering based on your needs. This is super messy though and ripe for conflict with other mods because there's no clean way to hook into that function and release it for other mods to use after.
Making it non-transferable is easier, you hook into ISInventoryTransferAction:isValid() and add a condition that is met when the src container is the zombie, and the item is what you want to block from being transferred.

You can check the files for my bicycle mod, I do both of those things in it for my attachable containers

[bleak remnant]

Dam... So, do you think it is a good idea just make it not transferable? like, keep the item there but untouchable?

[thin swan]

I'd say so yeah

[bleak remnant]

ok, thanks, this will do.

[bright fog]

Simply not put a display name

[bright fog]

No need

Just don't put a display name

[bleak remnant]

what do you mean?

[bright fog]

You want to hide a custom item ?

Custom clothing I suppose right ?

[bleak remnant]

yes

[bright fog]

Well you simply don't put a display name in your item scripts

And it won't be dropped by the zombies

OR you remove the item from the corpse inventory, but that's a bit more trickier to do ...

[bleak remnant]

no way it is that simple

[bright fog]

Yea 😅

Check the item script for my clicker clothing in TLOU Infected

[bleak remnant]

ok

in what line is that?because that thing is kinda big

[bright fog]

I remember I think it was @tranquil kindle that told me that the item actually is inside the zombie inventory but it just doesn't render because there's no name. I have never properly tested and verified that tho

[bright fog]

The scripts folder

media/scripts

[bleak remnant]

ok

[bright fog]

Check the item clothing scripts for the clicker

[bleak remnant]

item ClickerBody_01
{
DisplayCategory = Clothing,
Type = Clothing,
ClothingItem = ClickerBody_01,
BodyLocation = UnderwearBottom,
CanHaveHoles = FALSE,
BloodLocation = Trousers;Jumper;FullHelmet;Hands;Neck,
BiteDefense = 100,
BulletDefense = 100,
ScratchDefense = 100,
}
bruhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

no way

let me test that

[bronze yoke]

that is correct

[bright fog]

Overall it's usually not a problem unless for some reasons you got something which can output the corpse's inventory somewhere I guess ?

Idk if looting all in the container would loot the clothing item too

But all of that could be extremely easily patch, like Alex has mentioned to intercept inventory renders and delete items for good there in any inventory I suppose

[bleak remnant]

no

it woked

as expected

brh

now i am facing other problems but it is not related to that thanks

[bright fog]

Yea but if the item is simply invisible, different systems might still interact with it, even if you're not aware

[bleak remnant]

my zombies have no hair and they are naked

gotta figure that out

[thin swan]

I tried this when doing my bike containers but it didn't work, they would still render. I wonder if it has to do with the type of item and whether they're equipped or just in an inventory.

[bright fog]

Clothing hiding those

[bleak remnant]

would you tae a look at my script?

let me send it

[bright fog]

I think I remember that and I had told you need to trigger the container update

[bright fog]

No

[bleak remnant]

module FZ3 {
imports {
Base
}
item FZ3
{
Type = Clothing,
ClothingItem = FemaleZed3,
BodyLocation = Shoes,
BloodLocation = Head;Neck;Trousers;Jumper;Hands;Shoes,
CanBeRemoved = false
hidden = true
NeckProtectionModifier = 1,
Icon = AB,
StompPower = 3,
CanHaveHoles = false,
ScratchDefense = 15,
BiteDefense = 7,
Insulation = 0.5,
WindResistance = 0.5,
}

}

[bright fog]

What is hidden = true

Remove those

Any parameters that don't exist in the base game need to be deleted

Also missing commas

[thin swan]

Hmm, maybe yeah, I can't remember but I'll be testing that when I rework my bike for sure

[bleak remnant]

like what?

holy disgusting creature i have created

[bright fog]

Indeed

[bleak remnant]

i have a bunc of bproblem with this, they only wear clothes when they die (wtf) and clothes like those that is just a paint on you just don't show up

any idea of how to fix?

[bright fog]

I remember having such a problem, but I don't remember the exact fix

My mod might have that exact problem in fact

[bleak remnant]

i guess i will have to take a closer look to that furry mod then

Furries are so weird, they usually find solution to everything.

[icy night]

Hi all, I want to make an invisible clothing item. How would I write the item/model script to do that?

I simply dont have a model/texture and dont need to have one

[bleak remnant]

let me send mine

i have one model for now

module FZ3 {
imports {
Base
}
item FZ3
{
DisplayCategory = Clothing,
Type = Clothing,
ClothingItem = FemaleZed3,
BodyLocation = Shoes,
BloodLocation = Head;Neck;Trousers;Jumper;Hands;Shoes,
CanHaveHoles = false,
}

}

we were just talking about his

just don't add the display name in the script

[icy night]

Ah ok

[bleak remnant]

and it won't show in the zombie inventory once it is dead

[subtle cypress]

whats the equivelent for setdisplayname but for the clothing item

[bleak remnant]

by the way

yours too

once you have that thing equipped

you can't take it off

[icy night]

thats fine

ty

[ancient grail]

did you merge a bunch of mods into 1 modpack thing? you might have merged fileguid.xml

[bleak remnant]

what?

[ancient grail]

thats one reason why this would happen

or maybe you just broke that file somehow

in anycase this is outfit related

[bleak remnant]

dude

it work like that with one mod only or more

want me to send you the model?

i am new at this

[ancient grail]

no need

its not the model
its the outfit

[bleak remnant]

any idea of how i can fix?

[ancient grail]

you have to complete the file checklist for zombie clothing mod

[bleak remnant]

where can i find this checklist?

[ancient grail]

if you already have the item working for character next step is the ~~fileguid ~~ clothing.xml entry

its a file inside the media folder itself

[bleak remnant]

nhumm... tell me more

[ancient grail]

you need to make the same file on your mod
with 1 or 2 entries of your outfit
thats how you turn the clothing set into a zombie

the file should be named the same

ok hold on

ProjectZomboid\media\fileGuidTable.xml

[bleak remnant]

oh, that file

that is what is in mine

<files>
<path>media/clothing/clothingItems/FemaleZed3.xml</path>
<guid>fa1d2c3b-4e5f-6789-abcd-0123456789ef</guid>
</files>

and... that is it

[ancient grail]

i was wrong this is the item entry lol the outfit is somewhere else

my bad

[bleak remnant]

no problem

[ancient grail]

ProjectZomboid\media\clothing\clothing.xml

thjis is where the outfits are

[bleak remnant]

oh... there is nothing on mine

so. what do you recommend me to do?

take it from another mod?

would this solve those clothes that are just textures?

shit... the mod i was looking for don't have it as well

[ancient grail]

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<outfitManager> 
</outfitManager>

you have to make your entry within this

you would have to look at the file itself and make your own entry

you should name your files for both
clothing.xml and
fileGuidTable.xml

the same

unlike lua files where you want to name it differently
to not overwrite

[bleak remnant]

yo

but like

the zomboid one is gigantic

so, i have to put basically everthing there?

wait, i guess i am just a bit cunfused

it list all the clothes in the game and the probability of spawn

[small topaz]

does Zomboid's lua supports
if next(myTable) == nil then
to check whether a table is empty?? get some strange errors here

[bleak remnant]

you mean the api?

[small topaz]

no, next() is a lua command, giving the first key of a table (or nil, if no key exists)

[bleak remnant]

i deal with errors like this once in a while, but i usually send the log to chat gpt and it sees and tell me where the error is, i have error because something is nill but it shoudn't be nill and stuff like that.

tell me more about what you are trying to do and i may help

[queen oasis]

I believe so but I've never used it in PZ

[subtle cypress]

what is the equivelent method to set clothing item like setdisplayname does for displaynames, doparam doesnt work i guess it does some earlier loading or something im not sure why as it works fine for alot of other stats

[regal umbra]

can't you just do

if #myTable == 0 then
--code
end

But I think if next(myTable) == nil would work too tbf

[bronze yoke]

no, no next in lua

[queen oasis]

oh good, I couldn't get it to work in the console

[bronze yoke]

you can use ```lua
local isEmpty = true
for _, _ in pairs(myTable) do
isEmpty = false
break
end

[regal umbra]

Weird even tho it's a lua function

https://www.luadocs.com/docs/functions/table/next

[queen oasis]

the 5.1 docs skip right over "n"

[regal umbra]

Well then next() isn't a function in 5.1

Clearly is in 5.2

5.4*

[queen oasis]

no, it's there hiding. idk anything anymore

[regal umbra]

no actually

https://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#pdf-next

there's

what

[bronze yoke]

misspoke, meant not in pz

[regal umbra]

ah

yah that's fair

[bronze yoke]

kahlua randomly doesn't implement a couple standard library functions of its choice

os library omission makes sense but omitting math.random is strange

[regal umbra]

love writing 5 lines instead of 1 to check if a table is empty 😭

[small topaz]

thanks! just checked it a little more and it is nil!!!

is this a zomboid specific thing? or smth with lua?

[regal umbra]

whole helper function just to check if the table is empty

[regal umbra]

pz specific

lua 5.1 has next()

kahlua doesn't

[ancient grail]

doparam only modifies future spawned items

[small topaz]

thanks!!! good to know!

[bronze yoke]

i will say that i have almost never needed to do this anyway

if you care about the size of a table it's very likely to be arraylike and then you can just do #t == 0

[subtle cypress]

so the modified item spawned in with necroforge will still retain the mod's items.txt clothingitem? but its still actually being applied?

[bronze yoke]

but the pairs loop is needed to account for key-value tables

[regal umbra]

essentially what i do for most of my tables

[small topaz]

if noticed another strange thing in B42: print commands for the console.txt of the form

print("otherData: ", m)```
sometimes don't print the string "..." in the console. For example, "otherData" might be missing. This seems to be completely random for me (like "data" is still shown). The values and m might still both be printed to the consolte.txt.

[regal umbra]

but still all they had to do was add a single function 😭

[bronze yoke]

for some reason, prints now trim everything before the first :

[regal umbra]

sometimes i dont even get prints at all in the console.txt

[small topaz]

that's quite annoying. makes debugging super clunky

[bronze yoke]

https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/85937-42110-rev30715-lua-function-print-ignores-all-text-until-the-first-when-echoing-to-log-file/#comment-440841

i'm not entirely sure when this started happening, i don't think it happened in the earliest versions of b42 but i can't say for sure, i don't use prints as much as most

[regal umbra]

I mean i mostly use them when I cant really see what's causing an issue lol

So i just add print to every logic step in the code just to see where it fails

[bleak remnant]

hey @ancient grail i don't think that is the problem. Because for what i see after checking the file, it is responsible for the cloth generation, that is not my problem since the zombies already have my clothes (i force them wear my fbx with lua) but the clothes they have on don't show up, the cloth and hair

the cloth only show up when i kill them

so, the problem is probably related to my model

idk

[ancient grail]

ah i see ok then
gl with reworking the model then

also check texture might be it
or maybe normals

[bleak remnant]

yeah, but the thing is, what should i rework?

that is the thing

i created my model on a normal zombie body

person body i mean

everything, the only thing i have changed is the jaw

and i still having problem with the clothes and hair

anything in mind?

[small topaz]

Are the return values of commands like getX() or getRooms() applied to a buildingDef object correctly initialized even when not all squares from the building are loaded?

Also, is getSquare(x,y,z) the correct command to get the GridSquare with coordinates x,y,z?

[unreal vale]

I'm going to make a mod that lets ginger ale help with upset stomachs and such

Because that's what happens irl

And realism is king

[grizzled viper]

tried launching the true music add on i made, this pops up

need help

[ancient grail]

i use
local sq = getCell():getOrCreateGridSquare(x, y, z)

[small topaz]

thanks!

When an IsoGridSquare has been loaded for the first time, how long does it take until a zombie may spawn on? I think it usually doesn't happen at the same time but my take some ticks.

[bronze yoke]

yes

[small topaz]

is now DebugLog.log("some tex", data) the correct way to print smth in the console.txt or in the debug window?

... apparently not

    java.lang.RuntimeException: No implementation found for function: log(class java.lang.String IN_REMOVE_ZOMBIES: , class java.lang.Double 0.0)) at MultiLuaJavaInvoker.call(MultiLuaJavaInvoker.java:134).
    Stack trace:```

but seems to work with DebugLog.log("some tex" .. data) instead

[bronze yoke]

i'd just use print

you're getting no implementation found because that function only takes one argument

it's looking for a two string overload which doesn't exist

[bright fog]

Wdym this pop ups ?

[bright fog]

No idea, why do you need that ?

[small topaz]

to manually remove some zombies from the area near the player when the game starts

but I've tested a bit and waiting 5 ticks seems to be ok

[bright fog]

Which version ?

In B42 there is OnZombieCreate you could use

[small topaz]

For B42.

Many thanks! I didn't know that the pz wiki for lua events has a page 2!!!! This event could make things much smoother for me! But how exactly do I use this event? When exactly is it triggered?

And for which zombies does it apply? So in what area around the player?

[bright fog]

I think the event is fairly explicit ?

When a zombie loads in

[supple tangle]

Hi guys!
To make this story short, im currently making a Slipknot mask mod and i have a problem;
Basically when i import the model of the mask it stays attached to the bone of the head like this (photo 1), but when i make it go "up" in blender (photo 2) it TOTALLY bugs tf out (photo3). This is my very first mod so ANY help would be a godsend.

(Sorry for my bad english but im italian)

here's the .xml file of the mask

[thin swan]

When you move the model up in blender, does the origin point move off center? I'm not great with clothing but that could be why

[tranquil kindle]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3444877391 The way TIS does it is not reliable if you don't already know what to do as the placement is strange. I'd suggest you use my guide for it and do it with blender

You'll be most intrested in this part BUT do just to make sure do read everything

[supple tangle]

tf?

[tranquil kindle]

<@&671452400221159444>

[supple tangle]

ill watch

[tranquil kindle]

Bots

[supple tangle]

oh ok

[finite dune]

Why do they always come to this channel and the wiki channel?

[supple tangle]

maybe because they can put photos?

[tranquil kindle]

The least used ones ? I think it would get lost in general in a matter of seconds?

[finite dune]

oh that could be it

[supple tangle]

do you mean this orange point? if that is so yes

[supple tangle]

What do u mean for TIS

i followed some steps from this guidehttps://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/37647-the-one-stop-shop-for-3d-modeling-from-blender-to-zomboid/

[tranquil kindle]

Most of hats are made with specific placement of origin bone in blender and not parenting your hat to bones with it, but instead doing so in XML files. Unless you have some kind of template, you'll spend more time than its worth finding that "spot" without it where it would work, while in blender you have preview how its gonna look, aswell as you get rid of parenting with XML file itself

You're free to try all sorts of things, i'm simply telling you of a way, that i found efficient and new modder friendly.

[grizzled viper]

It doesn't let me start up the server with the mod

[supple tangle]

Well this model isnt parented with any bone in blender, but if i try to parent it, in game it looks like its kilometers away from the character.

yk what? ill just follow the guide u sent

thx! @tranquil kindle

[fallen willow]

I wanted baked potatoes, so I added the following to the farming.Potato code.

            IsCookable        =         true,
        MinutesToCook       =         20,
        MinutesToBurn       =         50,

And every time I tried to make a salad, the following error occurred.

Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: class zombie.inventory.types.ComboItem cannot be cast to class zombie.inventory.types.Food (zombie.inventory.types.ComboItem and zombie.inventory.types.Food are in unnamed module of loader 'app')
at zombie.scripting.objects.EvolvedRecipe.addItem(EvolvedRecipe.java:259)

function: checkName -- file: ISAddItemInRecipe.lua line # 74 | Vanilla
function: perform -- file: ISAddItemInRecipe.lua line # 47 | Vanilla

Is my approach wrong? How can I make it possible to bake potatoes?

[forest herald]

Hey all, just a quick question, what audio format is supported by the getSoundManager():PlaySound?

never mind

Found the post ❤️

[ancient grail]

https://steamcommunity.com/id/Glytch3r/myworkshopfiles/?&appid=108600
i do custom mods
hit me up
heres my portfolio

[somber marten]

Im trying to merge 2 mods so I can use them locally, without posting them on the workshop, and no matter what I do, I always get the same error. I am trying to merge Dynamic Traits and Simple Overhaul Traits and Occupations

Idk what to really do to fix this, because everything Ive tried seems to not work, and idk how to explain it without sending over the entire mod Ive made so far

[regal umbra]

What's the error? And to be fair, there might be a possibility the mods are overriding each other

[somber marten]

I am not sure what the error is. I am trying to make it so that when strength is above 3, I lose the weak back trait, and when its above 8, i get the strong back trait. So I open the debug menu, level up strength, and on every level it breaks to an error, for a file thats not in my game at all

I could get in a vc and show you but that would take a while because Id need to show the entire work Ive made so far

[regal umbra]

Can you provide the Stack Trace, you can find it in C:\Users\Youruser\Zomboid and normally should be in a text file named console.txt

[somber marten]

Well I would but now Im faced with a different error. Activating the mod makes the game have a permanent black screen no matter what. Cant click anything, cant do anything. I gotta end the task then remove the active mod from the file that saves active mods

[regal umbra]

When that happens, try to press f11, sometimes the debug screen appears during the loading screen and it stays like that

[somber marten]

Ill try, but I doubt itll work

All I see is the fps counter from steam, rest is black screen

[regal umbra]

But yeah providing the Stack Trace would be the best option here, because otherwise is just guess work

[somber marten]

Would you mind if I sent you a DM for all this, or do you wanna keep it here on the server?

Also I tried the f11 thing and it did open the debug screen

[regal umbra]

Sure feel free to send me a dm

[regal umbra]

Also if you press it again then it closes, allowing you to see whatever the loading screen was blocking

[somber marten]

Oh thats interesting

[ancient grail]

anyone knows where i should look when i want to trigger recipe timed action

for b42'

[forest herald]

Is there anyway to have getSoundManager():PlaySound(soundToPlay, false, soundVolume) respect the global sound volume?

Is there a way to get the 'Sound Volume' option value and use that for example?

This local soundVolume = getSoundManager():getSoundVolume() gets the value Im looking for. But the maxGain parameter in PlaySound appears to do nothing?

[small topaz]

Has anyone ever used the IsoBuilding.hasBasement() command and has it worked properly?

[bright fog]

@bronze yoke maybe ?

[bronze yoke]

nope

i remember someone talking about having trouble detecting basements but i don't really know what it was about

except that apparently basements are a separate isobuilding

[bright fog]

Yea I think that's right

Why not check if the place you're in at z < 0 ?

That will basically do the same thing ? Unless there's already cases of z < 0 not being basements

[small topaz]

Me too. hasBasement() is always false for me, even my player enters the basement and basement is loaded.

[queen oasis]

don't know if it helps, but I grab them like:

undergroundSquare = getSquare(sq:getX(), sq:getY(), sq:getZ() - 1)
if undergroundSquare and undergroundSquare:getRoom() then
    table.insert(buildingSquares, undergroundSquare)
end

[small topaz]

this is possible but only after the player has actually entered the basement. Before, it is not in building's room list

[bronze yoke]

seems about right

[small topaz]

are those underground squares already present before anyone has entered the basement??

[queen oasis]

I believe so

the building is loaded for sure though

local rooms = JB_MoveCorpses.playerObj:getCurrentBuildingDef():getRooms()
for i = 0, rooms:size() - 1 do
    local room = rooms:get(i)
    if room then
        local roomSquares = room:getIsoRoom():getSquares()
        for h = 0, roomSquares:size() - 1 do
            table.insert(buildingSquares, roomSquares:get(h))
        end
    end
end

-- get basement squares if they exist
if JB_MoveCorpses.playerObj:getSquare():getChunk():getMinLevel() < 0 then
    for _, sq in ipairs(buildingSquares) do
        local undergroundSquare = getSquare(sq:getX(), sq:getY(), sq:getZ() - 1)
        if undergroundSquare and undergroundSquare:getRoom() then
            table.insert(buildingSquares, undergroundSquare)
        end
    end
end```

[small topaz]

For me, the problem is that basements squares are not detectable until the player has entered them. But I have not yet tried your specific contruction so I give it try!

[small topaz]

hmmm ... doesn't seem to work for me. Squares with z<0 are not loaded before I enter the basement.

Your code works cause you take the square from the player, so player is actually in the basement when the square is checked.

[queen oasis]

idk if you can get a building def if it isn't loaded. I never tried.

[small topaz]

The buildingdef is always present but in general, the squares are not.

[bright fog]

Classic lol

[bright fog]

Yea bcs it's a different building

[small topaz]

you mean the basements are defined as beeing a different building from the one they belong to?

[bright fog]

Yes

That's what albion mentioned

The reason that's the case I guess is because basements can also just not spawn sometimes and be optional

[bronze yoke]

they're random so they can't share a buildingdef

i don't know if fixed spawn basements do this or not

[bright fog]

Some aren't random

Yea nvm just read the second message lol

[queen oasis]

too bad there's no way to get a cell that's not current

[small topaz]

not related to the basement stuff: does anyone know exactly what the command RandomizedBuildingBase.isValid(BuildingDef def, boolean force) does? can it be used to prevent a building form becoming randomized (like burnt or a zone story)?

[queen oasis]

now that's a saw horse

[bright fog]

[true nova]

this isnt a sawhorse, its a sawhome

[queen oasis]

sad face

might be too much for my smooth brain to understand, anyways

someone knew I would be feeling discouraged today

[true nova]

entity scripts are pretty easy

[queen oasis]

ya, i think I f'ed up looking at entity_furnace_iii.txt first

[true nova]

heres a simple one ive done ```
module Base
{
xuiSkin default
{
entity ES_eaDoor
{
LuaWindowClass = ISEntityWindow,
DisplayName = Elevator alt Door,
Icon = elevator_altDoor,
}
}

entity Elevator_altDoor
{
    component UiConfig
    {
        xuiSkin         = default,
        entityStyle     = ES_eaDoor,
        uiEnabled       = true,
    }

    component SpriteConfig
    {
        OnCreate = GE.EntityCreate,
        face E
        {
            layer
            {
                row = openMallDoor_2,
            }
        }
        face N
        {
            layer
            {
                row = openMallDoor_3,
            }

        }
    }

    component CraftRecipe
    {
        timedAction   = BuildMetalStructureMedium,
        time          = 250,
        SkillRequired = MetalWelding:4,
        xpAward       = MetalWelding:10,
        category      = Miscellaneous,
        ToolTip       = Tooltip_MakeButton,
        inputs
        {
            item 4 [Base.WeldingRods],
            item 4 [Base.BlowTorch] flags[Prop1],
            item 1 tags[WeldingMask] mode:keep,
            item 1 [Base.Screwdriver] mode:keep,
            item 6 [Base.SmallSheetMetal],
            item 4 [Base.SheetMetal],
            item 8 [Base.Base.ElectronicsScrap],
            item 20 [Base.Screws],
            item 4 [Base.ElectricWire],
        }
    }
}

}

[queen oasis]

I was ready to punch dry wall and then I see...

oh hey, look, my game loads now

[bright fog]

Yes I plan on documenting entity scripts 😅

And it seems this is well demanded so I might look into it in the coming days I guess

[queen oasis]

it wasn't as bad as I thought. I think I just looked at the most dense entity script and it confused my old brain

looks like it's working ok now

[forest herald]

The ColorRGB doesn't seem to work for me, I'm getting an error. Anyone has an implementation of this?
HaloTextHelper.addText(player, message, "[br/]", HaloTextHelper.ColorRGB(0, 150, 150, 255))

This works just fine HaloTextHelper.addText(player, message, "[br/]", HaloTextHelper.getGoodColor())

Nevermind, this worked fine HaloTextHelper.addText(player, message, "[br/]", 0, 150, 255)

[queen oasis]

is it standard to stop crafting a recipe when the entity window is closed?

[forest herald]

Anyone has anyidea why my tickBox option always returns 'true' using getValue? displayCheckBox:getValue()

[queen oasis]

mod options?

[forest herald]

Yea

[queen oasis]

getValue(index) so :getValue(1) if it's the only one

[forest herald]

Aha, lol, okey ty 😄

[queen oasis]

let me know if that works because I'm questioning myself

I remember fighting it a while back and I think that was my solution

[forest herald]

It worked perfectly thank you! ❤️

[queen oasis]

nice

[forest herald]

I had just moved over to a combobox with 'enabled' 'disabled' instead

Nasty business

🤭

[rich reef]

Hello all, I was wondering if someone can help me track down the cause of this error. I don't believe its from any mod that I am working on myself, and haven't really changed any mods lately either on my server. But since August 12th, I have been getting this error spam across the server console every second or so, and its made it impossible to use the console to do any administration.

receiveObjectModData index=-1 is invalid  x= , y= , z=

Does anyone have an idea what may be causing this? It has come out of the blue entirely.

Appreciate anybody's help with this, thank you!

[bronze yoke]

this error happens when you call transmitModData() on a player object

it could probably also happen for other objects that don't have normal object indices

[rich reef]

Alright. Any clue why this would spring up out of nowhere? Never had this error before. Haven't updated any of my mods in a month or two, and dont believe I use that anywhere in them. Been checking recent mod updates on the server, and nothing seems to coincide with the beginning of the error occurring on August 12th either. Completely stumped, and not sure how to track this down at all.

[bronze yoke]

nope, i have no idea

[rich reef]

Well damn.. Not sure what to do, my server spams the error so much the console is completely unusable now.

[rich reef]

A little more information on this. It seems trigger by a player specifically, as kicking the player stops the error from spamming. But the coordinates that the error stems from doesn't seem to correlate with where the player has been, but within the vicinity of their location. I've Teleported to the location of the error, and in one case, it was out in an open field, with no objects in sight, and the player hadn't moved over that square at all.

I'm trying to scan all the lua files in all the mods we use for that function, and there are quite a few references to scan through, but it's like looking for a needle in a haystack, especially since our mods really haven't changed lately.

Anyone with some ideas to brainstorm?

[shy mantle]

This is barely related, but when I was looking around Muldraugh on google maps for potential ideas (I dunno what for tbh) I found this bird flying just past the camera near the tornado shelter

I wonder why this tornado shelter didn't exist until recently tbh

[small topaz]

In B42, is it possible to detect via lua code whether a building has a randomized story or is burnt?

Edit: corrected question

Also, is it possible to prevent a building from having those properties?

[bright fog]

I mean yes they didn't remove that

[bright fog]

Maybe ... maybe if you access the metagrid and the building def that you can set properties before the area is loaded

[small topaz]

Ah sorry forgot a word above XD XD. I meant:

In B42, is it possible to DETECT VIA LUA CODE whether a building has a randomized story or is burnt?

[bright fog]

Aaah idk

[vale shadow]

Does anyone know what pack file format has the first 4 bytes come out to the ASCII characters PZPK? I am reverse engineering the pack file from a mod for build 42

[unreal niche]

Hi do anybody know how to replace a audio pack from .bank folder i tried with

module Base
{
sound GeneratorLoop
{
category = Object,
is3D = true,
clip
{
file = media/sound/generator.ogg,
loop = true,
distanceMin = 2,
distanceMax = 50,
}
}
}
this script and

module base
{
sound GeneratorLoop
{
category = Object,
clip
{
file = media/sound/generator.wav
}
}
}
this script
but it doesnt work, sometimes it removes generator sounds and sometimes it does nothing

version is build 42

[bright fog]

Uh, not sure I understood your question

[bright fog]

I don't think you can do that sadly

At least the way I've seen was to replace the sound files in the bank files themselves, which need to be manually installed

[bronze yoke]

you do know you can just extract these with the modding tools right 😅

[unreal niche]

but it makes my mod 600mb

[bright fog]

Yes

Also your mod will be incompatible with any mods doing .bank file replacement

[unreal niche]

its sucks in b41 you can replace any audio with scripts

its need a rework

[bright fog]

You can't

[unreal niche]

wym

i have a mod about it

[bright fog]

Yea you can't, that system didn't change

[unreal niche]

sounds (fridge) mod is mine

look at it

[bright fog]

The sound system is a bit weird overall

That's why I said that I wasn't sure

Bcs I think some stuff can be changed but from experience you're also limited with a loooot of stuff

[bronze yoke]

there haven't been any major changes to how audio works in b42

[bright fog]

Like for zombie sound replacements, you have no choice but to code a new sound system

The main change to sound is on the music side with dynamic adaptative music or whatever it's called

If I remember right

[bronze yoke]

most of that was in b41 anyway, they just didn't add half of the music yet

the music rework is why b41's soundtrack is so flat 😅 i used to complain about it a lot

[bright fog]

Yea on the technical side it's nothing insanely new

[unreal niche]

its weird you can add npcs to the game but cant change specific sounds

[bright fog]

You can't add NPCs to the game

[unreal niche]

so what is the bandits mod

[bright fog]

It's not native NPCs

They use zombies

And mods that use IsoPlayer also have lots of limitations usually

[unreal niche]

you know what i mean

im talking about complication

[bright fog]

Yea and there's a lot of trickery around it
Exactly like adding new sound systems

[bright fog]

I think you don't realize how complicated NPC mods are then lol

Because I can assure you it was easier for me to add custom zombie sounds than it is to make a NPC mod

[unreal niche]

even its complicated you can make an npc mod, but you cant replace sounds without changing bank file completely thats what i mean

sorry for bad english

[bright fog]

You can

I mean

Like I said, you can program a whole sound system in Lua

[unreal niche]

i know but isnt it pointless

[bright fog]

Idk if it's viable for every single sounds in the game, probably not and you'll have limitations case per case

[bright fog]

I mean what isn't pointless ? 😅

[unreal niche]

i can change fridge sound with a easy script

but for generator sound i have to program a sound system

[bright fog]

Modding is this, sometimes you have limitations and you need to find ways around it. Of course I'm not saying it's good that we can't modify bank files, in fact I was the first to hate on the system when I started modding

[bronze yoke]

i don't really get why you can't overwrite the sound script here anyway

[bright fog]

No idea

[bronze yoke]

i think you need to work out how the generator sound works, if messing with the script doesn't do anything then it doesn't use that script

[bright fog]

Or it uses more than this script

[unreal niche]

nah its removes the original sound but doesnt add the new one

[vale shadow]

Oh, I didn’t know there were tools other than the few things I found online 😆

[vale shadow]

If you look at a pack file in a hex editor, the first 4 bytes show PZPK in ASCII. I now know there are tools that can do what I was wanting to do, but at the time I was asking what format the pack files were… I think it is UI2

[small topaz]

Does anyone know why the game devs put the clothing item "bandeau" to the underwear top body location? In character creation, it is listed under Tshirts but its true location is in fact underwear top.

[queen oasis]

probably because a bandeau is a bra that, as a child of the 80's and early 90's in Kentucky, I can attest it was really just worn as a shirt

[small topaz]

oh no! that makes things complicated for me. XD XD

although I see that B41 had it on the Tshirt location so maybe I just revert which would solve all my issues...

[queen oasis]

I guess it can be a doo rag too, but I've never heard anyone call those a bandeau

[queen oasis]

might be a big ask but is there a way to reload a texturepack in game or from the menu?

[true nova]

no they all load when the game starts

[queen oasis]

dang

went to give my placeholder tiles some properties and man, I suck at this. it should be 4 tiles total

[jolly goblet]

Hi everyone, I've been trying to add a Depthmap to my tiles in my mod. I followed this tutorial. However, I'm getting an error.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0hcX1UWMD8
The geometries are generated, but the depth map, which would be an image of the shadows, is not generated.
The tileGeometry.txt file does show that it is filled with geometries.
Has anyone experienced this? Any suggestions?

STACK TRACE
-----------------------------------------
Callframe at: saveTileset
function: onSave -- file: TileGeometryEditor_EditMode.lua line # 1258 | Vanilla
function: onSave -- file: TileGeometryEditor.lua line # 1217 | Vanilla
function: onMouseUp -- file: ISButton.lua line # 56 | Vanilla

ERROR: General      f:4157, t:1756168252449> ExceptionLogger.logException> Exception thrown
    java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException at NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0 (Native Method).
    Stack trace:
        java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
        java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
        java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
            ...
    Caused by: javax.imageio.IIOException: Can't create an ImageOutputStream!
        java.desktop/javax.imageio.ImageIO.write(Unknown Source)
        ...
        ... 24 more