mod_development

[peak nymph]

Just added twigs for now

not sure how easy it will be to do this, i'm just piggy backing off of fishing zones currently, so its just absed on water tiles

settled on this for now

    item = "Base.Stone2",
    weight = 300,
  },
  {
    item = "Base.Clay",
    weight = 40,
  },
  {
    item = "Base.Mussels",
    weight = 20,
  },
  {
    item = "Base.LargeStone",
    weight = 20,
  },
  {
    item = "Base.CopperOre_Crushed",
    weight = 10,
  },
  {
    item = "Base.Base.IronOre_Crushed",
    weight = 10,
  },
  {
    item = "Base.GoldCoin",
    weight = 2,
  },
  {
    item = "Base.TinCanEmpty",
    weight = 30,
  },
  {
    item = "Base.BeerEmpty",
    weight = 30,
  },
  {
    item = "Base.WaterBottleEmpty",
    weight = 30,
  },
  {
    item = "Base.PopEmpty",
    weight = 30  
  },
  {
    item = "Base.Pinecone",
    weight = 30  
  },
  {
    item = "Base.Ring_Left_RingFinger_Silver",
    weight = 5  
  },
  {
    item = "Base.Twigs",
    weight = 30  
  },
  {
    item = "Base.JawboneBovide",
    weight = 15  
  }```

[peak nymph]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3578161457

[bright fog]

You can probably get every items with the tag and add that manually in the input

[wicked summit]

Hello all, Trying to start my first mod... how do i get it to start showing up in the mod list to start testing?

so far i have the init.lua and a mod.info

ChatGPT 5 has been helping but I'm missing something for Sure

[peak nymph]

what is your file structure currently

[wicked summit]

C:\Users\Commander\Zomboid\mods\MediaNet\media\lua\client\init.lua
\ mod.info

oof, is it that bad? lol

[peak nymph]

try putting it in your workshop folder, and I think you are missing the COntents and outer levels of the folder

e.g. mine is C:\Users\name\Zomboid\Workshop\ModName\Contents\mods\ModName\42\media etc
and as far as I know mod.info should be copied to both the inner ModName folder and to the 42 folder (media should be directly in the inner ModName if on b41 i think and mod.info should be there)

[silent zealot]

Rusted sledgehammers and the soggy remains of generator manuals.

More seriously: any metal weapon/tool with very low condition and low rarity, jewelry, nails/screws/scrap metal.

[silent zealot]

B41 or B42?

[wicked summit]

b42 for sure

[wicked summit]

i was starting to see something about content in the Mods uploade? i will attempt the adjustments over lunch TY!!

[cold skiff]

Do you know if anything has changed when repairing an item? I had this code:
fixing Fix LegendaryKatana
{
Require: LegendaryKatana,
GlobalItem: BlowTorch=5,
ConditionModifier: 1.5,

Fixer: SheetMetal=1; MetalWelding=8; Maintenance=4,
Fixer: ScrapMetal=3; MetalWelding=8; Maintenance=4,
}
To repair the legendary katana, but I've heard on the forums that this now causes errors on any item that needs to be repaired. Does anyone know anything?

[silent zealot]

You need a common folder as well as the 42 folder. The common folder can be empty, but it must exist.

And is your mod.info in teh 42 folder? I'm not sure from the lext alignment in Discord.

[peak nymph]

i'm not personally aware of anything like that, do you know of any vanilla recipes that work similar to what you want? can look in the code if so

[wicked summit]

Damn, no, cgpt5 is severely lacking on PZ mod skills haha

[silent zealot]

Extremely so.

You are far better off looking at existing mods to learn

[peak nymph]

I personally don't use it, but I seriously doubt it'd be very good for any "niche" topics such as zomboid modding, as there isn't enough info in its data set

[silent zealot]

ChatGPT can answer specific, non PZ coding questions (it's great for "if I have a bunch of points that make a polygon, how do I convert that to triangles" type stuff)

[wicked summit]

I think you are right, I DLd the commonsense mod to try using common sense to compare with CGPT.. lol

[silent zealot]

And if you give it code and ask it to explain it's usually helpful

I was trying it for work today, seeing if it could help with a complicated AD issue. #mod_development message

If I just did what it said pretty sure everything with be broken in an unrepairable way right now lol

"helpful but not trustworthy" is the nicest I'm willing to go.

[peak nymph]

I have only rarely used it for coding purposes (i'm a web dev)

I mostly use it as a sounding board

basically ask it stupid questions until you learn enough to google right questions

Unrelated
don't know how much people have done blacksmithing yet, but

which of these ideas sounds the most fair to people
Create large bellows from intact leather coats
Create large bellows from Tarps
Create twin-bellows from two normal bellows and piping, can be used to craft the forge instead of large bellows

or do they all sound a bit OP/unrealistic

[wicked summit]

all 3 seem Plausible

the Doulbe Bellow may be awkward to Opperat depending on the representation

[peak nymph]

we have medieval examples of "twin bellows", basically you can pump them alternatingly so you get a constant stream of air, either by hand, or some have a "lever" attached to both so they can be operated with a pull chain etc

[bright fog]

Read this page
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Getting_started_with_modding
Especially the section about AI

And then this page to properly setup your mod
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Mod_structure

[bright fog]

Yes

: usage was normalized to =

So replace : by =

[silent zealot]

We also have modern examples of a forge being made with a hairdryer and old brake drums, if you want a realistic way to let people make a forge without working through the entire medieval tech tree.

[peak nymph]

mainly wanted to stick with alternate ways to make the actual bellows as it doesn't require me to make a new sprite/tile haha, just new recipes

probably needs balancing but made an option with the twin bellows and coat recipes for now
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3578272218

i've pumped 4 small mods out today lmao

[wicked summit]

i would LOVE to jump on a call around 9p central with you haha

i have my text trees laid out i just need a kick lol

[peak nymph]

I am european lol, but also all the info I learned is just from the wiki, or downloading mods and seeing what other people have done

[wicked summit]

i just hate it when i cant figure something out naturally in hour 1

I just gotta do it

[peak nymph]

just message here also, there’s much more talented people than me in this chat

[cold skiff]

Thank you very much, it seems to be working correctly now.

[vast pier]

People really don't consider how much modern objects allow humans to just skip huges parts of the evolution of tech if they tried

you can also make a basic forge using a cooking pot and a hole in the ground so long as you're not smelting anything as hot as steel's melting point

[mellow oyster]

The example mod thats already in the correct spot doesnt load.

[mellow oyster]

I even tried editing a mod.info file on one of my already visible workshop mods and it didnt do anything. Its just ignoring any change i make.

[bronze yoke]

the example mod is hardcoded not to load, that's expected

people who didn't really understand what it was would assume that it was a mod they downloaded and enable it

this wiki page explains how mods need to be structured to be recognised by the game https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Mod_structure

[mellow oyster]

Maybe i was missing the media folder in common. If it loads then i guess thats what i was missing.
Its weird though that when i changed mod info in a workshop download nothing was changed or reflected in game.

Yeah i was missing the media folder.

[bright fog]

Common folder can be empty

But the common folder itself is mandatory

[mellow oyster]

Well, when i added the folder media to it, it showed up in mods so. Only thing i can think of other than magic.

[bright fog]

I can assure there is most definitely a good reason for it to appear, but not the media folder thing

[willow tulip]

We also have a literal 'blower' item in the game.

(though in theory you should need power to use that)

[peak nymph]

yeah feel that’d require a new tile (to add power requirement) to make sense, and probably new art and can’t be bothered to make that right now

[willow tulip]

Yea basically how id feel about it too lol

kinda unnessecary if your gonna let them do it with tarps

(blower is way less common)

[peak nymph]

Not added the tarp recipe atm, just the coat one (may remove) and the two normal bellows

[willow tulip]

blower would be cool if it somehow reduced crafting time or something.

(not that that seriously matters much)

[peak nymph]

For the forge atleast I always imagined it was the hammering and shaping etc that took up most of the crafting time, not the heating

[peak nymph]

I’ve made it so the coat recipe requires heavy thread also, so you need to hunt animals for sinew or destroy bulletproof armour before you can craft it

[peak nymph]

Does anyone know any examples of mods or vanilla recipes that have either item with a tag or a defined item as an ingredient

So like tags[CharcoalMedium] or [Base.Plank] etc

all I’ve seen so far is one or the other

[mellow oyster]

Well between the time i changed that folder and the last time i loaded the game, nothing really changed. Didnt change anything with the structure or anything so im not sure what else it could be. I restarted my machine so maybe that did it i dont know.

[bronze yoke]

<@&671452400221159444>

[wicked summit]

A local blacksmith that would show up at history events was a bit older.. he always loved his heat times, used them for rest

[pliant cypress]

does anybody know how to fix gun mods

[wicked summit]

I had to start over
I Uninstalled all Games, removing extra MODs on the System
I dumped all my Mods Files in a seperate

[wicked summit]

that might be in the Mod-Support chat

[wicked summit]

ok Phew, now that everything is working again i can start lol,

[vast pier]

@pliant cypress

I’m assuming this is what you’re having issue with

[pliant cypress]

yep

None of my mods work

[sonic needle]

you need a key, you can blank it too

[faint steeple]

Hey quick thing, I'm still kinda new to PZ modding so I'm unsure how to properly debug in this case.

I'm trying to update a mod to be b42 compatible since some people have been wanting me to for a while, and while I was able to update it and have the item appear, and partially work, there is a crash that can happen with it that will close the server, and kick you to the main menu without being able to see the error, and when trying to load back into that same save, it will kick you out immedietly. I'm able to reproduce this crash easily however I'm not sure on the proper way to debug this here, any help would be appreciated, please ping in response 🙂

[bright fog]

Two things:

• wdym by "server", there isn't MP in B42
• if you know how to reproduce it, then describe it. There's many ways to debug something but we can't give you indications if you don't give more info

[faint steeple]

by server i just meant the save, world, whatever you wanna call it really.

Its when I get on this skateboard (Which can also be used as a weapon), it just closes, I see that there is an error but I don't have enough time to go and check what that error was

and since i cant get the error, I cant see what the issue is

[bright fog]

I mean, I can't help you

Get the error

You don't have time ? Do it later that's fine

[faint steeple]

Thats-

[bright fog]

But you can't debug your mod if you don't identify the error

[faint steeple]

Do the errors get written to a file anywhere

[bright fog]

Yea

Console.txt file

In your cache folder

Welp I guess that was the first thing to teach you, didn't think that'd be the step you're at 😅

[faint steeple]

Yea 😭 like i said im new to pz modding

[bright fog]

Red error pop ups don't go to void

[faint steeple]

Uh.. now i gotta find the cache folder lmao

[bright fog]

Yea but the console.txt file isn't specific to modding itself

[bright fog]

Sec

[faint steeple]

I thought they MIGHT go to a file but wasnt 100% sure (Proably shoudla asked this from the start)

[bright fog]

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Game_files#Cache_folder

[faint steeple]

Okay all i found was two warnings from mine, I believe the error thats happening before it goes to the main menu is actually something completely unrelated.. but happens when i get on the skateboard so also not unrelated? idk its weird..

LOG : General f:0, t:1759385407506> ERROR: IntegerConfigOption.setValue() "MaximumRatIndex" 100 is greater than max=50

WARN : Script f:0, t:1759385337963> VehicleScript.Loaded > vehicle "Skateboard" extents != physicsChassisShape
WARN : Script f:0, t:1759385337918> VehicleScript.Loaded > vehicle "Skateboard_Slow" extents != physicsChassisShape

I'll have to look into it tmr tho, thank you

[vivid mauve]

So I found the reason why the Gun Light no longer works. Any flashlight that uses a battery needs the "Drainable" tag. Problem is, if the type is drainable, it can no longer be attatched to a weapon.
I assume you can't do multiple types. Any idea how to fix this?

[drifting ore]

Hello, is it possible to make a certain loot match in a certain house? Well, for example, there must be a crowbar or something else in the starting house.Build 41?

[peak nymph]

hi all, i'm confused as to how I translate item names, its working for recipes but not item names, can someone share a mod example or some info

[wicked summit]

I'm still staring at the folder line you gave me yesterday

then reading these help documents over and over trying to find the bare minimum in a show all fashion

almost took the day off so i could sit in silence

[peak nymph]

would share an image of the file structure of one of my mods but I don't have image permissions haha

[bright fog]

You can't do multiple types actually (I think I read it wrong first time)
The gun attachment flashlight wasn't using batteries before tho ? Not vanilla items at least I think ?

[bright fog]

Kind of

[bright fog]

You can use the command "tree" in a command line interface

[peak nymph]

|   Preview.png
|   workshop.txt
|
\---Contents
    \---mods
        \---Firesteel
            |   mod.info
            |
            +---42
            |   |   mod.info
            |   |   Poster.png
            |   |
            |   \---media
            |       +---lua
            |       |   \---shared
            |       |       \---Translate
            |       |           \---EN
            |       |                   ItemName_EN.txt
            |       |                   Recipes_EN.txt
            |       |
            |       +---models_X
            |       |   \---WorldItems
            |       |           Firesteel.fbx
            |       |
            |       +---scripts
            |       |       Firesteel.txt
            |       |
            |       \---textures
            |           |   Item_Firesteel.png
            |           |
            |           \---WorldItems
            |                   Firesteel.png
            |
            \---common

```@wicked summit

[peak nymph]

does anyone know if I can do multi-line descriptions in the workshop.txt file

[blazing arch]

Does anyone know about development for that horse mod

[thin swan]

Yeah, I'm one of the devs 😄 We're still actively developing it, there's work being done every day and we've made great progress

[blazing arch]

Ooh nice is there any videos of the progress i could check out?

And is there a way we could use spears on the horse?

[thin swan]

There's some videos in this thread yeah https://discord.com/channels/136501320340209664/1366841696796672031

[thin swan]

At release we'll likely just have kicking, but we're gonna expand on the combat system post-launch to allow for weapons

[blazing arch]

Oh alrighttt that’s really cool :0

Can zombies pull you off the horse yet?

[thin swan]

Yes indeed! If a bunch of them surround you on the horse they'll drag you off.
They can also scratch and bite you if they get too close, but only on the lower body

[blazing arch]

I am so excited for the mod I can’t wait to ride horses in multiplayer with my friends

[thin swan]

Hell yeah 😄 Just in case you didn't know, the mod is for B42 only, so we gotta wait for multiplayer to drop before we can have jousting tournaments and group rides on the beach 😄

[blazing arch]

Yes that is what I am saying, when b42 releases

Is there like a stamina bar for the horses

Can they get sick or tired yet and do they have to sleep

Sorry if it’s too much questions I am just very interested

[midnight mortar]

heyo was trying to port over to b42 a few mods i use but they do not show up and have no error present
i moved the minimum version to 42.0 but it doesn't seem to be reliant on that as i originally thought
any suggestion? i don't know where to start debugging with no logs/dependecy errors/errors

location is within steam > workshop > project zomboid > mods, i'm unsure if that's the problem

[thin swan]

Haha it's all good! 😄 But I'll reply to your questions in the horse thread instead so we don't clog up the chat here

[peak nymph]

does anyone know if there is a way to either (or both) apply on ontick function or something of the kind on an inventory item, and if there is a way to detect/tick a lua function when the item is heated

struggling to find anything definite in the docs

[sharp sage]

not trying to model anything i just wanna do something for the funny

i wanna change the color to the gmod missing texture

[bright fog]

Yes, but I suggest you don't edit the description there

You might also be interested in the app I amde to upload mods

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Steam_Uploader

[peak nymph]

It was more because I updated my mod and it reset the description to what was in the workshop file

So was gunna copy the stream one back into the file

[peak nymph]

Does anyone have any docs of what the heat property does in a craft recipe, can’t see it mentioned in the docs, basically can this be used to only allow a craft when it’s cool, or does it only work for detecting if something is above a certain heat not below

[vivid mauve]

gun light got fixed in 42.12.1

guess I wasted my time looking into it

[willow tulip]

Believe so, sapph's cooking uses it

you might also find it uses in disinfect bandages

[vast pier]

How would I go about adding a function to the upgrade interaction ?

I want to change an item's moddata when attaching/detaching a specific item

[peak nymph]

but that wants heat, I was wondering if it can be also used to check if the item is cool

[willow tulip]

Doubt, use ontest/oncreate for that.

[faint steeple]

Two questions

Do all vehicles in B41 REQUIRE doors (code wise)?

Do all vehicles in B42 REQUIRE doors (code wise)?

[willow tulip]

looks through java Hu, TIL that food can get tainted if left outside in the rain?

[willow tulip]

pretty sure the motorcycle/atv in autoclub mod don't have doors (or even a hood)

[faint steeple]

Is that for both 41 and 42?

[willow tulip]

shrugs its got a b42 version I know.

[bronze yoke]

afaik nothing significant changed about vehicles between builds

[willow tulip]

Neat. apparently putting gasoline into a campfire is a bad idea. I need to try that.

                    if (fluidContainer.contains(Fluid.Petrol)) {
                        fluidContainer.removeFluid();
                        boolean boolean0 = this.container != null
                            && this.container.getParent() != null
                            && this.container.getParent().getName() != null
                            && this.container.getParent().getName().equals("Campfire");
                        if (!boolean0 && this.container != null && this.container.getParent() != null && this.container.getParent() instanceof IsoFireplace) {
                            boolean0 = true;
                        }

                        if (this.container != null && this.container.SourceGrid != null && !boolean0) {
                            IsoFireManager.StartFire(this.container.SourceGrid.getCell(), this.container.SourceGrid, true, 500000);
                        }

[faint steeple]

Hmm, okay, thanks

[willow tulip]

Couldn't find the relevant code on heat related crafting in my quick search.

[vast pier]

nvm the game already tracks attachment durability, I don't need to do it myself

[queen oasis]

thanks for the idea~ it made me find a bug in my menu code...

[willow tulip]

Not sure how but glad I helped? lol

[queen oasis]

my guess is IsoFire doesn't have a sprite. idk, a check for nil sprite solved it tho

[willow tulip]

ahh

[peak nymph]

Is there an easy way to give feedback to the user that it is too hot etc, from the OnTest

[willow tulip]

No and sapph's cooking gets constant bug reports that they can't figure out how to get recipe that needs heat to work. I recommend adding a tooltip at the very least.

(the bug reports are because people have no clue they need to heat the item)

[peak nymph]

can I add a tooltip to the recipe? Or just the item?, I’ve added them to items before but not recipes

I’m assuming the “ requires surface” etc tooltips are hardcoded and tag based, not something I can easily just add a new item (meaning requirement not inventory item) to

[willow tulip]

No idea -_-, you could add something like (Requires heat) to the recipe name though

[peak nymph]

Requires being cool in my case but same concept

[bright fog]

Don't do that either

Simply copy paste your Steam description inside the in-game editor

Bcs setting it up in your workshop.txt will be annoying

[prisma mauve]

Is there a way to apply weight reduction to a bag attached to a bag slot? Like, say, the bag itself like a medkit or something, is attached to a backpack item slot, like the bedroll slot, how would I get that medkit to apply it's weight reduction while attached to the backpack slot?

Right now, every time I put the bag from equipped in my primary hand to being attached, it increases my encumbrance, nullifying the bag's weight reduction fully.

[bronze yoke]

<@&671452400221159444>

[willow tulip]

I feel like the answer is you don't give the backpack a slot for the item, you give the person a slot for the item and only let them wear it if they have the backpack on?

[prisma mauve]

For starters, is the BedrollBottom location vanilla? Because what's happening in the actual code is that the secondary bag is just being listed as being able to be put into that equip slot. It's not FULLY nullifying the weight reduction, it looks like it's half reduced. I guess now I'm trying to figure out where THAT value is coming from

That says to me that items in that slot CAN have weight reduction applied, it's just not applying the weight reduction from the item being put in the slot, or it's being modified after the fact.

[willow tulip]

Sure its not just hardcoded reduction of weight of the item? Like when you pack/unpack the bedroll and it becomes different items?

(at least I assume it just swaps between items)

[prisma mauve]

Maybe the BedrollBottom location itself has a set value?

[prisma mauve]

Yeah that

Maybe not, after reading it two more times

[willow tulip]

very few results for BedrollBottom in the lua

[prisma mauve]

It's not changing the item itself, just attaching it to the slot.

Where is "AttachmentsProvided" defined?

[willow tulip]

Found this, might help, note B42.11 decompile:

public float getInventoryWeight() {
        if (this.getInventory() == null) {
            return 0.0F;
        } else {
            float float0 = 0.0F;
            ArrayList arrayList = this.getInventory().getItems();

            for (int int0 = 0; int0 < arrayList.size(); int0++) {
                InventoryItem item = (InventoryItem)arrayList.get(int0);
                if (item.getAttachedSlot() > -1 && !this.isEquipped(item)) {
                    float0 += item.getHotbarEquippedWeight();
                } else if (!this.isEquipped(item) && !item.isFakeEquipped(this)) {
                    float0 += item.getUnequippedWeight();
                } else {
                    float0 += item.getEquippedWeight();
                }
            }

            return float0;
        }
    }

isFakeEquipped maybe?

    public boolean isFakeEquipped() {
        if (!this.isInPlayerInventory()) {
            return false;
        } else {
            return this.getOutermostContainer() != this.getContainer() ? false : this.isKeyRing() || this.hasTag("FakeEquipped");
        }
    }

[willow tulip]

in the item.txt script?

weird, can't find the tag 'FakeEquipped' anywhere else in zomboid

@prisma mauve I can't find any code that really does anything special with attachedSlot or attachments in general besides what iv pasted -_-

If just attaching it (Make sure your following the bedroll code to make sure your doing everything right to attach it) doesn't do anything then I dunno.

Oh, heres something:

Tags = LightWhenAttached

on sleeping bags -_-;

and the only ref:

    public float getHotbarEquippedWeight() {
        return this.hasTag("LightWhenAttached")
            ? (this.getActualWeight() + this.getContentsWeight()) * 0.3F
            : (this.getActualWeight() + this.getContentsWeight()) * 0.7F;
    }

[prisma mauve]

Ok, that's something. Where is that at?

[willow tulip]

the code or tag?

[prisma mauve]

I just now saw all this, I've been digging myself

[willow tulip]

this is all java decompiles from 42.11

[prisma mauve]

Ok

[willow tulip]

Ask someone more skilled then I on how to decompile PZ if you want a copy.

[prisma mauve]

Specifically, the line to attach the bag to the bedroll slot is just AttachmentType = Bedroll, in the item's script

[willow tulip]

looks like 'attached' items should be 0.7x weight, while LightWhenAttached tagged items should be 0.3x

[willow tulip]

Yea

and a similar line in the backpacks item script

I can't find anything to indicate there is any LUA/context menu stuff expressly for sleeping bags being attached, so it may be automatic

[prisma mauve]

AttachmentsProvided = BedrollBottom,

[willow tulip]

Yea

note that there is one backpack with AttachmentsProvided = Bedroll,

[prisma mauve]

THat's on the bag being attached to. Somewhere in between there is weight reduction. I Now just need to figure out exactly how to make THIS backpack have a different modifier

Might be one of the dumbest thigns ive ever said

[willow tulip]

Im guessing the exact name has some kinda hardcoded offsets to where the object will appear

[willow tulip]

bedrolls have the tag LightWhenAttached

But that gives you a fixed 0.3 multiplier, vs 0.7 without it.

Your not gonna get the 'container reduction'

[prisma mauve]

Yeah

[willow tulip]

You can try adding the tag: 'FakeEquipped' (maybe only when attached?) and see what that does.

(might make a bag give its equipped weight reduction at all times? Dunno!)

[prisma mauve]

I'll give it a shot.

[willow tulip]

Its not used anywhere in vanilla.. But it seems to exist!

@bronze yoke Fun unknown tag knowledge here ^ 🙂

[willow tulip]

Mainly this ^

I guess this also explains how all keyrings are automatically equipped

though I guess this also means that things can't be fake equipped if they are inside a container, have to be in the players main inventory.

[prisma mauve]

Well... "Attached" and "Equipped" aren't the same, right? So It should work. I'm just brainblocked on the implementation now. Been thinking about it too long, might need a walk.

[willow tulip]

Oh I meant literally just add that tag to your containers itemscript and see how that goes.

if it does what you want. or if LightWhenAttached is good enough.

You can worry about adding/removing the tag later, first see if it even does what you want.

[prisma mauve]

Yeah see, I was definitely thinking too hard, and compltely forgot about that line in the item script lmao

I definitely have a problem where I'm convinced my head is harder than that wall.

[prisma mauve]

Yeah, it didn't like that. Fully crashed. Does not like that tag.

Not in that spot, anyway.

[willow tulip]

Weird?

you added it to tags right? with a ;

[prisma mauve]

yeh

wait, i left the comma

My skull is tungsten

The only W i'll ever get

[prisma mauve]

Doesn't crash, but also doesn't apply the weight reduction. Still adding a full ten kilos when i attach it. Looks like 0.7x, because weight of the items in the pack is a bit over 14.

<@&671452400221159444>

[left plank]

Thanks

[prisma mauve]

No, thank you

[willow tulip]

Weird. Whats your tag line in the itemscript?

[prisma mauve]

Tags = IgnoreZombieDensity;FakeEquipped, As far as I can tell, it's not ACTUALLY doing anything to the pack, and I wonder if that tag isn't somehow specific to keyrings.

I'm taking a break from swimming through the code to actually just play for a bit though.

The pack itself has a weight reduction of 100, and just holding it in my base inventory is enough to get that, but when it is attached into the slot, it gets that 0.7x. Mild inconvenience, really.

It fully overrides the weight reduction on the pack and uses whatever the modifer for the BedrollBottom slot is

[willow tulip]

Ah, so fakeequipped works, but not for attached things.

tempted to make a mod that just applies fakeequipped to all bags in your inventory...

[willow tulip]

try LightWhenAttached then, for 0.3x instead, best I can do.

[valid oyster]

Does anyone know what might be wrong with the syntax or formatting for this file for a B42 vehicle mod?
It seems when this file is not disabled, right clicking to repair vehicle parts causes an error ALL vehicles in the game.

{
    fixing Fix 89 Acty Truck Hood Welding
    {
       Require : 89actytruckHood1,
       GlobalItem : BlowTorch=2,
       ConditionModifier : 1.2,

       Fixer : SheetMetal; MetalWelding=1;Mechanics=2,
       Fixer : SmallSheetMetal=2; MetalWelding=1;Mechanics=2,
    }

    fixing Fix 89 Acty Truck Hood
    {
       Require : 89actytruckHood1,
       GlobalItem : Screws=8,
       ConditionModifier : 0.5,

       Fixer : SheetMetal; Mechanics=2,
    }
}```

[bronze yoke]

replace : with =

the syntax was changed in 42.12

[valid oyster]

hmm I did try and it fixed vanilla errors, but the repair options for the parts is still not showing up

[valid oyster]

Fixed it, looks like the item names next to Require needed to be prefaced with Base.

[prisma mauve]

LightWhenAttached works as intended, but also overrides the item's base weight reduction. When in my inventory with that tag, it retains the full weight of the items inside the pack, then gets the 0.3x when attached. This is closer, but unfortunately still weighs more attached in this implementation than unattached in my invetory without that tag.

I'll probably fuck with it more tomorrow at some point. Thanks for your help.

[willow tulip]

Weird.

np

[peak nymph]

a weird one but not sure how else to word it, is there a way to either put items in a non container via lua

or is there a way to make a container inaccessable to the user

trying to make something that is "sealable" but I still need to be able to affect the items inside via code

[vale garden]

Is this the firearm mod? Will there be a series of such firearm?

[vast pier]

Yes, working title is just "Salty's Modular Weaponry"

The gun model and stats are entirely determined by gun parts

Think fallout 4's weapon customization.
That's the sorta thing I'm striving for

[vale garden]

I see, altho I never play Fallout 4 before, but multi purpose firearm is really cool.
It would be interesting if firearm can also be turned into other weapon type instead of just Bayonet/Spear.

[vast pier]

I hadn't actually considered other weapon other than just smacking the enemy with the gun like a club

but now that you say that, that gave me the idea of things like spikes/barbed wire/cutting blades being attached instead of just stabbers

Thank you for that, I will put that in my notes

Do note this mod is only possible in B42 due to B42 removing the gun attachment limits

So there will not be a B41 version

Well it's technically possible in B41 but it would have to be simplified a lot to fit in that version

[vale garden]

Agree, depend on how you combine the parts, pistol can also be short knife(short blade) or brass knuckles(short blunt)

[peak nymph]

okay might need help with my approach for a mod because I keep hitting dead ends
Long story short I'm trying to create a pressure canner

Ideally this is a container that can be "sealed" meaning the items can no longer be accessed, but are once again accessible when its "unsealed"

The other part is updating the items inside after the item is heated/cooked

But the part i'm struggling is switching the item to a new version that still contains hidden items/itemData
The addExtraItems function seem to only allow for base items, not the evolved recipes and lua generated items etc that I wish for this to allow

And as far as I can see there is no methods to "lock" a container item in the same way as a IsoContainer or car trunk

So long story short, does anyone know of a way to either make a container no longer interactable, or to pass item data to a non container item

[bright fog]

You need to add a bit more context I think. Which game version ? What are you working with ? Recipes ? Simple container items ?

What do you put in the pressure canner ?

[willow tulip]

Im not finding anything useful in itemContainer, but you can store a bunch of data in the objects modData? Enough to recreate the food? (baseitem, hunger, calories, etc?)

maybe use addExtraItems just as an 'indicator' to show what the jar contains?

[bright fog]

There might not be any need for that

They need to give more context

Bcs it could be done with craftRecipe or evolved recipes simply

[willow tulip]

Hu, evolved recipes might be nifty.

[bright fog]

Again, we need more context

It really depends

[willow tulip]

Yea, Moreso that it just sparked some creativity in me in using evolved recipes for hax 🙂

thinks.. I wonder if I could make beefcake change how you add items to evolved recipes.. instead of an evolved recipe calling for 5 or 15 or 20 hunger, maybe there could just be a submenu where you add 1/4 1/2 3/4 or full ingredient.

[peak nymph]

build 42

The items placed inside were going to be canned food items, both a version identical to vanilla produce jars, and custom items that copies stew/soup data onto a jar

The whole journey would be to craft these jars (tagged as unsealed)

place them in the pressure canner (was planned to be a container item)
seal/lock the pressure canner

the sealed canner can be heated/cooked in an oven or fire

then when cooled (just ontest if it is no longer hot) you have the option to unseal the container and take the items out

these items are modified versions of the original items

[willow tulip]

Also thank you for providing canning options that don't depend on non-renewable resources

pressure/heat canning is totally valid and I dunno why it wasn't the default -_- Sure it might not be suitable for all things, but we could have 'other' canning methods for things that don't work with just pressure canning.

[peak nymph]

this approach it was originally dependent on the idea I could store the full item data in a hidden way on a new item (that was originally gunna be a craft recipe to convert between the sealed and unsealed canner) but hit a wall with this approach

[bright fog]

What food items do you want to put in ? Any food item ? Whole food items ? Partially eaten ?

I think the best idea to do it here is what moons mentioned, with mod data holding the food item informations

[willow tulip]

You can definately store data in the objects moddata, and that gets saved/loaded and is all nice and persistent, its just a lot of extra work if you can find a better way to do it like Jvla suggests.

[bright fog]

And then recreate the food items with the recipe to open the jar

Can different food items be put inside it ?

So carrot with potatoes etc

[willow tulip]

Yea. There might be a way to cheat it with evolved recipes, if you don't care about getting back the 'original' stuff. But if you want genuine original ingredients for use in the original cooking recipes (like say, canning tomatos, and then using those tomatos to make tomato paste), your gonna wanna recreate the original items, likely from moddata.

evolved recipes might still be usable if all you want is 1 ingredient (but that seems wasteful as a lot of vegis are hardly worth canning 1 of)

[peak nymph]

any item ideally put inside, only certain tagged items would be "modified" on the canner being "cooked"
The tagged items were meant to be evolved recipes (or items generated from evolved recipes) that get modified

so I was going the container approach as it was evolved recipes inside already that were getting modified

[willow tulip]

You could even still have it be a 'container' with mod data, and when you 'can' it, it just converts from a container, to a new 'sealed item' with a bunch of moddata about what it contains (and maybe addExtraItems just to show the user what items are inside the jar)

[peak nymph]

So first step the user would transfer evolved recipe to jars
This would work the same was as splitting a meal into bowls

These jars/bowls are what is put in the canner container

This canner/container is "sealed" (transformed to a version where items can't be taken out or put in)

This canner/container item is "cooked"
The item itself stays the same but the data for the items inside change

Then you can "unseal" the canner/container
and take the processed items out

[willow tulip]

yea if you wanna do evolved recipes too, id recommend moddata for sure so you have total control over things.

[peak nymph]

are there docs for what can/cannot go in mod data, I assumed this was just extra data in the script txt, but would it support an array of a bunch of variable item data to use to recreate them

[bright fog]

I don't know if your explanation is confusing or you are confused about what things are

[willow tulip]

You can make it a container, or slap your own rightclick context menu on your starting-jars (maybe both? so you can support evolved recipes? Or just jar literal bowls of soup!)

[bright fog]

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Mod_data

[willow tulip]

Maybe the jaring process can spit the bowl/pot/whatever back out when its done?

[bright fog]

What evolved recipes are you talking about here ?

You want to put vegetables inside the jars ? Meat ? Soup ? Give explicit example here

The jar using an evolved recipe sounds like a bad idea

The jar accepting evolved recipe item results is doable

[peak nymph]

for simplicity lets say just bowls of soup, with vanilla recipes you create a soup, you have a vanilla craft recipe to split this into 4 bowls, these bowls are the items to be canned (will be replaced with my own similar items but lets just keep it simple for now)

[bright fog]

Why use the bowls directly ?

Why not the pot/saucepan ?

Or accept all of these ?

[willow tulip]

Option A: jar is a container, you stick item into jar, have some crafting recipe or rightclick menu for 'can object' and it spits out bowls in the process
Option B: jar is a regular item, you use rightclick jar to open context menu to add stuff to jar. spits out empty bowl/pot/etc immediately.

[bright fog]

Just directly use a craftRecipe

Less confusing for players

[willow tulip]

(Option B is kinda like how evolved recipes work, at least from the players side of things, but you'd still be doing all the work manually with moddata)

[peak nymph]

I don't know how else to explain it but I think you have the wrong idea
ignore every single thing i've said and i'll start again

this is the most stripped down version of the mod I can think of

I want to have a container/item that you can place soup bowls in

You can then "lock" the container to items cannot be put in or taken out

You can then "unlock" the container and take the items out

These items will have a tag added but otherwise be identical to the items originally put in

[willow tulip]

then yea, Id likely make a process that converts them to moddata

[bright fog]

So just soup ?

[willow tulip]

since your doing food, you don't need to store too much, the calories, hunger, lipids, protein, carbo, weight, baseitem.. Maybe the poison factor, age... cooked/burnt status...

[peak nymph]

lets say yeah for now

[willow tulip]

I guess might as well store happyness/boredom/etc too..

[bright fog]

No lol bcs it might just change the whole thing if it can accept just more than soup 😅

What items can be put in it ?

Make a list

[peak nymph]

Can i physically stop items being put in a container? cause if not it doesn't matter cause the user will stick anything in so it would have to support any item

if I can physically stop it it will only be my custom CannedFood item that will work the same as soup bowls, thats why i'm saying soup bowls for now

[willow tulip]

You can stop items over X weight, and there is also:

setOnlyAcceptCategory(String onlyAcceptCategory)

public void setAcceptItemFunction(String functionName)

Dunno if the latter takes LUA functions, maybe.

1st should be able to filter it to food, and since you'd be writing the 'canning' code, you can always have it eject or fail (with a onscreen reason why) if it has invalid items

[peak nymph]

theres a way to inform the user on screen of stuff like that?
Although I can always just have my new Items be a new category I suppose

[willow tulip]

Looks to be LUA accessable

stuff uses it from LUA

function AcceptItemFunction.AmmoStrap_Shells(container, item)
    return item:hasTag("ShotgunShell")
end

yea, the item script has this line:

AcceptItemFunction = AcceptItemFunction.AmmoStrap_Bullets,

so you can just set a container to have a filter function on what it accepts

[willow tulip]

I just use player:say() to inform them of stuff like that, pops open text above their head, does not alert zombies

in theory, you could even try using the accept item function to say why they can't move stuff, cause it SHOULD only be triggered when they try...

(your milage may vary on this idea/concept and if it actually works or not)

[peak nymph]

thanks so much, now just gotta write the moddata function

[willow tulip]

have fun, sounds cool, better then the existing canning system since im assuming we could can meat/vegis/whatever and use them for whatever 'original' recipe demanded them

Desire: Put the shelf life as a sandbox option, so I can have like 5 year canning or something If I want 😛

[peak nymph]

gunna start with just soup, but should be easy to extend from there once I get it working

unsure whether to make the canner craftable or just make it something you have to search for

[willow tulip]

Both is always good too :0

[spiral goblet]

I used to be able to put my mods into my local mods folder to use them. Can I not do this any more?

[finite radish]

you can still do that, yes

[nova whale]

Noob question incoming- is there a way to import vanilla buildings into the building editor? As far as I can tell, there is no way to do it naturally. I know bikini tools can save building blueprints, but can I use it, or any other mod, to add a vanilla building to the building editor? The reason I want to know is because I want to add some vanilla buildings to a custom map. (B41)

[fervent sparrow]

There is a vanilla building export shared by the TIS on their forum. There they included all the buildings from the b41 map, excluding Louisville.

[nova whale]

Thanks!

[fervent sparrow]

Though this question would better fit in the mapping chat, but no worries

[distant inlet]

just one about recording/replaying routines

[buoyant violet]

as anyone manage to change the firerates of fully automatic weapons?

im looking to make an ak shoot slower than an m16

[peak nymph]

hey all, trying to "copy" a food item into mod data, and then recreate it
everything but hunger seems to be working (hunger is set but the wrong value)

but setting each of the values gets the same error and really not sure why
heres an example of the error

function: UnsealCanner -- file: HiemCanning_CannerHandler.lua line # 113 | MOD: PressureCanning
Callframe at: performCurrentRecipe
function: performRecipe -- file: ISHandcraftAction.lua line # 197 | Vanilla
function: perform -- file: ISHandcraftAction.lua line # 170 | Vanilla

ERROR: General      f:17948, t:1759498436702> ExceptionLogger.logException> Exception thrown
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException 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)```

[peak nymph]

here the function thats triggering it

    local items = craftRecipeData:getAllConsumedItems()
    local results = craftRecipeData:getAllCreatedItems()

    local sealedCanner = items:get(0)
    local openCanner = results:get(0)
    local inputModData = sealedCanner:getModData()

    local items = inputModData.containedItems

    for i=1, #items do
      local itemData = items[i]
      local item = instanceItem(itemData.type)

      item:setBaseHunger(totalBaseHunger)
      item:setHungChange(totalHungChange)

      item:setName(itemData.name)

      openCanner:getInventory():AddItem(item)

      local extraItems = itemData.extraItems
      for j=1, #extraItems do
        local extraItem = itemData.extraItems[j]
        print(extraItem)
        item:addExtraItem(extraItem)
      end

      item:setCooked(true)

      -- applyNutrition(item)
      print('here')
      print(item)

      item:setThirstChange(totalThirstChange)
      item:setBoredomChange(totalBoredomChange)
      item:setUnhappyChange(totalUnhappyChange)
      item:setCarbohydrates(totalCarbs)
      item:setLipids(totalLipids)
      item:setProteins(totalProteins)
      item:setCalories(totalCalories)
      item:setActualWeight(weight)
      item:setWeight(weight)
    end
end```

[old dagger]

anyone here got any tips how to create custom scenarios? Something like that mod:

i've seen video on youtube but there were no info how to make mod out of debug mode

[bright fog]

What does this mod do ?

What scenario are we talking about here ? Like CDDA ?

[old dagger]

Yea like you have already configured scenario and you just select it while creating new save

[old dagger]

I've idea that player gone on 2month survival challange in the woods and he have to get back do civilisation. The starting point would be some simple shelter far far in the woods. Of course there would be some starting items but i will figure out it later.

Maybe 10 years later mod with less erosion would be nice with it.

[merry fjord]

Anyone can help me with this issue?

Basically, i want to incorporate toxic zones with getting irradiated water and the intent is basically filling up a test tube with irradiated water.

function: tick -- file: ISTimedActionQueue.lua line # 81 | Vanilla
function: onTick -- file: ISTimedActionQueue.lua line # 194 | Vanilla

Getting error around this repeatedly on ISTimedActionQueue

"function ISTimedActionQueue:tick()
local action = self.queue[1]
if action == nil then
self:clearQueue()
return
end
** if not action.character:getCharacterActions():contains(action.action) then**
print('bugged action, cleared queue ', action.Type or "???")
self:resetQueue()
return
end
if action.action:hasStalled() then
self:onCompleted(action)
return
end
end"

[bright fog]

I don't remember ever seeing custom scenarios

[old dagger]

yeah, for now i will take one config from pillow's mod and figure out how to modify it for my purposes.

i quess pillow based on ingame scenarios and created his

[merry fjord]

nevermind this pls, i'm passing a stupid playerNum to the timed action and not player

[peak nymph]

I am instantiating an item, which is of type
Base.SoupBowl:zombie.inventory.types.Food@3fa3a205

and despite methods such as :setCooked working
all the setBaseHunger and setProtein etc methods all error

I'm so confused

[bronze yoke]

what error?

[bright fog]

Like albion said, what error ?

[peak nymph]

Callframe at: setWeight
function: UnsealCanner -- file: HiemCanning_CannerHandler.lua line # 113 | MOD: PressureCanning
Callframe at: performCurrentRecipe
function: performRecipe -- file: ISHandcraftAction.lua line # 197 | Vanilla
function: perform -- file: ISHandcraftAction.lua line # 170 | Vanilla

ERROR: General f:17948, t:1759498436702> ExceptionLogger.logException> Exception thrown
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException 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)

[bronze yoke]

illegal argument, the function exists but you're passing something weird to it

[bright fog]

Ah wait ...

[peak nymph]

hmm, i'm passing the same value got from getWeight (added to modData then read and tried to write to new item)

[bronze yoke]

search doesn't include inherited members? weird

[bright fog]

Classic the search doesn't show inheritance

[bronze yoke]

i never lost the habit of ctrl-f so i didn't even know that

[bright fog]

I always used ctrl f before, but I found this searching bar to be quite useful

Tho I guess it's quite unreliable lol

[willow tulip]

Yea that caught me up a few times before. like trying to find the get position functions that are all part of the base object.

(that are called, so helpfully, getX and getY)

[peak nymph]

omg i'm so stupid, i was referencing totalCalories not itemData.totalCalories for all the moddata
thanks for everyone help

[empty bramble]

If I wanted to make a custom map in PZ, what would be like the first immediate steps to take? I'm just unsure where to start.

[peak nymph]

Not done in myself but there are good resources in the mapping channel

#mapping message

[empty bramble]

I didn't realize there was a whole channel dedicated to mapping, thanks :D

[bright fog]

There's mapping youtube video guides

Check the Mapping wiki page

[empty bramble]

A lot of them are pretty old, so I was just wondering if map making has become more intuitive since they were posted.

[bright fog]

Should be mostly the same, unless you're looking at very old videos

The blackbeard videos are up-to-date from my understanding

[empty bramble]

I guess the whole thing just seems a bit intimidating since you've gotta use like tertiary programs and stuff to do things like placing the terrain.

I made it about that far before I gave up and decided to try again later.

[bright fog]

Yea, but the video tutorials are good

[bright fog]

Ask questions in #mapping or in the mapping Discord linked in the pinned messages of #mapping

[empty bramble]

Thanks, will do.

[bronze yoke]

<@&671452400221159444>

[peak nymph]

It’s crazy how many spam/bad messages there are, feels pretty frequent I see a deleted message like this

thanks for your service 🫡

[peak nymph]

Does anyone know of any events/hooks to know when an item is heated? Can’t see anything in the docs

No worries if not as will just make the item “cookable” instead but would prefer to be able to “tick” a value as it’s heated instead

[peak nymph]

Also as it’s cooling etc I guess

Or (a probably les performant option) is there an OnTick or something similar for an inventoryitem

[bright fog]

Not to my knowledge

[bright fog]

Need some feedback for the Item script wiki page

I'm reworking the organization of the Item script page

I'm testing some presentation for the list of parameters that can be used for the various item classes (Type param) and need your feedback on it:
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/User:SirDoggyJvla/sandbox#How_parameters_are_arranged_by_"Type"_parameter

In comparison, here is the old presentation:
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Item_(scripts)#How_parameters_are_arranged_by_"Type"_parameter

-# Note I haven't changed anything else on the page, only the parameter list presentation in my sandbox page

[mellow frigate]

Me blind? Me not see the difference.

[bright fog]

._.

[mellow frigate]

good news, I'm not blind ! (I have other problems though)

[bright fog]

So what's your thought ? 😅

[mellow frigate]

put both views. they both have uses depending on user need.

the inability to see the whole row on the synthetic (new) view is a problem to me, but it may be a problem on my side only.

[bright fog]

Yea it's a problem with wiki tables

There's sadly not any solutions regarding that, besides modifying your wiki page view settings

[mellow frigate]

it is so long (so many rows) that when going full down to move the cursor and see the right part ... I cannot find my way back to the expected param

[bright fog]

Yea it's definitely a problem

[mellow frigate]

that synthetic view is still awesome. so keep both views

[bright fog]

Thinking about it more, do users even need to see which params are in common between classes ?

[mellow frigate]

It can be VERY usefull to save time at code analysis time to know what Item type to go check when working on one specific param

[bright fog]

I guess

[bronze yoke]

to be honest, i find the new version really hard to use

[bright fog]

Yea that's why I wanted feedback, bcs I knew it was 100% pratical

I think I'll keep both version like Tcherno suggested

[bright fog]

Steam Uploader v0.6.0

v0.6.0 doesn't impact much on the user side, mostly fixes previous 0.5.0 version which was non-working.
A bit of restyling for the console logs when using the app
https://github.com/SirDoggyJvla/Steam-Uploader/releases/tag/v0.6.0

[cinder iris]

i want to make a skills/profession mod for a personal server of mine, how would i go abouts doing that? any tips?

[covert wren]

Back at it again

[peak nymph]

I’ve not done professions myself, but when I did traits the best resource I found was download a mod that adds an occupation (a trait mod in my case) and look through the code to see how it does it

[cinder iris]

ohh i didnt think about that, thank you

[peak nymph]

no worries, good luck

[peak nymph]

has anyone messed with item age at all
because items are converted to modData in my mod, they are basically held in stasis until converted back to items, but instead I want to age the item appropriately when opening it, but item age for the items I have in there are less than 2 even when they've existed for a while, but if I get time stamp when "sealing" and "opening" the difference between the values is 7, so if I add this to the item it'll be aged massively, so does anyone know how i'd convert "time" to "age"

[peak nymph]

Found a simpler way, I can just use the age of the "sealed" container item and add this instead

[little bane]

Are there any mod that let you type and run lua script?

Can you do that with Cheat Engine rebirth Lua interpreter?

[bright fog]

Directly in-game ?

Currently no, but that should be doable. It's what the debug console allows you to do

But it isn't very practical currently to run big scripts

[little bane]

I see

I want to run local function lua script from some mod but i don't know how to do that

The mod said it will add command to the game but when i tried that command nothing happened and the game said unknown command

[bright fog]

What function ?

[little bane]

the entire file btw

[bronze yoke]

<@&671452400221159444>

[small osprey]

Heya folks. I took a summer break from Zomboid and Modding. Happy to be back 🙂

[late hound]

lol did anyone see that they threw all their clothing scripts into one file now? Have fun searching for things in a 24000 line file 😆

[bronze yoke]

yeah, they generate their scripts now so organisation isn't a concern anymore, pretty annoying for us 😅

[bright fog]

Didn't realize that

[desert dust]

I'm trying to update my mod to work with Build 42, but it's not even showing up in the mod list.

I've got the mod folder in the 'Workshop' folder of the main PZ directory on Steam, and I've got a folder named '42' (I've also tried naming it '42.0' to no success). Inside this folder I've got my mod.info and poster.png files, as well as media/scripts/recipes where I've got my ModRecipes.txt folder. Yet every time I start the game, the mod isn't showing up on the list, and I can't for the life of me figure out why. Any pointers?

It's probably something minor that I'm missing, but I just can't see it.

[bronze yoke]

add a common folder too

it doesn't have to have anything in it but it does have to exist

[desert dust]

Yeah, I've got one of those too. Sorry, forgot to mention it.

[bronze yoke]

oh, it shouldn't be in the main pz directory, those mod folders are fake

it should be in %UserProfile%/Zomboid/

[bright fog]

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Mod_structure

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Game_files#Cache_folder

[icy night]

Hey, does anyone know if I can check how fast a player is driving using getSpeed()

[bright fog]

getSpeed ?

[icy night]

Yes, getSpeed() from VehicleHitField

[bright fog]

Did you test it ?

[icy night]

I will

This worked: vehicle:getCurrentSpeedKmHour() > 30

[vast pier]

Is there a way to change an item's display name ?

setDisplayName("Name")
doesn't work

[vast pier]

setName("Name")
works

[little bane]

Anyone knows how to actually register this / command?
I don't get why it is unknown command when I type this in chat console

[desert dust]

Any reason why my recipe wouldn't actually create the item it's supposed to? I'm using debug mode to test it, but no matter how many times I try, the item isn't appearing in my character's inventory. 🤔

{
    craftRecipe Geo.QOL.CraftGasCan
    {
        timedAction = Base.RipClothing,
        Time = 60,
        Tags = AnySurfaceCraft,
        needTobeLearn = false,
        AllowBatchCraft = True,
        SkillRequired = Tailoring:1,
        category = Geo's QOL,
        inputs
        {
            item 10 [Base.WaterBottle],
            item 4 [Base.Scotchtape;2:Base.DuctTape],
            item 1 tags[Scissors] mode:keep flags[MayDegradeLight],
        }
        outputs
        {
            item 1 Base.PetrolCan,
        }
    }
}```

(If anyone can suggest a replacement for the water bottles, do let me know; I'm using them because Base.BleachEmpty doesn't exist in B42. They hold 1L each and gas cans are 10L, so it makes sense in my mind.)

[vast pier]

have you tried doing the recipe with the actual ingredients in your inventory and not the debug function ?

[desert dust]

I made sure to spawn them into my inventory before attempting the recipe.

[bright fog]

You have dots

Remove those dots in the naming

Idk if it's that the exact source of your problem

But I wouldn't do that

Besides that, the rest looks good

[small osprey]

TIL: With two small helper functions we can trigger Zone Stories from lua. https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Randomized_stories

Road Stories would probably function similar, while survivor stories seem too building-specific.

[desert dust]

Neither do I, but it seems to work now. Though I wish it wouldn't create full gas cans, as that's a little bit OP.

[bright fog]

You can modify that

[desert dust]

I assume using Lua? Because I've tried the [IsEmpty] and [ForceEmpty] flags, but neither worked.

[bright fog]

OnCreate, Lua yes

Aren't there outputs flags tho ?

[thorn siren]

Does anyone know how i can insert mod items into existing recipes? Specifically im making a mod that adds some new seeds and i want to include these seeds in the recipe to put them in and take them out of packets. I've already succeeded in creating an independent recipe, but it'd be nice if it would just be part of the exiting one.

[desert dust]

I tried the obvious ones but they didn't work.

outputs
{
    item 1 PetrolCan flags[ForceEmpty],
}```

[willow tulip]

Pretty sure your gonna have to use onCreate script to empty it, or create a new item.

I see no evidence of any vanilla recipes that make empty items when the fluidcontainer had a default fluid

Weird, there is a itemname translation key for: Base.EmptyPetrolCan

but I can find no evidence this item exists anywhere lol

[willow tulip]

See the later comments in https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/86011-allow-lua-to-edit-recipes-in-b42/#comment-441055

[bronze yoke]

b41 pre-fluid container items

[willow tulip]

ah.

[alpine hazel]

Posted this already on the PZ Modding Community but I though I'd post it here too in case its useful for anyone.
I've made a python script that provides a simple, navigable menu for uploading and updating mods on the Steam Workshop using Steam Uploader #mod_development message made by @bright fog

Check it out here: https://github.com/xberkth/Steam-Uploader-Menu
If you have any suggestions or want to report a bug, @ me or send me a PM.

[bright fog]

Have you tested with the 0.6 version your scripts ? I don't remember

[alpine hazel]

Yeah it works perfectly with 0.6

I still need to add support for --new and app_id but I haven't figured out how to approach it yet 😅

[shadow tapir]

Hey everyone — I’m currently working on a Tank API system for Build 42 that allows any container or item to store liquids (not just predefined types). The goal is to make it work universally, starting with KI5’s tank vehicles, and then expand it so modders can add or register new liquid containers directly through code.

I’ve got everything showing and functional in Build 41, but nothing appears in Build 42, so I think I’m missing a few key changes in the new build’s mod or file structure.

If anyone experienced with B42 mod loading or script changes could point me in the right direction or help me identify what I’m missing, I’d really appreciate it.

[bright fog]

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Mod_structure

[desert dust]

Figured as much. I guess I'd better start reading up on how to do that. 😅

[peak nymph]

hi all, does anyone know why setWeight and setActualWeight don't seem to do anything for an item
this is for an output item of a crafting recipe using an "OnCreate" function

The value is unchanged from base if I use those

and if I add setCustomWeight(true) also the weight of the item ends up at 0.0

[peak nymph]

heres the function, not sure what else to try, can't see anything different in the docs and i'm not getting any errors

    local items = craftRecipeData:getAllConsumedItems()
    local results = craftRecipeData:getAllCreatedItems() -- 2 jars + 1 pot

    local input = items:get(0)

    local jars = {}
    for i=0, portions - 1 do
      table.insert(jars, results:get(i))
    end
    local pot = results:get(portions)

    for i=1, #jars do
      local jar = jars[i];

      applyJarNutrition(jar, input, portions)
      -- applyJarWeight(jar, pot, input, portions) -- no working 
      jar:setActualWeight(1.25)
      jar:setWeight(1.25)

      jar:setAge(input:getAge())
    end
end

function Recipe.OnCreate.CreateJarredFood2(craftRecipeData, character)
  createJarredFood(craftRecipeData, character, 2)
end```

[shadow tapir]

function Recipe.OnCreate.CreateJarredFood2 calling a none function ie remove the 2 i thing is the only thing i can see but i am still learning so please correct me if wrong

[peak nymph]

The function itself runs, and other property setters on the items work, just the weight functions don’t seem to work

[shadow tapir]

i am in a VC if you have time

[peak nymph]

Sadly not but thanks for the offer

[cold rapids]

For PZ World Ed where does the config / settings file save on Windows?

Also can i compile a map via batch?

[buoyant sky]

Hm i was thinking i make something like a recap mod for zomboid, as first iteration something like tracking where you go until you died

[vast pier]

Both are technically the same item due to item ID, but it copies over all the stats from the actual gun (and the bayonet attached to the gun)

the sharpness and condition stats for the melee version of the weapon is stored directly on the gun part

meaning it carries across guns if you attach it to something else

[bronze yoke]

<@&671452400221159444>

[peak nymph]

How are you setting the weight of the new item? trying to figure out what I’m doing wrong with my mod

[vast pier]

Currently nothing, weight of the weapons are gonna be 0 with it being entirely determined by the attachments

[peak nymph]

Ah fair, not as relevant for the jar of soup in my mod haha, thanks tho

[willow tulip]

@vast pier So, looking into it.. I see things like: setActualWeight

and the weird thing that...

        if (this.getDisplayName().equals(this.getFullType())) {
            return 0.0F;
        } else {
            return this.ActualWeight < 0.0F ? 0.0F : this.ActualWeight;
        }
    }```

getactualweight is.. disabled if the displayname equals the fulltype? lol wut

also seeing: drainablecomboitem has this:

        if (this.getReplaceOnDeplete() != null) {
            if (this.getCurrentUsesFloat() >= 1.0F) {
                this.setCustomWeight(true);
                this.setActualWeight(this.getScriptItem().getActualWeight());
                this.setWeight(this.getActualWeight());
                return;
            }

where they constantly.. reset the actualweight -_-;

also ending in:

        if (this.getWeightEmpty() != 0.0F) {
            this.setCustomWeight(true);
            this.setActualWeight((this.getScriptItem().getActualWeight() - this.WeightEmpty) * this.getCurrentUsesFloat() + this.WeightEmpty);
        }

there is also setWeightEmpty

[bronze yoke]

it should be abstracted more than this, but if an item's display name equals its full type, it is a hidden item and not meant to be shown anywhere or weigh anything (so that it should not be noticeable that the item exists at all)

[willow tulip]

Ahhh.

Also of note: setWeight is never used in LUA, neither is setemptyweight... But setActualWeight() is

Weaponparts also have setWeightModifier that might be of some use @vast pier

[vast pier]

Oh i wasn’t needing anything, was just answering their question lel

The attempt to help is acknowledged and appreciated though

[willow tulip]

Oh, I thought you where also wondering about setting weapon weight (at some point in the future) so I thought id mention you into the convo as well.

[vast pier]

Shouldn’t need to since the weapon attachments get transferred to the melee version and vice versa

[willow tulip]

kk

Uh, thats an interesting.. debug menu.. that does the nothing.

[bronze yoke]

only works in multiplayer

[willow tulip]

(apparenty hugolibby is the random name of the character im playing as)

[willow tulip]

Ad

[peak nymph]

Ah okay, I hadn’t added names or translations yet, so the item name is the full type still, so I guess when I’m setting custom weight and it’s setting it to zero it’s because of this, it’s late for me but will give it a try in the morning thanks

Thanks all

[willow tulip]

lol fun.

TIL that the weight of an object in PZ comes from its name. thats why baseball bats and charcoal is so heavy while pens are light. /s

[bronze yoke]

the assumption is basically any item without a name is meant to be for weird internal use only

like the zombie scars that are technically clothing items

[willow tulip]

TIL about zombie scars.

[icy night]

Is 64x64 the correct profession img size? And if so, am I allowed to go a bit bigger than that? Wondering if I could fit a 84x84 image

ik some things are restricted in size, while others have some wiggle room

[bright fog]

Yes, but it will get resized possibly

[icy night]

ah

[bright fog]

To fit the UI

It'll still be 84x84

[thorn siren]

I can't get my item tooltip to work, it looks practically identical to vanilla tooltip code and another mod's tooltips code that i tested worked.

media\lua\shared\Translate\EN\Tooltip_EN.txt
Tooltip_EN = {
Tooltip_GSplanting = "test test",
}

and

media\scripts\GrassSeed_items.txt
module GS
{
imports
{
Base
}

item GrassSeed
{
    DisplayCategory = Gardening,
    Type = Normal,
    Icon = Seeds_Generic,
    Weight = 0.02,
    WorldStaticModel = Seeds_Ground,
    Tooltip = Tooltip_GSplanting,
}

item GrassBagSeed
{
    DisplayCategory = Gardening,
    Type = Normal,
    Icon = Seeds_Grass,
    Weight = 0.1,
    WorldStaticModel = GrassSeedPacket_Ground,
}

item GrassBagSeed_Empty
{
    DisplayCategory = Gardening,
    Type = Normal,
    Icon = Seeds_Grass,
    Weight = 0.02,
    WorldStaticModel = GrassSeedPacket_Ground,
}

}

[bronze yoke]

what do you see ingame?

[thorn siren]

The last thing on the little window when hovering over the item is just the mod identifier, there's no tool tip at all that should be showing up under it

[knotty stone]

Wouldn't that be Tooltip_Tooltip_GSplanting ?

[thorn siren]

This is how it's formatted in the vanilla code and in other mods' codes I've referenced.
A random example from vanilla:

normal.txt
item AlcoholBandage
{
DisplayCategory = FirstAid,
Type = Normal,
Weight = 0.1,
Icon = Bandage,
Alcoholic = true,
AlwaysWelcomeGift = true,
BandagePower = 4.0,
CanBandage = true,
count = 1,
Medical = true,
ReplaceOnUse = Base.BandageDirty,
Tooltip = Tooltip_AlcoholBandage,
WorldStaticModel = Bandage,
Tags = NoPour,
}

While it's tool tip is in vanilla Tooltip_EN.txt
Tooltip_EN = {
...
Tooltip_AlcoholBandage = "Used to sterilize wounds and aid recovery from infection.",
...
}

[knotty stone]

Maybe because it's not a Base. Item but GS you need another format like GS_Tooltip_GSplanting

Tooltips are a bane of mine lol. I have a translation mod where I had to replace them with lua cause the Chinese modder was lazy xD

[thorn siren]

Well after a ton of fucking around, shuffling tooltip keys from vanilla items and other mods, and renaming files. I put everything back just the way it was and now it just works for some reason.

I'll put the real text in it tomorrow and see if it still works consistently then I can finally start working on the actaul core mechanics of the mod after spending over a week just trying to make the items exist

[peak nymph]

would it be too mean to have my pressure cooker item explode if used incorrectly, if too much water is put in and its left to burn

[bronze yoke]

the microwave explodes if used incorrectly so it seems fair to me

i don't know what the majority consensus is but a lot of players (myself included) love that sort of thing

[peak nymph]

the plan is if you put no/to little water itll still cook food but jars wont seal, and if you leave it to burn food will burn
if you put the right amount of water jars will seal and food wont burn
and if you use too much, jars will seal, but if left to burn it explodes

[peak nymph]

is anyone familiar with fluid container names, specifically a way to not add "Empty" or "Water" before the container name

[peak nymph]

actually I can't see a way to trigger a function when something has burned, can't see an OnBurned like OnCooked or anything like that unfortunately

I could do it onCooked but that seems mean haha

[daring bough]

Any ideas why blood level value number is not getting over 4, no matter how much zeds I hit?

[peak nymph]

hey, any idea how I should do this, I have a sandbox var (will be a multiplier to the default values)
What's the best way to apply it to my jar items, without doing individually item per item on creation
can I update the type from the var in someway?

[willow tulip]

You'd do some work in the recipes oncreate, I think

set daystorotten (or whatever it is) to be item:getScript():getDaysToRotten()*sandboxvar

[peak nymph]

ah okay, so I do have to do it per item instance, cheers

[willow tulip]

Yea, theres no magic to link new sandbox vars to anything

[peak nymph]

thanks for your help, mods almost done, just gotta figure out the best way to trigger an explosion now (might not include this feature tho tbh)

[willow tulip]

Id look into whatever pipebombs do, since thats a nice fire-free explosion

(Since B42.12)

[night shell]

So, Co-Pilot wants to add an "unnecessary chaining protection" to an extender function of ISWorldMapSymbols:prerender but I am suspicious of this. I am not very versed in Zomboid modding yet but I haven't seen this before:

local EMSUI_prev_prerender = ISWorldMapSymbols.prerender
if not ISWorldMapSymbols.__EMSUIWrapped then
function ISWorldMapSymbols:prerender()
    if EMSUI_prev_prerender then EMSUI_prev_prerender(self) end
    self:extraUI_Init()
end
ISWorldMapSymbols.__EMSUIWrapped = true
end

Anyone have an input on this?

[bright fog]

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Getting_started_with_modding#Warning_on_AI_usage

[night shell]

I know. This is why I am asking here.
I am new to modding this game but not to programming.

I get co-pilots concern that if the function gets called again it could, technically(?), run the init twice. But I don't know if that is even possible with how the game engine works.

[peak nymph]

Have left out the explosion for now but my mod is published!
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3582404497

[night shell]

And I released a fix for ExtraMapSymbols so that it works with ShareYourMapSymbols
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3582404075

[bright fog]

What does your extra UI function do ?

Also you have some useless checks. Mostly checking your EMSUI_prev_prerender exists, you're sure it does and if it didn't you'd break the UI

Since you wouldn't call the original prerender

[night shell]

Good point! It was already calling it in the original mod. It was only the non UI that needed update

When you stare at a problem for too long

Though not sure about uploading it without the UI. I guess it could require the original but then you must set the sort order right so my fix overwrites the faulty one.

[empty gate]

👋
I'm wondering if it's possible to display a kind of animated ui (like gif or webP or raw png sequence at least) inside this window?

    local o = ISCollapsableWindow.new(self, x, y, width, height)
    o.title = ""
    o.resizable = false

[prisma wren]

out of curiousity, does anyone know where i'd find the gif for the loading icon of the zombie walking?

[bright fog]

Yea, you'd have to update the image texture

[bright fog]

Check mods that replace it

It might give you some insight

[red tiger]

Does Project Zomboid come with any unit or metrics testing library / software that I can use for a Java performance patch?

Was thinking of using JUnit but in-game code execution also matters when it comes to performance.

[bronze yoke]

they seem to use junit internally but it's not packaged with the game

[red tiger]

I wrote a patch last week that optimizes target method invocation within the Kahlua / Lua engine dramatically.

(Removes the Reflection API overhead)

I'll take a look and see if I can get both a JUnit test and an in-game looped time test and then gather those metrics and compile them into a sheet.

But as it turns out the biggest bottleneck beyond architecture / design for Kahlua2 is the use of Reflection API.

[prisma wren]

i was asking for the sake of circumventing that process but i shall do it

i just wanted to add the zero hour loading screen gif
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9MuaNeBGZU

i wonder if i'd be able to get the full size but i'll just try to swap the gif first

[prisma wren]

where are mod files stored? im looking for the mod i installed for a reference but i cant seem to find it in the local files

its not under steamapps

[bright fog]

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Game_files#Online_workshop_folders

[prisma wren]

this is great resource

thanks

[sturdy silo]

Hi I am the creator of "Throbby's Energy Drinks". It was brought to my attention by a friend that a website called GGNetwork appears to have re-uploaded it without any kind of permission from me. Any advice on if I can or should do anything about it. Thanks

[bronze yoke]

afaik not really, those websites just mirror the whole workshop

i'd just ignore it, those sites are only used by people who can't access the workshop (usually because they pirated the game) so they don't really take away from your traffic

[sturdy silo]

I see, I just don't want someone to pull a virus from it, I appreciate your help, thanks

[willow tulip]

Nice!!

[prisma wren]

ok how is a gif a png?

[bronze yoke]

the loading icon isn't a gif, it's an animated png

[prisma wren]

great, how do i make one of those?

should i just use a website like https://ezgif.com/apng-maker

[bright fog]

Probably yea

[twin socket]

Hi, I'm working on a mod that replaces the player model. It shows up fine in character creation but when I load into the game it just loads with a black screen and throws an error in the bottom right corner, and I'm not sure why. If someone could help me, I'd appreciate it. I can share console log if needed. Thanks!!

[prisma wren]

ok done:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3582636132

i probably definitely should have compressed the png since its big as fuck, i'll see about updating it and compressing the files

i WILL be compressing it i forgot that this file has 4 seperate interations

and all are 50 mbs

for some reason the loop gets all weird

i need to 100% update this

[prisma wren]

fixed the file sizes

although the weird looping issue eludes me

and it looksbetter at a lower resolution

[naive crest]

Is anyone able to help with my I get a stack overflow error when turning on my texture pack

this is how my mod died

[bronze yoke]

<@&671452400221159444>

[left plank]

danke

[olive lance]

hi guys where am i meant to put recipe scripts (b42, first time doing any of this)

currently doing Zomboid\MODNAME\Contents\mods\MODNAME\42\media\scripts\Test.txt

module Base
{
    craftRecipe TestRecipeXD
    {
        Tags = AnySurfaceCraft;CanBeDoneFromFloor,
        inputs
        {
            item 1 Base.EmptySandbag,
        }
        outputs
        {
            item 1 Base.Gravelbag,
        }
    }
}

running the game with the mod in the workshop folder to start with crashes with a really nondescript error, actually loading it with the reload lua button gives two errors, one mentions unknown recipe param: Base.EmptySandbag

im assuming nothing's wrong with my recipe bc i've rewritten it from the wiki a couple times already but idk 😭

[willow tulip]

inputs need [] around them, like item 1 [Base.EmptySandbag], IIRC.

[olive lance]

o ty ur prob right, testing RN

only the inputs need it according to wiki ig

[willow tulip]

Yea.

in their infinite wisdom they made input and output syntax differ

[olive lance]

i mean superficially it makes sense ig since u can't add flags to outputs?? but idk lol

either way it was kind of a silly thing to be hung up on since i was literally starting by copying the recipe files and editing them

[willow tulip]

Yea

[olive lance]

aaaa another error, trying to add timedaction now

TimedActionScript 'SmashGravel' could not be found in recipe SmashStonesIntoGravel at CraftRecipe.OnScriptsLoaded(CraftRecipe.java:824), will have to experiment w this more bc the action im using is literally a c+p of another

[bronze yoke]

try referencing it as GrapesGravel.SmashGravel in your craftRecipe

[olive lance]

ty lol

i've worked w namespaces b4 i feel like an idiot 😁

[bronze yoke]

nah, it's pz's fault for their implementation being completely inconsistent 😅 excluding the namespace for objects in the same namespace *usually* works but doesn't for everything

[olive lance]

fair ig since it should be referenced as Base.x but wtvr erm hopefully the game will get there, ty for help

[olive lance]

damn ran into another namespace hiccup w translation files

is it good practice to put the tl files in common

or does the game error when stuff isn't used

[drifting ore]

Mine are in my 42 folder

[bronze yoke]

i prefer to keep them in common

[bright fog]

Check the craftRecipe wiki page

[zealous silo]

Hello, to make it quick, I am creating a profession mod and want to add some traits from another mod, but I don't know how to do it. When I put the traits in the .lua, the professions break. I am using the standard version of Profession Framework and More Simple Traits, all in B41. Any help with Profession Framework would be appreciated.

[olive lance]

ah ok ty

[olive lance]

yeah ur right, the syntax is right there, i just stopped actually thinking critically after running into too many problems 💔

[mental patrol]

Mod suggestion for B42 (mp servers when it comes out) a mod that adds a few more job specific spawn locations
like construction workers spawning on build sites
or chefs in resturants
burglers having a 40 or 50 % chance to spawn in jail
ETC ETC :3

[hot void]

This is a tool for adding tattoos to Ellie tattoo parlor created by me which will make adding tattoos even faster

[topaz tangle]

thats so cool very user friendly

[topaz tangle]

Doing work in my Powell again (looks better now, older screen shot)

[icy night]

Is there a guide on how to make poster images pop-up? I have a trading card that I'm trying to get to show up on screen but the script I made doesnt work.

[icy night]

Ah, nvm. Figured it out with bandits week one scripts

\

[topaz tangle]

thats so cool

[topaz tangle]

i did it

just gotta update the other model now

[vast pier]

Don't know what to do about this

[willow tulip]

Well, first replace the input values with 4 and see what happens...

So you'll know if its the set weight, or the get weight thats failing you.

[willow tulip]

Now thats what I call a weapon!

does it degrade your gun or the chopper to cut down a tree?

[vast pier]

Chopper

Gun durability and attachment durability are tracked separately

same with sharpness

[willow tulip]

❤️ nice

Plz make sure sharpness degrades faster then condition. I really don't like having to repair stuff before I sharpen it. (maybe even make sharpness factor into chance of condition loss or something if your redoing the math)

(vanilla knives/weapons often seem to lose condition at same speed or faster then sharpness, meaning you never get to sharpen them as max condition sets max sharpness)

[vast pier]

I'm not calculating condition myself

it's the vanilla calculations

Condition and Sharpness are stored via params and modData that is directly tied to the attachment itself

    item LugSawBlade
    {
        DisplayCategory = WeaponPart,
        Type = WeaponPart,
        DisplayName = LugSawBlade,
        Icon = Scope2x,
        MountOn =  SaltyFirearmsFramework.ImprovisedRifleTest;SaltyFirearmsFramework.ImprovisedBoltActionNoStock;SaltyFirearmsFramework.ImprovisedBoltActionStock;SaltyFirearmsFramework.ImprovisedSemiActionNoStock;ImprovisedSemiActionStock;RamshackleWeapons.RevolverRifle,
        PartType = saltylug,
        Tooltip = Tooltip_Scope,
        MetalValue = 22,
        WorldStaticModel = SaltyFirearmsFramework.ChopperSawblade,
        CanAttach = Recipe.WeaponParts.hasLugSpace,
        CanDetach = Recipe.WeaponParts.hasLugSpace,
        Sharpness = 1.0,
        ConditionLowerChanceOneIn = 6,
        ConditionMax = 27,
        Tags = LugChopper;Sharpenable,
    }
    /*MARK:[Lug Attachment]
    */
    item BayonetImprovised
    {
        DisplayCategory = WeaponPart,
        Type = WeaponPart,
        DisplayName = BayonetImprovised,
        Icon = Scope2x,
        MountOn =  SaltyFirearmsFramework.ImprovisedRifleTest;SaltyFirearmsFramework.ImprovisedBoltActionNoStock;SaltyFirearmsFramework.ImprovisedBoltActionStock;SaltyFirearmsFramework.ImprovisedSemiActionNoStock;ImprovisedSemiActionStock;RamshackleWeapons.RevolverRifle,
        PartType = saltylugattachment,
        Tooltip = Tooltip_Scope,
        MetalValue = 22,
        WorldStaticModel = SaltyFirearmsFramework.BayonetImprovised,
        CanAttach = Recipe.WeaponParts.hasLugAttached,
        CanDetach = Recipe.WeaponParts.SaltyAlwaysTrue,
        Tags = ImpLugAttachment;ImpBayonet;Sharpenable,
        Sharpness = 1.0,
        ConditionLowerChanceOneIn = 6,
        ConditionMax = 27,
    }```

local function SaltyOnSwing()
    local item = getPlayer():getPrimaryHandItem()
    if not item then return end
    if not item:hasTag("SaltyRefresh") then return end
    local modData = item:getModData()
    if not modData.SaltySharpness then print("fuck") return end
        print("Initial Sharpness modData " .. modData.SaltySharpness)
        modData.SaltySharpness = item:getSharpness()
        print("Resulting Sharpness modData " .. modData.SaltySharpness)
end
Events.OnWeaponSwing.Add(SaltyOnSwing)```

[vast pier]

this is just to make sure the sharpness value is at least vaguely accurate when leaving and rejoining

local function SaltyonEquipPrimary()
    local item = getPlayer():getPrimaryHandItem()
    if not item then return end
    if not item:hasTag("SaltyRefresh") then return end
    local modData = item:getModData()
    if not modData then return end
    local WeaponID = modData.SaltyItemID
    if not WeaponID then return end
    --local ModelAttachments = modData.SaltyModelWeaponPart
    local InputSprite = modData.SaltySprite
    --local InputSpritesByIndex = modData.SaltySpriteIndex
    local BayonetConditionMax = modData.SaltyMaxCondition
    local BayonetConditionChance = modData.SaltyConditionChance
    --local AttachmentType = modData.SaltyAttachmentType
    --local MagazineType = modData.SaltyMagazineType
    local GunChambered = modData.SaltyGunChambered
    local Weapon = instanceItem(WeaponID)
    local SaltyClip = modData.SaltyClip
    local BayonetSharpness = modData.SaltySharpness
    item:setModelWeaponPart(Weapon:getModelWeaponPart())
    --item:setWeaponSpritesByIndex(InputSpritesByIndex)
    --item:setModelIndex(Weapon:getWeaponSpritesByIndex():indexOf(InputSprite))
    item:setWeaponSprite(InputSprite)
    item:setAttachmentType(Weapon:getAttachmentType())
    item:setConditionMax(BayonetConditionMax)
    if BayonetConditionChance and BayonetConditionChance > -100 then
        item:setConditionLowerChance(BayonetConditionChance)
    end
    if SaltyClip == 5 then
        item:setMagazineType(Weapon:getMagazineType())
        item:setContainsClip(true)
    end
    if GunChambered == 5 then
        item:setHaveChamber(true)
        item:setRoundChambered(true)
    elseif GunChambered == 3 then
        item:setHaveChamber(
        item:setSpentRoundChambered(true))
    end
    if BayonetSharpness then
        item:setSharpness(BayonetSharpness)
    end
end
Events.OnEquipPrimary.Add(SaltyonEquipPrimary)
Events.OnCreatePlayer.Add(SaltyonEquipPrimary)```

[small osprey]

Interesting! nice work and spirit Zumi. 🫶

Question: Do I assume correctly that the extra map symbols can be accessed from lua in the ISWorldMap context same as the vanilla ones? self.symbolsUI.symbolsAPI:addTexture(symbolname ..) is what I use to place vanilla map symbols.

[small osprey]

As "Stories" seem to be defined purely on the Java side and to make dynamic placement of "rich-ish" scenes more robust and require less boilerplate and hard-code, I think I will create a small scene builder with chainable API. Has anybody seen something like that or began work and then abandoned?
PZNS NPC framework has maybe some lifecycle inspirations I would guess but place-once stuff like the scene described below might not need much in that regard.

    :corpse()
      :outfit("Boilersuit","Vest_BulletCivilian","Hat_GasMask_nofilter")
      :onBody("Bag_ToolBag","Screwdriver", {"ElectronicsScrap",2}, "ElectricWire","DuctTape","CarBattery1")
      :dropNear("RemoteCraftedV1","Speaker")
      :blood{ splats = 6, trail = true }
      :place("near_window", { retries = 6, fallback = {"away_from_door","any"} })
    :container("Bag_MedicalBag")
      :fill("BookFirstAid3","PillsAntiDep")
      :place("near_door")
    :scatter()
      :items({"ElectronicsScrap",3},{"AluminumFragments",2},"Notepad","Pencil")
      :count(12):bias("workbench_like"):radius(4)
    :spawn()```

[night shell]

Thank you

I have no idea. I just figured out that the mod was breaking other mods and fixed that.
You'll have to try I guess

[icy night]

so this is what it looks like when you dont resize your images lol

[prisma wren]

HUNT SHOWDOWN WEAPON UPGRADES!!!

i would really like a mod that lets you modify weapons like some hunt showdown variants, like the talon, the trauma, the hatchet, and others

wish i knew how to code zomboid mods, i know the basics of lua but not the code structure of zomboid

[peak nymph]

There’s a lot of info on the wiki pages (in pinned messages)

And I mostly learned by looking at how other mods did it and asking for help in this chat

[prisma wren]

hmm, maybe i’ll check out some mods and see what i can do

i’ll stick to vanilla weapon stats but see if i can make the interaction and crafts to do that whenever i can make time

[vast pier]

idk anything about that game

[bronze yoke]

basically any time they ran out of ideas for weapon variants they would add a new melee one so it ended up with some pretty cool designs

[azure escarp]

Hello guys I've been thinking about making a mod for zomboid for a while now but I've never made a mod before

i can currently code in java and C++ so I'm good at coding. is there a tutorial available or anyone who can help me?

[bright fog]

Check pinned messages

[vast pier]

Funky aah freak gun

[azure escarp]

thanks

i should have checked first

[bright fog]

np

[icy night]

The best guide is to look at mods similar to what you plan to make

[azure escarp]

i think that will be my next move

[small osprey]

You'll find Lua to be .. quite different to those typed languages :D. Try to find your enjoyment. And remember arrays start at 1.

[topaz tangle]

the powell has been fixed :D

[topaz tangle]

More Powell work
Did the modeling and part of the texturing for the utility wagon

[willow tulip]

Have you considered adding a pinch of noise or grime to your textures?

[topaz tangle]

That is actually something i considered early on, but then i realized i didn’t like it much

[willow tulip]

1% monocromatic noise + slight desaturation

[topaz tangle]

This looks the exact same to me lol

[willow tulip]

yea, its hard to tell, but there is a slight difference. IMO the noise/grime should be hard to actually notice at first.

[topaz tangle]

I try and make my stuff fit with vanilla vehicles (though, with less issues) as much as I can
I also suck at adding fine details

[red tiger]

https://tenor.com/view/batman-thinking-gif-18107621495886085895

[willow tulip]

Yea that is why I was thinking just a pinch of subtle noise might help

also, perlin noise.

small amount of perlin noise added.

exadurated amount.

IMO, subtle levels of noise that you can hardly even notice actually add a lot to a model.

without it, your brain tends to think something is just.. a bit wrong.

[azure escarp]

this information is very valuable :D ty

if i get any problems i'll be here

[next forge]

Colors look sligly less vibrant but even for me who is pretty got at seeing small difference in color the change is relly small.

[upbeat turtle]

overhauling the radial UI in the next tame-able wolves update! thoughts, y’all? 🐺
(this is just a mockup)

the flow is…
“Player presses “G” >> Selects a tamed wolf from the first side >> Transitions to the second side with commands for that specific wolf”

[small osprey]

the "triforce" thing indicates top, left-low, right-low ? I haven't used the mod so I assume directions are by mouse coursor?

[bronze yoke]

is there a reason you're not using the vanilla radial menus?

[upbeat turtle]

more or less, the triforce is a framework in the ui for owning multiple tamed wolves. I can add a flag to each wolf like “Tamed1”, “Tamed2”, etc

at the moment, the player can already tame several wolves, but there is some jank lol 😂

[upbeat turtle]

with this approach tbh, it was easier for me to hook in the custom commands system

plus the ui is fully customizable when we have more assets 😄

[small osprey]

Hehe ok. So as I am not a user I am not very qualified to give feedback. I just wonder:

1. How would that be for a number not 3
2. How does the user select. hotkeys or mouse or cursor?

[upbeat turtle]

for example, wolves can help the player carry items. currently if say you tamed 2 wolves — they both would share the same inv

[bright fog]

The radial menu can do exactly that tho

You can have as many elements in it. You could have the radial with sub radials for indvidual animal commands

So first radial are available wolves, second are commands for this wolf

[upbeat turtle]

neato!!

[bright fog]

Can even have the wolf render inside the radial options to show clearly which wolf you're selecting

[upbeat turtle]

this new menu will definitely have a submenu

[bright fog]

You can do your own radial sure but the vanilla UI system is extremely flexible

You can use the vanilla radial, derive it and modify it to customize it yourself

[upbeat turtle]

yee

another part of it too, this was more or less an experiment on my end with custom ui stuff lol

later down the road, we’ll need to cook up some more custom uis for other systems in the mod

prior to learning lua, majority of my coding experience came from C++

it’s fun seeing what we can do with the game engine 😆

yesterday I figured out we can force animation states for animals with lua

that really opens the door to a lot of possibilities & needing to rely less on the vanilla behavior system

[topaz tangle]

I may consider it, but because of how messy my UV’s are and stuff idk if it would look all that good

[peak nymph]

does anyone know why my OnEat function doesn't seem to be being called

got this in the item script
OnEat = JarOnEat

and this function in my lua/server/myfile.lua

  print('here')
  local lid = instanceItem("Base.JarLid")
  character:getInventory():AddItem(lid)
end```

the print never fires
other functions in that file (an OnCooked function etc) all work fine

[peak nymph]

on item creation I checked this value and its nil, but just added a setOnEat to the OnCreate function and now it works fine

does anyone know if its possible to disable a craft recipe via sandbox option?

[topaz tangle]

having an annoying issue: when trying to update my mod, its claiming that im missing a mod.info file but as far as i can tell im not

[peak nymph]

what folders are your mod.info files in

[topaz tangle]

The first folder, then in the main folders for the main mod and submod
Also in my 42/ folder

[upbeat spear]

Why the. Britas armor abd guna dont load on thr game?

[topaz tangle]

I changed nothing and it fixed itself

Oh wait no

I removed the submod folder

Hmm

In that mod I just have the mod.info file in the FHQSUPPORT/ folder but I also don’t have b42 support

I added folder for b42 support and it’s fine now

[bronze yoke]

in your script did that line end with a comma?

[peak nymph]

i did not

[bronze yoke]

lines have to end with a comma to be parsed

[peak nymph]

knew it would be something stupid i was missing, thanks

[peak nymph]

does anyone know of a way to disable or hide a craft recipe, either through lua or an existing tag or something I can use lua to add

[willow tulip]

Sadly, no -_-;

https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/86011-allow-lua-to-edit-recipes-in-b42/#comment-441055 Heres what we know so far about editing B42 recipes via LUA

[peak nymph]

Ah damn, someone left a comment on the steam page for my mod asking if I could add a sandbox option to disable the craft recipe (so its only findable)

Can probably just separate the recipe to a different sub mod, and if you enable both you get the recipe, and if you don’t want it just enable the main one

[willow tulip]

yea, at best you can set the 'learned' state via LUA

[fleet bridge]

Iirc there you can do ontest or oncanperform to make them not available. You can also set needlearned and possible hide them in the recipe script but that was b41.

[wind sphinx]

i was thinking about developing a trait mod and i dont exactly know where to start, ive watched a couple tutorials but none of them were for traits. any help would be great.

[topaz tangle]

Look at the scripts for other trait mods

[wind sphinx]

i tried that but i dont exactly know how to

[topaz tangle]

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\108600

then find the number of the mod you want to look at, should be in the mods description

then you just gotta try and fine relevent scripts and stuff

[wind sphinx]

thank you so much!

[topaz tangle]

Np!!!

[bronze yoke]

<@&671452400221159444>

[thorn siren]

so wait, in build 42 placing dirt/sand/gravel is a building action that completely replaces and destroys the floor beneath it? Like if you pour some sand on the road then try to dig it up then you just get the dirt texture that indicates that there's no interactable tile there anymore and the concrete is just gone. That almost completely ruins the premise of a mod I'd been working on if I'm not just completely mistaking about it, and kinda just doesn't make sense.

[queen oasis]

The code is there for it in ISShovelGround.shovelGround. maybe the mod data isn't getting set correctly

[thorn siren]

In hindsight I guess my mod concept can still work by mimicking this new functionality since it was actually going to do similar, but it still seems pretty stupid from a vanilla standpoint that pouring some dirt/sand/gravel on the ground would destroy whatever ground was already there.

[willow tulip]

Please go make a bug report on the forum, because yea, its just dumb and wrong that last I checked, you can't even turn a farmer field of grass into one of dirt tiles for farming on with a shovel, without tons of weird bugs making you unable to plant/move dirt/etc

I literally have to use debug mode to do it

[thorn siren]

I think that's because when you dig grass you're actually removing the dirt on that tile and making it an "empty" tile that just uses the dirt "blend_natural_1_64" sprite, and you can't dig furrows on "empty" tiles. There is a bug though that you can't put the dirt back on the "empty" tile because the code has a catch to prevent you from building floors on top of identical floors and both the dirt floor from the build menu and the "empty" dirt floor use the that same "64" sprite. There's a mod that came out the other day though to address this by replacing the built dirt sprite with a different but identical sprite so the catch doesn't stop it anymore.

[willow tulip]

Yea, hence, bug -_-;

plz report -> https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/forum/85-bug-reports/

[thorn siren]

yeah, but what I'm getting at though is that the new system sucks in general for deleting existing flooring just because you put dirt on it

[willow tulip]

also gimme the name of that mod if you know it, lol

[thorn siren]

Dirt floor fix
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3577317556&searchtext=dirt

[willow tulip]

My god, I'll be able to actually do basic teraforming ingame? Likely with less bloody clicks then using the brush editor since you need to first delete the tiles before placing new ones to avoid stupid bugs and visual issues?

(you know its bad when your tile editor takes longer then doing the equvilent action ingame)

[thorn siren]

Well I'm pretty sure you do still have to dig up the grass then replace the dirt for you to be able to dig furrows

[willow tulip]

thats fine

just so long as I don't need to load up into debug mode just to plant another damn row.

[upbeat turtle]

very early wip — radial menu overhaul 🐺

i’m considering changing the text color from white to black. Thoughts?

[peak nymph]

I feel like probably not but is there anything I can hook into for when you are adding an item to an evolved recipe

Basically I want to put a different item in the extra items data for the recipe (or possibly multiple), rather than the item used, as well as return an item to the user

Couldn’t see anything by in the docs but not sure if I’m just looking for the wrong name etc

[bright fog]

Check the timed action of making an evolved recipe

[peak nymph]

I’ll take a look thanks

[peak nymph]

don't know if i'm just being stupid, but where would I find that

[bright fog]

You're going to have to search for it in the Lua

Usually your best starting point is either to have a clear starting point in the Java code or other Lua code of where this timed action can be triggered or you can use translation keys that lead to triggering what you're looking for

I'm not familiar with evolved recipe but I assume at one point they must have a UI option to trigger these that has text in it

So you can search for this text, find the translation key and then look at where it's used

[peak nymph]

thought this would be the case but was struggling to find anything that seemed related to evolved recipes

[jovial escarp]

hi guys, I'm trying to test a mod that adjusts vehicle stats, but in the Mods tab it shows up in red and cannot be enabled. What is usually the cause of this? This is my first time making a mod, so I'm not sure what to do.
I wouldn’t mind if there were at least an error message to give me a clue, but since there isn’t, it’s really giving me a headache.

[bright fog]

When putting your cursor on the mod, does it give you any info ?

[jovial escarp]

When I click the mod, its image, description, location, and other details are displayed.

Simply hovering my cursor over it doesn’t show anything.

[unique harbor]

How can I change the scroll order of the buttons?
I'm currently changing the Y of the buttons to order them correctly because table.sort seems to break it...

[willow tulip]

You likely need to change the Y position and the position in the table, for scrolling to work correctly?

shudders upon reading about table.sort That is why you should always traverse arrays with ipairs, rather than pairs. The first imposes the key order 1, 2, ..., whereas the latter uses the natural arbitrary order of the table.

.... tables... used as arrays.. arnt actually sorted internally?

I mean.. I guess that makes sense since its likely just a hashmap...

[willow tulip]

You can also try just hooking/replacing the code that creates the button table in the first place

[bright fog]

Video Guide

Setting up a basic mod structure
https://youtu.be/LwwH3jYhN9U

This is the first video in what I hope to be a continuous long serie of videos on creating Project Zomboid mods. Please do give your feedback, I made this in like one or two hours at most and on the spot, and it's very likely I'll remake this video in the future. Give any feedback, if you find it shit don't hesitate lol. Not being an english native speaker, my prononciation might be rough some times, I know I'm not best speaker out there and tend to not articulate when I talk. I know I'll get better at it however, also I literally did not make a script for this video so it can be messy and I do miss one or two important points I would have liked to cover.

Don't hesitate to give feedback

[wind sphinx]

so im analyzing the "op traits" mod and i think but im not sure if this is where the traits get put into the character creator.

if anyone can confirm that would be great

[peak nymph]

not done any traits since b41
but this was how I did it then

so yeah that looks like the place to me

local function AddTraits()
  local Bearclaws = TraitFactory.addTrait("Bearclaws", getText("UI_trait_bearclaws"), 2, getText("UI_trait_bearclawsdesc"), false, false);
  Bearclaws:addXPBoost(Perks.Nimble, 1)
end

Events.OnGameBoot.Add(AddTraits);```

[wind sphinx]

thank you, i havent really made a mod ever and id like to make a trait mod first. do you have any tips?

[peak nymph]

I only ever added a trait once and it was very a simple trair so nothing specific to that, for general modding there is great info on the wiki, and take a look at existing mods (like you are already doing)

[wind sphinx]

thank you, will do

[unique harbor]

Yeah Y position is just visually and table the scrolling but sorting the table kinda broke it in terms that every button worked, except when I click the garbage bag it actually clicked the floor which is kinda confusing... and then every button after that kinda opened the inventory before

[willow tulip]

Yea, don't use sort then, consider just manually sorting and swapping elements

Floor also might have some kinda special index? dunno

[peak nymph]

is there anything extra I need to do to add an existing ingredient to my custom recipe

got this in the lua

  "HiemVegetables",
}

local HiemVegItems = {
  "Base.BellPepper",
  "Base.Broccoli",
  "Base.Cabbage",
  "Base.Carrots",
  "Base.Cauliflower",
  "Base.Garlic",
  "Base.Habanero",
  "Base.Jalapeno",
  "Base.Leek",
  "Base.Lettuce",
  "Base.Onion",
  "Base.Potato",
  "Base.Pumpkin",
  "Base.Radish",
  "Base.GreenPeas",
  "Base.Soybean",
  "Base.Zuccini",
  "Base.Tomato",
  "Base.Turnip",
  "Base.Spinach",
}

function populateVegetableJarRecipes()
  for _,name in ipairs(HiemVegRecipes) do
    for _,type in ipairs(HiemVegItems) do
      local item = ScriptManager.instance:getItem(type)
      if item then
        item:DoParam("EvolvedRecipe = "..name..":"..(0 - item:getHungerChange()));
      end
    end
  end
end

Events.OnInitGlobalModData.Add(populateVegetableJarRecipes)```

with my evolved recipe like this

  {
      BaseItem = Base.EmptyJar,
      MaxItems = 6,
      ResultItem = HiemCanning.CannedVegetablesNoLid,
      Cookable = true,
      Name = Prepare Jar of Vegetables,
      Template = HiemVegetables,
      MinimumWater = 0.9,
  }```

I originally tried with HiemVegRecipes containing the recipe name instead of the template and still no luck

[willow tulip]

Not seeing anything offhand, other then more stuff that makes me fear ever so much:

oh wait that only uses | for the cooked tag nm

[willow tulip]

try hardcoding it to
item:DoParam("EvolvedRecipe = "..name..":10");

Id also throw a print in your innermost loop just to make sure its executing

(or I guess debuglog statement)

[peak nymph]

yeah did prints all the way down and it is executing

[peak nymph]

no luck, but might just completely rework how i'm doing this tbh to not use an evolved recipe

[willow tulip]

Weird. should work judging from other mods that do similar.

oh

instanceItem:getItem("Base.Rice"):DoParam("EvolvedRecipe = SapphCooking.PanPaellaEvolved:8;SapphCooking.BRicePan:8;SapphCooking.ABRicePan:8;SapphCooking.RisottoEvolved:8")

you might need the fullname of your evolved recipe?

though looks like that isn't used for base. evolved recipes..

I assume evolvedrecipe JarOfVegetablesNoLid is in base. ?

[peak nymph]

no its in my module

[finite scroll]

can someone explain what the orange circle mod icon means compared to the blank mod icon? (b42)

[willow tulip]

Ahhh, then add the module prefix 🙂

[finite scroll]

(these, for context)

[willow tulip]

item:DoParam("EvolvedRecipe = HiemCanning."..name..":"..(0 - item:getHungerChange())); or something :0

[peak nymph]

still no luck, but think I might go another approach tbh

[willow tulip]

that sucks, though I dunno if thats your module name exactly. shrugs

[peak nymph]

module is HiemCanning haha, you were right

[wind sphinx]

so i tried following a github page and this is what i have. all im trying to do is get the trait in the game, not for it to do anything yet. i dont rlly know lua or any coding, i took one python class 2 years ago but thats it. would you mind helping?

[peak nymph]

i'm not 100% sure
maybe try this?

local function initSuperTraits()
  local MyTrait = TraitFactory.addTrait(
    "MyTrait",
    getText("UI_trait_SuperTrait"),
    -8,
    getText("UI_trait_SuperTraitdesc"),
    false,
    false
  );
end

Events.OnGameBoot.Add(initSuperTraits);```

[wind sphinx]

nope didnt work, thanks for trying tho

[peak nymph]

ah sorry, not super familiar with the traits stuff

[wind sphinx]

thats okay, i appreciate the help

[finite scroll]

figured it out:
orange circle shows up if the icon is named "icon.png" (no idea why)
blank shows up if no icon is found

this may potentially be a linux-exclusive issue but i'm not sure

tmk naming the icon icon.png shouldn't be a problem

[jovial escarp]

Oh my god, thank you so much, you are the best😍

[mild granite]

Hi everyone, I want to intercept the WeaponHitCharacter hook, run my own code, and in some cases block or modify the damage. My questions are:

How is WeaponHitCharacter can be replaced on the Lua side?

Are there internal mechanics I need to respect to avoid breaking things?

Is using this hook the right approach if I want to replace the default damage handling with my own logic, instead of using the standard event system?

[bronze yoke]

hooks aren't standard practice unfortunately due to their extremely limited scope (there's like 5) and being really hard to work with

[mild granite]

I did found some interresting code in Hit method of IsoGameCharacter LuaEventManager.triggerEvent("OnWeaponHitCharacter", wielder, this, weapon, damageSplit); LuaEventManager.triggerEvent("OnPlayerGetDamage", this, "WEAPONHIT", damageSplit); if (LuaHookManager.TriggerHook("WeaponHitCharacter", wielder, this, weapon, damageSplit)) { return 0.0F; }

[bronze yoke]

hooks run instead of vanilla code, but that's not conditional: if you add a WeaponHitCharacter hook, you are now responsible for handling all effects of weapon hits yourself

[mild granite]

If i want to redefin some damages is this the best way to do it ? or should i just use Events.OnWeaponHitCharacter ?

but i really want to know how to use hooks anyway ^^

[bronze yoke]

<@&671452400221159444>

[raven sable]

Hey guys. I'm having an issue with Noir's Shops mod in regards to the currency in it. It won't spawn so I'm trying to make a crafting workaround.

Would anyone be up for giving me feedback on the crafting recipe script?

[mild granite]

Only if my hook returns true, i just want to redefine ddamage for a particular case

[bronze yoke]

no, that's not what hooks do

they aren't conditional, if there is a hook the vanilla code does not run

this is why they aren't used, everyone wants to do something similar to what you want to do, but ends up being required to rewrite a huge amount of vanilla code

[mild granite]

alright so the correct way would be to use OnWeaponHitCharacter Event -- and use something like player:setHealth(player:getHealth()+ damageSplit /2)

?

like the IsoGameCharacter would take damage then get half back ? is it a correct way to do it ?

[bronze yoke]

apparently there are more complex calculations that make the damage values returned by the event not very reliable, @bright fog knows more about it than i do

in fact that was for zombies -- for players, the game doesn't really use a health bar, so you can't just add health back

every body part has a separate health bar that's mostly affected by injuries, the health bar in the health menu is based on these separate healths

this is just a weird area the modding api is quite weak in unfortunately

[mild granite]

that's why it may be lighter to just use hook : XD

[bronze yoke]

that's why there aren't really any mods that do stuff like that

[topaz tangle]

does anyone know how to make it so there is a chance that another model with spawn ontop of an existing vehicle model? (sorry if this is poorly worded)
i know you can but i cannot figure out how

[topaz tangle]

i think i figured it out...

[topaz tangle]

i figured out half of it

[ashen maple]

Does the craftUI use OnTest in craft recipe to determine if a craft is possible (enable the craft button?)

[willow tulip]

Yes

[bright fog]

Nop 🥲

Like albion mentioned basically

The damage value is completely fake

There's sooooo much more going on on this vakue after

It's never a good indication of damage, besides the damage ramp up on zombie after multiple hits

[bright fog]

Don't hesitate to tell me what you thought about it

[topaz tangle]

Does anyone have any idea why my icon and world model for an item is not working

[lofty frigate]

It could be a problem in the scripts

[topaz tangle]

I can share pictures of them but it all looks fine to me

[muted garnet]

How can I get the active stove when the player reloads the world? I want to implement an item with custom cooking logic that can only be cooked in a specific stove. However, when reloading the world, the stove keeps its “on” state, but my item doesn’t retain the “cooking” state.

[lofty frigate]

Yeah, just with the question you asked, I don’t think anyone will be able to help you.

[topaz tangle]

That’s so fair, I think I’ve figured it out but I’m not sure just yet

I just LOVE yelling so loud when things so wrong

[lofty frigate]

Maybe with the OnGameStart event

[lofty frigate]

When they finally work, it’s even better

[topaz tangle]

It’s always good when it works, I think I just misplaced a file but I cannot find it

[raven sable]

I've redone my script a couple times and now its completely broken my crafting menu.

[lofty frigate]

SkillRequired = MetalWelding:3, and maxTime = 60,?

b41?

[raven sable]

Yes b41.

I'm trying to make a crafting work around for the SHops mod that Noir made. I have an issue where I can't get the coins for it to pop up in the loot table despite throwing it over absolutly everything

[lofty frigate]

Oh, I don’t know, what I was talking about was for build 42.

[raven sable]

I can spawn them in so I figured making a crafting recipe would be a simple fix using jewelry.

[lofty frigate]

Maybe it’s missing the final comma after maxTime

[raven sable]

so maxTime = 60,
}

[lofty frigate]

maybe yes

[raven sable]

Could the text program I'm using be the issue? Should I try making it on somethign else like Notepad++?

[true nova]

use Vscode not np++

[true nova]

result shouldnt have quotes

[true nova]

where did you get this? ingredients??

[raven sable]

I looked at other mods in my workshop list and tried to plug and play with it. I don't have any coding experience so I was hoping I could work off a skeleton

[lofty frigate]

Now that I see it, I’m not sure if you can add comments using ‘-- text’ in the scripts. I think it has to be / * text * / instead.

[raven sable]

I moved it into Vscode and this is what it looks like now.

[raven sable]

My brain is a little fried. Ive been trying to work on this for like 8 hours now. What would that look like?

[true nova]

this looks right now

[raven sable]

Okay. Giving it a go. .-.

Fiftieth time is the charm

[lofty frigate]

/* Accept any of these gold items */ But I don’t think you need to add any comment here.

guns, I hope to release the snowman mod soon. In the description, I’ll say that thanks to your Functional Clothesline mod, I was able to make mine.

[true nova]

no don't look at my code its all trash 😭

[lofty frigate]

Great mod. The only thing I noticed is that instead of using EveryOneMinute, you could make the container overlays update only when there’s item movement. I also looked at the Veracious Network's Garage mod. Between the two, I was able to figure out how to do it Snowman mod.

[raven sable]

I have made progress.

I think I need to fix the item Id's

base.GoldBangle etc

[true nova]

thats what i stole the overlay concept from. and yeah ive learned i can do that since then. when im not swamped with work i need to go back and make a few mods work better

[true nova]

if the recipe is in the base module then it shouldn't need the module reference

[raven sable]

The items I'm using for it are base, but the Gold Coin is from a mod.

SO would I need to use the Item name or the Item ID?
Eitehr way I am wrong on all accounts for the item in the script

[true nova]

you need the id

you're using the display name

so goldbangle would be Bracelet_BangleRightGold

and Bracelet_BangleLeftGold

[topaz tangle]

it is still not working ughhhh

both scripta

[raven sable]

I win! Thank you for all of your help.

[topaz tangle]

PEAK!!

[bleak remnant]

Excuse me guys, i need help. i am trying to add something in my mod. For an example, when the player throw a bomb, it is trigger by the player and the bomb spawns in the world, ok, but how do i trigger that by code? i mean, trigger a bomb to spawn with code? i have been seaching for a while but i have no clue how to do it

[willow tulip]

do you wanna throw it, place it, what?

[bleak remnant]

I want to spawn the entity of a bomb by code

Basically the entity of a bomb after you throw it

[willow tulip]

I mean.. vanilla has the remote detonated pipebombs and stuff already?

they just... have shitty range..

just copy that code?

(and scale up the blast radius and ideally transmitter range lol)

[bleak remnant]

I don't know where it is located, that is the problem

[willow tulip]

Ok so heres how you find it

get programmers notepad, or some IDE,or anything else with find in files

[bleak remnant]

Not necessarily, i am trying to create an explosive zombie by spawning an aerosol bomb on it's feet

[willow tulip]

look up one of the items in questions name, in *.txt, that will lead to an item name in the translation files (or maybe even the item itself)

if you just get a translation file, you look up the middle of the translation key in *.txt and you'll find the item itself

[bleak remnant]

Nhum... The bombs txt have only the specifications of a certain item/bomb, it isn't the lua code that trigger the thing and the location it explodes

Finding the lua code responsible for stuff like this is quite complicated

One day i was trying to track the exact moment a player interact with a sink to fill a bottle of water and oh my god, what an awful experience.

[bronze yoke]

that wouldn't be in lua at all

[bleak remnant]

Wait, what... So, like, if a want to spaw an aerosol bomb, not the item, the entity after you throw it somewhere, for, after that, have that explosion, and i want to trigger it somehow, how would i do it?

For what i am trying to do is, i have a zombie with an specific clothe, i successfully can track when you hit it and it's y, x and z location. The only thing missing is spawning an aerosol bomb at it's feet. I am actually using an alternative way where you kill all the zombies and player around it, but it don't trigger the ragdoll so i am unsatisfied.

[scarlet dawn]

when im in a "throw away the games artstyle and make my characters look like stupid ass porcelain dolls" challenge and my opponent is a pz player model mod creator:

[covert wren]

Does anyone know what might be going on? The female model is invisible if I go to male and go back to female. Both models are custom with custom uvs. If I remove the male fbx model the female works fine. It’s when I combine the two models in the mod folder where this issue starts happening.

[uncut igloo]

I have a question: I want to create a mod for car spawning (a different version of 'Did I Have A Car?'), but I’m really dumbass to coding. Where can I find examples or guides for things like spawning, ModOptions, etc.? Sorry if this is a dumb question

[mellow frigate]

There is a vanilla debug function for car spawning.

play in debug ang right click anywhere on road it will be available

[uncut igloo]

i wanna make mod for this. playin with debug is unfair