mod_development

[shrewd tide]

In a script

[rotund hazel]

ok, followup question, this time about output mapping - again my understanding is that there should be some structure like:

module myModule { craftRecipe <RecipeID> {
    ... // recipe details
    inputs { item 1 [SomeItemOrListOfItems] }
    outputs { item 1 mapper:MyMapper }
    itemMapper MyMapper { correspondingOutputItems = inputItems, }

} }

however, currently getting the following error when i try to load my script:

ERROR: General      f:0> ScriptBucket.LoadScripts> Exception thrown
    java.lang.Exception: Could not find output mapper: GroundMeatType at OutputScript.Load(OutputScript.java:339).``` 

here is the script itself:
```module Base
{

    craftRecipe shella_MakeGroundMeat
    {
        timedAction = Making,
        Time = 40,
        Tags = AnySurfaceCraft;Cooking,
        category = Cooking,

        inputs
        {
            item 1 tags[SharpKnife] mode:keep flags[MayDegradeLight],
            item 1 [Base.Beef;Base.Steak;Base.Pork;Base.PorkChop;Base.ChickenFillet;Base.TurkeyFillet;Base.MuttonChop;] flags[IsUncookedFoodItem;InheritFoodAge;ItemCount],
        }

        outputs
        {
            item 1 mapper:GroundMeatType,
        }
        
        itemMapper GroundMeatType
        {
            Base.MincedMeat = Base.Beef,
            Base.MincedMeat = Base.Steak,
            VFX.GroundPork = Base.Pork,
            VFX.GroundPork = Base.PorkChop,
            VFX.GroundChicken = Base.ChickenFillet,
            VFX.GroundTurkey = Base.TurkeyFillet,
            VFX.GroundLamb = Base.MuttonChop,
        }
    }

}```

i guess the problem could be that I'm trying to use items from a different mod - in that case, is there some way that I need to import that mod's items so I can access them, that isn't covered by having my mod require that other mod?

[bright fog]

You have a left out ; in your second item input

[rotund hazel]

haha thanks so much

i knew it'd be dumb

[bright fog]

Also I suggest setting up VSCode with ZedScripts

;

ups

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/ZedScripts

[rotund hazel]

ah this is super helpful, thanks a lot for all your help and for the wiki entries :)

[bright fog]

Also I suggest taking a look at this
https://pz-wiki-modding.github.io/PZ-API-Docs/scripts.html

In regards to craftRecipes it isn't yet as detailed as the wiki as I have yet to move information there, but for the rest it'll be the most detailed usually

Like for item parameters etc

[rotund hazel]

perfect

[bright fog]

I keep adding new scripts data to it

[rotund hazel]

figured it out - i was also missing the mappers[mapperID] bit for the input

[bright fog]

Oh yea good catch

[rotund hazel]

i also see this overlayMapper thing on the wiki example for craftRecipes, are there any details about what that does/would I need to implement it?

[bright fog]

That's used for crafts that involve a crafting table

@lofty frigate knows it a bit better than me but you link a specific tile to show up in-place of the crafting table based on the input I believe

That's notably used for leather

You should be able to find some examples in the game code

[shrewd tide]

Hmm

Mod still dosen't showing up

Something is wrong

Or not

[shrewd tide]

Might just send the code

[lofty frigate]

You can create an OverlayMapper for the result of itemMapper. Then, the name chosen for that OverlayMapper can be used in the workstation—in the style section, you would put that OverlayMapper name. It’s used so overlays appear on the workstation when, for example, a hide is being dried. If you create an OverlayMapper for each type of hide, the corresponding overlay will appear depending on which hide is being dried. Example:

    craftRecipe DryMediumLeather
    {
        itemMapper DryLeatherMedium
        {
            CoyoteMod.CoyoteLeather_Fur_Tan = CoyoteMod.CoyoteLeather_Fur_Tan_Wet,
        }
        overlayMapper
        {
            CoyoteMod.CoyoteLeather_Fur_Tan_Wet = CoyoteLeather,
        }
    }

    entity DryingRackMedium
    {
        component SpriteOverlayConfig
        {
            style CoyoteLeather
            {
                progress 0
                {
                    face S
                    {
                        layer
                        {
                            row = crafted_coyote_0 crafted_coyote_1,
                        }
                    }
                    face E
                    {
                        layer
                        {
                            row = crafted_coyote_3,
                            row = crafted_coyote_2,
                        }
                    }
                }
                progress 50
                {
                    face S
                    {
                        layer
                        {
                            row = crafted_skins_drying_coyote_0 crafted_skins_drying_coyote_1,
                        }
                    }
                    face E
                    {
                        layer
                        {
                            row = crafted_skins_drying_coyote_3,
                            row = crafted_skins_drying_coyote_2,
                        }
                    }
                }
                progress 100
                {
                  ETC

[clear aurora]

hey everyone, is there any guide on how to make a clothing mod? i want to try something with a fullbody costume, i have the model in blender but i dont know how to introduce it into the game or maybe if the proportions are right

[silent zealot]

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Creating_a_clothing_mod

Your clothing item can hide bits of the player body, if it's a full transformation costume.

Or just if it covers the player model to avoid clipping.

[haughty pasture]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3725078880 NOW UP FOR TESTING!!!!

I redid my bit library and APis for b42

Animation are Native for B42 but i will work on batching them in. New animation player so I have to read into it to sync the states

Now includes hook for BANDITS MOD.

[fresh patio]

im developing a zomboid mod downloader

download mods directly to Zomboid/mods directly. can also download whole collection mods. export modlist.

[haughty pasture]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3725078880
Out Now for Testing on B42! Working on 40-60 players BUTTER with new batch update scaler. Players in one area send a batch update instead of small direct ones. Large Scale meet up and Events arent going to bog you down nearly as much.

I also optimized the bit-lib I made for it 😄

[fresh patio]

currently not for release
too slow and cant handle very large mod collection without freezing

[haughty pasture]

add a sleeper or queue

change the files to bit logic so its not running full text.

and its unpacks as it downlaods

should reduce strain on datapacketing and writing

Im assuming its trying to preload a l;arge mod list at once?

memory issue? or runtime?

Let me know if I can help

[peak nymph]

do I need to do anything else to create a new tag
i've just defined my item like this

  {
    DisplayCategory = Tool,
    ItemType = base:normal,
    Weight = 0.6,
    Icon = HandDredger,
    Tags = hiemdredging:dredgingtool,
    WorldStaticModel = HandDredger,
  }```

but when I try loop through the tags on my object the tag is nil
```DredgingUtils.isDredgingTool = function(item)
  local itemTags = item:getTags()
  local itemTagArray = itemTags:toArray()
  local isValid = false
  print(item:getName())
  for i = 1, itemTags:size() do
    if itemTagArray[i] then
      local tag = itemTagArray[i]:toString()
      print(tag)```

[shrewd tide]

Mod still not appears

[mellow frigate]

check https://discord.com/channels/136501320340209664/1448602571810803785 test mod registries exemple. you need to register the tag and then use item:hasTag(yourRegisteredTag)

[silent zealot]

Did you make a registries.lua file?

[silent zealot]

Do you mean it's not showing up in the mod list in-game? Check the mod.info and file structure.

[peak nymph]

thanks, this will be what i've missed

[silent zealot]

Also, that looks like a script file, which shoudl end in .txt not .lua. Also don't use teh same name/path as vanilla files or your not will replacethem.

[shrewd tide]

It shows, but i cannot spawn it

[silent zealot]

And unless you're using a namespace other than base, use a name that has no risk of conflicts like "DanSubmachineGun"

[silent zealot]

do you mean it does not show in the list of items in debug mode?

[shrewd tide]

Yup

[silent zealot]

Or that it does, but there is a probelm when you try to spawn it?

first, check console.txt for "exception" to see if anything failed to load.

Second, what files is the gun defined in, in your mod?

needs to be a txt file under .../media/scripts

You might have an issue using a magazine with a different capacity than MaxAmmo, since this looks like an M4 converted to use 1911 clips. But that probably won't stop it existing, just make reloading weird.

[shrewd tide]

No, it's supposed to have it's own mags

[silent zealot]

Not implemented yet? MagazineType = Base.45Clip,

[shrewd tide]

It's supposed to have custom 20rnd magazine

[silent zealot]

Worry about it once you get the gun to show up in-game.

Same as sorting out models and stuff - for nwo just leave it looking like the M4.

Or M16. Whichever Zomboid uses, I can't remmeber.

there's only 3589 near-identical guns using that lower receiver...

[frank lintel]

Show me the G3 !

[peak nymph]

what's the earliest event its safe to read sandbox options, is it "OnNewGame"?

[bright fog]

Mod data load

Forgot the exact name wait

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/OnInitGlobalModData

[mellow frigate]

+1 for OnInitGlobalModData
Although: Someone made an global recheck in a recent B42.13+ version of PZ and found out the first available event depends on SP / MP.

Source: "someone said something" 😄

[dull moss]

@bronze yoke sry for ping but I vaguely remember you saying that there's a lib that allows you to make traits unavailable from sandbox-level, can you remind me?

[bronze yoke]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3378285185

[dull moss]

0 relevant hits in docs on "Trait" and "Perk"

but ty

will dig into code then

[shrewd tide]

Welp

Guess i need to rewrite the script fully

[silent zealot]

Just copy a vanilla script changing nothing but the item name name, then start making changes

You also never answered my questions on the file with the script or errors in console.txt

[low nexus]

Can anyone confirm, are Realistic Car Physics gone?

[frigid helm]

hi i need sum help with a vehicle mod. ive got the model and script all done how do i get the model into the game

its in fbx is there a model converter still for b42

[haughty pasture]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3725078880

SHES READY!

[silent zealot]

Project Zomboid's default multiplayer syncs every player to every other player on every tick

Wow. That's pretty terrible design, no wonder multiplayer is so janky.

[warm spire]

Does anyone know how hard from a PZ standpoint it'd be to make a L4D tank mod?

[haughty pasture]

I FINALLY GOT THE RENDERS WORKING! I need to adjust spacing for one line but check it out!

Ill make a custom one for anyone 😄

[frigid helm]

can somebody please help me

[frigid helm]

i think ill just give up

[bright fog]

You are supposed to use fbx

Don't use direct x

[silent zealot]

Have you tried following a tutorial on adding a vehicle to Zomboid? I'm pretty sure there is one.

Otherwise what have you done other than make the model, and in what way is it failing to work?

[silent zealot]

Very. Not impossible, but you'll be fighting with the core "all zombies are normal zombies" design, and adding any custom abilities beyond usual zombie behaviour is going to be a huge undertaking (and possibly a java mod)

Even increasing zombie health has some odd limitations because of the way health gets transmitted in multiplayer.

[peak nymph]

Does anyone know of any mods that add liquids? Bonus if anyone knows of any mods where a liquid is the output from a craft

[bright fog]

https://pz-wiki-modding.github.io/PZ-API-Docs/scripts/fluid.html

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

I invite you to read those two

And search the vanilla scripts to see how they define their fluids and craftRecipes that use/output fluids

[silent zealot]

Have you tried to add a fluid and encountered problems?

[unreal pewter]

anyone know anything about this? did a little testing and i’m unable to figure out if this is an issue with my mod or if its a b42.18 issue thatll be fixed later. does anyone else have issues with vanilla loot tables just not existing?

[bright fog]

They did remove some distributions / rooms yes

https://pz-wiki-modding.github.io/PZ-API-Docs/distribution.html

You can find a full list of the current rooms and distributions there

[unreal pewter]

huh weird, thank you

[bright fog]

Some of these were deprecated if I remember correctly

[unreal pewter]

makes sense

[shy mantle]

Hope that means mapping tools soon (I'm desperate)

[unreal pewter]

surely itll happen one of these days, the unofficial ones crash my computer every now and then for reasons i cant figure out

[unreal pewter]

so desks in classrooms still have a distribution table? called ClassroomDesk so im not too sure why desks in classrooms just have no loot

[bright fog]

Could be a mistake tbh

[peak nymph]

what's the easiest way to delete an item from an OnCreate method? seems annoying is I have to loop through all player containers to find the container the item is in and remove it

either that or why isn't the fish item being removed in this craft

{
  craftRecipe MakeFishOilHand
  {
      timedAction = Making,
      Time = 200,
      category = Cooking,
      Tags = InHandCraft,
      OnCreate = HIEMOilLamps.OnHandPressFishOil,
      inputs
      {
          item 1 tags[base:uncutfish] flags[IsCookedFoodItem] mode:destroy,
          item 1 [Base.CheeseCloth] mode:keep,
          item 1 tags[base:sharpknife] mode:keep,
          item 1 [*],
          -fluid 0.5 [Water;TaintedWater],
      }
      outputs
      {
      }
  }
}```

[bright fog]

Hmm

Why do you have an OnCreate for in the first place ?

What is that craft supposed to do ?

[unreal pewter]

yeah im looking at the bug reports, and one of the top things is about a rosewood school just not having classroom desk look, so it might just be a bug

[bright fog]

There's barely any reasons to use OnCreate these days for the majority of recipe applications and what your recipe is supposed to do should probably not use an OnCreate

[unreal pewter]

https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/92637-42152-secondaryclassroom-roomdef-in-rosewood-has-no-desk-spawns-in-the-entire-school/#comment-462115

[shrewd tide]

Also, sounds are should be in OGG or WAV?

[bright fog]

wav works if I remember right, but preferably in ogg as it's a way lighter format without audibly losing in quality usually

[peak nymph]

It’s to calculate a fluid amount based on the fish size and add it to the water container

[bright fog]

I see

[peak nymph]

I just don’t understand why the fish isn’t getting removed

[bright fog]

Do you have multiple fish in your inventory ?

[peak nymph]

Two different kinds of fish so they don’t stack, one of each

but neither gets removed

[bright fog]

Try with a single one, also you have a flag that makes you use only cooked fish

And do the other ingredients get used ? Perhaps there's a cheat that makes you have infinite ingredient or some shit idk

Also make sure you don't have mods that could interact with the crafting UI

[peak nymph]

made sure to disable admin cheats, no other mods enabled, and all the other ingredients are kept (I guess that water container isn’t flagged as kept and that isn’t removed but not sure if that doesn’t matter when it’s marked to just -fluid)

I can always just make sure to manually loop through the players inventory to find the fish and then remove it from its container

But it just feels like it shouldn’t be needed

I did spawn in the fish, maybe there’s something strange there as they are normally dynamically created?

[unreal pewter]

is there a wiki page or forum post somewhere on how to make a custom room definition/loot dist for containers in that room def?

[bright fog]

The best is this
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Procedural_distributions

Doesn't detail how to add your own distribution to rooms tho

[unreal pewter]

sorry should have deleted hte message but i found this
https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/38329-customizing-loot-4151/
pretty much exactly what i was looking for

[bright fog]

I don't know what this is worth tho

[unreal pewter]

goes in depth on how to make custom room definitions and dist tables and stuff so as long as it still works in b42 itll be useful

before the dist tables changes i used a very specific loot table that was depreciated because i didnt want it to be used anywhere else in the map so i thought id just stop avoiding the problem and learn how to make my own room definition / loot table

[bright fog]

It's really easy to do tbh

There's nothing weird with that system for the most part

[unreal pewter]

seems easy enough, so i’m worried something will go wrong

prob fine though

[atomic bridge]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3541678579 Im actively trying to update this mod but I only have it in the base orignal 42 mod structure... it has since been broken in subsequent updates and i dont know what i need to do in order to actually get it up and running... if anyone is able to help out , id greatly appreciate it

[bright fog]

If the mod throws errors, read the errors

That's what you need to do to make it work

[unreal pewter]

is RainManager buggy or nonfunctional in b42 multiplayer?

or rather has anyone had any issues with it or know about it not working?

[frigid helm]

i am using fbx but in the game, it appears entirely invisible, sometimes only some of it shows and sometimes nothing shows at all

[frigid helm]

there is one from over 6 years ago but it doesnt help that much at all, doesnt say alot of basics, ive made the model and made the subfolders, that part is fine since it shows up in the game, its failing to work because the model is not showing up in the game, theres collision but the model itself appears invisible

you cant drive it either or get in

the kettenkrad is a tricky thing, it doesnt have any doors or trunk model, at first i was just going to upload the single mesh of the entire thing which is what ive been doing

hgeres the model

[silent zealot]

Isolate the problem. Make an exact copy of a vanilla car, confirm it works, then step by step change it into your vehicle to see exactly where it breaks.

[frigid helm]

ive done that before

i think the issue is that this thing has 3 wheels

well one main wheel and two tracks

[bright fog]

Model problems will NEVER be because of the format you use, that's all you need to know

[silent zealot]

Give it four wheels, see if that works

[frigid helm]

scripting wise ive got a simple placeholder to work but with this model it breaks the game

[silent zealot]

Does the model break the game?

Or does your script with non standard wheels break the game?

[frigid helm]

turns into this thing

cant get into it but collisions are there

idk man ts is voodoo magic atp

[silent zealot]

If you're going to ignore my advice I'm going back to sleep.

[frigid helm]

im unsure which breaks it

im pretty sure its the model since its invisible no?

[frigid helm]

im not

[silent zealot]

#mod_development message

[frigid helm]

alright

ill go do that and come back later

[silent zealot]

You don't know what is breaking it, that's a way to find out what is breaking.

[knotty stone]

import an fbx model from another car mod, check your dimension and check the other mod vehicles script for model scale, my guess would be that your model is just overly huge

[frigid helm]

maybe, i thought that maybe the scale was so off it was appearing off the map, but its very werid

weird

sometimes parts of it would show up

ive never made a vehicle mod before only weapon mods so

im new to it

im gonna use the fiat500r mod since its a tiny vehicle

[knotty stone]

i mean theres also vanilla fbx and blend file for animated car if you need it

[frigid helm]

yes i know its just easier since i have the fiat mod already

it should work fine as the vanilla car drstalker told me to try out

[frigid helm]

the game wont load anymore 😭

nvm i got it working

[shrewd silo]

is that the crazy frog car?

[frigid helm]

maybe

ive been hard at work getting the krettenkrad into the game

https://tenor.com/view/shoujo-shuumatsu-ryokou-girls-last-tour-kettenkrad-wheelie-fantastic-gif-6387675759496623346

[shrewd silo]

.>

[frigid helm]

God its been such a headache tho

[frigid helm]

alright ive done what you told me and im pretty sure the model itself is broken or something, it works fine the script is good but when i swap it with my model and meshes it turns invisible

or maybe im not referencing it properly? in the script im using the meshdata name

[frigid helm]

OH MY GOD ITS RENDERING NOW BUT ITS LIKE THIS

[frigid helm]

its rendering in does anyone know how i can get it to be properly in the box

[sonic needle]

there should not be two.

[frigid helm]

yeah i know, ive only put in the main frame of it, when i add the rest of it there will be only one

as i did do that but it still sits at that angle

how do i get it to seat properly, i dont know how to do that tbh

[sonic needle]

either change its coordinates in the text file. or move its location in blender.

[frigid helm]

i can do rotate = 0.0000 and so on right

in model

model
{
file = 1970fiat600Base,
scale = 0.5000,
offset = 0.0000 0.4700 0.0000,
rotate = 0.0000 90.0000 0.0000,
}

[clear aurora]

Hey everyone, im working on a challenge mod, and im trying to change the intro text from "this is the end-times..." to other customized, im doing it using the .txt in shared/translate/en/en_ui, but it changes the text for any game even the vanilla challenges or the "normal" mode, it is possible to only change it for an specific challenge?

[silent zealot]

Theres no option for conditional manipulation of the translation files, and the loading screen is in Java so you can't change it with a lua mod.

You could make a custom UI that covers the screen and shows what you want after the player loads into game, but that would be in additional to the loading screen. (and you'd want to pause the game while it was up to avoid teh player being killed by zombies while it covers the screen)

[silent zealot]

I don't know the specifics of vehicle models, but do you have the correct number of materials/textures/meshes? All the model types I've worked with have been very fussy on this.

Also, are there two vehicle models in the exported model file?

[frigid helm]

which number is "correct" i dont know theres no guideline for what there needs to be

[frigid helm]

theres the model for the other vehicle and then theres my model

i did what you told me so ive been adding my model in pieces over

thats been good but i cant seem to get it into the box now, ive been tweaking with offset and rotation in the script but its pretty hard to just eyeball it till it works

[silent zealot]

Have a look at some other vehicle mods and try to figure it out.

For the angle thing, are tehre unapplied rotations? and if so, are they the correct unapplied rotations? Guns are very fussy about this... again I don't know the specific of vehicles but it's worth checking

[frigid helm]

how am i supposed to look at their models in blender to see the mesh and object count, the only thing i can do is look at the script and see what they put

[silent zealot]

Look at their .fbx files?

I know it' s not the same as having a blender file, but it's something

[frigid helm]

i dont think so, the only rotations are the ones i put in and the ones for the seats

nothing im unaware of

the only thing is my vehicle has no doors

so for pretty much every vehicle mod which are cars its a bit confusing for me

[silent zealot]

download a motorbike mod

look at that

[atomic bridge]

it sends hundreds

[frigid helm]

theres no motorcycle mod for b42 yet

eitherway i managed to get it properly fitted into the square!

[silent zealot]

hooray!

[atomic bridge]

Shooting my request again here... im trying to update the REMOD to the current version of build42.18 but im not sure what has changed in the distributions of character items like clothes and how to get them to get findable and usable in the current multiplayer... its already functional on build 41 and the orignal pre-mp build 42... just looking for a hand 🙂

[silent zealot]

To get better help... what is not working/what are the errors, and what have you tried so far?

[bright fog]

It will be the same error, read it

[peak nymph]

Just noticed when I have one fish it says I have 36/1 fish, each 0.1 weight of fish seems to be a unit as far as crafting is concerned, is there a flag or mode that detects a whole fish instead?

[bright fog]

Yea

Check the list of flags on the wiki

[peak nymph]

it sound like flags IsWholeFoodItem should do what I want, but it no longer detects the fish once i add that
item 1 tags[base:uncutfish] mode:destroy flags[IsCookedFoodItem;IsWholeFoodItem],

nevermind, it was ItemCount I needed, that's solved all my problems, thanks so much for your help

[dreamy quail]

yo fellas i got these and all finally calm loops left before i finish the gameplay stuff for my mod can yall give me suggestions

mayb dm me some music or smth for this hell you can even suggest your selfmade stuff

[north arrow]

Hello pz modders.
Im a rookie looking to get into map making, I just wanted to know if I can use the current map tools for 42 and if its safe to do so.

[icy night]

#mapping People in this channel probably know

[rich loom]

for Guns of '93 with 42.18, guns are no longer spawning on the ground in Stendo's and now there are no ammo boxes. Were there any modding changes related to this that may have caused it?

[brittle swift]

Debugging question, is there a way in game with debug mode to see an item's tags? I'm trying to troubleshoot my mod not working and I can't tell if it's a problem with the recipe or the item since the recipe calls for a tag and i'm adding the tag to the item.

[brittle swift]

I don't think that was a mod, that was a change to the base game in 42.17. They mentioned it in the blog post that the layout was a test case and they've removed it to use it elsewhere

Specifically in the 'Locations, Locations' blog under Loot Adjustments

[upbeat turtle]

this ^^

[rich loom]

ohhhhhhhh so both the guns on the wall and the ammo cases were part of that and were removed?

drats

[brittle swift]

Correct

It was a 'story scene' that was just forced for that location to test it

Good news, I figured out where to check the tag information and confirmed that to be the root cause. Bad news, I'm not entirely sure where I'm going wrong with it since i'm just adding a vanilla tag to a vanilla item so it can be used in a vanilla recipe. 😕

[bronze yoke]

how are you adding the tag?

[viral zinc]

What a pity. It was really cool

[brittle swift]

Here's the start of the file with the first of many items
module Base {
item Base.OldBrake1 {
Tags = base:hasmetal;base:smeltablesteelsmall,
}

That's the syntax someone gave me before

[bronze yoke]

the item name shouldn't include the module there

[brittle swift]

Ohhhh

🤦‍♂️

[bronze yoke]

item Base.OldBrake1 {```


is basically saying `Base.Base.OldBrake1`

[brittle swift]

I was copy pasting the item ids to make sure i didn't typo

Ok, scrubbed the Base from the recipe name but it still doesn't seem to be working. For better or for worse i'm not getting errors in the console 😒

🤦‍♂️

Apparently when I created the file my code editor dropped it in the wrong directory so it was in an earlier version locked folder so it wasn't even loading.

Ok, good news is now it's working. Bad news is now I need to figure out how to remove a tag from a vanilla item

[silent zealot]

I really wish we could write "Random Stories" in lua, modders could do so much with that. But they are all java classes. 🙁

[north arrow]

Thank you

[main marten]

Any chance I could come here to find someone to make a pretty advanced mod for a server 👀?

[bright fog]

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Mods#Commissions

[main marten]

Thanks big dawg

[ionic vale]

Found a couple errors and things that are outdated within PZwiki as of the recent couple builds. How can I go about either editing or mentioning these changes? (Nevermind, fixed and revised the wiki pages myself)

[shadow quiver]

I am looking to make a mod to add armoured vehicle parts so when you click the install menu in the vehicle mechanics list you can install the default part as normal, but also armoured options etc too,

This is probably full of errors, but was hoping someone might be able to check it reads ok for what I intend before I move to look at the installation process etc.

item Standard_Vehicle_Hood_Armor_Reinforced
{
DisplayCategory = VehicleMechanics,
DisplayName = Standard Vehicle Hood Armor Reinforced,
Type = Normal,
ItemType = base:normal,
Icon = MetalSheet,
ConditionMax = 100,
ChanceToSpawnDamaged = 25,
MechanicsItem = TRUE,
Weight = 4.5,
MetalValue = 45,
WorldStaticModel = MetalSheet,
Tooltip = Tooltip_VehicleArmorHoodPlate,
Tags = VehiclePart;Armor
ReplaceTypes = Hood,

Does that seem ok, or is there anything that needs adding/removing/fixing etc?

[knotty stone]

type is no longer valid, since its itemtype. and you missed a comma at end of tags

[shadow quiver]

Thank you 🙂

[knotty stone]

if you use vscode i recommend you get ZedScripts extension

[shadow quiver]

Yeah, starting to realise what it is trying to tell me as I spend more time in there 🙂

[bright fog]

You were using it when you had that type problem ?

[shadow quiver]

the extension or the mod? the mod isn't done yet, as I was wanting to get the item layout right before moving on. The extension is in place and I'm learning what the different "notices" are telling me lol

[bright fog]

If you find something unclear don't hesitate, I'm the creator of the extension

[ionic vale]

Your modding tutorial videos got me interested in learning PZ modding!

[haughty pasture]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uwXyoghaxAg?feature=share

[haughty pasture]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3726845332

[shadow quiver]

Thank you, im sure ill be back with lots more questions 🤣

[grand condor]

Hello, can someone tell me how to add 3D objects in the mod?

[wraith carbon]

hey would there be a way to add different attachment types to a weapon without having to override the weapon? im trying to add maces and short bat varients to my belt by making the attachment type a sword

it works but i would like to make it cleaner

[bright fog]

First off, you can't override weapons

If you copy their item script into your own mod, you'll just do a soft override of every parameters

[wraith carbon]

ok because it said overrides project zomboid i assumed it overrided it

im a bit new to modding

like i said it works but i was wondering is there was a way to just make the attachment type a sword without having to copy the entire item

[bright fog]

What said that ?

[shadow quiver]

Hello folks, I was wondering if anyone could help me work out how to add armoured parts to the install list to replace existing default parts. I have scripted for the hood to be moved to a new Armor section of the vehicle mechanics screen, but can't work out what I need to do to get my parts to appear as options on the right click > install menu
I have the replacement parts, skills and tools needed to install the new part, but they don't want to appear on this menu 🙁

[bright fog]

What parameter is that ?

[main pasture]

Did you add your armor item to itemType of the part? It defines what you can install there

[shadow quiver]

module Base
{
item Standard_Vehicle_Hood_Armor_Scrap
{
DisplayCategory = VehicleMechanics,
DisplayNameTag = "Standard Vehicle Hood Armor Scrap",
** ItemType = base:normal,**
Icon = MetalSheet,
ConditionMax = 100,
ChanceToSpawnDamaged = 25,
MechanicsItem = TRUE,
Weight = 2.5,
MetalValue = 15,
WorldStaticModel = MetalSheet,
Tooltip = Tooltip_VehicleArmorHoodPlate,
Tags = VehiclePart;Armor,
ReplaceTypes = Hood,
}

This part?

[main pasture]

No. The vehicle part definition in the vehicle script

[shadow quiver]

module Base
{
template VehicleArmor
{
category = Armor
{
/* This links the visual section header to your IGUI.json key */
name = IGUI_VehicleCategoryArmor,
}

    part Hood
    {
        category = Armor,
        
        itemType = Standard_Vehicle_Hood_Armor_Scrap,
        itemType = Standard_Vehicle_Hood_Armor_Standard,
        itemType = Standard_Vehicle_Hood_Armor_Reinforced,
    }
}

}

Like this?

[main pasture]

If I remember correctly, it should be just one itemType with different items separated by ;

[shadow quiver]

Still no luck I'm afraid

module Base
{
template VehicleArmor
{
category = Armor
{
/* This links the visual section header to your IGUI.json key */
name = IGUI_VehicleCategoryArmor,
}

    part Hood
    {
        category = Armor,
        
        itemType = Standard_Vehicle_Hood_Armor_Scrap; Standard_Vehicle_Hood_Armor_Standard; Standard_Vehicle_Hood_Armor_Reinforced,
    }
}

}

[main pasture]

There should be "Base." prefix on each item

[shadow quiver]

Updated and still same issue 🙁

itemType = Base.Standard_Vehicle_Hood_Armor_Scrap; Base.Standard_Vehicle_Hood_Armor_Standard; Base.Standard_Vehicle_Hood_Armor_Reinforced,

[main pasture]

That should be the correct format. Is standard hood still the only option?

[shadow quiver]

Yeah, I'm afraid so 🙁

Could it be the install/uninstall script?

module Base
{
-- ==========================================
-- INSTALLATION RECIPES
-- ==========================================

vehicle-recipe Install_ArmorHood_Scrap
{
    tools = WeldingMask,
    proptext = PropaneTorch=4;BlowTorch=4,
    skills = Mechanics=3;MetalWelding=2,
    time = 150,
    anim = InstallVehiclePart,
}

vehicle-recipe Install_ArmorHood_Standard
{
    tools = WeldingMask,
    proptext = PropaneTorch=6;BlowTorch=6,
    skills = Mechanics=6;MetalWelding=4,
    time = 200,
    anim = InstallVehiclePart,
}

vehicle-recipe Install_ArmorHood_Reinforced
{
    tools = WeldingMask,
    proptext = PropaneTorch=8;BlowTorch=8,
    skills = Mechanics=8;MetalWelding=6,
    time = 250,
    anim = InstallVehiclePart,
}

-- ==========================================
-- UNINSTALLATION RECIPES
-- ==========================================

vehicle-recipe Uninstall_ArmorHood
{
    tools = WeldingMask,
    proptext = PropaneTorch=3;BlowTorch=3,
    skills = Mechanics=3;MetalWelding=2,
    time = 120,
    anim = UninstallVehiclePart,
}

}

[main pasture]

With that configuration it should only show your custom items. Are there any errors?

[shadow quiver]

Nope, i have checked the console.txt and I have the error magnifier mod installed to help spot them during loading too, neither show any issues

[knotty stone]

Template vehicle armor should be in script after the hood template too

[shadow quiver]

So would I need to add a "template hood" section, or do you mean to move the existing "part hood" above the "template VehicleArmor" section?

[grand condor]

Hello, can someone tell me how to add 3D objects in the mod?

[sour island]

Little sneak peek to gamenight update

Alot of QOL UI mechanics for handling pieces with more ease

[haughty pasture]

ChuckleBerry......Ive never met you IRL but Im a fan man.

and supporter 😄

[buoyant violet]

when I finally get my friends to play the game with me. and I do host a litttle server we will have gamenight

[upbeat turtle]

i finally got isoplayer npcs working without java modding

[bronze yoke]

do they show up in mp? that was the major barrier iirc

[shrewd silo]

D-Do you see it? THEY DON'T HAVE SHADOWS!! DEMONS

[upbeat turtle]

i had to do some black magic to get them to render lol 😂

although no class files were changed, i had to do reflection to pull this off

[shrewd silo]

https://tenor.com/view/mandrinksdrinkcaughtin4k-man-drink-drinking-fortnite-gif-20759685

But they are dead!

I miss my reflections friends. I miss them.

https://tenor.com/view/i-miss-my-wife-tails-i-miss-her-a-lot-sonic-the-hedgehog-snapcube-eggman-gif-27436480

[upbeat turtle]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/900966887251402805/1375202769555820665/1.1x.webp

[icy night]

Opinions on how I can improve this menu?

Also, what do yall think of the idea of Locked highly skilled professions? I think people who delete their entire saves after death might not like it but those who continue and like to mix it up, it might be enjoyable

[upbeat turtle]

a tiny suggestion, what if it flipped between a couple pngs to semi-animate the selected profession icon? basically how they do it in the fallout games

[icy night]

I could try it. I've never thought of trying to gif it

[upbeat turtle]

instead of trying to load a gif, what im thinking is swapping between 1-5 pngs every other frame

[icy night]

yea totally

[upbeat turtle]

it looks hella cool so far

[icy night]

thx 🙂 It rotates around very smoothly. I havent gotten controllers to work on it yet though.

[scenic minnow]

This might be the wrong chat to ask this, but is there a command in debug to change the ingame time like for example set the time to 9:00 am ?

[bright fog]

No

You have to speed up time until you reach that specific time

[scenic minnow]

I just wanted to sync the "days/hours survived" with the world time up again after a crash where it did differ for like 1,5 hours. In that case I will just wait till the clock hits any given hour, pause and then change the "days/hours survived" instead. Wont be 100% but close enough

Still thank you for your reply!

[past radish]

@rich dagger

[rich dagger]

Oof Im not good with UI design tbh I think it looks solid af

[shadow quiver]

Hi folks, is there anywhere that lists all the parts for a car including the IDs the game uses in the background etc?

[main pasture]

The vanilla vehicle and template scripts are at steamapps/common/ProjectZomboid/media/scripts. You can also access them ingame with lua from VehicleScript class

[queen oasis]

you can put getGameTime():setTimeOfDay(9) in the little debug console thingy, obv 9 is 9am

[willow helm]

is this up date for 42.18 https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Creating_a_trait_mod or are there more up to date guides to create a trait mod

[icy night]

My pro mover trait mod still works in 42.18 if you wanna use the scripts as a guide for how to create your traits

[bright fog]

Already answered him, it's accurate

[dreamy quail]

yo fellas is no time in b41

like

the tension

[dreamy quail]

o yea btw mods out https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3729006976

[vague hedge]

If I want a recipe to pull from a specific mod for an item, does the item required in the recipe need to have the mod's identifier with it? For instance if I wanted an item from Mod1, it would have to be Mod1.Item?

Or does the game just overwrite all items with the same name/function and it won't matter the mod it pulls from?

[bronze yoke]

it depends on the module the item is defined in

a lot of mods will use a module with the same name as the mod, others will just use base

[vague hedge]

So if I put the mod I want to pull from under imports it won't need a prefix from the mod I wish to pull from?

or rather the item won't need the prefix*

[bronze yoke]

you don't import mods, you import modules

[vague hedge]

modules my bad

[bronze yoke]

i honestly prefer to not import anything because imports don't work consistently (some things will still need the module specified) so it gets confusing

[sour island]

I guess look at my shops mod? 😅

[sterile scarab]

I have it, but unfortunately, I lack the programming and B42.18 MP knowledge to be able to understand any of it haha.

[spark halo]

Hi guys! Thought id try my luck here. Trying to implement a randomizing function to my mod along with an update, but i am no professional, and i can't figure out what is wrong within my code. Would someone help me figure out whats wrong with it please?

[upbeat harness]

This should work.

[spark halo]

Thanks! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

[unreal pewter]

is there a good event to call a function that forcibly spawns loot in a specific container? i was doing OnNewGame but getGridSquare cant grab the tile if the player isnt near it, so i need some other method. is there a reliable method for this?

nvm figured it out its OnFillContainer

[arctic flicker]

Would someone be so kind as to confirm for me if using images in sandbox tooltips is a little bit janky at the moment? Regardless of size or position mine will overflow the boundary of the tooltip, same goes for text if using a size larger than the default. Is this standard behavior or could I be doing something better to improve it? Picture for reference.

For B42.18 btw

[mellow frigate]

Last time I checked I had no problems with pictures on Moats mod. but it was before B42.18.

[bright fog]

Yea that's bcs it doesn't resize based on the image

The solution is to add text right after. I think I usually did a <BR> tag

[arctic flicker]

I'll play with it a bit. Any idea about the text overlap though SIZE:large just goes right over. Guessing id need to premptively use <LINE> before that happens maybe...

[shadow quiver]

Hi Folks, can anyone help with the part of a script that handles checking if you have a blow torch in your inv and how much charge it has?

I have this, but not sure if its correct:

-- Normalizes the item string to lowercase so mixed-case strings like "BlowTorch" match cleanly
if string.find(typeLower, "blowtorch") then
local calculatedUnits = 0

-- Verifies if the object holds fuel charges (Drainable)
if item.isDrainable and item:isDrainable() then
    local delta = 0
    if item.getUsedDelta then 
        delta = item:getUsedDelta() or 0
    elseif item.getDelta then 
        delta = item:getDelta() or 0 
    end
    
    -- Converts standard delta (0.0 - 1.0) cleanly to a visual base-10 value.
    -- Adding 0.05 prevents rounding drop errors in math.floor.
    calculatedUnits = math.floor((delta * 10) + 0.05)
end

-- Catch case: if the torch has gas but rounds to 0, count it as 1 light unit
if calculatedUnits <= 0 and item.getUsedDelta and item:getUsedDelta() > 0 then 
    calculatedUnits = 1
end

-- If multiple torches are carried, track the one with the highest fuel count
if calculatedUnits > report.torchUnits then 
    report.torchUnits = calculatedUnits 
end

end

basically I'm trying to set the UI to check if you have enough charges in the welding torch as part of the ingredients needed for an action

[bright fog]

Same idk, I suppose you could make a report / request in #mod_portal to ask for proper fix of it

Or patch it yourself by making a custom tag based on the vanilla one ... idk

A bit annoying but eh

[lilac basalt]

Guys, here’s the thing. I’ve been playing Project Zomboid since its earliest releases.

And late game has become so uninteresting to me that I decided to make a mod for myself — something that brings the tension and excitement back.

Today, I decided to share this mod with the world.

With your permission, and with the permission of the admins of this chat, I’d like to ask everyone for a small action that means a lot to me. Please help me reach the long-awaited 25 likes on my Project Zomboid mod in the Steam Workshop.

I’m sure it won’t take much from you, but for me it would be a huge boost and a great source of motivation to keep developing in this direction. And who knows — maybe one day I’ll create the mod of your dreams.

I hope this doesn’t come across as too bold. Wishing everyone kindness and love!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3729428150

[main pasture]

This works for B42 function GetBlowtorchUses(item) if item:getFullType() and string.contains(string.lower(item:getFullType()), "blowtorch") then --Item is a blowtorch if item:IsDrainable() and not item:isEmptyUses() then --Is drainable and not empty return math.floor(item:getCurrentUsesFloat() * 10 + 0.05) end end return 0 --Not a blowtorch, or empty end

[dull moss]

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/OnWeaponHitCharacter
says thatit triggers when non-zombie character is hit, while https://pzwiki.net/wiki/IsoZombie says "OnWeaponHitCharacter - triggers when an IsoPlayer hits an IsoGameCharacter, so an IsoZombie as well as an IsoPlayer."

[bronze yoke]

it definitely doesn't trigger when players are hit

that line of enquiry has been exhausted

[bright fog]

Pretty sure it did before tho ?

[bronze yoke]

you're definitely aware that you can't catch zombies hitting players

you had that whole thing for it

[bright fog]

I thought you meant the other way around

[dull moss]

follow-up question, is there a reliable way to get damage that zombie will take from attack?

What I am trying to do is to check if player who killed a zombie is specific distance away

[bronze yoke]

oh actually

you're right, i just misread what the wiki says, they both say the same thing

[bright fog]

But yea no zombies don't trigger that event when hitting anyone

[dull moss]

what I did befopre was registering OnWeaponHitCharacter and comparing if damage is more than zombie HP but now I read that its not real dmg

[bronze yoke]

yeah the damage values are bullshit, sim knows all about that

[bright fog]

Fires when a non-zombie character is hit by an attack from a local player.
Is wrong tho, it triggers when any character is hit by a player

[dull moss]

Well I cant submit edits or anything so sm1 pls do if u feel like it

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/OnWeaponHitCharacter

[bright fog]

You need to create an account

But also I don't suggest using the wiki, it can have outdated event docs

I suggest checking out the LuaDocs instead

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/LuaDocs

I need to update these Lua event wiki pages to redirect to that instead

[dull moss]

u mean this? xdddd

[bronze yoke]

i think this was something that changed in b42, and i haven't really personally tested things like that

[bright fog]

Yea tho the source of data is the same, so that data needs to be fixed, I'll do a pull request, unless albion you fix it on your side ?

[bright fog]

That event already triggered when hitting zombies in B41 at least

Or in the last version of B41 at the very least

[bronze yoke]

hmmm, i probably would've made the original data in 41.78.16 so i was probably just wrong

[bright fog]

Can happen

[bronze yoke]

most of it was based on code and not testing so there's a lot of ambiguity around stuff like that

[dull moss]

Regardless, anyone have a tip regarding this?

I thought maybe i can register instead OnZombieDead but i dont see any method on zombie that would point to player who killed it

goal is to track player kills above specific distance

[bright fog]

Gonna be honest, you're absolutely fucked on that one

You have to do some serious jank

[bronze yoke]

yeah it's ridiculous

[bright fog]

If it's even possible to do some remotely correct

[dull moss]

😭

[bronze yoke]

despite being a zombie game basically anything involving zombies is notoriously difficult to mod

it's probably because they're basically the oldest system in the game before they were really thinking about modders

[dull moss]

small steps i guess

[bright fog]

If I remember right I had done some requests for more zombie stuff in the old thread

[dull moss]

AYO HOLUP

[sharp vine]

Is there any good websites / Information places to find API calls for Zomboid Where i can find out what SP and MP calls Differ

[dull moss]

I am either a genius or an idiot

• register OnWeaponHitCharacter
• have a table with last X hits targets and ditance to target
• register OnZombieDead
• compare if dead zombie is in players table and distance is above limit????

[bright fog]

You can't

[sharp vine]

You cant be saying that

[dull moss]

Assuming OnWeaponHitCharacter triggers before OnZombieDead

[bright fog]

Distance is not a good way to know about it

[dull moss]

wdym?

not only distance, the zombie object too

zombie + distance

cuz its easy to grab distance from OnWeaponHitCharacter

[bright fog]

Sorry was a bit of an abrupt answer and a terrible one lmao, but there's not doc for SP and MP diff no, only Lua events have such documentation

The best you have is the JavaDocs and the decompiled game

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Decompiling_game_code
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/JavaDocs

[sharp vine]

Well thanks for the information at least, Iguess i would have to do that instead.

Its just really hard to sync what im Working on correctly

[bright fog]

Sync what ?

[sharp vine]

more like a Client vs Server issue

[bright fog]

You'll have to be way more specific than that if you expect us to help you

Bcs depending on what you're doing, it can be extremely easy

[shadow quiver]

Thank you, ive been trying to fix this fir hours (granted it was between work), putting that in has fixed the issue

[sharp vine]

Its because im working on Week one Multiplayer port atm and gotten really far actually its around 70-80% port and is published but after day 7 i need to disable the Zombie despawner but zombies use the same despawner as bandits since Week one is scripted so i need to control the Pop of Bandits while allowing zombies.

[dull moss]

do zombies have unique id and metod to grab it?

[sharp vine]

Brain.id for Bandits

[dull moss]

?

what?

[sharp vine]

Bandits has an ID like a Hash to know which Ai to despawn but since Zombies and Bandits share same Spawn Pool

[bright fog]

They use that
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/PersistentOutfitID

if I'm not mistaken (I mean they can't really use anything else, maybe online ID in MP but that's it)

[sharp vine]

I think i found an issue

this a fucking stupid one

[red tiger]

Does anyone here know why PZ has Kotlin's library included?

It's been a bug on my brain lately.

[dull moss]

Im a genius

This solution works (aprox flow)

And you were saying it's hard

[dull moss]

in case something like that comes up again, possible solution ^

i mean not even possible, working one
meant as one of possible solutions

[bright fog]

No we said it's hard to do anything regarding damage and shit

[dull moss]

ah

I guess XY problem

[bright fog]

You did a weird thing just to do something that should be extremely obvious for the game

[dull moss]

I mean yea I agree

Jumping through the hoops

but wcyd

definitely more code that it should be

considering that all i need is to see is how far killer is away from zombie

😭

[dreamy quail]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3729006976 changed the mods name id just now, gonna replace fix some things soon

anyways imma release the decibel patch rn

[dreamy quail]

yall won't believe it

but patch 3 is coming

cause i'm an idiot

[icy night]

I like your passion @dreamy quail

[bright fog]

If only bro wasn't doing aggressive advertising of his mod on the modding wiki
https://pzwiki.net/w/index.php?title=Uploading_mods&curid=149031&diff=1366211&oldid=1346257

[queen oasis]

fixed it

[crystal idol]

Hi, I have a problem with a plushie, was working fine in b41 but I have problems with b42.18

Original axolotl_items.txt
module axolotl
{
imports
{
Base
}
item axolotl_peluche_rosa
{
Weight = 0.2,
Type = Normal,
DisplayName = Peluche Axolotl,
Icon = axolotl_peluche_rosa,
WorldStaticModel = axolotl_peluche_rosa,
}

This Change didn't work:

module axolotl
{
imports
{
Base
}
item axolotl_peluche_rosa
{
Weight = 0.2,
Type = Moveable,
DisplayCategory = Toy,
DisplayName = Peluche Axolotl,
Icon = axolotl_peluche_rosa,
WorldStaticModel = axolotl_peluche_rosa,
}
The error say's

ItemType=null

I just put an example, they are 7 plushies

[bright fog]

https://pz-wiki-modding.github.io/PZ-API-Docs/scripts/item.html#item-itemtype

Also see this:
https://pz-wiki-modding.github.io/PZ-API-Docs/scripts/item.html#type

[upbeat turtle]

making progress with the isoplayer npcs

i wrote a basic follow behavior and got it to properly animate

[distant mountain]

cool! 🙂

[arctic flicker]

https://tenor.com/view/why-are-you-running-runaway-escape-gif-14396438

Couldn't help myself sorry, it was the first thing that popped into my head lol

[dreamy quail]

still satire promoting lmfao

[bright fog]

An unwelcomed one bcs then I need to clean up behind your bullshit

[crystal idol]

thanks, solved with ItemType = base:normal,

But now the object is no longer 3D; it displays the icon instead of the model when placed on the ground. Where can I read about these changes from build 41 to 42.18?

[bright fog]

You're not refering to your model script by its full type

module.id

Instead you're doing id

I suggest setting up VSCode with ZedScripts if you plan on doing further scripts modding

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/ZedScripts

[stoic ginkgo]

Erm guys what is wrong here?
I tried to reinstall my game and verify it it still wont change anything, the magazine reading model is still enormously large and not even the correct model.

is that what i fucked up or is this the devs work?

[quaint delta]

Mega Magazine

Can somone do this with Hottie/hunkZ

[stoic ginkgo]

is this my issue or do all of u have ts?

[silent zealot]

That's the large print edition.

Is that pure vanilla after reininstall, or with your mod active?

[stoic ginkgo]

i found what the issue was, my mod was overwriting the vanillas textures

and models

but what strange is my mod was turned off and it was still happening

any explanation?

[silent zealot]

After you disabled your mod did you quit and restart the game?

[stoic ginkgo]

oh u have to do that?

[silent zealot]

Changing mods resets lua, but does not flush out loaded models/textures

[stoic ginkgo]

oh alright thanks

good herlp man

[silent zealot]

Easy to get caught up on that the first time you hit it.

Also, menu is available before all textures/models are loaded. That's why if you let it sit a while the game loads quicker when you hit "continue"

Also why I spent two very frustrating days trying to troublshoot an addon for spongie's charcter customization before realizing the problem was I was getting to the 3D character image part too early because I was clicking quick for testing, and all the texture were missing.

Then steam banned the mod because nipples are a "violation of community standards"

[stoic ginkgo]

do u use blender for ur modeling?

or do u have an easier application for that

[silent zealot]

I use blender. Once you learn it and get practice doing the things you need to do it's... I won't say it's easy, but it's fast to use. But more importantly, it's free and there are a lot of tutorials available for it.

[stoic ginkgo]

alright thanks

[tall vine]

hi, i have a noob modding question - if i want to override just a single function in a lua script, can i create a new mod with a script file that is in the exact same location with the same file name, write just the overidden function in it then put that mod lower than the original in the mod load order?
(context is for me to patch a single function without touching the original mod)

[silent zealot]

can i create a new mod with a script file that is in the exact same location with the same file name

Never do this - it replaces the entire file and will break other mods. And if you only include one function, everything else will be missing. Always use a unique name for your lua files.

But the good news is you can easily redefine just one function. If possible, do this in a way so your code runs before and.or after the original because that way other mods can also patch the function but sometimes you just have to replace the entire thing.

I'm trying to find something on the wiki that talks about how to hook existing lua functions... I'm sure it exists...

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Lua_(language)#Decoration

You store the original function in a variable, make a new function with the same name that will replace the original, and your function can call the original using that variable you set.

Best of all, multiple mods can do this to the same function and will just keep wrapping it with new code, instead of replacing the changes.

[broken briar]

i have a question, does anyone know how i can change the year date in this game? been tryna make smth similar like this mod

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3591297292&searchtext=2003

[quick sail]

Don’t know if this is what you mean but the phoenix cheat menu has a option for time warp in the utility options that let’s you set day year month and time for the save

Mod Idea/coding support:

I have an idea to expand the Bandits mod allowing for player inputted zones/areas that have their own hourly spawn chance for specific bandit clans.

Some sort of input box in the bandit clan tab in bandit creator, and once you’ve filled in your selected zone and confirmed it, it’ll list it below and clear the add zone box.

the image from bandit creator, shows a representation of this with the coordinates representing different areas of rosewood and the map is a general representation showing variations in hourly spawn chance in each of those locations with outside those areas still being whatever the general % is set as.

Just given spawning mechanics you would only notice these changes in spawning when you are in the area and have loaded the specific regions.

Some people will probably think what’s the point but this way you can make specific areas more dangerous or ‘bandit controlled’, you can show story progression of different bandit groups through using the zone occurrence and the date occurrence inputs, so an earlier appearing clan may spawn more often in a region or building depending on AI type but later on after the earlier clans spawning window has closed a different clan could spawn at that set coordinate, would also make staying in some of these regions get more dangerous with time, for example a normal run to rosewood becomes a rush to escape before being overwhelmed by increased spawns, and other customizations

[tall vine]

DrStalker thank you so much for your very detailed answer, i understand it much better now and also avoided a disaster if i used the same filename!! i like the idea of the hooks, very neat 👍 i will try that out, thanks again 😃

[silent zealot]

If you have issues with syntax or getting it to work, just ask in here. You can also use AI for general LUA questions; it is very bad at anything project Zomboid specific, but if you give it a LUA function and ask a specific question on how to do something it can be helpful.

[tall vine]

will do 👍 i haven't used lua before but i am a coder so i was very happy to see that there is a plugin for vs code to help with that side, i am also very happy i discovered this channel as it wasn't in my channel list when i joined and only realised it existed when i saw the pinned message in the mod_support channel 🤣

[dull moss]

is it possible to access playersMod data on server side when player is offline? talking about running player:getModData() from the server side. I'd assume since its server side it's stored on the server regardless if player is connected or not, but how do i get to that? is there some kind of list or sth xd

[bright fog]

Uuuh I don't think so unless you manage to get that player's object

[dull moss]

😔

[digital sail]

Do you know if b42 modified the in-game chat?

[mighty needle]

Good evening, gentlemen.
I have the following problem: I'm adding items to players' inventories via server-side, but they don't see them until they log out and log back in. Do you know what I'm missing to force the sync and make the items appear as soon as they're added?
Thanks in advance.

This is my server-side code:
`if onlinePlayers then
for i=0, onlinePlayers:size()-1 do
local player = onlinePlayers:get(i)
local myFaction = GetRealFaction(player)

            if myFaction and myFaction ~= "Nomad" and myFaction == topFaction then
                local inv = player:getInventory()

                for _, item in ipairs(rewardItems) do
                    for j = 1, rewardAmt do
                        player:getInventory():AddItem(item)
                    end
                end

                sendServerCommand(player, "War", "GiveSalary", {
                    items = rewardItems,
                    amount = rewardAmt
                })
            end
        end
    end`

[upbeat harness]

try that

if onlinePlayers then
    for i=0, onlinePlayers:size()-1 do
        local player = onlinePlayers:get(i)
        local myFaction = GetRealFaction(player)

        if myFaction and myFaction ~= "Nomad" and myFaction == topFaction then
            for _, item in ipairs(rewardItems) do
                for j = 1, rewardAmt do
                    player:getInventory():AddItem(item)
                end
            end
            sendClientCommand(player, 'inventory', 'refreshInventory', {})
        end
    end
end

[digital fog]

this is cool
we also need something like this but with zombies bru..

[queen oasis]

sendAddItemToContainer(targetContainer, item)```
B42. also, I don't know what your item is, but here item would be an instanceItem and targetContainer is the player inventory

[shadow quiver]

Hi folks, apart from the 3d models, I have most of my vehicle armor mod running, only issue is when I hit vehicles or zombies the armor takes the damage, but when I hit a tree the engine/hood takes the damage as normal - any ideas how to get the trees to get the same treatment or is this not doable at the moment?

[brave halo]

Hey everyone. I started modding for PZ recently and I keep noticing that NPCs are the single most requested feature in the community. I think it's a big part of why many players still stick with B41, since the NPC mods there (especially Superb Survivors) are much more advanced than anything available for B42 right now.

I want to be honest: I haven't played PZ in years until recently, and I'm catching up on the current modding scene. But the gap I see with NPCs is the kind of thing I'd love to try to tackle, even if just to understand why nobody else has done it properly yet.
My ambition would be to build NPCs that go beyond what Superb Survivors offered on B41.
Before anyone dismisses this as overreach (which I completely understand), what I'm actually looking for right now is feedback from people who already have more experience than me (probably most of you reading this). I'd love to hear directly from you what the current limits are, what attempts have been made before, and what ideas have already been thrown around. I'm going to dig into all of this over time anyway, but having the conversation now would make my work much easier.

I've already put together some pseudocode, and the core ideas I'm working with are:

1. NPCs and events should have real background depth, not just generic random behavior. The background gets built up from things like the NPC's house, their household composition, and other contextual details, all generated through a step-by-step recursive procedure.

2. A procedural step-by-step generation system with proper algorithmic cuts and a pipeline to efficiently handle cycles over hundreds of entities. To be clear about what I mean by "recursive" here: I don't mean a function literally calling itself in the traditional sense, which would create tons of open instances and useless overhead. I mean it as an algorithmic concept, there's a leaf case (the base condition where generation stops) and a system that can potentially keep expanding indefinitely based on the data it already has. The actual implementation can be iterative under the hood, what matters is the conceptual structure.

3.Background detail should be tiered based on proximity to the player. Full detail only for NPCs in the same chunk as the player. Lower-detail "shells" for distant ones, scaling up as the player approaches.
For NPC placement, I don't like seeing zombies or NPCs spawning randomly without any logical foundation. So my idea is to start from the actual buildings on the map: distribute NPCs based on the real distribution of houses and beds, assign roles based on building type, and split the population into "locals" (with full background generation) and "transients" (wildcards used to fill gaps, increase difficulty, and justify zombie hordes).

I'd like to analyze the B42 map with more detail than what tools like b42map.com or map.projectzomboid.com give me. Just counting beds isn't enough, because it doesn't distinguish between large vs small houses, social class, etc. This matters a lot for assigning work roles realistically.

Some questions:
Does anyone know if PZ's database includes more detailed info per building beyond coordinates and basic structure? Things like building name, type, size, social class tier, etc.
If not, is there a way to extract or compute this kind of info from the map files directly?
Has anyone already attempted something similar and hit dead ends? I'd love to learn from past attempts.
Any pointers to documentation or threads where this kind of map data is discussed?
I know there are probably gaps in my approach and people here will spot them immediately. That's exactly why I want to talk about it openly before sinking weeks into implementation. Any feedback, criticism, or pointers are very welcome — feel free to comment on anything, not just the questions above.
Thanks for reading.

[main pasture]

Sounds pretty ambitious. I guess you could take a look at https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Room_definitions_and_item_spawns

[clever veldt]

How complicated would it be to create a mod that would just add a blacksmithing recipe to allow the forging of a weapon (the Fighting Knife just as an example)? Peeked through the documentation and pins but just wanna make sure it's as simple as it seems

[mellow frigate]

it is one of the best things to do as a first mod.

[clever veldt]

Perfect, that's what I'll do then. Maybe after that I'll make a bunch of shirt retextures

[wise sonnet]

What system does Project Zomboid use to prevent layered clothing from clipping with each other?

I am trying to port all 3D Models from Project Zomboid into Gmod. I wanted to ask how Indie Stone prevents the layered clothes constantly clipping into each other.

[bright fog]

They hide layers that are beneath the clothing

So they hide the body parts, and hide other clothing

[wise sonnet]

Can someone/anyone show me exactly wich bodyparts and other clothing parts they hide depending on what clothes have been put on?

Especially vests

[dreamy quail]

i am lowk js gonna make a mod to replace the first one

still dynamic music just less random

[sturdy junco]

Hey all, I did some searching around the Internet and in this chat and I didn't really find an answer, what's the appropriate way to get a player's steam ID? There appears to be a precision issue with player:getSteamId() and I haven't been able to figure out how to work around it.

[bronze yoke]

getSteamIDFromUsername(player:getUsername())

that returns it as a string, which is probably fine since i don't know why you'd be performing maths on it anyway

[sturdy junco]

On build 42? I saw your thread mentioning that one but it was returning nil for me, maybe I did something wrong.

E.g.

local onlinePlayers = getOnlinePlayers()
if not onlinePlayers then return '{"playerCount":0,"players":[]}' end
local count = onlinePlayers:size()
local playersJson = ""
for i = 0, count - 1 do
    local p = onlinePlayers:get(i)
    local username = p:getUsername()
    local steamId = getSteamIDFromUsername(username) or "unknown"

[bronze yoke]

it seems like that method only works on the client

i don't remember if that was a restriction in b41, but we didn't do much on the server back then (the authority model made the server borderline useless for most things)

[sturdy junco]

Interesting. I'll see if I can come up with a way to get the value from the client, where's the normal place to drop suggestions / feedback on modding back to the devs?

[bronze yoke]

#mod_portal

[sturdy junco]

Coolio, thank you for your help!

[broken pine]

is there like an index or such of object types/etc? for instance looking at fixing a mod that uses getFirstTypeRecurse("charcoal") which seems to not find Base.CharcoalCrafted - is there like a group type that would find all suitable 'charcoal's instead?

[bronze yoke]

item tags would be used for this, i have no idea if there is one for charcoal or not though

[broken pine]

is there an index somewhere of said tags and the functions to ref them?

was trying to find an example but it's hard when you don't know what you're looking for

[bronze yoke]

the wiki has a tag list, no descriptions but it does list the items (and it does seem like there's one for charcoal) https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Item_tag

the drop-in replacement here would be getFirstTagRecurse(ItemTag.CHARCOAL), you can find the ItemTag constants listed here https://demiurgequantified.github.io/ProjectZomboidJavaDocs/zombie/scripting/objects/ItemTag.html but they should just be the tag name (minus the base: namespace) in UPPER_SNAKE_CASE

[broken pine]

ahh ok, so same functions, just a different arg

actually, base.charcoal is there

base:charcoal Charcoal, Coke, Wood Charcoal

cool, easy patch then

[upbeat turtle]

shiba

[broken pine]

that looks a lot less flesh colored bat dragon

[upbeat turtle]

fr lol

[broken pine]

hope you saved the old model though for the future horror bosses mod

PZ boss raid version

[upbeat turtle]

we also have a long version xD

[broken pine]

giraffe boi

[real sierra]

@nimble spoke Hi small question. You know how the format for translation txt files changed in 42.15.0 so they are now JSON instead of txt files: is there an official tool for automatically converting those from the old format to the new format? (I don't see one mentioned on the wiki.)

I'm asking because I wrote a little program to convert all the translation files in some of the mods I work on, and I'm wondering: please can you tell me do you think it is likely to be useful to other people if I polished it up and published it?

[bronze yoke]

there was no official tool release, but there's like 4 of those made by the community already i'm afraid 😅

[real sierra]

Thank you!

[bronze yoke]

i used tcherno's one personally https://github.com/katupia/PZTranslationConverter but there were a few others that seemed to work great too

[real sierra]

I wonder if they are bug for bug compatible with the old txt file format parser

eh probably not but nobody uses all the old format's bugs on purpose 🙂

[upbeat turtle]

why the long face 😂

[broken pine]

ptero-weiler

[bright fog]

I have the full list in the PZ API Docs too

[bright fog]

No official but there's a few that exist yes

https://github.com/PZ-Wiki-Modding/Archive.Project-Zomboid-Modding/tree/main/Other%2FTranslationConvertionTools

Albion mentioned one

[bright fog]

What do you mean by "bugs" ?

[upbeat turtle]

lol 😭

[frank elbow]

Presumably they mean “quirks,” of which a subset would accurately be described as bugs

And it certainly had quirks

[bright fog]

For sure

[nimble spoke]

I dont think we have an official tool. It could be very helpful to the community to have a way to convert automatically

[bright fog]

https://github.com/katupia/PZTranslationConverter
https://github.com/PZ-Wiki-Modding/Archive.Project-Zomboid-Modding/tree/main/Other%2FTranslationConvertionTools

Some have made such tools, imo it's fine to not have any official one

[real sierra]

The txt file parsing is a little bit weird. I'll have to dig up examples later of some of the odd looking things it accepts.

[bright fog]

I'm well aware of things it can accept lol

I made a parser for it for my ZedScripts extension

[swift stream]

Whats this animation name? where I can find it? box packing

[bright fog]

There's an "Animation Viewer" debug menu which you can check every animations in the game

And you can find animations in the media/anims_X folder in your game folder

[swift stream]

Thanks, is Bob_IdlePackBox

function ISPackBookSetAction:start()
self:setActionAnim("Bob_IdlePackBox")
end

what did i miss here?

[cyan vapor]

function ISPackBookSetAction:start()
ISBaseTimedAction.start(self)
self:setActionAnim("Bob_IdlePackBox")
end

Maybe this?

[swift stream]

i tried but failed 🥲

It's not always the case that when interacting with the 5 books in the series, the vanilla version gives the option to pack them. I'm trying to create a mod that forces packing when interacting with volume 1 if the player has all 5 books.

[cyan vapor]

your actual problem is the animation right?

vanilla points to "PackingBox" and not "Bob_IdlePackBox" maybe thats the culprit there

thats what my VS-Code Helper told me about your code:

Your action also uses a non-vanilla animation name:
self:setActionAnim("Bob_IdlePackBox")

Use:
self:setActionAnim("PackingBox") self:setOverrideHandModels(nil, "Base.CraftingParcel")

[swift stream]

thats it!!!!

[cyan vapor]

when i started to create my first big mod i also ran into a lot of syntax problems ^^ someone who i asked for help told me to always check vanilla for the correct syntax 😄
it also helped a lot to get OpenAI Codex and have it do this things for me too

[upbeat turtle]

finished dawgs

i need to change the animal scale on a couple of them xD

that corgi is a real chonker

[dreamy quail]

welp the full overhaul of my mod is done, went softer with the desc and stuff this time so its more appealing

pretty much features less random stuff, uses only 3 game soundtracks finally

[swift stream]

is this structure correct? and how translation works? Claude says the code getText() will automatically change based on the player's language.

[bright fog]

Yes

[swift stream]

I did something wrong

[bright fog]

What's your translation file content

[swift stream]

.txt
IG_UI_PTBR = {
IG_UI_BookSetConverter_Pack = "Empacotar Coleção %1",
IG_UI_BookSetConverter_PackMissing = "Empacotar Coleção %1 (volumes faltando)",
IG_UI_BookSetConverter_TooltipMissing = "Você precisa dos 5 volumes de %1 no seu inventário ou em um container próximo.",
IG_UI_BookSetConverter_Packed = "Empacotei a coleção de %1!",
IG_UI_BookSetConverter_Error = "[BookSetConverter] ERRO: '%1' não encontrado nos scripts.",
}
.json
{
"IG_UI": {
"BookSetConverter_Pack": "Empacotar Coleção %1",
"BookSetConverter_PackMissing": "Empacotar Coleção %1 (volumes faltando)",
"BookSetConverter_TooltipMissing": "Você precisa dos 5 volumes de %1 no seu inventário ou em um container próximo.",
"BookSetConverter_Packed": "Empacotei a coleção de %1!",
"BookSetConverter_Error": "[BookSetConverter] ERRO: '%1' não encontrado nos scripts."
}
}

[bright fog]

What did you use to convert your .txt translation to json ?

Bcs that's absolutely not how that works

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Translation

[swift stream]

Thanks, now it works

[red finch]

Fruit trees are still being worked on.
The mod comes from “A Bite of China”

[vagrant ibex]

Hi guys, I hope I'm asking in the right place. My brother made a map mod for our mp game. Just a small island with no loot boxes or anything, just the floor plan of the base we usually make made out of gravel so save redoing it every time.

He uploaded the mod to workshop, added the mod ID to the server.ini, starting a fresh world but it terminates every time it comes to laod the mod. Is there guide somewhere or some help thar can help us get this mod working in multiplayer? It works fine on his single player game.

[silent zealot]

Are you starting a new world with the map mod?

In single player if you change maps you have to do some extra work to update existing saves... I'd assume the same is true of multiplayer.

Otherwise, check console.txt (or the equivilent for a multiplayer server that I can't remember the name of) for more information.

[vagrant ibex]

yeah brand new fresh world, loads a bunch of mods, hits our map then cuts out

[silent zealot]

Definitely look for errors in the log then.

[vagrant ibex]

yeah he's getting those files for me

[dreamy quail]

welp my mod is gonna be a b41 only mod for now

unless somebody decides to help with the new low mid high variants for the exploration tracks

[dreamy quail]

i made it a new mod, has to change the workshop and moe ID but thing just corrupted itself

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3732026879 and here it is

[broken briar]

you know i kinda been thinking about making a mod set in 2003 with changes in the map..

such as having that third runaway lane in the airport

vehicles dating from the 1990s to early 2000s

military gear being from late 90s to early 2000s

but im not entirely really sure how i am supposed to approach it since i dont have modding experience

it would be nice if i had some help tbh

[night falcon]

Hi y’all, I made a controller aim assist mod for B42 — basically an attempt to make firearms actually usable on a gamepad. Still a work in progress, would love some testers and feedback. 
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3731886676

[sage arch]

is it possible to hide items in B42? It used to be that not having a DisplayName meant you couldn't see the item on zombies and thus couldn't grab it. This is no longer the case

[shrewd silo]

If your intention is applying clothes without appearing in the inventory is to directly add the clothing in the players WornItems

[sage arch]

It'd only be for Zeds, not players

[shrewd silo]

Then you change their ItemVisuals.

Zombies use that for clothes and stuff

I think you might need to change their descriptor when they spawn since when zombies spawn it takes 1 frame for they apply their actual clothing.

Like the event is triggered before their clothing is updated.

And everything you do with ItemVisuals at that stage will be ignored.

[sage arch]

Interesting! I didn't know that 😮

[shrewd silo]

However, it is not a permanent thing to change their clothing this way, as their clothes will be reseted once the player exit and enters the save

is a tricky thing to handle

[sage arch]

Damn... all from just removing the DisplayName parameter functionality 😭

I'm only used to the method of creating outfits and then assigning them to ZombieZoneDefinitions

Could I just have the item be removed from the zom's inventory when they die? I only care about the user not being able to grab the item off the zombie's corpse

[tranquil kindle]

Some modders made it so the item is so heavy when appears on zombie, that player can't pick it up

It used to work at least in B41

[sage arch]

Well I want it to not display at all in the inventory

The items are just to modify what the zombie looks like, with a specific skin texture. It'd be weird if I let users equip a zombie's skin 😂

[main pasture]

Adding Hidden = true to the item script seems to hide it from inventory (tested in B42)

[sage arch]

Omg you just saved me so much time, thank you

I was so ready to go down the rabbithole

[shrewd silo]

Huh, neat.

[sage arch]

Does the method of creating zombie outfits work in multiplayer for B42 or do I need to update that as well?

[bright fog]

Hidden

That's how you do that

[bright fog]

Yes it does

[bright fog]

https://pz-wiki-modding.github.io/PZ-API-Docs/scripts/item.html#hidden

[sage arch]

Awesome. Nice and simple!

[upbeat turtle]

almost finished cooking this dynamic follow behavior

[ember swift]

Is there a way to ensure one lua file loads after another within the same mod directory?

#mod_development message
Is just naming it alphabetically as mentioned here reliable?

[bronze yoke]

in the same mod, yeah it's alphabetical

if you use require() on a file that hasn't loaded yet it'll load early though

[ember swift]

Ah, that leads me right to my second question. Where is the require() relative to?

Wait... Is running require() as a function different from require [string]?

[bronze yoke]

no, require [string] is funny syntax for a function call (you can technically call any function that takes 1 string argument this way)

it's relative to shared/, client/, server/, it checks them in that order

[ember swift]

I know the second one loads modules. I'm used to GLUA where the wonderful include() function exists

Ah, fantastic

[bronze yoke]

so require("MyFile") checks shared/MyFile.lua, client/MyFile.lua, server/MyFile.lua and stops on the first one that actually exists

[ember swift]

Gotcha

So if I wanted to throw a lua file in a directory that isn't loaded by default, there's not really a way to use require() to call it?

[bronze yoke]

yeah no, it's guarded against any shenanigans with relative paths

[ember swift]

Fair enough

That's all I needed, thank ya!

[pulsar marlin]

Hey, does anyone know how to make / would someone be able to make a mod for Project Zomboid that keeps the car wheels in their current steering position when you exit the vehicle, instead of snapping back to the default straight/neutral position? It's a small visual thing but it really bugs me.

[silent zealot]

I don't think it will be practical via lua - vehicle steering is handled deep in the java.

[pulsar marlin]

🙁 so im cooked? Why does nobody hate this when the wheels snap back? 😄

[silent zealot]

To me, the wheels snap back to facing forward any time you're not holding A or D so them doing so when parked is normal. For that matter, they would have been straight before I got out since I don't normally stop while holding the wheel left/right. And the entire steering system is abstracted to work off two binary inputs instead of a proper variable axis.

And when I park my actual real car I will have the wheels straight at the end of the parking maneuver, unless I'm on a steep hill when they get angled for safety.

So I never thought about this issue, and now that I think about it.. it still doesn't bother me. I agree it would be better if the wheels did stay at an angle, but there are much more important things I'd like them to do with vehicle first like please please please make realistic car physics or a similar mod part of vanilla because it makes driving so much nicer than the $#^@ vanilla driving physics.

[patent lance]

To be honest… The vanilla driving has alot of problems for me and i dont mind most of them. EXEPT THE FACT THAT THE TRUNK IS VISUALLY SHUT WHILE OPEN

[bright fog]

Are there anyone who has experience with shaders in PZ ?

[sage arch]

I'm attempting to test out my mod in multiplayer, but I can't seem to get any mods to work in multiplayer. I go to Host -> Edit Selected Settings -> Add a mod, then the game freezes and reloads lua. It looks like it's been added but when I host the game the mods don't get loaded.

The game does not crash or error -- it just doesn't seem to have loaded any mods. The only strange behavior is the reloading lua every time I try to add a mod to the list of mods.

What am I missing?

Do I need to delete all the other server settings I have from other builds?

Oh I think I forgot I have to add them on the workshop tab as well? Although now it errors

[sage arch]

I figured it out: had to disable the DoLuaChecksum in Settings->Other, also had to aedd them to both Workshop and Mods tab

[thin swan]

[upbeat harness]

What???

[thin swan]

New update for my bicycle mod
Someone was kind enough to make me some sidecars, so now I'm making sure they can be used to bring your animals on adventures

[upbeat harness]

can you give ID mod?

[thin swan]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3461415167
But this update is not live yet

[upbeat harness]

No problem, we'll wait.

[digital sail]

I remember seeing a mod for a very small 5x5 map (or something like it) so the server/client would load faster when testing mods. Would you know what it was?

[cursive scroll]

peak being made

[hasty crypt]

How hard is making mods for the game? I'm a web dev by profession and have made some terraria mods in the past and i found making terraria mods relatively easy

[bright fog]

You'll be fine

Check the link at the top in the channel description

[plush salmon]

could anyone instruct me on how to manually change a value in the game's files?

[simple helm]

Hey everyone I just wanted to say that I am releasing my car carrier to the public, I have been super busy lately. So I have not had time to fix the lights on it. Ima try one of these days but no promises other then that it works great. we have been using it for months in our server and it been working great so far, just a few spawns are a little whacky

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3444002464

is the carrier itself

part 2 is the script to allow you to load cars. interior vehicles do not work. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3572571888

[silent zealot]

Nice work!

[minor hare]

Hey guys, is it possible to use sandbox-options in recipes like recipes.txt? Like checking if a bool is true or false, or using a value to change something like craft speed or input/output numbers?

[silent zealot]

Do you have any in-game screenshots? I'm interested in the final design, but not able to spin up a new Zomboid world to test right now.

[silent zealot]

The short answer is "no, but also yes.." There are optional functions to test if a recipe is valid/to run after the recipe is used, and those functions can do anything lua does. There is also some limited recipe manipulation possibel with lua.

What parts of the recipe do you want to change?

[minor hare]

Well, first I have a option that enables/disables a recipe, so if its true, the recipe shows up in the craft window.
Then if another check is true, determines if it gives skill exp or not.
Then like craft speed and such

[silent zealot]

Are those one-off changes, or something that needs to be assessed each time the recipe is used?

[minor hare]

Well, I would like to change the values at runtime if possible. So if I change the enable craft option, the recipe shows without needing to exit the game.

[silent zealot]

But runtime as in "when the game loads, I change them based on sandbox settings" or runtime as in "the values could be different every time the player uses the recipe"

[minor hare]

Well, both would be acceptable really, but if I was aserver owner, I would like to be able to change them while playing, with admin mode.

So, go into sandbox options, change the bool to toggle the recipe.
I have done something that acted weird with a bool, but it did not act the way I thought it would.
I did a bool check, but the recipe it was supposed to disable/enable, never showed up, but the ones that were not in the if end block toggled lol.

[silent zealot]

https://demiurgequantified.github.io/ProjectZomboidJavaDocs/zombie/scripting/entity/components/crafting/CraftRecipe.html

You may notice a lacl of set functions. This makes many modders sad.

And we can't use reflection as a workaround either, since that was disabled. I'm just checking the java to see what you might be able to manage...

you can use getInputs() and getOutputs() to get arrays you can modify. that won't work for time though.

You could hook CraftRecipe.getTime() and modify the return, which would affect it when called from lua (but not java)
Or do something in the Crafting timed action

[minor hare]

Well its a start at least, I dont want to change the output items, just the amount.

Is it possible to add crafting recipes via .lua instead of .txt?

[silent zealot]

Maybe in theory.

[minor hare]

Because from my understanding,almost everything can be hooked in lua.

[silent zealot]

But I suspect not... I don't think there is any constructor you can access that you could pass teh needed stuff to.

Lua yes, but the issue is things in Java.

[minor hare]

I see, if I could create or add a recipe via lua, I can do the bool check to enable/disable the recipe atleast, I hope haha.

[silent zealot]

That's why I mentions you coudl hook getTime(), BUT that will only work when called via lua. Which might be enough, since I think timed actions (where you care about duration) are all lua

about that... there's no "enabled" field.

The design is "if you dont' want a recipce, don't make a script for it" which isn;t helpful.

You could make the recipe an optional mod

So you install MyCoolMod, and the download includes MyCollMod and MyCoolModBonusRecipe

...but that's not something you can turn on and off at runtime

[minor hare]

That is basically how I did it.
So if I have a recipe defined in a .txt, could I then manipulate it via LUA?

[silent zealot]

Maybe: use addRequiredSkill(someskill, 12) to disable it

and clearRequiredSkills to enable it

It would still be visible, but because skills max out at 10 no-one could use it.

[minor hare]

I see, welp its better than nothing.

[simple helm]

Thanks, I need to update the photos so there in game photo

[weary isle]

Does tainted water use some sort of ID? Like for the sake of adding some drinks to a restricted list of foods it is possible with beer (Beer; BeerBottle; BeerCan;)

[bronze yoke]

<@&671452400221159444>

[vague hedge]

If I had made a mod, uploaded it and then lost the storage drive it was on, how would I go about restarting working on the mod? Do I just drag what it is from it's workshop folder in steam\workshop\content\108600*numbers*\mods into Zomboid\Workshop?

And would that do things to the mod already installed in the game modloader if I were to change something in the only in Zomboid\Workshop while the one from the steam workshop is still installed on the PC?

[silent zealot]

Remake the worship file structure, then copy the mod into the mods folder

[silent zealot]

Check fluids.txt. you can't restrict based on containers, but there is list of fluids that you can/can't mix with

[vague hedge]

is this fine?

dragged the mod from the steam workshop folder to there, is there anything else I need to do or can I resume work on it without any issues with mod structure?

[swift stream]

waiting for this update 😂 🤞

[weary isle]

Ah, well... It is dor the build 41. I should've provided more details...
I don't think I can mix stuff in 41. Or can I?

[silent zealot]

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Mod_structure Especially the bit about the worshop structure

Also, I recommend ubsubscribing from the mod on steam so you don't have two copies. That's a lot easier that woarrying about which one the game is using.

[vague hedge]

Alr good to know this. Was wondering how the game handled that.

Didn't know the Mod_structure page was on the wiki, only saw the link to the Modding page

[silent zealot]

There is is a default order I can never remember, and you can change the order with command line arguments, but... so much easier to just not have duplicates. (three possible locations: steam mod downloads, ~/Zomboid/Mods, ~/Zomboid/Workshop/... )

There's been a lot of really good content added to the wiki over B42, it's a good modding resource

[vague hedge]

Just gonna use the Zomboid\Workshop section for the mod(s) I made so there aren't any "oh yeah there's this in this folder" issues

Sticking to B41 for now, know the most knowledge for that version.

[ionic vale]

So I am messing around and trying to learn how to create my own buildables for Build42 and a similar question about this seemed to go unanswered on this one..

How can I use an existing tile for a custom buildable entity in B42? In this case, I want to use the crafted_01_65.

[icy night]

My little Vault Boy health hud

[bright fog]

You can't

Bcs it associates the entity script to that tile via that tile name

So you can't have two

[coral blade]

Hey!

**Project Zomboid Mod Updater/Downloader 👑 **
Update 1.1.7:

• updated SteamCMD executable.
• updated browser assembly.
• fixed edge case when trying to open downloaded mod folder and program crashes because mod sub folder is different than description.
• restore backup option was returning boolean whereas it shouldn't, fixed.
• program now creates the dummy "mods" folder automatically if not exist for game path.

Instructions:

• download and extract the archive preferably into your PZ installation folder.
• if C:\Users\yourusername\Zomboid\Mods folder doesn't exist, please run the game once just to create the settings environment.
• run with PZModUpdater.exe
• minimum screen resolution required 1600x900

If you have any feedback/bug reports/good vibes, do tell and share...
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_yCDaG3yRhWBo6Vdz6LH6rz8PJCUjs4S/view?usp=sharing

[cold epoch]

Cost me two days but I got my project zomboid server running over ipv6

only cost -nosteam
and reimplementing ZNetNoSteam64.dll and RakNet64.dll

https://github.com/12brendon34/PZNET/tree/IPv6

the IPv6 branch has no voip, the base branch does as it links to the original RakNet64

screenshot, doesn't really show anything other then my base, but this is connected over starlink

I run the server on docker, using some random dudes image.
It compiles for linux also ofc

[covert adder]

is there a place with all the coding lingo? i looked at the wiki but im not sure where to look for just like the coding terms and stuff

like for example player:getXP()

[bright fog]

Interesting

[covert adder]

can u just use default zomboid icon and model like this for items?

module TestMod
{
item Test
{
DisplayName = Test,
DisplayCategory = Material,
Type = Normal,
Weight = 0.1,
Icon = Item_Sandbag,
WorldStaticModel = Sandbag,
}
}

[ionic vale]

Would it be safe to assume that I could just duplicate the existing tile I want to use into my own custom tile and use that instead?

[bright fog]

Yes

That's usually what people do

[bright fog]

Yes you can reuse those in your own scripts of course

[covert adder]

ok thx

do i need to do anything beside what i posted?

[bright fog]

Add the correct parameters and fill the values based on the item you're trying to implement

[covert adder]

well im trying to add Sandbag stuff as you can see are these the right parameter for that? Should I just use what in the game files for the sandbag item?

[bright fog]

Wdym by sandbags ?

[covert adder]

the item sandbag

yk the building material

item Sandbag
{
DisplayCategory = Material,
Weight = 2,
Type = Drainable,
UseWhileEquipped = FALSE,
UseDelta = 0.25,
DisplayName = Sand Bag,
Icon = Sandbag,
ReplaceOnDeplete = EmptySandbag,
ReplaceInSecondHand = Bag_Sandbag_LHand holdingbagleft,
ReplaceInPrimaryHand = Bag_Sandbag_RHand holdingbagright,
WorldStaticModel = SandBag,
Tooltip = Tooltip_item_empty_sack_container,
}

[bright fog]

Why are you readding it ?

[covert adder]

what do you mean?

oh wait i see what u mean

im not readding it im just using the static model and icon

ok cool got it to work thanks 🙏

[bright fog]

Yea but what for ? 😅

[covert adder]

so

[bright fog]

Also I suggest not naming your script ID the same as the original item preferably to reduce conflicts

[covert adder]

im making a mod for this server im in it like a life server with no zombie and i wanna make a trucking system right but they have those op Methyl crate with 6k storage + rv interior so I'm making a crate item u can only put in car trunks

and the sandbag was just a good placeholder

for a trucking item

[covert adder]

mhm okay that fair

[covert adder]

is the script ID the the after item?

[bright fog]

Why use a sandbag as a placeholder ?

[bright fog]

Yes

[covert adder]

seems fitting?

okay

[bright fog]

But that's a crate you're making ?

Also which version of the game ?

[covert adder]

so should i do something like coding lingo for the script Id then just keep the standard presentable version for the original item?

[covert adder]

yea this is true prob should change the name im just testing rn and it b41

[bright fog]

Idk it's a bit weird what you're doing tbh 😅

[covert adder]

yea cuz the server i play on extremely untraditional

it a zomboid server with no zombies

lmfao

[bright fog]

Why an item tho if it's a buildable ?

[covert adder]

it not

think of it like this it like material a trucker is hauling right

so it an item

[bright fog]

Wait you're making the crate or the item I don't get it

[covert adder]

the crate is an item

it like a box of supply right

that you load into a truck

[bright fog]

Oh a small crate ?

[covert adder]

to then haul

yea something like that

not like an actual crate u place in the world

mb should've been more clear lol

[bright fog]

Yea lol

Got me so confused

[covert adder]

😭

sorry g

can i make custom display category?

[bright fog]

Yes

[covert adder]

fire

[covert adder]

print("Mod Running")

local original_isValid = ISInventoryTransferAction.isValid

function ISInventoryTransferAction:isValid()

    local item = self.item
    local dest = self.destContainer

    if item and item:getFullType() == "Base.Supply_Bag" then

        if not dest then
            return false
        end

        local type = dest:getType()

        -- only allow these containers
        if type == "TruckBed" or type == "Floor" or type == "Inventory" then
            
        else
            return false
        end
    end

    return original_isValid(self)
end

what am i missing here

im trying to make it so the item Base.Supply_Bag can only be placed in TruckBed, Floor, or the Inventory of the player but some reason it only allows it to be placed in the truckbed

and ignore the other two

[shy mantle]

More prints is usually helpful, you definitely want to print the local type variable you're creating to be sure it matches the intended strings you're checking

[covert adder]

mhm ok

[shy mantle]

should also simplify the expression so there's no blank if statement

Using ~= for all of those and returning false or not and surrounding all 3 checks in parentheses

[covert adder]

yea i tried that didnt rlly help

[shy mantle]

Did you do the print thing yet?

[covert adder]

ill put it like that once i fix the issue

trying it rn

[red tiger]

Oh cool. Someone syncing their logo design energy with mine.

[covert adder]

lmfao

[shy mantle]

You guys have identical pfps...

[covert adder]

how do u guy require code from another mod?

[mellow frigate]

it depends if it is loose or strong dependency.
strong dependency: set it in the mod.info see require tag on the wiki. https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Mod.info

loose dependency: take exemple on any mod doing it. e.g. AutoTailoring loose dependency on MoodleFramework under media\lua\client\AutoTailoring_Moodles.lua. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3388183573

In both cases, use require in your lua to ensure load order if you use the dependency at lua load time.

[covert adder]

mhmm ok

[vale orbit]

Hello hello :D A few days ago my sister @vagrant ibex posted on my behalf regarding troubles loading a map mod I have created into the game. It's just a tiny spit of land in the Ohio River where we like to usually build our bases, but this way it saves me having to dig up and/or spawn in a bazillion sacks of gravel.

The server.ini is updated and all files I believe are in the correct place, the map works perfectly fine in SP but whenever I try load the mod into MP, it says 'Terminated' and then 'Normal Termination' afterwards.

I thiiiink these are the error logs and from what I can tell, it's failing to download the mod. Any aid would be mucho appreciated :D

[upbeat harness]

mod 3734572661 is not exist

[vale orbit]

Any ideas how I can make it exist? I uploaded the mod to the Steam Workshop and also subscribed to it, but when I check my steamapps workshop, the workshop id folder isn't there.

[upbeat harness]

link to you mod in steam

[vale orbit]

It was set to Friends only, but I just made it Public so you can see. Here:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3734572661

[upbeat harness]

Now it's there. Try starting the server again.

[vale orbit]

Oh, hey the files have showed up for me too now! And the server has loaded without issue :D

Was that the problem then? I had it set to Friends only? xD

[upbeat harness]

Sometimes Steam takes a long time to verify uploaded files in the workshop. Today it was even slower.

[vale orbit]

Just started a new MP world and my map has loaded in :D
Yay! Thanks for the help, even if all it was was Steam being slow xD

[bronze yoke]

workshop mods have to be unlisted or public to work in multiplayer

the server downloads its own copy (even if you're hosting in-game it won't use your normal copy) and it does that anonymously so it can't have restricted access

[shrewd tide]

Here's a question

How you port a modification from B41 to B42?

[bright fog]

Depends what the mod does

First off you have to change the structure of the mod files

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Mod_structure#Build_42

[shrewd tide]

Yeah, i got permission from KD6 (Author of firearm mods like AR-7, S&W Model 3, Glock 17, Derringer and etc)

[bright fog]

That's not what my remark was for but okay

[flint beacon]

is it possible to hot reload textures from a mesh

[bright fog]

No

[flint beacon]

damn

[trim pelican]

uhh

why does it do that for like only 40 pixels

50

help

i want back

changed the colors

it didnt fix

[bright fog]

Likely because those pixel colors got blured

[trim pelican]

how to fix

[bright fog]

Paint those back to the correct color

Use a pen tool with strictly no bluring

[trim pelican]

this is it

[bright fog]

For further help tho ask in #mapping which is more suited for mapping related questions

[bright fog]

If there's a single RGB inexact value it won't work

So you need to make sure to use the exact pixel colors

[trim pelican]

i used this

[bright fog]

Which version of the game ?

[trim pelican]

wdym?

[bright fog]

Which build of the game

[trim pelican]

newest version of 42

[bright fog]

Those are not the color rules for B42 if I'm not mistaken

[trim pelican]

ohh

thx

[bright fog]

https://github.com/pzmapping/B42-Colors/blob/main/MAP and MAP_veg Colors.png

[trim pelican]

thx

[shrewd tide]

So, what's next? After i changed the folder structure?

[bright fog]

Test it out

Also you still haven't answered my question

If you don't, I can't point you in the right direction

[shrewd tide]

The mods i am porting are firearms mods (that add guns into the game)

[odd dagger]

Hi

Hi

[fleet folio]

I cannot mod

[next narwhal]

MeeM ZomboidiobmZ

[odd dagger]

then go to #pz_b42_chat

[next narwhal]

Well Speaking Of modding.

[atomic parcel]

👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩

[crimson salmon]

This is the cool chat now.

[iron salmon]

@atomic parcel , keep it modding related.

[next narwhal]

I made this.

local debounce = false
local firsttime = 0
function SpawnHorde()
   if isKeyDown(Keyboard.KEY_Q) then

      if debounce == false then
      debounce = true
if firsttime == 0 then
firsttime = 1
getSoundManager():PlayMusic("media/music/tune20.ogg", "media/music/tune20.ogg", false, 1) 
      local PlayerX = getPlayer():getCurrentSquare():getX()
      local PlayerY = getPlayer():getCurrentSquare():getY()
      getWorld():CreateSwarm(1000, PlayerX + 10, PlayerY + 10, PlayerX - 10, PlayerY - 10)
      print("Hey you! Nice job at creating hordes.")
      getPlayer():Say("OH FUCK WHAT DID I DO")
end
      else
      debounce = false
      end
   end
end

Events.OnTick.Add(SpawnHorde)```

[vernal jackal]

why not use

code

tags

getSoundManager():PrepareMusic("media/music/tune20.ogg")
local debounce = false
local firsttime = 0
function SpawnHorde()
   if isKeyDown(Keyboard.KEY_Q) then

      if debounce == false then
      debounce = true
if firsttime == 0 then
firsttime = 1
getSoundManager():PlayMusic("media/music/tune20.ogg", "media/music/tune20.ogg", false, 1) 
      local PlayerX = getPlayer():getCurrentSquare():getX()
      local PlayerY = getPlayer():getCurrentSquare():getY()
      getWorld():CreateSwarm(1000, PlayerX + 10, PlayerY + 10, PlayerX - 10, PlayerY - 10)
      print("Hey you! Nice job at creating hordes.")
      getPlayer():Say("OH FUCK WHAT DID I DO")
end
      else
      debounce = false
      end
   end
end

Events.OnTick.Add(SpawnHorde)

[next narwhal]

Interesting.

[odd dagger]

Noober

You wanna help extend the map so more?

*some

[next narwhal]

TraitFactory.addTrait("NotAFuckingMemerKillYourself", "Meme Safety", 3, "o Less prone to meme disease<br>o Slower rate of memefication", false);

sure

but i got no tbx files.

TraitFactory.addTrait("Hypercondriac", "FAKE INFECTED", -999999999, "o get scratched and your body wants to kill you", false);

The perfect trait

HYPERCONDRIAC

How do you add new items?

I tried this

http://pastebin.com/DAtmctu0

[vernal jackal]

Look at the vanilla script files.

[next narwhal]

Oh im Dumb.

[vernal jackal]

module foo
{
    item bar
    {
        ...
    }
}

[next narwhal]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[vernal jackal]

"Oh im Dumb." No comment 😛

[next narwhal]

{
    item EARGUN
    {
        Type                =           Weapon,
        DisplayName         =           Ear Gun,
        Icon                =           Shotgun2,
        Ranged              =           true,
        MinAngle            =           0.88,
        MaxDamage           =           9999.3,
        MinDamage           =           99.3,
        MaxRange            =           8.0,
        SwingAnim           =           Rifle,
        WeaponSprite        =           shotgun,
        SwingSound          =           shotgunEARRAPENOFUCKINGJOKELOL,
        SoundVolume         =           500,
        SoundRadius         =           500,
        AngleFalloff        =           true,
        ToHitModifier       =           1.5,
        NPCSoundBoost       =           99,
        Weight              =           25,
        WeaponWeight        =           1.8,
        DoorDamage          =           20,
        MinimumSwingTime    =           8,
        SwingTime           =           8,
        SwingAmountBeforeImpact =       0.0,
        PushBackMod         =           0.3,
        SplatNumber         =           5,
        KnockBackOnNoDeath  =           false,
        SplatBloodOnNoDeath =           true,
        ImpactSound         =           null,
        RangeFalloff        =           true,
        UseEndurance        =           false,
        ShareDamage         =           false,
        AmmoType            =           ShotgunShells,
        ConditionLowerChanceOneIn =     5,
        ConditionMax              =     150,
        MultipleHitConditionAffected =  false,
    }
}```

would this work

i spawn succ.EARGUN

[vernal jackal]

no idea

try it out

[next narwhal]

k time to test.

[vernal jackal]

looks like its formatted correctly at least

[next narwhal]

my gun works

🔫

[odd dagger]

RIP map

[vernal jackal]

You need to download more RAM probably

[odd dagger]

i have 8GB ram

[vernal jackal]

what did you try to do?

[next narwhal]

download more ram

[odd dagger]

um

well

[next narwhal]

http://downloadmoreram.com/

[odd dagger]

i tried to switch out the png, bmp so i can increase the roads

[next narwhal]

You need to download more ram 😄

[odd dagger]

no the map is toast.

[next narwhal]

Seriously, just close the cell you are editing

and bmp to tmx.

It's that easy you friccin moron!!!