#mod_development

karmic reef Apr 13, 2021, 7:12 PM

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I'm guessing it has to do with the AttachmentType tag?

late hound Apr 13, 2021, 7:13 PM

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You are correct

karmic reef Apr 13, 2021, 7:14 PM

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Okay, thanks.

nimble spoke Apr 13, 2021, 7:16 PM

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actually in the lua file where the attachments are defined, changing an item's attachment type will change all atchments for that item, not ideal

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most of them will look totally off

karmic reef Apr 13, 2021, 7:17 PM

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So, it would be positioned where the new points were defined?

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 7:26 PM

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Does Hunting Slime frequent this discord?

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Cant find him/her in the members list, perhaps the have a different discord name

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@undone heron that's not you is it?

undone heron Apr 13, 2021, 7:29 PM

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ye

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 7:35 PM

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Hey dude

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I use your awesome trait mod

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I believe you just updated it?

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And it's started throwing 100's of errors a second for me

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I think I've narrowed it down to the SadoMasicistTrait.lua not patching in the masochist trait after it patches in the sadist trait

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    --add this patch so it can be enabled on existing games.
    local player = getPlayer();
    if  player:hasModData() 
        and player:getModData().currentZombieKills ~= nil
        then return
        else  
        player:getModData().currentZombieKills = player:getZombieKills();
    end 
end 
Events.OnGameStart.Add(sadistTraitData);
Events.OnCreatePlayer.Add(sadistTraitData);```

undone heron Apr 13, 2021, 7:36 PM

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it had a typo, it's fixed

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 7:36 PM

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But no function to do the same for the other trait

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Ah brilliant thank you sir

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or maam

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😄

undone heron Apr 13, 2021, 7:36 PM

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hasTrait vs HasTrait

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 7:36 PM

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syntax

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smh

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Nice catch, I guess I was way off lol. I'll delete those comments from the mod page

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Appreciate the quick fix

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Fix works, thanks!

undone heron Apr 13, 2021, 7:40 PM

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masochist also doesn't had ModData() since it just works off pain level. sadist however needs to keep track of your kill count so it needs to be saved

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 7:40 PM

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I see, makes sense

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I dig these traits, thanks for the updates. Keep em comin!

undone heron Apr 13, 2021, 7:45 PM

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ty, and also to the people giving suggestions. Tho sad some ideas they have are outside my skill level to make.

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like a greyscale shader for a colorblind trait would be neat but outside my skill level.

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or like yepthatsmyname suggested: a bad trait that makes the fog of war show up instantly instead of re-appear after you finish sleeping

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 7:48 PM

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chronic migraines:
fov and hearing is limited, pain increased (happens randomly)

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@undone heron thanks again for the quick fix; thought i'd lost my save for a few minutes

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Oh and hey Soul I see you on here too, got a sec to talk about Farming?

nimble spoke Apr 13, 2021, 7:52 PM

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karmic reef So, it would be positioned where the new points were defined?

Yes, changing the attachment type for the item will make it attach to the new points

nimble spoke Apr 13, 2021, 7:53 PM

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echo leaf Oh and hey Soul I see you on here too, got a sec to talk about Farming?

Sure

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 7:53 PM

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@nimble spoke Rad!

undone heron Apr 13, 2021, 7:53 PM

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yeah FoV /camera stuff is what's outside my skill limit. can't find variables for it to manipulate it

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 7:53 PM

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I'm getting the duplicate option for sow seed

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The upper option works

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The lower option throws an error

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And sometimes the wheat is unharvestable even when appearing as "Harvest ready"

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Not sure what causes that issue though

nimble spoke Apr 13, 2021, 7:55 PM

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No other farming mods, right?

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 7:55 PM

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The only other one I can think of is Green Fire

nimble spoke Apr 13, 2021, 7:55 PM

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well.... uhhh I see cannabis in there

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 7:55 PM

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And I honestly didn't think of that as being a culprit until you asked

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I can toggle that one off and see if the dupe is still an issue

nimble spoke Apr 13, 2021, 7:56 PM

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and lemongrass, which I haven't added in there yet

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that would help

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 7:56 PM

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Lemongrass... that's probably from the orphanage

nimble spoke Apr 13, 2021, 7:56 PM

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I have it in my mod unfinished, but I didn't add it to the menu

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 7:57 PM

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Hmm curious, I'll look into that as well

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Okay well it doesnt appear to be green fire

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Disabled that and still getting dupes

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But still see lemongrass

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So gotta figure out where that's coming from

undone heron Apr 13, 2021, 8:05 PM

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hmmm, some clipping on it still, tho how does this look?

nimble spoke Apr 13, 2021, 8:06 PM

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So weird, I haven't updated it for some time so I have no idea why it started happening. I will update when I have a fix

undone heron Apr 13, 2021, 8:07 PM

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ok yeah that looks better, cleaned up the white part leaking thru the black.

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 8:07 PM

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Soul, is Lemongrass a vanilla item...?

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https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Medicinal_Herbs

Medicinal Herbs

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It's listed there

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No lemongrass or farming related mods

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I mean the good news is it's not at all game breaking

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Just... dont use the second option in the dropdown for sow seed 😄

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Okay so lemongrass is a herb you can collect but not a seed you can grow in vanilla

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So it's gotta be a sneaky mod I have

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Yeahhhh

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Okay found it

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It's from Vanilla Food Fixes: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2072147750

Steam Workshop::Vanilla Food Fixes [41.47]

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@nimble spoke ^

nimble spoke Apr 13, 2021, 8:14 PM

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is it causing the duplications?

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 8:14 PM

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Its the mod that added lemongrass, at least

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So, the only other mod affecting farming

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Testing w/o it now

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No mods

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With only Soul Filcher's Farming Time enabled:

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So I think something's gone amiss with your stuff @nimble spoke 😦

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Happy to help debug more just lmk

nimble spoke Apr 13, 2021, 8:27 PM

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I'll check that later today, it is just weird that I haven't changed anything that could cause that

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 8:28 PM

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🤷‍♂️

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Thanks for checking

undone heron Apr 13, 2021, 8:39 PM

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for the Librarian profession, what would you expect them to have skill wise?

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 8:42 PM

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Short eyesight

carmine cosmos Apr 13, 2021, 8:42 PM

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That's actually funny 😄

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 8:42 PM

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And low run/sprint but high carry

carmine cosmos Apr 13, 2021, 8:42 PM

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https://tenor.com/view/ken-jeong-cant-see-too-little-ben-chang-community-gif-5881468

Tenor

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 8:42 PM

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Very nimble and quiet

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Basically, not very fast or a good runner. Cant see very far/wide. But can hear very well, can move around sneakily and carry a lot (used to carrying books!)

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That's my two cents

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Maybe increased vision with glasses lol

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probably out of scope on that last bit

jovial summit Apr 13, 2021, 8:49 PM

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Fast reader too

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Organized

undone heron Apr 13, 2021, 8:52 PM

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I'm talking about for a modding profession. Giving them all that by default would leave the player with little choice like the other professions or I would need to do like -20 point cost lul

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 8:56 PM

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You dont have to take all of it 🙂 Just throwing ideas out

drifting ore Apr 13, 2021, 8:58 PM

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Hey i have some mods installed and now my context menu won't open

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Any repeat offenders or likely culprits?

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 8:59 PM

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Your best bet is to remove them until it comes back

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in order to deduce which is causing the issue

drifting ore Apr 13, 2021, 8:59 PM

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Yeah but i have a lot on and it's kind of a hassle to mess with mods on pz

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 8:59 PM

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have you checked for any obvious errors in the console log?

drifting ore Apr 13, 2021, 8:59 PM

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I guess

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No

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Idk how to open it

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 9:00 PM

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C:\Users\USERNAME\Zomboid\console.txt

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@drifting ore also use this https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2404803647

Steam Workshop::Improved mod presets [B41]

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You can create a preset of all your currently enabled mods

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And then start disabling them to figure out which is the issue

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and then use your preset to turn the ones that you had on back on later

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gl

drifting ore Apr 13, 2021, 9:02 PM

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Oh nice

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Yeah that helps

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 9:03 PM

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If the problem just started happening recently I'd recommend disabling the most recent mods you've enabled first

drifting ore Apr 13, 2021, 9:03 PM

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I just started using mods

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But i have a problem with adding loads at once

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 9:03 PM

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haha

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I can do you a solid if you're open to a quick shill

drifting ore Apr 13, 2021, 9:04 PM

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Sure

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I think i figured it out

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 9:10 PM

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Nice nice, what was it

drifting ore Apr 13, 2021, 9:11 PM

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Nvm

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It's still not working

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 9:14 PM

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rip

nimble spoke Apr 13, 2021, 9:15 PM

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@echo leaf do the other 2 farming mods require mine?

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 9:15 PM

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nope

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https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2072147750
and
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1703604612

nimble spoke Apr 13, 2021, 9:19 PM

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uhhhhh, I wonder how these are even compatible then

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 9:20 PM

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I havent tried farming the weed or tobacco yet, but your stuff works fine with those enabled

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Other than the dupe context options

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But that issue exists with only your mod enabled anywho

nimble spoke Apr 13, 2021, 9:24 PM

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have you ever tried playing with those 2 without mine?

misty iron Apr 13, 2021, 9:26 PM

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is there any particular reason 'math.ceil' works and 'math.ceiling' doesn't?

undone heron Apr 13, 2021, 9:26 PM

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This looks good? What would you feel the point cost of this should be? atm it's 0.

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 9:30 PM

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What's literacy do?

undone heron Apr 13, 2021, 9:30 PM

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affects reading speed

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 9:30 PM

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Is that a vanilla thing?

undone heron Apr 13, 2021, 9:30 PM

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no

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 9:30 PM

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ah

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I dig it

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Walk while reading is clutch

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can you read while driving?

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no that should be for a tween trait

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Texting and driving skill

undone heron Apr 13, 2021, 9:32 PM

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the Librarian is apart of a mod Better Literature: A Literacy skill mod. Adds in a new passive skill called literacy and reworks the reading system a tiny bit.

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 9:32 PM

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never seen that mod

undone heron Apr 13, 2021, 9:33 PM

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it's new

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 9:33 PM

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not on steam?

undone heron Apr 13, 2021, 9:33 PM

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it's so new, you could say it's still in development

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 9:33 PM

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aha

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I was like

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"I want this"

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But cannot find

undone heron Apr 13, 2021, 9:34 PM

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basically more you read, more you level up the skill. higher level skill, faster you read. lower level of the skill from 'average' (5) slower you read.

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 9:35 PM

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yeah i really like that

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I like the traits that evolve with you as you do stuff

undone heron Apr 13, 2021, 9:35 PM

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Fast reader no longer 'makes you read faster'. it just gives you +2 literacy (which makes you read faster).
Slow reader does the reverse with -2 literacy.

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 9:35 PM

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thats neat

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does reading magazines and the like affect literacy as well?

undone heron Apr 13, 2021, 9:36 PM

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it reworks magazines, books, comics to have page count and it does affect them.

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 9:36 PM

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cool cool

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gonna need some sort of

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eyestrain balance mechanic

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otherwise im just gonna read for 12 days straight

undone heron Apr 13, 2021, 9:37 PM

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doooo it

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 9:37 PM

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also never understood how i can read in the pitch black of midnight in a blacked out room

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or how i can read at the same rate, at least

undone heron Apr 13, 2021, 9:38 PM

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

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you also gain walking and reading by just leveling the skill up to 9. so you don't need the librarian for it. the librarian is just a cheat for it

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 9:43 PM

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I'd love a trait that lets me equip/unequip a weapon while running

undone heron Apr 13, 2021, 9:44 PM

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that could be possible

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 9:45 PM

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gif too fast

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https://giphy.com/gifs/star-trek-tng-the-next-generation-bKnEnd65zqxfq

Giphy

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much betta

quaint finch Apr 13, 2021, 9:46 PM

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lmao i found this always sunny reference on a moving truck

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assuming its from filibuster rhymes but it absolutely made my day either way

echo leaf Apr 13, 2021, 9:46 PM

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Also a craft while moving trait

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Like lemme sharpen a branch into a spear while I'm running for my life

worldly olive Apr 13, 2021, 10:17 PM

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Hi everyone!
Is there any method (I assume not) that works the opposite as: TraitFactory.setMutualExclusive? I mean, if you pick a Trait "A" on the Character creation, it automatically picks "Trait B" too and vice versa

worldly olive Apr 13, 2021, 10:39 PM

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Or is there any event that is triggered when a trait is added in the Character selection?

autumn sierra Apr 14, 2021, 12:27 AM

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imo I think there should be a glasses wearer trait that gives you skill points, I suggested this earlier this week but sort of jokingly, but I feel like this could actually be doable: basically, the trait would make the player need to wear glasses, otherwise, the player's visibility cone would shrink almost entirely, and will not be restored until the player puts the glasses back on. Maybe even glasses durability that has a chance to go down when glasses are dropped or fall off the player's face

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not sure how easy it would be

undone heron Apr 14, 2021, 12:28 AM

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if i knew how to mess with the FOV then I would but dunno how to

craggy furnace Apr 14, 2021, 12:28 AM

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undone heron Apr 14, 2021, 12:29 AM

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ooooo

grizzled grove Apr 14, 2021, 1:04 AM

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autumn sierra imo I think there should be a glasses wearer trait that gives you skill points, ...

didn't hydrocraft do this?

autumn sierra Apr 14, 2021, 1:04 AM

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im not sure, ive never played with it

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would be a cool standalone mod tho

plucky nova Apr 14, 2021, 1:05 AM

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grizzled grove didn't hydrocraft do this?

you know, its strange, i think it does, but ive never used the trait. also, for some odd reason, it doesnt show up on the main menu, just ingame

grizzled grove Apr 14, 2021, 1:05 AM

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i know there was a hearing aid to fix hard of hearing

plucky nova Apr 14, 2021, 1:05 AM

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like, it doesnt show up on the main menus character creator, but in game it does

plucky nova Apr 14, 2021, 1:06 AM

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grizzled grove i know there was a hearing aid to fix hard of hearing

yeah

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once again, never used it

grizzled grove Apr 14, 2021, 1:06 AM

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free points 🙂

plucky nova Apr 14, 2021, 1:06 AM

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lol

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idk, maybe they are

echo leaf Apr 14, 2021, 1:34 AM

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@undone heron some of the weapons attachments from the brita pack affect fov, maybe take a look there?

undone heron Apr 14, 2021, 1:35 AM

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hmmm, good place to look then

faint phoenix Apr 14, 2021, 1:36 AM

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when will the Literacy mod release?

undone heron Apr 14, 2021, 1:37 AM

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when I'm comfortable enough and get a few cross-mod things working

faint phoenix Apr 14, 2021, 1:38 AM

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alright ty, gl!

ember orchid Apr 14, 2021, 1:42 AM

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quaint finch lmao i found this always sunny reference on a moving truck

Haha, hell yeah man. I'm glad ya liked it!

undone heron Apr 14, 2021, 1:43 AM

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having some issues atm. it is okay with overwriting better lockpick's magazine, but not scrap weapon or L&M's

nimble spoke Apr 14, 2021, 1:47 AM

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undone heron having some issues atm. it is okay with overwriting better lockpick's magazine, ...

why do you need to do that exactly? Is there anything I can do to help?

undone heron Apr 14, 2021, 1:48 AM

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nimble spoke why do you need to do that exactly? Is there anything I can do to help?

i mentioned it earlier: I gave exp based off pages. books with no pages = no exp.

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so I am doing a small overhaul and giving everything a page count

nimble spoke Apr 14, 2021, 1:50 AM

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undone heron so I am doing a small overhaul and giving everything a page count

but you said these would have their number of pages tied to the number of recipes, right?

undone heron Apr 14, 2021, 1:50 AM

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so I finished going thru some popular mods and making overrides for their skill magazines.

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that I did manually

nimble spoke Apr 14, 2021, 1:51 AM

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override the timed action -> check the list of recipes in the item if it doesnt have a number of pages value -> use list of recipe's size to find the desired num ber of pages -> give xp

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you may also want to do some math for boredom change or something like that too

undone heron Apr 14, 2021, 1:53 AM

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theres also books, comic books, and news papers from other mods that don't go by the name "books" "newspapers" "magazines" "comicbooks"

low anvil Apr 14, 2021, 2:05 AM

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Does anyone have any mods to suggest that add in anything about farming or cooking content that isnt part of Hydrocraft for B40?

misty iron Apr 14, 2021, 2:05 AM

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does anyone know how to use getRandomOutdoorFreeTile()?

undone heron Apr 14, 2021, 2:11 AM

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nimble spoke override the timed action -> check the list of recipes in the item if it doesnt ...

i looked at the java design doc and don't see a way to call the recipes a book teaches.

tho doing so I did think of a way to the the difference for other mods and give them pages based on the boredom they heal. Since mags/newspapers are generally 10, comics 20, books 40. could be "hey it has an boredom heal of 10, give it 16 pages!"

echo leaf Apr 14, 2021, 2:23 AM

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that's actually clever

nimble spoke Apr 14, 2021, 2:24 AM

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low anvil Does anyone have any mods to suggest that add in anything about farming or cooki...

Soul Filcher's Cooking Time and Soul Filcher's Farming Time drunk

quaint finch Apr 14, 2021, 2:25 AM

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low anvil Does anyone have any mods to suggest that add in anything about farming or cooki...

green fire lets you grow weed and tobacco lol

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if thats anything

nimble spoke Apr 14, 2021, 2:25 AM

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undone heron i looked at the java design doc and don't see a way to call the recipes a book t...

exactly what I had in mind

nimble spoke Apr 14, 2021, 2:47 AM

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getTeachedRecipes() <--- returns a table with the recipes, get the size of the table

misty iron Apr 14, 2021, 3:26 AM

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Will this work? getPlayer():getCell():getRandomOutdoorFreeTile(). Not sure how to use it.

undone heron Apr 14, 2021, 3:28 AM

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nimble spoke getTeachedRecipes() <--- returns a table with the recipes, get the size of the ...

I am having some trouble since getn and maxn isn't working cause it's a string and not numarical values, and a few solutions I found online have sucked and not helped/lead to errors

undone heron Apr 14, 2021, 4:26 AM

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it's 1am but I don't care I got the recipe counted in a dumb way but it works

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    local testVariableThree = item:getTeachedRecipes();
    local testVariableFour = 0;

    for i in string.gmatch(tostring(testVariableThree), "[^,]+") do
        print(i)
        testVariableFour = testVariableFour + 1;
    end

undone heron Apr 14, 2021, 4:55 AM

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And got the formula for rest of them.

Math.floor(((Unhappiness+stress+boredom)/2)/8) *8

solemn horizon Apr 14, 2021, 7:22 AM

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hey guys, is there an easy way to edit/add an existing trait ? i have minimal understanding of modding

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to be more precise i would like to add a new trait for lucky but with less chance for extra loot and maybe cost less points

drifting ore Apr 14, 2021, 8:33 AM

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Hey can someone help me figure out a bug

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LOG : General , 1618389796779> 1618389796779 znet: ZNetFriends::OnPersonaStateChange
LOG : General , 1618389802140> reloading C:\Users\deadk\Zomboid\joypads\XInputController0.config
LOG : General , 1618389802177> new focus nil table 0x2075241671
LOG : General , 1618389802178> update focus new should be table 0x2075241671

rapid flax Apr 14, 2021, 10:03 AM

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autumn sierra imo I think there should be a glasses wearer trait that gives you skill points, ...

I think I've seen this in a mod, thought it was cool.

carmine cosmos Apr 14, 2021, 10:12 AM

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autumn sierra imo I think there should be a glasses wearer trait that gives you skill points, ...

If nobody wants to do this idea, I will steal it and put it in my backlog

signal vigil Apr 14, 2021, 10:14 AM

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Hey does anyone know a way of having the electrical grid and water supply never shut off?

carmine cosmos Apr 14, 2021, 10:15 AM

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signal vigil Hey does anyone know a way of having the electrical grid and water supply never ...

Are you looking for a mod that does this or a way to mod it yourself?

signal vigil Apr 14, 2021, 10:16 AM

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A mod would be helpful as I have no experience in making any mod myself XD

carmine cosmos Apr 14, 2021, 10:22 AM

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signal vigil A mod would be helpful as I have no experience in making any mod myself XD

Unfortunately I do not believe this is currently possible according to the code I see

lethal sparrow Apr 14, 2021, 10:22 AM

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signal vigil Hey does anyone know a way of having the electrical grid and water supply never ...

Is this not covered by the sandbox settings? Is it not covered by Sandbox+?

carmine cosmos Apr 14, 2021, 10:23 AM

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However I can add this to the list if you are unable to find a solution

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Just checked, and Sandbox+ does not offer no-shutoff option

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signal vigil Apr 14, 2021, 10:56 AM

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thanks for the help guys

sour island Apr 14, 2021, 10:59 AM

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signal vigil Hey does anyone know a way of having the electrical grid and water supply never ...

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=691831046&searchtext=shutoff

Steam Workshop::Fine Tune Options

signal vigil Apr 14, 2021, 11:32 AM

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sour island https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=691831046&searchtext=shut...

Thanks man

sour island Apr 14, 2021, 11:33 AM

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np

fallow bridge Apr 14, 2021, 2:12 PM

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signal vigil Hey does anyone know a way of having the electrical grid and water supply never ...

You can change it in sandbox

undone heron Apr 14, 2021, 2:20 PM

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~~need a save the station style mod but for power and water~~

undone heron Apr 14, 2021, 3:01 PM

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Having issues wrapping my head around lua table lists. if anyone would like to help: that'll be awesome. Here is what I have so far.

local function onInventoryFill(_room, _containerType, _inventoryOfContainer)
    local test1 = _inventoryOfContainer:getItems();
    print("VARIABLE ONE TEST");
    print(tostring(test1));
end
Events.OnFillContainer.Add(onInventoryFill);

So when a container is spawned, the event fires.
I get the items of the container into a variable as a list (test1)
I then need to get and check each item on the list <----- This is what I'm having trouble figuring out
I check the item by using the IsLiterature() boolean
If true, I do my stuff of editing the item (which I know works from a separate function)
if false, continue on the list

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~~ I cant do what I did yesterday with the cheese of converting the whole list into a string, separating it base of the commas, and counting how many times it got separated. I actually need to access the items~~

undone crag Apr 14, 2021, 4:16 PM

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Maybe something like this

for index=0, known:size() -1 do
    print(index, known:get(index))
end
```https://github.com/FWolfe/Zomboid-Modding-Guide/blob/master/api/README.md

GitHub

FWolfe/Zomboid-Modding-Guide

Guide to modding various aspects of Project Zomboid - FWolfe/Zomboid-Modding-Guide

nimble spoke Apr 14, 2021, 4:40 PM

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undone heron Having issues wrapping my head around lua table lists. if anyone would like to h...

How are you doing so far? Why do you need to edit each item separately?

undone heron Apr 14, 2021, 4:42 PM

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nimble spoke How are you doing so far? Why do you need to edit each item separately?

consistency with tooltips.

at the moment: the code that gives pages to books only happens once you start reading a book If the book has no pages, it will be given pages. However other books in the world will still have no pages listed.

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let me take a picture

nimble spoke Apr 14, 2021, 4:45 PM

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undone heron consistency with tooltips. at the moment: the code that gives pages to books o...

Item Tweaker would help with that

undone heron Apr 14, 2021, 4:46 PM

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wrong picture

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radiant ginkgo Apr 14, 2021, 4:47 PM

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undone heron Apr 14, 2021, 4:47 PM

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so by using
Events.OnFillContainer.Add(onInventoryFill);
I can see if anything is (nice car) marked as literature when it is created. If it is, run the page code on it.

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and I think Mr Anon gave me the piece I needed to finish

willow estuary Apr 14, 2021, 4:51 PM

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Uh, just use item tweaker and assign page counts to the literature items that way.
Going off of OnFillContainer has a hit on performance, and is also the insanely over complicated solution to this issue as opposed to just using Item Tweaker.

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It's a clever solution, but unnecessary.

undone heron Apr 14, 2021, 4:55 PM

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what is itemtweaker and will it affect even modded items

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or will I have to assign every value for modded items individually

radiant ginkgo Apr 14, 2021, 5:00 PM

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undone heron Apr 14, 2021, 5:02 PM

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because I was originally going thru mods and making scripts to override book items: then soul was "just use a function to do it automatically". Now if it's back to manual, I might just stick to having it automatically happen.

willow estuary Apr 14, 2021, 5:04 PM

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You should be able to, at game start, evaluate all the literature item scripts, and, if they don't have a page count assign them a page count then via item tweaker or your own code.

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I use OnFillContainer modification of items for one of my WIP, because in my case I have to for the insane bullshit I'm doing, and there is a noticeable hit on performance when entering new areas while using it.

You would be better off assigning the page counts once at game start as opposed to every time an item spawns.
As well,OnFillContainer gets fussy with stuff like containers inside containers and vehicle contents.

undone heron Apr 14, 2021, 5:27 PM

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i'll look for a way to get an array of all the items at game start and do it that way. fillcontainer is still a backup plan.
or could just say screw consistency and not worry about the tooltips being inaccurate.

sour island Apr 14, 2021, 5:29 PM

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itemtweaker modifies the script values

undone crag Apr 14, 2021, 5:32 PM

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itemtweaker uses
ScriptManager.instance:getItem("Base.something");
and
item:DoParam("something = something");

sour island Apr 14, 2021, 5:32 PM

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is pages read within those values?

undone heron Apr 14, 2021, 5:34 PM

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I would (from what I looked at so far) find each item and know the base.id of the item for item tweaker. I would rather just get a massive array of the items and then sort it out.

sour island Apr 14, 2021, 5:34 PM

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you'd only need the base ID yes and the param ID nothing more

undone heron Apr 14, 2021, 5:35 PM

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but I would still need to manually input everything, is my point

undone crag Apr 14, 2021, 5:35 PM

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You can edit the item type like this

local item = ScriptManager.instance:getItem("Base.Spoon");
item:DoParam("TreeDamage = 10");```

willow estuary Apr 14, 2021, 5:35 PM

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You should be able to, at game start, evaluate all the literature item scripts, and, if they don't have a page count assign them a page count then via item tweaker or your own code.

sour island Apr 14, 2021, 5:35 PM

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unless books are a separate item structure from the rest- yes

undone heron Apr 14, 2021, 5:35 PM

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I would (from what I looked at so far) find each item and know the base.id of the item for item tweaker. I would rather just get a massive array of the items and then sort it out.

sour island Apr 14, 2021, 5:36 PM

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I love me some low impact automatic code- but running a process every time seems wasteful too

undone heron Apr 14, 2021, 5:36 PM

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talking about Item tweaker.

sour island Apr 14, 2021, 5:36 PM

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yes

undone heron Apr 14, 2021, 5:36 PM

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sour island unless books are a separate item structure from the rest- yes

yeah each book is it's own individual item

undone crag Apr 14, 2021, 5:37 PM

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You could make a table of the item types like {"this","that"}, assuming what you want can be done by changing the item script thing, idk

sour island Apr 14, 2021, 5:38 PM

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they're all literature type though

undone heron Apr 14, 2021, 5:38 PM

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example: Literature & magazines introduces 1k plus different books. I would need to go through and get the ID for each one and input that manually for hte mods to work together with item tweaker

undone crag Apr 14, 2021, 5:38 PM

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What change exactly are you making to the item scripts?

sour island Apr 14, 2021, 5:38 PM

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you won't be able to use itemtweaker out of the box but you could modify it to only impact literature typed items and do what you need to

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IF read pages are a parameter

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seems odd to place that on the item considering MP

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but having pages read from books being placed on the player would have solved your issue to begin with

undone heron Apr 14, 2021, 5:40 PM

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the amount of pages read is stored on the character. the issue I'm trying to fix is a tooltip issue were a book's pages won't show until you pick up the book if the book did not have pages to start with.

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which is a value stored on books called :number of pages

sour island Apr 14, 2021, 5:41 PM

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then target the tooltip process

undone crag Apr 14, 2021, 5:43 PM

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local original_render = ISToolTipInv.render
function ISToolTipInv:render()
    if not CONDITION then
        original_render(self)
    end
    -- ... some custom code ...
end
```Copied from elsewhere, you could do something like that, to automatically add pages to literature of mouse-over.

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"Literature & magazines introduces 1k plus different books"
One thousand yeah it would take a long time to copy their names into a table for doparam

undone heron Apr 14, 2021, 5:47 PM

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undone crag What change exactly are you making to the item scripts?

I'm making no changes to the script (anymore).

Before I just added a page value (in the script). Now: when a person picks up and starts the read action - I check to see if it has any pages. If it doesn't have any pages (as in books with no set page count), it will then give it a page count.

The issue in trying to fix is that only the books the player has actively initiated the read action will display the updated values. I would like all books to display the page values.

low yarrow Apr 14, 2021, 5:50 PM

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Weird bug of my mod "fluffy hair"

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Not sure what can cause that. Doesnt happen to often tho

undone crag Apr 14, 2021, 5:51 PM

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Maybe this?

local original_render = ISToolTipInv.render
function ISToolTipInv:render()
  --your code for the page number checking
  original_render(self);
end

undone heron Apr 14, 2021, 5:52 PM

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i'll try the tooltip fix

solemn horizon Apr 14, 2021, 5:58 PM

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i have a mod request, if that is even possible to do and if someone is willing to do it: a target dummy for practicing shooting, basically a crafting recipe that spawns a zombie that doesnt move and have infinite health unless you dissasemble it. is it possible?

desert junco Apr 14, 2021, 5:58 PM

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yeah it is

misty iron Apr 14, 2021, 6:01 PM

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is there a way to Sort tables or arrays in Lua?

undone crag Apr 14, 2021, 6:01 PM

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table.sort

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https://lualearning.com/?aid=138

Sorting Tables! | Roblox Scripting Tutorials - LuaLearning.com

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sour island Apr 14, 2021, 6:02 PM

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solemn horizon i have a mod request, if that is even possible to do and if someone is willing t...

honestly being able to shoot at items, windows, etc, and have it count for aiming would be neat

undone heron Apr 14, 2021, 6:03 PM

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undone crag "Literature & magazines introduces 1k plus different books" One thousand yeah it...

yeah, i don't see a function to get every item in the game on a list. rip the idea to do it on start. you can call an item (from what I seen) but you need the id for it.

Working on the mouse over idea now.

low yarrow Apr 14, 2021, 6:20 PM

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low yarrow

Figured it out. It happens if you have empty/overlapping or wrongly named vertex group which usually should bind your skinned things on the bones.
Funny tho it then gets attached to the avatar (hair from zombies)

undone heron Apr 14, 2021, 6:40 PM

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@undone crag tooltip hover over works

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it's still most likely not the best solution on doing this automatically (best would be on start if there was a way) but better than OnInventoryFill. I'll still look into a way to get a list of every item OnGameStart so I can switch over to that function

undone crag Apr 14, 2021, 7:11 PM

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o:

radiant ginkgo Apr 14, 2021, 8:12 PM

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https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2457212020

Steam Workshop::1967 Chevrolet Impala

warm shell Apr 14, 2021, 8:16 PM

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Sheeesh 😳

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💦

bleak current Apr 14, 2021, 8:43 PM

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any idea how much do silencers from silencers mod silence the guns ??? xD

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https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=639909479&searchtext=silencers this one :p

Steam Workshop::Silencer / Suppressor Mod (Build 41)

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a nvm

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It reduces the sound the gun makes by 90%

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xD

undone heron Apr 14, 2021, 9:33 PM

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Check list:

the skill functions in increasing and decreasing read time
reasonable? Exp time. Able to go from 5 to 9 with every vanilla book once
functional with books from other mods
traits that effect the skill
at least one profession that gives it.
--- should any vanilla professions affect literacy or nah?
--- still need to select spawn points for the librarian. Need to learn how to do that.

Any suggestions?

nimble spoke Apr 14, 2021, 10:07 PM

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I'm not a big fans of modifying vanilla professions, and the skill is niche enough so I'd say leave them

undone heron Apr 14, 2021, 10:08 PM

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Kk

random terrace Apr 15, 2021, 12:58 AM

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Has anyone else had this problem of textures not being applied correctly to your models? For me it seems something along the lines of them being flipped

nimble spoke Apr 15, 2021, 1:02 AM

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random terrace Has anyone else had this problem of textures not being applied correctly to your...

imported/exported X format?

random terrace Apr 15, 2021, 1:04 AM

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doing it in a dumb way of exporting fbx from blender 2.8 importing it into blender 2.7 and then exporting X from there

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If that's what you're asking

nimble spoke Apr 15, 2021, 1:07 AM

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Don't convert to X, use FBX

random terrace Apr 15, 2021, 1:08 AM

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Making weapons, isn't it required for weapons?

nimble spoke Apr 15, 2021, 1:17 AM

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No, the game accepts FBX just the same

misty iron Apr 15, 2021, 1:18 AM

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If you had a horde spawn on you, what size would scare you but be managable to deal with?

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@undone heron @nimble spoke maybe you guys could chime in?

random terrace Apr 15, 2021, 1:24 AM

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nimble spoke No, the game accepts FBX just the same

Omg it actually does, was under the impression fbx was for vehicles and clothing, since all the mods I've looked at and used for reference have only used .x so far for weapons

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thanks a ton, the texture problem seems resolved already

nimble spoke Apr 15, 2021, 1:35 AM

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misty iron If you had a horde spawn on you, what size would scare you but be managable to d...

depends on what you mean by scare but manageable. Depends on the situation I think. I'm not the type of player that guns down the whole city, but I also try to kill the loners and small groups in areas of interest

undone heron Apr 15, 2021, 1:52 AM

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misty iron <@!324307123532201987> <@!315927413349416962> maybe you guys could chime in?

depends on the day? like first 7 days... a small amount. 10ish. like those standard zombie clumps but coming to you.
like a month in? large 30-40

misty iron Apr 15, 2021, 3:37 AM

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if I run this will it delete data in the array? ```lua
zlistClose = ArrayList.new()

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Meaning, if zlistClose has data in it, and I want set it bank to blank, will that work?

plucky nova Apr 15, 2021, 3:49 AM

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i am using superb survivors, and after a raider event happened, i am now getting constant errors. i just want to fix it.

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wait, no, i think that i know how to fix it

sour island Apr 15, 2021, 3:51 AM

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Claustophobic

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took me like 15 minutes to realize this is misspelled in the vanilla code lol

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couldn't figure out why the code kept failing

plucky nova Apr 15, 2021, 3:52 AM

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sour island > Claustophobic

lol

plucky nova Apr 15, 2021, 3:54 AM

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plucky nova wait, no, i think that i know how to fix it

yeah, ok, i fixed it, sorry lol

lusty adder Apr 15, 2021, 7:38 AM

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Hey guys, is there somewhere a tutorial for adding static items ingame? (for example I want to add a different kind of fridge)

main lion Apr 15, 2021, 8:31 AM

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craggy furnace Apr 15, 2021, 8:33 AM

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nice

main lion Apr 15, 2021, 8:42 AM

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main lion Apr 15, 2021, 8:42 AM

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craggy furnace nice

Thanks!

main lion Apr 15, 2021, 10:21 AM

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iron moth Apr 15, 2021, 10:35 AM

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Not enough zombie in cod, velikan goes to zomboid

main lion Apr 15, 2021, 10:37 AM

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Ha↗Ha↘

iron moth Apr 15, 2021, 10:45 AM

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Btw brita is thompson smg not yet added to your mod ?

main lion Apr 15, 2021, 10:53 AM

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It will be added in the next update

iron moth Apr 15, 2021, 11:13 AM

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Great I'm really waiting for that gun to be added

lyric pike Apr 15, 2021, 11:18 AM

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oh cool so NODs will be an actual thing lol

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or is it purely aesthetic

carmine cosmos Apr 15, 2021, 11:24 AM

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misty iron if I run this will it delete data in the array? ```lua zlistClose = ArrayList.ne...

It will set the variable zlistClose to a new initialized object which means it will replace the data currently held by the variable. If you want to add to the list you need to use one of the methods in ArrayList. Note that you can also merge lists, not only add individual elements

drowsy tusk Apr 15, 2021, 12:30 PM

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@main lion That's a FAST Helmet. Holy shit.

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Any chance of working with Nolan to make SpecOps NPCs that wear that type of gear?

undone crag Apr 15, 2021, 3:23 PM

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random terrace Has anyone else had this problem of textures not being applied correctly to your...

Compared to another file format, the .X has the Y axis in the opposite direction. By Y I mean the second of the three numbers that are called x, y and z.

undone heron Apr 15, 2021, 3:49 PM

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accidentally spawned in too much bleach when testing mods.

RIP

sudden lichen Apr 15, 2021, 3:54 PM

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From the latest Thursdoid: https://projectzomboid.com/blog/news/2021/04/8953/
The mapping tools are set to be updated, including all changes made since build 41! This has a few new things that mappers have been craving, new tile sets and the like, as well as support for newer features such as river flow directions, QoL improvements and so on. We’re aware that we’ve been a little lax on documentation on some of the modding processes, its been very much all knuckles to the grindstone of MP of late, but we do have plans for some additional support for modders, particularly those trying to crack 3d rigged / skinned models, its just we’re wary of diverting some key people’s time at the moment!

Project Zomboid

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Stealthoid - Project Zomboid

Hello all! Here’s a rundown of what’s been going on this week. But first: For all those not interested in multiplayer progress, since we went so MP heavy last week with our deep dive, we thought it only fair to give you something non-MP related, and a little more than we’d normally tease. Here’s a […]

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🙂

midnight mirage Apr 15, 2021, 5:06 PM

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does someone know how to edit the pan cam function? i'm looking for a way to set the zoom level - like zooming out the further the cursor is away from the char... with autozoom activated, the pan camera function works perfect between the lowest and the highest zoomlvl set in the options, but only when interior... just wanted to know if it would be possible to use it outside a house too. anyone ever edited the cam settings here?

nimble spoke Apr 15, 2021, 5:13 PM

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misty iron if I run this will it delete data in the array? ```lua zlistClose = ArrayList.ne...

No, you can't manipulate the java arrays directly. You need exposed code that does it

carmine cosmos Apr 15, 2021, 5:34 PM

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nimble spoke No, you can't manipulate the java arrays directly. You need exposed code that do...

What makes you think this? ArrayList class is exposed

carmine cosmos Apr 15, 2021, 5:58 PM

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midnight mirage does someone know how to edit the pan cam function? i'm looking for a way to set...

I haven't had the time to look into this but I am also interested in messing around with the camera, especially the zoom setting as I think it should be a bit more modular

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Are you looking to do a mod that does this?

midnight mirage Apr 15, 2021, 6:36 PM

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hi yooks. i dont know, not into modding rly. i thought editing the lua files would do the trick.

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maybe extracting the autozoom function from the inhouse code above, so it is available everywhere... btw, the autozoom triggers when an zombie is attacking - should be possible to copy the code and paste it as a header or something so its availabel outside stressed

carmine cosmos Apr 15, 2021, 6:41 PM

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Everything is possible, it's just a matter of how difficult

ruby urchin Apr 15, 2021, 6:52 PM

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carmine cosmos Apr 15, 2021, 7:00 PM

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Would anyone be interested in seeing zombies ambush players by crawling from underneath the cars?

undone heron Apr 15, 2021, 7:04 PM

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yeeeee

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have them sit and wait till a player gets close

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kind of like zombies who "play dead"

carmine cosmos Apr 15, 2021, 7:09 PM

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undone heron kind of like zombies who "play dead"

Yes, but I don't think that feature works yet

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Have you seen it work perhaps?

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I've seen them sit against a wall, but never play dead

undone heron Apr 15, 2021, 7:10 PM

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i 100% do not know. just something I seen while browsing code and states

carmine cosmos Apr 15, 2021, 7:12 PM

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My idea was that we can spawn them under cars when they are procedural generated. The chance to spawn under each car would be random (perhaps 10% or less). And then they would just sit there silently forever until a player approaches near a car at which point they would activate and start crawling towards him

undone heron Apr 15, 2021, 7:12 PM

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that is a good idea

carmine cosmos Apr 15, 2021, 7:12 PM

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So there would be absolutely no chance to find out if the zombie is there or not

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You would need to listen carefully once you approached a car since they would still moan

undone heron Apr 15, 2021, 7:13 PM

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have it so if it gets a success with the 10% chance, it rolls again till it fails

carmine cosmos Apr 15, 2021, 7:13 PM

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What do you mean?

willow estuary Apr 15, 2021, 7:13 PM

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Exploding die.

undone heron Apr 15, 2021, 7:14 PM

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it rolls the dice and gets the 10% chance, spawns a zombie.
it was a success
so it rolls the dice again and gets a 10% chance, spawns a second zombie
so it rolls again
it was a failure, so it stops

carmine cosmos Apr 15, 2021, 7:14 PM

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Oh no, you're evil zombie

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Have like 10 of them piled up under a car 👻

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That's absolutely dreadful... we're going with it!

undone heron Apr 15, 2021, 7:17 PM

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I mean it's a 1% chance that there will be two, and a 0.1% for three. So the odds of 10 being there is so low it's near impossible.
but man i can't wait till some streamer goes to a car and 10 of them pop out

carmine cosmos Apr 15, 2021, 7:18 PM

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Just wanted to see what people around here think about that idea

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Going to start working on it in a few days to promote Storm

autumn sierra Apr 15, 2021, 7:26 PM

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I like that idea, could also tie into vehicle events

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like a zombie was run over and was stuck under a car or something

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also these zombies coming out from under the car would only be crawlers right?

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or would they get up

carmine cosmos Apr 15, 2021, 7:28 PM

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autumn sierra also these zombies coming out from under the car would only be crawlers right?

I was thinking they would only be crawlers, but we can make some of them stand up

autumn sierra Apr 15, 2021, 7:28 PM

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i like the idea of them only being crawlers imo, but that would be cool too

carmine cosmos Apr 15, 2021, 7:28 PM

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Although I like the idea of zombies being stuck, does that ever happen in vanilla?

autumn sierra Apr 15, 2021, 7:29 PM

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One time i've gone over to a vehicle story and a zombie I thought was dead stood up and came at me, so kinda

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there was blood around him so i assume thats what happened

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would also be cool if those crawlers under cars had bandit or police sort of gear

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like maybe as a joke police zombies spawn under police cars because they're attached to them even as zombies or something lol

jovial summit Apr 15, 2021, 7:31 PM

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Police zeds do spawn around cop cars

carmine cosmos Apr 15, 2021, 7:31 PM

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autumn sierra One time i've gone over to a vehicle story and a zombie I thought was dead stood...

But he wasn't actually stuck as in unable to move

autumn sierra Apr 15, 2021, 7:31 PM

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yeah exactly

carmine cosmos Apr 15, 2021, 7:31 PM

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I don't know if that ever happens in vanilla, but it would be a nice thing to implement

autumn sierra Apr 15, 2021, 7:32 PM

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thats true, it would be cool if zombies could spawn wedged into walls or something via vehicle

carmine cosmos Apr 15, 2021, 7:32 PM

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In TWD they show a lot of zeds that are just stuck and unable to move

autumn sierra Apr 15, 2021, 7:32 PM

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yo imagine if you could find zombies that previous survivors tied up that are still alive

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once animzed comes out and you're able to do stuff like that that would be sick

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like if someone tied a few up instead of killing them

carmine cosmos Apr 15, 2021, 7:33 PM

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autumn sierra once animzed comes out and you're able to do stuff like that that would be sick

We already can have custom animations though

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The only thing I really need to implement what you mentioned is animations

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Peach can do really good animations, I asked him to teach me so we will see

autumn sierra Apr 15, 2021, 7:37 PM

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oh dang well I'll be very interested to see how it turns out!

undone heron Apr 15, 2021, 9:31 PM

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can some one test https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2440051148 and see if it's working? It seems to not be working anymore for me.

Steam Workshop::Literature and Magazines

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even on a clean save with just it

latent orchid Apr 15, 2021, 10:02 PM

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these types of mods are likely to break (assuming this one is now broken) further with the change to loot tables coming soon. Unless the items are using Procedural_Distribution loot tables, then the items will simply end up on the 'cutting room floor' so to speak 😦

worldly olive Apr 15, 2021, 11:22 PM

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Can somebody help me to do a function to test weight? I would need to increase/decrease my weight by pressing a key

I tried by doing this but it didn't work 🤔

function increaseWeight(keyPressed)
if keyPressed == 78 then
local player = getPlayer();
local weight = player:getWeight();
weight = weight + 1;
player:setWeight(weight);
end
end

function reduceWeight(keyPressed)
if keyPressed == 74 then
local player = getPlayer();
local weight = player:getWeight();
weight = weight + 1;
player:setWeight(weight);
end
end

Events.OnKeyPressed.Add(increaseWeight);
Events.OnKeyPressed.Add(reduceWeight);

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Also tried this:

-- Used for testing purpose only
function increaseDecreaseWeight(keyPressed)
if keyPressed == 78 then
local player = getPlayer();
local weight = player:getWeight();
weight = weight + 1;
player:setWeight(weight);
end
if keyPressed == 74 then
local player = getPlayer();
local weight = player:getWeight();
weight = weight + 1;
player:setWeight(weight);
end
end

Events.OnKeyPressed.Add(increaseDecreaseWeight);

nimble spoke Apr 15, 2021, 11:48 PM

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you're increasing weight in both cases

worldly olive Apr 15, 2021, 11:49 PM

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I just modified that with a -1, but anyway I don't increase or reduce weight :/

nimble spoke Apr 15, 2021, 11:50 PM

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are you usre you're pressing the right keys?

worldly olive Apr 15, 2021, 11:50 PM

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function increaseDecreaseWeight(keyPressed)
if keyPressed == 78 then
local player = getPlayer();
local weight = player:getWeight();
weight = weight + 1;
player:setWeight(weight);
end
if keyPressed == 74 then
local player = getPlayer();
local weight = player:getWeight();
weight = weight - 1;
player:setWeight(weight);
end
end

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I used a print to see the keys and the numbers were 74 (minus in the numerical keyword) and 78 (plus in the numerical keyword)

sour island Apr 16, 2021, 12:00 AM

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Try looking for the defines for keys instead

worldly olive Apr 16, 2021, 12:01 AM

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Do you know where I can find them? I tried but couldn't find it

sour island Apr 16, 2021, 12:01 AM

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If you put a print() you can atleast see if it's getting called

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It's usually 'Keyboard.KEY_' something

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I usually use the numpad keys for tests

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Ex: Keyboard.KEY_1 etc

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KEY_MINUS is for -

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KEY_ADD is for +

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This is all assuming you're calling this function with Events.OnCustomUIKey.Add()

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?

worldly olive Apr 16, 2021, 12:05 AM

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🤦‍♀️

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I was calling with Events.OnKeyPressed.Add(increaseDecreaseWeight);

sour island Apr 16, 2021, 12:06 AM

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That could also work, but I think that one is for long presses?

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Nvm, that would be keep Pressed

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Both may work though

worldly olive Apr 16, 2021, 12:08 AM

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So, when you say "KEY_MINUS" or "KEY_ADD" that would be what I have to write instead of 74 and 78 in the if?

ruby urchin Apr 16, 2021, 12:25 AM

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You tried use debug and check what specifically is not working?

worldly olive Apr 16, 2021, 12:28 AM

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Not really, I'm still not used to the debug in-game, I'm new to this 😅

sour island Apr 16, 2021, 12:43 AM

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worldly olive So, when you say "KEY_MINUS" or "KEY_ADD" that would be what I have to write ins...

=Keyboard.KEY_MINUS

worldly olive Apr 16, 2021, 12:44 AM

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I found the right keys, and I know the function is being called because the keys are being printed in the console, but I'm not changing my weight so it's probably the code about weight what's wrong

sour island Apr 16, 2021, 12:44 AM

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Ah

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Any errors?

worldly olive Apr 16, 2021, 12:45 AM

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No errors, just nothing happens but the print, I changed to numpad1 and numpad2 to check with other keys

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-- Used for testing purpose only
function increaseDecreaseWeight(keyPressed)
local key = keyPressed;
print(key);
if key == 79 then
local player = getSpecificPlayer(0);
local weight = player:getWeight();
weight = weight + 1;
player:setWeight(weight);
end
if key == 80 then
local player = getPlayer();
local weight = getSpecificPlayer(0);
weight = weight - 1;
player:setWeight(weight);
end
end

Events.OnKeyPressed.Add(increaseDecreaseWeight);

sour island Apr 16, 2021, 1:01 AM

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Put prints under the if key ==

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Just make sure

worldly olive Apr 16, 2021, 1:03 AM

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OMW

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-- Used for testing purpose only
function increaseDecreaseWeight(keyPressed)
local key = keyPressed;
if key == 79 then
print(key);
local player = getPlayer();
local weight = player:getWeight();
weight = weight + 1;
player:setWeight(weight);
end
if key == 80 then
print(key);
local player = getPlayer();
local weight = player:getWeight();
weight = weight - 1;
player:setWeight(weight);
end
end

Events.OnKeyPressed.Add(increaseDecreaseWeight);

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Yep, It's probably an error related to the setWeight

undone heron Apr 16, 2021, 1:08 AM

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damn. For some reason skill books for stuff like passive or combat skills won't work.

nimble spoke Apr 16, 2021, 1:13 AM

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undone heron damn. For some reason skill books for stuff like passive or combat skills won't ...

check their internal names just to be sure, because if I remember it right, there are mods with books for combat skills

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I know I have books for maintenance in one of mine

sour island Apr 16, 2021, 1:15 AM

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worldly olive Yep, It's probably an error related to the setWeight

Get weight isn't player weight

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It's from IsoMovingObject and is returning location lmao

worldly olive Apr 16, 2021, 1:15 AM

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I'm looking at the Nutrition class and there is a method called getWeight there

undone heron Apr 16, 2021, 1:15 AM

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nimble spoke check their internal names just to be sure, because if I remember it right, ther...

I thought about that for like Strength, but Strength is just Strength in code, in the UI_file, ect.

worldly olive Apr 16, 2021, 1:16 AM

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Do you know how to get the player's weight? 🤔

sour island Apr 16, 2021, 1:16 AM

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Then you need to get the plyers nutrition class

undone heron Apr 16, 2021, 1:16 AM

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the book shows up: you can read it, but you won't get anything from it

sour island Apr 16, 2021, 1:22 AM

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worldly olive Do you know how to get the player's weight? 🤔

Player: getNutrition(): getWeight()

worldly olive Apr 16, 2021, 1:25 AM

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it worked!!!

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-- Used for testing purpose only
function increaseDecreaseWeight(keyPressed)
local key = keyPressed;
if key == 79 then
print(key);
local player = getPlayer();
local weight = player:getNutrition():getWeight()
weight = weight + 1;
print(weight);
player:getNutrition():setWeight(weight);
end
if key == 80 then
print(key);
local player = getPlayer();
local weight = player:getNutrition():getWeight()
weight = weight - 1;
print(weight);
player:getNutrition():setWeight(weight);
end
end

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Thank you a lot!

sour island Apr 16, 2021, 1:26 AM

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Np

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Are you using Fenrir's guide for functions?

worldly olive Apr 16, 2021, 1:26 AM

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I don't really know what's that guide 🤔 But now I'm interested 😂

sour island Apr 16, 2021, 1:27 AM

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https://projectzomboid.com/modding/zombie/characters/IsoGameCharacter.html

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I use Yook's pz-mod in IntelliJ for live reference

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But it's the same information

worldly olive Apr 16, 2021, 1:29 AM

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oh, to see the method I directly read the code, but I was reading in the wrong place 🤦‍♀️

sour island Apr 16, 2021, 1:29 AM

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Straight from Java?

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🫂

worldly olive Apr 16, 2021, 1:30 AM

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Yeap! I use Intellij too to read it haha

sour island Apr 16, 2021, 1:32 AM

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I would recommend pz-mod

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It's supposed to be initialized with in your mod's directory but you can just intilize it on itself and use what it builds as a library in intelliJ

sour island Apr 16, 2021, 3:06 AM

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Anyone familiar with saving information with ModData?

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tried saving an object within a table, but the objects seem to get lost

undone heron Apr 16, 2021, 4:00 AM

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MAde some progress from my last post. It seems to search thru a skill book table and returns nil of it isn't a crafting or foraging skill it seems.

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I'm having it print these three things

print(self.item:getSkillTrained())
print(SkillBook[self.item:getSkillTrained()])
print(SkillBook[self.item:getSkillTrained()].perk)

A vanilla carpentry book returns

[15-04-21 23:03:41.163] LOG  : General     , 1618545821163> Carpentry.
[15-04-21 23:03:41.164] LOG  : General     , 1618545821164> table 0x990356555.
[15-04-21 23:03:41.164] LOG  : General     , 1618545821164> Woodwork.

The modded book returns

[15-04-21 23:04:50.057] LOG  : General     , 1618545890057> Nimble.
[15-04-21 23:04:50.057] LOG  : General     , 1618545890057> nil.
[15-04-21 23:04:50.058] LOG  : General     , 1618545890058> -------------------------------------------------------------
attempted index: perk of non-table: null.

sour island Apr 16, 2021, 4:07 AM

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try setSkilledTrained() for custom books

undone heron Apr 16, 2021, 4:10 AM

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yeah I'm not sure how or where the table SkillBook is formed

sour island Apr 16, 2021, 4:11 AM

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---@class SkillBook
SkillBook = {};

SkillBook["Carpentry"] = {};
SkillBook["Carpentry"].perk = Perks.Woodwork;
SkillBook["Carpentry"].maxMultiplier1 = 3;
SkillBook["Carpentry"].maxMultiplier2 = 5;
SkillBook["Carpentry"].maxMultiplier3 = 8;
SkillBook["Carpentry"].maxMultiplier4 = 12;
SkillBook["Carpentry"].maxMultiplier5 = 16;

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it's a global table

undone heron Apr 16, 2021, 4:12 AM

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okay so I need to set that then.

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were did you find that?

sour island Apr 16, 2021, 4:12 AM

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You could modify it on gamestart

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I used pz-mod to find it but it's here: ProjectZomboid\media\lua\server\XpSystem\XPSystem_SkillBook.lua

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you can also inject new info at runtime

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like at OnGameStart, just plug in stuff

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Idk if you can just declare entries to it in another file

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and replacing the entire file can lead to compat issues down the road

undone heron Apr 16, 2021, 4:15 AM

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I mean it's global so i should be able to, but I'm going to do it on game start like you said. Just making sure to stick it in the server folder just in case

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ty for the help

sour island Apr 16, 2021, 4:17 AM

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np

vale parcel Apr 16, 2021, 3:15 PM

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Hello what are the maps that integrate on the vanilla map except these 3. Help is very much appreciated and thank you

misty iron Apr 16, 2021, 3:34 PM

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Before I dig into it, does anyone have a simple method to play a sound? Like something I could hook to an event.

nimble spoke Apr 16, 2021, 3:47 PM

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@undone heron retrieving perk will always return nil for modded skills, they aren't listed in the perk class

carmine cosmos Apr 16, 2021, 3:47 PM

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misty iron Before I dig into it, does anyone have a simple method to play a sound? Like so...

getSoundManager():playSound(sound)

undone heron Apr 16, 2021, 3:49 PM

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nimble spoke <@!324307123532201987> retrieving perk will always return nil for modded skills,...

I was talking about modded books, not modded skills

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I know that the modded skills won't return anything, but was trying to figure out why stuff like Nimble or Strength wasn't returning anything

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and chuck helped figure it out, there was a table that was the missing piece.

grave solstice Apr 16, 2021, 4:44 PM

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misty iron Before I dig into it, does anyone have a simple method to play a sound? Like so...

I like self.character:getEmitter():playSound(self.soundFile). The code I've seen and used lets you adjust the volume and radius of the sound, and also stop the sound if you want in the stop/perform function of a timed action.

misty iron Apr 16, 2021, 4:45 PM

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@grave solstice yeah, that's what I'm using, it works great

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@grave solstice i've seen a couple different ways to add them in. your mod is one way

grave solstice Apr 16, 2021, 4:48 PM

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misty iron <@!694371108178100284> i've seen a couple different ways to add them in. your m...

If you see a way you prefer to the way I did it, let me know! I'd love to improve my code! I only basically copied other code I found.

misty iron Apr 16, 2021, 4:50 PM

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@grave solstice haha, this is the way. If you don't specify a sound radius, is there a default? Or does it not broadcast to zombies if you don't specify? I'm thinking like "level up" sound

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I have a zombie spawn event, and I'm think of adding a sound to it. I could either just play a general sound as a notification that it's starting (like a distant zombie scream) or maybe play a specific X,Y sound on the spawn tile

carmine cosmos Apr 16, 2021, 4:55 PM

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grave solstice If you see a way you prefer to the way I did it, let me know! I'd love to impro...

Here is how Chuck and me did when we worked on the Heli mod:
https://github.com/cocolabs/pz-ehe/blob/dev/media/lua/client/eHelicopter.lua#L19

GitHub

cocolabs/pz-ehe

Expanded Helicopter Event. Contribute to cocolabs/pz-ehe development by creating an account on GitHub.

grave solstice Apr 16, 2021, 4:56 PM

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misty iron <@!694371108178100284> haha, this is the way. If you don't specify a sound radi...

If I weren't working on my mod, I'd want to do an experiment on zombies and volume/radius. My guess is that that the emitter sounds is better for diegetic sounds and the sound manager is better for non diegetic sounds. This will also be good to test once multiplayer arrives, when the difference between diegetic and non diegetic sounds becomes even more important.

misty iron Apr 16, 2021, 4:57 PM

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good point, you're probably right about the difference between the two

misty iron Apr 16, 2021, 5:27 PM

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@grave solstice So how do you change the radius and volume of the sound?

grave solstice Apr 16, 2021, 5:28 PM

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misty iron <@!694371108178100284> So how do you change the radius and volume of the sound?

Do you mean how to change it once the sound starts playing? I don't know how to do that.

misty iron Apr 16, 2021, 5:29 PM

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but you can change it before, right?

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just not fade it out

grave solstice Apr 16, 2021, 5:29 PM

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Oh, fade out would be cool sometimes. I wish I knew how to do that!

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All my code does is set it before starting to play it

misty iron Apr 16, 2021, 5:30 PM

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you could probably do it if it was looped by dropping the volume on every loop, but probably not a static sound

carmine cosmos Apr 16, 2021, 5:30 PM

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grave solstice Oh, fade out would be cool sometimes. I wish I knew how to do that!

All you have to do is reduce the volume gradually

spiral plover Apr 16, 2021, 5:36 PM

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What is the equivalent to a delta time update so I can smoothly increment across time?

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I know we’ve got like every 10 minute ticks and such but those are too slow

misty iron Apr 16, 2021, 5:38 PM

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every tick would be my guess

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but that's just a guess

spiral plover Apr 16, 2021, 5:39 PM

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That’s probably right, I thought those were a little slow but may be remembered wrong

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Trying to rapidly move the player directly south east quickly to make fake falling

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Adding these cliff sides to my map and if you walk into it it “slides” the player down to the bottom rapidly. Ideally it’ll calculate damage done to clothes, injuries, tripping chances and the like too

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The cliffs are just floor tiles with a IsCliffside tags so the game will check of the player is on one or not then go till they hit regular ground or a wall or something

echo leaf Apr 16, 2021, 6:14 PM

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Has anyone had an issue with Autostar Trailers where it seems like they've got a parking brake enabled?

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I cant pull any of them today for some reason

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Which is odd because it was all fine yesterday

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boot it up today and nothin moves

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Oh I think it might be filibuster update that did it

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@ember orchid Hey duder, is there something I have to do on my end to be able to tow trailers effectively with your cars?

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I'll ping ya on your own discord and figure it out there 👍

narrow crown Apr 16, 2021, 9:19 PM

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Think I have a mod knocking out my skills section, it's just blank with a little square clickable with a an arrow that does nothing. Any thoughts or recommendations to get that back?

nimble spoke Apr 16, 2021, 10:03 PM

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narrow crown Think I have a mod knocking out my skills section, it's just blank with a little...

Do you have extra skills system enabled?

narrow crown Apr 16, 2021, 10:28 PM

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@nimble spoke yes! I just found that

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are there instructions I missed on how to pull them up?

sour island Apr 16, 2021, 10:34 PM

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misty iron <@!694371108178100284> haha, this is the way. If you don't specify a sound radi...

Sound don't impact zombies - there's another function also named something related to sound for that

misty iron Apr 16, 2021, 10:34 PM

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good to know

sour island Apr 16, 2021, 10:35 PM

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I think it's addsound(), not at the computer to check

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Also I think players have fixed emitters (things that play sound) - but you can pull emitters as needed too

errant meteor Apr 16, 2021, 10:35 PM

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ruby urchin

Dose it come in tan?

sour island Apr 16, 2021, 10:36 PM

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The heli event I'm working on has an emitter for the rotor sound, announcements, and guns

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Otherwise they clip each other at times

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I honestly would wait until after Noise works gets through with the sounds

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They may change the skeleton of the system and the current one is a bit of a nest

nimble spoke Apr 16, 2021, 10:49 PM

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narrow crown are there instructions I missed on how to pull them up?

If you could send me the error log it would be great. and the mods that use that as a requirement

autumn moss Apr 17, 2021, 12:11 AM

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Looking for a mod that gives random spawns in the current build. Anyone know one?

misty iron Apr 17, 2021, 12:11 AM

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@sour island that's a good point. I'm really just using this bit of code for simplicity, it doesn't need to do much and isn't fancy ```lua
getPlayer():playSound("sound")

split cipher Apr 17, 2021, 12:14 AM

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autumn moss Looking for a mod that gives random spawns in the current build. Anyone know one...

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1911132112

Steam Workshop::Pillow's Random Spawns

misty iron Apr 17, 2021, 12:15 AM

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Maybe this is a silly question, but is there any kind of limit on sound file length or type or quality or anything? Or can I just make whatever I want and stick it in there?

autumn moss Apr 17, 2021, 12:17 AM

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@split cipher Thanks man!

split cipher Apr 17, 2021, 12:17 AM

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no worries 😄

carmine cosmos Apr 17, 2021, 12:29 AM

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misty iron Maybe this is a silly question, but is there any kind of limit on sound file len...

You should ask Raven, he knows most about sound stuff here

grave solstice Apr 17, 2021, 12:58 AM

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misty iron Maybe this is a silly question, but is there any kind of limit on sound file len...

How long are you thinking? Some Survivor Radio sounds are basically songs, so 3 mintes +

shrewd grove Apr 17, 2021, 1:15 AM

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misty iron Maybe this is a silly question, but is there any kind of limit on sound file len...

i have noticed that stupidly long sound files will freeze the game time to time when they are loaded

misty iron Apr 17, 2021, 1:28 AM

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@grave solstice @shrewd grove the one I just made is a minute. It doesn't need to be that long but I'm going to try it out

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It's a long wind sound with a low rumbling thats a bit unsettling

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I keep getting this error. It still plays the sound though: ```lua
getPlayer():playSound("RedFogIntro")
WARN : General , 1618623367064> GameSounds.getOrCreateSound> no GameSound called "RedFogIntro", adding a new one

sour island Apr 17, 2021, 1:37 AM

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not an error, it's a "warning" 😛

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since you don't have a script for that sound file it's "creating" an object for you

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I assume having a script speeds up loading

misty iron Apr 17, 2021, 2:31 AM

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F yeah, it totally works

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and it is creepy as hell

sonic quiver Apr 17, 2021, 2:42 AM

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Hey guys, fairly new to modding zomboid, wanting to add a car into the game. Was wondering if you guys knew where I could find the fbx files to get a good idea as to how they're modeled. As far as I'm aware you have to swap z and y coordinates in order to get things in the right orientation but I'm not 100% sure where the car models are located/if I can even get them

radiant ginkgo Apr 17, 2021, 4:41 AM

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@sonic quiver ProjectZomboid/media/models_X/vehicles

zealous niche Apr 17, 2021, 4:46 AM

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are the modding tools updated?

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or the steam one doesnt get updated?

sonic quiver Apr 17, 2021, 5:15 AM

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@radiant ginkgo thank you so much! I love your cars btw, I own an impala irl so it was really cool to see your mod show up.

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Which is the reason I'm wanting to make my own

craggy furnace Apr 17, 2021, 9:26 AM

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vampires? in my zomboid?

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its more likely then you think

native linden Apr 17, 2021, 10:04 AM

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hey, so I think most of you in this channel are making mods, but I have a hydrocraft related question and I was pointed in this direction... is this the right place?

lethal sparrow Apr 17, 2021, 10:05 AM

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This is the channel for anything pertaining to modding/modded.

native linden Apr 17, 2021, 10:06 AM

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okay, cool.

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so, I'm fairly new to the game and very new to hydrocraft. came across a couple Empty ICBs, and turned them into an ICB Tower. problem is I can't figure out how to place it. I found a video where someone placed one and they did it through an "Advanced Building" tab in their context menu, which I don't have. am I missing a skill or some necessary item?

lethal sparrow Apr 17, 2021, 10:09 AM

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A skill, or possibly a tool. I don't know what that is, but there's a good chance you can't just slap it down with your bare hands.

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Hydrocraft has a wiki, doesn't it?

native linden Apr 17, 2021, 10:10 AM

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I only found a guide for it on the pzwiki

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there are some related pages on undeniable.info too, but nothing that addresses what I'm dealing with

native linden Apr 17, 2021, 10:37 AM

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I'm still looking for information. I found a video (seemingly from the creator of hydrocraft?) where they are introducing the Advanced Building menu. there is no mention of any skill prerequisites or item requirement to access the menu but it does specifically talk about item requirements for the constructibles themselves and points out that those requirements are displayed as you can see in the case of the welding mask and blowtorch being required, here:

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by comparison, in this other video, you can see the IBC tower has no item requirements beyond its construction components (though the naming is different so it's probably an earlier version):

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I guess I'll ask about it on the workshop page for hydrocraft, but if anyone thinks they know what's up, I'd appreciate whatever info you can provide. I don't know how long it will take someone to get back to me on steam workshop.

eager kraken Apr 17, 2021, 12:30 PM

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How hard would it be to add a search function to inventory and would anyone consider making one? :p

main sequoia Apr 17, 2021, 1:13 PM

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Need a little help with Lockpicking mod ("Lockpicking. Just. Lockpicking" mod). I can't find the option to lockpick the car door.

craggy furnace Apr 17, 2021, 2:18 PM

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sour island Apr 17, 2021, 2:51 PM

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I always thought the first heli always came on day 7

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but it's actually random

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https://tenor.com/view/more-the-you-know-gif-8185046

Tenor

main lion Apr 17, 2021, 3:54 PM

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severe ridge Apr 17, 2021, 4:00 PM

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tacticool

warped jolt Apr 17, 2021, 4:02 PM

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Yo. What would the Lua look like for an Or statment? Trying to diversify my trait mod by adding a range of possibilities rather making each one an individual trait.

charred ridge Apr 17, 2021, 4:08 PM

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playlists work with tsarcraft ? - if so, which format should they be in, and should it use relative or absolute path ?

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i have +60 hours of music albums so that would be quite useful and space saving

iron moth Apr 17, 2021, 4:37 PM

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main lion

Velikan had enough with ffar on warzone, to throw away some stress he came here to slay zombies

main lion Apr 17, 2021, 4:39 PM

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iron moth Velikan had enough with ffar on warzone, to throw away some stress he came here ...

Lol I need to add a sykov pistol too

iron moth Apr 17, 2021, 4:39 PM

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Yea that's a good idea

misty iron Apr 17, 2021, 4:40 PM

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if anyone could help me with the sound playback, I'm trying to run this code. It usually works fine, but sometimes it just doesn't play. No error codes or warnings given, my guess it it sometimes plays at the same time as another competing sound that is looping or something and gets overwritten or ignored. ```lua
getWorld():getFreeEmitter():playSound("CustomSound")

undone heron Apr 17, 2021, 5:54 PM

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hmmmm, this is annoying. Mod works solo. Tried to stick it in a private modpack so I can just activate it instead of 10 different mods. Mods stop working.

sudden elk Apr 17, 2021, 6:23 PM

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Morning everyone, been playing the game for awhile but finally switched to B41, is there a list somewhere that has some B41 mod essentials?

sour island Apr 17, 2021, 6:29 PM

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misty iron if anyone could help me with the sound playback, I'm trying to run this code. I...

is CustomSound scripted?

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module Base {

    sound eHelicopter { 
    category = World, 
    loop = true, 
    is3D = true, 
    clip { 
        file = media/sound/heli_loop.ogg, 
        distanceMax = 1500, 
        volume = 3.0, 
        } 
    }
}

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if it is scripted the category has to match the type of emitter you're grabbing

undone heron Apr 17, 2021, 7:08 PM

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mhm figured out my issue from earlier. two mods edited the same thing. took a while to find. fixed it. mod pack now works again. yay

misty iron Apr 17, 2021, 7:44 PM

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@sour island Yes, I scripted it, but will go back in and fix it up to see if that helps.

echo leaf Apr 17, 2021, 8:22 PM

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@undone heron Does your literature mod factor in already read books on existing saves?

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Seems I just start in the middle with some wacky XP numbers:

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-37k/30k xp doesnt seem right

rare ridge Apr 17, 2021, 8:31 PM

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Seems fine to me 🙂

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Anyone have some good documentation sources for just starting out with modding? Specifically looking to make a save manager. Is this something I'll have to do with java or is this something the lua api is capable of?

undone heron Apr 17, 2021, 8:54 PM

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echo leaf <@!324307123532201987> Does your literature mod factor in already read books on ...

Description said mod was designed for new saves. Adding it mod save can cause issues.

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Gotta go from 0 to hero with that xD -37k

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that said, I'll work on a fix if it was added mid save to at least bring you to 0

echo leaf Apr 17, 2021, 9:00 PM

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Ahh I missed that in the desc, my bad!

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Imma chad through this 37k, and then the next 30k

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you just watch

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Thanks for the mod, I love the idea 🙂

undone heron Apr 17, 2021, 9:02 PM

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at least it thinks you're level 5 so you get the default speed instead of 0 for the -75% speed

echo leaf Apr 17, 2021, 9:02 PM

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Yeah, it's not the end of the world that way

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Thought it'd be interesting to make light a requirement for reading

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bit odd you can read in the pitch black of a bathroom in the middle of night

split cipher Apr 17, 2021, 9:33 PM

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sudden elk Morning everyone, been playing the game for awhile but finally switched to B41, ...

Steam workshop there are a bunch mods that have been updated to work with build 41

rose shoal Apr 18, 2021, 12:44 AM

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Would anyone happen to know where items would be found in lua
Which class Items such as lighter would be in?

sour island Apr 18, 2021, 1:56 AM

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that's in scripts

rose shoal Apr 18, 2021, 2:41 AM

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sour island that's in scripts

I'm still learning so I am trying to write my first mod on lua but could not find the lighter anywhere. Would I search scripts under class?

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If anyone can help me that isn't busy right now would be greatly appreciated

grave solstice Apr 18, 2021, 3:07 AM

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rose shoal If anyone can help me that isn't busy right now would be greatly appreciated

I'm not the best person to help you, but the lighter is in the items.txt file under scripts. (Project Zomboid directory/media/scripts/ - according to the wiki for Lighter)

rose shoal Apr 18, 2021, 3:07 AM

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grave solstice I'm not the best person to help you, but the lighter is in the items.txt file un...

Thanks but I am trying to find it on lua I'm trying to write a mod for the lighter

grave solstice Apr 18, 2021, 3:10 AM

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What are you trying to do with a lighter? Off the top of my head, it is easy to find examples if you want the lighter as part of a recipe, or if you want the lighter to give you a context menu option to do a timed action...

rose shoal Apr 18, 2021, 3:24 AM

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i want the lighter to start a fire

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for example use the lighter anywhere to start a fire

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if you wanna burn a house down full of zombies for example

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i am looking under isofiremanager at the startfire line

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trying to find the lighter and link it with the fire

rose shoal Apr 18, 2021, 3:31 AM

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grave solstice What are you trying to do with a lighter? Off the top of my head, it is easy to...

grave solstice Apr 18, 2021, 3:55 AM

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rose shoal i am looking under isofiremanager at the startfire line

Are you think something like if you have the lighter equipped, then you can click on a square and it gives you a menu that includes start fire? Or maybe something similar to how the sledgehammer gives you an option to destroy?

rose shoal Apr 18, 2021, 3:57 AM

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grave solstice Are you think something like if you have the lighter equipped, then you can clic...

correct to start a fire on the spot on surrounding tiles that spreads

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i was even looking into isostove to see how i can set the stove to catch fire faster

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either would work

grave solstice Apr 18, 2021, 4:00 AM

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rose shoal i was even looking into isostove to see how i can set the stove to catch fire fa...

Have you looked at the ISBurnCorpseAction? That already uses the lighter.

rose shoal Apr 18, 2021, 4:01 AM

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grave solstice Have you looked at the ISBurnCorpseAction? That already uses the lighter.

interesting ill take a look maybe i can repurpose it somehow? im still learning the ropes

grave solstice Apr 18, 2021, 4:02 AM

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rose shoal interesting ill take a look maybe i can repurpose it somehow? im still learning ...

My guess is you could try doing exactly what that does, except not require a corpse to be in the spot

rose shoal Apr 18, 2021, 4:02 AM

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typing it doesnt show a result

grave solstice Apr 18, 2021, 4:02 AM

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where did you type it?

rose shoal Apr 18, 2021, 4:02 AM

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classes

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in lua

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ctrl -n

grave solstice Apr 18, 2021, 4:03 AM

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if you look for the file under /media/lua/client/TimedActions

rose shoal Apr 18, 2021, 4:04 AM

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will check right now thanks

rose shoal Apr 18, 2021, 4:10 AM

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grave solstice if you look for the file under /media/lua/client/TimedActions

i found it i have it open looking through the code just have to figure out how to make it work without the corpse

faint phoenix Apr 18, 2021, 4:52 AM

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@undone heron is being able to read with ur literature mod while climbing/opening windows, and walking on furniture a bug?

undone heron Apr 18, 2021, 4:54 AM

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faint phoenix <@!324307123532201987> is being able to read with ur literature mod while climbi...

it's not a bug, it's a feature
~~it seems like anything you can do while eating, you can do while reading once you get high enough~~

faint phoenix Apr 18, 2021, 4:54 AM

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oh alright, thanks

undone heron Apr 18, 2021, 4:54 AM

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tbh I love how sneak reading looks

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it's so silly

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I'm surprised the animation system even blinded for that

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blended*

faint phoenix Apr 18, 2021, 4:55 AM

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indeed

rose shoal Apr 18, 2021, 4:58 AM

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does anyone know where mods should be place. i placed the lua file and the mod info file in mods in project zomboid folder but they do not show on the mod list in game.

faint phoenix Apr 18, 2021, 5:03 AM

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you just have to click download on the mods you wanna install on Steam and they should appear in the mod list in game

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grave solstice Apr 18, 2021, 5:49 AM

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rose shoal does anyone know where mods should be place. i placed the lua file and the mod i...

Have you figured it out?

rose shoal Apr 18, 2021, 6:09 AM

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grave solstice Have you figured it out?

Not sure because I can't find a lighter in game lol

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Is there a command menu to spawn one?

grave solstice Apr 18, 2021, 6:13 AM

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rose shoal Is there a command menu to spawn one?

Yes, lookup debug mode. If you enable that, you can give yourself a lighter

rose shoal Apr 18, 2021, 6:17 AM

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grave solstice Yes, lookup debug mode. If you enable that, you can give yourself a lighter

Got a lighter no option to light the ground.

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I got rid of the corpse requirement

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I replaced it with isocell idk if that's the right one to use for starting a fire on the floor

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I need to set something in place of the corpse to set fire

grave solstice Apr 18, 2021, 6:23 AM

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rose shoal I got rid of the corpse requirement

Maybe you can find the code associated with the sledgehammer to destroy things, and switch that out to run the burn code on the lighter

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Or maybe you can do something similar to how the construction actions work, where just clicking on the ground gives you the option to build something

rose shoal Apr 18, 2021, 7:16 AM

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No luck :(

main lion Apr 18, 2021, 12:09 PM

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Tactical spiffo

worldly anvil Apr 18, 2021, 12:13 PM

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is that the zip gun?

main lion Apr 18, 2021, 12:19 PM

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yep

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Zip gun and Cobray Terminator

main lion Apr 18, 2021, 1:35 PM

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lyric pike Apr 18, 2021, 3:37 PM

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will they increase hearing range? or purely cosmetic

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irl they amplify things like voices but they muffle gunshots

clear lodge Apr 18, 2021, 3:49 PM

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@main lion amazing stuff as always

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You should do some body armor too!

low yarrow Apr 18, 2021, 4:17 PM

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main lion

Damn, those are high quality!

random terrace Apr 18, 2021, 4:47 PM

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What's the optimal way of adding items to loot tables? I've looked at a few mods and it seems there's more than one way to do it, although I could be misunderstanding something

willow estuary Apr 18, 2021, 5:00 PM

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I consider this to be the "proper" way (although there's fancier proper ways as well).
FYI a lot of mods fuck up the disto tables with how they add items to them, so be careful about copying the methods from other rmods.

    table.insert(SuburbsDistributions["policestorage"]["locker"].items, "CCVest");
    table.insert(SuburbsDistributions["policestorage"]["locker"].items, 1);```

random terrace Apr 18, 2021, 5:17 PM

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Thanks, that looks simple enough

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Curious as to what the wrongly done method looks like

willow estuary Apr 18, 2021, 5:19 PM

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There's multiple degrees of "wrong", but the worst one just replaces the distributions files in it's entirety.

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Also, FYI, the distributions tables are getting completely overhauled, which will break a ton of mods, so be prepared for the possibility of re-doing your distro table stuff after that goes live.

random terrace Apr 18, 2021, 5:24 PM

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Ah yeah, I've seen people talk about that, shouldn't be too much of a hassle for me

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Also the number value for the rarity of the item, how exactly does that work? A bit confused as to the ratio of rare to common and etc, is it a percentage or?

misty iron Apr 18, 2021, 5:28 PM

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well I got sound working, but it could be more elegant. Does anyone know how this works? I tried it and it doesn't do anything. ```lua
---Specified by:

---FadeOutMusic in class BaseSoundManager
---@public
---@param name String
---@param milli int
---@return void
function SoundManager:FadeOutMusic(name, milli) end

carmine cosmos Apr 18, 2021, 5:30 PM

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Why are you creating the function inside SoundManager table?

willow estuary Apr 18, 2021, 5:33 PM

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random terrace Also the number value for the rarity of the item, how exactly does that work? A ...

When container loot is spawned a random number is generated, the maximun vakue of which is determined by the loot scarcity settings for it's category (I don't recall the exact values) and if the bunber is ewual to or less than the value, the iten is added to the container.

The rolls value in the distro table determines the nunber of rolls that are made for this check for every item in the container. Incidentally changing the rolls value is how some mods fuck up the distro tables.

But the nunber you want to go for is an art and not a science, you really should test and test and test again the spawns to get them dialed in to what you like. You can use debug mode to wipe the map & necroforge noclip to check spawns.

A lot of mods end up making items "too common", but conversely if a mod item is rare a lot of people will complain or insist the item doesnt spawn.

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using shitty phone thats hard to type with rn, ergo the atrocious spelling.

grizzled grove Apr 18, 2021, 5:37 PM

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fuck item rarity feedback btw. people are the worst at telling you what's dropping and what's not

willow estuary Apr 18, 2021, 5:37 PM

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But some containers are far more common in the world than other ones, so, probability wise, that number alone won't really determine how often an item spawns. ie "art and not a science"

rose shoal Apr 18, 2021, 5:38 PM

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grave solstice Or maybe you can do something similar to how the construction actions work, wher...

No luck on that one

grave solstice Apr 18, 2021, 5:39 PM

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rose shoal No luck on that one

Until you know the PZ code better, your idea is going to be very tough unless you can find a mod that does something very similar

willow estuary Apr 18, 2021, 5:39 PM

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grizzled grove fuck item rarity feedback btw. people are the *worst* at telling you what's drop...

Absolutely
But also some people want the orthodox hardcore experience, but others just want to play with the cool new mod toys?

random terrace Apr 18, 2021, 5:40 PM

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willow estuary When container loot is spawned a random number is generated, the maximun vakue o...

When container loot is spawned a random number is generated, the maximum value of which is determined by the loot scarcity settings for it's category
Am I understanding this part correctly that for example a food item having the value of 1 wouldn't exactly be equal to a firearm having the value of 1?

willow estuary Apr 18, 2021, 5:41 PM

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It would depend on the loot scarcity settings, in the sandbox settings, but pretty much yes.

Art and not sciencd & extensive testing

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Also, the zombies present in the area also affects this, the more zombies the less rare things are. Which sorta screws up making itens super rare.

worldly olive Apr 18, 2021, 6:08 PM

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Hi guys! does somebody knows how to remove traits from appearing in the character creation menu but not removing them from the game?

undone heron Apr 18, 2021, 6:13 PM

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set the trait as a profession trait

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then it won't show up in the creation screen

worldly olive Apr 18, 2021, 6:21 PM

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That's actually an awesome idea 🤔 if the trait is a profession trait, it has to be attached to a profession? or it can be free? because I need it to be free, exist in the game but not attached to anything

undone heron Apr 18, 2021, 6:26 PM

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worldly olive That's actually an awesome idea 🤔 if the trait is a profession trait, it has to...

it doesn't have to be attached to a profession. you can have it set up so if you do something in game, you'll get it. but it won't show up in the character creation menu

worldly olive Apr 18, 2021, 6:27 PM

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That's awesome, I will try it! and if it works, kudos to you! 😄

grizzled grove Apr 18, 2021, 9:18 PM

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hey, jd-gui suddenly won't open zomboid .class files. My only guess right now is a recent windows update, but i'm still on java version 1.8.0_271. Any ideas?

loud pier Apr 18, 2021, 9:30 PM

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does anyone know how to use the riot shield in the swat/riot pack?

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i have it equipped as a secondary... is that right?

hard hull Apr 18, 2021, 9:39 PM

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appologize for being a small brain but could anyone explain to me how the immunity mod works? Instead of the vanilla, uh oh you got a scratch, time to wait 4 days for you to die anyway, is this mod supposed to give you a chance to survive the infection?

undone heron Apr 18, 2021, 9:56 PM

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depends on wich one you are talking about

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there is one that makes it so you no longer get real infected and just get fake infected (which causes stress, panic, ect. It's a vanilla thing that happens at times)

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there is a second one that pretty much does the same thing as that one but slightly different. it's as a trait.

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there there is a third (and best one in my opinion since you still have a high chance of zombie-fying) the antibodies. every 10 minutes once you've been bitten it increases a stat called "antibodies' based on your moodles. if antibodies ever > infection rate, then you'll live. if not, you'll become a zombie.

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what's also nice about the antibody one is let's say you get scratched while healing, your infection rate can spike and overtake the antibodies, leading to your zombi-ing or if your conditions worsen enough so infection rate > antibodies again, it'll start to climb

hard hull Apr 18, 2021, 10:16 PM

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gotcha, so if i ever get scratched or bitten for the last mod, barricading myself with medical supplies and food would be the safest and most reliable way for the antibodies to overtake the infection rate

undone heron Apr 18, 2021, 10:44 PM

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correct

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you just need to make sure you have enough food and supplies to last 2-4 days recovery

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traits also affect the last mod. So picking stuff like thin skin or prone to illness will reduce your chance to recover with antibodies, but thick skin and resilient will increase the chance.

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Off the current topic: fuck I thought I fixed a bug with Literacy but it still happens. gdi

spiral plover Apr 18, 2021, 10:47 PM

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@undone heron did you ever figure out how to modify player movement speed?

undone heron Apr 18, 2021, 10:48 PM

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not atm

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stuff like sprintMod(), changeMovementSpeed() and others don't seem to do anything when changed

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which is sad since I really wanna do speed traits

spiral plover Apr 18, 2021, 11:14 PM

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Hmm, that is unfortunate and annoying, oh well

carmine cosmos Apr 18, 2021, 11:32 PM

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undone heron stuff like sprintMod(), changeMovementSpeed() and others don't seem to do anythi...

Perhaps try this:

player:setVariable("WalkSpeed", speedValue)

undone heron Apr 19, 2021, 12:03 AM

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testing now

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nope. no visble speed change

carmine cosmos Apr 19, 2021, 12:10 AM

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Unfortunate

undone heron Apr 19, 2021, 12:10 AM

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testing "walkspeed" since that's the name that shows up in game

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still nope

misty iron Apr 19, 2021, 1:20 AM

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First version of mod is up

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https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2461692784&searchtext=

Steam Workshop::Deadly Fog

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Thanks to everyone who took the time to answer my questions

bronze skiff Apr 19, 2021, 9:29 AM

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@eager prairie how do i attach trailer to my car?

gray canyon Apr 19, 2021, 9:30 AM

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press V at the back of the car

lethal sparrow Apr 19, 2021, 9:30 AM

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Not who you asked, but with a rope in your main inventory, press V to access the radial menu while standing behind the vehicle and in front of the trailer.

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They need to be about one tile apart but a little closer or a little further will work.

bronze skiff Apr 19, 2021, 9:31 AM

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huh

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let me see

late hound Apr 19, 2021, 10:34 AM

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In making a car mod, if we want to retexture the wheels, do you need to make a model of the wheels as well? I can not seem to find the vanilla wheel models.

solemn horizon Apr 19, 2021, 11:57 AM

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hey guys any modder maybe willing to take a mod request?

lethal sparrow Apr 19, 2021, 12:00 PM

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I'm an open-minded novice. What did you have in mind?

solemn horizon Apr 19, 2021, 12:04 PM

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i wonder if it would be possible to make a craftable garage door

lethal sparrow Apr 19, 2021, 12:05 PM

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Not I. But I see no reason why a knowledgeable individual could not

indigo hound Apr 19, 2021, 12:09 PM

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Dear developers of mods with weapons. I love your mods, but I PLEASE! Create a separate tab for weapons to avoid occupying the main tab.
it is created in the recipe script file !!!! For example:

recipe Use Standard Mag w/XM8LMG
{
    XXXXX,
   XXXX/XXXX,
    Category:Weapons,
    Result:Needle,
    Time:40,
}

Stop cluttering the first tab in the recipe menu!

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Category:Weapons,!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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This way you can create any category / tab for your recipes.

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I raised the problem not the first day 🥳

slender lance Apr 19, 2021, 12:18 PM

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okay so i just got this game, got a map and hair mod, and now the menu wont load. all i get to look at is the image of the guy hugging the girl

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do mods just take a while to load, or did i bug the game?

dense sierra Apr 19, 2021, 12:22 PM

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depending on the size of it it'll probably take at most 2-3 minutes atleast in my experience

slender lance Apr 19, 2021, 1:28 PM

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so

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i've been loading for an hour

lethal sparrow Apr 19, 2021, 1:29 PM

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More helpful would be the log file, it might give you a hint as to what it's held up on.

slender lance Apr 19, 2021, 1:29 PM

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log file?

lethal sparrow Apr 19, 2021, 1:31 PM

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C:\Users...\Zomboid\Logs

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The most recent generated log is in there.

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Previous logs are in folders

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You could either look through it yourself or give it to me to poke through. Not as good as an expert but the warning signs are usually pretty obvious

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Ctrl+F : STACK TRACE will send you to any obvious red flags

slender lance Apr 19, 2021, 1:37 PM

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i fixed it somehow

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idk what happened but i turned the mods off and on and it worked

lethal sparrow Apr 19, 2021, 1:38 PM

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That honestly would be the motto of this chat channel.

indigo hound Apr 19, 2021, 3:20 PM

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@slender lance disable all mods

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Open:
C:\Users\YOU\Zomboid\mods

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file default.txt

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need delete

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and open game

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my english greeteain britain :D

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@slender lance But from now on, be careful. There are mods for the 40th version of the game. And there is for your 41st

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spiffo

slender lance Apr 19, 2021, 3:25 PM

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tyvm!

willow estuary Apr 19, 2021, 3:29 PM

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indigo hound Apr 19, 2021, 3:39 PM

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willow estuary

Nice!

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I'm waiting for the developers to do the same)

carmine cosmos Apr 19, 2021, 5:09 PM

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willow estuary

Can you sleep inside?

marsh cosmos Apr 19, 2021, 5:24 PM

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Is there a mod that puts back my fav Item in the inventory I got it from? Like the Screwdriver, I want it back in my fannypack when I performed an action with it.

sour island Apr 19, 2021, 6:18 PM

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marsh cosmos Is there a mod that puts back my fav Item in the inventory I got it from? Like t...

SwapIt might work for you

marsh cosmos Apr 19, 2021, 6:20 PM

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not realy but thx

sour island Apr 19, 2021, 6:21 PM

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oh misunderstood

main lion Apr 19, 2021, 6:49 PM

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worldly olive Apr 19, 2021, 7:00 PM

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Does somebody knows how to get the boredom and unhappyness level of the player?

I'm trying this:
player:getBodyDamage():getBoredomLevel()
player:getBodyDamage():getUnhappynessLevel()

But for some reason I'm not getting it 🤔

carmine cosmos Apr 19, 2021, 7:02 PM

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player:getStats():getBoredom()

undone heron Apr 19, 2021, 7:20 PM

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worldly olive Does somebody knows how to get the boredom and unhappyness level of the player? ...

Are you getting the player? I use this and it works

worldly olive Apr 19, 2021, 7:21 PM

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undone heron Are you getting the player? I use this and it works

I'm trying again, I never activated the mod when I was testing 🤦‍♀️

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But yeah I'm pretty sure that's the code, I'm seeing the Java code and they use it as this:

"this.Parent.getBodyDamage().getUnhappynessLevel()"

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I'm pretty sure that it is from body damage and not from stats, stats is for stress if I don't miss understand

undone heron Apr 19, 2021, 7:22 PM

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I mean you can use stats to get boredem level

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But you can't manipulate it through stats

worldly olive Apr 19, 2021, 7:31 PM

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Actually, I just need to get the current boredom and unhappyness level, not increase or decrease it, just get it to compare

sour island Apr 19, 2021, 7:38 PM

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stats would get the number value, if you want levels like moodles you have to grab the moodles of the player

worldly olive Apr 19, 2021, 7:39 PM

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In the to get the number in values yes, so I should use getStats for that?
I basically need to compare what number of boredom and unhappines the player has and based on that, do things

sour island Apr 19, 2021, 7:40 PM

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yes, getStats() grabs the stat object tied to the player

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@class Stats : zombie.characters.Stats
@field public Anger float
@field public boredom float
@field public endurance float
@field public enduranceRecharging boolean
@field public endurancelast float
@field public endurancedanger float
@field public endurancewarn float
@field public fatigue float
@field public fitness float
@field public hunger float
@field public idleboredom float
@field public morale float
@field public stress float
@field public Fear float
@field public Panic float
@field public Sanity float
@field public Sickness float
@field public Boredom float
@field public Pain float
@field public Drunkenness float
@field public NumVisibleZombies int
@field public LastNumVisibleZombies int
@field public Tripping boolean
@field public TrippingRotAngle float
@field public thirst float
@field public NumChasingZombies int
@field public LastVeryCloseZombies int
@field public NumCloseZombies int
@field public LastNumChasingZombies int
@field public stressFromCigarettes float
@field public ChasingZombiesDanger float

worldly olive Apr 19, 2021, 7:42 PM

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There are so many classes that sometimes the confusion is so big 😂
I will try with that one!!

sour island Apr 19, 2021, 7:42 PM

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there's a get and set for each of those fields, for the most part

worldly olive Apr 19, 2021, 7:43 PM

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I assume getMorale is for happines? 🤔

sour island Apr 19, 2021, 7:43 PM

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could be, some things were named a long time ago

worldly olive Apr 19, 2021, 7:44 PM

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I will try with that, thank you a lot again 😄 always helping

sour island Apr 19, 2021, 7:44 PM

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np

undone heron Apr 19, 2021, 7:55 PM

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Moral is something else

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You need to use getBodyDamage to get unhappiness

worldly olive Apr 19, 2021, 7:55 PM

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Oooh,

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So, something like this should work

local currentBoredom = player:getStats():getBoredom();
local currentUnhappiness = player:getBodyDamage():getUnhappynessLevel();

undone heron Apr 19, 2021, 7:56 PM

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Yeah

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Don't ask me why unhappiness is separated.

Tho it feels like getStats was an older system they used like in build 11 or so. They then switched to the body damage system and then added unhappiness

worldly olive Apr 19, 2021, 7:59 PM

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Ooh, but they added unhappines in the bodydamage but not boredom 🤔 I will try with getStats and getBodyDamage

grave solstice Apr 19, 2021, 8:08 PM

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I don't have any issues with getting boredom from BodyDamage:
local bodyDamage = player:getBodyDamage()
print("Boredom: " .. bodyDamage:getBoredomLevel())

worldly olive Apr 19, 2021, 8:11 PM

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Probably the error is in the if then 🤔 (I don't have the game in this moment so I'm developing without testing (bad idea))

local currentBoredom = player:getStats():getBoredom();
if currentBoredom > 75 then

I don't remeber when but I saw with one of the moods that it was multiplied by 100, boredom and unhappines is the same?
If you know it great, if not I will test it in the night

undone heron Apr 19, 2021, 8:24 PM

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It's unhappiness if I remember right. The game uses decimals between 0 and 1 for some stats and then a regular 0 to 100 scale for other

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So unhappiness will return 0.75 instead of 75

worldly olive Apr 19, 2021, 8:25 PM

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Maaaaakes fucking sense now why I'm not entering in the if 🤦‍♀️

undone heron Apr 19, 2021, 8:26 PM

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Always a good idea to get stats and print them to see how they are set up

worldly olive Apr 19, 2021, 8:26 PM

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Yeah, I usually do, but I'm not testing right now, I just have the IDE's to code but not the game and I'm using someone else to test for me 😂

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I will try as soon as I arrive to my house, thank you a lot again Void 😄

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As this point if you want to be mentioned in the credits of the mod, you'll be 😄

undone heron Apr 19, 2021, 8:28 PM

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Cause if you tried say..
if x > 75 then
When it's a stat that uses a decimal scale, then the if statement won't ever trigger

worldly olive Apr 19, 2021, 8:29 PM

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Yeah, once I get the value I have to multiply it by 100 or use a if with > 0.75

worldly olive Apr 19, 2021, 10:05 PM

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If you ever feel stupid, please remember that I was using " " when calling my function in the event 🙂 🙂 🙂

undone heron Apr 19, 2021, 10:09 PM

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it's okay. At times I forget I'm writing stuff in lua and try stuff like +=

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or else if instead of elseif

worldly olive Apr 19, 2021, 10:23 PM

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Everything is working now, I used getBodyDamage for both of them! thank you everyone who answered!

willow estuary Apr 19, 2021, 10:46 PM

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Some real bullshit for the masochists out there:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2462558471

Steam Workshop::Planetalgol's Worse Searching (build 41) HARDCORE D...

worldly olive Apr 19, 2021, 11:39 PM

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Is there any event that is called when a profession or trait is added/removed in the character creation screen? 🤔
I tried OnCreateLivingCharacter but it didn't seems to work

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Or other question, is there any way to make a trait unpickable for certain profession?

undone heron Apr 19, 2021, 11:41 PM

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worldly olive Or other question, is there any way to make a trait unpickable for certain profe...

give the profession a trait and make said trait incompatible with other traits

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so when someone picks said profession, the other traits are locked out with the dummy trait

worldly olive Apr 19, 2021, 11:42 PM

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I tried to do it, but I give the trait to the profession, and that trait is still there to be picked twice 🤔

undone heron Apr 19, 2021, 11:46 PM

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make sure to mark the dummy trait as profession only

worldly olive Apr 19, 2021, 11:46 PM

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Nvm, solved by making the trait mutually exclusive with itself

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Or maybe not

undone heron Apr 19, 2021, 11:48 PM

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like i said, make trait A, then trait B. make sure trait A is marked profession only (so it doesn't show up on the trait list). give it to the profession you don't want having profession B. Make sure to mark A and B as exclusive. Now when they pick the profession, they get trait A and trait B vanishes

worldly olive Apr 19, 2021, 11:48 PM

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It worked the first time I picked Burglar 😂 If I keep going from Burglar to other Profession the trait keeps duplicating haha

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I need to do this with Dextrous and not a new trait, should I create a fake Dextrous2 for example? and give it to the profession? if that's the case, it stills has the same effect? as it is a new trait

undone heron Apr 19, 2021, 11:50 PM

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it's a dummy trait, so it won't do anything

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say I don't want burglar to get dexterous. I would then make Dexterous2, and give that to the burglar. I would then make dexterous and dexterous2 mutually exclusive. Now people who pick the burglar can't get dexterous.

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dexterous2 will have no effect unless you give it an effect. So if you dont want it to do anything, just make up something like "knows how to steal stuff well"

worldly olive Apr 19, 2021, 11:54 PM

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I need the opposite, I need to get Burglar with Dextrous

So I have this:

DTBaseGameCharacterDetails.DoProfessions = function()
local burglar = ProfessionFactory.getProfession("burglar");
burglar:addFreeTrait("FastReader");
burglar:addFreeTrait("Dextrous");
TraitFactory.setMutualExclusive("FastReader","FastReader");
TraitFactory.setMutualExclusive("Dextrous","Dextrous");
end

This works once, if I pick Burglar, then the game gives FastReader and Dextrous and removes those traits from being picked, but if I change to Unemployed for example, then there are two Fast Reader and two Burglar to be picked, that's the strange part, it is being duplicated for some reason

undone heron Apr 19, 2021, 11:55 PM

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okay then you do exactly what I said before

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but then OnCreateLivingCharacter you check to see if they have your dummy trait, and if they do, remove it for the real traits

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local function makeTraits()

TraitFactory.addTrait("DummyBurglar", getText("UI_trait_DummyBurglar"), 0, getText("UI_trait_DummyBurglardesc"), true);

TraitFactory.setMutualExclusive("DummyBurglar", "FastReader");
TraitFactory.setMutualExclusive("DummyBurglar", "Dextrous");

DTBaseGameCharacterDetails.DoProfessions = function()
local burglar = ProfessionFactory.getProfession("burglar");
burglar:addFreeTrait("DummyBurglar");
end
Events.OnGameBoot.Add(makeTraits);

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local function switchTraits ()

local player = getPlayer();

if player:HasTrait("DummyBurglar") then
player:getTraits():remove("DummyBurglar");
player:getTraits():add("FastReader");
player:getTraits():add("Dextrous");
end

Events.OnCreatePlayer.Add(switchTraits)

worldly olive Apr 20, 2021, 12:07 AM

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Well, it works! you're a damn genius 😂

lethal sparrow Apr 20, 2021, 5:56 AM

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willow estuary Some *real bullshit* for the masochists out there: https://steamcommunity.com/s...

I'm going to use this, Blair. I'm going to hate myself, but I'm going to use this.

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We're slowly approaching my Skyrim modlist that had be frequently question why I do this to myself.

edgy torrent Apr 20, 2021, 1:48 PM

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Say, is it possible to export a character you made in solo and apply it into Superb Survivors? I wanna have with my guy a specific follower which I made earlier as a Singleplayer char

nimble spoke Apr 20, 2021, 3:07 PM

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@undone heron I can provide Brazilian Portuguese translation for the literacy mod if you want

spiral plover Apr 20, 2021, 3:34 PM

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Hmm.. I've put on my boots and am waste deep in figuring this all out, I know you can override lua functions as I am doing that (don't worry, making sure to keep it compatible and call the old function too) but I am looking for a way to add properties to the professions, I assume it is impossible to override java functions such as ProfessionFactory.addProfession? Then to go about this I'd be better off making my own list of professions with said data?

carmine cosmos Apr 20, 2021, 3:47 PM

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I assume it is impossible to override java functions...
That is correct, it is not possible to override Java functions with Lua modding

spiral plover Apr 20, 2021, 3:49 PM

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Man... I am so used to classes and such that Lua not having any with it's objects hurts my brain

carmine cosmos Apr 20, 2021, 4:08 PM

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You can always write your mods in Java

willow estuary Apr 20, 2021, 4:09 PM

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My complement to Worse Searching... ...Even Worse Looting which features locked containers that require keys/crowbars/bolt cutters to open.

undone heron Apr 20, 2021, 4:14 PM

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nimble spoke <@!324307123532201987> I can provide Brazilian Portuguese translation for the li...

that would be cool/nice/neat of you

undone heron Apr 20, 2021, 4:15 PM

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willow estuary My complement to Worse Searching... ...__Even Worse Looting__ which features loc...

crowbars rise even farther as "best long blunt"

nimble spoke Apr 20, 2021, 4:15 PM

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undone heron that would be cool/nice/neat of you

PM me the file and I'll take a look

willow estuary Apr 20, 2021, 4:17 PM

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undone heron crowbars rise even farther as "best long blunt"

High tier containers will require bolt cutters as crowbars won't work with them....

undone heron Apr 20, 2021, 4:18 PM

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that's fair but even low tier containers still raises it up on the list of 'best long blunt'

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people will still generally use spiked baseball bats since with high carpentry and maintenance you can repair them easily and get a longer life spam with more damage, but I prefer weapons that also dual as utility items. more uses = better.

spiral plover Apr 20, 2021, 4:54 PM

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So I'm.. trying to make a base object to work from so I can make a simple list.. but I am clearly doing it wrong

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function ProfExcl:new(prf)
    prf = prf or {}
    setmetatable(prf, self)
    self.__index = self
    return prf
end

ProfWithExclusiveList = {};```

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that's the set up, trying to have ProfExcl as what I am making a bunch of

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the list they are held in is ProfWithExclusiveList

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    tubesubjectProf.profName = "tubesubjectNAME"
    table.insert(tubesubjectProf.exclusiveTraits, 1, "Labgrown2")
    table.insert(ProfWithExclusiveList, 1, tubesubjectProf)```

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I call that in a (failed) attempt to add a new entry to the list

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print(ProfWithExclusiveList[0].exclusiveTraits[0])

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and then that always results in errors

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wait... lua arrays start at 1

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fuck I'm an idiot

craggy furnace Apr 20, 2021, 5:10 PM

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yeah lua isnt zero indexed

spiral plover Apr 20, 2021, 5:15 PM

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notlikebaha learning LUA is a fucking adventure, I have to unlearn practically all I know

craggy furnace Apr 20, 2021, 5:16 PM

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fun fact

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lua was developed on top of a language that was designed for people who didnt know how to code

willow estuary Apr 20, 2021, 5:41 PM

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Some lockers are locked, some aren't.

misty iron Apr 20, 2021, 5:41 PM

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will zombies spawn on cells you haven't visited?

craggy furnace Apr 20, 2021, 5:41 PM

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sorry blair

misty iron Apr 20, 2021, 5:41 PM

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even virtual ones?

craggy furnace Apr 20, 2021, 5:41 PM

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i am going to steal this mod

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spiral plover Apr 20, 2021, 5:49 PM

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craggy furnace lua was developed on top of a language that was designed for people who didnt kn...

You sure it wasn't developed by people who didn't know how to code themselves? lol

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I complain but it isn't terrible. I just need more practice is all

carmine cosmos Apr 20, 2021, 5:50 PM

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No, you were onto to something there, it is terrible

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I guess it's good for a script language, but it can't compare to OOP

craggy furnace Apr 20, 2021, 5:51 PM

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it was developed on a language for petroleum engineers

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back in the day when engineers in general were expected to be a little more rounded

spiral plover Apr 20, 2021, 5:51 PM

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It's like they took python, which I am not a fan of, and threw C/Java or so elements at it until it looked like something

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As in, their brains rounded, or their skillset?

carmine cosmos Apr 20, 2021, 5:52 PM

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I am not a big fan of python either

craggy furnace Apr 20, 2021, 5:52 PM

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skillset

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companies back in the day wanted (and still want) to hire people who know a bunch of shit so they dont have to hire people

spiral plover Apr 20, 2021, 5:53 PM

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Thats for fucking sure lol

craggy furnace Apr 20, 2021, 5:54 PM

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lua is a great language for people who just need to be taught quickly

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aaaaand thats about the extent of nice things i can say about lua

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i dont hate it but i dont love it either

spiral plover Apr 20, 2021, 5:55 PM

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Ahaha, yeah I agree wholeheartedly with that

misty iron Apr 20, 2021, 6:33 PM

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How do I get a cell from a specific X/Y coordinate?

undone heron Apr 20, 2021, 8:10 PM

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what's worse (from what I read about it) Zomboid lua is outdated lua as well, since the lua it uses to interface with java with kulua

craggy furnace Apr 20, 2021, 8:18 PM

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kahlua has not been updated in ages and LWJGL was updated for 41 i think

spiral plover Apr 20, 2021, 9:09 PM

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Lol I've spent all day on this and am ready to throw in the towel for now. I need to scrap it and approach it different. I'm close but not quite there

willow estuary Apr 20, 2021, 10:03 PM

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sour island Apr 20, 2021, 10:15 PM

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misty iron How do I get a cell from a specific X/Y coordinate?

There's a global getSquare() that takes coords or you can call getSquare() from an isoObject

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With the object you don't need coords

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Also squares don't exist if the cell their in aren't loaded

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Also, they don't exist above Z 0 unless created via furniture or something else

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There is a getOrCreateSquare() that also takes coords

misty iron Apr 20, 2021, 10:18 PM

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@sour island Thanks for the tips. I was playing around with the Virtual Zombie Manager and discovered some of these things.

sour island Apr 20, 2021, 10:18 PM

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No worries, I've been dealing with them for a bit with expanded heli mod

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I have a few functions written I think could be useful for others but I'm not sure where I'd even post them

misty iron Apr 20, 2021, 10:26 PM

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Are there any tutorials for making a model for something in game that someone could point me to? I'm watching the one by Blackbeard and debating if I want to dive into making an item.

nimble spoke Apr 20, 2021, 10:39 PM

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willow estuary Some lockers are locked, some aren't.

As the Zerg Overmind used to say: Perfect

willow estuary Apr 20, 2021, 10:51 PM

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nimble spoke As the Zerg Overmind used to say: Perfect

At this point, all I have remaining is:

cleaning up the key spawning
and implementing using keys/combinations to open locks
And it's done.

Randos who drop into my server are going to hate this shit so much 😄

radiant ginkgo Apr 20, 2021, 11:11 PM

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Station Wagon Impala

severe ridge Apr 21, 2021, 1:56 AM

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SwatPack updated dudes, make sure to download the OG mod, i deleted my redux, but the content still carries on

loud pier Apr 21, 2021, 2:57 AM

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i had a police bag from the swat mod on the ground, closed the game to go do stuff, came back and restarted the game, and my police bag full of stuff was gone. crying

grim perch Apr 21, 2021, 2:59 AM

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Do any of the faster read mods work with iwbums?

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Really dislike the amount of time it takes to read, even with the fast reading perk

undone heron Apr 21, 2021, 3:08 AM

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yeah a few of them

grim perch Apr 21, 2021, 3:10 AM

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Have tried all of the ones on the workshop and none seem to work

willow estuary Apr 21, 2021, 3:45 AM

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https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2463568911

Steam Workshop::Planetalgol's EVEN WORSE Looting (build 41) HARDCOR...

undone heron Apr 21, 2021, 3:49 AM

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With this mod some of the containers in the world will be locked. Keys will sometimes spawn for these containers, if you can find them, and, if you have a strength of 5 or greater, you can use a Crowbar, or in some cases Bolt Cutters, to open the container.

Should that be if you can't find them?

loud pier Apr 21, 2021, 4:07 AM

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"keys will sometimes spawn for these containers if you can find them"

undone heron Apr 21, 2021, 4:12 AM

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"Keys will sometimes spawn for these containers" "if you can't find them, and, if you have a strength of 5 or greater, you can use a Crowbar, or in some cases Bolt Cutters, to open the container"

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because of the comma between containers. The base is "Keys will sometimes spawn for these containers, you can use a crowbar, or in some cases bolt cutters to open the container.". it can at least loose two commas and be less confusing.

main lion Apr 21, 2021, 4:52 AM

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earnest prairie Apr 21, 2021, 5:08 AM

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Nice! Eblestock Operator pack?

main lion Apr 21, 2021, 5:24 AM

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earnest prairie Nice! Eblestock Operator pack?

I'm thinking of releasing it as Brita's armor pack!

earnest prairie Apr 21, 2021, 5:25 AM

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Cool!

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Looks good!

main lion Apr 21, 2021, 5:25 AM

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earnest prairie Cool!

Thanks)

honest lion Apr 21, 2021, 6:20 AM

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Hi Hi, Anyone know how Lua send data to Java.
Example: When I click the button Tune-in on Walkie-Talkie. How the frequency is send to the java main file.

main lion Apr 21, 2021, 8:55 AM

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polar prairie Apr 21, 2021, 9:07 AM

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@main lion both are so awesome! :) when do you plan to release them?

charred hemlock Apr 21, 2021, 9:23 AM

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although orgm is getting a bit annoying (i wish in the fine tuning mod you can set weapons and firearms to different spawn rates), ill always find hydrocraft to be the best mod for any playthrough

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just the long term survivability of it all, making more gas eventually out of bio diesel, hell even making a solar farm that works as an infinite fuel generator

undone heron Apr 21, 2021, 11:25 AM

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is there any reason why better sorting would affect drop rate of an item?

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Without better sorting

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With better sorting

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Fresh save both times 100 kills

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(tho being honest, I like the 1 in 10 drop rate over the 2 in 10 drop rate)

undone heron Apr 21, 2021, 11:45 AM

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nvm

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RNG is just being a bitch

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did two more tests. got 35 books on one and 20 on another

main lion Apr 21, 2021, 11:50 AM

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polar prairie <@303435129873891340> both are so awesome! :) when do you plan to release them?

Maybe next week?

polar prairie Apr 21, 2021, 1:02 PM

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main lion Maybe next week?

alrighty. i'm hyped for it! :)

main lion Apr 21, 2021, 1:08 PM

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Gorka Suit

earnest prairie Apr 21, 2021, 1:20 PM

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Nice! Awesome Helmet as well!

craggy furnace Apr 21, 2021, 1:51 PM

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ah yes

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a gorka suit

low yarrow Apr 21, 2021, 3:36 PM

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@main lion Awesome stuff!
Cant wait to play with your mod 😄

severe ridge Apr 21, 2021, 3:53 PM

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oh yeah

errant meteor Apr 21, 2021, 4:58 PM

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@craggy furnace Any progress on the heli mod, I really want to see the survivor one.

sour island Apr 21, 2021, 5:21 PM

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errant meteor <@!484479517684138004> Any progress on the heli mod, I really want to see the su...

Still going strong

errant meteor Apr 21, 2021, 5:29 PM

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nice

echo leaf Apr 21, 2021, 5:48 PM

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@main lion that gear looks rad

turbid vigil Apr 21, 2021, 6:07 PM

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@main lion Very cool

echo leaf Apr 21, 2021, 6:14 PM

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Hopped on today and all my swat gear turned into ?'s, anyone seen something like this before?

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well I got sound working, but it could be more elegant. Does anyone know how this works? I tried it and it doesn't do anything. ```lua ---Specified by:

well I got sound working, but it could be more elegant. Does anyone know how this works? I tried it and it doesn't do anything. ```lua
---Specified by: