mod_development

[weary matrix]

@smoky tendon someone told me you might be using a Mac? 😅

[shell dawn]

how do you start modding for pz

[blissful escarp]

I usually go to steam workshop, subscribe to nice mods and then enable them in launcher

[slate dagger]

just for clarification, do you mean creating your own?

or just finding mods?

if you are interested in creating your own, there are some stickies in this channel that have some tutorials. i started there and still learning 🙂

[smoky tendon]

No, Windows

I would just use a VM if something didn't work on one OS but did on another

[weary matrix]

@smoky tendon ah, no worries then. Well sure but installing a VM is not something anyone can do easily I guess 😅

[smoky tendon]

It's very simple actually

[weary matrix]

well it's easy for me, but most people don't even know what's a VM 😂

if I can make it work also on OSX I'd be preferable I think, and shouldn't be too hard

[smoky tendon]

Well I assumed most people don't decompile code

[weary matrix]

true

[smoky tendon]

Good luck with it

[weary matrix]

thanks man! Sorry for pinging you

[slate dagger]

is there an event when you go to loot a container?

OnFillContainer?

[weary matrix]

@slate dagger Should do it

[slate dagger]

thanks 😄

[weary matrix]

Any Mac OSX users around willing to decompile Zomboid source code? That would help me making my tool to work on Mac OSX

[willow estuary]

@cerulean yew the names of the items in the spawn tables do not match the names of the items in your item script. That's your problem.

[cerulean yew]

mmh....

[weary matrix]

@willow estuary Hey, got a Mac by any chance? 😄

[willow estuary]

Oh good lord no, I'm not a masochist.

[weary matrix]

yeah me neither 😂

[slate dagger]

same

lol

[cerulean yew]

@willow estuary daaaaaaaaaaaaamn! you are right! i will try to modify! ^^

i am a super nooob U_U

[slate dagger]

it is cool 😄

[teal rampart]

I cannot find anything about this.... is there a function in the library to calculate time differences in minutes? Or will I have to write one myself using getMinutes() etc?

basically, i'd like to tag an event using the current time... and manipulate a variable dependent on time passed

[slate dagger]

depends on what kind of events/variable you are wanting to do. there is an event for EveryTenMinutes

[teal rampart]

ya... that's too coarse. i need "oneveryminute" but I fear I need to check on every playerUpdate to see if it's already the next minute

heh

[slate dagger]

there is an OnEveryMinute event

[teal rampart]

OOO

I DID NOT KNOW, i did not see it

[slate dagger]

EveryOneMinute

sorry

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Modding:Lua_Events

[teal rampart]

its not mentioned there

ahhhh

lol

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Modding:Lua_Event

tiny difference

Lua_Event is outdated

I had that one bookmarked

Thanks a lot!

[slate dagger]

no problem 👍

[teal rampart]

i'd like to speak to the manager of their wiki :p

excellent

[weary matrix]

I guess I should make the old link striked through, or just remove it

but I'm waiting for feedback on the one I made

[teal rampart]

is it your wiki, co?

😮

[weary matrix]

not mine, but I made the new version of Lua Events

[teal rampart]

ah, lovely... did you have to decompile the source code or how did you learn about all those recently added events?

[weary matrix]

@teal rampart yeah I had to decompile the game, and looking at every place where the events are used to figure out what they do, what parameter they take etc

[teal rampart]

GEEEEZ

What a task.

[weary matrix]

well it was, but I learned a lot about pz internals while doing it 😄

[teal rampart]

may i ask what tool you used to decompile it? i had to resort to an online decompiler for one specific .class... i couldn't get my visual code decompiler to work

[weary matrix]

@teal rampart haha, well I'm glad you ask, and you couldn't have asked at a better time, I just released my tool to do it today like few hours ago 😄

[teal rampart]

!!!

[slate dagger]

works great 😄

[weary matrix]

@teal rampart there you go: https://github.com/quarantin/beautiful-java/

if by any chance you have Mac OSX, you could help me make it work on Mac

[teal rampart]

I'm afraid, I do not own a Mac and I think I have not had my hands on a Mac in.... years and years and years

[weary matrix]

no worries

using windows?

[teal rampart]

good ole windows

ya

[weary matrix]

would still be good to know if it works for you, I don't have a windows so can't really test when I change stuff

[ruby urchin]

#mod_development message

[weary matrix]

@teal rampart My stuff has the missing symbols that @ruby urchin probably doesn't have

[teal rampart]

Ya, not sure if I will be much of use for testing your decompiler. I'll keep it in mind and give it a try though.

[weary matrix]

@teal rampart why wouldn't you be?

[teal rampart]

Its been taking me forever to get my mod properly done

[weary matrix]

I'm looking for people with no experience at all, see if they still manage

[teal rampart]

ahhhh

😄

ya, that's me!

[weary matrix]

😄

[teal rampart]

Oh, it's because I already have that class that i needed decompiled. basically the getEndurance thing and the factors that are in it

i'm trying to enhance my asthma mod, so it simulates basic pharmacokinetics

just half-lifes and effect dependent upon it

• overdosage which would increase anxiety/panick

i hope that moodle api that is in the works might add the possibility of adding more "side-effects"

[weary matrix]

I see, nice

[teal rampart]

I just have to do it in a most awful way as there is no way of setting EnduranceChange...

have you done any java modding?

[weary matrix]

nope

not sure I'd want to get into that 😅

[teal rampart]

well, you've gone far enough already

Also... i don't think java mods aren't exactly legit steam workshop material?

are exactly*

i should go to bed

[abstract raptor]

Anybody got some ideas for what I should make the blood samples do?

[dark solar]

drink

[abstract raptor]

. . .

Why does everyone suggest this

[dark solar]

thristy

[abstract raptor]

lmao ok but like

what if there was a crafting system for the blood

[teal rampart]

make an awfully complicated biochemistry mod so one can develop a cure using them

or not a cure

[abstract raptor]

Yeah I was leaning towards something like that

[teal rampart]

rather antibodies/antidote

[abstract raptor]

like maybe a super soldier serum

[teal rampart]

i think the zeds are done with :p

[abstract raptor]

like you can make a serum that maxes out your fitness and strength

[teal rampart]

THE HULK!

[abstract raptor]

so like

I have 32 different blood samples that can spawn

I'm not sure the best way to go about doing a biochemestry mod tbh

[teal rampart]

i was just exaggerating... though... some homebrew chemistry is missing in the game

[weary matrix]

@teal rampart well don't know about Steam, but i'm pretty sure TIS don't want that to happen

[teal rampart]

@abstract raptor I'm thinking of maybe adding some "mini-game" that would require using a ligand binding assay technique of some sort. So people would have to use their brain... or at least READ

is there even any in-game lore about what agent causes the zombification?

[abstract raptor]

||Well, I might wanna steer away from them being able to cure zombification with it||

||because the lore for my map is that they weren't working on creating zombies or anything like that -- they were experimenting on prisoners and gathering their blood||

Maybe I can do different versions of the mod and make it have sub mods that allows people to choose the lore

[teal rampart]

Ah, yes.... a experiment gone horribly wrong

[abstract raptor]

Like I can even do a silly one where like the facility is run by vampires and allows you to drink the blood but then you become a vampire ha

[teal rampart]

ya... co, reminds me of some modder having a separate website for their stuff, so they wouldnt have to deal with the "delicate feelings of lawyers"

haha

nothing is silly in the context of mass zombification... that's already fantasy

[abstract raptor]

Yeah but I'm saying I could do mulitple lores as submod

[teal rampart]

hmm mmm

[abstract raptor]

Like you'd be able to pick and choose what you'd find there or how to use it

Like one version would allow you to make a zombie cure or antibodies or stuff like that

another would allow you to craft Serums that increase your stats

[teal rampart]

and don't forget the Greys!

[abstract raptor]

and the silly option would be that vampires run the facility and you can drink the blood to heal yourself completely but it gives you zombification

[teal rampart]

And a Scully & Mulder cameo

I found a lab keycard in a trunk

it isn't from your mod, is it?

i was wondering as ive not stumbled upon that one before until today, when i started a game with your lab mod

it really is bedtime for me. have a good eveningmorningafternoon everyone

[rancid barn]

Yes please

[abstract raptor]

how to do it tho

@atomic storm Xefaria -- A limitation I had to work around. A sledgehammer spawns in the room before that elevator -- you're also not trapped forever, right click on the left elevator door for the option to go back down to the tunnels. (Just don't destroy the left elevator door and you'll still be able to travel

In regards to your steam comment

[cerulean yew]

a question about the "distribution", guys

for example:

table.insert(ProceduralDistributions["list"]["BookstoreBooks"].items, 5);

should a value of 5 quantify a greater number of spawns than, say, 0.2?

[slate dagger]

it should yeah

depends on the weight of the other items as well

if you have like 400 weight on all other items, then 5 and 0.2 is probably not noticeable

[cerulean yew]

the weight is zero

[slate dagger]

well, 5 = weight chance

of the item appearing

[cerulean yew]

mmh

Let me get this straight... are you telling me that the weight of the object (in this case the book) affects the probability of spawn in the game?

[willow estuary]

No, weight is jargon for an item's spawn chance value in this case.

The actual proper weight of an item has no relation to that.

[slate dagger]

^

[cerulean yew]

aahh.. ok

[willow estuary]

The math involving how the value is used is convoluted, and not only is explaining it difficult but probably would not make any sense.
Just look in the vanilla distribution and/or procedural distribution tables for examples of the values used for vanilla item spawning and start with that.

Best practices is that you're going to want to test how often your item spawns, and then you can adjust the values accordingly.

[slate dagger]

if you want to ensure an item is going to spawn, good bet that 100

should be sufficient

i often do that for testing

to make sure the item is loading properly

[cerulean yew]

allright, guys, thanks a lot for the clarification, really patient and kind 🙏

[willow estuary]

👍

[craggy furnace]

oh hey xefaria is back

[atomic storm]

@abstract raptor How about using the blood samples to craft a sort of camo to hid the player from zeds for a short time (kinda like the ghost mode from cheat menu)

[abstract raptor]

That's probably achievable; I just have to figure out how to make the effect wear off

[atomic storm]

A moodle. There should be a way to have a time based moodle, as things like sickness/full stomach/wetness all wear off after some time, so I'd assume there's some kinda timer linked to moodles.

Also, does anyone know what the floppy disk/diskette is from? Is it vanilla or from a mod?

[slate dagger]

think it is from a mod, unless you mean the video game disk

[atomic storm]

No, it's just a regular old floppy. If it ain't vanilla I'd assume it's from AuthenticZ, now I gotta find out what it does.

[weary matrix]

@teal rampart Is it too big? 😂
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Modding:Lua_Event

I want to make sure no one can miss the new page 😂

[ruby urchin]

Done, the model is not the best of all, but it can improve, Basically you kill a couple of zombies and they give you guts, with that you can create the camouflage for zombies, there is a radius in which you are detected and once you are very close, the detection will be latent until you leave the detection radius, also you can be detected if you run or sprint, this last added or otherwise it would be very brokenxd -> radius -> 1.5 = x^2 + y^2, 10 = x^2+y^2

[slate dagger]

very nice!

[balmy prism]

is it out yet?

[ruby urchin]

Probably in a few minutes, I'm creating translations and minor things

[weary matrix]

@ruby urchin Hey, I've been wanting to make a mod like this. I'd be curious to see how you did it. Mind to share the code?

Like do you simply turn ghost mode on/off? Or do you have something per zombie? Like if one see's you running or attacking he will come to you, but maybe not the other zombies who haven't seen you?

[blazing radish]

pulento

[weary matrix]

also how does the effect of the gutss wear off?

[ruby urchin]

I tried with all possible ways and no functions were workable except of one, I try setInvisible() but it canceled many other fundamental functions, with StateMachine, but when a zed target you, it is impossible to change that state, remove the visibility of the zombie, but its routing functions are private, so finally I decided for setUselees()

[ruby urchin]

for the moment, only if you are attacked, I will also add that it doesn't work when it rains, but it will be for a future version

[weary matrix]

Even using OnAIStateChange it's not doable? If not we should tell Nasko about it

also IsoGameCharacter has a method changeState(State)

[ruby urchin]

I didn't use that event, change states works, but not after a zombie changes to state lunge, that is the 3rd status of targeting(? 🤔
turn around -> walk -> lunge

[weary matrix]

@ruby urchin what I was thinking is like using setUseless by default, but like when you are in the field of vision of the zombie, and you're doing sometjing silly like running or wielding a weapon, or shoving the zombie, then you call setUseless(false) on that zombie

also if the "power" of the guts is under a certain level

[mortal widget]

oh my god this looks fucking sick

[ruby urchin]

I will launch this and investigate if I can get the variables via static addresses, something good will probably come out of it, ||or something very bad||

[weary matrix]

@ruby urchin does what I said make sense at all?

[ruby urchin]

Oh sorry, I find it difficult to understand if it is a affirmative or a question without a "?", I use OnZombieUpdate event and from that obtain the coordinates of the zombies, with that I set the detection radius and occasionally a class variable for some conditions

I was thinking a function that get all IsoZombie and get his coords, make a algorithm that determines who is closest and disable setUseless() To make it a bit more realistic, currently, you can die only by carelessness and not by bad luck

[weary matrix]

yeah then it makes the game way too easy

@ruby urchin do you have a system to make the guts to expire somehow? or becoming less effective over time or if it's raining?

[ruby urchin]

not for now, I need find something like a timer, a function that tell me what day is it or something like that, finding that, the rest is to easy (I think, I won't know until I'm doing it lmao)

[ruby urchin]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2665369300

yee too lazy to make a decent cover

[atomic storm]

Nice can't wait to try it out.

[mortal widget]

using it rn, notice since i start using it zombie blood doesnt really stain my character, could just be something else though maybe

[royal ridge]

Does anyone else have a problem with wooden wall corners, they create like an invisible wall that I can't walk pass, I need to walk around it, also if I completely seal up a building I can still hear the outside sound effects clearly and see the rain effect? Are these known bugs? or am I doing something wrong?

[weary matrix]

@ruby urchin hey, you made a typo in your translation files 😅
Recipe_Make_Camouflage_For_Zombies = "Make Camouflage for Zomgies"

guess you really meant "Zombies" and not "Zomgies"

[ruby urchin]

loool I checked it 3 times before upload

[ruby urchin]

nothing relationed with blood, so idk

[ruby urchin]

fixed, thx

[weary matrix]

👍

[winter swift]

Does anyone know the code for getting texture name (e.g. blends_natural_01_48) where I pointed or clicked area?
I have looked at the modding page, but I could not find any examples or references.
(https://projectzomboid.com/modding/)

[teal rampart]

I see nothing!

[indigo hound]

Where shadow?

[hollow shadow]

hmm?

[hot patrol]

I thought co was making this. Did you take over? Either way I'm excited to give it a go!

[terse matrix]

is there a mod where exersize relifs boredom?

A hard work out can make you less bored becuase theres something to focus your mind on

[hollow shadow]

why are there so many ppl complaining that my mods dont work in multiplayer after i update them? there is no multiplayer lmao

[royal ridge]

they might mean for version 40

[weary matrix]

@winter swift check this, it should give you an idea https://github.com/quarantin/zomboid-spear-traps/blob/main/media/lua/client/SpearTraps/SpearTraps.lua#L58

[hollow shadow]

my mod never ever worked in b40

[weary matrix]

Are you sure ? 😋

@teal rampart refresh browser cache maybe?

[honest magnet]

Would enabling Immersive Solar Arrays mean that I have to start a new world?

[honest magnet]

By the way, can you elaborate how your shields work?

I have two shields now and I absolutely love how my character looks, but I don't know how it works.

I think a zombie tried to bite me but it says I Blocked it.

[weary matrix]

@hot patrol well it's a common mod idea i guess

But mine will be better anyway 😁

[hot patrol]

Ah, I figured maybe you were working together on it or something.

Spicy competition

[weary matrix]

@ruby urchin hope you don't mind 😅

[hot patrol]

https://c.tenor.com/I7QkHH-wak4AAAAM/rumble-wwf.gif

[hollow shadow]

its just a percentage chance on certain bodyparts

[hollow shadow]

mind hwat?

[weary matrix]

@hollow shadow oh sorry i pinged the wrong guy

[keen edge]

bro the Russians be using hacked multiplayer

[weary matrix]

Any Mac user around willing to decompile the game?

[fast girder]

yeah we're

[weary matrix]

heh, @ruby urchin it seems you're surrounded 😂

[ivory lance]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqOnOl-4u-I&ab_channel=MrAtomicDuck

I don't understand

Did Le Gourmet Revolution has some English version or not?

I see on video that mod is translated

but I don't know where to download English version lol

Official website is all in spanish and it's a bit confusing

@velvet elk @rocky lynx Who's the real Snake (creator of this mod) xd

I dunno ;-;

[rocky lynx]

Hello @ivory lance !!!

You need download link?

[ivory lance]

Hi there! And yes, for English version

[shadow dust]

for some reason my the my clothing item isnt appearing when I put it on

the xml is basically a copy of the white formal shirt but with a different texture and guid

and its the same as the formal shirt in the script files

<fileGuidTable>

    <files>
        <path>media/clothing/clothingItems/Shirt_FormalWhite_Rolled</path>
        <guid>7e23b452-c144-41bf-ae87-4f09ac6ca886</guid>
    </files>

</fileGuidTable>```

did I do something wrong on the fileGuidTable?

folder order is right and the guid is the same too

the shirt also becomes a tinted shirt even though I set the tint option in the xml to false

[willow estuary]

Threw together a quickie "cure"(easy but complicated) mod; you can only loot them.
The plan is that this will also be used for a more hardcore mod where they don't spawn, but crafting them is a hideous convoluted and expensive process.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2666123663

[turbid canopy]

Hey guys! I dont chat here much and I'm definitely not a modder or else so I dont know any the feasibility... But looking at a few PZ Chats gave me an idea - one that maybe would be interesting to modders

What if the game had 'floodable' tiles or effects? - Put this way - Certain areas of land could be considered 'floodable' in map design (they could default to this on game launch) - with enough days of rain - those areas could perhaps fill until the desired tile effect is a water effect that low objects may not be seen behind - think crawling height) - Ideally these 'tiles' would merge with each as more areas flood (eg: a basement) so you dont get some shitty border effect around every tile

depressions in roads or perhaps tiles near waterways etc perhaps could flood too... Thus creating a new dilemma for players - not only would 'basement' Mods become a potentially all the more risky situation - but certain areas could become cut off or - risky for players to traverse changing the landscape in less predictable ways... It might also necessitate generators in certain sections to 'pump' out certain flooded zones (in the case of basements this could be a system like the 'Water Pipes' currently employed for filling sinks - but instead for draining water)

As best I recall we already get a 'Puddles' effect on tiles during rain (as with a snow effect) - my idea would I guess involve a 'timer' that runs off every relevant tile having a 'fill counter' and days of rain/dry adding/reducing the counter (though that might be a little massive in itself)...

Snow perhaps might also become a 'thawing' issue as it melts and creates water instead where in those 'Floodable' Tiles may become issues

[rocky lynx]

Send me PM and I will share the link to you!

[warped night]

Nice work Blair, looks great

[marsh beacon]

Is this the first mod that uses the health system?

[ivory lance]

Alright

@velvet elk I've send u invite

[velvet elk]

wrong snake sadly

[ivory lance]

Awwww

[willow estuary]

No, my multitool in a couple of my mods uses the same system for pulling out bullets.

[steel lantern]

🤔

that really looks quite interesting algol...

[coarse silo]

Britas weapon mod, what’s the what’s weapon+ attachments

[mortal widget]

What?

[bold cobalt]

eh?

[weary matrix]

About items, is there limitations, like can I make an item that is food and cloth at the same time?

or can I make a cloth that can be frozen?

[coarse silo]

Oh autocorrect, meant to say “best weapon*”

[bold cobalt]

I like the mp5 with integrated suppressor and a drum mag

[coarse silo]

🙂

[low crest]

Sounds like a good idea for something to be added in the main game

[turbid canopy]

Glad you think so - I just hope People keep it in mind - I am personable keep keep or weird shit in Europe, Trying to get fit (finally) - might have a neck operation, Focussing, need to get back to language studies etc etc - I'd love to concentrate on it but modding PZ is never going to happen to me

[low crest]

best of luck with your surgery

[turbid canopy]

Thanks - hoping its not necessary but 5+ Years says - It seems probable

[zealous wing]

Modding Project Zomboid almost makes you wish for a zombie apocalypse. 😛

[ruby urchin]

Someone have a snippet about If I press a key something happens?

[zealous wing]

Me sitting here, making every gun and boolet in Brita's pack craftable.

[willow estuary]

JFC Andre 😄

Living up to your fucking name.

[low crest]

Are you looking for the if statement syntax? not sure what the question is

[ruby urchin]

I'm looking for some function or anything that tells me if a key was pressed

[low crest]

I am not a dev for this game so the wording and names might be wrong, but i do believe that is called an Event Handler in the game i work with

should be careful when checking for conditions continually tho, it can and will affect performance heavily if not done carefully

[ruby urchin]

Oh I see, there are a events about that! thx

[low crest]

np, glad to help

[worldly olive]

function testingFunctions(keyPressed)
local key = keyPressed;
print(key);
local player = getPlayer();
-- WEIGHT
if key == 79 then
local weight = player:getNutrition():getWeight()
weight = weight + 1;
player:getNutrition():setWeight(weight);
end
if key == 80 then
local weight = player:getNutrition():getWeight()
weight = weight - 1;
player:getNutrition():setWeight(weight);
end
end
Events.OnKeyPressed.Add(testingFunctions);

I use this when I want to test weight but you can use part of that code

[low crest]

👆 💚

[zealous wing]

There's a mod I have called Simple Firearms Conversion. It lets you disassemble and assemble firearms in a streamlined fashion. The scripting is simple, I just need to do a lot of it. 🤪

[royal ridge]

during gameplay how could I set the RoomDef of the current room I am in?

https://projectzomboid.com/modding/zombie/iso/RoomDef.html

[ruby urchin]

Try getSquare(x, y,z):getRoom()

set x, y, z as the position of player

[slate dagger]

i thought there was a function that was player:getCurrentSquare()

[royal ridge]

Ill give it a try

[slate dagger]

yeah, i use it for one of my mods

seems to work

[royal ridge]

i can get the room, but I can't set a def

because the room is nil

[low crest]

hmmm if its nil, can't you define it?

[royal ridge]

I don't think it exists

maybe I could create a 'room' or 'building'

local NewBuild = new.IsoBuilding(player:getCell()) didnt work

https://projectzomboid.com/modding/zombie/iso/areas/IsoBuilding.html

[low crest]

i dunno any specific coding for this game... anyone know how that works?

[ruby urchin]

try IsoBuilding.new(IsoCell)

[royal ridge]

I did ii with test = player:getCurrentSquare():setRoomID(1)

was able to set the room

only sets it for the current square though, but it is a start

ok that didn't work as intended

Does anyone know how to get rid of the outdoor sounds in player built structures?

like the wind etc

I was thinking I could create a room/building in the code that would stop it

now that code above stops the sound if that building has a room with ID 1

but it connects it to the room that the id matches

if you try and use a number that doesn't belong to a room, it throws an error

It's really bothering me having the outdoor sound effects in my player built buildings and the rain effect going through it, even though it has a roof and I don't get wet

[slate dagger]

weird, it has a roof and rain is getting in?

mine doesn't seem to do that

[royal ridge]

the rain doesn't get in

but the rain effect is different then if you are in a prebuilt

[slate dagger]

hmm

interesting

well, i built a second story ontop of a pre-built

is that the same?

[royal ridge]

yea

so here

[slate dagger]

huh

let me check mine

[royal ridge]

you can see the rain drops in front

[slate dagger]

sweet pc!

[royal ridge]

but cuts out if you are in a pre-built

haha thanks

and in my player built I can hear the wind very loudly, but in the prebuilt it gets quiet

[slate dagger]

yeah

i hear the wind

but i don't have the problem regarding the rain

[royal ridge]

this changes when moving in a out

[slate dagger]

as you can see, mine doesn't have rain inside

[royal ridge]

maybe because your on top

[slate dagger]

might be

[royal ridge]

I didn't try it with rain only wind

[slate dagger]

so are you attempting to dampen the sound while inside a room/building?

[royal ridge]

even the little shed dampens rain and sound

yes

the rain I could probably live with

but the sound is really annoying haha

[slate dagger]

lol

ahh, how do you dampen sound?

[royal ridge]

just break immersion

[slate dagger]

i haven't played around much with it

[royal ridge]

by running this code on a sqaure it will dampen the sound

player:getCurrentSquare():setRoomID(1)

but will also link it to room 1

[slate dagger]

ahh

[royal ridge]

which you don't really want

and if there is no room, like a completely player made structure it won't work

so my idea was to create a building or room on the fly

even if it required me to right click or something

[slate dagger]

are you sure it doesn't detect a building?

i made a mod that removes a context menu option if the player is in a building

[royal ridge]

yea in debug mode it does

in my player built where I set the sqaure it dampens rain and sound

so it is possible

[slate dagger]

oh

but you are saying no rooms

?

[royal ridge]

it doesn't detect it like a pre-built room

but the variables fullyenclosed is true and so isRoof is true

so my plan was if both were true a new room/building would be created

it would be like a right click option and it would be called like "complete building"

[slate dagger]

ahh

that is pretty neat

let me see if i can do something

[royal ridge]

i know how to add the menu too

I have just named it that for now

so the only thing missing is actually creating the room/building

[slate dagger]

gotcha

[blazing radish]

@ruby urchin IDK if you tested it, but it's possible to start with the zombie cammo as "dirty"? and using somehting similar as this mod for washing it under the rain? https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2657661246

dirty or bloody 😅

[ruby urchin]

Right now I'm reworking the mod, I'm going to substitute the clothes for blood, and add the suggestions from workshop

[blazing radish]

nice, congratulations btw the mod it's quite popular ad have a really good ammount of good feedback and comments

[prime charm]

you ever figure this out?

[weary matrix]

@prime charm nope not yet

[weary matrix]

but from what I seen i don't think it's possible

[umbral prism]

Food and cloth at the same time 🤔
U trying to eat people? Wear their faces? Lol

[coarse silo]

Any balancing mods for britas to make it fit with the time zone the games set in and make it generally less fun populated?

[umbral prism]

Britas has those options baked in now

[heavy pebble]

Hard to set up right tho, but maybe that's just me.

Can someone share their brita's config maybe?

[rare patrol]

Does Filibuster Rhymes' Used Cars affect the spawn chance of the cars in KI5 and Autotsar?

[atomic storm]

No they all run well together, I use them and have no issues with stuff not spawning.

[terse matrix]

If i wanted to make a mod where you add a new character model to play with. how would i do that?

[fallen abyss]

Hey guys, what tools do I need to make custom models? I am new to modding, but really experienced in Blender.

[waxen fulcrum]

having alot of mod errors and found this:
[28-11-21 15:04:54.942] ERROR: Mod , 1638129894942> ChooseGameInfo.readModInfoAux> tiledef=NZNEWTILES 1200 file number must be from 100 to 1000.
[28-11-21 15:04:54.953] LOG : Mod , 1638129894953> 2x version of blackwood.pack not found..
[28-11-21 15:04:54.954] ERROR: Mod , 1638129894954> ChooseGameInfo.readModInfoAux> tiledef=blackwood 4827 file number must be from 100 to 1000.
and more that are pretty much the same, with 2x version of blah blah blah, does this have anything to do with double sized textures?

[hollow shadow]

its the blackwood map

i dont think settings cause it

[waxen fulcrum]

theres some other mods i see in the rest of the logs

those are all the logs, idk if that will stay or not cause its huge

also alot of these: ERROR: module "Base" imports itself

[weary matrix]

@waxen fulcrum the one with file number must be from 100 to 1000 is because in mod.info, the number specified for tile packs must be between 100 and 1000. Are you not getting the new tiles? Some errors are not really errors

[steel lantern]

that would probably be on #old_techsupport right?

[waxen fulcrum]

i did there and the bot told me to come here

[weary matrix]

the other one about 2x version of tkTiles_01.pack not found.. is definitely related to double-sized texture

[waxen fulcrum]

what do you mean?

[willow estuary]

That's a non-substantial non-=error and is slated to be changed in a future build so that message doesn't confuse people.

It can be absolutely ignored without any worry. Please.

It's a debug nagging message for the developers, not anythign that affects mod users.

[weary matrix]

@willow estuary the one about 2x version of tilepacks too?

[waxen fulcrum]

ah ok thanks

and there are still alot of error messages that seem important, im not sure tho.

[willow estuary]

I don't remember, I'm just exhausted with that damn 100 to 1000 message 😢

[weary matrix]

heh

we should make a wiki page about console.txt

[waxen fulcrum]

can i send the file? there are alot more errors that i have no idea what they are, some of them seem important

[weary matrix]

@waxen fulcrum unless you have stack trace it shouldn't be too important

are you having problem in the game?

@willow estuary also I guess we should really ask for #pz_modsupport channel or something

[waxen fulcrum]

not really, im just getting a shit load of red error boxes

[waxen fulcrum]

what does this mean?

[keen edge]

Good lord that sounds like chaos

[weary matrix]

@keen edge how so?

@waxen fulcrum stack trace happen when you have "real" errors, in console.txt you'd see "STACK TRACE bla bla bla"

[keen edge]

I just think there would be a looot of none errors etc. there, just my opinion tho 😅 not a channel I would have the energy for at least

[weary matrix]

@keen edge well at least we could talk here about modding 😂

[keen edge]

That’s very true 😂

[weary matrix]

support for modding and support for people who use "broken/unmaintained" mods are really two different things IMHO

@waxen fulcrum yeah this is a real error

[waxen fulcrum]

aha

found one lmaooo

[weary matrix]

@waxen fulcrum upload the console.txt

[waxen fulcrum]

i hadnt even gotten into a game i think unless the console.txt doesnt record that

[weary matrix]

@waxen fulcrum mind to delete your previous message where you posted the whole stack trace? 😂

[waxen fulcrum]

porque

[weary matrix]

it's messy 😂

[waxen fulcrum]

ok yea i thought so lmao ill delete the rest as well

[weary matrix]

@waxen fulcrum so the mod triggering that error is this one: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2622297867

@waxen fulcrum no need, it was just the big one

it's ok to post stuff

[waxen fulcrum]

oh ogey, thanks for the help. by the way, is that the only way to check conflicting mods?

[weary matrix]

I don't know any other way

also it's not helping with finding out the conflict, just the mod that trigger errors

[waxen fulcrum]

ah ok thanks alot man

big help 🙂

[weary matrix]

👍

[latent orchid]

very nice EMS models

would generic variants be available (i.e. without town specific labels on them)?

[hot patrol]

Has anyone thought about making an advanced item placement mod that allows you to rotate all axis? I would love something like that for my dakimakura mod right about now

Even having the ability to hang things on walls would be cool

I would do it myself but it's way above my ability I'm sure.

[fair frost]

eh...probably the closest thing to that would be County EMS
also ty

[latent orchid]

would be good if county coroners also got some love. you would think coroners in Knox County would be making a killing 😂

[fair frost]

thats actually good idea
Coroner themed vehicles

i'll look into it

[terse matrix]

hey guys i have a qusetion

how do i make defant veritants of zombies?

[hollow shadow]

This mod idea is underrated @tame mulch

[hot patrol]

it's areally good idea if I do say so myself.

but then again I just really wanna see both sides of my waifu pillows

[hollow shadow]

I can already see the large amounts of scrap weapons I will hang on my wall

[hot patrol]

for sure. I mean ideally for hanging things you would need nails or something but even just simple modular placement is fine to me.

I just want to be able to do more than rotate it left and right

[hollow shadow]

Same, I also want to put multiple ramen or MRE crates on top of each other

[hot patrol]

ohh yes stacking is another great idea

[reef hill]

anyone know of a mod that allows the spawning/crafting of actual garage shutters

[hot patrol]

what we have is a great foundation but there are so many ways it can be improved to really flesh out our bases

[hollow shadow]

Nope

[reef hill]

why has no one done this yet ): I have not the knowledge nor skill to make a mod for this but goddamn has it been something i wanted for ages

[hollow shadow]

Making craftable moveables is the most difficult thing to mod

[reef hill]

what about spawning of them then?

doesnt have to be craftable

WAIT YOU CAN MOVE GARAGE SHUTTERS?

NO SHOT

[hollow shadow]

I tried to make a table and wasted 7 days

What you can?

I don’t believe u

[reef hill]

I thought you were implying you could

Fuck.

[weary matrix]

@hollow shadow what makes it so hard?

[hollow shadow]

Yes

[hollow shadow]

Everything

[hollow shadow]

The required apps only partially work on my pc, there’s also no tutorial videos on how to add new craftable furniture. I had help from 2 mappers to help me get the table ingame but it just doesnt want to work.

[weary matrix]

@hollow shadow which apps, like tilezed etc?

do you need to make 3d models? I think no

[hollow shadow]

I tried this for 2 weeks 7 months ago

No models needed

U need tilesheeets

[weary matrix]

ah I made one tilesheet for my spear traps mod 😄

[hollow shadow]

I saw

Not using it tho as I’ll walk into it myself and die instantly

[weary matrix]

heh

you can disable dying when you walk on it from sandbox settings

[hollow shadow]

But that feels too easy

[weary matrix]

yeah agreed

[hollow shadow]

Deep wound would be nice

[weary matrix]

yeah I should find a better way to injure the player

just been lazy about it

@hollow shadow so what's the problem with your movable recipe? Just doesn't display, or getting a black screen or .. ?

[hollow shadow]

I already gave up months ago

[weary matrix]

oh i see

[hollow shadow]

Files deleted

[weary matrix]

damn 😂

[hollow shadow]

It’s ok my 3d workbench looks better

What I need now is craftable garage door

[weary matrix]

how would that work?

I guess level++ in metalworking, and ?

[hollow shadow]

Idk

[weary matrix]

metal sheets

propane torch

[hollow shadow]

U can craft a 4 wide wooden gate but why not garage door

[weary matrix]

yeah of course, it makes sense

[hollow shadow]

Maybe 6 metal sheet, 1 welding rod, 15 propane fuel from the torch, 2 hinges xd?

[weary matrix]

mm not sure there are hinges on garage doors 😅

[hollow shadow]

Well thers nothing else to add

[weary matrix]

but it should require a motor !

[hollow shadow]

I don’t think the current garage doors have motors

[weary matrix]

I mean IRL

ah and springs maybe

and like 4 metal pipes

[hollow shadow]

I’m working on a mod called the workshop it will be a framework for many of my other mods or other mod creators, it will add several new tools and resources that can be looted to craft more complicated things

[weary matrix]

nice!

[hollow shadow]

I can add springs and motors

[weary matrix]

would make sense

[hollow shadow]

It already introduces a workbench to disassemble tools

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/806982609183572039/914579874964996196/unknown.png

[weary matrix]

wow nice

[hollow shadow]

I will also add power tools

[weary matrix]

drills etc?

[hollow shadow]

Yeah for drilling holes

Or for screws

The mod already adds large bolts they are like bigger nails for larger structures

[weary matrix]

when will you release your mod? 😅

[hollow shadow]

I could release it now

But I still have some features planned

[weary matrix]

so you want to finish all the features before release?

[hollow shadow]

Idk

What’s bugging me the most is that I can’t use broken items

Which is the main feature broken of the mod

[weary matrix]

@hollow shadow well you could cheat maybe, like requiring broken tools, but before using the broken tools you spawn new tools with same characteristics?

[hollow shadow]

Nasko said it’s not a priority so I’m kinda stranded

[weary matrix]

ah you mean the recipe system really don't allow it

[waxen fulcrum]

earlier i was asking about error messages and now i j checked the console.txt and now there are a ton of messages saying Stack trace,

[weary matrix]

@waxen fulcrum you should try to contact the authors of these mods

Oh man, finally, my decompiling tool is working on a Mac too! 😄

and it took me way more time to adapt the script to the subtleties of MacOSX than it took me to write the initial script, which was already compatible for both Linux and Windows

@inner siren I hate you! 😂

oh damn, I didn't think it would ping someone 🤣

I'm sorry I don't really hate you, just the guys doing the apple OS

[dark solar]

lmao

poor apple

just got outed for absolutely nothing besides having the same name as a trillionaire company

[weary matrix]

I really typed @ apple, and it was not supposed to ping anyone but when I submitted it did 😦

so I guess if any apple user is using my stuff and needs support, I'll ask for $$ first 😂

[blazing radish]

holy fuck I finally managed to spawn some custom items and do some recipes

I want to thank all of you who halped me, co and blair

[weary matrix]

@blazing radish congrats!

I don't remember doing much about it though 😅

[blazing radish]

wdym dude I used your resources

[weary matrix]

aah true

[blazing radish]

and also a lot of test and seeing other mods

[weary matrix]

glad someone used my Lua Events page at least 😂

[blazing radish]

now I need to keep digging to find those pesky medical stuff that I still cannot find

in the source code

[weary matrix]

what do you need?

[blazing radish]

I need to se if it's possible to add the "hidden poison" value like sleeping pills

and learn how to make the suture function

the suture needle its just an item, so it must be doing the function somewhere else

I want to add silver nitrate to cauterize wounds

I was sure that cauterization existed in zomboid but I wasn't able to find any source so it must be my imagination

and for the tooltips I just said "fuck it" and added them on the items themselves

[weary matrix]

@blazing radish I've read somewhere there will be amputation, so maybe cauterizing will come then?

[blazing radish]

I hope so, imagine fantasy mdos with robotic prosthetics

one step closer to kenshi

😂

btw there is a way to show the needed amount of multiple items in a recipe? for example, I'm using a a single item for the recipe + twigs OR tree branches to do something

but the needed ammount only appears in the single item needed in the recipe

for twigs and tree branches just show the name under "one of those" or something like that

I'm not even sure if on vanilla items shows the correct ammount in those cases

[weary matrix]

@blazing radish Not sure about multiple items recipe

[blazing radish]

😦 well I think I'll do duplicate recipes then

[weary matrix]

can you give me an example of a recipe that gives the choice between multiple items?

items that are not kept

[blazing radish]

it's kinda confusing

[weary matrix]

but consumed

[blazing radish]

on vanilla?

or my recipe

[weary matrix]

vanilla

thinking about LogWall but can't seem to find it in the standard recipes

[blazing radish]

uhmmm

[weary matrix]

can you show me your script item also?

[blazing radish]

I've noticed that some multiple items only uses one

sure

his is one example(and a test only)

recipe Transmute Matches
{
PrimaMateria=10,
Twigs/TreeBranch=4,

    Result:Matches=1,
    Time:100.0,
}

works

[weary matrix]

mmm so problem solved?

[blazing radish]

but doens't show the correct ammount for twigs and tree rbanch

I mean, the recipe works

[weary matrix]

ah I see

[blazing radish]

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Tent_Kit

there is one example on vanilla

[weary matrix]

for Tent Kit they really have two recipe

[blazing radish]

then I'll do that

because it's confusing as hell

[weary matrix]

yeah it's not very good design for the recipe stuff

from Zomboid I mean, not you

[blazing radish]

don't worry, even if it was for me I wouldn'0t mind since I'm a literal noob

[weary matrix]

@blazing radish about poison effect of medication, I couldn't find the code yet, buuuut, I guess there's an easy way around

[blazing radish]

adding poison power in a food item

like bleach?

[weary matrix]

yes, I guess you could still simulate it yourself

with getModData()

@blazing radish can you explain what you need exactly?

[blazing radish]

just making something poisonous but after consuming too much

item HydrogenPeroxide
{
UnhappyChange = 20,
Type = Food,
ThirstChange = -30,
UseDelta = 0.1,
UseWhileEquipped = FALSE,
DisplayName = Bottle of Diluted Hydrogen Peroxide,
DisplayCategory = Item,
CantBeFrozen = TRUE,
Icon = WaterBottle_Full,
Weight = 0.9,
AlcoholPower = 5,
/Tooltip = Tooltip_Jar,/
ReduceInfectionPower = 50,
Medical = TRUE,
Poison = true,
PoisonPower = 1,
PoisonDetectionLevel = 7,
CustomContextMenu = Drink,
ReplaceOnDeplete = WaterBottleEmpty,
EatType = WaterBottle,
StaticModel = WaterBottle,
WorldStaticModel = WaterBottleFull,
CustomEatSound = DrinkingFromBottlePlastic,
}

I haven't tried that yet

[weary matrix]

so for example, when the character eats your poison stuff, you retrieve player:getModData().poisonTable, and you store in there the time it was ingested

[blazing radish]

lol idk how to make the box

[weary matrix]

and in OnPlayerUpdate, you just iterate the player:getModData().poisonTable to see if there was too much in a specific amount of time?

[blazing radish]

i'll try that

if it works then only I need to simulate a suture function

for the other custom item

but dude, I'm so happy

[weary matrix]

suturing is a recipe too?

[blazing radish]

it's still a blatant copy from other mod but I'm getting closer to my idea

suturing needle yes, but it's just a regular item

[weary matrix]

heh

[blazing radish]

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Suture_Needle

[weary matrix]

the action of suturing I mean

[blazing radish]

I don't know

I haven't found anything yet, maybe I'm loking in a wrong place

but if it exist, oh boy

[weary matrix]

well it has to exists somewhere

what's the contextmenu says for suturing yourself?

[blazing radish]

I'm not sure, I havent sutured myself yet because I always die first

[weary matrix]

heh

[blazing radish]

and avoid glass

[weary matrix]

never either

lua/client/TimedActions/ISStitch.lua

[blazing radish]

the first time I walked into glass abrefoot I was unable to find a neddle and died from bloodloss

HOLY FUCK

😭

thank you SO MUCH

it needs to add pain and probably a light burn

[weary matrix]

    self.bodyPart:setStitched(self.doIt);```

with doIt = true to stitch, and = false to unstitch

@blazing radish lua self.bodyPart:setAdditionalPain(self.bodyPart:getAdditionalPain() + endPain);

[blazing radish]

you need to unstitch?

[weary matrix]

I guess

at least there's unstitch action in the code, and it sets doIt = false

[blazing radish]

I wonder if it's possible to change a wound into another, for example a deep wound into a burning wound

[weary matrix]

you can remove one wound and create another, so yes

or just add another wound

not sure how to burn a body part though

[blazing radish]

today I was playing with sunburn mod form blair

[weary matrix]

there's setBurntToDeath but not sure that's what you want

[blazing radish]

to know it's possible is enough tho

thank you dude, I really meant it

[weary matrix]

ah guess I found it: https://quarantin.github.io/zomboid-javadoc/41.56/zombie/characters/BodyDamage/BodyPart.html#setBurned()

[blazing radish]

I'll keep investigating but now I can finally play

omg

for you

so I never had to search for stitches

I can just fake it

ahh so much to investigate now

but I see the light!

the light at the end of this tunnel!

😂

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-worship-worshipping-now-bowing-gif-12297363

sacred hecatombs for CO

[weary matrix]

😄

[blazing radish]

thank you dude

[weary matrix]

You're welcome man!

[blazing radish]

I'm gonna play now I haven't played for so long doing this

[weary matrix]

yeah haven't been playing either for a while 😂

@blazing radish have you tried my decompilation script yet?

[blazing radish]

no

😮

[weary matrix]

https://github.com/quarantin/beautiful-java

still have to polish the documentation for MacOSX and Windows, but it should work

[blazing radish]

niiiice

instant download

[weary matrix]

tell me if/when you'll try it, so I can assist you in case there's still problems

[blazing radish]

I'll let you know!

[weary matrix]

but I was able to make it work on both Mac and Windows (and Linux but that was given heh)

[blazing radish]

but for now I can't see anymore from code, between testing stuff to investigate I only created a new save, test, code, repeat

I was going insane

[weary matrix]

yeah, IT IS tiring 😂

[blazing radish]

yeeeah

I cannot imagine the amount of work for more complex mods

I was only doing the very basics

[weary matrix]

well the more you know about it the easiest it gets

[blazing radish]

and with lots of help, I feel bad and proud for the pioners in zomboid modding

[weary matrix]

the hard part is to actually learn how to do what you need

why bad?

[blazing radish]

because I can imagine the stress

with almost no resource or help

only trial and error

I was lucky to have people like you

[weary matrix]

ah I see what you mean

[blazing radish]

I promise to upload an altar image with your name and avatar on my first public mod

😂

[weary matrix]

hahaha

[blazing radish]

well co, I'll leave in complete peace and happiness to enjoy my first working test

I'll let you knwo about the decompiler

[weary matrix]

have fun!

[blazing radish]

take care!

[weary matrix]

same to you!

[grizzled grove]

does this make the decompiled java easier to search through? Using IntelliJ to figure out how whatever mapping topic I have in mind at the time leaves a lot to be desired.

[weary matrix]

@grizzled grove well I just use the decompiler from Intellij, but I also replace all variable names like var1, var2, var3 with a new name based on the type of the variable, so not sure it makes it any easier to search the code, but at least the code becomes easier to read

and I'm working on some improvement, like version 38.30 of the game has much more symbols available than newer release

so I'm going to make my tool to extract the symbols from 38.30 so they can be reused on newer versions

that should help a lot for primitives types like int, float, boolean etc

[grizzled grove]

the renaming is certainly helpful. Last I recall, intellij only decompiled files on the fly as you looked at them, so searching is unreliable

[weary matrix]

well with my tool you get a folder like: sources/41.56/zombie with all the java source available in there

so I guess it would be making it easier for you

[grizzled grove]

ahh, great thanks!

[weary matrix]

@grizzled grove which OS are you working on btw?

[grizzled grove]

win10

[weary matrix]

ok shouldn't be a problem

you just have to install Git Bash, and the command jq

and IntelliJ but you already have it obviously

@grizzled grove just tell me if/when you need help!

[grizzled grove]

instructions seem straightforward, i'll look more into it later

[weary matrix]

well they are, but kind of incomplete

still have to polish the install steps to make it more user-friendly

also you'll probably have to adapt the path to steam in config.json, cause the one in the doc is for win11 IIRC

just tried it today on win10 and had to use a different path

[weary matrix]

@grizzled grove OK just finished adding the missing parts to the documentation, should be smoother now

gn all!

[grizzled grove]

thanks! I'll give it a whirl tomorrow and let you know how it went if you're looking for feedback

[zealous wing]

So I did a thing:

You need Simple Firearms Conversion and Brita for it to work.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2461465051

But yeah, that patch implements the mechanics of the mod I linked to let you assemble/disassemble any Brita firearm/magazine/attachment/etc.

Up to and including a minigun. 😄

It's still a WIP though, I need to figure out how to get a block of code to work in regards to checking if a recipe is for a gun made after 1992.

I could actually use some help there.

[brittle jewel]

For the 'how to check if a gun is >1992' you'll need to check 'GunFighter Mod\media\lua\server\items\Brita_06Multi_Distro.lua'. Starting on line 6,168 you'll see 'FirearmWeapons = {' - This appears to include all of the weapons, but as there's over 7,500 lines in this file, I'm not 100% confident.

The entries that include "x90" are weapons that are newer than 1992. You'll notice the 1st one and the 3rd one here both include * x90

FirearmWeapons = {                                                                    
    rolls =    1,                
    items = {
        "Base.UmarexSS", wBB - (wBB * CIVx * x90) - (wBB * xBB)    - (wBB * SECx * xUSA),
        "Base.Benjamin_M397", wBB - (wBB * xBB) - (wBB * SECx * xUSA),
        "Base.RWS_M34",    wBB    - (wBB * CIVx * x90) - (wBB * xBB) - (wBB * SECx * xUSA),```

Using those, you'd probably want to store them in a table and then loop the table to check if one is found and then execute your code:

local newerWeapons = {"Base.UmarexSS", "Base.RWS_M34"}

for i, weapon in ipairs(newerWeapons) do
  --execute code
end

[zealous wing]

Bleh, tables. But yeah, I'd found that x90 value, and was working on something along those lines.

[hollow shadow]

does having alot of maps in one savegame cause performance issues? even if they arent loaded?

[oak cipher]

Hello! Anyone here have experience in making food/drink mods and open for commissions?

I'm one of the Heads of EGHN and funders of
Zuper Carts
True Actions
Jeep Wrangler
Bus and Etc 😄

Looking to have food mods made

[golden totem]

Like just making new items?

[hollow shadow]

I think i can make some food items

[golden totem]

Me too, I just made some the other day

[hollow shadow]

oh nice whats the mod called?

[golden totem]

It's not on workshop yet, I just made some to try it out haha

But I posted about it on #modeling here #modeling message

[hollow shadow]

oh cool

[oak cipher]

Heya again @hollow shadow and @golden totem !! Would PM DMing you guys 😄

[weary matrix]

@grizzled grove I definitely am looking for feedback!

[slate dagger]

there anyway to reset the lines listened to for zomboid radio?

i was trying to test something and it is going to be a pain if i have to create new characters everytime

[viral spire]

Expanded Heli, who does airdrops? Planning a Dying Light type sandbox thing.

[zealous wing]

I have experience doing food and drink. Whatcha need?

[weary matrix]

sweet, someone made a youtube video for my mod 😄
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRbkzMW4T5s

[blazing radish]

yo

came in just to tell you that

congratulations!

[weary matrix]

hehe 😄

[slate dagger]

@weary matrix congratz!

[blazing radish]

I still can't play lmfao, yesterday I realized that immersive CD players reovered the functionallity but not the files... so I mde playlist for the 4 CD available lmfao, I'm still exporting into ogg using audacity

[weary matrix]

@blazing radish how come you have to transcode to ogg? Is it the only format recognized by pz?

[blazing radish]

idk that's the modder instructions 😅

you need to follow a nomenclature for the tracks

and they have to be in ogg

[weary matrix]

i see

[blazing radish]

"• Custom CD - Just add to the folder - ..\iCDPlayersSV\media\sound - your tracks under the names - TDK01.ogg - TDK17.ogg / SONY01.ogg - SONY17.ogg / BASF01.ogg - BASF17.ogg / VERBATIM01.ogg - VERBATIM17.ogg - CD-R - depending on manufacturer - will contain your own tracks."

that was a comment in the mod

if it doesn't work I'll be mad because I've spent so long choosing a perfect list

😂

[weary matrix]

@blazing radish does this mod allows to have the original tracks from the game? The ones from Zack Beaver?

this one for instance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RExBRIA63EQ

I miss it 😂

[grizzled grove]

@weary matrix I've got beautiful-java running, fixing symbols, and i spotted a few error lines going by

[blazing radish]

IDK, but I don't play with music, but it shoudln't interfere since those are for literal CDs, not music in the game itself

[grizzled grove]

install went off easily, since you asked for feedback. Instructions for setting up config.txt are a bit long-winded, and don't totally convey that it needs to be in the root folder. But running the script without it lets you know easily enough, and i'm sure that anyone using this is adept enough. I might suggest using a monolithic file like this one, and instructing users to edit that, nixing the /examples dir entirely.

[blazing radish]

btw I wanted to sent this earlier but I couldn't:

I'll be back when I have news about the decompiler, congratulations again for your recognition for such an amazing idea

byebye

[weary matrix]

@blazing radish ah ok I see

[grizzled grove]

also, i don't know if i'd call this beautiful per se, but it's fantastic to have everything decompiled!

nullVehicleIDMap() {
    nullnullthis.idToVehicle = new BaseVehicle[this.capacity];
    nullnullthis.freeID = new short[this.capacity];
    nullnullfor( int int1 = 0;
    int1< this.capacity;
    ++int1){
        short[] shortArray = this.freeID;
        short short1 = this.freeIDSize;
        this.freeIDSize = (short) (short1 + 1);
        shortArray[short1] = (short) int1;
    }
    ullnull
}

[weary matrix]

@grizzled grove yeah about those error, I'm only getting those on windows, trying to figure out why so I can fix it

@grizzled grove and yeah I just realized there's a bug with the nullnull stuff, refactoring gone wrong I guess 😅

[grizzled grove]

such is life

[weary matrix]

@grizzled grove also I guess you're right about the config.txt, I was just afraid people would get lost with too many info in the file

and feel free to suggest a better name for the tool, I clearly ran out of inspiration 😅

[slate dagger]

Java Decompiler Extraodinare 😉

[weary matrix]

@slate dagger wouldn't that be a bit pompous?

😅

[slate dagger]

😛

humility is a coward's word!

[weary matrix]

heh

[grizzled grove]

i really don't know enough about code to suggest a better name, sorry

[weary matrix]

no worries

well I'm glad at least you got it working easily! 😄

@grizzled grove oh btw where the path correct, or you had to change them?

[grizzled grove]

i typically avoid Program Files whenever I can, so yes, but that's just me

[weary matrix]

ok 👍

[golden totem]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2668363615&result=1

there it is, my first released mod

[slate dagger]

nice, gratz 😄

[golden totem]

thanks haha

it's pretty memey and the only reason i made it was because i was joking about wearing one against zombies earlier

[weary matrix]

@grizzled grove all right, nullnull bug fixed! To get the fix, just go to beautiful-java folder, run: git pull and start the script again

[slate dagger]

i want this fix!

[grizzled grove]

awesome, thanks!

[slate dagger]

oh dang, very spiffy good work @weary matrix it is very cool

[weary matrix]

@slate dagger thanks man! 😄

[slate dagger]

i am running the new version, a lot has changed

[weary matrix]

Yeah I got rid of jq cause it was really more of a hassle to install for no good reason

[grizzled grove]

does this tool keep a log of the process? just spotted another error by chance when i sat back down:

[weary matrix]

@slate dagger but why haven't you told me about the nullnull bug if you had it? 😂

@grizzled grove I identified the source of this issue, just don't know how to fix it yet, basically Java does not know how to parse Java source file in UTF-8 by default on windows, I just have to find out how to tell it to do it

[grizzled grove]

oh ok

[weary matrix]

@grizzled grove no need to keep track of the list of buggy files, until I pushed a fix for this issue

But thanks anyway! The effort is appreciated 🙂

[grizzled grove]

no, thank you!

[slate dagger]

@weary matrix oh, i didn't see the null null sorry

[weary matrix]

Glad you like the tool 😄

[weary matrix]

ah ok I though you did cause you said "I want this fix" 😂

[slate dagger]

oh, lol

i just saw things happening 😄

so i wanted the latest version

[weary matrix]

sure 🙂

[slate dagger]

it is very nice, even keeps track of different versions which is helfpul

i often mod in 40 & 41

[weary matrix]

@slate dagger yeah I figured it might be useful, also it allows you to decompile older versions, like 38.30, which you can't do with capsid because it's relying on a GameVersion class to exists, but it does not for older release

[slate dagger]

ah, yeah, that is very nice

[grizzled grove]

ok, noob intellij question. If I wanted to easily find out what SkinningData is, or where it comes from, how would I do that?

or is this the declaration right here

mostly asking since I was further down the file and it was telling me it couldn't resolve that, so i was a bit confused

[slate dagger]

yeah seems like it is an animation class in that declaration

you could probably got to Animation Player

to maybe find out more

[scenic quail]

Does anyone know why PZ might say you don't have a Mod.Info file even if you have one?

[grizzled grove]

maybe you used capitals in the filename?

[scenic quail]

Good guess, but i don't think thats it.

still giving me 'no mod.info file'

i fixed it. apparently i was missing a folder inbetween the mods and workshop folders

[winter hedge]

I need ideas for simple mods to make in order to train my modding

[drifting ore]

Hey guys, I'm having issues with the "Cure Virus" mod.

Pictured above is the issue, I just cannot seem to get this recipe to craft.

I also edited the mod to troubleshoot. I made it to where the recipe required no items to be crafted, and that still did not let me craft it.

Any ideas on fixing this?

[ruby urchin]

lmao I liked your previous name

[slate dagger]

@drifting ore I know this is pretty late after your question but is this recipe one from a must learn to craft? i think even with the items you will receive a greyed out recipe

[weary matrix]

@slate dagger @grizzled grove I fixed the bug where there was a crash for some files. I'm not quite happy with the way I fixed it, but at least no more crash and correct output, trying it one windows now, it got passed the problematic files. Let me know if it's OK on your side

[weary matrix]

Have you found it?

[slate dagger]

ahh, so do git pull?

[grizzled grove]

i ended up weaving through several detours, but i think i found what i was looking for

[peak briar]

hey i have a question, i was scanning the true music mod, one of the applications "AddYourMusicToTheMod.exe" has been flagged as a trojan by 2 antiviruses in virus total, malware bites didn't picked anything up, anyone else detected anything in it?

[weary matrix]

@slate dagger yup

[slate dagger]

done

and running it now

[weary matrix]

@grizzled grove any clue why intellij couldn't find it?

[grizzled grove]

beats me, i assume what i show in the pic is the declaration? But further down the file, it still couldn't resolve it, so idk

[weary matrix]

@grizzled grove If you're looking for where the attribute is declared then you found it, but I though you were looking for the class definition of SkinningData

[grizzled grove]

i'd expect to see that somewhere, yeah

[weary matrix]

@grizzled grove I have it if you want

[drifting ore]

@slate dagger Thanks for getting back to me man. Yes, it is learned. It doesn't show up unless I complete a different research.

[grizzled grove]

sure, and how?

still trying to get a feel for how to navigate

[weary matrix]

@grizzled grove sent in DM. No clue about navigating through IntelliJ or why it couldn't find the class definition though 😅

I'm just using vim + find + grep 😅

[grizzled grove]

thanks 🙂

[slate dagger]

@drifting ore ah, interesting. you tried making it not required to learn?

[drifting ore]

@slate dagger I have not. I will give that a shot now.

@slate dagger No cigar

[slate dagger]

hmm

that is interesting, what does the recipe code look like?

[mortal widget]

whats the mod that makes the padded arms less bulky i forgot

[fresh wasp]

How easy is it to edit/replace sounds in this game?

[zealous wing]

Out of curiosity, but in a distro file, is there a difference between .list and ["list"] when it comes to defining container spawns?
I've seen both in distro files. E.g.:
table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["KitchenRandom"].items, "Base.Widget");
table.insert(ProceduralDistributions["list"]["KitchenRandom"].items, "Base.Widget");

Is it the same command, just one has fewer characters?

[willow estuary]

Two different ways of typing the same thing.

I think that weird formatting has some utility when you do fancy stuff with variables, but in this context I think it's just "confused legacy overkill"? 😄

I think it's utility is for stuff like this:

local test_Variable = KitchenRandom
table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list[test_Variable].items, "Base.Widget")

is equivalent to

table.insert(ProceduralDistributions.list["KitchenRandom"].items, "Base.Widget")

...but that's off the top of my stoned head w/o testing?

[drifting ore]

@slate dagger
recipe Make Custom Research
{
keep BookFirstAid3,
Notebook/Journal/SheetPaper2,
keep Pencil/RedPen/BluePen/Pen,
keep CVZombieBlood,

    Result:CVMag0=1,
    Time:300.0,
    Category:Survivalist,
    /*SkillRequired:Doctor=1,*/
    OnTest:MakeCustomResearch_OnTest,

Wait, skill required doctor=1, should that be called firstaid or something?

[slate dagger]

i think Doctor is actually the proper name

[drifting ore]

Hmmm, the requirement for doctor isn't appearing in the recipe though.

[zealous wing]

Good to know, thanks.

[slate dagger]

yeah, i think you have it commented out with the use of slashes

[drifting ore]

Ah, that wouldn't cause such an issue then, would it?

[slate dagger]

it might

[drifting ore]

Should I remove the line, then test?

[slate dagger]

i would take out the "/"

yeah

i think that is the cause

also

OnTest:MakeCustomResearch_OnTest

i think that needs to be removed

though

it seems to be a function

so maybe you have that function

[drifting ore]

I do believe it was cause by the "OnTest" line

[slate dagger]

ahh

[drifting ore]

I'm checking the fix in isolation from my other fixes now.

[slate dagger]

i know the First Aid appeared for me

after uncommenting the SkillRequired

[drifting ore]

Yeah, same. Doctor was the proper name 100%

[slate dagger]

cool, glad we got it figured out

[willow estuary]

Yeah, I like I said, I think sometime in the past someone cut and pasted code for the table inserts that had that unecessary formatting and it become common pratice?

This is an example of how I use that stuff "properly"

    for x in pairs(OccupationGearTable) do
        if OccupationGearTable[x].profession == job or player:HasTrait(OccupationGearTable[x].profession) then...```
So it uses the value of `x` as the index for that table when inside `[ ]`

When you have [" "] or [' '] what it's saying is that "pretend that there's a variable with the value of the text between the quotation marks"?

[slate dagger]

i always wondered that myself

of course i don't utilize that method for distributions

but it is weird to me ["list"] = .list

[drifting ore]

That totally worked, fire dragoon. I do have to wonder what the purpose of that line was to begin with though. I'm totally prepared to play bug whack-a-mole with it though.

[slate dagger]

yeah... i have never seen an OnTest before

so that is new to me

it was spamming my debug console though

[slate dagger]

@hollow shadow you interested in learning how to use broken items in recipes or did you figure that out?

[thorny ridge]

Okay, can anyone recommend me a tutorial on making mods for this game? I'm wanting to make living off the land a little more varied

[slate dagger]

you can check the stickies on this channel, has several tutorials

the wiki also has some

and the forums

[thorny ridge]

Right, thanks

[weary matrix]

@grizzled grove https://github.com/quarantin/beautiful-java/commit/0d36962421cbefc79d66692a6314df1f8ab09818 😉

[grizzled grove]

oo, fancy

[hollow shadow]

I still need help

[slate dagger]

oh ok

AllowDestroyedItem:true,
NoBrokenItems:false,

these two items together

you need the Broken item and a tool or some other item

[thorny ridge]

I think I'm gonna tackle modding tomorrow

Make some herbal teas to start off

[hollow shadow]

Thanks

[slate dagger]

no prob

[weary matrix]

@slate dagger @grizzled grove FYI next time you update beautiful-java you'll have to update your config.txt. I changed it so that users only have to specify the root install folder for IntelliJ and Zomboid, see config.txt.example you'll see what I mean

@hollow shadow I thought you'd be more happy 😂

[ruby urchin]

Hey @tame mulch I saw the other day that you were working on a custom moodles, so I did something similar for my camouflage mod, it's still poor, but functional

[tame mulch]

Good! When cAPI will released - you will can use our moodle api for easy access

[ruby urchin]

sounds good, I will try this first and after see how you did it, if I'm not wrong, for the animation up/down level, you did use a formula? something like
x = 5 to x = 0, x * sen(-1y + 2.1*(-0.3)) (in a graph it is better represented what I mean)

[weary matrix]

@tame mulch https://github.com/quarantin/beautiful-java/commit/b10b

[hollow shadow]

i just woke up and im omw to work xD

🔫

[weary matrix]

@hollow shadow guess it's a good reason to NOT be happy 😂

@hollow shadow if what FireDragoon proposed is working, I guess you should tell Nasko about it, so TIS won't lose any time on this

[hollow shadow]

i rather want to spend 3 hrs modeling and making 3d items for pz

[golden totem]

This

[hollow shadow]

yes once im back ill test

[golden totem]

I've been at work for 3 hours now

Since 6 am

[weary matrix]

@golden totem I guess you're in the UK? 😅

[golden totem]

Finland haha

[weary matrix]

failed 😂

I find the /me command on Discord to be a bit disappointing 😅

[zinc bobcat]

any mods that might conflict eachother? because i get 503 errors at the start

[candid light]

Not sure if it would cause errors, but you should probably disable Mod Template. Also, Used Cars only needs one of the Names options enabled

You could also try using Subpar Survivors in addition to Superb Survivors

[formal edge]

to the modder, i'm a beginner on modding. But i would love to understand correctly how to code. But this is too heavy, and i dont know where to begin. Lua event, global function, local function, ect... I try to download some mods to understand it, but i get lost even more. Is there any recent tutorial, already made lua script "with comments" or guide to understand step by step, how to code in Zomboid ?

[royal ridge]

What kinda mod do you want to make?

best thing is to start with something simple and try and do that

[formal edge]

Well, i would like to make a mod that introduce news functions to weapons, like the spear who can be assembled. But there is "basic" knowledge that i dont know, like how many things i can add into each argument/function/table/recipe, ect .... and what i need to add to make everything work.

This is really frustrating because, i know how to "design it" but dont know how to code it.

[royal ridge]

So a simple version of that would be a spear you can create from different items?

[tame mulch]

Better towing - Models for tow rope and towbar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYj9-T-GAXg

[formal edge]

nah, it was a example. but i can be more precise. If i want to add a Grenade launcher, that work with differents ammo, differents loader, and can be upgrade with "mods" and be disassembled. How can i do it, because that kind of mod is a bit advanced and need more that a simple recipe, even a new menu (gui)

[royal ridge]

Have you done coding before?

[formal edge]

i know how to use basic command, like do/if/if not/else/end/....

so i know how to apply conditions. If I had a file or document that told me what I needed and what it does. I could at least try a little coding.

I found Lua event on wiki zomboid, but they are not listed by usability.

[royal ridge]

So the way I would do it is break the process down into more simple pieces and see if I can get some stuff working. Like adding a completely new item to zomboid

Even if it doesn't do anything that interesting

then maybe try doing a crafting recipe with that item

[formal edge]

so the solution to find every bit of code i need, is to add only few function, and error will tell me, what i have forgot ?

[hollow shadow]

hi is there any tutorial on how to make animations for project zomboid?

[royal ridge]

It's really just doing smaller things and learning, once you get more of a grasp of how modding works with zomboid it is easier to read other people's code