mod_development

[safe sinew]

Occupation Expertises mod makes the game freeze when you select a trait preset

Those job perks sounded really neat too

[drowsy shadow]

https://pastebin.com/9s5Uqgi3

think this will work ?

if so where can i put it

maybe just a folder within the client folder and put the lua file there

[drifting ore]

I don't get what is command and Commands.

1. Is Commands[command] just a string or a function?
2. If so, do I need to init some command function?
3. But what is that function and what is it use for ?
4. Don't I need to you sendServerCommand ? Maybe it's what Commands[command] do

I'm so freaking lost

[drowsy shadow]

someone pls help

[drifting ore]

https://github.com/FWolfe/Zomboid-Modding-Guide/blob/master/structure/README.md

I think you are trying to recover objects that are not objects, walls are not objects in the game, I think, for example

[drowsy shadow]

oh thank you :-)

[drowsy shadow]

i know now

[broken kayak]

Commands is an hashmap of fonction using strings as keys
command is a string

The line :

Commands[command](players, args)

Is invoking the function stored in Commands at key "command" with players and args as arguments

I have limited knownledge in LUA but it should work something like this :

function fooBar()
  print("Hello world")
end

local Commands = {}

Commands["fooBar"] = fooBar

-- Prints Hello World
Commands["fooBar"]()

[glossy mural]

ive been looking for a mod that makes crates have more space any 1 know a good 1

[primal knot]

I mean, I'm looking for the items the player can carry in its inventory (weapons, food, etc). How are they located in the game? I guess they are inside ItemContainers, but how do I get the reference to all of those containers in a building?

[drifting ore]

Is there a way to make players to spawn with random loot on my server? For example, I want to add m4, double barrel and magnum to the spawn list, but when the player spawn, he get random one from those three

[quasi geode]

1. as Delran said (sort of) Commands is a table, command is a string key in that table that returns a function. using the same example above:

Commands["MyCommand"] = function(player, arg)
   -- do something
end

2. I have no idea what you mean
3. The function is used for whatever you want. its how you can get a client to call a function on a server and vice versa. what you use it for will vary
4. likewise sendServerCommand is called wherever you want. If your trying to have a client request info from the server (a ping/pong scenario), then yes you would put it in the function to send data back to the client

[drifting ore]

Ok, I think I get it thx. Thx @broken kayak too

[broken kayak]

Also not familiar with LUA's terminology =X

And incidentally, I suck at explaining anything.

[quasi geode]

ah well mostly correct, just no hashmaps (lua only has tables which serve as multiple object types), and missed the local keyword on the function declaration (making it a global function placed in a local table)

so not too far off XD

[broken kayak]

And I wanted to say hash table but ended up with hash map 🤔

[quasi geode]

tables are a weird sorta container if your coming from other languages. its a hashmap/unsorted array...its a sorted array...and its a object (not really, but can simulate one for OO programming)

[broken kayak]

I've done most languages, from extremely rigid collection in C++ to maps that are implicitly convertible to arrays in Python so, nothing is weird for me anymore.

[quasi geode]

idk, tables really are something else. to quote what i wrote up about them in the modding guide:

There are no objects, sorted/ordered lists or unsorted/unordered lists. These are all the same thing in Lua: a table.

Tables can operate as a sorted or unsorted list, or a in a object-like structure with inheritance (metatables). They can also operate as all 3, at the same time.

When used as a sorted list, table indexes start at 1, not 0

Both , and ; are acceptable separators for entries in a table.

Using MyTable.myFunction() calls a function in a table normally, while using MyTable:myFunction() calls it as a object method. It is the same as MyTable.myFunction(MyTable)

A example of how strange (and versatile) tables can be:

-- mixed table
local MyTable = {"a", "b"; "c", nil, d = 5; [6] = 'e', f = function(self) print(self.d) end, "The End" }

-- as a sorted list
print(MyTable[1]) -- prints "a"
print(MyTable[2]) -- prints "b"
print(MyTable[3]) -- prints "c"
print(MyTable[4]) -- nil
print(MyTable[5]) -- prints "The End"
print(MyTable[6]) -- prints "e"
print(#MyTable) -- prints 3. Stops at first nil

for i, v in ipairs(MyTable) do
    print(i, v) -- prints "1 a", "2 b" and "3 c". Stops at first nil
end

-- as a unsorted list
print(MyTable.d) -- prints 5
print(MyTable['d']) -- prints 5

-- with functions
MyTable:f() -- prints 5
MyTable.f() -- errors, no 'self' argument passed
MyTable.f(MyTable) -- prints 5
MyTable.f({d = 7}) -- prints 7
MyTable['f']() -- errors, no 'self' argument passed
MyTable['f'](MyTable) -- prints 5

[broken kayak]

Yeah

[broken kayak]

I was wrong

[quasi geode]

they're pretty messed up XD

[broken kayak]

print(MyTable[5]) -- prints "The End"```

This one though

[quasi geode]

mind you, you can do some neat things them.. though you probably shouldnt lol

heh ya

especially since i explicitly declared MyTable[6] earlier lol

[broken kayak]

Can make some insane obfuscation out of all that

No one will ever be able to update any of my mods

[drifting ore]

Starts to look like something usable

[glass ravine]

so if you were to make a item distribution mod, how would you make the zombies spawn with the items equipped?

[crisp fable]

How reliable is the debug mode lua reload thing? It worked a few times but at some point it just stops updating the file and i gotta restart the game again. is that how i should be doing it anyway or am i missing something with debug mode?

[kind surge]

Are you referring to reloading a single Lua file, or reloading everything?

[crisp fable]

@kind surge i mean this button here, i'd expect it to refresh the single chosen file with new changes. if there is a way to reload everything without restarting the game that'd be useful too

[kind surge]

I've had issues using that button when the Lua code has certain programming techniques within it. I believe the issue is that that button only interprets the current contents of the file once again and does not purge anything from the result of that file being interpreted the first (or any subsequent) time. So it should work fine if that file is only doing things that would be completely overwritten by interpreting it again, but there are several techniques that are necessary when modding in PZ that violate that constraint. So I always quit back out to the main menu and reload the save when I am testing something like that.

[kind surge]

My understanding is that there is a way to force a full Lua reload, but I don't recommend using it when testing in debug mode. One of the issues is that Events like OnGameStart would not trigger after being reloaded and some mods would be in very odd states. So again, it's safer to quit to main menu and reload the save.

[crisp fable]

I see, thanks. Looking back at that screenshot I actually saw that there is another reload button at the bottom of the upper right frame and that one seems more consistent but I'll keep in mind that it's not foolproof. It's pretty useful if you're just doing small changes to an interface that you can reload ingame.
Are there shortcuts for the line-by-line debugging, like for step over or step in? I only know of f11 which seems like regular Continue

[kind surge]

F5 and F6

[rigid dock]

Lol

Are all keys for the same house labled the same?

@willow estuary

[willow estuary]

Those aren't house keys, they're lootbox keys 😉

[rigid dock]

Wait what? That a mod?

Oh I see from your earlier screenshots, that's awesome!

Would you find the key in the same house?

Or building

[willow estuary]

Unreleased wip, but the idea is that when it's complete that there will be assorted cases and keys that spawn in the world with the loot.
And every case will have a matching key, and vice versa, but there's no guarantee that they will spawn in the same building? It could be two people at opposite ends of the world. In fact, that's how I'm trying to have it work, so people are encouraged to communicate and cooperate in order to get the loot cases open?

[rigid dock]

I have always thought it would be awesome if the bank in rosewood had a room full of safety deposit boxes, and you had to find the keys all over the map in different towns or hidden locations and you got really cool loot from them if you went back to rosewood and opened the correct box.

Which also kind of ties into my idea of hidden rooms and houses, maybe there is a room that doesn't quite reach the end of the house and you might be able to notice from the outside. It doesn't look quite right, and there is a doorway hidden behind a big dresser or something that that leads to the hidden room where you can find good loot and maybe a key to a safety deposit box. Honestly, the game could also borrow a lot of hidden loot ideas from 7 Days to die, that's probably one of my favorite parts of the game is all the neat ways to find hidden loot. Using a shovel to dig up hidden loot would be awesome Also if you followed a map.

@willow estuary The safety deposit boxes are pretty similar to what you did! I think it's an awesome addition

It would also be nice if you can find the keys for safety deposit boxes in other loot rooms, giving some real loot to locked rooms that normally have little such as the secure room in jewelry stores.

[odd notch]

ooo tarkov mechanics where the key is consumed on use?

[languid nimbus]

Maybe something like this should work

    local inv = player:getInventory(); 
    local itemList = { 'Base.Revolver_Long', 'Base.DoubleBarrelShotgun', 'Base.AssaultRifle' };
    local spawnItem = myTable[ ZombRand( #itemList ) + 1 ];
    
    inv:AddItem(spawnItem);
end

Events.OnCreatePlayer.Add(OnCreatePlayer)```

Don't know if this is the right event for a server

Does anyone knows how to create a new weapon type or a mod that created a new one? I already have the new items and animations, but I don't know how make the xml files work property

[tulip valve]

Anyone know why this happends to my custom profession?

    hitman:addXPBoost(Perks.Aiming, 10)
    hitman:addXPBoost(Perks.Reloading, 10)
    hitman:addXPBoost(Perks.Fitness, 5)
    hitman:addXPBoost(Perks.Axe, 10)
    hitman:addXPBoost(Perks.Blunt, 10)
    hitman:addXPBoost(Perks.LongBlade, 10)
    hitman:addXPBoost(Perks.Spear, 10)
    hitman:addXPBoost(Perks.SmallBlunt, 10)
    hitman:addXPBoost(Perks.SmallBlade, 10)
    hitman:addXPBoost(Perks.Maintenance, 10)
    hitman:addXPBoost(Perks.Driving, 10)
    hitman:addFreeTrait("TrainedAssassin");

    UI_prof_Hitman = "Hitman",
    UI_profdesc_hitman = "Extremely high combat skills. Starts with a silenced handgun, a knife and some extra magazines.",```

obviously the UI stuff is in UI_EN.txt

[grizzled grove]

you bastard, they finally fixed rando key IDs 😂

[drifting ore]

Your arg is not at the right place, see an example of my mod:

surgeon = ProfessionFactory.addProfession(
            'surgeon',                     -- Ingame name
            getText("UI_prof_surgeon"),    -- Display name
            "profession_surgeon",          -- Icon path
            -6,                            -- Point cost
            getText("UI_profdesc_surgeon") -- Description

[tulip valve]

arg? What is an arg xD

Argument?

[drifting ore]

Yes

[tulip valve]

    cabdriver:addXPBoost(Perks.Driving, 10);
    cabdriver:addXPBoost(Perks.Mechanics, 2);```

This is what I have for the Cab Driver, its exactly the same and yet it works

[drifting ore]

So maybe its because there is no Driving perks

[tulip valve]

Your surgeon example dosnt work, it broke everything lol

[tulip valve]

There is, I have put Driving Perks on all the other Profession and they work just fine

[drifting ore]

O ok mb, so there is the full code that add the profession in my mod:

local function AddProfession()
    local surgeon = ProfessionFactory.addProfession(
            'surgeon',
            getText("UI_prof_surgeon"),
            "profession_surgeon",
            -6,
            getText("UI_profdesc_surgeon")
    );
    surgeon:addXPBoost(Perks.Doctor, 4);
    surgeon:addXPBoost(Perks.SmallBlade, 3);
    surgeon:getFreeRecipes():add("Make metal hand");
    surgeon:getFreeRecipes():add("Make metal hook");
    surgeon:getFreeRecipes():add("Make wooden hook");
    surgeon:getFreeRecipes():add("Combine real surgeon kit");
    surgeon:getFreeRecipes():add("Combine surgeon kit");
    surgeon:getFreeRecipes():add("Combine improvised surgeon kit");

    local profList = ProfessionFactory.getProfessions()
    for i=1,profList:size() do
        local prof = profList:get(i-1)
        BaseGameCharacterDetails.SetProfessionDescription(prof)
    end
end

Events.OnGameBoot.Add(AddProfession);

It's go in shared!

[tulip valve]

same problem, used that code :/

            'hitman',
            getText("UI_prof_hitman"),
            "profession_hitman",
            -40,
            getText("UI_profdesc_hitman")
    );
    hitman:addXPBoost(Perks.Aiming, 10);
    hitman:addXPBoost(Perks.Reloading, 10);
    hitman:addXPBoost(Perks.Fitness, 5);
    hitman:addXPBoost(Perks.Axe, 10);
    hitman:addXPBoost(Perks.Blunt, 10);
    hitman:addXPBoost(Perks.LongBlade, 10);
    hitman:addXPBoost(Perks.Spear, 10);
    hitman:addXPBoost(Perks.SmallBlunt, 10);
    hitman:addXPBoost(Perks.SmallBlade, 10);
    hitman:addXPBoost(Perks.Maintenance, 10);
    hitman:addXPBoost(Perks.Driving, 10);
    hitman:addFreeTrait("TrainedAssassin");```

Game dosn't like Hitman, that must be it.

[rocky wagon]

Okay, this is gonna seem a little crude, but I'm trying to work on a personal, local-only edit of the More Traits mod. How or where are trait exclusions handled usually? Is there a particular place for those to be defined, or are they usually somewhere in the core script/code for the trait?

Nevermind, I just found em. Defined in the NPC code, odd.

[drifting ore]

Is there a way to make spawnitems be already equipped when I respawn?

[opal wind]

guys im a lua noob here ,im trying to make my first lua coding, i manage to learn from other mods some, i set this on my lua file for Medicine Effects; i made a anti-sickness pill (-sickness) and a stimulant pill (-fatigue), the first one is already working, but i dont know if my code is right for the fatigue part, it doesnt work 😦

function WizRemoveSickness(items, result, player) <------------- first part works
local sickness = 10;
MSPStats(player, sickness);
end
--stat stuff
function MSPStats(player, sickness)
player:getBodyDamage():setFoodSicknessLevel(player:getBodyDamage():getFoodSicknessLevel() - sickness);
end

function WizRemoveFatigue(items, result, player) <---- this how do i set fatigue?
local fatigue = 10;
MSPStatsB(player, fatigue);
end
--stat stuff
function MSPStatsB(player, fatigue)
player:getBodyDamage():setFatigueLevel(player:getBodyDamage():getFatigueLevel() - fatigue);
end

[hollow shadow]

Where’s marked room key

[bright acorn]

You got the animations to work? Share your secrets oh wise one! 😂 I'm still struggling with it lol

[opal wind]

Btw when i set like this i got no errors it just wont remove fatigue

[languid nimbus]

I import a base animation from the game just for the model in fragmotion, then I animate it there and export it in .x

[bright acorn]

What are your export settings? seems as soon as I export even a base animation it refuses to play

[languid nimbus]

Default settings, didn't change anything

It works perfectly for me when changing an existing AnimSet, but I can't figure out how to create my own animset for a custom gun type

[bright acorn]

Hmm gonna try this again XD

[bright acorn]

Sorry just to confirm.. when exporting to .x you're using Format: text, Rotation: quaternion, and no other options selected?

[languid nimbus]

I don't know if it's just some nonsense I do, but I always rename the animation to the same name I'm going to use in the xml

[autumn torrent]

Is there any documentation or anything on how to parse how the LUA is designed? Like, I just want to make another dropdown selection in the sandbox UI, but I can't find anything in the LUA that traces back to the dropdowns that already exist, like Hearing or Sight, and it feels like that for pretty much everything I try to not make from scratch.

[drifting ore]

This is a ISComboBox in media/lua/client/ISUI

function MyUI:create()
    self.comboBox = ISComboBox:new(x, y, w, h, self);
    self.comboBox:initialise();
    self.comboBox:instantiate();
    self:addChild(self.comboBox);

    local keys = {"One", "Two", "Three"}
    for key,value in pairs(keys) do
        self.comboBox:addOption(key);
    end
end

[odd notch]

sandbox-options.txt

sandbox_en.txt goes in your lua/shared/translate/EN

i set the page to BuffysMods so it created a new page with the string listed by the same variable in the sandbox_en.txt i've never tried adding them to existing pages but i imagine you just... set the page name to the same as the basegame one, no?

best practice to make your own page section for your mod stuff though. end users aren't reliable to comb sandbox options to find your settings themselves, nor recognize a non-vanilla setting in a list of vanilla ones

[autumn torrent]

Yes, you can just use the name of the page in the basegame. Though, if you try to add UI elements to the ZombieLore page, since it has the weird proper zombies checkbox, it does some strange stuff.

[odd notch]

i figured it worked that way xD

[autumn torrent]

But I appreciate the help. Thanks a lot you two 🙂

[odd notch]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-power-cat-cat-pillow-repost-this-post-this-cat-gif-23865940

[drifting ore]

I misunderstood, I thought you were trying to make a combo box in a new UI xD

[autumn torrent]

Oh, no. I was actually trying to make UI under the ZombieLore page, but I think I'll stick with having it on its own page for now so I can work on something other than UI lol

[drifting ore]

If anyone is available 5min for me to test my mod on my server that would be great. Just log in, I tp you, I do a medical check and it's good. I'm available for about 40min. Send me a mp

hey guys how do i make clothing like jackets open and close using right click menu

[drifting ore]

Example for the item Hat_BandanaMask:

ClothingItemExtra = Hat_Bandana;Hat_BandanaTied,
ClothingItemExtraOption = UntieBandana;TieBandana,

ClothingItemExtra is the new item and ClothingItemExtraOption the name of the menu

[bright acorn]

DUUUUDDDEE that was it xD thank you!!

well that and export groups I think, one of those things fixed it lol

[opal wind]

darn lol why this code wont work? fatigue just dont change

function WizRemoveFatigue(items, result, player)
local Fatigue = 10;
WizStatsB(player, Fatigue);
end
--stat stuff
function WizStatsB(player, Fatigue)
player:getStats():setFatigue(self.character:getStats():getFatigue() - Fatigue);

end

it does not give errors

aaah man i cant believe it was just a type error lol

guys is there any place i can see these game stats and such?

how people can mod these, like they guess too like i did?

[autumn torrent]

I'm also looking for these stats. I'll let you know if I find anything useful.

[opal wind]

also like for example, how do i know what is fatigue value when the player is extremly tired and such

i will let u know too!

[autumn torrent]

I think all player stats are on a scale from 0-100, but thats just my guess

[willow estuary]

    local stats = player:getStats()
    local fatigue = stats:getFatigue()
    stats:setFatigue(NEW_VALUE_HERE)

[autumn torrent]

I think fatigue is actually on a scale of 0 to 1, which might be why subtracting 10 doesnt work. try doing player:getStats():setFatigue(self.character:getStats(): getFatigue() - self.character:getStats():getFatigue()); and seeing if that removes the player's fatigue

[lavish citrus]

Can anyone tell me why all the cities I downloaded worked in my regular hosted game, but are not showing up and are not in my map world for this dedicated server i started.......

[autumn torrent]

This might be a dumb question, but do they state that they work for multiplayer?

[lavish citrus]

Yes and they did when i ran a regular hosted server

Not in my dedicated tho......

[autumn torrent]

I was correct in assuming fatigue is 0 to 1. Take a look at the ISStatsAndBody.lua file

[civic galleon]

player:getStats():setFatigue(math.max(0, modData.swfFatigue)) if you want to prevent values from dipping below 0

you also will likely want to use mod variable to change a player's stats

local player = getPlayer()
local modData = player:getModData()
modData.swfFatigue = player:getStats():getFatigue()
modData.swfEndurance = player:getStats():getEndurance()

This way the data is stored by a variable that can exist even after your function has ended, as otherwise values do not save

I am unsure how helpful any of this info is, but its the one thing I have spent some time messing with

also someone please correct me if I am wrong about anything ive said

[autumn torrent]

Can anybody find the file(s) indicating how the sandbox options are applied to the game? Like, where's the code that handles changing the radius of zombies hearing when a player selects "Pinpoint" from the Sandbox Hearing combobox?

[civic galleon]

default if hosting on Windows is C:\Users\your_user_name\Zomboid\Server\servername_SandboxVars.lua

[opal wind]

ohh thanks i will check that file!

[opal wind]

what you mean it wont save?

[civic galleon]

When using local var = getStats() that var loses its value when the function ends

It does not hold if you were to call that var again after that function that called and created it ends.

I am not sure if you need to store stats beyond a single application, but that is how I do it for Sleep With Friends

[wintry zealot]

Where can I find information on setting up IntelliJ?

[opal wind]

can i test this by loading the savegame and checking ?

you mean it wont save like after you reload the game or just for servers?

[civic galleon]

I am unsure if it saves outside of an instance, nor if it is client or server dependent

[civic galleon]

I mean in your mod's .lua wher you have your functions. when your function runs it ends. any values you saved as just local var = will not save for when your mod's function run again

[lapis dagger]

I'm not sure if this is the right section for this question but does anyone know of a simple mod that allows access to tools/meds from containers in a backpack without first equipping the item, for example if i want to sew something up from my sewing kit that's in my backpack it'll find it for me and then equip it.

[forest socket]

any idea how long the "Air raid siren" event goes for in expanded helicopter mod? Hoping its just a single day

really ominous and scary lmfao

[civic galleon]

function test()
  local player = getPlayer()
  local fati = player:getStats:getFatigue()
end
function test2()
  local player = getPlayer()
  local player:getStats:setFatigue = fati
end

running function test2 would result in attempting to set the players Fatigue to nil as the variable fati does not save outside of the function it was created in, unless you set the variable to a players ModData, like so:

function test()
  local player = getPlayer()
  local modData = player:getModData()
  modData.fati = player:getStats:getFatigue
end
function test2()
  local player = getPlayer()
  local modData = player:getModData()
  local player:getStats:setFatigue = modData.fati
end

[wintry zealot]

where are mods stored locally?

I cant see them in the steam workshop folder

[quasi geode]

local fati -- declare local outside the functions
function test()
  local player = getPlayer()
  fati = player:getStats:getFatigue()
end
function test2()
  local player = getPlayer()
  player:getStats:setFatigue(fati) -- this line was way off
end

[civic galleon]

you know how embarrasing it is to be looking at my code then write what I did

function swfIG()
    local player = getPlayer()
    local modData = player:getModData()
    if player:isAsleep() then
        if  modData.swfLoopCheck == 1 then
            modData.swfFatigue = (modData.swfFatigue - modData.swfFatTwo)
            modData.swfEndurance = (modData.swfEndurance + modData.swfEndur)
            player:getStats():setFatigue(math.max(0, modData.swfFatigue))
            player:getStats():setEndurance(math.min(1, modData.swfEndurance))
            if player:getStats():getFatigue() <= 0 and SandboxVars.SleepWithFriends.AutoWake == 1 then
                modData.swfLoopCheck = 0
                player:forceAwake()    
                end
        elseif modData.swfLoopCheck == 0 then
            modData.swfFatigue = player:getStats():getFatigue()
            modData.swfEndurance = player:getStats():getEndurance()
            modData.swfFatOne = (SandboxVars.SleepWithFriends.SleepLength * 60)
            modData.swfFatTwo = (1 / modData.swfFatOne)
            modData.swfEndur = (modData.swfFatTwo * SandboxVars.SleepWithFriends.EndurMulti)
            modData.swfLoopCheck = 1
        end
    else
        modData.swfLoopCheck = 0
    end
end

wait, I did waht I did because I am not directly applying saved values, but editting them before applying

[quasi geode]

no need to store in moddata unless you need persistence across restarts, just store in a variable defined outside the function scope

[civic galleon]

JK I remembered my issue wrong

Thanks for the trick that will clean up my coding

[opal wind]

im very confused rn lol

[quasi geode]

well obviously its going to depend on the nature of the code too (and how its called) but its easier to pass variables between unrelated functions that way

[civic galleon]

I was attempting to teach how to store vars, as I was under the impression vars never saved without being included in data outside of the function, and I never thought to do what was just taught to me lmao

ope

[opal wind]

well its working fine like this:

function WizRemoveFatigue(items, result, player)
local Fatigue = 10;
WizStatsB(player, Fatigue);
end

function WizStatsB(player, Fatigue)
player:getStats():setFatigue(player:getStats():getFatigue() - Fatigue);
end

i just need to change that local fatigue value

you saying if i load the game again my char will be tired again?

[civic galleon]

no

[opal wind]

so i can keep it like that?

since someone told fatigue is 0-1 i prb need to set that to 1 i guess or o?

[civic galleon]

1 fatigue is completely fatigued

[opal wind]

yes but its what i reduce

so its tired 1, i reduce -1

• Fatigue);

it is working with 10 thou for some reason lol

[civic galleon]

if all you are doing is setting fatigue to 0 you can use getPlayer()getStats():setFatigue(0)

just jump straight to setting the stat to 0

[opal wind]

yeah i guess but like that i can edit the value as i want

[civic galleon]

of course

[opal wind]

hum

thanks a lot man i will test it out later to see if its working fine

[civic galleon]

if you have a need for that, I was only saying if you are only setting Fatigue to 0 in one move

we both learned something so thank you

and thank you @quasi geode

[opal wind]

yeah i guess it makes sense too, its a pill, but maybe setting to 0 would be kinda OP lol, the item gives 10 uses (10 pills ) 😄

[civic galleon]

hmmm

[opal wind]

i was thinking if it accept values like 0.5

[civic galleon]

I am sure you will find a good balance

it will

in Sleep With Friends it edits the Fatigue by as low as -0.0042 an in game minute

[opal wind]

hum

[civic galleon]

I use get and set stats with a formula to set how long it takes for a char to fully recover while sleeping, using values set by the host to complete the formula

[opal wind]

so there are 4 states of Fatigue; Drowsy, Tired, Very Tired and Ridiculously Tired (this would be =1)

then 0 is not tired

[civic galleon]

correct

I know they are not linear as well (.25, .5, .75, 1)

[opal wind]

yes correct

hum so maybe 0.25 would be kinda balanced; 3 pills to remove ridicul tired to 0

i mean 4

[blissful plinth]

hi

i came here to ask if anyone knew if there is an option or mod to add a smoke effect when you smoke

sorry for my english xD

[opal wind]

smoking have effects on smoker trait chars; removing negative moddlets

but if you want to add extra effects you can look the cannabis mod structure, im sure you will find something there

[blissful plinth]

sorry maybe i expressed myself wrong, i mean a mod that adds like a visual cloud of smoke

[opal wind]

i wonder why this stat, unhappiness, have 3 numbers there on ISStatAndBody

self:addSliderOption(body,"UnhappynessLevel", 0, 100, 1);

0,100,1

on fatigue is just 0,1

[opal wind]

ahhh yeah that would be cool hehe

[quasi geode]

min, max and step (number to increment)
ie: 0,100,1 min 0, max 1 and increments of 1
fatigue is a float, min and max are 0 and 1, so the third arg is less useful (in this case, not needed at all)

[opal wind]

but what about unhappines? if i want a 'happy' pill i need to use the 100 scale or the 1 scale?

[quasi geode]

i'd assume its a integer value from 0 to 100 since thats what the slider uses. cant say for sure though without looking

[autumn torrent]

Yah, I would assume you just pass an integer from 1 to 100, rather than a float from 0 to 1.

Does anybody know why the names of my UI elements appear like this: Sandbox_AIZ_Speed_option3 instead of being displayed by the value I set in the Sandbox_EN.txt file?

as i link the wrong image several times

It's probably an error in the Sandbox_EN.txt file, now that i think about it

[weary matrix]

@autumn torrent try this maybe: translation = AIZzombieConfig_AIZ_Speed and Sandbox_AIXzombieConfig_AIZ_Speed_option3

but maybe you'll have to get rid of the underscore in AIZ_Speed

[autumn torrent]

i will give that a shot

[weary matrix]

for example:
https://github.com/quarantin/zomboid-no-disassembling-please/blob/main/media/sandbox-options.txt
https://github.com/quarantin/zomboid-no-disassembling-please/blob/main/media/lua/shared/Translate/EN/Sandbox_EN.txt

[autumn torrent]

I'm actually surprised to find that i think i have to name it translation = AIZ_InactiveSpeed and Sandbox_AIZ_InactiveSpeed I know you don't have to use the object name (or whatever you wanna call it) cuz Foraging Buff doesn't, and that's what I've been using as my guide.

The messed up part is that there's no highlighting or anything, so the error could be practically anywhere and idk what it is lol

[drifting ore]

yeah, it's super hard to check for server errors and mods

[autumn torrent]

For some reason, I can't get the example MySandboxMod mod, which contains the syntax for setting up modded sandbox options, to even show in the mod list, which is strange.

I'm a dummy. My Translate folder is in the wrong directory. Yikes

[opal wind]

so if its for like Food Poison sickness, witch is like that, i should set the value to like 25?

function WizRemoveSickness(items, result, player)
local sickness = 10; <------------------ i was testing this in-game and its like just take a little bit, the queaze effect comes back and you have to take like more 2-3 pills to remove it
WizStats(player, sickness);
end
--stat stuff
function WizStats(player, sickness)
player:getBodyDamage():setFoodSicknessLevel(player:getBodyDamage():getFoodSicknessLevel() - sickness);
end

because i think food poison is like it gives this damage to the body for a time, so when you take the pill and remove 10, the food poison comes again damaging X, i guess works like that right?

[opal wind]

i mean foodsickness damage is over time, not on a single 'blow'

i can be wrong thou lol

[heady forum]

Good day,
Anyone know why when I "place" my modded item in-game, I do not see the item by the mouse cursor like other items?
I can still click and the character puts it on the ground, and I can see it on the ground, but during the "place" function, I'm not seeing it.
Thoughts?
Thanks!

[opal wind]

i think you prb are talking about Tiles, and your item is a 3d object?

[autumn torrent]

When you get so carried away with the backstory of your custom scenario that you accidently write a 400 word essay that no one will ever read.

[heady forum]

thanks for the thought. I think I may have figured it out. I didn't have the 3d object in the correct folder. I just can't seem to get it to use .fbx. I can use a .x, but that's not my model. When I try to use my model (.fbx) it doesn't show up.

Also,
do you know what the difference is between
StaticModel =
and
WorldStaticModel =
in the item description text file?
Much appreciated.

[opal wind]

it does not show as .fbx because of scale

.fbx models are x100 times smaller than .x ones

u can just fix that scaling

staticmodel is the one that shows on your hand, worldstatic is the one that show when its on ground/world

like when you take a pill for example, the staticmodel is the pill bottle on your hands

[heady forum]

Thank you so much. That helps immensely.
Do you know if there is an online resource (wiki for example) for explaining these descriptions rather than asking in a chat?

[opal wind]

i wish man, i could use that too

[opal wind]

anybody knows what is causing this error? happens when i hover the mouse over the clothing

just 2 specific pieces

this is the item that give these errors when i hover the mouse it on the inventory

item Wiz_BurterArmor
{
DisplayCategory = Clothing,
Type = Clothing,
DisplayName = Burter Armor,
ClothingItem = Wiz_BurterArmor,
BodyLocation = TorsoExtra,
Icon = Wiz_BurterArmor,
BloodLocation = ShirtNoSleeves,
ScratchDefense = 100,
BiteDefense = 100,
Weight = 2.0,
BulletDefense = 70,
Insulation = 0.5,
WindResistance = 1.0,
WaterResistance = 1.0,
WorldStaticModel = Wiz_BurterArmor_ground,
}

[weary matrix]

It seems you're trying to have the engine use an InventoryContainer where it is expecting a Clothing item

See the class cast exception at the end of the stack trace

[karmic heath]

Anyone knows why i can't extract a pack as a tileset ? only as separate images.

[karmic heath]

Also i can't make a pack that works ingame.

i'm trying to make a simple mod that adds movable posters. The recipe works, i can craft the item, then, when i try to place it on a wall, it doesn't work.

The only thing i have which is different from other similar working mods is the texture pack.

i'm using gimp for the image export, and most tutorials use photoshop, maybe the export format is wrong ?

[fleet sedge]

Is there a mod where I can control where my second character will spawn if my first one dies? I don't want to spawn very far from my safe house if ever my character dies.

[karmic heath]

Which texture orientation should WorldObjectSprite point to ?

{
    Weight    =    0.2,    
    Type    =    Moveable,
    WorldObjectSprite =    my_flag_01_13,
    DisplayName    =    MyFlag,
    Icon    =    Flag,
}```

[weary matrix]

You should ask this kind of question in #mod_support . But you can configure the server to respawn inside your safehouse

[rain pumice]

http://www.projectzomboid.com/modtools/ModdingGuide2.rtf

is this one still relevant

[primal knot]

How could I get all the squares that belong to a building? I achieved to get them from a single room with

getPlayer():getCurrentSquare():getRoom():getSquares()

but I don't know how to get all IsoRoom from an IsoBuilding. Tried to access the public property

getPlayer():getCurrentSquare():getBuilding().Rooms

but for some reason this always returns nil

[fleet sedge]

Oh, I see. Thank you

[charred knoll]

I have a quick question, do I have to relog every time i edit my mod or is there a way to 'restart' it ?

[drifting ore]

On the main menu don' t choose any mod (or just mod manager), and then choose mod only when you make a new game. Like that when you go back to the main menu, the game reload vanilla lua and when you click continue, it's reload all lua mod of the save. And the second load of a save is like 10 time faster

and you don' t start the game

Afterwards, if you change the translations or the textures, it doesn't work. Have to restart the game

[charred knoll]

Will do thank you 🙂

[leaden notch]

is there an api to toggle electricity/water in the whole world? i've been going through the vanilla files and cant seem to fine anything directly related nvm i found the setHaveElectricity function

cant find anything about water tho

is there a way to get all grids in a world?

[languid nimbus]

If anyone knows how to set a new weapon property that can be checked under conditions so that I can change the animations please let me know, almost giving up ç_ç
Or a list of properties that can be verified in m_Conditions

[low yarrow]

Anyone know how you can turn into a ghost (Runnin through objects and very quickly)?
I managed to do it once but i forgot how

(Debug mode)

[charred knoll]

I am back here to ask for some help...
For some reasons that I don't understand when I turn on my mod that just add an item it break the crafting tab.
(Sorry for the french part) I didn't do much so I am kinda wondering what happened

[burnt axle]

hey, me and my friend are playing on a server with mods that we added, and everything's going fine, except for brita's weapon pack not working, any idea as to why this is happening?

[outer laurel]

anyone know a mod to load gasoline into bottles?

hello?

[clear lodge]

Use #mod_support ...

[drifting ore]

@quasi geode Ok so I tried different thing and I end up with that but it's not working and I can't make it work. Do you have any idea why ? My player say just Asked player xx, with the good name. But that it. No error so I guess the SendServer function is nevercall.

Server:

---Server side
local Commands = {}

Commands["SendServer"] = function(player, arg)
    arg["To"]:Say("To")
    arg["From"]:Say("From")
    sendServerCommand(arg["To"], "TOC", arg["command"], arg)
end

local onClientCommand = function(module, command, player, args)
    if module == 'TOC' and Commands[command] then
        args = args or {}
        Commands[command](_, args)
    end
end
Events.OnClientCommand.Add(onClientCommand)

Client:

local Commands = {}

function Ask(player)
    local arg = {}
    arg["From"] = getPlayer()
    arg["To"] = player
    arg["command"] = "SendOriginal"
    sendClientCommand(moduleName, "SendServer", arg)
    getPlayer():Say("Asked to " .. player:getUsername())
end

Commands["Get"] = function(arg)
    TOC_PATIENT_ModData = arg["toSend"]
    getPlayer():Say("Get")
end

Commands["SendOriginal"] = function(arg)
    local o = {}
    o["From"] = getPlayer()
    o["To"] = arg["From"]
    o["command"] = "Get"
    o["toSend"] = getPlayer():getModData()
    sendClientCommand(moduleName, "SendServer", o)
    getPlayer():Say("Send org")
end

The problem may be that I send isoplayers. Is it better that I send the player index and get the player on the server side ?

[quasi geode]

yep. cant send IsoPlayer instances

[drifting ore]

Ok, can I get the iso player on the server ?

[quasi geode]

eh use the player index like you said, though theres no reason for sending this to the server: o["From"] = getPlayer()
the server already knows who its from local onClientCommand = function(module, command, player, args) << with the player argument there
which should be passed to the function in your Commands table... instead of calling it like this Commands[command](_, args) since your passing it _ which is nil. that should be player

[drifting ore]

yep, that the first test ^^ I just want it to work and after I optimize.
So I change arg["To"] = playerNum and it's work ?

Like sendServerCommand(player, module, command, arg), player is an ID ?

[quasi geode]

no player is the isoplayer instance of who its being sent to

you'll need to fetch the instance from the id number

[drifting ore]

like that : getSpecificPlayer(playerNum) ?

[quasi geode]

ya

[drifting ore]

Ok, a rly big thx that should work this that !

O and player:getPlayerIndex() is the online index ?

[frank rivet]

Is there a mod tutorial section in this discord I can refer to? Thank you. Sorry if posting in wrong channel

[drifting ore]

Look at pinned message but otherwise
https://github.com/FWolfe/Zomboid-Modding-Guide
https://github.com/MrBounty/PZ-Mod---Doc

[dull parrot]

yep, i like this community, very active and fine XD

[small topaz]

hi! there is this strange behavior of the transparent stockings and tights vanilla clothing items. some of you have probably already noticed. they make the player model somewhat transparent so that you can seen parts of the environment which usually should be hidden by the player model. see the screenshot to see what i mean. my question is whether there is a "correct" way to make transparent clothing items which do not have this undesirable behavior of the vanilla tights and stockings. they should simply show parts of the player model but nothing else. one way to solve the problem is by "glueing" some parts of the player texture to the texture of the clothing item but i am wondering whether there might be a better way...

the white-ish area on the stockings are in fact part of the fence. can be seen better when you are in game and move.

[broken kayak]

I've never noticed any transparency on stockings, though I had this problem when I tried to make transparent clothing way back.

[small topaz]

this occurs even in vanilla

[broken kayak]

Well clothing that have no 3D models directly replace the character's skin texture everywhere the alpha channel isn't zero, and I don't know if there is a way to counteract this.

[undone crag]

Maybe you could make the mask partly transparent rather than the texture? I have not used masks for a long time so I may not be able to reliably say exactly what they do now.

[small topaz]

in that case, it's probably not possible (except for some clunky workarounds)

[small topaz]

i do not know how to make a custom mask. when a vanilla item uses a mask, it seems to choose it from a predefined list ranging from 1-15: https://ibb.co/Nrgt9Yq

but i have never actually used masks. so i do not really know anything about that. 😉

[undone crag]

It is a png. Its file path is in the .something file like how its texture file path is. You could copy a mask folder or file (one of the two) as a template and make it a bit transparent to test?

[small topaz]

will give it a try but i still do not know how to handle those predefined masks. just ignoring them or deleting them from the xml?

[undone crag]

I have not modded PZ xml files for a while. Mask ID's hide body parts, which is good for clothing with its own model. The mask png thing, I don't know what to type.

[opal wind]

yeah i saw that part; the strange is that the 2 itens that give this error dont have any inventorycontaniner attach on them

[opal wind]

the reason is simple; stockings are not a mesh; its a texture over the avatar body, so the body gets trasnlucent, makes sense i guess, it does work on meshed parts thou

[autumn torrent]

This is probably a silly question, but if I want to add some code to one of the functions in a lua file from the base game, I have to copy the whole file to my mod folder and then edit it, right? I can't append functionality to a function, or just overwrite a single function?

[opal wind]

and + no items i did spawn on zombies, i really dont get this error

[weary matrix]

no simple answer to that question, but I would not recommend copying the whole file, also would probably not work as you expect, and could break the game if other mods do the same

which function do you want to replace?

[autumn torrent]

Well, I really just want to add my own sandbox preset alongside my mod, but the sandbox presets are initialized in SandboxOptions.lua

[opal wind]

this error im getting is so strange, because these itens are not inventory containers

[weary matrix]

I guess you could simply hook: SandboxOptionsScreen:loadPresets()

[weary matrix]

got your code on github or something?

[autumn torrent]

lemme see what i can work out. thanks!

[weary matrix]

do you kow how to hook? 😅

[small topaz]

depending on how many functions you want to override and how interdependent they are on other function from the .lua file, overwriting the whole .lua file could be a legitimate option imo. but there are different philosophies on that issue.

[autumn torrent]

no idea what that means XD

very new to lua

[weary matrix]

well if your philosophy endorse breaking the game and / or creating incompatibilities with other mods, sure go with it 😂

[opal wind]

hum not yet, you mean like my entire mod codding?

[weary matrix]

yes

[opal wind]

i never post anything on Githug not a clue how to do it... 😦

[weary matrix]

@autumn torrent try something like this in your mod:

local SandboxOptionsScreen_loadPresets = SandboxOptionsScreen.loadPresets
SandboxOptionsScreen:loadPresets()
    SandboxOptionsScreen_loadPresets(self)
    -- add your custom preset here
end```

[opal wind]

its so strange only happens when i hover the mouse over those items

[small topaz]

if the devs make an update which makes a single change to the lua file from which you overwrite a single function, this may break your mod or your mod may break the game. if you overwrite the whole .lua file, the dev's update will have no effect but at the same time, the game will not break when your mod is enabled. onyl the update won't take effect. never thought about this i gues....

[opal wind]

maybe i could .zip all my scripts and lua files?

[weary matrix]

I respect your opinion but I don't really agree with it

[leaden notch]

Is there an api to set whether the world/chunk/grid has an unlimited water supply?

[weary matrix]

what if two different mods need to overwrite the same file?

if you do a proper hook it should have no impact for example

[small topaz]

as i said, it is a matter of how interdependent the function you'd like to overwrite is with the other functions. if it is only interdependent with functions from the same lua, overriting the whole lua might not be as bad as a lot of people tend to think....

[weary matrix]

I think you just don't realize how bad it is

[small topaz]

then you should ask yourself this question: what is worse, your mod being incompatible with other mods or your mod breaking the whole game (and potentially all save games) when a vanilla game update occurs?

btw mods being incompatible with other mods is fairly standard and occurs quite often, even without overwriting stuff

[weary matrix]

well the answer to that question is obvious I think but has nothing to do with what was being said before?

[weary matrix]

and also sure people can write crap mods but that doesn't make my initial point to be invalid?

[autumn torrent]

I'm going to intervene

[opal wind]

haha good point, and i dont think most mods are incompatible with each other, most times people use packs with dozens of mods without problems

[autumn torrent]

@small topaz while overwriting might ensure your code works with a new update, if the new update would have otherwise caused your code to stop working, then youll need to update it anyways as your mod file might be overwriting new functionality that could cause issues elsewhere or even omit new features of the update

[weary matrix]

way more chance to break a save by overwriting a full file than replacing a single function in that file

[small topaz]

it has absolutely sth to do with it! your point was that overwriting a whole lua might cause issues with other mods. my point was that issues with other mods might be less of a problem than issues with vanilla updates.

[small topaz]

as i said, it depends on how interdependent the stuff you'd like to overwrite is with other functions and other luas

[weary matrix]

@small topaz anyway I told you I respect your opinion, now let's just agree to disagree

[small topaz]

yea 😉

[small topaz]

this is to spidey lee and not to co 😉 : yea you have to update anyway but in case you overwrite the whole lua, people might still be able to play the mod and their save with the non-updated game. in the other case where the update might break it, they have to wait until the modder has updated the mod.

[autumn torrent]

hm. is there no way revert back to a previous version of the game?

[shut zinc]

Quick question, is it true that on MP there is a max distance at which user data is no longer updated on a client, specifically, every users X,Y Coordinates?
Also, is there a way to import the Zomboid libraries into intellij ultimate to get that sweet, sweet autocomplete?

[small topaz]

but i agree that issues might arise elsewhere. it is therefore advisable to check what other luas are calling functions from the lua you'd like to overwrite. i definitely agree that you always should be very careful when overwriting stuff.

[small topaz]

i guess so but from a "customer" perspective (ie the people playing your mod) it might also be nice if they don't have to do anything and can just play imo.

[autumn torrent]

I think both sides have their reason, but not overwriting and instead appending just seems like better practice in general. I'm sure there are cases where overwriting can be fine, or even better, but vast mod compatibility is a VERY valuable asset to any mod, especially if you're forcing a potential user to choose between your mod and someone else's, and possibly leaving them with a bad taste in their mouth cuz one of those two mods is now causing them issues due to incompatibility. You can make the argument of not using files that are frequently overwritten, but you can't take into account EVERY mod in the workshop

[small topaz]

btw thanks for the suggestion although i haven't been able to affect transparency by editing the masks so far. but was definitely worth a try. many thanks! 🙂

[autumn torrent]

Does anybody know of a mod that adds a sandbox preset that I can use as a reference?

[magic compass]

Is this the area I can request mods?

[autumn torrent]

I guess lol

[mint sphinx]

is it possible to make a lua scrip at a template for items ? i have like an item there should have a,b,c,d items and recipes for each item. is it possible to make a lua script there and read the items and crate + add it to the game it self? just like how the items.txt and recipe.txt do?

[strong bough]

Just Throw Them Out The Window is one of my "mandatory" mods for my MP server, you do great work

[drifting ore]

Prototype of my scrolling list with folder for my equipment tab

[high condor]

So i stumbled upon this page while looking for how to setup InteliJ https://github.com/Konijima/PZ-Libraries/blob/Tutorial/README.md
But i wonder, do i have to decompile the java files to make it work, i assume it helps with auto completion. And how do i do that, the tutorial doesnt show how to and i couldnt find anything specific anywhere

[mint sphinx]

does anyone know when the mods items.txt loads into the server setting ?

[strong bough]

Thats extremely cool but can I request a version without the loadout and just shows ammo/weapons/guns? There's already a really good mod by Ramp that shows armor loadout

[drifting ore]

The thing is that after the mod becomes seriously limiting, it would be almost useless. The goal is a bit to offer my version of this mod

[strong bough]

well i'll say one thing, you already are offering more as you cannot right click the armor pieces in that mod, iirc.

[drifting ore]

Trying a new approach. To see if it will be better

[strong bough]

Also you can't get to the tailoring screen easily, through that menu, you have to do it through the inventory

So that mod is "kinda" useless already lmao, its just a kinda cool reminder as to what you have on you, not so much for functionality

[drifting ore]

Yes the goal of my mod is to no longer go to the inventory for the equipment at all

[strong bough]

So disregard what I said initially, yours is looking great

[strong bough]

Sounds amazing lol

How stable is it rn?

[leaden notch]

I'm confused about how power works, I've tried running

getPlayer():getSquare():setHaveElectricity(false)

but the appliances in the area appear to still be powered? lights are on etc
is there something else I should do?

[drifting ore]

It works fine, no bugs. Just need some polishing

But main features are here and work

[strong bough]

Hell yeah. If you dont mind, as soon as you upload to workshop send the link and I'll like and download it

[cold burrow]

And it's me again. Let me know if i bore you with my opinion. :D

Could be great, if items shows right below specific section.
Like Accessory section and then all accessories below name Accessory. It's pretty hard to explain.

Currently:

Leg
Accessory
Head
Body
  Belt
  Holster

What i mean:

Leg
Accessory
  Belt
  Holster
Head
Body

[drifting ore]

It's already on the workshop but not this version, it's still under dev. It's the next update.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2726898781

[strong bough]

It should work with mods that add guns because you're hooking to the vanilla inventory, which shows the modded guns, right? I'm not much into modding but I dabbled in some lua back in the day on roblox lmao

Oh shit i'll check it out

[drifting ore]

That planned, it's what I call polishing 😉

[drifting ore]

It's work with every mod !

[cold burrow]

Oh, great <3

[strong bough]

Quick question, typically mods are tested on the workshop and therefore the creators include the "multiplayer" tag if they are known to work, right? well, is that exclusive for mods that don't have the tag and therefore still work on multiplayer just not tested extensively?

[drifting ore]

For me if there is no MP tag, it's at your own risk

But it's depend

[strong bough]

Yeah, makes sense

I can't get project russia to work on my MP server :C

[mint sphinx]

i would say yes. but i will say there might be bugs. i do fast test if it works and spawn on multiplayer but i havent found out how to make .test files to test the whole mod out so i just do a quick smoketest 👼

[willow estuary]

Personally, I only use that tag for mods that have multiplayer-specific components.
Since most mods should work in MP, and as modders better understand PZ+MP this will become more widespread, I feel like if it's used for mods that work in MP then it would lose all utility soon?

[strong bough]

Wait, they should work in mp?

So I can assume its safe to download mods without multiplayer tag and just test them one at a time to see if shit breaks?

Another question is there a way to stress test or is it basically if-it-starts-its-good type of thing

[willow estuary]

That's how people should be doing things anyways TBH IMO?

[quasi geode]

tags are near meaningless. people apply them to things that completely dont fit

[willow estuary]

This too, but I'm trying to be cheerful and diplomatic 😄

[strong bough]

I just put build 41 and multiplayer

which seems to show the best mods in most cases of the 500+ mods i've thoroughly looked through

I only have 150 on my server tho, lots of not so "realistic" mods on the realistic tag lmao

I wish we had an immersive tag but maybe thats the bethesda gamer in me

[willow estuary]

Tags quickly become useless on most platforms as the platform becomes more popular IME?
People "spam" the fuck out of tags on their pages to get more traffic + subs, etc.

[strong bough]

ahem

LUL

[sage epoch]

where can i mod the frozen food not being available for stews and soups?

\media\lua\client\ISUI

ISInventoryPaneContextMenu.lua

maybe?

[high condor]

So any tut on decompiling it?

[mint sphinx]

i agree but the problem is does it work for server multiplayer or the other muliplayer the one where you shared screen and could play together is it called "play together" over steam ?

[willow estuary]

Honestly, I believe people should just become accustomed to testing and evaluating mods themselves vs trusting tags?

Anyone can click on a tag when uploading a workshop item. But that person could be mistaken. Or could be lying.
There's nothing keeping insane 9 year olds or trained chimpanzees from uploading mods to the workshop, and saying that it works in MP. But that doesn't mean that it actually does work properly in MP?
Like Fenris said, tags quickly become meaningless 🤷

[odd notch]

so i'm creating a button but,, for some reason it just won't?? let me press it dfgvhgvdsgfh

        self:drawText("Click a (Buffy Dice) skill to roll a d20.", left + 5, y, 1, 1, 1, 1, UIFont.Small);
        self.reset = ISButton:new(10, y + 30, 20, 20, "Reset Dice Skills", self, reset_skills);
        self.reset.internal = "OK";
        self.reset.anchorTop = false
        self.reset.anchorBottom = true
        self.reset:initialise();
        self.reset:instantiate();
        self.reset.borderColor = {r=1, g=0, b=0, a=0.5};
        self:addChild(self.reset);
        y = y + 30

[mint sphinx]

i know 🙂 i made my mod in singleplayer and did check on multiplayer and when i tried it first time on mp it just didnt fully work ^^ but then report the bug and hope he fix or edit his tag. i have noticed some people dont really know some of the tags meaning

[odd notch]

what did i mess up

[strong bough]

Thats what the comment section is for, to know if shits borked or not 😛

[weary matrix]

no errors?

[willow estuary]

Personally, I believe there is a batshit bonkers insane amount of confused misinformation in the comments sections, I would not trust statements in the comment sections, and I believe that misinformation spreading via the comment sections is a genuine problem. Any time I look at the comment sections for mods, more often than not, I see people making outrageous claims that I know are wrong, and they're often very agitated about it as well?

[strong bough]

Yeah people don't know how to fix the most common issue which is steam being absolute utter garbage with auto-updating and workshop related issues

[willow estuary]

Same problems that society deals with outside of steam TBH, but, like tags, it's a case of a source of information becoming tainted,

[weary matrix]

also can you show your reset_skills function please?

[small topaz]

although i am currently working on a different part of the interface the ISButton call I use has a somewhat different argument structure than yours. here is what works for me in the character customisation screen:

presupposed that your button should have an effect on a single click. btw i am not an expert on this...

[drifting ore]

How do I make player corpses despawn every in game hour on my server?

[drifting ore]

It's seem ok for me, the problem should come from somewhere else

[odd notch]

oh i probably need- an onmousedown func dont i

[drifting ore]

No you usualy don't for a button

reset_skills is the function call when you press the button

[crisp fable]

it's a bit weird you have a global function for a button click event but otherwise it looks fine imo, i dont define anything but the last param either for it

[odd notch]

do buttons have to be initialized at the creation of the UI? or can i have a button created after it is initialised

[drifting ore]

You need a handler for the button

Like a windows and you put the button in it

[odd notch]

https://tenor.com/view/nataon-dimden-mr-potato-cat-gif-22527953

[opal wind]

tags... 🙂

[drifting ore]

I just saw that I read quickly sorry. I don't know that, I prefer to make a temporary UI rather than making elements appear and disappear. Like that no issue

[mint sphinx]

do you know if is possible to make a template.lua for items? like when i make an item in items.txt i want it to crate item a,b,c,d behind the scene so. and example have the item foonoditem { import base {} item foo { ....}

then make have the template.lua make the items
item bar_foo {
...
...
...
}
item bar_bar_foo{
..
...
...
} and so on and so on. what im doing really just need to be able to do in a template would make it easier to edit as well instead of edit on 140 items as it like right now

[autumn torrent]

Where in the world is the time of day stored? I neeeeeddd it

[odd notch]

https://zomboid-javadoc.com/41.65/zombie/GameTime.html#getTimeOfDay()

[autumn torrent]

API? Never head of 'em (thanks)

[weary matrix]

@autumn torrent are you looking for in-game time of day?

[autumn torrent]

yup

[willow estuary]

I've never heard of or seen anything that would imply as such, aside from vehicles having template functionality?
It might be worth looking at how vehicles do it, and experimenting with following, but it could be a dead end.
If you wanted to somehow automate applying parameters to items, maybe using the DoParam function with lua might be a solution?

local item = ScriptManager.instance:getItem("Base.Hat_Army")    
if item then 
    item:DoParam("BulletDefense = 100")
end

[mint sphinx]

it just have to run it all before it even spawn the items as well. but okay fair enough

[drifting ore]

Do you guys think it would be feasible for a vehicle that is locked to follow railroad track tiles

I imagine checking for the tile under a vehicle isn't impossible since its what prevents you from driving your cars across water tiles

[mint sphinx]

i was thinking about to make a train onces lol

[drifting ore]

Yea

The only issue I see with the concept is turns

[lapis dagger]

Hey guys is it possible to disable the godmode option and invisible option when im hosting a server? /setaccesslevel none doesn't seem to work and I don't want to feel tempted to use godmode to fix my character when I'm playing with friends.

[drifting ore]

I quote "Do you think we can make a train?" 😆

[mint sphinx]

work on the ladder and elevator first could be much more nice ^^

[odd notch]

are you in debug mode?

[drifting ore]

The long-awaited ladder

[lapis dagger]

@odd notch Not currently, no.

[odd notch]

in the admin panel -> edit admin powers

uncheck everything and hit save

and setaccesslevel requires a string username if you type it in chat like /setaccesslevel buffy none

[lapis dagger]

@odd notch Ok gotcha thank you, let me try that out.

@odd notch Still seem to have the option to enable godmode through the client panel after disabling godmode and setting my access to none

[odd notch]

you're the localhost, yes?

you will always have the admin panel

coop servers

[chrome sky]

Could anyone familiar with True Music tell me where the tapes/vinyls usually spawn ? Sifting through the mod files I cant find any info

[odd notch]

bookshelves, nightstands, etc

you can see the distributions in the media/lua/server/items folder

[odd notch]

but yes you will always have the option to enable your admin mode while the localhost

should throw up a dedicated server instead

[lapis dagger]

@odd notch I thought about that actually, I'm just being lazy and don't wanna go through the process of learning how to do that lol

[odd notch]

assuming your save is called like 'servertest' im pretty certain if you just run projectzomboidserver64.bat it will put up your save

you can find a guide for going from coop -> dedicated though it might be more complex

[lapis dagger]

@odd notch Ok cool, thank you so much for helping me out 😁

[odd notch]

gives me something to do while waiting for my game to load 81/81 chunks

speaking of my new dnd update is complete! now there'll be dnd style skills people can level separate from basegame skills for their d20 rolls

@drifting ore can u tell i gave up on the button concept :)

[drifting ore]

That's a shame ! here I have a guide to make a UI if you want, with a full example with a UI that opens when you click on Y and with a button that closes the window
https://github.com/MrBounty/PZ-Mod---Doc/blob/main/Make an custom UI.md

[lapis dagger]

Oh that's dope!

[odd notch]

hilariously i followed your guide, im going to wager it was due to the button being instantiated deep within conditions and far away from where the ui was created

or perhaps some trickery with that specific ui; theres an element thats overlaying it or something idk

[drifting ore]

Seem like parent issue

Try the full example, he work I just try it

It open an UI at you mouse

[undone heron]

yo MrBounty since you seem knowledgeable. Do you know where Strength and Reading is initialized in character creation so they start at 5?

marking
passive = true,
in the skill section seems to do absolutely nothing atm. Well, aside from Chuck checking it for skill journal mod.

[sage epoch]

what are the key bindings in the lua debugger? I have found F6 is step and F11 is continue

and how do I add a watch?

[quasi geode]

used to work in b40. digging around some old code snippits:

 local script = {"module Base {"}
for sound, range in pairs(swingSounds) do
      table.insert(script, "\tsound ".. sound)
      table.insert(script, "\t{")
      table.insert(script, "\t\tcategory = Item,")
      table.insert(script, "\t\tclip")
      table.insert(script, "\t\t{")
      table.insert(script, "\t\t\tevent = ".. sound ..",")
      table.insert(script, "\t\t\tdistanceMax = ".. range ..",")
      table.insert(script, "\t\t}")
      table.insert(script, "\t}")
end
table.insert(script, "}")
getScriptManager():ParseScript(table.concat(script, "\r\n"))

that was from a loop i used to generate the sounds.txt for orgm back in the day, using print on the last line to generate the file instead of :ParseScript though, used to be able to generate items with similar code, recipes were funky though, idk how well it will work with the new WorldDIctionary stuff, it probably wont work anymore in 41 though

[crisp fable]

F5 also does something, not sure if it's the same as step though.
to add watch right click one of the variables in the middle bottom screen (or maybe locals instead)

[sage epoch]

nice, thanks for the help

[brittle jewel]

F5 steps over (will stay in the current file) F6 steps in (will continue on the code path, into the next file).

[elder ermine]

Hi just have a question about a mod which is the Auto Tsar Trailers, If i add the mod in the middle of my playthrough will it still spawn the different types of trailers around the world/map?

[mint sphinx]

wouldnt it be the same way to generate recipe as item o.o

[quasi geode]

in theory yes, but it didnt work out so well...i had it generating all the mod's ammo types and boxes (items) and the recipes to open them. but the recipes wouldnt fully register. there was probably some validation step on recipes that was missing since it was generating later in the boot sequence, i never fully investigated the issue

instead i had it auto generate the items and recipes and print to file

[willow estuary]

😄

[quasi geode]

since that was better for compatibility and other people trying to understand what the mod was doing

[mint sphinx]

samething i need it for lol so its the scriptmanager you need to call on hmm also is there a speciel event you have to call on to get it before loot spawn on the server ?

[quasi geode]

eh loot spawns mostly as the world is explored. i really have my doubts though that autogeneration of items at runtime will be viable in 41, especially in a mp environment. better off to just use it to generate to a actual script file, assuming you only need it for generation due to timesaving (ie: avoid large amounts of redundant typing)....if you truely need dynamically generated items and recipes then that could be really problematic. but idk i really havent looked at this new worlddictionary stuff

[mint sphinx]

the items still need to be made set into the managementscript and then into Distributions hmm okay going to be interesting

[mint sphinx]

but will go to bed not and come and yell after you when i cant get it to work xD

[sour salmon]

Anyone know of a mod that increases the skill ceiling for first aid? By that I mean that it makes it more difficult for someone with no knowledge to just wrap their injury in ripped sheets and be healed in an hour.

[autumn torrent]

Is there an event for when the time changes in-game? something like what handles the changing of the time on a watch? I think I could use the OnTick event and just check gameTime:getTimeOfDay() each tick, but that seems incredibly inefficient

[undone heron]

every ten minutes event

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

[autumn torrent]

wow i literally looked right at that event as well. thanks lol

[autumn torrent]

i also didnt know i could go to the wiki for finding stuff like this. you have helped me in more ways than one 🙂

[drifting ore]

For more precision check this one https://pzwiki.miraheze.org/wiki/Modding:Lua_Events

[viscid elbow]

Are vanilla professions supposed to be available from ProfessionFramework.getProfession()? Doesn't seem to be the case from what I can tell
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1343686691

[drifting ore]

It's either getProfession(string) or getProfessions(). Is that what you're looking for?

I'm starting to hype myself 😆 @strong bough @cold burrow

[plucky sluice]

Anyone managed to setup emmyLua on vscode.. the plugin came with no doc and I hardly see a link between the available config and the one for intelliJ 🤔

[chrome nimbus]

Is it difficult to change what tools is required to destroy or disassemble something? I want to destroy the house porch/deck fences or the fences around fields with a hammer and saw. Is this easy to change?

[viscid elbow]

Yeah it's string, it's just that ProfessionFramework doesn't seem to load the vanilla ones, so it just returns null

[drifting ore]

Are you using the right one ? Like "unemployed" ?

[viscid elbow]

burglar

[drifting ore]

It's "burglar" in the file game so it should work

Otherwise you can try

local profList = ProfessionFactory.getProfessions()
for i=1,profList:size() do
    local prof = profList:get(i-1)
end

[viscid elbow]

Yeah I'm just doing it like that for now

[drifting ore]

Stay like that. Never change something that works xD

[viscid elbow]

but that also means you have to do this, which is the nice thing that ProfessionFramework usually takes care of:

local OldDoProfessions = BaseGameCharacterDetails.DoProfessions
local function DoProfessions() 
  OldDoProfessions()
  local prof = ProfessionFactory.getProfession("unemployed")
  prof:addFreeTrait("trait") 
end
BaseGameCharacterDetails.DoProfessions = DoProfessions

[feral anvil]

can you use a bbq grill in your house? just found one and never tried lol

[drifting ore]

I don't think

[chrome nimbus]

You don't think it can be done or don't think it's hard?

[drifting ore]

I don't think it's that hars but you have to understand coding and it gonna take some time

Especially learn how PZ works

[chrome nimbus]

Java won't be hard

[drifting ore]

It's lua, not java

[chrome nimbus]

I just need to find an example of the existing code and change the item reference

Lua then

[quasi geode]

profession framework doesnt define the vanilla ones by default, so they arent actually registered in the PF, thus ProfessionFramework.getProfession wont automatically fetch them

[drifting ore]

You gonna need to check the vanilla game file to see where the code to destroy is made, them understand how it's done and try to copy that to a new item. But start to make a custom item, check the pinned message

[willow estuary]

media/lua/shared/translate/EN is actually a pretty good shortcut for getting things like the names for professions, traits, etc.

[chrome nimbus]

Can't I just add the two tools to the list of tools that can be used for an action?

The sledge action for those items already exists, and there are multiple recipes and action that exist that can use one of several tools to complete an action

[quasi geode]

you can define them however like any other new profession using

ProfessionFramework.addProfession("unemployed", {
 traits = { } -- add traits in here
}

most of the other default values for that profession will stay

if theres a value it cant change on the vanilla ones that way it will throw a error msg in the console about it

[viscid elbow]

Oh thanks, I was afraid it would just completely redefine the profession, so it's good to know it'll keep existing values

[quasi geode]

though if i remember right it should beable to change everything on the default profs, just some of the default traits it will not beable to change a few things like cost

[drifting ore]

I not sure but I think the hammer is a bit different from the other tool and the action of destroying a tile il a specifique action

[chrome nimbus]

Ahhh

Is the test mod provided with the game a good place to start to see how I should be setting things up?

I'm assuming I can copy, rename it and then make any changes I need to

[viscid elbow]

Fenris_Wolf has a good guide on getting started. https://github.com/FWolfe/Zomboid-Modding-Guide

[pearl prism]

This is so cool

[lyric jungle]

any mods to fix that VHS XP bug where if you create a new character after the previous one has seen the VHS, they don't gain skills

or like, another way to fix it?

[gritty edge]

would anyone be willing to help me make a mod at all? gonna read the modding guide but if anyone would like to help that would be great ^^

[viscid elbow]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2728576799

[autumn torrent]

Quick question: whats the syntax you would use to call this function? CIZSandboxOptions.checkIfUpdateCIZSettings = function() end

I noticed throughout the files that functions were being defined in two different ways and I got confused. Some functions are defined likeCIZSandboxOptions.checkIfUpdateCIZSettings = function() and others are defined likefunction CIZSandboxOptions:checkIfUpdateCIZSettings()
What's the difference?

[viscid elbow]

There's no difference

They're both called by CIZSandboxOptions:checkIfUpdateCIZSettings()

[autumn torrent]

OOOHHH i think i understand now. thank you

[quasi geode]

theres a minor difference.

function CIZSandboxOptions:checkIfUpdateCIZSettings()
end

is the same as

function CIZSandboxOptions.checkIfUpdateCIZSettings(self)
end

calling them:

CIZSandboxOptions:checkIfUpdateCIZSettings()

is the same as

CIZSandboxOptions.checkIfUpdateCIZSettings(CIZSandboxOptions)

if its using : then it adds a variable argument self which contains the table holding the function

basically : is used for "Object Oriented" style programming

[autumn torrent]

I see. So in other words, I'm gonna be defining functions with the : from now on lol

[quasi geode]

as long as you call them with : as well, otherwise it generally gets confusing/leads to typo errors...but theres not much point unless the function needs a pointer to the table its contained in, like if your running multiple instances of the same table

[autumn torrent]

Right, that makes sense

[quasi geode]

things like IsoPlayer objects are a fine example, normally the functions need to know which player and theres multiple instances, why its player:Say("blah") and not player.Say("blah")
although you technically can do player.Say(player, "blah")

[viscid elbow]

Is there a way to make sure your OnGameBoot event gets called after another mod's?

[grand condor]

if (this.Activated && (GameTime.instance.getHour() > 22 || GameTime.instance.getHour() < 5)) {
    WorldSoundManager.instance.addSound((Object)null, (int)this.getX(), (int)this.getY(), (int)this.getZ(), 50, 3);
}```

Was told to put this here. Friend went and looked for the light switch noise code

[cold burrow]

Do i get it right, i could write something like:

function Class()

  function method1()
    print("this is from method 1")
  
  function method2()
    print("this is from method 2")

And then just call method with?

Class:method1()

Sry for asking, i'm pretty newb in lua, but would be good to know. I even didn't know that OOP exists in lua.

[quasi geode]

kinda a pain, if you know exactly which file in the other mod is adding the event, you can ensure yours gets loaded after either by using require or naming so it comes after in alphabetical order.
you could probably fake it by adding a function to another event firing before, and having that one add the real to OnGameBoot thus ensuring it falls last (i used to do this is with the events firing on sound banks loading...not sure if they still fire in build 41)

[quasi geode]

Class = {
  function method1()
    print("this is from method 1")
   end  
  function method2()
    print("this is from method 2")
   end
}

OOP doesnt actually exist in lua

it can fake it though

basically using metatables

[autumn torrent]

Another quick question: Where do print() statements get sent?

[quasi geode]

console

[cold burrow]

Oh. It's like associative array filled with functions.

[autumn torrent]

That's what I was hoping you didn't say lol

[quasi geode]

basically ya...though they arent quite associative arrays...tables are a hybrid of associative arrays, ordered arrays and fake objects XD

[cold burrow]

Oh, nope, it's not associative, it's just array.

[cold burrow]

Yeah. :D

Much appreciated your help and time. :)

Now i need to rewrite a few things :D

[viscid elbow]

That's a pretty good idea. Where can I get info on the order events are called?

[quasi geode]

uh i'm not sure theres any lists actually defining order. I havent actually done much modding for 41 yet so not currently sure whats happening before OnGameBoot

you can try OnLoadSoundBanks thats what i was using to delay adding to OnGameBoot

but not sure if its still valid

[viscid elbow]

Fair enough, thanks. I'll play around some different ones

[quasi geode]

sorry mutlitasking here, gave you a bunk example

Class = {
  method1 = function(self)
    print("this is from method 1")
   end,
  method2 = function(self)
    print("this is from method 2")
   end
}

there lol

[tulip valve]

Fenris being very active now it seems, is this a sign that Orgm is being worked on?

[quasi geode]

working off some of that rust. even started playing a game 😅

[tulip valve]

A game of zomboid?

[quasi geode]

lmao well i didnt mean some other random game 😜

[tulip valve]

[quasi geode]

damnit. i keep messing that example up..i'm just off today LOL

[cold burrow]

Fenris_Wolf, while you are here, i just can't not to ask.
I already trying to ask here, but still can't find solution.

Is there any way to completely remove item from a game with lua?
I already tried this one pretty bad workaround and it's works, but it leads to errors. This is .txt variant:

module Base
{
  item ExampleItem { }
}

But i'm pretty sure there should be method to remove item.

[cold burrow]

No worries. It's enough for me just to know that i could use OOP in lua. Anything else i could google. :D

[quasi geode]

i cant say i've ever actually tried to completely remove something

somewhere i have a half completed tutorial on lua metatables/OOP that i ment to throw in the modding guide but never finished it off to my satisfaction, 1 sec (its in markdown format though)

its still pretty crude though, more technical then tutorial i think...and only got so far as covering __index (basic inheritance) and not any of the other oper overloading

[cold burrow]

I found this one example:

--class
Person = {}
--class body
function Person:new(fName, lName)

    -- properties
    local obj= {}
        obj.firstName = fName
        obj.lastName = lName

    -- method
    function obj:getName()
        return self.firstName 
    end

    -- magic!
    setmetatable(obj, self)
    self.__index = self; return obj
end

--creating class 
john = Person:new("John", "Silver")

--call a prop
print(john.firstName) --> result: John

--call a method
print(john:getName()) --> result: John

[autumn torrent]

Is there a function to get ALL IsoZombie objects? (god bless my performance)

[quasi geode]

its a valid example, though the

    function obj:getName()
        return self.firstName 
    end

part is a bit strange...since that method doesnt exist in the Person table, but is given to new instances on creation

self.__index = self; this is entirely unnessessary and recursive...actually the whole example is pretty strange lol

[cold burrow]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

Oh, it's from 2015. :D

[quasi geode]

--class
Person = {}
--class body
function Person:new(fName, lName)
    -- properties
    local obj= {}
    obj.firstName = fName
    obj.lastName = lName
    setmetatable(obj, {__index = self} )
    return obj
end
function Person:getName()
    return self.firstName 
end

[edgy nymph]

whenever i start up a modded server it says file missing night watch anybody know a fix?

[eager pulsar]

Is there a mod that allows players to claim any house ingame?
trying to claim the fire station with my gf but it wont allow us

[quasi geode]

the other is 'technically' valid but meh

self.__index = self this alone is horribly recursive and not needed (its a cheap shortcut using the Person table as the metatable. bad format...only specific keys are actually used in a metatable, such as __index, __newindex __add, __sub etc)
ideally the metatable should be small, even that example i just showed could be optimized

Person = {}
local meta = { __index = Person } -- reuse this metatable for every instance
function Person:new(fName, lName)
    -- setmetatable also returns the new table (the one passed in as the first arg, so no need to actually define it above)
    return setmetatable({ firstName = fName, lastName = lName}, meta )
end

[edgy nymph]

anybody know when i host a server it says missing file

[gritty edge]

are you using all mods the server is using?

[edgy nymph]

yeah

but it just says missing file as soon as i load in my character

anybody know how to fix missing night watch in media file

[tulip valve]

@cold burrow Arsenal26GunFighter mod removes vanilla weapons and items with lua code in /server/items/ you can check that

[cold burrow]

Oh, omw then. Thank you for help. <3

[craggy furnace]

@pearl prism having a lot of fun adding my stuff to this

[noble marlin]

I want to ask

So i just recently play this game

I download a lot mod which is up to date to the version

I didn't touch the mod load order

Every mods were turn green which is working

But when i play solo session

Sometimes in the right bottom corner

It's show error 79 sometimes error 40+

How do i check error logs?

[dark solar]

C:\Users[user]\Zomboid

for console.txt

for future mod help check #mod_support instead

[noble marlin]

Ah i see thanks

[opal wind]

Console.txt, on your zomboid folder

[dark solar]

already answered 😄

[shadow dust]

How do I replace a tile with another tile in lua?

like lets say I want the code to pick a random asphalt tile and replace it with a grass tile

[opal wind]

lol i must be blind sorry

[viscid elbow]

Found a pretty reliable way to make your OnGameBoot Event fire last xD
Events.OnGameBoot.Add(function() Events.OnGameBoot.Add(MyFunction) end)

[merry turret]

Is it easy to swap the "shout" mechanic text bubble for an actual sound?

[viscid elbow]

Should be pretty straightforward.
just search ProjectZomboid/media/lua for "shout" and "playSound", should be able to cobble something together after seeing how those work.

Anyone able to help me test my mp patch for better lockpicking?
Need another player to test if the third bullet point is working.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2732916047

[merry turret]

Thanks I will take a look

[odd notch]

is there a helper for if a survivor gets near something?

or a lua event?

[odd notch]

you'll want to override the class since it's java

__classmetatables[IsoPlayer.class]["__index"]["Callout"] = function(self, doEmote)
    local range = 30
    local shoutPath = "New"
    if getCore():getGameMode() == "Tutorial" then
        shoutPath = "Tutorial"
    elseif self:isSneaking() then
        range = 10
        shoutPath = "Sneak"
        processSayMessage(string.format('*156,108,108*' .. "%s" .. getText("UI_verb_whispershouts_roleplaychat") .. '"%s"', ISChat.instance.rpName, getText("IGUI_PlayerText_Callout"..ZombRand(1,4)..shoutPath)));
        addSound(self, self:getX(), self:getY(), self:getZ(), range, range);
    else
        processShoutMessage(string.format('%s' .. getText("UI_callout_shouts_roleplaychat") .. '"%s"', ISChat.instance.rpName, getText("IGUI_PlayerText_Callout"..ZombRand(1,4)..shoutPath)));
        addSound(self, self:getX(), self:getY(), self:getZ(), range, range);
    end
    if doEmote then
        self:playEmote("shout");
    end
end

Here's how jade did it in our roleplay chat mod

you'll ignore the processshoutmessage stuff lol

if you just want it to play a sound, you can literally just remove everything except addSound and the range variable, and just getPlayer():getSquare():playSound("yoursoundgoeshere") underneath it or something lol

[merry turret]

Ok brilliant thanks for the help

[drifting ore]

hey, any guide on how to add custom sounds to my gun?

[viscid elbow]

Checkout the ProjectZomboid/media/scripts/weapons folder
Now how exactly those are linked to the sound files, I honestly don't know

[opal wind]

hey guys im doing this futurisitic visor that works like a digital watch, i manage to make it work doing 2 itens (same as watch;right/left), but since my item is just 1 location i was trying to make it as 1 item only, but settting like this dont allow me to equip the item;

item Wiz_DBScouter
{
DisplayCategory = Accessory,
Type = AlarmClockClothing,
DisplayName = Sayan Scouter (Green),
ClothingItem = Wiz_DBScouter,
CanBeEquipped = MaskEyes, <--- i try to set this but still wont equip
BodyLocation = MaskEyes,
CanHaveHoles = false,
Icon = Wiz_DBScouter,
Weight = 0.1,
ChanceToFall = 10,
WorldStaticModel = Wiz_DBScouter_ground_green,
Cosmetic = TRUE,
SoundRadius = 7,
AlarmSound = WatchAlarmLoop,
Tags = Digital,
clothingExtraSubmenu = Wiz_DBScouter_blue,
}

is there a way to make it equip without creating a second item?

[opal wind]

i think i made it work now, i removed the line i pointed there and add this

ClothingItemExtraOption = Wiz_DBScouter_equip,

but now it give me errors

function: doClothingItemExtraMenu -- file: ISInventoryPaneContextMenu.lua line # 3496
function: createMenu -- file: ISInventoryPaneContextMenu.lua line # 726
function: onRightMouseUp -- file: ISInventoryPane.lua line # 1426

ERROR: General , 1643272251170> ExceptionLogger.logException> Exception thrown java.lang.RuntimeException: attempted index: get of non-table: null at KahluaThread.tableget line:1689.
ERROR: General , 1643272251170> DebugLogStream.printException> Stack trace:
java.lang.RuntimeException: attempted index: get of non-table: null
at se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.tableget(KahluaThread.java:1689)
at se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.luaMainloop(KahluaThread.java:641)
at se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.call(KahluaThread.java:163)
at se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.pcall(KahluaThread.java:1980)
at se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.pcallBoolean(KahluaThread.java:1924)
at se.krka.kahlua.integration.LuaCaller.protectedCallBoolean(LuaCaller.java:104)
at zombie.ui.UIElement.onRightMouseUp(UIElement.java:1458)
at zombie.ui.UIElement.onRightMouseUp(UIElement.java:1416)
at zombie.ui.UIManager.update(UIManager.java:902)
at zombie.GameWindow.logic(GameWindow.java:253)
at zombie.core.profiling.AbstractPerformanceProfileProbe.invokeAndMeasure(AbstractPerformanceProfileProbe.java:71)
at zombie.GameWindow.frameStep(GameWindow.java:745)
at zombie.GameWindow.run_ez(GameWindow.java:661)
at zombie.GameWindow.mainThread(GameWindow.java:475)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
LOG : General , 1643272251172> -----------------------------------------
STACK TRACE

[viscid elbow]

add ClothingItemExtra = Wiz_DBScouter_blue

[high condor]

Regarding this, anyone knows how to decompile the game to use it's jars in lua mods?

[drifting ore]

It's in the script folder, there is a sound.txt or something like that

[drifting ore]

Depends I guess, near what ?

[primal knot]

How can I get the Base ID of an Item with Lua? For example the Base.Schoolbag string

[mint sphinx]

yelling yelling yelling now im done with yelling at you as i promised yesterday.
so when would you call this lua ? because i cant see the reason why you should call it more then onces like when server starts and when player join on client site atleast. can you remember what you did there?

[odd notch]

say i have an object in the world. is there a helper that will proc when a player goes near it? if not, is there like an inRange proc?

best i can think of is like,,, an ugly math checker that checks adjacent tiles on a tick

but,.,. how would i check if a player is in a square?

i know i can find objects by like,, for _,obj in ipairs(worldobjects)

[drifting ore]

I don't think it exists. But yes I think the best is to check the tile of the player and the one around. What are you looking to detect exactly ? An 3d item add to the world or a movable object like a oven ?

[drifting ore]

item:getType() in game name of item are call type

But you just gonna get schoolbag, not base.schoolbag

[odd notch]

i’m looking for an object in the world to detect players nearby it

[odd notch]

debug mode helps too

there’s an option in the f11 menu to show detailed tooltips that include the full item type

[drifting ore]

Like an alarm or a mine? No idea I admit, except to detect the surrounding tiles

[odd notch]

yeah i might have to make the object a radio to use the getlistenerinrange (i think that’s the name) proc

i’ll figure it out and post about it here i’m sure

[drifting ore]

There is a getNearItem for recipe, you can maybe check that

But it's from the player

Otherwise I have a piece of code in my mod that outputs all the items at hand. You could use and check if the item is in

[weary matrix]

@odd notch is it for a single object?

[odd notch]

yeah like a single object placed in the world that will detect players near it and run logic on that condition

[weary matrix]

Guess you could do something like this in OnPlayerUpdate:lua local maxDist = 10 local ps = player:getSquare() local os = yourObject:getSquare() if math.abs(ps:getX() - os:getX()) < maxDist and math.abs(ps:getY() - os:getY()) < maxDist then -- player is close end

[odd notch]

how often does onplayerupdate run?

[weary matrix]

Very frequently, like for each frame

[odd notch]

i like to use everytenminutes

it’s odd nobody has made like an addtimer helper yet

speaking of ticks

i would love one

[weary matrix]

You can do it, just get the list of players and do the same for each player

[uncut jasper]

Hi, its possible for modify a square inside To square outside? I like this "player:setcurrentSquare(isoflag:exterieur)" For all player get this square .
I search script.

[pearl prism]

I need that !!!! Its amazing

[craggy furnace]

its already in

[drifting ore]

Can I have items that are in bags that the players are carrying?

[craggy furnace]

waiting for the next update

[drifting ore]

Found how to get backpack :

local it = player:getInventory():getItems()
local playerBags = {}

-- found a container (Backpacks and other)
for i = 0, it:size()-1 do
    local item = it:get(i)
    if item:getCategory() == "Container" and player:isEquipped(item) or item:getType() == "KeyRing" then
        table.insert(playerBags, item:getInventory())
    end

[high condor]

How do i check if lua script got loaded?

[crisp fable]

in debug mode, press f11 and then you can search the scripts in the bottom right panel

[high condor]

Ok thanks

Also is there way to reload the scripts in menu?

[crisp fable]

yep, once you open it there (double click it), there's a reload button at the bottom of the code. it doesn't always work 100% tho, you'll have to restart sometimes if you see its bugged or you made big changes

[high condor]

Alright thanks

[uncut jasper]

"Setsquare" existing please ?

Ty for debug tips, i reload game for testing script, but i Will testing reload ingame directly....^^

[high condor]

Another question, where do i exactly put the mods? In the mod menu it says <user>/Zomboid/mods but when i've put mods there, they dont appear in the mod menu

[crisp fable]

should be the Zomboid/Workshop folder, not mods

[high condor]

It says this path, either way in neither of those locations it's showing up

[crisp fable]

not sure how i arrived to the workshop folder but it works for me, there's a blank template to copy as well

[high condor]

it worked with enabled steam tho

[crisp fable]

https://github.com/FWolfe/Zomboid-Modding-Guide/blob/master/api/README.md#overwriting-another-mods-code-3rd-party-patching

[tropic olive]

Can anyone tell me how i need to set drop chance values to prevent items from keep dropping? I want them very rare, but i played with the values, looks like whatever low number i put on the end of the lines like "0.00001", they just keep dropping :\

[mint sphinx]

anyone here have used the parseScrip for like a new item ?

[pine fiber]

If I delete the "recorded_media.bin" file in the existing save, will this reset the tapes seen by the players or il will just break the save? (i'm trying to reset recorded media of each players on the server) thank you

[mint sphinx]

if i make an item an get it into getscriptmanagement():parsescript() how do i persist the item to the save file so i dont loose it when i save world and rejoin ?

[mint sphinx]

guess no one knows atm ^^

[sinful beacon]

is there any good twitch extensions for zomboid yet?

like a kill counter?

[pulsar saddle]

can i (and if so how) set up so that custom items only spawn in specific places, like louisville university and the west military base?

[quartz badge]

how would you go about adding more zombie variants

with vanilla clothing

[drifting ore]

Any mod to spawn furniture?

Like large metal shelves or anything

[golden atlas]

are there mods for electricity like windmills ?

[mint sphinx]

fun you asking i was trying to do that kind of mod so i dont think so

[cold burrow]

Guys.

[golden atlas]

would indeed be in intresting to have windpower generation

[drifting ore]

Nice, to go with the solar panel mod ?

[mint sphinx]

i think hydrocraft had it or is it only solar cell.
also i kind of gave up on larger mod because i dont have any modeling person ^^

[mint sphinx]

didnt even knew there was a solar panel mod lol

[drifting ore]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2623458493
I never use it in game but it on my save

[mint sphinx]

@drifting ore i wouldnt say yes or no because i wouldnt use that mod my self for the reason it not working on mp maybe the reason i didnt knew about it ^^

[viscid elbow]

Recorded media is stored in the client's save folder on their machine (Zomboid/saves/Multiplayer/ServerIP_Port_PlayerId/), and doesn't save by default. The server one doesn't matter.

Seems like this system was forgotten by the devs for the MP update.

I'm still looking into ways around this to make it stored by the server.

[crisp fable]

Here's a small showcase of a mod i'm working on - a radio manager that lets you easily transfer channels between different radios. started out as a simple notebook and I ended up adding automatic tune-in and preset generation 😄
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbVSRtpA0F8
Thanks @drifting ore for the UI guide that got me started with it

[hollow dew]

hi, is there a way to access java fields from lua?
want the values strength, speed ... stored in the IsoZombie class
saw an example to __classmetatables a few messages above and now i am curious if this is possible

[crisp fable]

yes, you just need to do it through the getters, so instead of p.name you say p:getName()

[drifting ore]

Nice, glad to see that what I do I useful

Good job !

[viscid elbow]

Looks great!

[crisp fable]

thanks 😄 its been fun, theres still so much more to do though

also, if any of you have a guide on local storage and how to persist stuff, that'd be great as well 😛

[hollow dew]

zed:getStrength() throws errors - there are no getters for these fields i want to access

[crisp fable]

probably depends on the java class in question, i saw the getters for my object in the debugger. sry can't help more

[hollow dew]

no problem, maybe another one knows a way

[pure ermine]

anybody know why the issue happnes with britas weapons where none of the guns spawn?

[drifting ore]

Use player:getModData(), it's a list that is attach to the player. You make a new list in it with you mod ID as key to limit issue with other mod and you good to go

Just use player:transmitModData() to save the list

otherwise it's not save between reload

[crisp fable]

nice, thanks. do i just save tables directly or should i convert to json or sth like that?

[drifting ore]

just table is ok

[opal wind]

and how do you say when people help you? 'thank you' ? 🙂

[hidden estuary]

anyone knows what are the jumpscare sounds called in the files?

[opal wind]

the ones that almost give me heart attacks? 😄

[hidden estuary]

yes!

[opal wind]

they are not on the sound folder?

[hidden estuary]

I'm looking for the originals

but they're not named jumpscares or scares

[opal wind]

hum maybe they are compiled in the code? like the tiles and lots of textures are? if its the case i think u prb can extract them just like people do with the textures

[viscid elbow]

what happens if you just do zed.strength ? They're public variables, so I don't see why they'd not be accessible.

[opal wind]

🙂 hehe

GL with it andros!

[hollow dew]

sadly they return null

[opal wind]

you can DM me anytime if you need some pointers, i just started on PZ about 2-3 months ago but i will help if i can

you are trying to make a new fuel source?

would be cool to have Ethanol, lots of cars are moved by ethanol here on brazil, its does not burn as good as gasoline buts its a renewable source of energy; you can plant sugarcane and make ethanol with it; that can be a cool mod idea

sorry my english

[kind surge]

I believe that if you just want the current value of a Java object property that this is doable, but if you're looking to set the value that that is not possible. Debug mode does have a way to display all of the Java object property values, and I believe that it uses getClassField(object, property_index) to get those values.

[hollow dew]

thx i will try. currently i only want them to visualize

[drifting ore]

Can you tell me how you got the bar above with the cross to close and the name of the window pls?

[errant meteor]

This works for single player right? but not in a server with people, which I do not really care lol

[drifting ore]

I've never used any features of the mod yet but it's on my save so I'd say yes

[crisp fable]

i added them manually, they are just regular buttons with icons instead of text, and the title is rendered text. you can offset it from right by calling getTextManager():MeasureStringX and then adjusting for it.
im planning to add rects with a background to make it more similar to vanilla headers too

[drifting ore]

Ok, I thought you had found an element or a function to do it directly.

[crisp fable]

unfortunately not, i looked for it too but no luck

[hollow dew]

thx - with the getClassFieldVal method and your mentioned methode i could finaly read the values

[kind surge]

You may want to look at extending ISCollapsableWindow and ISCollapsableWindowJoypad. I believe that those have the title bar and resize bar already built in.

[viscid elbow]

I'm wondering, since you can get the FIeld with getClassField, if maybe you can use the getters/setters from here as well https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/reflect/Field.html

[quasi geode]

only (possibly) in debug mode, its not exposed to lua otherwise

[kind surge]

I think it depends on whether or not PZ chooses to expose those getters/setters via Kahlua. To use a Java method in the Kahlua space, it needs to be declared in the Java portion of the engine. I believe that PZ exposes the generic reflection getters, but not the setters.

[prisma marsh]

hi guys, do anyone knows how to enable debug mode on a linux server?

[quasi geode]

      @LuaMethod(
         name = "getNumClassFields",
         global = true
      )
      public static int getNumClassFields(Object var0) {
         return var0.getClass().getDeclaredFields().length;
      }

      @LuaMethod(
         name = "getClassField",
         global = true
      )
      public static Field getClassField(Object var0, int var1) {
         Field var2 = var0.getClass().getDeclaredFields()[var1];
         var2.setAccessible(true);
         return var2;
      }

the exposed global functions lua uses to get the fields that way

[prisma marsh]

i'm trying to check if extended heli works

but can''t spawn one

[quasi geode]

         if (Core.bDebug) {
            this.setExposed(Field.class);
            this.setExposed(Method.class);
            this.setExposed(Coroutine.class);
         }

Field.class isnt normally exposed unless debug is enabled

[willow estuary]

#mod_support is a new channel, so a lot of people don;t know this yet, but that's the channel for issues using mods; this channel is for talk regarding making mods. 🙂

[mint sphinx]

@quasi geode is there an easy why to look up where an item comes from . like in which module its origin is?

[willow estuary]

item:getModule()
-- or
item:getModuleName()

[quasi geode]

^^^ this. the second version is for script items, first for inventory items

[mint sphinx]

thx guys ^^ so i gess item:getName() will give me the items name 😛

[quasi geode]

probably not what you'd expect...its more similar to display name (prefixed with 'broken' or 'tainted' etc)

least for inventory items

[mint sphinx]

no no i would need the realy name of the item not the translated name of the item ^^

displayname is the translated one right ?

[quasi geode]

:getType()

ya

though it maybe getName for script items just not inventory items

not sure on that one tbh

[mint sphinx]

just to be sure

item foobar                       <- item:getType()   retunr "foobar"
    {
       DisplayName = "foo"        <- item:getDisplayname() returns "foo"
        }

?

[quasi geode]

yes but again, theres a difference between a script item (unspawned template) and a inventory item (specific spawned instance of a item). they use different methods
for script items it might be getName i'm unsure and not digging through the files atm. for inventory items getType returns the string you pointed at in your example

also the displayname wont likely be "foo", it will be whatever is in the translation files for "foo" and will return the translated version

[mint sphinx]

also all the items is able to be in inventory and not isoitem so fa r

also i would never use the word foo normal in my code ^^ so i know that 🙂 just tried to make a more abstract and generalized question

[crisp fable]

you were right, deriving ISCollapsableWindow worked like a charm, thanks!

[bleak grotto]

Are the statistics of the players kept in the database?
For example, how many zombies did they kill?

[karmic heath]

Anyone has an idea of what could be the cause of the warning : Warning: Moveable not valid
It is displayed 5 times when crafting my custom moveable item.
The item is still successfully crafted, then i get the following error message when trying to place it: RecipeManager -> Cannot create recipe for this movable item: AnselmeFlags.TestFlag

[opal wind]

making the extra item be itself? does it work?

yeah cool i guess i works, thanks!

i wonder if we really need this thou, because like that my inventory clothing now have 2 'equip' options lol

[drifting ore]

I got a weird bug. When I try to create a new UI. Same way as before that worked.
I get an error at the line o.x = math.max(0,math.min(x,maxX-width))
But x = 0, maxX = 1920 and width = 400 so that should work.
I rly lost on that one

The line is in ISUIElement so it's at the root of the creation of the UI

[viscid elbow]

if x = 0, then math.min(x, maxX-width) is just returning 0

[pine fiber]

thank you!

[drifting ore]

We agree that he shloudn't give me an error ?

[viscid elbow]

What's the error?

[drifting ore]

It's delete now, I try something else

Ok that was something else but still, weird error

[covert osprey]

Hello friends, I'm trying to learn how to mod and want to try and work myself up to the point of writing some form of unit test to try out different evolved recipes (I want to get to the point of understanding evolved recipes enough to implement a way to jar/can prepared dishes) where would I look to see where PZ defines "evolvedrecipe"?

[drifting ore]

How do I know if an item is a melee weapon ?

I know that the item has a variable type that store "Weapon" but I can't get access

[quasi geode]

instanceof(item, "HandWeapon") and item:isRanged() == false

[drifting ore]

Should work but I just remember that item:getCategory() == "Weapon"

[viscid elbow]

item:getType() == "Weapon" and item:isRanged() == false should work

[quasi geode]

getType will return the item name

item:getCategory() == "Weapon" and item:isRanged() == false will work as well

[willow estuary]

name, type, category, display category 🤪

[viscid elbow]

We may be thinking of different item types? I'm thinking of https://zomboid-javadoc.com/41.65/zombie/scripting/objects/Item.html
Scripts define it as such Type = Weapon

[willow estuary]

Nah, Fenris is right, as always, getType() returns the item's "script name", ie if used on a schoolbag you get "Bag_Schoolbag" and not "Container"

[drifting ore]

That's exactly it, I reversed type and category because https://projectzomboid.com/modding/zombie/scripting/objects/Item.Type.html is call type but it's a category, so that not help xD

[willow estuary]

It's confusing AF to be fair 🤪

[quasi geode]

its a weird inconsistency

[willow estuary]

You just get used to it eventually? 🤷

[viscid elbow]

I see, getType isn't actually the Param Type

that's weird af

[willow estuary]

There's a lot of those in PZ 🤪

[quasi geode]

lol ya XD

[willow estuary]

Think of it as a minigame to be defeated? 🤪

[quasi geode]

i believe though if you call getType() on a script item though it gives you the type param

[viscid elbow]

If only there was a way to check if SubCategory == "Swinging" xD But of course there's no getter for that

[willow estuary]

Using notebook++ & searching the lua files in the PZ media directories is my go-to when I need to remember/figure out/outsmart some of these reverse-logic puzzle function names.

[quasi geode]

theres a item:getSubCategory()

[viscid elbow]

Yeah I'm seeing it for inventory/types/HandWeapon

[willow estuary]

SubCategory = Swinging yeah, Fenris was on it.

[quasi geode]

ya i should clarify its for HandWeapons, not InventoryItems

[willow estuary]

local swing = item is a weapon and item's sub category is swinging to pseudocode it

[shut valley]

Most of important files seems to be on media\scripts.
Recipes.txt (contains the syntax to making jars and opening them)
Items_Food.txt (contains the syntax for raw data for the food you get from opened cans/jars and in which evolve recipes they can be used and the nutrition data for the evolved recipes)
Evolvedrecipes.txt (contains the syntax for making evolved recipes)

[covert osprey]

Currently digging through the java classes to see if I can find where it's hidden in there, ty ty though.

[heady forum]

Good day,
Does anyone know how to make an item, once placed, solid, so that characters cannot pass through, like a table? Is it a simple as defining it as furniture? Or?

[sour island]

I forget who, but there was investigation into globalmodData and whether or not it was server-side and shared/universal? what came of that?

[bitter frigate]

howdy everybody! i've been working on a pitch for a mod/suggestion for a while now, but it only just dawned on me to check with ya'll and see if it's even feasible. i want to play a type 1 diabetic. the principal mechanic behind that would be monitoring a new need/status called blood glucose. is it possible to create a new need/status? and if it is, can they be tied to a trait?

[drifting ore]

Release of the final version of my equipment tab
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2733680483&searchtext=

https://youtu.be/Vm9azuRDXT0

[covert osprey]

I found where the evolvedrecipe class is! If anyone is wondering it's at (project zomboid directory)/zombie/scripting/objects/EvolvedRecipe.class

[abstract raptor]

Can anyone tell me how the snow is rendered? I was wondering if it'd be possible to recolor the snow accumulation on the ground

[drifting ore]

It can be done easily I think

[opal wind]

easily? wow you are good man, i dont think this would be easy at all

[drifting ore]

Make a custom trait, decrease a variable "sugar level" in ModData every 10 minutes, add value of calories to the sugar level when eat and set endurance depending on sugar level every minutes and you done

I find that ok

After that if you want something nicer, you reduce the value of the sugar level with the difference in weight between 2 times, as it depends on the energy spent (running, walking, sport). And it's just ideas like that

[opal wind]

its not very easy to make new custom traits

not with new effects

[drifting ore]

I mean, it can be done. Some come and ask if we can redo the game

[gritty canyon]

Anyone know of any mods that could possibly interfere with large pre spawned fences? Found a wharehouse with large fences surrounding it but there are now gaps. Assuming a mod, but wasn't 100% sure.

[opal wind]

sure can... i want to learn traits sometime, but i still got other stuff i want to learn first

[drifting ore]

That a fricking good idea !

[willow estuary]

Probably a good idea, but not mine since I'm a day Z player 😄

[viscid elbow]

Anyone have an idea of why the Louiseville gates have a sync issue most of the time?
Was thinking of patching it, but no idea what could be causing it honestly.

[frank elbow]

Is there any way to play a dynamically created sound? I see methods on classes like WaveData and AiffData for creating sounds from byte buffers, but I don't see anything similar on the SoundManager (or see how to use those to do that). Alternatively, is there a way to create temporary files? I feel like the latter is even less likely, but figured I'd ask just in case

[frank helm]

does the trash from trash and corpse mod from algol cost us performance ?

[opal wind]

is that not on mod_support section?

[calm shoal]

Is there a mod that allows you to armor your car like mad vehicle

[drifting ore]

does anyone have

2482660773

it was a mod patch for brita's and SF's blacksmith for ammo compatibility

mod author removed it

@echo leaf what happened to your patch?

i wanted to ask before i attempt to make it again

[cedar salmon]

I'd send a note to the developer of Immersive Medicine mod, since that sounds like it would fit in VERY naturally to what they're working on.

[faint jewel]

anyone have a basic mod that adds a single piece of moveable furniture?

[opal wind]

tiles? i think imersive solar panels have tiles but i dont know about one that adds just 1 tile

[faint jewel]

basically, a mod that just adds an end table (holds loot or not doesn't matter) and a 2 piece table. so i can learn how to implement my own.

[lavish thunder]

Is there an easy way to make moveable objects useable? As in right click to call a function or something?

After they've been placed I mean

[opal wind]

yeah i tried to make my own tile couple weeks ago, its a pain... and the program people use for make them is kinda buggy atm not sure

i end up making my world forniture as a 3D object for now

[ashen star]

what is the correct code to add a custom profession to the list of bonuses in the forage system? I tried
`require "Foraging/forageSystem";

forageSystem = forageSystem or {};

-- Same as park ranger bonuses
forageSystem.professionBonuses["CUSTOMNAME"] = 1;
forageSystem.weatherEffectModifiers["CUSTOMNAME"] = 33;
forageSystem.darknessEffectModifiers["CUSTOMNAME"] = 10;`

in a lua file in the same folder, but I think it didn't work out (I saw a mod using a similar code).

The vanilla file is in \media\lua\shared\Foraging\forageSystem.lua

[stone rock]

If the trunk capacity of a bag or vehicle is large, the letters overlap like that. Is there a way to move the location of the name text of the button or container to the left, such as 'acquire all, floor, trunk'?I saw the LUA file, but it was difficult for me to find out.😢

[gray kelp]

@fair frost

[mint sphinx]

sad add the property moveable to it ?

[faint jewel]

i want to make NEW art... could you throw together a basic mod?

[sharp wind]

How do I create a mod pack

[mint sphinx]

sound more like a mod_support thing?

[sharp wind]

is it simply dropping all the mods that I want in the pack under \Contents\mods ?

[mint sphinx]

wait is the mod pack like couples of mods or the texture.pack files?

[mint sphinx]

sadly i struggling with some other thing in another mod m8

[sharp wind]

a bunch of different maps that I want to put together into one pack

I opened the snakes mod pack, and it really is just that

[mint sphinx]

steam do have a create steam workshop collection which is the modpack you talking about right ?

[sharp wind]

a bunch of mods

[sharp wind]

No

When you download a modpack, it's just one steam workshop item

in it will be a bunch of folders

Take a look at 2719327441

#pz_b42_chat message

or like this one

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2724929224

[mint sphinx]

this one look like he made a steam collection and manuel did somehting but have fun to ask everysingle modder for promisison to make that kind of modpack ^^ also maintain will be harder aswell but yea i guess the correct way is to make a steam collection..
also this quesiton you asking about is more down in #mod_support

[sharp wind]

I know about steam collection

the problem is once you have a lot of mods, the server description run out of character

and it will appear as version ??? and the mod list will disappear

the only way to fix that is to put things into a pack

[mint sphinx]

which in the worse case can be hit by an DMCA. if you don't get permission from the person who made the mod. atleast in barothrauma modders like to dmca people there do that what you talking about and i dont know how the zomboid modder communities are like ^^

[sharp wind]

doubtful, it's a private and only visible to certain people

[faint jewel]

HMMMMM

[mint sphinx]

have the larges brain fart right cant think i did get enough sleep to night even failing to print out a list in debug mode xD

[ashen star]

is it possible to edit some proprieties of generators like effect radius and condition loss rate?

[faint jewel]

i'm working on making a base mod lol.

something for adding movables.

[dry coral]

where can i get player model rig to animate it

[tulip valve]

Maybe play in english instead? You might get used to that, easy solution imo

[high condor]

Anyone knows how to integrate zomboids javadoc into project? I've read through many threads, tried all that capsid/ZombieDoc and stuff but nothing seemed to work for me

[odd notch]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2734051025

[faint jewel]

can you make a craftable furniture item?

like you build it via the crafting menu, but place like furniture?

[odd notch]

can use the crafting menu to do just about anything

[mint sphinx]

how would you iterate over the lau datatype "userdata"?

[faint jewel]

hmmm where is "WorldObjectSprite=" set?

    item Mov_FoldingChair
    {
        DisplayCategory = Furniture,
        Type            = Moveable,
        Icon            = default,
        Weight              = 0.5,
        DisplayName        = Moveable,
        WorldObjectSprite    = furniture_seating_indoor_01_60,  <<<< - this part
    }

[mint sphinx]

world sprite like when you place it as a isoObject?

[faint jewel]

well that sets the moveable item for a folding chair.

i need to know where the world object sprite is set.

it only shows up in lotheaders and the place i posted.

[drifting ore]

Does getDisplayName() change with translation?

[mint sphinx]

yes

[drifting ore]

Fck

[mint sphinx]

do getType

[drifting ore]

yes but I want ammo

[mint sphinx]

the ammo have a name right ?

[drifting ore]

yes but it's if mod don't follow the same name shema

[mint sphinx]

øhm it kind of look like it does

only problem i have rigth now is how to go though my userData lol

[drifting ore]

So every ammo have a bullets in there name and box box ? But what if an other item have also box in the name

Can I get the displayName of the current language in english ?

[fading citrus]

where does the base game store trait scripts? specifically I'm looking for hemophobic to use as a base for a similar modded trait

[drifting ore]

Is it possible to get a list of all the getTypes of all items? Like a global functions

[drifting ore]

A bit everywhere. If you make a global search in all lua file of HasTrait("Hemophobic"), you gonna find everywhere hemophobic change something in the game

[fading citrus]

got it, thanks, figured it was scattershot looking at the directories directly

[ashen star]

I don't understand the question, sorry

[mint sphinx]

i think i have to iterate though the object i get back from getScriptManager():getAllItems() but some how i fail to do a
ipair or pair on the object i receive. so how would i be able to iterate though the object i get back ?

[mint sphinx]

dont know if that helps the clear out the question

[ashen star]

I understand that it is more complicated than I thought it would be, so thank you.

[mint sphinx]

i know if i do a lua print(type(obejct)) its a userdata object and i know when i just try to print(obejct) it look like a json object but from that i dont know how to convert it to somehting i can do an iterate over all the objects ^^

[ashen star]

do you kindly have some insight on my other question too, if I may ask? #mod_development message

[mint sphinx]

how you did it up the is how i would have done it as well

[mint sphinx]

just remember both the charector and the forages system need to get the perk in the list

[drifting ore]

No, that doesn't change

[calm depot]

so, any of y'all into Java modding? I've been working on a thing in my spare time and it's (just barely) polished enough for me to release it

https://github.com/Olipro/PZHook

[mint sphinx]

hmm everytime i have done it it have changes i think. hmm

[drifting ore]

I just try with a french version

[mint sphinx]

does you pzhook also need each client to have it installed?

[calm depot]

yes, you can't just enable arbitrary code execution

although you could have answered that question for yourself if you'd read the page

unfortunately, that makes no sense

the JVM doesn't care what your code does

[frank elbow]

Anyone have any insight on this?

[mint sphinx]

but nice work. last time i did anyhting like that was in wurm unlimited.

[calm depot]

@frank elbow are you talking about in Lua or Java?

the game uses FMod so you might want to check their docs

[frank elbow]

Lua. I know I could do it via Java modding, but I'd rather not go that route

Is there direct access to fmod?

[calm depot]

sure, it can be useful to poke through the Java side to get a quick idea of what's exposed to Lua

I don't know offhand, but if I wanted to, I'd crack open IntelliJ and grep through it 😉

[frank elbow]

Yeah, I've looked at the source code & the API docs

I still didn't find anything like what I described above; I'm asking if anyone knows of a way to do that because I couldn't find one after a while of searching

[calm depot]

well, looks like there's a playSound function on the character object

seems to take a string

[frank elbow]

That takes a filename yeah

[calm depot]

I'm not so sure it does

[frank elbow]

I want to either create a sound via a byte buffer, as in the sound "Data" classes (WaveData, AiffData, etc.), or create a temporary file which I can then use with playSound

[calm depot]

fmod has sound banks

and for example, I can't find BuildWoodenStructureLarge in the game folder, which makes me think it's in a sound bank instead

[frank elbow]

I've looked through other mods that use it

I believe it uses both sound banks and filenames

[faint jewel]

okay this is gonna make me mad. why is my recipe not working.

[calm depot]

alright, so have you tried dropping a sound file in with your mod and trying to play it?