mod_development

[tribal marsh]

VS Code is nice - but people hate Michaelsoft

[drifting stump]

vs code is way too overkill

[tribal marsh]

its the only editor I have that has Copilot

[drifting stump]

my issue with vs code is how heavy it is

its in between a text editor and a real ide

[tribal marsh]

True, but its mostly just text editor. I have VS2022 for applications development, I wish that app wasnt so heavy

[drifting stump]

same but it do be a real ide with a lot of features

[tribal marsh]

Even if it doesn't install with the correct dependencies sometimes...

I had an issue with it where it didnt know where to get packages from on a clean install

so to utilize getPlayer:

local PID = player:getPlayer("username").."."..player:getPlayer("OnlineID")

[drifting stump]

nope

[tribal marsh]

I don't really know what getPlayer returns >.>

[drifting stump]

getPlayer()

all you need

it returns ISOPlayer

[tribal marsh]

so, it just returns the object

[bitter frigate]

it gets the player from the client right?

[tribal marsh]

is ISOPlayer.SaveFileName unique per player character?

[drifting stump]

its client side code so yes

[bitter frigate]

my mod keeps breaking on SugarValue = SugarValue - (ISF*10) (which is meant to decrease SugarValue) and i don't know why. any help would be appreciated!

function Diabetes.ISF()
     ISF = 25 -- a placeholder until I can figure out how to randomize ISF per run
end

function Diabetes.OnEat_OneUnit(food, player, percent)
    local script = food:getScriptItem() -- i assume this grabs the syringe (and everything else) from the script items.txt
    SugarValue = SugarValue - (ISF*1)
    -- One unit syringe
end

function Diabetes.OnEat_FiveUnit(food, player, percent)
    local script = food:getScriptItem()
    SugarValue = SugarValue - (ISF*10)
    -- Five unit syringe --temportarily 10 units
end

[drifting stump]

i dont see an ISF variable declared

assuming its declared outside of this snippet

@bitter frigate is it declared somewhere else or is Diabetes.ISF() it

[bitter frigate]

Diabetes.ISF() is it. i thought that WAS declaring it. orz

[drifting stump]

well it is

but within that scope

though it shouldnt matter since its not a local if it ran once it should be left as a global

which you should be careful not to bloat the global name space

[bitter frigate]

yes yes! i was planning on going through and fixing things after i got the functions working more readily. is that a bad idea?

i mean yes obviously it'll be a pain and labor-intensive to sort out LATER but like. that's the grind

[drifting stump]

just get in the habit of declaring everything as local

and think do i need this globally

which is almost always no

im guessing the error its throwing is something to do with nil so i think you didnt run Diabetes.ISF() to set the global

[bitter frigate]

but in a case like ISF and SugarValue where i'm using it ALL OVER THE GODDAMN PLACE is it an acceptable amount of bloat?

[bitter frigate]

more or less, that's exactly what the problem was. i got it working by installing another global variable at the very very beginning of the code, similar to how i initialized blood sugar

[drifting stump]

well they dont need to be global

do you need to access them from another file

[bitter frigate]

probably not. i hadn't realized global was for inter-file variables.

...i apparently already made it local. i don't remember doing that but HEY

[tribal marsh]

This look correct?

local playerObject = player:getPlayer()
if !modData.exists(playerObject.SaveFileName()) then
    modData.create(playerObject.SaveFileName())
end
local PlayerNetWorth = modData.get(playerObject.SaveFileName())

edit: Why did I try to c# this....

[drifting ore]

[tribal marsh]

ZombRand() only generates integers correct?

How do I generate a double?

Or... it looks like it is double actually...

Weird, i've never seen it generate numbers with decimals... am i missing something?

[drifting ore]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2735677164

[tribal marsh]

Take local getMoney = ZombRand(1,2) This only gives me a 1 or 2, no decimals from what I've seen

[sour island]

Has anyone asked for the posters removal yet?

[drifting ore]

nope XD

where did you get the woman image XD

[drifting ore]

why even use her

[bitter frigate]

i've moved on to trying to get carbohydrates to work for me and come to the troubling conclusion that there's no simple way to tie a function to carb counts without going Deeper. so. my solution to not being able to get carb counts on their own is to take the difference between the carb count of a player before and after they eat, divide that by their insulin:carb ratio, then multiply that by their ISF and finally add that to their SugarValue. i know i'll be using nut:getCarbohydrates to make those caluclations. trouble is, i don't actually know how to grab the data before eating OR the data after eating FOR calculations. any help?

[terse matrix]

Can you guys make a mod where your health bar slowly goes down until 60 years have passed and you die of old age?

[tribal marsh]

Sounds easy, if I could figure out how modData tables work

[nova oriole]

someone use skill recovery journal mod?

[tribal marsh]

What about it?

[terse matrix]

thank you

[tribal marsh]

Well, "Can" is different from "Will" - No promises lol

[tribal marsh]

Yeah I have no idea how moddata works. The only documentation only ever has things like Function is Function without any examples so

Would anyone be willing to do a one on one with me so I can figure out the nuances and were to get the information I need?

[hollow shadow]

WAIT THAT WAS YOU XDDD?

[sour island]

You'll be fine with the content as it's changed for artistic purposes - I meant any complaints.

[sour island]

Ye

[hollow shadow]

this is fine

[undone crag]

What posters?

[drifting ore]

no XD

[undone crag]

:o

[drifting ore]

lmao XD

[sour island]

Shes an actual hand model

this was a close runner up

[tribal marsh]

I find it hilarious you "South Park Canadian"d it

[sour island]

makes it more expressive

[tribal marsh]

Someone tell me if this is structurally sound, I'm very lost:

function Recipe.OnCreate.CountMoney(items, result, player)
    local luck = ZombRand(0,55)
    if player:HasTrait("Lucky") then
        luck = luck + 4
        if luck > 55 then
            luck = 55
        end
    end
    local getMoney = 0.00
    local OldPlayerNetWorth = player:getModData().Networth
    if luck == 55 then
        getMoney = ZombRand(2500,7500)*0.01
        player:Say("Awesome! $"..tostring(getMoney).."!")
    end
    if luck <= 10 then
        getMoney = ZombRand(1,80)*0.01
        player:Say("$"..tostring(getMoney)..".")
    end
    if luck <= 30 and luck >= 11 then
        getMoney = ZombRand(100,200)*0.01
        player:Say("$"..tostring(getMoney)..".")
    end
    if luck <= 45 and luck >= 31 then
        getMoney = ZombRand(400,800)*0.01
        player:Say("$"..tostring(getMoney)..", cool.")
    end
    if luck <= 50  and luck >= 46 then
        getMoney = ZombRand(1000,1500)*0.01
        player:Say("$"..tostring(getMoney)..", nice.")
    end
    if luck <= 54  and luck >= 51 then
        getMoney = ZombRand(1800,2500)*0.01
        player:Say("$"..tostring(getMoney).." sweet!")
    end
    local NewPlayerNetWorth = OldPlayerNetWorth + getMoney
    player:getModData().NetWorth = NewPlayerNetWorth

end

[undone crag]

What is luck?

[tribal marsh]

a randomly generated int from 1 - 55

somehow that didnt make it into my snippit

The main thing i'm trying to figure out is if player:getModData().NetWorth works

[undone crag]

Is it a global variable?

That was a lot of lag.

My old message suddenly appeared for some reason after not appearing.

[tribal marsh]

Above question was about luck correct? i've edited the original code block

Its local

[undone crag]

Yes it was. I entered it before you answered.

You use of getModData seems fine to me.

Oh

You use differing capitalisation.

[tribal marsh]

Oh, i see that. Good catch

But is that seriously how that works?

What defines "NetWorth"? I understand lua isnt really object oriented but java is. Does this information just get created on the fly?

[undone crag]

OldPlayerNetWorth will be nil if player:getModData().Networth is not defined.

you could do

local OldPlayerNetWorth = player:getModData().Networth or 0

[tribal marsh]

So effectively player:getModData().NetWorth = someValue defines it.

Its not limited to some exclusive type somewhere?

if so, player:getModData().NetWorth is global, and keeps the data until logout? Sorry, there's alot of things I'm not so sure about.

[undone crag]

The data is kept saved in the save files, except for java object references, I think.

[tribal marsh]

If that's the case, even better!

[thin hornet]

oh man the next update is exciting

[pure ermine]

yes

basically npcs lite

[opal wind]

i wish they add a bow & arrow before npcs 😛

[pure ermine]

its the hunting system and reworked ranged weapons including bows

which will feature animals

they admitted people might be able to use it to reverse engineer the npc human system

[opal wind]

they are adding the hunting system on the next update too?

[pure ermine]

the hunting system IS the next update

"t may be the initial build still contains hunting and wild animals, they ARE NPCs after all. It may be they drop into a subsequent build or later on in the unstable beta cycle, its not clear yet for reasons we’ll discuss in a bit. But the next BIG thing will be NPCs and we’ll have a dedicated team working toward this goal going forward."

https://projectzomboid.com/blog/news/2022/01/2022-and-beyond/

[bitter frigate]

ok i've done more thinking and i can now articulate that i want to write a function that stores a dynamic number's value (in this case nut:getCarbohydrate) and then checks that same dynamic number some period of time later without dumping the previously stored value, but i'm still at a loss for how to accomplish this. if anybody has any advice or relevant tutorials i'd devour them

[cursive escarp]

Is there any mods that allows building or fixing the vanilla windows/doors on houses?

[tribal marsh]

@bitter frigate From my conversation above I've figured out how to store data in objects - use that to accomplish your needs.

Unless I'm misunderstanding

[undone crag]

anger what do you want to do that for?

[bitter frigate]

i'll take another look and see if that helps!!

[tribal marsh]

I just tested it, persists through logouts and is attached to the player

So you could do something like:
player:getModData().BloodSugar = value

[bitter frigate]

there's not a good way to identify how many carbs were in a food that was just eaten, so i'm trying to calculate the difference between the carb value before you eat and after you eat, to get the actual carb count of what you ate. i think i need to use nut:getCarbohydrates to accomplish this, but i dont know how to store the value and then, some period of time later, check it against the new value of the same variable

[serene wing]

Anyway to go into creative mode to check all the items are working?

[bitter frigate]

this'll definitely help with ANOTHER problem im having, which is the blood sugar not persisting through saves

[tribal marsh]

download Cheat Menu. anything that appears in the spawn list works

[bitter frigate]

are you looking for debug mode?? if so thats -debug in ur steam properties for the game

[serene wing]

Does the cheat menu work in mp Im just trying to check if all the modded items are working on my mp server

[tribal marsh]

Yes

[undone crag]

https://zomboid-javadoc.com/41.65/zombie/inventory/types/Food.html#getCarbohydrates()

[tribal marsh]

although, why not just use admin

[serene wing]

Well how do I enter creative mode with admin?

[tribal marsh]

setuseraccess \your username\ admin

[serene wing]

I only have the godmode and invis

Do i type that in chat?

[tribal marsh]

your server console

[serene wing]

how do i open it?

[tribal marsh]

Your server dedicated or hosted?

[serene wing]

hosted

[tribal marsh]

So in that case, you need to add yourself as admin for your local server

should be in C:\Users[username]\Zomboid

its somewhere in there

[serene wing]

mk

btw

Is it common when starting a world/server to see a few errors or?

[bitter frigate]

yea yea! i have getCarbohydrates already, that's not the problem. it's actually making a code that will check the difference between what getCarbhydrates returns from two separate times.

[tribal marsh]

Depending on your mods maybe... could be checking for other mods existing and not catching the error when it doesnt

maybe check your console.txt

see if its important

[undone crag]

Is it because of it depending on how much of the food the player ate?

Oh for some reason I thought you did not have a function to get the carbohydrate for anything D:

[tribal marsh]

can you check the percentage of how much was eaten? then you can just do math

[bitter frigate]

no, no. it's how many carbs they ate, which comes from the food itself, yes

[bitter frigate]

how much was eaten would determine how many carbs there are, but by using getCarbohydtrates i'm hoping the actual food element of the equation will be ignored, because i really don't need to know ANYTHING beside the player's initial carbs and the *carbs after they ate

[tribal marsh]

does player: have a value that stores current carbs?

[undone crag]

I'm not sure on the reason but this should tell the carbohydrate change.

do
local ISEatFoodAction_perform = ISEatFoodAction.perform
function ISEatFoodAction:perform()
    local carbohydrate_before = self.character:getCarbohydrates()
    ISEatFoodAction_perform (self);
    local carbohydrate_after = self.character:getCarbohydrates()
end
end

ps fixed spelling mistake and another thing

[bitter frigate]

thank you SO much hooking it to the actual eat food action makes perfect sense in retrospect

[bitter frigate]

do i need to add an event for this or will do take care of it?

[undone crag]

do
--stuff
end

There is just to avoid that local variable ISEatFoodAction_perform being visible in functions defined below it.

What that code does is make a variable ISEatFoodAction_perform referring to the original function, then it makes a new function of the same name as the original, replacing the contents of that name, with a new function. The new function runs the original function.
(Farewell)

[drifting stump]

no need to get cheat menu just go in admin or debug and theres an item list menu

[serene wing]

The grenade launcher in the paw mod isnt working anyone know why?

[bitter frigate]

i'd try #mod_support!

[tribal marsh]

Is there a math.floor function in kahlua?

[bitter frigate]

i've seen math.floor in mods i'm looking through, so i think so!

[tribal marsh]

Hmm....

[cold igloo]

its my first time modding
anyone has a collection to share?

[bitter frigate]

something in the last section of my mod is throwing everything off, YET AGAIN. if i have to play more comma whac a mole i'm gonna CRY i thought i was SAFE

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- raises blood sugar on carbohydrates ----------------------------------------------------------

function Diabetes.EatCarbs()
    do
        local ISEatFoodAction_perform = ISEatFoodAction.perform
            function ISEatFoodAction:perform()
            local carbohydrate_before = self.character:getCarbohydrates()
            ISEatFoodAction_perform (self);
            local carbohydrate_after = self.character:getCarbohydrates()
        end
    end

    local carbs = carbohydrate_after - carbohydrate_before
    local SugarValue = SugarValue + (carbs / RATIO * ISF)

end

Events.EveryTenMinutes.Add(Diabetes.EatCarbs)

[tribal marsh]

What do you mean by collection?

I am so VERY confused by ZombRand()

95% of the time it outputs a integer (eg 9, 25, 60)

but that other 5% the output is 22.000000000000000000000012

[snow path]

Anyone have a spawn file template?

[weary matrix]

4K+ subscribers in 48hours + a few hours, guess people are happy with the new mod 😅

[tribal marsh]

I subbed to it.

its handy

this is hella frustrating though:

[weary matrix]

try something like this maybe? string.format("%.2f", amount) or something

not 100% sure pz kahlua has string.format though

[tribal marsh]

it has math.floor and math.ceil

i've tried methods with those with no luck

but lets try the string.format

[opal wind]

hey guys i made a radio as an attachment, i wonder if there is a way to keep the radio ON when its not equiped on primary?

item Wiz_SentaiHelmet_Chip_Radio
    {
        DisplayCategory     = Communications,
        Type                = Radio,
        Icon                = Wiz_Chip2,
        Weight              = 0.1,
        DisplayName            = Sentai Helmet Chip Attachment (Radio),
        UseDelta            = 0.005, 
        DisappearOnUse        = FALSE,
        TwoWay                = FALSE,
        UseWhileEquipped    = FALSE,
        IsPortable            = TRUE,
        IsTelevision        = FALSE,
        BaseVolumeRange        = 10,
        MinChannel            = 88000,
        MaxChannel            = 108000,
        TransmitRange        = 0,
        MicRange            = 0,
        UsesBattery            = TRUE,
        IsHighTier            = FALSE,        
        AttachmentType         = Wiz_AttachRadio,
        WorldStaticModel    = Wiz_chip_ground_radio,
        Tooltip             = Tooltip_item_Radio,
    }```

[tribal marsh]

string.format("%.2f", amount) works. I just have to tonumber() when i want to do math.

a bit frustrating but at least it works

[weary matrix]

just do the math and then convert the result?

[willow estuary]

• As of the last time I looked at the java, and I have no reason to expect this to have changed, Inventory Item radios currently do no receive or broadcast transmissions unless they are equipped in one of the hands; this is dictated java-side, and not modifiable with lua.

You can disable radios turning off when not held in-hand via lua, but they won't transmit or receive when not-in-hand, even if they are on.

[tribal marsh]

Well, the result is said aloud, then its added to the total, then stored

so i'd have to convert twice

[opal wind]

this is dictate by type = radio i assume? isnt there a way to create a new type= ?

[tribal marsh]

Any way to add a text element to this panel of the UI?

Under "Zombies Killed"

[willow estuary]

Changing the type wouldn't enable it. It's a deliberate hard coding in the java files for PZ that inventory items cannot receive or transmit radio messages unless equipped in a hand.
Might be possible to create a whole new system in lua to piggyback the radio system, and peek the contents etc, and use that to communicate messages to not-proper radios. But it wouldn't be a simple newbie project by far?
I don't like that state of affairs, but that's just it's how it is?
Also, new item types, akin to "Food", "Weapon", "Container", "Radio" aren't something that can be made without modifying the PZ java.

[grizzled grove]

I believe so, I saw a screenshot recently that had "kills # / kills (fire) / kills (vehicle)", but i don't know what mod that comes from

[tribal marsh]

\media\lua\client\ISUI\ISInfoContainer.lua maybe?

Ehh, this file is pretty cryptic to me

[opal wind]

what happens if i set this to TRUE?

UseWhileEquipped = FALSE,

[shut valley]

@tribal marsh @grizzled grove https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=2553809727

i think this is it

[tribal marsh]

Sure seems like it

[grizzled grove]

seems like a good example to work from

[willow estuary]

From radio/devices/DeviceData.class, "why inventory item radios will not work for broadcasting or receiving transmissions unless they are held in a hand"

       if (isoPlayer.getPrimaryHandItem() == radio) {
          byteBufferWriter.putByte((byte)1);
        } else if (isoPlayer.getSecondaryHandItem() == radio) {
          byteBufferWriter.putByte((byte)2);
        } else {
          byteBufferWriter.putByte((byte)0);
        } 

[undone crag]

Every ten minutes the code is hooking code onto ISEatFoodAction:perform. This code creates two local variables and does nothing with them. Also in the ten minutes thing it tries to do something with carbohydrate_after and carbohydrate_before, neither of which exist in that context.

It also referrs to the variables RATIO and ISF which you may or may not have made global variables elsewhere. Finally, even if the final line in the function worked, it is just creating a local variable called SugarValue which will not overwrite a global variable by the same name.

[bitter frigate]

no no i AM learning - i made RATIO and ISF local variables that run at the very beginning of the code

[undone crag]

local variables are just variables visible within the scope. If you just put local hello = 1337 at the top line of your lua file, each function in the file will be able to do print(hello) and it will print 1337. Other lua files can not access that variable (unless you do something). If you instead put local hello = 1337 in the middle of your code, only the functions below it will be able to use the variable, because the local variable only existed after that point. If you create a local variable in a function, then after the function finished running it deletes the local variable (Unless there is a way of getting around that but I will ignore that).

Instead of hooking that code onto ISEatFoodAction:perform every time the ten minutes event runs, which will make that function gradually bigger and bigger with each ten minutes thing, you could do it just like all the other functions and only have it run that code when the lua is loaded by the game.

Something like this would do something (with RATIO and ISF added).

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- raises blood sugar on carbohydrates ----------------------------------------------------------

do
    local ISEatFoodAction_perform = ISEatFoodAction.perform
    function ISEatFoodAction:perform()
        local carbohydrate_before = self.character:getCarbohydrates()
        ISEatFoodAction_perform (self)
        local carbohydrate_after = self.character:getCarbohydrates()
        local carbs = carbohydrate_after - carbohydrate_before
        SugarValue = SugarValue + (carbs / RATIO * ISF)
        print("SugarValue", SugarValue)
        self.character:Say("SugarValue" .. tostring(SugarValue))
    end
end

function Diabetes.EatCarbs()


end

Events.EveryTenMinutes.Add(Diabetes.EatCarbs)

[bitter frigate]

so if i move everything under the IsEatFoodAction:perform() function i eliminate the need to have function Diabetes.EatCarbs(), right? since the function is already getting called when i want it to (IsEatFoodAction) and DOING what i want it to (increasing SugarValue by carbs/ RATIO * ISF. adding in Diabetes.EatCarbs() would only serve to create a NEW function, right?

i mean i'll find out when i next run the game but i'm hopeful my understanding is sound

[undone crag]

Maybe.

[small topaz]

hi! is it possible to define custom lua events? so far, i tried adding the command 'triggerEvent("MyCustomEvent", self.character)' to the code where the event should be triggered. This works without throwing an error. However, when I try to call a function during this new event via 'Events.MyCustomEvent.Add(myTestFunction)' I get an error essentially stating sth like 'Exception thrown java.lang.RuntimeException: attempted index: Add of non-table: null at KahluaThread.tableget'. thanks for any help! (to give more context: i try to do stuff when the character starts the situp animation as well as when the character does "sit on ground" but didn't find any predefined events for this.)

[tribal marsh]

Anyone know what this corresponds to:

[quasi geode]

LuaEventManager.AddEvent("MyCustomEvent")

[small topaz]

many thanks!!!! you always seem to know what's going on very fast!! any hints where i should add your line of code "LuaEventManager.AddEvent..."? can i just do this in the same function where i use the "triggerEvent(...)" command?

[bitter frigate]

i tried my own version of the code and that threw an error. i tried your version and got the same error. do i need to define something that i'm not defining?

[quasi geode]

before Events.MyCustomEvent.Add(myTestFunction)

[small topaz]

thanks!!!

omg! works so smooth! many thanks again!!

[quasi geode]

should be self.character:getNutrition():getCarbohydrates()

[bitter frigate]

thank u you're a hero

[undone crag]

D:

[tribal marsh]

dont worry anon, you are also a hero

[small topaz]

is there also a way to assign parameters to the event? for example, if i trigger it via "triggerEvent" and i have a variable "data" there. can i tell the function "myTestFuntion" when it is called via "Events.MyCustomEvent.Add(myTestFunction)" that it should use "data"?

[tribal marsh]

Definitely more knowledgeable than me xD

[quasi geode]

its not called via Events.*.Add, thats simply adding a pointer to the function. you define data as a the arg to the function ie:

local function myTestFunction(data)
  print(data)
end
LuaEventManager.AddEvent("MyCustomEvent") -- add the event
Events.MyCustomEvent.Add(myTestFunction) -- register the callback function
-- snip

triggerEvent("MyCustomEvent", "this is my data!")

[small topaz]

many thanks! just tried it and found out by myself that you can append some (up to 5 i think) objects in the triggerEvent command. makes things so much easier!

[cold burrow]

Pretty simple question. Is IsoPlayer it's object that returns while we calling getPlayer()?

I just trying to learn how to use that library with methods.

[quasi geode]

ya it supports a few args

[undone crag]

(it was D: about me not checking if getCarbohydrates could be run on an isoplayer)

[bitter frigate]

YOU'RE MY HERO TOO ANON in a major way i just didn't want to make you uncomfortable iwhrqwiorhq

[cosmic plaza]

Looking for a Chatbox mod to add titles and colors into my servers chat! Does anyone have any suggestions? I have tried looking into making one but im no code writer lol

[drifting ore]

fallout mod when

[drifting ore]

sooo

my mod isnt working

and i cant figure out why

require "Definitions/SLEO_AttachedWeaponDefinitions"

print ("AttachedWeaponDefinitions:"..tostring(AttachedWeaponDefinitions))

print("AttachedWeaponDefinitions.LongGunOnBack:"..tostring(LongGunOnBack))

if AttachedWeaponDefinitions.LongGunOnBack then AttachedWeaponDefinitions.LongGunOnBack.weapons = {} end

if AttachedWeaponDefinitions.PoliceHandGun then AttachedWeaponDefinitions.PoliceHandGun.weapons = {} end

its just this line of code

and it doesnt activate

for whatever reason

im trying to remove this weapon table

-- For Specific Outfits --

-- assault rifle on back
AttachedWeaponDefinitions.LongGunOnBack = {
    id = "LongGunOnBack",
    chance = 30,
    outfit = {"SharkBlueSWAT","SharkBlueSWATBelt","SharkGreenSWAT","SharkGreenSWATBelt","SharkGreenSWATRiot","SharkGreenSWATGasMask,","SharkGreenSWATBelt","SharkBlueSWATWebbing","SharkBlueSWATRiot","SharkBlueSWATGasMask"},
    weaponLocation =  {"Rifle On Back"},
    bloodLocations = nil,
    addHoles = false,
    daySurvived = 0,
    weapons = {
        "Base.AssaultRifle",
        "Base.AssaultRifle2",
        "Base.Shotgun",
    },
}```

weapons

it should remove it

iunno why it isnt

[small topaz]

is there a good way to artificially delay the execution of a specific lua funtion for a few seconds? i am trying to "synchronize" the execution of a certain function i wrote with a certain vanilla animation. the function in question is called via an event trigger (ie "triggerEvent("MyCustomEvent")" and Events.MyCustomEvent.Add(myFunction)").

i know that there is a certain lua function called os.clock() but i am not sure if it is a good idea to use it in a mod...

or is it safe to use stuff like os.clock() or luasocket in a mod?

Only workaround which only uses pz stuff I found so far would be using Event.OnTick somehow but not sure if that is a good idea.

ok... luasocket doesn't seem to work in pz code...

[opal wind]

how do people mod the java coding on PZ? is there a compiler/decompiler software like Mcreator for minecraft?

[tribal marsh]

os.* isnt implemented in kahlua afaik

[willow estuary]

I don't know anything about the matter, aside from, AFAIK, there's no working examples on the workshop itself?
It's not something I've investigated, in that I have concerns about it's easy utility in MP + the workshop.

[small topaz]

yes. just found out that those typical lua tricks for adding delay don't seem to work in pz.

a related question: is there a way to get the current game "tick"? i mean those "ticks" which are used in the lua event Events.OnTick.

[opal wind]

what about colored lights? is there a way to make a custom flashlight with it?

[lapis scroll]

Should this be the correct way to load in a new value for an existing distribution table? I'm not getting an error but it doesn't feel like it's being overwritten

SuburbsDistributions["all"]["inventorymale"].items["Base.Cigarettes"] = 3

[snow path]

Hello, I have a few problems with my mod. First, I am able to spawn my modded firearm, but unable to find it in its supposed natural spawns like police armories, gun shops etc.

Next is the fact that it still shows the vanilla shotgun model whenever I have it equipped.

Lastly, is with the audio, all of it became muted when I added some new audio files to it.

Do you know how to fix this?

[drifting ore]

are they .wav?

[snow path]

Yes, they all are.

[drifting ore]

if you send me a zip i can take a look

and then tell you what it is

[opal wind]

hey guys, i notice i set this on my robocop gun to fire 3 shots at 1 time, but its not working, nor the clip is spending 3 at time, it spend only one, what im missing here?

ProjectileCount = 3,

[thin hornet]

Anyone figured a way to prevent opening door with the keyboard shortcut >?
The keyboard shortcut "E" doesnt use the TimedAction as it seem to be hardcoded into the java.
So basically we can prevent opening door/window from clickhandler, joypad and context menu, but all this is useless cause the E key will just open it anyway.
Temp solution disabling the keybind for interact when i need to.

[cold burrow]

Maybe try:

FireMode = Auto,
FireModePossibilities = Auto/Single,

?

[opal wind]

will do

thanks

[drifting ore]

so anyone figured it out?

i cant remove this table for the life of me

require "Definitions/SLEO_AttachedWeaponDefinitions"

print ("AttachedWeaponDefinitions:"..tostring(AttachedWeaponDefinitions))

print("AttachedWeaponDefinitions.LongGunOnBack:"..tostring(LongGunOnBack))

if AttachedWeaponDefinitions.LongGunOnBack then AttachedWeaponDefinitions.LongGunOnBack.weapons = {} end

if AttachedWeaponDefinitions.PoliceHandGun then AttachedWeaponDefinitions.PoliceHandGun.weapons = {} end

current code

i want to remove this code

-- For Specific Outfits --

-- assault rifle on back
AttachedWeaponDefinitions.LongGunOnBack = {
    id = "LongGunOnBack",
    chance = 30,
    outfit = {"SharkBlueSWAT","SharkBlueSWATBelt","SharkGreenSWAT","SharkGreenSWATBelt","SharkGreenSWATRiot","SharkGreenSWATGasMask,","SharkGreenSWATBelt","SharkBlueSWATWebbing","SharkBlueSWATRiot","SharkBlueSWATGasMask"},
    weaponLocation =  {"Rifle On Back"},
    bloodLocations = nil,
    addHoles = false,
    daySurvived = 0,
    weapons = {
        "Base.AssaultRifle",
        "Base.AssaultRifle2",
        "Base.Shotgun",
    },
}```

the weapons part

i thought of trying this ```table.remove(AttachedWeaponDefinitions["LongGunOnBack"].weapons,1);
table.remove(AttachedWeaponDefinitions["LongGunOnBack"].weapons,1);
table.remove(AttachedWeaponDefinitions["LongGunOnBack"].weapons,1);

table.remove(AttachedWeaponDefinitions["PoliceHandGun"].weapons,1);
table.remove(AttachedWeaponDefinitions["PoliceHandGun"].weapons,1); ```

just remove the first part of the table 3 times over

help?

[dense fable]

what's the mod called that integrates with the twitch chat?

[odd notch]

is there a simple way to get the variables an item has? e.g. MaxRange, etc

as in, the variable names

[drifting stump]

gimme a sec and ill dump them here

@odd notch

fixed some values i forgot to remove a java keyword which doesnt matter for this purpose

[odd notch]

ahhh thanks

i'm trying to find the generator's range variable

assuming it exists

and isnt hardcoded java

[drifting stump]

from what i know generators are mostly hardcoded

[odd notch]

[drifting stump]

let me look at generators

[bronze arch]

Hey ya'll, any guides out there for updating a mod to make item placeable? Or where in teh game's files I can look for the logic to figure it out myself? TIA

[drifting stump]

@odd notch

private static final int GENERATOR_RADIUS = 20;

and final means it cant be changed

[odd notch]

is that in the IsoGenerator class?

[drifting stump]

yes

[odd notch]

thank u browser8

[drifting stump]

np

[lavish pine]

how can I get which item the player is using? after searching in the isoPlayer fields, I found nothing

[drifting stump]

player:getPrimaryHandItem()
player:getSecondaryHandItem()

[lavish pine]

thanks

[bronze arch]

item Book
{
DisplayCategory = Literature,
Weight = 0.5,
Type = Literature,
UnhappyChange = -40,
DisplayName = Book,
StressChange = -40,
Icon = Book,
BoredomChange = -50,
StaticModel = Book,
WorldStaticModel = BookClosedGround,
}

Anyone know what folder I can find for example "book" icon?

I can find the model and texture but the icon isn't apparent

[drifting stump]

probably in the pack files

[bronze arch]

thanks

[fair frost]

Remaked Riverside Livery

[lavish pine]

how can I find a function by its name? Manually search for it in the lua folder or is there some way faster and easier?

[drifting stump]

my text editor lets me search a whole folder

[lavish pine]

Which text editor do you use?

[bronze arch]

Did TIS release documentation on how to implement the new "Place item" feature ?

I want to be able to update my mod to place things

[drifting stump]

atom

[lavish pine]

if I overwrite the basic items, will they spawn as usual

[bronze arch]

is this correct syntax?

table.insert(Distributions.motelroom.sidetable.items"Item,500")

loads of examples online of procedural table syntax but I'm trying to add items to the regular distributions file

[bronze arch]

table.insert(Distributions.motelroom.sidetable.items, "Item")
table.insert(Distributions.motelroom.sidetable.items, 500)

Tried this and it threw an error on start

sidetable of non-table: Null

[frank elbow]

The error means that Distributions.motelroom was nil; not at my computer to check at the moment, did you mean to use the procedural distributions table?

[steady zenith]

Which one of you has loaded cjosn

[bronze arch]

@frank elbow motelroom sidetable does not have proc dist = yes

motelroom = {
--removed nonsense
sidetable = {
rolls = 1,
items = {
"Book", 200,
},

so do I have to use that new distribution merge system?

[steady zenith]

Which one of you has loaded cjosn？

[bronze arch]

I have no idea what you're talking about

[frank elbow]

But that looks like it's in the ProceduralDistributions file, yeah?

Is the table still Distributions? Again, not at my computer to check so sorry if this is unhelpful

[bronze arch]

no, it's in Distributions.lua

[steady zenith]

Is how to load the josn file

[frank elbow]

Oh, gotcha

[bronze arch]

Which is what I'm trying to solve, I don't know how to alter loot tables for NON procdist lists in the distributions.lua

[frank elbow]

Hopefully someone else can help you, I won't be at my PC for a minute

[bronze arch]

@no worries mate thanks for checkin in anyways

[ashen star]

is it possible to make a battery last forever (or at least practically forever)? I tried to change the delta use value, but it seems that there is a minimum consumption regardless.

[undone heron]

its cause each item has it's own use value for the battery

so you would need to change each item

[ashen star]

I also changed the delta of the electronic items, but not matter how small I make it it seems there is a minimum consumption rate

[small topaz]

I am currently searching for a command which returns information about fitness animations the player is performing. There is the command getAnimationStateName() and this works very good for various animations like running or sitting. However, during a fitness animation, this function only returns "fitness" but not which specific exercise is performed (for example situps, squats etc.). Any ideas how to get more detailed info about the specific type of the exercise performed by the player?

[bitter frigate]

does anybody know where to find where ClockAssets or any of the files it contains are referenced in the code? it's a folder in media\ui obviously, but that doesn't help me figure out how the clock actually displays numbers

[rain pumice]

Player:getBodyDamage():getBodyPart()

is there a way to make getbodypart get everything?

without having to input all the data into a table

lol

[bronze arch]

Can anyone link me to how to make an item placeable as a 3d model in the world?

I have no idea what the difference between staticmodel and worldstaticmodel

[bitter frigate]

if there is the mod i'm referencing that handles full body damage doesn't use it

[rain pumice]

then it doesnt exist

sad life

[nimble spoke]

All you need is worldstaticmodel. staticmodel is used for items in hand

[mint sphinx]

is the woldstaticmodel thing you can place ? like a bed ?

[bronze arch]

@nimble spoke it's for a book, so if I only have worldstatic model then will the read animation still play?

even still the book is invisible while I read and when I try to place item it uses the 2d icon on the ground

[nimble spoke]

No, beds are tiles, worldstaticmodel is a 3d model that replaces the icon when the item is on the ground

[nimble spoke]

the read animation will play, I don't remember what the latest version of the read action is doing, at some point it selected the model to be used in hand by itself, I think now it uses the staticmodel in the item script

[mint sphinx]

so physical object there block you patch is still isoobject aka tiles ? ^^ i see except for cars :p

[nimble spoke]

If it is still using 2d icon on the ground you did not give it a proper worldstaticmodel, the most common result is it being invisible on the ground

[bronze arch]

@nimble spoke I copy/pasted the Book.X file from the main game files into my mods modelsX folder

then referenced it from tehre

I also have the tecture for it in WorldItems in textures

I'm pretty much copying another mod off the workshop but theirs is for soda cans

[nimble spoke]

not the X file, you want the FBX file, and you need to create the model script for it. Check media/scripts/models_items.txt

if you even need it to have a unique world model

the item script does not reference a model file directly, it references a model script, and that script references a model file and texture

[bronze arch]

@nimble spoke I think I got it, I mixed something up somewhere

thanks a lot mate

is there official documentation to figure this stuff out or is it just the blind leading the even more blind?

yo wtf

BIG BOOK

that's with the FBX model

and reading it, it's still invisible

[cold burrow]

Something wrong with scale. Is that vanilla book model .fbx file?

[bronze arch]

@cold burrow literally copy/pasted the vanilla model from WorldItems folder

just reading

[nimble spoke]

you probably forgot the scale value used by the original entry

[cold burrow]

Scale seems fine for me. Idk how to change texture now. :D

[nimble spoke]

I don't know if there's documentation about it. You just got lucky to be lead by not-blind 😉

[nimble spoke]

you need to give it staticmodel then, which is usually a different model from worldstaticmodel

[tribal marsh]

isoplayer:setMaxWeightBase(value) doesn't seem to actually set maxWeight.

LOG  : General     , 1643991739777> Updated weight to: 8.092015
LOG  : General     , 1643991739992> Rolling 2 for luck
LOG  : General     , 1643991739992> Player's NetWorth: 184.20 -- PlayerMaxWeight: 8 Adding Weight: 0.0921
LOG  : General     , 1643991739992> Updated weight to: 8.0921
LOG  : General     , 1643991740210> Rolling 15 for luck
LOG  : General     , 1643991740210> Player's NetWorth: 186.03 -- PlayerMaxWeight: 8 Adding Weight: 0.093015
LOG  : General     , 1643991740210> Updated weight to: 8.093015
LOG  : General     , 1643991740252> Player's NetWorth: 186.03 -- PlayerMaxWeight: 8
LOG  : General     , 1643991740429> Rolling 50 for luck
LOG  : General     , 1643991740431> Player's NetWorth: 198.48 -- PlayerMaxWeight: 8 Adding Weight: 0.09924
LOG  : General     , 1643991740432> Updated weight to: 8.09924

I have a value NetWorth * 0.0005 to get the weight to add, but BaseWeight isnt changing

[bronze arch]

These are the scripts

the book item from the game itself uses this

[nimble spoke]

you don't really need your own mesh if you simply retextured the existing model

[bronze arch]

so I can take out mesh = bookbible

[nimble spoke]

yeah, you can use the original model in there

[bronze arch]

bookbible is just a renamed Book.fbx

so I don't need that line at all?

fair enough

[nimble spoke]

you need the line, but you point to Book

[tribal marsh]

Still define the mesh

[bronze arch]

ah ok

any idea where BookCLosedGround is? Can't seem to find it

[nimble spoke]

probably inside the WorldItems folder

[tribal marsh]

Anyone have any insight on isoplayer.setMaxWeightBase()?

[bronze arch]

I appreciate the help, unfortunately the book is still massive on the ground and in my hands

you mentioned something about scale value?

[bitter frigate]

i want to have making an item trigger something - is there no way to do that until OnCreate is implemented?

[tribal marsh]

Uhh

You absolutely can

as far as I can tell, I do it alot

[bitter frigate]

would you mind sharing how you usually do that?

[tribal marsh]

function Recipe.OnCreate.<someFunct>(items, result, player)
        (your code)
end```

module <moduleName>
{
imports
{
Base
}
recipe <recipename>
{
Wallet/Wallet2/Wallet3/Wallet4,

    Result:EmptyWallet,
    RemoveResultItem:true,
    OnCreate:Recipe.OnCreate.<someFunct>,
    
}

}

[nimble spoke]

yes, check the txt with model scripts, you just need to use the same scale file used by the book script

[bitter frigate]

so OnCreate IS implemented?

[tribal marsh]

Its been working for me, so I guess yes

[bitter frigate]

alright cool! i saw it was a planned thing in the upcoming patch so i assumed it wasn't working yet. thank you!!

[bronze arch]

@nimble spoke I see what you mean now, thanks again for you time

[nimble spoke]

you're talking about item OnCreate, recipe OnCreate has existed for a long time

[bronze arch]

@nimble spoke Any idea why suddenly when reading other books besides my mod book, the thing is giant as fuck
Also the book, when being read, is facing straight up, i assume as PZ swaps Z and Y coords

but surely that shouldn't be happening with stock mesh?

[nimble spoke]

If you just added your model script it should not cause any issues with the vanilla models. About coords being swapped: that's why each model has an intended use, don't use a world model for hands and vice versa

[bronze arch]

@nimble spoke Do you recommend any way of testing to see if a custom item has distributed into the world

other than walking about and checking containers

[nimble spoke]

If you added it correctly to the spawn tables it is spawning, you can always give it a high spawn chance for testing and lower it later

[neat storm]

if i wanted to modify or swap out the zombie and scare sounds, how would i go about that?

[tribal marsh]

ProjectZomboid\media\sound

then: C:\Users[username]\Zomboid\Workshop[modname]\ - set up your workshop mod here

make sure your mod structure matches the original game folder structure

your mod will overwrite filenames

(this is all a guess, someone correct me if i'm wrong)

[neat storm]

i'll keep this in mind. it sounds similar to kenshi modding

[faint jewel]

i need a weapon that is a squirt bottle of holy water.

[drifting ore]

Hi, I published a mod two days ago, and I'm very happy with the acceptance so far, my expectation has been exceeded.
It was my first mod, something very simple, but I loved the feeling of seeing people subscribing to it.
Thanks to everyone who helped me, especially @drifting ore, who helped me when I got stuck, and was about to give up the task.

[bronze arch]

anyone have any ideas why my custom book isn't spawning anywhere? I can cheat it into my inventory no problem

[drifting ore]

100?

[bitter frigate]

no idea how to help, but i absolutely adore the roll to add it to motel bedside tables

[bronze arch]

I want to replace the default "book" spawn with bibles

but idk how to remove things from the spawn lists, only add them

[bronze arch]

isn't 100 the highest

[drifting ore]

Isn't it 0 to 1?

[bronze arch]

no it goes above 1

[nimble spoke]

please remove third and fourth lines

and where did that function by the end came from?

[bronze arch]

Came from the forums, frrom one of the devs

[nimble spoke]

ohhhh really?

all that could be done just like you did for the previous lines

with the lines removed your item should spawn

[willow estuary]

Last bit is kinda no bueno, in that it would completely overwrite the motel room side table distro entry so it would just spawn the bibles and nothing else, but I gather it's the intent.

You would do it just like all the entries above it to have it spawn there w/o wiping the motel room occupied sidetable entry

[bronze arch]

@willow estuary the only thing that spawns in those side tables is books so I want to replace them totally

Can you give me an example of how to write a line like that?

Because I can't figure out how to do it for object that aren't procedural

[willow estuary]

require 'Items/SuburbsDistributions'

table.insert(SuburbsDistributions.motelroomoccupied.sidetable.items, "CokeBaggie")
table.insert(SuburbsDistributions.motelroomoccupied.sidetable.items, 1)
table.insert(SuburbsDistributions.motelroomoccupied.sidetable.items, "pa_CokeBrick2")
table.insert(SuburbsDistributions.motelroomoccupied.sidetable.items, 0.01)

[bitter frigate]

im probably missing something really simple but how exactly would you use multiple units of a drainable in a recipe? i assume it's possible because the crafting menu specifies "1 unit" is being used

[willow estuary]

    recipe Lay Out Four Lines
    {
    CokeBaggie=8,
    Mirror,
    keep CreditCard/HuntingKnife,    
    Result:MirrorWith4Lines,
        Time:250,
    Sound:AddItemInRecipe,
    Prop1:Source=3,
    Prop2:Source=2,
    }

[bitter frigate]

CokeBaggie is the drainable in this, right?

[bronze arch]

I'll give that a go later Blair thanks

[willow estuary]

Yep

[drifting stump]

you should avoid replacing totally because other mods may want to add to it and your replace nullifies it if its loaded after

[bronze arch]

@drifting stump I'm guessing then I should use it to "merge" the original loot pool and the new one I introduce yeah?

[drifting stump]

use table.insert

not table = {new stuff}

[weary matrix]

is there a way to have access to the list of all spawned zombies on the full map, not just the current map chunk?

I'd like to get an idea about number of zombies per map chunk or something like that

[drifting ore]

I just got a DMCA takedown on one of my workshop published items

[weary matrix]

you're own mod? 😮

[drifting ore]

Someone else’s mod that I modified

And gave credit to in the description….

[weary matrix]

did you ask permission?

[drifting ore]

What an ass

[weary matrix]

well no? 😂

[drifting ore]

What?

I changed shit why does it matter?

[weary matrix]

giving credit in the description does not allow you to steal code?

[drifting ore]

steal code

[weary matrix]

well that's what you did

[drifting ore]

It’s literally two fucking lines that add recipes

And I added two more

And kept everything else the same

[weary matrix]

but then you distributed code that is not yours?

[drifting ore]

It was on the steam workshop it’s not like he’s going to loose money

Manz wasn’t selling it

[weary matrix]

think of it as a book, you take a book, add two lines and publish it under your name, does that feel OK?

[drifting ore]

That’s dumb

[weary matrix]

does not matter if he was selling it or not

no it's not dumb

it's very similar to what you did

[drifting ore]

So if I took napoleons autobiography

And added extensive commentary to it and publish it

Napoleon can sue me?

[weary matrix]

well that's dumb, because napoleon is dead

[bitter frigate]

if my understanding of copyright is correct, yes

[drifting ore]

Whatever I have his personal address now because of the email I got lmao

[weary matrix]

you should learn about copyright I guess

[willow estuary]

What's the intent of this statement?

[drifting ore]

A point

Would you really want some random person on the internet to have your address?

Over a workshop item that isn’t even six lines of code

That you aren’t even selling

[willow estuary]

There's a threatening tone to your statements that is probably contrary to the intent of this discord's rules.

[drifting ore]

And being accredited to in the item

Don’t put words in my mouth

[weary matrix]

I just hope you're not going to do anything stupid with that information...

[drifting ore]

If I wanted to be malicious I’d just dox him

But we’re not here doing that are we?

[weary matrix]

hopefully not

[iron salmon]

Dunno, you even mentioning that gives off weird vibes for sure, though.

[drifting ore]

Whatever copywrite law in the United States needs a nerf

[iron salmon]

Even outside of that you're not even covered by Steam's Subscriber Agreement

There's obviously an aspect of how realistic a claim is. If something is two lines of code and you add to more to it, I don't know, not much of a case there though it depends on the lines of code. Not many ways to add a recipe, for example.
Up to Steam to decide in any case.
Just saying that giving credit does not give anyone carte blanche to modify the UGC of other users.

[tribal marsh]

Obviously the correct choice was to create a mod that requires the original, not edit the original.

[iron salmon]

Aye

[willow estuary]

Quite easy to do as well, require=PlayerTraps is the key part in mod.info

name=Nolan's Traps Updates
poster=poster.png
id=NolansTrapsUpdates
require=PlayerTraps
description= 
url=

[drifting ore]

Whatever he can’t dmca me if I upload it privately right?

It’s only for my friends and I anyways

[weary matrix]

oh my

[tribal marsh]

... just write it the correct way

[drifting ore]

It’s not copywrite if I’m not publishing anything

Publicly

[drifting ore]

Don’t even know the correct way, just picked a random mod and used it’s text pad full of code goodies because it was easier than setting up the files

It’s a miracle I figured out how to make it it’s own Thing

Modifying text pads is my specialty

[tribal marsh]

Recipes are very easy to add into this game. There's no Lua involved if the recipe is simple

[leaden notch]

no offense, but that kind of ignorance is what gets people in all sorts of trouble

[weary matrix]

you said the author was an ass but I really have big doubts about who's the ass in this story

[iron salmon]

The Steam Subscriber Agreement doesn't differentiate there, for what it is worth.

Sorry that you kind of walked into a lions den in here, but modders are bound to care about the things they have created.

Hope nothing here gets personal.

And no need for insults.

[drifting ore]

Whatever I don’t think he can strike me if I make it private, this guy is going to have to live with three people using a modified version of his mod that adds like two recipes

🤷‍♂️

[iron salmon]

In that case I wouldn't be too loud about it at a place where a bunch of mod authors reside, who would have every right to be upset about people copying their work without permission.

Sure, most might not care about some randos using a modified version, but it didn't sound like you had it set to private from the get go?

Wouldn't mouth off about it, for sure 🙂

Kinda just picked the worst possible place to complain about it

[weary matrix]

and you're OK with that?

[iron salmon]

It's not about if I'm personally ok with that, it's about if there is anything an author can feasibly do that would prevent anyone from modifying their work and using that modified work among their group of friends, like people have been doing forever.

[weary matrix]

I see

[iron salmon]

Uploading that modified work to the workshop privately? The author would likely never find out and I don't see why they'd really care in that case.

If that mod is uploaded publicly for everyone, and the author did not give permission? Doesn't really matter if there's credit given or not. That shouldn't fly.

[drifting ore]

Code copyright is basically a gray area anyways in US copyright law.

Even changing the names of functions is enough to void any copyright protections

[sharp fulcrum]

But speaking plainly: why would a modder be forced to send a person his full personal data because that person took his code and put it in a modpack, for example? There's packs out there with 50+ mods in it and nobody reports it via DMCA because they don't want to get doxxed. They clearly violate TIS rules for mods and steam subscriber agreement, yet stay up for months.

[drifting ore]

But steam itself has their own rules in the EULA

And EULAs/TOS are technically a contractual agreement

[willow estuary]

Well, if someone doesn't want to go the DMCA route they can also report a mod and include their explanation regarding it being an unauthorized re-upload of their material in the report field.

[drifting ore]

You have to in order to file a dmca

[sharp fulcrum]

Yes, and those reports are what stays active for months. Not DMCA.

[drifting ore]

You can't fight a DMCA without using your own personal info anyways lol

[sharp fulcrum]

Exactly. Why send a person ammunition to shit on you even more then?

[drifting ore]

Literally

He’s lucky I’m not a malicious person

I mean

I am going to call him a dork in steam though

You can't really do much with a name

[weary matrix]

That's an interesting perspective. Just for my own information, is that the general view of TIS about copyright infringement on the work of the people modding your game or just your own?

[iron salmon]

I'd refrain from doing so as well.

I don't think you're going to get much sympathies with that kind of attitude here, really.

[iron salmon]

Why do I feel like this is some sort of gotcha question?

Is it a controversial take?

[drifting ore]

I think a better question is did the dude go through the effort of downloading your mod edit and checking the code?

Didn’t come here for sympathy, not what I used the internet for

Came here for advice

And with my advice I am going to upload it privately

Thanks to said advice

Or did he just see it was an edit in the description and then DMCA

Anyways thanks boys

[iron salmon]

Toodles

[drifting ore]

Because realistically its probably the latter

[weary matrix]

just a simple question

[iron salmon]

Feel like mine was too

[drifting ore]

I mean, modification of material for personal usage is protected by most creative commons licenses

No idea what steam ensures their workshop content under

[weary matrix]

feels like your question was just to avoid answering mine

[drifting ore]

I think if anyone is modifying a mod for private usage they should send it to their friends as raw .zip files and not reupload it to the workshop lol

[iron salmon]

This some weird sort of game we're playing?
I just feel like it's a gotcha question when what I said was not controversial at all, so why dance in a circle?

Intend is hard to interpret through text, but getting weird vibes here lol

[weary matrix]

well it feels to me you just gave your approval when @drifting ore suggested he should continue stealing the code but publishing it privately. Which in my opinion is not OK. Hence my question, nothing personal I just want to know if this is TIS general perspective on the subject or just yours

[iron salmon]

If someone modifies another modders work and never uploads it to the workshop or does so privately, and never makes it publicly accessible, it's certainly a different situation than uploading modified work with credit but without permission?

Same thing with people learning how to make video games. They might flatout copy another game use assets that aren't theirs, but not distribute it except in order to use it with some few friends.

[drifting ore]

Respectfully I don’t care about your opinion, please don’t ping me

[weary matrix]

@drifting ore feel free to block me I honestly don't care

[weary matrix]

I'm not saying the situation are not different, but I think both are not acceptable?

[iron salmon]

I think it has to be accepted that one scenario is entirely unpreventable though, which is my point. There is nothing that can be done to prevent someone from downloading a mod and modifying it for their own personal use.

[weary matrix]

so you won't even ban @drifting ore from this discord for stealing code knowingly from people modding your game and not feeling bad about it in any way?

[tribal marsh]

Well, thats stepping into out of scope territory

Thats not nasKo's job really, to enforce law on someone elses intellectual property

[iron salmon]

How about you take it down a notch. We don't even know the mod in question.
And no, I am not going to ban someone from the Discord for making a mod that is a modification of someone elses, after saying they will cease distributing that mod without the authors permission AND after the author made it clear they do not want it distributed. Despite them being a bit of an asshole about it and coming here to complain about it and post something that could be taken as a thinly veiled threat.

[drifting ore]

My opinion:

Take someone else's code, and make small tweaks to release something very similar and compete with the original, NOT COOL!

Copy parts of code, and solutions from different authors, to do something totally different, and that won't compete in the same segment, COOL.

[formal stone]

……

[iron salmon]

I came here, monitored the situation and intervened how I saw fit. If you have an issue with how this was handled, you're entitled to that opinion and if you find ways to come off less confrontational I'm certainly willing to learn how this situation can be handled better.
If you think this was already worth a ban, I don't agree right now but I'm open to find out how someone admitting to modify someone elses work for personal use should be a bannable offense.

[formal stone]

Man I didn’t know this was okay in this discord?

Good points @weary matrix crazy the guys even hinting at using his address against him

Modders shouldn’t have to worry about their personal details for doing what is right

[iron salmon]

I agree, which why I intervened after seeing that line.

[drifting ore]

Please stop pinging me

I just come here for questions

[iron salmon]

Just block and move on then, he clearly won't stop

And you're better off putting distance between you and this convo as well because you're on thin ice already after the thinly veiled threat.

[undone crag]

(on further thought nvm (:d also typos))

[burnt current]

I just want to ask for a rundown or if there was a tutorial somewhere on how to merge mods for personal use lol

[undone crag]

It looks like part of it is not putting in public on steam workshop :d

[burnt current]

Kek. Nw it'd just be unlisted I just want me and my friends not to lose another server we put a few hours in because one of our 50 mods updated

[deft marsh]

It's getting heated in here

[burnt current]

That's why I took off my jacket

[nimble spoke]

Since I've been doing that with my own mods, my advice is, have all file names be easily identifiable, because any issue or update you need to be sure what is what

name prefixes that tell you where they come from whenever possible

[burnt current]

Thank you for the advice I'll be sure to do that

[tribal marsh]

I would suggest, on your dedicated server, removing the workshop IDs so the mods dont update. for each client, move the workshop mods to the local mods folder and unsubscribe from everything. No versions will change and you dont have to worry about updates.

[sharp fulcrum]

Or be radical and ask for permission first.

That's the part most people seem to forget.

[nimble spoke]

Yeah, when in doubt ask first, and be prepared since the answer can be a big no

[tribal marsh]

You can always write your own mod launcher that downloads from the host site

[burnt current]

That assumes I know how to code

[tribal marsh]

Powershell is pretty easy! maybe its time to learn how to script haha

[sharp fulcrum]

I think what most people have a problem with is the helplessness. If somebody reuploads your stuff without your consent you can't do anything without leaving yourself open for attacks. Either go with DCMA and risk getting doxxed or use the useless report feature on steam.

So ask for permission at least, before repacking the work of others.

[burnt current]

For personal use?

[sharp fulcrum]

Always. Have respect for the work modders put into their work.

[fallow crescent]

no because that's entirely unreasonable and if the guy above hadnt stupidly uploaded his mod as public he would have not done anything wrong

this is not different from me downloading blairs or peachs or sharks mods to learn what he did and then adapt that shit for my own personal use that I never shared with a single soul

[undone crag]

Maybe the morality could depend on who made the mod. It seems some people want people not to use their code for personal use or with friends. Some people also are fine with it even if they are not asked. Oh maybe that is why people say to ask.

[sharp fulcrum]

A modpack is a repack, not change or adaptation.

[burnt current]

That I am doing for my own server that's not public

[fallow crescent]

exactly as long as you don't have the modpack set to public it is still personal use and none of the mod authors would find out

as soon as you start to put your server public your an asshole though and should certainly have permission first

I had one mod years ago and people would constantly ask for support on it using an outdated as fuck version

have not uploaded a mod for public use since then because idk how you people deal with that lol

your going insane i cant imagine anything different

[sharp fulcrum]

Mostly with a preemptively placed statement on repacking and stuff.

[fallow crescent]

like the usual minecraft modpacks

but this was years ago mind and the game was not as popular

[ionic galleon]

tbh if the game had a proper modding api with support for patching in a simple format for both script an lua as well as a java api and a mod versioning system then i would be like sure, takedown everything. but when you go to something rimworld, at least there you don't have an excuse of it being hard or sometimes not possible because the total lack of mod support on the dev's end.

once a system for patching scripts is added that can allow multiple mods to modify the same thing then I would say you should take a hardline approach on this.

also regarding repacking, well if the mod support mp and a modder updates 6 times a day well, in rimworld if i update 2 times i get backlash and unsubs let alone what happens here where with a decent list a server can have to restart every 20 minutes. It's not entirely the modder fault since that should be handled by both steam and indiestone but they don't so give people an alternative to packing if you update too often or tbh in any other community you would lose all your subs.

[fallow crescent]

with the numbers of some popular mods these days no way i wouldn't of packed my shit and never looked back if I imagine getting x100 as many support questions from people using outdated versions

[proven light]

lol anyone have any idea what could cause this? that is the new car wheel i made and its also somehow spinning???

[marsh beacon]

Its so wierd people are willing to disrespect mod authors and at the same time use their mods

[tribal marsh]

Oh my

[burnt current]

I'll just go figure it out myself thanks anyway

[fallow crescent]

it is entirely on steam because i cannot think of any game having it any other way

[proven light]

my car is normal size and the wheel next to the car is proportional in blender

[fallow crescent]

my ark server suffered from the same issue

[quasi geode]

patching is already a thing. problem is most people dont bother to take the time to learn lua properly to know how to do it, so they blindly copy or overwrite/replace stfuf

[bitter frigate]

just dont publish anything publically and you'll be golden my dude. what you do privately is ur own business

[ionic galleon]

it is not. that is not patching, that is a hack at best.

[burnt current]

I know and that's what I wasn't going to do anyway but I still got an ethics lecture for some reason

[proven light]

its literally spinning like a tornado though

[ionic galleon]

a proper patching system allows you to order patches by giving priorities, check for possible patches on something so you can warn the user and even do inline patching

[burnt current]

I literally just wanted to play with my friends

[ionic galleon]

let alone the fact that scripts can be patched that easily by multiple mods

[grizzled grove]

check that you applied transforms in blender before exporting?

[ionic galleon]

also there is a solution for the update issue and it is rather simple, a simple button that create a local copy of mods but tbh the game can't even handle 2 folders with the same name so it's not going to happen

[tribal marsh]

for function Recipe.OnCreate.myFunction(items, result, player) what is "items"? Can I make a recipe require a corpse and use that as targeting for eg items:getModData().someData?

If no, how would I target a corpse and add modData to it?

[willow estuary]

In the client or shared folder somewhere

function corpse_Context (player, context, worldobjects, test)
            local corpse = IsoObjectPicker.Instance:PickCorpse(context.x, context.y)
            local mData = corpse:getModData()
end

Events.OnPreFillWorldObjectContextMenu.Add(corpse_Context)    

[ionic galleon]

tbh the fact that people don't realize how modding in pz is kinda unfriendly because the lack of api and tools to do stuff like patch ordering, checking for patches, inline patching and more. until then i think the barrier to entry is higher than what it is said to be.

[tribal marsh]

What would context.x and context.y be

well... I guess context

[willow estuary]

the mouse position on screen I believe?

[proven light]

😁

[tribal marsh]

So (player, mouse coords where context menu was open, the Object in the world to interact with, test(?))

[proven light]

still not sure why it was spinning 🤔

[tribal marsh]

It is a low rider, take the rims off lol

[proven light]

lmao

[sharp fulcrum]

Player, context menu instance, list of objects connected to the click

[willow estuary]

Yeah, player number but not player object in this case. You can always use print(tostring(VARIABLE_HERE)) to better evaluate what the values being fed to these sort of functions are?

[tribal marsh]

I feel dumb. thats the best thing I've ever heard today.

[willow estuary]

It's a game changer alright 😄

[tribal marsh]

no kidding

https://tenor.com/view/ralph-wiggum-learnding-learning-simpsons-gif-9251847

[nimble spoke]

you said the wheel model is of proper size for the vehicle, but are these 2 the sme file format? do you apply a scale for the vehicle or wheel model scripts?

[nimble spoke]

the list of ingredients

[proven light]

yeah that was the problem actually, the car script i copied had a scale that the wheel didnt have

(my first pz mod so excuse the noobity)

[white quest]

hi

i made a helmet mod

but

sth like this happened

what might be a cause?

on the ground it looks ok, face down but ok

w8, got an idea

[tribal marsh]

Your helmet spaghetti'd

[autumn torrent]

Does anybody know how to apply changes to sandbox settings while in-game? I need something similar to how the zombies, when using the day/night active setting, change their behavior in real-time.

[white quest]

now its big boii

[drifting ore]

Metaverse

[white quest]

ffs

[willow estuary]

    local gTime = getGameTime()
    local hour = gTime:getTimeOfDay()
    local night = gTime:getNight()
    local climate = getClimateManager()
    local sun = climate:getDayLightStrength()
    local light = climate:getGlobalLightIntensity()
    local fog = climate:getFogIntensity()    
    if night == 1 or fog > 0.5 then
        getSandboxOptions():set("ZombieLore.Memory",1)
        getSandboxOptions():set("ZombieLore.Sight",1)
        getSandboxOptions():set("ZombieLore.Hearing",1)
    elseif night > 0 or fog > 0 or light < 0.5 then
        getSandboxOptions():set("ZombieLore.Memory",1)
        getSandboxOptions():set("ZombieLore.Sight",1)
        getSandboxOptions():set("ZombieLore.Hearing",2)    
    elseif (hour < 12 and hour > 15) or light < 0.6 or sun < 0.85 then 
        getSandboxOptions():set("ZombieLore.Memory",2)
        getSandboxOptions():set("ZombieLore.Sight",2)
        getSandboxOptions():set("ZombieLore.Hearing",2)
    else
        getSandboxOptions():set("ZombieLore.Memory",3)
        getSandboxOptions():set("ZombieLore.Sight",3)
        getSandboxOptions():set("ZombieLore.Hearing",3)            
    end

[ivory cradle]

Does editing the _Ground clothing models work dynamically like the regular models? Can I overwrite the fbx for the ground model, tab back to PZ, then make adjustments in blender without reloading PZ?

[white quest]

yes

im doing this rn

[ivory cradle]

Hmm, for some reason my ground model isn't changing anything even when I scale it up super high 🤔

[autumn torrent]

thank you so much. i could not find this at all lol

[willow estuary]

👍

[bitter frigate]

I don't think i'm using OnCreate correctly. would anyone mind explaining what i'm doing wrong here? the creation of TeststripDRY is meant to trigger the player saying their current SugarValue, but it's throwing an error. if it's (items, result, player), how would i go about fixing it?

function Diabetes.OnCreate_TeststripDRY(items, result, player)
    self.character:Say("My blood sugar is " .. tostring(SugarValue))
    -- read blood sugar
end

[proven light]

does anyone know the name of the mod that gives you a drivable wheelchair and mobility scooter?

[white quest]

we are getting there

[bitter frigate]

im rooting for you my dude

[white quest]

wheelz 2 i think, the same that adds motorcycles

[proven light]

thank you!

[white quest]

1 cm at the time

is there a way to easily change origin point in blender?

aka the little orange dot

[tribal marsh]

function Recipe.OnCreate.TeststripDRY(items, result, player)
  player:Say("My blood sugar is " .. tostring(SugarValue))
  -- read blood sugar
end

Note the OnCreate.TeststripDRY instead of _

Also, Recipe instead of diabetes

[bitter frigate]

in an earlier instance (OnEat though it is) I use a bunch of _s - is that not acceptable?

[ivory cradle]

Yeah, I'll post a screenshot to where it is

I deleted the ground model & the game is still using it, so I have no idea what's going on at this point @_@

[white quest]

Jesus Christ'

[opal wind]

lol

[white quest]

w8

i will import player model

and align my helmet to it

[opal wind]

why, in Gods name, are you using .x to make a helmet?:

dude really

use .fbx

and the avatar as reference

stop torturing u self lol

[white quest]

its .fbx, wdym?\

yup, avatar time

[opal wind]

this is .fbx???

[white quest]

why not?

[ivory cradle]

yeah

[opal wind]

then you are doing wrong

[ivory cradle]

🤷

[opal wind]

you dont mesh hat/helmet .fbx like that, its position is all wrong

[ivory cradle]

I just need to lay flat on the ground :C

[opal wind]

you are doing wrong dude

[white quest]

ok buddy

[opal wind]

i mean that picture is def not a .fbx

[opal wind]

you actually have to enter the game and look the position, i bet you are doing not only one but 2 things wrong, and i dont see the point of you posting it here, get an advice and act smart about it

[ivory cradle]

I'm confused

[opal wind]

yes and you are modeling a .fbx as .x

again, doing wrong, thats why u keep having to correct the position

[opal wind]

is this picture here, this is not how you mesh a Skinned .fbx, unless you are doing a Static .fbx, witch i dont even know why

is your helmet static?

[ivory cradle]

I just did the static because I couldn't get the skinned to work

Yeah

[opal wind]

ugh

well than my first argument stay; why torture u self lol

static is outdated

for cloth

just make skinned, you can use the avatar as reference

your work will be x10 times faster and better

[white quest]

give us quick guide on making the skinned one pls

[white quest]

this was me trying to do it skinned

[opal wind]

grab the avatars here

then just put the helmet on thier heads, seletec the mesh and attach 1.0 to Bip_Head01

thats it

[white quest]

k

[opal wind]

export the .fbx

you guys know how to give the head weight?

its pretty easy

grab your helmet mesh, select the vertices, unselect it then join the meshes with the avatar; separate again (this will give any mesh/model the vertex groups), in your case delete all them except for the Bip_Head, then select the helmet mesh on edit mode, click on the Bip_Head and select 'attach'

believe me, its totally worth to learn this guys, you will thank me on the next helmet you make

[ivory cradle]

I'll do my best 👍

[opal wind]

you will learn it fast im sure of it

its much easier than static

[ivory cradle]

I will return with the results, pinkie promise :pinkieshouldbeanemote:

[opal wind]

stealing must be deal with zero tolerance, or people will steal again, this is my opinion

is this was my server he would get BAN + criminal charge if possible too

but since its not... mving on...

[fallow crescent]

stealing

the guy gave credit he just didn't have permission and once the author dmcad he came here to shit on the author but eventually made his version private for personal use which was what he should have done to begin with

he also said the mod was just two lines of code

if that's all it takes to rustle your jimmies boy am i glad your not in charge

[undone crag]

Perhaps someone could make a mod like that. "Mod Loader API". Something like

Hooked_Functions = {}

function PatchFunction_After(function_to_patch, function_to_add, priority)
  Hooked_Functions[function_to_patch] = Hooked_Functions[function_to_patch] or {}
  table.insert(Hooked_Functions[function_to_patch], {function_to_add, priority})
  -- some other things
end

And also hook this mod's function onto each function being patched, and when the patched function is run, run the hooked functions in a certain order. One set of functions before the function and one set after it.

[fallow crescent]

we don't know if the mod author contacted him first. from the story we can doubt that though.
if it relly was just two lines of code to add a recipe as he claimed yall are getting riled up over nothing its embarassing to see

[opal wind]

im not 'riled', i just said what i think.. you on the other hand might be defending a thief without know.. 🙂

[proven light]

he didnt really DMCA him though right?

[tribal marsh]

Alright, we should drop it honestly

[undone crag]

It's a java array
https://github.com/FWolfe/Zomboid-Modding-Guide/blob/master/api/README.md

Unlike a Lua table list, our the first entry in the Java List is index 0 (not 1), and ipairs will no longer work, nor will # to get the size, or [] to get the value at a specified index. For this we need to use the methods in Java's List class :size() and :get()

for index=0, known:size() -1 do
print(index, known:get(index))
end

[fallow crescent]

he was dmcad according to him yes

[proven light]

i dont believe him

[fallow crescent]

weird take but ok

[proven light]

? lol

by DMCA i mean DMCA takedown notice

aka a legal notice

for a zomboid mod

yeah right

[tribal marsh]

Guys dont call the angry cartoon raccoon in here - we'll be punished.

https://tenor.com/view/bravo-clap-racoon-cute-gif-15063398

[fallow crescent]

not sure if you misinterpret what it takes to send a dmca but several people have gotten dmca takedown noticed from zomboid modders

[proven light]

who sends it?

[fallow crescent]

it is essentially the only recourse they have to combat people stealing mods or using them in modpacks etc

[proven light]

the individual?

[fallow crescent]

your just filling out a form that is literally all

it takes 5 minutes

steam has a form for it not sure why youd doubt that part of the story

[proven light]

never heard of DMCAing workshop items

this is new to me

so does steam take down the item?

[fallow crescent]

not new plenty of people complained on steam about getting dmcad by modders recently too

[willow estuary]

I've recieved a DMCA notice for a minor mod that was all original code on steam. Nothing ever came of it, and I have no idea what the deal was? But DMCA takedowns of zomboid mods does happen.

[proven light]

oh so steam doesn't actually enforce it then?

[fallow crescent]

and in my opinion i think many of those cases were legit since it was essentially reuploading someone elses mod

[proven light]

well then yeah its just smoke

[brittle jewel]

I DMCA'd someone who uploaded their own version of Defecation without any permission and it was gone within 2 days.

[fallow crescent]

steam does take action against those

[willow estuary]

In my case, I believe no action was taken as the complaint had no merit?
But mods have been taken down by DMCA action and people have been quite upset about it happening to them.

[fallow crescent]

not always but they do evidently

[proven light]

oh ok

[fallow crescent]

so to be clear the discussion on here was about someone at first uploading a mod for everyone to download that added "two lines" to a mod that was already just "two lines" and just recipes

if that is truthful then making that mod private was really all it took

[opal wind]

bs stop defending thieves Temi

[fallow crescent]

from that point on and from the persons description there were going to only use it for them personally

[fallow crescent]

are you being dumb on purpose stop trying to claim i defend a thief

[white quest]

Gobless

[opal wind]

nice kappi

[fallow crescent]

its fucking personal use as soon as they stop publishing the mod

[white quest]

This skeleton thingy works

[opal wind]

watch your mouth here, there are kids

[fallow crescent]

modders make use of "personal use" all the time learning how to mod

you being one of them

[opal wind]

you are not polite

[fallow crescent]

sorry i used strong words

don't make false accusations then

[opal wind]

i dont care about you or you sorrying or your defending criminals, just watch your mouth here

dont curse

[proven light]

https://tenor.com/view/mr-demi-demi-demi-demi-demi-demi-motivation-mr-demi-demi-motivation-motivation-gif-17246715

[fallow crescent]

lmao

this guy serious

[opal wind]

lol

[fallow crescent]

cant be

pure comedy

[opal wind]

are you cursing more?

or are u done? fall mouth

[fallow crescent]

so petty

laughable

doodoohead

[proven light]

someone should make a vscode plugin for the pz scripting language whatever it is called

some autocompletes and snippets would be cool

(not talking about lua)

[opal wind]

this is worth a ban

imo

[iron salmon]

You two are such childs

[opal wind]

where are this server moderators

i wonder

[iron salmon]

Just stop that shit

Both of you

jfc feels like a babysitter in here

[opal wind]

what rule i broke here??

[left plank]

wow it's like there are moderators here

[opal wind]

Temi is cursing to much dude wtf

u guys deal with your cattle im done

[left plank]

do we have a rule against cursing?

you're both taking this so far into an argument

[iron salmon]

No rule against cursing and that can't really be your idea of defusing a situation 😄

Riling someone up even more like nobody is allowed to curse, come on.

[opal wind]

this server is a disgrace nasko, you dont even punish thieves

[iron salmon]

Also the thief defender claim.

Right

Plenty of other servers for you.

[white quest]

i think i need to attach more bones

brcause this happens when i walk lol

[dry chasm]

That intended as a helmet? xD

[opal wind]

u just need to select the mesh on edit mode and the attach to Bip_Head

[opal wind]

my friends son is 10 yo and he visit this server dude, this is not cool at all

[iron salmon]

breaking Discord ToS then

[opal wind]

again, rude as hell

[iron salmon]

Neither the game nor the server are for 10 year olds and we have never banned people for cursing, so you're off base there.

[opal wind]

i helped a lot of people since i got here, dont give me this BS just because i complain about cursing

i dotn want you to ban anybody

[iron salmon]

I wanted to stop you from carrying on a petty argument

sorry

seemed like it to me

[opal wind]

i want just a SMALL piece of respect from you, since i didnt do shit

[iron salmon]

I got a wrong impression then, in the heat of the moment

[opal wind]

u did!

[white quest]

ok, done

[opal wind]

i was just defending people and trying to help

[iron salmon]

To me it seemed like a petty argument with two people riling up each other unnecessarily, derailing the channel.

I just wanted that to stop, that's all.

So rock on

[opal wind]

no reason to call me 'kid' and tell me to get off just because i made 1 simple cursing complain, its my right

ok then

[opal wind]

you can DM me anytime you want i can guide you with more details if you want let me know

in case you need

[rain pumice]

[opal wind]

Sup big J

dude that picture on your avatar, is that the necronomicon?

@rain pumicepokes

[opal wind]

how do i poke people on discord again?

lol

[rain pumice]

LOL

It's god from solo levelling

[undone crag]

o_o

[opal wind]

hum it does look like the necromicon cover lol

https://tenor.com/view/holy-shit-whats-happening-whats-going-on-what-is-it-mother-of-god-gif-16251346

does it bite? lol

[last grove]

Does anyone know of a mod that adds an item to every zombie that can be collected such as a Sample?

[opal wind]

no but that is not hard to do, if its just an item i mean

[last grove]

define not hard?

[opal wind]

well like, you can create the item, and make it spawn on 100% on zombies, i did not get into spawning yet but its not hard from what i saw

what this 'sample' would do?

[last grove]

its for an Rp server, Players would hand them to the Gov faction for a reward

[opal wind]

cool

i like that mechanic

my mod you buy things too, trading itens for money

[last grove]

Yeah, we have an economy build around Currency Variety as materials would be more relavant then fiat currency, just need a way to circulate some more cash in the economy

[opal wind]

im glad your server is working fine..

[last grove]

aye, i do enough fire fighting to keep it together sometimes

[bitter frigate]

doing either or both of these causes the whole mod to break spectacularly, so i don't think they're quite the problem? i have plenty of _s in function names and i've never had a problem before - i think it just matters that the function in the Recipe file matches the function called in the other stuff in the client folder, and it's constant in my work. if that isn't the case i have a much bigger problem on my hands 😬

[round zenith]

Let me know if there are other mods I should support with that currency mod 🙂

[quartz badge]

im in debug mode, what does the "FakeDead" flag for zombies mean

I knock them over once and they die instantly but its not like they get back up

[autumn torrent]

So I've implemented the getSandboxOptions():set() function, but it doesn't update the zombies without reloading the save. Is there an update function I can use to forcibly update the zombie behavior?

[willow estuary]

I dunno? The code that mode comes from predates the most recent update, so yeah, it might now work anymore?

Also, my code example only modifies the global zombie parameters? If you're trying to affect stuff like sprinting or door opening, it's not gonna be applicable?

[autumn torrent]

I'm not sure what you mean. The code works (as intended?) but just doesn't update the live game.

[white hatch]

How can I add a model to the game? I mean what folders do I create? and all that

[round zenith]

@white hatch watch this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6tZujOPnDw&ab_channel=Blackbeard

[opal wind]

check the ModTemplate on the workshop folder, its a example mod, you can see where some folders go

[willow estuary]

Here, I'm gonna provide the code that I use in it's entirety in case it's any help? It sounds like you might not have your code in a function?

function NightZeds()
    local gTime = getGameTime()
    local hour = gTime:getTimeOfDay()
    local night = gTime:getNight()
    local climate = getClimateManager()
    local sun = climate:getDayLightStrength()
    local light = climate:getGlobalLightIntensity()
    local fog = climate:getFogIntensity()
    
    if night == 1 or fog > 0.5 then
        getSandboxOptions():set("ZombieLore.Memory",1)
        getSandboxOptions():set("ZombieLore.Sight",1)
        getSandboxOptions():set("ZombieLore.Hearing",1)
    elseif night > 0 or fog > 0 or light < 0.5 then
        getSandboxOptions():set("ZombieLore.Memory",1)
        getSandboxOptions():set("ZombieLore.Sight",1)
        getSandboxOptions():set("ZombieLore.Hearing",2)    
    elseif (hour < 12 and hour > 15) or light < 0.6 or sun < 0.85 then 
        getSandboxOptions():set("ZombieLore.Memory",2)
        getSandboxOptions():set("ZombieLore.Sight",2)
        getSandboxOptions():set("ZombieLore.Hearing",2)
    else
        getSandboxOptions():set("ZombieLore.Memory",3)
        getSandboxOptions():set("ZombieLore.Sight",3)
        getSandboxOptions():set("ZombieLore.Hearing",3)            
    end
end

Events.EveryTenMinutes.Add(NightZeds)

[white hatch]

Thanks!

[slim tangle]

newbie here

[autumn torrent]

I do have my code in a function that is called using the EveryHours event to determine whether to change the sandbox settings or not. I have print statements that showed me that the sandbox settings were being updated. The code works fine, but I need a way to reload the sandbox settings while the player is still playing the game. Your code updates the sandbox settings while the player is playing the game, yes, but it has no effect on zombie behavior because the sandbox settings are not reloaded, if that makes sense. Those sandbox setting changes would only appear after the save is reloaded.

[slim tangle]

is it hard or no support to make mod with java

i know how to code in java

lua makes my mind not good ?

[willow estuary]

Yeah, I'm sorry, like I said the code may have become obsolete? But even with the current build I'm able to successfully modify zombie behavior in real time using that technique, to make individual zombies sprinters and such, so I'm at a loss at why it's not working for you?

[autumn torrent]

That is strange. Would you be willing to take a look at my code through github?

[nimble spoke]

the game doesn't support java in mods, some people around have been trying to support that unofficially

[slim tangle]

oh man i am realy plesed to see you

one of you mod car mechanics and paint it black

both written in lua

the thing is i cant read the all things lua

my idea before make a drifting mod using ur Vehicle Tweaker API

[willow estuary]

Ah, I'm sorry, I try to help people in an admittedly casual fashion, sharing code and advice where I think it might help when I check the discord and see an "easy opening?" But I'm juggling other matters, and don't have the time + attention to be able to do something like that?

[slim tangle]

how do i find any documantion on lua api or such things

[autumn torrent]

That's perfectly understandable

[slim tangle]

i can read java documentions. lua isnt my best yet

[willow estuary]

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Modding is a good place to start for resources related to PZ modding.

[slim tangle]

any how thanky you for making mods

[nimble spoke]

a drifting mod?

[slim tangle]

all of you

[slim tangle]

in my head it is like when on hand break determine the face of the car and remove the tire

the game does wonderfull gripping already

idk i t just an idea

[willow estuary]

One thing that occurs to me is that how zombies are handled, code wise, changed a fair bit with 41.65 because of changes they made to the zombie code to optimize them for MP? I mean, I'm basically making excuses here but it's a hypothesis 😄

[autumn torrent]

Its all good lol ill take a look at server settings and the like to see if that has a different effect. Thanks for the help :)

[ivory cradle]

Have I done this correctly? I can't tell if things are attached/parented properly

[nimble spoke]

I don't think that would be possible, but I'm not up to date with vehicles stuff. If possible I doubt my api would help anyway

[slim tangle]

Ur api was goingto help with removing speed limit

[opal wind]

change on the top left from Edit View to Weight Paint then u can see

the hole helmet needs to be red on it

[quartz badge]

Where do you find the current sounds

in the files\

[ivory cradle]

Yeah, it's all red. I'm not sure why it's not appearing when I equip/drop it

[opal wind]

here u can have mine for reference

also when you drop you need a ground model or it will just display the icon texture on the ground

[ivory cradle]

Alright, I can finally see it. For some reason it wouldn't update the model anymore when I overwrote the fbx until I restarted the game

[ivory cradle]

Do you need to set up your axis in a weird way for the export for it to face the right way up?

[opal wind]

the ground model?

[ivory cradle]

No, that's the equipped version lol

[opal wind]

ah lol

yeah i just DM you what u need to do, if you still have this problem, open my helmet model and take a look

but the model you sent me have correct positions, did you fix that 'static' entry on the .xml?

[ivory cradle]

Aww yeah :D!

[wanton cosmos]

has AnimZed come out yet?
B41's stable..

..and the editor that people use now is absolutely not beginner friendly

[late hound]

There's a good chance it will never come out since something serious happened to the person making that program, unfortunately.

[wanton cosmos]

holy crap

what happened

[opal wind]

hey guys i notice the game already have a gun flashlight, but i dont think it works does it? i mean it turn On?

[ivory cradle]

Is there a line similar to <m_HatCategory>nohair</m_HatCategory>
that hides feet? Also, are boots that go above the ankles viable?

[opal wind]

yes

u can hide feets with masks

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<clothingItem>
    <m_MaleModel>media\models_X\Skinned\Clothes\Wiz_GokuBoots.fbx</m_MaleModel>
    <m_FemaleModel>media\models_X\Skinned\Clothes\Wiz_GokuBoots.fbx</m_FemaleModel>
    <m_GUID>bca25d8f-5d3f-4082-ab57-45822dad4672</m_GUID>
    <m_Static>false</m_Static>
    <m_AllowRandomHue>false</m_AllowRandomHue>
    <m_AllowRandomTint>false</m_AllowRandomTint>
    <m_AttachBone></m_AttachBone>
    <m_Masks>8</m_Masks>                                 ---       / Hide Feet
    <m_Masks>10</m_Masks>
    <textureChoices>Clothes\shoes_socks_textres\Wiz_GokuBoots</textureChoices>
</clothingItem>

[ivory cradle]

Ah, I see! Thank you so much 🙂

[opal wind]

np 🙂

im trying to make a light attachment to guns here (flashlight) but its much more difficult than make a light attachment for clothing 😮

[ivory cradle]

Aw man that sounds sweet!

I wonder if you could turn it on/off with the radial menu

[opal wind]

yeah you can with shortcuts

keys

i was able to make it attach to the gun i wanted but the model of the flashlight is not showing

plus only work on my hand not attached, i prb did many wrong things i was just messing around

[ivory cradle]

I completely forgot I could select faces in blender. I'm assigning vertex groups to the feet and calves and was trying to pinpoint every little vertex

[opal wind]

lmao

i use faces a lot, but i never worked with edges

faces are good to select parts of the avatar and duplicate them to make some clothing

[drifting ore]

A useful tip for doing weird selections

You can use UV Maps

For selecting islands

IE cntrl+L select 1 vert and it selects every connected vert until it finds a seam

Its pretty useful if you're lazy lol

[lavish citrus]

anyone know the /additem commands for brita armour stuff?

[hidden compass]

In DEBUG mode, I can see the value ("codes" in attached screenshot), but I get an error when retrieving the value.

I tries "line:getCodes()" then ...
-> Exception thrown java.lang.RuntimeException: attempted index: getCodes of non-table: zombie.radio.media.MediaData$MediaLineData@587617c5 at KahluaThread.tableget line:1689...

I tried "line.codes" then ...
-> Exception thrown java.lang.RuntimeException: attempted index: codes of non-table: zombie.radio.media.MediaData$MediaLineData@688e060 at KahluaThread.tableget line:1689...

Does anyone have any ideas?
Since MediaLineData is an inner class of MediaData, is there a special statement that needs to be made in such a case?

[indigo kiln]

Hey. I've been having problems with my first car mod.
After jumping through all the hoops a have this ingame:
No visible ingame model (wheels are fine tho)
and wrong scale (i will eventually figure this one out)

F7 debug menu shows black outline of the vehicle. Is this a texture or a model problem?
I've seen this exact issue in the guide i'm using but it wasnt solved there.
Any help please?

[cold burrow]

You could find List of Armor.txt in .../media/scripts

[lavish citrus]

where are those folders located at

[royal ridge]

Is there a global mod data that sits on the server side rather then a client ?

[cold burrow]

Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\108600\2460154811\mods\Brita's Armor Pack\media\scripts