mod_development

[willow estuary]

I have a money mod on the workshop that adds US currency, as well as stacks and rolls of bills. Might be suitable for the cash side of things for you.

[shadow bough]

I think I found it. Browser8 on Steam, made Tape Recorder, Unbreakable Windows and more?

[shadow bough]

I love that mod, I have it in my favorites for when we want to build an actual economy on our server.

[willow estuary]

Thanks! , Ive been meaning to add some more functionality to it with calculating cash on hand and such.

[shadow bough]

I haven't used it in a while, is the monies super light weight and lighter in stacks?

[willow estuary]

Nah, I think it works out to 100 bills = 1 weight unit loose or in stacks/rolls or in an envelope?

You can stuff 100 bills in a sealed envelope and write on it though.

[drifting stump]

what im working on is a bit different

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/939365836727152640/965665730358030346/unknown.png

price editing interface

as for currency will be a sandbox option where you pick which item is considered the currency

[gaunt belfry]

Anybody familiar with this? I searched and have seen other run into it but don't see a resolution anywhere

It says "There are unrecognized files in your Contents/folder. Only folders are allowed in Contents/." but based on what I see above that folder is empty

[willow estuary]

You got a disallowed file type somewhere in your directory structure is all.

Probably in a subdirectory then, it's not very specific with that message unfortunately.

[gaunt belfry]

It helps to know that I can consider the subfolders as well as the Contents folder! Thanks!

[willow estuary]

👍

[gaunt belfry]

I just figured it out... its the .DS_Store hidden files

they keep auto regenerating, but if I delete them in Contents and Contents/Mods it fixes it. Must be a mac thing

[willow estuary]

Well, that's a new one for me, but every day can be a magical adventure alright 😄

[quasi geode]

its a mac thing

stores folder viewing information if i remember right

[willow estuary]

One more corner case issue for the corner case bucket!

[icy swallow]

idk where to post it since this is not even a mod but anyways, i made the "Dizzy" Moodle! what you all think?

[gusty surge]

looks good

[sweet knot]

quick mod idea

throw bags or gas cans over tall fences

i imagine it would make some noise, and the gas could spill a bit losing some

[zenith smelt]

I meant locality as in the player client that owns the zombie and where the zombie code runs in.

[chilly beacon]

I made a clothing mod that just adds a few branded tshirts and hoodies. i cn confirm it works in single player (it spawns in clothing shops fine). but when i add the mod to multiplayer it doesnt seem to be loaded at all, and cant even spawn it with /additem. do i have to do something else to make it work in MP?

[drifting ore]

Hey everybody, I have learnt some Lua and now I want to learn about the zomboid modding API, where should I learn the API from?

I tried making a mod, but found it hard to make as I was relying on Lua events but the events I needed were obsolete or didn't exist.

[fast galleon]

Most zombies look cleaner than my character, if I could I would add random stuff from surroundings like branches or cushions from couch to the zombies. Maybe even give them buff to not get detected by player.

Imagine seeing bookshelf with hands and head chasing you, something in that sort.

[drifting ore]

Could somebody please point me in the right direction on making vehicle and clothing mods? I have some ideas based around WW2 RP stuff to do with my friends but seem to come up empty handed when looking for tutorials.

[winter bolt]

not sure about vehicles but these are good guides for clothing
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2648115890
https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/37647-the-one-stop-shop-for-3d-modeling-from-blender-to-zomboid/

[drifting ore]

Thank you very much!

[winter bolt]

this wiki page has a big list of guides for a bunch of stuff but i'm not sure how much will be useful
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Modding

[vernal island]

Is there a better built-in way of logging rather than just print function?

[gaunt belfry]

I'm having a weird situation where I packaged my first mod and uploaded it to Steam, but now I cant run it locally? The mod is showing up and the lua is getting loaded but its not working and its not showing up in the debug menu

Anybody have any ideas where I can debug?

The screenshots below show

1. It seems to be loading successfully according to the logs
2. Its not available at actual game time and not showing up in the debug menu when i search for it

[chrome egret]

@gaunt belfry as soon as you add your mod to the Workshop dir, it'll be preferred from that location over anything you put in the mods dir

[chrome egret]

prints are directed to console.txt, so what kind of better logging are you looking for?

[gaunt belfry]

I was hoping to find an error since the .lua doesn't seem to be loading anymore and I'm not sure what I inadvertently changed

[fickle relic]

Anyone here running TED Beer's Skin Retexture for 41.68 MP?

[fickle relic]

I can't seem to get it working on mine

[vernal island]

Maybe a function that utilizes already built-in log levels like WARN, ERROR etc.

[chrome egret]

None that I know of, but I haven't been modding PZ very long

[chrome egret]

Do you see any LexError exceptions appearing after the load?

[gaunt belfry]

➜  logs```

[19-04-22 10:49:12.554] LOG  : General     , 1650383352553> I am testing a print at game boot.```

Well now its loading since I truncated it and just added debug code

So it must have been silently failing trying to parse it

[chrome egret]

that might not be the exact right exception name

Don't have a current one without breaking my code right now

[chilly beacon]

does anyone have an insight to this? hosting a game has the workshop mod in its list, but in the game doesnt appear to be loaded at all, but in single player it loads fine

[hot void]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2735092125

[quasi geode]

https://github.com/FWolfe/Zmulib/blob/master/media/lua/shared/Zmu/Logger.lua

not exactly a builtin logger, but its pretty versatile and handles different levels

local Logger = require('Zmu/Logger')

-- create a ZLogger instance to log to a shared log file.
-- This can be created automaically if desired
local zlogger = ZLogger.new("MyLog", false)

-- now create 3 different Logger instances with different output levels and link
-- them all to the same log file. Normally these Logger instance would be in
-- different mods instead of one place.
local log1 = Logger:new("Mod1", Logger.INFO, zlogger)
local log2 = Logger:new("Mod2", Logger.ERROR, zlogger)
local log3 = Logger:new("Mod3", Logger.DEBUG, zlogger, fuction(text)
    -- have the player say the message for log3, instead of printing to console
    -- note this still goes to our custom log file.
    local player = getPlayer()
    if player then player:Say(text) end
end)

-- log some various messages to the different loggers
log1:info("log1 shows info messages, warnings and errors")
log1:warn("this is a warning message")
log2:warn("log2 doesnt print warnings") -- wont print or log to file
log2:error("log2 only prints error messages")
log3:debug("can even format %s like %s", "messages", "this")
log3:info("it uses string.format syntax like %.2f and %04d", 123.4567, 55)

[zenith smelt]

is there any way to get the field details that all the objects have if they don't ahve getters?

https://zomboid-javadoc.com/41.65/zombie/scripting/objects/Item.html

[drifting stump]

^

@zenith smelt

[chilly beacon]

to add to this, I'm tearing my hair out with making the world model actually work when its on the floor. worn is perfect though.

like, everything seems to be linked up fine. and yet it just shows the icon and no model

[chilly beacon]

ok fixed this one. the gound model definition HAS to be in module Base.

doesnt explain the wierdness in multiplayer though, still need help with that one

[faint jewel]

it does, and it's dumb. lol

[chilly beacon]

yeah i was trying to be all good programmer by putting it all in my own module

[devout flint]

Does anyone know if there is an item you can equip but isn't shown on the character model?

[faint jewel]

i know right

now i just stick with "ok" programmer and cheese shit so it works.

[chilly beacon]

do you have any thoughts on how i can make the mod load properly in MP when it works fine in SP?

[faint jewel]

looks awesome right? IT'S NOT

[chilly beacon]

reference this:

[faint jewel]

it makes the DAMAGE USE THE HSV COLORING.

[faint jewel]

did you add the mod AND the workshop item to the server?

[chilly beacon]

just the workshop item, surely thats enough right?

mod is on the workshop, i subscribed to it, and added it as a mod in the hosting settings

[faint jewel]

nope

you have to have the mod ID and the mod number in the config for the server.

[chilly beacon]

i even renamed my local files mod.info sections so it doesnt see that local dev files as the ones to use

then... hang on

how come i can add other workshop mods fine without having to do that?

[faint jewel]

Workshop ID: 2781895054
Mod ID: SprinterAE86

[floral nexus]

How does the game know what walking animations to use? Like is someones leg is hurt. I'm trying to make a trait that forces the character to limp.

[faint jewel]

every time i add a mod.. i have to add both.

[chilly beacon]

surely thats like, the whole point of the workshop 😛

[faint jewel]

lol yeah

[chilly beacon]

with other mods from the workshop i havent had to do that, which is what makes that wierd for me..

unless the game kind of does that automatically, but fails when its your own mod?

[faint jewel]

possibly?

[chilly beacon]

I'll compare mod and workshop lists and see if thats the case

indeed. the mod and workshop lists are different

funky

[gaunt pendant]

@vernal island @quasi geode you don't need that; the DebugLog class is exposed to Lua, example:DebugLog.Lua.warn("foo: %d", 3)

[glass zodiac]

Somebody make a hotkey for smoking

P l s

[white quest]

Where is cargo space allocated for vehicles?

[faint jewel]

the script for each vehicle.

[white quest]

Yeah, but what line is it?

I can't find anything related to cargo/inventory

[faint jewel]

the one about the trunk?

[white quest]

Yeah

[faint jewel]

        part TruckBed
        {
            itemType = Base.SmallTrunk,

            container
            {
                capacity = 45,
            }
        }```
i mean the one that handles the trunk

[white quest]

Let me add that and test

[faint jewel]

is this a NEW car?

[white quest]

Yes

mod

Adding the format you sent fixed it, thank you 👍

[thorn cipher]

Anyone know why my 3d clothing item when placing looks like this?

and then placed like this -

[faint jewel]

bad texture path

[thorn cipher]

ah ok! are you able to send an example a good texture path? I thought i had it right (but clearly not lol)

thanks!

[faint jewel]

show me what you have?

for the world model

[thorn cipher]

need to actually put a path in right lol

like with the mesh?

[chilly beacon]

right

and without the file extension

[thorn cipher]

https://tenor.com/view/stupid-people-stupid-im-awake-funny-gif-14151606

me writing the script

[thorn cipher]

thanks to you both, will try and fix

[chilly beacon]

so texture= Clothes/Pipboytexture1

the whole file path would be "media/textures/Clothes/Pipboytexture1.png"

[thorn cipher]

but no file extension right?

[chilly beacon]

but you omit the "media/textures" as it already knows to look there

correct

[thorn cipher]

ah cool! thanks!

its works! Thanks @chilly beacon & @faint jewel

[chilly beacon]

no problem my dude

[thorn cipher]

will tweak the model but it's gonna get ther

[chilly beacon]

yeah, all that is now is an image edit

[devout flint]

Is there a way to make a new Bodylocation equip spot

[chrome egret]

doubtful

[willow estuary]

In the media/lua/shared directory

require "NPCs/BodyLocations"
-- Locations must be declared in render-order.
-- Location IDs must match BodyLocation= and CanBeEquipped= values in items.txt.
local group = BodyLocations.getGroup("Human")
group:getOrCreateLocation("YOUR_NEW_BODY_LOCATION_ID")

[devout flint]

Thank you!

[willow estuary]

👍

[chrome egret]

oh shoot, nice!

[lavish bridge]

Anyone that has used True Music here that could help me out pls?

[floral nexus]

I'm trying to make a trait that forces you to limp at all times. I'm not able to find where the game calls for the walking animation. Help?

[chilly beacon]

A kludgy way could be to keep adding/renewing a leg injury every tick or day

[devout flint]

Check out hypno toads mod called More Traits. There is a trait called broke where you start with a broken leg.

Test out that mod, see if it acts the way you want and then check the code to reverse engineer

Here is the github code: https://github.com/hypnotoadtrance/MoreTraits

[floral nexus]

I have that mod. I want the limp to be permanent. Broke heals.

[floral nexus]

I either need to have to checking and redoing the damage every hour or so, or assign the animation for limping.

THank you though!

Literally the first time I've ever been responded to here.

[floral nexus]

And I'm struggling to get it to check and reinjure.

[zealous ember]

Does anyone know where to install project humanoid

[devout flint]

Does the broke leg animation look like how you want it to work?

[floral nexus]

Do you mean, is it the animation I want? For this particular thing I like deep wound in the lower leg

[zenith smelt]

Hello, is there an event that triggers when all mods are done loading?

I found the OnGameBoot, but when mods are getting reloaded during a game

Does that mena this event triggers between mods?

getting loaded is a onging action

[weary crypt]

How does the math work on determining if a firearm jams? Not sure if this is exactly the correct channel but it seems coding adjacent.

[zenith smelt]

steamapps\common\ProjectZomboid\media\lua\client\TimedActions\ISReloadWeaponAction.lua

every gun has a jam chance defined

        - every condition loss increase the chance of jamming the gun
        baseJamChance = baseJamChance + ((weapon:getConditionMax() - weapon:getCondition()) / 4)

The lower the condition, the higher the chance

        if baseJamChance > 7 then
            baseJamChance = 7;
        end
        if ZombRand(100) < baseJamChance then
            weapon:setJammed(true);
        end

This last bit means that highest jam chance is 7.
Every time the gun is fired the chance to jam is:
** gun specific jam chance **
PLUS
** weapon condition loss based jam chance **
RESULT will never be higher than 7,

Then roll a 100 sided dice and if it's less than your current jam chance (max at 7), your gun jams

[crisp crypt]

are there any mods for hallucinations akin to Barotrauma's psychosis?
i want to throw together a server where many people have it, for gits and shiggles

[floral nexus]

How? I can't figure out how to change what animation the player uses when they walk.

[faint jewel]

it would be based on what they are holding.

rather than the walk anim.

where can i find the list of these? ```ProceduralDistributions["list"]["GarageMetalwork"]

[craggy furnace]

@faint jewel

[weary crypt]

Thank you very much for the thorough explanation.

I have a follow up question actually about jamming then, can the base chance be a decimal or does it have to be an integer?

[floral nexus]

So if I wanted to set it up that a player is always limping, I'd have to change all of the animations?

[sweet tide]

does anyone have any recommendations for mods to make, for someone starting out with modding?

[sinful vessel]

depends on scope, start with clothing or weapons those are documented more

[craggy furnace]

id recommend weapons or a simple item mod for a beginner

it will allow you to fully get to grasps with how the game operates

[sweet tide]

like adding an item in?

[craggy furnace]

indeed

[sweet tide]

I see

also im pretty sure my mod isnt being detected, im in debug mode, have my mod in C:\Users\compl\Zomboid\mods\snipedtest\media\lua\client\snipedtest.lua, and theres no errors or anything its just not in the mods menu

[willow estuary]

Sounds like you borked up the folder structure.
Here's an eample of one that works for me
C:\Users\blair\Zomboid\Workshop\Kukri\Contents\mods\Kukri\media\lua\server\Items

[sweet tide]

does it have to be in the workshop folder?

thought it worked in zomboid

[willow estuary]

I dunnno, but in general the directory structure and formatting stuff with modding is absolutely ruthless in how you have to implement them "properly".

There's 2194793014743 mod directories in a PZ install? I just use that one for making mods.

[chrome egret]

You should be able to put your code directly in the mods folder, that's how I most-often test.

[willow estuary]

You gotta be absolutely scrupulous with formatting + directory structure stuff however, regardless.

[sweet tide]

thats what i did pretty sure i have the directories correct

[chrome egret]

Did you check console.txt to see if it claims to load your mod?

[sweet tide]

theres no mention of it

it just doesnt detect it

ill try the other method

[willow estuary]

Ah, mebbe you borked up your mod.info file if it ain't loading.

[sweet tide]

does it need a mod.info?

file

[willow estuary]

Absolutely.

[sweet tide]

that would be it lmao

thought that was just a descriptive thing

[willow estuary]

My argument for using the workshop directory as I do is that, vs the mod directory, is that the mod needs to be in the workshop directory anyways when/if you want to upload it to the steam workshop?
So better off learning how to use that directory now than have to fuckaround learning how to use it later?

[sweet tide]

true

I just want to test mine out first to see it works and all

perfect

[faint jewel]

aight i need one of you code monkies for a bit.

MRBOUNTY @drifting ore ! you sir are who i needs.

[fallen solar]

hey guys, looking for mods, does anyone have any to recommend

[polar gyro]

anyone know how to add event on stomping? like additional hp lost

[chrome egret]

what do you need Skiz?

[faint jewel]

more coding skill than i have

[fallen solar]

hey guys, how do I add all the mods to the server I am hosting, all at once?

[kind fossil]

Map=TreadsMilitaryVehicleZoneDefs;Muldraugh, KY

[willow estuary]

#mod_support is the channel for inquiring about these sorts of mod-user issues? This channel is intended for mod making. No big deal though, but you'll find it more helpful there 🙂

[kind fossil]

OH my bad!!

you're right

[willow estuary]

No worries 👍

[shadow flower]

what is the all distributions table for? is it for procedural or suburb?

[kind fossil]

Do you know guys a mod that drops the map of a player when he dies?

Like you have a map with markers written on it and someone kills you and loots your map so he can see the markers you had written

[shadow flower]

I have table.insert(SuburbsDistributions.all.crate.items, "ITEM"); table.insert(SuburbsDistributions.all.crate.items, 0.8); which works for me and everyone else subscribed. But one person gets the error

attempted index: crate of non-table: null

Are you sure it breaks it?

[willow estuary]

Nevermind, I was mistaken, that should work.

[faint jewel]

uhhhhhhhh

[shadow flower]

Yeah huh

[willow estuary]

One of the rare tables in Distributions.lua that you can add items directly to.

[faint jewel]

table.insert(SuburbsDistributions["all"]["cashregister"].items, 100);```

[shadow flower]

they also get an error on

table.insert(SuburbsDistributions.Bag_SurvivorBag.items, "ITEMM");

So I guess someone on one of the mods he has installed screwed up their distribution table

[willow estuary]

Yeah, that should work, same code works for my stuff?
Yeah, maybe they're using one of many, many, many mods that nukes distributions?

[shadow flower]

yeah

why can't people join here and get gud

[willow estuary]

Well, people love using mods for build negative twelve that were last updated in 5,000 BC as well?

[shadow flower]

right

wouldn't it nuke all the tables and not just mine specifically though?

[willow estuary]

Ah, when people use mods, especially old ones or poorly made ones, all sorts of magical things can happen?

[shadow flower]

good point lol

i don't think my tables have anything wrong

maybe theres a mis-matched mod id?

[willow estuary]

Yeah, offhand they look solid to me?
And most of the time when it's a situation like which works for me and everyone else subscribed. But one person gets the error, that one person is using a mod or mods that fuck up shit, or maybe they're using an old build of PZ, or maybe something else on their end is just cooked?

[shadow flower]

true

should i change my mod id, to by absolutely sure lol

[willow estuary]

Why would you want to change your mod ID?

[shadow flower]

because mine could easily be used elsewhere i suppose

[willow estuary]

Yeah, your call. It's very very very no bueno to have a modID that's the same as other mods' modID.
Just be aware that it could cause issues for subscribers' savegames or servers, you dig?

[shadow flower]

ahh right

I'll send him the file to test it separately

thanks

[willow estuary]

NP, good luck! 👍

[subtle sapphire]

Hello! 🧑‍💻 Is there a way to check whether is day or night?

[fair frost]

"....1998....I'll never forget it...It was the year when those grisly murders occured in the Arklay Mountains..."

[faint jewel]

meh.

lol i'm kidding, they look great 😉

[fair frost]

thx

[devout flint]

Can someone point me in the right direction I am trying to make an item that you can equip but has no world model. I just want it to be equipped to the player in their inventory

Are there any similar mods I can look into the source code to figure out?

[faint jewel]

what?

what are you trying to make? a nexklace or?

[devout flint]

Something like that. Lets say like a trinket that gives you a buff

I tried using silver ring as the base for the item and tried removing certain properties

But I am getting some errors that I dont quite understand

I created my own body location where the item can be equipped to

[vapid arrow]

Im happy with this

.

[echo apex]

Which model of pip boy are you making? Is it the pimp boy 😂

[thorn cipher]

aha so far only added the one from fallout 76 (not a great fallout game) but a cool looking pip-boy

gonna add the other ones too

[echo apex]

Nice, looking good and can't wait for it all 👍👍

[tranquil reef]

Anyone know if survivor respawning is enabled in the superb survivors mod

I keep driving through town and causing all the ape brained NPCs to run outside and get eaten, and I'm hoping I won't run out of survivors before I can rescue any lol, I have zombie respawning off so if I kill all the zombies, and then more survivors respawn for me to rescue it'll be nice

[flint beacon]

Hello, where can i change the text of
"This is how you died"
I would like to change it to say something else.

[hot void]

gj man ❤️

[vapid arrow]

thanks :D
its my first mod, eventually i will add more content

[tranquil reef]

B:\Games\steamapps\common\ProjectZomboid\media\lua\shared\Translate\EN\UI_EN.txt

[flint beacon]

ty

[tranquil reef]

it'll be a bit different for you, since I have my steam games on a different hard drive, but everything after "steamapps" should be the same

[flint beacon]

yeah i found it ty!

[trail lotus]

im looking to commission a full drug mod. from producing the drugs to packaging them, to crafting into usable items. i used jiggas and i love it but the problem is im looking for more then weed. and i'd like to have namely all the most popular drugs including (heroine, meth, weed, cocaine, pills, lean, shrooms, etc.) this would be a large mod that adds alot of items, crafting, farmable plants. and id pay a solid price to have it all done. the mod would have to work beside a police mod as well on my server i have another developer working on. pm me about it if you'd like to help or if some one could get me in touch with jiggas and he'd like to be paid for actually making a larger mod let me know ! thank you 🙂

[devout flint]

Did you have to create a new Body Location for it?

[hot void]

idk if the devs............ nvm

[pastel dune]

stole this post from reddit because its asking a question I've long wanted an answer for :

"Is there a mod that lets players create their own power grid in a fully-player-made base/home?
I'm essentially looking for a way to be able to build my own house from scratch, and be able to make my own ceiling lights, light switches on the walls, and have a working power grid so I can throw a fridge or two down in various places.

Any help/suggestions you can provide would be much appreciated!"

[latent orchid]

what is the correct way to get the localized text for a recipe name via lua?

ie recipe:getName() will return the english name in the script

but what about other languages?

[willow estuary]

I think getText(TEXT_HERE) would probably get the appropriate translation for the client's language selection?

So switch client language to desired language and run a getText on it?

Then switch back.

[latent orchid]

In my case, I am looping through recipes, so TEXT_HERE is not a value I am able to locate via the recipe itself

[willow estuary]

getText(recipe:getName())

[latent orchid]

ERROR: Missing translation "Build A Workbench"

[trail lotus]

Oh my bad I figured they probably didn’t care, because of how popular jiggas is. Plus it’s just a workshop item it’s not like I want it added to the game haha! My bad though.

[willow estuary]

Nah, drugs are fine.

[latent orchid]

Looking thru ISCraftingUI, it is unclear where the localized text is derived for a recipe name. I have the relevant text file setup etc.

[willow estuary]

Yeah, that was just guesswork on my part anyways?

[latent orchid]

Nvmd, what you suggested works. Seems lua refresh didnt work first time round

[willow estuary]

https://tenor.com/view/glam-hair-70s-cher-show-gif-18369598

[latent orchid]

no blair, you cant turn back time

[willow estuary]

Huh, well anyways that sounds like that might have some neat utility for say procedural text generation?

[latent orchid]

turns out that little refresh issue on my end was the issue altogether. the localized text is returned on getName()

[willow estuary]

Cool! Could have neat utility for generating messages in different languages and such.

[pastel dune]

does anybody know if its possible to make "extension cords" to extend the range of a power generator or power source?

[polar gyro]

Maybe anyone know how to add event on stomping? like additional hp lost
Also.. which function affects bleeding damage?

[thorn cipher]

It’s used in the same place as a watch

[lyric pewter]

Hello. This question has probably been asked before but what is the best way to learn about modding PZ? I am a Computer science student and am very interested in learning since I really enjoy this game. Any input/information would be greatly appreciated.

[polar gyro]

You should check those at least:

1. https://github.com/FWolfe/Zomboid-Modding-Guide
2. https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Modding

[lyric pewter]

Thank you so much!!

[fresh geyser]

does anyone know the resolution of trait icons?

I know it's 1x1 but like

pixels and stuff

18 pixels

by 18

[faint jewel]

8x8 or 16x16

all video textures have to be powers of two.

2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 etc

[polar gyro]

18x18

[fresh geyser]

Thank you

If I'm trying to do a HUD overlay over the entire screen, should I just go with the screen size of most monitors?

Err

Hold on I can't word for crap

[scenic mulch]

Aye Fellas anyone know why is my custom vehicle distribution not working? I just copied the vanilla one that uses specific distributions for my Gigamart Van.. The first Distribution uses food items and the second one uses Toys and stuff. Here is how I set it up.

[noble holly]

Where can I find the mod tools?

[smoky meadow]

guy do you have any guide on how to set up gun attachments?

[peak bridge]

hey am trying to set up a melee weapon to be able to attach it onto multiple points. An attachment on the back and the belt.
Would "AttachmentType = BigBlade/Knife," work or am I missing something?

[gaunt pendant]

Pretty sure that's not how it works. You can only put 1 slot. But TIL you can hold the button for a radial menu of all attachables huh...

[gaunt pendant]

ergo for that to work you'd need to define a new attachment type and make it so it's accepted on BeltLeft/Right and Back (look at media\lua\client\Hotbar\ISHotbarAttachDefinition.lua for the vanilla stuff)

[faint jewel]

i need some code assistance, anyone free?

[round depot]

Does anyone know if there's a mod that lets you chain up zombies to act like guards and/or alarms?

[woven wren]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2780660669

Just updated this music pack

[shadow flower]

We found the mod that is the culprit its one known as "AZN_Crossbows"

for those curious this is what happens when your distribution code looks like this

Save everyones sanity, and don't do this!

[shadow flower]

Because that is not the way you do it

table.insert(SuburbsDistributions["all"]["cashregister"].items, "Base.item");
table.insert(SuburbsDistributions["all"]["cashregister"].items, 100);

Switch suburbs out for the vehicle distribution table

[faint jewel]

lol i recognize that.

[shadow flower]

it makes me want to slam my head against my desk when people copy the vanilla code and think it will work, yes it'll work for your mod, but any mod loaded after won't have any distributions loaded xD

[gaunt pendant]

it would have actually worked if he put it at the end of the Distributions table, the game merges them on top of the first element

local function mergeDistributions()
    SuburbsDistributions = Distributions[1] -- the games distribition table should always be the first in table.

    -- if there are modded distribution tables merge them into the main suburbsdistributions
    if #Distributions>1 then
        print("### Merging distribution tables ###")
        for key,dist in pairs(Distributions) do
            if key > 1 then
                print("Merging distribution addon #",key-1)
                MergeDistributionRecursive(SuburbsDistributions, dist)
            end
        end
        print("###################################")
    end
    
    -- ...
  
end```

[shadow flower]

still why copy all that and make it look like a mess when all you need is two lines

[gaunt pendant]

well the indenting is a mess apart from that I'd do it like that too

doesn't really matter now, that most stuff is in the procedural distributions anyway

[hazy raft]

was reading the modding guide on github, these 2 are empty

[latent orchid]

Lua question: How do you get the items from an item of 'Container' type? I'm presently stumped and probably missing something obvious 😩

nvmd, figured it out. Just needed to do a 'getInventory()' on the item itself

[queen leaf]

I’d love it if someone could make a mod that introduces welding goggles to the game. They can be rare or common, so long as they’re lighter than the mask and don’t override the entire face. I wanna wear my novelty Todd Howard mod mask while I disassemble doors!

[latent orchid]

On the topic of welding eye protection, aren't welding mask almost impossible to see out of normally? They should affect player sight radius imo

[faint jewel]

truuuue

would stop people from wearing them forever.

[rose notch]

They are tinted as well

[junior raven]

How do you prevent PZ from removing your "stale" zombies

I think I figured it out. You can set its authOwner. Let me test it.

[zenith smelt]

How do you set the authowner

[junior raven]

Yeah... never mind

[steel jackal]

anyone know if there is a hand warmer mod anywhere? playing cryogenic winter and i feel like thatd be a great mod to go along with ot or is there some game code tht makes that too hard to do?

[junior raven]

How do you prevent your zombies from being removed due to be "stale"?

[spice finch]

Where does the game track as to which clothing item covers what?

like you can get a long sleeve t-shirt and it covers the torso, upper arms, and forearms; on the same slot the bandeau covers the torso, and upper arms.

[dreamy canyon]

I'm trying to use this Json util, but I don't seem to be getting an output. I'm simply registering a function on boot to dump a table to a json output, but nothing is happening. Code snippet below, any ideas?

local Json = require("Json")

local function dumpProps()
    local fileWriter = getFileWriter("farming_vegetableconf_props.json", true, false);
    local json = Json.Encode(farming_vegetableconf.props)
    fileWriter:write(json);
    fileWriter:close(json);
end

Events.OnResetLua.Add(dumpProps)
Events.OnGameBoot.Add(dumpProps)

[dreamy canyon]

I'm an idiot, ... passing json to fileWriter:close()

[pastel dune]

where can i find the code for the generator?

i want to muck around with power stuff

[gilded hawk]

Fellow modders!

I made a small CLI to scaffold zomboid (workshop) mods. if you have npm just run npx mx-create-mod in the Workshop folder.
https://www.npmjs.com/package/mx-create-mod

[fast galleon]

https://projectzomboid.com/modding/zombie/iso/objects/IsoGenerator.html

[chrome egret]

Very cool!

[gilded hawk]

[vocal saddle]

idk if i should ask here but can i give my friend the cheat menu if i have the mod installed (he has it installed too)

[chrome egret]

This might be better suited for #mod_support , but what do you mean? What cheat menu and what mod?

[vocal saddle]

yea i typed it in mod support but in the end couldnt solve it, but i was referring to the mod cheat menu

[chrome egret]

Could you send a screenshot? @vocal saddle

[sweet tide]

I have an idea for a mod but could I run it through here, it sounds a little stupid

[chrome egret]

go for it

There are literally mods that add defecation to this game, so I think the field of relevant ideas is pretty broad!

[polar gyro]

anyone can tell me how take value from other mod?

[chrome egret]

Can you be more specific?

[polar gyro]

i have two mods

i want to grab value A from mod 1 to mod 2

to use this A in mod 2

[sweet tide]

It was actually to do with an aging mechanic

where you get benefits for being younger/older (younger gets shit like bonuses to fitness), older gets bonuses like wisdom? also a chance to die of old age and related stuff like heart disease

[chrome egret]

How is value A declared/instantiated/exposed in mod 1?

[polar gyro]

@chrome egretfor example one mod set weight 10 and i want to use this value -2 in my second mod

[sweet tide]

is there a way to edit the info character screen

and add an extra section?

[sharp crystal]

Hello. I want to remap the key-bind from 0 /zero/ to Numlock 0 /zero/

elseif key == Keyboard.KEY_0 then
ui:refresh()

Is there anyone who knows how to change "Keyboard.KEY_0 " to NumLock 0 pls?

[chrome egret]

https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/9799-key-code-reference/

[sharp crystal]

Tank you. Should I change it to:

elseif key == Keyboard.KEY_82 then
ui:refresh()
end

[chrome egret]

you can simply compare key to the value, key == 82

[sharp crystal]

thank you..it has worked 😄

[tame mulch]

Only by override some default functions (or hook to them)

[sweet tide]

yeah i think ive found the code in media/lua/client/xpsystem/ISUI/ISCharacterScreen.lua

do you know where IGUI_char_Age is from?

[chrome egret]

Probably IG_UI_EN.txt

and others for the various translations

[sweet tide]

ohh so its a translation thing i see

[chrome egret]

yepper

[sweet tide]

good to know, I defo feel a bit out of depth rn

[chrome egret]

It can be a bit overwhelming getting started!

[sweet tide]

Yeah especially looking at a 700 line lua script half of which is how the char is being drawn haha

[willow estuary]

There used to be an Age display in the character info screen.
But it was just a placeholder that didn't change; you could survive 10 years in-game and it would be the same as when you started the game.

It was removed because it just confused/misled people.

[sweet tide]

yeah, but the translation is still in the game files

which is pretty neat

[willow estuary]

Oh yeah, they never really remove anything 😄

[chrome egret]

It would be cool if you could age up the character's face, hair, and such

[sweet tide]

well thats kinda what im trying to create

but im not sure if id be able to edit the characters face?

[chrome egret]

I'm afraid since I don't mess with that kind of thing I don't have a clear grasp of what is or isn't possible

[placid hinge]

If you can change someones hair color via lua, should be able to just tie it to the characters current age in days survived

[sweet tide]

ah shit 38 errors

nice got it working

its pretty funny cuz you need to put the variable as a string

not an int cuz the function doesnt like it like that

[chrome egret]

Yeah, I don't think labels, buttons, etc., understand anything but strings

[willow estuary]

I think a cool and fun feature that someone could incorporate with age-related modding would be giving characters a birthday?

[sweet tide]

not a bad idea, pretty sure you can add extra boxes at the char creation screen

[quasi geode]

make their birthday 1 week after they spawn. just in time for the heli to come wish them happy bday.

[sweet tide]

I was thinking maybe add like an xp boost on their birthday

[willow estuary]

I'm not really that much of a joke mod guy myself, but there could be some good fun with having some party-outfit zombies spawn in for a players birthday 🤪

[sweet tide]

or someting balanced

[quasi geode]

send in the clowns.

[willow estuary]

Giant novelty cake with a stripper zombie inside it.

[near wing]

🐔🐔🐔

[storm scarab]

Hey guys, I've been toying with hallucinations in project zomboid and I wanted to know if there is a way to directly make something client side. Say for example you spawn a zombie everyone on the server will see it. I'm looking for a way to make a client side zombie if its even possible

I dont know if anyone has toyed with this idea before, or if they can give examples of a mod thats done it before

any help is apricated

[fresh geyser]

Does anyone have the code / lua for the generator fumes?

[junior raven]

Is it possible to keep your zombies from being removed due to being "stale"?

[trail lotus]

Any good mod creators (3d modelers mostly) looking for a big job/project would mostly be quality of life items, also some other cool rp items. It would be similar to hydro craft but a custom mod for my server. Looking to pay quite a few dollars for some one willing to take on the task 🙂

[faint jewel]

quality of life as in?

you can dm if you need.

[trail lotus]

ill shoot you a message it would be a pretty big mod.

[undone crag]

There is a client-side thing that renders an item's model for choosing how to put it on a table.

[storm scarab]

I actually didnt think about that

I wonder if I can abuse that for a possible client side zombie

i double wonder if there is a lua thing for it

[worldly spade]

Anyone know why Hydrocraft items are invis when equipped in mp?

[undone crag]

Lua can be used to render the item. It needs to be something that does something:Render() though. If you use the UI, it's not going to smoothly follow the isometric tiles. Items are not animated like zombies are.

[storm scarab]

Though i've not checked, You can spawn a non aggressive zombie. The idea is to have a client side non aggressive zombie go to your position, to make it look like its going for you, but when you look in its direction or see it I plan for it to disappear

So i'm not 100% sure it would work, its something I would have to look into

[umbral hemlock]

I keep having an issue were I get an error eating in game and when the animation stops the food is still there and hunger doesnt decrease. Any idea what mod might be causing it ?

[analog brook]

is there a mod or function in the game that allows you to quick equip and quick-drop primary and secondary hands items? For instance: Quick equipping a toolbox from the ground or shelve, then quick dropping the toolbox in front of a car

[vapid arrow]

i have an issue with a weapon model
apparently the model is shown lying on the ground

but when i equip it, doesnt show

the code of the weapon model is like this

module Base
{
    model Crucible
    {
        mesh = Weapons/2Handed/Crucible,
    }
}

and this is the path of the model

[past tinsel]

Edited to reflect progress, see later comment please.
~~I'm in the middle of writing my first mod (so excited!) (been programming for years for work and school, but new to Lua, seems relatively easy to pick up so far) and am making good progress. I want to find any firearms the player has in their inventory so I can take advantage of the methods that they have as a HandWeapon. So far I can tell if the inventory item is a weapon by:
player:getInventory():getitems(), for-loop through each of those items: IsWeapon(). (alternatively, getCat().)
But I can't seem to find out how to access the methods of the HandWeapon subclass, or to determine what subcategory of weapon the item is. Any advice on how to do this? ~~Thanks a ton in advance!

[pastel dune]

Can powered items be told to detect the presence of power in multiple tiles?
Like could I code a lamp to be powered if the either the tile behind it(directionally north) or the tile in front of it (directionally south) has power.

I'm only using the lamp as an example because I want to create a power cord/line mod that would allow you to place down power cables that can extend the range of a connected "power zone".

If anyone is interested in helping me make extension power cords that you can use to... y'know... extend power, from a generator or an already powered house I would really appreciate the help cause I have no idea what I'm doing

[late hound]

The main issue I see is, your texture path is off, re-evaluate that. Also make sure that you have applied all transforms with CTRL+A.

[vapid arrow]

thanks, ill check it out in a moment

[past tinsel]

I'm making progress! The Lua function "instanceof" is what I needed in order to determine if it's a HandWeapon or not!
New question: How do I get it to tell the difference between firearms (like the VarmintRifle/MSR700 Rifle, for example) and say, a kitchen knife? (In the items_weapons.txt, there looks like what I assume is a comment header over the section saying ITEM_FIREARM, but that isn't a class or anything so far as https://projectzomboid.com/modding/allclasses-noframe.html tells me... so how do I tell them apart?)

[subtle halo]

Hey folks! I'm new here and fairly new to PZ but fell in love with the game after it was gifted to me. I've been inspired to create mods that I hope people would enjoy, but know absolutely little about programming a mod for PZ. Any idea what skills I need for doing it and how I can learn to mod for PZ?

Thanks ahead of time!

[vapid arrow]

https://tenor.com/view/breaking-bad-walter-white-youre-goddamn-right-gif-14600753

now attached in the back, looks like this lol

painfully attached

[vapid arrow]

https://github.com/FWolfe/Zomboid-Modding-Guide

[subtle halo]

https://tenor.com/view/grilla-yes-hell-thumbs-up-grills-gif-20381844

[fast galleon]

There's two main things that gets checked, if square(gridsquare) has electricity and second was something like if chunk has touching generator.

Game Devs have said they will do some changes to generators and fuel, so it might be easier to mod in the future.

A cheat you can use is place a generator 5 squares away from generator you want to extend, so you can cover more squares.

[pastel dune]

so if i wanted to make a lamp output power like a generator when on but need to be powered by a generator what would i need to add or adjust in the lamps code?

[fast galleon]

I am new to this, but I would probably make a global objects, like campfire / plants.

And check if square has electricity and if a generator exists closeby.

Something like this is done by immersive solar arrays.

Check if generator exists and if it's on. Obviously you'd need to exclude the lamp, if you make it a generator.

There's also steam powered generators.

[pastel dune]

what happens when i want to start to daisy chain them though

im using the lamp as a placeholder for the power cable

[fast galleon]

Same but with something like water pipes mod. Irrigation farming on Steam ?

[pastel dune]

thats EXACTLY like what i want to do just with power

[flint beacon]

Is it possible to make it a select a random car when the function "Car_Random_OnCreate" is called? Instead of the code i have below.

function Car_Random_OnCreate(items, result, player)
   local ranValue = ZombRandBetween(1, 5)
   for i = ranValue,1,-1
   do
    player:getInventory():AddItem("Base.Car1");
    player:getInventory():AddItem("Base.Car2");
    player:getInventory():AddItem("Base.Car3");
    player:getInventory():AddItem("Base.Car4");
    player:getInventory():AddItem("Base.Car5");
  end
end

Im very new to coding so any help would be appreciated!

[fast galleon]

Electricity might be a little tougher to get, generators are mostly java.

[modern sundial]

how do i mod a new trait?

[fast galleon]

https://github.com/MrBounty/PZ-Mod---Doc/blob/main/How to make a custom trait.md

[craggy furnace]

@zealous wing

https://tenor.com/view/panda-flip-desk-freak-out-mad-gif-15503485

back to the lab again

[latent orchid]

@willow estuary Probably should pin these:
https://github.com/FWolfe/Zomboid-Modding-Guide
https://github.com/MrBounty/PZ-Mod---Doc

[craggy furnace]

jesus man, did you still not verify your stuff?

😂

[kind fossil]

Hi ! We have found this road map of the Knox County and would like to add it in our server
Do you know if there's a mod that does this already ? And if it's not too complicated to do it ourselves ?

https://i.imgur.com/oRhAcDG.jpeg

[peak bridge]

Heyo can someone help me out with something regarding starting traits/clothing and the coding for it?

Essentially I am going about modifying the starting outfits and items for professions which I've done already, but now I want to know if it is possible that if one were select a specific trait for their character then they would be exempt from the occupation loadout or outfits that my mod provides.

To be more specific, I have an "Injured" trait and want to make it so if somebody were to select said trait for their character, they would be forced to spawn without the items that my occupation mod provides and to spawn only with a hospital gown or if not possible to also add the hospital gown to the outfit selection screen when the injured trait has been selected.

So far this is what I have for the trait section:
EDIT: Figured I'd try "player:getInventory():RemoveAllItems;" and it seemed to have worked so far with what am aiming for.

----Trait Items
    if player:HasTrait("Alcoholic") then
        player:getInventory():AddItem(getRandomStringFromTable(Alcohol));
    end
    if player:HasTrait("Smoker") then
        player:getInventory():AddItem("Base.Cigarettes");
        player:getInventory():AddItem(getRandomStringFromTable(Lighter));
    end
    if player:HasTrait("Injured") then
        player:getInventory():RemoveAllItems;
    end```

[latent orchid]

I trust discord with my private details as much as North Korean pirates

[craggy furnace]

fair

[obsidian arrow]

Hey folks, I'm trying to remember what the name of the mod is where the character talks to itself about how it feels, but I'm blanking out. Would anyone have an idea?

[craggy furnace]

conditional speech

[obsidian arrow]

you bloody legend, thank you

[craggy furnace]

how could i forget when it was made by my friend chuckelberry finnm

[latent orchid]

Curious what else one would use a mechanical table saw for beyond cutting wood logs and planks? Ideas or things I might not be seeing?

[fast galleon]

Zombies, people.

[gray goblet]

How is inventory stored in this game? Ive noticed that when you overload your character by loads, the game laggs immensely. Been running in debug and seeing like how much loot is in each area. When reaching high amounts of loots the game slows down ALOT.

[drifting ore]

I was wondering if it was possible to make the sun hurt the zombies so a "I am legend" like mod would be possible

[worldly spade]

Anyone that could help me sort load order for my MP game with friends? The weapon mods are never working like arsenal guns missing icons and being invis same with b rita weapons but in SP they work fine

[latent orchid]

Output purpose being???

[chrome egret]

Have you tried #mod_support? This channel is really more about making mods

[chrome egret]

Blair's NightZeds code modifies zombies based on such conditions, you could adapt it to damage them instead:

[drifting ore]

I wish I could but I don't know anything about modding and the only thing I found about modding for pz didn't have anything to do with code but I was wondering because my friend knows a little and I just really want as close as possible to an "I Am Legend" mod

[chrome egret]

Have you seen the Modding section of the Wiki? https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Modding

[willow estuary]

Ugh, that code could be so much more elegant 🤮

Looks like I've got another one of my mods to fix! 🤪

[chrome egret]

If you so decree 😄

I'm on about translation support currently

I wish there were something built-in that would help me get a plural form of an item name, or get the appropriate article for a word, in the current language.

[drifting ore]

Yea but I would still need to know how to code because from my experience more damage would be done than possible

[chrome egret]

I understand that you're not experienced. I'm struggling to understand how I (or anyone else) can help you at this point.

The answer to your initial question is "yes, it's possible".

[fast galleon]

Zombies for medical xp, or something. People same and / or food.

I wanted to make zombie parts weapons at some point.

[chrome egret]

Skizot made those garbage trucks that produce meat cubes when corpses are "disposed of". Perhaps this could too!

[drifting ore]

Yea that was mainly what I was wondering but thanks for answering

[chrome egret]

np

[peak bridge]

Ay can anyone help me with a set of lines real quick?
I am trying to remove all items at the start of a game and then equip a hospital gown onto the player character if a certain trait has been selected but I don't think I am doing this quite right.. 😛

if player:HasTrait("Injured") then
     player:getInventory():RemoveAllItems();
     player:getInventory():AddItem("Base.HospitalGown");
     player:getInventory():EquipItem("Base.HospitalGown");        
end```

[chrome egret]

Do you get an error? Does some of it work, but not all of it?

[peak bridge]

nah no errors just not the desired outcome. only thing that works is player:getInventory():RemoveAllItems();

[chrome egret]

I honestly think what you have looks right, but have you tried removing "Base." and seeing if that affects the outcome?

Also if you'd like you're welcome to send me your console.txt to see if I can spot anything

[peak bridge]

My apologies guess there was an error in the console

says line 298 which is where the first "additem" section is for the hospital gown which is weird.

Also the remove all items command seems to only remove any actual items that arent equipped but none of the clothing.

[chrome egret]

Yeah, I don't think worn/equipped clothing is considered "in" the inventory at that point.

[peak bridge]

ERROR: General     , 1650720588341> ExceptionLogger.logException> Exception thrown java.lang.RuntimeException: Object tried to call nil in Add at KahluaUtil.fail line:82.
ERROR: General     , 1650720588341> DebugLogStream.printException> Stack trace:
java.lang.RuntimeException: Object tried to call nil in Add
    at se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaUtil.fail(KahluaUtil.java:82)
    at se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.luaMainloop(KahluaThread.java:973)
    at se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.call(KahluaThread.java:163)
    at se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.pcall(KahluaThread.java:1980)
    at se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.pcallvoid(KahluaThread.java:1812)
    at se.krka.kahlua.integration.LuaCaller.pcallvoid(LuaCaller.java:66)
    at se.krka.kahlua.integration.LuaCaller.protectedCallVoid(LuaCaller.java:139)
    at zombie.Lua.Event.trigger(Event.java:64)
    at zombie.Lua.LuaEventManager.triggerEvent(LuaEventManager.java:130)
    at zombie.iso.IsoWorld.init(IsoWorld.java:2691)
    at zombie.gameStates.GameLoadingState$1.runInner(GameLoadingState.java:262)
    at zombie.gameStates.GameLoadingState$1.run(GameLoadingState.java:219)
    at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
LOG  : General     , 1650720588343> -----------------------------------------
STACK TRACE```

[chrome egret]

The inventory is considered a series of "backpacks" each of which has its own contents-- minimally the player-held inventory and keyring, but also any true backpack they're wearing.

[chrome egret]

Which line of Add is 298? Is it part of the snip you already sent?

To make this easier to suss out, and for best practice anyway, try storing the result of getInventory() in a local variable. That can make the error/issue more apparent in the break debugger as well as more specific when you're trying to look into it. It also avoids the overhead of calling getInventory multiple times and simply re-using the value from the local variable-- miniscule in one instance, but every little bit helps.

if player:HasTrait("Injured") then
     local inventory = player:getInventory();
     inventory:RemoveAllItems();
     inventory:AddItem("Base.HospitalGown");
     inventory:EquipItem("Base.HospitalGown");        
end

[peak bridge]

hmm yea I tried this and it seemed to disregard everything all together, got the same error as above but instead it is line 299.

Which is right after the "local inventory" line

[chrome egret]

so when I look at the ItemContainer class, I don't see RemoveAllItems

I see removeAllItems

[peak bridge]

alrighty ill give that a shot

[chrome egret]

I would definitely commend you to check out the Java source, either through your IDE or using the online Javadocs

The other option is trying to scrape the vanilla Lua for clues

[peak bridge]

okie dokie

and that version of the line worked, it removed all the items in the inventory in its entirety but the character still has the set of clothing that was selected in the creation screen lmao

[chrome egret]

Yeah, I bet you'll have to combine another method to get everything out

Perhaps the player object has an unequip all that you can call before removeAllItems

[peak bridge]

Maybe i'll give it a tinker and see what happens

anyways tho thanks for assisting I am gonna pick this up later am dead tired, I will check out that Java source you mentioned later today. 😄

[chrome egret]

Sure thing! Take it easy.

[chrome egret]

For your future reference, it looks like you could run a loop over the result of IsoGameCharacter.getWornItems() to call IsoGameCharacter.removeWornItem(InventoryItem), before you call removeAllItems.

[echo apex]

Can someone remind me what the mod is for having zombies be mainly fast shamblers but now and then throw in a sprinter?

[chrome egret]

So does adding translation (i.e. porting code to use strings from getText lookups) necessarily break the mod for any language which doesn't have a defined translation? Or is a default (EN?) used when the chosen language has no translation?

[sweet tide]

this isnt a modding channel question, but its called customizable zombies

[willow estuary]

It should should default to English in those cases.

[sweet tide]

can someone explain the difference between CharacterCreationHeader.lua and CharacterCreationMain.lua? In SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\ProjectZomboid\media\lua\client\OptionScreens

im trying to add an extra dropdown box below surname

in the character creation menu

[gilded flame]

where can I find some of brita's armors?

[chrome egret]

In short, the CharacterCreationHeader (which seems primarily concerned with displaying the avatar preview and some other info) is used as a component by CharacterCreationMain

[sweet tide]

so if i wanted the user to select an age from a dropdown combo box of ages id have to look in CharacterCreationMain to get that code (kinda like the male female but different options)

I tried ripping the male female dropdown box from header and seeing if it would put another below but it just errored

[chrome egret]

Errored how? It does look like *Header has the responsibility of creating a lot of the input entries

If not all

[sweet tide]

ill try rerun it again give me a second

so i found

but im not sure where ISComboBox is located so I can check the function to see what it takes

[deft falcon]

anybody know how to set and/or check for states? Stuff like idle, bump states when you trip by fence/sprint into a tree, yk. I've tried looking for it in modding library website but couldn't find anything for it.

[sweet tide]

you wouldnt happen to know the location of ISComboBox?

or ISTextEntryBox

nvm found it

[drifting ore]

im planning to make a mod (first time), and i was wondering. can i somehow replace the music in the game with my own without making a mod?

There is music that plays during combat or just random ambience, and i was wondering if whenever the combat or ambience theme triggers, it could play my own mp3?
People say: "Use youtube" But i cant alt tab out the game while fighting a horde, play my song and tab back in

[sweet tide]

self.ageCombo = ISComboBox:new(entryX, self.genderCombo:getBottom() + 6 + (entryHgt - 18) / 2, 80, comboHgt, self);
    self.ageCombo:initialise();
    self.ageCombo:addOption(getText("18"))
    self.ageCombo:addOption(getText("19"))
    self.ageCombo:addOption(getText("20"))
    self.ageCombo.borderColor = {r=0.4, g=0.4, b=0.4, a=1};
    self:addChild(self.ageCombo)

I have a combo box here, to select the characters age, but I cant seem to figure out how to get the selected value from the combo box and save it as a variable, everything I try it just errors and the combo box disappears

[chrome egret]

https://github.com/MrBounty/PZ-Mod---Doc/blob/main/Make an custom UI.md

[sweet tide]

thank you so much dude

[chrome egret]

np, big credit to MrBounty for creating the original guide

saved me when I went to create the UI for Item Searcher

[sweet tide]

yeah wasnt sure if there even any documentation

cuz its such a small thing

[chrome egret]

Yeah, I'm not sure I have the energy or the correct vision

But I do wish there were better supplementary documentation

[sweet tide]

yeah i kept trying to do it the way the gender was grabbed

but it didnt like it

[chrome egret]

I think the code I'm seeing around that is using the index of the option that's selected

[sweet tide]

yeah I was trying to get the index

which starts at 1 cuz lua is weird

[chrome egret]

hah, yeah

so what happened when you tried to read self.ageCombo.selected?

[sweet tide]

well i tried to do this

function onAgeSelected(combo)
    if combo.selected == 1 then
        charAge = "18"
    else 
        print("Sjot")
end    

which doesnt work lol

[undone crag]

You could look at ISComboBox.lua to see how to tell which option exactly is clicked?

[sweet tide]

Nah I'm gonna use the get selectedtext

[chrome egret]

It looks like that function implementation has an error

you're missing an "end"

both the conditional and the function need an "end"

[sweet tide]

Oh yeah lol that explains it

[chrome egret]

Yeah, small syntax errors will kill ya 😄

[sweet tide]

I'm still very new to lua

So not used to end at the end of everything

[chrome egret]

I hear ya

Aside from just running the code in PZ, I highly recommend using repl.it to test bits of Lua syntax

https://replit.com/languages/lua

[sweet tide]

Yeah it's annoying at times have to load up the game each time I wana test something small

[chrome egret]

For sure

[sweet tide]

Do alot of mods use preexisting lua

From in the game files

And just modify it

[chrome egret]

I'm sure many do

[undone crag]

If you want your mod to be compatible with other mods that modify character creation, then instead of overwriting the original functions to make changes, you could let them run and then make changes, like in someone's render example.

[sweet tide]

in the github examples?

[vapid arrow]

how to check that error?

every time i press Q to yell, or i want to open the map, doesnt work at all

my mod have an error but i cant find it

[deft falcon]

c:\users\ [yourusername]\Zomboid\logs and debug log .txt

[undone crag]

Yes.

[strange sequoia]

Hey, i was wondering if it was possible to make the menu in the character creation bigger via a mod ? There's a great mod on the workshop "Improved hair menu" that creates new character windows for haircuts but i was wondering if it was possible to make those windows bigger. Especially the one where you see your character fully 🤔

[small kernel]

just got here

does anyone know what map this could be from

best image i have since its from a clip

I cant remember the name of it for the life of me

[thorn cipher]

Lake IvyTownship

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?l=vietnamese&id=2252982049

[small kernel]

imma check rq

[thorn cipher]

You're here

[small kernel]

you sure?

the house had a lake close to it

[thorn cipher]

Yes i'm certain

so that house is here

scribbled circle lol

[azure rivet]

Hello, can there be a problem if I put twice the number of pixels in the texture of the clothes?

[small kernel]

youre right! thank you so much

[thorn cipher]

have you tried it anyway?

[thorn cipher]

no problem! Enjoy! There's another great base location on the main road at the top

Knoxville refuse station or something, has a gas pump too

[azure rivet]

It works, I just don't know if it will let me upload it to the workshop.

[thorn cipher]

Well I feel like it is going to work then, have you tried uploading it to the workshop?

Can always make it unlisted

or just delete it if it's glitchy

if it's still wip

[azure rivet]

I haven't uploaded it yet, I'm correcting errors, but I'll keep it in mind, thanks.

[thorn cipher]

No worries, not sure if I've helped much lol

@winter bolt might be able to help more 🙂

[winter bolt]

nah its fine I think

most of the textures in brita's clothing mod are pretty high res and i dont think it causes any issues

[azure rivet]

Then perfect.

[fresh geyser]

Testing out some stuff for mod

[flint beacon]

DOPE

[azure rivet]

Hi, what do I use so that my clothes do not have holes in the mesh?

[sharp crystal]

Hello. I want to adjust the amount of gas in a Gas Can. Does anybody pls know what should I adjust pls?

[sharp crystal]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2464748152&searchtext=Invisible

[flint beacon]

All i can think is that you can maybe change the
UseDelta = 0.125,? @sharp crystal

    item PetrolCan
    {
        DisplayCategory = VehicleMaintenance,
        Weight    =    5,
        Type    =    Drainable,
        UseWhileEquipped    =    FALSE,
        UseDelta    =    0.125,
        DisplayName    =    Gas Can,
        Icon    =    Petrol,
        ReplaceOnDeplete    =    EmptyPetrolCan,
        StaticModel = GasCan,
        ReplaceInSecondHand = Bag_GasCan_LHand holdingbagleft,
        ReplaceInPrimaryHand = Bag_GasCan_RHand holdingbagright,
        WorldStaticModel = GasCan_Ground,
    }

im new to all this aswell so i wouldnt know forsure

[azure rivet]

Right as a bottle of water is 10 units and use.
Use Delta = 0.1

[flint beacon]

yeah the lower the delta the more times you can use it.

[sharp crystal]

item PetrolCan
{
DisplayCategory = VehicleMaintenance,
Weight = 5,
Type = Drainable,
UseWhileEquipped = FALSE,
UseDelta = 0.125,
DisplayName = Gas Can,
Icon = Petrol,
ReplaceOnDeplete = EmptyPetrolCan,
StaticModel = GasCan,
ReplaceInSecondHand = Bag_GasCan_LHand holdingbagleft,
ReplaceInPrimaryHand = Bag_GasCan_RHand holdingbagright,
WorldStaticModel = GasCan_Ground,

[flint beacon]

maybe try 0.01

just experiment with it

[sharp crystal]

OK..thanks ...gonna try it

[flint beacon]

forsure hopefully it helps

Does anyone know if anything is wrong with my code here? i keep getting an error when trying to craft the item.

function Random_Item_OnCreate(items, result, player)
   AddRandomItemToInventory({"CreditCard", "LightBulb"}, 0, 1)
   AddRandomItemToInventory({"Screwdriver", "Battery"}, 0, 1)
   player:getInventory():AddItem("Screws", 20)
end

[zealous wing]

WTF am I even looking at?

[azure rivet]

Thanks, but it's not what I'm looking for, I want a specific garment that doesn't erase polygons when it breaks.

[winter bolt]

in the item script i think you can add something like "noHoles=true"

not sure if thats the exact variable name though

if you can check the vanilla item scripts for underwear i think some of them have it

itll make the item completely unbreakable though im pretty sure

[azure rivet]

Ok, I think I found it is:
CanHaveHoles = false

[latent orchid]

How does the game check if a magazine has been read/finished? I'm trying to to trigger an event once this state is successfully met

[fresh geyser]

Is it possible to modify zombie hearing/detection to next to none if the player is behind them?

[sweet tide]

I use VSCode. but where can i get intellisense for all available lua functions for pz? I saw there was one for jetbrains but I cant find one for vscode? It would be nice for autocompletion

[small kernel]

this would be dope

ive been hoping someone would make gas masks useful

spores are the best use

[chrome egret]

Not Intellisense, but the Java class LuaManager has both the list of Java classes exported to the Lua environment, and also the globally defined Lua functions you'd always have available.

[sweet tide]

Ah I see

[smoky meadow]

is there a guide on how to make custom animation in project zomboid?

[craggy furnace]

good old offset error

[zealous wing]

With Eris NVGs?

[craggy furnace]

uh huh

[zealous wing]

Have you been getting an error where the screen turns gray instead of green?

A couple of people reported that to me, but I couldn't reproduce it. 😛

[craggy furnace]

nah, but then again i ignore most of the people who run up to me

it was up and running fine last time, i wonder if adding a tooltip via the item script broke it?

[zealous wing]

That's why I tend to shy away from tooltips, they seem to break things more than being helpful.

[craggy furnace]

i am on my third coffee

ill look at whats doing it in a bit

its a shame because i wanted a short instructional since too many are confused

[zealous wing]

Eris's is easier to use than the other one too.

[craggy furnace]

i find the other one to be bloated

cool API but honestly it seeks to do too much

[zealous wing]

Are you me? Bloated and tries to do to much was my thought. 😄

[willow estuary]

This should probably work for you as an example?

require "TimedActions/ISBaseTimedAction"
local old_ISReadABook_perform = ISReadABook.perform
function ISReadABook:perform()
    old_ISReadABook_perform(self)
    local modData = self.item:getModData()
    if modData.bonusLevel then
        bonusLevelBook(self.character, self.item)
    end
end

[drowsy needle]

How can I adjust the chance of a weapon appearing impaled in a zombie? I made this one mod for one knife, added it to all the zombie distribution parts, and now it's showing up everywhere. I've got like 12 of them now.

[junior raven]

Recommended 3D modeler application?

[zealous wing]

For PZ? Blender.

Free, and literally anything else is a waste of money or overkill.

The tools I use for modding this game are Notepad++, GIMP and Blender, if you're curious. All free.

[junior raven]

Thanks

[zealous wing]

have you used Blender in the past?

[junior raven]

No

[zealous wing]

Have you used any modeling program in the past?

[junior raven]

No

[zealous wing]

https://tenor.com/view/lol-haha-so-funny-lmao-gif-22433935

[junior raven]

Actually I used sketchup

[zealous wing]

Can that export to FBX?

If it can, I'd say use what's familiar to you.

[junior raven]

Maybe, but I'd rather use a modeler designed for this

[zealous wing]

I think the devs use Maya, but don't quote me on that.

Like 90% of the peeps on this thread use Blender, myself included.

[junior raven]

Will get better support using the popular tool

It's about time I learn

[zealous wing]

Well if you use Blender, download it from Steam and use the 2.93.8 version.

I say that, because you're going to need the Export to FBX plugin, and that don't work in 3.0+.

[junior raven]

Ok

[zealous wing]

Grab dis:
https://github.com/EdyJ/blender-to-unity-fbx-exporter

Dis too:
https://github.com/DodgeeSoftware/io_scene_directx

[junior raven]

What does that do?

[faint jewel]

ewww

[zealous wing]

Lets you export to .X and FBX. Game uses both.

[junior raven]

Then the first one isn't needed

[zealous wing]

Ehh, you might be right.
Grab em both just in case, 3rd party things can break randomly.

[junior raven]

Good idea

[junior raven]

It's not showing anything when I import FBX files

Ok, some it shows, some it doesnt

[junior raven]

It doesn't export right either. The game isn't loading it.

Does it support multiple meshes?

[zealous wing]

What are you trying to do exactly?

[junior raven]

Modify an FBX file

Take an FBX model, add a mesh to it, and export it

[zealous wing]

You need to have it all one mesh.

Weird things happen when you have multiple separate meshes/objects.

In-game, either one mesh or the other will be there, and more likely neither because the origin's in a weird place.

[junior raven]

Okay, thanks

[zealous wing]

Yeah, join them together as a single object.

I guess that's one of Blender's idiosyncrasies. 😛

[willow estuary]

1 mesh + also one material/texture.

[junior raven]

Still not working

Only one mesh, only one material

Running Blender 2.93

Wait, there are two FBX export options

Yeah, that's not working either

I tried exporting with both of these:

Using the first FBX tool you posted

[flint beacon]

Does anyone know if anything is wrong with my code here? i keep getting an error when trying to craft the item.

function Random_Item_OnCreate(items, result, player)
   AddRandomItemToInventory({"CreditCard", "LightBulb"}, 0, 1)
   AddRandomItemToInventory({"Screwdriver", "Battery"}, 0, 1)
   player:getInventory():AddItem("Screws", 20)
end

[crimson spindle]

what does the error say?

I'm finally nearing the finish line for my mod... please enjoy this trailer I made for it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmJnkQWM_XY

[flint beacon]

@crimson spindle function does not exist

[frosty falcon]

is this in seconds or? trying to understand how it measures time since last seen, or just float time values in general

[sweet tide]

is there a function that checks what day/ and what month it is?

[fair frost]

Raccoon City Part 3

[glacial flicker]

I know this might be a very complicated thing, but is anyone working on a "working cameras" mod? like you know how outside the prison there are all sorts of machines in a place that are supposed to be security cameras/screens. How hard would it be to make them functionable and installable? I'd love to have one of those and a couple cameras around the perimeter of my base, for example. But it's not a thing yet, and I'm not sure if it'd be possible or how to go about if I wanted to modded it in.

[drifting ore]

I imagine you'd have to do some funky stuff

Like teleporting the player to the camera location

And making them invisible

[broken fulcrum]

Hello, I'm really new to this, I looked in mods which tweak loot spawn on zombies but didn't find the specific thing that I wanted.

How can I select only bald/short haired zombies to spawn with my mod's clothes?

[queen leaf]

I've heard that AutoTsar Motor club doesn't yet have a means of towing motorcycles, which I find to be a huge shame, because I love the motorcycles. If towing requires a special trailer/rig, how hard would it be to make it so that you can turn the Motorcycle into an item with, like, 75 weight or so that could be loaded into the trunks of large cars/vans/trailers? Too heavy to lift, but maybe there could be a command to transfer it directly into the trailer/trunk? Would that be an acceptable work around?

[undone heron]

Anyone know how to solve this issue? https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/2459061763/3185740658306308971/
Tested singleplayer, everything works.
Tested multiplayer, everything "works?" (maybe something is broken, but characters are gaining exp, being able to walk and read, faster reading based on skill) but the console here is spammed.

I have the issue with traits as well. everything works singleplayer, but some times the server will send an error for multiplayer and yet still function.

[vapid arrow]

does anyone know how to fix the offset of the weapon when attached to the back?

[crimson spindle]

I have a custom definition for a zone defined and I have waaaay too many items spawning even though the loot rarity should be set to rare... how do I turn this down?

I want to be able to spawn maybe 4-5 items with chances of duplicates. Instead I'm getting 3x that much. What am I doing wrong?

ugh im trying to include an example but the character limit is too muhc

heres an example:

[willow estuary]

Yeah, 5 rolls is a lot of rolls + a lot of items in the list + a lot of those items have high spawn values?
= a lotta stuff spawning alright.

[fast galleon]

try something like addxp(perk,float,true,true,true)
last true will stop from sending to server

Updated

v 41.78.16 - They seem to have wrong index between client and host for me.

print("Debug Perk Information")
for i=0, PerkFactory.PerkList:size() -1 do
    local perk = PerkFactory.PerkList:get(i)
    print(string.format("Perk %d, \tindex: %d, \t%s",i,perk:index(),perk:getId()))
end

[crimson spindle]

so how do rolls work exactly.. would should this get tuned down? Do I actually need an item listed multiple times to get dupes to spawn?

[zealous wing]

Rolls = the amount of times the game will roll to add an item to the container.

[crimson spindle]

can more than one item be added per roll?

[zealous wing]

Basically when the container is generated for the 1st time, the game does some funky maff to determine what goes in there.

[willow estuary]

When items spawning is checked every item is checked vs a random number one time per roll.
More rolls, more checks.
The math behind the spawn chances is..... ...ugh, I'll let you look at the code yourself vs feebly attempting to explain it https://pastebin.com/ArNSSM2m

[willow estuary]

Yeah, duplicate entries is probably better than having high rolls amounts if anything.

[zealous wing]

Honestly, trying to understand the math regarding item spawning is headache inducing. I've been at it for a few years now and even I barely understand it.

[willow estuary]

But the simplest solution would be to reduce your rolls to something lower, test, and see how you like those results.

[zealous wing]

👆

[crimson spindle]

alright ill give it a shot

[zealous wing]

Fiddle with the numbers, test, Fiddle with the numbers, test, etc.

[willow estuary]

Big number = higher chance. Use vanilla item spawning chances as a guideline and test to evaluate your results.
That's pretty much it? It's some lovecraftian horror story nightmare trying to make sense of the math in that function for most people IMO.

[crimson spindle]

alright gotcha thanks

[zealous wing]

"lovecraftian horror story nightmare" is exactly how I would describe it.

I've legit tried to math it out, and gave up when the math wasn't matching the game. 😄

[willow estuary]

"How to the numbers works? Ughh.... ....they're not a percentage and that's pretty much the limit of human comprehension in this matter"

[zealous wing]

lol

indeed.

[willow estuary]

Zombies in the vicinity inflating spawn chances make it a complete clusterfuck anyways trying to evaluate shit in the abstract vs actual game environment testing.

[zealous wing]

@crimson spindle, be sure to test your mod under typical gameplay situations too. Like Blair said, zombies can mess with spawn chances too.

[crimson spindle]

jesus lol

thanks you both it was very helpful

[zealous wing]

Using the game's debug mode can help with not getting nibbled to death in the testing environment too.

Do you have a dedicated save for testing?

[crimson spindle]

i usually end up making a new save file and yeah ive been using debug mode to fly around invisible

[zealous wing]

Good, good.

A tip I can give you to sort the loot tables quicker is to delete the cell the container(s) are in between exiting to menu and loading the save. You'll have to work out the coordinates of the specific cell, then dive into the save game file in the File Explorer, then find the file with those coords and delete it.

For instance, I can tell you, from memory, that the Cortman Clinic in Muldraugh covers 4 cells: 1087_1002, 1087_1003, 1088_1002 and 1088_1003.

@crimson spindle So 1, load into the save. 2, judge the contents of the container. 3, exit. 4, fiddle with the values in your text editor and save. 5, delete the cell in the save, 6, repeat from step 1.
That's my process in this shindig. If there's a quicker/better way though that someone else uses, I'd love to know.

[willow estuary]

You can delete the map/world data in the savegame interface FYI.

[zealous wing]

I'll use that too, yeah. Often times though I've had to be more surgical.

[willow estuary]

Yeah, it's only good for clean sweeps? Great for testing vehicle spawning as well.

[broken fulcrum]

Can someone help me with that?

[willow estuary]

This file, in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\ProjectZomboid\media\lua\shared\Definitions for me, is used by the vanilla game to assign specific haircuts to zombie outfits.

So you'd need a file in the shared lu directory like so

require "Definitions/HairOutfitDefinitions"

-- your new outfit hair definitions using the same formatting as in the vanilla file like so

local cat = {};
cat.outfit = "MY_NEW_MODDED_ZOMBIE_OUTFIT_NAME_HERE";
cat.haircut = "LibertySpikes:5;MohawkFan:5;MohawkShort:5;MohawkSpike:5"; -- total should not exced 100! anything "left over" will be a random haircut
cat.haircutColor = "0.98,0.87,0:10;0.82,0.15,0.07:10;0.21,0.6,0.3:10;0.26,0.6,0.81:10"; -- forcing a haircut color, total should not exced 100 anything "left over" will be a random color from our default color
table.insert(HairOutfitDefinitions.haircutOutfitDefinition, cat);

local cat = {};
cat.outfit = "ANOTHER_NEW_MODDED_ZOMBIE_OUTFIT_NAME_HERE";
cat.beard = "Long:30;Goatee:10;Full:10;LongScruffy:20";
cat.haircut = "MohawkShort:5";
table.insert(HairOutfitDefinitions.haircutOutfitDefinition, cat);

using the vanilla Bandit and Private Militia outfit entries as an examples here.

[broken fulcrum]

what are the numbers after the haircut/beard?

[willow estuary]

The probability, as a percentage, of the haircut spawning for that outfit type.

[broken fulcrum]

what happens if I don't write the "cat.outfit" line like you also didn't? It will spawn naked zombies with the hair/beard I choose or they will spawn with any random clothes?

[willow estuary]

I don't know? It's meant to be assigned to a specific zombie outfit.
In a lot of these cases it really comes down to testing and experimentation.

[broken fulcrum]

I was imagining a zombie with literally any outfit with bald or bald spot hair to have a chance of spawning with wigs, because when you have a big hair it glitches through

[willow estuary]

Yeah, that would require some custom lua coding to do. Not something that I can just cut and paste an example from a file for or anything like that to demonstrate?

[broken fulcrum]

Thanks anyway, I would not know about the outfits if it was not for you, I'll maybe just make the items craftable to not be jenky and poke through random zombies if I just add it to their inventory

Is there a way to limit the colours the item will spawn? like in the code you sent, I don't want to craft hair and it comes in a different colour every time

well, maybe I do, but it would be better if I could make different recipes if possible

[drifting stump]

z is chance of spawning
x is the chance per roll
y is number of rolls

used the wrong expression before

[zealous wing]

Missing about half a dozen variables, but in its most basic expression? Yeah, that.

Nearby zombies, Lucky/Unlucky, and world settings also play a role.

[latent orchid]

Do custom skills work with book bonuses? Just checking as I have created a new skill along with relevant skill books, yet they never gain any bonus modifier (little arrows next to the skill) when I read or finish the book.

[zealous wing]

Pretty sure you need to do some UI tweaking to get those - they're UI elements and not all of the skills have them.

[undone heron]

make sure you add the skill book multiplier under the right section

[latent orchid]

Can you elaborate on this pls

[undone heron]

check server -> XPsystem folder

[latent orchid]

Bless your kittens. That worked. Thank you 👍

[latent orchid]

Next question: Can you set/change a sprite's properties (tile definitions) via code? E.g. change the IsMovable flag for an object on a square

[zealous wing]

Turns out there's a fair few items in PZ that could realistically double as water bottles. 😄

[zealous wing]

Not sure. Might be worth experimenting with to see if doable.

[latent orchid]

Maybe start with a different question, is it possible to either get IsoSprite or IsoSpriteGrid without a square or object (i.e. the global reference of these)?

[zealous wing]

Hell if I know.

If you know what those words mean, you're better suited to finding out than I am. 😄

[latent orchid]

Lol...yeah sorry, I come from the mapping side, so those terms are quite bread and butter for me. They represent the tile properties we can edit in the Tilezed map editor. I want to force change the properties ingame for some sprites without having to override the actual vanilla 'tiledefs' via the editor.

[zealous wing]

Well IDK how much if at all lua can effect tiles. I know that it's possible to check to see if the character is standing next to a powered stove/fridge with lua, my cooking mod does that.

Are you wanting to know if a script can replace a tile with another tile?

because if that was possible the possibilities would be endless.

[latent orchid]

To map out the logic IsoSpriteGrid (tilesheet) > IsoSprite (tile) > Properties (all the various flags on how the tile acts ingame)

Im trying to edit any of those properties.

[willow estuary]

Ah, yeah, I don't know if it's possible, but being able to modify tile properties via lua the way script items can be is a personal holy grail and would allow for a lot of cool stuff.

[latent orchid]

There must be a way given there are some Set capabilities for the PropertiesContainer of IsoSprite 🤔
https://zomboid-javadoc.com/41.65/zombie/core/properties/PropertyContainer.html

[willow estuary]

Well, that is interesting and seems to imply that there are code allowances for that? I don't know offhand if that's for specific instances of the object or all instances however?

[latent orchid]

Yeah, I would be looking for all instances (globally change an oven's flag for example)

[somber heath]

what application is this?

[latent orchid]

This the map editors for PZ. Here is a link to RingoD123's mapping channel post with link on how to install, setup and use them.
#mapping message

[somber heath]

ooo thank you

[fast galleon]

I tried this once, but properties changes for all items with said sprite. If you find something, please tag me.

[drifting ore]

Ive got a question yall, if i add a mod midgame into multiplayer, will the server explode? talking about adding repair options to madax pack weapons

[latent orchid]

this might be what i need. I want to set it for the sprite globally

[fast galleon]

Then yeah it's possible

[storm scarab]

I thought I would ask, do you guys know any function that would work to make something client side only? I'm looking on making a zombie client side

[fast galleon]

if isClient() then ... end

or
not isServer()
so that it works for singleplayer

[storm scarab]

Ooh, so using this I could hypothetically make a client only zombie on a server?

[thick narwhal]

Yeah

The driving skill and scavenger skill mod both have respective books

Oh nvm. Answered

[latent orchid]

can you possibly share how you managed to change properties via code?

[fast galleon]

local sprite = IsoSpriteManager.instance:getSprite("sprite name") local props = sprite:getProperties() props:UnSet("IsMoveAble") props:Set("IsMoveable","") print("test ",props:Is("IsMoveAble"))

I can unset, but not set, second string needs to be some value

works for things that have IsoFlag though

[storm scarab]

And that would work to make a zombie client side Only in a multiplayer environment?

[fast galleon]

yeah

[storm scarab]

So I assume it's as easy as setting is server to false and is client to true?

[fast galleon]

I don't know much about adding zombies.

isServer() returns true only on server, so you can use that to check if it's server

[storm scarab]

Yes, but I'm attempting to make something client side only

So a zombie to only be seen by one person

[chrome egret]

Gratz on being featured by IS @late hound

[storm scarab]

Ie yourself

[drifting ore]

For what ?

[faint jewel]

lol you is like 3 days late my dude.

[strong nebula]

I made a mod already but now want to update it and add some more features but I have no clue how to setup the Code Editor, I tried to set up IntelliJ Idea from Jetbrains with the wiki but an important step seems to be missing... 😅

help is greatly appreciated 🙂

[chrome egret]

I believe the guide to which you're referring is assuming that you took this step: #mod_development message

[strong nebula]

I'll take a look at it, thanks 👍

[tropic dirge]

Anyone of you mind checking my message in the mod support channel?

[somber heath]

anyone has instructions on how to decompile java source of the game?
The link from this guide isn't working anymore
https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/61-robomats-modding-tutorials-updated-12112013/

[sweet tide]

local player = getPlayer()

local test = getClothingItem_Legs()

local test2 = test:getActualWeight() 


function player_say()
    player:Say("Hello World"..test2)
end

Events.EveryTenMinutes.Add(player_say)```
Im just messing around with  functions trying to get familiar with syntax, but im not exactly sure what im doing wrong here it keeps erroring on line 3 (getClothingItem_Legs) returns InventoryItem

probably a very simple issue but im still new to modding

[somber heath]

Eggplanticus also released a good tutorial on how to decompile the java source over here.
The link should be this https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php/topic/1156-

[autumn flax]

are there mods that add spawn spots into those small towns/villages that arent the main 4?

only thingy i have been able to find is louisville

[past tinsel]

Try:
local test = player:getClothingItem_Legs()

[sweet tide]

worked cheers mate

[past tinsel]

I am working on a mod to create sandbox options to give more control over the sound radius of guns (the standard ones that come with the game). I know how to add a .txt file to overwrite the base game's items with new properties, and I know how to create the new sandbox options... But then I start having trouble. I can use Lua files to reference my sandbox options variables, but I don't know how to use Lua to change the base item properties (instead of, say, a specific item in a player's inventory, for example) that would be found in that .txt file. Can the .txt file reference my sandbox options variables (or other Lua file variables for that matter)? Or is there a better way to do what I'm trying to accomplish?

[frosty falcon]

download arsenal+brita mods and look at how they do it imo

[past tinsel]

Thanks for the suggestion. I thought about doing that, but don't those just add new weapons to the game (so they'd handle it all in that .txt file)? Hmm, do they also add sandbox options for how loud they are, sound radius, etc.? If so then you're right I should def look at how they do it 🤔

[drifting stump]

@latent orchid properties set through code are not persisted

And from all the testing i did never saw them being applied globally

[drifting stump]

Through lua you can edit the script item instance it wont change items created before settings are changed but from that point items created get the new settings

[past tinsel]

Can you tell me more about how to do that or point me towards an example?

That sounds like what I'm looking for! 😁

[drifting stump]

Not on pc right now but something like getScriptManager():getItem("itemName")

[past tinsel]

Ok thanks, that gives me a starting point to work from

[drifting stump]

getScriptManager():getItem("Money"):setActualWeight(0)

Found this from my messages

Keep in mind existing items arent changed

[sick yew]

I am at my wit's end.

I am completely unable to make a script that gives you the building key of the place in.

When I do, it only works 50% of the time.

Anyone here willing to help?

[chrome egret]

sup, mind elaborating?

What do you mean by building key, and what's the problem the other 50% of the time?

[sick yew]

Alright so, I have two mods.

One spawns you in the Riverside Pharmacy, the other at Cortman medical.

That part is fine, and I have some code that is meant to scan the building you are in

and give you the key of that building

And this works 50% of the time, I get a key and all is good.

The other 50% of the t ime I get no key.

[chrome egret]

Oh, the literal actual key for the building

not like a string key

[sick yew]

Yeah, the actual key of the building you spawn in

[sick yew]

Now I originally tried to code it myself, but that caused errors

so I took the code from a mod that I know works

But the same problem comes up

I'm at my wits end here.

[chrome egret]

Can you post a snippet of the code?

[sick yew]

I'll post the entire thing here brb

[chrome egret]

Or link to the source.

[sick yew]

This is the code I used, unmodified.

If I try to modify it it causes errors

[chrome egret]

Can you also show the GiveBuildingKey code?

Does the character get the key ring when they fail to get the building key?

[sick yew]

Download the entire code

as it's in there

[sick yew]

They spawn with a keyring

not sure if it's the default thing that happens when you spawn or if it's the mod

[chrome egret]

In vanilla you will start with a key ring, so it may not be necessary unless something else is doing work to remove everything

[sick yew]

Not sure man, I just need a piece of code that scans the building you're in on spawn

and gives you the key of that building

[chrome egret]

Yeah, well looking at this I would just add some print lines to GiveBuildingKey

to ensure you have all the needed values in keyRing, buildingDef, keyIdNumber, and key

if they're nil for some reason then it's liable not to work

[sick yew]

How does one do that? I'm a total noob with lua coding.

[chilly beacon]

I have a mod that adds a few tshirts and hoodies, but get an error when trying to wear head protection if the hood is up. the tooltip sys "replaces: hoodie" and instead of unequipping the hoodie when you put a hat on, the hoodie just vanishes with a stack trace. when looking into it with debug mode, i get this trace: I've coped the item definitions and xml files from vanilla hoodies so something else must by at play here.

[chrome egret]

simple stuff like after local buildingDef is declared, add a new line print("buildingDef value: " .. tostring(buildingDef))

[chilly beacon]

its referencing some base game code that I havent touched, that works with normal hoodies

[sick yew]

Like this?

[chrome egret]

yep

then you play around and figure out where the issue is

Reminder that errors and other print output should be going to your console.txt file

[sick yew]

alright, thanks

[chrome egret]

Sure thing. Don't hesitate to reach out if you need more assistance.

[chilly beacon]

does anyone know what might be causing a stack trace when simply trying to wear a hat? it feels like theres some function missing to unequip the hoodie but i cant see anything in the vanilla files that would control that

[sick yew]

And one more thing, where is the console.t xt

[chrome egret]

I'm at work but try to check every now and then

[chrome egret]

<Zomboid dir>\console.txt

mine is under my user directory on Windows

[sick yew]

Ah, excellent

Alright I'm back

[chrome egret]

Have you looked at the ISClothingExtraAction code to see where it's trying to get an object and call getVisual? It may be expecting your custom clothing to have something else set

[sick yew]

Isn't printing to console.txt

Any where I can learn how code lua for

project zomboid?

[chrome egret]

Can you confirm it loads your mod? Here you can see a line noting my mod is loaded, then some printing from the mod itself:

[sick yew]

Moment

[chrome egret]

Check out the pinned link to the Modding page on PZ wiki, it has a lot of resources including Lua.

[sick yew]

How difficult is it to learn how to code lua?

[chrome egret]

Do you have any previous programming experience? I didn't find it very difficult.

[chilly beacon]

yeah, its pretty unhelpful to be honest. highlighted is the line at fault. which looks like its the java class

[sick yew]

I have extremely basic knowledge of HTML

[chilly beacon]

which... I never touched, and I copied the initial clothing from working vanilla game files...

also the tshirts i added dont have this problem of wearing them and trying to wear something else that takes the same slot, it does as expected and just removes the tshirt

[mighty ridge]

I have a quick question/suggestion

but if it sounds way to far fetched then im sorry

but do you think it'll be possible to add pets into the game or companions?

[chrome egret]

Animals are coming to the vanilla game, so it should be a relatively simple mod at that point

[storm scarab]

Hey guys, I thought id ask if anyone basically knows the project zomboid equivalent to while true do

[chrome egret]

There are while do loops, can you not use a constant true value with a break?

Or simply store the value in a dummy variable

[storm scarab]

Well, i've tried it but each time I tried the game froze up

[chrome egret]

That means you didn't hit a condition that would break your loop

I did the same thing to myself

[storm scarab]

Well, what I mean is

For example lets say I have a while true that counts to 100 then ends

For those counting to 100, the game would freeze

as soon as its finished, the game returns back to normal

[chrome egret]

There's really nothing you can do about that other than minimizing the code you're running during the loop, or decomposing it into chunks that can occur over time. Your loop code is the only Lua code that is being run by the game at that time-- it must wait until your work is done (unless it trips one of the conditions to be killed, which is ofc not ideal)

[storm scarab]

minimizing the code?

uhh

nvm

got it

[marble jay]

If I want to just up the forage rate of one item (cockroaches) do I have to edit a table or is there some function or event I can override

This is for a server

[trail lotus]

Any vehicle devs looking to get involved on a pretty big project? You’d most likely be creating early 90’s-00’s American cars and trucks. and it would be large.

Pm for more details about it and we can talk about it.

[dry quail]

On the initial release of a workshop mod, is it normal that the workshop page seems empty? It's been a while since I've uploaded something and was wondering if that's normal. Also is it because it is awaiting for approval?

Nevermind I had files that didn't belong to the mod structure (error 2). All good now!

[hollow pecan]

Hi all, I have started a non-dedicated server with two friends and we would like to claim the fire station in Rosewood as our safehouse. However it is a spawn point. How can I claim the fire station ? I have admin powers.

[sour lion]

i think just changing the setting 'safehouseallownonresidential' might fix that

ive also painted areas as safehouse as admin if that isn't an option for you

[hollow pecan]

It did not fix that, because the fire station is a spawn location. I have even subscribed to a mod which "should" allow for claiming safehouses no matter what, to no avail

I have seen the tool to set a safe zone but since it is, again, a spawn location I can't validate that either

It's a shame because that fire station is really cool

I have tried setting a fixed spawn point for all players, in hope that would remove the other spawn locations, but no