Mass Graves Mod [B42.13.1]

[celest rover]

Looking for any ideas you guys think should be included into this. Wanting to make a full fledged grave handling mod, but at a loss for ideas lol

Current Plans:

• Expand on the selection process (zone highlights, drag select, etc)
• Expand on the actual "gravedigging"
• Add custom graphics for the grave
• Unburrying Corpses to get Materials (Ripped Cloth/Denim Etc)

[rocky star]

man i just want to hide my treasures

[celest rover]

Oh, I could probably spin this into a "cache" mod separately

That'd be a pretty simple thing to do actually, with the way it is now.

[rocky star]

is there any mod where you can hide loot under the grass without no one noticing?

[celest rover]

I know there was in b41 I believe, I ran across one.

Im unsure about b42

Mass Graves Mod [B42.13.1]

[rocky star]

cant find it lol

[celest rover]

I think it was named something like "Wilderness Cache" or something

It was a unique ass name for no reason

[rocky star]

i suppose your mod is not controller compatible.. right?

[celest rover]

Not currently, I can look into it

It's being made on commission for someone

So Im just trying to get it finished

I'm rather impressed with my menu lol

[rocky star]

looks good!

[celest rover]

Think I am going to include the location coords on the lists as well, so you can find where they are. Maybe city nearest, Im not sure

As many people as I've seen talk about wanting mass graves in game, Im surprised no one else has done a mod for it.

[rocky star]

mmmm remember people can add a map mark

[celest rover]

That's true

Didn't think about that

[rocky star]

but maybe an auto add symbol to map

[celest rover]

That's a possibility. I also have to rework the "delete" function a bit, cause currently it removes that actual grave, which isn't what it should do, should just remove it from the list

[rocky star]

infinite corpse grave

[celest rover]

Yeah, technically. though Im adding a customizable field for corpses per chunk so people can change it in sandbox settings if they want

[rocky star]

add a rename option

[celest rover]

Already is one.

Each grave can be named whatever you want

[rocky star]

im dumb

[celest rover]

They defaults to "Grave #" though, until you change the name

[rocky star]

im just trying to see what it lacks

[celest rover]

I still have to expand on the actual "Grave Digging" process of making the grave, not really sure how to go about that with the way I chose for graves to be made

Both with the actual previewing of the grave, and the actual digging

[rocky star]

can you make a selection system like livestock zones?

[celest rover]

the highlighted whatnot?

[rocky star]

cant remember if it was like i think it is

the blue highlighted area

[celest rover]

I intend to make it where you can drag select an area, it highlights those cells, and then you confirm

[rocky star]

i like how its showed in the video it just needs the highlighted cell being updated as you drag the mouse, it can also look good if you make it controller compatible

[rocky star]

exactly that!

[celest rover]

I've gotta look hard into the way that zomboid handles drag selection in world. Someone linked me a mod repo of a system they wrote and gave me permission to yank shit as needed.

[rocky star]

vanilla badcolor buttons arent like that right?

try someting like that

[celest rover]

https://i.imgur.com/HvPWRoI.gif

I changed that anyways

[rocky star]

cool

can you try changing the alpha?

[celest rover]

I will yeah, most of thats due to the background as well

the list items backgrounds are solid

[rocky star]

oh

[rocky star]

i would change "Create Mass Grave" color to green

but like vanilla goodcolor

[celest rover]

I might just make that sandbox options somehow, cause I really don't care much about being specific to colors, as I am grayscale colorblind, so I make my shit in shades of gray unless its a constantly used color like Green for Confirm, or Red for Cancel

[rocky star]

lol didnt expect that

[celest rover]

Most dont lol

[rocky star]

i just like vanilla style

[celest rover]

Vanillas UI is meh to me, I don't know if it was intentionally made to look kinda jank or not

[rocky star]

its a 2009 style

i like it though

ok Mass Graves mod cancelled

[celest rover]

xD

Cause Im colorblind and don't really care? RIP

[rocky star]

xDD

[celest rover]

Implemented the "Dig Grave" process. TimedActions length is dependant on the size of the grave

[celest rover]

Implemented "Sealing" the grave, currently doesn't allow it to be redug.

[rocky star]

Nice addition, good work!

digged tiles regrow grass?

[celest rover]

They don't they are infinitely dirt, though im not sure if base game code causes them to over time? I'd imagine they should considering it does so over concrete,g ravel, asphalt etc

So they might not be infinitely dirt

[rocky star]

im not sure either

but it would be great

[celest rover]

I'd imagine considering the way the games systems work, it should over time?

Its only able to be dug in sand, dirt, or grass, so I dont see why it wouldnt

[rocky star]

so its working with regrow grass and snow?

[celest rover]

I would assume so, I've nto tested, lemme see about setting time to winter and see what happens

[celest rover]

It definitely works with snow, so I imagine it works with regrowth as well

[rocky star]

it does not get covered?

[celest rover]

It does get covered visibly by snow

But the graves still accessible

@ebon grotto So you can keep up to date on progress as well

[celest rover]

@rocky star implemented drag select

@midnight zinc Thanks for the mod repo ❤️

Credits will be properly given for the use of the code for learning

[rocky star]

oohhh now looks amazing!!

will you implement controller compatibility?

[celest rover]

Eventually, its not on the forefront of my plans though

[rocky star]

oh ok

good work anyways!

[midnight zinc]

very nice!

not sure how I replied to the wrong person but @celest rover

jesus being a semi-boomer sucks sometimes

[celest rover]

Define "semi boomer" xD

Cause technically, I aint far off at 32

[celest rover]

Old age gets us all

I think Im about ready for initial release. Mind you, this isn't going to support multiplayer Whatsoever

[ebon grotto]

Looking good

[celest rover]

I'll likely upload it to the workshop tonight once I get back from work and confirm everythigns working as I'd like. I'll mess with custom sprites later on.

[celest rover]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3632947123

[raw grove]

This looks promising!

[ebon grotto]

@celest rover forgot to ask, will it be extra for sprite work

I don’t have any expectations for a time frame or anything just whenever u can

[celest rover]

Nah thatll be in the future.

I gotta sort that out

[celest rover]

Updated the mod to allow sandbox settings which control the time to dig and amount of bodies per tile.

[celest rover]

Plans for the next week or so for the mod are to figure out customized textures for the tiles. I'm not fully certain how PZ handles it, I know it's not nineslice images, so I'll have to sort out the math it does to corelate images to locations of other tiles

[raw grove]

😮

[ebon grotto]

@celest rover yknow what would be cool

adding lye or whatever it is

people put on dead bodies to prevent rot

[celest rover]

I might think about something like that in the future. Otherwise, mod working as intended/expected?

[ebon grotto]

not now of course i jkust thought of it

i havent had a chance to use it yet

i am starting my save so ill let u know

[celest rover]

Definitely do. It's a pretty simple thing to figure out

[fossil kraken]

I bet it'd be really hard to do but Knox Event NPC's had a function where after selecting an area to clear bodies, they'd drag the bodies to a marked spot automatically. It'd be nice if you could do that for yourself and just let your character do it instead of supervising every walk-to command, drop and pick up for dozens of bodies.