[So You Want to Make A Radio Mod [Modding Guide]]

SO YOU WANT TO MAKE A RADIO MOD

A Guide by Azakaela

 

If the answer to that question is yes, then boy oh boy, do I have some awesome stuff to teach you. Making a radio mod for PZ can be a very rewarding way to put a lot of great content into PZ that fills the world and makes it less lonesome.

So let’s just fuckin’ get started, I’ll give you everything you need to make an awesome mod.

(if the answer to the question is no, then I guess you can stop reading now.)😤

 

WORDZED

So first your gonna wanna read this thread about how the basics of Wordzed works, I’m not gonna regurgitate stuff that’s already out there, I just wanna show you how to put music in this bitch, and for that there’s a special version of Wordzed I use that has additional functionality that makes it possible.

So here’s that thread : https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/21318-wordzed/

Download the manual there and read that too. Especially important to note is the list of frequencies that the base game uses. I’d advise making sure not to accidentally use the same frequencies if you want to leave the original radio broadcasts intact. Otherwise you’ll overwrite them.

NOW,

FUNCTIONALITIES MY WORDZED HAS THAT THE OTHER DOESN’T

-CTRL+Right Clicking on a broadcast line will bring up the Player Effects Window.

-Hit Add an Effect to be able to add skill boosts and apply moodlet changes when a player “hears” the broadcast.

-SHIFT+Right Clicking on a broadcast line will add a random amount of effects that apply -1 Stress and -1 Boredom to the whole broadcast.

-Clicking on Insert Line Right/Left after selecting a broadcast line will copy that broadcast line for every time it is clicked. (THIS WILL COME IN HANDY TRUST ME)

 

 

Getting Started

DOWNLOAD THIS .RAR https://www.dropbox.com/s/17g7rayxp0brp17/Mod%20Guide.rar?dl=0

Alright so you’ll need the following things.

1. WordZed (special edition) -- Inside the .Rar
2. Audacity
3. This Prestructured Mod Template -- Inside the .rar
4. A lot of patience -- inside you, probably
5. Mouse Clickr -- A mouse click counting program, its free (trust me you’ll want it)
6. A calculator
7. Probably beer 🍺
8. A playlist of music you want to enter into the game!
9. Oh and Notepad++ You’ll need that too.

 

STEPS TO ENTER MUSIC

1. Convert your mp3 or wav or flac or what have you to .ogg using audacity

1. To do this, import the file to audacity, then go to file, export and select .ogg

2. Save your .ogg files to the RadioMusic folder within the modtemplate

1. Rename them, this is important -- remove any instances of spaces or whatever so “Iron Man - Black Sabbath.mp3” should be changed to IronMan.ogg this will make it way easier for you for the next steps.

3. After you’ve saved your files, go to the RadioMusic folder and up at the top set the view to Details and right click, add Length, so you can keep track of how long each song is.

1. Alternatively you can open all the files in a media player of your choice; you’re gonna wanna be listening to music while you do this, why not the music you’re gonna be putting in the game?

4. Open up Notepad and Calculator
5. For each song you intend to enter in, multiply the number of minutes by 60, add the remaining amount of seconds and divide the result by 4.5. Keep track of the Song File Name and the Result number on notepad to keep everything in one spot for you.

1. This is to ensure that your song plays without annoying radio static noise. PZ has a dynamic system for the duration of it’s broadcast lines that ranges from 1 second per line to 5 seconds per line, 4.5 has worked best in my testing.

6. Open Wordzed and open the ModTemplate.XML
7. Navigate to Adverts, where one song is already entered in for ya, notice the format?

1. creates the music notes
2. SONG NAME -- ARTIST NAME usually creates a duration of 3.5-5 seconds depending on the song name, but this is a proper way to credit the artists and this format was used in my mods, you can use your own format, but I suggest crediting the artist for sure
3. Notice how some broadcast lines are blue? Ctrl+Right Click on the first line -- You’ll notice a +1 Drunkenness is added to it. (Drunkenness tags are what’s used to call a specific .ogg file.

8. Now enter in a new broadcast underneath this one (and delete the old one if you don’t need it)
9. Enter in the song title and artist name with music notes in the first broadcast line.
10. Open Mouse Clicker, and move the Wordzed window so that you can see the Mouseclickerr AND your notepad document at the same time.
11. Click on the first broadcast line so you can edit it’s text, reset mouse clicker then click on “Insert Line Right” underneath the blue arrow. Click on it for as many times as the songs corresponding Result Number in your notepad.
12. Do this for every song you intend to enter in the mod.
13. Now, starting from your first song you entered in your gonna enter them into the RadioWavs.lua!
14. Navigate to RADIO MOD TEMPLATE\Contents\mods\RADIO MOD\media\lua\client\RadioCom to find RadioWavs.lua, open it with Notepad++
15. I’ve done several example songs for you, you’re gonna wanna overwrite them, just write the file name that you choose for the song when you renamed it earlier.

1. For each song you’re gonna enter it the same way, you’ll probably have to manually add more lines, when you do that, make sure to increase the number in the [brackets] too.

16. Now go back to Wordzed, on the first line of every broadcast and CTRL+RIGHT CLICK; For each song your going to add a Drunkeness tag, make sure + is selected and enter in the corresponding number in the RadioWavs.lua file
17. Repeat 16 for all your songs.
18. Now the fun part. You’re gonna have to edit the script file, found here in the mod template: RADIO MOD TEMPLATE\Contents\mods\RADIO MOD\media\lua\client\RadioCom\sounds_RadioWavs
19. I’ve included 10 examples of how it should be entered in, simply replace “songname” with the appropriate file name for every song that you’ve entered in

1. You may have to do some copy and pasting to add some more in, this part is the most tedious. I hope you have your beer
2. This script part makes it so the songs can be heard at a distance of 50 tiles, and fades the audio according to location and distance.

20. Now that that’s done all that’s left is to go back to the xml file and set up your station so that it plays a random song for every half hour.
21. I’ve set up an example Radio Station under Channels. You can simply rename this to have a station

1. You’ll notice there is one script, set as the start script, set to loop 365 (days)
2. It’s also set to exit to itself, with a 100 percent chance and 0 delay.
3. With these settings it should play every half hour and loop 365 times. It’ll play for a year in game.
4. You will also notice that all the broadcasts are set to have an Advert from “My Music” to play alongside every broadcast.
5. This ensures that this radio station will always play music at any time, and it will choose randomly from the playlist everytime it plays.

22. Now double check your work to make sure you haven’t mistyped a file name, or entered in a wrong tag; you’ll regret it when you’re testing and the wrong file plays or your character ironically gets an angry moodlet.
23. Distribute the .xml file, and copy the new version to replace the one in RADIO MOD TEMPLATE\Contents\mods\RADIO MOD\media\radio
24. Next step is to set your mod up and put it into the game and test out your music!

1. Make sure you start a new game

 

CONGRATS, YOU DID IT!

If you have any problems with any of these steps, feel free to join the Survivor Radio Discord and I’ll answer any of your questions.

https://discord.gg/N5RGRF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Survivor Radio Mod [V2 -- WITH MUSIC]]

Unfortunately, I don't think that is fixable, it just doesn't work on build 40 anymore.

[Survivor Radio Mod [V2 -- WITH MUSIC]]

Update:
To add your own music to the mod...

1. pick up to 14 songs!

2. using Audacity, convert the files to .ogg and use the following naming convention custom1.ogg - custom14.ogg

3. place these songs in either : (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\workshop\content\108600\2017654378\mods\Survivor Radio v2\media\sound\RadioMusic or C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\ProjectZomboid\media\sound\RadioMusic

4. tune to 93.6 in game.

[Survivor Radio Mod [V2 -- WITH MUSIC]]

The newest edition of Survivor Radio brings you MUSIC! Coming soon, Voice Acting!

 

Catch it on TVM, 93.4 and ... on a secret channel only available on walkie talkies!

[PLAYLIST]

Come As You Are -- Nirvana
40 oz to Freedom -- Sublime
Enter Sandman -- Metallica
Gimme the Loot -- Biggie Smalls
Radar Love -- Golden Earring
The Pot -- Tool
Paranoid -- Black Sabbath
Don't Worry, Be Happy -- Bobby McFerrin
Carry On My Wayward Son -- Kansas
Personal Jesus -- Depeche Mode
Mama Said Knock You Out -- LL Cool J
Alive -- Pearl Jam
Man In The Box -- Alice in Chains
Losing My Religion -- REM
Creep -- Radiohead
Live and Let Die -- Guns and Roses
Good Day -- Ice Cube
Far Behind -- Candlebox
Sober -- Tool
Sunday Bloody Sunday -- U2
Danger Zone -- Kenny Loggins
Hungry Like the Wolf -- Duran Duran
I Ran (So Far Away) -- A Flock of Seagulls
Shout -- Tears for Fears
Nimrods Son -- Pixies
House of the Rising Sun -- The Animals
Rooster -- Alice in Chains
American Jesus -- Bad Religion
Immigrant Song -- Led Zepplin
Roll With It -- Steve Winwood
Rebel Yell -- Billy Idol
Somebody to Love -- Jefferson Airship
Hotel California -- The Eagles
I Heard It Through the Grapevine -- CCR
American Woman -- The Guess Who


[IMPORTANT STUFF]

-You have to catch the start of a broadcast for the sound files to play. There's no way around this currently. Sorry

-Fast forwarding will mess with the duration of the text lines and will cause songs to either cut short or overlap.

-Turning off a broadcast will basically prevent you from listening to it, I suggest using mute if you need to shut it off temporarily.

-This will conflict with the Old Survivor Radio, make sure that it's not enabled.

-If you're having issues with errors popping up when it should be playing music, exit the game; go to where the mod is stored on your computer and take the RadioMusic Folder and put it in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\ProjectZomboid\media\sound\
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Adds the following radio stations:

93.4
(with DJ Erin Fontaine, a survivor who likes to play music for you.)

92.6
(Bob + Kate's radio frequency)

101.4
(with Reverend Dan who likes to read scripture and play gosepl music.)

95.2
(?????)

91.8
(the Blind Justice Gang's frequency)

88.8
(The Godess of Secrets radio Frequency)

102.2
(Hilltop Colony)

105.8
(Classified)

104.4
(Mike Lopken)

101.6
(Dianne Caldwell)

103.6
(Max Stone)

Also adds a couple TV channels:

TVM
(plays all music)

KBC
(which will have The Big Lebowski)

ZBS
(Has Star Trek: Next Gen)

213
(Haunted channel that has Twilight Zone)

AniNation
(Cartoon Channel that plays some stuff I made up and kids commericals)

Action Classics
(With Pulp Fiction)

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2017654378

[Real Radios]

Reviving this thread from the dead! IT'S A ZOMBIE NOW.
 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K3ypnAJzZtenPrcmKgT2Pi584u1v_MPY/view?usp=sharing

[WordZed]

Very much love this tool.

[Suggestion for a "Desert" map [Rachel, Nevada]]

I'd like to make a humble suggestion to would be map makers out there. I've yet to see something western or in an arid climate. It could prove to be fairly interesting and I know just the place that'd be a fun place to hunker down in the zombie apocalypse...

 

Rachel, Neveda

As the closest habitation to the Nellis Air Force Range and Area 51, Rachel enjoys a modest celebrity, particularly among aviation enthusiasts and UFO hunters.

 

The Challenge

Sparsely populated and spread apart, Rachel's lack of vegetation and the desert heat combined with the looming threat of (Alien created zombies?!) should prove to be an ultimate test of wit and tenacity against all odds for even the most seasoned of survivors.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Rachel,+NV+89001/@37.642628,-115.7445073,2020m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x80b82b92d8b1b0cd:0xc86284b070fc2e35!8m2!3d37.64472!4d-115.74278

[Appearance Editor]

On 5/18/2017 at 7:50 PM, tommysticks said:

New mod to change out hairstyles and beards in-game.

 

If I ever update it, the update will include hair dye.

 

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=928393336

YOU ARE MY HERO

[Appearance Editor]

Coooooooooooooool!!!

 

But I guess I should have clarified. I chose the wrong haircut and it's driving me nuts; I'd like to be able to change that IG or perhaps even from the menu, or maybe even just a third party thing that edits my characters file to change it.

[Appearance Editor]

Could a mod be made that allowed you to edit your charachter's appearance?

[Remove Carpentry Requirement for moving some furniture]

On 3/20/2017 at 2:47 PM, Erkinwine said:

 

I know what you guys are saying, I have yet to be able to get my carpentry score above level two or three, but every house has at least one bed. Just go to another bed and try to move it. Your carpentry score is bound to improve in the process. Speaking as someone who has moved a bed or two in my day, keeping them from being damaged is difficult. Especially the ones that were kits from Ikea, etc. They seem to be designed to stay in place once constructed. I don't really see how this is too far off from reality. Sorry. Screws and fiberboard are a bad combination.

Well if I were talking about playing in a singleplayer game, I'd grind until I had the capability to move the bed without any hassle -- that's never a problem. However, in the case I'm referring to, I was playing on RP server with skill gains set to a minimum.

 

And I disagree, I've moved mattresses and bed-frames of all shapes and sizes and I've never once damaged them more than just a scuff. They're usually quite sturdy and if the frame is metal, 9/10 you don't even need tools to take it apart. At any rate, even if you were extremely clumsy, it'd be next to impossible to destroy a mattress by dropping it.

[Remove Carpentry Requirement for moving some furniture]

This needs to happen. I tried to move 3 beds and one couch, with 2 in carpentry and each of them was destroyed. I'm pissed lol

[Action Classics (new TV channel mod)]

On 2/22/2017 at 11:05 PM, IndigoRebel said:

Damn that sucks

AlSo what you going to do for the dead ni&&@r storage?

Bleeps or is this an uncensored version XD

Uncensored.

 

Lol but I'm taking a small break from this until I learn how to use the program a little better. I could release just the first to scenes as like an Alpha version of the mod.

I think for practice I'll make a radio station mod that adds a couple stations that play music or whatever. What kinds of radio stations should I make?

[Remove Carpentry Requirement for moving some furniture]

Realistically, moving a mattress isn't as involved as the game makes it seem. It's easier to build a log wall then move a bed.  That makes no sense. Sure taking apart a bed frame is kind of annoying, but anybody with a screwdriver can do it.  Same goes with bookshelves, tables, dressers, etc.  It makes little sense and for me at least, takes the immersion away from the game.

 

Same goes for moving crates, that's something that doesn't necessarily needs to be taken apart before you move it. It can be pushed/pulled or lifted -- if anything that would require a certain amount of strength and nothing else.

So I think removing any carpentry skill requirements from certain furniture would be beneficial.

[WordZed]

20 hours ago, turbotutone said:

I'm assuming the the blue and orange 0's mean days, like what day the broadcast starts and the duration before it stops repeating the broadcast each day, right? I can't find a way to change it :/ That's what I was curious about

(as for the other stuff I have to read to test it out, then I'll get back to you hahaha)
Thanks for helping me out with it!

[WordZed]

Sorry for the double post but I'm working on a mod and was curious about something.

I'm transcribing the script for an entire movie -- if it's too long, will it cut out if it plays over the first day? Do I need to split it into multiple broadcasts and set it so they play in succession?

Also, I've noticed on the broadcasts the blue and orange numbers -- in the normal files it appears those have been edited, but I can't seem to find a way to do it.

[[Updated][AGN][NA/EU][RP][PVP][Whitelist][24/7] New Dawn Role Play]

Man, this server is dope I gotta say.

The app's are relatively short, and the new rules and lore provide a very well rounded RP experience for beginners and experienced alike. There's always something happening, always unique characters and factions to run into. I'd go so far as to call it addicting.

 

Good job guys.

[Action Classics (new TV channel mod)]

 

 

1 minute ago, IndigoRebel said:

http://www.imsdb.com/

 

This website would be your best friend for this

I actually started watching the movie and noticed that parts of the script were off, so I was writing while watching the movie in addition to having the script open.

 

It'll take a while to get it entered in. Took, like 2 hours for 2 scenes.

[Action Classics (new TV channel mod)]

UPDATE:

 

So, I've committed to putting the ENTIRE script for pulp fiction into the thing, not sure how that works out with broadcasts if it's too long, so I'll have to test it out see about maybe splitting it into several parts.

 

Right now I've got the diner scene all the way up to Jules quoting the bible and killing motherfuckers.

[WordZed]

On 10/13/2016 at 9:38 AM, Batsphinx said:

Woo! Are people using this yet?

 

Any and all tips/tricks to make the interface more user-friendly will be appreciated!

I have a couple suggestions from screwing around with it for a couple of days.

I think being able to collapse the voices/channels toolbar would come in handy.  And then maybe a keyboard shortcut to create a new line of dialogue, like CTRL+ENTER.  Ability to change the voice of a selection of lines would also come in handy (for scenarios where you're changing multiple voices to one, or several lines within the same voice that should be different).  I'm thinking a keyboard shortcut like CTRL+Scrollwheel while you're entering text for a line that would allow you to scroll through the different color voices for that line would speed things up as well.  Also a way to split/merge broadcasts could be useful.

I'm no programmer, I have no idea how hard it would be to implement any of those things. But, it's pretty intuitive thus far. Although, I'm not sure how long I can make a broadcast before the next day starts.

[Action Classics (new TV channel mod)]

2 hours ago, Zombadger said:

You could have it narrated in between movies by a person who may or may not have been a governor at some point. Maybe have him give advice/encouragement to work out.

"I'll be back... after this commercial break."

"This hero stuff has its limits. Lets watch a spy movie, now!"

"Nutrition is just as important as exercise. That's why I eat Green Berets for breakfast!"

"Come with me to the gym if you want to live!"

"It's not a pushup!"

"There's someone in my house eating my birthday cake with my family, and it's not me!"

 

Something about getting your ass to mars, I dunno.

I love this idea. I'm using it hahaha

 

 

3 hours ago, IndigoRebel said:

You can make it spit one liners

 

They Live

Aliens

DieHard

 

 

As for Dialogue put an episode of Game of Thrones dialogue in that woot!

 

I definitely already had Die Hard on the list, those other two would be great additions.
This is what I have thusfar.
 

Pulp Fiction

Terminator

Die Hard

Big Trouble in Little China

Empire Strikes Back

Alien

Jurassic Park

Blade Runner

Starship Troopers

[Action Classics (new TV channel mod)]

So, today I worked a little in Wordzed to test it out and to do that, and with a little help from @turbotutone (thank you!) I created a single channel called "Action Classics" with one short script: The first scene of Pulp Fiction.

 

Spoiler

 

So, I'm thinking, I might expound upon this and either add the script to the entire movie as a mod, and/or find other scenes from other awesome movies and add them in.

If so; what movies would you guys like to see?

[WordZed]

So, is there no way to actually get custom content created this way into the game? 

 

I feel like the instructions at the end of the manual are... over my head.

I created a new broadcast and script as a test, I recreated the first scene of Pulp Fiction and I wanted to see it in action

[Need Matches or Lighter to Smoke]

On 1/1/2017 at 2:20 PM, Butter Bot said:

This is fixed in build 36.2. Smoking now properly requires a lighter or match.

and it's been killing me!

My smoker character can find tons of smokes, but never a lighter or matches! I think they should be a little more common, especially in gas stations.

[Hydrocraft Mod]

Is there a way to customize what items can spawn? Like an in game "check or uncheck the box" kind of thing?  I like most of the stuff in this mod and I always play with it -- there's just some items I don't find necessary/lore-breaking, and not having them would increase my odds of finding stuff I do want.