I need help with making a mod pls help

[Marshmelloen]

I need help on making a mod that would be great to have for the entire community. but I have tried everything of my own knowledge on how to do it but can't figure out how.

My goal is to make a simple mod where you can attach light sources on your belt I just need help with the coding part mabye I am doing it completely wrong.

Pls help.

[excon]

you should start with a simple mod, understand how it works, reverse engineer from other mods and learn.

when the puzzle comes together you can move on to more complex items.

my2cents

 

 

[Marshmelloen]

What should I start doing?

[excon]

https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=How+to+make+a+mod+in+project+zomboid

[Betcher]

On 9/3/2023 at 1:35 AM, Marshmelloen said:

I need help on making a mod that would be great to have for the entire community. but I have tried everything of my own knowledge on how to do it but can't figure out how.

My goal is to make a simple mod where you can attach light sources on your belt I just need help with the coding part mabye I am doing it completely wrong.

Pls help.

doing a quick search, the path is Project Zomboid\media\lua\client\Hotbar\ISHotbarAttachDefinition.lua for what thigns attach to a belt. 

    attachments = { -- list of possible item category and their modelAttachement group, the item category is defined in the item script

        Knife = "Belt Left Upside", -- defined in AttachedLocations.lua

        Hammer = "Belt Left",

Is how its writen. There is a second thing below it fir the right side. What Im thinking is you check out how the walkie talkie works with 

Project Zomboid\media\lua\shared\NPCs\AttachedLocations.lua

also being in there and see if you can brute force something similar. No idea if the light will stay on but I would look up the light codes after that and see if you can add the attached state in. personally I never use flashlights but I also go with normal night time so it might be good for those who do harder versions and dont use cateyes