@Weswill13
Find your Steam installation folder first, it is by default in Program Files (x86) on Windows

for some reason i can't find out how to get into the mod folder, can someone help me?

@The Caveman
Your version is public on the Workshop, right? It has to be for the requirement to work.

its strange, even with making my own version, and naming it something different it still shows up as this mod, even when it has my mods ID and NAME in the mod manager list.

@The Caveman
This mod is completely client-side. Load order doesn't matter, but a player could technically connect without it. Maybe take a look again at the required mods on the server? You may not actually have the mod installed.

so, i made my own version of this, i have the server require it, and still shows the default message....how is it injecting this? where at on the load order should it go?

I'm curious if there's a way to code it to display the in-game's current date and time like:

Line 1: July 20th

Line 2: 12:45 pm

Line 3: The Journey Continues

Thanks!!

@Fuck you Chinese
Only the person who has the mod installed. If the host has the mod and the client has the mod, then everyone can see it. But, the client will not see the changes the host makes to the mod. For that you need to upload your version.

Hi, i have a question.
host cant see custom intro?? only client can see?

@Fensalir_Gaming
You will need to edit the file, upload your version of this mod to the Steam Workshop, and have the server require that version for any players that join. It is purely client-side, the only interaction the server would have is making players install the mod.

Hi, I'm having issues getting the changes i've made to actually stick. ive edited the UI_EN.txt, saved the changes and restarted the server but it always shows the original text for the mod. Could someone help with what im doing wrong?

Great idea! Thanks

@FallenAngel
Just take this mod, change it to whatever you want, and distribute that version for your server. You can try making a random function that gives you a different intro text every time you boot the game.

the loading screen text

@FallenAngel
Like the text that appears in the multiplayer chat?

Intro text that can be seen by everyone in multiplayer

@FallenAngel
Which text?

hope you can add option to change the text of the users joining so we get to write memes for everyone to see :)

@Panopticon Ok thanks. I'll tinker around with it and see. Thanks for your knowledge

@Rayxnor131
I don't think there is any code for that, it is all simply plaintext.

@Panopticon would I have to implement any special coding? Or would the paragraph all go on the same line?
Exp: UI_Intro1 = "(1st phrase) Yada yada yada. (2nd phrase) Etc etc etc.",
Or something like this?
Exp2: UI_Intro1 = "(1st phrase) Yada yada yada.
(2nd phrase) Etc etc etc.",
I don't mean to bother I'm just trying to figure all I can out cause I myself want to start modding.

@Rayxnor131
For now, yes. Try writing a paragraph for one line and see what happens.

is it limited to only 3 lines?

Thanks for this!

This is client side, so before you add it to your dedicated server... No, you can not change the text of the users joining. This will not work. They will have to change it on their own.

loved messing around with this

You can now also customize the music (requires more elbow grease though):
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2935543063

@Ratão
Maybe. It's more complicated than this one.

can you add the option to change the music too?

@Damien Wolf (XIII)
I know that feel.

@Panopticon, it's alright.....

Actually, I have installed so many mods that currently my game takes so much time on the loading screen.....

And it's become really annoying to stare at the black screen for a long time.....

@Damien Wolf (XIII)
That currently isn't possible in Project Zomboid. It would require a mod that does extensive work replacing the entirety of how the intro works, which I am currently not interested in doing.

Can you make another Loading Screen/Intro mod, where instead of Texts and Balck Screen some game-related pictures and Artwork will be shown like GTA and other games.....?

Glad to help

@Panopticon it works my man! I've changed a text editor to EditPad and it works! Thank you for your help!

@beppestreams
The text file is encoded in Windows-1251, which is what the game uses to include Cyrillic. You need a text editor such as Notepad++ or EditPad Lite that have support for it, to view it correctly.
Windows-1251 is technically ANSI, so try to encode the file with it and check if it works in-game.

Question: when I edit text file, should I change it coding format to RTF-8 or ANSI? The problem might be on my end when editing and saving text file, I don't know.

@Panopticon can confirm only partly, when I re-downloaded the mod, pre-maid Russian text was correct. Then I've opened the .txt file, it was gibberish like this: UI_RU = {
UI_Intro1 = "ÊÓÄÀ ÒÛ ÁËßÒÜ ÏÐÎÏÀË",
UI_Intro2 = "ÂÑÅ ÓÐÎÄÛ ÄÎÏÈËÈ ÄÎ ÁÅËÎÉ ÃÎÐß×ÊÈ",
UI_Intro3 = "ÝÒÎ ÊÀÊ ÒÛ ÍÀ ÔÈÃ ÑÄÎÕ"

I've tried to change it to a custom text on Russian, it is still gibberish. Something wrong with UTF-8 or ANSI 100%

New update:
Updated Russian (RU) and Ukrainian (UA) translation files to use Windows-1251 encoding instead of UTF-8.

@beppestreams Please let me know if this resolves your Unicode issue.

Ah, I will double check the encoding then.

Unfortunately, this amazing mod conflicts with Russian language because of a Unicode and all that stuff. Only when I write someting in English in a .txt file, it appears correctly.

@Iohannes Lierski
This mod is client-side, it does not do anything with the server. It should therefore work on any MP server.

Does this work on MP? :O

nice one my guy

lol