Strange, but without your mod there no tv remote in game, although this should be implemented in build 42. Thank you for this mod.

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this mod work at 41? i been specting this mod for years and theres nne for build 41

Is it like one remote to rule all tv or seperate remote for TV’s?

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Congrats ! o7

Oh sweet, Nice Job mate

o7 (Nice job on getting your code and idea added! It's like cars all over again.)

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this is evolution kkkk

Thanks to the dev !
@Wesch thank u for carrying me, it's updated

Congratulations on the ultimate recognition from the devs buddy

@Skyzoo the devs dropped patch 42.1.0 today working remotes are vanilla now

https://pastebin.com/wf2qzcC9

- If a character has line of sight to a television and has a TV Remote equipped in one of their hands, they can perform appropriate interactions such as on/off or changing the volume from a distance instead of having to be adjacent to or walk to the TV.
- Credits to Skyzoo and https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3399832371 for thinking of this before us :simple_smile:

@Wesch fine now, i forgot to delete the old folder before updating

yep saw that one

MOD IS ADDED TO THE GAME CONGRATS BRO

@Skyzoo still sometimes getting an error when loading into the world and loading new tiles

https://pastebin.com/q9CrJvSV

@Wesch Thanks it's fixed

Congrats on getting this mod into the game in the next patch!

got this error with this mod

https://pastebin.com/TqrAwH3f

oh cool. so i wont have remote spawning all the time anymore :p

@danny_is_dude thank you for telling me :)

@Skyzoo. It was on mister lamprey's stream. There is a downloadable txt file of all the patch note on the zomboid discord under the news discussion right now. They credit your name and link your mod in one of the patch notes after a note saying they added the ability to use remotes on TVs.

@danny_is_dude are you kidding?
What stream was that?

According to an internal changelog accidentally shown on a stream, they have added this to vanilla and have credited you for thinking of it first!

Update:
Performance should be fine now but, some building will not spawn a remote, it was one or the other, please tell me if you know how to spawn worlditems inside buildings like the game do.

@kArMaFPS contenair spawning should be more balanced now

@Xyllisa Meem Paradox Station thanks the attachemend are fixed

Adding the remote to the belt seems to have it not shown correctly. Works fine, just looks very odd.

its spelled FUNCTIONAL

@Skyzoo Your mod is awesome, but it needs adjustments to the loot tables, look at this image and see for yourself: https://imgur.com/kv3LRnB (Tv controller inside the fridges, all the time)

Just sit down and relax while the TV still works

@AbsynthMinded It's a good idea to add a context menu on the remote control in inventory, I have to see if it's possible.
Otherwise there is no need to turn on the TV while being next to it, you can open the context menu of the television at any distance then use this menu without moving if the remote control is well equipped in one hands

Or I may have discovered that you have to manually turn on a TV to open the TV Menu and then you can use Remote at a distance to adjust volume and channel etc.. I would like there to be Context Menu somewhere to Turn On TV at a Distance to Open the TV Menu. If it's in there I can't find it.

Being able to activate and manipulate TV's at some distance with a Universal remote model would open up new options for Zombie Distraction and Management

Apologies but usage seems confusing.. How do I use the remote on a TV once I have it equipped?

@Skyzoo One additional point to note is that all my tests were conducted at Guns Unlimited (I generally set this as the spawn point). When I'm inside the building, my frame rate drops significantly, but when I leave the building, the frame rate returns to normal levels. This is similar to what was reported by another user earlier.

Will definitely download once there's an option with no extra remote spawns

I can confirm what they're saying is true and I tested with this being the only mod enabled. When I go inside large buildings like skyscrapers in Louisville the FPS drops to ~10, but as soon as I remove this mod the framerate increases back to 144. I also experienced fps drops in the Grand Ohio Mall, still, only while inside it. My FPS immediately goes back to 144 when outside. This only happens while the game is unpaused. The mod creates no error report. My specs are a 4080 Super, 64GB of RAM, 12700k, on a 1440p monitor.

@kArMaFPS in B41 the remotes were hard to find so I had to make remotespawn.lua, now that they are easier to find it's a bit fun but not necessary, I advise you to remove it and find a remote close to your house. Every remote in the game can control every modern TV, not only the one the mod spawn.
I will make an update soon where the remotes will only appear in the starting house, or maybe only on the floor in front of the TV.

@Surge It was often like that in the 90s

@Dみゃお my processor is older ( i7 8700) and I have drops to 25/30 but it should only be when discovering new places. Are you in Louisville? Cause i have done only few test here.

The configuration is a 5800H processor with a 140W 3070, 32GB of RAM, and a 2K resolution. After many tests, when I enable this mod while running the game, the frame rate drops directly from over 120 FPS to under 20 FPS. However, there are no error reports.

TV remotes can apparently spawn anywhere near the TV, including the fridge.

@Skyzoo I'm experiencing small crashes and choking exactly as you mention, if I delete the .lua line I will no longer have the remote controls spawn, what would that look like? Isn't it better to unsubscribe from the mod if that's the case?