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Comrade Nikki 24 Sep, 2023 @ 10:17am
Emergency Broadcast Text Bug
In multiplayer, I notice that the radio's text will be greyed out and obfuscated, as if you have it on low volume and are in another room, even if I am standing right next to it, or holding the radio in my hand. The volume selector on the radio does not affect it, and my friend is able to see all of the text perfectly fine.

This will also happen with car radios.

I am not certain if this is a vanilla issue, or an issue with this particular mod, as we are beyond the point of the other stations being inactive, so all they display is static.
Last edited by Comrade Nikki; 24 Sep, 2023 @ 10:54am
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YoshiWoof22  [developer] 27 Sep, 2023 @ 3:57am 
Out of curiosity, did this happen during bad weather?

Some weather does cause text from radios to turn "darker", as part of some vanilla(?) mechanic to emulate "bad reception" - at least from what I could tell.

I know multiplayer is a bit finnicky, and I've noticed other mods' radio text become dark aswell, so for all I know this might be a vanilla issue.

SoS only changes text color for Fault/Interruption/Failure messages which are colored Yellow and Red respectively to match the severity.
Comrade Nikki 27 Sep, 2023 @ 4:57am 
I actually did not even think of that first bit, about weather interfering with the signal, but it seems to happen randomly, and only to me--my friends can see the radio just fine.

The day I posted this, it suddenly started working again. Then, it broke again, whenever I went to play with a different friend.

I believe it may just be a Zomboid issue as it is, though I do very much appreciate the response.
YoshiWoof22  [developer] 27 Sep, 2023 @ 5:19am 
Now that you mention it only happens to you - is this on "host-mode" multiplayer, or on dedicated server?

Host-mode MP has always had some weird issues, especially with some weird Zomboid bugs only happening to the Host exclusively (or the Client).
Comrade Nikki 27 Sep, 2023 @ 7:27am 
I am the one hosting from in game.

I wouldn't be shocked if that's the case.
This game probably has more spaghetti than Source, but at least they're cleaning up before B42 drops.
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