Project Zomboid

Project Zomboid

Biochemistry of Life
Koprik 3 Oct, 2023 @ 3:03am
Mod compatibility
We have found issue using Biochemistry of Life in combination with Lifestyle Hobbies https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2997342681 Books for Biochemistry Skill are not possible to read. Right click on them just throws Error and context menu is missing read option.

We managed to read the book using different mod that allows interaction with book using double left click but the book does not give experience bonus. Game acts like you have read the book, cant read it again, but also does not give the experience boost as it should do.

I have contacted autor of Lifestyle Hobbies (Angry) thinking problem could be in that mod since Biochemistry of Life alone is working okay. But after some testing Angry told me it is issue in Biochemistry of Life.

[19:53]angry: however biochemistry of life presented a bunch of issues
The mod injects it's script files directly into the base module instead of creating it's own module, which isn't good for compatibility; also the function that handles the boosts for the biochemistry books is bugged, so I'm honestly surprised it even worked at all before (edited)
[19:57] angry: After fixing those issues in a custom version of the biochemistry mod I created only for this test, I was able to make the book work and could read it without issues. Note that the entire biochemistry mod was used in this test, nothing was added or changed to make it compatible with lifestyle, I only fixed the more obvious issues with the biochemistry mod
I don't think it's okay to share a custom version of their mod, specially since they seem to be actively developing it, so I suggest forwarding this issue to the mod author of biochemistry so that they can provide a fix (edited)
https://gyazo.com/2ff7489df5b552d897d7e21ac49946f0

Is there any chance you could look at this problem and find a way to make it compatible with Lifestyle Hobbies? We would really love to use both of those awesome mods on our private server.

Thanks a lot for any response and if possible fix.
Last edited by Koprik; 3 Oct, 2023 @ 3:10am
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Mereszhka  [developer] 6 Oct, 2023 @ 9:15pm 
Could you share your console.txt when this error happens, just to see what exactly is the issue, otherwise im gonna download that to test it myself and see what's going on, so i could fix it if there's a compatibilty problem, it's kind of weird since those are basic function calls.
Koprik 6 Oct, 2023 @ 9:52pm 
Originally posted by Mereszhka:
Could you share your console.txt when this error happens, just to see what exactly is the issue, otherwise im gonna download that to test it myself and see what's going on, so i could fix it if there's a compatibilty problem, it's kind of weird since those are basic function calls.

Sure launched new server on steam with copy of our server, get error and closed the game to make it as short as possible https://www.transfernow.net/dl/20231007YQWxh5rb

You will see one more error with silencers, but thats not related to Biochemistry mod.
Last edited by Koprik; 6 Oct, 2023 @ 9:53pm
Mereszhka  [developer] 6 Oct, 2023 @ 11:04pm 
I see what's the problem is, and is not a bug, it's just that the other mod have a skill limiter that overrides this one, this kind of issues are quite common with bigger mods that changes a lot of things, and incompatibility was inevitable, Biochemistry Life is just simple mod, and it is compatible with almost all kind of mods, this bug was presented also with Snake Pack, since have a similar code.

I can adapt it, yes, it's not so difficult, he could also adapt his mod, but with that kind of response i see he rather blame other mods, so thanks for your concern, i'm gonna release an update soon. <3
Koprik 14 Oct, 2023 @ 7:54am 
Hi, sorry to bother do you have any estimate for when the update will be available?
Mereszhka  [developer] 30 Mar, 2024 @ 4:29pm 
Problem solved, better late than never.
1PrincessFluffy 18 Jun, 2024 @ 6:55pm 
Was the issue with compatibility with "lifestyle: hobbies" ever fixed?
Last edited by 1PrincessFluffy; 18 Jun, 2024 @ 6:55pm
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