ah fair enough. well sadly not sure if/when i'll get around to testing b42 for this one, but if you'd like to try it and report back you're more than welcome :)

I'd just like to use it in singleplayer b42 since the official sandbox settings are rather janky.

i don't think i ever tested, this mod is only really useful for mp which b42 still doesn't have. is there a different reason you need the mod?

B42?

not a problem :) glad it's working for you now

Thanks for the speedy help. Works flawlessly, tysm!

if you're local hosting (pressing host in the main menu), make sure you *also* enable the mod from the mod menu in the main menu.
if i remember right (i've not hosted a zomboid game in over 2 years i think haha), the sandbox settings for them won't appear in the host menu even if you enable the mod there, has to also be in the main menu

Where can I find the min/max values in multiplayer? I'm currently looking under the sandbox settings and no luck. Thanks!

last i checked it worked in mp, yeah

a correct config would have you set, for example, min power shutoff date at 16 and max power shutoff date at 20

your power would now shut off on either day 16, 17, 18, 19 or 20

if it isn't working like that for you, something is broken. but as i said last i checked it worked fine and it's been a year since the last time i updated it, so probably a mod incompatibility

so how the fuck does this work in multiplayer? does it even work as intended in multiplayer?, what does a "correct" config look like for multiplayer

when you start a new game in singleplayer, select "Custom Sandbox" playstyle. then go to "Random Shutoff" in the list. from there you can select the earliest and latest day the power and water should go off.

of course, don't make the latest day earlier than the earliest day, or something will probably break.

for local host mp, use "manage settings" then scroll down to near the bottom under sandbox. the "Random Shutoff" tab should be down there. if you don't see it, remember to enable the mod in the mods menu on the main menu.

How do i edit this in the sandbox options?

thanks for the kind words :)

Thank you Jack for this one. Oh how much I missed that. Great small thing but it can change so much when you start a new run on dedicated server. Great and BIG little addition to the community.

sent you a friend request so i dont clog this up with our chat

very weird, first i've heard of it bugging like that. you running any other mods that you'd guess fiddle with the water (or power) shutoff dates? and of course i have to ask just to be sure, you 100% have your sandbox settings setup properly for the mod?

tried to change the values on my server to have a min of 30 days befor water can be shut off

it shut off after 11 days

you should be able to completely ignore the default setting in the world tab, this mod should overwrite whatever setting you have selected anyway

that being said, if you want to uninstall the mod for any reason, if you're in singleplayer your power/water shutoff dates will revert to whatever the sandbox setting is. multiplayer will stick to whatever the mod set before you uninstalled it

Since i want the earliest shutoff to be 14 and 30 at maximum which i have set it to in the mod, what should i have it be in the world setting with water+electricity shutoff?

of course! happy to help :)

thanks so much Jack!! i will report back if we surpass the numbers, but so far it looks like we just rolled really well =) we really appreciate the response!!

okay so I haven't touched this mod in a hot minute but I took a quick look for you, the print should look something like "26 Power - Water 27" right? (the numbers would be different but the format would be the same), if so then yeah the mod SHOULD be working correctly, it'll only do that print if the mod has already rolled a random power/water shutoff date on that save, with the numbers being what day the power shuts off, and then what day the water shuts off (power on day 26, water on day 27 in the example I gave above)

if you're seeing all that correctly then yup the power/water *should* go out once the server has been running for that many days, so if both the numbers are nearer the upper end of the ranges it's possible you've just rolled good RNG with both utilities :) if the utilities are still working AFTER the shutoff days listed in the print then there is a problem tho, so lmk if that happens

Is this outputting console messages on MP server start up pertaining to power and water shutoff? and if so... what do the numbers mean? =) I am a server admin and this mod is working beautifully, but we are starting to approach the end ranges of both power and water and I'm starting to think we're either very lucky or we've broken the mod somehow...

I had to find this mod from page through page. Thank you.

with any luck they'll have already thought of this and put it in B42, we can only hope

@Jackd44 That's probably it. Hopefully you'll catch up, the devs see the mod and include it in the game.

thanks! and that's probably because I only unlisted it 3 or 4 days ago, forgot I had this one on unlisted... whoops :p

Why does this have so few subscribers? It's an essential, should be in the base game.