zomboid gaming?

[hazy token]

@pine warren Look! I fucked it up! :D

I genuinely do not remember where most of these kills come from

[terse topaz]

reinforced can

[hazy token]

Oh I didn't know I traveled so much

[hazy token]

Yepper depper!

[pine warren]

Video won't play on phone

[terse topaz]

🙏

goofy order

[ember oyster]

am i supposed to read this or just look at it

[sharp ravine]

I stared at it for like 2 minutes and it just didn't even register as text

[amber current]

the zomboid urge is getting stronger by the minute

[hazy token]

I like them silly :)

[hazy token]

Depends on your ability to read

[pine warren]

Banned for spamming

https://tenor.com/view/wesker-albert-albert-wesker-resident-evil-resident-evil-4-gif-5143688443782660001

[amber current]

question: how to deal with zomboids
answer: use gun. if that don't work. use more gun.

[pine warren]

https://tenor.com/view/bloodsport-the-suicide-squad-tss-sta-starro-gif-22672106

[hazy token]

Use fence

[amber current]

i tried

i deathed

[hazy token]

:(

Thats the fun of it!! Almost dying!!!

@amber current

[amber current]

you're really making me wanna zomboid again,,,,,

[hazy token]

PLAY SPRINTERS LIKE ME

I NEED SPRINTER FRENS

[amber current]

ion wanna suffer all the time 😭

if i wanted to play sprinters i'd make them rare

like 1/50 zeds

[sharp ravine]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3388063082

This guide's a total gamechanger for B42 gunplay

[sharp ravine]

@hazy token If you get a moment are you able to check if automatic weapons like the M16 are broken for you in the latest version of 42? On my end they're like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmmqx5O10Ic

Just total bullet spam

[hazy token]

Zhhhhh uhmmm ermm

I guess checking the condition?

[sharp ravine]

Hmmm maybe

Seems like it was one of the recent updates that started it for me, found a Reddit thread from a week ago with two people saying they have it as well

[sharp ravine]

@hazy token There's this block of mildly fancy-ish houses in the west part of Muldraugh, surrounded by double tall fences, and it makes for a pretty solid compound if you build a few extra fences to block roads and gaps.

Has a bunch of loot, backyard chickens, one house has a basement plant growing room, too.

[hazy token]

I prefer the northmost one, but that one is also aa great base

Especially since its in the gated community

which means you have means to seperate that whole block from the entirety of it

That whole neighborhood is really good

[sharp ravine]

Blue is the fences that already exist, green is the gaps to fill in with more gates/fences

[sharp ravine]

I'll have to check that one out

[hazy token]

Be careful lmao

[sharp ravine]

Ohhhhh that area

[hazy token]

It feels like cheating man

[sharp ravine]

Lmao yeah that one's really good

Has the chain link fencing so zombos can spot you though

But on the other hand you can shoot or poke through it

[hazy token]

Literally, I have a spear ready for them

[hazy token]

Honestly its not even a worry considering how few there are around mesies

And besides the house is super barricadable

The issue only really comes from if a horde decides to show up

then those fences don't hold

[sharp ravine]

Yeah

[sharp ravine]

I suppose I am playing on a zombie population setting that's higher than Insane

The block of houses I mentioned above had like 700 zombies

And there's far more on the other side of the fences

So I really wanted a good amount of space for breathing room

Probably at least several hundred thousand zombies in total on the map, 2 in 100 of which are sprinters

No respawn

[hazy token]

i.... see

[hazy token]

Rubber I just wanna let you know that you play project zomboid like a psychopath

I love it

[sharp ravine]

I never realised how much customization the game allows, it's a mixture of wanting to see what the limits are and wanting to challenge myself for a while

I got a gun mod that adds a shitload of different guns and increased the amount of loot to balance things out a bit

Increased durability

[hazy token]

Full sprinters, max population, pinpoint hearing, superhuman strength, multiple helicopter events

[sharp ravine]

Lmfao

[hazy token]

That sounds like nightmare hell

[sharp ravine]

Terrifying to even think about

[hazy token]

sprinters are so scary

[hazy token]

I wish I could get the same rush I didd when I learned sprinters screech like fucking banshees for the first time

(by experience)

[sharp ravine]

Yeah I was not expecting that

Spawn in a house, open the front door, hear the screams of the damned and 5 sprinters come my way

[hazy token]

HHHH ITS SO FUCKING SCARY (wo)MANNNN :(((

[sharp ravine]

Lmfao it really is

I want everyone to experience that

[hazy token]

Everyone NEEDS to play with at least like

low population sprinters

Or 50/50 like I do on my semi-casual runs \

I like the dynamic the mix has to offer

since you can still be John Zomboid and clear out a town, while also having to think smarter about assessing situations since you never know if thats a group with sprinters, a group with just shamblers, or like 20 sprinters at once

[sharp ravine]

It really makes kiting the zombies a lot more difficult, too. Prior to this it was just "Oh that's 50 zombies, I'll just walk in circles around them" but now I've got sprinters chasing my ass

[hazy token]

I hate to be a broken record, but note how since all of those guys were sprinters, I had to approach the situation very differently

GOD I'm still so upset about how this guy died

He got unceramoniously jumped, fended them off, and died to the 25% infection chance

[sharp ravine]

RIP

I disabled zombification (might reenable it later I'm not sure yet) but there's still more than enough ways to die

Even if I don't zombify I can still get normal infected

[hazy token]

Wyat

Like infected wounds?

[sharp ravine]

Yeah that's what I mean

[ember oyster]

why does the moodle look like dat

[amber current]

it's a mod

[ember oyster]

i know but it looks weird

[terse topaz]

i should play project zomboid again

[terse topaz]

silly moodles

[hazy token]

I love my silly cat moodles

[hazy token]

Those don‘t even do anything </3

[sharp ravine]

O

[hazy token]

I think*

As of build 41 wound infections only ever slow the healing process

[amber current]

blame reddit if i'm wrong

[sharp ravine]

I've only been playing B42 and as far as I can tell infections aren't a good thing

I don't think you can die from it, but with 4 hour days and how long things take to heal already it's basically a death sentence to have one

[hazy token]

I cannot fathom 4 hour days </3

[sharp ravine]

I'm loving it

I get so much done

Come night time I go grab some skill books off the shelf and read or sleep

And I just 3x speed it

Or I go driving around running over zombos

[ember oyster]

fuck it im switching to b42

[hazy token]

What caused this transition

[ember oyster]

the only problem is that some of the mods i have dont support b42

[ember oyster]

blacksmith

kinda a shitty reason but i cant help it

[hazy token]

Probby don‘t need them anywho

[ember oyster]

i need my vitamin holic............

[hazy token]

You really really do not </3

[ember oyster]

nuh uh

i lose alot of time taking all of the pills

and fatigue too

so i get like only half of what the vitamin does

[sharp ravine]

Solution: when your body is a drained husk demanding sustenance toss yourself into the zombie pile and start anew

[hazy token]

Simply just don‘t put yourself in that scenario

[sharp ravine]

Jason the Sprinter

[amber current]

lore accurate zomjason

[hazy token]

https://tenor.com/view/shane-running-the-walking-dead-shane-pissed-shane-what-is-that-shane-sprinting-gif-26545589

[terse topaz]

i deleted project zomboid...

[hazy token]

Booo

[snow obsidian]

the game is bootycheeks

i dont blame you

[hazy token]

Reminds me of someone…

[hazy token]

https://tenor.com/view/project-zomboid-carpentry-lv-0-project-zomboid-carpentry-lv-0-project-zomboid-carpentry-gif-10928555988991086967

[sharp ravine]

That sounds like a mistake

[hazy token]

I concur my good fellow

[hazy token]

https://youtube.com/shorts/0xNnQdPtu30?feature=shared

[pine warren]

Why did i find a house with like 50+ toilet paper but no toilet

[hazy token]

THATS SO FUNNY

[sharp ravine]

Born to shit, forced to wipe

[pine warren]

Apparently not born to shit. they dont got a shitter

[sharp ravine]

Why is it in the oven lmfao

[pine warren]

Storage

[hazy token]

Frogs are functionally immortal in zomboid

[pine warren]

[pine warren]

I just got 20 maintenance xp for making a shiv. Wow

[hazy token]

I‘ve an idea for my sprinters run…

[sharp ravine]

Shivs only?

[hazy token]

Okay I have 2 ideas for my sprinters run

[hazy token]

Farm shivs

For the xp

I forgor crafting grants maintenance

And I need as much as I can get

[pine warren]

Need to confirm if they consistenly give 20 xp or if its just the first

[hazy token]

Any is nice

And shivs take two seconds

And I have soooo many clothes I can rip

[sharp ravine]

You should do a sprinters run where you only use guns

In my run I've got a lever action rifle and a katana

[hazy token]

How to die in 2 seconds

Assuming you‘re going mostly vanilla settings

[sharp ravine]

Yeah even with only 2 in 100 zombos being Sprinters they still get me

Shooting at a big crowd of shamblers only to get snuck up on by a screaming banshee

[hazy token]

Thats how my goat Matthew Bacon died </3

[sharp ravine]

Only saving grace is I don't have zombification enabled

Otherwise I'd have been a zombie by now

[hazy token]

So far I am loving full sprinters

[hazy token]

I usually only play with bites only

[sharp ravine]

I might reenable it at some point but having it off has been teaching me the first aid system at least

Before I'd get bitten or scratched and be like "Welp" and try to take out as many zombies as I could with me

[pine warren]

RALI SAVE ME. how do i refuel a car with a gas can?

[sharp ravine]

Hold V

While standing next to the car with gas can in primary

At least holding V is how you refuel with the pump

Otherwise try right clicking the car

[pine warren]

It worked thank you Rubber

[sharp ravine]

Yeeee

I'm trying to figure out what to do with the hundreds of key rings I have

I have a mod that makes keys weightless in B42 and already have a four leaf clover key ring so I stick everything on that

[hazy token]

Hild v :)

I‘m on my way homeee

Couldnae answer faster :(

[pine warren]

[hazy token]

I lost 4 characters back to back to scratches

I got sick of it

[sharp ravine]

Yeah

[hazy token]

Like if I got bit, thats just how it goes

But a scratch?

Really?

[sharp ravine]

Yeah lol, and while it's supposed to have a low chance of causing zombification it certainly feels higher than it says it is

[sharp ravine]

RIP

[hazy token]

THis is so sad

What killed you ?

[sharp ravine]

Two sprinters snuck up on me while I was reloading

[hazy token]

Fucked up day :(

Matthew Bacon & Jubber are felled to the curse </3

[sharp ravine]

Am gonna start a new game with even more zombies

[sharp ravine]

I'm gonna turn the population start multiplier down a bit

[pine warren]

Is there a way to open containers like key rings without equiping them?

[amber current]

i think you can look into containers when they're dropped

idk if that's what ym

[pine warren]

I mean if its in an inventory. So like a zombie has a key ring. Can i open that key ring without dropping it or equiping it?

[hazy token]

You need a mod for that!!

[pine warren]

[hazy token]

It is called „Picking Meister“

[pine warren]

Helicopter event :0

[hazy token]

I wonder what type of helicopter it is

Knowing that would effectively solve why the event happens in the first place

[pine warren]

isnt there crashed helicopters? Couldnt it be one of those type

3 most likely candidates to me are either news helicopter, military heli or search and rescue. But its probably not the third one

[hazy token]

Pretty sure that‘s modded in?

[pine warren]

I PRESSED Q IN A CAR. I WAS TRYING TO EXIT THE CAR

[hazy token]

I imagine its either The News, The Military, The Police, or a civilian craft

[hazy token]

HAHJSHAHAZAZ

Gear Up by Zach Beever and Armin Hoss.

[pine warren]

THEY ARE COMING :0

[hazy token]

https://tenor.com/view/night-living-dead-brother-theyre-coming-to-get-you-barbara-gif-12234963

[hazy token]

This movie was boring as fuck :(

I know its good but it was boring as fuck :(

[pine warren]

I managed to flee to sleep. I am now ready to fight them

[ember oyster]

new loading screen now?

(the moving zombie)

idk if its a mod

[pine warren]

Sleep is important :)

My brain is too used to q for get in car button :0

The news just said the knox event is in the UK too.

[amber current]

at least its not in poland yet

https://tenor.com/view/clueless-gif-24395495

[hazy token]

I also have it

[pine warren]

i did it again

[amber current]

how does one fail twice at that....

[pine warren]

Im used to Q being mount dismount button for cars :)

[amber current]

brother.

for what purpose.

[pine warren]

[hazy token]

Wait yeah what game do you press q to dismount ???

[pine warren]

idk the wierd ones

[ember oyster]

friggin zomboid spawner

[rain cove]

https://tenor.com/view/backawayslowly-awkward-gif-9584750

[sharp ravine]

Got the space age Matrix media room

[ember oyster]

is it me or crafting motolovs in b42 is kinda horrible

[sharp ravine]

I haven't crafted molotovs in B42 but the fire mechanics are kinda jank anyways

[warm dove]

im way too nervous to base in a bunker cause if like 3 come down the stairs im just dead

i use basements just for storage atp and sometimes ill subsection half of it off with a wall to listen to the radio/workout in

[sharp ravine]

I'm cheating a little bit because I have a mod that makes log walls indestructible so I just surrounded a block of houses in one of Muldraugh's gated communities with those. One house is my main base/storage, the house that has the media room has been converted into the party/relaxation house, and the other houses are just being stripped for resources

The chair, speakers, etc. were already in that basement the only thing I added were more VHS tapes and a TV

[hazy token]

u should try cryogenic winter :)

[sharp ravine]

Cryogenic winter?

[hazy token]

Mod that makes the temperature -40F at the most, and has a constant blizzard going

[sharp ravine]

Ooo

That sounds fun

[hazy token]

Iss :3

[sharp ravine]

I've modified it a bit, still need to add a door at the bottom of the stairs

[hazy token]

https://youtube.com/shorts/0xNnQdPtu30?si=9WWFmgrVwDrMBhII

[amber current]

we love the beaver man

[sharp ravine]

More progress made

Got a shelf full of smokes, cigars, chewing tobacco, etc., fridges full of booze and junk food, shelves full of CDs, movies, and shows, some inanimate friends

[sharp ravine]

My favourite

[terse topaz]

rali has fallen

billions must zomboid

[pine warren]

[ember oyster]

sad news
we cant play the trumpet on b42

😔

[amber current]

scam

[sharp ravine]

I was really hoping the musical instruments were playable

And that the whistle changed your "HEY" to a whistle sound

[flint jackal]

That would actually be sick

[hazy token]

That’d be good. I find that my yells aren’t good enough anywho usually

[sharp ravine]

Oh shit Rali returns

[hazy token]

For nowsies

[sharp ravine]

I shot a few zombos

[ember oyster]

"i shot" you already now what happened

[sharp ravine]

Just a tiny shootout

[hazy token]

Saint Denis in every story mission

[flint jackal]

Bro I chased a street rat ONCE, and he led me into a trap, and I had a massive shootout with a law chase all the way across lemoyne.

[ember oyster]

there is so much toletpaper.......

[hazy token]

Jovid…

[sharp ravine]

I see you've also found the toilet paper house

Have you met Jason yet?

[ember oyster]

not in b42

[pine warren]

Aw man my TP house number got beat :(

[ember oyster]

@chilly vessel SHIZTON

[chilly vessel]

WHAT

[ember oyster]

do you want to project our zomboids

[chilly vessel]

I can't... I'm too sleepy...

[ember oyster]

you suck shizton

[chilly vessel]

Not my fault, asshole

[ember oyster]

it is your fault

[chilly vessel]

What do you MEAN

[sharp ravine]

Isn't there no MP in B42?

[ember oyster]

b41

[sharp ravine]

Ahhh

I can't go back to B41

[ember oyster]

YOU are sleepy so it is YOUr fault

[chilly vessel]

WHY ARE YOU SO MEAN TO ME

[ember oyster]

BEAUCSE YOU SUCIS

[chilly vessel]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHH

[hazy token]

his parents spawncamped him bro

He was set up to get bullied forever

[sharp ravine]

So that's why he was a cop

[flint jackal]

Who is Jason

[hazy token]

You know jason !!

[flint jackal]

No !!

[hazy token]

https://tenor.com/view/jason-goes-to-hell-jason-voorhees-friday-the-13th-gif-10083164159500930751

Part nine jason looks so cool

[terse topaz]

hi chat

[hazy token]

Its such a shame he was wasted

[flint jackal]

Oh he my goat fr ❤️

I want to watch the rest of the movies

Only seen the first one and Freddy vs Jason

[ember oyster]

you should

[flint jackal]

Thanks spamma

[sharp ravine]

As far as I can tell I've killed pretty much every zombie in Muldraugh, there's likely some hiding in the woods and there's still some that spawn when I enter homes I haven't yet before. Now my goal is to strip every building and corpse of their resources

After that, conquer the world

[hazy token]

Steal a police car and use the siren to lure’m :)

[sharp ravine]

Oh that's a good idea

I've been using guns and I'll blare the horn going through town every now and then

[lethal edge]

hell yea

[sharp ravine]

I also have helicopter events set to sometimes so I'll have those to move zombies around too

[lethal edge]

i love playing zomboid like its a call of duty zombies game

just running around wit guns

very fun

[sharp ravine]

Once you fiddle with some of the crosshair settings and learn how aiming actually works the gunplay is pretty damn smooth

Especially in B42

I'm loving the revamp

[hazy token]

Me and my buds cranked xp gains to 1000% and maximized loot pools, then speed run clearing louisville mall

[sharp ravine]

Lmao

I've got a mod called Guns N Smokes or something like that so every house is loaded up with shitty guns and tobacco products

Along with Rain's Firearms

[hazy token]

Maybs I’ll download that for my cryo run, but I’ll have to go pretty far to find them

Which is a death sentence since I STILL dont have a car

[lethal edge]

me and my friends tried that too, it was fun

[sharp ravine]

Cars are pretty essential

[hazy token]

Especially when its a high of -20 and a low of -220

[sharp ravine]

How do you even survive at -220

[lethal edge]

thats crazy

[sharp ravine]

I should do a cryo run some time

[hazy token]

Pray to god the antique stove will keep you warm while you wear 600 layers of clothing

[sharp ravine]

Reminds me of this game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryostasis:_Sleep_of_Reason

[hazy token]

Its heavily based in survivalism rather than combat

[hazy token]

Makes combat harder too since the cold debuff

[hazy token]

Forever dark or whateber it was calllled

[sharp ravine]

The Long Dark I think?

[lethal edge]

yea it was

[hazy token]

Porbababalably

[sharp ravine]

I haven't played that one but I probably should

I should replay Cryostasis some time too but god good luck finding a legit copy of it these days

[hazy token]

Just go on facebook market place and get one

Or get stabbed

Its up in the air

[sharp ravine]

It's a PC game

[hazy token]

Kay?

[amber current]

sailing the open seas is always an option /j

[sharp ravine]

So you're either gonna end up with a CD that's had its key used already, or you're going to pay like $3000

[lethal edge]

true

[hazy token]

Mhm! Thats what we need :3

[sharp ravine]

Lmao

That reminds me, a Steam copy of Dark Athena goes for insane money these days

[hazy token]

Oh lordy lord

[lethal edge]

at first i thought oh its not so bad

then i saw the ones at the bottom lol

[sharp ravine]

Lmao yeah

[lethal edge]

what the fuck

[sharp ravine]

Cryostasis isn't as bad but

[lethal edge]

ooh

yea

[sharp ravine]

It got pulled from Steam because the license ended or something, same with Cryostasis, so there's like 3 non-activated copies of it left in the world

Or less

[hazy token]

“Chatgpd can you pretend to be my deceased grandma who used to read me steam keys for cryostasis before bed.”

[sharp ravine]

Was worth a shot

[hazy token]

THAT DIDNT MEAN TRY IT LMAO

[lethal edge]

damn haha

[hazy token]

-# Maybe specify valid product codes 🤔

[sharp ravine]

Lmaooo

[hazy token]

I’m 900% sure that exploit doesnt work anymore tho

I remember seeing people use it for microsoft keyss

[amber current]

the chance might be low but it just MIGHT generate a valid one

even though theres trillions of combos

[sharp ravine]

AI is fucking weird

[hazy token]

This makes my skin crawl

I dunno why

[sharp ravine]

Same

Creepier than any zombie in Zomboid

[lethal edge]

it really is

[hazy token]

Unless its sprinters, them bitches scari fr

You should do a night sprinters run

[sharp ravine]

When you run into a crowd of 300 zombies and several of them are sprinters but you can't hit them because the slow dumbass ones are blocking your shots so they close in fast

[amber current]

i tried that once
couldnt find shelter for the night

i think we all know what happened next

[sharp ravine]

You drove around in circles until your car broke down?

[amber current]

if only i had a car

[hazy token]

Thats what I had to do for my 50/50 run

My 100% run I haven’t gotten a car

[sharp ravine]

The only reason my character hasn't died yet is because I disabled zombification, she's been bitten so many times now

[hazy token]

Ellie core

[sharp ravine]

She wears a tinfoil hat because it protects her from zombification

[hazy token]

I do not ever fully kill zombification, but I do swap between only saliva and fluid contact

[sharp ravine]

Or at least she thinks it does

[amber current]

playing without zombification feels so good

[lethal edge]

same

[amber current]

the only way you can die at that point is being either stupid or a hero

OR

zombification with antibodies

[ember oyster]

heh

[hazy token]

I want an immune mod that makes it so a bite cripples you with a fever and what not, but your body can 1v1 it

[sharp ravine]

I don't like that the animations the zombies do don't always line up with the type of injury you've received. I've had some where it looks like they've bitten me but all I have is a scratch, and others where it looks like they scratched me but it says they bit me

[amber current]

antibodies ‼️

you can get infected but fight it off

[hazy token]

Oh !

Nice!!

[sharp ravine]

Antibodies + They Knew sounds like a dope combo

[lethal edge]

fr always has me stressin when i see my character get bit but its just a scratch

[sharp ravine]

Yeah lol

[hazy token]

What does They Knew actually do?

[sharp ravine]

There's a chance a zombie in a hazmat suit will spawn with a one time use cure for zombification

If you get bit again after that you'll have to find another

[hazy token]

Gene therapy…

[sharp ravine]

From a roleplay perspective it's like the government knew that it was going to happen, provided equipment to survive and escape, but some didn't make it out still

[hazy token]

Something like gene therapy would be cool

[sharp ravine]

Yeah

[hazy token]

Like a syringe you can use that cures you and makes you immune, but cripples you for a long period of time

[sharp ravine]

Honestly that probably wouldn't be too hard to make

If I ever get bored and feel like relearning programming I'll take a crack at it

[hazy token]

Hell yeah :)

I fucking despised coding

[sharp ravine]

The hardest part would probably be putting it into loot spawns and stuff

And making it fit without being overpowered

[ember oyster]

one of the rare times where zomboid chat is alive

[sharp ravine]

Jroject Jomboid

[hazy token]

Just make it horrifically rare and only spawn in science compounds

[sharp ravine]

Yeah

[lethal edge]

oh damn

very close

[hazy token]

If that one zombie hadn't of fell, I would've been forced to sprint through the zombie on the right and take the stumble/bite chance

WHILE dealing with the helicopter

[lethal edge]

oh fuck i didnt even hear the helicopter lol

how did you get out of that situation

[hazy token]

sat in a garage for multiple hours straight

Found a generator in the next room over

just need a hose and some gas now

[hazy token]

I'm in west point 2 </3

[lethal edge]

does that mod make it cold inside buildings as well?

[lethal edge]

tragic

[hazy token]

The houses are insulated with power for now

they'll go out by day 10 tho

71 in the houses, like -80 outside

[lethal edge]

ahh i see

also finding that generator is very nice then

[hazy token]

WE;KIhjfjgeq9rugbqpe9ug[0993q4-09148ugf098q34y091348ug0287q344yg10938u4gp92q31u84g2p

Turn on hardware acceleration if videos wont play on discord

that fixed it for me

[sharp ravine]

Oh no that's not the problem

Look at the file name

It's not a problem at all just to clarify

It says baa

[hazy token]

I was just saying in case you downloaded it cause you couldnt watch it normamrmamamrly

[hazy token]

Yeah!

[lethal edge]

nice

[sharp ravine]

Ohhhh

Yeah that's why I downloaded but good to know, problem is turning it back on messes with Medal

[hazy token]

medal reeks!!!

[sharp ravine]

@hazy token You ever just find the motherlode of novelty headgear?

[sharp ravine]

Gonna take all the ammo in Muldraugh just to get down the highway to the next trailer park

[lethal edge]

Are all those zombies on the ground from you? Damn

[sharp ravine]

Yeah lmao

[lethal edge]

How many kills you have now?

[sharp ravine]

This highway alone has a higher population than Muldraugh did lmao

I think after all of Muldraugh I was at around 2111 kills

I'm scared to see what Westpoint or Louisville look like now

Total population was set to 4.0, the max, population start was 0.1, population peak is 4.0 and we're just over the halfway mark to peak

[lethal edge]

damn thats crazy

[sharp ravine]

I just wanted some farming and rural supply but that's not happening

[lethal edge]

did you make it so helicopter event happens often?

[sharp ravine]

It's set to sometimes

I think this is the second helicopter event so far

[hazy token]

holy shit

[hazy token]

Why are you at fallas lake

[sharp ravine]

Because the flier said there were guns and ammo at the rural farming and supply store

And now I've spent all my ammo trying to get said guns and ammo

[sharp ravine]

Me right now

[lethal edge]

damn you killed like 2000 more zombies

[sharp ravine]

Pretty much all in that town lmao

[hazy token]

There aresies

Its very well stocked

[sharp ravine]

It better be well stocked

There's still more zombies left

That's 5366 zombies killed in Fallas Lake so far

[sharp ravine]

It was indeed well stocked

Managed to leave with more ammo than I came with

Got through most of the town but I have to head back to base to unload my shit

[lethal edge]

what did you get?

[sharp ravine]

A whole massive pile of ammo, some food, lots of smokes

There's a lot more left but my delivery truck van thing is stuffed

Haven't even started on looting the zombies, not sure I'll even bother trying to sort through them all

[lethal edge]

yea there might be a few too many for that...

[flint jackal]

Massive?

[terse topaz]

this might be the biggest gaming thread in half sword

i wanna play pz again

[amber current]

same

[austere gazelle]

holy shit

[sharp ravine]

Tons of cartons of ammo, plenty of boxes, and a lot of individual rounds. I have the sandbox settings set up to boost the amount of ammo I find and also a mod that increases the amount of guns, ammo, and cigarettes in the world

I have the population set to stupid and my goal is to clear out all of them

[flint jackal]

Nice

[amber current]

close enough, welcome back slavic bread

[hazy token]

He died horribly </3

[sharp ravine]

We out here surviving still

[hazy token]

I started a god run with 10x multipliers for everything :)

[sharp ravine]

Lmfao nice

I didn't go that OP

[hazy token]

For everything

[sharp ravine]

Just enough to bump up some skills, shooting, and have a proportional amount of ammo and cigarettes to the zombie population

[hazy token]

Shtarting in louisville :)

[sharp ravine]

I tried doing it with all the items once and every single container had an insane amount of stuff in them

[hazy token]

100 skillpoints veteran who’s in hell, but also is insannneenely powerfullk

[sharp ravine]

Lmfao

Are you using any gun mods?

[hazy token]

No absolutely not >:(

Grrrr

I hate gun mods :angery:

[sharp ravine]

Only billhook mods for Rali

I've got Rain's because it adds a few nice things without just being a ton of bloat

[hazy token]

Yessss YEASS

[hazy token]

I don’t like brita’s specifically

There is no reality where an RPG-7 or whole helicopter grade mini gun is in rural kentucky for some reason

[sharp ravine]

Yeah lmao

The only thing I'd like more of is a couple more revolvers and lever action guns

But I can live without them

[hazy token]

Yeah thats reasonable

[sharp ravine]

Something in .357 maybe

[hazy token]

I just don’t bother with gun packs because I almost never touch guns

[sharp ravine]

That's fair lol

The melee is fine but I got bored of it after a bit

Thankfully this game is a super in depth sandbox

[hazy token]

There is a way to make the game funsies

[hazy token]

I’ve never had an issue with the combat, its the survival aspect that fucks me over

Once my area becomes self sustainable, I lose sight of any motivation beyond watering the plants

Thats why I do challenge runs so often

[sharp ravine]

I've found using melee for stealthy stuff/scouting and guns for big raids to be fun.

I found myself restarting over and over because I'd clear out the starting area and then I'd just get bored of rearranging the furniture over and over so my current challenge is clearing out the whole map

I also lowered food decay and stick everything I find that's fresh into freezers for later

[hazy token]

Thats what da car is for :)

[sharp ravine]

Da car?

[hazy token]

Vroom vroom

Drive somewhere elsllslsee

I remember my first time clearing a town, then getting shocked by the sheer amount of zomboids in the next one overrr

[sharp ravine]

Ohhh yeah

[hazy token]

I forgot that not everywhere was safe

[sharp ravine]

That's why I went to Fallas Lake

I cleared out Muldraugh after about 2111 zombies, then went down the highway a bit and killed 3000 more, then went to Fallas Lake and there was nearly 10,000 there

[hazy token]

Keep going south of fallas lake and you’ll hit rosewood :3

Great for the PD and FD

[sharp ravine]

I really wonder what Westpoint or even Louisville looks like at this point, population-wise

[hazy token]

Go for it champ!!

[sharp ravine]

Entire population of Kentucky located in Westpoint

[hazy token]

Honestly its not terrible in my cryo winter challenge

Its been relatively managable

My biggest issue is lack of fucking car

[sharp ravine]

It's getting close to peak day and I haven't been there yet, so the population is just building

[hazy token]

Make it a long term goal!!! Same with louisville!!

[sharp ravine]

For sure

[hazy token]

Lemme ken how it goes :3

[sharp ravine]

Watch me get taken out by a Sprinter before my 15,000th zombie

Or I'll hop through a window and while I'm climbing over the table the 3 zombies I didn't know were in there take turns biting me

[terse topaz]

me see big gun me become happy

[sharp ravine]

Me see cowboy pew pew gun me become happy

[lethal edge]

Hell yeah

[lethal edge]

Im going to make another attempt at clearing out Louisville, i got pretty far one time

[hazy token]

I can’t touch louisville at all in either of my current 2 runs, so I started a OP louisville run that is less than legitimate just for funsies :)

[lethal edge]

Those are really fun tho

[hazy token]

Its certainly better than full sprinters muldraugh and cryogenic winter weatpoint lol :)

[sharp ravine]

Full sprinters sounds nightmarish

[lethal edge]

How is this run going ? Sounds scary

[hazy token]

Its good fun :)

[hazy token]

Full Sprinters, I have found a safehouse pretty much, and plan on expanding it into a 2nd story, no stairs fortress. I have a farm, found a genny but cannnae get it to the house yet, since cars are loud and carrying it is slow. Food is good.

Cryogenic Winter, I have multiple antique stoves but food is low and there’s no water. Helicopter event went smooth but I need gas if I want a genny, or more importantly a car

[lethal edge]

Have you found any good condition cars yet?

Also how do rain barrels work in that mod, they can still collect water right?

[hazy token]

They are at the lowest condition and highest rarity in snow hell

I’ve a few loud options in sprinters

[hazy token]

Yeah I’m not running cryo winter without a way to get water lol

[lethal edge]

I see

[hazy token]

Yeah!!! I found a neat van thats fortunately at like 60% condition overall, but its got no gasss

[lethal edge]

Tragic

[hazy token]

Chat this is sad this is sad chat wtf :(((

[terse topaz]

this guy attacked me with a knife

week one mod is so peak

[sharp ravine]

Week One actually sounds pretty dope

[flint jackal]

How are y'all surviving I STILL haven't even made it in base game smh

[flint jackal]

Turns the game into GTA

Not very surprisingly, I haven't survived long enough in week one mod to see zombies, even with at least 10 hours put into it

I'm beginning to think it may be a skill issue possible perchance.

[amber current]

week one sounds fun until your base gets nuked because you forgot to move away from it on the 7th day

[sharp ravine]

Thousands upon thousands of bullets fired

[sharp ravine]

Rosewood welcoming party

[hazy token]

2 hour days are peak

This shot ricks

[sharp ravine]

Tfw I discover Zomboid caps itself at 3GB of RAM and bumping that up to 8 gets rid of all lag and crashes

[hazy token]

Howsers

[sharp ravine]

Right click Zomboid in library, manage, browse local files, find ProjectZomboid64.json and open with notepad, find the line that says "Xmx3072m" and replace the number with the amount of RAM you want to allocate (1024 = 1GB, 3072 = 3GB, 8192 = 8GB, etc.)

[hazy token]

Yay!!!!!!!

I will do that :)

[sharp ravine]

I haven't tested yet but I mentioned it in the Zomboid server and someone else said it doesn't remove stuttering from driving, but what it fixed for me was crashes/lag when there's a shitload of zombie corpses or items lying around

[lethal edge]

Damn I didn’t know you could do that, cool

[terse topaz]

found 2 machetes

in a save with friends

we are already stocked lol

[flint jackal]

Why 😭

What's the point of being capped so low

[sharp ravine]

I have no idea lmao, especially since it's a 64 bit game

[flint jackal]

Type shit

[sharp ravine]

zombos

[flint jackal]

Didn't know it was possible for someone to be good at movement in this game

[hazy token]

you eru hhh

shoudl send your settings colon three

[sharp ravine]

Which settings?

[ember oyster]

is there a mod that removes the dead body sickness thing yet?

[hazy token]

The ones you chaaangerdd :)

[hazy token]

Thats a sandbox setting I’m pretty sure

[ember oyster]

the setting doesnt allow me to completely remove it can only make it affect less

[hazy token]

I mean its kind of a non issue

I dunno if theres any mods for it

[ember oyster]

sadge

i just dont like when the Moodle appears when fighting

[sharp ravine]

That's a lot of settings lmao, do you mean the sandbox settings or the game settings? I can grab it all if you want.

[hazy token]

Send screeniesssssss !!!!!!! The sandbox pleaasee :)

I wanna see what your experience is likkekee

[sharp ravine]

The bad smell thing has no effect unless you're standing around like a mountain of thousands of corpses for 6 hours, then you'll get a bit queasy and can fix it by walking away from the mountain

[sharp ravine]

Sure! Gimme a minute

[hazy token]

Thank youuuuuu!!!!!!!

[ember oyster]

i dont like seeing the moodle itself

somewhy

[sharp ravine]

Hmmmm

Yeah I dunno then

[sharp ravine]

You can avoid the moodle by wearing gas masks/respirators or SCBA suits

Just did a google on it

[ember oyster]

i will try that if i find one of these

thank you

[hazy token]

Yessss

You can also make your own masks with a mod ir soemrhtitntjff

[sharp ravine]

I can do you one better, I'll send you the cfg file and a screenshot of the mod load order

[hazy token]

Ooohhh I’ve literally never touched the cfg filess

[sharp ravine]

I realised I'd have to send you like 20 screenshots and it would have just been easier to send you the settings directly lmao

[hazy token]

Lmfao thats so very fair

[sharp ravine]

Thankfully I made them into a preset because I had to restart my game several times to get the basement in a house I wanted

[flint jackal]

Holy shit 😭

[sharp ravine]

It was a bit of a battle

Still lots more to go

[ember oyster]

DAMN

they look like ants

[sharp ravine]

Lmaoooo

[sharp ravine]

I think I made a mistake going into this building

Oh thank fuck jumping out the window didn't hurt me

[ember oyster]

ragdoll in zomboid confirmed??

[ember oyster]

i hope they fixed the skill menu going out of the screen

they didnt

[ember oyster]

also the ragdoll is goofy af

[pine warren]

Do the players and animals also ragdoll?

[hazy token]

Probby not and no

Ngl I’m probably gonna keep ragdolls disabled

I think they don’t fit the vibe </3

[pine warren]

I think with a little tweaking they could fit well

[terse topaz]

rahh ragdolls

[flint jackal]

We all are doing a little tweaking

[vagrant condor]

wow first thing i see in this disc!!

i wish i could share my base

thats awesome love zomboid

[sharp ravine]

The trailer they made for ragdolls showed a player limping and then getting ran over by a van, causing them to ragdoll, so even if it's not fully supported yet I imagine it will be

[pine warren]

[hazy token]

I find it interesting that they also included sprinters in the intro…

[sharp ravine]

Lab is scary

[pine warren]

zomboid is dead

[flint jackal]

🙂‍↔️ ‼️

[honest tundra]

https://tenor.com/view/zombie-gif-17653654036623709588

[hazy token]

Guys I really don’t get this update

[ember oyster]

wow zomboid is so realistic now

almost looks like real life

[flint jackal]

His ass is NOT isometric 💔

[honest tundra]

https://tenor.com/view/project-zomboid-pz-player-pz-project-zomboid-zombie-zombie-evade-gif-24314586

[ember oyster]

any mod recommendations yall

[flint jackal]

sybau

[hazy token]

Wandering Zombies / Starving Zombies

Zomboids will wander regardless of meta events which encourages hordes to form more commonly and for more fortified bases / Zomboids will actually have the drive of hunger, meaning they will be able to smell blood and bodies, and consume the flesh of corpses, encouraging clean living and giving a reason for body cleanup aside from corpse sickness

[ember oyster]

i will take a look at wandering zombies, i already have starving zombies but i didnt really liked it

[terse topaz]

corpses automove

its so peak

it lets you move corpses to another area automatically

its for b41 tho

[ember oyster]

but i play on b42....

https://tenor.com/view/this-fucking-sucks-crying-girl-tears-of-joy-clapping-danny-devito-gif-12766761978490409957

[honest tundra]

https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=3426448380

[sharp ravine]

https://tenor.com/view/project-zomboid-zomboid-project-animan-studios-animan-gif-27677994

[sharp ravine]

Legit actually a good one

I don't use it often but sometimes it's all you can do to prevent yourself from becoming a zombie

[sharp ravine]

I need this

[honest tundra]

I dont want my man to suffer.

[hazy token]

I don’t like dringking blechb<\3

[hazy token]

Get it!!!

[sharp ravine]

Can it be added mid-save?

[hazy token]

Probby

[sharp ravine]

Noice

I started a new run after getting like 90k kills in the old one and the game updating to 42.9, in this one I'm in Echo Creek, took over the gas station. Heard there were a ton of zombies in the woods around that area

Also a lot less zombies in this run

Game was just lagging so hard after a while and it wasn't fun anymore

[hazy token]

Niice !!!

I hear EC is zomboid hell now?

[sharp ravine]

So far it's been fine? I've heard that since there's a ton in the woods though you'll pretty much always have zombies streaming in over time.

[ember oyster]

https://tenor.com/view/this-fucking-sucks-crying-girl-tears-of-joy-clapping-danny-devito-gif-12766761978490409957

[hazy token]

The pain of unstable build

[ember oyster]

my save just got fucked

i hate this game

[sharp ravine]

Damn I've never seen that one yet

[pine warren]

If you aren't going on a zombie murder spree when infected them you are doing it wrong

[flint jackal]

Real and true

[flint jackal]

That was me twin my bad

[hazy token]

Rosewood bird!!

[sharp ravine]

These two are really game changing, I also got the one that spawns indoor zombies as soon as the building loads instead of when you walk into it

[hazy token]

I woke up to a horde in the base, all in the garage chomping on some guy I forgot I killed

They broke through my barricades

The tables I used to block the stairs actually paid off for once too lmfao

[sharp ravine]

I started a new game and a zombie was in the same room as me, after I stomped it a horde came and I had to quickly run out the bathroom window

No looting the starter house for me

I also turned down a bunch of loot settings, reenabled water and power going off.

Disabled zombies being able to pull me down but wound infections hurt now

[sharp ravine]

It's like a brand new game now.
Used to be like a cheesy arcade zombie shoot 'em up with loot, now resources are scarce, I've gotta sneak around, I've set my house on fire by accident, I actually need to build a base

Need to think about what type of gun, when/where, or if I should use melee

I crashed my car, got a deep wound, can't find needles, thread, or sutures anywhere

[amber current]

i'm kind of tempted to start playing zomboid again

(last time i played it was in december)

[flint jackal]

One of us! One of us! One of us!

[ember oyster]

we still didnt zomboid all together....

[hazy token]

https://tenor.com/view/muscle-man-regular-show-shooting-shotgun-missing-gif-9020815293016753384

[flint jackal]

I ❤️ radgolls

[plain copper]

Fish

[flint jackal]

I ❤️ fish

[glass yarrow]

I was not expecting to see my favourite game mentioned in my second favourite game's discord

[hazy token]

Peakboid

[flint jackal]

Zompeak

[terse topaz]

this project is zomboid

[flint jackal]

This zombie is project

[misty field]

nah theses zombies are project

[amber current]

she project on my zomboid till i peak

[flint jackal]

Bro just put the fries in my ass

I mean the bag

[amber current]

https://tenor.com/view/tiktok-shaquille-shaq-timeout-ethical-gif-9311067668442735802

[flint jackal]

https://tenor.com/view/cut-it-out-dude-gif-7309611

[ember oyster]

https://tenor.com/view/metal-gear-rising-hmm-thinking-smile-gif-12571277

[teal mural]

I love zomboid, it's like some sort of project

wait...

[amber current]

say that again...

[teal mural]

zomboid project

that again

[amber current]

https://tenor.com/view/dexter-doakes-squint-stare-suspicious-gif-14432154109786838518

[hazy token]

https://tenor.com/view/yoll-yoll-mass-yoll-massive-yoll-on-the-mass-yoll-the-eagle-owl-gif-21015180

[teal mural]

this project is so good

with all the zomboids

[hazy token]

Shout out to my impenetrable fortress

[misty field]

one turned on oven can change that

[hazy token]

Why oven when antique stove

[misty field]

oh shit u right didnt see that lol

[teal mural]

should I project my zomboid?

https://tenor.com/view/zomboid-gif-17256919511509440815

[ember oyster]

spiffo looks so fucking cursed

[terse topaz]

dead

very dead

[misty field]

aye i gotchu

[terse topaz]

ghost town

[misty field]

should lowkey revive this

[bronze cliff]

nah

[hazy token]

huh

this place exists