B41: Changing apocalypse save to sandbox | Project Zomboid | Page 1

brave cave Oct 1, 2025, 5:41 AM

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I have unintentionally started a save on apocalypse, where i intended to start it as custom sandbox without zombification.
My character has been bit, and I would like to save him by changing apocalypse to custom sandbox with my desired settings
Is this possible in the files or even in game?
I moved all my apocalypse save data to a custom sandbox save, but i am unsure how to change zombification in the map_sand.bin to never, as the values I saw online ranged from 0-30 sec mortality to 1-2 weeks mortality (Value in the files are 1-6)
I attempted to change the values to 0, which got automatically set to 5 when launched. I also tried changing it to 7, which seems to run but my character is still dying.
Am i missing something? Is there a players_infected.bin file somewhere I haven't noticed that is causing my characters death? Any help greatly appreciated.

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Not afraid to use debug mode or cheats to save him by the way, I just want infection turned off

last ridge Oct 1, 2025, 9:57 AM

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Debug mode menu has a sandbox settings menu item in it. To save the character just turn on god mode for 1 second and then turn it back off.

modest crypt Oct 1, 2025, 11:06 AM

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I would not recommend messing with the data like that

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Use a sandbox editing mod instead

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Use godmode to heal the existing infection, since changing sandbox options would not remove it

brave cave Oct 1, 2025, 2:07 PM

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last ridge Debug mode menu has a sandbox settings menu item in it. To save the character ju...

Sweet thank you

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Where is the sandbox sett8ngs option though? I searched thry debug options and didn't find any tabs with them.

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Thru*

last ridge Oct 1, 2025, 9:27 PM

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I'm on B42 tho - sorry if it's not applicable to B41

brave cave Oct 2, 2025, 12:29 AM

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Thank you

brave cave Oct 2, 2025, 1:08 AM

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gulp

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might have something to do with the fact that this was originally an apocalypse world

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i think it's still adhering to that

brave cave Oct 2, 2025, 1:54 AM

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(by that i mean i moved all the data from an apocalypse world into a sandbox world

brave cave Oct 2, 2025, 5:05 AM

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brave cave might have something to do with the fact that this was originally an apocalypse ...

nope

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doesnt work in normal custom sandbox either

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it keeps changing the zombie lore mortality to 5 when i change it to 7

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in the files

brave cave Oct 2, 2025, 5:28 AM

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used a mod to change sandbox settings

#B41: Changing apocalypse save to sandbox