Zombie Spawn Bug still exists :( | Project Zomboid | Page 1

sullen mantle Feb 6, 2026, 3:01 AM

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So far I have killed 3345 zombies inside this room!

Each pipe bomb crashes my game while I have one FPS to this bug.....
Kind of having fun but also annoyed

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so far.... 4639 dead....

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This is in Brandonburg

sullen mantle Feb 6, 2026, 4:46 AM

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Thank you Buggy42

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Over 7000 zombies in Brandonburg.
I'll upload the logs later.

torn viper Feb 6, 2026, 10:29 AM

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Is this unmodded?

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And was this save created in 42.13.2? Since I am not aware of any spawn bugs like these.

indigo plover Feb 6, 2026, 12:43 PM

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Can you video record the bug?

sullen mantle Feb 6, 2026, 1:16 PM

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torn viper Is this unmodded?

no mods! I've had this happening on the last build also, I've submitted numorous tickets on it !

sullen mantle Feb 6, 2026, 1:16 PM

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torn viper And was this save created in 42.13.2? Since I am not aware of any spawn bugs lik...

Server was wiped and fully reinstalled for the patch

sullen mantle Feb 6, 2026, 1:17 PM

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indigo plover Can you video record the bug?

I streamed it, at all of 0.00000000000001FPS

sullen mantle Feb 6, 2026, 7:45 PM

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This was after I had killed about 6000 of them.

For some reason the game was resetting my zombie count to 0 everytime the game crashed 🙁
I was hoping to see it get up over 10k clearing this.

I ended up deleting a 710kb zpop file to clear this in the end.
I spent over an hour and they were either still spawning, or there just was another 10k left to clear...

https://www.twitch.tv/nate_lapt/clip/GrossBlazingUdonBatChest-Y76R4xS7SiH0-_BZ

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Nate_LapT - Zomboid FPS Go Bzzzzzzrrrrrttttttt 0.0000001FPS

Watch Nate_LapT's clip titled "Zomboid FPS Go Bzzzzzzrrrrrttttttt 0.0000001FPS"

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I went through at least 30 pipe bombs before I gave up.

torn viper Feb 6, 2026, 8:15 PM

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sullen mantle no mods! I've had this happening on the last build also, I've submitted numorou...

Can you share one of the tickets here so I can check for its validity and whether the QA team are aware of it? Since I have personally not seen it reported before, but I could have missed it

sullen mantle Feb 6, 2026, 8:33 PM

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https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/91435-42132-mp-about-a-billion-zomboids-spawned/

The Indie Stone Forums

[42.13.2 MP] About a Billion Zomboids Spawned!

This was at the community center in Brandonburg. https://www.twitch.tv/nate_lapt/clip/GrossBlazingUdonBatChest-Y76R4xS7SiH0-_BZ We have seen this happening since at least 42.13.1 but at least those times they spawned outside in fields. This is the first we've seen them spawn inside. Players were ...

sullen mantle Feb 6, 2026, 8:35 PM

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torn viper Can you share one of the tickets here so I can check for its validity and whethe...

we've seen this before on the last patch.
But the hoards were always out in farm fields and never seemed a fraction of the size.

This hoard spawned near a few safehouses down the street.

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sullen mantle Feb 6, 2026, 9:32 PM

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torn viper Can you share one of the tickets here so I can check for its validity and whethe...

I swear I reported it.... Might have only mentioned it here on discord and forgot to put on the forums before....

torn viper Feb 6, 2026, 10:16 PM