My PZ B42 Daily Logbook

[sand tiger]

Decided to handwrite my daily log of surviving in 1990's KY.

--- Started in Nov 2025, will update backlog with screenshots/vids up to current day ---

B42.12.3 SP save. Locked -nosteam local mods/saves.
Mod list has grown/shrunk overtime to ~300 mods, will keep current mod.list below
Settings: wanted a slightly easier exp coming back after a few years, may change, will post sand.bin below

Goals:

• Recreate Farming Simulator in Project Zomboid
• Fully arm up with multiple military loadouts
• Take a MBT into Louisville checkpoint
• Establish FOBs in LV, Rosewood, mil bases
• Clear all major cities

Breaking down my objectives into phases
Phase 1 - Basic survival
Phase 2 - 1st FOB (Rosewood)
Phase 3 - Gather tools/books/food
Phase 4 - Main base Lakehouse, prep farm
Phase 5 - Build farm, gather animals, expand base, winter prep
Phase 6 - West Point gun store, prison, police stations, hunting/fishing
Phase 7 - Industrial farming (tractor mods), military research base, LV checkpoint, LV FOB
Phase 8 - Clear LV
Phase 9 - Add map mods

Modlist and sandbox settings
Collection https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3651963337

Phase 1
Day 0, spawn Rosewood.
Got lucky finding a Police Riot helment. Heavy, but good armor. Prio finding crowbar, food, water bottle, and 1H melee.

Jean-luc likes watching me whack zombies

Day 2, establish 1st FOB (SW Rosewood forest house), find some military clothing

Day 3
Decide to risk it and try cracking away at the police station/fire station.
Locate some cardboard storage boxes
Books: Mechanics 1, Elec 1.
Locate potential cars: S. SUV, L. SUV, Truck.

Updated some Phase prep checklist

Day 4
Clear police station, get some decent weps, will save for later game/aim training/xp books.
Lvl Mech/Elec for hotwire
Start my own Carmax dealership at base haha
Find MBT! will use later game (may need to adjust this mod's drop rate haha)
L. Truck, Police Challenger, trailers
Start prep for move to perm main base
Clear Rosewood houses for gen items

pause for mandatory belly rubs

1st sneky zed jumpscare of the save lmao

[sand tiger]

tricksy zomboids 2 haha

Day 6
Find M998 HUMVEE, my main workhorse!
MR2, Initial D Integra, Water tanker (doesnt work atm), dump truck gravel layer truck (mod)
Move prep
Clear main base location

Clearing lakehouse, initial zed population feels a little too low on my settings in more rural areas. Good pop for cities though. Next save will prob up it past default.

The Great Wood Chopping™ clearing the initial driveway to new base

Clearing out my main base area, my 1st exp with the new B42 aiming system lmao so embarrassing. Was good to get some range exp in a low pop area, wish I had found Aiming 1 book sooner.

Ended up adding the Advanced Aiming system mod after this at some point, I'm not 100% i like it better than the vanilla aiming system or not but IIRC it interacts with my prone/crouch mod which i DEF do love.

Day 7
Start packing for moving
Play Inventory Simulator™ to organize all items by categories and which order to move them
Prio fresh/frozen food for Trip 1.
Realized I wanted to take the military storage lockers with me, and needed to turbo lvl my Carpentry.
Decide to divert to Marbalough to hunt down Carpentry xp books/vhs.

Organize all items for move prep (forever)

1st full raid geared run on Marburough warehouse for carepentry leveling prep.....
Absolutely TORE through mask filters lmao

Def got the aiming down a lot better now, love the new weps mods I found, was nostalgic for Britta's from B41.
M4, Kimber 1911, Tac. Axe
Ate through like 60% of my ammo haha.
Wish I recorded more, I got caught in the slaughter to hit shadowplay sooner.

[sand tiger]

Had a blast clearing the area around the school to check for skill books, the football pitch is perfect to snipe
Practice with the prone mod

[sand tiger]

A little glimpse from the future... running military research base tonight

I'm having wayyyyy too much fun with my new writing tablet for work haha

[sand tiger]

bruh. was like "wow theres soooo many less zombies than in B41.... until i went downstairs"

full kit

[cerulean geode]

this is all real nice bro

What guns mod are u using?

[sand tiger]

Thanks man!
Gael's Gunstore
Vanilla Firearms Expansion
John Wick Guns
Universal Simple Silencers + patch for VFE+Gael's Gunstore

I started with, but have since removed, mostly for capability issues:
Rain's Firearms
Kill Cell Armory
XM7 Firearms

The John Wick Guns are a little unbalanced (surprisedpikachu.png) but the Kimber 1911 and KSG shotgun are so fun.

[sand tiger]

My full modlist

[amber sparrow]

@sand tiger do you have a steam collection ?

[sand tiger]

I'll make one tomorrow, been meaning to for a while now. But I'm also playing -nosteam 42.12.3 so not 100% my list will work with latest release.

[sand tiger]

Main kit:
M4 w tac suppressor, AN/PL-15 laser, ERCO scope
KSG 12g auto shotgun
Kimber 1911
P99 w tac suppressor, mini red dot sight
Tac machete
Tac stiletto dagger
Katana

In the tunk, all my fully loaded, hotswap weps and extra ammo:
AK-103 w tac suppressor, AN/PL-15 laser, 8x ACOG
M24 sniper rifle w tac bipod, 12x scope, AN/PL-10 laser
Taran Tactics M4 12g shotgun
HK MP5 w tac supressor, EOTECH Holo
Desert Eagle .44 magnum pistol
.50 ammo for M2 HUMVEE gun

will do an after pic of all my ammo consumed, it was a LOT

My initial plans for the mil research base raid

loadout

as when i plan any big op in PZ, i toss up my written plans on my side monitor too

[sand tiger]

still updating my steam collection, will post soon. haha took me a bit longer than i thought to track down all ~300 mods.

woah even at a relatively low initial spawn setting this is a LOT. burnt thru 13 mask filters.

going to backtrack tomorrow with older log posts, jsut wanted to keep research lab updates flowin, got a LOT of vids too

[cerulean geode]

isnt gaels gunstore mod glitched? i was reading the comments and everyone was complaining

[sand tiger]

Not the version I have for 42.12.3, I'd imagine it prob has something to do with the latest 42.15.x update which is pretty common for mods in Unstable builds. He's a great dev so I'm sure he'll fix it fast.

I play a -nosteam offline copy of the mods. So they never get updated unless I manually replace them from the Steam Workshop folder, which is rare. I just updated K15's vehicle library yesterday which was like the first mod I've had to update since like December. It's great because it basically "freezes" mods in the state that is compatible with your save file version. I even have mods that have been deleted like Rain's Firearms, but I've since disabled that particular mod from my save. But it's nice if any mod dev decided to remove/delist their mod midsave.

It works best for sp saves but there's ways of doing it on MP servers if you pay for a host/self host

Promise I'm working on my collection lmao I'm just a bit hungover rn haha. Spent most of the night farrying my loot back to my base... So much loot from military research haha

[cerulean geode]

do u think its ok if i add the gaels gunstore mod mid save?

[sand tiger]

yeah its fine to add mid-save but unless you have loot respawn activated, it wont spawn any of the mod's loot in already discovered locations. it will generate in undiscovered locations appriopiately though

[sand tiger]

bwoah since the offlining of 42.12.3 i lost one of my fav mods, even saved locally Project Meowboid, so I took a bit of a break. Going back in the game this weekend. Will catch up on my backlogs and the steam collection im running too. Was kinda disheartened by the delisting for a moment there but im back up.

[fluid field]

Very nice I like it, like a battleplan

[sand tiger]

tyy ill def 100% update tomorrow lmao work has been a bit intense lately havent had much time to play. gonna get a lot done tonight

[fluid field]

No need to complicate it's just a realistic game 😊

[fluid field]

How's it in the East Block, NY? A game happened there

[sand tiger]

pretty great got hot pot the other day, went to drunk putput with some guildies, and a fun date at one of our arcade bars and late night yakitori friday.

Sat down to look over all the new footage I got since my last update, phew wayyy more than I thought. Gotta string together some youtube clips i think. But got a lot of logs to post too. Gonna try to add them between work today. Urgh had to do surprise work Sunday srz updates and Collection comin swearzies

[sand tiger]

lmao sorry for the mega delay. Here's my collection. Took me a hard min to track these all down, but will be good ref for later saves.

I'm playing 42.12 -nosteam offlined SP version, so a lot of these mods like Backpack Upgrades I had to get the 42.12.x version from the mod dev themselves, but theyre genearlly really helpful.

I also had to edit a lot of mod.info files of mods that were created after 42.12.x to change the MinVersion= 42.12.0.0, which i dont recommend you do unless its a -nosteam copy (itll get deleted when the mod updates otherwise)

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3651963337

Updated mod list attached, a lotttt of these mods need custom load orders because I'm running 300+ mods that interact weirdly

[sand tiger]

Ok updating backlogs below! (finally). I'll catch up to the fun stuff at my mil research base raid too, lots of great vids there.

Day 8-9
Finally moved to main base, Lakehouse
Lvl 10 Carpentry, was able to scoop up all the metal lockers at Rosewood PD
Had to drive back and forth soooo many times to move all my cars

Vehicle load order, lots of trailers lmao soooo much driving. Def moving to main base sooner in future saves.

final packing check before move. Each room had different categories of loot to combat load and reverse unload. Worked really well, just a LOT of moving items (the faster item transfer mod is a godsend for inventory OCD)

somehow forgot about this find, trying to remember why I havent gone back for this sweet Landrover D130. Was heartbroken that HEMTT was super broken.... i may still tow it back and repair it. I have yet to see another in this save so far... it has crazy space.

[sand tiger]

load order by categories

finally at my forever home. started early drafts of floorplans, storage sorting.

Day 10
oh boyy The Great Dig™ and Inventory Simulator 2026™

I went overboard and dugout 4x 9x11 basement rooms.... took ages.

lmao since it was pitch black and I had create a +1x1 tile to add walls, I had to draw out each step in each nautical direction lmaoooo

Skipping some days in this part of the log, because this took FOREVVERRRR - I had to take breaks just to keep enjoying the game lmao

And since 3x of the rooms shared a wall, had to recalculate
Ended up having to just use Godmode, the mod is absolutely brutal on your stamina... even at like ~lvl 8 strength I could only clear out 3 1x1 squares every 12min. Became reallly impractical.
Eventually got it done though, came out looking awesome af.

Again skipping pretty far in log to show where the basement build is at currently.

Cut down soooo many trees for allt hese flooring/walls lmao. Burnt thru 2 wood saws making planks (the stackable plank mod is AMAZING)
Layout: L- Clothes/Armor, C - Armory, T - Library, R - Home theater
I have begun another dig on a mats/repair storage 9x11 basement below the workshop NE of the property, will connect it to this main house B1 rooms.
I have furniture in storage upstairs i need to move down here too haha, all the things

Day 11 - 13
During the digging, went to Marbalough to clear out some library/schools for bookshelves
Roam the map for some floodlights

icnonic TIS meta moment in the strip club and a "religous leader" in the champagn room lmao

had a blast sniping at the soccer field outside of the school, perfect time to utilize my prone mod

Strippers makin it rain... literally. One of the funniest jump scares so far

strip club had a BOUNTY. My main QRF vehicle, 911 RS and the M1A1 Abrams - the modder did an insanely good job, the turnbine engine sound is perfect.

cat mod, so great.

Day 14
West Point PD mini raid, loading up ammo for Gun Store

Lost track of all dates around here, working on the basement and doing a massive inventory organization of all my loot so far in the game... the log is still up to date tho
Day 28 - 29
West Point Gun Store!
First proper raid kit, utilized mounted M2 on my HUMVEE

[sand tiger]

The M2 on the HUMVEE is insanely useful for hoards. Just single fire sniper basically haha

was surpised all the zeds were mostly outside, gonna have to tweak my spawn settings up a bit for next save

[fluid field]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

I too share my

[fluid field]

Feel free to try these mods 😊

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fAiT71w8eQ0

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3629965730

[sand tiger]

ah yeah i wanted to add some of those but wouldnt work for my midsave, i already had some car repair overhauls installed.

Final updated Phase 1-4 checklist. Gotta go back and check off a few things haha.

[sand tiger]

Day 30
Got my new Remarkable paper tablet for work, but really fun for PZ planning.... haha
Expanding my base layout for the whole island in Lakehouse
Adding parking garage, cattle fields, and barn storage.

Day 31-34
Clear all trees for field and building space (found the bulldozer mod during this, SAVED MY LIFE)
Cars: M998 storage HUMVEE, Ducati cafe motorcycle (mod broken currently)
Built security gates (added airlocks later)
Built vehicle garage

finding this guy was a game changer

Day 35-43
Spent a lot of time clearing the base area, stacking wood
More inventory simulator
LOTS of Marbalaugh/West Point runs for ice cream and leather furniture, gym equipment

Found the TIS t-shirt 😄

Day 44
Updated setup, loving that I can share my paper notes to Google Drive.
Updated base floorplans and storage areas
HELICOPTER EVENT! - I learned that its 9AM not 8AM when you get the AEBS warning so this heli event caught me out in the open at my base haha

Jean-luc was on standby to support me though

Got some video of the helicopter event will add when im off work. Wasnt too dramatic, but my base defenses held (mostly). Took out one of the MBTs but didnt need to use it. Mostly just my new M24 sniper.

Day 45
Raid Riverside for booze and ice cream
Found a great condition WRX STI, need to go get it

FINALLY found a D90 but it was fucked. May grab it to hanger queen it.

At this point, swtiched from Rain's weapon mod to Gael's Gunstore and VFE. MUCHHHHHHH BETTER guns. Had to inventory all my guns so far and manually replace their equivelants. Took out my AK-103 (Gael's) for Riverside. Aboslutely love it, wish I had more 7.62 to main it (I do now after military research =D)

Found an R32 right next to the STI lmao, but it wasnt in great condition, and not the body type/color I want.

my grail

This lone zombie came out of the woods while I was hunting a buck I saw on the way back from Riverwood... Elvira Danner was a real survivor. She would've loved my base =/

G29 DMR, decent 10rd mag .308 Winchester

[sand tiger]

annnd that leads us up to Military Resarch prep (I think will check backlogs to confirm)

Got an absolute buttload of screenshots, logs, and videos from this raid. Will be updating over the weekend and catch me up to today

I also started streaming again just for this game, mostly boring base queening rn but its been fun to do it again casually

[fluid field]

Awesome, and cool dozer Thanks

[fluid field]

a Base spot identified

[cunning vale]

If it wont bother you, could you re-send the link because that one isnt working. Great showcase though im loving the details you put into the lore lol.

[sand tiger]

Hell yeah
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3651963337

[sand tiger]

Ah I had to publish it, should work now

But yeah note that a lot of these may not work in B42.12.3, I had to track down some older versions from the mod devs and edit mod.info files min version variable.

I'll make a new collection and log showcase here when B42 Stable comes out and I move my server to that version. But til then I'll keep updating my SP save here.