i3loodyMoon

Can i join the server? Name- GravityValue

my user name is chavhunter and the password i will say in team speak

I'd love to join too - Derf

hi, i would like to join the server username: Lautta17

Server's back up, really not shure why the server was being such a tard and dissconecting players over and over but seems to be working fine now.

Thanks for this awesome tip - this might make my character survive a little longer. What really killed my character is the black fog that blocks me from going further - I learned from this, so what I do in this situation is simply log off. 
 
Too bad mate. 

PZFanatic, here are some tips to follow to survive better with lag:
When approaching unkown zones in the city, always RMB and zoom in the direction you're looking. If there are zombies, sneak up until one starts coming at you, then sneak back in the direction you came from. After you're back a decent amount, kill the zombie(s) coming at you. If more than 5 start coming, or an amount you can't kill with melee, I'd suggest turning and sprinting. Less zombies on the screen equals less strain on your computer and less strain on your internet to receive information about the zombies. Keep swinging before zombies get to you. If you hit a zombie and it acts laggy, take a few steps up and try again. You have to work with the lag sometimes. Avoid hordes. More zombies equals more information as I said before. The server has to upload the information for each zombie and then your computer has to download that information. Same goes for dead zombies on the ground. The more dead zombies on the ground, the more information your computer has to download from the server. Other players will cause lag. If someone else comes across a horde, logs in, etc. you might experience lag. This happens because the server is uploading so much for the other player that with a good connection you'd experience maybe a small amount of lag, but since you already have a not-so-good connection, you're going to experiene a larger amount of lag. So, if you hear people on chat talking about going to fight a horde or going to shoot zombies, make sure you're in a relatively safe place. That doesn't mean sit at base and twiddle your thumbs, just be extra cautious. LAST RESORT ACTION - If you're getting corned by zombies. Make it into a house. Hide in a closet. Log off. PM a picture or link to your location on PZ map project (go to your location zoomed in pretty good and wait a few seconds for the url to change) and I will try my best to get you out as fast and as safe as possible. If I'm online, just send a message in all talk and a general location description and I'll attract the horde away or kill it. That's all I got for now.
 
P.S. Lag makes it extremely easy to run through hordes of zombies if you're map is loading correctly. Use this to your advantage.

dont apologise for nothin bro you did a pretty decent job to have put up a server for us to play. if only i have a bit of speed in my net here at home it would be a big help to play this game almost everyday and maybe help other survivors and maintain the community home base up and running but damn effing lag and always get stuck at black fog - so when zombies starts chasin i cant do nothin but die, not only that - but whenever a zombie starts to grab - my damn character is already too late to swing the bat and the zombies now is munching my character up. damn lag - i gotta subscribe for a new internet provider soon and start playing this game right.
 
Hope you guys play on this server with dedication, help each other, and hopefully always be at  the peaceful side of the world. If ever a bandit or a killer comes by then all ya'll need to do is to put a bullet or two on his head.   

ingame name is admin have not bothered to change to i3loodyMoon.

didn't get around to doing a soft reset last night going to be TONIGHT , got busy last night and have to go out today to get new treat put on my one rim ( got a dam sidewall bubble, friggin threats are breaking  dont feel like having my wheel well ripped to shreads when the tire blows out) lol sucks ass.

As for daniel i will deffinitly put him on my list for upcoming admin's as i have planned on giving out a few more positions to ensure more fun for everyone.

preacher was on yesterday at some point has not been around so much this week probibly because of our one admin argenexkronium(Thoris) visiting familyout of town unexcpectedly.


P.S.. i done fucked up the other day and let the server go down for an hour or 2 because system ran out of ram for the mega cache file lol was HUGE, but yes anyways my bad and i appologise was not home but fixed as soon as i was able to

ingame name is admin have not bothered to change to i3loodyMoon.

didn't get around to doing a soft reset last night going to be TONIGHT , got busy last night and have to go out today to get new treat put on my one rim ( got a dam sidewall bubble, friggin threats are breaking  dont feel like having my wheel well ripped to shreads when the tire blows out) lol sucks ass.

As for daniel i will deffinitly put him on my list for upcoming admin's as i have planned on giving out a few more positions to ensure more fun for everyone.

preacher was on yesterday at some point has not been around so much this week probibly because of our one admin argenexkronium(Thoris) visiting familyout of town unexcpectedly.


P.S.. i done fucked up the other day and let the server go down for an hour or 2 because system ran out of ram for the mega cache file lol was HUGE, but yes anyways my bad and i appologise was not home but fixed as soon as i was able to

where is Preacher anyways? yeah. I vote Daniel Boone as admin.

Yes, we all have our lives and we understand and appreciate - that you have put up this server. Just don't forget to soft reset whenever things go a little bit sour & bitter in the game.
 
I'll be joining your server soon, and also if you may; please add a new map like Bedford Falls and Dreadwood. It would be quite nice to have a large map in this server.
 
I also agree that you should put someone in-charge while you were away in the game. Daniel Boone is quite active recently, I've heard that he is building a new home base community over at the school. So I vote for him, oh and if ever Daniel should ask who I am - well, I'm your friend Lemon if you don't remember.
 
I'm not active for the last couple of days and I have changed character usernames, and new characters. I'm still looking for a good build stats i.e traits. 
 
btw, i3loodyMoon - is your IGN Preacher?
 
Also, you might want to edit your OP to make it a bit organize.

BreakTimeGaming community would like to present to you our project zomboid server.
SERVER HAS CHANGED TO WHITELIST
Msg on forums or join teamspeak
Teamspeak3: BTG.teamspeak3.com
Server ip: breaktimegaming.no-ip.biz - NO requirement to use or join teamspeak for server admitance
Steam group: BreakTimeGamingcommunity -http://steamcommunity.com/groups/Breaktimegaming
- we are a public group, all trolls & dissrespectful members will be kicked
PVE,Slight Roll-Play,Default server settings Starter items
VERSION Location
[iwillbackupmysave] -5:00 eastern Toronto Canada base ball bat, schoolbag, water bottle!
This server will not be reset for most likely a very long time due to some members who wish to continue on and see how long we truly can survive. Time may change and a reset may come into play.
Server Rules: We have server events
no pvp Movie style events
no griefing &
no harassment Custom events
common fucking sence people.....
Server Soft wipe Server time zone
----SERVER WAS HARD WIPED April 19/2014
Eastern canada & usa
iwillbackupmysave-- http://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php/topic/4183-iwbms-the-i-will-backup-my-save-branch/
Voting: http://pzserverlist.us/?a=details&u=BreakTimeGaming
Something the community whipped up to keep them safe from the zombie event that was sprung on them by our new admin late in the dark and spooky evening! Everyone survived because of the great teamwork here at BTG.
OLD SERVER PHOTO

Hello~ The name's Seth and I'd like to be whitelisted to join the server.
 
My steam name is xarosas and I'm looking forward to hear back from ya.

this server still up?

when i did it it kept the player built structures and crates and the barricaded buildings. it only reset loot (world loot & loot in player crates) and zombies. in the serverOptions.ini is a line that says "ResetID=XXXXXXXX" where XXXXXXXX is a set of numbers if these numbers change it reset my chars, if i backed up my serverOptions.ini and replaced it after the soft wipe it didnt.
 
 
".\jre64\bin\java.exe" -Dsoftreset  -Djava.library.path=./ -cp lwjgl.jar;lwjgl_util.jar;sqlitejdbc-v056.jar;./ zombie.network.GameServer
PAUSE
 
^^^thats the ProjectZomboidServer_SoftWipe.bat , create a new txt file put those 2 lines in it and then save it as a .bat file.
i removed the mem perimeters because i have 32gb ram.
 
also i went in the zomboid/multiplayer/servertest folder and cut out the zombie_xxx.bin files and put them in another folder til the wipe was done.
it took like 45 minutes to wipe the 65,975 or so map_xxx.bin files clean in my servertest folder tho ,and watch the screen the softwipe.bat may error and if it does youll wanna get the name of the last file it completed, which is the one above the one it would be currently doing when it erred and cut all the file from the first one to that one and paste them in another folder then start the softwipe.bat again till it fully completes .

I've just finished adding Bedford Falls to the PZMap Project. Have fun and go nuts with POIs:
 
http://pzmap.crash-override.net/?desc=BedfordFalls

Modding Rules & Guidelines


The Subforums and their purposeTutorials & Resources: Tutorials and Tools for modding Project Zomboid should be posted here. Please do NOT ask for help in here. MODS: Gameplay Mods that are in a playable state and mostly bug free, but may still have added more features in the future.WIP: Unfinished mods that are being worked on and open to be tested. HELP: If you seek help with modding Project Zomboid this is the right place to ask. ITEMS: All mods that add or alter items.WIP: Unfinished mods that are being worked on and open to be tested. HELP: Ask here if you need help with the scripting functionality of PZ. MAPPING: All mods that add new maps, or alter the existing one.BUILDINGS: Finished .lots belong here. WIP: Unfinished maps / lots that are being worked on. HELP: Ask here if you need help with anything related to mapping. Mod Requests: Do you have an awesome idea waiting to be turned into a mod? This is the right place for you. GuidelinesPick an useful title for your topic that describes your mod. I suggest using the mods name. Add some tags that describe your mod so that it can be found via the forum-search. You should enter the current version of Project Zomboid in the tags and click "use first tag as prefix". Your topic will appear like this in the list now. It also can be easier found with the forum-search function. Try to describe your mod as close as possible. People won't download it, as long as they don't know what it does. If you can, add some screenshots or even better a video which shows the main features of your mod. RulesOnly post content you created or have permission to use (with evidence). Ad revenue links are ONLY allowed if you also provide a direct link to the download. Don't upload mods / tools that have the purpose to damage savegames or make the game unplayable. Don't upload mods that contain racist, hateful, or otherwise objectionable content. Whether the content is "objectionable" is up to the admins. Bumping your own threads is only allowed to advertise a new version, or to share important information, not to constantly appear on top of the list. Don't create threads devoid of content, such as "Something's coming soon"or "I'm going to do this!" Describe your mod and give us something to discuss. Modding Terms and Conditions

By modding in Project Zomboid, you accept the following:You are allowed to edit the game in any way, providing you do not edit it in such a way that it is either intentionally damaging to people's PCs, or removes the login system and enables people to play the game without purchasing. Indie Stone reserve the right to implement any features in the game irrespective of whether mods exist that accomplish the same goal. While we will respect people's personal creations and always ask for permission and offer credit within the game before intentionally including any code, art or dialogue directly from mods with the core game, we do this out of respect to the authors and are not legally obliged, and general game-play ideas themselves do not apply (although again, we will be responsible when it comes to giving informal credit should ideas be used directly based on mods). We say this only to protect ourselves from the potential for mods to beat us to features we already intended to add and then having the origin of that idea disputed. Unless any arrangements to the contrary have been made, mod creators cannot sell modifications to the game. Likewise, upon allowing us to use a modification in the game you cannot claim entitlement to any past, current or future profits from the game unless this is agreed upon at the time.

Bump for you.

YOU DON'T NEED TO DO THIS ANYMORE YOU CAN RENT A READY TO GO SERVER. LIST HERE: http://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php/topic/9856-project-zomboid-server-hoster-sites/
 
AUTO-INSTALL SCRIPTS NOW AVAILABLE: http://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php/topic/7504-linux-server-auto-install-project-zomboid-scripts/
 
 
Hey there, so I’m writing this guide as an attempt to help people who might be setting up their servers on a Linux server (such as a VPS) yet are relatively new to the entire game of server hosting. I’m going to be pretty in depth in this tutorial, however I will gloss over a couple of sensitive subjects. I’ll point you in the right direction for everything.
 
Buying A Server
 
So first off if you don’t own a VPS, you’re going to want to buy one. You technically have two choices, a VPS or a proper dedicated server. However… eh… You won’t be buying the dedicated server. Trust me. Unless you have an insanely popular server, not only is it expensive it’s a bit overkill all considering.
 
There are plenty of places to get a VPS but there’s not a lot of places that allow game servers. This is the most important thing you must check before purchasing a VPS. While I know people usually don’t care about Terms & Conditions, you MUST read them. You can usually just CTRL + F “Game” or “Game Server” and you will swiftly find out whether they allow a game server or not. Rule of thumb for me usually is, the cheaper server providers usually don’t allow game servers since they draw too much resources. Don’t be fooled by pricepoint though, just because they are expensive doesn’t mean they allow game servers either. Your best bet will usually be buying from a provider that is specifically catered to gaming. I bought from NFOServers and I’m pretty happy with it so far, everybody has their preferences and different experiences, so just make sure to do the research.
 
Regarding system settings, bandwidth wise I got about 3TB to work with and from the projections I might break 1TB by the end of the month, but I really doubt it. From indications around the forums my guess is the bottleneck would come down to RAM as that seems to be dictating how many players are able to get in. So take that into account. As for CPU I’m not entirely sure right now as to what is best and what isn’t.
 
When ordering the server you’re going to want to make sure that there are linux OS’es available to install. This guide is geared towards those running a Debian (Wheezy) but the differences to this and Ubuntu should be minimal. Do not install Debian 6, the minimum if you install a Debian OS is Debian 7.
 
Base Server Setup
 
For the most part the provider should configure the OS and passwords and what not. So that shouldn’t be a problem. You’re provider will most likely provide a very random looking password for a user called “root”
 
Now something we should have probably covered earlier. You’re going to want to download a program called PuTTY
 
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
(Just download PuTTY, nothing else.)
 
This is the program we will use to access the terminal side of the server. This is basically the main way in which you will interact with the server. You can sometimes get an equivalent in the server providers control panel, however I believe it’s best to use this. Another handy little thing you might want to think about getting is FileZilla
 
https://filezilla-project.org/
 
IMPORTANT: DO NOT USE QUICKCONNECT WHEN USING FILEZILLA, GO THROUGH "Site Manager" AND CHOOSE SFTP RATHER THAN FTP FOR PROTOCOL. FAILURE TO FOLLOW THIS RULE WILL LEAD TO REFUSAL OF SERVER CONNECTION
 
This allows you to access the file side of your server which will be handy later on when we start mucking around with databases and server options. it’s an easy way to navigate the folders without using the terminal program.
 
Anyway, open up PuTTY and in “Host Name (or IP address)” put the server IP that should have been provided by the server provider. Leave the port as it is. Leave the connection type as what it’s set at (should be SSH) then click open. You can save the session if you don’t want to input this info all the time. Just name it in saved sessions and click save.
 
When you first connect it you’ll see “login as:”  type “root” and hit enter. Next it will ask for the password, so provide the one that was provided for the server (not your control panel password) when typing it will look like you’re not entering anything, but I guarantee that you are typing something. You can paste the password as well by copying the password and just right clicking in PuTTY (CTRL + V isn’t set as paste, it’s right click by default. Have fun with that.) so now you should be in.
 
Now there are a couple things you're going to want to do if it’s your first VPS. Certain security features you might want to think about installing and what not. You can google “First VPS setup Debian” or something along that lines if you’re really interested. Strictly speaking you can skip this part, but it’s your call.
 
First thing you will want to type is these two:
apt-get install default-jdkapt-get install screenThe first is basically installing Java while the second one I will explain in due course.
 
Now we need to grab the Steam CMD so we can download the actual Project Zomboid software. It’s recommended that you run SteamCMD on a seperate user.
 
You should add a new user by doing:
adduser steamOnce that’s sorted we need to switch over to the new user. It should be noted anytime I refer to “steam” in the file directory context, then it means the user folder. If you decide to name the user something else the directories change also. Something to keep note of. “Steam” is not the same as “steam” in the directory context as well.
su - steamthis will switch the user from root, to steam.
 
We are going to create a steamcmd directory to keep things tidy.
mkdir steamcmdcd /home/steam/steamcmdNow we need to actually get the SteamCMD. To do this we run this command:
wget http://media.steampowered.com/installer/steamcmd_linux.tar.gzIt should eventually download and once it does we need to actually get the contents out of the folder. To do this we run
tar -xvzf steamcmd_linux.tar.gzIf you're running a 64 bit version of the OS then the code in the spoiler applies to you. Otherwise, ignore.
 


 
 
Now we got to run SteamCMD
 
To do this we can do:
cd /home/steam/steamcmdthen
./steamcmd.sh +login steamusername steampassword +force_install_dir directory/you/want/to/install/to* +app_update 108600" validate +exitWARNING
 
You can choose to opt your server onto the beta branch instead, after running the above command run this:
"app_update 108600 -beta iwillbackupmysave -betapassword iaccepttheconsequences" validate +exitKeep in mind that not all players will be using the beta branch so not everyone would be able to connect. The decision is of course yours.
 
For login you will get a steam guard e-mail as should be expected, unfortunately you need the game in order to get the server software, so trying to log in as anonymous for SteamCMD will not work.
 
*I can’t remember where I installed it to and whether I created the Steam folder or if SteamCMD did it itself. I personally installed it in /home/steam/ I think, but I honestly can’t quite remember.
 
This is where FileZilla comes in handy, as now what we want to do is navigate to the project zomboid folder which should be something like /Steam/SteamApps/common/ProjectZomboid. Check this folder, does it have projectzomboid.sh? Does it have the projectzomboid folder? Does it have only these two things? Then sigh. You don’t have all the files.
 
When you download the program you need to have the projectzomboid folder, projectzomboid-dedi-server.sh file and a projectzomboid.sh file. If you are missing the server file then you are missing one of the most important things. You’ll have to keep running the steamCMD command. Just keep running those until the file appears.
 
If running it a few times doesn't work, then you need to run steamcmd.sh, then each command preceeded by plus, so -
login steamusername steampasswordthen
force_install_dir directory/you/want/to/install/to*etc
 
We now need to make a Zomboid folder in the user home folder we’ll be running the server from. In this case for me it’s steam (but depending how you did it, it’ll vary.) So now we’ll do:
cd /home/steamThen
mkdir ZomboidThen
cd /home/steam/ZomboidThen
mkdir dbNow reconnect FileZilla and go download this empty db file: https://dl.dropboxus...553835/world.db
 
Whether or not you will whitelist the server it’s best to put the file in. You’ll now need to edit the projectzomboid-dedi-server.sh and set your RAM values. This is dependant on how much RAM your server has, I personally didn’t set them to use my complete server capacity, I did about half but the choice is up to you. (Kirrus: Don't set more than 80% of your VM's capacity.) Use FileZilla and double click on the file and it should open it up in an editor, find these two lines:
 
   -Xms1024m \
   -Xmx1024m \
 
And edit the values to your choosing. Save and close the file and it will prompt you for the root password of FileZilla so put it in and it will be updated.
 
Now something I specifically left for last, since I screwed it up. I guarantee you though this step is unmissable. We need one more thing and all you have to do is
wget http://kirrus.co.uk/stuff/pz/wheezy-glibc-sid.shbash wheezy-glibc-sid.shThis is only required for those who are running a Debian OS, Ubuntu (I am told) should be fine.
 
Nearly Home!
 
We’re almost there. So here’s what we got to do now.
cd /home/steam/Steam/SteamApps/common/ProjectZomboidthen
./projectzomboid-dedi-server.shIt will start the server. You celebrating yet? Don’t. We’re not quite done yet, do CTRL + C and it’ll shut down the server program. We can’t use the usual things like exit (yet - it’s on the todo list) so for now CTRL + C will close the server. So now we got to boot up fileZilla and navigate to the Zomboid folder we created. As long as everything went smoothly you should have a lot more files now. Go into the server folder and you should see a serverOptions.ini
 
It will contain:
 
PVP=true
PauseEmpty=true
GlobalChat=true
Open=true
 
Most should be self explanatory but if not, here we go.
 
PVP - Allow or don’t allow players to hurt/kill each other.
 
PauseEmpty - I’m not certain but I believe it basically suspends the server when there are no players around.
 
GlobalChat - Whether or not to allow the players to speak to all the players through the /all chat command.
 
Open - Whether it to be whitelisted or not. If you want the server to be whitelisted I would love to help, but at this point in time I have been unable to get whitelisting to work on the server.
 
Right. Do what you wish save, password then exit.
 
Now here’s where that Screen we talked about in the beginning comes in handy. You see if you start the server without it and just do what we did above but didn’t close the server you would find that in order to keep the PZ server running, you would need to keep the PuTTY terminal running. Which would mean you would need to keep your computer running, which would kind of defeat the purpose of having the VPS.
 
When back home type:
screenYou will be taken to a wall of text, just hit enter until the text goes away and your left with a blank screen except for your user
 
steam@server.co.uk thing.
 
Now what you do here is
cd /home/steam/Steam/SteamApps/common/ProjectZomboidThen
./projectzomboid-dedi-server.shThe server should start up and eventually be greeted with:
 
"*** SERVER STARTED ****". At the bottom.
 
You can now close PuTTY and play on your server.
 
If you ever need to get back to that screen, when you log back into root type:
screen -drand it should take you back to server screen. Don’t initiate multiple versions of the screen, otherwise you’re going to have a bit of a problem down the line.
 
Thanks for reading, that’s the bulk of the tutorial so now here’s some FAQ and handy tips.
 
Server Screen Controls:
 
CTRL + C - Closes the server.
 
FAQ
 
Q: “I get a missing file/folder error when I boot the server.”
 
A: “Usually means you didn’t put the “Zomboid” folder in the right place. Remember to create a “db” folder and put in the “world.db” file in there.
 
Q: “There appears to be some error regarding RakNet. What’s that about?”
 
A: It’s probably to do with kirrus’s script as linked above. Probably means you didn’t install it correctly.
 
Q: "I got a long confusing password, I think I'll change it..."
 
A: NO! Don't. Chances are the password given is incredibly secure, if you change it you could make the server more vulnerable. Personally I suggest just leaving it as default, at the very least your root password should remain unchanged.
 
Q: How do I upgrade the server when a patch is released
 
A: Shut down the gameserver (Ctrl-C), and then run the steam command. 
 
 
A video version of the guide will follow later.
 
Thanks to Kirrus for double checking the info and giving pointers.
 
MAKE SURE CLIENT AND SERVER ARE RUNNING THE SAME PROJECT ZOMBOID BUILD IF YOU WISH TO CONNECT!

edit thr serverOptions.ini
 
there´s a tag calles SpawnItems = 
 
add Base.BaseballBat
 
should do the trick

One thing that has annoyed me is that a wet towel will never dry making the towels a one use item. This would be understandable if it were a paper towel, but dish towels and bath towels dry without much effort in real life. After searching for other mods that allow towels to dry and being unable to find any, I decided to put together one for myself. 
 
What this mod does is it takes your 'Wet Bath Towel' or 'Wet Dish Towel' and dries it so you have a new functional 'Bath Towel' or 'Dish Towel' that can then be used to dry yourself off after getting caught in the rain. The importance of this is its possible to get sick when wet and the longer you wait to dry yourself off the more chance you have of contracting an illness.
 
 
 
Changelog:
 
v2. Ability to "Wring Wet Towels" into water containers (bottles, mugs, pots...) v1. Added ability to "Dry Towels" 
Download Here

uh, you don't have to alter it.
It's called PZserverSettings.exe (which is an executable, you have to launch it). Once opened, you'll see a panel just like the sandobox options in game, all this little program does is modify those settings and apply it to your server.

Well I am in West Point so.. I'll make the journey another day.

the one member uses the spiffo diner. not shure if he/she is on right now but i do not doubt they will be back.
make your way to the southern tavern in mud to find rain barrels and a farm with food. feel free to drink and eat as needed