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Happy Mondoid everyone. We come to you with the exciting news that our Steam integrated IWBUMS public test beta is now live. EasyPickins, hero of the hour, is working out the kinks – but Spiffo’s Workshop is open for business, we’ve got a proper anonymous dedicated server that can be installed and updated using Steam CMD and a myriad of tweaks and fixes have gone in alongside them.

For instructions on how to join our IWBUMS public beta channel then go here, while patch notes for the initial release 32.20 can be found here, and its follow-ups 32.21 and 32.22 hereand here.

There’s clearly various other tweaks, additions and refinements en route, but at this exact moment in time the focus is on making sure the new package works for everyone: Mac/Linux/Windows, 32-bit/64-bit and in both Steam mode and non-Steam mode.

We’d like to thank some of our intrepid modders, like Hydromancerx and Svarog amongst others, for entering uncharted waters and getting some of their wares up on Steam Workshop already. Similarly Onkeen is doing some sterling work in terms of making the Workshop look organised and pretty by creating preview.pngs for our industrious workshoppers. Thanks everyone, it really is appreciated.

Everyone who owns Zomboid will be able to see it, but to fill in those who haven’t dipped in yet then this is the sight we’re all seeing…



 

Build 33
It’s starting to feel like the various strands of Build 33 are really coming together now. We’re not there yet, but in terms of both MP and SP then Creative Mode, Radio/TV, Movable furniture, the new botany trait, Blacksmithing and the fresh focus on a ‘lived in’ world (whether playing Week One or Eight Months Later) are all tying together to make it quite a special release.

Creative Mode, especially, is coming on in leaps and bounds – as these videos will attest to. Firstly, the top down map now allows you to quickly navigate to any point in the map in a heartbeat. As well as this the player can quickly move up and down between floors and fly around. This is a real time video, and please forgive any bugs and glitches.
 

Secondly, here’s a look at a few of the additions to Creative that allow for quick customizable and filterable copy and pasted map pieces, more precise pasting and clearing and the ability to copy and paste to/from specific floors or heights. We have also reworked stairs game-wide to allow for more compact stairwells and to overcome the collision issues that badly placed stairs can cause.
 

With a few other neat smaller features, narrative nuggets and musical/sound additions that are still likely be added to the Build 33 roster – it’s all starting to come together rather nicely. As, indeed, are work and plans for the Builds beyond.
 
 
This week’s Featured Image from NikNik64Rus over on Steam. As a block of italicised, central text it’s rare to feel any form of satisfaction in life, but the growth in activity on the PZWikialongside various well-wishers on internet forums has made this past week a less distressing one. With a renewed sense of pride in my role as information-providing reading matter could I please direct you to the email subscription service offered by TIS for Mondoids, Build Releases, Changelists and Other Big News? Today is a new day. Yesterday a distant land. I know my role in life, and it’s one in which I excel.

I'm still confused, and now I want a cookie too. Great.

Life is harsh.

RJ, because one day you wake up, and the girl is gone, and you're naked in front of an open window, and zombies are downstairs and all you have is a rope, a whip, and a pair of handcuffs.

Are you one of the lovely people who purchased a Fanboy edition on Desura to give us extra support when we needed it most?
 
The future of Desura is currently in question and we have no way of keeping a record of individuals who paid for the £29.99 Fanboy edition. It sadly isn’t something we have access to.
 
As some might remember from their purchase, the rubric stated: "Comes with ZERO exciting special features, just smug self-satisfaction of being a hardened PZ supporter. Extra benefits *might* be shown in future."
 
Right now those ‘extra benefits’ aren’t imminent (or even confirmed!) but we really, really don’t want to lose track of those who stepped forward as Fanboys.
As such, if our searchlight has found you, please dredge your email account for your Desura Purchase Confirmation and forward it to Accounts@ProjectZomboid.com. A search for ‘Project Zomboid Fanboy’ in your email account should help you on your way.
 
If, however, that Purchase Confirmation email is long deleted or on a defunct account please mail us in any case and we’re sure we can establish other ways of checking your Fanboyish identity.
 
Thanks everyone!
 
The Indie Stone x
 
PS> The Purchase Confirmation email looks a little bit like this:

I think a global karma system is a terrible idea.
My reasoning is that I am yet to see it work effectively without crippling general gameplay for roleplayers, casual players, and hardcore players.
Games with a karma system have already been mentioned, like the DayZ mod (and what's that other teleporting mutant-type multiplayer game?), and well... it's just a PvP kill on sight mess. If there's something worth taking from another player, and you've also got something they may want, there's very little chance of having a reasonable discussion before they finish you, or you take them out and avoid the risk.
 
If an implementation was suggested that was more effective in reducing the KoS mindset than the current 'toggle hosility' option, and had minimal negative effects on the more dedicated PZ players (there's an awful lot of RolePlayers enjoying PZ around these forums!), then sure, I'd be open to the possibilities.
But as it stands, as currently implemented elsewhere a global karma system seems to ruin the friendly atmosphere of multiplayer rather than encourage it.

Dear Devs
 
Please take your time in making NPCs awesome.
 
Sincerely
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Wait, is it really like this? Last time I broke down a door or wall with a sledge it left behind atleast some wood.

Wait, is it really like this? Last time I broke down a door or wall with a sledge it left behind atleast some wood.

Must.
Create.
Giant Octopus Mothership!

I see this as being more of a glitchy mod than an actual feature of the game

Cheeki Breeki!

Everything is cool when you're part of a team!

My point is how you feel when your friend dies.
Project zomboid isn't the kind of game that would have any kind of respawn system.
If you want one, then it's best for someone to make a mod about that, because something in the vanilla game like that...
It just wouldn't be PZ anymore.

I can already see the grin of the face of Nintendo's CEO.

---------------------------------------------------------Let Me Speak!--------------------------------------------------------
 
Note: Svarog and Aricane (owner of PZ-Mods) both had an unaltered copy of V1.2, the latest version before I had a PC failure that effectively erased this mod. If you like this mod, you have them to thank for its continued existence.
 
This mod has something for just about everybody. Whether it be roleplay, immersion, Lua, singleplayer admin, etc, this mod has it all.
What stemmed from a suggestion from here has become much, much more.
Press T to open up the chat.
 
As of V1.3, it supports Tiny Automated Version Checker. If you don't have it, I highly recommend you download it from its thread here.
 
Steam Workshop Download
 
Google Drive Download
 
 
Features:
 
A fully functional singleplayer chat bar.
 
Admin commands.
 
Admin command keybinding.
 
A built in Lua interpreter.
 
Conditional speech, with over 100 possible lines of dialogue.
 
Admin Commands
 
 
/lua codehere -- built in Lua interpreter. can also access methods from CheatCore
 
/help OptionalTopicOrPageNumber -- displays help. just type "/help" without quotes to display page 1 of help.
 
/toggleconditionalspeech -- toggles conditional speech
 
/godmode -- toggles god mode
 
/creative -- toggles creative mode
 
/deletemode -- toggles delete mode (when enabled, press X to delete the object under your mouse)
 
/heal -- heals you
 
/refillammo -- refills your currently equipped item.
 
/repair -- repairs held item
 
/infiniteammo -- it toggles, well, y'know
 
/infinitedurability -- toggle infinite durability for held item
 
/noshotdelay -- no delay between shots
 
/toggleneed needhere -- toggles the need. type "/toggleneed all" to toggle all needs on or off.
 
/firebrush -- toggles firebrush. when enabled, click to create fire
 
/zombiebrush numberofzombiestospawn -- toggles zombiebrush. when enabled, click to create zombies. Type one of the following (without the quotes) to disable: "/zombiebrush disable", "/zombiebrush off", "/zombiebrush toggle", "/zombiebrush 0"
 
/levelskill codedefinedskillnamehere numbertolevelto -- level up skill. "/levelskill all" levels all skills
 
/instakill -- toggles instakill melee
 
/settime numbertimehere timeordayormonthoryear -- set the time
 
/barricadebrush numberofplanks -- press Z to barricade the object under your mouse
 
/teleport X Y optionalZ -- teleports you to the specified X, Y, and optional Z (height).
 
/additem caseSensitiveName optionalCount optionalItemBase -- adds the specified number of items
 
/keybind key command infinite optional parameters -- binds the selected key to a command.
 
/unkeybind key -- unbinds the selected key.
 
/keybinds -- prints a list of all keybinds to the chat box.
 
/fly -- toggles fly mode
 
 
To Do
 
- Add a fully functional options menu.
 
Installation:
 
http://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php/topic/1395-how-to-install-uninstall-mods/
 
Special Thanks:
 
Svarog and Aricane (owner of PZ-Mods), for providing a backup of the lost V1.2 version. This mod would've been lost forever if it wasn't for them.
PZ-NOOB, for the amazing suggestion this was based on. This mod wouldn't be here if it wasn't for him.
 
CzarUltra, for his contribution to the suggestion and the mod in general. He expanded the idea to something even more amazing. If it wasn't for him, there wouldn't be a chat bar at all, nor would there be admin commands or the lua debugger. Most if not all of the conditional speech lines were thought of or inspired by him.
 
Mike280, for his contribution to the suggestion. His post was vital for outlining what kinds of things I should add conditions for.
 
Changelog:

Hi, a quick update: my Steam Store Page is up!
 
You can visit it here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/371010/
 
Also I uploaded a new trailer:
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXZpU0OupA0
 

Quick update: Nomad Fleet has been Greenlit on Steam! thanks for your support!
 

You know you played too much PZ when you name your pet racoon after Spiffo.

I wish I could be 27 forever...
Lucky bastard, living the dream, having a self sufficient farm during a zed apoalypse, being 27 for all of his life...

I agree with changing age, but changing traits with it?
Just because you are older, doesn't mean you are more skilled or braver than other people, age doesn't matter in that respect, also, do 45 year olds even get heart attacks that often? it would be a real bitch to be running away then suddendly dying of a heart attack

Pug.
Choosing the other one would probably result in having my head chopped off.
 
Would you be interested in a second PZ Forums Mafia Game?

Until then, let's just assume that the characters suffer from Linonophobia.
Tots didn't search google for that.

This is genuinely something I've been pushing for ever since the 'Kate incident' in the 0.1.5d demo.

There is NEVER enough zomboid.
EVER.