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  1. The multiplayer is severely broken. Like, really, really broken. With that being said, I understand that I purchased this game with Early Access via Steam and willingly took on the responsibility. However, I don't think the focus should be on adding cars and the such when the MP side of things are so broken that it might ruin the potential of it ever being what it could be down the road. I might have to stop playing  all together because it's that bad. With that being said - it has a lot of potential, but some things I thought of, in my opinion, my plant some seeds - who knows. If you are already working on some of these things, great! If not, then I worry a bit. 

     

    I understand that this was a SP game first and foremost, therefore if the focus isn't going to be on multiplayer in fixing these huge problems within the next few months, then I'd say remove the MP until it can be better focused on altogether because the single player is great!

     

    This is from two weeks and almost 100 hours of playing Project Zomboid Multiplayer. (I played the single player like it was going out of style from 2013 and up and love the idea of the multiplayer)

     

     

    1. Server Side Saving

     

    This would fix so many problems it's not even funny. People can easily manipulate the saves therefore, everyday on the server I'm on we're hit by more hackers than actually DDOSing now because people just load their save right back in once they die, or they edit the save file since it's saved on the computer in an easy-to-find location. It doesn't quite make much sense. This would prevent the easy editing and at least make it much, much harder to change things in-game. The server I'm on even checks files for its size to see if its been modified and still to no anvil.

     

    2. Server optimization

     

    The netcode could be optimized a lot better than it is, but I'm sure this is already being worked on. 

     

    3. Zombie spawn behavior

     

    The spawn system for the zombies are a little weird, I think from experience the game checks to see if there isn't anyone in the area and if it isn't then it'll spawn zombies, so the end result is that you have zombies in places nobody will ever visit/or visit often and most of the zombies in the city killed off. Shouldn't it be something along the lines of % based + the activity in the area? I.E. if there's more activity in the city than the highway, then focus on spawning zombies around that area instead of the house by the lake which no one goes to and it ends up lagging the server because of all these zombies. (One time it was so many zombies, they all would lag off my screen when shot, then reappear out of no where and some wouldn't die, but they couldn't do damage to you when I had 67-92 ping) 

     

    4. Balance the weapons

     

    The weapons are extremely unbalanced in the multiplayer side of things. I'm not exactly sure how the weapons act besides from experience, reading the wiki, and hearing from others but it seems its just single player weapons for multiplayer. 

     

    5. Respawn times

     

    I had food from the night before, I logged back on the server and one second later it's rotten.. What? I just made it. It shouldn't go by the timer of the server if it's in your bag, each item should just have it's own timer, global protocols don't work for everything.

     

    6. Multiplayer should only allow one file save.

     

    I've noticed that people are modifying saves so they can get resources way faster by just making multiple accounts all hacked to max level in different areas gathering different things. Not sure if that's an issue, but - it's happening. I think one save is good enough since it's a hardcore game first off and secondly, it'll probably be a lot more manageable for the server, the dev and the end user.

     

     

    7. Fires can start but can't be put out without an admin? 

     

    Fires should be able to be put out with dropping water on the ground at least. Or a fire extinguisher that's located in most stores. What happens is if an admin isn't on, people start fires online and it lags the entire server badly. It's like if one person is lagging, everyone is gonna lag - regardless if they aren't even by the fire itself, they will feel the lag as if they were nearby it for whatever reason.

     

    Misc. things

     

    Logged in but I'm not logged in.. How does that happen? It should be a checker to see if they haven't moved/said anything/no interaction with anything then they should be kicked after a certain time for inactivity instead of being denied service. Even after kicking the "ghost" of my friend dark nano, he was still unable to come on because it said he was still on the server.

     

    I think if you have a backpack on you, you shouldn't need to drag items to your main inventory, the game should just know what items you have and either just do it automatically or just treat it like an extension of the player, which it is, and cut out the dragging of items so much.

     

     

     

    These are a few of my ideas, regardless of them all I hope that Project Zomboid thrives to become something amazing as it's one of the best Early Access games I've gotten to read about, see videos of, and play myself for me to see that this is a game with a great community and even amazing devs with passion. I just really want the multiplayer to thrive because I believe people come for the single player, and stay for the multiplayer. 

     

    I'll make another one of these if more ideas come into my head.

  2. May be misreading this: Looks like the Mac titlebar and menu have pushed the buttons off the screen.

    Open finder and locate the zomboid folder. There will be an Options.ini file. It's just a text file -- you can change the resolution manually there, or set it to fullscreen.

     

    I literally just did this and it fixed everything, thanks!

  3. Everytime I launch Project Zomboid only my Mac out of no where, it gets to the title screen then everything fades in so slow, like minutes slow, and the options don't show up to click on them at all. I have v 30.16. Please help, thanks.

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    The Order

    (Logo created by myself)

    Hey everyone! I'm Rich C. and my Steam name is Richcoconut!

     

    The Order is a group that I wanted to make that was inspired mainly by a huge battle me and some players had on the Desolated server trying to take over the motel to make it a community base. This group will be crafted to help track down bandits, build both community and group bases, help others and recruit, expand to other servers, and possibly run events giving items but that'll be down the road. 

     

    It will be semi-RP/RP at moments!

     

    I'm recruiting right now and for those who are interested I'd like for them to come to this page and fill out this forum and to add me on Steam. Also, spread the word!

     

    TEAMS MAIN SERVER: 

     

     

        Zeek's Haven 24/7 SERVER (US EAST/NYC)

     

     

    MAIN TOWN: WEST POINT

     

    Right now I'm looking for experienced  and new builders, leaders, assistants, and fighters. YOU WILL RISK DYING (DUH) FOR A GOOD CAUSE!

     

    NEWS:

    TUE FEB 17TH 12:44AM EST

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    WE HAVE A BASE WITH A KITCHEN, LIBRARY, ARMORY, LOCKER ROOM, CHILL ROOM, AND WORKING ON SECURITY CURRENTLY. WE HAVE ESTABLISHED OURSELVES AS A STRONG GROUP AND AS THE SERVERS COMMUNITY BASE.

     

    FRI FEB 20th 3:26AM EST

     

    BASE HAS BEEN MOVED TO WEST POINT ON THE SERVER, IF YOU DO NOT KNOW THE EXACT LOCATION, PLEASE REQUEST IT FROM RICH C. IN-GAME.

     

     

     

    Steam name:

    In-Game name:

    Job:

    Longest Time Survived (dd/hrs):

    Gender:

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    Why should you get picked?:

     

    Location: (US East, US West, EUR, EU, EU West, EU East, RU, etc.)

    Main Server: (You main server you are always on)

     

    I will be checking this regularly and updating it with more info! Please spread the word!

     

    Each team will come with 1 builder, assistant, and 2 fighters/builders

     

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  5. If the server host could delete "Rich C." save for me, or least change the password back, I'd appreciate it. My internet kept going out because of a storm and when I tried returning, someone else was on my account.

     

    I'm under the new name "Rich Co." and can prove that via Steam, from the community on the server, or however else you want me to. Please respond soon, kinda bummed someone took my acct. Thank you for your time.

     

     


    And until the server host sees this, anyone who sees "Rich C." I suppose you could just kill her on sight :/

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