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Other survivors will spawn as you explore the map, many will fall to the hordes and die, but some may join you, and others may try to kill you!
 
 
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All of the major problems/bugs are more or less sorted out now, and the mod is very playable.
 
Some known problems include:
-Occasional crashing from java side error in player update function.  Sometimes it almost never happens for hours, but other times it seems to happen frequently. 
-If you are using mouse and keyboard, the survivor will be forced into "facing" the direction of your mouse whenever you attack. For a brief moment they will turn from whatever direction they are facing and face the direction of your mouse.
-spawning items with necroforge will not work with this mod enabled

Hard to believe the game has been in development almost 6 years.

Ehhh, Not rly as fun, no one on my friends list wanna get the game, and most servers with people tend to have massive amounts of corpses. Sometimes I just like to play alone with computer AI  Dont judge me

NPCs are the biggest thing to me, its taken up years of my life, because I knew how high they were aiming, and Ive believed in them since, for years, i spent countless hours, days, even weeks, researching and waiting for anything NPC related. But overtime, ive come to learn to respect the fact that, "theyre ready when theyre ready" and its been like that ever since for me. But I am entrusting them in their 5 step release plan after the Animations (animations being probably the first step) and I just really hate how people are giving hate on this game, just let them work, and people complain that the 5 step roadmap is "JUST STARTING??" no its not, they even stated on a reply that "who said we werent working on the other steps while pushing out other updates?" You guys, please think before you post is all im trying to say, and please research too, ive found out way more than I wanted in doing so, and thats whats made me come to the mindset to trust the devs because they know what they are doing, and I respect that, even if it takes another 6 years xDDD (Please dont ) they want this game to finish (including NPCs) 100 million times more than we do. Like many people who has believed said, its only a matter of patience. 
 
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This post was just to state my opinion on the game, please, no hate.  

Bro, I dont think i could have summarized as good as you did. I could not have said it any better  You are 100% correct bro, imagine, those NPCs could do that back then? imagine what they could do now, after all that "undercover" editing and improvements, Im pretty sure you can even have some sort of walking dead thing happen to you in that game xD like with Negan and everything, except you can play any role in that scenario xD Im rly hyped

Yeah i get it dont freak out bro.   
 
It often appears that WE are not allowed to speak of NPC's just because TIS have decided not to, its a decision i respect and understand but i would like to point out the etymology of the word 'Forum'.  Its meaning is rooted in concepts of an Open/Public place, a place for Public Discussion.  I dont think i have broken any rules worthy of Moderator intervention, i am just expressing my open opinion in a public place and the fact that it may differ from the most popular views could be seen as a benefit to an Open public discussion, thats how we as a community grow socially rather than just become a dev worship echo box.
 
Are we not free to discuss NPC's, our hopes and fears respectfully in this place for public discussion?
 
Im not tryna cause trouble im simply asking, it seems far too often that any negative opinions are shouted down and that simply does not seem very grown up or progressive.
 
P.s  All hail TIS, saviours of the zombie game genre and indy games! 200+ hours of money well spent!!

Where do you see a moderator intervening?
 
I'm just expressing my opinion about your opinion on a private forum open to the public about a video game. Just because we might differ in that opinion doesn't mean you're being oppressed. (Hint: I don't necessarily disagree with certain aspects of the above.)
 
 

Oh no, how dare the guy taking most the flak for the  status of the game become somewhat cynical  and develop the attitude that his passion project is now a "job." After several dozen minor crises during the years and realizing your work is the underpinning for most of the criticism of the game, maybe you'd occasionally to feel the same way, too.
 
It may be unprofessional to not have one's thoughts restrained by a PR team, but I'd be hoping honesty and human reaction is one of those things someone looks for in an indie company, otherwise what's the difference between indie and AAA? I know I certainly feel the same way on my darker days.
 
It's been mentioned in the Mondoids several times the past few months and on the forums-- animations are part of the NPC code; we'll talk more about NPCs and start their release cycle once animations are out.

That is the AI of an NPC from 2 years ago (Holy fuck i feel old, make time stop)
 
From the looks of it, it has some flaws but still plays better than the normal new-mid player in MP, the idea of that AI from what i remember was that they would be able to survive on the 6 Months Later setting, if i recall correctly they made progress on that.
 
Now we know that the NPCs have the skill to survive in the game without going full Rambo and shooting everyone with shotguns (like the good ol' days), but the important thing that i expect from the NPCs is when they are handicaped.
 
Since they are going to have personalities, some NPCs are going to be more able to survive than others, some will leave the doors open, maybe others will be too noisy, not putting sheets on the window, panicking and screaming (this was in the old NPC code, i recall seeing a video of a NPC just saying "THERES TOO MANY OF THEM" running to the other side while leaving his team alone getting muched on).
 
Here is the mondoid that caused the whole "No NPC in mondois allowed"
http://projectzomboid.com/blog/2014/07/its-an-npc-related-mondoid1-no-hype-pls/
 
The system is there now, the AI is there, i know that they can deliver, its only a matter of waiting.

"We’re tantalizingly close to being able to grab some awesome uninterrupted footage of it working in-game"      

If you guys are old enough to remember that one mondoid about the metaverse, I was like holy shit this is amazing, it could do soo much stuff already, and guess what that was 3 years ago, imagine how hard they have been working on it and how much better it is now. 
 
Tales from the Metaverse.
https://projectzomboid.com/blog/2013/01/tales-from-the-metaverse/
 
If you haven't already, make sure to check it out, this is pretty much my favorite mondoid in PZ ever

If you guys are old enough to remember that one mondoid about the metaverse, I was like holy shit this is amazing, it could do soo much stuff already, and guess what that was 3 years ago, imagine how hard they have been working on it and how much better it is now. 
 
Tales from the Metaverse.
https://projectzomboid.com/blog/2013/01/tales-from-the-metaverse/
 
If you haven't already, make sure to check it out, this is pretty much my favorite mondoid in PZ ever

Now we all know, and respect* that the devs are working very very VERY hard on NPC's but some of us have just been waiting for a really long time, and want to fill our empty single player survival world with some friends. (Now sure, you can just play multiplayer or whatever, but me, throughout my life I've been playing games with bots w/o people and I really enjoyed it. NPCs in this game will have a greater impact to your PZ experience when it does get implemented, but all I really wanted was to have some type of companion/enemy/survivor in the background in my single player play-through.
These mods will give you the ability to spawn NPC's on demand and they will move around and shoot by themselves, Ill let the videos and the mod explain itself.
 
Recommend Installing Both.
Epic Battle Mod (To spawn survivors on demand, END+DELETE Keys)
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=776479138&searchtext=
^Videos in the link
 
Survivors! Mod (More intellegent survivors)
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=786130456
^Videos also in link
 
THIS GUY UPDATES THIS MOD LIKE EVERYDAY AND IT KEEPS GETTING BETTER, This guy is my favorite PZ modder or overall modder in general.
I hope you enjoy these mods as a fill-in for the upcoming NPC's s.
 
EDIT: Use controller if you dont want your NPCs to aim at the same place as you. (Thanks to davisilva26)
*IMPORTANT EDIT* NOLAN UPDATED THE SURIVORS MOD, THEY JUST FOLLOW YOU NOW, W/O FOLLOWING YOUR EVERY MOVEMENT! READ MOD DESC AND DOWNLOAD.

Ehhh, Not rly as fun, no one on my friends list wanna get the game, and most servers with people tend to have massive amounts of corpses. Sometimes I just like to play alone with computer AI  Dont judge me

Now we all know, and respect* that the devs are working very very VERY hard on NPC's but some of us have just been waiting for a really long time, and want to fill our empty single player survival world with some friends. (Now sure, you can just play multiplayer or whatever, but me, throughout my life I've been playing games with bots w/o people and I really enjoyed it. NPCs in this game will have a greater impact to your PZ experience when it does get implemented, but all I really wanted was to have some type of companion/enemy/survivor in the background in my single player play-through.
These mods will give you the ability to spawn NPC's on demand and they will move around and shoot by themselves, Ill let the videos and the mod explain itself.
 
Recommend Installing Both.
Epic Battle Mod (To spawn survivors on demand, END+DELETE Keys)
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=776479138&searchtext=
^Videos in the link
 
Survivors! Mod (More intellegent survivors)
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=786130456
^Videos also in link
 
THIS GUY UPDATES THIS MOD LIKE EVERYDAY AND IT KEEPS GETTING BETTER, This guy is my favorite PZ modder or overall modder in general.
I hope you enjoy these mods as a fill-in for the upcoming NPC's s.
 
EDIT: Use controller if you dont want your NPCs to aim at the same place as you. (Thanks to davisilva26)
*IMPORTANT EDIT* NOLAN UPDATED THE SURIVORS MOD, THEY JUST FOLLOW YOU NOW, W/O FOLLOWING YOUR EVERY MOVEMENT! READ MOD DESC AND DOWNLOAD.

Play multiplayer.

Tbh If you want to play with NPCs and you cant wait for PZ to have them, play other zombie games with NPCs. Death Road to Canada is one of my favorite.
Good old state of decay. They are not as deep as PZ but NPCs there are a lot better than in PZ mods.

I played with xbox control, and the survivors will not follow me with this mod.eu quite liked this much fun mod. sorry I was using google translator.

Now we all know, and respect* that the devs are working very very VERY hard on NPC's but some of us have just been waiting for a really long time, and want to fill our empty single player survival world with some friends. (Now sure, you can just play multiplayer or whatever, but me, throughout my life I've been playing games with bots w/o people and I really enjoyed it. NPCs in this game will have a greater impact to your PZ experience when it does get implemented, but all I really wanted was to have some type of companion/enemy/survivor in the background in my single player play-through.
These mods will give you the ability to spawn NPC's on demand and they will move around and shoot by themselves, Ill let the videos and the mod explain itself.
 
Recommend Installing Both.
Epic Battle Mod (To spawn survivors on demand, END+DELETE Keys)
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=776479138&searchtext=
^Videos in the link
 
Survivors! Mod (More intellegent survivors)
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=786130456
^Videos also in link
 
THIS GUY UPDATES THIS MOD LIKE EVERYDAY AND IT KEEPS GETTING BETTER, This guy is my favorite PZ modder or overall modder in general.
I hope you enjoy these mods as a fill-in for the upcoming NPC's s.
 
EDIT: Use controller if you dont want your NPCs to aim at the same place as you. (Thanks to davisilva26)
*IMPORTANT EDIT* NOLAN UPDATED THE SURIVORS MOD, THEY JUST FOLLOW YOU NOW, W/O FOLLOWING YOUR EVERY MOVEMENT! READ MOD DESC AND DOWNLOAD.

And every time someone asks about NPCs, they set school bus on fire.
 
Sad story, I've experienced this.

Everytime you ask for animations, the Java Gods kill a kitten. Please think about the kitten.

Oh I see, gonna fix that for 35.6 thanks

Something tells me that they will be ready by the end of August.

#patientlywaitingforanimations.