Blasted_Taco

Well they said well in the past that there was going to be a SP test build first in IWBUMS and then MP, but alas that never happen and now it might happen? I didnt get that last part right, we just went into a big loop.
 
Also its great to see that the metal+microwave tactic is finally going to be viable, but what ever happen to gaining XP from watching TV? That was forgotten? The TV has been part of the game for a long time and yet that feature is not in place yet.
 
Overall i loved how informative this mondoid was after the dry state of the mondoids before it.

Well they said well in the past that there was going to be a SP test build first in IWBUMS and then MP, but alas that never happen and now it might happen? I didnt get that last part right, we just went into a big loop.
 
Also its great to see that the metal+microwave tactic is finally going to be viable, but what ever happen to gaining XP from watching TV? That was forgotten? The TV has been part of the game for a long time and yet that feature is not in place yet.
 
Overall i loved how informative this mondoid was after the dry state of the mondoids before it.

Well they said well in the past that there was going to be a SP test build first in IWBUMS and then MP, but alas that never happen and now it might happen? I didnt get that last part right, we just went into a big loop.
 
Also its great to see that the metal+microwave tactic is finally going to be viable, but what ever happen to gaining XP from watching TV? That was forgotten? The TV has been part of the game for a long time and yet that feature is not in place yet.
 
Overall i loved how informative this mondoid was after the dry state of the mondoids before it.

Well they said well in the past that there was going to be a SP test build first in IWBUMS and then MP, but alas that never happen and now it might happen? I didnt get that last part right, we just went into a big loop.
 
Also its great to see that the metal+microwave tactic is finally going to be viable, but what ever happen to gaining XP from watching TV? That was forgotten? The TV has been part of the game for a long time and yet that feature is not in place yet.
 
Overall i loved how informative this mondoid was after the dry state of the mondoids before it.

Well they said well in the past that there was going to be a SP test build first in IWBUMS and then MP, but alas that never happen and now it might happen? I didnt get that last part right, we just went into a big loop.
 
Also its great to see that the metal+microwave tactic is finally going to be viable, but what ever happen to gaining XP from watching TV? That was forgotten? The TV has been part of the game for a long time and yet that feature is not in place yet.
 
Overall i loved how informative this mondoid was after the dry state of the mondoids before it.

Well they said well in the past that there was going to be a SP test build first in IWBUMS and then MP, but alas that never happen and now it might happen? I didnt get that last part right, we just went into a big loop.
 
Also its great to see that the metal+microwave tactic is finally going to be viable, but what ever happen to gaining XP from watching TV? That was forgotten? The TV has been part of the game for a long time and yet that feature is not in place yet.
 
Overall i loved how informative this mondoid was after the dry state of the mondoids before it.

Well they said well in the past that there was going to be a SP test build first in IWBUMS and then MP, but alas that never happen and now it might happen? I didnt get that last part right, we just went into a big loop.
 
Also its great to see that the metal+microwave tactic is finally going to be viable, but what ever happen to gaining XP from watching TV? That was forgotten? The TV has been part of the game for a long time and yet that feature is not in place yet.
 
Overall i loved how informative this mondoid was after the dry state of the mondoids before it.

Well they said well in the past that there was going to be a SP test build first in IWBUMS and then MP, but alas that never happen and now it might happen? I didnt get that last part right, we just went into a big loop.
 
Also its great to see that the metal+microwave tactic is finally going to be viable, but what ever happen to gaining XP from watching TV? That was forgotten? The TV has been part of the game for a long time and yet that feature is not in place yet.
 
Overall i loved how informative this mondoid was after the dry state of the mondoids before it.

someone remind me why it is imperative nobody plays the animations build until MP gets it too

This mod lets structures come crashing down when their support structures are removed. All structures must have a wall in a 5x5 area below or get destroyed.
Also prevents players from building floors more than 3 tiles away from any wall.
Be aware that any player (and zombie) that is below a crashing structure will get hurt, maybe even killed...

Mod preview image by Onkeen. Thanks!
 
I'm still working on the details and effects of this, so if you have any suggestions, feel free to reply!
 
 
This is what happens when you remove enough supporting structures:

 
This is the new maximum distance to build floors:

 
And this is what happens when you stand below a single floortile crashing down on you:

 
 
And finally, download the mod here:
From the workshop: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=836161359
From github: https://github.com/blind-coder/pz-bcGravity/releases
Requires bcUtils: https://github.com/blind-coder/pz-bcUtils/releases
 
Changelog:
 
Enjoy!

But why sleeping regens health tho?
 
Also, i dont know if it happens already or not, but maybe sleeping hungry should be difficult, thus you sleep very little or nothing at all, if you are literally starving you shouldnt be able to sleep for more than 2 hours without waking up.

But why sleeping regens health tho?
 
Also, i dont know if it happens already or not, but maybe sleeping hungry should be difficult, thus you sleep very little or nothing at all, if you are literally starving you shouldnt be able to sleep for more than 2 hours without waking up.

Build IWBUMS 36.4:
 
[Balance]
Lower the health regen when sleeping if you're starving.
Reduced the health loss done by starving.
 
[Bug Fix]
Fixed "Fruit Salad" being "Salad".
Fixed "Add" ingredient for evolved recipe being "From"
Fixed creating a new character keeping your previous traits for free.
Fixed translation errors in UI_EN.txt

I suggested this some time ago.
 
I just like The Long Dark approach where if the place is competently dark you cant read.
 
Candles and flashlights along with batteries are competently useless right now, this would make them very useful, along with the night events where zombies will see light in the house and may be attracted to them. 
 
Maybe the game could check if you have a flashlight with batteries before reading in the dark and automatically equip it and produce a small light aura, same goes with candles and strike matches/ lighters, you take out the micromanagement and it becomes a thing about resources (batteries, candles).
 
Also the character could say something along the lines of "Its too dark to read here" so new players understand that they need a light source.

Maybe in lower light, reading is slowed as it is harder to make out the words, and so understand sentence in context, etc. 
 
And, if there is no light, then it's impossible to read.
 
The effect should be mitigated by cat's eyes

Yes, I can't wait to replace someone typing noooo with a frustrated sound of a person fuming and screaming at me over voice chat while I follow his bleeding character down the road with my shotgun.

Alright, so first of; if you're unable to respond nothing but sarcasm; go fuck yourself.

Secondly; TIS is a company, a business, and I bought a product from their company because of their advertisement based on promises that claimed NPC's and vehicles in their online world. A promise that has not yet been even close to being delivered, MANY years after advertising with it. So if you can't understand why I might have questions about how a product I invested in is doing in its developement; then go fuck yourself.

Thirdly; if you've heard this many times before, there might be a reason for that. It's not just coincidence. It's not just me asking this question. If you take a look on their Steam-page, there are HUNDREDS more asking the exact same question - namely because there is no one addressing the issue about the lack of the core elements that was advertised in this game.
If you're unable to understand this; then go fuck yourself.

We're done here.

SlyWolf and VanVon;
Thank you, for both responding like normal people, and not like the rest of the dim-witted fanboys that seems to saturate this forum. There is nothing wrong with asking questions about a product, especially not when you've personally invested in the business - to further their potential. 

For what is worth.
 
The devs knows that the game needs to be finished, so lets put that aside.
 
Project Zomboid has the reputation of slow development speed and for good reasons, shit happens, some features take less time than others and builds start going crazy, some features need to be pushed back so the completed features go forward and all that good stuff. Hiring new staff wont fix the development speed.
 
 
So what would be a small feature or update?
Right now to be finished, the game needs NPCs, hunting, the map with Louisville or al least Fort Knox and vehicles.
 
Now, NPCs, hunting and Vehicles are tied to the animation system that has been going for a long time, you cant make any advances on those features because well, like you said, you would need to rewrite everything.
 
As far as i can tell,  we are in a place where there is no smaller thing, that would be something similar to what happen in Build 35 where they pumped out features the community wanted to fill in the gaps while waiting for the animations, look at how that turned out because the animations kept begin delayed because shit kept happening, we just need to accept that the features will take a long ass time to get completed, i know in my heart that the animations wont get into the game until February or something like that and it hurts, but there is nothing you or i can do to speed up the process.
 
Project Zomboid was out even when early access was a thing,  back then was a tech demo out and the promise of "If you liked what you saw, you will get this and more if you buy our game", it was a promise between customer and dev and it still stands, even after the robbery, the bomb squad shit and everything that has happen to TIS, they still push forward to finish the damn game.
 
You just need to accept that TIS wont be any faster than it was right now, but its faster than it was way before, it cant get worse than this and the final product can only get better.
 
 

There is a mod that adds vehicles, that fills that neat little gap that you and i experience. 
But the real pain is in MP, i still dont know how people do the trips in modded maps like, the game map becomes huge, i just dont see the appeal of running that time either. 

Build 36.4:
 
 
[New]
Added SteamID to PVP's log Added DisplayName column in whitelist table in the database Now dump the server's console into users/YOU/zomboid/server-console.txt Added more zones to Rosewood and March Ridge for respawn/forage Switched dll compiller to VS 2013 + rebuild all dll's (should no more require VCredist 2015 to work) Items can now use the RequireInHandOrInventory properties (list, separated by /) For now used only on Cigarettes which will require either a lighhter or matches Added multi sprite objects to movables (max 4x4 grid) Multi Sprite Movables: Some multi sprite movables can appear as a single item and are added to inventory like the other movables (for example a 2 tile painting) Most multi sprite movables however need to be broken down into parts. For example beds and big cabinets etc. They require a tool and when performing a 'pick up' action the object is broken down into several heavy parts, one part for each tile, which are spawned on ground. The parts are named "Object name 1/2" etc. Electrician will now start with create various radios recipes Added tooltip on various Radios "Equip as primary or secondary item to operate radio." Added a tradingUI for MP: Right click a player, select "Trade" to open the new window. Drag & drop items from your main inventory to your offer, once you're done click "Seal Offer" When both player sealed their offer, you can click "Finalize Deal" Added watering can to items that can be on ground & filled with rain water Add a break sound when failing to fix an item Added a mini scoreboard in the admin panel: Little UI showing all players connected (self updating), right click any player to bring a context menu to either teleport to him, teleport him to you, make him invisible or enable godmode [MODDERS] You can now override recipes, just make a new recipe with the same name than the one you want to override and add a Override:true. [MODDERS] Added an "Obsolete:true" property to recipes, using this will make them not in game Added an item editor for admins in MP: Right click an item (not a stack of item!) and click "Edit Item" to access the new UI. You can modify various properties like color, name, damage, range, hunger reduction, etc... Large furniture placing now checks tiles on floor for parts, however atleast 1 part must be in inventory. Radio items can be dropped on floor as item (when draggin them into container panel) Added description to every server options for the ServerOptionsUI Improve the "Invite Friends UI": added colors to friend's status, better sorting: online first, then busy/away, then offline, also added a name filtering. Added a disclaimer on main screen to show what's new in the version (will be mostly used for public branch, but adding it here so translators can translate it to be ready for public)  
[Balance]
Removed nightmares when sleeping in MP Lowered water dispenser waterAmount from 400 to 250 Added nutrition values on home made bread dough Made walk to timed actions still work for Fast Forward x1 Decreased time needed for food to create compost in the composter Lowered the berries calories (mostly from 70 to 20) Lowered the mushroom calories Increase *3 rabbit nutrition values Various increase in trapping animals nutrition Lower the health regen when sleeping if you're starving. Reduced the health loss done by starving.  
[Bug Fix]
Fixed MaxAccountPerUser server option not working correctly Removed moderators being able to alter the database in the dbviewer Fixed bug with display name and factions Players in faction will now have the updated list of players in their faction Fixed a bug in the zone export making all the new zone non appears (need a new game) Can now sterilize water mug using fire/oven Boredom will increase way slower if you're reading (can still get bored after a while) Changed movable item icons to reflect the actual object rather then category icons Changed movable items can no longer be dropped on floors (other containers still possible) Changed dragging movable item to world now activates the movable cursor for that item Fixed tents not using the new sleeping code (didn't check if you were tired, etc.) Crafted radios won't have battery inside it Walk to action will be stopped if you fast forward (avoid anti-colision bug) Fixed game crashing with option 'nosound' Added missing "break sound" on some items Another attempt to fix the non-stop ringing alarm clock Fixed stuck mute volume bug for radio/tv's after chunk unload/reload Fixed antique oven not working after move Fixed bug that broke dismantling Fixed certain cartboxes that werent being able to be placed on floor. Fixed not being able to sleep with a controller Fixed not being able to interact with player's made item with a controller (painting, barricading...) Fixed not being able to interact with multi stage item with a controller Fixed various bug on safehouses: Being able to transfer a safehouse to someone who owns a safehouse Owner wasn't taking in the "last time visited" calcul Fixed composter respawning items You now can't add frozen food to your evolved recipe Fixed recipes using wrong Alarm Clock/Digital Watch Fixed "SleepAllowed" server options not working for sleeping in tent Fixed being able to upgrade wall without having the required materials Fixed "Fruit Salad" being "Salad". Fixed "Add" ingredient for evolved recipe being "From" Fixed creating a new character keeping your previous traits for free. Fixed translation errors in UI_EN.txt  
 
Patches:

Maybe!?............................what is life anymore.

Well, at least we know that next year we are going to get the new animations, thats for sure.

I superimposed the thumbnail of the new eastern area onto the existing map. It's pretty rudimentary right now, but hopefully it'll help you gain your bearings while the interactive map gets updated.
I also labeled a few points of interest that I've come across.
 
 

This is now in public branch!

This is one i really like, a total nerf to the campfires of doom and it kinda makes sense.
 
Dunno how hard it would be to implement though