Ciber Ninja

You just have to guard yourself against your own bias. That is, be critical of yourself and what reinforces your belief, not just the thing you feel deserves criticism.
 
So you have a game that sold millions of copies in the last few years, has more players per hour after a year without updates than it did for the 8-9 years, and has exceedingly positive reviews, yet also most of that success comes from people none of us will ever hear from, who played far less than any of us will ever play (at least as forum members). Is it really going to die because of the contents of this thread or the criticism of those YouTube videos?
 
Being a pessimist and someone that works on the game, who got a job because I was unrelentingly critical of the game and worked my way from tech support to management by filling any perceived holes I could, and yet saw it succeed despite my concerns and dour predictions, when I criticize myself and my own response to this, I lean towards “No. it’s more likely these criticisms come from fatigue due to playing the game 10x over those and wanting to reignite the spark with the new update and, in some cases, it comes from hitching one’s star to the game and depending on it to generate more content to survive (finding difficulty in pivoting to other things).” (At least for now — there are limits to everything, just compared to the bad old days, a year is nothing. It’s also year without breaking mods, without destroying saves, without fatigue from small updates, to boot.)
 
When dealing with people, there’s just more than what’s being said. There’s what’s driving it and what it means and what they might have actually meant but couldn’t express clearly, even what they remembered differently from what happened. And worse, it’s mostly personal opinion , all the way down, and therefore inaccurate and imprecise. You can’t just take anything at face value and run with it, even if it agrees with your position (or speaks to one’s anxieties).

Update  07.03.2023

THE MAP

Was added the map to the plan section. I finally finished this routined thing. Hooray.
Well you can see the maximized size of map which could be for this project, but it doesn't mean what everything will be created. It's only PLAN. Anyway I will follow to maximized sizes but it will be long adventure.
 

A new question that becomes even more relevant with the introduction of a new global lighting system: if a character in a dark corridor does not see, but hears a zombie that already exists, but has not yet been drawn by the game, he can shoot into the darkness, but this will not do anything, because the zombie is disembodied until the game draws it?
Or until the zombie is drawn by the game, it will not be heard?

I'm not a "multi-person team". This is "my" private tool, my github page...
Coded it on my own. and yep it's possible to reverse anything without massive effort.

On Github, under release there is compiled version of each tools =)
And yes 32 floors for buildingEd was to be able to made building before v42 was out.
Some mappers already work on maps for this version.
I'll update everything and release compiled version of last version during July with full v42 support and some new features.

Added templates for custom doors.

Added link to topic for Advertisement and Sign templates by Хибити\Hibiti [BLR].

Updated with wall tile templates.
 
If a mod would be so kind as to maybe move this to Tutorials and Resources? Think it would be better suited there.
 
Edit: Updated floor tiles with transparency.

TileSetZ

From a simple texture, generate all tiles you need for your Project Zomboid Map.

Walls, Doors Frames, WIndows Frames, Floor, Walls Roofs..

You only need ONE texture and a simple click

https://github.com/Unjammer/TileSetZ


 
v0.0.3: Updated to add "Street Curb Blend" v0.0.2: App ported to fw4.7.2, more convenient. v0.0.1alpha : first public release, fill free to report bugs or any comments =)
Release Link and source on GitHub

Project Zomboid Vanilla Map exported to TMX


 
based on Project Zomboid 41.78 (stable) 2841 cells exported 117 441 rooms  
All cells are exported as is. Each tile is exported at proper floor, layer and position.
All buildings are exported Room by Room, each room has is own TBX file. All TMX files are linked to TBX files Kentucky_full.pzw = Full Map with all RoomDefs and Objects. Layers Names are "by default" and can be changed as you want. Objects are visible on WorldEd This map is not provided by TIS, and result of a massive reverse engineering of .lotheader, .lotpack, tilespack, .bin files of Project Zomboid Game.

Now you can go on https://github.com/Unjammer/PZ_Vanilla_Map and download the entire reversed Vanilla map

A common question on mapping,

For a long time the only answer was "No". BUT since few months, I created an exporter to reverse the Vanilla map to an editable format.
Now you can load Project Zomboid Vanilla map in your Mapping tools and made the change you always dreamed of !

This exporter is not released yet, but offer possibility to edit old or borken map. And already give ability to some mappers to revive long lost project.


 

 
 

craftable tarp door and other tarp things, bag; curtains, sheed; wall-barrier.
 
allso other covers for door: sheet; cloathing mishmash; branches..

yea, maybe letting you do it with empty cans of food like in The Long Dark would give a reason to not just drop tin cans as soon as you get them

Yes. That is exactly what Zombie Population multiplier does.
 
Just use Zombie population multiplier using the settings listed above. 
You will get exactly what you want. 
 
Except for the stronger zombies over time, that isn't a thing.
 
 

Bump, updated now around 600 maps... Same link as above.
 

 
Added Mod ID and Descriptions.
 


 
Sorted the Layers alphabetically, except for the base map and vanilla towns.
 

Something I've been working on. Approximately 400 modded maps. Please let me know what you think. I wanted to make it where you could overlay all the Maps in Access but figured that would be too much work ><! The layered images will work for that. My Vanilla Map cells may not be exactly correct but should be pretty close. I did not do any Standalone Map Mods only ones that add to Vanilla. I'm sure there are errors in the Conflicts sections. I would like to add a description for each map as well, just takes time... I hope this will help modders locate their maps in more unused spaces. Shout out to CartoZed's creator, it's an awesome program!
 
All images were stored in C:\Users\Administrator\Pictures\2DView\ and C:\Users\Administrator\Pictures\Maps\ make sure you extract the pictures to these locations.
 
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1saH2ETex7zO8wtWLm8VEdAwYb-lil3qQ
 
Access Database
Map Selector on Top Top Left Vanilla Map with Vanilla Towns and Modded Map Overlay, black cells unused on Vanilla. Top Right Vanilla Map Outline and Modded Map location Overlay. Center - Overlay color, cell locations. Bottom Left CartoZed 2D Render of cells. If additional maps they are shown below as well, only a few mods. Bottom Right - Conflicts - Modded Maps that also occupy the same cell location or a portion of it.

 



 
Included Layered Picture with all maps, 100x100 pixels for cell positioning accuracy. PSPIMAGE & PDS files Korean City goes past Cell 100 to 105 but I did not want to resize the Map to accommodate it's position...  
 
Excel Spreadsheet for Table loading if you want to change file locations, you would have to modify the non Overlay images picture property. Skip the Colored column and import the Active column as Yes/No instead of text.
 
 

Update  13.02.2023

BRIDGES + FIELDS

CHANGES

- added 1 new cell.
- added new fields
- added a lot of nature things and fences

WAS ADDED
 
Buildings: + 18
Rooms: + 92
Room rects: + 125 
Room objects: + 124
 

SOLVED:   gates tiles in fixtures_doors_fences_01 file

Update  03.02.2023

NEW LANDS

CHANGES
 
-  added 7 new cells with marking of yards, houses, etc. I mainly worked on landscape and nature. A lot of small different nuances have been made that are not so noticeable at first glance (gardens, fields, plantings, fences and everything else).
 
Bad news: I decided to change the number of cells for the first beta, since the map was very cut off, so sorry for those who were waiting for the release of the first beta, but its release is delayed indefinitely (also in Ukraine there is very often no electricity - so it is very difficult to develop the map because I have to make a lot of saves, etc.)
 

And an urban cell. 

hello, just want to share my first map project.
took me 21 days to (finish)

Hello survivors, I've been wanting to start this project for a while now, I'm a big fan of the classic sims and like many players in this community, I've been curious to see these two games combined.
My goal with this project is to recreate the most iconic sims neighborhoods, only using base objects from the current game, I will not use custom textures, I will also take some creative liberties to be able to better adapt the structures, as well as furnish the empty buildings.

I will try to join all the zones together to make it a complete sims neighborhood map, if you would like to help me with the constructions you can write me or also contact me on my Discord server. https://discord.gg/gZGqjqQMkU
 
First Sims 1 Neighborhood Expanded with AI.

 
These are the current progress:
#1 https://www.patreon.com/posts/67942880
#2 https://www.patreon.com/posts/sims-zomboid-2-76542402
#3 https://www.patreon.com/posts/sims-zomboid-3-77218469

My crystal ball says: probably

In fact it is entirely possible! I was investigating this possibility just a few months ago. The fence tools are written in LUA, so you should in theory be able to edit them. I don't recall the exact file structure, but just take a look through the tiled files. I suggest you get an IDE like VS Code. It can be a bit intimidating without syntax highlighting.

I am planning on mixing both, using remake locations in different spots to fill up the gaps. Right now I'm taking it a bit slow, but project is still alive.