How the mod is performance-wise, especially while using it alongside other mods like Starving Zombies and Wandering Zombies?

On a B41 server with this mod and Starving Zombies, i've seen normal Z transformed in sprinters after eating a corpse. I don't know if it's a feature imlplemented or just a a random cool effect, but i really appreciated this ! :-)

Did you ever consider to mix "Definitve Zombies" with "Starving Zombies" in a way who would makes, in conjunction whith the Decaying module eventually, regenerates and makes a boost to Zombies who have been reccently fed ?
Just an idea...

It scared me when I was driving in my car right after a beer, and said hey that zomboid looks like a deer, and it sprinted towards me while going 100 miles an hour, strafing for the trees and pulverized the rest of that mf on the street floor underneath my cool beautiful zomboid truck but anyways what made it happen? Like make that guy fast asf because aww hell naw

Is it compatible with Yes's Improved Stealth?

Hi @Maku, for some reason I thought you were looking for suggestions of things to add to this mod. Ah well, maybe some day :D

@marty
There are some B41 mods which have that function I believe. I am interested in resurrecting them if they become abandoned once B42 is fully released.

For now I will be focusing on my mod

Great mod, thanks for making it! My wish list:

1. Zombies go inside buildings at dusk and emerge at dawn

2. Zombies attempt to find shelter when raining

3. A percentage of zombies are silent and stationary inside buildings. They don't move or make noise until they see the player. Like their sleeping and/or waiting for you to find them.

@TheKoris68
It is in celsius

the temperature is in celsius or fahrenheit?

@Iadams
Thats a good idea, I will add it to my to do list

@Depraved Arachnophile
Yes, entropy uses days

@Space
From my own testing yes, it works with bandits

@Its Over 9000!!!
Load the modules you want to play with. For your requirement load all the climate modules except for entropy. For Zombies, You can either configure the DZ default zombies to be fast shamblers, or disable them and load the fast shambler preset

@ezeepeezee,
yes randomisation is removed. You can do a pseudo randomisation by adding the "sprinters", "slow shamblers", etc.

@Wastelander
AFAIK, zombie sight only affects detection radius, If I remember correctly it is like 16 tiles on normal. Once a player is detected, zombies have unlimited range and will track the player until line of sight is broken

@VexyWexy
That was how it worked in b41. The problem is that the method creates a greater memory load since it has to "remember" each zombie stat per zombie. Fine if you like low zombie pop. But a nightmare if you like high population

I didn't quite understand how to set up my zombies. I want to turn on almost all the modules except entropy for fast wanderers, but so that they are strong and with weak strength. How do I turn on the modules?

Is this compatible with Bandits?

What timescale does the entropy option use? Days?

You should add an option to dynamically check/change zombie stats based on distance to the player, to maximize performance while still improving immersion in the long run. In short, far away = slow updates, close = fast updates

Would it be possible to just have a simple way to have random values for each zombie stat (memory, site, hearing, toughness, strength) instead of a bunch of presets? Like latest B42 has "random between normal and poor" for memory, site and hearing.
Right now you're just limited to the presets and having more presets would just make it so much more complicated to configure. Maybe have a single preset that allows you to just pick "Random between x and y" for each stat?

Fun Zombie Options Ideas for the custom zeds: (assuming using scent of blood, starving zombies, more zombie behavior, thump with friends and such mods)...

"Chaos Sprinter" - high speed but low int, sight, memory, hearing... will run to smells/sounds, etc, but probably not see you on the way.

"Smart Shambler" - slow, but with high cognition and memory - will get there eventually, and open the door for the others...

"Smart Sprinter" - Fast, high cognition but low toughness/strength - good for those fun surprises!

"Pinpoint Shambler" - Slow, but pinpoint hearing, & long memory - these are the ones that will find you and start thumpin' on a door or window to call in the others.

The fact that I can spread out their traits like above, divide by approx percentages, and then have ALL of them dynamically affected by weather/time/worldage/temp/daylight&dark, etc.. is amazing.

i have a question about blind zombies, how blind are they? like don't see at all. could you set them to full blind if you wanted to? thanks

Am I misunderstanding the settings, or does this mod remove the ability to assign random attributes to zombies the way you can in vanilla?

@PepperCat
Yes you can uncheck the default zombies without any issue if you have the three presets loaded

Hello!! Loved this mod in B41 and I'm finally returning to it in B42! I wanted to ask, If I load the three presets (Shamblers, Sprinters and Fast Shamblers), I can safely disable the default, right?

Thanks for the recent updates! Many users want different things. NPC's ect. But i want dynamic convincing behaviour. Add in something like wandering zombies It completely change the game And also your mod and the updates your pushing. It could be one the best mods on the workshop for those looking for something else

So Thank you

Add in at least one zombie module

So how exactly do I negate the errors from happening? (ive tried only definitive zombies mod and still has erros).

Thanks so much! It worked for me when I activated the zombie module as zombie A.
Then I activated the core, the zombie A module, and then activated the climates. It works like a charm!

They are partly compatable, no real errors pop up or anything but zombs walk at normal pace until near, then the walker shamblers mod kicks in and they walk really slowly it's just a bit strange in some ways, best way is to see for yourself and try the shambler mod with this mod. I'm not best at explaining things really so for that I apologise

@Avihs158 Why would you need a patch? Just disabled sprinters and fast shamblers in the settings

Hi is there any chance of a compatability patch between this mod and walkers shambles twd please? Thank you for mod again

That will probably help with the confusion, judging my the comments a lot of people are having the same confusion lol

@Bosterk
You need to load a DZ zombie module for now.

I just finished testing the new Climate which comes with the fix, but its pretty late, so I will release it tomorrow as I will be around to rollback if I break something

@RagingLoony
Good point on usability, I will have to add a "default" DZ zombie with the CORE module in that case

I'm trying to play with a config I had in b41, now I'm trying to redo it in b42, it has wandering zombies, real weather, it has calm before storm, and it would be really cool to be able to play it with definitive zombie since real weather generates some really cool conditions. I've tried only activating the core and some modules like temperature and when the character starts to move the chunk starts to give errors, first 2 or 3 errors appear and then an aggressive count of more than 10 thousand errors starts, I've tried it with the mods and also with only DZ, I really don't know what to do

The reason its assumed you dont need a zombie module is because you can tailor those settings in default sandbox options with the game, so when you look at it, the zombies modules look like extra presets you add on top of the vanilla games ones, not that they're modules the mod requires in order to run

compatible with Yes' Improved Stealth v2?

@RagingLoony, @Bosterk
Endless errors fix is done, but I am releasing another climate with it, hopefully by tomorrow.

As for the endless errors...is there a reason why you want to play with DZ when it is not working? (DZ requires at least a climate and zombie module active)

Hi! When I try to play, I'm getting endless errors. It won't stop. How can I fix this?

Any news on the fix for the spamming errors with no zombie module enabled?

I'm struggling with these settings; can someone please tell me how or even if what I'm trying to accomplish is even possible. .

What I want:

ALL zomboids start off as sprinters for the first couple of weeks, then they slowly degrade to fast shamblers and then about 6 months later they become as slow as possible but also walking skeletons - I'm trying to model the bodies breaking down until after about a year or so they all die as the organic matter have degenerated until they are just bones on the ground.

Can I do this, if so, please can someone explain how?

Is there a way to make it so that only certain zombie types are affected by certain climate modules? And if not are there plans to do so?

@Avihs158
I have added a fix for the infinite error, the downside is that unless you look at the console logs, you will think that DZ is broken

@Tempest, @Haypo
Sure, I will look at a way to make the tooltips more informative

@Ebat_Axyel
You cant do that with this mod, it is from another B41 mod which I dont think is updated to b42

I was getting constant error when near zeds. put in a zombie module and it corrected the issue. Love the mod BTW, makes the game so much more challenging, thank you!

I have to say I agree with Tempest. I had to examine each Lua file to understand that depending on which sub mod you have enabled "Interval" means different things. I definitely think it would help to expand on the tooltip in each submod

The mod perfectly complements the game, but how do you make most zombies hide in buildings during the day and be active at night?

It's still very unclear. 'Interval' means nothing. I know that you know what it means, but it's about communicating to people who don't know what you know. You really should have explained it more clearly here and maybe even given an example. But 'interval' means nothing - there's no 'context' for it.

@TEMPEST
There should be a tooltip that explains what both means. Unless you are saying that the tooltip is still unclear

Do you have a guide? The word 'interval' and the fractional value mean nothing without context. I have no idea how to change or what to change or what anything is.

@SubwayKink tera.gg
Day and Night climate has been merged into a single climate (Daylight) To get immobile(slow shamblers) in the day and active (sprinters) in the night, do the following:

- load the daylight module
- set interval 0 to increase speed by 99 stages.
- set interval 1 to increase speed by 99 stages.
- set interval 2 to decrease speed by 99 stages
- set interval 3 to decrease speed by 99 stages

This will cause the zombies to become sprinters at night, and slow shamblers in the day. If you are working with fast shamblers, you can skip the steps for interval 1 and 2 and get a small window where the zombies are going to change their speed

Am i able to customize the day and night climate to make it so zombies are immobile during day and more active during night somehow? Thank You!

Make zombies be hiding from the rain in the nearby buildings.