Project Zomboid 42.1.1 (Build 42 Unstable) patch notes

What changed

• NEWCrafting recipes

  Added recipe for crafting Molotov

  Molotovs now have a crafting recipe, so you can make your own.

  Added recipe for crafting Molotov.

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• NEWCrafting recipes

  Added a craft recipe for Sawing a Plank from a Large Branch

  Added a craft recipe for Sawing a Plank from a Large Branch.

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• CHANGECooking

  If an input with that flag is Burnt, Cooked, or Frozen

  Crafting recipes can now pass on whether an ingredient is burnt, cooked or frozen to the item you make from it.

  If an input with that flag is Burnt, Cooked, or Frozen, according to the code the output should also be Burnt, Cooked or Frozen.

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• NEWGeneral

  Added Fire Axe Head item and enabled all of the business with them breaking and being assembled and disassembled like other axe items

  The Fire Axe now has a separate Fire Axe Head, so it can break, be taken apart and be put back together like other axes.

  Added Fire Axe Head item and enabled all of the business with them breaking and being assembled and disassembled like other axe items.

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• CHANGEMasonry

  Added Masonry business vehicles so more Masonry Chisels spawn

  Masonry business vehicles can now spawn, so Masonry Chisels are easier to find.

  Added Masonry business vehicles so more Masonry Chisels spawn.

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• CHANGEVehicles

  Added Craft Supply business vehicles so more Clay spawns

  Craft Supply business vehicles can now spawn, so Clay is easier to find.

  Added Craft Supply business vehicles so more Clay spawns.

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• NEWCrafting recipes

  Added Wooden Spade item and carving recipe

  The Wooden Spade is a new item that you can make with its own carving recipe.

  Added Wooden Spade item and carving recipe.

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• CHANGETrees

  Adjusted how trees are evaluated based on their tile definition properties to determine their size and whether they yield logs

  Trees are now sized by their tile properties, which decides how big each tree counts as and whether it gives logs when chopped.

  Adjusted how trees are evaluated based on their tile definition properties to determine their size and whether they yield logs.

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• CHANGETrees

  A distinction was introduced within the smallest class of trees

  The smallest trees are now split into really small and small trees, so the two sizes can give different yields when chopped.

  A distinction was introduced within the smallest class of trees, differentiating between "really small" and "small" trees.

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• CHANGETrees

  The really small trees will now drop one Log and a Sapling, bigger trees drop more Logs

  Really small trees now give one Log and a Sapling when chopped, and bigger trees give more Logs.

  The really small trees will now drop one Log and a Sapling, bigger trees drop more Logs.

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• CHANGETrees

  Revised tree health calculations to account for changes in log yield

  Tree health has been recalculated to match the new log yields, so how much chopping a tree takes lines up with how many Logs it gives.

  Revised tree health calculations to account for changes in log yield.

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• CHANGETrees

  Note: Players with existing savegames will need to travel to unexplored areas for the "small but not really small trees" to drop logs when chopped down

  In existing saves, small trees that are not really small only drop logs in areas you have not explored yet, so travel to new ground to get logs from them.

  Note: Players with existing savegames will need to travel to unexplored areas for the "small but not really small trees" to drop logs when chopped down.

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• CHANGETrees

  Large enough oak trees can sometimes drop acorns when chopped down

  Large enough oak trees now sometimes drop acorns when you chop them down.

  Large enough oak trees can sometimes drop acorns when chopped down.

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• CHANGETrees

  Rebalanced tree chopping yields as excess Large Branches were dropping due to redundant code

  Chopping trees now gives fewer Large Branches, because a bug was making them drop too many.

  Rebalanced tree chopping yields as excess Large Branches were dropping due to redundant code.

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• BUFFStress

  Lowered base stress from the trailer crash story to avoid Ram/Bull killing players on sight

  The trailer crash story now gives less base stress, so the Ram or Bull there is less likely to kill players on sight.

  Lowered base stress from the trailer crash story to avoid Ram/Bull killing players on sight.

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• FIXGeneral

  Fixed: missing craftRecipe for assembling spears from proper spear heads

  Spears can now be crafted from proper spear heads, since the missing recipe for it has been added back.

  Fixed missing craftRecipe for assembling spears from proper spear heads.

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• FIXVehicle keys

  Added a check to prevent car keys from spawning in explored containers

  Car keys no longer spawn in containers you have already searched.

  Added a check to prevent car keys from spawning in explored containers.

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• MS

  FIXMultiple systems

  Fixed: pathfinding failing going up or down carpentry stairs

  Characters can now path up and down carpentry stairs properly, and a problem with negative world coordinates is also fixed.

  Fixed pathfinding failing going up or down carpentry stairs, as well as an issue with negative world coordinates.

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• FIXVehicles

  Fixed: vehicles ceasing to operate on the edges of the world

  Fixed vehicles ceasing to operate on the edges of the world.

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• FIXBasements

  Fixed: alarm clocks not waking up players in basements

  Fixed alarm clocks not waking up players in basements.

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• FIXCorpses

  Fixed: unequipping animal corpse not dropping them on the ground

  Unequipping an animal corpse now drops it on the ground as it should.

  Fixed unequipping animal corpse not dropping them on the ground.

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• MS

  FIXMultiple systems

  Fixed: bugs when teleporting while in a vehicle

  Teleporting while in a vehicle now removes you from the vehicle first, which fixes the duplications and players sometimes getting trapped inside cars.

  Fixed bugs when teleporting while in a vehicle, which also caused duplications and sometimes trapping players inside cars.

  • Fixed bugs when teleporting while in a vehicle, which also caused duplications and sometimes trapping players inside cars.
  • Players will now be removed from a vehicle before being teleported.
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• FIXVehicles

  Now any time a character in a vehicle teleports, it is funneled through one java function in IsoGameCharacter.java that will properly remove them from a vehicle

  Any character who teleports while in a vehicle is now properly removed from the vehicle.

  Now any time a character in a vehicle teleports, it is funneled through one java function in IsoGameCharacter.java that will properly remove them from a vehicle.

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• FIXPottery

  Pottery kiln recipes should now accept any charcoal type

  Pottery kiln recipes should now accept any charcoal type.

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• FIXGeneral

  Fixed: Make Improsived Flashlight not consuming the tin can

  Making an Improvised Flashlight now uses up the tin can.

  Fixed Make Improsived Flashlight not consuming the tin can.

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• CHANGEFood

  This is intended to automate translating all of the food

  Recipes that split food, such as a pot of soup into bowls, are being set up to pass nutrition and cooked, poisoned or old status on to each portion.

  • This is intended to automate translating all of the food qualities from the appropriate input to the appropriate product(s), such as properly splitting a pot of soup into bowls of soup, with all of the proper nutrition, cooked, poison, old, etc.
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• NEWVehicles

  Added Florist business vehicles because we have pretty flowers

  Florist business vehicles can now spawn in the world.

  Added Florist business vehicles because we have pretty flowers.

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• CHANGETrees

  Holly trees can sometimes drop Holly Berries when chopped down

  Chopping down a holly tree can now sometimes give you Holly Berries as well.

  Holly trees can sometimes drop Holly Berries when chopped down.

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• CHANGETrees

  Large enough pine trees can sometimes drop pine cones when chopped down

  Large enough pine trees now sometimes drop pine cones when you chop them down.

  Large enough pine trees can sometimes drop pine cones when chopped down.

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• CHANGEMap

  Crayons can be used to make green marks on the map

  Crayons now let you draw green marks on your map.

  Crayons can be used to make green marks on the map.

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• FIXGeneral

  Fixed: Null-ref Crashes on User Machines due to missing Display.capabilities

  A crash on some players' computers, caused by missing display information, has been fixed.

  Fixed Null-ref Crashes on User Machines due to missing Display.capabilities

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• FIXVehicles

  Fixed: off-by-one issue with which chunks are loaded around vehicles and ragdolls in negative world coordinates

  Vehicles and ragdolls in negative world coordinates now load the correct nearby map chunks, fixing an off-by-one error.

  Fixed off-by-one issue with which chunks are loaded around vehicles and ragdolls in negative world coordinates.

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• CHANGEAnimals

  Limit the numbers of dung/feathers that can spawn according to the animal's zone size

  Animals now leave a limited amount of dung and feathers, and the limit depends on the size of their zone.

  Limit the numbers of dung/feathers that can spawn according to the animal's zone size.

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• FIXFood

  Fixed: rotten/stale text on fertilized eggs (they were still considered as fresh, but text was wrong)

  Fertilized eggs no longer wrongly say they are rotten or stale; they were always treated as fresh.

  Fixed rotten/stale text on fertilized eggs (they were still considered as fresh, but text was wrong).

  • Fixed rotten/stale text on fertilized eggs (they were still considered as fresh, but text was wrong). Hi, Dipper.
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• FIXBasements

  Added safety checks to several functions that set the Z-level for game elements to ensure that they don't set their Z-level to be below the minimum or above the maximum Z-level of the game engine

  Characters and objects can no longer end up placed above or below the game's height limits, which helps with teleporting and basement bugs.

  • Related to issues with both teleporting and basements, added safety checks to several functions that set the Z-level for game elements to ensure that they don't set their Z-level to be below the minimum or above the maximum Z-level of the game engine.
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• FIXVehicles

  Fixed: the vehicle dashboard remaining on screen when teleporting from within a vehicle

  Fixed the vehicle dashboard remaining on screen when teleporting from within a vehicle.

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• FIXZombies

  Fixed: zombies from ambulance stories not wearing masks

  Ambulance Driver and Doctor zombies from ambulance stories now sometimes wear surgical masks, with 10% of them wearing one.

  Fixed zombies from ambulance stories not wearing masks. 10% of Ambulance Driver and Doctor outfit zombies will be wearing surgical masks.

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