Project Zomboid 42.10 (Build 42 Unstable) patch notes
- 48documented changes
- 2buffs
- 3new
- 30fixes
- 13other
What changed
- CHANGEDoors
Doors must now be closed before placing a barricade
Doors must now be closed before placing a barricade.
Official source - NEWFishing
Added Fishing with Spinning - player has to reel the line from time to time in order to catch something
Fishing with Spinning is new: you have to reel the line in every so often to catch something, and the reeling part is still unfinished.
Added Fishing with Spinning - player has to reel the line from time to time in order to catch something.
- Added Fishing with Spinning - player has to reel the line from time to time in order to catch something. The Reeling mechanic is still WIP, however.
- CHANGEGeneral
New Default Apocalypse will have 90 minute days
New games on the default Apocalypse settings now run on 90 minute days.
New Default Apocalypse will have 90 minute days.
Official source - CHANGESandbox settings
Adjusted the Default Apocalypse sandbox loot settings from 0.4 to 0.6 for all individual loot settings
The Default Apocalypse sandbox now has higher settings for every loot type, so you should find more loot.
Adjusted the Default Apocalypse sandbox loot settings from 0.4 to 0.6 for all individual loot settings.
Official source - CHANGEMap
General improvements to player map
The in-game player map gets a round of general improvements.
General improvements to player map.
Official source - CHANGEGeneral
Added gizmo controls for rotating and moving items during extended placement
Extended placement now has on-screen gizmo controls for rotating and moving items.
Added gizmo controls for rotating and moving items during extended placement.
Official source - CHANGEMultiple systems
Added the ability for 90 minute days (now the new default for Apocalypse) to be selected in the sandbox settings
Sandbox settings now offer 90 minute days, which is the new Apocalypse default, and existing saves keep their current day length.
Added the ability for 90 minute days (now the new default for Apocalypse) to be selected in the sandbox settings.
- Added the ability for 90 minute days (now the new default for Apocalypse) to be selected in the sandbox settings. Existing saves will not have their day length modified.
- BUFFWalls
Metal bar barricades now accept steel bars
Metal bar barricades now accept steel bars.
Official source - CHANGEFishing
Added controller support for Fishing
Added controller support for Fishing.
Official source - CHANGEMultiple systems
Changed cast button on gamepad to RT + improved switch between gamepad/keyboard for fishing
Fishing on a gamepad now casts with RT, and switching between gamepad and keyboard while fishing works more smoothly.
Changed cast button on gamepad to RT + improved switch between gamepad/keyboard for fishing.
Official source - CHANGEMultiple systems
Changed default apocalypse sandbox settings for zombie hearing
On default Apocalypse settings, zombie hearing and sight now roll between poor and normal instead of fully random, so zombies with sharper senses no longer turn up by default.
Changed default apocalypse sandbox settings for zombie hearing and sight from "random" to "random between poor and normal".
Official source - BUFFGeneral
Added PiercingBullets to the M-14
The M-14 now fires piercing bullets.
Official source - CHANGEGeneral
Players can now sneak with heavily damaged feet, albeit much more slowly
Players can now sneak with heavily damaged feet, albeit much more slowly.
Official source - FIXZombies
Fixed: issues with new zombie spawn map system that, for example
The new zombie spawn system no longer puts far too many zombies at isolated cabins and police stations, and zombie spawning also gets general balance and polish.
Fixed issues with new zombie spawn map system that, for example, were spawning far too many zombies at isolated cabins - and at police stations.
- Fixed issues with new zombie spawn map system that, for example, were spawning far too many zombies at isolated cabins - and at police stations. Also general balance and polish put in.
- FIXSleep
Fixed: Sleeping Crash
Fixed Sleeping Crash
Official source - FIXGeneral
Fixed: Crawlers being difficult to target
Fixed Crawlers being difficult to target.
Official source - FIXAnimations
Fixed: player animation sometimes freezing when attacked by multiple Zombies
Fixed player animation sometimes freezing when attacked by multiple Zombies.
Official source - FIXVehicles
Fixed: vehicles killing ragdoll zeds on the slightest impact
Vehicles no longer kill ragdolled zombies on the lightest bump, and zombies now get pushed out of walls and vehicles instead of getting stuck, though the fix is only partial.
Fixed vehicles killing ragdoll zeds on the slightest impact.
- Fixed vehicles killing ragdoll zeds on the slightest impact. Zombies now get shunted out of walls and vehicles correctly and no longer get stuck inside them. This fix, however, remains partial and needs improvement.
- FIXZombies
Fixed: ragdolled zombies getting stuck on other ragdoll corpses
Ragdolled zombies no longer get stuck on corpses and are now non-solid, so they stop blocking you and other zombies, the same as zombies that are on the ground or staggering.
Fixed ragdolled zombies getting stuck on other ragdoll corpses.
- Fixed ragdolled zombies getting stuck on other ragdoll corpses. They are now non-solid so they don't block movement of the player and other zombies, identical to non-ragdoll zombies that are on the ground, falling down, or staggering from player hits.
- FIXFarming
Fixed: issues with food seed packing requiring more individual seeds than seeds returned
Packing seeds into seed packets no longer takes more seeds than you get back.
Fixed issues with food seed packing requiring more individual seeds than seeds returned.
Official source - FIXRoofs
Fixed: not being able to scythe outside grass when there was a roof above it
You can now scythe outdoor grass that has a roof above it, and grass cut indoors or under a roof should not grow back.
Fixed not being able to scythe outside grass when there was a roof above it.
- Fixed not being able to scythe outside grass when there was a roof above it. The grass should not regrow when scythed inside or underneath a roof.
- FIXClimbing
Fixed: being able to vault through walls when stairs were next to a wall
Fixed being able to vault through walls when stairs were next to a wall.
Official source - FIXWalls
Fixed: metal walls not requiring welding rods
Building metal walls now uses up welding rods as intended, so they cost more to make.
Fixed metal walls not requiring welding rods.
Official source - FIXContainers
Fixed: Maps stored in containers closing instantly after opening
Maps you open from a container no longer close right away, and they no longer go back into the container.
Fixed Maps stored in containers closing instantly after opening.
- Fixed Maps stored in containers closing instantly after opening. Maps are no longer returned to containers.
- FIXWalls
Fixed: wrong barricade health multiplier if character has 6 levels in welding
Barricades built by a character with 6 levels in Welding now get the correct health multiplier.
Fixed wrong barricade health multiplier if character has 6 levels in welding.
Official source - FIXMultiple systems
Fixed: wrong distance calculation blocking recipes that use items from squares or tiles around the character
Recipes that use items on the squares or tiles around you are no longer wrongly blocked because of a bad distance check.
Fixed wrong distance calculation blocking recipes that use items from squares or tiles around the character.
Official source - FIXBuild menu
Fixed: being able to craft from Build Menu without appropriate skill level
Fixed being able to craft from Build Menu without appropriate skill level.
Official source - FIXMultiple systems
Fixed: being able to lure an animal further from a tree than the length of the rope it is attached to
Fixed being able to lure an animal further from a tree than the length of the rope it is attached to.
Official source - FIXVehicles
Fixed: being unable to craft using items from a vehicle's trunk due to wrong distance calculation
You can now craft with items in a vehicle's trunk, because the game now measures your distance to it correctly.
Fixed being unable to craft using items from a vehicle's trunk due to wrong distance calculation.
Official source - FIXMultiple systems
Fixed: not being able to craft using items from a vehicle's trunk if said trunk had a bag or other item container inside it
Fixed not being able to craft using items from a vehicle's trunk if said trunk had a bag or other item container inside it.
Official source - FIXFishing
Fixed: error when equipping a fishing rod on gamepad
Fixed error when equipping a fishing rod on gamepad.
Official source - FIXFishing
Fixed: bug with fishing catch chance
A bug in fishing catch chance is fixed, so catches should now come at the intended rate.
Fixed bug with fishing catch chance.
Official source - FIXGeneral
Fixed: pancakes consuming the whole Pancake Mix pack instead of 1 unit
Fixed pancakes consuming the whole Pancake Mix pack instead of 1 unit.
Official source - CHANGEMap
Added street names to the in-game map
Added street names to the in-game map.
Official source - CHANGEMap
Forests no longer fade out when zooming out on the in-game map
Forests now stay visible on the in-game map when you zoom out, because a faster drawing method means they no longer need to fade.
Forests no longer fade out when zooming out on the in-game map.
- Forests no longer fade out when zooming out on the in-game map. The fading out was done due to the slowness of drawing all the forest polygons. Now, the zoomed-out forests are rendered using an image pyramid.
- NEWZombies
Added zombie sandbox option to enable/disable "Voronoi Noise" randomisation of distribution
A new zombie sandbox option lets you turn the Voronoi Noise randomisation of zombie distribution on or off.
Added zombie sandbox option to enable/disable "Voronoi Noise" randomisation of distribution.
Official source - NEWZombies
The option to turn off the voronoi noise cutoff is not meant to be a general "opt out", it's a tool destined to workshop mappers to keep distribution deterministic
Turning off Voronoi Noise is meant as a tool for workshop mappers who need predictable zombie placement, and it also doubles how many zombies spawn.
The option to turn off the voronoi noise cutoff is not meant to be a general "opt out", it's a tool destined to workshop mappers to keep distribution deterministic.
- The option to turn off the voronoi noise cutoff is not meant to be a general "opt out", it's a tool destined to workshop mappers to keep distribution deterministic. Disabling it will also double the amount of zombie spawned.
- CHANGEWalls
"Adding Barricades" moved to Build menu
"Adding Barricades" moved to Build menu.
Official source - FIXDoors
Fixed: double doors spawning extra objects when opening
Fixed double doors spawning extra objects when opening.
Official source - FIXZombies
Fixed: zombie animations skipping frames in split-screen
Fixed zombie animations skipping frames in split-screen.
Official source - FIXFishing
Fixed: error when right-clicking on Fishing Nets placed in world
Fixed error when right-clicking on Fishing Nets placed in world.
Official source - FIXVehicles
Fixed: vehicle radios playing broadcast audio during random static noises
Fixed vehicle radios playing broadcast audio during random static noises
Official source - FIXWater
Fixed: Combo Washer/Dryer not showing in context menu when water is out
Fixed Combo Washer/Dryer not showing in context menu when water is out.
Official source - FIXFirearms
Fixed: Pistol aiming animation playing when it shouldn't
Fixed Pistol aiming animation playing when it shouldn't.
Official source - FIXAnimals
Fixed: Black Pig Head returning a Calf Skull instead of pig skull
Fixed Black Pig Head returning a Calf Skull instead of pig skull.
Official source - FIXFishing
Fixed: some inappropriate fish
Fixed some inappropriate fish spawn locations"
Official source - FIXWater
Fixed: water bubbles not appearing when Water Quality is set to Low
Fixed water bubbles not appearing when Water Quality is set to Low.
Official source - FIXVehicles
Fixed: error when players selected a rear seat via Vehicle menu
Fixed error when players selected a rear seat via Vehicle menu.
Official source
Full patch notes from The Indie Stone
Notes
- Slightly shorter changelist for this patch due to various team members working on larger scale changes required for balance, QOL and other required features for 42.
NEW
- General improvements to player map.
- Added street names to the in-game map.
- Added a new type of style layer to the in-game map, called ImagePyramid. This is used to control the draw order and color of image pyramids.
- Forests no longer fade out when zooming out on the in-game map. The fading out was done due to the slowness of drawing all the forest polygons. Now, the zoomed-out forests are rendered using an image pyramid.
- Textures in image-pyramid zip files are no longer loaded on the render thread. Loading is now done on filesystem threads. When a needed image isn't yet loaded, a lower-resolution one is rendered instead.
- Updated Fire and Smoke visuals. (Please note this is a visual change only, and not a full system redesign, which remains planned for future builds).
- Added gizmo controls for rotating and moving items during extended placement.
- Added the ability for 90 minute days (now the new default for Apocalypse) to be selected in the sandbox settings. Existing saves will not have their day length modified.
- Added zombie sandbox option to enable/disable "Voronoi Noise" randomisation of distribution.
- The option to turn off the voronoi noise cutoff is not meant to be a general "opt out", it's a tool destined to workshop mappers to keep distribution deterministic. Disabling it will also double the amount of zombie spawned.
- "Adding Barricades" moved to Build menu.
- Doors must now be closed before placing a barricade.
- Metal bar barricades now accept steel bars.
- Added new SFX for Clapping SFX, Opening Fridges.
- Removed the current sandbox setting for non-unique home VHS tapes, as the current implementation does not work as intended.
- Added Fishing with Spinning - player has to reel the line from time to time in order to catch something. The Reeling mechanic is still WIP, however.
- Added controller support for Fishing.
- Changed cast button on gamepad to RT + improved switch between gamepad/keyboard for fishing.
MODELS/ANIMS
- Added animations for lunging zombies and zombies that turn on the spot.
- Added animations for zombies staggering left and right.
- Reverted a previous fix for Balaclava Clipping after player feedback. Changed Balaclava body location back to Mask.
- Added alternate models for when hoodie, padded jacket and poncho hoods are up while wearing Balaclava.
- Added new alternative models for Bandana mask to be worn when certain clothing hoods are up.
- Changed Welding mask to use nobeard hair group. Note that some clipping will still occurs but it is far better than before.
- Changed animated clock hands to use textures instead of models.
- Added media/scripts/clocks.txt to specify animated clock hand details, instead of being hard-coded.
- Added clock hands to the double-tile walls_detailing_02 clock seen in West Point's city hall.
BALANCE
- New Default Apocalypse will have 90 minute days.
- Adjusted the Default Apocalypse sandbox loot settings from 0.4 to 0.6 for all individual loot settings.
- Changed default apocalypse sandbox settings for zombie hearing and sight from "random" to "random between poor and normal".
- Added PiercingBullets to the M-14
- Industrial Dye can Spawn in many more colors.
- Players can now sneak with heavily damaged feet, albeit much more slowly.
- Fixed issues with new zombie spawn map system that, for example, were spawning far too many zombies at isolated cabins - and at police stations. Also general balance and polish put in.
DEBUG
- Added street-name editor to the F8 map editor.
- Items List Viewer now shows an additional "#spawn" column that indicates the number of times each inventory item has appeared either as loot or story-clutter. es.
- Made pest interaction information visible in the growing season interface + plant info.
- Teleport menu QoL
- Fixed window focus on create, added select all text in X input when focused.
- Added "Refresh" "Save" and "Load" to ISTeleportDebugUI.
- Refresh button resets coordinates to current player location.
- Save and Load are placeholder/alternative text for copy-pasting coordinates to and from the clipboard.
- Added double click on Load coordinates triggers teleport to the clipboard coordinates.
- Added support for 2 part coordinates for x and y, assumes z is 0 in these cases.
- Added check if player has moved to enable Refresh button when coordinates do not match the player location.
- Adding perks via debug menu.
- Added modifyTraitXPBoost helper method for adjusting XP boosts when traits are added or removed.
- Removing traits via debug menu does not make changes to the perk levels on an existing player, this is intentional as there may be issues at levels 0 and 10 when perk levels are adjusted via debug or mods.
- the debug menu has the function to directly adjust character perk levels, so the functionality to manually do this is still possible.
- Added new debug option: CollideWithObstacles.Debug.SlideAwayFromWall. Defaults to TRUE on non-debug builds.
FIXES
- Fixed Sleeping Crash
- Fixed Crawlers being difficult to target.
- Fixed double doors spawning extra objects when opening.
- Fixed player animation sometimes freezing when attacked by multiple Zombies.
- Fixed bumped state causing an odd 90-degree turn when player bumps into something.
- Fixed vehicles killing ragdoll zeds on the slightest impact. Zombies now get shunted out of walls and vehicles correctly and no longer get stuck inside them. This fix, however, remains partial and needs improvement.
- Fixed ragdolled zombies getting stuck on other ragdoll corpses. They are now non-solid so they don't block movement of the player and other zombies, identical to non-ragdoll zombies that are on the ground, falling down, or staggering from player hits.
- Fixed intermittent depth issue with the visibility polygon.
- Fixed threading issue with vehicle-model lighting resulting in flickering.
- Fixed zombie animations skipping frames in split-screen.
- Fixed error when right-clicking on Fishing Nets placed in world.
- Fixed missing device options for Radios placed in world.
- Fixed transparent pixel from Jacket_WhiteTINT.
- Fixed (hopefully) twitchy one-handed animations when moving/strafing.
- Fixed issues with food seed packing requiring more individual seeds than seeds returned.
- Fixed some missing references for forged food containers in some food recipes.
- Fixed incorrect animation being played when taking pills while in cover with a walk injury.
- Fixed invalid depth of muzzle-flash sprites.
- Fixed depth issue with fire sprites on burning characters. Fire sprites on burning characters follow the torso, so no longer float above prone zombies.
- Fixed errors when players were clicking on objects in the world: adding fuel, removing Propane Tanks, killing rabbits etc.
- Fixed character creation clothing error on starting game
- Fixed unused tile properties still being present.
- Fixed Foraging tooltip displaying when mousing over the collapsed window.
- Fixed not being able to scythe outside grass when there was a roof above it. The grass should not regrow when scythed inside or underneath a roof.
- Fixed being able to vault through walls when stairs were next to a wall.
- Fixed vehicle radios playing broadcast audio during random static noises
- Fixed hitching when panning and zooming the spawn-location image.
- Fixed the bottom border of the spawn-location image being cut off.
- Fixed metal walls not requiring welding rods.
- Fixed missing item icons throwing exceptions during chunk loading.
- Fixed savefiles possibly breaking when moved to a different computer.
- Fixed many item-atlas textures being created when using the Extended Placement UI. Now the item being manipulated will be rendered as a 3D model until the window is closed.
- Fixed Maps stored in containers closing instantly after opening. Maps are no longer returned to containers.
- Fixed Combo Washer/Dryer not showing in context menu when water is out.
- Fixed Pistol aiming animation playing when it shouldn't.
- Fixed wrong barricade health multiplier if character has 6 levels in welding.
- Fixed wrong distance calculation blocking recipes that use items from squares or tiles around the character.
- Fixed being able to craft from Build Menu without appropriate skill level.
- Fixed the debug Brush Tool creating invalid garage doors from open sprites.
- Fixed errors when the tree an animal is attached to is already unloaded when the animal is unloading.
- Fixed being able to lure an animal further from a tree than the length of the rope it is attached to.
- Fixed some errors caused by OS being set to Regional Locales that didn't use Western Arabic Numerals for date/time. This should be fixed for all locales, please report if you find more.
- Fixed being unable to craft using items from a vehicle's trunk due to wrong distance calculation.
- Fixed an error when cutting down a tree that an animal was attached to.
- Fixed not being able to craft using items from a vehicle's trunk if said trunk had a bag or other item container inside it.
- Fixed Black Pig Head returning a Calf Skull instead of pig skull.
- Fixed Beer Can not boiling water.
- Fixed missing nobeard hair group on surgical mask.
- Fixed flipped inverted polygons on M_SurgicalMask.X
- Fixed minor issues with clipping and transparency-issues with outfits.
- Fixed medicore blending of surrender animation.
- Fixed clap02 anim so female hands look like they are connecting.
- Fixed an issue where debug tools weren't accurately detecting fences when used for disabling or spawning story elements over them.
- Fixed some surface clutter items spawning in a state where they have inconsistent quality
- Fixed some inappropriate fish spawn locations"
- Fixed water bubbles not appearing when Water Quality is set to Low.
- Fixed error when equipping a fishing rod on gamepad.
- Fixed bug with fishing catch chance.
- Fixed pancakes consuming the whole Pancake Mix pack instead of 1 unit.
- Fixed error when players selected a rear seat via Vehicle menu.
- Fixed only 1 animation used when zombies are killed by melee from the front.
MODDING NOTES
- Replaced the created thumpable object as the parameter for the OnCreate lua function with a table that includes the thumpable, craftrecipedata and character. --TO MODDERS: if you have a buildable tile object that uses a custom OnCreate function that will need to be updated.