Server changes in Project Zomboid

Servers handle their player limit better, now allowing up to 254 players and letting administrators join even when the server is full.

Improved server player limit handling, including support for up to 254 players and administrator access when servers are full

Multiplayer servers no longer slow down badly when unloading chunks, which should clear up most of the lag-related bugs on busy servers.

B42 servers can no longer host broken worlds carried over from B41.

Fixed an issue that would allow broken B41 worlds to be hosted on B42 servers

Fixed footwear condition not appropriately syncing with the server

The HidePlayersBehindYou server option now works correctly when it is turned off.

Fixed server option HidePlayersBehindYou not correctly applying when disabled

Servers should no longer freeze while generating new chunks of the map.

Fixed an issue that could cause servers to hang during chunk generation

Fixed an exploit that allowed players to download server map data

Adding an animal corpse to a trailer or removing one no longer causes a server error.

Fixed a server-side exception when attempting to add/remove an animal corpse to/from a trailer

The Show First And Last Name server option now works properly.

Fixed Server option “Show First And Last Name”

Fixed burned drying racks causing server-side exceptions spam

Fixed the server connection screen info not displaying properly

Fixed a rare server crash when driving vehicles

The Spawn with Self server setting no longer respawns players in a random spot.

Fixed Spawn with Self server setting respawning player in a random spot

Fixed Servers duplicate in the Internet Tab after refreshing

Fixed multiple server-side and client-side errors

Fixed a server crash

Fixed pressing the Back button while starting a host server not stopping the server

The server option that removes players from the whitelist when they die now works.

Fixed server option Drop off white list after death not working

Fixed being unable to connect to a closed steam server with an existing account until you add a user steam ID

Turning on the PlayerBumpPlayer server option no longer freezes players.

Fixed PlayerBumpPlayer option resulting in player's freeze when enabled on server

Server hosts can once again turn off War on their server.

Custom server roles now keep their permissions after a server restart.

Fixed Custom roles capabilities not saving after server restart

Fixed server crash caused by pipe bombs

Fixed not being able to remove servers from Favorites

Fixed server crashes caused by colliding with an animal while inside a safehouse

We do not recommend having more than 20 player-slots on your Dedi servers for now.

Servers can now allow or block splitscreen players with the new AllowCoop option.

Added AllowCoop server option to allow or disallow splitscreen clients.

Fixed not being able to host locally with a nonsteam server.

Servers get a new "KnockedDownAllowed" option to turn off PVP knockdowns, as a stopgap to make PVP fights less frustrating.

Added server option "KnockedDownAllowed" to enable/disable the PVP knockdown.

• Added server option "KnockedDownAllowed" to enable/disable the PVP knockdown. This is a stopgap change to give servers an option to make PVP combat less frustrating before we can address PVP combat more directly in the future.

Fixed a bug that didn't display mods in the mod list of a server in the ESC menu.

Fixed connecting to host after disconnection from a dedicated server.

Loading screen now shows the download status of large files when connecting to a server.

The new map player visibility option can also be set from the server-settings editor and the admin panel.

Added MapRemotePlayerVisibility server option to the server-settings editor and admin panel.

Fixed editing server spawn regions with a controller.

Server listings now shorten long mod lists and show "... and N more", which fixes servers showing ??? as their version and blocking people from joining.

Limit the "mods" string .

• Limit the "mods" string reported by Steam servers to 128 characters. A new keyvalue "modCount" reports the actual number of mods used by the server. The server browser and favorites list will display "... and N more" after the list of mods, when there are more mods than are displayed. This is to fix some servers reporting ??? as their version number, which prevents people from joining.

Co-op servers hosted by a player now have anti-cheat turned off by default.

Servers should no longer show ??? as their version number, which stopped people from joining them.

This is to fix some servers reporting ??? as their version number, which prevents people from joining.

Server owners can turn on the new SafehouseAllowNonResidential option so players can claim any building as a safehouse.

Multiplayer saves are now stored in a database on the server, so real-life power outages no longer lose your cars.

Server-side saving: MP save system now in a server-side database.

• Server-side saving: MP save system now in a server-side database. Offline SP-side, also means no more lost cars via irl power outages.