The Indie Stone announced the release of Unstable 42.16.0 for Project Zomboid via their Discord, website, and Steam page today. You can shamble your way over to their website for a look at the official patch message (and instructions on how to play Unstable), here.
As with most things Project Zomboid related (and you’ll note below), there are a slew of changes, balances, fixes, etc… Their devs really put in the work!
Personally, I’ll be happy when some of it comes to live, but I get these things take time. Besides, I’ve been more than capable of occupying myself with some other games while I glance over the possibilities to come.
Scavenge well, stay safe, and always remember: “Just because you can drink bleach. It doesn’t mean you should.”
-Hobbit
Unstable 42.16.0
As always it is recommended that you create a new save with no mods after updates. Updates fix bugs and introduce new changes that may not be compatible with any older saves, especially ones older than the last patch.
How do I subscribe to the Unstable beta branch?
Right-click PZ in your Steam library.
Select “Properties”.
Under “Game Version & Betas” select “Unstable”.
IMPORTANT: B42.15 and earlier saves will not be compatible with B42.16+ builds.
If you wish to continue a 42.15 savegame, please select the “outdatedunstable” Steam beta and make a local backup of your game.
UI UPDATES– Added new Game Mode UI menu
– Updated loading screen tips
– Campfires, BBQ’s, Fireplaces now supported in revamped RMC system
– New highlight added when mouse-over container with same highlight as moused-over “on ground” item in loot UI menu
– Changed default size of the various main screen UIs
– Anchor permanent Oven/Campfire/etc options to the lower-right of the loot UI to prevent conflicts with loot options
– Improved context-menu handling of window frames without windows
– Vehicle Lightbar Control UI Panel can now be repositioned
– Transfer liquid UI will default to maximum transfer amounts instead of ‘none’ when appropriate
– Disabled Welcome Text BoxBALANCE
– Occupation Balance Pass
— Overall: Generalized increase in skill points added for core profession competency
— Rebalanced Occupation cost and adjusted included skills affecting most Occupations
— Occ Affected: Police Officer, Park Ranger, Construction Worker, Security Guard, Carpenter, Chef, Rancher, Farmer, Electrician, Fishing Guide, Doctor, Nurse, Welder, Blacksmith, Mechanic
— Renamed Fire Officer to Firefighter
— Renamed Angler to Fishing Guide– Trait Balance Pass
— New Traits Added: Tinkerer: +1 Maintenance, Target Shooter: +1 Aiming
— Renamed Wilderness Knowledge to Bushcrafter
— Increased cost for Cat’s Eyes and Wakeful
— Decreased cost for First Aider and Iron Gut
— Increased bonus for Illiterate and Reluctant Fighter
— Decreased bonus for Weak Stomach
— ‘Start fire speed with Bow Drill’ bonus removed from Outdoorsey and added to Bushcrafter and Former Scout
— Desensitized trait now also provides immunity to Discomfort– Game Mode Balance Pass
— Minor Loot Spawn adjustments & Decreased Erosion Speed in Apocalypse, Outbreak, and Rising
— Extinction: Removed Day/Night Speed Effect that was stopping day Sprinters
— Extinction: Increased Erosion Speed, Decreased Zombie Door Opening %, Decreased Rally Group Size, Increased Maximum Follow Distance
— Removed unused Zombie Door Opening % in Apocalypse, Outbreak, Rising that was causing confusion– Tailoring Skill Tree Rebalance
— XP granted reworked to reward crafting items rather than grinding patches
— Rebalanced Skill Level requirements with progression through complexity of items created
— Increasing XP reward based on complexity of item crafted– Firearms Adjustments
— Weapon Attachment Visual Update – New models and textures (DB Shotgun Choke is placeholder)
— Increased capacity to MSR700 and MSR788 to reflect IRL counterparts
— Additional attachment availability for Double Barrel Shotgun, L94 Rifle and MSR7 Tactical Rifle
— Both Sawed-Off Shotguns variations now have stock removed
— Adjusted Sawed-Off Shotgun encumbrances to reflect smaller size
— Removed Recoil Pad from Sawn-off Shotgun & M16 attachment
— Removed Scopes from JS-2000 attachment
— Fixed MSR700 icon
— Repositioned Weapon Attachments for correct alignment– Controller Rework:
— Added PowerA generic XBOX controller
— Added an option to throw corpses over fences and through windows, needed when using a controller
— Fixed sluggish cursor when unarmed or using melee
— Gamepad aiming reticles now render correctly for all players in split-screen
— Gamepad aim and movement rebindings. Revamped the way IsoPlayer handles input keys. Now shared with Gamepad bindings
— Using character offset so aimCenter is at chest height. PrecisionAim mode places cursor in front of player, even if their aim stick isn’t applied
— Fixed melee aiming with precision-mode. No longer spins downwards or snaps back to zero
— Tweaks to aiming and shooting thresholds. 1% to activate aim, 99% to shoot. Movement now set to <90% for walking, >90% for running
— Map no longer disrupts aiming with KB+Mouse
— Emotes, EquipItem(s), and AutoWalk now work without aiming until stick is released
— Fixed AutoWalk lua crash using controllers
— Fixed interact button getting through active UI. No longer opening doors while interacting with inventory items– Removed Echo Creek from Spawn Selection
– Disabled Stress Gain from Zeds Thumping Tall Fences
– Reading the back of VHS Tapes will function consistently with other reading interactions in regards to the character’s available lighting and the Illiterate Trait
– Added lore-friendly descriptions for Armor/Weapon Schematics
– Added stress debuff to ice cream treats/candy
– Reduced Muscle Strain from Digging Furrows with a Spade
– Adjusted prefixes from bulletproof vest limb armor item display names to mitigate confusion
– Postcards will now spawn with appropriate subjects and not children’s doodle subjects
– Restored the contemporary pool for subject matter for the base.Photo item
– Added Bath Towel to appropriate foraging item tables
– Added L94 Rifle to foraging tables
– Raccoon kits can now be killed by hand
– Clay Smoking Pipe can be fired in Large Kiln
– Increased the weight of the animal trailers from 100 to 500
— Trailers shouldn’t flip from being touched by 1 zombie anymore
– Added the kill animal item tag to the Handiknife inventory item so it can be used to kill animals in the player inventory
– Fluid containers will update in realtime for partially filled containers when filling from a fuel pump
– Added new roomdefs for crafting POIs
– Trigger Clothing damage audio cue when Shoes become destroyed
MP FIXES– DDOS protection was implemented
– Players can hear ranged-weapon sounds for distant remote players
– Decreased animal network traffic
– Reworded “adduser” tooltip for whitelisted servers
– Statistic traffic optimization
– Network packet hash based cache is added
– Limit packets count sent from client
– Networking optimization: PlayWorldSound packet optimization
– Networking optimization: ChunkObjectState packet optimization
– VehicleRequestPacket rate is limited
– ZombieHitThumpable packet rate is optimized
– Packets are limited by type on the client
– Change the sandbox option “Firearms use damage chance” from a check-box to a drop-down list
— This addresses the issue with PVP where players could insta kill someone with lvl 0 in aiming
– Allow non-members to interact with the floor for “walk to” and “Sit on the ground” options– Fixed CPU consumption issue in getChunkFromChunkPos function
– Fixed character spontaneously taking off their clothes
– Fixed butchered animal corpse reappearing in the player’s inventory
– Fixed more client and server errors
– Fixed duplicated zombies in road story “Basic Car Crash Corpse”
– Fixed Multiplayer StateManager calls in singleplayer
– Fixed multi-tile feeding troughs with water showing different amounts of water on each tile and more context-menu glitches with feeding troughs
– Fixed player state sync: The remote goes idle while moving
– Fixed missing “shaking” sound when you hit a door/gate
– Fixed not being able to open/break the built window
– Fixed Zombies die with a delay for the remote player
– Fixed Server Browser UI issues for different resolutions
– Fixed MP UIs:
— View Safehouse
— PVP log tool window
— Admin windows
– Fixed unlimited endurance bug
– Fixed food amount not updating after adding it to a dish
– Fixed alcohol amount not updating after disinfecting wounds
– Fixed Gas amount not updating after burning the corpse
– Fixed synchronization of debug feature “Add Fluid”
– Fixed XP boost provided by skill books grants only 2.7 points instead of 3
– Fixed Capability ChangeAccessLevel. Moderator can grant himself admin role
– Fixed foot scratches disappearing when walking barefoot
– Fixed cannot see bullet tracers when another player is shooting
– Fixed false triggering for several Anti-Cheats
– Fixed remote player transitions to state and displacement when sitting on furniture
– Fixed Player state sync: Sitonfurniture
– Fixed The Destroy feature provided by the Build cheat is not available on the client without debug
– Fixed Capability “Popman Manage”
– Fixed Capability “ToggleWriteRoleNameAbove”
– Fixed Capability “UseMovablesCheat”
– Fixed being unable to delete shared notes/symbols on the world map
— Added ways to hide in-game-map symbols authored by remote players.
— Added Capability.EditMapSymbols for the /removemapsymbolsforuser command, instead of using BanUnbanUser
— Added public/private to the HiddenAuthors class
– Fixed a wild rabbit doesn’t lose the wild tag after being picked up
– Fixed Character with high reloading skill doesn’t perform rack action after shooting from a shotgun
– Fixed Servers duplicate in the Internet Tab after refreshing
– Fixed crawlers no longer flip when hit. NetworkZombie’s now sync their fallOnFront
– Fixed Player packet field hitList cache
– Fixed MP exploit allowing unauthorized user stats modification
– Fixed rotating zombies when shoving them
– Fixed fertilized eggs not updating when on the ground
FIXES– Fixed Bluetooth-shoves while holding firearms
– Fixed Vehicles sinking into the ground
– Fixed missing spawnpoints for different localizations
– Fixed undesired “%s” & “%i” text in AEBS broadcasts
– Fixed animals losing milk too fast leading to baby animal’s starvation
– Fixed animals and their babies losing their connection when unloaded from a trailer
– Fixed Zeds freezing when getting shot from behind
– Fixed being unable to add escape ropes/sheet ropes/ropes to fences and windowframes
– Fixed crafting recipes that use Drainable items
– Fixed Reloading skill has no impact on reload speed in SP
– Fixed Can’t make a stack of 3 lower level crafted crates
– Fixed seat overlays (cushions, etc) not being redisplayed after interrupting sitting down
– Fixed the Rest context-menu command not being available after interrupting sitting down
– Fixed placing items sometimes failing
– Fixed Shoves still doing Stomp damage and playing Stomp SFX when “Key Bindings > Auto Detect Prone or Standing Attack” was disabled
– Fixed Character repeats drinking action if selected multiple times before the first completes
– Fixed the player moving very slowly when strafing to sit or enter a vehicle
– Fixed AnimSets/player/strafe/*NoAim missing a Weapon=1handed condition
– Fixed Toggle-mode aiming doesn’t work with mouse buttons
– Fixed Characters with/without “Deaf” trait “hear zombies approach” from same distance behind them
– Fixed butchering can be performed from a vehicle
– Fixed adding fluid to a feeding trough sometimes not working
– Fixed RMC interactions appear for tiles on lower floors
– Fixed character survives extreme weather conditions
– Fixed mason trowel not being able to be used to dig furrow
– Fixed base.CookwareSchematic is spawning with Melee weapon recipes
– Fixed several text strings referring to “Welding” as “Metalworking/Metalwork”
– Fixed Trees are drawn over fences that should hide them partially
– Fixed tile shadows
– Fixed invincible Logs (tile) at x: 8219 y: 11835
– Fixed depth, tile def and collision for more tiles
– Fixed Shoves still doing Stomp damage and playing Stomp SFX when “Key Bindings > Auto Detect Prone or Standing Attack” was disabled
– Fixed Sloped roofs render too dark and over-saturated
– Fixed Attacking zombies through barricades has a very small hitbox
– Fixed some chair/bed RMC menu option being present even if you couldn’t do anything (rest or sleep)
– Fixed “Shorten Skirt / Sleeves / Socks” reverts clothing colour to white
– Fixed Can’t build South and East walls without floor support around stairs above the ground floor
– Fixed soap usage issues
– Fixed Carved Bucket of Plaster not being able to plaster walls
– Fixed not being able to cut Base.Gloves_LeatherGloves into fingerless gloves
– Fixed Gas Mask / Respirator filters not draining when protecting from corpse sickness
– Fixed the container-highlight color not showing on translucent objects, like refrigerators and stoves
– Fixed Transfer Fluid text not being replaced smoothly when it changes
– Fixed the change display settings confirmation not re-positioning itself
– Fixed Texture Compression being enabled by default
– Fixed corpses sometimes not going over a fence when thrown
– Fixed (Tutorial) Grappled corpses can’t be set down after grabbing them
– Fixed Controller Tutorial Softlock
– Fixed more typos, spacing and other errors in words and sentences
– Fixed being unable to build walls over opened garage doors
– Fixed Health menu being cut off for various texts
– Fixed Gas Mask / SCBA 3d models don’t update when filter / tank is removed
– Fixed the Gas Mask model not updating after adding or removing a filter, while it’s being worn
– Fixed right clicking a drinkable non-water item on the ground causing an error
– Fixed some shorts clothing items providing defense values for the shins of characters that wear them
– Fixed Players drinking toxic fluids from entities
– Fixed Too small for slicing tooltip on big fish
– Fixed Fullscreen ignores OS’s selected refresh rate
– Fixed After performing a craft, available ingredients need to be manually selected for subsequent crafts
– Fixed half chopped boulders (again)
– Fixed IsoPlayer freezing if shoving then exiting from aim while going into turn180. turning180 state split into aim, idle, and movement variants
– Fixed Character sometimes slows down after exiting combat mode
– Fixed Multi-tile objects aren’t wholly destroyed when a single tile is destroyed by fire
– Fixed duplicate “Read” option on books when player was illiterate or skill book was outside of teachable range
– Fixed Distributions procLists with multiple entries failing to spawn anything if no weightChance was provided
– Fixed food divided into 2 / 4 bowls not inheriting Boredom reduction or added spices
– Fixed Life & Living (6pm, Day 6) failing to teach “Make Crate Trap”
– Fixed errors returned when writing in a notepad/diary placed on the floor
– Fixed broken translation entry for “Vehicle Seat Removed”
– Fixed missing translation entries for Rice & Pasta evolved recipes in forged pots
– Fixed ForceForZones not being enforced in Distributions
– Fixed error when crafting some recipes while keeping the crafting magazine in the inventory
– Fixed Barbed Wire from Wire stating “will consume 1 use”, as it consumes a full coil
– Fixed Dental Floss UI Icon missing
– Fixed collision for player built shelves
– Fixed animals with ‘full acceptance’ not following player
– Fixed transparency issue when satchels are worn over vestsTECHNICAL
– Fixed a crash when teleporting in debug mode
– Fixed // instead of / in ModelScriptGenerator mesh and texture paths
– Fixed “no such mesh” and “no such texture” warnings.
– Fixed the high-level pathfinding code not returning chunk levels adjacent to the goal node
– Added more robust pathfinding when interacting with multi-tile objects
– Hide the version number if not on main screen while not in-game
– Moved Grapple:corpseStorageCheck print statements to Grapple Debug Log to reduce “General” console spam
– Added new B42 Skill categories to VHS codes for future support and modding utilization
– Updated spawn point videos so they’re less heavy
