Operation: CAR! | Project Zomboid Build 42 | Ep 7

[@sokar_rostau]

8:30 That key you found inside the car was for a different car. It was for a Dart, so probably the hatchback near one of the other trailers.

[@Vulrhund]

Oh you’re right yeah good spot! Can never have too many, might bring it home as a strip and dump car

[@thecrimedog8424]

Can't wait for the fire festival!! Have a great Christmas. The wife is working on this xmas eve and just enjoying some PZ.

[@Vulrhund]

They’re so much harder to do now! Make the most of it man, last bit of cruisy time before the Christmas chaos kicks off!

[@Feldynn]

Good stuff mate! I like the new stealth system upgrade but I have found at low levels of sneak / lightfooted it sometimes feels like zombies can see / hear you from an country mile away even when you're in a limited sight position (i.e. behind something and not standing out in the open) and that can get a little frustrating early on depending on your luck. I think what we could do with is more ways to distract zombies, like throwing something past them to redirect their attention / focus or low noise ranged weapons like slingshots to ping cars or walls and such to draw them away. One thing I've found handy with the new key weight issue is having a second key ring for car keys, either a default one or one of the new novelty keychains, trying to identify residential keys can help but is annoying because you have to pick them up first before they highlight the doors they work on but can help because I've found a bunch of duplicates before, and leaving car keys either in the ignition or in the glove box for cars that have no gas or I probably won't use due to damage. Gotta love the new animal system, petting the sheep at the end is absolute mint! 😁

[@Vulrhund]

Yeah they have like super senses these days it's tough but it keeps for some interesting encounters! Does help that you can disappear quickly from them just by breaking line of sight which is good. I think they're looking at adding stones and things you can throw which would be quite fun, certainly make for some exciting changes and completely different playstyles. Oh yeah that's a great idea, multiple key rings to spread them makes so much sense! The duplicates seem pretty constant though you're right. Think a naming system needs to come into place like if you have one for X door, rename it then every key for that door has that name if that makes sense? Wonder if there's a way to code it... The animals are wonderful I can't wait for a farm!

[@Feldynn]

@Vulrhund yeah it's definitely shaking things up a bit! I've been messing around with some custom settings, a kind of mix of Apocalypse and Survivor settings with the senses on Random Normal / weak which is working quite nicely for me so far. With the key names and interesting thoughts came up in another stream / video about using proper addresses for the houses and keys. I don't know if there's a full address system built into the code but I have noticed all the flyers (including houses for sale) do have actual addresses on them so that might be a possibility, maybe as a mod or something?!

[@skate2fan95]

Happy holidays if you participate bud! Also I really like the thumbnails they are very nice

[@Vulrhund]

Straight back to you, have a good Christmas! I’ve really enjoyed getting creative with them so I’m glad you’re liking them, appreciate it man :)

[@jordihendriks2334]

Love the series! You got me into PZ, Still struggling though

[@WilliamTheMovieFan]

@@jordihendriks2334 what are you struggling with? We’re here to help!

[@Vulrhund]

Pile up the questions! It was KZbin that got me into it as well so it’s a pleasure to bring you on board the same way :)

[@jordihendriks2334]

Just have a couple of hours in the game, but i always get overwhelmed and dont know what to do next

[@WilliamTheMovieFan]

@@jordihendriks2334 which version of the game are you playing, Build 41 or 42? One thing that helped me was the Builder version and the Sandbox. The Builder version has less zombies which are weaker and the game is more focused on building, farming, and fishing. With the Sandbox version you can change the settings to make it easier until you get the hang of things. Personally I keep the aim outline turned on for all weapons. This will help you see the zombies behind things and they will have a green or red outline around them when you are in range to hit them. You can hit zombies from farther away with spears and bats, but they have to be closer to hit with a knife or be pushed. Also this will help you see them when it is very dark since they will be outlined in green or red. Your character has a target reticule that is a line and a circle. Keep that behind the zombies you are attacking, not on the zombie. If you put the target reticule on the zombie your character does a weird spin and you will get bitten. Keep the target reticule a good bit behind the zombie and you’ll hit it every time. Fight one zombie at a time when first learning, two at the most. Use low fences to help if you have more than 2 chasing you. Jump the fence, walk down a short distance then jump back across. That will slow down the few who fall over the fence while you take out the others who didn’t cross over the fence. Keep moving though, so they don’t knock you down when they lunge at you. You can turn off the helicopter and turn off the infection too, so zombies can’t kill you as easily while you are learning. I’m a zombie purist, so I turn on the infection to saliva(bites only). Multi hit is a good one for beginners too. That way you can hit and push several zombies at the same time. The (Project Zomboid) PZ Wiki is a great resource to help with Build 41, so check it out. It explains the Sandbox settings really well. Good luck survivor!

[@jordihendriks2334]

@@WilliamTheMovieFan Thanks for the tips and tricks! just survived 4 days and 4 hours, had a generator and had the magazine and some good amount of food in the fridge! Just got greedy at a bookstore which led to my untimely death

[@warrenlanham9088]

Just like on the dash board of irl vehicles the ones in PZ also have the arrow indicator that shows which side to pump gas

[@Vulrhund]

I’m so glad they added it, such a subtle mod but just so good!

[@CrystalBrewtonIndieAuthor]

Merry Christmas, if you celebrate it .. and if you don't Happy whatever it is you do. I was thinking as you searched for a car .... have they implemented horses or bicycles you can ride .. something without a motor? LOL

[@Vulrhund]

Merry Christmas to you too! The big day for me tomorrow so the last bit of peace and quiet the night before :D they’re yet to implement them and I’m not sure why, a bicycle would be a dream! Dead silent and easy to repair, almost makes too much sense?

[@CrystalBrewtonIndieAuthor]

@@Vulrhund Peace and quiet? What sorcery is this you speak of? And yes, it might be too easy to repair ... which is sad. Maybe they will implement them soon .. the bikes AND the horses LOL

[@adrianul]

Who needs hunting gear when you have a car 😂

[@Vulrhund]

Hahaha exactly! :D

[@Retro-Iron11]

Running over mice messed up the front of my van. lol.

[@Vulrhund]

Haha oh no man that sucks! At least it came with dinner!

[@Retro-Iron11]

@@Vulrhund Gotta be careful, it was like I was hitting zoms. Those mice are juiced, they smashed my bonnet and headlights. Have you tried just plowing zoms with vehicles yet? It's far easier now.

[@Fogolol]

wonder if petting animals lowers your sadness, boredom or anxiety

[@Vulrhund]

That's such a good question! I saw a puppy yesterday and immediately stopped what I was doing and had my mood lifted, such good boys!

[@WilliamTheMovieFan]

#5 is alive!!😂

[@Vulrhund]

Aye he’s made it! Better late than never!

[@lewis877]

Great stuff and not a bad bit of roadkill, one step away from an F15 and roaming deer, who needs hunting anyway?

[@Vulrhund]

Haha if only! Big old truck roaring through the fields would be the dream!

[@Retro-Iron11]

You can also gain a bonus to loot with nearby zoms, so the sneak will work for that too. And yep, you can cheese the sneak like in 41, just keep sneaking against a fence/car/whatever is solid and the sneak goes up and up. I just started a new game again with some better settings to suit a last person not infected scenario and yea, 125% muscle strain really is the sweet spot. I managed to end 20 zoms the first day with a metal baseball bat, no long blunt levels, so zero along with the -2 fitness negative perk and it's a heavy double handed swinger, so yea, the new combat is not that bad really. Granted it was hairy at the last 5, I managed to be standing on 4 zoms while fending off the 5th and every moodle was lit. Yea, I always found little use for keys, I usually leave them behind. I only take car ones.

[@Vulrhund]

Oh no way? Didn’t know about the loot bonus! The sneak seems like good fun so far I’m enjoying the changes to it! Wait 125% muscle strain? As in you’re making it higher? Sounds like a curse :D I’m yet to play with negative fitness I feel like it’s so crucial in this one I can’t do it, every weapon feels so heavy now it’s wild. Tell you what you’re the first one that agrees on the keys, I get moaned at for leaving them behind constantly!

[@Retro-Iron11]

@@Vulrhund With the keys, yea, you're already inside, why do you want the stinking key for? lol. Remember that they made the baseline of muscle soreness being 60, so + 125% makes it like 75% on the old scale which I found was pretty perfect. Weapon skill level matters the most, it really gets so ridiculously easy, my previous guy whom I retired as he was mostly a tester play, got to level 5 short blunt, so easy to just whack the big groups. Still had to break them up as nimble of 1 is pretty grim, but he could end them all in the one go and keep going. Yea, there's a setting that adds a multiplier given the amount of zombies around. Not too sure how it works yet as in how many zoms and how close they got to be, but it's there in loot options. It's a scale of 0-20 and is 10 by default. I think it's an added percentage to loot rolls.

[@sudarshanh.v993]

Fifth Horseman. Forgot to log this yesterday XD

[@Vulrhund]

Haha made up for it in no time!

[@ascitiesburn41]

Fourth horseman

[@Vulrhund]

2nd man to the pile!

[@DeltaV3328]

Actually 4th horseman

[@Vulrhund]

The actual 4th horseman!

[@catlikelemur2760]

Lol I forgot to comment had to come back lololololol

[@Vulrhund]

Haha not too late either, hope you enjoyed the episode and have a good Christmas!

[@Drie_Kleuren]

41000 liters HAHA. No 41000ML that is 41 Liters hahaha I laughed way to hard when I heard this lol

[@Vulrhund]

Hahaha I was gonna say that’s like an Olympic swimming pool now I’m thinking about it, one day I’ll learn to read :D

[@Drie_Kleuren]

@@Vulrhund I think they should make it Liters. and just do 0.1 liter or something for 100ml. All these 0s are getting somewhat annoying. The numbers are very small XD. or they should use a . or , so 41.000 / 41,000 would make reading and seeing it a lot easier haha

[@Retro-Iron11]

The magic water trough of holding.

[@MrAzraziel]

Cheroot is a cigar

[@Retro-Iron11]

Yea, it's part of the crop disease cure ingredients. I take all the cigs and tobacc'y for just that.

[@Vulrhund]

Oh is it a full cigar? I thought it was like a weird mix, we have a similar thing here that’s like a middle ground but they’re so dry that it just burns your whole body out in one

[@sunlight9056]

Positive comment.

[@Vulrhund]

Appreciate you more every day!

[@thecrimedog8424]

Can you still do Chinny chin stabs with hunters knife?

[@Vulrhund]

I’m yet to find out, I’m still hunting knife free which is very sad! The other blades I haven’t played with enough but I have a few I can definitely test with!

[@Retro-Iron11]

Yes. That is the same, you wait until the character raises their off hand to the zoms head and the weapon level gives the chance you'll do the one shot.

[@roar1812]

Enable the multi hit.

[@Vulrhund]

The multi makes it feel way too easy, as tough as it is I love the challenge

[@TripleXclown]

I’m lowering Strain.. I will put it at default once they prefect it.. definitely needs balancing, should in my opinion be based on fitness.. so lowering it to not completely negate it, but to hopefully make it more realistic…. Default is realistic if you’re a computer Programmer 😂.. forced to leave the desk fo do anything labor instinctive..

[@Vulrhund]

Dude I’m a computer programmer and even for me it’s completely unrealistic, may be a very active one but still, not the point!:D I quite like where it’s at since the patch but it still does need some work, if you’re taking on heaps of zeds I’d understand it but taking out 4 zeds, the adrenaline alone should keep you from getting fatigued but what can you do!

[@Drie_Kleuren]

hi

[@Vulrhund]

Flying in there!

[@Drie_Kleuren]

@@Vulrhund 8 seconds XD I think haha

[@Vulrhund]

Something stupid like that, said 30 seconds ago when I saw it and it was still 2pm :D

[@creakyjoints2024]

Congrats on the podium gold

[@thadeadguyu-kno4208]

I must just be embracing my British ancestry, I love the new update completely, but I am still finding reasons to complain. I am so happy they NERFED muscle strain.

[@Vulrhund]

Aye welcome to the club, he’s a true Brit after all :D wouldn’t be the same without a good moan! With you on the muscle strain though, so much nicer

[@creakyjoints2024]

Third

[@Vulrhund]

Creaking your way in for Christmas!