This block gives the BEST ForceField

This block gives the BEST ForceField - 7 Days to Die v1.0

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@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

The following blocks that I've shown in older videos are no longer usable for forcefields: Door Trim 1/2 Square Road Paint Dash Center Road Paint Quarter Centered

@bannankev 3 ай бұрын

Lmfaooooo that didn’t take long

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

@@bannankev They were changed between A21 and 1.0, not since this video came out thankfully :)

@TheMrgbms 9 күн бұрын

@CautiousPancake do you know if any of these have been patched from 1.0 to 1.1??

@CautiousPancake 8 күн бұрын

@@TheMrgbms Not that I know of - are you having any issues with some?

@tehaon Күн бұрын

@@CautiousPancake hm, I'll need to try this again. I tried to use this trick recently in DF and it looked like the block had changed. it wasn't open on 2 sides like before but was instead solid on the back now and the zombies path'd on it. But maybe I was being dumb. That was with the storage cube.

@FaithOriginalisme 3 ай бұрын

thank you so much for going through all the options instead of just saying there are "others" As someone newer to 7days, this information is valuable

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

No problem 😊

@MrMacavity 3 ай бұрын

Good work on the proper well thought out testing 👍😀

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

Thanks MrMac! 👍

@A3rospaced 3 ай бұрын

Hey brother! Love the videos! Want to let it be known that if zombies fall onto the new block, the can pretty easily fall through all of them, to the ground level. I just went through day 70 horde and learned the hard way! I thought I cheesed them by keeping them all in a falling animation but they in fact started digging on the bottom, even though they fell through the first two concrete layers! Crazy! 😊

@Frozty 3 ай бұрын

That actually might be a pretty cool thing to design a base around!

@CautiousPancake 2 ай бұрын

Thanks mate! and also thanks for sending that - I'm aware now that a few people have reported issues - sometimes walking over the blocks and sometimes falling through - so I'm doing some more testing, but nothing conclusive yet. The glitch seems to be after a ragdoll, and the pathing seems to be on higher zombie counts the z's forget to path correctly when the game gets more load. Haven't pinned it down fully, but definitely looking into it! Sorry that it's not working as well as I thought it was!

@CautiousPancake 2 ай бұрын

@@Frozty Exactly - I feel like the falling through the block mechanic should be something I can use, just trying to work out the best way to do so!

@wingedcatperson3243 Ай бұрын

I got around that by making my trench 4 deep and only using the storage blocks for entryways, adding them just on the top layer and not all the way down. They avoid the storage blocks and go straight into the trench. I've combined this with a drop ramp that paths them up high and bottlenecks them. It's pretty effective.

@scottlawrancer 3 ай бұрын

Literally incredible video! That is crazy thorough, be proud.

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

Much appreciated!

@slayerfan61 3 ай бұрын

fantastic information! now, I have to back and make yet ANOTHER horde base! Thanks alot pancake!! grrrrrrrrrr lol great info

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

Haha sorry! 🤣

@BroadcastCenter 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for mentioning the depth element, i wasnt aware of this since i have only been watching videos for 1.0 and most of them just mentioned the gap being required. No wonder i was getting mixed results with a two deep gap. Also, the storage cube solves my problem of zombies falling into the empty window force fields

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

Glad I could help!

@BroadcastCenter 2 ай бұрын

@@CautiousPancake So I ended up using this block for my killing corridor, placing it around the tower walls. Two blocks wide, three blocks deep, all filled. During horde night I got mixed results as it seems a handful of zombies did went over the blocks to attack the walls. Now I wonder if the "opening" needs to be at same level as the blocks like you show in the video, since my opening route was the corridor path itself several blocks above. Another interesting thing I noticed, though I cant confirm it, in both a screamer horde and horde night, a handful of zombies ended up under the bookshelf blocks after falling from the corridor, and started beating the blocks from inside. Maybe they clipped somehow.

@CautiousPancake 2 ай бұрын

@@BroadcastCenter Thanks for sending that! - I'm aware now that a few people have reported issues, and further testing I'm getting the same as you - works most of the time, but sometimes they just ignore it. I'm trying to figure out what's causing it. Not on that, but I'm also seeing (and others confirming) that falling zombies onto it can sometimes glitch through this "solid" block - so I'm trying to work on that as well! It's also not consistent, and the fall testing I did looks to not have been high enough - they need to ragdoll and they then have a chance to glitch.

@superezbz 3 ай бұрын

I'll be using this soon! Thanks Pancake!

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@LadyZombieKiller 3 ай бұрын

Thank you. I’m still enamored with the base you built with the triangles. Haven’t tried it in 1.0 yet though.

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

Haha the good old cheese grater :D I haven't tried it yet either.

@LadyZombieKiller 3 ай бұрын

@@CautiousPancake cheese grater! Excellent name for it. LOL

@PJF62 3 ай бұрын

Just in time for my new playthrough, can't wait to try this idea out. Great work as always, thank you :)

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

Thanks PJF - from the comments others are getting mixed results, just so you know :(

@PJF62 3 ай бұрын

@@CautiousPancake Yep, I fully expect some contingency plan to take that into account. Thanks for the heads up.

@Rooster_Gold 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! this helps allot. I was trying to tell 7 days youtubers/streamers (Double G & Jonah Birch) how to use the storage cube but couldn't quite explain it to them in text. Great video! Very concise and easy to follow.

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

Rooster! Thanks again for tipping me off about this block, I'm really happy with the result at the end, especially since many of the normal forcefields had so much rage mode going on. I could have popped out of range of course, but I don't think that shows the reality of how things work, and the new block works so well even on small spaces. Hopefully this will help a bunch of people with an easier to build forcefield!

@JohnTheMutt 3 ай бұрын

Really very helpful update on FF blocks. Thx Cautious!

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

Thanks John, glad it's helpful!

@FlufferNutterSandwich 3 ай бұрын

I need more sleep, I read your thumbnail as "New Zealand Forcefield".

@0wl999 3 ай бұрын

A wall of kangaroos?😂😂😂

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

Is that to keep the Aussie's out? 🤣

@Kanosirus 2 ай бұрын

@@CautiousPancake Now this, i can get behind 😂

@CautiousPancake 2 ай бұрын

@@Kanosirus 🤣

@stevdor6146 2 ай бұрын

I heard Australia isn't real, it is a British conspiracy

@calvincarr1347 Ай бұрын

By the way CP, I used the Storage Cube for the forcefield but it ended up not working so well for some reason. Sometimes the zombies ended up walking across the barrier and smacking the wall behind the barrier. Also, it is worth mentioning that there is a glitch with this block. When the zombies walk over the block ( particularly screamers ) they have a chance to fall and glitch into the block and just repeatedly spin in circles like they are in mid air or something. The zombies don't seem to attack the blocks, but they just sit there. I found this kind of funny. (This could also be potentially used for a base idea maybe?)

@stevdor6146 2 ай бұрын

Cheers! Thanks for the 'experiments' style content. This is peak for me

@CautiousPancake 2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoy it, and thanks for the feedback! 😀

@timmylee1105 3 ай бұрын

@CautiousPancake I think block has been fixed by devs. Before I get any hate, I did watch the video from start to finish MULTIPLE times. I just built a complete horde base using a 4 wide 4 deep trench with this block filling the entire trench (4 wide & 4 deep with holes up). I couldn't say it worked or failed on horde night because I was a bit busy killing things (so I assume it worked as intended or maybe because zombie pathing because I was 10 meters above ground level), however the next morning I literally watched 2 Radiated Screamers run long wise down these blocks towards me. It does seem to work somewhat on "Normal" zombies but not so much on Radiated. Also I did notice Zombies falling from height onto these blocks and getting embedded within the blocks. This happened numerous times from the horde night and had to use molotovs to eventually kill them since I could not see them to shoot them as they were inside the blocks. So even though blocks fill the entire space, zombies falling onto them from height can get embedded into the blocks. I do enjoy the videos and look forward to more.

@BroadcastCenter 2 ай бұрын

I can confirm both cases in a similar situation, zombies walked over the blocks (can confirm bc spike traps got damaged). Also zombies falling from my killing corridor and some of them clipping under the block. They despawned as soon as i left the area for a while.

@harlymeyer1073 2 ай бұрын

@@BroadcastCenter i aslo confirm on xbox series s, zombies getting stuck in the blocks and running over them sometimes.

@CautiousPancake 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for sending that - I'm aware now that a few people have reported issues - sometimes walking over the blocks and sometimes falling through - so I'm doing some more testing, but nothing conclusive yet. The glitch seems to be after a ragdoll, and the pathing seems to be on higher zombie counts the z's forget to path correctly when the game gets more load. Haven't pinned it down fully, but definitely looking into it! Sorry that it's not working as well as I thought it was!

@timmylee1105 2 ай бұрын

@@CautiousPancake No problem. I spent a good bit of time removing the blocks and went back to my "Normal" build which is putting a 3 block high fence using bars and small poles around the pit. Bars on bottom and top with small poles in the middle here and there to allow me somewhat clear vision/shooting from ground level. It works mostly with an occasional zombie beating on a few blocks. However, I have noticed with several blocks that zombies will fall through blocks until they hit actual terrain. At which point they seem to be in crawl mode and beat on blocks around them either digging out under the block in question or becoming land sharks glitching through blocks laterally. My only suggestion for this is to only use 1 block layer as the floor or ground above the terrain blocks. It doesn't fix the problem but it does make it easier to find and kill the embedded zombies as walking near the embedded zombies cause them to pop out of the ground.

@DrSnipzz 2 ай бұрын

His method DOES NOT work. I've tried it in multiple ways on my simple horde base. His video is a simple pathing video on a flat ground. Horde bases are built on pillars, not on the ground so as soon as you build the pillars, many of the zombies will ignore the designed path and begin to attack the pillars for no reason

@jakecliffen1427 3 ай бұрын

nice vid man very helpful concise and straight to the points love it

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

Thanks mate, appreciate the feedback! ☺️

@michaeldere2892 Ай бұрын

You sir - a wizard for running this test

@CautiousPancake Ай бұрын

🧙‍♂️

@gankl3488 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! I've converted a church and made a moat, but on horde night they wrecked me. This forcefield is just what I need.

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

Sounds like it should work nicely! Good luck for your next horde!

@bananabanana8831 3 ай бұрын

excellent work . very useful . subscribed

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

Thanks, and welcome!

@calvincarr1347 Ай бұрын

Thank you for the information CP. Leaving you a like.

@CautiousPancake Ай бұрын

Thanks for the visit and the like!

@KuzuhaSama 2 ай бұрын

Very useful. Thank you mate!

@CautiousPancake 2 ай бұрын

No problem 👍

@Frozty 3 ай бұрын

I'm not sure if I understand forcefield block behavior yet enough to explain very well, but I just tried replacing the steps on the side of your Pit 32 base with these storage cubes (openings facing up of course) in that 1-2-3-2-1 "v shaped" pattern like is in the video, leaving the appropriate gap between the edge and middle step. 2 screamers spawned while I was on top of the base, and they ran right over and jumped across to the bottom step no problem. I'm assuming I just got unlucky with the timing and my height, and they would have done the same regardless of the steps being a forcefield or not, as the base is designed to make them jump down to your fighting level. But I've learned a valuable lesson that just because the steps are forcefields doesnt mean zombies cant walk on um lol. Though I do wonder if they would have jumped across a 2-block wide air gap to the bottom step if I left if that far...

@CautiousPancake 2 ай бұрын

For the pit32 I'm not sure these will work as well, since the testing showed that 1 deep they didn't work as well as expected. For the side of that base I'd stick to some of the original forcefield blocks to be safe!

@gankl3488 Ай бұрын

Hey. I still love this design. Found a possible glitch though. When falling it appears Zombies will go straight through the block and fall to the bottom. Mayhem ensues as they try to dig out. I have a 12-block drop base set up and they fall through and f-up my horde night :)

@66sinead 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much :) I love your videos!

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!! 😊

@commingo 3 ай бұрын

Great video thanks for your hard work.

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@onyoutubetolearn2437 18 сағат бұрын

@CautiousPancake - Hi. I used your "Storage Cube" shape blocks to make a forced pathfinding forcefield in 7D2D v1.1. It works, but I did notice a flaw that I had to work around. I don't know if the other suggested shaped blocks have this same flaw or not. I would have to test it out when I get some time. So the flaw is that zombies can fall inside the "Storage Cube" shape blocks and get stuck inside. How does this happen? Here are some things that will cause zombies to fall inside the blocks. a.) Putting spike traps on top of the "Storage Cube" shape blocks. When I did this, the zombies were still following the forced path and taking damage along the way, but a lot of zombies were also falling inside the "Storage Cube" shape blocks as a result. b.) Zombies falling from stairs or a ladder or other platform. Zombies that fall onto the "Storage Cube" shape blocks will often end up inside the blocks. c.) A Robotic Sledge that knocks zombies onto the "Storage Cube" shape blocks often results in the zombies getting stuck inside the blocks. // So my solution for this is to not use spike traps, don't put stairs or ladders or platforms near the "Storage Cube" shape blocks, and to point the Robotic Sledge away from the "Storage Cube" shape blocks. // Thank you for your very helpful tutorial though. I may end up trying the other blocks that you suggested. // PS - How do I @ someone on KZbin comments? I @'d you but it doesn't work.

@theevanripper 2 ай бұрын

Truly appreciated!

@CautiousPancake 2 ай бұрын

You're most welcome!

@Chakra_ 3 ай бұрын

andddd cant wait for tfp to patch this next week

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

It's possible!

@roxaroo 3 ай бұрын

I never understood people who comment before watching the whole video ... Great video and thank you for the idea, I didn't know those kind of blocks exist.

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

It's all good, I take it as some feedback that the video structure wasn't right or I didn't tell the story well enough. Thanks for watching though and I agree these are a great new way to build a forcefield that works better than the originals!

@gregorystone8141 13 күн бұрын

Thank you for your time.

@CautiousPancake 13 күн бұрын

My pleasure!

@CaptainTexas92 3 ай бұрын

Super cool way to make a “maze” to allow you to pick them off as they run through like Orcs must die.

@CautiousPancake 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely!

@revvingreverend 2 ай бұрын

I wonder is something has been patched. I used a 3x3 pit of storage cube blocks turned up around a 7x7 area with a 2 block wide solid block path in to the area. I tested on horde night and while most did run around to the solid path I had many that would end up running across the storage cubes instead. Tested it with different zombie running speeds also.

@rachetsrednecks56 2 ай бұрын

Yeah I am having the same issue some still walk across it and beat on my walls now

@deltasixgaming 24 күн бұрын

They could have Patched it they have been doing a Lot of Patches

@ismailsenel3812 22 күн бұрын

your content is very informative and full of details and actual work but I d rather see ideas for bases and defenses without breaking the game and no glitches

@CautiousPancake 20 күн бұрын

Fair enough - I've got a bunch of base builds as well if you're interested! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWSYaGmsqt93g9U

@ismailsenel3812 20 күн бұрын

@CautiousPancake thank you, that is hoghly appreciated

@yvels3685 3 ай бұрын

amazing, thank you very much.

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

Hey yvels! You're most welcome, hope it's helpful! 😊

@masumitanaka2170 Ай бұрын

Storage Cube is having the issue that zombies who get knocked down while on it or get pushed back by a melee swing and knocked down, slide down into them and get stuck in a floating pose. Any way to fix that with maybe using another block underneath the storage cube?

@staticthewhitewolf7040 3 ай бұрын

check screamer spawning by how high the heat is to the level around it. I found that at two stories screamers spaw with a fir and a forge in a few minutes. But 9 fires, 3 chem stations, and 3 forges for 2 hours spawn not one screamer in the burnt biome. But it could be my game got tired of spawning screamers with Minotaur and Red Ridge army base. I noticed they stopped spawning after I got to the 3rd floor of Vanity Tower too.

@craffee 3 ай бұрын

This is great ... time for a bunker Fortie build :-D

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

Awesome! 👍

@mareneaufrance5096 28 күн бұрын

I tried the double diagonal roadside and the dash, also the trellis block. They didn't work. The zombies had no problem walking around my base.

@DJDeezyThaTruth 3 ай бұрын

-Mmm, Might Be Good To Use Around A Tower Base, Fall Base Or Tunnel Base 🤔

@xpatches13 2 ай бұрын

love your videos!

@CautiousPancake 2 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@waiwantheclock 3 ай бұрын

Awesome video!

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

Thankyou 😊

@Sob3k-gmng 4 сағат бұрын

How did you place 2 half blocks in the same voxel?

@WitBlaed 3 ай бұрын

how far will zombies run to go around? These are all relatively small distances. Would it work if it were 5x 10x the running distance to go around to the available path?

@tjthomas3946 2 ай бұрын

Did you find out about the 5x 10x ???

@WitBlaed 2 ай бұрын

@@tjthomas3946 I didnt narrow it down to a precise limit but it looks like it's somewhere around 40-50 blocks pathing before they will act like there is no way around.

@Neuralatrophy Ай бұрын

I'm using a 3x4 trench with 1 layer of storage cube but I have zombies breaching to attack a wall every time they approach on that one side of the building, everywhere else they seem to path around. I don't have an outer edge like yours though, is that required or is there a distance limit they will path around ?

@GamingAfter50 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Cautious Pancake! This is good info. I used your A21 forcefield video to achieve some success with the concept on my A21 base and was thinking to do something similar in v1.0. But this new storage block is way better than what I had going on in A21 where ragdolled zombies would just sail through the gap (I used the arch) and I had to have turrets in the trench to deal with those. Now no trench turrets are required! Question though, have you done any testing with trenches wider than 2 blocks? I was thinking 4 blocks wide might be the way to go for my new base idea to better protect the electric fence posts at ground level and haven't done any testing of my own yet. Or maybe even wider. I want to protect the fence posts and keep the zombies away from the base. They will have a path, another catwalk-type thing. Thanks!

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

Yeah the gaps were an issue hey! I've done more than two wide yes, I think it was my rocket bunker was 2 wide on the sides but 4 wide at the front to give more room for a zombie dropper.

@GamingAfter50 3 ай бұрын

@@CautiousPancake Thanks! I'll do some testing at some point, time is an issue for me in summer. I haven't started building my base yet, not for a while, but I do want to incorporate a forcefield. We don't have to defend or repair what the zombies can't get to. :)

@JabsZiderHut 3 ай бұрын

This is awesome thanks - I presume it works around POI buildings? To be able to shoot from a balcony for example

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

should do for sure!

@razerfangegaming8548 3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for posting this video! Such creativity is astounding, really. I'll now be using these shapes more. Thanks for the inspiration and testing! :D

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

You're most welcome, and thanks for the support, really appreciate it! 😊

@randyrhoads4737 2 ай бұрын

So, what are some of the best applications for this? Would you use it more for horde base? Or for a crafting base? Or both? And would you simply surround your whole base with one of these force fields?

@CautiousPancake 2 ай бұрын

Forcefields are often used to protect either walls or base supports, or if you've got a nice farm to keep them out of there etc. It's also good for entrances for vehicles so that you can drive in and the zombies will not follow and will go to where you direct them. So often you can do your whole base. Also just a quick note - this new block is causing some intermittent issues that I'm still trying to pinpoint, so to be safe use one of the original forcefield alternates!

@RHaenJarr 2 ай бұрын

Made me wonder how would cattle grates do at stopping zombies

@MunchyKrunch Ай бұрын

What if u supposed the Arch 3m tips with the storage cubes for best of both worlds? Not sure if it works im very new and it takes me forever to dig at all so im good for now. But its fun to dream big for the future base

@AndiKoehn 3 ай бұрын

As fun as it is, I don't use forcefields anymore, since there's a tendency to spawn zeds in the free space underneath these blocks regardless the shape. And there's nothing more annoying than the search for these last ones you hear but can't see after horde night. 😅

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

Fair enough, although spawning should be 40+ or so blocks out, and at ground level, so they shouldn't appear in the bottom of the trench!

@joshmacpherson6919 22 күн бұрын

wheres that wood farm fence at.,?.,? used to be near indestructable unless you were shooting the fence instead of the zombies.,., ';'

@BuzzedKitty 3 ай бұрын

Wait, you can use a regular cube block under the wine block?! I thought there had to be an air gap of at least 1 block between the forcefield block and a regular block or ground because it wouldn't register to them 😳 Thats so rad, I'll have to test it out because I hate digging down, I always knock out 1 or 8 blocks I shouldn't have 🤣 I need to learn to not comment WHILE watching. I guess I misunderstood unless the wine blocks are different?

@will6671 3 ай бұрын

Lol, I have a bad habit of that as well, no harm no foul tho. Just adds to the creators video interactions for the algorithm

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

Yeah sorry, still need to dig and use the wine blocks (storage cube) in the trench. I thought for a moment these could be used without any digging but it wasn't to be.

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

Hehe early comments can help engagement for sure, and sometimes it also helps me learn where I could have explained better, or included information up front.

@0wl999 3 ай бұрын

I wonder if you could lay out the blocks as a maze pathway, leading to the standard skinny beam elevated base? Might help slow the fast ones on horde night?

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

Should be able to yes! I've done similar on ground bases in the past, for my dart trap maze and maze bunker vids from alpha 20

@wingedcatperson3243 Ай бұрын

Im trying to make a driveway into a garage using the arch 3m tip block, but I cant find it! Did they rename it or is there another way to get it?

@jaylebo2025 2 ай бұрын

The storage cube failed for me. Zombies swarmed the back entrance to my base and I failed horde night because they walked right over it (3 wide 4 deep pit with storage cube oriented upwards as the top layer). Playing on steam.

@BenderUnitGER 2 ай бұрын

The zombies glitch themselves into the blocks from time to time.

@CautiousPancake 2 ай бұрын

@llamaking447 3 ай бұрын

The only video TFP need to nerf all the force field blocks :) thankfully im using a mod which puts the original arrow slots back the way they were.

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

haha - apart from the new block, I'm sure they've seen the others before! I do miss the old arrow slits!

@fk680061 3 ай бұрын

some zombie still cross it anyway some others get push under it then proceed to take the base out

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

For the storage cube version? 3 deep trench filled with the block?

@fk680061 3 ай бұрын

@@CautiousPancake storage cube. 3 block deep trench but I only fill the top two layer. Might try to fill the whole trench today and see if it work.

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

@@fk680061 thanks - please let me know if it has issues, and I'll do some more testing, based on your scenario - the full 3 worked well for me...

@fk680061 2 ай бұрын

@@CautiousPancake I've rebuild the trench and fill storage cube 3 block deep this time and went through another horde night with my friends. In short, I fix zombie pathing issue, it works well at the begining. However, when there are too much zombie on the map and server performance drop, some zombies still glitch into storage cubes and digging our base, not too many to kill, but kinda break the pathing somehow.

@CautiousPancake 2 ай бұрын

@@fk680061 Thanks for sending that! I'm aware now that a few people have reported issues, and further testing I'm getting the same as you - works most of the time, but sometimes they just ignore it, usually when the number of zombies cranks up and the game forgets to do pathing "correctly". I'm trying to figure out what's causing it. Not only that, but I'm also seeing (and others confirming) that falling zombies onto it can sometimes glitch through this "solid" block - so I'm trying to work on that as well! It's also not consistent, and the fall testing I did looks to not have been high enough - they need to ragdoll and they then have a chance to glitch. Gonna keep working on it and try and figure out either how to stop it, or how to use it!

@jacobe2995 3 ай бұрын

if you have cross poles blocking the path do they still get mad and path across? would love it if I could have a wall-less hoard base.

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

I think you mean what I have right at the end of the video, some cross poles to block the zombies from coming in, where you can fight them? Yeah that works for sure, but only in the early game. Spiders will jump the forcefield and cops will spit without walls to block line of sight.

@Chaosand0rder 3 ай бұрын

Would this work with just a 4 deep 3 wide trench with a wall, wedge, or rail around it?

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

Depends what you're trying to achieve - the forcefield is designed as something you can easily cross over, but zombies can't so if you surround your base, or your crops or anything you wanted to protect with the forcefield, the zombies won't go in there but you can walk on over easily. Trenches work as well for keeping zombies out, but obviuosly you can fall in too :)

@nacoran 2 ай бұрын

It's like a cow grate for zombies.

@CautiousPancake 2 ай бұрын

Would snap some ankles for sure if they don't get their feet in the right spot!

@fred-yy6jd 3 ай бұрын

Nice video so far I haven't finished it yet. I've gotta try this.

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

Please do, I think you'll enjoy it!

@OrloxPhoenix 3 ай бұрын

I mean, i understand the zombies, i wouldn't want to walk on top of those weird blocks either 😂

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

Ankle breakers for sure! 😄

@harlymeyer1073 2 ай бұрын

they glitched down a 3 block by 2 block wide full shelf block pit. like u did. many times now on xbox series s

@CautiousPancake 2 ай бұрын

Thanks mate! and also big thanks for reporting it's not working well - I'm aware now that a few people have reported issues - sometimes walking over the blocks and sometimes falling through - so I'm doing some more testing, but nothing conclusive yet. The glitch seems to be after a ragdoll, and the pathing seems to be on higher zombie counts the z's forget to path correctly when the game gets more load. Haven't pinned it down fully, but definitely looking into it! Sorry that it's not working as well as I thought it was!

@luke5029 2 ай бұрын

soon as i build up off ground they walk over it ? was trying to build a zone i could jump up a ladder to base and have a little time to climb up . i gave them an option to get to me via fighting position 15 blocks above i run in jump up ladder they walk over the blocks get stuck hit pillars instead of walking up ladder to fighting position

@scottroberts5492 Ай бұрын

Looks like this "new" block has been patched. Not working for me.

@hyperbloq5163 3 ай бұрын

Watching this, is that to say using it on an existing poi (houses,etc), I'll have to dig trench still? Can't just place it next to it without digging?

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

Still need the trench yes. I tested in above ground and it's no good. But there's jawoodles version for that the 6m slope one ( I've not tested his yet but it looks good from the vid!)

@hyperbloq5163 3 ай бұрын

@@CautiousPancake his dont work. i think ive tried all videos about this but i just never knew needed trench so ty.

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

@@hyperbloq5163 Ah there you go, glad it helped!

@BuioPestato 3 ай бұрын

great!

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

@exceedaccel5019 3 ай бұрын

I don"t know if using this a good idea cus you got spitted by ranged zombies, hit by bird, and spider zombie just jump itu

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

That was me explaining how you need to also break line of sight - the forcefield is to protect areas you want to keep the zombies away from, not completely replace a base.

@Oktokolo 3 ай бұрын

Nice find. The bumpiness indicates that the Fun Pimps use the actual block geometry for their inverse kinematics. If they ever fix that bug, most force fields will stop working.

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

Yeah feels like their approach needs to be a bit smarter or a bit dumber lol. But it works for most things so I don't see them doing drastic changes, unless it gets in the way of bandits or something.

@Oktokolo 3 ай бұрын

@@CautiousPancake They need to derive collision meshes from their detailed shape meshes and the collision meshes should likely be different for projectiles and actors because it's cool to be able to shoot through stuff, but it's not cool to have a bumpy ride or to have zombies getting stuck. Not sure, whether there is also some performance to gain there. Who knows, how much the zombies think about holes in the ground... But yeah: Bandits likely come first.

@jonathanturull8508 2 ай бұрын

Hey man gotta ask how does it work for a 71x71 base?

@CautiousPancake 2 ай бұрын

That's a big base! It should work ok, although there's some issues with this, with bigger hordes the zombies will sometimes run over it. I think it's when the new zombie spawn logic to save fps kicks in. 😟

@jonathanturull8508 2 ай бұрын

@CautiousPancake that's understandable so can't I just make my walls so thick they have to run straight to the front door? Like 7 steel blocks thick all around? I'm trying to find a workable big castle style horde base. 7 I'm trying to make the most of the 71 block size for land claim blocks on console.😅 I do not like compact builds much. Which is why I'm wanting to coax them all to come my direction but have to choose between a long but thick wall or a single big door. I probably am cutting my base size down but my final measurements aren't set in stone yet.

@CautiousPancake 2 ай бұрын

@@jonathanturull8508 Ah fair enough - the one tip I'd give is to consider that they'll always want to get to your height first, so if you raise your fighting platform off the ground, and only provide on path up to you, they'll always want to go that way and will generally leave your wall alone - especially if your height is > 11 blocks as per my rage mode rule.

@mickaels.1614 3 ай бұрын

What if... you put pillar on the force field and have your base over/above it....? 😊

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

As long as you still give them a path to you it'll be ok. If you don't they'll probably just smash the pillar.

@Myomer104 2 ай бұрын

Jawoodle found another great block candidate that makes a literal "Insurmountable Waist-High Fence," the "6m Ramp 02": kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKa8ooCGnZWni5Y

@rachetsrednecks56 2 ай бұрын

Having issues with this ..they are still pathing over it and falling through it

@CautiousPancake 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, there's something wrong with that - I'm working on it though.

@rachetsrednecks56 2 ай бұрын

@@CautiousPancake awesome I hope to see a new video on it soon ..Thank you

@tigrecito48 3 ай бұрын

so, their next update will definitely get rid of this... lol

@bannankev 3 ай бұрын

Already have some of them. Look at his comment 3 already patched

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

We'll see! Most of the ones I found in Alpha 20 were not patched in alpha21 Only now in 1.0 have there been some. The paint lines would be from the change they did to road paint to make it disappear when you build on top I guess. So generally they've left these alone. Just depends if they think this one is worse than all the others.

@BH-in4nl 3 ай бұрын

Not sure why they care so much. If you don’t want to use “force field” blocks, don’t use them. For those of us that like them, leave them.

@tigrecito48 3 ай бұрын

@@BH-in4nl the fun nerfers like to make sure there is only one way to play the game.. their way

@BuzzedKitty 3 ай бұрын

They have to keep the game interesting and challenging but honestly there are other factors that I feel would be more important for them to change or tinker with. They could have a better balance of making certain things easier on the players that they want easy while also working on the things they want more difficult to create a challenge. Just a couple hours ago when I was playing I thought it would be amazing if there was a way to craft specific gun turrets that locked on to specific zombie types. I only craft turrets for the roof for those annoying vultures that want to steal my fries 😤 and that's it. I wish the turrets had more options to play with since they're my least favorite out of the electrical items or maybe I'm just a dodo and don't utilize them well enough 🤷‍♀️ Quick 1 minute edit: I forgot to mention it was cop zombies I wish it would only target. They're my most annoying no matter what I do. I have safe guards in place but they still drive me crazy on my solo play game

@zachbarkhouse1878 3 ай бұрын

Tryed the storage blocks they don't work for me i did 3 deep 2 wide.while 3 deep under the first one. Grabbed a random passer by zombie to try it didnt work for me i filled it in with the same block storage cube but not concrete just basic then concrete as top one.

@CautiousPancake 2 ай бұрын

@zachbarkhouse1878 2 ай бұрын

@@CautiousPancake I found the arch 3m tip works I think it's called. I just wanted something around my base to keep horde nights so they all path to my tunnel thanks.

@DrSnipzz 2 ай бұрын

I've tested them too. This video isn't designed for horde night bases because those bases are built on pillars not flat on the ground like in his demonstration. Even building the storage blocks 2 wide and 4 down around each pillar, the zombies still walked on the storage blocks and began to attack my pillars even though there is a simple easy path for the zombies to take. Most of them do but some randomly don't

@OneBeardedBadger 3 ай бұрын

for what ever reason i cant get the arch blocks to go down

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

it won't let you place them?

@OneBeardedBadger 3 ай бұрын

@@CautiousPancake correct when i spin it round

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

@@OneBeardedBadger That's weird! Very rarely you can't place a block in a particular spot when the game has a glitch but quit and reload usually fixes it for PC. I've never heard of an issue where you can't place a block based on the rotation. Also checking you're not near the trader?

@OneBeardedBadger 3 ай бұрын

@@CautiousPancake I put the 1st down then spin it round and it won’t place alas I went down the wine rack one instead

@benderbot248 3 ай бұрын

why would you just not go 3 blocks wide?

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

Just more digging and blocks - you absolutely can though

@DrSnipzz 2 ай бұрын

This doesn't work because 99% of horde bases need pillars and the moment you have pillars, the zombies will attack the pillars rather than taking the designed path. I even tested your storage blocks around the pillars, 2 wide 4 down and the zombies still jump on the storage blocks and hit the pillar when their is a staircase with centered polls that connect to my base

@maggi98mw 2 сағат бұрын

Then get more creative with your base design. This just gives you more options to not build the typical horde base

@mikebottorff593 Ай бұрын

Don't seem to be working for me

@Jijhebtmijnnaamnietnodig Ай бұрын

unfunpimps: and its gone

@rb2530 3 ай бұрын

👍👍

@grimrimimmable 3 ай бұрын

You can also make a 1block wide 0blocks deep "force field" with the new bridge center block. I believe its 6m ramp tip or something like that.

@marthalent 3 ай бұрын

If you only need one layer of the block then why dig three blocks deep

@psychopuffs 3 ай бұрын

Did you even watch the video?

@tigrecito48 3 ай бұрын

you should try to combine this zombie forcefield with a pit base.. if you look at my TURD IN THE HOLE bases i used that were supported at the sides, floating bases in pits, i used to have just and open top of pit so they jump down in any part of the pit but it makes it annoying cos they all fall in different directions.. im thinking a forcefield and pit drop base could line all the zombies up so they fall directly where your weapon is pointing?

@h.t.t.p.s.alex.w 3 ай бұрын

ye ye ye ye!

@turtl3playz303 3 ай бұрын

1000th like 😃

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

🥳

@thedevilinthedetails3061 24 күн бұрын

I think they got rid of this block in an update.

@jeepnj2502 3 ай бұрын

Well i wish i had watched this before.. I just constructed a 7x7 with area denial using the cube 1/2 1/4 curved, and my main peeve is falling through myself 😂 Thank goodness for parkour!

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

Haha parkour for the win! For your base you might be able to put one of the road paint blocks I listed in the alternative section on top of the curved cube to stop yourself falling through?

@cynic5581 3 ай бұрын

So could this be used around things to prevent zombies from destroying them once they are in destroy everything mode? I thinking of use case where you could put this around a dropper base and not make it so tall. On that note the zombie struggle to run on these. Could you make a dropper base but position yourself at the bottom. Drop the zombies on these blocks so its easy to shoot them when they land on them and struggle to move off them.

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

You can definitely use them around things you want to protect for a lower base. Before I figured out the 11-block rage mode rule, I used forcefields a lot to try and protect the supports and main base components. And yes, this would allow you to make the base lower. Note though that the zombies will probably rage against something in that case - either the blocks around the forcefield, or the forcefield itself (or sometimes a nearbly poi or even a cactus). So your forcefield may take some damage, but that's better than the base support! As for dropping the zombies onto the forcefield on purpose, that's not something I've tried to be honest - it seems like it would be hard to line up the shots, but it's also crazy enough to work! Worth trying at some point :)

@tigrecito48 3 ай бұрын

does the forcefield only work if its a drop into a trench they cant get out of? if it has a way out they no longer see it as a non pathable trench? cos i remember trying to do a forcefield over a drop into the ocean and it didnt stop them they just walked straight over

@tommyigoe3952 3 ай бұрын

"May the force be with you" :)

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

🤣

@atakama6375 3 ай бұрын

5:48 FREAKING SCARED ME

@NickSmith-wj8eo 3 ай бұрын

“Since many people are familiar with force fields” *console gamer over here who hasn’t played in 5 years

@CautiousPancake 3 ай бұрын

Yeah sorry about that - I tried to add some text to that section to help out returning players. In short they are used to prevent zombies from getting into an area you don't want them to go, except through the one path that you provide, while also allowing the player to cross over at any point. That way you can enter an exit the area from any direction, but the zombies are forced down a specific path. this allows you to surround anything you want to protect - be that crops, vehicle parking, equipment storage or your base with a forcefield, and the zombies will only try and come in through the path you leave them - which means you can then control the path how you want - either with traps, or barriers, or a zombie dropper. Hope that helps!

@sage3595 2 ай бұрын

0 deep 1 wide 02 ramp 二二二二二二二二二| 二二二二二二二二二| you just jumping top to bottom in silly horde nights. and it must be atleast hardwood not frame. Frame doesnt work.