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Zens Static Barbed Wire

This mod makes non-player placed barbed wire dangerous by adding Barbed Wire damage zones to them which act like player-placed barbed wire.

If a player walks into these 'static' barbed wire objects they will be cut and their clothes will be damaged.

Check out the attached video to see what I mean.

There is a JSON config that allows you to specify damage zones for various game objects, including how often they damage the player.


Install this mod like any other mod - copy it into your server folder and add it to your mods list. Make sure to copy the .bikey into your server keys if you're not using a server management tool like OmegaManager which does that automatically.

This mod should theoretically work fine as a server-side only mod, but if you have any issues then add it to your server's mod pack.

When you run the mod for the first time a default JSON config will be created in your server profile: %server_root%/profiles/Zenarchist/ZenStaticBarbedWire.json

Due to the fact the mod must scan the entire map for objects that match the config types, this can take quite some time (usually no longer than a couple of minutes).

This JSON file will include the config for each barbed wire object type and also all of their positions on the map. It should work fine with custom-placed objects through the DayZ Editor so long as the object classnames match the ones in the config file.

I recommend using the DayZ Diag tools with Trigger debug boxes enabled to add barbed wire zones to custom objects (edit the MinExtends and MaxExtents to shape the zone). Don't ask me how to do this, find someone much smarter than me to help as I barely managed myself lol.


Unfortunately due to lack of time I can't maintain all of my mods all of the time. I do my best, but these mods are offered as-is. If there's a problem, you have the source code and my permission to fix it yourself and upload a fixed version to the workshop without any credit necessary. It's all free.

You can repack this mod if you like, and do anything else you want with it for that matter. The source code is on my GitHub at www.zenarchist.com


All my mods are free and open source, but it takes an enormous amount of time to put some of these mods together. If I've helped you out, please consider helping me buy my next coffee! I don't expect it, but I very much appreciate it.

To contact me you can send me a message there too - I get an insane amount of messages so it's the best way for me to filter out the noise and focus on people who are willing to support my work with a coffee first:

https://buymeacoffee.com/zenarchist

Enjoy!