hod do i load a new map into an existing save?

[donnietr]

trying to add base down by rosewood. need hummv parts. is there another army base in vanilla map zomboid?

[Beard]

I havent tried doing this personally on a singleplayer game, but from searching around it seems like its either very difficult and can break your game or the mod can simply be enabled and you have to walk into the area where the mod map was added to. Rosewood in your case.

Post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/projectzomboid/comments/9zzwp1/how_to_add_new_map_into_existing_singleplayer_save/

It seems like you have to make sure that you did not visit the area before adding the map. Since the chunks will be loaded into the save and the mod wont replace them. If you did that, you can delete the chunks as mentioned in that reddit thread. Though be very careful when manipulating saves if doing that, always back it up somewhere safe.

[donnietr]

i alwyas have a fresh back up in place. i will read the reddit thanks for the help.

[donnietr]

yeah i followed the post no luck. i noticed errors in the console and when i drove to the area of the military base, the road was in wrong place. followed it down and it just ended in forest like none i had ever seen. that post had to be from an earlier build because those numbers dont exist in my saves. the town to the west of rosewood does same thing. luckily havent went past muldraugh yet so maybe the norther east maps will work.

[Beard]

Yeah as said, I am really not sure, it should work in theory that the maps load when you explore that area but it might not. I never tried for myself.
The numbers in the post should match as the saves have not changed for a long time.

[Grizzly]

Excuse me for necroposting, but I have solution that can be helpful. This works assuming you haven't visited modded areas (otherwise there might be bugs).

1. You apply map mods to your existing save.
2. You create a new game (let's call it MAPMOD) with the same map mods applied.
3. You quit the game and go to save location folder of "MAPMOD" and copy from there "map_ver" to folder of your existing save.
4. You enjoy your new maps

[Nord]

Hey thanks @Grizzly, that totally works.

[Pat]

Grizzly の投稿を引用：

Excuse me for necroposting, but I have solution that can be helpful. This works assuming you haven't visited modded areas (otherwise there might be bugs).

1. You apply map mods to your existing save.
2. You create a new game (let's call it MAPMOD) with the same map mods applied.
3. You quit the game and go to save location folder of "MAPMOD" and copy from there "map_ver" to folder of your existing save.
4. You enjoy your new maps

This, along with using the method listed in the reddit post works. I used it to get Raven Creek and Fort Redstone. Simply deleted map_512_**** - map_730_**** since I had all my base and stuff in muld, so everything beyond 730 is where raven and redstone are.

[Overstuffed Joint]

Grizzly の投稿を引用：

Excuse me for necroposting, but I have solution that can be helpful. This works assuming you haven't visited modded areas (otherwise there might be bugs).

1. You apply map mods to your existing save.
2. You create a new game (let's call it MAPMOD) with the same map mods applied.
3. You quit the game and go to save location folder of "MAPMOD" and copy from there "map_ver" to folder of your existing save.
4. You enjoy your new maps

THIS. Thankyou sir. I just took the hour so long commitment to do as this says, and tested it to verify by driving from Riverside to the Ravencreek entrance, and what would you know, it was there =)

Looking forward to finding new places to die.

[alden.monzon]

Overstuffed Joint の投稿を引用：

Grizzly の投稿を引用：

Excuse me for necroposting, but I have solution that can be helpful. This works assuming you haven't visited modded areas (otherwise there might be bugs).

1. You apply map mods to your existing save.
2. You create a new game (let's call it MAPMOD) with the same map mods applied.
3. You quit the game and go to save location folder of "MAPMOD" and copy from there "map_ver" to folder of your existing save.
4. You enjoy your new maps

THIS. Thankyou sir. I just took the hour so long commitment to do as this says, and tested it to verify by driving from Riverside to the Ravencreek entrance, and what would you know, it was there =)

Looking forward to finding new places to die.

Won't this also override the other areas, meaning if you have a base in Muldraugh for example, the version of Muldraugh that will be loaded will be the one in new save file?

[Overstuffed Joint]

alden.monzon の投稿を引用：

Won't this also override the other areas, meaning if you have a base in Muldraugh for example, the version of Muldraugh that will be loaded will be the one in new save file?

No, just playtested. After a chunk is loaded, it tends to just stay that way unless you go further by resetting the chunks too, which is a seperate file.

So I added a new map to a chunk I never explored, while retaining my old bases and status of every other chunk I have already visited.

[Overstuffed Joint]

All items i stored away are still where they should be

[gabowo]

Pat the Space Ranger の投稿を引用：

Grizzly の投稿を引用：

Excuse me for necroposting, but I have solution that can be helpful. This works assuming you haven't visited modded areas (otherwise there might be bugs).

1. You apply map mods to your existing save.
2. You create a new game (let's call it MAPMOD) with the same map mods applied.
3. You quit the game and go to save location folder of "MAPMOD" and copy from there "map_ver" to folder of your existing save.
4. You enjoy your new maps

This, along with using the method listed in the reddit post works. I used it to get Raven Creek and Fort Redstone. Simply deleted map_512_**** - map_730_**** since I had all my base and stuff in muld, so everything beyond 730 is where raven and redstone are.

hi, where did you check which map_ files are for raven creek? I've got my base in rosewood and tried deleting all map_512_*** and above and got raven creek to appear, but also my base in rosewood was gone. Any way to check which files are rosewood?

[gabowo]

figured it out, in case it is of use to anyone else:
raven creek is a 8x8 cell square on the bottom left corner of the map
here you can understand a bit better how to interpret cells and coords: https://www.reddit.com/r/projectzomboid/comments/s1gvyz/need_help_reset_region_cellchunk/
i figured i would delete a 9x9 square on the bottom left just to be sure to include all of raven creek
so I deleted all map files where the first number was between 290-590 and the second number between 1075-1364
i wrote this script to automate the deleting: https://pastebin.com/hpnzWn0y (if you are going to use it, make sure you backup your save first)
this alone doesn't reset the map, you also have to do what Grizzly said above to replace the map_ver.bin file
and that's it! hope it helps

[mike]

gabowo の投稿を引用：

figured it out, in case it is of use to anyone else:
raven creek is a 8x8 cell square on the bottom left corner of the map
here you can understand a bit better how to interpret cells and coords: https://www.reddit.com/r/projectzomboid/comments/s1gvyz/need_help_reset_region_cellchunk/
i figured i would delete a 9x9 square on the bottom left just to be sure to include all of raven creek
so I deleted all map files where the first number was between 290-590 and the second number between 1075-1364
i wrote this script to automate the deleting: https://pastebin.com/hpnzWn0y (if you are going to use it, make sure you backup your save first)
this alone doesn't reset the map, you also have to do what Grizzly said above to replace the map_ver.bin file
and that's it! hope it helps

could you help me with your script, im trying to addd the rosewood expansion but my base is in the rosewood firestaion, i dont want to reset my base, the expansion is above rosewood and doesnt touch the pd anyway but i cant get it work

[Pew Pew Pew]

For those of you still having issues adding new maps into an existing game, there are other files involved than just the map_##_##.bin file. Map_zone.bin, map_ver.bin, map_t.bin and map.bin might be involved as well. If the new map segment is not showing up, obviously delete the map grid part that should have the new content. But also try removing each of these files one by one, keeping a backup just in case the attempt goes pear shaped.

Another tip, keep notes as to what file was removed and the effect. When I just did it, the date went from 8/02 back to 7/12 AND, 9am to 5am, AND the weather went from partly cloudy to outright rain.