Insane population success?

[Eyeless Pilot]

Has anybody started a game with the population set to absolute maximum on the first day, and had any success at survival beyond a day or two?

[Radiosity]

Yes. How? I got really, REALLY lucky. Custom sandbox, mostly set to regular apocalypse settings except respawning disabled. Insane pop on day 1, and I started in Westpoint of all places. But I also wanted an extra challenge, so I started on Jan 1st, meaning it was cold.

Turns out, that actually saved me because the moment I spawned in, I saw that it was foggy :D So I was able to loot the starter house and sneak south to the woods, then west and back north to the three isolated houses to set up a base. Went reasonably well from that point on, but I'm quite certain the lucky fog is what allowed me to get out of the town initially.

[Eyeless Pilot]

Originally posted by Radiosity:

Yes. How? I got really, REALLY lucky. Custom sandbox, mostly set to regular apocalypse settings except respawning disabled. Insane pop on day 1, and I started in Westpoint of all places. But I also wanted an extra challenge, so I started on Jan 1st, meaning it was cold.

Turns out, that actually saved me because the moment I spawned in, I saw that it was foggy :D So I was able to loot the starter house and sneak south to the woods, then west and back north to the three isolated houses to set up a base. Went reasonably well from that point on, but I'm quite certain the lucky fog is what allowed me to get out of the town initially.

I am trying a custom sandbox with insane pop, (4.0, 4.0 day 1, no zed respawns) slow shamblers, weak and fragile, but normal sight, hearing and smell. Starting in the prison (pillows random spawns mod) with a start date of 1st December. I haven't escaped the prison yet, although I am normally at 150+ kills by day 2.

I'm testing for a youtube series I want to make based off the book I Am Legend, with the aim of clearing the map of all zombies, but I am starting to think it might not be possible.

[Radiosity]

Originally posted by Eyeless Pilot:

Originally posted by Radiosity:

Yes. How? I got really, REALLY lucky. Custom sandbox, mostly set to regular apocalypse settings except respawning disabled. Insane pop on day 1, and I started in Westpoint of all places. But I also wanted an extra challenge, so I started on Jan 1st, meaning it was cold.

Turns out, that actually saved me because the moment I spawned in, I saw that it was foggy :D So I was able to loot the starter house and sneak south to the woods, then west and back north to the three isolated houses to set up a base. Went reasonably well from that point on, but I'm quite certain the lucky fog is what allowed me to get out of the town initially.

I am trying a custom sandbox with insane pop, (4.0, 4.0 day 1, no zed respawns) slow shamblers, weak and fragile, but normal sight, hearing and smell. Starting in the prison (pillows random spawns mod) with a start date of 1st December. I haven't escaped the prison yet, although I am normally at 150+ kills by day 2.

I'm testing for a youtube series I want to make based off the book I Am Legend, with the aim of clearing the map of all zombies, but I am starting to think it might not be possible.

So kind of a cross between I Am Legend and the One Painful Year challenge? Sounds neat, but yeah, definitely doesn't sound easy :) Starting in another area would help, but I'm guessing you want the challenge of breaking out of the prison as part of it?

[Lotus Elise]

Insane is not only option in the world setup. I usually play modified "6 month latter" in west point and it is passible to survive... ... until u do not start to play with random traits... but maybe some one can handle that too..

[My Killer Shack]

Originally posted by Eyeless Pilot:

Has anybody started a game with the population set to absolute maximum on the first day, and had any success at survival beyond a day or two?

tehre are streamers that have survived for 11+ months on insane population

[My Killer Shack]

Originally posted by My Killer Shack:

Originally posted by Eyeless Pilot:

Has anybody started a game with the population set to absolute maximum on the first day, and had any success at survival beyond a day or two?

tehre are streamers that have survived for 11+ months on insane population

and due to the one painful year challenge they are forced to make a new base in a new town every 3-4 months

[Eyeless Pilot]

Originally posted by My Killer Shack:

Originally posted by Eyeless Pilot:

Has anybody started a game with the population set to absolute maximum on the first day, and had any success at survival beyond a day or two?

tehre are streamers that have survived for 11+ months on insane population

I am not talking about the "standard" insane population level, I am talking about MAX population on day 1. There is a big difference. Read the description, not just the title.

[Radiosity]

Originally posted by Eyeless Pilot:

Originally posted by My Killer Shack:

tehre are streamers that have survived for 11+ months on insane population

I am not talking about the "standard" insane population level, I am talking about MAX population on day 1. There is a big difference. Read the description, not just the title.

Yeah, hence why I said I got lucky :) Without the fog, I'd have been screwed.

[saurce]

Originally posted by Radiosity:

Originally posted by Eyeless Pilot:

I am not talking about the "standard" insane population level, I am talking about MAX population on day 1. There is a big difference. Read the description, not just the title.

Yeah, hence why I said I got lucky :) Without the fog, I'd have been screwed.

My guess is that Pilot is talking about setting population multiplier to 4 while also setting starting population multiplier to 4, effectively starting with x16 the normal amount of zombies.

That being said, no. I would never try that. Why would anyone try that? It's an interesting gimmick I guess, but it'd play out the same way any normal playthrough would: immediately find a route out of the city and then engage in diversionary tactics to loot cities. Only on a larger and far more annoying scale. While I love difficult games (seeing as I have over 1k hours in Zomboid), that's just a masochists pipe dream of a setting.

More power to you if you try it and succeed though.

[Eyeless Pilot]

Originally posted by watermelon belly:

Originally posted by Radiosity:

Yeah, hence why I said I got lucky :) Without the fog, I'd have been screwed.

My guess is that Pilot is talking about setting population multiplier to 4 while also setting starting population multiplier to 4, effectively starting with x16 the normal amount of zombies.

That being said, no. I would never try that. Why would anyone try that? It's an interesting gimmick I guess, but it'd play out the same way any normal playthrough would: immediately find a route out of the city and then engage in diversionary tactics to loot cities. Only on a larger and far more annoying scale. While I love difficult games (seeing as I have over 1k hours in Zomboid), that's just a masochists pipe dream of a setting.

More power to you if you try it and succeed though.

I was testing for an "I am Legend" RP game that I was going to put up on Youtube, with the intent to clear the map... everything would be urban based, not a countryside survival run. Problem is, I haven't made it past the second day in my tests so far.

Was just wondering if I am just trying to do something that probably isn't possible.

From my tests so far, it appears that the best place to start is in the prison, although I think if I am going to have any success I will have to turn zombification off, that way, as long as I can get away from a horde, I will have a chance to survive.

[Radiosity]

Also bear in mind that the patch before last (there was a new one today) actually fixed zombie detection, so it'll be even more difficult now. I got away with max population due to fog and most likely also due to that bug. Now? I can't imagine sneaking out is going to work with that many zombies, so I'd just have to run and hope like hell I can lose any groups I pick up.

[Lucifer]

I play with Insane population but only 2x initially and 4x after 28 weeks. Respawn time is 3 months to prevent a lack of zombies late game. It’s pretty dense with just that but I have managed to survive for a month before the helicopter overwhelmed me in a house (should have kept moving since I have the helicopter every few weeks).

[Eyeless Pilot]

Originally posted by Radiosity:

Also bear in mind that the patch before last (there was a new one today) actually fixed zombie detection, so it'll be even more difficult now. I got away with max population due to fog and most likely also due to that bug. Now? I can't imagine sneaking out is going to work with that many zombies, so I'd just have to run and hope like hell I can lose any groups I pick up.

I am kind of relying on that. The zeds are heavily attracted to the area, so they are pulled in to me. If I can clear my starting location, eventually I will end up with a relatively empty cell to be based out of and work from. The prison has unbreakable windows that attracts groups and fixes them in place, leaving me with a few minimal entry points for the wider zombie population to get through. Admittedly, regular doors and windows don’t survive more than a couple of hours as the zeds are set to allow environmental interaction. So the prison fills up fast. It’s supposed to be a heavy combat run, not a stealthy one. 😂

As I have already said though, the initial clearance is insanely difficult (as should be expected).

I might just start the recorded run and keep putting up my attempts until I decide it can’t be done or I get somewhere.

[saurce]

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[Eyeless Pilot]

Originally posted by watermelon belly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep0AqKXfi9U

Rip lol.

😂 survived longer than some of my attempts 😂