zombies follow you wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too long.

[Diminisher_qc]

ok so i just did a 30 min playtrough , never ran a single second , and crouched every single second i could also hugging walls every time i could , both weapon broke on first zombie fight.

so i tryed to crouch hide for 30 min trough high fence , trees , trough house window to come out on other side .. still could never lose all the z until i eventually died.killed about 10 barehanded trying to isolate one , they still spot me 75 % of a screen away even crouched.... wtf is this game ? lol how can people play 15 hours whitout dieing , how can people just lose zombies ?

[Diminisher_qc]

Originally posted by Dargsy:

Use sandbox to reduce their memory level then.

i mean eveyone keep praising crouching , it does ♥♥♥♥ all i get spotted maybe 10 % farther lol

[76561198055910613]

I struggled a lot with Zomboids default settings. Even using their "I'm a blind chimp with no arms" settings I found it a little too tough for my ideal settings.

Luckily you can play using the Sandbox. Tweak the settings how you like (I suggest saving your settings as a custom preset, playing for a little and if you like it carry on and if not you can load the preset again and lower zombie numbers/aggression/health etc).

I've found the control sometimes a little 'weird', that is, sometimes my character will run or walk in a direction not intended (or just other little frustrations with windows, cars, doors etc). So I turned off infection.

I guess this is an incredibly long-winded way of saying just play about with sandbox.


Having said that now I think about it zombies *DO* seem to figure out where you are a little too well sometimes (hence my changes to the settings).

[jerrypocalypse]

Originally posted by Diminisher_qc:

Originally posted by Dargsy:

Use sandbox to reduce their memory level then.

i mean eveyone keep praising crouching , it does ♥♥♥♥ all i get spotted maybe 10 % farther lol

That's because your skill is low.

Zombie detection range is about 20 tiles away for normal vision.

[Diminisher_qc]

Originally posted by name:

I struggled a lot with Zomboids default settings. Even using their "I'm a blind chimp with no arms" settings I found it a little too tough for my ideal settings.

Luckily you can play using the Sandbox. Tweak the settings how you like (I suggest saving your settings as a custom preset, playing for a little and if you like it carry on and if not you can load the preset again and lower zombie numbers/aggression/health etc).

I've found the control sometimes a little 'weird', that is, sometimes my character will run or walk in a direction not intended (or just other little frustrations with windows, cars, doors etc). So I turned off infection.

I guess this is an incredibly long-winded way of saying just play about with sandbox.

thanks bud

i mean i wanted to play a vanilla setting to experience the real thing , but i might have to do it , as so far its jsut ridiculously overdone. i love hard games , like x com ironmode , they are billions ect all against save scumming , but this is just overdone , finding 2 weapons that break 1 first use and never being able to get a break for 30 min of sneaking the best i can around , i mean really ?

tryed multiplayer witha friend , its even worst there is actually zero loot.

[Diminisher_qc]

Originally posted by Dargsy:

Originally posted by Diminisher_qc:

i mean eveyone keep praising crouching , it does ♥♥♥♥ all i get spotted maybe 10 % farther lol

Nimble and Stealth skills are low. With a character that has two or three levels in both I can sometimes get up behind a zombie without being detected and get a stealth attack in (guaranteed knockdown).

Also mind, crouch is not an invisibility button. They'll still see you if you go into their line of sight.

thanks , except rolling burglar , is there an efficient way to level nimble and stealth ? i mean crouching i heard but if your not getting seen , wich seems im alway been ahah

[Germaine's Bra]

Originally posted by Diminisher_qc:

Originally posted by Dargsy:

Use sandbox to reduce their memory level then.

i mean eveyone keep praising crouching , it does ♥♥♥♥ all i get spotted maybe 10 % farther lol

You get spotted like 20 tiles away. Regardless of Crouching, once they see you they are looking for you, and even if you break L.o.s. it seems you need to hang there for a second, and then as they try to go to your last known location then you can escape.

Basically it seems to work better for me around building or insides houses, but sucks in the woods. The woods however have less zombies once out of town.

The biggest thing I can't figure out, is occasionally when fighting my Moron character wants to do a 360 then swing at the zombie and I get hit from behind. It doesn't happen often but I'm like WTF seriously.....

[76561198055910613]

Originally posted by Diminisher_qc:

Originally posted by name:

I struggled a lot with Zomboids default settings. Even using their "I'm a blind chimp with no arms" settings I found it a little too tough for my ideal settings.

Luckily you can play using the Sandbox. Tweak the settings how you like (I suggest saving your settings as a custom preset, playing for a little and if you like it carry on and if not you can load the preset again and lower zombie numbers/aggression/health etc).

I've found the control sometimes a little 'weird', that is, sometimes my character will run or walk in a direction not intended (or just other little frustrations with windows, cars, doors etc). So I turned off infection.

I guess this is an incredibly long-winded way of saying just play about with sandbox.

thanks bud

i mean i wanted to play a vanilla setting to experience the real thing , but i might have to do it , as so far its jsut ridiculously overdone. i love hard games , like x com ironmode , they are billions ect all against save scumming , but this is just overdone , finding 2 weapons that break 1 first use and never being able to get a break for 30 min of sneaking the best i can around , i mean really ?

tryed multiplayer witha friend , its even worst there is actually zero loot.

As did I! When I was in my 20s playing everything on the hardest setting or not being see as a noob or unskilled player meant a lot more to me than it did in my 30s. This isn't a comment about maturity, more that priorities changed (I just want to have fun).

While I cannot suggest anything very helpful (my *entire* playtime is > 40 hours). I can share your frustrations with the default settings.

Ever since making my own sandbox and having it 'easier' I've been having a lot more fun. Plus I'm sure you aware of this but you can backup your save file and replace it if everything goes all wrong... :P

I wish you the best of luck with whatever you decide. It's a bummer to hear multiplayer loot isn't ideal.. I haven't played MP but would be interested to give it a bash... Although with the settings changed slightly :p

[jerrypocalypse]

Originally posted by Anarchist Jurisdictor:

The real problem with the zombies following you is that the whole game is organized around babying your character's needs that pop up 24 times faster than ours in reality so pretty much everything you do is a waste of time.

3 good sized meals a day or 3 smaller meals with some snacks? Even with the high thirst trait my character drinks less than I do in a day.

[Death]

Originally posted by Diminisher_qc:

Originally posted by Dargsy:

Nimble and Stealth skills are low. With a character that has two or three levels in both I can sometimes get up behind a zombie without being detected and get a stealth attack in (guaranteed knockdown).

Also mind, crouch is not an invisibility button. They'll still see you if you go into their line of sight.

thanks , except rolling burglar , is there an efficient way to level nimble and stealth ? i mean crouching i heard but if your not getting seen , wich seems im alway been ahah

Crouch when you inside a building looting. You will gain xp pretty much the whole time. As for nimble, it used to be as easy as climbing through windows, but I don't think that works anymore, so I'm not absolutely sure.

[40000Aggro]

Some players on harder difficulty don't waste time stealthing. Personally I do, I play stealth on Apoc when I play Apoc, but I also approach hordes from a distance so I can separate the zombies so that I can clear them without being swarmed. Not that I haven't taken on entire hordes before, but it's kind of risky if your character has been awake for a while.