Really tired of getting "insta-killed".

[Domz_commando]

Seriosly, it's just doesn't make sence. Your character survived hundreds of times, healed up hundred of wounds and bleedings, and then... You died instantly, when you had 100% health and no debuffs. Just HOW?...

I started searching same issues, I thought it was just a bug, but no, it's a FEATURE. yes, you really can be killed with no chance to survive, even if you have a top tier armor.

First few times I got insta-killed by a zombie from behind, and ok.. I can say it sounds realistic, cause bite to the throat really can cause death in a few seconds. But today I got insta-death from a zombie on the floor. He didn't even "bite" me, the animation was like he grabbed my foot with his hand, and I'm dead. Despite the fact I was wearing army-boots, that give maximem feet protection.

Just... what the point of this? Is this "feature" suppose to make game more enjoable?..
i really don't understand why devs made this for.

It's not "hard". it feels just unfair, like playing against cheater who can kill you with a console.

[clover <3]

maybe you have some mods affecting it? everytime ive seen threads like this it was caused by mods, and ive never personally seen it in my 200 hours of playing the game

[Arsenal[26]]

Check Sandbox Settings [Zombie Lore] => [Infection Mortality] If it is set to [Instant], then that's why you are getting insta-killed. What happens with [Instant] infection mortality is, when you are bitten, you die [instantly], hence the setting. You will not have noticed other damage which did not cause infection, and were able to bandage up and heal.

I imagine this setting is to simulate the movie 28 days later.
Basically... [Instant Infection Mortality = Instant Death on Bites]

[Domz_commando]

Originally posted by citrussy:

maybe you have some mods affecting it? everytime ive seen threads like this it was caused by mods, and ive never personally seen it in my 200 hours of playing the game

No, I prefer vanilla version.

[Domz_commando]

Originally posted by Arsenal26:

Check Sandbox Settings [Zombie Lore] => [Infection Mortality] If it is set to [Instant], then that's why you are getting insta-killed. What happens with [Instant] infection mortality is, when you are bitten, you die [instantly], hence the setting. You will not have noticed other damage which did not cause infection, and were able to bandage up and heal.

I imagine this setting is to simulate the movie 28 days later.
Basically... [Instant Infection Mortality = Instant Death on Bites]

ok, thanks, I l'll check it

[Shady Allie]

Rip dude.

Take a break when it triggers rage or tiredness of playing. Come back when you think to try again. Or not. If it isn't right game for you, its okay to shelve it indefinitely.

[[p][u][n] ☕]

Originally posted by Domz_commando:

Originally posted by citrussy:

maybe you have some mods affecting it? everytime ive seen threads like this it was caused by mods, and ive never personally seen it in my 200 hours of playing the game

No, I prefer vanilla version.

Evidently you don't prefer the vanilla version because a single scratch can infect you with the virus, which has no cure. The base premise of the game is exactly this, you're a survivor who ends up dying... "This is how you died"

There are ample mods that let you tune how this whole scenario plays out, including vaccine cures which range from being trivially easy to acquire or cures that require entire research tiers and tech crafting to make a single dose.

[DivineEvil]

There's always a chance to survive. Its a matter of how you behave in any given situation. It's not about hitpoints, or protection, or buffs/debuffs - all of those have their specific applications, that improve upon your character performance. If you make poor decisions in a given situation, nothing guarantees your survival. I'm saying that as someone, who have never been "pulled down" by a zombie ever since that feature was added.

This feature is introduced just like the rest of other dangers to your life. If you allow zombie to attack you from behind, you probably die. If you eat poisonous food, you're probably die. If you run a car into a tree at high speed, you probably die. If you break your leg jumping from a window in a middle of a town infested by zombies, you probably die. If you keep fighting a group of 4+ zombies with exhausted character, you probably die. All you need to do is to know what is your current situation and how to minimize your chance of dying.

So yeah, if you have a zombie crawling to you on the floor, you probably should try to bake it out from a safe distance, to bring the chance of dying to zero. That's it. The entire game is a puzzle, where you need to figure out an approach to different situations, all of which ultimately lead to your death. Make the wrong choice, and you're dead. RPGs and shooters allow you to make mistakes. PZ makes you pay for them immediately.

[Pherdnut]

Originally posted by Beltneck:

Why did you let a zombie attack you? :deadrat:

How did your last character die?

[Pherdnut]

Sounds like a sandbox setting choice, but if that's right, you were in fact dead soon anyway. Scratches/lacerations/bites are 7%/25%/100% chance of zed infection. You can dial that down in settings but I personally like to keep it that risky. Once you learn the ropes, it's not so much a game that's crazy hard, bur rather just really unforgiving of mistakes and taking unnecessary risks.

[GeoG85]

I heard of the insta kill if you use Debug Mode to remove a bite. The next time you get bit is insta death.

Some people like to bury shame. :P

[DarkFaceGlow]

Imagine if it were a real-life situation. Is there a chance you could be insta-killed? Yes. Welcome to “reality”.

[Kai-L Kenobi]

it IS a skill issue. its a survival game its not a game where you pick your gear and go sweatmode to be the champion. did you think you were gonna kill all the zombies and die of old age?

[Domz_commando]

Originally posted by DarkFaceGlow:

Imagine if it were a real-life situation. Is there a chance you could be insta-killed? Yes. Welcome to “reality”.

Dude, you are SO wrong. In real life even if your head has been cut off, you will be alive for 8 more seconds. Read a book for once. A single bite to any part of the body can't cause an instant death.

More of that, human teeth can't cause serious wounds like for example dog or lion teeth, simple because human teeth are way too blunt, the wounds can't be so deep and human can't bite through bones. The worst case scenario is bite to the carotid artery, but even in that case you still can survive if you put on bandage or sew up the wound fast enough.

So this is 100% non realistic feature, it's a bug.

[Armagenesis]

Originally posted by Domz_commando:

Originally posted by DarkFaceGlow:

Imagine if it were a real-life situation. Is there a chance you could be insta-killed? Yes. Welcome to “reality”.

Dude, you are SO wrong. In real life even if your head has been cut off, you will be alive for 8 more seconds. Read a book for once. A single bite to any part of the body can't cause an instant death.

More of that, human teeth can't cause serious wounds like for example dog or lion teeth, simple because human teeth are way too blunt, the wounds can't be so deep and human can't bite through bones. The worst case scenario is bite to the carotid artery, but even in that case you still can survive if you put on bandage or sew up the wound fast enough.

So this is 100% non realistic feature, it's a bug.

Humans' not zombies'

[Made in-Human]

I have played 365.7 hours of vanilla and I can very confidently say there is no such thing as "outta nowhere insta-death". Like others have said, it's a puzzle where the slightest mistake might be the difference between limping home with a scratch, or becoming ZombieChow. My last guy that died, who was also my longest surviving so far at a whooping depressing 27 in-game days, got pinned down by no less than 10 zombies and it took him a good few seconds to go down. You say you got "insta-killed" by a zombie reaching for your foot? Not saying it didn't happen, but I will say that it just doesn't happen that way. At the very least I'd suspect there was something you missed:
- Your boots may look fine, but if their condition was too low then you might as well been running around barefoot.
- You were carrying way too much stuff and didn't realize you were losing health. Being overencumbered kills you without even noticing, and the more you are over your max weight tolerance the faster it kills you.
- Your sandbox settings are messed up. If you are indeed playing a sandbox game, then check for the option others have told you about to see if maybe you accidentally checked for instant infection.
- Might not be worth mentioning but keep an eye out on the heart icon to your left, the one that opens your character's info, in case you didn't know this already. If you see it shaking about during gameplay then it is letting you know that something is wrong, and you need to examine yourself closely. Not everything that kills you shows up in the wounds tab.

Otherwise I'd say you are having a weird bug, because although there are instant death conditions in the game (like a bite to the neck), there are none that just happen outta nowhere like you describe, afaik.