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Weird things I encountered in B42
Here are some features I am unsure of wether they are bugs I encountered or new features that I didn't see anywhere.

Muffled sounds that don't switch when zombies come inside the same building :
Zombies have muffled sounds when outside, and if they happen to get into the building where I currently am, they still have those muffled sounds as if they were outside.
Panic attacks ? :
I think my character had a panic attack ? He got extremely panicked from an encounter with a horde, and when going to sleep, he suddenly woke up twice after sleeping for 30 minutes anxious and panicked.
Smell from decomposing bodies doesn't move when transporting corpses (killed a lot of zombies in front of my house, still has "awful smell" even though I moved them far away)
Ability to place items in unreachable places :
I wanted to place items on the table in one of those trailer homes, and my character placed it there but was unable to reach it to pick those back up ://
Problems with throughs in general, had 2 throughs in a single chicken pen, decided to move one to a cow pen, was perfectly functionnal with the chickens but ceased to work even though i rebuilt it with the cows... Then came back stocked up on food that wasn't even there at first, I had to empty it and refill it with water.

I'll probably keep updating this post with any future weird feature or bug I come across.
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I think the panic attacks are intentional, early game immersion. remember outbreak is fresh and ongoing, as are the abilities of the character to cope with the new reality. this will subside over time, to the point where you may just sleep thru a zed breaking down your front door lmao
>muffled sound
Did you pick Hard of Hearing?
Originally posted by Armagenesis:
>muffled sound
Did you pick Hard of Hearing?
No, like, if I enter a house and a zombie is already inside, i hear it non muffled, but if there's one banging on the window, I open the window to let him in, it still sounds like he's outside and muffled.

Also makes me think if there could be a way to interpolate the sounds of rain inside and outside, as the transition between the 2 is very abrupt.
Extra problems I found :

My chickens all disappeared for a second, and a lot of errors spawn when I look at the eggs in the hutch, and can't disassemble crudely made chairs...
Seems nearly impossible to regain weight, I eat 5 meals a day that set me to full to bursting and I keep losing weight, and if I'm not eating a meal I am eating full bags of chips. I am genuienly defeated rn
Originally posted by Underclass Zero:
Originally posted by Armagenesis:
>muffled sound
Did you pick Hard of Hearing?
No, like, if I enter a house and a zombie is already inside, i hear it non muffled, but if there's one banging on the window, I open the window to let him in, it still sounds like he's outside and muffled.

Also makes me think if there could be a way to interpolate the sounds of rain inside and outside, as the transition between the 2 is very abrupt.


I totally agree, the sound in b42 as it is is a bit weird all around, I feel like the panning between left and right ear is too hard and it makes it difficult to tell where sounds are coming from, its slow to update it as well, and the interpolation between inside sound and outside sound needs to be there like you said.

Maybe the sound is interpolated based on the distance from the nearest barrier between inside and outside.

Just spit balling but if anyone knows of a mod that improves sound physics within b42 I would love to see it.
Originally posted by Underclass Zero:
Seems nearly impossible to regain weight, I eat 5 meals a day that set me to full to bursting and I keep losing weight, and if I'm not eating a meal I am eating full bags of chips. I am genuienly defeated rn

put character stats decreasing in sandbox to very low, my character weighs like 85 from doing that and just eating ♥♥♥♥ from around the map and driving and not walking so much lol
Originally posted by Puppers:
Originally posted by Underclass Zero:
Seems nearly impossible to regain weight, I eat 5 meals a day that set me to full to bursting and I keep losing weight, and if I'm not eating a meal I am eating full bags of chips. I am genuienly defeated rn

put character stats decreasing in sandbox to very low, my character weighs like 85 from doing that and just eating ♥♥♥♥ from around the map and driving and not walking so much lol

Tbh last time I played the UNSTABLE branch (before all generators disappeared from the map :(( ), I fixed my food situation by just adding a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of fat in the dishes I made, scavenging for butter oil and whatnot, and eating like, 2x as much !
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Date Posted: Mar 13, 2025 @ 2:54pm
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