Zombie memory

[Csermanek]

Does anyone else feel like zombies have way better memories now and can magically track you through multiple walls and buildings? I can't seem to shake a horde even after jumping multiple high fences and looping around buildings, even though this worked in build 41. After doing these, they use their psychic powers to deduce where I am and they're constantly homing in on me. Am I just missing something that the devs mentioned they added or improved?

[ElectroGrid]

Originally posted by Csermanek:

Does anyone else feel like zombies have way better memories now and can magically track you through multiple walls and buildings? I can't seem to shake a horde even after jumping multiple high fences and looping around buildings, even though this worked in build 41. After doing these, they use their psychic powers to deduce where I am and they're constantly homing in on me. Am I just missing something that the devs mentioned they added or improved?

Their memory and sight in default apocalypse settings is set to random so it is possible you were just running into a lot of eagle eyed and pinpoint hearing dead, it also might have to do with trait choices, if you picked conspicuous, they will be seeing you much easier now I noticed compared to 41 and clumsy still makes it so they can hear you through multiple floors if you are in a building.

TL;DR it depends on your settings and traits. However I do think the zomboids now have more of an affinity to create hordes, they seem to group together when they hear others making noise, not just you but that could be just me imagining things.

[JJWithNoSauce]

Originally posted by Csermanek:

Does anyone else feel like zombies have way better memories now and can magically track you through multiple walls and buildings? I can't seem to shake a horde even after jumping multiple high fences and looping around buildings, even though this worked in build 41. After doing these, they use their psychic powers to deduce where I am and they're constantly homing in on me. Am I just missing something that the devs mentioned they added or improved?

I feel the same way, when I was playing survivor settings, it's a lot more challenging to shake off a horde or avoid them even though their sights and hearing were set to normal. And the combat and weapons reworks make it much more harder to deal with them that sometimes I feel like I can't catch a break. Now every noises I make no matter how little will attract zombies and shaking them off is absolutely difficult. Survivor preset used to be more fun back in build 41, now it feels more challenging yet extremely annoying, though it's possible that difficulty presets aren't fully tuned to build 42 yet.