Pre-fab houses

[Myrkana]

How do I stop spawning in a prefab? we found a wondergul one that used to be a information center. The only problem is we keep seeing zombies exiting our home to eat us :p they seem to be spawning inside even iwth sleeping bags insdie x.x anyway besides rebuilding the house to stop them from spanwign isndie?

[Dorf, Son of Dorf]

Player made blocks and sleeping bags should stop it. Some people say torches do as well, but I've no idea about that one. Also, if you're playing MP, I believe a land claim block should make a "no spawn zone".

Otherwise, just ignore prefab and go build your own awesome base away from prefab buildings. Personally, I set up camp in a prefab and built a base near it, and I've had no issues with zombies spawning inside my house.

[Ultra_Instinct_Goku]

depends if ur out of ur house view distance theres a chance they will spawn

[Myrkana]

Originally posted by Valkinar:

Player made blocks and sleeping bags should stop it. Some people say torches do as well, but I've no idea about that one. Also, if you're playing MP, I believe a land claim block should make a "no spawn zone".

Otherwise, just ignore prefab and go build your own awesome base away from prefab buildings. Personally, I set up camp in a prefab and built a base near it, and I've had no issues with zombies spawning inside my house.

We play a multiplayer with just me and the bf, if one of us uses a land claim and we're allied can we both destroy blocks like normal or will the landclaim stop say me from destryoing blocking like normal?

Also would the fact that its 2 stories have anything to do with it? would the sleeping bags both being o nthe upper story have anything to do with it? If i move one sleeping bag to the bottom floor that might stop the spanwing there?


We've built bases from scratch before, I just really liked this house and wanted to make it the center :p with walls etc... around it

[Dorf, Son of Dorf]

Originally posted by Myrkana:

Originally posted by Valkinar:

Player made blocks and sleeping bags should stop it. Some people say torches do as well, but I've no idea about that one. Also, if you're playing MP, I believe a land claim block should make a "no spawn zone".

Otherwise, just ignore prefab and go build your own awesome base away from prefab buildings. Personally, I set up camp in a prefab and built a base near it, and I've had no issues with zombies spawning inside my house.

We play a multiplayer with just me and the bf, if one of us uses a land claim and we're allied can we both destroy blocks like normal or will the landclaim stop say me from destryoing blocking like normal?

Also would the fact that its 2 stories have anything to do with it? would the sleeping bags both being o nthe upper story have anything to do with it? If i move one sleeping bag to the bottom floor that might stop the spanwing there?


We've built bases from scratch before, I just really liked this house and wanted to make it the center :p with walls etc... around it

If you're allies, I think you can "share" the land claim block. You'll be able to build and destroy around it as normal, but it would still be considered the property of whoever placed it. But, since you can do anything he'd be able to, it doesn't matter who's it is.

As for the stories of the house, I can't say I'd know. After clearing out my prefab house (also a two story building) where I set up, I've never had an issue with zombie spawning there, without a land claim block. All I can say for certain is prefab houses are small hotspots for zombies, so if you leave for a long time, that might be the issue. Or perhaps it's a bug, 7DTD isn't exactly free of them. :)

[Myrkana]

Originally posted by Valkinar:

Originally posted by Myrkana:

We play a multiplayer with just me and the bf, if one of us uses a land claim and we're allied can we both destroy blocks like normal or will the landclaim stop say me from destryoing blocking like normal?

Also would the fact that its 2 stories have anything to do with it? would the sleeping bags both being o nthe upper story have anything to do with it? If i move one sleeping bag to the bottom floor that might stop the spanwing there?


We've built bases from scratch before, I just really liked this house and wanted to make it the center :p with walls etc... around it

If you're allies, I think you can "share" the land claim block. You'll be able to build and destroy around it as normal, but it would still be considered the property of whoever placed it. But, since you can do anything he'd be able to, it doesn't matter who's it is.

As for the stories of the house, I can't say I'd know. After clearing out my prefab house (also a two story building) where I set up, I've never had an issue with zombie spawning there, without a land claim block. All I can say for certain is prefab houses are small hotspots for zombies, so if you leave for a long time, that might be the issue. Or perhaps it's a bug, 7DTD isn't exactly free of them. :)

thank you :) we'll try switching the sleeping bag and if that doesnt work maybe a land block claim will help us

[Dorf, Son of Dorf]

Good luck, hopefully it'll all sort itself out. :)

[Kunovega]

Originally posted by Myrkana:

How do I stop spawning in a prefab? we found a wondergul one that used to be a information center. The only problem is we keep seeing zombies exiting our home to eat us :p they seem to be spawning inside even iwth sleeping bags insdie x.x anyway besides rebuilding the house to stop them from spanwign isndie?

You can't

If a prefab or poi has designed spawn points inside of it, nothing will stop them from respawning

There are 3 things that stop RANDOM zombie spawns:

1. player made blocks. zombies will not spawn directly on blocks you create

2. sleeping bags (your actual currently in use one, not just random ones laying around extra)

3. land claim blocks

Sleeping bags and land claim blocks prevent random zombie spawning within a 31x31 grid. As in the line that they are placed on + 15 blocks in every horiztonal direction (plus full vertical from bedrock to sky)

Any other block type you build is preventing spawn only on itself

But again, these prevent only the random spawns

Nothing prevents "designed" spawn points from respawning

This information is noted in the XML notes file for modders, I'll copy and paste it here:

<property name="CanMobsSpawnOn" value="true" />

The default value for a block is now FALSE.

Static spawners in prefabs / POI completely ignore this flag.

A placed bedroll ("your" bedroll, not any that exists) works like a claim stone.
It blocks zombie spawns in a rectangular area of 31x31 meters from bedrock to sky.
(that's 15 + 1 + 15m)

As you can see: Static spawners in prefabs / POI completely ignore this flag.

And just to note: the respawn of static spawners even ignores height. If you build a wall where one of those spawn points used to be, the zombie will spawn INSIDE the wall block itself

I had a tower built over a POI with 3 spawn points inside. The zombies keep respawning inside one of the ledges, every respawn I go over and hit their legs to make them fall out and than kill them. they are in the same 3 spots every time

I've also seen this with many other bases built on POI by other people

If you truly do not want zombies to ever be inside your base, you must choose a completely empty space and start from fresh. By doing so you can prevent all nearby random spawns with overlapping land claim blocks going out as far as you desire

[Myrkana]

aww this is super sad :( hopefully they change this at some point, the prefab houses are amazing for those of us not gifted in making good looking bases :(

[just.j]

Originally posted by Valkinar:

Player made blocks and sleeping bags should stop it. Some people say torches do as well, but I've no idea about that one. Also, if you're playing MP, I believe a land claim block should make a "no spawn zone".

For any new players reading this Torches do not stop zombie spawns OR attract zombies. This is not minecraft, torches are there to enable the living to see in the dark.

[Zhaylin]

I *think* tearing out the floors and replacing them with your own will help. I use prefabs a lot but I customize them and never have any troubles.

[Myrkana]

Originally posted by Zhaylin:

I *think* tearing out the floors and replacing them with your own will help. I use prefabs a lot but I customize them and never have any troubles.

yea we wernt wanting to do that as the house is quite big and has two floors xD so we just restarted and are now making our own base from scratch instead :)

[-ButterNutz-]

sadly it's true that you cant, i found that out after i pretty much replaced the whole house, and 3 blocks down, still had zombies inside, best bet is to make one yourself, and if you like the layout of the pre-fab, make one like it.

[YamaKami]

Originally posted by Kunovega:

Originally posted by Myrkana:

How do I stop spawning in a prefab? we found a wondergul one that used to be a information center. The only problem is we keep seeing zombies exiting our home to eat us :p they seem to be spawning inside even iwth sleeping bags insdie x.x anyway besides rebuilding the house to stop them from spanwign isndie?

You can't

Nope that is incorrect you certainly can achieve that.

[YamaKami]

Zombies cannot spawn on player made blocks (non-terrain blocks). So you have to replace the floor and ground in your POI. The sleeping bag will also block them, if it does not you are experiencing a bug.

The only exceptions to the above is zombies will not spawn on the terrain blocks that are tilled (ones you used a hoe on), so your farm plots will not be active spawn points. Also screamer spawns do not apply to any of the above.

Even if you have a solid perimeter wall if a screamer screams and spawns a horde while next to said walls. Zombies can spawn on the inside of your walls. Regardless of what type of block is there, or if your sleeping bag is down and blocking that area.

[YamaKami]

Originally posted by Butters:

sadly it's true that you cant, i found that out after i pretty much replaced the whole house, and 3 blocks down, still had zombies inside, best bet is to make one yourself, and if you like the layout of the pre-fab, make one like it.

The only way for that to happen if you replaced the blocks is if the active spawn point is in a wall. If that is the case a bed roll/sleeping bag will spawn block it. So you are incorrect that you can't do this.