horde zombie

[VertigiNâL]

hi all and developper :)

little question is it possible to have zombie horde on server mp or solo? good to you thank you very much

[Bunny]

Puppet hordes are disabled because of the maximum number of puppets on the servers is limited. More puppets would probably cause performance issues. Soon we will try increasing the number of puppets on official servers and if that works, we are probably close to having an active horde on the server.

On the plus side, you will soon be able to configure puppet spawners completely for your SP / private MP game so you will be able to experiment with higher number of enemies and their stats.

[N0W3P]

If you're playing in SP, you can just spawn yourself a horde. We've done some high level testing, and found the MP servers can handle roughly 600-700 active/dead puppets before things go really south....can't say how that translates to SP though.

[A BUSH WOOKIE]

just my opnion

Without hordes this game is SUPER boring, I already played dayz,...there are youtube videos lying about hordes in this game...what a bummer to finally search the discussions and find they dont exist. Those youtube videos arent the developers fault..but what is insane to me is that I can find 50 varaints of halloween mask that are useless, but only 5 zombies at a time. Why do i run into halloween mask more than zombies in a zombie/survival game? leaves a sour taste in my mouth as a new player

Everything in this game is so well done, except the zombies, which is 99% of what you are going to kill even on pvp, so they should be a main focus as they are your main enemy.. I dont pretend to know how to develop a game, but developer if you hear me, i speak for alot of people when I say...please find a way to bring us hordes, they dont have to be roaming yet, but we need large numbers of zombies, make a random event where if you fire your gun theres a 1% chance that 60 zombies spawn nearby and move your way..i dont care how you smoke and mirror it, but we need it.

im done playing after seeing there arent any hordes......until there are hordes,.. they should take priority over a system that counts your vitamins, you think when it says i have a vitamin A deficiency that i care? like im going to a grocery store and picking my food? i eat whatever i can find, its a survival game, a vitamin deficiency doesnt mean ♥♥♥♥ when all you can do is eat whatever can of peaches you have.. Its absolutely irrelevant, and does nothing for the game play....meanwhile hordes would set your game apart giving people something to fear and worry about aside from other players they see once every 5hrs of play

[VertigiNâL]

or see something else for example :) from time to time send you containers with already mass zombies inside why not see between 3 to 5 containers, but unlike us even opening them the containers will already be open and zombies ride :)

[Tacotac5]

Originally posted by Bunny:

Puppet hordes are disabled because of the maximum number of puppets on the servers is limited. More puppets would probably cause performance issues. Soon we will try increasing the number of puppets on official servers and if that works, we are probably close to having an active horde on the server.

On the plus side, you will soon be able to configure puppet spawners completely for your SP / private MP game so you will be able to experiment with higher number of enemies and their stats.

Maybe we don't need WWZ huge hordes, but small groups of up to 10 puppets walking in the same direction following a leading puppet. They would be spawned in the direction of biggest groups of players, They could see what the leading puppet sees and quit the group when something is spotted. If they reach or go beyond target position and there are no players in the visible area range they would get removed for optimisation. Server settings would allow to specify min/max size, spawn interval, and max number of such active spawed groups. The idea is to actrually have usefull mini hordes that encounter players and don't wander arround for no reason using server ressources for nothing.
Of course they should be triggered in priority against people making noise.

[TacShooter]

#ScheduleWorldEvent PuppetHorde [# of Zombies] [Location] would be GREAT!

[Bunny]

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