Open windows - do zombies always come back?

[Caine]

i wonder if you barricade them then they never return through windows anymore?`
and if you let a window open will a zombie just come once?`or could it be twice etc.?

[Silamon]

They can come back after a while if you don't board it up, depending on how well you are doing.

Blame adaptive difficulty.

[Shane]

if boarded up they can no longer get in that window, you DONT get enough boards to do all 1st floor windows however...

and dont waste them in 2nd floor+ windows (if thats even possible?)

[DarkFenix]

I've half an idea the when and where of zombies through windows is scripted. For instance in the east offices, I haven't seen a zombie even try to get through the window of the partitioned off office (and that's in 6 playthroughs), but a zombie starts off at the window of the main office every time.

[Ashley]

It is scripted to my knowledge

[Larry]

Originally posted by Silamon:

They can come back after a while if you don't board it up, depending on how well you are doing.

Blame adaptive difficulty.

Would explain why all of a sudden some zombies take 10-20 headshots to kill and can get up five times in a row...



I only noticed one area where zombies would climb through windows and it felt like it was scripted. I probably only boarded up two windows in my playthrough. The one by the stairs leading up just outside the safe room and the one outside the break room where the zombie bangs on it. The only one where zombies kept coming out of was where you drag one half of the officer out from under a shutter but you only go past that area once more in the east wing after you do this section and if you need to go anywhere near the east after this you can bypass that area completely.

The scripted part was the first window that a zombie breaks which happens much later in the game.