Project Zomboid

Project Zomboid

The Long Night (Permanent Night Mod)
60 Comments
JackB May 26 @ 7:29am 
in build 42, when starting new game go to 'sandbox', then in options go 'Meta' and in that tab there is option for 'day/night cycle' you can change that to endless night, or endless day
MEDICINE Feb 7 @ 6:34pm 
nah, it isn't showing up in the mod menu.
MEDICINE Feb 7 @ 3:42pm 
I figured all mods were broken. I could try it out.
Jango  [author] Feb 7 @ 2:39pm 
Does it not currently work in B42?
MEDICINE Feb 7 @ 8:54am 
will this be updated?
ryngrizzly Feb 6 @ 10:31pm 
Any chance of an update for B42?
JustaFriendlyPerv Dec 1, 2024 @ 1:04am 
@Crowflake don't know if you found this or an alternative but here's a mod for permanent weathers https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2086715842
Sepherchorde Nov 6, 2024 @ 10:16pm 
@Jango If options could be added similar to power and water shutoff that would be amazing.
GalloViking Oct 14, 2024 @ 4:47am 
The mod looks fantastic. Now all I need to find is a permanent fog option and I'm in for some fun nuclear winter times!
Jango  [author] Oct 12, 2024 @ 4:31pm 
@Sepherchorde It just does what it says, no options unfortunately
Sepherchorde Sep 27, 2024 @ 8:03pm 
Does this just do what it says on the tin, or does it have options? Like, making it so when the sun sets months down the line it just doesn't rise again? Or having nights get just a little longer each night until eventually day doesn't happen?
MMRT Sep 9, 2024 @ 2:22am 
I got depressed after surviving for 2 months
G00SE_ Jul 17, 2024 @ 12:56pm 
Can you make an eternal day mod?
Brother Hal Jun 6, 2024 @ 10:58am 
@Huskram When it says permanent, it means PERMANENT. You can never escape it.
Huskram May 25, 2024 @ 2:34pm 
Even when I make a new character with the mod still unsubbed. I dont understand
Huskram May 25, 2024 @ 2:43am 
Not sure if it was this mod or what, but I'm now experiencing permanent night even with the mod disabled AND unsubscribed. I'm assuming it was this mod cause that's literally what it does, but so weird that I un subbed and its still happening. Anyone else?
Moolov May 20, 2024 @ 7:09am 
ah finally i was looking for an actual mod that can simulate the 30 days of night stuff
EmberD May 9, 2024 @ 3:25am 
Its not sadistic bro its masochistic
D3rpy May 7, 2024 @ 4:50pm 
Is there anyway to remove the mod from a preexisting save and have the day/night cycle return?
Kanarek Mar 30, 2024 @ 3:15am 
I've played the game with the mod for a brief moment. The night is a true night, not a fake night. Temperature is lower and the visibility arc is narrower, as if it is actual nighttime all the time. Pitch Black with Cat's Eyes is really dark in places without light. So far good mod!
Kanarek Mar 21, 2024 @ 4:19am 
By the way, does your mod allow to make the night truly pitch black, and I mean it (completely pitch black, utter darkness in places without light sources)? It would make perfect sense, according to the lore, and I would be tempted to download it then. And does the permanent night also have night weather conditions (I mean, is it colder than during the day, even at normal daytime hours, or does the weather still work as if there was a day/night cycle)?
Kanarek Mar 21, 2024 @ 4:12am 
I did a quick test in Universe Sandbox and Earth seems to lose about 2 degree Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) per month (if Sun disappears instantly, like in the mod's lore). Within the first month, there would winter all over the globe, and within three I would expect much of the world to be frozen. 6-7 months since the beginning the entire land surface would be frozen. After 7 years since Sun's disappearance, global average temperature would drop to around -93 C (-135.4 F), whereas after 22 years since the beginning: to around -143 C (-225.4 F). So it makes perfect sense to play with Cryogenic Winter but it would be interesting to witness the steady drop of climate temperature (still having weather though).
Kanarek Mar 20, 2024 @ 5:32am 
I'd like to point out one thing: if Sun is gone (most likely via magical means because I can't imagine it happen otherwise, other than from Earth's sky only by simply going out of orbit via some means), Earth sooner or later freezes to almost absolute zero (having no heating source). The idea is great and simple, however the world would become unplayable at some point if steady drop of temperature was introduced (weather would still create some variations in the temperature though). Not that I expect to see the mod expanded by this feature, it's already good. Therefore, it makes sense to play this mod alongside Cryogenic Winter to simulate the conditions after the initial stage of the apocalypse.
sir Mar 9, 2024 @ 4:20pm 
this & night sprinters
Larszlo Feb 16, 2024 @ 5:00am 
ULTRAKILL lore:
50ShadesOfMyCow Feb 14, 2024 @ 12:22pm 
Love the good community spirit here <3 Both of you have my moo-blessings :steamthumbsup:
Jango  [author] Feb 11, 2024 @ 1:44pm 
Oh cool. Thanks for letting me know, I'll be sure to show them some love
800813 Feb 11, 2024 @ 12:15pm 
I was pointed here bz Power Outages Mod,

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3156268584&searchtext=blackouts

Perhaps it would also be a good addition
Jango  [author] Feb 11, 2024 @ 12:13pm 
That's typically how I play with this mod. I don't think I've ever played with it WITHOUT Cryogenic Winter
800813 Feb 11, 2024 @ 8:25am 
Combining this mod with Cryogenic winter would be pretty cool, imo, surviving on freezing Earth after it's been somehow warped by an anomaly outside the milkyway without sun / any other star to keep it warm plus having a zombie apocalypse on your hands to deal with.

Sounds like some SCP <class_here> end of the world scenario to me.
Chop Chop Feb 10, 2024 @ 2:36pm 
@Kyler Underwood. Knowing what your enemy is different from what your enemies can do, Im a fan of zombie games and its really different from horror games. I dont care dying from hundreds of zed. Ill either right my skills down or create a new character. Where a disciple of Chad
Chop Chop Feb 10, 2024 @ 2:35pm 
Ok thanks
Jango  [author] Feb 10, 2024 @ 12:56pm 
@Mikanisim I can't speak to whether it can be added and removed mid save or not, I've never tried it
Kyler Underwood Feb 10, 2024 @ 12:51pm 
@Mikanisim If you get easily scared with horrors then playing a zombie game where the only ending is death is a bad choice to begin with
Chop Chop Feb 9, 2024 @ 10:36pm 
Nice. Can this be added mid save? and can it be remove anytime?
Jango  [author] Feb 9, 2024 @ 10:34pm 
Yeah, it's just darkness
Chop Chop Feb 9, 2024 @ 5:20pm 
so this is just darkness? No hidden horros added? I get easily scared with horros.
Health Dec 2, 2023 @ 9:05am 
Simulador de Norway
Margwa_slayer2 Oct 19, 2023 @ 11:30pm 
Reminds me of a series called, "The sun vanished." Very terrifying to look up and just see darkness at 10 in the morning.
Wiᛊard Oct 11, 2023 @ 4:47am 
@strawberrycat2007 It still works for me and I am using plenty of mods.

@WhoWhoo I just finished a game of playing this mod under the pitch black settings; you don't want to play it in pitch black because it just makes all torches barely functional.
strawberrycat2007 Jul 21, 2023 @ 6:50pm 
Unless this mod is broken, I can't seem to get it to work.
el_colde Jun 26, 2023 @ 3:27pm 
This mod with a permanent winter... The white walkers has returned
liliburyan May 30, 2023 @ 8:04am 
The madness of the dark.... the sun the moon now....
Lil Whoo Bunny Apr 9, 2023 @ 9:49am 
Wish it could be pitch black the whole time, but I understand the limitations. Great mod still :D
123 Apr 8, 2023 @ 4:47am 
希望可以自定义黑夜天数
B.I.G. M.E.K. 47 Apr 4, 2023 @ 1:53pm 
can you turn it on mid game? Im looking mods for a permadeath server with friends and it would be an amazing event.
Weitsicht Jan 6, 2023 @ 7:22am 
hey just wanted to say thx for the great mod first :) we have alot of fun in our game but we have some new friends joining and since they are beginners we would like to remove the mod for some time to give them a better start. the problem now is removing the mod didnt changed anithing and the question is do we do something wrong ? or how we do it ?
Joy Tomaro Dec 22, 2022 @ 5:57am 
it seems that outdoors the flashlights work fine, but indoors, the flashlights are severely weakened. do you know a solution for that or why that could be happening?
Wiᛊard Dec 18, 2022 @ 3:06am 
Great mod; the only fault here is that the game currently doesn't have enough to do with crafting lights and setting up a well-lit base.
Jango  [author] Aug 15, 2022 @ 8:43am 
@Yandere unlike "The Sun Has Been Vanquished," which adds a thick layer of blackened fog to the game to give the illusion of darkness, "The Long Night" effectively takes the color scheme of the game at midnight (the darkest point of the night), and overrides the game's settings so that the darkness is always persistent (even through all weather cycles). Whether this affects the actual sense of the zombies is something I've yet to fully try as I play my playthroughs on permanent Winter settings, so their sense are already significantly hindered. However, if it's any consolation, one of the settings that needed to be tweaked in order to achieve this effect was DAYLIGHT_STRENGTH, which was needed to be turned down. So maybe it does affect their senses?