It's HERE! I have added support for B42 Unstable. Please see https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/3287958074/510695796907193663/. Please post B42 specific questions to that thread.


Choose Your Spawn allows you to specifically choose an exact spawn location when starting a new character. No other game behaviors are affected, except your spawn location (character starting point).


Build 41:

1. Go to map.projectzomboid.com, and zoom in on the location you want to spawn in.
2. Look on the lower left side of the page, and you will see the “Map Coordinates.” You want the Cell and Rel numbers. They are represented as such: “Cell: 34x31 Rel: 74x155” The first number in each section is the X, and the second number is the Y. Note that the numbers displayed related to your mouse position on the screen, as you move the mouse around the numbers will change.

Build 42:

https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/3287958074/510695796907193663/


1. Enable the mod
2. Start a new game, choose Custom Sandbox in Playstyle.
3. In the “Select Spawn Location” screen, select “Choose Your Spawn!”
3. In Sandbox Options, click on the “Choose Your Spawn” options, and enter the Map coordinates from above into the appropriate fields.
3. Continue as normal.


If you don’t change the spawn location or if you choose another game mode instead of Custom Sandbox, you will spawn into the fenced house in north Muldraugh.

If you want to use the settings from Builder, Survivor, or Apocalypse Modes, you can choose Custom Sandbox Mode, choose the appropriate “Preset,” and then enter your spawn location.


Most likely, you entered an invalid spawn location (coordinates that don’t exist), or entered a coordinate and level combination that is invalid. See below for information on levels.

Because the game world doesn’t exist when you are entering the spawn coordinates, there is no way for me to verify that what you entered is valid, and if you enter an invalid spawn location (a non-pathfindable location), likely the game will crash.

I originally had a range limit to stop people from entering invalid cells, however this blocked the use of CYS with some modded maps that extend beyond the vanilla map borders. The valid ranges for Cells in the Vanilla map are X: 10-49 and Y: 4-44. B42 NOTE: The range of spawnable area has changed in B42, please see the B42 link above.


According to comments and forum posts, this mod works fine in multiplayer.


In Build 41, there are 8 levels available in the game (0-7). Level 0 is the “ground floor.” If you choose a spawn point with an invalid level associated with it (i.e., higher than exists in the game), the game will crash on start. Unfortunately, there is no way for me to verify the spawn point level you entered is valid, because at the stage you are entering it, the game world does not exist yet. This is why I put the warning in, and force you to check the box for the Level setting to be active.

Now, on the Map Coordinates display on the Map Project, it is displaying the coordinates at LEVEL 0 for where your mouse is. Because of the isometric view, if you increase the level you are looking at, it will appear as if your mouse is pointing at a location at a higher level, but in actuality you are pointing at a different location “below” the level you are looking at. So you need to choose the spawn point on the bottom floor (Level 0), and then increase the level to the appropriate location.

If this sounds very confusing, just leave the level at 0, and spawn on the ground floor!


Yes! However, because the mod uses the Sandbox Options, the spawn location will be set at default (in Muldraugh) unless you edit the settings in the Sandbox Options. So you will need an additional mod like “Change Sandbox Options” (https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2670674997&searchtext=sandbox) in order to change spawn locations for your next character.


If you select “Choose Your Spawn” as your next character’s spawn location, the game will use your last entered spawn location from the Sandbox Options (see above to change it on the fly).


This is the default game behavior. If you spawn inside a building, it will be marked as your “starter home” and will not be populated with normal zombies. You may also start with the key.

If you want to spawn at a location or large building and have it still be populated with zombies, I recommend spawning just outside the building, or on a patio or balcony (for example, the Helipad at the Mall).

If you spawn inside, it’s your ‘starter home.’ If you spawn outside, it’s not.

BUILD 42 NOTE: In Build 42, this is a sandbox option. You can adjust the spawning behavior inside your "starter home" under the Zombie tab with the setting Player Spawn Area options. I have not tested this behavior on creating new characters in an existing world using these settings.


The “Zombie Stories” function from the main game can still spawn small sets of zombies (like a zombie eating a body, etc) into buildings randomly. The larger the building, the larger the chance of this happening. If you absolutely want to ensure this does not happen, you can disable zombie stories in sandbox settings.


Yes, if you have the mod enabled and choose another spawn set, the game will ignore any settings entered into the Choose Your Spawn Sandbox Options and use the standard spawn points from that selection instead.


According to comments, yes it does! I’m not sure what happens if you choose an inside spawn location, so I don’t recommend that. I would give yourself plenty of room for the RV. ;)


Yes! However, you need to be able to find out the coordinates of the modded map where you want to spawn. You could ask the modder, you could load into the game in debug mode to find it, or you can correlate the location from the main map onto the mod.

From the comments:

“darkempire Jul 22 @ 3:37am
just gonna leave this here in hopes it helps anyone on modded maps (where there isn't a interactive map available)

so each cell is 300 in both x and Y in terms of cords, so this formula I will list is additional way to set your position

so if your position was in cell was 26x11, the readout of that would be 26x300=7800 11x300=3300

if your cords are x 7925 and y 3342, your rel then would be Rel X 125 and Rel Y 42, hopes this helps for those on certain modded maps.
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