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'''General information''' | '''General information''' |
Latest revision as of 15:15, 26 December 2023
This product is unreleased but remains under active development - information may change frequently and could be outdated or irrelevant.
Developers | |
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The Indie Stone | |
Engines | |
LWJGL | |
Release dates | |
Windows | Early access |
macOS (OS X) | Early access |
Linux | Early access |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view, Scrolling, Isometric |
Controls | Direct control, Point and select |
Genres | RPG, Simulation, Survival, Shooter, Exploration, Open world |
Vehicles | Automobile |
Art styles | Stylized |
Themes | North America, Post-apocalyptic, Zombies |
Project Zomboid is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view, scrolling and isometric RPG, simulation, survival, shooter, exploration and open world game.
General information
- Official forums
- Official wiki
- Official Discord
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
GOG.com | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
- There is a pre-alpha tech demo available here.
Monetization
Type | Notes |
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One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Microtransactions
Type | Notes |
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No microtransactions | Game does not contain any microtransactions. |
Essential improvements
Patches
- The sub-forum for the latest versions/builds can be found here.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Zomboid\ |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | $HOME/Zomboid/ |
- This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. To fix, set launch options to
%command% -Duser.home="$HOME/.local/share/Zomboid/" -cachedir="$HOME/.local/share/Zomboid/"
and change GAMEDIR inside ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/ProjectZomboid/projectzomboid.sh to:
GAMEDIR="$HOME/.local/share/Zomboid"
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Zomboid\Saves |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | $HOME/Zomboid/Saves/ |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | Edit options.ini in the base Zomboid folder. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Up to a 244 FPS cap. The interface is locked to 15 fps by default, with an option to increase it to 30. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | To see moodles (status icons), you need a mouse. | |
Controller remapping | Use %home%/Zomboid/joypads/(name-of-your-controller).config (e.g., /Users/Me/Zomboid/joypads/Wireless Controller.config for Dualshock 4). | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | As of 41.37, game needs to be restarted in order to see new controller | |
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M | Tap "A" on a controller and select make new character in upper left corner. |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
Catalan | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
Czech | ||||
Danish | ||||
Dutch | ||||
Estonian | ||||
Finnish | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | ||||
Indonesian | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Norwegian | ||||
Polish | ||||
Portuguese | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | Regular and Argentinian | |||
Tagalog | ||||
Thai | ||||
Turkish | ||||
Ukrainian |
- Some languages might be incomplete and miss some translations, the translations are community-based.
- More languages are to be added, but the game currently doesn't support right-to-left languages.
- Translations are available on GitHub where they can be updated, and new languages can be added here.
- English (UK), Afrikaans and Estonian are present in the game files, but are unfinished and can't be selected.
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Local play | 4 | |||
LAN play | 100 | |||
Online play | 100 | Servers above 31 players display a warning and need to check "Show Higher Player Count Servers" in server browsers. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | Run ProjectZomboidServer.bat (Windows) or projectzomboid-dedi-server.sh (Linux).[1] |
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Direct IP |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 16261 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
- The developer has a Technical FAQ (archived copy) covering common problems and solutions.
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
OpenGL |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | |||
Linux |
Middleware
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 2.77 GHz Dual Core | |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | OpenGL 2.1 compatible | |
Other | Subject to change as it is an Early Access game |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.7.3 or later | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 2.77 GHz Dual Core | |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | OpenGL 2.1 compatible | |
Other | Subject to change as it is an Early Access game |
Linux | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu LTS 16.04 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 2.77 GHz Dual Core | |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | OpenGL 2.1 compatible | |
Other | Subject to change as it is an Early Access game |
References
- ↑ How to run a Server - Help - The Indie Stone Forums - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Build 33 - PZwiki - last accessed on May 2023
Categories:
- Games in development
- Windows
- OS X
- Linux
- One-time game purchase
- No microtransactions
- Singleplayer
- Multiplayer
- Real-time
- Bird's-eye view
- Scrolling
- Isometric
- Direct control
- Point and select
- RPG
- Simulation
- Survival
- Shooter
- Exploration
- Open world
- Automobile
- Stylized
- North America
- Post-apocalyptic
- Zombies
- Games
- Local multiplayer games
- Self-hosting
- GOG.com Enhancement Project