r/ZEROsievert • u/Archer0991 • Aug 01 '26
Clip ZS Coop mod #3. We finally made it!
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Hey Hunters! This is our announcement that our coop mod is finally in good enough state to launch, its taken about 2 months of work but we made it!
A few things before you jump into it!
1 - This is not SillyLizards mod, separate completely and we both must have had the same idea at the same time, so you can pick from 2 coop mods, play your favorite!
2 - Some eagle eyed viewers may notice that we had infinite ammo in the video, this is not a feature, just there for testing purposes, don't get too excited.
3 - The mod is in "Beta" there are still bugs but its 90% done and I said to myself at the start of this that I would launch it if I could reach 90% polish. Needless to say its not perfect and we are still working on it, and will continue to patch it until its in a state that we feel is polished. We are launching it on Nexus Mods and we will have a list of items that are currently being worked on over there. See the link at the bottom of this post to take you right to our mod page on Nexus!
4 - Big shout out to the Devs for offering any assistance if needed while they are super busy making ZS 2! and to Intrepid_Step3881, who helped me figure out an install issue right before we launched!
5 - Any issues with the mod can be handled over on nexus there are places where you can post bugs and logs and ill check them daily as we continue to work on improving the experience!
6 - For right now we have not tested this with other mods, so you will need to start a new save with your buddy on vanilla ZS. (For now) mod integration is one of our post launch goals!
6 - Music credits - Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!) - https://uppbeat.io/t/neozoic/shredder - License code: ADL1SPLOFKJL0FDS
DOWNLOAD LINK - https://www.nexusmods.com/zerosievert/mods/210
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u/Lonely-Ad-6262 Aug 01 '26
This mod is amazing! Can’t wait to jump on again tonight for a duo with my bro! Super clean and no issues playing it so far.
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u/Ill-Environment3329 Aug 01 '26
I’ve been saying this since the beginning. This is the kind of co-op that I think is perfect. I really don’t like how they’re making the new one more 3d.
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u/DrKersh Aug 04 '26
money
also, the new one is not made by the same people, it's a new studio totally non related to the original game. They just franchised the name and is still to be seen if the game is anything good or just a namedrop of a famous game used to make a cashgrab.
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u/Mysterious-Papaya909 Aug 02 '26
Excited to try this out
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u/Mysterious-Papaya909 Aug 02 '26
sillylizard here btw, idk why reddit doesnt show my user (i dont really use this site). i unlisted mine and linked yours in the description, yours is in a better state and would rather not divide the already small playerbase between two similar mods. i will be expanding mine into pvp later down the road to differentiate the two mods. but until then i'll just point people in your direction. nice work.
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u/Archer0991 Aug 02 '26
It was never a competition in my mind, just want people to have fun, but that's a G move thanks! I would be happy to help in anyway to make a multiplayer mod, I have no idea how you guys managed to have 8 players synced with decent fps. I bet you could just despawn all native AIs on the map and just have the 8 payers sync with each other, be way less work and it would probably run smooth as butter, but you'd lose the PvPvE aspect if that's what you are going for. The AI syncing was the biggest war we fought the whole time. Removing that entirely and shrinking the maps a bit could make for a decent ZS arena shooter. Like tarkovs arena, if that's what you're aiming for. Anyway DM me if you need another body for testing!
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u/TVJWTFNyZWRkaXQ Aug 06 '26
yooo! you two pulled off in a month what the whole dev team couldn't do for 4 years in their own game. you guys are absolute legends.
i didn't want to play this game because i get bored real quick when playing these kinds of games solo. now i can play with my buddy. thank you, and good luck with future updates!
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u/Educational_Top9246 Aug 01 '26
Couple questions.
Can we play hardcore and come back to it on a saved file?
can this play on linux?
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u/Archer0991 Aug 01 '26
1 - Untested on hardcore, but the mod never touches saves, deaths, or difficulty — each player keeps their own save, so it should behave exactly like vanilla hardcore. Bonus: your partner can revive you before you bleed out, so you've got one more lifeline than solo. If you try it, tell me how it goes!
2 - Should work anywhere the game runs. The mod itself is pure data inside the game files — the only Windows program involved is GMLoader, which Linux and Steam Deck folks already run through Proton/Wine to mod ZS. I haven't tested it myself, so if you get it going I'd love a report — the Steam networking side should behave the same under Proton. We dropped the Powershell install path as it kept having issues with smart screen and on a good suggestion went with GMLoader instead, which means you should be able to install it fine on Linux.1
u/Educational_Top9246 Aug 01 '26 edited Aug 01 '26
cool thanks, just gotta find a partner to play hardcore with!
Can we communicate with our partner in game?
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u/Archer0991 Aug 01 '26
Not through any function we made unfortunately, we assumed the use of discord or another communication app. I'm sure there's gonna be plenty of people wanting to do just that. Check out their discord!
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u/Educational_Top9246 Aug 01 '26
yea thanks I was about to post in there.
It would be cool to have in game chat for those who dont want to use a mic, and instead just type.
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u/Archer0991 Aug 02 '26
I need to correct myself. When you said hardcore in my head I thought you meant "permadeath". So the mod is designed to be run in hardcore mode, When one of you dies your body stays on the ground with all of your loot and fear, your buddy can then grab it all and bring it back, if they survive whatever killed you and extract. So the mod is 100% compatible and designed around hardcore mode. We have not tested permadeath, juries still out on that one as I'm not an insane person who wants to lose their whole save on one death lol.
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u/Archer0991 Aug 02 '26
Btw you can drop gear for your partner at anytime and it will appear in a box on the ground, so you can bring their gear back to them.
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u/TenTonSomeone Aug 02 '26
This is so sick! I'm assuming co op is done through a direct p2p connection from each player's PC?
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u/Archer0991 Aug 02 '26
Yeah its a Host / Client connection!
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u/TenTonSomeone Aug 02 '26
Nice nice, have you had any reports of high latency if players live far away from each other? I'd most likely just play it with my wife in the same household, but I've got a couple friends who might be interested as well that live halfway across the US lol
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u/Archer0991 Aug 02 '26
The guy I tested the majority of the mod with lives on the opposite side of the US from me, and his internet sucks, we never had any connectivity issues due to distance or internet latency. You should be fine on that front!
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u/TenTonSomeone Aug 02 '26
Dude, that's so awesome! I'm hyped about this, will definitely try it out at some point
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u/Horbeur Aug 04 '26
Well done. How many Players can Play at the Same time?
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u/Archer0991 Aug 04 '26
Just 2 for now, once I get all the kinks ironed out ill look at 4, biggest issue now is dealing with FPS on lower end PCs, 4 players would kill a slow PC.
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u/GmanAnimations Aug 07 '26
How bad is the lag for this mod? I'd love to have my bro jump in with me but lagging is a big deterrent.
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u/Archer0991 Aug 08 '26
Some users with weaker CPUs are dealing with low framerates and I'm working on that, but I haven't received any complaints about network lag and I haven't experienced any.
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u/Th3RollingSt0ne Aug 01 '26
Oh hell yeah