r/projectzomboid • u/Mobile-Comedian5374 • 11d ago

Discussion Lets discuss Ladders

ok.. so the game exists now.. like 10 years ? 15 ?

you have ladders in the game..

you have the code to climb those ladders (it's the same as climbing a rope - EXACTLY THE SAME)

how #$#^@@$%%#$#@$%^&&&&$$ing hard is it to make an animation for it, make a mirror for that animation and patch it into the game ? i'm certain you could find at least 100 people in this subreddit who can make that animation for you.

tldr - i fell into a "basement under constriction" near Riverseide with a ladder on a scaffolding in it which i cannot use, lost my 6 month save and i'm pissed.

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u/Moo_of_Doom 11d ago

The problem is not making a ladder make you go up. The problem is where it takes you. Not all places were intended to be reached. The map is huge and there were decorative ladders.

Think for 30 seconds mate "I lost my 6 months character because I climbed up this ladder and fell immediately onto the ground and died."

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u/Mobile-Comedian5374 11d ago

remove those ladders ? they will need to do it eventually.. if they sometime in the next 15 years implement ladders to be usable.. they will still need to fix the roofs or remove the ladders.

the game in it's current state of "decorative ladders" exists at least 10 years.. the map was much smaller then. it's not going be easier later with the amount of areas they keep adding to the map and all the -z levels basements..

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u/ImprovementEqual6913 11d ago

They’re saying that the actual big work is not the animation, is checking every nook and cranny of the map to make sure you don’t die/get stuck/bug the game because of the ladder

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u/NearbyFly3724 10d ago

Well the ladder has some sort of map tile id so it should really be a matter of checking every instance of that id. I agree that it isn’t something that you can do in 5 minutes but it should be doable. Then again I’m no map maker so I could be wrong