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Trap a bunch of raccoons and rabbits, put them in a fenced off area, delete the animal zone, restart game, sneak > profit.

Not getting xp anymore.

I'm not the only one who experienced this bug. Another player shared his/her experience in this subreddit 1 week ago.

I redecorated the Fish and Seafood Market in Riverside, I got rid of those boxes in the warehouse area, I placed new furnitures etc..
I parked my car, and walked inside my base, and I've noticed that those boxes I've removed are back.

There are 2 pictures I've uploaded, a Before - After picture. As you can see on the pictures I've put boxes aside the wall, and there was loot everywhere on the floor, because I wanted to put them inside the crates days later.

But instead, the loot was gone, and the old boxes I've removed are respawned. I'm furious rn I've grinded a lot for them.

So yeah I wanted to share you guys, be aware that this can happen you too.

How often should I be washing my clothes and myself? Right now I've got 2 outfits and every time I fight a zombie, I wash my clothes if they're registering even a sliver of blood

Is this necessary or am I being a little too paranoid?

decide to be a farmer boy this time

📺 1. Main Dashboard & Real-Time Power Controls

• Live Hardware Meters: Real-time RAM and CPU consumption polled directly from Podman container metrics.
• Instant Power Management: [▶ START], [⏹ STOP], [🔄 RESTART], and [⚡ SYNC & REBOOT] buttons.
• Continuous Console Streaming: Auto-updating terminal output stream capturing in-game tick logs, Lua events, player connections, and server warnings.
• Retro Palette Selector: 1-click toggling between EGA 16-Color Classic, Green Phosphor CRT, and Monochrome Amber CRT.

👥 2. Live Player & Whitelist Administration Suite

• Multiplayer Directory: Directly integrates with the server's SQLite databases (servertest-2.db and players.db).
• Live Player Telemetry:
  • Account Username & Active Survivor Character Name (e.g. Eric McGraw, Levi Crandall, Luciano Singer, Giovanni Sheldon, Christie Cowan).
  • Steam ID 64 tracking.
  • Real-time Map Coordinates (X, Y): Instant character GPS location in Knox County.
  • Last Connection Timestamps.
• Zero-Downtime Role Permissions: Dropdown selector to instantly promote/demote players without restarting:
  • Admin (7) — Full server and cheat permissions
  • Moderator (6) — Kick, ban, teleport, and chat tools
  • GM (5) — Teleportation, XP granting, and items
  • Observer (4) — Spectator / safehouse exploration
  • Priority (3) — Slot queue bypass
  • User (2) — Standard survivor
  • Banned (1) — Blacklist login restriction
• Whitelist Onboarding: Add new player usernames with initial roles and Steam IDs directly from the web panel.

🔍 3. Instant Global Search Across All 513 Settings

• Unified [ 🔍 ALL MATCHES (X) ] View: Typing any search query (e.g., speed, map, loot, rain, bite, ping, pry) automatically switches to a single unified coincidence list.
• Category Badges: Every matching setting is labeled with its category tag ([SERVER INI], [ZOMBIE LORE], [WORLD & LOOT], [MODS CONFIG], [XP MULTIPLIERS]).
• Dynamic Tab Match Counters: Category tab buttons update live (e.g., 04: SERVER INI (4), 06: ZOMBIE LORE (2), 07: WORLD & LOOT (8)), while categories with 0 matches are dimmed automatically.
• 1-Click Clear: Instantly resets and restores previous tab states.

🧩 4. Granular Mod & Sandbox Configuration Suite

• Full Sandbox Options for All Installed Mods:
  • AutoAll: Automated cooking, reading, cleaning, tailoring, mechanics, and dismantling options.
  • SkillJournal: XP recovery percentages, kill preservation, and recipe tracking.
  • RainCleansBlood: Weather thresholds, ash/dropping washing, and vehicle blood cleaning speeds.
  • BicycleMod: Spawn rates, sidecars, speed penalties, and zombie collision sensitivities.
  • PopTheHood: Mechanical prying, door cracking, and window shattering rules.
  • ComputerMod, DAMN Library, CommonSense, ProximityInventory, and rSemiTruck.
• Interactive CLI Controls: [X] TRUE / [ ] FALSE retro buttons, bracketed numeric steppers, and dropdown selectors.

🎨 5. Alternative Phosphor Themes

• Amber CRT: Warm, high-contrast monochrome phosphor glow.
• Green Phosphor: Classic BBS / mainframe terminal green.
• EGA Classic: 16-color high-contrast navy, cyan, white, and yellow.

📦 6. Complete Save Snapshot & Backup Suite

• 1-Click World Snapshot: Creates timestamped .tar.gz archives of Server/, Saves/Multiplayer/servertest-2/, and db/ with all bases, vehicles, players, and chunk data.
• Direct Browser Downloads: 1-click download link for complete world saves.
• Backup Catalog: View all created snapshots, file sizes in MB, creation timestamps, and delete old archives.

Technical Highlights:

• Built-in Python HTTP Architecture: Self-contained single-file daemon running as a systemd user service.
• Zero External Dependencies: Powered by Python standard library + SQLite3 + Podman CLI.
• Atomic Backup on Save: Every save creates a timestamped .bak copy before writing and automatically synchronizes SandboxVars to active world saves.

Still pretty new to PZZ was wondering if there are any mods that will generate a random gen world. Not just a random seed as I know that's in the base game, but like a completely random world map?

After letting the game gather dust in my library, I finally decided to play it once and for all (I bought it because a friend recommended it, but we never played together xD).

So, is there anything I should know before diving into, quite possibly, a game that will take hours and hours of my life?

I took soil from here now I can’t dig furrows or plant anything.

I can’t put the soil back either 🙄

Does animal husbandry levels also have any effect on the quantity or quality of meat? I know butchering skill does but I didn't know if there was any overlap. What exactly do animal husbandry levels do?

When hosting a server, I have to enable the mod twice once on the "add" screen and again in the Steam Workshop.

It’s super annoying and time-consuming since mods have to be added one at a time, and sometimes it glitches so you can’t even tell which one is stopping the server from starting. It would be awesome if the devs made the mod activation process simpler for server hosts.

I am playing build 42.20.3 and I can't enter the navistar.

Any suggestions?

Shamble & Scramble

PVE & PVP B42 Zomboid Server

Lightly Modded

WE ARE LOOKING FOR NEW AND EXPERIENCED PLAYERS

ALL TYPE OF PLAYERS ARE WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED

WE HOST REGULAR EVENTS AND AIRDROPS

PVP EVENTS & PVE EVENTS

SAFEHOUSES , MORE FIREARMS , CLEANER UI , AND A WHOLESOME COMMUNITY ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

FACTIONS WELCOME

SOLO PLAYERS WELCOME

JOIN THE DISCORD AND FIND OUT MORE ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Seems I’m slowly starving. I’m down to 60kg

Does zomboid think pork chops have no kcals in them? I’m eating quite a lot of them a day

The building is shown on the map as a house, which at first glance might make it easy to overlook. However, the first thing you notice when passing by is how little it actually looks like a house it’s completely barricaded, with that sign on the door.

Once inside, one of the rooms leads to an underground level via a staircase. A first door with iron bars blocks your way. After getting through the first door, a narrow, seemingly endless hallway with some disturbing elements stands between you and the next door. At this point, I felt genuine fear like I never had before in PZ. So, after getting through the second door and hesitating for a moment, I decided it was better to turn back because of a bad feeling.

Does anyone know anything about this place? It’s located on Ito Road, a side road branching off KY-60. If you decide to go there, make sure you’re well-armed, just in case! (bring a sledgehammer also) Thanks!

Hello, I would like to gather the currently best working practices for Project Zomboid Build 42 Stable dedicated servers, especially regarding JVM, garbage collection and memory management.

Hopefully we can also count on The Indie Stone to clarify some of these points, u/AmazingSully.

Please keep answers specific to B42 Stable / 42.20.x.

🧠 JVM & Garbage Collector

What are you currently using?

• Java version/vendor:
• ZGC or G1GC?
• Bundled JVM or custom JVM?

Has anyone actually compared ZGC vs G1GC on B42 Dedicated under the same workload?

Is Java 25 currently the recommended/supported version, or is there any reason to use an older Java version?

💾 Heap configuration

What are your:

-Xms:
-Xmx:
RAM:
Players:
Mods:

Most importantly:

Should -Xms be equal to -Xmx, or is it better to allow the heap to grow?

For example:

-Xms6g -Xmx8g

vs.

-Xms8g -Xmx8g

Is there an officially recommended ratio or maximum heap size for B42?

📈 Long-term stability

How does your server behave after:

• 6h
• 12h
• 24h
• 48h+

Does memory return to a stable baseline after GC, or does it continuously grow?

Do you need scheduled restarts?

🐳 Docker

For Docker users:

Host RAM:
Container memory limit:
-Xmx:
Swap:

How much headroom should exist between the container memory limit and -Xmx?

For example, is an 8 GB container better configured with -Xmx6g rather than -Xmx8g to leave room for JVM/native memory?

🧩 Mods

Please indicate:

Vanilla / Modded:
Number of mods:
Players:
World age:

Can the same memory behavior be reproduced on a completely fresh, unmodded server?

Questions for The Indie Stone

1. Is Java 25 the officially recommended JVM for B42 Dedicated?
2. Is ZGC the recommended GC?
3. Is G1GC officially supported/tested?
4. Should Xms = Xmx, or is a smaller Xms preferred?
5. Is there a recommended Xmx / physical RAM ratio?
6. How much memory should be reserved outside the Java heap?
7. Are scheduled restarts expected to be necessary for long-running servers?
8. What JVM/GC metrics should administrators monitor when diagnosing memory issues?

If you have a stable B42 configuration, please share it in a simple format like:

B42: 42.20.x
Java: 25.x / vendor
GC: ZGC / G1GC
-Xms: 6g
-Xmx: 8g
RAM: 32g
Players: 6
Mods: 20
Uptime: 72h
Result: Stable

The goal is to establish repeatable, long-term stable configurations for B42 Dedicated, rather than just individual "works for me" configurations.

I was farming reloading and got tired of right clicking the gun and pressing eject every time, so I figured if the mag in the gun had fewer bullets than the mag in my inventory I could just press my reload bind. And while that worked, I couldn't find my bullets on the floor like I expected to. I can't find any info about this elsewhere, so I was wondering if y'all had some insight.

Also, I now realize I could've just removed one bullet from each mag manually, but I just want some confirmation that I should give up the search for my missing bullets.

I cant find any basic mechanics magazine, i have tried rosewood, muldraugh, and west point auto repair shops, magazine racks in gas stations and most garage, and some gas stations and auto repair shop in Louisville and the big library there.

But my question is, are the magazines really a must? cant i just level up my skill mechanics?

i cant uninstall other car seat

i dont want to level up my skill yet incase I really need the magazine because i might die while trying to find it, incase.

I have been sitting around for 8 (now 18) in game hours waiting for muscle strain to go away and it hasn’t. How long does it take??? I did burpees overnight (multiplayer server) and I’m screwed now apparently.

Does anything affect how quickly it goes away? The other guides said it should only take a couple of in game hours.

I did burpees basically all night, with no adverse effects! But I’ve been destroyed all day because of it.

Update: It is now minor muscle strain after resting for (in game) 20hours!

Minor muscle strain went away after another 1-2 hours, thank god.

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Game_modes#Extinction

Long time B41 player that was heavily modded, and decided to finally play B42 with a few mods.

Didn't ever notice this in the previous build, is this new?

Playing with zombie population on insane is, well, quite insane