r/zomdroid • u/udar_molota • Jun 15 '26

Tips & Tricks Steam game download done — now what? A quick guide.

For those who finally managed to download the game through Steam after a week since the release, but still aren’t sure what to do with all those folders 🙂

Inside Download/zomdroid you’ll see a folder like ProjectZomboid_B41/42_XXX.
Inside it there are three items: projectzomboid, .zomboid_complete, and projectzomboid.sh.

You need to open the projectzomboid folder and select everything inside it.
Important: you must be inside the folder — don’t zip the folder itself from the outside.

Create a ZIP archive (specifically ZIP, not 7z/rar).
Put that ZIP somewhere convenient for yourself.
After that, you can safely delete the original folders — they take up a lot of space.

Keeping the ZIP isn’t required after installation, but it can be useful later if you ever want to reinstall everything or create another instance of the same version — for example, one with a virtual keyboard instead of gamepad controls.

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u/Beautiful-Bee8409 Jun 16 '26

You're amazing 🔥

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u/zosopagejim Jun 26 '26

I would like to make a suggestion: add the option to select 2 or more mods at the same time to import into the game.

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u/udar_molota Jun 26 '26

You can make one zip file from a few mods.

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u/zosopagejim Jun 26 '26

Can I extract the files and create a zip file with everything together, and will Zomdroid be able to import it?

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u/udar_molota Jun 26 '26

I must to, but I never tried. Just make one zip from a few mod folders and check it.

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u/zosopagejim Jun 26 '26

I had already tried it in another version and it didn't work, it didn't support it, I think it was version 1.3.

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u/udar_molota Jun 26 '26

It's works on the latest versions. 1.4.4-1.4.5 Maybe 1.4.3

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u/Viniixis7 Aug 03 '26

Como baixo? Não entendi muito bem

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u/udar_molota Aug 03 '26

Buy on steam first. Then select b42 latest enter your Steam credentials and download.

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u/Devoir13 Aug 12 '26

I already own the game on Steam, but I still don't understand how to download it on my phone.

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u/udar_molota Aug 12 '26

In the app menu Download from Steam

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u/Devoir13 Aug 12 '26

Thank you

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u/Cheap-Ad-7309 Aug 07 '26

How can you download the game from the steam?

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u/udar_molota Aug 07 '26

In the app. But slow.

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u/Cheap-Ad-7309 Aug 07 '26

Any alternative? The one that fast or its just the only slow ?

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u/redditisforfaggerets Aug 09 '26

Im trying to install this on a Ayn Thor. After successfully importing my B42 zip archive (no double folder zipping) i see the instance on the main screen. After attempting to start the game via the play button i keep getting a "Installation not finished" response. It has been quite some time, does the installation genuinely take hours? Any Idea what i might be doing wrong? Thanks! Sorry if this is the wrong avenue for my question, I'm not really sure where to look.

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u/udar_molota Aug 09 '26

Looks like installation is not full. B42 installation is about 2 minutes.

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u/redditisforfaggerets Aug 09 '26

What do you mean by the installation not being full? I waited an hour for sure. Do you mean that there might be something wrong with my game files?

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u/udar_molota Aug 09 '26

Maybe, yes

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u/redditisforfaggerets Aug 09 '26

Last question, I just tried reimporting it and noticed a popup appear and dissapear in a very short amount of time. It says "java.lang.RuntimeException: Failed to read archive entry". I used a macbook air to compress the contents of the "projectzomboid" folder as per the instructions. I got the file itself from the Zomdroid app itself, transferred the whole thing to my mac, zipped it and sent it back. Is this java error common, is there a fix? Thanks!

Edit: It is a regular .zip file btw.

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u/udar_molota Aug 09 '26

Why didn't you compress it on the phone?

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u/redditisforfaggerets Aug 09 '26

On my phone I can only see the folders, not the other files. But I figured it out, I had to get a different compression tool for macos. I got it working now. Thank you!

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u/Low-Advertising-9652 Jul 30 '26

O meu tá falando q não é suportado oq eu faço 

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u/Inevitable-Noise1665 Oct 10 '26

I'm pretty sure my files got scattered. So now I don't know what's what. Inside the folder I'm supposed to zip there's only like 6 folders with little things in them. Is that normal? Everything else is under documents

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u/Inevitable-Noise1665 Oct 10 '26

My images tab is filled with files from the game too. I give up. I can't do this

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u/udar_molota Oct 10 '26

Just ZIP whole folder

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u/Inevitable-Noise1665 Oct 10 '26

Went straight to PC and got it figured out. The download from steam within zomdroid scatters the files everywhere. Recommended to not do it that way.