Finally players can live the dream of being just like the primitive technology guy at the safety of their homes

Seeing sewer systems made with basements would be sick as hell

Fun fact to do with the clay building option in the coming update. Kentucky’s main mineral export is limestone and CLAY. So it won’t be immersion breaking if they add a clay quarry on the map for quick access to a lot of it, the equivalent of raiding a warehouse for cement.

10 years from now: "Nuclear reactors are coming in PZ" Also, can´t wait to build space rockets and escape to the moon in 2048

Hopefully the monthly recaps are a good sign that they are in the very late stages of completing this update and perhaps maybe we could see a January - March release date.

You gotta love Indie Stone for taking a look at their QoL ModLists and thinking... "hmr, how do we make all this happen in vanilla?" just mad respect for this dev blog post. This is huge and long awaited. A big win for Hydrocraft too and the other modders that are graciously taken in to the fold to help make this game into the game of all games

Literally one of few games woth great devs who listen to their community and want to provide a fun and rather realistic apocalyptic game

Been waiting to get back into the game after this big update drops

Damn, the zomboid kinda hitting the survival apocalypse genre, a lot of potential here.

I just wanted two things from Zomboid: -NPC with individual characteristics, quirks, quests -All buildings are "player-made" (so zombies do not pick and choose which buildings to circle around, and which to attack and destroy)

They mentioned remaking some of the in game landmarks, and I am definitely looking forward to that. (In 3 more years 💀🙏)

tbh, something like medieval rock walls would be cool to build, but that's just me.

Omg the cleaning update is a literal dream 🤩 it’s kind of weird how in a zombie infested world you can still get this animal crossing type vibe with making your dream home and cleaning it all perfectly, excellent work.

I tend to not read a lot about games I currently play because it's a lot of filler and I just don't have that much time... so I've been following you solely for the B42 news.. gotta say, the stuff they're cooking is really really up my alley and would already clean like 30% of the mods I use just with the stuff they've announced.

11:49 I really think HUGE missed opportunity is to have the game be detailed enough to make a day 1 playthrough interesting and unique. "You are the only one that foresaw the zombie apocalpyse... What do you do??" It would be so fucking cool.

idk why but im so SO excited for the looted chaotic homes and scenes, ive been dreaming about having something like that in the gane ever since I found my first survivor home. This game is gonna turn me into a house flipper lol

I'm going to love the metal working part, I hope we'll be able to make full plate armor and shields too, going full medival knight on the zombies.

This update is going to be massive. Can't wait for it, even tho I'm kinda overwhelmed by all the features haha

I'm so hyped for all the new world design features

This game just keeps getting better

Great video and a great dev update too, it's really nice to see they're focusing on both early and late apocalypse additions! Given what they've already shown us I can't wait to see what else they have planned for the new basement feature, it might be a bit ambitious but I'm hoping they will go as far as adding full on tunnel or sewer systems, caves, old mines and mine shafts, maybe subway stations and all sorts! One of my biggest questions in that regard is will we, as players, be able to dig holes and tunnels or expand basements ourselves with the right tools? That could even double as a means to acquiring certain resources to make clay and stone products too, dig up a bunch of dirt for stones and clay then fill the hole back in with dirt or something else (random junk / rubbish holes like landfills, zombie / player / animal traps, etc). So much excitement!

Great video, thanks for the update! Looking forward to this release

Half the fun of getting a new PZ update post is knowing I have a MrAtomicDuck video to look forward too. Basements are going to be really cool to explore but you wouldn't catch me using one as a base, thats a death trap right there. For the endgame I'm looking forward to the NPC's because building a community to house them sounds like an objective to do in the endgame once you are sucure. But once you have a comminty all safe and built it will just be the same issue so I'd like the zombie AI to be worked on and have horde migrations that could attack your base or settlements, something better than the helicopter event. I want to have my defenses challenged and not feel completely safe because ultimately this is the story of how you died.

I am looking forward to more lategame content but i'm not sure that it will fix the problem of having nothing to work for. You will still not be challenged by anyting new. Even if you will be able to do more stuff at the base, what for? I would love to see some heavy encounters you would have to prepare for using the new tech (especially new engineering stuff would be great). Or mayber some new sort of dungeon like areas around the map. I general just something you would have to gear up and be experienced in some (new) skills to be able to achive it :) Still hyped for anything new and thanks for the great vids :)

This is an approach I really enjoyed in CDDA before it shifted over to a looting focus. There's something deeply satisfying about starting with rocks and building up.

nice to see a number of mods (kiln, blacksmith, forge, etc) get put into the game... one day it'll be live

This is awesome, I’ve been eyeing this game for a while now with a friend and am excited that they have such a content rich update as well as a map expansion coming

I'm so excited!!! These are all so great.

profesion evolution sounds great. giving player 2 option after surviving for sometime for each profession will make the mid-endgame more interesting. say Axeman > Chainsawman (tech) or PrimitiveAxeman (adaptive)

Changing the emergent stories to actually match the lore presented in game is nice to see. The world as presented in the broadcasts is somewhere between the Stand by Stephen King and Dawn of the Dead. You get infected, you show symptoms for several hours, you become delerious/die/reanimate. The world as presented in the emergent stories is more like David Moody's _Autumn_ series, as at last some portion of the population died mid-activity, whether that activity is work, carousing, or having a party with your buds to celebrate a baseball win. There are too many zombies in workplaces, schools, and non-home locations for the illness to give you as much time to experience symptoms as the broadcasts say the Knox Infection gives a victim. TBH, I like the emergent storytelling as presented, and would be happier with slight changes to the broadcast lore. If the Knox Infection has an almost asymptomatic early phase of several days, at least some of which is infectious, followed by very sudden onset of symptoms leading to reanimation with on person's symptoms causing all the nearby infected to also become symptomatic, you would have something very similar to the events as described. Some groups who were already infected would all convert at once, leading to "time capsule" infestations in workplaces and public places. You would also have some folks who were partly immune or unexposed surviving the sudden zombie uprising, producing lots of refugees and looting as well as zombie-survivor encounters. It would be complex to present, however. I could see news reports near the cut-off finally beginning to share correct information about how infected individuals can "trigger" one another's deaths. It would make for an even more terrifying zomboid story.

The updates are fantastic. Some of the basements are going to looks so interesting and unique especially with random easter eggs/random events

Duck that intro was sick baby!❤

Can't believe I'm about 300 hours into just vanilla zomboid and still haven't even gone to Louiville, the anticipated build 42 and incredible mod opportunities makes this game feel endless

Something super important to add to the world building would be randomized furniture stacking like someone tried to barricade the store by moving all the selves to the entrance blocking it or in a house the couch should be up against the door randomly with the kitchen table and chairs pushed to the front door etc

Oh I really hope they add textile work, looms sewing & knotting are such underrated things for most post apocalypse media

"Wilderness survival Ep.2 Duck becomes a blacksmith" I can't wait.

Me and a friend have a modded server we play on and we've survived about 2 months, built a fort with a garage, we each have our own huts and buildings dedicated to certain skills, say a garage for mechanics, and i am currently building an emergency bunker with mods but i was grounded earlier this week for poor behavior at school, so our characters have been sitting idly since. This video has me so fucking excited for build 42.

One way I can see end game being interesting is if they have player 'creativity' levels and exp gain skyrocket the longer they live to a point. For instance a survivor who started surviving a apocalypse may not break out of their societal lifestyles and thinking early on, hence slower adaptation speeds hence slower experience gains and 'creativity' levels for survival. But a survivor who has everything set up to survive long term will see better increase effectiveness of creativity and planning, will have a different mindset in life to pursue, and set new goals to meet. In a way it's like Sims 1 to 4, where each iteration of the game adds mechanics or concepts that increases complexity to the game, like say 'dreams' and 'aspirations' and such, your character may get one or can unlock one after surviving for a period which boosts their stats and mood when they work on it... Maybe your 'chef' character one day feels like he wants to be an artist, gains moodlet bonuses and such by doing a desired activity. This is because once a character is essentially masters at the basic stuff, they'll need new goals to work on to master.

I love dynamic music systems. I wish more games did them. I hope they make it flow well.

Imagine u start before everybody got infected, there's noc people wandering and interacting until the news about the infected arrive then u need to start preparing

Professions changing over time makes sense, for instance humanity can always survive and evolve, so you'll see 'survivors', 'bandits', and other types of professions being created to adapt to the new world. Maybe even 'faction' oriented professions can be created with a PVP setting? "Settler" profession for a faction, versus "Raiders" profession.

I am so excited to be able to clean my safe house. It bothers me so much when I've got a well lived safe house and theres still grime I cant remove!

I was glad to hear the devs say what I've been saying for a long time: PZ needs an endgame

Its nice when games let u change the area u pick for ur base!!!

I'd be keen to see if you could build underground tunnels from basements

I really like that mod list that you can share with buddies.

I think for me the big issue with the end game wasn't missing things to do but rather reasons to do them. Eventually you become too efficient at dealing with the threats present in the game. I'm hoping with this big patch- and more specifically the big NPC updates coming after result in modders being able to create newer, far more dangerous threats and varying mods that add a victory state so your character can actually have a defined ending if you want them to.

So we can finally make it the woods!! Yes!!! Let's goooo PZ!!

Wauw the project is really getting crazy.

Basically, 'foxhole' game but with zombies? What would be interesting is if we can have lived-in settlements that are safe zones for servers that are very very old, but separate from the world map region, like a instance. Players can essentially create new characters and start from this settlement and go out to the world to explore and loot, while engaging in PVP with players with other factions, this late in the game. Wars can be a thing too, between factions. Since we have a large section of water to the north east of the whole map, maybe survivors and npc can live on a 'oil rig' sort of construction in the ocean? Or maybe even a large ship that is being used as a base.

4:00 is my current safe house on my longest play through! I lived over a month guys and have water and electricity. Not bad for a noob :)

Here i was playing pz and thinking how weird it was that there was no basements, im glad to hear they’re working on it

Great video bro. Have a good day 👍

Wild that they've just taken the system from the Real Metalworking mod and made it base-game. Not sure how to feel about that.

I'm waiting for this update to play again but I also wish they would do smaller updates they plan and work on so many things at once that it takes ages for updates to come out but on the bright side everything looks good

It's been months with these overviews, do they have a time line on the update? It'd be nice to have something even little by little

They should make NPCs to save and add to your compound. They can be given jobs like in Fallout.

I wonder how they will handle metals, I doubt they'll add mining into the game but if we truly can get to a medivial level of technology via wilderness alone then we definitely need some way of gathering iron.

my god this is gonna keep me glued to the game for years

This is great news 😊

I remember that there was some guy from the military who made an ai geared up in jugggernaut gear in zomboid that hunt down players around the map. It was somewhere in reddit I think.

im usually not a base building type of guy but the new in depth house flipping aspect with cleaning looks really fun and satisfying lol

An in-depth crafting is a good mid-game progression, but imo to truly fix the problem is to give a sense of conclusion to the game. For example, in a never-ending game like Minecraft; it has a so called "End Biome" that take so much time and effort to get to. Even though it's technically not "The End" but it still gives the same kind of feeling. However, to which scenario is it gonna be in the case of PZ? I don't know.

Aaah so excited!!!!

Hello awesome PZ community... There is something I would like to highlight... since this videos are actually being seen by the developers and by modders alike. This might sound irrelevant, but I do like being barefoot indoors, as most asians would. Zomboid has a feature that let you in fact walk barefoot inside premade homes without getting injuries but that only works on prebuild buildings, not expansions, not new built houses. I don't know what system is working to "detect" what is considered a "safe barefoot" zone, but I'd love to be able to build myself a home and don't worry about getting my character's feet all scartched as they were walking outside. Does anyone know if this is easy to fix/mod? Thank you in advance

you know what would be cool those biker helmet mirors that they have on there helmets to see cars behind them but in this game it would give you vision be hind you

What you're saying is I can roleplay as Primitive Technology in Project Zomboid, nice

this is great i hope it doesnt take too long im excited

If craft will be similar to Cataclysm DDA it would be awesome. Because you will have a ton of options for crafting and surviving.

Exciting stuff.

Would be cool if we decided to do a 10 years later or as you said 30 they would allow us to choose one of the professions we get already but on top of it one of the new ones to show that our character had a previous life but in their new one they learned to do this or that. It might be overpowered mechanically but more realistic and immersive imo.

I need to see more information on any performance improvements.

dude what the hell is that funky intro music I HAVE to know

Hah I love the cataclysm dda references in the basements

The Zomboid Team building the TechTree from the very bottom is actually fairly immersive. Realistically if society collapsed most of the survivors would basically have to relearn everything from scratch again. Most Humans alive today have no idea how to properly farm anything, let alone forge metals. Those are examples of basic skills that have been lost due to automation. This very situation, survivors of a collapse having to relearn the basics, it's actually happened in human history quite a few times. There was the Pre-Indo European Collapse where society went from more advanced civilizations like the Minoans back to late Neolithic Hunter/Gathers, then there was the Bronze Age Collapse followed by the Collapse of Rome and Archeologists believe this cycle has likely happened dozens of times before in the very, very distant past we're just now starting to learn. The story of humanity often seems to be a series of high peaks followed by even lower lows.

I have no friends so I'm waiting for the NPC update for years at this point :D It's really good that they are doing the groundwork for it now.

O MY GAWDDDDD THIS IS JUST TOO COOOOOOOOOL!

Hey Atomicduck, Do you think they are doing any project (or if a modder could do it, that would be amazing), to make an RTS+Survival game? like... do you control several survivors like Age of Empires, Nuclear down or Banished? I believe the game would be fantastic if it were like this, you manage a town/city full of people surviving attacks from zombies, other NPCs and hunger/thirst It's just a wish of mine, but who knows, it might come true (I hope so)

Robin Leech's son recaps Zomboid patch notes once again. Top notch!

i dont think ive ever been this excited for a game update

The bottom-up crafting is satisfying to see in Project Zomboid.

I hope/bet we get some modders that recreate the underground Labs of CDDA. They go a bunch of levels deep and obviously we dont have mutants, but are then filled with zombies and who know, maybe at some point other dangers like turrets

Skeledeer looking a little spooky

I'm curious about one thing, with all of the post-apocalyptical professions that TIS is doing (ex: blacksmith) are they going to have a option for a new game were you can pick those and are they going to "drop" professions like mechanic?

Project Zomboid turning into Factorio 💀 1:10

Pottery. So gosh darn excite.

Still no info on it but im REAAALLLYYY hoping dogs and or cats are coming to build 42. I need some sort of companion on the road and frankly, superb survivors aren’t giving it to me lol

i want to be able to refit carbureted cars for use with the ethanol brewers can make

See, if not vanilla then with mods, I'd love to see brick walls that take a long time to craft but can't be broken by zeds like player wood walls can be. Make it even better by being able to remove a door/window and brick it up, makings a barrier that neither zeds nor you (unless you have a sledgehammer) can remove it. Gives the option for players who grind enough materials to build that massive fortress, but it is easy enough for people not interested just to not use it

Canteens? Vault 13 Canteen mod confirmed.

I really want to play this even at its current state! Bugs and all! This whole update is going to fantastic for the game! I really can't wait and want to play it now. xD

We should be able to dig secret tunnels with basements. Underground mapping system. run lights, stash boxes, tap into water lines ect.. The possibilities are endless.

Theyre like the game of thrones with the dragons at this point.

thats actually pretty interesting. I wonder if bows will be a thing.

Not sure about all that factorio like production system. Looks like another game. Will see how it blends with current experience. Great videos tho.

I'm so excited.

Man. I know the game takes place in America. And I also know it takes place in the past, as in like I think it was the 90s? But I cant help but feel nostalgic seeing those basements even as a German. I dont know why. It kinda gives the same vibes I was used to over in the 90s and early 2000s. its odd how similar it must have been for people even in different countries as a whole. That being said, man I cant wait to get my hands on this build. I hope they take their time tho. If it takes another year or two, dont really care. Its what it is.

Why can I now imagine a post apocalyptic feudal system of serfs, tradesman, and the Knights. That sounds awesome but I really want armor that can be crafted! Say gambeson [padded shirt that easily stops scratches but struggles against more advanced weapons and more than 2 zombies

I've been waiting for this update for forever. It's my dream because I am exactly that demographic of people that hit the plateau wall eventually after doing literally everything you can do. I build forts, communities, and be quite the multitool handyman in my sessions. So they does reach a point of permanent sustainability. I'd love for the ability to prolong my sessions well into the apocalypse. This happened with my last server. We made it to Winter and I just got bored as I ran out of things to do. All my goals and envisionings were met. I don't have that youthful limitless mind anymore, that I did when I was a kid. Where I could play the same save forever despite hitting the wall. While it may inconvenience me that they plan to nerf the ability to be a multitool, I don't mind the grind existing at least still. Insofar it isn't grueling.

Damn i must go to that military base when build 42 is out. There have to be a big basement