If anyone else don't like that the zombies go to your location I removed that in this modified version and now they roam around truly randomly.

https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2962895113

The mod basically suggests to zombies to move in your general direction from all corners of the world (similar to emitting a large sound every hour or so). I think this mod is best experienced with slow / frail zombies and the brutal handwork mod because there's a lot of zeds to put up with. I think it's definitely worth a try, and I play with respawn off.

respawns off is pansy play.

@AEON @Quineloe @3.6 rumpkins, the spawns aren't an issue with respawns off. Still far better zombie behavior than vanilla.

https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2925649568

ok well i looked into the scripts and removed all the stuff with "Cheating" in it, so maybe that'll work, here it is, no idea if it works

I think Conflictx just fixed and reuploaded the original mod
Idk if he made the changes himself

So disappointing to read this, and the mod author is such a ♥♥♥♥ he can't even be bothered to reply. I'd pay someone to make an updated version without this unnecessary ♥♥♥♥.

@AEON these are very helpful observations. Have you tried it in developer mode? the other day I tried to adapt this mod for mp and watched how it works in developer mode and also looked at the code

because I'm looking for a good mod that will make zombies wander constantly in sp and mp

in any case, I now have an understanding of how this mod works, which is not very encouraging.

thanks anyway

someone mod this garbage out of this mod and reupload.

2/2: ... It's even worse: the mod also spawns zombies on the sectors out of your reach or vision range, reported as well by many people, even inside bases totally barricaded and not a single breach inside. I Always thought I was just a myth, then one day I was looting a warehouse, I hide inside a room remaining put without moving on a second floor, with full view to the lower floor, then I watched as several zombies began to spawn all around the lower floor, more than 8 zombies, lost total count because they started moving like crazy around but also still spawning more.

I do not understand why the modder added this feature, it completely breaks your custom settings if you're playing Sandbox mode as well, it overrides your preferences. Very dissapointed.

1/2: Mod does as promised but here's a massive big downside: If you dig into the mod files, there's a section in the code that explicit said something like: "Zombies cheating" then the code goes as follows:

Basically makes zombies have eagle eye sight set to maximum, meaning large radius of sight and wider sight cone, so they spot you from farther away or in their peripherals.
It also increases the zombie hearing, which means zombies have super hearing now can even hear dying zombies far away or when you're fighting.

These two "zombies cheating" adjustments into the mod code gives you this endless loop of nonstop zombies coming no matter what you're doing, if you kill one zombie, it will be heard by the others from afar, zombie vision range and angle is massive OP as well. Many people have reported this odd feeling of "zombies are coming nonstop from all sides" or "feels like the mod is intentionally leading zombies towards me all the time"...

please do this for MP ill give you all my points

Thanks for your fix , This is a very good mod , If you can take over and continue to update, there will be a lot of repercussions

This mod will spawn zombies in your base. My base has been cleared out for days. Barricaded all windows and doors both sides with metal sheets. Went outside, came back in and zombies all over my base. No windows or doors where broken into. This will spawn zombies.....

Would be cool to somehow have it configurable so only a chosen percentage permanently wander.

Mod appears to still be functional (41.78.7). The mod makes it so that most zombies wander around instead of idling.

it seems like this mod is causing conflicts with other zombie related mods which causes a crap ton of zombies to appear all around your starting house and potentially increasing their line of sight

Could you maybe make the sprinters walk, and only run if they spotted the player?

@Howarth The fact that they move around makes them much more likely to run into you

They don't path towards the player, you can verify this with a cheat mod or debug in ghost mode.

do zombies wander randomly or always towards the player? it seems like the majority of zombies wandering are always wandering in my direction even when im out of their sight range. Tried to get gas at a gas station and have killed 100 zombies there because they just keep coming and i cant fill up. Regardless the mod does as advertised, zombies don't just stand there until player gets in their LOS and its exciting.

I just tested this with 41.69 and on start day the zombies were a lot more active and walking around than without the mod.

@Xiivait it seems to work well in solo like you said most zombies wonder around but on a hosted server all the zombies are dormant. ill try it with the mod you suggested

This mod combo well with
https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2705076474

Maybe some features need to be updated but that I don't know, I'm not a developer

@muppet For me zombies move and walk everywhere. I don't know if the mod works as it should because I've never tried it before, but some features work for sure. NOT ALL the zombies move, only some of them, whereas in the mod preview video they all move... But personally I find it much better that way.

please get this working on multiplayer. this mod makes the zombies feel alive

@Xiivait how did you get it to work on multiplayer im having troubles with it

@Kingxex it seems to work with the MP version

This work with 41 MP update?

Does anyone know if this works with the latest IWBUMS? Want to try this out.

Does this mod make the zombies to move toward the player? I experimented with it and it feels like they're drawn to the player, rather than wandering more.

By far the most terrifying experienced I've ever had in PZ, I can only define the experience as "Constant pure dread". You can truly feel this suffocating atmosphere of being hunted restlessly, never experienced this kind of adrenaline with the default PZ difficulty settings. It really puts you on edge constantly, can't lower your guard no matter what, there's a lot of zombies moving around endlessly, there's not such thing as "safe place" even around farms or isolated areas due how they constantly move-seek around. you thought you were safe there, then when less expected they will appear from the middle of nowhere, is constant dread I tell ya. Moving around towns is a nightmare, once they spot your ass, no matter how good you hide or run they're always all over the place, breaking windows, smashing down doors and barricades to get you. Is like in one of those classic post-apocalyptic movies where there's no hope and survival is a constant desperate struggle, even for a can of beans.

In base game with "normal" shamblers it is simple to survive, sometimes i dont even reach 100 killed zombies in 7 days, with base ready to survive even chopper event, with this mod... damn, if you are not locked in house with all windows covered with sheets, and barricaded you're gonna have bad time. The zombies are like hunting hounds they search for you and they WILL find you. Even in rural areas you think: ok this place is safe, but wait few ingame hours and zombies will overrun your safeheaven. Survived long enough to check if sirens work, the will attrack bunch but noticed that some zombies are like: "♥♥♥♥ this boring police car siren, lets find fresh meat!" and just like that they ignore wailing alarm and roam around looking for you. Same with noise maker and other distractions, some will react to them, some will ignore it. Advice for surviving first few days: find coffie or tea you WILL need them and find some place with 2nd floor to sleep.

Third Part
I used mod “NecroForge 2.7b” on a test game to go into God mode and Ghost mode. I went to see how zombies react with the mod “Restless Zombies Fixed” enabled. Some stand still, some shuffle a bit and some lurk around. I followed one on a straight path out of the city which proves to me that they can. These zombies are moving around, normally, as zombies should be, in my opinion, day and night, never resting. Thank you Conflictx, I want to give you the Take My Points award when I have enough in my balance. Above all, you deserve that award the most.

Second Part
I have respawn turned off in sandbox mode, so one day slowly but surely, like in the book, I will take back the land. My base is in a remote area and I swear, there must have been a zombie from the city that reached my area on its own. I was shocked! I have not seen a zombie for an in-game month. Sandbox is set to 2 real time hours for 1 in-game day. I always knew they might eventually reach me because of the mod “Restless Zombies Fixed”, and I worked so hard to stabilize myself in-game, so I am always looking over my shoulders on the, what if, what if today is the day they reach me and bite me chance and all my effort was for nothing. This feeling of “what if” kept the sharpness and fun factor in the game for me and continues to give me a rich gameplay.

First Part
This mod works for me with the current build version 41.50 – IWBUMS. You, Conflictx, have single handedly fully completed this game for me with your fixes and tweaks. I cannot ask anything else for the zombies to make them even more perfect. This was the one thing that the zombies were missing. I am a gigantic fan of the classic zombies. I have turned away, what feels like 95%, of zombie games and books due to the lack of trueness of the classic zombie. I play my games safe, methodical, time consuming. I try to make believe that I am dealing with an actual zombie apocalypse and follow the guidelines from the book “The Zombie Survival Guide, complete protection from the living dead” by Max Brooks. I always envisioned a day where this Survival Guide was going to be my bible to stay alive. Project Zomboid was missing one thing, just one thing that stuck in my craw was that they did not have the potential to wonder around regardless of distance.

How is this working for author and others?

Do the zombies wander randomly? It feels like they're all homing in on me. :o

It works well with build 41.
One of the best mods.
Great work.

both styles blooming

thank you for updating it it gets boring waiting for the zombies to get off there arse and attack my base

awesome mod, cannot play without it

@Geronimo
People do mods for free for you and you says that they lazy?! lol, that pretty fun

Good idea cos people prefer to go offline during the night in MP.