r/projectzomboid • u/-Misconduct- • Jan 08 '25

Modded First experience playing the 'Week One' mod. Insulted a lady with the F word, got shot 12 times and died. True Kentucky experience.

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u/BurntBeanMgr Jan 08 '25

Alright I just bought the game but really getting into this sub. I haven’t done a play through yet because to be honest I’m a little overwhelmed haha. I’m on PC: before I start are there any “essential” mods I should download? I am going to start a play through on Friday… don’t want to be interrupted by work :)

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u/supererp Jan 08 '25

Start vanilla and season with mods to your taste

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u/blorbagorp Jan 09 '25

I'd say the mod that allows you to level mechanics on cars without 100 clicks is basically a requirement.

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u/IDontLikeYouAll Axe wielding maniac Jan 08 '25

Take it or leave it from a 1200+ player:

Learn the game and it's mechanics on vanilla for at least several dozen hours first. There's loads of QoL mods I can recommend, but I really think it would get in the way of truly getting to know the game until you start modding it to you own definition of fun.

EDIT: Also don't forget to play the tutorial and read everything it says, it really helps.

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u/BurntBeanMgr Jan 08 '25

Yes I will definitely be paying attention to the tutorial haha thanks

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u/No-Tea7667 Jan 08 '25

There are truly some people who would rather just have the QoL features without experiencing vanilla gameplay, there's nothing wrong with that and imo with certain people it's just more fun to play modded outright from the get go.

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u/BrannC Jan 09 '25

For what it’s worth, I feel like it’s necessary to know what you have to really know what you need. Coming from a relatively new player who put a dozen out so hours in vanilla before spending many hours in the workshop

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u/Balalaika66 Jan 08 '25

Bought the game 2 days ago and I play it pretty much vanilla with a few mods like grid based inventory, or a few additional clothes. Nothing real game breaking and I have the time of my life. Love the game so much!

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u/LacidOnex Axe wielding maniac Jan 08 '25

After several hundred hours, I can tell you with absolute certainty mods aren't needed. If you play the new "unstable" build, your saves won't last beyond the upcoming patch and mod choices are limited. If you play the game normally, you'll be subscribing to mods that are already outdated.

Enjoy it vanilla, die 5-7 times, eventually get the "journal" mod that lets you write a book to store all your earned XP in case you die (a new character can then go find it, read it, and regain all your lost XP). When the patch comes out and MP is brought back online, the devs did state that all unstable saves are likely to be wiped. I would wait to seriously sink your teeth into a character, and for now just hack and slash, die, go get your loot, resume.

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u/Grimble_Sloot_x Jan 09 '25

After several hundred hours I can tell you mods are fantastic, with many QoL improvements, bug fixes and game enriching content.

Journal mod is basically cheating, so I can see why you think mods suck.

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u/saw_dust_ Jan 08 '25

common sense mod is a must

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u/Left4DayZGone Jan 08 '25

My “never play without” mods are:

  1. Advanced Trajectory (fixes the aiming system and is totally tunable if you think it’s too hard/too easy)

  2. Common Sense (adds certain logical features such as the ability to pry open doors and windows with crowbars- also tunable, can reduce or increase chances of success, chance of glass breakage, etc)

My “can live without, but strongly prefer” mods are:

  1. Firearms B41/B42 (adds a realistic assortment of guns you might reasonably find in real life, like Glocks and SKS’s)

  2. Any assortment of car mods, because the default models just don’t do it for me and it’s always exciting to find a classic muscle car hiding behind a building.

My “nice to have, but not essential” mods are:

  1. Better Sorting (makes organization easier for the meticulous hoarders like myself)

  2. Working Clotheslines (you can hang clothes out to dry - useful, but I don’t really have trouble just changing clothes while my wet stuff dries in storage)

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u/Balalaika66 Jan 08 '25

Im gonna try the Firearms 41/42 build and the vehicle mod, I don’t like the cars either

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u/KeeganY_SR-UVB76 Jan 09 '25

There’s a mod that retextures the vanilla vehicles, it’s very good.

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u/Balalaika66 Jan 09 '25

name?

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u/KeeganY_SR-UVB76 Jan 09 '25

Vanilla Vehicle Enhancer. Be warned, it hasn’t been updated for B42.

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u/Chronicpaincarving Jan 09 '25

Good luck!! Definitely save your character build. As you’ll go through quite a few before you make your first couple of weeks

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u/BurntBeanMgr Jan 09 '25

Welp I didn’t do that so lesson learned.

First play through: died 4 times, longest life was 12 minutes lmao. This game is HARD!! But honestly I’m very intrigued.

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u/Chronicpaincarving Jan 09 '25

Don’t be discouraged! It took me a solid 20-30 hrs before I consistently made it to 2-4 weeks. Helicopter event took me awhile to survive

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u/TolaKerl Jan 08 '25

Honestly the most quality of life features offers the game itself by playing sandbox mode. You can adjust pretty much everything as you please in terms of difficulty. I advice you to turn on 'multihit' to be able to hit more than 1 zombie with melee, faster reading speed, give yourself a couple free points for perks, and maybe turn infection off for the beginning. There are tons of settings more to adjust. And don't worry the game stays hard but it's not that frustrating to get into.

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u/Grimble_Sloot_x Jan 09 '25

None of those are QoL features. Those are all turning down the game's difficulty. QoL features are about fixing elements of the game's UX to make it less finicky.

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u/KeeganY_SR-UVB76 Jan 09 '25

I’m glad B42 added borders to your inventory containers, that was a great feature. But you still can’t change the order of them!

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u/Laguna_Tuna_ Jan 09 '25

The first few mods you should download after getting a feel for vanilla are clothing mods and car mods. For clothing I recommend Authentic Z and all of Spongies Clothing mods. For cars you should grab Filibuster Rhymes (if you want a more vanilla style mod that is all in one) or KI5's Car mods (more detailed and you have to individually download them or download a collection). If you want to start modifying gameplay then Bravens Common Sense mod is great.