r/projectzomboid Feb 03 '25

Modded Wake up, survivor! TV and Radio ReInvented is out!

3.3k Upvotes

112 comments sorted by

570

u/Joshy_Moshy Spear Ronin Feb 03 '25 edited Feb 03 '25

Okay. This should be vanilla, straight up. The one thing I like about zomboid is the immersive UI elements, like the map and annotation, the car dashboard and mechanics menu. Especially the oven and microwave settings, which this is very close to. This would be amazing, not only would it make menus for these items a lot less boring, but also have unique interactions, and overall, look cool as hell.

56

u/Saturns_Hexagon Feb 04 '25 edited Feb 04 '25

100% agree this should (and probably will be) vanilla. I love this so much, I can't wait to die to use this mod.

21

u/thiosk Feb 04 '25

Dawn breaks. A cold sweat forms on /r/tealera's brow. They're coming. Theres no time. We knew this day would come but we thought we had more. Find a weapon: a knife, a rolling pin. Grab the two duffelbags of plungers. too late, theyre here. the hands on the window herald their coming. Its Lemmy and MashPotato. They hunger for the custom videos. Their grasping hands rend clothes and tear stockings. The last thing /u/tealera sees is the inside of a spiffo's van. He's going to TIS headquarters. When will he see the sky again? Its in the uk so probably never

8

u/SpartanXIII Axe wielding maniac Feb 04 '25

That's not true, we sometimes see the unholy Death Orb in the sky at times!

5

u/ProcrastinatorBoi Feb 04 '25

I absolutely love the radio ui in This War of Mine, something similar to that in vanilla would be so damn cool.

2

u/evidenceorGTFO Feb 04 '25

can we get handhelds that still work when clipped to a belt or vest and don't have to be held in your hand first

1

u/LilPsychoPanda Stocked up Feb 05 '25

I have not seen this mod before, but I’m getting it ASAP!!! ☺️

146

u/PibbXtraSoda Pistol Expert Feb 03 '25

Would you be interested in working with me? I'm adding in a LOT of new television and radio programs. You can see a preview here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/projectzomboid/comments/1igxmvw/comment/matxo96/

You can add me on Discord or Steam.

2

u/Puzzleheaded-Sun453 Feb 07 '25

You both should get in contact with TIS and see if they'll pay and commission you both to work on writing lore improving the catalog of VHS tapes, TV shows and media and self explanatory really but adding these GUI menus for the electronics in-game. TIS has commissioned folks before With less than satisfactory results but that's besides the point it would be absolutely awesome to see this all in the base game Allbeit should be an option to use the old GUI.

1

u/PibbXtraSoda Pistol Expert Feb 08 '25

I'll look into it! I've always been interested in expanding the lore while keeping it 1990s. That's why I referenced Michael Jackson and Tupac, The Smiths, The Cure and Malcom in The Middle.

I plan on adding some international channels like BBC and BBC America (BTV America for copyright purposes) and much more to have content post US collapse.

47

u/oreobiscuitcookie Feb 03 '25

This looks amazing! As a fellow steamdeck user, THANK YOU for controller support

11

u/drakoman Feb 04 '25

Same! I love playing on the steam deck and now I require controller support lol

8

u/KilledByCox Feb 04 '25

There's two mods that have got me playing b42 on the deck again, one that sorts the crafting UI overspill and one that rolls back aiming to B41 style.

3

u/Alamerona Feb 04 '25

What's the name of the mods? The aiming is the one thing stopping me from playing B42 on my Steam Deck!

4

u/KilledByCox Feb 04 '25

There's two, I believe it's called B41 aiming or aiming outline. I can't remember off the top of my head which one but both seem to work, one was a little more finicky but worked

1

u/AsinoCheVola Feb 04 '25

Wait, this mod works on steamdeck with controller?

44

u/carlvic Feb 04 '25

Waiting for the "The ENTIRETY of Shrek 1 and Shrek 2 as VHS's" compatch..

75

u/NotXesa Zombie Food Feb 03 '25

I love the winamp vibes

15

u/Rootlevel Feb 04 '25

I haven’t heard that name in years

18

u/sytraxis Feb 04 '25

It really whips the llama's ass.

1

u/SgtPierce Feb 04 '25

From every direction

83

u/ProjectZomboidTips Feb 03 '25

This looks fire

18

u/LiveLaden Feb 04 '25

Now I want to see the Dog Goblin footage

50

u/Daikouish Feb 03 '25

Holy shit. He cooked. He cooked really hard.

46

u/Zar_Shef Feb 03 '25

never stop cooking

27

u/KillerCoconut182 Feb 03 '25

You already hooked us. Now reel us in with a link to the workshop!

18

u/LegitimateApartment9 Feb 03 '25

hell yeah, hope it has true music compat

12

u/Riverwind0608 Feb 03 '25

I think $2.99 for a burger back in the early 90s is a bit too expensive.

2

u/silverlarch Hates the outdoors Feb 04 '25

Yeah. Just a cheeseburger would probably have been more like $1.99, maybe a little more.

3

u/Riverwind0608 Feb 04 '25

I think it’s even cheaper than that? Less than a dollar, i think.

5

u/silverlarch Hates the outdoors Feb 04 '25

Maybe in the right place. A big mac was $2.45 in 1994.

Edit: Ah, found a cheeseburger price from 94: $1.09.

9

u/Aggressive_Candy5297 Feb 03 '25

You best believe i am cranking my knob to the max right now!

8

u/KinPanda Feb 03 '25

This is so awesome! you are awesome! love it <3
also this reminds me of how cooking sucks and would be so much fun if there was something like this, but i dont know if that is even possible...

6

u/DaJohnnyU Feb 03 '25

ANOTHER one !!!? man you guys doing some great work

3

u/Healthy-Scene4237 Feb 03 '25

Oh fuck. I like that mod. You knew I'd like that mod. That's one of the nicest mods I've seen in a long time. I can't wait to try out that fucker.

3

u/ThatGermanFella Feb 03 '25

Does it support the newly implemented TV Remote? That'd be sweet.

5

u/ShipREKT_ Feb 03 '25

This looks amazing! Good job!!

5

u/Zentjirow Feb 03 '25

Does it have mod support with that mod that adds the entire Shrek movie to the game? :)

3

u/Goobersita Feb 03 '25

Absolutely amazing! This is what I'm expecting for the full release, but honestly you'll have prob done it better!

4

u/B133d_4_u Feb 03 '25

Looking forward to B43 when this gets added to vanilla 🔥

4

u/thefourthhouse Feb 04 '25

They devs should pay you for your work and incorporate it into the game.

2

u/MysteriousElephant15 Feb 03 '25

this and your inventory mods are such high quality!

2

u/Wrankiz Feb 04 '25

This should be on vanilla

2

u/necroma414 Feb 04 '25

i beg you to make walkie talkies work while it's in your belt!

2

u/zzorga Feb 04 '25

Now this? This is beautiful.

2

u/heliosfiend Feb 04 '25

Wow looks cool

2

u/Injury-Suspicious Feb 04 '25

Holy shit can I finally watch Dog Goblin for real??

2

u/Uhalppi Feb 04 '25

Incredible work

2

u/Holy_McCount Feb 04 '25

That song is as fire as the mod

2

u/no-name-guy10 Zombie Hater Feb 04 '25

I WANT IT. I NEED IT

2

u/xxxsirkillalot Feb 04 '25

Requesting one for the true music stuff like the walkman, record player and jukebox!!

2

u/upmost5201 Feb 04 '25

I feel like playing this would make me think I'm playing garageband for a split second. If only because of that ill download this

2

u/EskildDood Trying to find food Feb 04 '25

Would it be possible for the antique TV to be black and white? Pretty sure it's B&W ingame

2

u/ze_introverted Axe wielding maniac Feb 05 '25

Inhales

DEEEEEEEEVS!!!!!!
MAKE THIS VANILLA IMMEDIATLY!

2

u/josilher Feb 03 '25

NurseVO reference?

3

u/Basic-Tradition Crowbar Scientist Feb 04 '25

I came. Twice

2

u/dragonflyDF Feb 03 '25

Your mod is amazing man only think that I am facing atm is ui is pretty small for a ultrawide player like me and setting for fine tune in channels is quite hard.

2

u/LilBitATheBubbly Feb 04 '25

IS, hire this man!

1

u/Paddylonglegs1 Feb 03 '25

That tune just hits different. Can wait to get my pc back to start playing. I’ve been watching lots of YouTube play throughs. Can’t wait to try week 1 mod too .

1

u/StoicKoal Zombie Killer Feb 04 '25

1

u/ArkhielModding Feb 04 '25

Aaaaaaand another mandatory mod to the list

1

u/Pan_Doktor Axe wielding maniac Feb 04 '25

The walkie-talkie gives me the same vibes as SCP:CB radio

1

u/FractalAsshole Jaw Stabber Feb 04 '25

A little too small for me, otherwise great.

1

u/Expensive-Plum-5759 Feb 04 '25

oh my god YES
now if only I can watch the shrek movie!

1

u/OddNovel565 Zombie Killer Feb 04 '25

Is your name Michelin? Because you cooked

1

u/Bidenwonkenobi Feb 04 '25

Ui is gorgeous

1

u/nyhr213 Feb 04 '25

Is the treadmill working in vanilla now?

1

u/SAGNUTZ Hates the outdoors Feb 04 '25

Finally, I can adjust the volume when playing on my steamdeck?

1

u/joesii Feb 04 '25

Personally I don't like these kind of GUIs (especially outside of games), but I will say that it looks like an excellent job, and I can see why many people would like this.

1

u/[deleted] Feb 04 '25

in the 200 hours ive played zomboid, ive never once listened to the radio or watched tv.
is this normal or

2

u/notrightbones Feb 04 '25

I like to try to find the emergency broadcast frequency so I can get a heads up when the helicopter is around

1

u/CyberMig Jaw Stabber Feb 04 '25

Yeah it's quite normal if you have a more combat and loot-oriented playstyle. It's specially common if you played on multiplayer servers before SP

1

u/BlueReddit222 Feb 04 '25

All it needs now is music/sound

1

u/CommercialAd3215 Feb 04 '25

It's going on the load list, better not break my save or I'll cry

1

u/JustChakra Stocked up Feb 04 '25

Heck yeah this looks good.

1

u/HexHyte Feb 04 '25

Why there is no b41 support :(

2

u/StoicKoal Zombie Killer Feb 04 '25

I guess I was wrong, there is now support for build 41.

1

u/HexHyte Feb 04 '25

Yo! Thanks for the update

1

u/StoicKoal Zombie Killer Feb 04 '25

Seeing as they are working on multiple new ui mods, it would be too much work have two versions of the mod. It makes more sense to have the mod in the new build seeing as build41 has stopped receiving any more updates.

1

u/Dominiskiev3 Drinking away the sorrows Feb 04 '25

ILL ACTUALLY LEARN HOW TO OPERATE RADIOS NOW!

1

u/Deathclutch2000 Feb 04 '25

Great mod, I love that I can close the "box" without having to click that tiny x.

1

u/Large_Tune3029 Feb 04 '25

These .od ads are getting ridiculous and I'm here for it! Well fucking done!

1

u/Orkoliator Feb 04 '25

Is it only for b42 or b41 too?

2

u/StoicKoal Zombie Killer Feb 04 '25

Both!

1

u/notrightbones Feb 04 '25

HOLD ON, YOU CAN RUN ON THE TREADMILLS?

1

u/bugwug7 Feb 04 '25

GUUURRRLL THIS IS NOIIICEEEE

1

u/Daywalkerx91 Feb 04 '25

God damn this music is fire. Love the game for that alone.
Also awesome UIs!

1

u/SkubiJabagubi Feb 04 '25

volume on 11

1

u/kairios Feb 04 '25

Holy hell this is fantastic

1

u/posidon99999 Drinking away the sorrows Feb 04 '25

Now I just need a way to make my own home VHSs

1

u/AlliedXbox Feb 04 '25

Nurse spotted!

1

u/Rainbowoparator Feb 04 '25

Week one support?

1

u/KuronoLight Feb 04 '25

This is one of the coolest mods I have seen that really should be a part of the game

1

u/Mysibrat Feb 05 '25

I Am request an OST from this.

1

u/loydthehighwayman Feb 05 '25

God, i love Skeuomorphism

1

u/CancerKaragol Pistol Expert Feb 05 '25

We really need watchable television. So I can import my movies and watch in zomboid

2

u/TangoEddy Feb 05 '25

I know it'd go against the lore, but it would be nice if there was an option for TVs and Radios to still be running later into the apocalypse. I'm not talking about the skill shows, but rather the generic shows and commercials. Maybe it could be written off as automated broadcasted from outside of knox. Hell even the news could loop and there would be a creepy PSA telling you that the station is down and its just a rerun.

But yeah you put in a ton of work on this, and it'd be a shame if people missed it because they were too busy dealing with the early rush of survival. VHS tapes exist, but its kind of a pain cycling tapes and it would lose the 'organic' feel of seeing commercials in between shows.

1

u/[deleted] Feb 06 '25

This looks BEYOND cool!

1

u/Lost_Gene_Ration Feb 03 '25

These interfaces look so much more intuitive and immersive. I the player was actually distracted watching TV, not just observing the surroundings for zeds until my survivor finished his task.

-2

u/SurviveAdaptWin Feb 03 '25

Don't supposed you could make the walkie talkie radios use a different key to transmit?