[A14d] Rimworld Zombie Apocalypse (v. 1.5 - July 26)

[Justin C]

Well then. Didn't expect zombie apocalypse to be one of the first mods to change to Alpha 9. That was such a good job.

Yeah, this is sort of my way of apologizing for skipping Alpha 8.

[Epyk]

All right guys, the Alpha 9 version of Zombie Apocalypse is now available for download on Nexus, and it is currently awaiting approval on ModDB.

Patch Notes:

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v 1.1 - 02/18/2015 -------------------------------------------------
- Updated the mod for Alpha 9.
- Corpses no longer reanimate if their brain has been damaged or destroyed.
- There is now a minimum of one in-game hour between when a pawn dies and when it is reanimated. This is usually only a few seconds in-game.
- Zombies have been slowed to 60% of the speed of humans, from 80%.
- Extended the damage bonus to zombies for cutting weapons to include stabbing weapons.
- Changed the way raid sizes are determined.
- Brought Zombie point cost in line with units from other factions. This should greatly reduce the size of end-game zombie raids.
- Zombies now deal more damage, but attack more slowly.
- Removed the extra damage taken by infected humans. Non-colonists no longer succumb more quickly to the zombie infection than colonists do.
- Changed the naming scheme for zombies. All reanimated zombie names will be "Zombie [Name]" whether they were enemies or colonists.

I will have the usual release article on ModDB tomorrow once I finish putting a new gameplay video together.

Time to give this a go!

[dareddevil7]

would it be possible for it to get to a point where you can choose if you want the virus to go airborne?

[Justin C]

would it be possible for it to get to a point where you can choose if you want the virus to go airborne?

That's probably the most-requested feature for this mod. The option will come eventually, but I am not making any promises about when it will happen.

[dareddevil7]

would it be possible for it to get to a point where you can choose if you want the virus to go airborne?

That's probably the most-requested feature for this mod. The option will come eventually, but I am not making any promises about when it will happen.

well then for the time being would it be possible to go into the defs and prolong the time until its goes airborne?

[Dragoon]

It's random because it is up to the storyteller isnt it?

[Justin C]

would it be possible for it to get to a point where you can choose if you want the virus to go airborne?

That's probably the most-requested feature for this mod. The option will come eventually, but I am not making any promises about when it will happen.

well then for the time being would it be possible to go into the defs and prolong the time until its goes airborne?

Nope. Unfortunately the chance is completely removed from the defs. Sorry.

The airborne event is designed to be really rare as it currently is.

It's random because it is up to the storyteller isnt it?

I separated it from the Storyteller because it didn't happen rarely enough, and sometimes it happened much too soon in the game. Rare incidents still seem to happen almost every single game when the Storyteller controls them. I wanted this to be an event that doesn't happen to you every game.

[dareddevil7]

would it be possible for it to get to a point where you can choose if you want the virus to go airborne?

That's probably the most-requested feature for this mod. The option will come eventually, but I am not making any promises about when it will happen.

well then for the time being would it be possible to go into the defs and prolong the time until its goes airborne?

Nope. Unfortunately the chance is completely removed from the defs. Sorry.

The airborne event is designed to be really rare as it currently is.

It's random because it is up to the storyteller isnt it?

I separated it from the Storyteller because it didn't happen rarely enough, and sometimes it happened much too soon in the game. Rare incidents still seem to happen almost every single game when the Storyteller controls them. I wanted this to be an event that doesn't happen to you every game.

in that case i need to find a way to have my colonists bash the doomed one's head in

[Justin C]

would it be possible for it to get to a point where you can choose if you want the virus to go airborne?

That's probably the most-requested feature for this mod. The option will come eventually, but I am not making any promises about when it will happen.

well then for the time being would it be possible to go into the defs and prolong the time until its goes airborne?

Nope. Unfortunately the chance is completely removed from the defs. Sorry.

The airborne event is designed to be really rare as it currently is.

It's random because it is up to the storyteller isnt it?

I separated it from the Storyteller because it didn't happen rarely enough, and sometimes it happened much too soon in the game. Rare incidents still seem to happen almost every single game when the Storyteller controls them. I wanted this to be an event that doesn't happen to you every game.

in that case i need to find a way to have my colonists bash the doomed one's head in

The Airborne incident doesn't kill or infect any of your colonists. All it does is make it so corpses will reanimate even if they weren't bitten by a zombie while they were alive.

If a person dies after being bitten their corpse will reanimate after one in-game hour. If a person dies without being bitten it will stay dead unless the virus is airborne, in which case it will reanimate after about six in-game hours.

[TheSilencedScream]

Thanks, Justin!

I was going to hold off on A9 til more mods got updated, but since yours is up, I think I'll be giving it a whirl immediately.

[RinDitirini]

Great mod and glad to have it back.
I noticed one thing that is causing a bit of an issue though.
Friendly faction folks that get zombified do get marked hostile(turning from blue to red). They'll still behave like zombies, biting, chasing, attacking...Buuuuuuut the turrets will not automatically target them.

[Justin C]

Great mod and glad to have it back.
I noticed one thing that is causing a bit of an issue though.
Friendly faction folks that get zombified do get marked hostile(turning from blue to red). They'll still behave like zombies, biting, chasing, attacking...Buuuuuuut the turrets will not automatically target them.

Make sure you create a new world and a new game after you activate the mod. If you already did that, try doing it again and see if it fixes the problem. I can't replicate the issue.

[HattoriHanzo]

Wow! Great job on the fast update! Excited to finally test your mod! Just got into the game in alpha 8 and was disapointed, that you left that one out.

Thank you for the work!

[W1Z25]

thanks for updating this

[RinDitirini]

Great mod and glad to have it back.
I noticed one thing that is causing a bit of an issue though.
Friendly faction folks that get zombified do get marked hostile(turning from blue to red). They'll still behave like zombies, biting, chasing, attacking...Buuuuuuut the turrets will not automatically target them.

Make sure you create a new world and a new game after you activate the mod. If you already did that, try doing it again and see if it fixes the problem. I can't replicate the issue.

I'll start a new world and get a screenshot if I see it again