hey everyone and welcome back to the channel for another project zomboid video in this one i'm going to be talking over some things i like to try when regular zomboid playthroughs are getting a little stale if you've ever played project zomboid to the point where you're surviving for weeks on end without much left to do you're all set for the future and of finding survival under normal circumstances just a little tedious then this video will hopefully help you spice up your playthroughs through the use of various perks sandbox settings and of course many many mods if you do find the video helpful be sure to drop it a like and subscribe to the channel so it keeps the channel growing and the videos coming so i want to start off with the easiest thing you can do which is the sandbox settings i know many players in project zomboids tend to just pick one of the preset options for either survival or apocalypse and it's a great place to get your first experiences but i'd always recommend changing some settings and making your own blend of project zomboid difficulty settings at some stage obviously this sort of thing is down to your personal preference but i'll go over some of things that i've tweaked in my settings and that way you can see where i've changed the game and how it can be used to set up more unique playthroughs so let's start with loot loot settings are pretty self-explanatory but all the same can be a really powerful tool when it comes to making your zomboid playthrough more challenging in particular ways if you're finding that you're gathering everything you'll ever need too easily especially with things like food items consider turning down these settings to things like extremely rare i do this on my default playthroughs but turn up weapon and ammo spawns a little so i have a more realistic chance of using firearms play around with these as you want to but don't underestimate how this can actually change your experience for a more immersive one so next we've got zombie behavior and zombie population and these are a bit more complicated zombie behavior is the main one here which you can tweak more than you might initially think and with the help of mods you can adjust them even more you can turn zombies into sprinters for example which does just what it says on the tin you could try this with lower population counts or with a mod like fear the sun which makes zombies hide during the day and go into a hibernation state once indoors at night however they come outside to hunt this can create an i am legend type scenario which makes for a really eerie quiet setup in the day and a terrifying gauntlet at night if you don't make it back home in time on top of that it's also possible to change the zombie's intelligence if you want to give yourself a real challenge try making it so the zombies can interact with doors it makes living out in rural areas almost essential unless you can barricade a building efficiently one thing i like to do for my own playthroughs is to adjust the zombie population start count and the zombie population peak count in my usual runs i like to set the zombie peak at between two and four weeks starting off with a lower number of
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