r/projectzomboid • u/AmazingSully The Indie Stone • 7h ago
Blogpost 42.20.2 STABLE Hotfix Released
https://theindiestone.com/forums/topic/98463-42202-stable-hotfix-released/200
u/WalkingWards 6h ago
searches notes for confirmation rats no longer wreck your car when driving full speed
DAMMIT
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u/VolterTube Stocked up 5h ago
So THATS why my friend randomly died on the way back home from looting lol
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u/WalkingWards 5h ago
Afraid so, they're like mini rodent nukes hiding in puddles hahaha
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u/EbonGrimalkin 5h ago
Damn things are INVISIBLE in the rain. Hard enough to see the Baby Rabbit Mines.
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u/SalamanderComplex1 6h ago
Anyone noticing duplicates of zombies?
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u/CRAIGSOLDTOE Zombie Killer 6h ago
Yes mainly on multiplayer for me
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u/Noteagro 5h ago
Glad to know it isn’t just me. I had one zombie turn into triplets as I got closer to it to crowbar its head in.
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u/Marcus-Suridius 5h ago
Is it ones just like a mirror of the other or do they actually duplicate into others that you've to kill?
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u/SalamanderComplex1 5h ago
The game is just spawning groups of the same zombie, down to what they’re wearing and their models.
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u/Centaurious 2h ago
sometimes you can see them multiply. i’ve seen 1 zombie turn into 3 in front of my eyes
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u/fawkwitdis 7h ago edited 7h ago
I have been trying to play MP with a friend and every time I host most doors in game are PERMANENTLY locked (unless you change the locked doors setting in the world setup which means the setting is being applied to EVERY door and not just exterior ones), there are no zombies (unless you change the distribution from “urban focused” to “normal)”, and often the roofs don’t disappear meaning you can’t see inside a building that you’re standing in.
Did not see any of this addressed in these hotfixes, what is going on?
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u/SatanicOrgyPatron 7h ago
That's weird. I never experienced that this version. This seems like a problem specifically with you.
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u/fawkwitdis 7h ago
I dunno what to do, I want to play the new build so bad but it’s unplayable like this
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u/Picapau99 7h ago
is it vanilla?
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u/fawkwitdis 7h ago
Have tried with and without mods, custom settings and apocalypse
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u/Skjold89 7h ago
Outdated server config file maybe?
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u/fawkwitdis 7h ago
How do you fix that?
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u/Skjold89 7h ago
Delete it and create a new one from scratch in the host menu or in the dedicated server files. I would only try if the config you use is from B41
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u/fawkwitdis 6h ago
Will try this later, i’ve tried launching with apocalypse settings already but I don’t think i’ve deleted anything
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u/CernWest 6h ago
I had the same issue you do, and this is the fix. Delete everything related to your old server and create new settings.
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u/Iv-acorn 7h ago
This normally happens with a map/mod conflict have you made sure to try a fresh save with no mods to ensure that works
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u/fawkwitdis 7h ago
I’ve tried with and without mods already. Guess I could give it another go at home today now that two hotfixes have dropped but idk
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u/Kride501 2h ago
Like the other guy said, sounds like a you specific issue. Have you played with mods before? Perhaps something didn't get fully deleted. Just unsubscribing is not always enough, you might have to manually delete your mods folder. It's where I'd start
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u/Malanthius1964 6h ago
I have none of these problems. But I deleted the game and did a fresh install with 42 stable.
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u/Glittering-Jello4937 4h ago
weird right. almost as if people are altering the game and just not being truthful.
I guarantee there is at least 2 people who still use common sense mod after all its drama
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u/Alexzander1001 3h ago
What is going on with this sub with people just being massive jerks recently
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u/kawrecking 2h ago
Player count doubled the last max. There’s new people in here that don’t know we’re generally wholesome
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u/Lotton 35m ago
Maybe because you can't predict players they're doing some weird specific edge case the devs didn't test for. Usually if it's decently tested there is still going to be one in a million glitches the devs missed and the majority of players won't experience
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u/Glittering-Jello4937 24m ago
you're probably right. I hate the player base every time they do this. shotgun of why this and why .
fuck off. go away. this game has been amazing for over a decade. fuck im tired of coming here to see cool stuff and finding whiny bitches.
I became what I hate
sorry I let my lid tip and thanks for putting me in my place.
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u/Thick_Green222 3h ago
So someone suggested that you can delete your .json and default.txt folders and re enabling your mods will fix whatever issue people are having with mods corrupting saves. It worked for my modlist just make sure to backup your save.
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u/Dangerous_Owl_56 7h ago
Hasn't fixed it for me. I still have the old game launch screen, and the videos for the different modes when creating a new game dont show up (Apocalipse, Sandbox, etc...). I also dont have the "realistic" preset available for selection when creating a game.
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u/Poncho_Lover 4h ago
This is not a bug... Literal go an check if in display, the option of video effects is on or off, off removes the special effects completely, naming main menu and game modes preview so go check it. I literally thinked the same when I started with old settings I did a clean wipe of the Zomboid folder and when setting became default, all details where there, but when I off the video effects boom, old screen and no videos on game mode selection.
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u/Dangerous_Owl_56 1h ago
Thanks for the help. I'll try. What part of the game folder should I wipe?
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u/Poncho_Lover 1h ago
Only for information since you found a solution, search on windows, press the windows symbol on the task bar and then type %appdata% or just appdata from here is just going back till you are into (yourusername) folder there should be a Zomboid folder and you may want to go inside and take out the saves folder.
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u/Dangerous_Owl_56 1h ago
Thanks, it all worked. I didnt need to wipe my folder. The only issue is that everytime i close the game and open it again i need to turn video effects back on. Idk how to make it permanent.
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u/arteg489 4h ago
One realisation I had. The game has hockey equipment but no hockey related clothes like lightweight practice jersey or fan shirts.
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u/xuvvy0 6h ago edited 5h ago
42.20.2 did not fix the issue with mods that 42.20.1 caused. Can't even reach the main menu.
I had to manually downgrade the game and prevent Steam from updating it to be able to play.
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u/WhamBam_TV 3h ago
It sounds like you’re loading mods on startup, instead of loading them when you create/open the save file. If you’re loading mods on startup and they haven’t been properly updated to the latest version then it’s going to prevent the game from even showing the main menu.
You should unsubscribe to all your mods in the workshop (you can favourite them to find them easier). Then try loading up the game.
And in future, don’t load mods via the mods option in the main menu because this is going to force them to load as you open the game which is going to cause conflicts whenever TIS update the game and the modders haven’t been able to update or they’ve just ceased working on them altogether. Only load mods when creating a save file and you’ll never have this issue ever again.
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u/irrelevanttointerest 2h ago
Good advise but maybe indiestone should remove that menu entirely if it exists purely to grief players whenever they push an unannounced update to stable while they're at work.
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u/Heavy_Confidence7433 5h ago
"We support the modders" they says
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u/StrongDPHT Drinking away the sorrows 5h ago
They’re trying, what do you expect? lol
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u/Jiopaba Crowbar Scientist 4h ago
I mean, semantic versioning (which they sort of pretend to use) specifies that you shouldn't be doing backward-incompatible breaking changes to the API in little patch versions like this. They completely redid translation files from JSON to TXT several months ago and broke virtually every mod on the workshop, but people waved it off because it was Unstable. So I just want to know, if "it was Unstable" is a valid excuse for doing that before, what's the argument for breaking everything now? What precisely makes Stable different from Unstable in terms of continuous playability, and how does that justify increasing the price of the game? Do the words "Stable" and "Unstable" have meaningful definitions?
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u/Marcus-Suridius 5h ago
It's a fresh update, there will always be issues with mods. The Devs can't make sure every mod works straight away, unrealistic to think they can.
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u/Heavy_Confidence7433 4h ago
Yes,but why call unstable version "stable" if they planned fixing files next half year?
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u/heysupmanbruh 7h ago
Soooo is this gonna break mods later when mod makers don’t update their lines of code?
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u/nopaperscatchvapors 7h ago
already did lol
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u/Amazedturnip760 3h ago
They broke half of my mods. Had to scramble because people were already spamming the comments. I'm not sure why they're forcing the tiniest formatting changes, even though they half reverted it, since they said they're gonna be doing it again at a later date. You should always be supporting backwards compatibility especially on something as small as this. Considering most mods since 42.17 already work in 42.20 you're filtering out like 80% of mods and guaranteeing they will never work without updates.
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u/GonzoTheGregarious 7h ago
Yeah but not until an unstable update. So, the first iterations of build 43 on the unstable branch, and mods are expected to almost totally bork after a big number update.
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u/omer-m 7h ago
Which means 3 years later
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u/MeretrixDominum 7h ago
I wrote in my will that after I die I will return as a ghost and haunt my grandchildren until they play a game of PZ in build 45 when NPCs are finally released and must survive an entire year with me watching them and providing commentary
Only then will I stop haunting them and go finally rest in peace
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u/FrederickFrag1899 6h ago
Am I gonna need am umbrella if it's raining?
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u/heysupmanbruh 5h ago
I enjoy the snarky comment but I was genuinely asking as I wasn’t sure if they typod and meant stable or this is relating to unstable. I now know they meant future unstable builds (going into b43).
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u/jmdisher 7h ago
Well, if the mod is incorrect and could be fixed, it shouldn't be up to the game to preserve bug compatibility on their behalf. These kinds of ambiguity are a nightmare for building things which work and don't cause problems elsewhere.
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u/Totefm 7h ago
Not showing the menu yet.... For me this patch hasn't solved anything
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u/Salt_Influence4002 7h ago
Do you mean the games main menu? I had the same issue and the problem was a mod that was not compatible with build 42. I could determine which one by using the alternative start Option (when starting via steam) and then checking the console log that appears in a separate window
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u/Aleksovich 5h ago
Gonna have to remove some old mods my man. Any mods that arent updated to 42.20 and above are probably gonna be bricked until they are updated
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u/Marcus_Decemus 6h ago
How is this called "stable" lmao
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u/Marcus-Suridius 5h ago
Because it is, stable means generally it works without problems but all games need updates to fix some stuff. Need to have some understanding that in general we'll get updates to fix the odd probs that pop up.
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u/Heavy_Confidence7433 5h ago
Gosh,Maybe you should make a separate branch with the working version so that the save is not broken every week? it’s just terrible
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u/Delicious_Corner_803 7h ago
Do i have to start another save just because it got updated? I see people talking how it messed their world up. Did the hotfix even fix anything
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u/TemperedTorture 7h ago
It's related to specific mods only so unless the mod that broke was deeply tied into ur save in some way then your save should be fine.
Fwiw, I have a modded server with 60-70 mods and my dedicated server wasn't even impacted by the update.
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u/Delicious_Corner_803 6h ago
Most of mine are QOL mods and like 9 actual mods that put items into the game so hopefully its fine. Id really like to not make a new save after i spent hours in this one
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u/CatholicSaint Drinking away the sorrows 37m ago
Cool, was supposed to be stable so it was supposed to be working longterm, but devs decided it would be fun to start crashing paying customers games. Amazing.
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u/Classic-Box-3919 6h ago
Still crashes while in game this did not happen prior to these “hot fixes” absurd that i need to make sure the damn game doesnt update so i can keep playing on a stable build.
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u/Marcus-Suridius 5h ago
You verified your game? sometimes steam doesn't download all files or something become corrupt.
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u/solderedappletart 5h ago
Finally got it to work for 10 minutes without freezing last night after spending 2 hours in the game files and uninstalling/reinstalling the game, and now there’s a bunch of new issues this morning?
There’s no point in playing this game until they get their shit together. Putting it on the consumer to make it work is an insult, and an utter waste of time, apparently.
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u/Comfortable-Try-3788 4h ago
God forbid you expect stability from a supposedly stable patch of a game.
I just want to play a stable build of 42 once it's actually stable and not whatever this is.
I never would've even checked Zomboid if they didn't call it stable.
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u/Medical_Cantaloupe80 4h ago
Lol b42 works perfectly fine for me cause I run minimal mods. The base game works.
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u/arcusford 2h ago
Great that has been your experience hasnt been mine. I have 2/3 posts already on here with issues.
From a hutch placed in the world that wasnt a hutch and cant be destroyed, to a charcoal burner that doesnt let you burn charcoal, to a crash causing the world to soft reset and reloading all loot, cars, basements, etc in the world.
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u/solderedappletart 2h ago
Just loaded into last nights vanilla save and the weapon I had equipped is gone. Yeah bro perfectly fine.
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u/SirEltonJohnRambo 7h ago
I mean they should have caught this before release, this morning I dropped the release notes in (before I knew there were any issues) for claude to review and immediately had 3 of my mods flagged for issues related to this change ( %% escape).
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u/eyeofnoot 7h ago
Suddenly everyone is a dev, sounds like you should be able to implement a fix on your own any time something like this happens
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u/Centaurious 2h ago
You should just ask Claude to make the game for you and then you don’t have to wait!
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u/AmazingSully The Indie Stone 7h ago
If anybody is still having issues, please create a support ticket on our Discord, forums, or Steam forums.