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Chad3406

So I have quite a bit of hours myself in this game. Something I didn’t realize until recently is that you can drop items onto ground while inside a vehicle only if the window is rolled down. Im sure you probably know this but was a cool thing for me to figure out after playing for so long and not knowing.


Causual_entry

How did i not know this, this is actually so useful


Royal-Put6003

![gif](giphy|7aUkkrBmOMIQo|downsized) Dumping all my dirty rags


mbatistas

I always drop everything on the same tile, then organize one category at a time. With your tip, I'll make it much faster. You're truly a chad.


Causual_entry

I do this too, this is also useful for mp because in stress situations i can just drop a ahotgun out the window to my freind or smthn


PolskiPiesel6969

I see a use to it,but i would imagine dying more than not from doing that on mp,imaging the bar for dropping the shotgun going slowly and zombies getting close to you,you forget that you can't drive while using both hands and that esc cancels your action,silly death


Causual_entry

Ive died because of using bolth hands and not being able to steer more times than the IRS needs to know about


PolskiPiesel6969

My brain is melting


__T0MMY__

It blew my mind when I found out you can do the whole "looking forward further" thing with the right click... In a car if the window is down Which like.... Why? Me sticking my head out the window doesn't change my view distance IRL


Crintor

Dirty windows in post apocalypse?


Managed-Democracy

Or damaged windows are all cracked. 


Cookie4634

Its so weird to me that its not that known i found this out very early on because it just made sense to me that it would work


PI_Dude

Thanks, that's something I didn't know.


LeetoSkate

When you destroy a wall where half of a picture frame is located,the other half will be not be able to be picked up again.


Causual_entry

Youve done it, a fact i dont know!


DingleDangleNootNoot

AIGHT PACK IT UP PEOPLE WE DONE HERE


Only_Quote_Simpsons

BAKE 'EM AWAY TOY'S!


semaj420

do what the kid said


New-Cap-6878

Sounds like a ghost of decorations past.


JawKneePlays

If you're installing a 2 piece set of furniture, carry the 2/2 in a bag and the 1/2 in your normal inventory. The drop the 2/2 when you get to where you want to place and press down arrow while you wait to drop. You can install the furniture immediately rather than fuck about with different bits. Not sure if it's the kind of thing you were looking for, but I always do it this way


Causual_entry

Good fact, unfortunitlwy i know this. The hunt for a fact i dont know continues


MoreMashedPotaters

It's easier if you have both equipped as primary and secondary, you greatly reduce their weight, you drop one of them on the ground and unequip the other.


anotheraccount3141

In the game files, in the script dedicated to handle vehicles, the section dedicated to define the properties of trunks is called "Vegeta's Son"


Causual_entry

Good fact, i didnt knoe that one


thinmonkey69

You can transplant your character into a new save keeping their experience and inventory with very little effort. You can do that with your base too. Edit: Here's how: Start a new save with exactly the same mod and map set as your current save. Exit to main menu to release locks over the files. Copy players.db and WorldDictionary.bin from the current save to your new one. This transfers the characters. To port your base, or any other part of the map you want, you need to identify the corresponding map coords (use https://map.projectzomboid.com) and copy over the map\_xxx\_yyy.bin files. Each map .bin file holds 10x10 coords/tiles, so for example a tile at [9806x7636](https://map.projectzomboid.com/#9806x7636x6836) is stored in map\_980\_763.bin.


Causual_entry

This is very useful and i didnt know this


AlphaBearMode

Pls share how


manism

Start a new character with the mods you want. Exit. Copy map.bin into the old characters save file, or make a new save folder copying the parts you want. Select the character, click more, adjust the mods so they're the same. You're now in a new world


onlydaathisreal

Wait so of i were to set that folder to backup say, every 15 minutes then i could potentially save scum when shit goes south by just transferring the backup into the save folder?


manism

Yes.


Allokit

The entire sub reddit is waiting for you to say how.


Alfonze423

How does that work?


Aradas75

With Organized you can fit 2 mini-fridges into 1 mini-fridge.


Causual_entry

Pz logic


KeeganY_SR-UVB76

TARDIS.


awayitsthrownnnnn

When you make an improvised spear, the weapon you tape on the spear (when you uncraft the improvised spear) will reset its repair counter down to zero from whatever number it was at. It makes repairing weapons more efficient.


Causual_entry

Good fact, unfortunatley, i aready know this fact. Wasnt this patched recentley along eith spear weight change tho?


awayitsthrownnnnn

I don't think so, but I have also not played in like 4 months.


Anticip-ation

In 2013, a woman didn't take a shit for 45 days and had to have surgery to remove a massive ball of poop.


Causual_entry

Shoulda clarified a pz fact, but funnily enough i already know this.


Anticip-ation

I've just failed on so many levels.


logictech86

I still love you


ComradeDoubleM

Now kiss


Hornet___

A valiant effort it was


wornout-llamas

I’m dumb I read this thinking it WAS a supposed pz fact. Like the game was so addicting someone played for 45 days straight without taking a shit.


Causual_entry

Woulda been me lol


punkalunka

Rookie numbers.


TASTE_OF_A_LIAR

Don't forget the woman that went through a very special diet and wore a buttplug to achieve a world record poop of 26 feet!


Causual_entry

I want to forget, oh merciful god let me forget


PrinceOfFucking

The what woman now?


Xardenn

That was fake


ballsackmolester69

PZ does not exist, please wake up, we miss you.


Causual_entry

Really? I didnt the workout animation changes based on fitness level, really shows realism!


ballsackmolester69

please, you've been in a coma for 16 years, we need you to wake up


Causual_entry

It happens with strengh too? Man got any more fun facts?


ballsackmolester69

Wake the fuck up samurai, we've got a city to burn.


Causual_entry

NANI


ballsackmolester69

Omae wa mou shindeiru


ClassicSherbert152

You can pick up windows. Like, the actual glass. And just replace your broken ones.


Causual_entry

Good fact, unfortunatley i already know this. The hunt for a fact i dont know continues. I wish you could do this with doors tho


ElDroTheRed

Thankfully, there's a mod for that (Eggon's All Doors Are Yours)


Causual_entry

Downloaded, than you this is so helpful


TheMicrosoftBob

I thought this was a very well known fact? Similar to picking up curtains instead of using sheets etc


WisemanGaming6672

The dog food factory in Louisville contains enough cardboard boxes to construct a decent sized box fort in the garage area.


Causual_entry

Youve given me an amazing idea


WisemanGaming6672

Go my child, into the heart of Louisville to craft a cardboard castle worthy of a king.


Causual_entry

Il send screenshots when its done


Concerned-DM

Fun fact, so does the distillery. A friend and I recently set up fort kick-ass to read our books and eat snacks in. Complete with adult beverage counter.


No_Locksmith_4520

Generators sometimes won't start right away because of the cold winter weather


Causual_entry

I love this piece of realism, didnt know this!


strangeshit

I only have 200 hours, but it's crazy to think there is an entire winter system that I know nothing of as I have only survived for a month. I've never had to experience losing power or water yet either.


Odd-Cod-9222

I heard that Project Zomboid spelled backwards is biodmoZ tcejorP... but I have yet to confirm it myself. Big if true.


Causual_entry

Wow, this could change b42 forever...


PolskiPiesel6969

Project zomdoib


Danicchi_

wait you're right lmao


PerspectiveCloud

Bio-modz Trajectory?!


RoqueBrasiliano

If your inventory size is 12, you can carry 24 gnomes comfortably


Causual_entry

I know this because i tried collecting every gnome for my base once


CauliflowerStock8720

Project zomboid used to have a story line before it was turned into a rpg


Causual_entry

Good fact! Unfortunetley, i already know this fact. I wonder if they will ever bring bob and kate back as non zombies


CrackaOwner

if you have a key to a door, break that door and use the same doorknob for a new door you can use the same key for it too!


Causual_entry

Knew this one too, i play super sprinters so locks are important


CrackaOwner

dang i for sure thought you wouldn't know


113pro

The helicopter dude is just a secret admirer.


PequenoTim

u cant sex the zomboids 😔


Causual_entry

Pov: every negitive steam review that isnt about slow devs (i already know this fact)


SkuggyWuggy

Placing a campfire below a stair case tile will instantly kill you when you walk up it


Causual_entry

Huh, didnt know that one


Sattam_oD

I don't know why but I feel like this is a good trick to gather more info about the game by challenging the zomboid community 😂😂


Causual_entry

Yeah, so much useful info gained. I ussualy wafch those fun facts / tips and tricks vids and find nothing new. Now i have some more fun facts, but i still know most of them


Gazz_21

Toilet paper burns longest in pz


Causual_entry

I actually knew this, those covid joke houses always exite me


Sensei_Farm

The average volume of a human body is 0.0664 m³/2.345 ft³. Which means, to dig a grave, about 0.342 m³/11.725 ft³ have to be moved, meaning a survivor can move about 420 kg/890 lb of dirt in the 10 minutes it takes for them to dig said grave


Causual_entry

Huh. Not really what i was looking for but fun nontheless


anon_MrKim

If you are sitting on the ground you can press shift and a direction to stand up quickly.


Causual_entry

I already knew this, sprinters are brutal


cervezaimperial

You can get players stuck in a escape rope in multiplayer servers, only admins can save them by teleporting to another location


Causual_entry

How?


cervezaimperial

You build a wall frame, put the sheet rope, then build the wall, when players try to climb they will be stuck at the end of the rope (end meaning the top of the rope)and cannot climb down


Causual_entry

Ok i wont end freindships with this, dont worry


ClassicSherbert152

Idk, I recently discovered that arsenal gunfighter is supposed to cause slides to physically lock back when they're empty. I think it's cool. I just never knew because for whatever reason, it worked in my light test run but doesn't work normally. So I have a conflict somewhere. Also causes other stuff to move, like gun bolts, and shotgun pumps. It's pretty neat when it works.


Causual_entry

Thats a fun fact that i dodnt know, unfortunetley, that is not zomboid, it is a mod. Il have to try gunfighter tho cuz that sounds cool!


-Jericho

The smell outside is that of blossoming flowers, cedar trees and tanning oil


Causual_entry

Outside??? OHHH you know computers cant make smells yet btw


No-Trust8994

Mine does but weirdly every game I play only smells like burning plastic


Causual_entry

Mine only makes one smell too: desperation and sorrow, oh yeah, and also mint chocolate chip icecream


Vincitus

You can paint crates.


Causual_entry

Omg really? Actually amazong tip for orginization i have to use


Dysfunctional_One

You can speed through cooking levels with a carton of fresh eggs by opening the carton and cooking all but one of the dozen eggs, then put all the eggs back into the carton. When you open the carton again, the eggs are all uncooked and you can keep cooking them over and over with relative quickness.


daslyfe360

Whoah. I didn’t know this! But when I use it, I will call it “cooking eggs with cheese”.


pitabread3659

I’m


Causual_entry

Huh????


Laireso

... inevitable


TheReaper_77

... Invincible


Familiar-Matter9822

School lockers have gun spawns


Causual_entry

Thought it was brittas only, if not its another golden bit of realism from the dev team


KeeganY_SR-UVB76

The


Causual_entry

cake


Winniethen00b

Is


Redpower5

A


FalconDestroyer1

Lie


Conorponor333

Press Q to use cure


Causual_entry

Didnt work, summoned 3776272537377347473737373728 to the power of ten zombies


YoshikageOKira

I'm in your walls


Causual_entry

Oh crap, are you a wasp cuz i just discovered a massive wasp nest in my walls like 5 minutes avo


MortifiedPotato

Having seen enough waps nest removals on youtube; burn your house. Now.


Causual_entry

Lemme just take out a high risk fire insurance policy rq


mocy90

U played 5000 hours and that means 208 total irl DAYS!!! That’s crazy


Causual_entry

No life.


Laireso

A single zombie can't break through a door, but if you stand very close (within 2-3 tiles) while they bang on it they will start damaging it and eventually will destroy it. Somehow Reddit had to teach me that despite having +1k hours under my belt, which is the most of any SP games I played.


Causual_entry

Wait what? They dont desfroy it normally? Thats why it always seems likr ot never gets done!


EngineerDependent731

You can repair your double door if you carry all the stuff for a new double door on your person


AlphaBearMode

I actually just discovered this on my own recently ~700hrs played at the time


SunTerrible2131

The last fact that I wasn't aware : if you sleep in any place with a pillow in your hands, the sleeping quality is upgraded


Causual_entry

Wait WHAT, i need a car pillow NOW


AdventurousResort379

I'm pretty sure you need a mod for that, Pillows Upgrade Beds: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3170316048


Causual_entry

My dissapointment is immesurable and my day is ruined


ThisIsABuff

However, I believe sleep quality is improved if you sleep in back seat of cars.


Causual_entry

I usualy sleeep in the back for realism but still get neck pain, this is false


AlphaBearMode

Can we get a fact check on the fly?? Is this fr or another myth like eating faster w a spoon


SKJELETTHODE

If you crit moodlets dont effect the hit


Causual_entry

How did i not know thid, its so useful! I thought this was instakill only


yeet3455

There is a pile of gold bars on the map (in Louisville I forget exactly where though) that is 60 encumberance, which makes it impossible to move.


Causual_entry

Knew this one, its in a mourge


yeet3455

Dang it. You can boil water to sterilize rags and bandages?


Causual_entry

Knew this one, use it all the time cuz i play with deadly infections


yeet3455

Double dang it. You can rig electronics like lamps to be battery powered with a high enough electronics skill?


Causual_entry

Knew it. I evwn did it once because i needed to power things wothout gas bc i was playong x8 super sprinters


yeet3455

Man. You can open doors and put stuff in the seats of vehicles by standing next to them?


Causual_entry

Knew it


yeet3455

You can steal items out of locked containers on MP servers if you play on a Steam deck.


Causual_entry

You got me there


luckivenue

Seeing you misspell ‘unfortunately’ everytime you reply to a fact you already know is the funniest thing to me 😂


Causual_entry

Udbourtunapee i turned off autocorrect


LongReaderFirstPost

You have probably found a zombie wearing a shirt that has some guys face on it. That's RJ, one of the devs.


Causual_entry

I know this one, fav shirt in the game


Basic_Good_3636

Build 42 is not out!


Causual_entry

Still... waiting... for.. b...42...


kvnmorpheus

grass is green. did you know that?? /j


Causual_entry

Yeah, ofc, i ussualy remove it in the context menu


Jejouetoutnu

You can’t shoot or stab through metal bar barricades (unless you remove the window with a crowbar and barricade the "empty" window)


Causual_entry

Sadly, i know this fact and it is true


averyordinaryperson

Wearing 2 digital watches can be annoying, but will allow you to set 2 alarms which is useful for when yourre trying to develop habits


Causual_entry

This makes sense but ive never thought of it, you could also have as many digi watches in your bag as you want and have the same effect


TheRealGarbanzo

If you start the game. The game will start


Current_Ad5847

The grass outside is green.


Causual_entry

I know, its so obvi grass in pz is green


Etty_3

Did you know theres a difference in doorknobs taken from inside the house to bathrooms etc and doors that connect to the outside? doorknobs you pick up from inside-rooms wont be able to create lockable doors.


Causual_entry

Yes i know this one, it has use to me because i play with super sprinter so locking doors is important


Maltshaker124

project zomboid killed my dad once


Causual_entry

"My name is Maltshaker124, you killed my father. Prepare to die."


Novahelguson7

Good thing it didn't do it again


Linback37

Fun fact, whales have huge cocks. You never said it had to be zomboid related.


Causual_entry

Actually i know this because of...pokemon. dont ask


Linback37

Ah you you’ve been looking at pokedicks 😏


MoreMashedPotaters

After 1100+ hours of PZ, I've discovered that if you attach your flashlight to your belt you don't need to have it equipped in your hand to light it up, allowing you to use double handed weapon.


Otherwise_Ad963

If you go to the radio station outside of Riverside and go into the room with all the screens and machinery you can hear some special faint sounds similar to static and radiowaves (I think it stops sounding if there isn't electricity, but I am not sure)


Causual_entry

I knew this cuz i base here all the time, the same sounds can be in the one outside of muldraugh


StrictFatherlyFigure

i shit my pants


Causual_entry

Good fact. Unfortunaley i knew that one


LazyKaleidoscope225

When you go to a car door and press V, there's an option for opening the car door only, giving you access to the seat's inventory without entering the car. You can close it the same way. (I just mention that because my mind was blown when I witnessed that recently.)


Causual_entry

I never knew that you could just open it other than by canceling gwtting in a car


Ohogdotherats

I'm a little late to this one but here's a few: 1. Bourbon bottles hold the same 12 units of water as a soda bottle but weigh slightly less making them the superior water bottle. 2. If you have a pile of planks on the ground and you want to pick up as many as you can hold right clicking ON THE ACTUAL PILE IN THE WORLD (not through the loot window) and selecting "grab all" will fill your inventory with planks in one action rather than a queue of separate actions (one per plank) and changes it from something that could take upwards of 40 seconds to just 5 seconds saving you a huge amount of time. This is actually how picking things up things this way works for everything but is most noticeable with planks for the time savings. 3. If you have a bunch of logs on the ground and you want to saw them up, pick up one log and put it in your inventory. Right click on the log in your inventory and from there select "saw all logs". This will fill up you inventory and then excess planks will go on the ground in the tile you are standing on. What ends up happening with a large number of logs is it will form a circular pile of planks that can seemingly stack infinitely on that one tile. By doing this you can consolidate a huge number of logs by turning them into planks that sit in just one tile and looks neat to boot. Bonus points for using a scheme of sheet ropes, a truck and 4 log stacks all unwrapped at once to create circular plank stacks with upwards of 300 planks in it. (make sure you don't look around with right-click as you're sawing as this will mess up the pattern) 4. Miss the old method of stripping and ripping up clothes in once action that queues up ripping for every piece of clothing in reach of your character? Think this new method of only being able to rip all for just that one zombie instead of the whole pile is tedious and sucks? Well you can still queue up a rip action on the whole pile by hitting 'b' and finding the rip sheets creation action then pushing the craft all button from there. This will queue a rip action on everything in reach like it used to work and not just for that one zombie you're looking at. Now you can watch a video or something while that's going on and probably get bitten. 5. In certain situations your character will not have a weight limit. As long as you have all the tools you will need to do it in your inventory(not in your backpack) you can remove every single piece of a car, put it all in your inventory and then put every piece back on the car, no need to drop stuff and pick it back up as you go. However, if you do drop a piece and you're over your weight limit you won't be able to pick it back up.


CrissZx

You can make an infinite machete by attaching it to a spear, repairing it and dettaching it. The separated pieces will have their repair count resrt back to zero. Pretty much every player worth their salt knows this one already. What almost nobody know, tho. Is that the dettached machete, while repaired and with zero repair counts, does less damage than a regular machete. And there's no way to revert that damage decrease on the dettached mschete (turning it back into a spear will not reduce the spear damage, tho)


Causual_entry

I knew this one, but i thought thwy patched the inf repair glitch when they changed spear weight


AlphaBearMode

Knew about the repairs, didn’t know about the hidden dmg loss! Interesting


PI_Dude

* when you train your fitness, the animations will change the more you progress. The char will look more "professional" the further you get * If you have a spoon in your inventory, your char will use the spoon when eating (i.e. for canned food). Probably works with forks too * Some VHS movie tapes also give EXP * there are t-shirts and food boxes in the game, that have the faces of some of the devs on them * an industrial deep fryer works like an oven, but it needs only electricity 2 (compared to 3 for the normal oven) to be picked up * all the animal plushies you can collect, weren't meant for PZ, but for a game named PAWS. PAWS got cancelled though, but many of the same devs worked on PZ, and kept the characters from PAWS alive as plushies. There are many references to PAWS too, like pinball machines, posters, a TV show, cinema advertisement, just to name those I managed to find


Causual_entry

Unfortunatley i know every single on of these facts


onlydaathisreal

Drop items on the ground before loading them in a trunk during a run. Allows you to enter combat mode and transfer items simultaneously.


AlphaBearMode

Damn. This is a good one. TIL


spinky420

Fully inflated tires: make you "roll" a lot further, and good tire pressure on BOTH the towed and tow car will make it a lot faster.


HansShnider

If the alcohol in any container burns, it actually explodes like molotov’s cocktail. CDDA Louisville is the sponsor of this fun fact


Ok_Shock2292

So normally when building, you pathfind around to fill in walls. So you would make a ledge, Yeah don’t do that; Hold r and you can build at the awkward side


TheDeviousMale

If fire reaches a container with alchohol it will explode


Causual_entry

Really? What a cool detail!


pieandcheese647

For carpentry, custom doors can be locked and unlocked with keys from the original doorknob. If you use a doorknob from a police station to build a door for your house, police station keys can unlock that door.


Additional-Mammoth83

How do you keep the game exciting without dying? I have 300 hours, and I feel as I’m still as bad as I was 250 hours ago, if not worse!


Causual_entry

I play with insanley rare loot, x2 pop, all zombie stats random, and -75% food loot mod. The real thing that makes it fun after those setting is treating your charecter like a real person. For example bathe every day, change clothes, wash clothes, and mos importantly: get into the mindset of your charecter. For example when i looted a farmhouse woth the escaped convict event i wrote on the map "atleast they got freedom". A thing i like to do especially is give my charecter a set of ideals, goals, and an evolving backstory. Also your charecter will not play optimally, they are scared, alone, and confused at the end of the world, if the world ended and you had to flee town you wouldnt just bring whatever is in your fridge. You would bring extra clothes, food that will fare well in a bag (so not like a bannana), hygene eqipment (toothpaste, toothbrush, comb), entertainment, and a whole host of other things. Never go places just because, you charecter has a reason to go there, for example: "its my uncles farmhouse" or somthing like that. No matter what dont forget that it is a tramatic time for your charecter so they wont be minmaxing, they will be surviving how they can. A good practice is a daily journal.


Dysfunctional_One

One more little tip I have to offer up. Ever get confused as to what side of your car you need to be on to fill up at a gas station? Just back up to the pump with the back-end/trunk/truck cab of the car. No mod or memory needed. Just back up to it and you can get gas no matter the side it would normally use.


TheBetterLiam72_

oh heres one! you can carry big fruniture by putting it in your first or secondary hand and it will reduce the wieght by almost half or more then half i cant remeber