r/projectzomboid • • 1d ago

3D Isometric is what we need actually

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The current work on ViewPoint is truly fantastic, and this progress makes me genuinely happy.

Ever since I started playing with the isometric module, neither TPS (third-person) nor FPS (first-person) perspectives satisfy me anymore. This is exactly what we need, though it still requires a bit more refinement.

When entering a new chunk, sometimes walls that should be hidden remain visible, or areas that ought to be in view stay obscured—I’ve been bitten by zombies a few times because of this.

Furthermore, in the vanilla version, you can see inside buildings when looking through windows, but that isn't possible in ViewPoint’s isometric mode.

Also, interacting with shelves, cabinets, and crates is quite difficult. Additionally, when using the "place" command, there’s no way to see exactly where an item is being positioned.

Aside from these issues, after playing this way, going back to vanilla Zomboid is simply out of the question for me. The modders have truly taken this game to a much better place than the original developers ever did.

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u/Ok_Turnip_2544 8h ago

we actually need car doors that visibly close, archery, and bicycles. nice lipstick tho

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u/waadam 6h ago

And working ladders?

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u/Ok_Turnip_2544 6h ago

the sky's the limit!

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u/BathSaltJello 23h ago

Looks like a Sims apartment.

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u/Smasher1598 7h ago

What a completely idiotic last paragraph

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u/sovereignofbeauty 3h ago

Right? Absolutely moronic take.

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u/RedditAtRyan 2h ago

notice how every time there’s a post about AI, all of the no profile picture, private profiles with usernames that make no sense come out of the woodwork to defend it and talk about it being ‘the future’ and shit.

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u/Ok_Turnip_2544 1h ago

it's not disingenuous though. that's the fucked part. actually drunk on their own Kool aid 

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u/SeekerNyxalis All Hail Spiffo 4h ago

I genuinely prefer the artstyle of the unmodded game. I'm really glad that people are making mods to suit their tastes. I just find the original much more unique. Too much visual polish and shading wouldn't feel right.

I do agree that some of the quality of life mods would really benefit vanilla. But that's always been the case, and the devs have been adding them

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u/Mundane_Constant_845 27m ago

I was actually worried the game might loose its style when they announced 3D characters replacing sprites.

In the end it was done really well because it maintained the art style instead of trying to be a overly realistic "this is what project zomboid will look like in 2013" style.

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u/Wise_Presentation914 23h ago

"The modders have truly taken this game to a much better place than the original developers ever did." is a really weird statement. I've actually been enjoying some of these mods that people are putting out in both this game and other games (ReSkate being my favorite so far), but let's not pretend they're any crazy show of skill. 99% of all of these new mods coming out right now are coded almost entirely by AI.

Let's not put down real game developers by comparing them to what AI could produce. PZ is one of the coolest games ever, the game was already in a great place before these mods, the mods definitely added some cool possibilities/ways to play the game, but the devs should always be respected for the work they put in.

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u/broplsbro 23h ago

People just have this weird impression that's it's modders vs devs in this community and so it leads to weird posts and comments like this one when in reality not a single one of these mods would exist without PZ and the devs, while at the same time PZ wouldnt enjoy the popularity it has without the modders over the years.

A lot of people making these posts comments are probably young and naive/don't understand how game dev and modding work.

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u/CornManBringsCorn 18h ago

Helldivers modders and Arrowhead are also going through a very similar thing rn

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u/Alt_SWR 23h ago

Whenever someone says something like that I get the feeling they don't actually like the game which is super weird to then even pay any attention to it if that's the case.

Like, there's hundreds of survival games out there. They don't HAVE to pay attention to this one.

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u/Wise_Presentation914 23h ago

A lot of the people that are playing right now and talking in this sub about the mods are super new players I think. I keep seeing people saying that the only reason they've decided to pick up this game is the new mods. That's fine in my opinion, but they shouldn't disrespect the regular game or the players that enjoy it the regular way. Saw someone on a youtube short say that this game looked shitty before and now they're buying it (or something to those lines).

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u/Alexblitz22 23h ago

THIS there is literally dayz that was years before with a whole environment designed around 3d and hd textures and both have a great detail level in it's mechanics, the devs focused in different ways around their games and what they wanted on it, they never Made a hint in making it first person and now it's the blame on not doing it? And really honest it looks amazing with some snow mods, the 10 years mod looks increíble but as i said if i wanted to play first person survival Game i would opt for day z, or days gone, or wwz(kinda), or 7days to die, state of decay, dying light.

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u/Ok_Turnip_2544 7h ago

i put an ai and it's so much better. have the devs considered doing that?

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u/NaughtNotKnotNut 5h ago

Hey if you're so great have you considered developing your own game?

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u/Ok_Turnip_2544 2h ago

no, but since you asked I've started vibecoding one. working title project dumbass

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u/tworc2 8h ago

> The modders have truly taken this game to a much better place than the original developers ever did.

I was completely agreeing until this. Stupid take.

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u/Responsible-Score-34 8h ago

Yeah this community really needs to understand that building unstable mods off of preexisting architecture is much easier than integrated stable updates. The devs are great - and they are sticking to their artistic vision rather than being bullied into changing the game drastically for the vocal minority

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u/erisgooner 7h ago

Shitting on the developers hard work is not going to make them do it lol, this OP is delusional, its probably just not in their vision

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u/Himbophlobotamus 7h ago

The absolute fucking gall to say it while the mod obviously uses AI too, outfuckingstanding audacity honestly, it's almost impressive

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u/xsvennnn 5h ago

Yall gonna be mad so me for saying this, but very little coding gets done anymore without AI. Big tech, small tech, personal projects, ect, they all use AI now. You can be anti AI all you want but genuinely consider piping down, you’re ignorant and nobody wants to hear it lol.

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u/Himbophlobotamus 4h ago

I do not care that you're stuck in a pithy mental war against the "tribe" you dislike, so in fact you can pipe down and sit the fuck down too

The context is that the game was made from the ground up with hard work and somebody comes along with unoptimized bloated vibe code and claims they've done more than the developers ever have

Grow up

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u/Acillatem8 4h ago

Anti-AI people are just living in denial 🤷

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u/4skintomandjennytool 5h ago

lmfao fr, i would think at least everyone in here is a tech savvy individual with general knowledge of the digital world nowadays with just the direction it’s going. not hating or condoning AI but goddamn you will get lynched for mentioning it nowadays.

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u/xsvennnn 5h ago

I think some of the Anti AI people are so against AI that they live in this little bubble (echo chamber might be a better word for it lol) and they think that they’re the majority and that almost nobody actually uses AI. It’s quite sad if you think about it.

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u/Sylilthia 4h ago

This post and this comment thread is a microcosm of yet another wedge being born. 

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u/AftT3Rmath Drinking away the sorrows 21m ago

The devs not only made the game but also fostered a healthy community and made modding possible. This wouldn't be possible without them.

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u/Winter-Classroom455 23h ago

And here we have it. Now it becomes about how zomboid should be. Play how you want but I think the game looks worse this way. It's fine, but zomboid has a vibe and this does not

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u/feetfinder6 23h ago

You said it perfectly. Project Zomboid has a vibe that just doesn’t work with any of the first/third person mods imo. Anything it tries to achieve with those mods are just done far better by other games.

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u/Zuuey 8h ago

This is why gatekeeping is good.

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u/Pleasant50BMGForce 3h ago

also why bullying is good, go bully the OP

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u/thomas61000 23h ago

I agree , to each their own , i prefer personally to keep the traditional look (i also am not tech friendly) so less mods the better , what i dont understand is the hype around turning a game that was unique in its look into literely every poly zombie survival game out there...if i wanna play a 3d fps or 3rd person poly zombie game ill play surroundead, its cheap and its designed to run that way which makes it smoother all together, why would i transform zomboid into something it was never designed to be as cool as it may be dont get me wrong 😅

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u/LuckyBucketBastard7 6h ago

Personally for me it's immersion. Zomboid is a very unique zombie game in that it tries to be a more "realistic" or "immersive" experience. It tries really hard to put you in the shoes of your character; moodles, needs, traits, etc., and it does it very well. All of those mechanics together is something you don't really find regularly.

So for me, FPP elevates that immersion to the next level. It officially puts me in the shoes of my character. There's something about the iso view that just pulls me right out of that immersion, and I start to treat it too much like a game and get bored relatively quick. That's just my thoughts, though.

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u/thomas61000 4h ago

And i appreciate you opinion 🤙 lol To me it might really fall onto actually having to try it or seeing it in real life to understand the hype around it allot better , ive always found that yeah videos and screenshots are cool but they wont give me that feeling of actually seeing it and experiencing it , you know ? And since i personally hate having to deal with computer stuff like files and shit it just ruins the interest for me. (the viewpoint mod) cause i think it looks cool , its neat to see everyones different shaders and how their version of zomboid looks i find that really cool, the first person to me is just eh lol idk why , guess ive just seen it in so many other poly zombie games that im just kinda like not surprised ? But it is cool that its on and engine not at all designed for it too , that is impressive.

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u/nickersb83 23h ago

Jesus fuck, how can you not enjoy the breath of fresh air it brings to the game?

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u/thomas61000 23h ago

Jesus fuck , when did i say it looked bad or wasnt pretty ? IT WAS MY OPINION, not a fact. Zomboid to ME is very unique with its traditional iso look and art style , to ME thats perfect as it is and I PERSONALLY dont wanna change it. If I wanna play a 3rd person or 1st person poly zombie game , i have PLENTY of options and some are very very good ones at that, so why would i bother completely changing zomboid when i can just go play that ? Which are actually much cheaper then zomboid btw 😅

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u/Winter-Classroom455 23h ago

Not the one you responded to and I'm gonna say, it's fine. I more or less just want to point out that people are now starting to demand zomboid be somthing it's not. It's fine to play it differently but now people are treating this mod as if it's the base experience. I think a lot of people don't understand that these are AI assisted mods. Unfortunately we're going to go where r/stalker went and it becomes a divide from mod lovers and vanilla players. Although it will be a bit different since zomboid is way more mod accepting. I just think it's a ridiculous insult to say vanilla zomboid is unplayable compare to these very recent mods. Again to each their own. I don't care how you play, but to start making comments on the amazing game that makes this even possible annoys me. Especially so since the devs could have just gave up and just slapped 1.0 on this a very, very long time ago.

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u/flow_yracs_gib_a 8h ago

Did he ? Not sure we read the same book

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u/feetfinder6 22h ago

You understand the concept of having preferences and opinions?

You like it, good for you. IMO, it loses a lot more than it gains with first/third person pov.

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u/nickersb83 22h ago

Yes I do, that some opinions are just dumb and often morally motivated

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u/thomas61000 21h ago

"Morally motivated opinions are dumb"(so every opinion ever opinioned in life ever) thats...wow...so arguing with you must really be like arguing with a cement block huh that means you prefer having no original opinions and no morals , top tier human being 🤡🤣

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u/nickersb83 21h ago

Enjoy your moralistic gaming hi ground :)

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u/thomas61000 21h ago

I will thank you , enjoy your non original copy pasted experience rehashed by ai 👍 see to each their own 😉

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u/-JustSomeRedditUser- 3m ago

You know what else is dumb and morally motivated?

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u/Admiral_Eversor 7h ago

Oh this has a vibe, its just that the vibes are rancid

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u/damiannereddits 7h ago

Beigification of video games

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u/nojuskuzn0 23h ago

This kinda looks like that one survival game on mobile I think it was last days or something

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u/tacomaloki Drinking away the sorrows 7h ago

The one that doesn't look like the screenshots?

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u/Bousghetti 23h ago

“3D isometric” is an oxymoron and this graphical style looks so terrible to me.  Like every cheap-ass shallow tycoon game out there

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u/LostSpongeSoup 6h ago

cuckcoding mod

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u/Any_Discussion_1611 Crowbar Scientist 23h ago

I’m so tired of this

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u/Sploonbabaguuse 23h ago

proceeds to comment instead of scrolling past

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u/Anna_Of_Arroyo 23h ago

Yes, burying your head in the sand is definitely better than voicing your opinion on something important to you! Great input!

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u/ZeKunnenReuzenZijn 7h ago

If its important to someone to oppose 3d mods for 2d games existing that person needs to get a life.

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u/Anna_Of_Arroyo 7h ago

It isn’t, and if that’s what you think people are tired of then you’re missing the point entirely.

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u/GreyFeralas 5h ago

Zomboid isn't 2d, lmao.

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u/Sploonbabaguuse 23h ago

You gonna follow me around the thread just for attention?

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u/Anna_Of_Arroyo 23h ago

Don’t flatter yourself LMAO I’m literally scrolling and commenting wherever I want from top to bottom. You really do love to be a dictim don’t you?

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u/Sploonbabaguuse 23h ago

You're looking so hard for conflict it's honestly embarrassing. Go outside

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u/Anna_Of_Arroyo 23h ago

Again, no actual counterpoint just personal insults based on… nothing. Maybe you should go outside, it might teach you that people will have different opinions to yours and will challenge you if you voice them publicly!

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u/RadicalLarryYT 8h ago

Opinions are great until you disagree with them

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u/Winter-Classroom455 23h ago

First day on reddit?

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u/erisgooner 7h ago

"The modders have truly taken this game to a much better place than the original developers ever did." Matey, 99% of these mods are vibe coded, stop talking out your ass please

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u/ch4os1337 2h ago

Saying they're vibe coded isn't a counter argument to the main point.

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u/erisgooner 2h ago

Yes it is?

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u/ch4os1337 2h ago

How?

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u/erisgooner 2h ago

cause hes tryna shit on the developers aka saying they are too slow, when that whole mod is vibecoded

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u/ch4os1337 2h ago edited 24m ago

Even if that's the intention that doesn't address the point they're making at all and it doesn't answer my question. You're only explaining why you're saying it's vibecoded, not how it's a counter argument.

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u/AnotherPreciousMeme 7h ago

Saying we "need" this and shitting on actual developers while acting like ai mods are impressive? Truly incredible.

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u/No-Basil3067 6h ago

Y’all are insufferable, the devs are taking long to add simple features meanwhile talented modders and AI add them in a meaningful time. I bought the game and I’m going to play it how I want regardless of what the echo chamber on Reddit says.Enjoy vanilla that still doesn’t even have climbable ladders, or basic optimization and every other basic feature that modders add.

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u/durandaluesc 5h ago

"talented modders" and "AI" shouldn't go in the same sentence. It doesn't take talent to make an LLM do all of the work for you.

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u/WittenMittens 3h ago

Devs have a different level of responsibility attached to what they put in the game. Every feature they add must work from day one in every subsequent update, and it must play nicely with every feature that comes before and after it.

Modders don't have this constraint. If it replaces or breaks some other game mechanic, that's on the player to deal with. If it tanks performance, that's on the player to deal with. If it makes a particular play style impossible, that's on the player to deal with.

If you want to take a break for six months and not fix your mod after an update, that's on the community to deal with. If you want to walk away completely and leave someone else to fix, optimize or improve your mod, that's on the community to deal with.

Modding is great and the explosion of modding tools is great. But so is a paid dev team with skin in the game.

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u/BlackFlagsFly 6h ago

am i the only person who like the way pz looks as is?

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u/Necessary_Title3739 5h ago

No, i find these mods rather pointless. A lot of style over substance, and a bit gimmicky.

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u/Just_Roll_Already 4h ago

Most players like it the way it is, hence the 160k steam reviews and Very Positive rating. This is just popular right now and a lot of the long-time zombiod streamers are trying it out to get a fresh take on the game. Some of the recent content with the perspective mods is really damn fun and engaging to watch as well. Really loving Nurse's recent videos.

The OG Sims style is still superior and we all know it. It's just really damn neat to see this type of stuff being made. Really shows the passion that the community has for this game.

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u/Ithilian_bread 23h ago

I'd rather have the stronghold style 2.5d as it suits vanilla more

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u/Cheap_Collar2419 8h ago

Need? Nah

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u/N0den5 Axe wielding maniac 8h ago

I'm not trying to start anything and I have had my own issues with the games development in the past but the sentiment of "The modders have truly taken this game to a much better place than the original developers ever did" is really getting tiring.

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u/Sypher1985 23h ago

looks like the sims.

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u/Serious_Guard1906 1d ago edited 23h ago

I like viewpoint and I hate 3d isometric. I think it looks like a youtube ad game and removes way more functionality than it adds

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u/The_Silver_Nuke 23h ago

Honestly my first thought was, "This looks like those knockoff mobile ad games". Not trying to diss OP's work with the mod if they're genuinely working hard to make it happen, but this particular 3D style is very common for a reason, and it's not associated with high quality games. At least change the lighting.

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u/TheAlmightyLootius 23h ago

First person viewpoint looks like cheap mobile game as well though

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u/RinaSatsu 7h ago

It's almost like the game was made with specific viewpoint in mind...

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u/Zuuey 8h ago

No.

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u/pantong51 7h ago

Why does it look so bad? Like a 2023 ai image

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u/-JustSomeRedditUser- 1m ago

You’re SO close to the answer! (It probably is just ai)

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u/Azurehue22 23h ago

No actually we really don’t need it.

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u/SolemnEmberGames 3h ago

I do wonder what the developers think that they've spent over a decade making a 2.5 isometric game only for people to completely change it lmao.

Like it's not like it's saying the game is bad, nor was it a bad idea in terms of development (smart choice tbh), so there's no real "the devs fumbled this" to the change, but just given the chance people would jump to 3D. Like what do you do with that lmfao, all your brand is built over being 2.5D isometric so can't exactly change it now.

(Also the screenshot reminds me of Ghost Master)

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u/ch4os1337 2h ago

They probably think it's normal since modding, even to this level has been a thing forever.

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u/DahLegend27 1h ago

“To this level” is a bit of a stretch. AI is making all of this possible. I would imagine the devs probably feel a bit concerned for the future of the industry/their jobs with all of this.

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u/ch4os1337 1h ago

That's a different question. Crazy mods have come out before LLMs that completely change games to the same degree that we're seeing now. It's just way faster and easier to do now.

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u/TheLagnarok Axe wielding maniac 4h ago

Nah i like how the game looks i dont want it to look like the sims 4

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u/spatulamaster303 7h ago

Amazing how you describe not one, but three! borderline game-breaking bugs:

I quote:

When entering a new chunk, sometimes walls that should be hidden remain visible, or areas that ought to be in view stay obscured—I’ve been bitten by zombies a few times because of this.

Furthermore, in the vanilla version, you can see inside buildings when looking through windows, but that isn't possible in ViewPoint’s isometric mode.

Also, interacting with shelves, cabinets, and crates is quite difficult. Additionally, when using the "place" command, there’s no way to see exactly where an item is being positioned.

Then you polish that all off with:

The modders have truly taken this game to a much better place than the original developers ever did.

Lost for words.

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u/KingOfNYTony 6h ago

They’re being upfront about current limitations, I’m sure they’re still working on those issues. Where was the “constructive” in that criticism?

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u/RiceSpecial8446 6h ago

They’re being upfront about current limitations

No they're saying its superior to what TIS are capable of while simultaneously listing things at which TIS are more capable of.

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u/N0den5 Axe wielding maniac 6h ago

I actually gave Oldpoint a try because I originally didn't like Viewpoint's pov and I thought it could be fun but it was borderline unplayable to me.

Click to walk didn't really work, placing items didn't really work, looting basically didn't work half the time, you basically had to swap to original pov to do anything other than look at buildings, as much as Viewpoint's not for me at least it does what it says on the tin. This just straight up doesn't work.

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u/Just_Roll_Already 4h ago edited 4h ago

Yes... While I wholly disagree with what OP is saying, this is typically how people discuss new and in-progress content that relies on feedback and understanding from the user base. I legitimately do not understand what the point of your comment is. Nobody is calling these mods perfect and OP is talking about the features and limitations of a mod they are using.

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u/Noversi 23h ago

Now Sims with zombies is even more Sims

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u/Exotic_Position7307 23h ago

Prefiro em pixel arte mesmo

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u/overhypedcat Jaw Stabber 1d ago

you know what... I fuck with it

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u/Practical-Toe1611 23h ago

we can play the sims on PZ now

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u/Hot-Term3405 23h ago

Love the strong opinions everyone has

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u/DoctorAnnual6823 6h ago

OP is poser posting

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u/Pervasivepeach 1d ago

Careful mods love to censor all discussion about this mod and will probably delete this in minutes

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u/JCBOizz 23h ago

Oh dont you just love being the victim

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u/Ysisbr 23h ago

What is the context of this comment? I'm confused

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u/JCBOizz 14h ago

Ai mod "enjoyers" like to spam them all over the subreddit but when they get called out it's always "reeee ai haters are suppressing us"

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u/Cautious-Drop-2900 7h ago

Called out for what?

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u/Sploonbabaguuse 23h ago

"I can't handle the idea of someone enjoying something I dont"

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u/JCBOizz 14h ago

You should've asked gpt to explain my post to you because you're replying to something I didn't write

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u/Cautious-Drop-2900 23h ago

“Hating AI is my whole personality 🤤”

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u/Particular_Wear_6960 23h ago

Cause this is the 30 thousandth thread I've seen talking about this mod. Good riddance. Reported.

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u/CreamOnMyNipples 23h ago

Just go outside bro, it’s not that deep

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u/Pervasivepeach 23h ago

People spammed out week one posts without any of them getting removed from the subreddit months ago. Idk why this mod is for some reason being treated differently

Doesn’t change the fact that the mod has overtaken Zomboid. Videos of the mod get millions of views and YouTubers outside of the Zomboid community have started talking about the game because of this mod. The only people that are covering their heads and refusing to talk about it is this subreddit. Which now makes up the vast minority of discussion around Zomboid

If you look up Zomboid on YouTube the first and most viewered videos are all project viewpoint. So keep coping

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u/erisgooner 7h ago

Do you tip your fedora to woman good sir?

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u/Hyper669 23h ago

"IT'S MADE WITH AI SO IT'S BAD NO MATTER WHAT!!!"

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u/Pervasivepeach 23h ago

They’ll happily let 100s of week one mod posts take over the entire subreddit for months but the moment the mod is one they disagree with it’s full time censorship

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u/Anna_Of_Arroyo 23h ago

I didn’t realise Week One was AI trash and caused arguments in every post like this does?

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u/Sploonbabaguuse 23h ago

Popular ≠ Trash just because you think it does

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u/Anna_Of_Arroyo 23h ago

I didn’t mention popularity in any way, shape or form. Feel free to take another crack at that chief.

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u/Sploonbabaguuse 23h ago

You guys love to be dense for some reason

Week one was used as an example because it was insanely popular and flooded the subreddit with content from it

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u/Anna_Of_Arroyo 23h ago

You do, don’t you? What does Week one have to do with AI beyond the fact that Week one doesn’t use it and thus doesn’t go against the subs rules?

You should think hard before you call others dense lol.

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u/Pervasivepeach 23h ago

What does using ai tools have to do with anything lmao? The mod functions and it’s great. It’s also by far the most popular Zomboid mod there is right now

It’s only this subreddit that’s being cry baby’s about this. Search Zomboid on YouTube and every new video with 200-500k plus views is project viewpoint with nothing but praise. Everyone outside of this very tiny subreddit loves the mod. You guys are just being contrarians for the sake of being victims

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u/Anna_Of_Arroyo 23h ago

It is against the rules, that’s what it has to do with it lmao. Nobody is forcing anybody to stay here, if you don’t like the rules regarding AI then you can happily leave!

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u/Pervasivepeach 23h ago

Even the indie stone have said they won’t ban or remove ai generated mods from the workshop or discussion and that ai isn’t going anywhere.

The only people against this are the subreddit mods lmao.

It seems more like a small minority have taken over the subreddit against even what the developers want, to enforce their anti ai propaganda really. I really won’t leave until I’m banned and I hope even more people keep posting the viewpoint mod until the censorship ends

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u/Anna_Of_Arroyo 23h ago

This isn’t their sub. Again, if you dislike the rules, just leave. If I went over to a pro-AI sub and slated AI, I’d be told to leave if I dislike it. Same applies champ.

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u/Pervasivepeach 23h ago

Nah I won’t, thanks though, I’ll go upvote and comment on the next viewpoint post which should be up any seccond now!

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u/Anna_Of_Arroyo 23h ago

You do you bestie, all the best!

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u/lazyspongie Axe wielding maniac 8h ago

"it gets views on youtube" doesnt have anything to do with the quality of the mod

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u/Pervasivepeach 6h ago

Okay. It’s also the most subscribed to mod in the past 30 days on the steam workshop by a huge margin and has gained over 500,000 unique subscribers despite only releasing a month ago

The third most popular and subscribed to mod in the past 30 days is project viewpoints driving addon.

You guys can complain all you want. But the vast majority of zomboid players that utilize mods are playing with viewpoint or at the least downloaded it to try it out. It’s really only this sub that’s the contrarians here

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u/Technical_Focus1462 5h ago

Nah. Go away

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u/Adventurous-Reply-36 8h ago

I'd be happy with a sims 1 style 90degree angle shift, Just for those dead angles

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u/kaiserkeller_ 7h ago

Welcome back, Fallout Van Buren

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u/Reckox1 6h ago

What we need is npcs because I’ve been waiting so long for this

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u/Blaze_062 4h ago

How do you do viewpoints isometric mode?

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u/faahzi 3h ago

I genuinely think this looks worse than the current style

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u/Thelassa 6h ago

No we do not, actually.

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u/Nickitkat 7h ago

Just play sims bro

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u/yautja_cetanu 6h ago

Have you played Sims recently? Like I think a ton of people want Sims but not horrific microtrasactions and slop. Endless pointless expansions for features that should have just been there compared to previous versions

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u/MorrisRF Zombie Food 28m ago

sims 3

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u/theolderoaf 7h ago

Sims 4 Sacraficials zombie mod

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u/DoctorAnnual6823 6h ago

Tbh bringing sims into zomboid with mods would be a better sims game than any of the Sims games. In every single way.

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u/N0den5 Axe wielding maniac 6h ago

Sims 4 yes, but don't drop disrespect on my boy the Sims 3.

He's held together with duct tape and a dream but he's pretty dam good.

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u/Redeye66gaming Zombie Hater 1d ago

Mods will delete anything fun and creative so be careful posting here.

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u/Zayah136 Crowbar Scientist 23h ago

Nothing creative about letting an AI make something for you, none of you fucktards will ever understand that. "Oooh i had an idea thats creativity!"

Mods delete because us normal people report. We dont want the AI bros here, you are all unwelcome, get used to it.

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u/PoopyStinkbutts 6h ago

Jesus Christ AI didn't make this for anyone. If you read into it at all, it has been compiling user reports and helping them diagnose issues. It's not writing shit.

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u/bigggusdikkkus 23h ago

Since when is using AI considered being creative?

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u/Beebjank 23h ago

Since it started releasing viewpoint or any of these new iso mods.

I don’t care if it’s made with AI. Simply put nobody has coded this manually so there for “muh vibe coded” mod is the only option and as long as bugs can be worked out, who is the victim? Nobody.

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u/DeadlyButtSilent 23h ago

What a ridiculous take on this.

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u/Im_Penis_Rick 23h ago

Is it time to make a different subreddit?

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u/Pervasivepeach 23h ago

I wish. This subreddit has shown how awful it is. If it’s a mod the moderators don’t like they’ll just decide you’re not allowed to ever post it. Despite letting other mods spam out their content all the time.

It’s some serious bias going on

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u/Anna_Of_Arroyo 23h ago

That’s not entirely true though is it? They take down AI generated silliness and they’ve said in a post beforehand that spam of a certain mod won’t be allowed.

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u/PoopyStinkbutts 6h ago

r/projectviewpoint

There already is one.

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u/KV1per 23h ago

PZ players just don't know what to yearn for since B42 released so now we are just making shit up to look forward to

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u/cannibal-gf 23h ago

ahh, finally, The Sims

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u/Fancy_Morning9486 23h ago

At that point just make it a 3d game, what the point of keeping the camera locked in isometric when your shifting the camera to first person mode

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u/Ramsestone 23h ago

What tutorial did you follow to achieve this look?

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u/yautja_cetanu 6h ago

https://youtu.be/0Xw73ixjo60?is=AYvh9WPxhFMvKkaK

Project viewpoint plus the old point mod

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u/Bastard__Man 23h ago

inb4 mod deletion

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u/MasterAenox 7h ago

I fuck with it

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u/Suolojavri 7h ago

A proper 3d environment would have solved most of the visibility issues in the game btw

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u/Fair-Improvement Axe wielding maniac 23h ago

3D isometric looks really neat.

I thought viewpoint was just first or third person which I was interested in.

Thanks for the post, gonna check it out

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u/PS_FuckYouJenny 4h ago

I can’t wait for someone to vibe code sims mechanics into the game after NPCs get added

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u/IM_INSIDE_YOUR_HOUSE 1h ago

God I feel so bad for the devs that a portion of the community is just basically trying to steal the project from them at this point and claiming they’re entitled to it to boot.

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u/llkj11 8h ago

Is there anyway to get this and the traditional first person/third person from viewpoint to work together? I feel as though this is meant to replace the other viewpoint modes.

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u/PoopyStinkbutts 6h ago

Oldpoint is the mod that introduces this feature, and it synergizes with viewpoint. SHIFT+O to switch between the three modes. Oldpoint even has an option to only turn it on with a keybind, although in my experience that doesn't work. You have to use the SHIFT+O function to cycle through all three if you want iso style. So I've just been living without and playing first/third person instead.

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u/yautja_cetanu 6h ago

It works with viewpoint so you can swap between all the different versions

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u/tacomaloki Drinking away the sorrows 7h ago

I thought when they said build 42 was going to come with newly rendered 3D models for their 3D placement, it would come with some upgrading of the textures, to look something like this.

This screenshot here is from a mod called ViewPoint or is ViewPoint the FPS overhaul?

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u/Cute-Produce-4158 7h ago

viewpoint + oldpoint

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u/tacomaloki Drinking away the sorrows 7h ago

Thank you

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u/Cute-Produce-4158 7h ago

i recommend searching "viewpoint" on the workshop and adding other viewpoint mod add ons, like 3d fences, better models, etc

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u/tacomaloki Drinking away the sorrows 7h ago

Thanks for the direction.

Can't believe someone downvoted my "thank you" above. I hate those people in these subs.

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u/Cute-Produce-4158 7h ago edited 7h ago

its probably the people who are for whatever reason really triggered with the 3d mods, they're pretty insufferable. you might need to set up zonbiebuddys engine, its really easy, a quick yt video should help

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u/Pebble-fork Stocked up 6h ago edited 6h ago

I couldn't get this working 😩 what mod was it? Old point? I tried everything I could to zoom out but it wouldn't let me! So i was stuck with the overhead camera being only like 5 feet above me, not very playable. I really wanted to give this a shot though.

Vanilla is still the only way I can play this game seriously though. Vibe coded mods can't match the real thing. They are fun for a bit though 🙂

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u/sendmebirds 23h ago

Omg yes 

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u/OfficialMika 7h ago

Ai bad hur dur Ai good hur dur Ai indifferent hur dur