Project Zomboid Lighting Engine Demo

[FreeTheKids1]

I have not gotten the game but i can tell it will be fun when i do. Keep up the good work!

[Havk995]

@lemmy103 what is that star on your items? Is it posible to upgrade weapons, i haven't found any information in wiki and also haven't got any answers from anyone about those stars, i'm just curious :D

[Luko115]

@Havk995 no its the health of your weapon, when the star degrades your weapon brakes.

[VIKTT0R]

amazing!

[DaRude019]

Damn thats beautiful, huge improvement over the former engine!

[4u6u5t1n3]

hey did anybody notice, the maps bigger?

[ZDanielRogers]

I really want a 3-D game, or mod of a game like PZ!! :D

[FancySock]

It's... it's... BEAUTIFUL!

[VBence1221]

omg this is horrible :O

[Gargantou]

Will all nights be this dark (when it comes to the outdoors) or will there be moonlit nights (in which case the environment should be quite a bit lighter than it is in this video)?

[tarun021]

first i played project zomboid: not so scary

then i watched this: GAWDAMN SCARY!

[TrinTrevellion]

@tarun021 "GAWDAMN SCARY!" I second that. It's getting better and better!

[ShoeShanker]

Also, I love the new ambient music, it's so awesome! :D

[ShoeShanker]

Holy shit!!!!

Looks so fucking sweet!!!

Can't wait for this update <3

[ApparentlyACommunist]

I think they ought to add a crank flashlight or something similar. Shorter battery power, but able to be infinitely recharged, and possibly makes noise when recharging.

[HedjaHead]

Erm, even with the lights out, there's still moonlight, you should be able to see most major structures in the dark... unless if Picollo destroyed the moon or something.

[CeeEmCee3]

@HedjaHead It's cloudy in England :P

[SurvivalMinecraft]

@HedjaHead New moon :D

[Alexdagreat5545]

@HedjaHead The devs said that the weather effects it, so some night's the moon could be out and it will be lighter then this but some night's there will be mist and not a big moon witch will make it as dark as it is in the video. It's meant to work the same for day time to. :)

[JokerMan603]

@HedjaHead Depends what phase of the Moon. There would only be 3 to 4 days each month when the Moon is big and bright enough to emit any sort of light. When it's the New Moon or any of the cresent phases, there really isn't any light coming from it. Even when the Full Moon is out, there could be cloud cover preventing any light from coming out. So, in essence, except for a day or two out of every month, it will essentially be pitch black once the power is out.

[bloodystone2]

@HedjaHead Assume that it's a new moon

[lerrok]

Why the hell did they make it so you can't see at all at night? You should be able to see some details of houses. When I walk down a street at night with lamp posts on I can see houses, I don't stand there wandering lights in pitch black...

[St1ckm3npwn]

i suck at this game enough as is...

[St1ckm3npwn]

"Another primary feature is likely to be complete by the time the build is released as well, but we’d rather it be a surprise...in fact people with the eagle-eyed trait may be able to spot a hint of it in the video…" - from link in description. if anyone finds it let me know :D

[rankaratar]

@St1ckm3npwn They're adding Zombies.

[St1ckm3npwn]

@rankaratar wow. didnt expect that, thats for sure. hardly caught a glimpse of them in the video too, good find

[rankaratar]

@St1ckm3npwn Yeah, its subtle but you can kind of catch small details that hint to their addition. Someone also had a look in the game files and found some references to "infection" in the coding, so its very likely we'll see some of the undead in the next update. Here's hoping!

[St1ckm3npwn]

@rankaratar Yeah, I'm looking forward to it (assuming it might be implemented). I thought this was a pretty good Cooking Sim as is, but zombies will really add to the feel of the whole "The grocery store is closed so I'm gonna raid my neighbours' houses" scenario.

[ApparentlyACommunist]

@rankaratar Actually, I heard they're also adding interactive doors and a barricading feature, and maybe even a shotgun. Listen close, you can hear a gun firing off a couple times. I don't think zombies will be in the coming update, though. Perhaps the next one?

[rankaratar]

@ApparentlyACommunist You have a point. Having zombies but no means of defence would be a bit silly. Anyway, this 'barracading' feature intrigues me. If you have to collect wood for that then an inventory system should be on the horizon. Though this is just speculation on my part, mind you.

[JokeDindonChannel]

@ApparentlyACommunist Well, theres a shotgun since the very first public demo of this game... so since May 2011 at least. There is gonna be a new sawed off shotgun in the next update. I don't get why you're hoping for one..?

[ApparentlyACommunist]

@JokeDindonChannel I think you missed our sarcasm.

[JokeDindonChannel]

@rankaratar I think I don't get why you hope for zombies to get released on the next update... I own the game on desura since this summer and there always was zombies... since the very first public demo actually... but I may not get what you're trying to say though!

[pivotsodierx2]

the lighting makes the game look gloomy

[St1ckm3npwn]

@pivotsodierx2 its... its a zombie game...

[yobobjm]

ah so less incentive to go out at night

[albertomification]

awesome :D

[DarkDXZ]

Are zombies attracted to...Oh, wait, they are already, aren't they?

And that is FUCKING AWESOME LIGHTING!

[aMzNeoXist]

Awesome:O

[Gwynnbleid030]

gcuyg vguy siiomd srry ii just spilled some supper gglue on my ffingerss...

HHHEELP?!

[JCTozzify]

Bigger map :) i noticed it ages ago like 2 says ago but yeh.. lol. but i only posted it yesterday

[JCTozzify]

wow it got an extra 4000 views in 7 hours!!!

[moepOo]

- make the flashlight cone bigger

- make the vision without lights better

- add more lightsources like halogen spotlights etc

but still damn good work!

[MrMhroczny]

@moepOo IMO game would be too easy this way, I think it's nice as it's now. I just dislike flashlight colour :p.

[copperscommentary]

@moepOo if you read their update news you would know they are adding in more lights

[gameaddictwn]

Scariyness factor + 2

Awesome factor +10

Total epiccness= 110%

[jpc1918]

nice but the non flashlicht viuw can be a little bigger and flashlicht view a bit bigger

[AvatarFosco]

"(...) it now uses a quarter of its original memory footprint. As such we have a load more memory to spend – and the modders among you might have an inkling as to where we’ll direct it… in fact people with the eagle-eyed trait may be able to spot a hint of it in the video…"

Has anybody spotted it?

[AvatarFosco]

It looks amazing.

[datisallthat]

god damnit surviving's gonna be hard now.

[Chinahat242]

Please if you implement this make like three different kinds of flashlights, like, small flashlight, flashlight, and floodlight. The light for the flashlight is also very blue.

[muffinshotgun]

Looks amazing man but what u need to add is a build able light source (flash light is portal able) like a lamp u can place for your permanent shelter so u don't need the limited flash light to see in your house

[JJPrinze]

wow it's like hd lighting awesome job bro :D

[Jord141]

it looks great, i'm glad i bought this.

[93Gamerz]

would love to have that on steam, i played the demo, just one thing i hate.

The combat system doesn't feel right, maybe its the animations.

[JCTozzify]

and because im ultra bored and giving u more extra useless info.. i believe that flashing a light should e tract npc's to that location to like talk to you ans join you but in some other case come and raid you. and will it be possible to join an npcs group instead of them joining yours? i just wanna know :D p.s im done now :3 but wait i have one more question. am i right about the bigger map?

[JCTozzify]

wow.... now im just talking to much cz im bored and feel like spamming with usless info but is it me or does the stone in the park look like cobblestone from minecraft? its at 1:10

and if you wanna know when the new music starts in it i will write the times... its 0:29 , 2:03 same music.. 2:24 same music... but just incase you wanted to here the whole song kinda heres the last one 2:41

[JCTozzify]

i must have watched this vid like 12 times jaw dropped..... 0.0 p.s. I love the way they always get Lemmy to do the vids :P

[JCTozzify]

lol btw i love the "all is well trailer" i thought something was gonna jump out at me like a zombie Kate and scare the living hell out of me lol even tho you just went out bought some soop a clock and fake Halloween blood for a trailer :P still freaked me out :) P.s please make new animations! Thumbs up if you want new anims?

[JCTozzify]

when they say the eagled eyed and stuff as its 1/4 cpu bla bla i have no clue :P i think they mean they are making the map bigger because look at 0:12 at first glance i thought it was just ringods map mod but it looks like more pz map :D but what this also means is it is going to be alot, alot harder for people to make their own textures without them looking stupid within the world although the lights are just so epic :D AMAZING Im now thinking idc about the wait but i will be a troll again lol.

[axemen233]

Congratulations, Not the game is even MORE cpu intensive.

[Ryanlollies1]

@axemen233 According to one of the developer's tweets, the game is 1/4 as CPU intensive as before, so they have a lot of room to do stuff like this and still have the game run like before, if a little faster.

[Repne64Bit]

Game updates is too slow..

[BOLDYOJI]

loving were this game is going,hope ye make it to final product!

[StrifeSilver]

*still waiting for proper character animation*

[Raijian9]

Wow, this is looking promising. You've done a lot since the summer.. good work!!

[Ryanlollies1]

At 1:46 until about 1:54 you can hear whispers. Honest to god whispers. I am literally shaking.

[bboyforever2002]

Wow I remember when this game was just flat and you guys first released it. This looks amazing! Really great work guys much congrats!

[eatmyshorts00901]

Will there be new in-game music from what I hear at 0:30?

[TheJP3372]

NICE! Epic Lighting updates in 2 of my fav games, this and Terraria :D Another way for zombies to rape the players in the game T_T

[InvaderHaizek]

Thanks for the update!

[Eryans27]

That's really cool, Can't wait for the update

[zackishcraser]

SEVEN HUNDRED BONERS

[nonstopjc2k8]

Can you turn lights on and off?

[JokeDindonChannel]

@nonstopjc2k8 yes it seems you can see a switch on the wall at 4:00 and then he turns on the table lamp!

[sabor312]

Awh, its probably gunna run like shit on my comp D:

[darklol261]

@sabor312 ...how bad is your computer !?!?

[sabor312]

@darklol261 Its not that bad, but its bottle knecked by my graphics card (Nvidia Geforce 7100) its probably not gunna run badly but the preformance on my computer is gunna take a hit

[Kvokki]

*Takes off glasses*

Mother of god...

[Ap0caliptica]

awesome clip lemmy, good job :)

[xxXChaosKingXxx]

@lemmy103 Will you add more frames to the persons moving animations? It looks kinda strange when he runs around in the more better looking world.

[DaedaliusRE]

Is it just me or are there a lot less zombies in this version? Somehow I remember that there were zombies EVERYWHERE. Especially at night D:

[DuckOfDestiny]

@DaedaliusRE

I believe the population of zombies is supposed to increas the longer you survive.

[MrStaxxy]

Damn that's creepy !

[TheBrizbane1]

OMG cant wait :D

[Rexyer1]

Wellt this is god damn nice

[DaedaliusRE]

Anyone noticed the ghostly whispering at 1:47? D:

[JokeDindonChannel]

@DaedaliusRE yeah! i thought it was zombies moaning at first but it's clearly whispers... wonder if it's to represent stress or paranoia... fear maybe?

[DaedaliusRE]

@JokeDindonChannel

Yea, i think that too! Shortly after the stress meter went down, the whispering vanished. At least that is what I think : P

[zukas5]

I try imagine myself lost. out of batteries. Then i see light coming from alley D_D

[zukas5]

Thats fucking awesome...

[Gregorie0582]

looks pretty cool

[typo224]

Extended maps, nice!

[digitalpariah]

Everyone talking about weather/moon affecting the lighting, go read the blog:

"Weather and moon cycles will further affect light levels: a full moon and clear sky resulting in lighter nights and longer viewing distances."

[shad0wniy]

i hope you can customize the flashlight's light the blue light hurts me eyes >.> also you guy should give me the game as a late b-day present :P it was the 1st of the year :P jk you dont have to if you dont want to ;P

[maxihzb]

you should add a little light even on the dark areas, i mean, there's no moon?

it should be 100% dark in an storm night, but if it's not, you should be able to see something because of the moon

[SebastianScaramuzza]

Oh! Great guys! Now it looks terrific! :-) And what about projected shadows? Are you adding it?

[TheRadicalOneNG]

Somebody needs to mod in Uboa.

[Shinobi11San]

Cool, except why is walking on grass so loud...?

[VanguardDragon]

Really beautiful work, having played the earlier builds a lot, you guys have surpassed my expectations already!

[knight508]

Awesome! This new lighting system takes the game to another level. This could be great for a purely wooded map. May have a log cabin or two spawn randomly or not at all. Some good possibilities.

[MakeDwest]

I can't wait anymore!

[Zarazazaza]

I like what i see there!

[Theenemy38]

Hey is some of that night music new?  I haven't heard the little piano bits before.

[Picklesnipe]

Progress, yippee! I had almost thought this game was L4D.

[UGNJake]

@Picklesnipe I see what you did thar.

[Comment117]

Please add multiplayer soon, i want that more than anything!!

[DoubleOSpanky]

I'm loving the development, but on my screen it seemed too dark outside. I'm hoping that there will be some star/moonlight in the streets so you can get around town at night. Maybe your eyes could dilate after some time in the dark. Forests and houses definitely need to stay pitch black deeper inside. (Except around windows.)

Ideas:

Full moon = aggressive zombies.

In bitch black, you can see a rough outline of everything you touch for a few seconds. Maybe a perk to go with it.

Power generators.

[DoubleOSpanky]

@DoubleOSpanky I just realized not every night has stars. So if it's storming make it pitch BLACK if there's no light around. The only thing lighting your way could be brief flashes of lightning, showing just how screwed you are with zombies approaching, gradually catching things on fire taunting you.

Also with power generators, they make noise, but you get electricity. Traps anyone? Electric fences? Distract zombies with lights flashing? Perhaps... Perhaps...

[Godknown]

Hm, later on will there be a function in the game where the bulbs in lights can burn out so you have to run to the hardware store and pick up new ones? In the crafting bench, you could also crush bulbs with a hammer then scatter the glass on the ground, for example outside your house, so that you can hear when someone is coming.

[ZDanielRogers]

So if you stand in pitch black, zombies won't know you're there until you make noise?

[mw2proisme]

Why can't you release little parts at a time D:? Not a huge update?

[TvCheese]

Looks awesome!!!! IndieStone Studios <3

[ELiXgamer]

So when do we get our hands on this :3 I havnt played zomboid in a while because it got rather dull from the lack of updates.... also... I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAVE MY GAME >:[

[UltimaVirus]

You have absolutely no idea how excited I am right now.

[360viper117]

I was not expecting this

[JRCOBRA2001]

Nice shood make it more moody Also you should probably change the name of the email account to something nmore offical sounding cause I keep thinking your mails are spam

[PestVolk]

Amazing, so excited :D

[HandOfCode]

Hmmm, I'd like to see more of a natural lighting system like in skyrim where going from a dark to bright place is easy (unless it's too bright) because your eyes are adapted to low light, but going from light to dark you can't see jack. Also this means that at night outside of street lights you should be able to see stuff, unless it's a full eclipse. This way running through bright lights is dangerous because you can't see far in the dark at all for a short while after.

[neXIITem]

atmosphere increased: 100%

You level up to "epic"

[DefconXps]

This is art ! Thank you Indiestone ;)

[St4rdog]

Nice. Very smooooth.

[MarcusVon10]

Do zombies have perfect nightvision?

[Lithuania158]

@MarcusVon10 Yeah, that's kind of dumb...

[Joigem]

@MarcusVon10

They have perfect smellvision.

[josecardenase1]

@MarcusVon10 noo they can just smell relly good :P (whean they focus )

[93Gamerz]

@MarcusVon10 very good question!

[broadsword1999]

Keep up the good work!

[orcywoo6]

Can't wait to watch and hear the reactions of my friends when I turn on the dreaded lamps in our 'safehouses' >:)

[pocketlint60]

Even though this is out of place, I think this is the best place to say this since this is the newest video you've made: I noticed in your NPC video that you can only order them around or make them leave. PLEASE tell me you intend to include actual talking and conversation options. Even just an Animal Crossing style "talk to me" would do. Just something to give survivors more personality. This would be useful for later when staying inside a safehouse is very important and you have nothing to do.

[GarrettLD50]

This is incredible. I love watching this game get better and better with each and every patch put into it. This lighting one, when he turned on the light in Bob's house I let out an audible "WHOA WTF"

I'm excited to see where this game will go!

[Dah3llboy]

Are the street lights going to go off after a few weeks ingame? That would be cool.

[2Stylish2Cry]

Woah!Great work on style!

Cant belive it is the same game!

[SilverMoonFlare]

That lighting engine is sweet. Too bad i won't be able to enjoy it. I get headaches even from watching a video of it...

[TheKyshu]

Please don't give away the nice, blocky design though :(

[JustShotsForMeh]

This looks great, lemmy!

By the way, I hope you guys add ruined cars in the middle of the road, mabye have the option to hide in them, search in them, and mabye after alot of car fixing you could drive it, it might sound overpowered but think of it; you have no gas, infinite zombies are after your ass, and until you get out ( which should be alot slower if you crash ) they will get too you.

Now it seems pointless, but if we will have bigger maps, why not?

[TpeuAugep]

Супер!

[blahblahblah23ful]

hey this might sound dumb but is the update with npc interaction up? and how do you download updates from dessura?

[Ziggylata]

You make me want to punch my friend for pirating this game.

[jhalajhala]

Amazing. Fucking AMAZING. Now i'm proud of buying this game.

[Calcetinmojado12]

awesome lightning, awesome gameplay, awesome EVERYTHING

[TheDefiantBadger]

You had to make the game even scarier, didn't you. Well hopefully I won't be alone for much of the game.

[WeatbixZ]

Is that a expanded area i see at 3:06 bottom right hand corner? :o

[Beelzebub971]

@WeatbixZ Your capacity to analyse is full of win! :o

[UberepicQuel]

I LOVE YOU MAN, FULL HOMO.

[CourierAlgaming]

I was expecting uboa at the end. WHAT WAS THAT?

[ilovsaw]

I demand this update at once.

[Nicoyutub]

this. I like

[PhirePuncher]

although does this new lightning engine cause more or less lag?

[PhirePuncher]

i am speechless this is amazing. GOOD ON YA!

[TheSteaIth]

How did I totally overlook how important light detection for zombies would be in a realistic zombie game :O

[legominds1]

This link is angry FUAAAAAA...

[Firethrough]

you LAD

[Beelzebub971]

Kanye West: Look Dead Island,I'm really happy for you.Imma let you finish.

But Project Zomboid is the best zombie game of all time!!! :D

[BlitZWTF]

@Beelzebub971

You shouldn't really be comparing them, they're completely different genres, only similarities are they have zombies, and more zombies.

[triszio]

That is going to make going out at night even more scary.

[MrWework]

one question... will switched on light effect zombies? so if you switch it on that it will attract zombies ?

[SuperCopyCat12]

Will turning on a flashlight no longer ring the dinner bell for every zombie within 5 blocks?

[Rachealica]

I squeed on the inside.

[xSnOiPnGoZx]

I hope this new lighting engine means that zombies and AI will be able to see lights that are on inside buildings... might add some suspense at certain times during the game.

[lemmy103]

@xSnOiPnGoZx Yep this is the case. :)

[xSnOiPnGoZx]

@lemmy103 *sniff* you have just made my dreams for a true zombie apocalypse become a reality. I applaud you.

[MrStaxxy]

@lemmy103

Will survivor be able to hide in unlit area, and not be seen by zombie unless noise ?

[TheDarklord0211]

@lemmy103 The lighting system is cool'n'all.. but when using a flash-light, please make it yellow, its not like it actually extends my view distance in the dark, it just lights it up.

Just feels wrong when your normal view in darkness dark blue, then you equip a flash-light and it just extends the blue view length, having it yellow or orange like the street lamps works better. (In my opinion)

[Alexdagreat5545]

@xSnOiPnGoZx They will, you should read the blog post on there site, it explains everything. Man this update look's great!

[Cloakblade]

@xSnOiPnGoZx Hopefully curtain and such will be helpful in the this aspect.

[ransco1000]

OMG when is it going to be released?

[1cme1]

wow. night just became terrifying as hell.

[war9001zomg]

YOU'RE TEARING US APART, LEMMY

[SilkySpence]

Looks so so so awsome Lemmy keep up the amazing work man! Cant wait for this. Happy New Year to you and the team.

[Alexdagreat5545]

Did you add a new part of the map in?

[AngstArtsiticAwesome]

That dynamic lightning system looks nice as hell, nice job guys :D