Harder/George Romero Zombies

[tommah]

I would like to recreate the George Romero Zombies and if I can't do that then just make them harder. This thread is mostly for my own notes (so I don't lose them) but if anyone has any input/requests I'll include them if I like it and I have the ability.

Only way to kill a zombie is to "Remove the head or destroy the brain"

To Do:
More Alert = Done
Negate Health = Done
Remove Queen Zombies = Done
More Damage = Done
Increase Chance to Destroy Head = Not Done



Issues:
-Some weapon durability may be linked to zombie deaths... zombies are near invulnerable but a some weapons will not break. May share similar values. fixed
-Increase in health made firemen/police zombies invincible fixed
-Vehicles became ULTRA-sensitive fixed
-Motorcycles load already on fire fixed

Zombie Spawn Order

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cPopulationSpawnElement 1232335249 {   //spawns zombie
Objects = [
{
Percent = "100"
DefinitionObject = "@241160803"  //which zombie
DefaultDismembermentComponentStates = [
]
PercentDismembered = "0"
}
]
}
cZombieDefinition 241160803 {   //what zombie type normal/queen
Name = "f_business_m1_variants"
HordeVariants = [  //normal
"@861542964"
]
QueenVariants = [  //queen
"@772892713"
]
}
cGameObjectState 861542964 {   //normal zombie properties
Super = "@0"
ConstData = "@1875325523"
Pos = "-0.00109863,-0.000762939,-0.00109863"
Rot = "0.00195693,0.00195693,0.00195693,0.999994"
Key = "861542964"
ComponentTypes = [
"1953768788"
"-1229971842"
"-2095680330"
"-1417252748"
"465092907"
]
ComponentsState = [
"@714975995"  //eventually points to ZombieClassItem
"@2532834713"  //health
"@1282567521"  //cBeaconComponentState = 3454696588 cBeaconDataDef ? // feral zombies =
"@2747233119"  //1408993144 Falling/Climbing ?
"@4291691501"  //2137027829 ???
]
}
cGameObjectState 772892713 {  //queen zombie properties
Super = "@0"
ConstData = "@1997188040"
Pos = "-0.00109863,-0.000762939,-0.00109863"
Rot = "0.00195693,0.00195693,0.00195693,0.999994"
Key = "772892713"
ComponentTypes = [
"1953768788"
"-1229971842"
"-2095680330"
"668124087"
"-1417252748"
"465092907"
]
ComponentsState = [
"@3281204429"  //eventually points to ZombieClassItem
"@3323099918"  //Health
"@2072832726"  //3454696588 cBeaconDataDef ?
"@3961565962"  //Attachment... Items ?
"@2511007572"  //Falling/Climbing ?
"@2716108600"  //2137027829 ???
]
}
cZombieClassItem 3294027690 {  //The actual zombie
Key = "3294027690"
ZombieBodyType = "41"
QueenOffset = "0.035,0.085,0"
RandomLocoTimeWarpScaleEntries = [
"0.95"
"1"
"1.05"
]
RandomChanceOfBeingDumb = "0.0"
QueenZombieRotation = "-0.975738,0,0,0.218941"
DecayType = "0"
Marquee = "false"
KitName = "f_business_m1"
Scale = "1"
CanPlaySharedAnimations = "true"
FadeOutDisabled = "false"
ZombieDNA = "@0"
GrappleIKPoints = [
"@1649172062"
"@3631948384"
"@169735232"
"@1571159913"
"@1472514588"
"@1830503927"
"@3311544324"
]
CharacterType = "ZOMBIE"
StringName = "f_business_m1"
HealthRangeMin = "0"
HealthRangeMax = "0"
PPEarnedOnDeath = "10"
}

Notes

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cZombieLoAData  //////More zombie properties

///my changes////
3454696588 = cBeaconDataDef
4266767239 = default Romero zombie health
ZombieTargetSelectionConstData = "@66965365"
ZombieLureTargetSelectionConstData = "@3389150041"
ZombiePerceptionComponentConstData = "@2532874334"
ZombieVisualSensorComponentConstData = "@673732256"


cZombieClassItem 3294027690
{

}
cGameObjectState 861542964
{
ConstData = "@1875325523" =cGameObjectConstData 1875325523
ComponentsState =
[
"@714975995" = ??? points to zombie class
"@2532834713" = health
"@1282567521" cBeaconComponentState = 3454696588 cBeaconDataDef ? // feral zombies =
"@2747233119" = 1408993144 Falling/Climbing ?
"@4291691501" = 2137027829 ???
]
}
cGameObjectState 772892713
{
ConstData = "@1997188040"
ComponentState
{
"" = ??? points to zombie class
3323099918 = Health
2072832726 = 3454696588 cBeaconDataDef ?
3961565962 = Attachment... Items ?
2511007572 = Falling/Climbing ?
2716108600 = 2137027829 ???
}
}


ComponentStates?
ConsData = most of zombie properties

cGameObjectConstData 1875325523 {
cZombieLoAData 1765694288
2363583626 = cOnDeathComponentStatesToSwap 2363583626
3368850603 = cOnDemandComponents 3368850603 =cZombieHeadTrackingComponentDef 3891068507
}

[alecslee]

Hi, i think thats a great idea, and i have some suggestions that i think that would be easy to do:

- Zombies do more damage.
- Food restores less health
- Cars with less durabilityr.
- Weapons with less durability.

And, if it's possible, but i think that would be more difficult....can you do some kind of stamina when we are in combat? like when you are in sprint and the character get tired i mean. That way , we couldn't fight for ever, but only to defend ourselves.

With those 4 things, i think the game would be not only more dificult, also more survival like.

[tommah]

I'm with you on all those points except the weapons less durability. I think the default durability is already too low, plus with making them harder to kill it would be them impossible. At the moment I couldn't say if stamina drain is possible, so I may have to curb that one.

[tommah]

hacking away at zombies leaves a lot of legless crawlers. Some issues have popped up but seems to be going smoothly. Baseball Bat is actually very effective with bashing heads.

[Deleted]

Looks awesome so far! I had a few ideas for making a survival mod, and was wondering if they'd be possible to include.

1. Make zombies push/block cars more easily. Apparently it's possible for zombies to flip or move cars, but it's very, very difficult, and takes numerous zombies. That means jumping on cars pretty much makes you invincible.
2. Make eating a necessity, like a hunger mod.
3. Improve survivor/boss AI.
4. Make zombies spawn slightly more numerously.

[tommah]

while testing, I noticed zombies destroy vehicles easier automatically... I was running around and there were some vehicles just exploding, even if I wasn't on/in them. I liked that.

I probably won't do a hunger mod because a survival/infinity mode seems like a mod in itself.

[SWEGTA]

Dibs on the running zombie mod.
I'll be attempting this when I find the time.

[tommah]

go for it, I'm against sprinting zombies. I'm all for them being harder, but I don't think they should sprint

[tommah]

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