Deadflow
Requires Java LoaderDynamic hordes and migration. Deadflow replaces vanilla zombie population management in single-player and multiplayer: distant population travels as persistent regional groups, while ordinary Project Zomboid zombies appear near players.
Population that moves
Terrain, population pressure and world sounds drive migration along collision-checked routes, instead of random redistribution.
Efficient offscreen
Distant population is stored as counts and travelling groups, with no per-zombie offscreen update loop.
Encounters preserved
Encountered zombies keep their health, inventory, outfits and serializable mod data.
Honest accounting
Births, deaths and movement are tracked, and work budgets defer transitions instead of deleting surplus zombies.
Real zombies
Vanilla AI, combat, animation and the normal PZ network protocol stay in use.
Mod-friendly
An optional adapter supports The Hive, and Java and Lua APIs let other zombie mods reserve behavior and request migration. iSync is respected when present.
What's new in 0.2.13
- Build 42.22 (0.2.10 to 0.2.13) — Build 42.22 compatibility, Linux native paths and a Linux dedicated server fix.
- Version alignment — mod.info, the jar name, plugin metadata and boot log all read 0.2.9, with no behavior change from 0.2.8, including acceptance of PZ Optimized 0.2.1 collision classes on 42.21.0.
Requirements
Project Zomboid Build 42.20.4 – 42.21. Requires Faded Java Loader 0.3.4+ and FadedJavaLoaderBridge; servers and clients need matching files. Start a new world. Existing vanilla population saves can't be imported, and there's no conversion back. Don't combine it with another population replacement. Development build; no FPS or bandwidth improvement is claimed for busy servers.
Player Guide
A 13-page player and server guide (written for 0.2.0) covering what Deadflow changes, the zombie lifecycle, migration, persistence, sandbox settings, single-player and multiplayer installation, iSync and The Hive, and the integration API.
| File | Size | SHA-256 | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deadflow-v0.2.13.zip | 2.5 MB | 46cdfa85c3ee9481cb5e238bf8415d529b7fd99e4e98afbba314dd27bcc2793f |
Workshop access
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