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Sort of a zombie rework no one asked for

Open Dorragon opened this issue 1 month ago • 5 comments

Reaching levels of shitcode previously thought lost in ancient civilisations

About the PR

Zombe

Why / Balance

Almost nobody likes zombies. So this PR fixes none of the issues with them but makes the atmosphere better in my opinion Just have to trust my vision until i make a presentable enough design doc

Mostly making this PR so i don't forget about this Will i ever finish it? Probably not

Technical details

Media

TODO

  • [X] Tweak zombie colors to make them dark ourple. Think about the colors a bit more

  • [X] Give zombies some of skia components. Slower in the light, regenerates in the dark but doesn't take damage in light. Nightvision

    • Do they need damage modifiers in the dark or light?
  • [ ] Give zombies partial insulation so they aren't stunned by breaking lights but still stunned on grilles and shit

  • [ ] Make zombies take holy damage

  • [X] Make zombies revive if they are left in the dark for long enough. I think skia has that?

    • Seems like there is not message that indicates your body is back alive. Make something like the defib/clone message?
    • Even if there is, being stuck in a crit state until you heal sucks. How do i fix that?
  • [ ] Make zombie eyes glow in the dark

  • [ ] Give scream abilities to initial infected

  • [ ] Fix whatever makes damage animation not appear (shadow damage related?)

  • [ ] Fix whatever makes Dirty() not work on puller component after changing NeedsHands

  • [X] Look at the code and cry x2

  • [ ] Redo all of this PR

Breaking changes

Changelog

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  • tweak: Medium sized zombie rework. Don't walk in dark places too much

Dorragon avatar Nov 23 '25 23:11 Dorragon

Do you want this Direction reviewed as-is, well, whenever youre ready for review, send over a ping

Vapetastic-Gaming avatar Nov 24 '25 01:11 Vapetastic-Gaming

Do you want this Direction reviewed as-is, well, whenever youre ready for review, send over a ping

I want to get it somewhat working before that, because it's going to be easier than to explain whatever i have in my head. Getting some experience even if it gets denied either way so it doesn't really matter. Ill ping direction / make a design doc when it's ready

Dorragon avatar Nov 24 '25 02:11 Dorragon

No need for a design doc, you've got a PR up

Vapetastic-Gaming avatar Nov 24 '25 05:11 Vapetastic-Gaming

No need for a design doc, you've got a PR up

Vapetastic-Gaming avatar Nov 24 '25 05:11 Vapetastic-Gaming

Just so you know, a lot of zombie components were moved to Shared in the latest upstream update.

ShepardToTheStars avatar Nov 24 '25 06:11 ShepardToTheStars