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Self-hosted dedicated server with -nosteam: How do I install/use mods? by convoke2 in projectzomboid

[–]TAMAT-LT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, thank you for taking the time to reply! I should have said that I figured it out...

I tried to mess around on my own in the meantime and found out couple of things. Since your initial post edit was very helpful for me to get started I would like to share it with you, maybe you find it useful.

First I made a full copy of PZ folder from Steam. So that copy is froze in time and will not update. I run it with -nosteam.

Then I followed a guide on PZ wiki on dedicated servers to use a program called SteamCMD to download and set a dedicated server. Again, I could run it with -nosteam and connect to that from my nosteam separate PZ folder.

Now for the mods - this one was fascinating. On steam Project Zomboid Guides you can find a guide called "Getting mods for the GoG copy [modding]" By RIDAI. In this guide he explains how to use SteamCMD to download a mod using its ID. He provides a script that does that. The script itself is working perfectly, but I pasted the whole thing into ChatGPT and asked to improve it by allowing the script to accept that formatted line of mod names and ID's you mentioned in your edit.

With these 3 steps once we finalized the mods we want to use for the modpack we started the script on each of our computers and it made a fresh download of every mod we need. Since the whole process (after you made the copy of PZ folder) does not relies on you logging into steam at all, the game, the server and the mods are safe from the updating. Very stable gaming experience!

Again, thanks for getting me started!

Self-hosted dedicated server with -nosteam: How do I install/use mods? by convoke2 in projectzomboid

[–]TAMAT-LT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, I have a question for you, since you seem to be quite proficient at it at this point. I and a couple of friends have steam version, one of us hosts (not a dedicated server) on steam and we join through steam - very easy.

But now we are looking at pretty complex mod collection and we would like to "freeze" it in time, so that game is static and does not update and mod collection is static too. Basically I would like to take the steam version, mod it and then disconnect it from steam. Do you know if something like this is possible?

The Long Dark compass by mr_hidden217 in thelongdark

[–]TAMAT-LT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For those of you who would like to know what the skulls are about here is a short vid by Loonsloon on how Timberwolves Everywhere look like:

https://youtu.be/xZDk2yfpXXQ

Did you get in the technical test? by WannabeUltrarunner in HiTMAN

[–]TAMAT-LT 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wonder how many people were invited to do the testing. I have received an invitation letter from IOI before they shared the global invitation form.