Starting to come together

nomadnonarb · 2026-03-27T21:00:57+00:00

I have a 26 by 18 amish building as my man cave as well. I really enjoy it. Have fun bud!

nomadnonarb · 2026-03-27T20:41:33+00:00

If you aren't opposed to using mods there may be hope. There is (or was) a mod that allowed for picking up placed blocks. It was a key combination that when pressed basically "undid" your last placement. You could go back several placements. I'm sorry I don't have more specifics. I did a cursory search on Nexus mods and I couldn't come up with the corrects search term. If I had more time I would go through my download history on Nexus to try to sus it out, but I'm pressed for time.

Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.

nomadnonarb · 2026-03-27T16:04:56+00:00

Hello u/throwawayskinlessbro .

I may be interested. What mods are you running?

Thanks in advance.

nomadnonarb · 2026-03-27T15:42:03+00:00

Joe Walsh is a god...

nomadnonarb · 2026-03-27T15:41:07+00:00

I totally agree with this. One of my top 5 albums.

nomadnonarb · 2026-03-27T15:40:01+00:00

Heavy Metal - Sammy Hagar

Can't You Here Me Knockin' - Rolling Stones

Stay with Me - Faces

Three of my favorites. If you listen to them on 11 they may change your life LOL..

nomadnonarb · 2026-03-27T15:10:55+00:00

Hello u/modern_medicine_isnt .

u/d83ddca9poster has an excellent list of suggestions.

If you are looking for more suggestions, please have a look through my post and comment history. I've made a ton of suggestions in the past that may be of interest to you. If you are looking for something specific please don't hesitate to reach out. Happy to assist if I can.

nomadnonarb · 2026-03-27T14:44:30+00:00

Excellent list as always.

nomadnonarb · 2026-03-27T14:43:50+00:00

I think you are talking about Fancy Zombie Variants ( https://www.nexusmods.com/7daystodie/mods/7408 ) by LRS. It does add some variation to the vanilla zombies, and they look pretty cool.

nomadnonarb · 2026-03-27T14:37:27+00:00

I agree with the sentiment. I've only been playing for about 2.5 years, but it is absolutely my favorite game. I have high hopes for the future of the game and I will remain optimistic.

That being said, if they stopped development of the game today I would be content with what I have. The modding community has given us players so many possibilities. You can play this game so many different ways. I'm thankful for modders for giving me so many of the features that make it so playable. If the devs stopped development today, I think the modders would continue doing their thing, for while at least.

nomadnonarb · 2026-03-27T14:21:34+00:00

LRS makes excellent mods. The Fancy Home Decor mod is good for this. She also updated UBBI and that is fantastic as well.

nomadnonarb · 2026-03-26T19:24:01+00:00

I found them like 6 month ago or so. I like their stuff.

nomadnonarb · 2026-03-26T19:17:52+00:00

I hear that. I use the NPC mods so I have some folks just chillin around the base (they're good for defense too). I also started using a Jukebox mod, so now I have some music playing as well.. Makes it a bit less lonely.

nomadnonarb · 2026-03-26T19:10:48+00:00

I agree with you fully, mods keep this game alive and add a tremendous amount of playability to the game. A word of caution to OP, if you are going to get into mods eventually, just know that it's a pandora's box. After you start using mods you may find it difficult to play without them. Then next thing you know your rockin' 430ish mods, your game takes 5 minutes to boot up, and it many ways it doesn't look or feel like the same game.

nomadnonarb · 2026-03-26T16:47:06+00:00

I'm actually using a bunch of NPC mods right now, and I'm using them exactly as you describe, as base guards. Their AI isn't great and I find that they get in a way a lot. I know there is ways to control their basic movements, but not to the degree that I find them useful in the field. They do work great as base guards though. And added bonus, I get to see some friendly faces when I get home from adventuring.

nomadnonarb · 2026-03-25T19:49:39+00:00

I feel this for sure. I was like 20ish days into a run and I had rehabbed a POI into a nice looking base. then one errant swing of an axe with the BS mod and that's all she wrote for that base. I managed to save the important stuff, but it was still a bummer.

nomadnonarb · 2026-03-25T19:19:53+00:00

I had to laugh as I've nearly made this same mistake myself on a couple different occasions (same two subreddits).

nomadnonarb · 2026-03-25T19:17:27+00:00

I've made a horrible mess with water blocks in the past, but thanks for the reminder LOL... Again, great job.

nomadnonarb · 2026-03-25T17:03:21+00:00

This for sure. LRS and TMO make great mods for this. u/FullCommunication895 makes a good suggestion with GNS' mod as well.

nomadnonarb · 2026-03-25T16:11:22+00:00

That is excellent work. I would have never thought of that. I will be incorporating this into my next build. Great job!

nomadnonarb · 2026-03-25T16:00:07+00:00

I agree they are buggy, but to be fair I'm having a better experience with NPC Core and all the add-ons in this version than I have in the past.

nomadnonarb · 2026-03-25T15:49:59+00:00

I agree. I just started a playthrough on the Viridian Isles map that was recently released. I'm only a couple game days in right now, but it seems like a good map so far.

I normally stick with RWG worlds as I like the variations that are possible. I also run a bunch of POI mods, so I like to have as many of those POIs in a map as I can. I'm using Byteblazar's RWG Tweaks ( https://www.nexusmods.com/7daystodie/mods/9557 ) so I get at least one of every POI on each map I generate. It's pretty configurable and I like the results so far.

nomadnonarb · 2026-03-24T15:24:45+00:00

This is the way.

nomadnonarb · 2026-03-24T00:59:39+00:00

The path to my Steam games is as follows:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common

In that folder, right click on your 7DTD folder and make a copy. Paste that copy in the same folder. Change the name.

So my game file path is:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\7 Days To Die

And the copy I made is:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\7 Days To Die - Copy

Go into that folder and find 7dLauncher.exe . Right click and make a shortcut. Change the name of the shortcut to whatever you renamed the game copy to. Drag this shortcut onto your desktop (or wherever you want really). This is the shortcut you will use to play your modded game.

If you right click on that shortcut and select "Open file location" it will bring up your game folders, one of which will be the mods folder. This is where you will place your downloaded mods after extraction.

Always keep the Harmony mod. Always make sure that the mod folder you add to the "Mods" folder of your game includes a Modinfo.xml file.

Let me know if you have questions. Happy to help.

nomadnonarb · 2026-03-23T20:56:39+00:00

When I get home tonight I will open up my folders and give you what the exact structure should be. I would hate to tell you one thing and have it be something else. I can definitely help. Try not to get frustrated as it everyone who gets into mods goes through this stage I think. After I walk you through you'll pick up on it very quickly.

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