I know Charlie probably already knows this, but the infected act very similar to the infected of "I am Legend". The first sign of this is at the beginning of the game with the odd trap your squad reports seems to have been made by an infected, a direct reference to "I am Legend". 'Zombie Dogs', 'Alphas', etc. To be honest, this form of apocalypse scares me more than standard zombie die and be reborn ones.
I’ve understood all your references in each video! I listen out for them because they’re like little Easter eggs to me. I’ve been binge watching the playlist for these games and it’s been so entertaining. From dodgeball to this episodes Looney Tunes & Tex Avery references.
The devs said there was a weather bug for those that have a lot of saves. They were recommending doing your saves in April because the bug has something to do with it thinking it is April when you load the game from the save and creates a weird weather cycle moving forward. I thought they had it fixed but apparently not.
Another tactic I have mastered that I don’t see people doing is to drive 40 feet in your vehicle and stop to allow for one or two valleys of gunfire driving another 40 feet run and repeat.
I just assigned units with control one through five or however, many units I have. Then I keep the lower numbers on the left side of my base and the higher and numbers on the right.
you dont need to cancel walls or destroy them to put a gate down, they clip to existing walls if you just build the tower over the top it will snap to it
Really enjoying this series, it’s good to see the new story elements that have been added as well. I like the more cutting time out in this video and bringing us in as and when something happens so it’s not just watching time pass for the sake of it. Keep going sir
24:50 if you click the arrows next to the image that says savaging the camera will move to the next squad allowing you to quickly see where they are, what they have and allows you to immediately give them instructions.
That’s what I mean by “cycling through.” It’s not an intuitive solution to have my camera flying all around looking for the right squad. There needs to be a visual association between the interfaces to connect which is which. A simple number in the corner of the squad’s on-map icon would do it
I name my squads with military codes (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, etc.). Helps a little bit with remembering which squads I’ve paired up, but actually being able to see those names above the actual squad icons would be a massive help.
23:30 In the 112 operator you can click on a unit or multiple units and by holding down Shift and keys (1), (2), (3), etc. you can create actual hotkeys for the units. not sure if that works in IFZ
Imagine if they made this kinda like banner lord where you can fight in first person then when you're in the map moving characters, ect. you'd be in 3rd person.
What I found to be a good idea is having a warehouse (surrounded by walls) near each corner of your defenses that way you can shove your patrols in them and they have infinite ammo Also I figured out there is some relationship between HQ size and available patrols (might have been obvious) and you can have multiple HQs so you could take my first tip and use an HQ instead and have more health plus patrol spawns(and more)
To do expeditions you have to send your squad in on foot. It may not work the first time. If it doesn’t, take them out and resend them and it should work. But it’s kinda buggy after they survey the area and not let you collect anything
Regarding squads, you can use ctrl+number to assign keys 1-9 to select squads. This way you can always know which squad is where. I discovered this by accident when I was trying to use 1-3 as a game speed. Which you can do by default with F1-F3 btw.
That doesn't always tell you which squad is where. You still: 1) Don't retain those shortcuts when they are disbanded 2) Have to cycle through them one at a time to connect which squads are which key 3) Have no visual association with the squads on the map to match them to the squad number in the corner, or your keys 4) Don't retain names, or connect names, to squads with their UI groups. You have to cycle through things one at a time, and it's just not something I'm interested in doing all the time. If this was the only game I was playing every day, it might be easier to remember which number I sent where at any given time. It isn't though. The game needs actual UI elements that connect squads to their UI squad display counterparts
I have played up to days 96 now, my zombie swarming horde start from 3-5 squad(each squad consist of 10 zombies unit) from day 1, and now its 30-40 squad per swarming alert horde with a strong single zombie leader. So i guess the difficulty scales base on day passes, I have yet to upgrade my HQ from small building to a larger building, so i only have max 5 squad to manage. But with one going outer zones to scavenging with trucks. To manage 4 cars to defeat 30+ zombie hordes is not impossible by kiting them, use only the sedan coz they run fastest and good for kiting. My tactics is when the swarming alarm sounds on the radio, click on it and we will know which way the hordes come from. and we sent the sedan squads towards them, dont worry if its the night time, because when you are at late game, night time zombie and raiders are no longer the threat, the threat only comes from the swarming hordes, bring at least 2 crates of fuel can with 5 crates of ammo each car. Trust me, late game, all sniper rifles now, never shotgun or assault rifles, even your drivers and all towers, your squad no longer need to scavange, becoz your base is self sufficient on fuel, food and ammo since factory produce them, i just kill swarming horde all night long and all day long. I have 300+ ppl in my base all gathering basic resources and knocking down buidlings, and warehouses on all 4 corners in the base.
My towers have been okay since a patch, but there's a related bug: if you build a tower and then try to destroy it, the guard cap will not immediately depopulate; so if you then try to do a general assignment of workers to guard duty, the game will run into a dead end it can't resolve where it *thinks* it needs to send a guard to that half-deconstructed tower but can't, so it will not assign the worker in the menu or will stop short of max when using that button, and will likely crash on you
I’m noticing on my games that infected and raiders will just slip through the walls and be inside my settlement. Plus I’ve got some kind of bug where my metal and ammo will all of a sudden just grow beyond my limits. Even if I build a new warehouse, it’ll just climb up again
I love watching your play, but I wish there were a few different background tracks when you are under attack. It happens so often, there could be at least some variety.
I think they have confused hemispheres when they did the seasons. North hemisphere have inverted seasons than south hemisphere, could be this because July is Winter for us here in south hemisphere.
Anyone else having issues with your squads not picking up research items? I'm running into that problem on my game. (EDIT - I got it resolved. The quest was pointing me to one building and I had to go to another nearby school to actually find any) Also, I've noticed that weather seems to be driven by the area you choose. I'm playing my game in my hometown of Tucson, AZ, I'm in December, and it's 60-70 degrees outside which is typical for that area. On Charlie's playthrough here, he's in Wisconsin, MI and it seems to be cold/wet/temperate.
8:00 the only difference between a wood/metal/fortified tower is the HP correct? They all do the same damage to the Z's? I mean depending on what weapon type you have activated.
@@CharliePryor my last hardcore save almost reached 100 days, the waves are relentless like almost every night they are howling, ran out of ammo and it was over.
I think it would cool for force work after hours for that little extra push to get it done and have a tired de buff the next day increasing with how many hours extra they work
I'd definitely like it for squad members at least. I'm sure I've kept some of them moving and fighting and carrying heavy stuff with no sleep for at least 1 in-game year 🤣
Not sure about master, but it certainly would be strange if we didn’t improve with practice. ;)
5 месяцев назад
Loving this series, hard mode definitely a challenge for resources but your experience is helping you out. Regarding the season bug, I wonder if the root cause is when you build the weather centre that for some reason the game starts forecasting "month 1" (i.e. January) rather than the actual current month and then it continues from there
Nah, it’s not that. Weather shifted before the weather center is built in the first run, and started to this time too. I also only get 4 months of growing season, and 8 months of winter. It’s flipped from reality.
5 месяцев назад
@@CharliePryor ah right, very weird issue in general, was trying to think about how it might even possibly happen from a programming perspective, surely there must be something weird triggering it as it seems completely nonsensical. Have you tested the cookhouse delivery issue yet since the updates? Hopefully that's fixed as that seems to be the most game breaking bug atm
@ haven’t built cookhouses yet. Only reason we have enough resources to eat is because I have 3-4 squads scavenging every night. That’s gonna change very soon…. But apparently only for 4 months of growing, which I have no idea how it will be enough.
5 месяцев назад
@@CharliePryor hopefully it all works out, really enjoying this series
Is there any research for increasing your squad size maybe a cool idea they could add suvs and other bigger cars with more seats maybe a big canvas back truck
i think the bigger your HQ, your squad limit will be higher, try move your HQ to a bigger buildings. I hope they have this increase squad limit thing in the research in the future updates, not needing to move HQ.
Hey Charlie, do you think there is an imbalance in the game's programming that does not allow farming to produce enough food to feed everyone? Farming food is too painful in this game!
yall probably already know this, but im blasting it out since i dont see any info in the video about it. something i found, you can create quick select squads . ALT + 1 then CTRL +1 then ALT + 1. this will tell the game squad 1 is now linked to 1 or whatever number. I do not know why the ALT then CTRL then ALT again in order to assign squads until the are disbanded, but it works. maybe its a on off macro recording thing, not sure, im not the programmer. Also, All squads can return home on the Push to Talk option.
Returning squads home with PTT risks them (very often) returning home without the vehicle they rode over on. It’s not a great solution if you are using lots of squads scavenging, and they are currently outside the vehicle.
@@JontheBaptist it’s a situationally useful option, but broadly, saves almost no time. You have to put people in their cars anyways for it to work… might as well hit the star anyways. This is a nonissue
they can farm on winter, but only less effective, which is about 50% less effective, put down additional fields like 12 in total, if your population allows.
It says -80% right on the farms. The only way to get anything meaningful out of them is if you have the big mood boost from other stuff. Ultimately, it's a subjective assessment as to whether that labor is better spent on other things or not
@@CharliePryor Ah, i just make the 12 field and put it up there and ignore it, but need a a big barns to provide enough fertilizer to makes the wheat production, my food never goes less than 300 even my population is 312 people.
I think this game is not very fleshed out yet. Seems like wall construction is the most exciting content so far. I agree that a lot of it can be skipped.
Think you are to focused on your walls going from building to building. Whould make sens if you used the buildings as "gun tower" but dont seem like you are.
Because it doesn’t make a single bit of difference. Being inside those buildings when protected from the wall is no different than standing on the ground behind the wall.
In response to your edit: the flag in the corner always looks like that. It's the logo of the game. It doesn't change with difficulty setting. I can't imagine why you'd come in with a claim like that, without actually knowing what you're talking about. You didn't even bother to look at easily accessible videos that aren't mine to confirm this. If you don't trust who you're watching to show you how things really are, then don't watch.
I'm giving you guys THREE videos today for IFZ... you'll see why if you watch through them all. :)
Swweeet!! Excited to see them- loving this game so far
Not the hero we deserved, but the hero we needed!
I know Charlie probably already knows this, but the infected act very similar to the infected of "I am Legend".
The first sign of this is at the beginning of the game with the odd trap your squad reports seems to have been made by an infected, a direct reference to "I am Legend".
'Zombie Dogs', 'Alphas', etc.
To be honest, this form of apocalypse scares me more than standard zombie die and be reborn ones.
Resident evil
Looking forward to play this game! Your my new favourite gameplay RUclipsr, nothing over stimulated, just calmness 👍
I LOVE this series. Such a cool Game. Thank you for doing what you do!
The reference at 33:50 harkens back to a Merrie Melodies cartoon with a hound named Willoughby. "Which way did he go, George?"
Well done. :)
That reference made me think of the one when Bugs and Daffy meet the abominable snowman, "I will love him, and pet him and call him George"
roamers is spelled with an A, LOVE this series!
I’ve understood all your references in each video! I listen out for them because they’re like little Easter eggs to me. I’ve been binge watching the playlist for these games and it’s been so entertaining. From dodgeball to this episodes Looney Tunes & Tex Avery references.
The devs said there was a weather bug for those that have a lot of saves. They were recommending doing your saves in April because the bug has something to do with it thinking it is April when you load the game from the save and creates a weird weather cycle moving forward. I thought they had it fixed but apparently not.
A weather bug linked to the amount of saves? Wtf?
This is by far my fav gameplay series!
This is a great series, loving it over here.
I think that when you demonstrated the repair and pause repair, you lost all the progress of the research you were doing. Love the series!
I would love for the development to add a greenhouse to help combat the winter food issues
Another tactic I have mastered that I don’t see people doing is to drive 40 feet in your vehicle and stop to allow for one or two valleys of gunfire driving another 40 feet run and repeat.
Zombies, Raiders AND the Summer is an ice age, damn this IS hard mode!
I will not admit to knowing that reference!
I just assigned units with control one through five or however, many units I have. Then I keep the lower numbers on the left side of my base and the higher and numbers on the right.
you dont need to cancel walls or destroy them to put a gate down, they clip to existing walls if you just build the tower over the top it will snap to it
That requires the building of the wall still. You will be committing to extra resource costs to do that.
Really enjoying this series, it’s good to see the new story elements that have been added as well.
I like the more cutting time out in this video and bringing us in as and when something happens so it’s not just watching time pass for the sake of it.
Keep going sir
24:50 if you click the arrows next to the image that says savaging the camera will move to the next squad allowing you to quickly see where they are, what they have and allows you to immediately give them instructions.
That’s what I mean by “cycling through.” It’s not an intuitive solution to have my camera flying all around looking for the right squad. There needs to be a visual association between the interfaces to connect which is which. A simple number in the corner of the squad’s on-map icon would do it
I name my squads with military codes (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, etc.). Helps a little bit with remembering which squads I’ve paired up, but actually being able to see those names above the actual squad icons would be a massive help.
23:30 In the 112 operator you can click on a unit or multiple units and by holding down Shift and keys (1), (2), (3), etc. you can create actual hotkeys for the units. not sure if that works in IFZ
Any chance you can start letting us know which patch you're playing on?
Would help us see the effects of the updates, kind sir.
top left between mood and date
@@elementus2857 Well look at that. Thanks mate
Imagine if they made this kinda like banner lord where you can fight in first person then when you're in the map moving characters, ect. you'd be in 3rd person.
What I found to be a good idea is having a warehouse (surrounded by walls) near each corner of your defenses that way you can shove your patrols in them and they have infinite ammo
Also I figured out there is some relationship between HQ size and available patrols (might have been obvious) and you can have multiple HQs so you could take my first tip and use an HQ instead and have more health plus patrol spawns(and more)
To do expeditions you have to send your squad in on foot. It may not work the first time. If it doesn’t, take them out and resend them and it should work. But it’s kinda buggy after they survey the area and not let you collect anything
They do not have to be on foot.
Regarding squads, you can use ctrl+number to assign keys 1-9 to select squads. This way you can always know which squad is where. I discovered this by accident when I was trying to use 1-3 as a game speed. Which you can do by default with F1-F3 btw.
That doesn't always tell you which squad is where. You still:
1) Don't retain those shortcuts when they are disbanded
2) Have to cycle through them one at a time to connect which squads are which key
3) Have no visual association with the squads on the map to match them to the squad number in the corner, or your keys
4) Don't retain names, or connect names, to squads with their UI groups.
You have to cycle through things one at a time, and it's just not something I'm interested in doing all the time. If this was the only game I was playing every day, it might be easier to remember which number I sent where at any given time. It isn't though. The game needs actual UI elements that connect squads to their UI squad display counterparts
@@CharliePryor I just reassign my groups every time I send squads out. Agree on UI lacking important info. Hope they will add that soon.
Later on when you have sniper rifles you will have more range on the gates and towers ;)
I really wish there would have been a “later on.” Maybe someday.
I really feel like you missed an opportunity by not naming the roaming squad: Squad Roameo😂
I'm a builder, I get that they want to go home even if they could finish it in an hour or so.
I have played up to days 96 now, my zombie swarming horde start from 3-5 squad(each squad consist of 10 zombies unit) from day 1, and now its 30-40 squad per swarming alert horde with a strong single zombie leader. So i guess the difficulty scales base on day passes, I have yet to upgrade my HQ from small building to a larger building, so i only have max 5 squad to manage. But with one going outer zones to scavenging with trucks. To manage 4 cars to defeat 30+ zombie hordes is not impossible by kiting them, use only the sedan coz they run fastest and good for kiting. My tactics is when the swarming alarm sounds on the radio, click on it and we will know which way the hordes come from. and we sent the sedan squads towards them, dont worry if its the night time, because when you are at late game, night time zombie and raiders are no longer the threat, the threat only comes from the swarming hordes, bring at least 2 crates of fuel can with 5 crates of ammo each car. Trust me, late game, all sniper rifles now, never shotgun or assault rifles, even your drivers and all towers, your squad no longer need to scavange, becoz your base is self sufficient on fuel, food and ammo since factory produce them, i just kill swarming horde all night long and all day long. I have 300+ ppl in my base all gathering basic resources and knocking down buidlings, and warehouses on all 4 corners in the base.
My towers have been okay since a patch, but there's a related bug: if you build a tower and then try to destroy it, the guard cap will not immediately depopulate; so if you then try to do a general assignment of workers to guard duty, the game will run into a dead end it can't resolve where it *thinks* it needs to send a guard to that half-deconstructed tower but can't, so it will not assign the worker in the menu or will stop short of max when using that button, and will likely crash on you
I’m noticing on my games that infected and raiders will just slip through the walls and be inside my settlement. Plus I’ve got some kind of bug where my metal and ammo will all of a sudden just grow beyond my limits. Even if I build a new warehouse, it’ll just climb up again
Tex Avery baby!
If you have med packs u can drag them over any injured squad members to heal them.
Sure, or I can just let them heal themselves over time easily and free.
I love watching your play, but I wish there were a few different background tracks when you are under attack. It happens so often, there could be at least some variety.
Agreed, though I’d like them to get the major bugs out before worrying about audio diversity.
@@CharliePryor fair.
They need to add tree farms, eventually you will run out of wood and no way to get more. you need wood for everything
Sounds like Josh Brolin voiceing the main character?
Is it?
Dude there is such a thing as multiple layers of defense. Get your main base defended then move to take more territory.
I think they have confused hemispheres when they did the seasons. North hemisphere have inverted seasons than south hemisphere, could be this because July is Winter for us here in south hemisphere.
No no, don't remove walls by water, just make a 2nd wall line so you have inner wall and outer wall
Anyone else having issues with your squads not picking up research items? I'm running into that problem on my game. (EDIT - I got it resolved. The quest was pointing me to one building and I had to go to another nearby school to actually find any)
Also, I've noticed that weather seems to be driven by the area you choose. I'm playing my game in my hometown of Tucson, AZ, I'm in December, and it's 60-70 degrees outside which is typical for that area. On Charlie's playthrough here, he's in Wisconsin, MI and it seems to be cold/wet/temperate.
Yay!
Have you seen the truck that has 40 storage? Looks almost like the big gas trucks.
I want to get this game as soon as the developer figures out how to properly convert temperature units F to C and back properly.
There are settings. In the options. You can have metric if you want. Not hard
Can you barb wire the water on the edge of the towers attack range? 😈
8:00 the only difference between a wood/metal/fortified tower is the HP correct? They all do the same damage to the Z's? I mean depending on what weapon type you have activated.
Fortifieds can do more damage because they can hold more people in them shooting.
I can’t get people to take weapons to the towers. I have 12 handguns in my storage. I’m new so maybe I’m doing something wrong. Any advice?
does the game difficulty scale based on the days have passed or economy wealth net worth?
I honestly don’t know… you’ll see in a couple videos, for this save, I’m not sure it’s scaling at all.
@@CharliePryor my last hardcore save almost reached 100 days, the waves are relentless like almost every night they are howling, ran out of ammo and it was over.
Good game, but you need to build the cookhouse big and fast, the food will be reduced too fast to catch your attention.
Keep going... next vid...
I think it would cool for force work after hours for that little extra push to get it done and have a tired de buff the next day increasing with how many hours extra they work
I'd definitely like it for squad members at least. I'm sure I've kept some of them moving and fighting and carrying heavy stuff with no sleep for at least 1 in-game year 🤣
You can rename your Squads!
I deconstructed a brick gate without removing the weapon and now it will not fully deconstruct or rebuild!!
19:10 can't you just place a cheap wood wall infront of the doors so they cannot use it?
Damn ever since i saw charlie play his first Ifz he was kinda clunky when it was about overall gameplay now hes goddamn master mind in like 1 week🫡
Not sure about master, but it certainly would be strange if we didn’t improve with practice. ;)
Loving this series, hard mode definitely a challenge for resources but your experience is helping you out.
Regarding the season bug, I wonder if the root cause is when you build the weather centre that for some reason the game starts forecasting "month 1" (i.e. January) rather than the actual current month and then it continues from there
Nah, it’s not that. Weather shifted before the weather center is built in the first run, and started to this time too. I also only get 4 months of growing season, and 8 months of winter. It’s flipped from reality.
@@CharliePryor ah right, very weird issue in general, was trying to think about how it might even possibly happen from a programming perspective, surely there must be something weird triggering it as it seems completely nonsensical.
Have you tested the cookhouse delivery issue yet since the updates? Hopefully that's fixed as that seems to be the most game breaking bug atm
@ haven’t built cookhouses yet. Only reason we have enough resources to eat is because I have 3-4 squads scavenging every night. That’s gonna change very soon…. But apparently only for 4 months of growing, which I have no idea how it will be enough.
@@CharliePryor hopefully it all works out, really enjoying this series
Is there any research for increasing your squad size maybe a cool idea they could add suvs and other bigger cars with more seats maybe a big canvas back truck
i think the bigger your HQ, your squad limit will be higher, try move your HQ to a bigger buildings. I hope they have this increase squad limit thing in the research in the future updates, not needing to move HQ.
wouldn't it make more sense to have the drivers armed with pistols and the 3 passengers with rifles+
Hey Charlie, do you think there is an imbalance in the game's programming that does not allow farming to produce enough food to feed everyone? Farming food is too painful in this game!
It’s kind of an apocalypse..
yall probably already know this, but im blasting it out since i dont see any info in the video about it.
something i found, you can create quick select squads . ALT + 1 then CTRL +1 then ALT + 1. this will tell the game squad 1 is now linked to 1 or whatever number. I do not know why the ALT then CTRL then ALT again in order to assign squads until the are disbanded, but it works. maybe its a on off macro recording thing, not sure, im not the programmer.
Also, All squads can return home on the Push to Talk option.
Returning squads home with PTT risks them (very often) returning home without the vehicle they rode over on. It’s not a great solution if you are using lots of squads scavenging, and they are currently outside the vehicle.
@@CharliePryor right. Use the option after multiple selection while mounted.
@@JontheBaptist it’s a situationally useful option, but broadly, saves almost no time. You have to put people in their cars anyways for it to work… might as well hit the star anyways. This is a nonissue
@10:12 another gamer said the vans hold 20 slots
I’ve never seen a van yet, so I wouldn’t know.
they can farm on winter, but only less effective, which is about 50% less effective, put down additional fields like 12 in total, if your population allows.
It says -80% right on the farms. The only way to get anything meaningful out of them is if you have the big mood boost from other stuff. Ultimately, it's a subjective assessment as to whether that labor is better spent on other things or not
@@CharliePryor Ah, i just make the 12 field and put it up there and ignore it, but need a a big barns to provide enough fertilizer to makes the wheat production, my food never goes less than 300 even my population is 312 people.
would love to see sniper rifles in action ❤
What da wall ‘doin?
Squaddy Mc Squadface
Yeah, the UI needs a bit more seasoning. It's a bit too inconsistent right now.
Doing well on food? The start you had 10 days. Now down to 3 does not seem good.
Tiktok generation.... thank u I think...... me = 38 y 😅
Roamers is spelled with an A
F in the chat for the ticktock generation!
Whilst I like the gameplay half your videos are paused and you talking about your walls, almost word for word the same as in previous videos
I think this game is not very fleshed out yet. Seems like wall construction is the most exciting content so far. I agree that a lot of it can be skipped.
This 1000%
I watch on 2x cause of that
It's a defence game. Walls and towers are a very big part of it. Get over yourself.
Your micro management is to be commended. Even if it is a bit misguided at times.
Think you are to focused on your walls going from building to building.
Whould make sens if you used the buildings as "gun tower" but dont seem like you are.
Because it doesn’t make a single bit of difference. Being inside those buildings when protected from the wall is no different than standing on the ground behind the wall.
Very Hard Gameplay --- and he plays on very easy difficulty(you can see it because of the gree flag in the corner), lol
As you’ll see in the last video today… not my fault.
In response to your edit: the flag in the corner always looks like that. It's the logo of the game. It doesn't change with difficulty setting. I can't imagine why you'd come in with a claim like that, without actually knowing what you're talking about. You didn't even bother to look at easily accessible videos that aren't mine to confirm this.
If you don't trust who you're watching to show you how things really are, then don't watch.
Uhh- He’s on Very Hard Mode..