Tools / Project Zomboid

Project Zomboid: Server Settings Generator

Pick a preset, tweak what you want, and get a ready-to-drop servertest_SandboxVars.lua plus the servertest.ini basics for Build 42. Zombie behaviour lives in ZombieLore and population in ZombieConfig - we write the nesting for you.

Preset

Start from

Server (servertest.ini)

Public server name

Public description

Max players (B42 MP advises under 20)

PvP enabled

Open (no whitelist required to join)

Pause world when empty

Global chat

Server password

Don't type a real password into a web form. Leave blank and set Password= directly in servertest.ini.

World & time

Day length

Start month (1-12)

Start day (1-31)

Days until water shuts off

Days until power shuts off

Zombie population

Population multiplier (0 = none, 1 = normal, 4 = insane)

Start-day population multiplier

Peak population multiplier

Day population reaches peak

Respawn hours (0 = zombies never respawn)

Zombie distribution

Zombie behaviour (ZombieLore)

Speed

Strength

Toughness

Infection transmission

Time until infection kills

Time until corpses reanimate

Cognition

Memory

Sight

Hearing

Loot rarity

Food loot

Canned food loot

Weapon loot

Ranged weapon loot

Ammo loot

Medical loot

Mechanics loot

Other loot

Survival & progression

XP multiplier

Zombie attraction to sound

Food rot speed

Nature abundance (foraging/fishing)

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Have a config already? Paste it to see how it differs from a preset