Just my two cents - if a state becomes infected and has a releasable in-game tag, perhaps AI could prioritise releasing that tag as a subject after some time has passed, rather than immediately becoming decentralised tag.

This would better represent regional/state/provincial/colonial governments attempting to handle the zombie crisis on their own. Thanks to in-game unrest, they’d eventually break free from their former overlord anyway - just in a more gradual, organic way and richer world-building. For reference, I did tried this in an observer game and it works beautifully.

Another idea that might help performance is implementing a “Zombie Survivor” decentralised tag consolidation for split states. For example, you shouldn’t end up with 2+ separate decentralised Guyana, Jujuy, or Mato Grosso tags just because the region was previously divided between two countries before the zombie invasion. Perhaps a monthly on_action script could auto-merge these into a single entity.

I found this mod disappointing. You fight the zombies not with your military but through your country "settings" such as your military wages, hospital levels, and police presence. I first thought this was only for "containing the infection" but this continues as you fight the zombies. Now don't get me wrong. It appeared that having my military in vicinity of a region under attack by zombies with the area set as a strategic target greatly helped but not once did my military ever fight zombies directly for me. I would only lose regions to zombies over and over again until it ended.

Now, I did a whole lot better than the rest of the world but the mod was very different than my expectations. I look forward to further updates and will keep my eyes on it. I hope to see in the future our ability to fight zombies directly with our armies and also news reports when major cities or countries fall to the zombie menace!

i did it with another country, and now that im typing this i suppose your gonna say the event is given to the infected country lol. if thats the case, what do i look for to tell who got infected?

@floob did you have it start in your country or another?

i set the setting to having the apocalypse to start immediately but i never got the event

Hmm it sounds like there's a bug in the trigger. I'll have to review and fix it.

I'm doing a run as Lanfang and I set the infection to start early, but it's now 1870 and still no zombies.

How long does it take for the initial infection to start? I'm playing in the United States. I chose the options for it to start in my country in the early game. I'm in 1846 and it still hasn't started yet. Just making sure it's working and I don't go deep into this run without it starting.

@fisto the robo not currently sorry

can this mod be added mid game?

1.9.x hotfix released now! This fixes the AI's chances of taking decisions and using journals.
Please report any bugs in the comments

1.9 will release soon. I'm planning an update soon after, but until then there may be some bugs.
Please report any bugs under 1.9 here :)

@Hafrican no sorry

is this save compatible?

@louis Thanks heaps! I'll update the description today :)

Hear is a link: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3457247816

@Louis yes for sure!

@yuricouw no sorry (unless it bugs out)

@MadHunter I'm unsure - never tried. This mod doesn't overrite much so i assume it'll work ok

Hi, your mod is interesting! I'd like to create a Vietnamese localization for it. Once it's done, could you add the link to the description?

is it possible to restart the zombies after they died down?

Would this mod work with HMPS?

Im gonna try this with anbennar whish me luck!

In the carpet scripted_progress_bars the military wages: high and very high

I've updated the description with the list of localisations people have made :)

@Nero Sima how so?

I don't know if is intended but the military wages are wrong

What are some good settings for a fun challenge?

So it's ready, here is a link https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3433075144

godofburrito - yep for sure :)

Ah - a bug. I'll get it fixed for next patch :)

very cool mod but i'm not sure if this is a bug or something that can't be accounted for but i decided to play as japan because of isolationism and I got a notification saying that the infection started because of a merchant.

Hello, i want to make a Ukrainian localization of your mod, when it done could you add a link in description?

Are there any plans to stop infection events if you manage to successfully fight the zombies off? Playing as sweden and was pretty disappointed after rushing max police and healthcare by 1840s only to immediately get reinfected in a different state. Also PLEASE stop the weekly button spamfest of bombardments, just make it a toggle.

@Dat1Cat the apocalypse designer allows you to set when the start date is. The random date setting triggers the event randomly during the game, so unsure why it's only doing it towards the end hmm

so I dont know if anyone else is having this issue, but ever time i select when the zombie Apocalypse it always starts at the last possible time. doesn't seem very random to me. it would also be nice if i could say when the Apocalypse. for example in 5,10,20,30,40 years from the start date

so guts and gunpowder

好诶，有中文翻译了

save compatible ?

thanks for the info.
Its poor, but i love in HoI4 and now Vic3 the zombies. But why? Because the base-enemies are to weak, will not expand and will not change the map except colonies at all. Thats boring...

And so zombies give the game an interessting touch. I like zombies... but i hate how zombies are used in cheap games or films and destroy their potencial.
Zombieland, WorldwarZ, Day gone or every tower defense game shows that this can be really nice. Currently maybe infection free zone... but i buy no EA.

need help?

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@Ben Rye I'm pretty sure the button disappears after some time. Would like a better button that sticks though

@nordstern just harvest conditions at this stage. And the military power projection affecting the spread is something i'm working on atm

@Traveller originally it was intended to have a zombie country, but that involves a lot more coding and 3D modelling which i'm working on. In future I think there'll be an option to either have a zombie country enemy (like Viccy2) or as harvest conditions.

牛奶大魔王 thanks will do :)

Interesting decision to use the harvest condition mechanic instead of copying the Victoria 2 mod.

Are there reasons for this? I imagine this makes it more compatible with other mods?

Also I'm guessing the timer works even if a mod changes the starting year, the description given in the designer will just list the wrong year.

greeting ! I am fan of your mods ，I want more Chinese player to use your mod。so I've translated your mod，and could you add a link in description?

here's my Chinese translation:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2880069248

and does increasing military, not the wages, also have effect on the spread?

do the zombies have armies or are they only an event and countrymodifierbased crises?