r/SurrounDead

Bought yesterday for my Steamdeck, already 9hr in, any tips ?

Bought yesterday for my Steamdeck, already 9hr in, any tips ?

It's very unique and experience.

I am a working professional who wanted to play in very little spare time just for unwinding and not into much pvp or stressful things and stumbled upon this after trying to like zomboid ( ig that's not for me right now. It overwhelms me with too many options )

This game is really good open world game, without being too overwhelming with controls or builds etc etc. it's just exploration with survival. Loving the premise.

Also I feel it has a great platform if the dev introduces co-op.

u/FalconGood4891 — 10 hours ago

What to do?

Just switched to the experimental version of the game and it's a lot of fun, but I got this when fighting zombies and not sure what it is and what to do against it. Any tips would be appreciated 👍

u/DuckeeTheDuck — 8 hours ago

Game crashing

Hey guys! Just wondering if Anyone’s had this problem and how to fix it, it be much appreciated!

u/Forsaken-Bad-1031 — 9 hours ago

Permadeath is the best way to play this game*

The * being "in early access".

Honestly, I just randomly decided to only play the game in permadeath mode on a whim, but it has been WAY more fun for me.

- Way less time running back and forth between death points to pick up gear (arguably the most boring part of the game)

- Since content is limited at this point, permadeath creates a forced reset mechanism that makes the game feel like a psuedo-roguelike

- It allows you to not hoard high-value consumables like grenades and ammo, since you might not be around to use them otherwise

I hope the game will get to a point where its fun to play on a non-permadeath world for a long time, but until then, I guarantee you will have more fun with forced resets.

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Working on a "BetterDebugMenu" Mod

I've recently took on the venture to create a better Debug Menu for Experimental 0.8. I'm pretty close to finishing it, but I thought I'd make a post to see what other people might find useful for features before I do fully finalize it.

The reason I did this was because I was tired of not having images on the actual debug menu, and I wanted a "creative" mode where I can just infinite click an item for building without having to spawn the exact amount I need for building.

Feature List:

  • God Mode: health stays locked at max, you can't die
  • Creative Mode: Unlimited placements for an item in your inventory
  • Infinite Ammo: mag and reserve never run out
  • Infinite Stamina: stamina never drains
  • No Clip: fly & through walls and terrain
  • Time of Day control: freeze the clock or set exact time (0–24h slider)
  • Item Spawner: browse the full item catalog by category & images and give yourself any item directly (weapons, ammo, attachments, medical, food, equipment, keycards, legendaries)
  • XP Multiplier: up to 10×
  • Loot Multiplier: increase loot from containers
  • Damage Received Multiplier: dial it down to near-zero or crank it up for challenge
  • In-game Debug Menu shortcut: one button opens the game's own built-in debug menu
  • Search & filter: search items by name or browse by category

Let me know if you guys have suggestions, cheers!

u/Economy_Ad_1234 — 1 day ago

i wish there is a way to disable middlemouse scroll to swap weapons?

if the creator see this i hope you let us have the option to disable that. what i aim with acog in battle i keep swaping weapons for now reason.

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u/ioucwhq — 1 day ago

Lighting Settings?

New to the game, I run a lower end laptop, that why i got the lowpoly game. - the lighting in the survivor camp is light really harsh, im on med/low and tried turning up bloom? how do i soften the lighting i know its a low poly game but this cant be right.

u/PimpinPuma56 — 2 days ago

Mods/and suggestion

hello and hello mod makers.

from nexusmods page so many mods not working anymore... need update.

I I I What should be added to the game? I I I

----->write in the comments... <-----

-jackhammer

-SR-25 rifle

-motorcycle

-saw

-carpet

-ability to sit on chairs and armchairs

-guitar

u/Real-Formal-1209 — 2 days ago

Base Construction

So far, I haven't found a suitable site for my base yet, so everything is currently in temporary storage. Feel free to share your ideas :) Or do you have any tips for a newbie?

u/sven_mnrt — 3 days ago

should i disassemble weapon for metal to get ammo? or sell it and buy ammo?

should i disassemble weapon for metal to get ammo? or sell it and buy ammo? which way is you end up with more ammo?

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u/ioucwhq — 3 days ago

Found something…

So I did one of those abandoned convoy events marked by an orange diamond and I came across something.

There was a desk beside the convoy that had a note on it, which listed military bases and their various states of contact. Communications had been lost with all of the bases, labeled Alpha, Bravo, and so on.

However, there was not one but TWO oil rigs listed! Contact was lost with one but the other still had communications listed as “up”. It was the only item on the list like this.

Are we getting another oil rig in a future update? Perhaps friendly soldiers?

I didn’t see anything about it on the sub so I decided to post.

We’ve had one oil rig, yes, but what about second oil rig?

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u/PersistentInquirer — 3 days ago

Steam game time and save files gone?

I've been playing on a gaming laptop because I haven't had access to my PC. I downloaded SurrounDead on the laptop since I discovered it after I lost access to the beefy(ish) desktop.

I just downloaded it on the PC and it said I have 16hrs play time and no saves. So I boot up the laptop and it sets the tally at 130hrs and has all my saves (where it should be). I read a post that said to boot up the game and it might sync but when I did the laptop tally and all my saves were wiped.

Am I an absolute saussage and did I miss something or is this just a kick in the royal region that I need to get over. Pretty bummed out about it tbh, I put a lot of time into that save. If its lost then it is what it is but im hoping theres a solution.

P.S. image is ai (obvs) no idea how to use photoshop and wanted something to post it with the text.

u/ReadyEddie26 — 3 days ago

Question to all high-hour players

We see many people have hundreds and thousands of hours. What makes you keep playing, what are you doing and how in general do you have so many hours? What keeps you busy and interested for so long? Let us know, we're curious!

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u/RobWolfB — 4 days ago

Police Station Base

With this post, I want to share my current base. Since the introduction and speed of the APC, this base location has gotten viable.

This is a work in progress post, bc the base is not finished yet.

If there are any questions, feel free to ask.

PS.: As for the chosen flag, we need more furniture and a way to remove already existing non-player placed furniture.

u/Shad0w_Merchant — 3 days ago

Trash-friggin'-Piles

I know this is a beaten topic because I've looked into it. But they were all old threads so in case its needs reviving: It would be a summer dream if we could remove these trash piles

I wanna live in this apartment man, but despite saying they remove trash objects, that pile dont count. Please please please, can you make the pickaxe, crowbar or sledge actuslly remove all of these piles? I dont even care if I dont get anything, I just wanna remove them

u/Other-Emu1829 — 4 days ago

I was having fun..

Just recently got this game and I was having a blast playing , but while i was several irl days into my current play through my game crashed and I figured there had to be some kind of background autosave only to boot my pc back to the very beginning of when I hopped on today. so much loot and exploring just gone like that. and the biggest kick in the balls is that I looked in the settings after and there is a autosave feature that just isn’t turned on by default?? why would they not just have that turned on automatically??? idk if this is just a stupid rant but it just kills me that i cant even hop on to a videogame without some bs taking the little enjoyment I’m able to get in my day.

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u/FunSquare8978 — 4 days ago

Hi guys, this is my base and my first video of Surroundead. :)

This is my second save, the first one got wiped after the last update. I managed to build this base in this spot, which I think is probably one of the top 3 best places to build a base. So, what do you guys think? Any suggestions?

u/Real_Rhubarb_8052 — 6 days ago