Overview
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Zombie Panic! Source Background
movie has wondered what they would do if they were to be
thrown into such a situation, what it would be like, and what they
would do if such a catastrophe were to occur. Zombie Panic!
Source hopes to help fill this Nightmare . For everyone that has “ ”
wanted to kill undead hordes, now is your chance. For those that
have ever wanted to rip open a human and feed on their flesh, the
time is ripe. For those that have not, you had better grab a gun
and hope you live to see another day. The undead hunger, are you
going to be dinner?
Game play
In Zombie Panic! Source, Players take turns playing as both
Survivors (Humans) and Zombies (Undead). Survivors are the humans
whom are on the run from the undead or who are fighting back
against the Zombie hoards. The Survivors have access to a
multitude of weapons and equipment that they can use to dispatch
their unliving foe. Zombies are the recently resurrected corpses
of humans whom have succumbed to wounds from other zombies.
Their lack of pain ensures for long lasting health , and their ever “ ”
swelling numbers are a match for any human weapon. Zombies also
enjoy an uncanny knack for hunting in the dark. . .
In Zombie Panic! Source there are currently two different
game types available to play.
In Last Man Standing (LMS) game play, survivors and zombies
are pitted together for dominance. Players will spawn as
mostly humans and a few will spawn as zombies based on how
many players are currently playing. Both sides are then
tasked with killing each other.
Objective
In objective maps, players start as they would in LMS map, but
the Zombies have heavily increased re spawns and the
Survivors must either beat the immense odds against them or
complete specific tasks in the map to win. Zombie are tasked
with disrupting Survivors plans and killing them when
possible.
Teams
Survivors of Humanity
from the living dead. Your average citizen, a waitress, or even a
police officer can find themselves in the role of the survivor. All
survivors have the same health, inventory space, attack power, and
other statistics.
Denizens of the Undead
The undead are humans that have become victims of zombies and not
been entirely devoured. Some are decayed beyond recognition,
while others still resemble their once living self. Like survivors,
zombies can look like any member of society. There two types of
zombie that can be seen in Zombie Panic! Source
Carriers
Carriers are the mangled corpses of zombies that have
somehow survived previous encounters with humanity and
much more decayed state and are easy to differentiate from
survivors and other zombies. They strangely seem to take
more damage to kill and should not be engaged by lone
survivors.
Zombies
Victims of Carriers and other Zombies will reanimate to
terrorize the survivors that were moments ago their
comrades. Zombies will appear as they did in life, albeit
looking a bit deader. Wounds and bloody clothes are
evident on their person and they will move slowly and
strangely. Be wary of approaching anyone unless you know
for sure they are alive.
Playing as a Survivor
As a Survivor, a player needs to complete their objectives to
survive, be this vanquishing the undead or completing objectives in
a map.
Obtaining Weapons
In Zombie Panic! Source, weapons and ammunition are scarce. Your
player will spawn with a melee weapon and a pistol, but all other
weapons must be located and picked up. Unlike other games, there is
no Buy Menu , so all weapons, ammunition, health, and other “ ”
equipment must be found in the maps.
Weapon Hoarding
Players that try to take as much ammo as they can and obtain many
of the best weapons are Weapon hoarders. This type of play is
selfish and frowned upon, and is most often self defeating. Weapon
Hoarders must be careful, the more gear that you carry, the
heavier you are and slower you will travel.
Sharing
Often players will run out of ammunition or lose a weapon. In these
cases it is best to share weapons and ammunition with your fellow
survivor, if not for his sake then your own. Two guns are better
than one, and if you are not careful he may die only to reanimate
to exact revenge against you.
Playing as a Zombie
For Zombies, playing Zombie Panic means destroying any remaining
humans, humans who were prior to your death teammates. Using your
undead abilities, harass the humans till you can go in for the kill.
With every kill you make you gain an ally.
Stalking
If you are the only zombie, stalk survivors in the dark. Zombie Vision
gives undead players an immense advantage over survivors when in
areas lacking light. Be as quiet as possible and lunge at your
opponent when you are almost upon them.
Mobbing
Often, Zombies will need to group with other zombies to form a
horde. This will allow you to take on larger numbers of Survivors,
or just one heavily armed survivor. Mobbing also can scare
the survivors due to your larger presence. Scared survivors are
more apt to act irrationally and make mistakes.
The Lobby
portion of a map that is isolated from game play. Here players can
choose to play as either the Survivor or Zombie team by entering
specifically marked areas of the lobby. Alternatively, players may
press F1 to join “ ” the Survivor team, and F2 to join the Zombie team. “ ”
Players who stay in the lobby cannot interfere with game play and
can only chat with other players.
The Survivor Hud
The Contents of your 5 item inventory
2) Ammunition Bank
Spare ammunition and your Ammo drop setting
3) Current Health
Remaining health
4) Current Armor
Remaining body Armor
5) Chat Box
Chat Text will appear here
6) Remaining Ammunition
Ammunition your currently equipped weapon
Zombie Hud
Remaining Zombie Respawns for entire team
2) Zombie Abilities
Available Zombie Abilities and Appetite
3) Current Health
Remaining Health
4) Chat Box
Chat Text will appear here
Score Board
Music currently playing
2) Survivor Team
Remaining Survivors
3) Zombie Team
Remaining Zombies
4) Spectators
Remaining Spectators
5) Players Score
Number of Zombie or Survivor Kills
6) Player Deaths
Number of times you have died
7) Player Latency
Player Ping. Lower the better
Communicating In Game
In-Game Chat
In-Game Chat lets you send messages to team mates or to everyone
playing. Press Y to send a message to all players, and U to send a “ ” “ ”
message to your teammates. After you have typed your message,
press enter to send it. “ ”
Voice Chat
In-Game voice chat lets you talk to your teammates without having
to type. All players on your team will hear you regardless of
their location. Survivors are warned however, Zombies can hear
Survivors speak if they are near a human when they are talking.
To use voice chat, press and hold ? and speak into your “ ”
microphone. Release ? when you “ ” are done speaking. Players will
hear you and see your name on their screen when you are speaking.
Voice Binds
Voice Binds are short voice messages that Survivors can use to
communicate with other survivors. All voice binds are shouted out
to the players surroundings and will only be heard by players in
the surrounding area. Both Zombies and Survivors are capable of
hearing them. To use voice binds, press either X or C to bring up a “ ” “ ”
voice bind menu on screen. Now with your mouse, click the bind that
you wish to say. Your player will shout your selected voice bind.
Taunts
Taunts are short voice messages that both survivors and zombies
can use to harass other players. To use a taunt, press Z . A “ ”
randomly selected taunt will be shouted by your player. There
will be a slight delay between each taunt use to prevent abuse.
Survivor Weaponry
Weapons in Zombie Panic! Source are divided into six categories for
convenience, these are : Melee, Pistols, Rifles, Shotguns, Revolvers,
and Explosives. Each weapon will take up one inventory slot in a
survivors Inventory. Each weapon uses ammunition from its weapon
category.
Weapons will slightly glow and display their name when a player is
looking at them. To acquire the weapon, a player must look at the
weapon and press their use key E .
Melee Weapons
Any object that a survivor can find that can be used to
bludgeon, stab, slice, smack, and generally do any kind of
physical damage to a zombie is a melee weapon. These weapons
range from the venerable crowbar to the useful shovel.
Melee weapons are located in all maps and can be anything.
Keep your eyes peeled for any potential melee weapon, it
might just save your life.
Pistols are hand held, magazine fed, semi-auto firearms. These
weapons are small and their firepower is often limited. They
can range from the powerful .45, to the diminutive 9mm PPK.
These weapons are best for backup and not for use as a
primary weapons unless no other weapon can be found.
In Zombie panic Source, Submachine guns and assault riles are
placed in the same category for convenience. These weapons
are both Semi- and Fully Automatic and very strong. A draw
back to these weapons is how much ammunition they can go
through in the hands of an inept or frightened user. Rifles
range from the durable Ak47 to the modern Mp5.
Shotguns are used for both security and hunting, and do a
great job of killing the undead. These weapons offer
stopping power but are slow to both reload and use. Shot
guns range from the classic Winchester to the modern Super
Shorty
Revolvers are powerful six-shooters. They are quick to
reload but slow to fire. This type of weapon is great for
head shots. Revolvers include the powerful magnum.
Explosives
Explosives are weapons that are explosive or incendiary.
These weapons are powerful one use items that wreck havoc
to anyone caught in their blast radius, human or zombie alike.
Weapons such as Grenades or Molotov Cocktails can be
found in this category.
Other Equipment
Health Kits
Health Kits are used to regain health by dressing and bandaging
wounds and by taking painkillers. They cannot be picked up and are
one use only so use them only when you need to and be sure to
share them with others. They are hard to locate while on the run
so keep any you may come across in your memory, they can save
your life.
Kevlar Armor
Kevlar Vests are armor that is useful in helping to defend
yourself against zombie attacks. The Armor makes you lose less
health when attacked by a zombie at the cost of armor. They
cannot be placed in a survivors inventory and are one use only so
use them only when you need to and be sure to share them with
others.
Flashlight
The flashlight is a battery operated torch that survivors can use
to light their surroundings. All survivors have a flashlight in
their Inventory at all times. The flashlight takes no inventory
space, does not weigh anything, and cannot be dropped. To use the
flashlight, press F to toggle it on and off.
Survivor Abilities
Panic!
of everything they are carrying. To panic, press P . Players not “ ”
only drop their inventory, but also scream in fear. This could
announce your presence to other zombies so be careful when you
use this ability. Remember, He who runs away lives to fight another
day.
Fatigue
A disability that survivors
must deal with is fatigue. If
survivors are in constant
movement for sometime they
will become fatigued. If you
hear your heart beating,
slow down and find
somewhere safe to rest for a
moment else you will suffer a
speed decrease.
Sharing Ammunition and Weapons
available to all players, it is very important to share additional
weapons and ammunition to other survivors that have either run
out of usable weapons, or that were not able to locate a weapon.
By sharing weapons you can not only protect yourself, but others.
It is important to remember that every survivor that dies becomes a
zombie, so if you can protect your team mates you will fight fewer
zombies.
Dropping Weapons
To drop a weapon, first select the weapon that you wish to discard
or give to another player and press g . Remember to reload the “ ”
weapon before dropping it if you are sharing it with a fellow
survivor.
Using the Ammo Hud
To Drop ammunition you will be using the on screen ammunition bank.
Arrows located in the bank will tell you what ammunition you have
selected to share and how much. To change ammunition type, press
“ ” v . The corresponding arrow in the bank will select a different
ammunition type. To change how much ammunition you are dropping
press b . Again the ammo bank will display how much you have “ ”
selected to drop.
Dropping Ammunition
Finally, to drop ammunition press the t button. Be care full where “ ”
you drop ammunition. In dark rooms it may be hard to locate, and
during fights with the undead it might even be more dangerous to
share ammunition while in combat.
Zombie Abilities
As members of the undead, Zombies do not have access to human
weapons, Zombies make up for their lack of brainpower make up with
their unnatural abilities.
Health Regeneration
Zombies will slowly regain health overtime to simulate the
hardiness of a reanimated corpse. This can make long battles with
the undead very dangerous.
Zombies can use their uncanny sight to illuminate the area and see
survivors. To activate Zombie vision, press “F” while playing as a
zombie.
Lunge
Zombies close the distance on survivors by lunging at them. To use
sprint, press and hold “shift” This will temporarily increase speed
for as long as shift is held down or as long as the zombie has
“Appetite” . The attack requires the use of Appetite and upon its
depletion a zombie must feed a living survivor to replenish his
“appetite” .
The Community
Website
For up to date news on Zombie Panic Source, downloads, and
galleries of media, be sure to visit the official Zombie Panic website
at [link]
Forums
The Zombie Panic Forums are the best place to go to see what the
community is talking about, find new maps and strategies, and a place
to hang out when not on the prowl for human flesh. Check them
out at [link] and register today.
IRC
Interested in a real time chat with the developers and fellow
players? Check out our IRC chat at #Zombiepanic on
irc.gamesurge.net. For more information check out the forums.
Clans
Many Zombie Panic players form groups to play with each other for
quick pickup games and better team play. For information on joining a
clan, check out the forums or our IRC room.