What do you think about the new animations in the game? [v1.2.4F]

  • Totally on fire! These animations are everything

    Votes: 763 45.7%
  • Meh, I miss the old ones, they had a certain... vibe.

    Votes: 97 5.8%
  • Haven’t seen them yet, but I’m ready for whatever comes next!

    Votes: 810 48.5%

  • Total voters
    1,670

VulKhan

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I have noticed a bug in story mode once you enter the village and need the fireaxe to knock down the door to get to the woman that you can break down the door, but the chains remain, and there's seemingly no way to get rid of the chains and lock or walk past it. Gonna play up to that point again and give it another shot and see if I can replicate it.
Not a bug
We just didn’t account for players trying to break the door directly.

You don’t need to hold the fire axe in your hands — it just has to be in your inventory. Once the axe is in your inventory, the interaction will work and the door can be broken even if the chains are still visually there.
Thanks for checking and for trying to reproduce it anyway — really appreciate that
 
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VulKhan

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Hello, I hope you can help me. Every time I open the game, this screen appears and I have no idea what the error is. I don't have a super PC, I have a laptop haha, but my laptop has run other games with UnrealEngine that aren't as demanding without any problems. I hope you can help me, thank you.
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Hello! Thanks for reporting this, I’ll try to help


This doesn’t seem to be related to your PC power — many players with laptops and mid-range hardware have run the game fine. In most cases, this issue is caused by the graphics API Unreal Engine tries to use by default.


Here’s a workaround that has helped many players:


Try forcing DirectX 11 (most reliable)

  1. Create a shortcut for SperAp.exe
    (Right-click → Create shortcut)
  2. Right-click the shortcut → Properties
  3. In the Target field, add this at the very end:


-dx11


Example:



"C:\Games\SperApocalypse\SperAp.exe" -dx11


  1. Click ApplyOK
  2. Launch the game only through this shortcut

If it still doesn’t work, try this:

  1. Make sure you are launching the game from the shortcut with -dx11
  2. Right-click the shortcut → Run as administrator
  3. Disable fullscreen optimization:
    • Right-click shortcut → Properties → Compatibility tab
    • Check Disable fullscreen optimizations
  4. If the game still crashes, try Vulkan instead of DX11:


"C:\Games\SperApocalypse\SperAp.exe" -vulkan


(Some GPUs work better with Vulkan)


  1. As a last resort:

  • Update your GPU drivers
  • If you’re using an AMD GPU, try running the game in windowed mode — it helps sometimes


If the issue persists, feel free to send a screenshot of the error screen or your GPU model — I’ll take a closer look.
Thanks for your patience and for giving the game a try
 

VulKhan

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put the code it, got the key, , try to access laptop- nothing. any advice?
That’s intended behavior, not a bug.


Previously, the laptop worked as a scene viewer, so players could watch scenes early without progressing. We removed this feature on purpose.


Now, scenes are unlocked through gameplay progression:


  • You need to level up
  • Unlock new zombie and bandit types
  • Capture a zombie
  • Build a cage
  • After that, you can replay that scene unlimited times

This change was made to motivate players to actually play and progress, instead of just skipping content through the laptop.


Thanks for asking — I know it can be confusing if you played older versions.
 
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VulKhan

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Hey, did the places you could loot in story mode got disabled?
Hey!
No, looting in story mode isn’t disabled


We just removed some loot spots for now. Previously there was too much loot, and because of that save files were not working correctly.


So we did this in stages:


  • First, we removed all loot
  • Then we added back only the most essential items at the start:
    • food
    • water
    • energy drinks
    • lockpicks
    • basic weapons

This was a necessary technical decision to stabilize saves and progression.


We’ll gradually add more loot back in future updates once everything is stable.
Thanks for noticing and for your patience
 
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VulKhan

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how to unlock story mode :cry::cry:
Here’s how to unlock Story Mode


  1. When you have the code, click on the field that says “Enter password here”
  2. Press Ctrl + C, then Ctrl + V into that field
  3. You’ll hear a “ding” sound
  4. The Story Mode button will change from grey to green

That’s it — Story Mode is unlocked
 

domacleod

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You can't attack unarmed for some reason. The tutorial doesn't really tell you anything. Basically nothing is ever explained. You're given a bunch of meters to take care of but no understanding of what those meters are or how to take care of them. Sex scenes aren't even a reason to play this because you can't see them. The "drone" camera thing doesn't focus right and even if it does focus it doesn't actually magnify anything so you can't see shit, and even if that were fixed, it's all in greenscale, so you can't /really/ see shit anyway. It also has a bunch of buttons but I have no idea what any of them are meant to do. Interacting with objects seems to open the drone camera randomly for seemingly no reason.

I'm not sure why they decided to make this in a project zomboid style, but it doesn't really work.

As an aside, "game settings" button doesn't even open any settings. only graphics audio and input settings are available.

Also and this is just personal preference, the player character's proportions are far too exaggerated. Though given that you can't really do anything with said character that you can see beyond cutting trees and stone and randomly dying of one of the meters falling to 0, that's not that big of an issue.

This is me being as kind as I can be after giving this about an hour worth of testing. Currently it's a waste of time.

Also also, pet peeve of mine, having a version number that tells you nothing about how complete the game is, is stupid. The game barely seems to be 10% done at this point yet the version number would imply to me that a 1.0.0 was reached (i.e. the full game) and then bugfixes and improvements were added on top. That's not the case at all. I know noteveryone uses 1.0.0 to indicate a full release, but if you don't intend the version number to be a tracker of progress, you may as well not state a version number at all. What does 1.3.1 mean? That the person/team did 131 versions of it? Again this is just a pet peeve. Largely irrelevant and I could say the same of a lot of games.
 

Firongggg

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I'm stuck on a quest Who's there. I used up all the lockpicks I was given initially, but the door still won't open, and I still haven't found any new ones. Maybe I'm blind or stupid, but I've scoured the entire map several times and haven't found a single new lockpick, and there's no way to craft them.
 

bananadude

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also had the door to weapon storage that would not lockpick, so breaked it down.

It is located to the right of the exit/entrance to the base, where there is a chain-link fence and a door.
Still can't fin the dog... been looking for 10 min...
Also, there's a space here where character get's stuck (attached image).
 
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dplace305

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is the game keyboard and mouse, or keyboard or mouse? i prefer games i can easily play with one hand
 

BubblesTheAllMighty

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Died from hunger, and I had food in my inventory.
I was trying to sell at the trade vending machine in Survival mode and it wasn't letting me sell anything and I died the moment I closed the trade menu.

I have a strong dislike for hunger and thirst mechanics and would love the ability to turn that off.
 
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derpington1990

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Hi I dont usually post on the forums, but because this game is so promising I wanted to ask a few things.

There has been a few updates since the last time I played, does the H animations now end with some climaxing?
Can we modify hunger and thirst to be a debuff ala Valheim style than killing you?


looking forwards to animations having a beginning, middle and an end. watching for patch notes that clarifies this.
 

MidnightKing

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Been thinking about checking this out for awhile and finally tried story mode:
  • Every item I could pick up let me pick it up an infinite amount of times
  • The car key was nowhere to be found. I checked in the thread, seen the screenshot of where it's supposed to be, nothing.
  • I broke the bathroom door down with an axe to talk with that dude and progress (had to reload and do it twice because the debris blocked me from getting in the first time)
  • Game tells me to go talk to everyone to find out who seen the tape. The doctor won't talk to me, interact does nothing.
  • I lockpick that generator area and interact with it. The game tells me I have clothes now and to go show everyone (I do not have clothes and am still naked)
  • I enter a scene with the doctor and suddenly die in the middle of it due to hunger? Forced to reload a save
  • I closed the game
I gotta be missing something right? Surely this isn't that broken?
 
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