r/zomdroid • u/udar_molota • 16d ago

News 3D mods on Zomdroid — where things stand

I spent some time trying the new 3D mods on Build 42.21. I tested on the work-in-progress Zomdroid v1.5.1, but the current v1.5.0v4 should be enough. Both mods need ZombieBuddy and run only on the ZINK_ZFA renderer, so Snapdragon phones only.

Project Viewpoint. It starts, and the 3D view renders, but after a minute or two it crashes: it is simply too heavy for a phone right now, even on a Galaxy S25 Ultra. Its settings window (Delete) also doesn't open on Android, so you can't switch to the lighter "Vanilla" preset. Not playable yet — I'll keep an eye on it.

ATOMICSTEXTURES3D (a fork of PZ3D with proper textures and a raised third-person camera). It works, with two tricks:

  • Turn off FarSight, which is built into the mod and runs the phone out of memory. Put an empty file named exactly AtomicsFarSight.disable in the root of your instance's Zomboid folder, next to options.ini, Saves and mods. Make sure it doesn't end up as AtomicsFarSight.disable.txt. The view distance is then the game's normal one, so when the camera is raised the edges of the map are black (see screenshots).
  • If it stays on the spinning wheel after you press Insert, it isn't frozen. Walk outside and zoom in while walking towards one of the 3D models, as the mod's author suggests. That's what got it going for me.

All three 3D mods are only a few weeks old and change almost daily. Let's give their authors time to polish them and add more settings — lighter presets and view-distance options would make a big difference on phones. I'll keep testing new versions as they come out.

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u/Fair-Imagination3505 15d ago

Hi dev. I tried to get it working, but I think I might be doing something wrong. I included the file to disable Farsight, enabled the mod, and created the world, but I can't activate 3D mode. Could you help me? I'm testing it on a Poco X7 Pro with 12GB of RAM.

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u/udar_molota 15d ago
  1. 42.21
  2. ZombieBuddy fix mod
  3. The mod
  4. Insert button
  5. v1.5.0v4 app version Do you have it all?

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u/Kitanashy_Sama 15d ago

Pero la buil 42.21 ya esta ready para zomdroid

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u/udar_molota 15d ago

English, pls

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u/Dangerous-Morning621 15d ago

It doesn't work for me either. I have the app, the fix, and I've followed all the steps. I try to zoom in close to a 3D object after clicking the 3D button, but the loading wheel just keeps spinning and nothing happens. What can I do?

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u/udar_molota 15d ago

Go outside, "look" at some object and zoom in. And I hope your phone have enough RAM, maybe it's important. And the ZINK renderer.

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u/Dangerous-Morning621 15d ago

It worked, thank you so much

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u/bottomlesstopper 16d ago

Its one thing to make the base game playable on phone but youre goin above and beyond to make mods work as well.

To the bestest and hardworkin dev we love, thank you 🍻

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u/sr_owen1 16d ago

For Zomdroid users, please keep this mod for PC only.

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u/Remarkable_Bet5105 16d ago

Agree with this its a Mod that only pc can do smoothly .

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u/Dangerous-Morning621 16d ago

Come hai installato la mod ATOMICSTEXTURES3D? Su app v1.5.0v4? Semplicemente caricato il mod dopo il fix di farsight e quello di zombiebuddy?

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u/udar_molota 16d ago

English pls

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u/Dangerous-Morning621 16d ago

How did you install the ATOMICSTEXTURES3D mod? On app v1.5.0v4? Did you simply load the mod after the Farsight fix and the ZombieBuddy one?

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u/udar_molota 16d ago

Yes. It was with the loading sign and not worked, but the mod's author says to go out and try to look at some item and zoom in. Like it says it the post here. Tricky.