Portable Linux ZIP repair - 2026-08-30

Portable repack of four unchanged mod payloads whose previous ZIPs stored Windows backslashes in both local file headers and the central directory.

Faded Modern Firearms Plus 0.2.1

Linux dedicated-server repair: normalizes mod-owned AnimSet directories, XML filenames, and x_extends targets to lowercase so PZ inherited animation XML resolves correctly on case-sensitive filesystems. No gameplay balance or asset-quality changes.

F.A.D.E.D Nexus 0.4.0

F.A.D.E.D Nexus 0.4.0 release candidate

F.A.D.E.D Nexus means Federated Access & Data Exchange for Dedicated Servers.

Headline changes

• Adds the optional F.A.D.E.D Nexus // Connected Worlds Gateway to the Project Zomboid main menu while preserving every vanilla menu path.
• Adds Nexus accounts, consent/version records, roles, account/session controls, password reset and email-verification foundations, and a password-free PZ device-approval flow.
• Adds approved World directory records, manager assignments, one-World enrollment, authenticated heartbeats, player/build/capability status, maintenance mode, and audit history.
• Adds catalog-validated World packs with deterministic hashes and ETag-aware reads.
• Adds short-lived Ed25519-signed World join authorizations and replay tracking. Native PZ/Steam/server-password authentication remains final and direct gameplay never passes through the Nexus VPS.
• Preserves the in-world N workspace, connected Comms/live features, safety-locked Exchange preview, and the offline Pulse, Nutrition, Atlas, and Faded-mod dashboards.

Server manager credential boundary

A manager provides public World information and creates a short-lived, single-use enrollment code for their assigned World. The connector generates its own Ed25519 private key locally and registers only the public key.

Nexus does not require or store the manager's hosting-panel, SSH, RCON, database, Project Zomboid account, or server-join password. Those credentials are not valid onboarding substitutes and do not belong in mods, manifests, tickets, Discord, logs, or Nexus configuration.

Safety state

• Exchange offer submission and item movement remain disabled.
• Join-ticket enforcement remains disabled until a proven Build 42 native-login hook passes disposable two-World integration, replay, expiry, reconnect, and rollback tests.
• Email delivery and Faded Mod Installer handoff have adapter foundations but require production integration before they can be claimed as complete.
• Production remains on the previously deployed release until the 0.4 migration, control-plane secrets, owner bootstrap, disposable World enrollment, and direct-join acceptance gate are approved and completed.

Installation

The staged package contains:

• FadedNexus
• FadedNexusPulse
• FadedNexusNutrition
• FadedNexusMap

Connected dedicated servers also require the matching Faded Java Loader runtime and FadedJavaLoaderBridge. Follow FADED_Nexus_Server_and_Player_Guide_v0.4.0.pdf; do not reuse a connector identity or enrollment on another server.

Vehicle entry, pry audio, and ClearView HUD repair - 2026-08-29

Vehicle entry, pry audio, and ClearView HUD repair

Massive KI5 Pack 1.2.11

• Prevents the VehicleDoor.isOpen() crash when entering the Power Wagon rear passenger area by giving its scripted passenger door valid runtime door state.
• Applies the same preventative contract to the Mini/Mr Bean chair door.
• Restores the missing Build 42.20.4 Vehicles.ContainerAccess.Tire callback with a nil-only compatibility shim that will not replace future game support.
• Existing saved vehicles repair themselves when their script reloads. No vehicle database deletion, world reset, or vehicle respawn is required.
• Preserves the 1.2.10 trunk UI, container capacity, and tanker fixes byte-for-byte.

Common Sense Reborn / Test 1.9.59

• Restores audible pry feedback: continuous crowbar work, progress-timed impacts, and character exertion cues.
• Keeps the existing server-authoritative result, retry, wear, injury, and noise behavior unchanged.
• Returns the styled CSR clock to the normal UI layer, so windows opened later can cover it while CSR continues replacing the native clock.

Faded's ClearView UI 0.6.12

• Replaces the rejected boxed mini-health display with a transparent paper-doll presentation based only on the licensed donor's layout/resize approach.
• Uses ClearView's own blood art beneath localized damage highlights.
• Defaults to visible, allows healthy-only collapse into a thin rail, and automatically expands and stays open when an injury is present.
• Adds optional corner resizing from 0.5x to 2x and saves position, scale, and collapse state.
• Removes the double-painted vanilla button background from Faded Nexus controls.
• Releases CSR's clock from always-on-top behavior for compatibility with earlier CSR builds.

Verification

• Combined dedicated-server smoke passed on Project Zomboid 42.20.4 with CSR 1.9.59, ClearView 0.6.12, and MKP 1.2.11 loaded together, without Workshop or FJL dependency.
• Server reached SERVER STARTED and shut down cleanly with zero Lua tracebacks, script/vehicle parse failures, door-alarm failures, Tire callback failures, or null-pointer exceptions.
• Each archive contains one Build 42 nested mod.info and passed the installer prepare check.

Map, driving, and FPSE repair (2026-08-29)

Map, driving, and FPSE repair release

This release contains the coordinated Build 42.20.4 repair set for the Faded suite.

• Common Sense Reborn 1.9.60 (main and test): pseudo-reflected flashlight controls, multiplayer-safe vehicle yaw stabilization, towing safeguards, and owner-safe ClearView map providers.
• Faded's ClearView UI 0.6.13: preserves the custom map canvas while replacing gray vanilla map chrome with ClearView-owned key, markings, and control presentation.
• Knox Reborn 0.3.16: removes three full vanilla map-class shadows, restores narrow map integration, and preserves PZF canvas/minimap assets. Parts 2-4 are reused byte-for-byte from 0.3.14; parts 1 and 5 are replaced here.
• Echoes of Humanity 0.1.15-stage1 and The Hive 2.1.5: owner-safe map-provider cooperation with standalone fallbacks.
• My Only Friend 2.3.6: lower and better-spaced wild wolf territories, deterministic existing-save reconciliation, and owned-companion protection.
• I Sync You Sync We All Sync For DeSync 1.1.8-b42.20.4-fpse: binary-pinned, fixed-memory driving/streaming diagnostics and an experimental whole-chunk integration cap that remains disabled by default until live A/B evidence supports enabling it.

All archives were CRC-tested, installer-prepared, and compared against their staged payloads. Java remains optional where it was optional; Lua fallbacks and standalone behavior are preserved.

ISync predictive streaming and vehicle door visual sync

ISyncYouSyncWeAllSyncForDeSync 1.1.9-b42.20.4-fpse. Enables bounded Java/FJL local-vehicle predictive priority for vanilla pending chunk jobs by default and adds visual-only, no-packet vehicle-door reconciliation after entry/seat changes. Exact B42.20.4 build/preflight and dedicated smoke passed.

F.A.D.E.D Nexus 0.3.1 Heartbeat Hotfix

Fixes the first-run pairing lifecycle so the dedicated-server bridge starts its 15-second heartbeat loop immediately after live pairing. Also adds bounded WebSocket close diagnostics and regression coverage. Existing paired identities remain valid; no re-pairing is required.

Optional FadedStack command bridge migration (2026-08-28)

Optional command-event cooperation update for Faded Java Loader Bridge, Character Creator, Buildcraft Reborn, Water Expanded, Faiths & Traditions, and It's A Trap. Each gameplay mod retains its complete native Project Zomboid Events fallback and has no hard dependency on FJL. Packet schemas, send cadence, and standalone behavior are unchanged.

Project Faded Car 2.1.3 portable archive

Packaging-only repair for Project Faded Car 2.1.2. The gameplay payload is unchanged; the ZIP is rebuilt with forward-slash names in both central-directory and local-file headers so Linux Java streaming extraction can discover ProjectFadedCar/42/mod.info. The 2.1.0 quarantine remains in force.

Massive KI5 Pack assets 2026-08-28 trunk UI

Updates Massive KI5 Pack to 1.2.10. The loot window was showing the placeholder TruckBed (0/0 and the vanilla truck-bed sprite) on every pack vehicle. This build retargets that dummy onto the authored trunk, registers container IDs with Weight 1.0, and applies the correct compartment icons.