Zomboid-script

Manage your Project Zomboid server, start, stop, restart, save, update, status and reset.

Required

• A steam account and steamcmd install
• A copy of Project Zomboid

Install

Downloadzomboid.sh and put it near your Zomboid server, /home/steam/ for example.

Configuration

parameter	description	default
STEAM	Define the absolute path where installed steamcmd	/home/steam/steamcmd
INSTALL	Define the installation directory of Zomboid, by default it's in your STEAMCMD folder	/home/steam/steamcmd/zomboid
DATA	Define the absolute path of the directory (Zomboid) containing backups of the players, the map, the database and configuration	/home/steam/Zomboid
IP	Define listening IP, default to all interface	0.0.0.0
ADMINPASSWORD	Set the admin password to access the in game admin console	myawesomepassword

# Set variables
## Steamcmd path; /home/steam/steamcmd
STEAM="/home/steam/steamcmd"

## Zomboid install path (in steamcmd?); /home/steam/steamcmd/zomboid
INSTALL="/home/steam/steamcmd/zomboid"

## Zomboid data path (settings and saves); /home/steam/Zomboid
DATA="/home/steam/Zomboid"

## Which IP listening?
IP="0.0.0.0"

## Set secretly your adminpassword
ADMINPASS="myawesomepassword"

Commands

name	command	description
start	./zomboid.sh start	Start server
stop	./zomboid.sh stop	Stop server
restart	./zomboid.sh restart	Restart server
save	./zomboid.sh save	Save server
status	./zomboid.sh status	Check if server is online or not
update	./zomboid.sh update	Update server
reset	./zomboid.sh reset	wipe server; map and players data will be reset

Details

• Deletes all zombie_X_Y.bin files so the zombies are reset to their intial numbers and placement.
• Deletes map_t.bin so the server's clock is reset.
• Deletes map_meta.bin so all the alarms are reset. This also removes any custom zones that prevent too much fishing/foraging.
• Deletes reanimated.bin so any player zombies are removed.
• Deletes all zombie corpses, items on the ground, items in containers, and blood splatter.

Changes the server's ResetID in the Zomboid\Servers\SERVERNAME.ini file. The causes the client to delete the map data when joining the server again, so it will be redownloaded from the server. Player files are saved on the client in map_p.bin files; these files are not deleted when doing a soft reset. There is no way for the server to remove the map_p.bin files, players must be deleted themselves their files to make a complete wipe.