[WIP] Zombie Horde 2 - Teaser Trailer release

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Teaser Trailer

Compatbility notice:

Zombie Horde 2 is a multiplayer mod for Zandronum. It uses the latest features of Zandronum and as of this moment it requires a special build not publicly released. A wiki was made for explanation on how to fetch the latest pipeline build, alongside other very important information such as running this mod with a fake iwad, and the order of the projects to run at. Click here for more information.

Zombie Horde 2 currently only exists in devbuilds, which exist for creation of your own maps. It is NOT a gameplay mod that should be used with other mappacks found online.




In Zombie Horde 2 you travel across the world and into dimensions to defend against Zombies.
Fight off the hordes of zombies in these places, and prevent yourself from getting infected until reaching either safety or cause the Zombies to succumb to the infection.
Do you have what it takes to win?




Zombie Horde 2 is a mod that has been in development for years by Xsnake, starting off as a simple passion project all the way back in 2010.
With vast features original gameplay, Zombie Horde has quickly a staple in the community with numerous servers containing an ever growing number of players.
Xsnake was very satisfied with how Zombie Horde turned out, and decided that it was time to pass the torch to somebody else to continue the work.
And now, the sequel is coming.



In Zombie Horde you play many different community and developer-made maps of many types.
As a human you will have to survive the hordes of zombies that come to infect and kill you.
As a Zombie, you infect everyone. No mercy.

Please note that Zombie Horde 2 is a total reboot. This means that the mod has been developed from the ground up, and will in no way be related to the code base of Zombie Horde by Xsnake.
To keep the post compact, the actual changes will not be listed as it is too much to point out.

Pump-action shotgun
Effective for medium damage at short range.
Fire: Fire an accurate 5-pellet shot at your target.
Alt-fire: A quick defense for close zombies. fires a wide-spread 5 pellet shot with quick cocking.


Double-barreled shotgun
Effective for medium damage and big knockback at short range.
Fire: Fire a devastating 20-pellet shot at your target, with massive knockback.
Alt-fire: Fire a single barrel with half the power.


Woundable chain gun
Effective up to medium range.
Fire: shoot many bullets at a high rate of fire. Effective for crowd control.
Alt-fire: preparatory wound up for quicker firing when needed


Bolt-action sniper
Highly effective up to high ranges.
Fire: Fire a deadly bolt for high damage, but slow firing rate.
Alt-fire: optionable zoom for higher ranges.


9mm pistol
As a last resort, when all else fails.
The pistol gives the humans greater speed.
Fire: Fire a small bullet for low damage but fairly high rate of fire and low knockback.

Flame grenade
Great defense tool, can be thrown varied distances.
Fire: Unpin and steady. Hold longer for further throw.
Alt-Fire: Having second thoughts? You can always repin.


Jack's gun
The infamous gun from Jack, a real zombie killer.
Fire: Shoots a massive bullet, destroying everything it touches.

Push ability
Push away blocking obstacles with this ability


Acid-spit attack
A deadly spit. Damages, blinds and significantly slows down your target.
When this ability has fully cooled down, you will spit a bigger ball of acid.
Acid with a cooldown will have less effect on your target.


Lunge attack
Make a giant leap to your opponent. Distance can be modified.


Vision pulse ability
Gain knowledge of your target's positions and reveal those that hide from you.

Technical information / Developing your own map.

If you are interested in creating your own map then please consider joining my Discord server. You can find it in my signature, or click at the link at the bottom of the post.Note that the developmental build is not a ready to use project that works with any version of GZDoom/Zandronum. This project targets unreleased versions of Zandronum, and therefore it is important you read about how to set it up on the wiki.

I have played the old Zombie Horde up until beta 28 (zh-beta28). What can I expect to see upon release, which is different compared to the old version?

• A mod remade with the latest features of Zandronum.
• Improved visuals, from sprites to textures.
• Responsive weaponry that allows you to switch between each weapon quickly.
• The ability to toggle details if it's all too much to handle.
• Beautiful new maps with improved scripting and features.
• Old maps, remade for Zombie Horde 2, which received great visual improvements, scripting and bug fixing.
• Extended modding potential.
• Improved player handling.
• An extended list of client and server configuration to configure the game to your liking.
• Improved mapping features and tools, allowing making a map for Zombie Horde incredibly easy. (read post #3 on how to make your own map very easily)

To be added.

Honorable mention

• Xsnake, for making all of this possible.

Thank you to all the present and future mappers and testers as well.





This mod will require at least Zandronum 3.2 to play. Check the compatibility notice!
This mod has been compiled using BCC.
This mod is made for OpenGL. Software mode has been supported to a certain playable extent, but we strongly encourage the use of OpenGL rendering to get the most out of everything.
If you are interested in creating your own map then please consider joining my Discord server. You can find it in my signature, or click at the link at the top of the post.

This thread will be updated frequently. Any criticism or feedback is appreciated.

Extra links
ZDoom thread

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[Zakken]

We live in a timeline where Zombie Horde 2 came about before Despacito 2 and Fortnite 2 and for that, we are truly blessed.

I assume ZH2 will be a standalone mod not to be used together with ZH1, right? What will become of ZH1's various mapsets?

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We live in a timeline where Zombie Horde 2 came about before Despacito 2 and Fortnite 2 and for that, we are truly blessed.

I assume ZH2 will be a standalone mod not to be used together with ZH1, right? What will become of ZH1's various mapsets?

ZH2 is standalone. ZH2 was based of the unreleased ZH-Beta29, but everything has either be remade or improved.
The mapset is also remade, or the maps that will be released anyways. I plan on releasing a mappack with the old maps, but it requires me to rewrite its code.
If people would really want this, I can do a big chunk before release. Otherwise I will stick to releasing updated maps first, which of I already have plenty almost done.

[fr blood]

Too bad holidays are over already, it was the best period to try out Zombie Horde, now the servers are dead again.

[NeonLights95]

I like the look of this mod. But I may want to be a tester, not a mapper.

[Zheg]

yes please revive this
i hope you can bring old maps like ghost town
and grenade jumps lol
good old times

[Poto]

We should wait for December

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[Zakken]

That is very unfortunate, but such is the direction that Zandronum modding in general is headed to, what with the port's painfully slow development cycle and all. Here's to hoping this situation changes ASAP...

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[Zakken]

Exciting news for sure! Long live ZH!

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With the growing development of Zombie Horde 2 and relatable projects I have decided to create a Discord server for people to join.
If you're interested in following the development of Zombie Horde 2, but also other Doom projects including upcoming ones, then feel free to join.
click here

[Jetx121]

oh WOW!!!! didn't know Zombie Horde 2 was back in development, i will start migrating my (a bit abandoned lately) ZH mappack to this when it's finished

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oh WOW!!!! didn't know Zombie Horde 2 was back in development, i will start migrating my (a bit abandoned lately) ZH mappack to this when it's finished

I'm glad to hear you are excited! There have been a handful of people who started to contribute to Zombie Horde and just like with them I am more than happy to provide you with an early devbuild to help you get started with developing or migrating your map, as there is currently no fixed date when the first version is actually being released. Please mind that due to the majority of differences compared to the original Zombie Horde, migrating your map can be a longer process than you might expect. I am planning on setting up a wiki page in the near future to help with this but in the meantime I can personally share required information and even some tools to easily migrate the various textures and actors to a new version. Perhaps you can join the Discord or send your username so I can send you the files, as I am not looking at the forums often.

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