Game reference

These pages are written by the game itself (zombye-server --docs), from its own tool list, data files, settings and source, so they always match the build they came from. Nothing here is typed out by hand.

Generated from game build 0ed42dd.

• MCP tools: all 68 tools an agent can call, with their arguments.
• Tuning: every gameplay number not in a data file, with its shipped value.
• Command-line flags: the game’s and the server’s.

Data files: the rules

Change these to change how the game plays (copy assets/data, edit, run with --data DIR).

File	What it holds
items/items.ron	Every item: food, tools, clothing, bags, weapons.
items/weapons.ron	Melee weapons and guns: damage, reach, timing, wear.
items/recipes.ron	What can be made from what.
build.ron	The build menu: barricades and what they take.
containers.ron	Which furniture holds things, and how long a search takes.
loot.ron	What containers hold, by room and container.
population.ron	Where zombies live, respawn and migration toward noise.
street_props.ron	Mailboxes, hydrants, cars, yard things and where they stand.
power.ron	The power grid and room lights.
fire.ron	Campfires, stoves, cooking and burns.
difficulty.ron	Difficulty presets a new game offers.
backgrounds.ron	Backgrounds: who a survivor was before.
strengths_and_flaws.ron	Strengths and Flaws a new survivor can pick.
start_kit.ron	What a new survivor on a server starts with.
scenarios.ron	The agent survival benchmark’s scenarios.
status.ron	The status icons: levels, labels and tips.
buildings/*.ron	Building templates: rooms, doors, windows, furniture.

Data files: look and sound

Change these to change how the game looks or sounds.

File	What it holds
sounds.ron	What each sound cue plays, how loud and how far.
music.ron	Music by mood.
light.ron	Sun, fill light, colour grade and haze.
fog.ron	How the fog of war looks.
map.ron	How the map screen looks.
palette.ron	Every colour in the game’s art.
decay.ron	How worn street props are drawn.
vegetation.ron	Where grass, flowers and stones grow.
servers.ron	The server browser’s list.