This is a really quick and short guide for you to create your first build in Project Zomboid Modding Tool program, so lets start and hope you find it easy to do!
Open the program Project Zomboid Modding Tools. When you click on play, it gives you some options you need to click the middle one (TileZed)
In order to make buildings you need to go to the tab named TOOLS and click on Build Editor
This will open the window with the build editor!! Select a new room, (20 tiles is ok at the beginning to practice! XD) and it will take you to this screen
This is where things start to get slow :O
When you want to make a room, you need to make the definition of this room first, like, Mmm, I want it to be a kitchen?" Or do I want a bedroom? Or is it an outside area? Well, this is in case you want to spawn loot in the counters or shelves; that is why this is important, ok? For that one,
You need to click on the icon with colors,and select the ‘+’ sign.
Here you can name your room the way you want, but in the INTERNAL NAME you must place the definition of the room. Look for them on this page: https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/38185-new-room-definitions-4165/
You can also select the internal walls, grime, and floor (is limited on the tiles but is ok to start; you can select here provisional floors and change it later)
Check the icons at top of the window, here you will find some tools,
Each of these icons allows you to place furniture, doors, windows, stairs, roofs or make a second floor!!! for example if you wanna place a chair, click on the chair icon (that allows you to place furnitures) and select the furniture you want from the menu at the right column on the window
We will use first the pencil one, with this, you can draw the internal walls and the floor of your room, if you want to delet any side just press ‘control’ and re-draw the area, also you need to be in the ISO tab at the left of the screen
Some tiles wont appear in the ISO tab view, soooo, in the TILE tab you will find all!!! all the tiles on the game, mmmmmm well not all, some tiles mising but that is cuz those are compressed, like the microscope, or the ATM machine, and others but here you will find all to make a room :D
IMPORTANT!!! When you are in the TILE tab, it is important to use layers. What are the layers? Well, on the right side, you will see a lot of them, like floor, walls, roof, furniture, etc. If you place a tile in the floor layer, make sure that if you want to place furniture now, you select the furniture layer, or it will delete the floor you placed before, so it’s important to place the furniture or windows or floor or anything in the correct layer!
Each room you create, make sure you give a room definition, this will help with the loot respawn in that room.
This was a general view on how to create a building, neither you are creating a mod map or just want to give you an idea on how your building will look like on your current game.
If you wanna get deepper on PZ modding check out Daddy Dirkie Dirk videos on on his Youtube channel, those help me a lot to understand a little more the program.
Hope this quick guide help you on how to create your build and if you have any questions you can ask us on Discord, we will try to answer any doubs you have!
