Bug on PS5

I just had this happen to me as well and no matter what once you turn off zombie spawns that world will be glitched and you are permanently encumbered unless you leave it in the off position which as stated by OP allows very few to no zombies at all.

I'm having a hard time trying to reproduce this.
Can you help by answering any or all of the following to help us pin point the issue?

 

Start game with zombies OFF, play, quit game, turn zombies ON, then restart game with issues?
Start game with zombies OFF, play, quit game, turn off console, restart console, turn zombies ON, then restart game with issues?

Start game with zombies ON, play, quit game, turn zombies OFF, play, quit, turn zombies back ON, then restart game with issues?
Start game with zombies ON, play, quit game, turn off console, restart console, turn zombies OFF, play, quit, turn off console, restart console, turn zombies back ON, then restart game with issues?

Any other options modified from default?
How many days played with zombies OFF before turning zombies ON?
How many days played with zombies ON before turning zombies OFF and then how many before turning zombies back ON?
Challenges completed?
Quests completed?
Built a base, placed land claim, placed bedroll, or workstations?
Inventory and/or tool belt full before turning zombies on?
Wearing X armor?
Holding X item/tool/weapon?

@schwanz9000

 

Start Game with Zombies ON. Play for a couple days with them on, then exit out and turn them off and play for a couple more days. Then try and turn them back on. That’s how the glitch worked for me.
 

I completed the basic challenges, making a pickaxe etc. No trader quests completed. I placed a land claim block, I have a bedroll down. I have no encumbrance slots in my inventory so it’s wide open. I have 6 items in my inventory and 7 items in my tool bar. Doesn’t matter what I’m holding, it still happens no matter what. 
 

im wearing nomad headgear, rogue outfit, assassin gloves, and enforcer shoes. 
 

My Adjusted Settings: 

Difficulty: Scavenger

24 Hr Cycle: 50 mins 

Blood Moon Frequency: 20 days

All zombie speeds are set to walk

Air Drops Everyday

Player Block Damage: 300%
AI Block damage: 25%

blood moon block damage: 25%
loot abundance: 200%
Loot Respawn: 5 days 

Death Penalty: Nothing

Drop on Death: Nothing

Creative: Off (never turned on)

Everything else is Default. 
 

let me know if you need anymore info! Thank you!!
 

 

Will give this another try in the morning. Thanks for the additional info!

@schwanz9000

 

In my case I had started the world with zombie spawns on and the settings I used are all default except for as follows:

 

Server Enabled: Online

Server Visibility: Friends Only

24 Hours Cycle: 40 minutes

Blood Moon Count: 12 Enemies

Air Drops: Everyday

Loot Abundance: 200%

Loot Respawn Time: 5 Days

Daily Quest Progression Limit: Unlimited

 

The world was perfectly normal until on Day 13 I had to turn off zombie spawns to retrieve my backpack and once I exited the game and went to turn zombie spawns back on and when I entered the game my backpack was full of encumbered slots and even when I emptied my toolbar and backpack I was still encumbered and I was unable to jump, sprint, attack or drown in water. I attempted to close the app and turn off my playstation but neither solutions worked and the world is still devoid of enemies except for the rare zombie spawn here and there. I had also tried switching all other settings to default to see if they were the problem and the glitch still persisted until zombies spawns were kept off.

 

Best of Luck! And thank you to you and the rest of The Fun Pimps for giving us such a fun game!

 

Im am currently dealing with the same issue. Cant fix it no matter what i do. Played with zombies for a day in game then switched them off until first blood moon. Completed the horde. Turned them back off. Approaching day 14 blood moon turned them back on and game was broken. No jumping, no dying even from falling from a massive hight, cant drown. Over encumbered with an empty inventory and no zombies either. Exit game and turn them back off and its like the glitch never happened

@Ninjachicken_spi

 

For some reason the glitch only happens when you turn zombies spawns on after having them off so as long as you keep zombies spawns off then you'll be able to play and you won't get the encumbered glitch except you won't have any zombies besides maybe the rare zombie that'll spawn here and there. 

I'm on PS5 with similar issue on my end. Played for 48 days with zombies off, when I switched them to on, all inventory slots were grayed and cant run, jump, crouch etc. I also can't aim through scopes as it gives me a third person view ( not looking through but rather over) of the scope and the reticle is grayed out. The issues I am experiencing are identical to what is depicted above and in this thread:

Game has been a multiplayer over the course and if I switch zombies back to off everything is fine but with a few zombies spawns that almost seemed to have lingered from having them switched on. Let me know if there are any questions I can help answer. I appreciate our assistance and the new release on console!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hey, I’m having the same issue on PS5 on multiplayer, I had the zombies offer a few days and then on day 13 turn them back on and my guy was completely encumbrance and could not run, etc.. I’m afraid to turn it off and on again to see if it’s fixed, but I did turn them back off and everything was back to normal, will there be an update soon to patch this? Otherwise loving the game 👌🏼

I had the same issue this Is what I did to fix it.

 

I was playing offline so I turned multilayer on reset all the game settings back to default loaded it back up with zombies on I had still had the issue quit back out put it back to offline and put all my game settings back to what to how I like them loaded it back with zombies still turned on and it worked 

6 hours ago, Guest Guest said:

I had the same issue this Is what I did to fix it.

 

I was playing offline so I turned multilayer on reset all the game settings back to default loaded it back up with zombies on I had still had the issue quit back out put it back to offline and put all my game settings back to what to how I like them loaded it back with zombies still turned on and it worked 

 Could be different for you but I've tried changing all of the settings in a bunch of different ways and nothing has worked and the only way I've been able to play on a glitched world is if I turn off zombies.

9 hours ago, Guest Guest said:

I had the same issue this Is what I did to fix it.

 

I was playing offline so I turned multilayer on reset all the game settings back to default loaded it back up with zombies on I had still had the issue quit back out put it back to offline and put all my game settings back to what to how I like them loaded it back with zombies still turned on and it worked 

 

I tried was what depicted to no avail. Problem still persists unless I turn zombies off whether it be online or offline, with or without standard settings (outside of zombie spawn).

 

 

 

 

 

Praying this can be fixed without losing all my saved data.. I had to buy another PS5 so me and the wife could play together from separate rooms, but when I turned zombies back on she can’t join the server and I’m fully encumbrance. Luckily I was able to shut them off and go back to normal but really wanna do a horde night at some point with zombies. Let me know if anyone figures out a solution 👍🏼

Has anybody figure out how to fix this problem or are they trying to fix it cuz I can't find anything on it it's not okay for a new game to come out like this at the 12 years still doesn't work smh 

Same problem here. Could not fix this at all.
I hope they can fix this without us losing our progress

Same problem here.

Started game with zombies ON for a few days, then turned them off for a few days, turned them off again, now turning them on again every inventory slot encumbered no matter what i do. Ps5

Same problem here on PS5. I started with zombies off and played for about 35 says, then when switching it to zombies on, I'm encumbered and can't do anything except walk. Zombies are spawning though. When I switch back to zombies off, it works fine again. The zombies that spawned previously will still be there.

Same issue as stated above.

 

Also noted that the game seems to be in a state of hyper speed with the audi and if you try using the chain saw while this glitch is happening it drains your fuel EXTRELEMY FAST.

 

Another thing to note is when you travel around the Map will not discover new area.

 

For me with zombies turned on no zombies spawn but when I turn zombies back off there are some random stragglers that will appear in the map but that's it.

 

Same issue here. I logged off to enable enemy spawn and invited a friend. Then, I noticed my inventory slots all showed encumbered. I couldn’t run or jump. After swinging a spear once, I can’t swing it again. Once I use an item, my character is perpetually busy and can’t use another one. The window on the upper right of the screen also fails to show what biome I’m in like it normally does. If I turn enemy spawn back off, everything works again, but once I turn it back on, the problem returns. I also noticed you can’t take damage or die as a consequence of the bug. I was able to breathe underwater indefinitely and eat glass with no effect. Turning enemy spawns back off allowed my character to die from these things, but turning enemy spawns back on made my character invulnerable again. My game  is around Day 25 with almost 60 hours played.

Same exact issue on Xbox. Please patch or let us know some sort of progress so we don’t move on to another game, again.

Does anyone know when this bug might be fixed??

This is still a problem, I’m on day 28 and would love to experience a blood moon at some point.. should be easy to review if following the same steps we all are taking to be in this position. 
 

Thanks,

This is pretty messed up. Waited 10 years paid another 50 for a game I already own due to some extension of the comoany failing then @%$#ing me over. Still the game has bugs that should have easily been caught by the developers. Like did nobody on the team even try to turn zombies off then on??? I want my $50 back for the new copy of the game I have obtained plus the old money I dumped into it 10 years ago. These problems should have been solved before release but once again fun pimps are just money grubbing fanatics releasing yet another broken version of the game.... sincerely a loyal fan, go @%$# yourself fun pimps.

Ps5 was toggling zombie spawn off to gear up and see the sites on the map but when turning zombie spawn back on for blood moon sever glitched no one can join sever can’t jump, die, use any weapon, run

all menu items work as far as craft skills ect.

i have tried to toggle load offline and back to muti also have changed settings while doing this nothing changes unless I just play with zombie spawns off

then it goes back to playing fine. Bummer to glitch severs so easy.

Xbox series x: same issue stated as above. Can only play if my zombies are turned off......I really don't wanna lose my world and have lost the will to play.