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Improvised Glass

by Orc · for Project Zomboid

You've survived the apocalypse. You've memorized the Wood Time TV Jingle. You've stolen countless cars, survived endless nights and you've scavenged your little heart out and yet, that elusive…

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About Improvised Glass

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You've survived the apocalypse. You've memorized the Wood Time TV Jingle. You've stolen countless cars, survived endless nights and you've scavenged your little heart out and yet, that elusive…

You've survived the apocalypse. You've memorized the Wood Time TV Jingle. You've stolen countless cars, survived endless nights and you've scavenged your little heart out and yet, that elusive windshield or home window eludes you. Not anymore! Introducing "Improvised Glass"

Utilizing over 20 new recipes and a few new times, you can now take those destroyed glass shards you've found in the world (or smash some yourself) and utilize nothing more than your oven and a baking tray to create new glass panes. Slather it up with some wood glue to repair existing windows, or frame it off a build a completely brand new window for your house. Got a scalpel on hand? Perfect, now lets cut that pane down to size and give ourselves a brand new windshield or side window.

Life is just a little bit better with Improvised Glass. It is not meant to be a replacement for scavenging but more of a supplement. Maybe you already found 5 windows but the 6th is just no where to be found. No problem, build one! Running out of decent windshields in your world? Why not just craft one and put an end to your headaches. Just find the magazines scattered throughout the world to learn all the recipes and specialties.

TL;DR:

Take broken glass shards, smelt them in an oven to get glass panes. Use glass panes to craft windows for your house and vehicles. Disassemble windows in a house for half the materials and in single-player you can even repair your home windows without replacing them. Glass objects can be smashed to produce glass shards or pick them up off the ground.

Magazine List

[table] [tr] [th]Magazine[/th] [th]Teaches[/th] [th]Requires[/th] [/tr] [tr] [td]Handyman Corner's Kitchen Kilns[/td] [td]Glass Smelting[/td] [td]-[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Woodtime: Topless in the Window[/td] [td]House Windows[/td] [td]Carpentry 2[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Precision vehicle windows and crafting[/td] [td]Vehicle Windows[/td] [td]Mechanics 2[/td] [/tr] [/table]

Recipe List

An entire directory of the available recipes is listed in the pinned discussions thread

Item IDs


ImprovisedGlass.GlassPane
ImprovisedGlass.PanWithGlassShards
ImprovisedGlass.PanWithGlassPane
ImprovisedGlass.IGMagazineGlass
ImprovisedGlass.IGMagazineWindow
ImprovisedGlass.IGMagazineCars

Profession Additions

  • Carpenters automatically know how to make all wooden house windows
  • Metalworkers automatically know how to make the metal house window
  • Mechanics automatically know how to make all car windows and windshields
  • Construction Workers automatically know how to smelt glass shards into panes
  • Engineers automatically know how to smelt glass shards into panes

Regarding Crafting Windows

It is strongly recommended that you craft then install 1 house window at a time. The game has an issue where when you craft more than you can carry it will automatically drop it on the ground. However, Windows don't have a floor icon or model because they were never intended to be crafted. If you craft more than you can carry you will end up with invisible windows on the ground doing nothing.

Tested and Released

  • Last tested in 41.73
  • Works in Single Player and Multiplayer*
  • Safe to add to existing worlds (May need to spawn the magazine)

*Ability to repair windows currently only works in Single player

Translations

Improvised Glass is currently supports Brazilian Portugese, Chinese, Spanish, French, Russian and Thai. Contribute additional translations here

Source Code

Improvised Glass is open-source and published on Github Repackage, redistribute, recode, whatever, I don't care, do as you please. Credit would be appreciated.

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Workshop ID: 2800412098 Mod ID: ImprovisedGlass

Highlights

From source data

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

Last update

Its author last shipped an update 3 yr ago.

Improvised Glass on Nxeon

From our catalogue
One-click install
Supported on Nxeon Project Zomboid servers. We download it from Steam Workshop, place it, and restart the server.
Server load
light
Smallest plan we suggest
Project Zomboid — 6 GB (6 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
Latest build
2023-05-07, released 2023-05-07

Game versions by loader

LoaderGame versionsNewest
Workshop

From 1 recorded build of Improvised Glass.

Run Improvised Glass on a Project Zomboid server

Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.

What kind of mod it is

From the catalog
Listed on Steam Workshop as “Building”

Building & decoration

Blocks, furniture, decorations and building tools.

Compatibility

Game
Project Zomboid

Verified at the source

  • ✓Steam WorkshopOfficial listing, checked 2026-11-01Open ↗
  • ✓AuthorOrc, as published on Steam Workshop
  • ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree

Improvised Glass, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Is it free?

Yes. Improvised Glass is free to download from Steam Workshop.

How do I add it to my Nxeon server?

Use “Add to a server” on this page, or open NxLabs from your dashboard. We install it, restart your server and switch it on.

NxLabs

Run Improvised Glass on a Project Zomboid server.

Deploy in about a minute from $9.00 a month, then add Improvised Glass in one click.