Project Zomboid IME Guard Mod | WASD survives CJK IMEs, auto IME for chat — Minidoracat IME Guard

An intro to Minidoracat IME Guard, a Project Zomboid (Build 42) mod for players who use Chinese, Japanese or Korean IMEs. With a CJK IME on, PZ loses WASD, Shift and Space to the IME. IME Guard keeps the game on an English keyboard and switches back to your IME only while you type. ▶ Steam Workshop (subscribe, and please give it a 👍 if you like it): https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3802890539 ▶ Companion tool (GitHub Releases): https://github.com/Minidoracat/MinidoracatIMEGuardFor42/releases/latest 📖 Full guide (how it works, lamp colors, FAQ, known limitations): https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3817844283 💬 Discord (update news & support): https://discord.gg/Gur2V67 ⏱️ Chapters 0:00 The IME eats WASD → turn on the guard and run 0:20 Typing a recipe search 0:34 Typing in multiplayer chat 0:47 Desktop IME restore, tray lamp & safety 1:03 Install: mod + companion tool ✨ Features ・English while you play: movement and action keys stop dying to the IME, and an accidental Alt+Shift gets switched right back ・Your IME when you type: chat, search and naming boxes bring back the last IME you used in PZ ・Chinese, Japanese, Korean: guards CJK IMEs and leaves plain keyboard layouts alone ・Restore on leave: your desktop IME comes back when you leave the game ・Tray lamp: a colored lamp shows the guard state at a glance ・Autostart and updates: optionally start with Windows, with automatic update checks ・Singleplayer and multiplayer; UI in 12 languages (繁體中文, 简体中文, English, 日本語, 한국어, Русский, Español, Português, Türkçe, Français, Polski, Deutsch) 🛡️ Server admins ・Client-side only: nothing runs on the server, and there are no sandbox options ・In multiplayer, still add the mod to the server's mod list (PZ only loads mods the server lists) ⚡ Performance ・The mod is pure Lua and only writes a "player is typing" flag file; it never switches anything inside the game ・The switching is done by the external tool, and only while PZ is the foreground window, so typing in other apps is never touched 🔒 Safety and open source ・Source code: https://github.com/Minidoracat/MinidoracatIMEGuardFor42 ・Every exe is built by GitHub Actions and automatically scanned on VirusTotal ・No injection into the game, no reading your keystrokes 🧩 Required: companion tool pz-ime-guard (Windows only) ・Subscribing to the mod alone does nothing; you must run the tool ・On first launch SmartScreen says "Windows protected your PC": click "More info → Run anyway" ・Build 42.20.4+; safe to add or remove mid-save 🔗 All Minidoracat mods: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3809297109 💬 Feedback: GitHub Issues https://github.com/Minidoracat/MinidoracatIMEGuardFor42/issues / Discord https://discord.gg/Gur2V67 #ProjectZomboid #PZMod #IME