PC Alpha 19 Dev Diary

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FileMachete said:
Hey @faatal, curious if you can/care-to share any tidbits on zombie pathing changes?

Vertical Wedges, zombie force fields (arrow slit block pathing), that kind of thing?

Or even just an intimidating vague statement, to juice the gossip mill? "Bases in A19 will need to be substantially different..."

(sry if asked & answered already)
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The less you guys know the better. Pulling back the curtain and showing the tricks is forbidden! I enjoyed the @%$*#! out of A18's RWG because I didn't dissect it, I just played it. All the guys staring at map generation trying to see how it worked ruined the biome distribution. Just saying. Ignorance is bliss. As soon as you understand the code/mechanics it loses its flavor because you aren't imagining what horrors could possibly happen yet.

 
I suppose the food consumption will be fine for now until repair changes are in. I would like to see a sort of biofuel refinery that can take excess crops to make gas, and serve as an alternative to going to the desert for shale.

 
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Vintorez said:
I suppose the food consumption will be fine for now until repair changes are in. I would like to see a sort of biofuel refinery that can take excess crops to make gas, and serve as an alternative to going to the desert to for shale.
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Supercorn perhaps. It can make 3 glue now though.

 
Ranzera said:
I can sorta get behind this calorie burn thing, but I don't think you're implementing it very intelligently. First off, merely driving on a specific kind of road doesn't necessarily impact your burn rate. Secondly, stress doesn't burn calories. Your brain uses a mostly fixed amount of calories. Thirdly, aside from the bike no vehicle is going to consume calories faster by "sprinting."
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In a modern vehicle maybe.  We're post-apocalyptic here. There isn't any power steering. Brakes are going to be real work as well. This is something you cobbled together from spare parts. Go find an older car without disk brakes and power steering. Then drive it on regular roads.  Now go drive it on some rutty back country roads. I guarantee you will notice the difference, and you may also be sweating quite a bit when you're done.

 
madmole said:
All the guys staring at map generation trying to see how it worked ruined the biome distribution. Just saying. Ignorance is bliss. As soon as you understand the code/mechanics it loses its flavor because you aren't imagining what horrors could possibly happen yet.
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As soon as I understood the mechanics of erections, I started having MORE fun, not LESS -- just saying.

 
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MM
What environmental changes have you incorporated for A19?

A17 was microsplat precursor, texture2darray for blocks
a more reactive lighting. Was that the first linear test?
Image heightmap to create worlds. Quiet walking sleepers.
Biome reduction.

A18 was microsplat terrain full, texture2darray for blocks,
interior poi culling. Still tiptoe sleepers. Active music
system. Biome reduction.

A19? Just looking at the environmental evolution.

What is your personal environmental representation goal?
Examples: old,new,mixed POIs. Clean,ravaged,mixed landscape.
Realistic or surreal lightingscape.
4Sheetz

 
We haven't had a good gate like this in a long time. And (mostly) everyone was so well behaved it almost didn't feel like a gate, Now excuse me while I go run some errands around town. I don't have to leave quite yet but I want to eat a good meal before I do all that driving... ;)

 
9 minutes ago, The Gronk said:
Duct tape, for wrapping around ducts.  Duck tape would probably be animal cruelty  🙂



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i know it is called Duct tape but i say DUCK tape due to it being it old name.

Back in Nam, the USA Army called it Duck tape due to its green color and water proof capability's. when solders came home from war and the housing industry boomed it was called Duct tape due to it being used to reinforced/fix air ducts 

 
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Roland said:
We haven't had a good gate like this in a long time. And (mostly) everyone was so well behaved it almost didn't feel like a gate, Now excuse me while I go run some errands around town. I don't have to leave quite yet but I want to eat a good meal before I do all that driving... ;)
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Eat up my friend.. ever since I started working form home I only eat once a week.

 
madmole said:
Development just doesn't work like that
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Always great when you can tell someone doesn't work in an office / has never worked with code in their life. I like the joke about the first 80% of the work taking 80% of the allotted time, and the remaining 20% of work taking the other 80% . 

I don't know about game design, but when working with databases and tables, what should be a 20 minute fix can very easily end up being 4 hours of head tilting and frowning

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Adam the Waster said:
i know it is called Duct tape but i say DUCK tape due to it being it old name.

Back in Nam, the USA Army called it Duck tape due to its green color and water proof capability's. when solders came home from war and the housing industry boomed it was called Duct tape due to it being used to reinforced/fix air ducts 
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And after the world sees the final "7 Days to die", it will be called Duke tape.

 
meganoth said:
And after the world sees the final "7 Days to die", it will be called Duke tape.
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Nope it will be called never enough tape, as you can never have enough.....

4sheetzngeegles said:
MM
What environmental changes have you incorporated for A19?

A17 was microsplat precursor, texture2darray for blocks
a more reactive lighting. Was that the first linear test?
Image heightmap to create worlds. Quiet walking sleepers.
Biome reduction.

A18 was microsplat terrain full, texture2darray for blocks,
interior poi culling. Still tiptoe sleepers. Active music
system. Biome reduction.

A19? Just looking at the environmental evolution.

What is your personal environmental representation goal?
Examples: old,new,mixed POIs. Clean,ravaged,mixed landscape.
Realistic or surreal lightingscape.
4Sheetz
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So this is what is in A19 that I can find.

Linear Lighting

PBR textures
Horizon Tech
Fog Tech
Some New Textures
Updated Zombies
New Weapons
New POIs
Candy
Vastly Updated AI
Swimming Zombies
New Bookshelves
Redone Cement Mixer
New Zombies
New Winter Trees
New Creepy Mannequins 
New Couch
New Freezers
New Drones
New Driver
New Beds
New Stone Axe
New Backpack
New Trader Jen
Rebalanced Game leveling
Much slower progression of game
Possible forest start?
Reduced perk tree
Vomiting removed
Health + Stamina Bars
Changes to eating and drinking

Driving a vehicle consumes food

 
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