I'm not certain I'll agree with that. Yes they provide an easy way down, but it's specifically been stated that the like the 'multiple ways through' and I feel like a bunch of these were put in place for people to notice and be able to shortcut the POIs when they know them. Break a few things, place down 2-3 blocks sometimes (or none with a bit of agility) and you can easily bypass 80% of both shamway and shotgun messiah. It takes a little bit more breaking, but the pathway going up the apartment still is pretty short if you're not worried about a clear.The shortcuts are there for exiting after you have arrived at the end of a dungeon, not for going up. Not sure if you are ironic here or need a hard hit with the clue bat
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Sam_Neill
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@Blake_
I noticed the error messages like this one...
Did you do a testing with a new map running visitmap command before and making a comparison ? I guess it will not help for all performance problems, but maybe it helps a bit
If you have an 8k map you would type in "visitmap -4096 -4096 4096 4096" and then wait until finished and would then start the map.
I noticed the error messages like this one...
... do happen if you run the command visitmap (to load all chunks of the map) too, even the player is not really there, maybe this information can help @faatal too?
Did you do a testing with a new map running visitmap command before and making a comparison ? I guess it will not help for all performance problems, but maybe it helps a bit
If you have an 8k map you would type in "visitmap -4096 -4096 4096 4096" and then wait until finished and would then start the map.
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hiemfire
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I know of a statement they want multiple ways to solve problems and I know the new malls were designed to be more open without the one true path because of feedback. But I don't think they like very much that the dungeons can be trivially avoided.
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Blake_
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I reinstall full appdata wipe every single build. There's always shamway up the road with these builds. I cannot use visitmap and expect my computer not to go boom, so all I do is make a thorough walkthrough of 5-10 hours walking through every biome for a while and visiting every city, mostly without god mode. I use god mode to quicky detect performance issues when I am not sure in normal mode.
Visitmap is awesome for a full log. It shows every single problem but only LOADING related. Not much else. I'm currently testing loading and unloading, and sleepers, and some falling off the world stuff and some Zd cannot walk on top of X stuff that doesn't appear using Visitmap command. They all seem to cause fps bumbs to some degree and in certain cases, usually combined.
Performance issues are very tricky in this stage of development, any little thing that we can find we should report. I'm sure that with enough feedback , @faatal can even fix humanity before morning coffee.
pregnable
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Hmmm, still not sure how I feel about having to find some of the schematics.
I am on like day 30 and around level 51, but I still can not make a robotic turret. I have two tier 1 turrets, and I could have bought a tier 4 once.
I was hoping to be able to craft a tier 5 and test it out. I have even been investing in barter and going back and forth to my traders seeing if they will sell the recipe.
Still using my tier 5 stone axe... for some reason I can not find a 6, heh. I also can not make steel tools yet, even though my horde base is mostly steel. Granted, I only want a steel tool as a melee weapon.
Game is really fun, and maybe the progression is right, I dont know. Just feels like a long wait to craft a turret after I maxed the skill out ages ago, heh.
I am on like day 30 and around level 51, but I still can not make a robotic turret. I have two tier 1 turrets, and I could have bought a tier 4 once.
I was hoping to be able to craft a tier 5 and test it out. I have even been investing in barter and going back and forth to my traders seeing if they will sell the recipe.
Still using my tier 5 stone axe... for some reason I can not find a 6, heh. I also can not make steel tools yet, even though my horde base is mostly steel. Granted, I only want a steel tool as a melee weapon.
Game is really fun, and maybe the progression is right, I dont know. Just feels like a long wait to craft a turret after I maxed the skill out ages ago, heh.
madmole
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Yeah 32 alive was affecting my ability to play on ultra so I settle for 24. I can see with those settings and very late GS a fort taking a pounding. But I kind of feel like you put that on yourself and that all that time repairing is on you because of your extreme differences from default.
This is exactly me. I do base repair/maintenance and if there’s one block or one iron bar with a point damage, I go crazy. My teammates are wanting me to go questing after horde night and I’m like....nope, these 20 reinforced concrete blocks have 5 points of damage each and I have to fix them right now! Ocd at its best.Laz Man said:I think one of the problems are some players are OCD and every single block must be repaired to mint condition in order for them to be satisfied. If they can't reach a block because it took damage through another block, they can't sleep at night until they burrow through and repair it...
My brother's friend upgraded one of his base blocks to steel by accident and he literally could not rest until he upgraded everything else around it to match......
Callum123456789
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i crank mine down to high and set it to 64 zombies that's the good stuff i like how they come in overwhelming amounts i'm glad you guys made the ability to set em to that thanks pimps!!
STyK_
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This is definitely a recipe for fun most people don't get. More would even be better as the game goes on but the game has limits. Even if it had 'sleeper zeds' designed just to throw themselves at your defenses and die instantly to make you feel overwhelmed. I'd turn up horde night frequency before I'd go to 1 hour days. I also don't see how you could do 25% loot on anything less then 2hr days, you'd have to be MM lucky.
I leave it on ultra, 1080ti 8gb can handle it and I'm recording.
AtomicUs5000
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I do 64 zombies on ultra as well without a problem.
Maybe resolution is the real FPS killer in this case.
Maybe resolution is the real FPS killer in this case.
STyK_
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I would like another 16gb of ram on top of what I have but thats really streaming specs, not really needed. Yeah I just play on 1920x1080.
AtomicUs5000
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Same here. I wonder if MMs res is higher to where he feels he needs to drop it to 24 for smooth play.
Callum123456789
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must have a pretty good pc then mines pretty high end costed like £550 which is like $770 i think? don't know my exact conversion rates
STyK_
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i7-8700 3.70ghz
There are still lag spikes but I believe that has to do with optimization cause everyone is getting them, that happens even not on horde night, just exploring and loading new chunks.
My whole package was like $3400 for the tower, that was a few years ago now its likely alot cheaper.
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PoloPoPo
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Is there a particular reason for solar cells being one of the most expensive items the trader has to offer? About 40k Dukes with 25 % discount included already for a quality 6 solar cell seems pretty much to me. Especially as they only deliver energy during daytime and therefore are useless for a lot of purposes.
Or are there some things solar cells are specially useful for?
Or are there some things solar cells are specially useful for?
STyK_
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I used them for internal security on my pvp base solar bank hooked up to a battery bank(i Think) just running 2-3 shotgun turrets continuously. They actually don't generate that much wattz. They generate lag on servers though, not sure if Lathan fixed that yet.
If it wasn't hooked up to a battery bank then it was just chained to each turret. it was a while ago.
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