PC Alpha 19 Dev Diary

[madmole]

Sadly I still think the crits don't happen nearly often enough. Granted, I don't get hit that often, but my friends do and we have yet to face anything else than one single concussion, in about 35 hours of playtime. It's almost a non-feature for us.

Multi player, yes?

several times, I have gotten hit by a single zombie. usually the vulture, and ended up with all from 2 hits mind you

a broken arm

bleeding

infection

concussion.

and yes, all from the same damn bird inside of 4 seconds. this has happened multiple times. so, RNGesus bends me over, but he seems to be your friend.

Snowdog, no getting excited out of you

Single player or Multi player?

 

[wolfbain5]

Multi player, yes?

Single player or Multi player?

mainly in mp, the other 2 players barely get any conditions, but I as coop server, get them almost every fight

 

[Jay_ombie]

7 hours ago, wolfbain5 said:
several times, I have gotten hit by a single zombie. usually the vulture, and ended up with all from 2 hits mind you

a broken arm

bleeding

infection

concussion.

and yes, all from the same damn bird inside of 4 seconds. this has happened multiple times. so, RNGesus bends me over, but he seems to be your friend.

Snowdog, no getting excited out of you


I get this from a Single player game, Vultures are nasty @%$*#!s (but ups the anti and risk I think)

 

[MechanicalLens]

I haven't started a new RNG world (my current world was made back in b177 I believe), but has the issue been fixed with snow trees spawning in the desert and regular pine trees spawning in the snow biome? 

 

[madmole]

I think it could add a lot to the game later (not so much now). Things like that could be extended to the zombies and bandits too. Sneak up to a bandit who is sitting in a chair, lying in bed, busy at a workbench. NPCs strapped to trees, used as bait for zombie traps. Zombies strapped to beds and chairs by family who just couldn't let go, but their rage and hunger when they see you allows them to bust free.

Yeah there is no issue at all using the tech on zombies and bandits, it is just players.

 

[beHypE]

Yes madmole, MP on a dedi. 

 

[Blake_]

Guys, I must say, I kinda love the way the deers and does look at you when they die. With a blaming hollow gaze. That and the crying rabbits . Oh, the little things.

 

[Adam the Waster]

one thing i want to say is that i love the level of detail that TFP put in icons and props!

take this for example 

there is so much detail in this bottle like little text thats its great!

others things like the books and meds in stores! even trash on the ground looks great!

Spoiler

BTW this is my favorite Hand sanitizer

 

 

[Phoenixshade35]

When i get some of the crits done to me, it usually takes several zombies gang beating me just to cause an issue, when wearing full armor i don't suffer as much

 

[Tmodloader]

Sadly I still think the crits don't happen nearly often enough. Granted, I don't get hit that often, but my friends do and we have yet to face anything else than one single concussion, in about 35 hours of playtime. It's almost a non-feature for us.

Sounds like your zombies are way too slow, in only 10 hours of playtime I've experienced a large amount of crits. It tends to only happen if you get hit 2 or more times in a row, I could imagine you could avoid getting hit more than once in a row on slower speeds.

 

[pregnable]

Sounds like your zombies are way too slow, in only 10 hours of playtime I've experienced a large amount of crits. It tends to only happen if you get hit 2 or more times in a row, I could imagine you could avoid getting hit more than once in a row on slower speeds.

Yeah, I think you do not get crits on the first hit if you are at 100% health, or something like that.  After that you start to get them dumped on you. 

So if you are not seeing them you are probably not getting hit, or maybe there is a multiplayer bug, where the host gets all the crits lel. 

 

[Trekkan]

Multi player, yes?

Single player or Multi player?

Can confirm this as well, on Multi Player.

 

[madmole]

Yes madmole, MP on a dedi. 

Now the question is, are you getting hit more than once in a short time frame?

 

[Star69]

I’ve experienced more crits in b180 on a dedi than before which is good but I don’t know if I’m seeing it often enough or not but it is improved.Another thing I’ve noticed in mp on a dedi is that I get hit in melee without a corresponding zombie swing animation much more often than in previous alphas. 

 

[Azaron]

I've been pushing for some of this kind of stuff for years. We want to make it so that NPCs can sandbox around and use various work stations at their base so trader Bob is pounding on a work bench or something, once that tech is written we can possibly extend it to players, or at least modders can do it. The problem is all the weird use cases I suppose like if a user puts the side of the chair against a wall or another block then getting into that seat might clip geometry and push the player into the void. We would have to make chairs "multi blocks" to avoid that, then you can't use them as intended and put a row of bar stools against a bar, etc.

That would be awesome and add a lot of immersion to the game, yes!

 

[Phoenixshade35]

Something I would enjoy for base defence, a rifle turret, or more accurately a sniper turret, it has a mounted hunting rifle on it, does high single shot damage with low fire rate, it would be perfect for base defence but not horde defence

 

[Laz Man]

Regarding criticals...

I was playtesting the Red Mesa POI recently as I wanted to see what it was like after its recent update and to also learn more about level design...

...while climbing a ladder I tried to jump off onto a platform but ended up letting go and falling 2+stories and was greeted with a broken leg critical.....

...oh man that critical changed things 100% and made clearing the POI intense.  I thankfully was able to make a splint but had 40 minutes of debuff to slog through.  Because running and jumping would prolong the injury and/or damage my HP, I had to take things slower and be more methodical when clearing rooms.  It was actually a ton of fun for me.  I used a Tier 4 equipment loadout and was level 1 so it was a fun challenge.

For those looking for a fun challenge.  Try loading up any T4 or T5 POI in the prefab editor and then play test it using only a T4/T5 equipment loadout and whatever you find in the POI.  Really exciting, especially given you start at level 1 and no perks. 

Edit: I am happy to report I cleared the entire POI without dying. 

 

[Jay_ombie]

Can I ask you guys, is your Chainsaw working on tree's ?

 

[Phoenixshade35]

Can I ask you guys, is your Chainsaw working on tree's ?

mine was working fine in my world that was experimental and carried over, what is yours doing, just not working?

 

[Jay_ombie]

mine was working fine in my world that was experimental and carried over, what is yours doing, just not working?

I kept same map from B173 I think for a change as there was minimum changes in after builds (and I wasn't reporting any bugs at the time). But in current game now official b180 the Chainsaw doesn't do a thing with the tree I am attempting to cut down. Chippings appear but nothing else happens. Will try other tree's and continue to test.