PC Alpha 21 Dev Diary
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Aldranon
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Yeah, A20 is a very good game. Once a Workshop is made available on Steam, 7D2D will explode in users as many users will only load Mods from steam.
However, the new concept of A21 is well liked by Joel and he is the Fun Pimp I listen to when Fun is the issue.
So A21 is different but more fun (I'm positive). What's not to like?
Riamus
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Ok, so this will be my first experimental for the game. I want to keep A20 running while also running experimental so my current games can still be played. I know there has been mention of just copying the game directory to another location before doing the experimental install. Can someone clarify what specifically I need to do to avoid problems? I'm assuming I'd also need to change the save folder / user data folder location? I appreciate it.
stallionsden
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Riamus
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Laz Man
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BigB0iiiJ0nes
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Will the blood splatter mechanics be applied to normal melee damage and shooting as well? If not will the blood spilling mechanics from vehicles fully come over to normal combat? Also could it be modded for normal hits right now or is it hard coded into the game?
stallionsden
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No they all go in the one folder and when you start a game the ones your game is set to will be green and the ones for a21 will be red .
Tho you will jabe to have 2 Mods and 2 LocalPrefabs
Usually with 1 having a - a21 or - a20 pending which build you be in
So for example you in a20 your a20xOds folder and LocakPrefabs folder should be
LocaLprefabs
Mods
Your a21 Mods and LocalPrefabs should he
LocalPrefabs - A21
Mods - A21
And vice versa if you are in a21
Riamus
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Just finished reading through the change log. Looks great! I noticed lockpicking is the default for locked items. I'm assuming that means I can just click E on it and it will attempt to pick the lock rather than having to hold E and select it. That makes lockpicking so much better. That could be my favorite change in A21. Ok, maybe not but it's definitely near the top. 
SMiThaYe
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Happy to read through the patch notes and see that in future, they're adding in a backup save system. No more lost saves but hoping it comes sooner rather than later:
To facilitate a future backup feature that is active during writing, which should assist with power loss during writes resulting in corrupted data, the trade off being additional writes to disk and higher memory usage. Persisting to disk will happen some time after closing the stream.
To facilitate a future backup feature that is active during writing, which should assist with power loss during writes resulting in corrupted data, the trade off being additional writes to disk and higher memory usage. Persisting to disk will happen some time after closing the stream.
Old Crow
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Riamus
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Give it time. I think a lot of people are trying to load it right now. It took a few minutes to load for me.
Old Crow
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faatal
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I've thought about it, but don't know when or if it will be added. It is triggered in AI and vehicle code.
BigB0iiiJ0nes
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It'd be great if it could be implemented. Blood spilling mechanics add so much feedback to combat. You guys already have a decent dismemberment system and have a blood system working for the vehicles it'd be kind of pointless not to officially port it over to the combat as a whole. If performance is a concern maybe have it be a toggle in the graphics settings. I really hope to see this. Anyways with it being triggered with AI and vehicle will mods be able to accomplish this? I haven't delved too deep into modding this game yet just wondering if it's possible.
Jost Amman
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Riamus
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Thanks. I think I'll still use a custom User Data Folder and Save Games folder location for each. I don't want to rename folders when I want to play different versions as that's cumbersome and I'd rather not have to keep track of which worlds are from which version of the game or have any risk of trying to load the wrong save. Easier to just have my User Data folder and Saves folder for A20 set to a different location than for A21. I already use a custom config file, so as long as I can get it to use the right config file for each version, it'll work well. I currently have the config file set up in Steam's properties for the game. I'm assuming I can set it up from the shortcut instead so that I can have different config files for each. I'll have to test that to find out. Or maybe since the config file is in the folder of the game, just having it point to it in Steam's properties will still work and it'll be looking in the folder of whichever version I load. We'll see. I'm sure there's a way to do that and once set up, it won't require any effort to keep things separate... just load the shortcut for the version I want to play and everything is kept nicely separate without any manual effort after getting it set up.
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