PC Alpha 21 Dev Diary

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Gamida said:
I am secretly hoping they were holding back on purpose and will soon shout "Surprise! Here is Alphas 22, 23 and 24."
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Again, wishful thinking. They're people with lives like us. They've been through the holidays, met with their families and friends.

They'll keep working for months and slowly progress toward the current goal.

No surprises. Just good, maybe a bit laid-back, but still good, steady work.

It'll take time.

 
Hello All,

Last week, I finished the 4 unit apartment building I mentioned in my last post.  It will be a T2 questable POI in the country residential district.

I have started work on a new cave POI but still in the early planning phase.  I am hoping to come up with a t3 or higher design.  Will see where things end up.

 
Laz Man said:
Hello All,

Last week, I finished the 4 unit apartment building I mentioned in my last post.  It will be a T2 questable POI in the country residential district.

I have started work on a new cave POI but still in the early planning phase.  I am hoping to come up with a t3 or higher design.  Will see where things end up.
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While you're here, any news able to be given on the.. second(?) pass of previous POIs that haven't yet been updated to a21/a22 standards? I've been getting into 7 Days again after a huge break and I've been focusing on going through more 'new'/'updated' POIs and I gotta say the attention to detail in a lot of them is incredible. I recently did the L-shaped shopping center with apartments above it (I can't remember the name to save my life), and the sheer detail in each store absolutely blew my mind. You guys are doing genuinely great work with making the new/updated POIs feel genuinely lived in and cluttered despite the current restrictions of only being able to place one decoration per 1x1m block!

and speaking of, if there r any other devs who are allowed to talk or even if you yourself know, how is it going with block model changes/updates, new blocks, new deco etc? Anything cool you can talk about that we can look forward to seeing that we haven't before?

 
vergilsparda said:
I gotta say the attention to detail in a lot of them is incredible. I recently did the L-shaped shopping center with apartments above it (I can't remember the name to save my life), and the sheer detail in each store absolutely blew my mind. You guys are doing genuinely great work with making the new/updated POIs feel genuinely lived in and cluttered despite the current restrictions of only being able to place one decoration per 1x1m block!
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I agree! I have loved the new look and feel of the updated POIs.  There is one in particular you find in the forest that's a very small "you pull it from a pickup" kind of travel trailer? that's "crashed" and on its side and it was really surprising how much there was to it on the inside.

Anyway: Great job POI makers! Thanks!

 
doughphunghus said:
I agree! I have loved the new look and feel of the updated POIs.  There is one in particular you find in the forest that's a very small "you pull it from a pickup" kind of travel trailer? that's "crashed" and on its side and it was really surprising how much there was to it on the inside.

Anyway: Great job POI makers! Thanks!
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Thanks!  We added some wilderness POIs last alpha with no gravel paths to them to give players some things to find on their own.

There should be a few more of them in A22 as well.

 
vergilsparda said:
While you're here, any news able to be given on the.. second(?) pass of previous POIs that haven't yet been updated to a21/a22 standards?
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Hoping so hard for 1-3 new fonts for the big block letters and a wide POI update which applies them. Shouldn't be TOO hard or take too long to do.

With the huge improvements to everything else, seeing the exact same signage on literally every building is easily the most visibly outdated aspect of POIs now.

 
Laz Man said:
Hello All,

Last week, I finished the 4 unit apartment building I mentioned in my last post.  It will be a T2 questable POI in the country residential district.

I have started work on a new cave POI but still in the early planning phase.  I am hoping to come up with a t3 or higher design.  Will see where things end up.
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mining cave system, or animal den cave system with bears and wolves or mountain lions and perhaps a few pit traps with spikes that are covered and fall into?

or perhaps an abandoned resource mine that go converted into a survivalists bunker before the bombs dropped. brought his family in and still got infected?

 
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A cave system with bio lab in the end, for experimenting with animals to find a cure that went wrong. Not much place to escape. Bears, mountain lions, wolfs, Grace, few feral chickens and rabbits. T4. 

 
bdubyah said:
Have there been many new deco assets added in A22? I know that was a big thing for A21 so not sure if there was much left that was needed. Mainly asking because with all the new blocks and new shapes it doesn't leave us modders much room in the custom block department. So the more added is less room we have. Unless, you know...TFP wants to up the limit...
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I second this question and suggestion.  More custom blocks is better.

 
wolfbain5 said:
mining cave system, or animal den cave system with bears and wolves or mountain lions and perhaps a few pit traps with spikes that are covered and fall into?

or perhaps an abandoned resource mine that go converted into a survivalists bunker before the bombs dropped. brought his family in and still got infected?
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The nazezgane mine would be cool or more places like lug and dump (miss that name) 

bdubyah said:
Have there been many new deco assets added in A22? I know that was a big thing for A21 so not sure if there was much left that was needed. Mainly asking because with all the new blocks and new shapes it doesn't leave us modders much room in the custom block department. So the more added is less room we have. Unless, you know...TFP wants to up the limit...
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I just want even more craftable decor, like the corrugated metal and wooden gates/walls etc

 
Laz Man said:
Hello All,

Last week, I finished the 4 unit apartment building I mentioned in my last post.  It will be a T2 questable POI in the country residential district.

I have started work on a new cave POI but still in the early planning phase.  I am hoping to come up with a t3 or higher design.  Will see where things end up.
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Hi Laz Man!

Is it too late to call the Football Stadium just the Stadium, meaning a venue where there could also be concerts, etc.

Since there is no football players or cheerleaders zombies anymore in the game, it makes little sense for it to be a football stadium.

Anything here makes any sense? (I'm very tired)

 
Space4Ace said:
Hi Laz Man!

Is it too late to call the Football Stadium just the Stadium, meaning a venue where there could also be concerts, etc.

Since there is no football players or cheerleaders zombies anymore in the game, it makes little sense for it to be a football stadium.

Anything here makes any sense? (I'm very tired)
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I mean it kinda does. Not many people would be dressed as a football player or a cheerleader (unless it's also the club) 

If a outbreak happened right now and I raided my football stadium. I wouldn't really see many football players unless people wear it as armor

 
Arez said:
Can't wait!

Have there been any plans for adding more easter egg POIs like the Fates Motel?
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There were a few hidden easter eggs in A21.  Perhaps a few more in 22.

Space4Ace said:
Hi Laz Man!

Is it too late to call the Football Stadium just the Stadium, meaning a venue where there could also be concerts, etc.

Since there is no football players or cheerleaders zombies anymore in the game, it makes little sense for it to be a football stadium.

Anything here makes any sense? (I'm very tired)
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It actually was transformed into a smaller athletic complex. 😎

 
vergilsparda said:
While you're here, any news able to be given on the.. second(?) pass of previous POIs that haven't yet been updated to a21/a22 standards? I've been getting into 7 Days again after a huge break and I've been focusing on going through more 'new'/'updated' POIs and I gotta say the attention to detail in a lot of them is incredible. I recently did the L-shaped shopping center with apartments above it (I can't remember the name to save my life), and the sheer detail in each store absolutely blew my mind. You guys are doing genuinely great work with making the new/updated POIs feel genuinely lived in and cluttered despite the current restrictions of only being able to place one decoration per 1x1m block!

and speaking of, if there r any other devs who are allowed to talk or even if you yourself know, how is it going with block model changes/updates, new blocks, new deco etc? Anything cool you can talk about that we can look forward to seeing that we haven't before?
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I've for long time wanted to also thank POI-creators for their awesome work! There should be an option - like if you are on debug mode - to see who has made the POI. There are so many clever things you have done only with shapes. And the player is so many times rewarded for being "clever", for paying attention.

Is there need for more POI-creators? I would really like to contribute. I also have some simple ideas which would enhance replayability and exploring the POIs (and the world). Some of would be really easy to implement also.

Screenshots from 2 POIs which I made to last alpha:

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This was originally alpha 19.

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BR Jaska

 
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FramFramson said:
Hoping so hard for 1-3 new fonts for the big block letters and a wide POI update which applies them. Shouldn't be TOO hard or take too long to do.

With the huge improvements to everything else, seeing the exact same signage on literally every building is easily the most visibly outdated aspect of POIs now.
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Also agree. If we had lowercase letters, and ?maybe a cursive? Set of letters (as cursive runs together) it would liven things up a bit. i wish you could make a sign with text on it and it could be saved in a poi with the text on it.

 
Hope everyone had a great Holiday & a safe New Year's!

Does anyone have any experience with those mini Bee Link gaming PC's? 

Been seeing quite a few video reviews about them on YouTube. They look quite powerful based on the specs of some of the models. 

Seems like they should be able to play 7 Days on at least high settings, possibly higher? 

Can't wait to jump back in with A22 when it arrives. Gotta admit the thing I'm looking forward to the most is the clothing/hair color variations for the Z's!

 
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