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    PC Alpha 18 Dev Diary!!

    You are comparing apples with oranges. Books are not food, and there is no reason for them to despawn. Judging by the rarity of bookstores, books, and the amount of the new books you are adding, it is unlikely that everyone would have all books in a couple of days. Also books are not the only...
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    PC Alpha 18 Dev Diary!!

    Hey Madmole, with all these amazing book series coming up, what is the reason for making books disappear after you read them? If you could keep books after reading them you could share them with your friends, and if they read them sell the books to a trader, or build a fancy library in your...
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    PC Alpha 18 Dev Diary!!

    Back in the day when A17 was in development I remember a screenshot being posted about the shape selection feature. The idea was that instead of having to craft blocks in a desired shape, all blocks would be crafted as cubes and just upon placing the block you would get a menu to select any...
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    PC Developer Discussions: Alpha 17

    It's a question of proper and smart implementation, i.e. when and how to update static models, what efficient data structures to use, or how to render models dynamically without storing any static models etc. Not necessarily. The dynamic model is needed only when actually seen by someone, so...
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    PC Developer Discussions: Alpha 17

    Personally I hope the current static distant POI system is just the first alpha implementation of a properly implemented system at some later point in time. Currently when you destroy buildings (even small ones) you still see them from far away, and it looks pretty ridiculous when you then get...
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    PC Developer Discussions: Alpha 17

    What happened to paintable guns/weapons? Are those still part of A17?
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