PC Alpha 18 Dev Diary!!

Alpha 18 Dev Diary!!

  • A18 Stable is Out!

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I can say that C4 isn’t remotely stealthy.
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If C4 works like it does in the game that rhymes with BUST, then I will be happy. the sound the Boom the sticky factor, all nice stuff.

nothing like scaring the crap out of a new player with a C4 on the wall.

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Any chance we will get signs that allow us to paint/draw and or import our own art to them?

 
is there a chance of getting an answer to this do we have scrolling textures in game or can we get
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That's a cool suggestion, animated blocks similar to a gif image but on a block. I would like to take it further and ask if it be possible to be allowed to import pictures to apply to the blocks and maybe our own wall hanging paintings.

 
Roland, is it certain at this point there will be no A17.3? Would be nice to get confirmation once it's decided, so we can commit to a new world now
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You mean at all or this weekend? They are a few builds into 17.3 so there will definitely be a 17.3 but not this weekend as far as I know.

 
That's a cool suggestion, animated blocks similar to a gif image but on a block. I would like to take it further and ask if it be possible to be allowed to import pictures to apply to the blocks and maybe our own wall hanging paintings.
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I know you can bring in pictures I bring in my own flag with the fun with flags mod and unity

 
I know you can bring in pictures I bring in my own flag with the fun with flags mod and unity
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Personalisation in a game right down to the simplest of forms ie. naming objects, can ground a player to the gaming world through self creativity which in turn keeps the game playability high.

 
You mean at all or this weekend? They are a few builds into 17.3 so there will definitely be a 17.3 but not this weekend as far as I know.
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Are you able to reveal if any of the planned A18 features that we've been told about have made it into 17.3 too as of the current build?

 
MadMole,

we do not have access to every texture in the game for painting. maybe in 17.3, but in 17.2 there are fewer paintable textures than 16

 
You mean at all or this weekend? They are a few builds into 17.3 so there will definitely be a 17.3 but not this weekend as far as I know.
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I meant at all, because it seems the discussion moved entirely to this A18 thread. Thanks for the clarification!

 
I wish that the Deep Cuts perk had some sort of visual cue to indicate that the bleeding debuff has affected the zombie, unlike with Heavy Metl perk I can obvious see the zombie going down. The only way I know that the Deep Cuts perk had any affect is via audio cues of the zombie sounding hurt.

Also, does the Deep Cuts perk affect machetes too as it is a bladed weapon as well.

 
I wish that the Deep Cuts perk had some sort of visual cue to indicate that the bleeding debuff has affected the zombie, unlike with Heavy Metl perk I can obvious see the zombie going down. The only way I know that the Deep Cuts perk had any affect is via audio cues of the zombie sounding hurt.
Also, does the Deep Cuts perk affect machetes too as it is a bladed weapon as well.
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Would be hilarious to see some Kill Bill like gore scenes...

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I play single player and co-op with my brother and mom on her private server. I have tried making videos but try as I might I can't talk and play at the same time. I always sink into a silent zone of concentration and if I try to talk while playing I become stupid. So I have done some videos where I play and then go back and watch and make comments after the fact but that takes a long time. Playing for an audience is not really my calling...
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clearly you truly want to admit you cant walk and chew gun here. multi-tasking at its finest.

 
I have looked at the prefabs, and saw a lot of them use only a single block-level of underground.

That often leads to the building collapsing in a random gen world when they are not excactly placed on leveled terrain.

It should be a very quick fix for the prefab designer (or a friendly programmer writing an automatic function) to add 2 more layers of ground (dirt, asphalt) below the prefabs to reduce the likelyhood of this occurring, and making the job for the developer of the world-generator easier.

The assignment should go preferably to the youngest member of the level-design team as a punishment.

 
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I'd land that ball firmly in the world designers court. The world generation should be able to handle a simple hut without having extra layers of dirt below it to make up for a bad placement algorithm.

Cure the disease, not the symptom.

 
I have looked at the prefabs, and saw a lot of them use only a single block-level of underground.
That often leads to the building collapsing in a random gen world when they are not excactly placed on leveled terrain.

It should be a very quick fix for the prefab designer (or a friendly programmer writing an automatic function) to add 2 more layers of ground (dirt, asphalt) below the prefabs to reduce the likelyhood of this occurring, and making the job for the developer of the world-generator easier.

The assignment should go preferably to the youngest member of the level-design team as a punishment.
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But not until they fix the roads! clearly my Zombie Taxes are not going to road maintenance and repair.

 
I'd land that ball firmly in the world designers court. The world generation should be able to handle a simple hut without having extra layers of dirt below it to make up for a bad placement algorithm.
Cure the disease, not the symptom.
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Making an algorithm fill any gaps will reduce the flexibility of the designers then. It will not a allow custom "bottom" parts of a level that might be needed for certain vertical structures and caves etc.

Adding two more layers of dirt below the POI is a work of a few seconds (if the editing tools are well designed).

 
Making an algorithm fill any gaps will reduce the flexibility of the designers then. It will not a allow custom "bottom" parts of a level that might be needed for certain vertical structures and caves etc.
Adding two more layers of dirt below the POI is a work of a few seconds (if the editing tools are well designed).
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You know the A16 terrain engine did this already by raising the level of the surrounding land to the ground level of the POI before placing it?

 
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