PC Alpha 18 Dev Diary!!

Alpha 18 Dev Diary!!

  • A18 Stable is Out!

    Votes: 2 66.7%

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It's not a *diss* just constructive criticism. And yes this is why I get in trouble.

I just want it to be the best they can do. It's years between posts, in hopes of getting in less trouble hehe. YEARS btw..... oh snap... yeah, it's been that long. Spare me the rhetoric, they do a fantastic job. I just feel like they lose their direction a little and placate things that will get scrapped later. Aand round and round we go.

 
Also artists and animators (who probably have to do most of the work for the lions and coyotes) can't do the job of other specialists like the programmers. So if there are no lions to do they would just sit around and drink coffee.
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You're absolutely right. This is the problem when a company gets larger. However, they could be working on textures instead of new projects, improving 2D stuff that looks silly for this potential AAA game.

No excuses, this is a serious business at this point and has been for a while.

In a way, it's treated as a hobby. That's not meant to offend, it's just the truth.

Aand now I get slapped. *sigh*

 
Wires serve zero gameplay purpose (you don't cut wires to disable someone's power, you interface with the powered object) so why make it confusing and have it behind a perk? I'd either leave it alone or change it so they only show when you have a wire tool out, leaning on "leave it alone" tbh.
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Hidding them is a thank god from us . It's not even a "it doesn't change gameplay" Because you will also be fixing the annoying visual bug when you do everything in your hand to hide them and they get weirdly displaced on relog/chunk reload/whatever is happening there leaving them in the middle of the air connected to nothing.

So +1 from me. And a like. And a subscribe.

 
You don't even want to know, was close to 90 this morning. I killed 9 out of 10 today, well passed a couple to other people because I couldn't figure them out, but I kicked some butt. Just made a fresh steaming cup of coffee and fresh cup of A18b91 to sink my teeth into. Logged into a nicely lit base instead of a rage quitting ♥♥♥♥ show.
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uff! Back up to 90? After they were down to ~55? That is sad to hear. But you can do it! I believe in you!

(see how unsettling it is if I write stuff overly positive? :D But seriously, continue kicking those mf's butts!)

 
is there any hope to be able to actually can our own food in the campfire in jars? This change is kinda ridiculous and insulting to farmers lol
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Canning rotten food isn't going to make the food better. The radiation has taken its toll on the ground and sky.

 
You don't even want to know, was close to 90 this morning. I killed 9 out of 10 today, well passed a couple to other people because I couldn't figure them out, but I kicked some butt. Just made a fresh steaming cup of coffee and fresh cup of A18b91 to sink my teeth into. Logged into a nicely lit base instead of a rage quitting ♥♥♥♥ show.
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90!?!?! omg, that's where it was like 2 weeks ago if memory serves me correctly. welp here's to A18 getting released in early September.

 
I also would have to chime in and say leave the wires as they are...it fits the theme and primitive post apocalyptic vibe and if you want them hidden...just takes a little extra planning and building , not difficult .
Also Madmole are there any book sets that are in , or are planned to further augment Unarmed and punching things to death? Either way , definitely looking forward to using an Unarmed build in A18!
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A19 we will evaluate what further books might be needed. I had written most the books then we decided true specialization needed a melee and ranged weapon under each attribute so brawling was added, and we had a ton of books to do as it was, so maybe A19 we'll get some mma books.

 
Will there be a barf animation?
Coughs * Barf * Coughs
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Why, you can't see yourself in third person. Do you want to watch other players barf? What is wrong with you? LOL. We're going to feel out the feature before adding animations.

 
I always lower my xp to 25% anyway so its good to hear the base game xp is getting lowered.

I totally agree, it is a race to boredom.

It just struck me that I've been playing 7DTD for almost 6 years and I still totally love it.

 
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I think madmole wasn't really serious about that. It wouldn't make sense to have to learn how to cook to produce food with worse properties than the food you find.
It would make sense if food spoilage were implemented into the game and the stored food would get worse over time but as far as I know this is not planned.
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I personally think it would make for an interesting addition. (Almost universal food poisoning.)

 
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If most food in (A18?) will give you food poisoning, shouldn't hobo stew logically give you the largest change of food poisoning of all? After all, its main ingredient is literal rotten flesh. Just a thought. ;)

 
Could this be tied to the cooking skill where each rank reduces risk of food poisoning at least?
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I second that!

EDIT: on second thought this would be nearly impossible, for then you wouldn't be able to stack meals cooked by different persons with different ranks. This would only work in SP.

Even then you may have cooked some meals before learning the next rank.

EDIT2: Just saw MM answered this already....

 
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On the food issue, the change is how food really works. Canned food is sterilized before sealing the can so the only way for bacteria to get in(bacteria are the cause of food poisoning) is for a hole or some other physical damage to the can. Cooked food is the number one cause of food poisoning.

Not cooking to the proper temperature or not storing at the proper temperature allows bacterial growth. Radiation, in fact, is a currently used technique for some food sterilization though probably not the same radiation in the game. This is from a former job I held as health inspector which, by the way, made me wonder why more people don’t get food poisoning due the conditions I saw in a lot of restaurant kitchens.

 
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