PC Alpha 18 Dev Diary!!
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Demonoid74
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Pffft , Madmole just went outside his house and took a picture...that is not from the game at all! 
DUST2DEATH
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Still 1K or did you go to 2K?
Guenni
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@madmole and "The Fun Pimps"
Hello, I am Guenni from Germany and have been reading here for some time. It's time for my first post (please excuse my English):
First of all I would like to thank you for this great game, there is no other survival game in my collection that has even approximately 1500 hours of playing time as 7DTD has. And after about 500 hours in A.17 I see 7DTD on the right track, at least for me.
I think it's right and important that as a developer you don't lose sight of your goal of what the game should look like in the end, even if this doesn't always meet with the approval of the community. However, it's also important to respond to players' tips and wishes, especially with a community as dedicated as this one. And if this exchange benefits the game, and I think that often happens here, then this is "Early Access" as it should be.
That said, one thing I've been missing for a long time:
It would be great if I could create and manage several savegames directly in the main menu, without having to copy/paste them manually from the save folder, for which I always have to quit the game first.
Keep up the good work!
Hello, I am Guenni from Germany and have been reading here for some time. It's time for my first post (please excuse my English):
First of all I would like to thank you for this great game, there is no other survival game in my collection that has even approximately 1500 hours of playing time as 7DTD has. And after about 500 hours in A.17 I see 7DTD on the right track, at least for me.
I think it's right and important that as a developer you don't lose sight of your goal of what the game should look like in the end, even if this doesn't always meet with the approval of the community. However, it's also important to respond to players' tips and wishes, especially with a community as dedicated as this one. And if this exchange benefits the game, and I think that often happens here, then this is "Early Access" as it should be.
That said, one thing I've been missing for a long time:
It would be great if I could create and manage several savegames directly in the main menu, without having to copy/paste them manually from the save folder, for which I always have to quit the game first.
Keep up the good work!
Scary and funny times
This game can still scare the crap out of me sometimes. I decided to visit a house that was under construction. I thought that it wasn’t any big deal. That it would just be a few zombies and loot cases. For the most part, that’s what it was.
Well the house under construction was of getting the basement done. So I go down and clear it out, no problem. Then I find this tunnel in the dirt and whole lot of body’s. Curious, I go in following the body trail. Then suddenly I find myself face to face with this huge shape. Turned out to be a bear. But not ordinary bear. A zombie bear. But I did not know that at the time as I already hightailed it out of there.
Once I was safe I realized that it was a zombie bear and that it was a sleeper. That it was still asleep, which the only reason I was still breathing.
But as I am thinking about this I hear some smashing and roaring from down below.
I look down to find that the bear woke up to catch me only to get stuck. It was so fat the thing was stuck in one of the doorways. I nearly fell out of my chair laughing.
I went down, killed it and finished clearing the house.
This game can still scare the crap out of me sometimes. I decided to visit a house that was under construction. I thought that it wasn’t any big deal. That it would just be a few zombies and loot cases. For the most part, that’s what it was.
Well the house under construction was of getting the basement done. So I go down and clear it out, no problem. Then I find this tunnel in the dirt and whole lot of body’s. Curious, I go in following the body trail. Then suddenly I find myself face to face with this huge shape. Turned out to be a bear. But not ordinary bear. A zombie bear. But I did not know that at the time as I already hightailed it out of there.
Once I was safe I realized that it was a zombie bear and that it was a sleeper. That it was still asleep, which the only reason I was still breathing.
But as I am thinking about this I hear some smashing and roaring from down below.
I look down to find that the bear woke up to catch me only to get stuck. It was so fat the thing was stuck in one of the doorways. I nearly fell out of my chair laughing.
I went down, killed it and finished clearing the house.
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Quantum Blue
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Welcome to the forum Guenni! And super glad to see you are enjoying the game.
You can keep a separate window open for the save games and make backups every so often. I actually copy the 'saves' folder to "DDD-LLL; Description" DDD = Day, LLL = Character level.
You don't need to quit - although exiting to the menu is a good idea (but you don't HAVE to.) There are things (minibike anyone!) that take some time to get updated in the save - so be prepared to wander back to look for your vehicle if it's not there if you reload.
Heck, it's a good idea to get off/out of the vehicle. I've had a 'few' restores where it just hangs with you in the vehicle - and you can't exit. (the vehicle or the game - except through the command line - which still works. Teleporting does not.)
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There's a simple solution guys ... download a crosshair mod that pops up over your window. You can customize it any size or color, and it shows up in the middle of your screen. I have a nice pretty pink one that's easy to see.
This is the one I use, I'm sure there are others, but I know this one works with higher resolutions.
https://7daystodie.com/forums/showthread.php?75096-External-Crosshair-Mod&highlight=xcrosshair
Guenni
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Right, whenever I start a new game I can select it later in the menu. Or I copy/paste a game in the save folder and rename it (e.g. Backup).
More practical would be a Quicksave option while playing to save the current game.
For example, if I start risky base rebuilds and my entire base collapses, I can quickly jump back and try again.
More practical would be a Quicksave option while playing to save the current game.
For example, if I start risky base rebuilds and my entire base collapses, I can quickly jump back and try again.
FileMachete
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MM, desert looks -really- nice! Kudos to you and the art team
and... is it just me or is there a kind of Slingblade looking old man looking out from the top of the middle hill...?
(and that's a 'yay!' bit cause real nature always has the hidden figures while most 'people made' stuff doesn't )
and... is it just me or is there a kind of Slingblade looking old man looking out from the top of the middle hill...?
(and that's a 'yay!' bit cause real nature always has the hidden figures while most 'people made' stuff doesn't
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SrslyGTFO
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That's not how I read it. I believe he meant: it's broken in A17, but won't be [broken] in A18.
Pretty sure he's inferring it'll be fixed soon enough, as Joe demonstrated.
EDIT: lol, nevermind, my screen hadn't updated to show others had pointed this out.
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khzmusik
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I have to say that when I first saw this, I was looking at it in my crappy phone's resolution. Even then I could tell that this is a pretty major step forwards in the graphics department.
Now I have viewed it on my PC and it just looks excellent. I thought I would see some flaws at higher resolutions, but I don't.
Whatever you are paying your art department, it isn't enough.
ZombieHorde
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Nice set of mods there. What does Mega do?
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