PC Alpha 18 Dev Diary!!

Alpha 18 Dev Diary!!

  • A18 Stable is Out!

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Is it just me or does the Hobo Stew recipe take an inordinate amount of time to cook?

Can yall take a look at the time balance while you are at it with A18?

 
There are at least 11 new weapons shipping with Alpha 18, and probably more. Over 140 schematics to find and unlock. Over 100 books. Quality now influences damage. Hyperlinking to gates in the recipe menu. All new short perk names and long perk descriptions. Loads of new abandoned and ruins pois (which improve performance and are great for game play) so if you need a place to stay for the night and don't have 3 hours to clear a POI, or its early game and your just getting started, these are for you. All new terrain textures and ground shader. Improved performance and tons of optimizations. Complete perk rebalance. No level gates. Leveling gives you 1 HP and stamina, its no longer tied to fortitude and agility. Interesting gun crafting. Tons and tons of balance work. New and updated first person animations. All new icons. New Music system. These are just off the top of my head things that are really making the experience feel unique.

I've been here the whole way listening to player feedback and thinking about what could have been better, and addressing issues many players didn't like in 17. I'm super excited for A18. I feel like we've really addressed everything where A17 fell short.

Its not beta, but we're really hoping it feels more like a beta than ever before. A ton of polish is going into stuff and its really starting to come together. We're probably 6 or even 8 weeks out, but we want to ship something special this time, a17 was a rough launch and that isn't good for anyone.

 
Good work!
Are there any plans to make turrets/weapons that need to be used as a stationary, but require the participation of the operator for firing?
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No that would require a lot of work and that feels like it belongs in a war game, not a post apocalyptic zombie game.

 
This one will probably take a while to test everything.

I'm wondering what kind of things we should be looking for regarding balance. Can you even say something is imbalanced with so many random combinations and possibilities? Perhaps thinking about it will be a thing of the past... which might be a good thing since balancing things has often been a hindrance in the availability of other features, a sponge of dev time, and a source of negative commentary.

 
There are at least 11 new weapons shipping with Alpha 18, and probably more. Over 140 schematics to find and unlock. Over 100 books. Quality now influences damage. Hyperlinking to gates in the recipe menu. All new short perk names and long perk descriptions. Loads of new abandoned and ruins pois (which improve performance and are great for game play) so if you need a place to stay for the night and don't have 3 hours to clear a POI, or its early game and your just getting started, these are for you. All new terrain textures and ground shader. Improved performance and tons of optimizations. Complete perk rebalance. No level gates. Leveling gives you 1 HP and stamina, its no longer tied to fortitude and agility. Interesting gun crafting. Tons and tons of balance work. New and updated first person animations. All new icons. New Music system. These are just off the top of my head things that are really making the experience feel unique.
I've been here the whole way listening to player feedback and thinking about what could have been better, and addressing issues many players didn't like in 17. I'm super excited for A18. I feel like we've really addressed everything where A17 fell short.

Its not beta, but we're really hoping it feels more like a beta than ever before. A ton of polish is going into stuff and its really starting to come together. We're probably 6 or even 8 weeks out, but we want to ship something special this time, a17 was a rough launch and that isn't good for anyone.
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Looking forward to seeing what you guys have worked hard on producing :rockon:

 
This one will probably take a while to test everything.I'm wondering what kind of things we should be looking for regarding balance. Can you even say something is imbalanced with so many random combinations and possibilities? Perhaps thinking about it will be a thing of the past... which might be a good thing since balancing things has often been a hindrance in the availability of other features, a sponge of dev time, and a source of negative commentary.
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Well you do your best. You can't just ignore stuff. Eventually though it will feel how it should in our opinion, and we can only hope most players agree and enjoy that. If not they can install mods they like and its all good. We're selling the dream, but if someone likes chocolate ice cream instead of vanilla, they can have it.

 
There are at least 11 new weapons shipping with Alpha 18, and probably more. Over 140 schematics to find and unlock. Over 100 books. Quality now influences damage. Hyperlinking to gates in the recipe menu. All new short perk names and long perk descriptions. Loads of new abandoned and ruins pois (which improve performance and are great for game play) so if you need a place to stay for the night and don't have 3 hours to clear a POI, or its early game and your just getting started, these are for you. All new terrain textures and ground shader. Improved performance and tons of optimizations. Complete perk rebalance. No level gates. Leveling gives you 1 HP and stamina, its no longer tied to fortitude and agility. Interesting gun crafting. Tons and tons of balance work. New and updated first person animations. All new icons. New Music system. These are just off the top of my head things that are really making the experience feel unique.
I've been here the whole way listening to player feedback and thinking about what could have been better, and addressing issues many players didn't like in 17. I'm super excited for A18. I feel like we've really addressed everything where A17 fell short.

Its not beta, but we're really hoping it feels more like a beta than ever before. A ton of polish is going into stuff and its really starting to come together. We're probably 6 or even 8 weeks out, but we want to ship something special this time, a17 was a rough launch and that isn't good for anyone.
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I dropped this in the Steam Discussion. This should help relay info to people who don't bother coming to the forums.

Looking awesome, still looking to drop videos? Show em' the spear, make them weep. (the one in game:apathy:)

 
Lol that would be funny AF. Need a special grab the junk pain animation lol.
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There's already one for the head, the code is practically done already, go on... put a ticket in for it.

You know you want to :-)

 
@MM: you've talked about revisions to the sleepers in poi's but can you say anything about outside zombies? Not so much wandering hordes but general zombies around town/countryside....specifically are there going to be more of them? It feels so desolate sometimes in cities where nearly all the zombies are inside. Or is this something that will need to wait for after optimizations?

 
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