PC Alpha 18 Dev Diary!!
- Thread starter madmole
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Well, I must admit that I have loved the sound of every change coming for A18... until this one. The mini-game of finding the gravel and clearing large pockets of weak material to reveal ore veins was quite rewarding.
Can't say that I understand the need for this change. Mining was already easy and immersive. This just feels much less so.
Slingblade2040
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Will the land mines ever be removed from the wasteland biome? I don't mind if it has stronger zombies and tough bandits when they are out for alpha 18 but the landmines really seem to ruin that area. Basically get rid of the land mines and exchange them for more dogs, vultures, radiated zombies and geared up bandits. Also I won't mind if bandit bases had landmines around then like the military bases and outposts have them. It's just an entire biome with random mines placed around makes me stay out of it.
gcomerfo
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Regarding biomes/sub-biomes...
Can we have the tan colored sandy deserts back?? It's not that I dislike the orange rocky floor desert... I like it too. It's just that, well - why can't we have both??
Like the tan sand is the main biome look, and sub-biomes within it could have orange rocky formations and area. In real life, there are both kinds of desert. In Arizona, there is both I believe... but mostly it's the tan kind right?? The orange type is more like Ship Rock and those plateaus by Four corners area, and Grand Canyon. But, like Nevada, California, etc... its the yellow/tan kind.
I like them both - would be cool if you could implement both combined somehow.
Can we have the tan colored sandy deserts back?? It's not that I dislike the orange rocky floor desert... I like it too. It's just that, well - why can't we have both??
Like the tan sand is the main biome look, and sub-biomes within it could have orange rocky formations and area. In real life, there are both kinds of desert. In Arizona, there is both I believe... but mostly it's the tan kind right?? The orange type is more like Ship Rock and those plateaus by Four corners area, and Grand Canyon. But, like Nevada, California, etc... its the yellow/tan kind.
I like them both - would be cool if you could implement both combined somehow.
AtomicUs5000
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I'm not a huge fan of gating but... I think knowing where ores are located should be earned. Bringing soil samples to the chemistry station for testing would be cool. I don't know exactly how that would work though. Perhaps you take a sample and it's given a number that shows in inventory ("SAMPLE 1") and also makes a marker on the map for you with the same label. If it's not a vanilla-worthy idea, perhaps it's a good mod idea... so throwing it out there.
I keep seeing complaints about the mining helmet. I think it is painfully obvious that the mining helmet is more of a placeholder than a well designed item. It comes from a time before mods so the fact it does not fit in with the current system is pretty much a given. The mining helmet will not be what it currently is by gold IMHO. It is just an annoying legacy item in the same way that some of the recipe books still make an odd appearance or 2.
hotpoon
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If people take the time to dig the trenches and lay the traps, I think they should be rewarded for their efforts. They aren't making a joke out of horde night. Personally, I'm happy to kite z's around or shoot them from atop a building, but my husband likes to build intricate zombie horde night buildings. He puts in more effort than me to prepare for horde night, and so should have to do less legwork on horde night itself.
There was a 50+ page forum post where someone quite eloquently raised the issue of what appears to be TFP nerfing all but one horde night strategy. This takes away from the fun sandbox element of the game and seems to push a 'correct' way to handle horde nights. It's worth a read if you haven't done so already.
Personally, I'd prefer horde night to have actual hordes. The fear would come from the sheer number of zombies rather than just a handful who uncharacteristically know how to avoid traps and what not.
AtomicUs5000
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Maybe in Space Engineers. Do we possess such technology?
Roland
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I played through the first 2 days and it is definitely like a new game....thanks to the new hi def icons alone. I feel like I'm playing a different game with icons I'm unfamiliar with although they look amazing. There will definitely be a learning curve until I become familiar with the new icons.
Perked into agility to specialize in bladed weapons. Flurry of blows now increases the speed of all melee combat so it is pretty nice. I've been pwning with my bone knife while waiting to gather the materials to craft my own hunting knife which is granted by the first rank in the bladed weapon perk tree.
Stamina and Health both increase by one each time you level up so that is interesting and everything looks good and moves smoothly. I found two of the new perk books in a cabin that had a couple of book shelves and that was really nice. One granted me full immunity from encumbrance at night and the other one allowed me to craft warm clothing. Very cool....er warm.
I found 5 lockpicking tools but so far the POI's I've had time to explore have had unlocked doors which I would have been glad of before but now I've got lockpick tools burning a hole in my pocket!
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