PC Alpha 18 Dev Diary!!

Alpha 18 Dev Diary!!

  • A18 Stable is Out!

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Its possible. C4 is for blowing safes and raiding.
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I know you replied with this over a week ago MM, but I only just now saw it and wanted to say thanks for the reply! I'm definitely looking forward to being able to blow safes open.

 
Guppycur: Question 2 - About the demolisher zombies, it says to shoot them in the flashing sweet spot to detonate them. When you detonate them and they explode, does THAT explosion also break blocks?
madmole: Yes.
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Oooo boy... Does it specifically only blow up things like walls, traps, etc? AKA not natural terrain? One of THE most annoying things in minecraft is creepers blowing holes in the ground everywhere... patching them up is such a huge drag. And will be even more so in 7 days since you can't just place a single layer over the top due to gravity existing and you have to actually craft the dirt blocks. At least in minecraft if you kill the creeper before it can detonate you can avoid having to patch up craters. So the craters are more a punishment for failing to kill them properly. If demolishers are making craters no matter what you do to them that could make them be a pretty awful feeling zombie to fight.

 
Grass should be visible to weapons, but it should be invisible when placing new blocks. This way you could easily replace a Grass block, with say, a concrete one, without needing to destroy the grass first.
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LOL have you played the game or is it still in your wish list? Its been that way since A2 or so.

 
Hello TFP, hello Madmol. The new random generation (with rivers and lakes) is one of the features for the A18? It does not appear in the list of features. The spear is not in the list either.
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Not sure about lakes or rivers, but there is an all new RWG with nice hills and roads, the best version so far I've ever seen by a long shot. Its generated from images instead of hard to look realistic perlin noise and whatnot. Its made using a node editor like substance designer so its very cool and powerful. Our lead artist worked closely with Robert to make it look nice.

You must have read it before I updated the list.

 
I'm a little nervous about that. I tend to hoard when reliable sources are not available, hence the hundreds of glue and duct tape I keep ready for emergencies. :)

But A18 sounds like a brave new world! All weapons will need close scrutiny like 'Borderlands' weapons. Looking forward to seeing if I can push my "Average time to death" a bit further out. :)
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I think it will be amazing. I'll spin up a new character probably today, my strength build was awesome. I'll do an agility/stealth guy next.

 
The ability to have multiple products from one crafting action is OP? I"m confused. Wouldn't it only be OP if used to give all materials back? But I can see modders having a field day with that ability. The OP had some nice examples of what modders could do with it. It wouldn't have to be only for scrapping and not losing any of the material. I agree that is OP. I hate games that work like that.
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Sorry but if you tear something apart you break some things in the process. That's why its called scrapping and not "disassembly". If you could turn 9mm into your favorite ammo it would be OP IMO. Why does everyone want their cake and eat it too? Just turn on god mode and CM and have at it. Your the guy who wants his jars back too.

I don't mean to rant, but the game is supposed to be scrounging and a challenge, not have everything with some clicks. I'll just take apart my gun and recraft it but its magically better now because I perked up. Its simple and elegant right now, we're not clunking it up because people don't want to play the game. That one feature would take us 6 months to balance. Its not happening.

 
@madmole

I know this is far off, but I'd like to hear your opinion on possibly adding like some sorta nuke in 7dtd, would it work (performance wise), and whether or not it would fit with the game lore.

 
Thank you very much. If and when you get pre-modded items in, I'm pretty sure that opening the right loot containers will feel like Christmas and looting will be much more interesting overall. :)
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With items having random stats it already is.

 
Bob the builder!Can we fix it?
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We're trying to break Bob the builder. Thats why we changed the hat to have a mod, I want to see people wearing cool helmets in screenshots but the mining hat is the no brainer choice. Now you can put that light into a real helmet and we'll see a lot more diversity of characters in A18 screens I hope.

 
I love the thought process behind these changes. By making mining hats a mod, you are increasing the versatility of finding multiple hats since the mod within can be repurposed. Nice.
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Yep, tired of everyone wearing a mining hat. I want to see badasses in cool armor like Fallout not bob the builder game.

 
Speaking of mining hat. Might its AR get nerfed in favour of a perk plus maybe? Similar to sunglasses, or the cigar, etc. Maybe +1 to Mother Lode or Miner Sixty-Niner or something...
Was a bit disappoint to craft an iron helmet to replace the miner and my AR went down :/
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I nerfed it to scrap iron armor stats, so its the lowest tier heavy armor right now.

 
Madmole tell me the M16, M4A1, M4, AR 15 or the CAR-15?Which one of them is closer to entering the A18? my friends came back to play with me when I told him that we are going to have these weapons :dance: now I just need this miracle to happen
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It was based off of the SIG -716, but its got the post apocalyptic add ons, like a jack stand end for the stock.

 
Multiple reasons. For one, i am playing agility build with splash to perception (for damage) and inteligence (for crafting). As only one. All my friends play strenght / endurance or perception / endurance.Next reason is that i do not like being in one place and hitting the wall for too long (with my mental state, you can consider 5 minutes too long). I need to change stuff am doing, jump around a lot etc.

Also, my favourite parts are building and shooting. So yes, i do need a lot of material, but i have "more fun" things to do in the game :) Actually wanted to be an architekt, but i am too much of a retard when it comes to math :D Only missing the old times in 7D where cities were literally full of zombies so you could not just fight them off. The adrenaline of running up the stairs of hotel with friend, one clearing way of the few zombies that were inside, other one trying to barricade way before the enormous herd that was chasing us &lt;3
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You should work on your portfolio and build cool levels in games and get a job as a level designer. That is as close to an architect job you can find and level design pays more and you don't need much math for it.

 
this was posted right after madmole left. hopfully i'll get a response. Thank you.

Can there be a short down state where you can revive you're party members. Also aiding other people with healing items would be better than having to drop the item at there feet. Having a quest automatically distributed amongst party members would be nice. Party changes like that would help the co-op experience become more solid.
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You right click to heal others.

A near death state would be cool, but its a low priority thing until we get to balancing Pvp in beta or post gold.

 
Can we get some changes to the vehicle controls, namely:
1. Stop cutting the camera sensitivity in half when you're in a vehicle. I want to be able to look around at the same speed as when i'm on foot.

2. Stop making me hold the Sprint key to go full speed. Use the Sprint key for something like turbo.

3. Add an option in the menu to set the default controls (between mouse/keyboard). I don't want to ever use the mouse to steer, and having to switch everytime i load up the game or get in a new vehicle is annoying.
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Not today.

 
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