PC Alpha 18 Dev Diary!!

[thepcwiz101]

There could be a feature where every time you place a block, a voting window pops up for everyone on the server.If the majority votes "yes", the block is placed.

That would not only fix people using bedrolls as bedrolls but also campfires or cement mixers.

Campfires especially are so cheap that players might be tempted to just build one while they are out looting, skipping the challenge of going back to their base!

It would be impractical to implement. If the server has quite a few members i can imagine alot of messages popping up. Also most won't have time to respond to every voting window as it can disrupt the game and lead to frustrating deaths. Implementing a feature similar to Ark Survival Evolved's respawn delay after first death could help but making it way more forgiving would be needed.

 

[Haidrgna]

So Players like to drop a sleeping bag anywhere so if they die they can just spawn next to death location.
is there a way to add support to control how often a bag can be dropped or how many? like 1 bag every XX minutes? that would allow to make the game more of a challenge

Making the bag more costly to craft (I usually made it cost 20 cloth, 20 cotton and 20 fiber at least), reducing stack size to 1 and not being able to pick the thing up would certainly help in this regard, force people to spend resources and think twice about placing the bag randomly.

 

[ParadiseLostUK]

It would be impractical to implement. If the server has quite a few members i can imagine alot of messages popping up. Also most won't have time to respond to every voting window as it can disrupt the game and lead to frustrating deaths. Implementing a feature similar to Ark Survival Evolved's respawn delay after first death could help but making it way more forgiving would be needed.

I think it's a fairly safe bet that Gazz wasn't being entirely serious on this point.

 

[ZombieHorde]

So who wants to bet on the unrevealed secret of A18? I reckon Sharknado is finally in.

 

[Viktoriusiii]

So who wants to bet on the unrevealed secret of A18? I reckon Sharknado is finally in.

Fridges are beeing sold containing random amounts of books that you can buy at the local trader.

#lootboxfridges #bookgate

 

[FileMachete]

So who wants to bet on the unrevealed secret of A18? I reckon Sharknado is finally in.

2 bucks on Clowns. They're The Fun Pimps so... Clowns... or maybe Mimes?

couldn't be real 'hookers', would piss off too many peeps

Mimes could have some of their classic pantomime moves, but creepy-fied; that could be a fun task for the artists/animators

but if they went with Clowns, well :biggrin1: they could add Clown-Cars!

(So if you started to wrench one 30 Clowns came pouring out, heh)

--- or. depending on whos supposed to have been watching Gazz, dogs/wolf/bears might well be back to A16 hitpoint lvls, I know I certainly ain't shooting even a Doe unless I'm safe until I know he hasn't gotten to them

 

[meganoth]

Looking at a Map on where to go, does not spoil your Vacation <3

Looking at photos of the places you want to visit does, but isn't that important for a vacation.

Reading spoilers about a movie doesn't spoil watching most movies. It just reduces one part of the fun.

Reading about the books in 7d2d is not the same as experiencing them in-game (that would be really bad) but the first surprise is gone. FInding a spear will not be a surprise anymore, you still will have fun using it.

I'm fine with you redefining the meaning of "spoilers" so that you are not spoiled by the forum :cocksure:

So who wants to bet on the unrevealed secret of A18? I reckon Sharknado is finally in.

Two exit buttons on the main menu! Or drywall texter as background color for the inventory!

 

[Aldranon]

So who wants to bet on the unrevealed secret of A18? I reckon Sharknado is finally in.

It would depend on who designed the new feature.

Madmole: You can command an Abrams tank!! - It can one shot kill anything from 10K away. The downside is your crew are Demolition Zombies.

Gazz: Surprise! "Dune" giant worms attack during blood moon, eating you, your fortress, all your stuff... and anything else you value. The upside is you don't die but are "excreted out", alive, after 100 days. The downside to that is you must watch a black screen and listen to your character scream for 100 days!

I know I'm close... really close.

 

[PeterB]

Hello Madmole,

Maybe not for A18, but I would love to see more decor blocks, mainly city blocks like traffic lights, new doors with different colors, commercials and warning signs. Maybe even an ATM, of course not working. More textures if possible. I enjoy building prefabs. As enjoyable as playing survival.

 

[Gazz]

2 bucks on Clowns. They're The Fun Pimps so... Clowns... or maybe Mimes?Mimes could have some of their classic pantomime moves, but creepy-fied; that could be a fun task for the artists/animators

Mines would make no sounds at all so they would be super stealthy... but they also would only pretend to bite you so they wouldn't be much of a threat.

 

[The Gronk]

Mines would make no sounds at all so they would be super stealthy... but they also would only pretend to bite you so they wouldn't be much of a threat.

They can easily be stopped by pretending to place a wall of blocks in front of them.

 

[FileMachete]

Mines would make no sounds at all so they would be super stealthy... but they also would only pretend to bite you so they wouldn't be much of a threat.

heh use some of that Vulture AI so they know when we're looking at them they freeze, ha!

N too bad there weren't a few statues scattered around before; could have turned those randomly into Mimes. That'd be a good jump-scare, and add a brain itch, "hmm... somethings different... was there something over there?"

Edit: lol Gronk

 

[RichyYoung]

Has being able to find sources of nitrate and coal for bullet crafting been improved in a18?

 

[Roland]

Has being able to find sources of nitrate and coal for bullet crafting been improved in a18?

Yes. They have above ground deposits that connect with underground veins just like the iron and lead do.

 

[Aldranon]

Has being able to find sources of nitrate and coal for bullet crafting been improved in a18?

Burnt biome for the coal mines.

Forest for the lead and nitrate mines.

The REAL bottleneck is brass. Paper is easier to find and make but can be a problem.

 

[JamsCB]

LOL of course. The idea is something small and terrifying. Could be a mudcrab from half life. I don't know. Cat zombies? But as a cat lover I can't go there lol. I guess I love dogs too but resident evil made them evil enough I don't mind killing zombie dogs. Something small and creepy. Maybe a torso that grew some spider legs or something like the thing. Doesn't have to be kid, but there really I see no problem with something strain ish. We want them popping out of the painting holes and heat ducts.

Now that just immediately made me think of zombie squirrels. The forest would never be safe again.

 

[madmole]

Is he still doing stuff online somewhere? His last YT video is from over 2 years ago.
I watched him years ago... then forgot about him for a bit and when I checked again, I noticed he didn't post a video for a while... and seems like still not.

Wow, I would guess that he had a substantial business he walked away from with that many subs.

 

[madmole]

Nice! Is that like a preorder bonus, where I start every new game with a fridge and some books in my inventory? Lovely Can I chose which bookseries is in there or is the fridge a lootbox with random books every time?

Also nice to see in your latest video, that books are actually worth more than ~100 dukes (~2000) that were once mentioned.

Spoiler

Nothing here to see :smile-new:

 


which makes the 50xp even more laughable

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I had a whole stack of them.

 

[madmole]

That's cool. Where you planning to make other shapes of the lead ore so they look more random?

No, significant work went into the one and if we randomize the shape we would lose the identifiable silhouette.

 

[madmole]

If we had never seen a playthrough it would be a good idea to loot a poi, but odds are anyone interested has by now seen a lot of playthroughs.
THIS is why we can't have nice things..(like the parasail).. no one listens to you.

I have the same problem with my wife... I never listen to her either.

Oh! And your OCD comments? She is probably going to go MAD not completing book sets. Maybe a value is or can be added to increase the probability of finding books we haven't already found? Or the trader can add unfound books to his reward list so trader book rewards are always worth getting?

(This is a woman who has to have EVERY crop in the game in her farm, cook every recipe, and have every color dye in a box.)

Awesome, we've created a reason to play late game for extended hours. Not changing it, its perfect. I might bump the XP, but people don't think about the big picture. Its not that books are super rare. Its not that there are too many books. Its that there is also a schematic for everything in the game, so when you stick 250 names in a hat and draw one, then put it back mix it up, draw again... it might take a long time to get every one drawn once.