PC Alpha 18 Dev Diary!!

Alpha 18 Dev Diary!!

  • A18 Stable is Out!

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It's good to know that so many important features are getting locked behind schematics/books/perks again. :D (I don't mean that sarcastically. Lol It brings out a lot of joy by looting and finding what you need for me and I'm sure a lot of players as well. ^^)
Spoiler alert: I got 2700 steel out that day. ;)

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I should have been more clear on that one, apologies. LOL
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Yes its really good for the game play. Its a whole new game now, so many things you want to find, and with random stats its never end of the build, at least nowhere close with 50 hours in. I still don't even have an m60 and only one blue piece of steel armor, the rest is green iron armor. No electricity yet either.

 
They will unless....
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:heart starts racing, palms start sweating profusely:

Unless, unless........the suspense! You're going to make us wait until A18 drops to finish that sentance aren't you lol.

 
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we hinted back in a16 when a17 was ready to finally drop.... forget what you knew in a16 and before... same is now true... a18 will bring on new things to learn and or rethink. :) (i have died more testing a18 than any alpha prior). i cant wait to see the stories... some will catch on and some not so fast.
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Yes and look how that turned out...

 
Its not our job to police server runners. There wouldn't be any servers at all if we disabled cheats, the admin like to do admin stuff, and that involves the CM menu, for like sometimes legit reasons like a guys backpack fell into the world, he got dc'd, or insert random issue here. They are needed for server admin. Run your own server if you don't like it, or deal with trust issues. There has to be admin cheats, period. Run your own server, its 16 bucks a month, or play solo. Either way its not an issue for anyone serious about playing the game.
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I get the point. I don't share it in full. Default is nice. Options are good. How hard (psichologically cofoundery beliefsystem speaking) would be to implement a tiny option like that? Maybe I'm barking at the wrong Duke. Shawn is busy right now. I'll try again in a few months lol.

Maybe dressing up as Zd Moe and jumping over opened hatches would summon him.

 
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@madmole Do you know of the multiplayer bandage bug? If not, I'll explain it in the following, but first some, two basic points:

- This bug can only be replicated/utilized in multiplayer

- This bug cannot be utilized all of the time; sometimes it works, sometimes it does not

In a multiplayer server, every so often, if you right-click to heal with a bandage in your toolbelt (that is in your hand), you won't consume the bandage (as the button was changed from right-click to left-click in A17), but occasionally, you can gain the healing buff regardless, via the bug. I only discovered this because I switch between two worlds - one in A16 and one in A17 - and as I explained above, the buttons used on the mouse for using a medical item were flipped in A16, so I discovered this bug accidentally by force of habit of using right-click. I personally don't use this exploit, but I can see a lot of people doing so, if they discover it themselves.

 
played on console last night for the first time in a while. gotta love the feeling of getting the sniper rifle, crossbow and first aid kit schematics on day 1! now to find the bits....

am so looking forward to that in a18!

 
Sharp sticks are back in the game but not in the way you think...more of a troll "return" by our own dear Madtroll...er...Madmole


sounds like arrows...
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You're being silly,

Arrows are for Bow's, Arrow's have feathers, Silly Goose

Throwable Pointy Sticks are Non Quality Spears

Early game weapon just reduce the distance to 10 blocks & a low bleeding buff is all

Just something to TROLL around with when hunting Trolls under the bridge...

As you can tell I am back getting my Achievements in South Parks The Fractured ButtWhole…

While I'm waiting for the game to drop...

Silly Goose...

I just want to run around early game throwing Pointy Sticks in my Tidy Whiteys...

They don't have to go very far or do a lot of damage...

Is anyone laughing yet?

Laugh Dammmiiittttt, LAUGH

 
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I can make it coast better. NOt sure what you mean by power reserve. What bike, the bicycle?
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Yeah, coasting would be great for bikes and bicycles (but not uphill). Just got to remember how to break now. :)

 
@madmole Do you know of the multiplayer bandage bug? If not, I'll explain it in the following, but first some, two basic points:
- This bug can only be replicated/utilized in multiplayer

- This bug cannot be utilized all of the time; sometimes it works, sometimes it does not

In a multiplayer server, every so often, if you right-click to heal with a bandage in your toolbelt (that is in your hand), you won't consume the bandage (as the button was changed from right-click to left-click in A17), but occasionally, you can gain the healing buff regardless, via the bug. I only discovered this because I switch between two worlds - one in A16 and one in A17 - and as I explained above, the buttons used on the mouse for using a medical item were flipped in A16, so I discovered this bug accidentally by force of habit of using right-click. I personally don't use this exploit, but I can see a lot of people doing so, if they discover it themselves.
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You fool! Blake’s reading....!

Jk Blake ;)

 
...you disable the option in the menu?
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I hope there are more options than just "on/off". I really don't mind zombies digging, I just think their sense and hearing ability are way too much in A17 (imo, it should be 20 blocks tops, "regular days" of course, and it could be improved through perks, such as "From the Shadows"). They should have such ability only horde nights.

 
A vehicle mod that allows for 4-players riding together in the Jeep would be something for A19 or A20 whereas a full helicopter would probably be post gold. Timing is probably the difference between them.
Also a mod for additional passengers is actually under consideration by TFP while a full helicopter is just out loud wishful thinking on Madmole’s part here in the moment.
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I have made vehicle test mods, so we are over half way there.

Code support for x amount of passengers is already in. Someone could mod in the seats in xml and it would probably work, but I have not tested it.

I would like to add a boat. Partial code support is in for that too.

 
there are mods out there that already support up to 8 players in a 4x4 and 2 seats on MC. so I don't see the game needing that. as long as TFP continues to support mods.
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Nice. I have never looked at any mods, so ignorant on that front.

 
Is there any chance the LCB offline modifier bug is among the 56 MFs left to squash? Would love to see that working as designed.

Would love to play A18 without it, too, but still...

 
Hey Madmole. While I loved the new powered draw bridge triggered by a motion sensor, I wish that you used a different type of block to start the bridge. This 45 degree angle is simply too steep to work right.

 
No. What on earth inspires you to ruin your own experience? Cheating ruins the experience, period. You obviously realize this, because you are asking for a feature to remove console commands. Even if we did add it, you could simply restart the game with --cheats flag, and then open the console and do whatever it is you do. The only fix for this is for you to gain some self control and stop cheating, because you are the problem, not us. Its like telling a beer manufacturer to stop making beer so you can quit drinking lol.
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I'm just asking for an OPTION that would have more of a concrete presence of rules where it would be hard to put in CM and do these things like changing the time for convenience sake. One reason why I don't like fast traveling in MMOs is that it breaks emersion but if that's an option I'd be an idiot not to use it. I'm not telling you to remove console command as your beer analogy implies.

 
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I have made vehicle test mods, so we are over half way there.
Code support for x amount of passengers is already in. Someone could mod in the seats in xml and it would probably work, but I have not tested it.

I would like to add a boat. Partial code support is in for that too.
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It is nice to have "partial code", but I don't want to scratch that feature yet. I don't see much benefit of multiple rider unless we have bigger horde support. With multiple rider it will be good to shoot down 100s of zed at once.

 
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