PC Alpha 18 Dev Diary!!

[madmole]

This is great to hear. The electric lights have been crap for a long time now. Only lights worth using are simple lights and spotlights.

Those are the only lights exposed to players in 17.

 

[madmole]

Hi Madmole, what ideas do you have in mind about bandits? what are the plans? what functions will they have?

We're not talking about bandits right now.

 

[madmole]

I asked if it is possible in XML to make the character pass through a hole 1 block high? This is not now in Alpha 17. Could you add this in alpha 18?

No its not an xml thing.

 

[JamesKirk]

Nope, block continuity is super expensive.

Wouldn't this be the same as stability? As long as it sticks together, assume it's connected.

 

[Ayrton]

We're not talking about bandits right now.

Sorry, I still have to tell you that the question was for Alpha 19 or 20, what plans would they have for bandits? Faatal would be behind the AI ​​or will they have new guys to help Faatal?

 

[Viktoriusiii]

We haven't done anything on this, that sounds like something Roland must have wrote.

Yes it was, since you said there is no more discussing it in this thread :cocksure:

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Sorry, I still have to tell you that the question was for Alpha 19 or 20, what plans would they have for bandits? Faatal would be behind the AI ​​or will they have new guys to help Faatal?

I can take this one:

"Nothing. We are currently all about getting A18 into the hands of players, and after that there will be bugfixes and patches. After that we can talk. Now no more talk of this or you get an infraction!"

Did I do good MM? ^_^

 

[Trankitas]

Madmole, any plans on making the electric lights a little yellow? Those white lights don't illuminate very well.

 

[Callum123456789]

Gold, lol, why would we add workshop that breaks everyone's game?

so are there ANY plans to add official mods or somewhere else for mods to be installed?

don't know if youll add it when released or at all just wondering though

 

[Ricowan]

Sorry, I still have to tell you that the question was for Alpha 19 or 20, what plans would they have for bandits? Faatal would be behind the AI ​​or will they have new guys to help Faatal?

Just to provide a nicer reply than Victor did... The Fun Pimps are not planning out anything for A19 or beyond yet. They are only working on A18, everything else is just talk.

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so are there ANY plans to add official mods or somewhere else for mods to be installed?
don't know if youll add it when released or at all just wondering though

He answered your question. Mod support via workshop will be added in Gold or soon after.

 

[Viktoriusiii]

Just to provide a nicer reply than Victor did...

Really? :-/ That was bad?

I feel it was pretty accurate...

okay if anyone feels this was to mean... I'm sorry, I guess <3

 

[Lonestarcanuck]

IsTrueTexan=True option, so I hope you lost your Canuck accent.

I sure did, moved from Toronto to Boston in 1990 - that got rid of it "you can pawk owa caw in the gawage" eventually made it to Texas

 

[madmole]

Sorry, I still have to tell you that the question was for Alpha 19 or 20, what plans would they have for bandits? Faatal would be behind the AI ​​or will they have new guys to help Faatal?

Yes and I'm saying we're not talking about them right now. You will get info and demo videos when the time comes, speculating right now will just produce confusion and gates.

 

[madmole]

Wouldn't this be the same as stability? As long as it sticks together, assume it's connected.

If it were, don't you think we'd have block continuity? I was told its way too expensive so we had to go with wire nodes. If I hide wires, does it even matter?

 

[Ayrton]

Yes and I'm saying we're not talking about them right now. You will get info and demo videos when the time comes, speculating right now will just produce confusion and gates.

great, thanks for the information Madmole

 

[KingSlayerGM]

A reskin isn't a complete new UI. Its more than a reskin, but will feel familiar.

In very happy nonetheless your game will feel more AAA polished

 

[madmole]

Madmole, any plans on making the electric lights a little yellow? Those white lights don't illuminate very well.

They have a yellow tint. I'm adjusting the player lights right now they were useless.

 

[beerfly]

.. speculating right now will just produce confusion and gates.

Here !? In this forum !? No way ^^

Hope fixing and balancing is going as planned guys.

Thanks for sharing so much lately again, and for lamps, too !

 

[Sigil_Thane]

I asked if it is possible in XML to make the character pass through a hole 1 block high? This is not now in Alpha 17. Could you add this in alpha 18?

Technically a character currently can pass through a hole 1 block high, provided that they do so vertically.

Pure Semantics, I know.... but the Pedant in me had to have it's say.

 

[Lonestarcanuck]

so do the books related to hunting/tracking increase the number of animals that will spawn? basically the number of animals I see on the server at any time are really low.

 

[Sirillion]

If it were, don't you think we'd have block continuity? I was told its way too expensive so we had to go with wire nodes. If I hide wires, does it even matter?

Maybe do a book series on electricity? One of the books could reward to hide the cables, so when read cables only show with the pliers in hand? Could also reward stuff like increased efficiency so that traps draw less power. Generators are more finely tuned so they use less gas. Improved circuitry so the batteries last X% longer ... stuff like this.