PC Alpha 18 Dev Diary!!

[MechanicalLens]

and yet you knew exactly what he was talking about... so from now on, i will shoot you with my sniper rifle loaded with 762 specifically with your name on them. (in game)

It's called the marksman rifle now, not the sniper rifle. Just so you know.

 

[Viktoriusiii]

I know this has been answered but I either forgot or missed it.
I'd it true that every single perk in the game can be got in a schematic?

If you find a perk schematic but dont have the proper attribute can you still use it?

Here is the answer from the lord himself:

There are schematics that unlock crafting that some perks can do, but the perk typically has something else it does that the schematic won't. So if you think perk books are just a free perk point you are wrong. They aren't even anything to do with perks, they are their own thing that augment your character in over 100 ways.
The old perk books gave you a rank in a perk, they were horrible and were deleted as they were just filler content until we could do this new book system.

 

[unholyjoe]

It's called the marksman rifle now, not the sniper rifle. Just so you know.

so when i am hiding in the woods shooting you are you going to ask yourself... "who is trying to snipe me or marksman me"? i am still going to snipe you regardless with my Marksman Rifle

 

[wolfbain5]

You need a better stealth indicator (the one in far cry 3) to indicate that we've been seen to make these missions work. With the system we have now we can only guess from a bar that goes up and down lead by random numbers. How do I know if a zombie has spotted me or is about to spot me?

this is intentional, as mm once said, how do you know right now who sees you and who doesnt. are you sure no one can see you now? where does life have an indicator.

that was his reasoning some time ago. personally, I think I know when they can tell I am doing something bad. sirens and ♥♥♥♥

 

[Kage848]

Hey Madmole. I wanted you let you know that it's not 762 ammo but 7.62 ammo. Normally I wouldn't bother with this but I've seen you make that mistake twice already.
Just so you know.

Yea madmole. 7.62 goes in the CLIP

 

[sillls]

and yet you knew exactly what he was talking about... so from now on, i will shoot you with my sniper rifle loaded with 762 specifically with your name on them. (in game)

Wow! That would have to be a pretty big gun to fire that. I checked and the gun barrel would have to be big enough to accommodate a 30 inch round.

 

[unholyjoe]

Yea madmole. 7.62 goes in the CLIP ��

dont worry MM we know its 762 in the xml where it is important.... plus if its a single shot there is no clip.

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Wow! That would have to be a pretty big gun to fire that. I checked and the gun barrel would have to be 30 inches wide just to accommodate a 762 round.

i bet with a heavy recoil... mount that on a jeep and fire it.. hmmmm i hear tanks

 

[Kage848]

Here is the answer from the lord himself:

See this is an issue for me I like the idea in general. But we should be aware of what perks DONT have books for them. I dont wanna be waiting for a book that desent exist.

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dont worry MM we know its 762 in the xml where it is important.... plus if its a single shot there is no clip.
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i bet with a heavy recoil... mount that on a jeep and fire it.. hmmmm i hear tanks

Sniper rifle takes 7.62 in the CLIP and is not single shot. Lol

 

[unholyjoe]

See this is an issue for me I like the idea in general. But we should be aware of what perks DONT have books for them. I dont wanna be waiting for a book that desent exist.

some will be confused but most likely inside of 1 week most people will be used to it.

oh just pokin' fun... it's descent not desent...

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actually the books are more interesting to find and read to me than the perks... i tend to forget about spending points...

 

[Kage848]

some will be confused but most likely inside of 1 week most people will be used to it.
oh just pokin' fun... it's descent not desent...

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actually the books are more interesting to find and read to me than the perks... i tend to forget about spending points...

Sorry have to disagree. We should 100% know, specified in game, what perks can be learned from books and what ones cant.

The levels are too slow, the perk points are too important. This info should be known.

As for the books, I agree. The book collecting is gonna be awesome.

 

[MechanicalLens]

See this is an issue for me I like the idea in general. But we should be aware of what perks DONT have books for them. I dont wanna be waiting for a book that desent exist.

I also see another potential issue here. What if a perk you could buy had x number of unlockables by you buying that perk, but not all of those unlockables had schematics behind them? This is probably a non-issue, but I thought I would bring it up.

(Ex. Theoretically (aka none of this is based in reality), let's say that tripwire hooks, dart traps, and the wire tool were all under one purchasable perk, but you could only find the schematic for the wire tool. If schematics did not exist for tripwire hooks or dart traps in this scenario, then you would have to either loot actual dart traps or tripwire hooks, buy them from the trader, or invest a point into the perk anyway.)

EDIT: Nevermind.

 

[Viktoriusiii]

See this is an issue for me I like the idea in general. But we should be aware of what perks DONT have books for them. I dont wanna be waiting for a book that desent exist.

Every schematic that you learn via perks (vehicles, cooking, armor, weapons and so on) is learnable with books/schematics.

NO perk (+10% damage; +50 loot; +20% ressources...) can be found and MUST be bought with perk points.

Pretty simplistic really

and then there is the bookseries that ADDS similar boni to those perks.

Like +5% sneakdamage while its dark, +50 blockdamage to trees and coaldeposits in the burnt biome and so on

 

[Roland]

It’s easy. If the perk unlocks a crafting recipe then there is a corresponding book or schematic that does the same thing. Done.

Schematics don’t give you powers like perks do. They just unlock crafting recipes.

The book sets give you powers but they are unique and not duplicates of the perks.

So if you are thinking of getting a perk that unlocks the crafting recipe for steel spears there is also a schematic for that. But if you are thinking of getting a perk to get more mats from mining there is no corresponding book for that.

Capiche?

 

[Kage848]

Every schematic that you learn via perks (vehicles, cooking, armor, weapons and so on) is learnable with books/schematics.NO perk (+10% damage; +50 loot; +20% ressources...) can be found and MUST be bought with perk points.

Pretty simplistic really

and then there is the bookseries that ADDS similar boni to those perks.

Like +5% sneakdamage while its dark, +50 blockdamage to trees and coaldeposits in the burnt biome and so on

Oh ok. So if the perk let's us craft an item it has a book. Do I have that right?

Also what if I find a book for making steel armor but I only have 3 points in the int attribute?

 

[Laz Man]

Being up the sequel lol. 7 Days to Die 2 HYPE!
Maybe call it "2 days to die" lol

Fixed.

 

[unholyjoe]

i prefer the slowness myself now... a15 and a16 i could max level and gear before the 3rd blood moon... now its more enjoyable and you will not be standing around wondering what to do.... well most of us wont... there will always be the min/max people who have to get there before everyone else and then complain...

really as i stated on a much earlier post... the challenge put forward is people should take their time examine different play styles as if they just started playing... you might find a better and different approach and enjoy it.

 

[Kage848]

It’s easy. If the perk unlocks a crafting recipe then there is a corresponding book or schematic that does the same thing. Done.
Schematics don’t give you powers like perks do. They just unlock crafting recipes.

The book sets give you powers but they are unique and not duplicates of the perks.

So if you are thinking of getting a perk that unlocks the crafting recipe for steel spears there is also a schematic for that. But if you are thinking of getting a perk to get more mats from mining there is no corresponding book for that.

Capiche?

Ok that's cool. I'll ask you too though.

What if I get the book for steel armor but only have int 3?

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i prefer the slowness myself now... a15 and a16 i could max level and gear before the 3rd blood moon... now its more enjoyable and you will not be standing around wondering what to do.... well most of us wont... there will always be the min/max people who have to get there before everyone else and then complain...
really as i stated on a much earlier post... the challenge put forward is people should take their time examine different play styles as if they just started playing... you might find a better and different approach and enjoy it.

I can agree with that last paragraph.

 

[Laz Man]

Yeah, It will be called Alpha-19 lol

Watching that madmole impersonation video and reading this had me rofl.

The only thing missing from the impersonation is the comment:

"This Alpha is a whole new game. Best Alpha yet." Lol

 

[unholyjoe]

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decisions decisions..

sorta like i waited to find the schematic but didnt so i spent the point to craft forge... and yep.. you guessed it... i then find the damn schematic... so i do what makes more sense... read and gained 50 more experience points. so its not a total loss (i would have like to put that point into decreasing encumbrance) but RNG is what it is.

 

[RipClaw]

What if I get the book for steel armor but only have int 3?

Then you can craft a steel armor but only with the quality level your INT allows.