PC Alpha 18 Dev Diary!!

Alpha 18 Dev Diary!!

  • A18 Stable is Out!

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And I thank you for this change. Ninja animals rarely kill me in-game (unless I have a hunting rifle or a blunderbuss, or no gun at all), but in my previous world I died within the first 4 minutes to a ninja wolf, and on night one, the game send me a pack of ninja wolves. Not fun.
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Yeah nobody likes a cheap death. I don't mind dying when I took risks I didn't need to, and I don't think most players do. I mean it sucks but it sucks 500x worse when the game robbed you. We're trying to minimize those moments where its just complete bs.

 
Yeah nobody likes a cheap death. I don't mind dying when I took risks I didn't need to, and I don't think most players do. I mean it sucks but it sucks 500x worse when the game robbed you. We're trying to minimize those moments where its just complete bs.
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I agree, and again, thank you. Although I must ask, have these changes also been applied to (ninja) zombie dog hordes?

Also, I'm just curious, have wandering hordes changed at all in A18? I'm just curious because in A16 they were quite irritating and somewhat overwhelming (especially before nightfall), but, just in my opinion, they were somewhat "lacking" in A17. You know, a horde of zombies that is 6 zombies strong is no longer a horde, but a mini-horde. :p But if nothing has changed, no worries! So long as we don't get wandering hordes 2-3 times a day like in A16. Lol

 
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Both you and Guppycur sound like the two who complained when the starter motor for cars was invented. "Oh Woe, you have killed cars for ever... Why did you remove the crank when we could have both!
You have ruined cars forever...
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Very poor analogy. The starter motor and crank perform the same function if I'm correct.

Planter boxes are beautiful blocks that both snap to other blocks and function as farming patches to seed.

Removing farming with a hoe and tilling the wild land is nothing remotely similar to crafting a box and seeding it.

 
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You guys still dont understand this by now? There is a limit to how much can be added to the game. Development/engineering, especially in the early phases is alot of the addition/subtraction until everything comes together how the product is supposed to perform.
A good example of this is the all the block changes/consolidations that have been done.

Once the game is gold will subtraction will stop/reduce.
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Try reading back through the pages. MadMole clarified it, I get it, I don't like it and perhaps it will show when A18 releases if others don't like it, but the matter is settled.

Stop digging up old posts of mine stating myself or others don't get it, when I have explicitly stated, three times now that I do.

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What is the MF bug count at? Sorry if I missed it
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I think MadMole's latest count was 23 MF 😊

Although that was last night (my time) so it may be less now.

 
Hey! Madmole will there be an option to turn on/off digging zombies during the process of alpha 18 completion before Alpha 19 like the option given to alter how the blood moon works?

 
Its 10x more forgiving than the old zombies run in the dark stuff we used to do that was pretty cool. Its just enough to make you shart a bit, but not full on crap your pants :D
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Thanks MM, kudos for finding my post among all the doom and gloom posts. 😅

 
Try reading back through the pages. MadMole clarified it, I get it, I don't like it and perhaps it will show when A18 releases if others don't like it, but the matter is settled.
Stop digging up old posts of mine stating myself or others don't get it, when I have explicitly stated, three times now that I do.

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I think MadMole's latest count was 23 MF 😊

Although that was last night (my time) so it may be less now.
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My bad. Wasnt my intention to dig up old posts, its hard to keep up since this thread has been moving very fast recently. 😅

 
Are we going to have the ability to plant on the ground or is that basic feature that all other voxel games have removed?

Did you replace that basic feature with planter blocks?

If so please go back to you're computer put it back in and let's just say this never happened.

 
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Yes I need to choose my words more carefully. It sounds like crap on the surface, but in the context of a year of changes, better ai, rage zombies, everyone feeling too much pressure, it was a good decision. Feels like lots of biome zeds yet. Did you know its so thick we had to add "invisible animals" as a hack to thin it down? Like the lowest number is so high that we spawn invisible animals that die instantly just to keep the numbers reasonable. Sucks but we'll gut that code soon enough. Even on the minimum setting its a lot and with bread crumbs and better ai, "feels the same or worse" I should say.
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Cool! I'm really looking forward to playing a18.. still playing the witcher 3 though.

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No worries... rock on :D
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Lol you betya!

Speaking about rock; got any favourite bands?

 
How is improving farming bad for the survival experience? Sorry but we don't want players to crawl over broken glass to do things in the game. Now its easy to understand, how does that make it bad? Try explaining to someone new how to farm. Just do it. Please respond to me and lets watch how ridiculously long the conversation is going to be.
We've been through this before. Its a sharp stick. Now its usable by anyone, without a wiki and a 50 step process. FFS its farming, not rocket science. Why should I need a forge to start a farm? WHy would I need a cement mixer to make fertilizer. That ♥♥♥♥ was lame, now its fun, simple and easy to learn and use. Some people are just married to clunkly old crap and like crawling over broken glass I guess. If that one thing is a deal breaker to play this game you need your head examined or to download a mod that restores legacy farming.
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There it is again calling loyal players to get there "head examined". You said that to me when I told you that concrete textures don't belong on house walls.

 
No it was a code name for eye candy.
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You’re supposed to let these things go on for days before letting them off the hook. You revealed it the very next page. Noob Troll move.

Git Gud MadTroll!!

 
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