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Alpha 18 Dev Diary!!

  • A18 Stable is Out!

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See, now that is a better answer than saying he is not working, because he is in a stream chat and answering questions here.

Thanks Gaffer.

Chris

 
Yes its recorded so we can see exactly what happened, how the steamer reacted to a situation etc. Full release is just chaos so the wrapping up a few dozen more issues is worth it to everyone.
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@roland this MM response about streamers first makes sense, its a "Soft opening" to make sure Monday is not a cluster Fck :)

Also, I refuse to accept Roland's propaganda :)

ok back to my Python.

 
Its all good. I would rather they have it the way they want it, than hear all the whining cause of a preventable bug issue to the ungrateful masses.

And some of the people that post here have issues of entitlement.

I just love the game and want to play. I am happy restarting any game, because I love early game more than mid or late game myself. It just allows me to refine my start and my starting perks and allows me to experiment.

Chris

 
I can wait until tomorrow. Going to finish A17 with a Day98 blow up everything.
I mean, why not?

:)
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I do that on every end of an alpha , gather a lot of gunpowder and you know, a big boom, it brings some great memories while all blocks fly around, and the feeling that its gonna be better is just the best :)

Uh, and yea, careful to not blow yourself while loading your base with boom stuff.

#experience

 
@Madmole: how is gamestage configured?

I understand leveling is slower in A18 but trying to figure out if I'm shooting the group in the foot jacking the xp down to 25%. Thought process, generally speaking,: If vanilla XP settings (100%), 1 kill = 1 gamestage point, does 1 kill at 25% = 1 gamestage point as well or would it be 4 kills = 1 gamestage point?

 
WE might too, but need to spend more hours testing and see what the community says. Its a touchy one to where you are throwing up constantly and it would be off putting. I take some cans with me now just in case.
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You haven't seen sea of thieves then. If you drink too much grog, the screen gets all great and wavy, and eventually spew... And usually on another shipmate if you time it right. THEY then get sick, and try to get to a new victim.

 
Will 7DtD go on sale the Monday(tomorrow) the new alpha is out? I thought I heard that being the case with previous alphas but wanted to check in case it was just wishful thinking on my part. Got two friends that are considering picking the game up.

 
@Madmole: how is gamestage configured?
I understand leveling is slower in A18 but trying to figure out if I'm shooting the group in the foot jacking the xp down to 25%. Thought process, generally speaking,: If vanilla XP settings (100%), 1 kill = 1 gamestage point, does 1 kill at 25% = 1 gamestage point as well or would it be 4 kills = 1 gamestage point?
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I'm pretty sure gamestage is a combination of level plus consecutive days alive multiplied by difficulty modifier

 
@MM, I have already done two streams and here are some comments:

- You need to balance the Insane mode. With a stone spear you can beat a zombie for a very long time until he dies, even a knife copes better.

- POISONING! Poisoning is cool, but ... We always have the same effect with any poisoning. Maybe it is worth adding the random value of reducing food? Or maybe the power of poisoning can depend on the satiety of food? Now it looks very strange when you got poisoned with one boiled egg or a whole portion of soup, you still lose 50% of the food.

 
@MM, I have already done two streams and here are some comments:- You need to balance the Insane mode. With a stone spear you can beat a zombie for a very long time until he dies, even a knife copes better.

- POISONING! Poisoning is cool, but ... We always have the same effect with any poisoning. Maybe it is worth adding the random value of reducing food? Or maybe the power of poisoning can depend on the satiety of food? Now it looks very strange when you got poisoned with one boiled egg or a whole portion of soup, you still lose 50% of the food.
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yeah i think can foods should give you food positioning too. but not as much, however meals that take more to craft should give little to no food poising

 
Its going to be Monday, we're fixing various issues that have cropped up.
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FINE. (I'm late putting up the Halloween stuff anyway. 6 hours later, and I have most of the outdoor stuff at least out. I still need to run more electric cords.

We haven't even gotten out the indoor stuff yet, either!

 
FINE. (I'm late putting up the Halloween stuff anyway. 6 hours later, and I have most of the outdoor stuff at least out. I still need to run more electric cords.
We haven't even gotten out the indoor stuff yet, either!
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i would rather do that and go to school!

plus all i put up is a pumpkin . not really a festive person lol

 
Will 7DtD go on sale the Monday(tomorrow) the new alpha is out? I thought I heard that being the case with previous alphas but wanted to check in case it was just wishful thinking on my part. Got two friends that are considering picking the game up.
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Even at regular price, it's one of the best value games out there. My wife and myself easily have more than 2200 hours each, and at $20 a pop, that a fraction of the cost 0er hour of a was game.

And we can't WAIT to start up a new playthrough of a18.

They've given us SO much enjoyment that if there was a patreon for a a18 celebration party we would happily chip in.

I hate dlc because I'm cheap, yet I'd gladly chip in on a alpha release party.

Go figger.

 
i would rather do that and go to school!

plus all i put up is a pumpkin . not really a festive person lol
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He'll, we have half a dozen 12 ft inflatables, 20 artificial Jack's, skeletons, spiders, both a 8 foot Slimer and a 12 foot stay puft inflatable, and even a life sized Ghostbusters Slimer prop replica!

And that's not counting the 8 tubs of indoor decorations!

Thing is, we are losing our traditional heritage in the US, and we aren't giving up traditional Halloween without a fight!

 
He'll, we have half a dozen 12 ft inflatables, 20 artificial Jack's, skeletons, spiders, both a 8 foot Slimer and a 12 foot stay puft inflatable, and even a life sized Ghostbusters Slimer prop replica!
And that's not counting the 8 tubs of indoor decorations!

Thing is, we are losing our traditional heritage in the US, and we aren't giving up traditional Halloween without a fight!
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yeah but my area has a bunch of kids that break props so we stopped. and if those dumb ass kids kept doing it my mom would probably in prison. but we do decorate indoors and in the back yard lol

 
Now it looks very strange when you got poisoned with one boiled egg or a whole portion of soup, you still lose 50% of the food.
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You mean you only lose 50% of the food value of the food you actually ate that made you sick, or 50% of your stomach contents ? (the latter of which I would find to be much more appropriate)

 
Google anything about streamers playing updates/games first, good for $$$ and bad for PR, wish devs moved away from this type of $ first behavior. Could of thrown us a bone and released it idk this morning... You have already let the streamers play 48 hours i would think that's more then fair but whatever. Micro-transactions probably on the way at this rate.

 
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