PC Alpha 18 Dev Diary!!
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Doctor3D
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Can confirm another PC that disabling AF fixed. My brother has a GTX 1050 2GB. He is able to play with full textures and still get 60 FPS almost everywhere with a mix of medium and high settings on a 1680 x 1050 monitor.
This is what I told him to change:
AF - Forced "OFF"
Texture Filtering Anisotropic Sample Optimization "ON"
Texture Filtering Quality "Performance"
It went from literally unplayable FPS to an average of 60 FPS when outdoors.
This is what I told him to change:
AF - Forced "OFF"
Texture Filtering Anisotropic Sample Optimization "ON"
Texture Filtering Quality "Performance"
It went from literally unplayable FPS to an average of 60 FPS when outdoors.
Quantum Blue
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I am on day 16 of my 2nd game! (PreGen02). Went to day 12 on my first game. Finding new ways to deal with zombies has been incredible. (Fighting and base defense)
AlabasterW
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One more for the disabling of anisotropic filtering. I also did a bunch of other stuff, like turning on triple buffering and setting general texture filtering to performance rather than quality, but I'm not sure how much that affects things compared to anisotropic filtering.
At the very least, I'm seeing a massive, massive boost in FPS and no noticeable dipping anymore. The textures are slightly muddier and flatter looking, but it's still far within acceptable levels, and that's what really matters. Who cares about how good the game looks if you can't play it worth a damn?
If your computer is good but not ultra-hyper good, try turning off the filtering as mentioned. It seems like the high end graphic stuff is a little TOO high end for most computers. I'm sure they'll suss out the worst of it in the coming patches; every alpha has been like this where it starts out a little shaky and then they eliminate nearly every problem in the following patches. Hope A18.1 is soon!
At the very least, I'm seeing a massive, massive boost in FPS and no noticeable dipping anymore. The textures are slightly muddier and flatter looking, but it's still far within acceptable levels, and that's what really matters. Who cares about how good the game looks if you can't play it worth a damn?
If your computer is good but not ultra-hyper good, try turning off the filtering as mentioned. It seems like the high end graphic stuff is a little TOO high end for most computers. I'm sure they'll suss out the worst of it in the coming patches; every alpha has been like this where it starts out a little shaky and then they eliminate nearly every problem in the following patches. Hope A18.1 is soon!
MechanicalLens
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I would also like to report that I've been experiencing better performance in A18 compared to A17. 
In A17, my FPS generally fluctuated between 50 and 65 FPS, but in this current unstable experimental build of A18, I get a steady 70-75 FPS (fun fact: it gets to around 130 FPS when I'm in my mine at bedrock, for whatever reason), and everything feels buttery smooth. Well, except if something is crafting while I try to interact with my inventory, then my frames just tank, but other than that small nitpicky inconvenience, I must say, great job, Fun Pimps!
In A17, my FPS generally fluctuated between 50 and 65 FPS, but in this current unstable experimental build of A18, I get a steady 70-75 FPS (fun fact: it gets to around 130 FPS when I'm in my mine at bedrock, for whatever reason), and everything feels buttery smooth. Well, except if something is crafting while I try to interact with my inventory, then my frames just tank, but other than that small nitpicky inconvenience, I must say, great job, Fun Pimps! 
Adam the Waster
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SAME!
but im on my 7th and in navezgane
Blake_
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I must say, I agree with the guy. A18 is extremely good with my 10-20 fps outside. The food poisoning and dissentery system are to my liking also, after suffering them a bit. It was so rewarding when having died 3 times looking down on the rage system I started to resist and fight and eat, and suffer but eventually win something and you treat a simple schematic like it was a heavenly sign. But there is always a choice. A choice to risk and get off my ass and fight and run from crazy random ferals. Apparently nights are like that lol.
One day I spent 12 hours building a tiny tower to fight a wolf, when I finally made it, I shot the bastard only to notice he had a friend nearby. The tower was just a 2x2x2 of single repaired wood. Several weird shouts and gags and screams later I finally took care of them. As I was getting meat from the wolfie's bodies a bunch of steps scared the crap out of me. It was 21.37 PM. I've never seen a character run so fast. Never looked back, I mean, what could a level 2 guy do with 4 arrows, a stone spear and 15% infection on top of a couple of damaged frames against a Running McDonalds advertising gang?
madmole
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Harvest every tree stump you find and do quests for the trader, they offer antibiotics as rewards sometimes. I'm typically swimming in honey and never even dip into my antibiotics. I head to the pine forest immediately and hunt stumps before doing any combat. Carry honey on me at all times, unless a quest is under 1000 meters away then I will leave it at home to save space.
Adam the Waster
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@madmole
do you guys plan on adding bee hives to harvest? like they would spawn near or on POIs and if you get close you get a effect you and zombies with a bleed but its called Bees .
in other words are you guys ever going to add bee hives?
AlabasterW
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Oh snap, clubs and sledges are getting their animations improved? I'm so happy to hear that, cause atm the swing blocks the damn screen and you can't see what you're hitting.
As an aside, did the loot abundance settings ever get fixed properly? I remember hearing it didn't actually do anything in A17, and I'm kinda swimming in loot in A18 so I want to turn it down a little.
As an aside, did the loot abundance settings ever get fixed properly? I remember hearing it didn't actually do anything in A17, and I'm kinda swimming in loot in A18 so I want to turn it down a little.
unlike them
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I love to look for cooking pots in the burnt forest. When I start new game I head there and search for those 'corner of a building' ruins, they are everywhere, there is often a kitchen stove with a cooking pot/grill. And no sleepers so it is rather safe (apart from vultures).
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