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Alpha 18 Dev Diary!!

  • A18 Stable is Out!

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MM are we suppose to be able to use the auger to collect a bunch of materials from cars? I was curious since and used the auger instead of a wrench and I got more with the auger than wrench same when I used it to tear apart fridges and other stuff we would normally use a wrench for and I ended up with a decent amount of items and it was crazy fast since I was using the auger instead of a wrench.
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Nope.
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Same thing with a pickaxe (didn't try other tools) to dismantle workstations. Radiators too don't need a wrench to be harvested.

 
Anyone tried a stealth build? I've put 3 points into From The Shadows, I'm wearing leather hood, leather chest armor and leather gloves, no flashlight, crouching, i inch forwards in pois and I consistently wake up everything in the room.

 
Why would they have to change the poi's.
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Because the plots in the POIs are the "bug" not that you can pick up plots in general. Sure it is more work to rework the POIs but a proper solution is always more work than a quick fix with a ton of collateral damage.

 
1st horde night on our mp server, and I'm on top of the old firehouse. 39 minutes before I eat a hard boiled egg because the wife cooked them all and we have no food other than them at all, and I'm starving. And I get the $hit$. GREAT.

I eat all the rest of them because I can't get any sicker, and bicycle over to the firehouse. A vulture was following, but lost interest.

I take out the dumpster in back so they can't get up the ladder, and scramble to the top.

The horde hits the back of the building where the dumpster is, and we can't get a shot.

My health is going down from the $hit$ and lack of food. I head up to the top to get a bead on them from the larger roof, the vulture regains hos interest, hits me from the back, and knocks me onto the ground!

No way to get back up, the horde is RIGHT on top of me, I have the $hit$ AND now a broken leg.

4 deaths in my 53 day sp, and now 3 on day 8 in our mp, and my wife has none.

Fun fact: Gps IS still a thing if you die on horde night.. they home in on you just like normal even if you don't engage. (I posted a formal bug report about it.) I suspect it because I was in a group and my wife was still defending.

That was pretty funny though!

 
Some little touches I love in A18 that set the mood.
Flies at certain Dumpsters, small thing but highlight the decay in the world. (need more flies) :)

Zombies emerging from the water (sounds fx as well) kind of a scene from a zombie film I forget the name....

This game needs more gore set about the world, like hanged zombies or heads on pikes etc....

Also as there lots of easy ways to get fresh meat, you should make it that we have to store it in coolers, (thats behind a perk or book) else it becomes rotten meat....
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DAMN IT NOW IM SPREADING MY IDEAS!

water zombies!

drowned fisherman: he can sleep in the water and he is as tanky as a lumberjack and he's kinda fat, but not from eating. his stomach is full of mud and he can blind you with it but doesn't do much damage!

feral mudman: this zombie walks like the spider zombie and he looks like a feral but hes covered in mud. he runs very quick in the water and like to lurk around the banks of rivers and jump out and stun you!

rooted walker: this zombie very skeletal but still has some flesh on his bones but this zombie has plants growing out of him like mushrooms , poison ivy and thorn bushes! so if he attacks you he lowers your max health due to the ivy and he can use the plants as camo!

 
Thanks for answering my post from before ^_^ One more quick question, I assume the patch notes for the recent update on Steam haven't been released yet? I got an update for Alpha 18 experimental, but despite searching, I can't find a peep on it; It was 1.6 GB in size, this update. If you have a link to the patch notes I'd appreciate it, if not it's cool.

 
also i got a idea for the work bench!

when you scrap a weapon , armor or anything like that. it takes more time but you get more stuff from it like more parts , scarp , iron and more from what the item was made of.

cuz to me it makes sense to me cuz you can probably dismantle something easier on a workbench with tools then your bare hands

 
Wohhh those are excellent ideas !!! Love where your going with the zombie themes !!! TFP please consider. Ppppllllleeeeaaaassseeee.
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thxs m8!

i got a ton more to the point that if TFP added them they would go bankrupt lol

 
also i got a idea for the work bench!

when you scrap a weapon , armor or anything like that. it takes more time but you get more stuff from it like more parts , scarp , iron and more from what the item was made of.

cuz to me it makes sense to me cuz you can probably dismantle something easier on a workbench with tools then your bare hands
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The problem I see with that, is that the Workbench already gives you the benefit of not having to be there, tying up your own crafting queue, and that's already a big benefit.

I've thrown stuff into the workbench that I could have crafted, just simply because it was going to take a while, and I didn't want to hang around while it was getting done.

The bench would be OP I reckon if it also gave you bonus resources.

 
The problem I see with that, is that the Workbench already gives you the benefit of not having to be there, tying up your own crafting queue, and that's already a big benefit.
I've thrown stuff into the workbench that I could have crafted, just simply because it was going to take a while, and I didn't want to hang around while it was getting done.

The bench would be OP I reckon if it also gave you bonus resources.
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its would be based of of level , perks and durability plus its only affects melee weapons , guns/bows and armor

say you got a AK and its level 2 and its half quantity. you "could" get more parts like 1 extra then you can get some iron , springs and plastic like 3 forged iron , 5 springs and 7 pollys!

 
also a stove would be nice!

the campfire would be a more primitive way to cook food.

but the stove,made of stone and metal, and has the pipes on the back for the smoke and has a barrel on the side you can store water for cooking!(like gas in a generator)

your able to make better stews , and make better tea like aloe tea , mixed canned food! , fresh sham sandwiches , megacrush etc!

and able to cook stews faster!

 
Petition to move Master Chef perk to Fortitude. In exchange, Fortitude is willing to give Strength the Huntsman perk.

Thank you for your consideration TFP.

X Omegarte

 
Thanks for answering my post from before ^_^ One more quick question, I assume the patch notes for the recent update on Steam haven't been released yet? I got an update for Alpha 18 experimental, but despite searching, I can't find a peep on it; It was 1.6 GB in size, this update. If you have a link to the patch notes I'd appreciate it, if not it's cool.
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I think you mean the update to version b143. The patch notes are on this page:

https://7daystodie.com/a18-official-release-notes/

You can find them on the end of the page or search for "Changelog B135 – B143"

 
A good sign that - A18 sets the bar I reckon. Knocked my previous favourite version outta the park.
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My opinion: A18 is a mix between A16 and A17. I can lvl up just building/mining and just looting specific POI's, libraries for example, to get books and schematics. Then, you have quests to make money and buy things you are not finding.

Last night was day 21 horde (24 alive). I never felt such tension before and sometimes "despair" because I got really close to death. I need to raise my game otherwise day 28 will be the end (I usually play death is death). Thank God I can focus on defense and getting more iron (coal, nitrate and concrete mix I'm good enough). Current objective is to find the book for exploding bolts: it's freaking awesome like in A16.

 
Petition to move Master Chef perk to Fortitude. In exchange, Fortitude is willing to give Strength the Huntsman perk.Thank you for your consideration TFP.

X Omegarte
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i would think it would be in intelligents due to thinking about what to put in.

but yeah i don't think masterchef shouldn't be in strength

 
i would think it would be in intelligents due to thinking about what to put in.
but yeah i don't think masterchef shouldn't be in strength
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Fair enough but there really isn't any perk under intelligence can logically be moved to strength. There is also a lot of crafting perks already under intelligence.

 
also a stove would be nice!
the campfire would be a more primitive way to cook food.

but the stove,made of stone and metal, and has the pipes on the back for the smoke and has a barrel on the side you can store water for cooking!(like gas in a generator)

your able to make better stews , and make better tea like aloe tea , mixed canned food! , fresh sham sandwiches , megacrush etc!

and able to cook stews faster!
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Maybe a mod for stove to make it functional?

 
In A17 holding down the trigger resulted in much less heat than constantly tapping it did. No idea if same in A18.
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nope i hold down the trigger and I get screamers within a minute or two (probably longer but it feels really fast)

@MM I saw that the Torch is generates 3x more heat than a forge. is that going to get fixed in the next build?

 
Or just press and hold and make 1 single heat impression per gas tank of gas.
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unfortunately it is not working as intended as everytime I am augering I get a screamer within 1 or 2 minutes. Idc but everyone keeps saying just hold down trigger and i do that yet the screamers come so Idk what is going on with that.

 
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