PC Alpha 18 Dev Diary!!

Alpha 18 Dev Diary!!

  • A18 Stable is Out!

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Brings a tear to my eye that this good game is bringing so much glee and fun my way and the updates are like icing on the cake.

Brilliant to see more tweaks and bugs being stomped on.

This game has timed it so well for

Halloween as well this year.

Probably one of my best games for a horror theme this, as well as being first most a survival.

 
I do still use the command gfx af 0, removes a bit of stuttering(RX580 8GB). But the performance is better now :)

Faatal: Is there a possibility to add the "gfx af 0" as a start parameter in steam, or does it work only ingame, when the world is loaded ?

 
It would be over already. I died twice but that can happen on a normal game. The first time was against a fatty and I just had no stamina to keep banging with him. The second time I did a night time dig quest for food but it spawns a mini horde when you open the chest. I had planned an escape route but it was too craggy and I got stun locked by a fatty and it was over before I could do anything. I got my stuff back (barely) and out of nowhere I'm getting hit, I spin around and can't see anyone until the vulture hits me again, giving me infection. I smashed him with my knuckles and harvested him. The road had a couple of fatties on it, so I decided to cross the craggy mountains instead and tried to slide down a ledge but it was too steep and I broke my leg.
The sun came up and I got my reward, 10 big health kits. No cooking pot yet, no duct tape, so I hobbled to a nearby hotel in search of a cooking pot. I found one in the first cupboard, so I hobbled back to my roadside sleeping bag, chest and campfire only to realize I had no murky water. So back to the hotel. I started breaking into a room only to see a fatty I didn't want to fight too bad, so I spiked the doorway shut. I don't know if its new but he avoided my spike and tried to make his own hole out. So I shot arrows through the door and punched him after he broke the top block and was working on the bottom block and barely killed him before he broke through. The toilet was empty but I found a wrench!

I harvested a bed for cloth for the duct tape I needed to make a splint and I hobbled back to base, made the splint (after 30 minutes of a broken leg) and have about 16% of a splinted leg to go. I'm infected so I think I'm just going to drink my mega crush and hit the road hoping to find forest and search for honey. At this moment I'm thinking tree stumps in every damn biome would be a great idea.

I did find some brass knuckles in a gun safe at a ranger station at the end of day 1, so that helped since I'm planning fortitude for this nightmare test. It sure makes you play a lot more cautious since you can't outrun them, its a fight to the death in most scenarios. I'm carrying spikes around just in case to try and kite them around a bit but haven't been able to use them yet, its been one on one to the death in most fights and I manage to get arrows off. Not sure what everyone is on about, I have 100+ arrows already on day 2 but I use my fists for most fights.

It makes you think twice about how you play. A couple zombies on the road is something to fear early game for sure now. Nightmare mode is pretty intense but I like it.
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A gripping thriller / horror story right there. !! Dam you so attract the fattys eh. Great read MM.

This game compels and writes it’s own stories when played.

 
You can track bears but... if you need the perk to see a bear you probably have other problems. =)
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With texture streaming on they look like brown resource boulders...😏
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Yeah, most of the time I almost run into them thinking they are a boulder, and only notice them because they are attacking a zed.

I haven't invested any skill into hunting yet, but when flicking through the descriptions, I just thought it seemed strange that bears were not mentioned at all even though they are a considerable threat.

 
Hey, so, would it be too hard to implement a menu where you can check which recipes you have unlocked and which others you haven't? Sometimes while I loot I find so many recipes I forget I've unlocked them later on.

You can't really keep tabs on it in the crafting menu, since it never shows you all the unlockable recipes at once.

 
Wait, the lack of Steam announcements is on purpose?
You're announcing every build release on the 7DtD Twitter feed. You timed the streamer event, the merchandise sale, and the rest of the hype train to peak on Experimental's release. You are advertising Experimental.

I find it bizarre to skip the Steam announcements. It's not consistent, and in my view it's why users are coming to the Steam forum every day confused about whether A18 is 'out' or not.
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That's hilarious... whats so confusing about physically clicking on a button which clearly opts you into an experimental release?

I'm laughing, but I also honestly think its a little sad at the same time, that for some, the confusion is real.

 
I'm getting this AI "bug" a lot; some of the zombies just gathering in a corner and mingling there harmlessly when I'm standing in a corner. Does anyone else experience this? :p It's rather odd...

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Yes happens quite often. Has to do with standing on something sticking out like bars and their pathing trying to come to your height. They are using the terrain elevation as a path. Like they will try to get in trees when they are there.

 
Hey, so, would it be too hard to implement a menu where you can check which recipes you have unlocked and which others you haven't? Sometimes while I loot I find so many recipes I forget I've unlocked them later on.
You can't really keep tabs on it in the crafting menu, since it never shows you all the unlockable recipes at once.
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Just open the CM menu and type in "volume" or "schematic", and browse through them. :)

 
After playing A18 for a while now, I have been wishing for a special slot in my toolbar to be fists only. The only thing allowed in it would be knuckles. I know that essentially keeping one spot open is the same thing, but for some reason I keep thinking this would be easier. I believe this strikes my mind most when it's early game and you are using basically any weapon you can get your hands on and you keep your tool bar loaded with these plus your bandages. Some things you can use to gather, but with a lot of things now you can't... for example spears and clubs (both things you would have on your first days) do not harvest much. Oddly you can harvest aloe and yucca, but not grass and plants like cotton, goldenrod, chrysanthemum and other things. I actually reported that as a bug since madmole said we should be able to harvest with these things, but the response was that the devs say it's an intended feature now.

I dunno... just wishing for a fists only slot.
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Then you still need an empty slot for figthing, doesn't change a thing :p

 
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I do still use the command gfx af 0, removes a bit of stuttering(RX580 8GB). But the performance is better now :) Faatal: Is there a possibility to add the "gfx af 0" as a start parameter in steam, or does it work only ingame, when the world is loaded ?
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Next week I will probably be adding a Texture Filter video option, which will do the same thing.

 
No it trivializes the feeling of finding a purple in loot after clearing a dangerous POI. You shouldn't be able to turn garbage into the best gear in the game. Get off your ass and find it.
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This is hilarious. We had someone log into our a18 Server, and the 12th Crate she looted contained a Level 6 Steel Sledgehammer.... and you think Crafting trivializes the feeling of finding Purple loot? Fifteen minutes into the game and you have the best Sledge you're gonna get.

 
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