PC Alpha 19 Dev Diary
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Gazz
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If you want to get technical then we don't have any assault rifles in the game. None of them are select fire.
Noctoras
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I still have hope the demolishers will get some balance tweaking for A19.
The fun argument often brought forward, if bits and pieces are streamlined / cut from the game, could apply here as well.
In its current state, base building fun is - at least for many people - partly reduced by demolishers. First by the amount of damage they do and the repairs necessary, then by the crater moonscape the leave behind. Spending a lot of game time in re-flattening a landscape just for the next demolisher horde feels even more pointless than sticks and raw iron. A cheesy basedesign shouldn't be necessary to make base building worthwhile.
Other than that, the new graphics are looking great and I am looking forward to 7D2D going gold, so there can be a sequel
The fun argument often brought forward, if bits and pieces are streamlined / cut from the game, could apply here as well.
In its current state, base building fun is - at least for many people - partly reduced by demolishers. First by the amount of damage they do and the repairs necessary, then by the crater moonscape the leave behind. Spending a lot of game time in re-flattening a landscape just for the next demolisher horde feels even more pointless than sticks and raw iron. A cheesy basedesign shouldn't be necessary to make base building worthwhile.
Other than that, the new graphics are looking great and I am looking forward to 7D2D going gold, so there can be a sequel
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SnowDog1942
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Theres Noaa way -- I can tell by the look in his eye. Try not to twister his words.
Sorry DaVega, not all bad puns are rock related
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MechanicalLens
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faatal
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Vehicles got some attention the last two days:
Added vehicle driving increases food consumption (added vehicles.xml foodDrain (normal,turbo), driving tag and _vehicleFood cvar).
Fixed SDTD-12623 Vehicles remember the player velocity when falling. (a19 bug)
Fixed vehicle physics not transferred when client or server took control (stuck gyrocopters).
Fixed vehicle engine would not stop if broken.
Added players exiting vehicles retain most velocity.
Added vehicles keep full velocity when driver exits and no wheel on ground.
Changed: Driving a vehicle adds 25% to your base food/water drain that you normally lose just standing around. Sprinting a vehicle adds 60% (minibike) to 40% (gyro) of the food/water drain that you would have while sprinting on foot. (Gazz)
Yes, driving vehicles in the dirty, rundown, apocalyptic world now consumes food.
Added vehicle driving increases food consumption (added vehicles.xml foodDrain (normal,turbo), driving tag and _vehicleFood cvar).
Fixed SDTD-12623 Vehicles remember the player velocity when falling. (a19 bug)
Fixed vehicle physics not transferred when client or server took control (stuck gyrocopters).
Fixed vehicle engine would not stop if broken.
Added players exiting vehicles retain most velocity.
Added vehicles keep full velocity when driver exits and no wheel on ground.
Changed: Driving a vehicle adds 25% to your base food/water drain that you normally lose just standing around. Sprinting a vehicle adds 60% (minibike) to 40% (gyro) of the food/water drain that you would have while sprinting on foot. (Gazz)
Yes, driving vehicles in the dirty, rundown, apocalyptic world now consumes food.
Adam the Waster
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Laz Man
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JCrook1028
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I assume we can thank the people driving away from horde night for this new silliness? Why else would food usage increase when we use less energy ourselves. ...sigh...
Laz Man
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faatal
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I challenge you to drive a car down a beat up gravel or dirt road and see how easy it is. My wife and I did last year in a rental car and it was tense. Rock noise, bumping up and down, trying to not hit the big dips that might damage the car. That constant alertness and stress was definitely using calories.
Decaying old roads are not like the streets you are driving on now.
Now the gryo would not fall into that category, but I'd think sitting on a metal frame, looking down at the world with wind blasting you in the face and trying not to crash into something, would be equally stressful.
Adam the Waster
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Laz Man
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I think the tricky part for the devs will be finding that magic number where food consumption while running x distance is not significantly lesser than driving the same distance...
...otherwise it becomes a mini game of I'll just run instead to save food...
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faatal
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LibbyA
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Guppys Fur
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faatal said:
I dont like to jump on a hate-train before i layed Hands on A19 before it is out, but this really sounds like BS.
If you want increase Gas Usage, but 60% more Food Drain?
Cmon Guys...
Yes i read your Story with your vacation Fataal, but Gamewise this doesnt make ANY sense considering you guys took out food Poisening "because it made no fun and felt cheesy"
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faatal
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It makes perfect sense to me, but if you want to remove it, it is defined in vehicles.xml for each vehicle.
Aldranon
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(edit: In A18) Food is important in managing what you do early game to somewhere around mid game.
When I have more food I mine more.
Now in A19, there will be other food aspects you have to think about:
-Going on missions far away need to be reconsidered.
-Non Mission POI clearing near your base, will become a natural choice.
When I have more food I mine more.
Now in A19, there will be other food aspects you have to think about:
-Going on missions far away need to be reconsidered.
-Non Mission POI clearing near your base, will become a natural choice.
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