PC Alpha 19 Dev Diary

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Gobarg said:
I very much like the new night time lighting 

I don't live anywhere near a big city, in fact I am over 1000km away from traffic lights!

So when the sun goes down we get either stars or the moon and I have to tell you that you CAN see at night, not very well but it's not ink black.

We get a fairly long twilight and a long sunrise so again it is light before the sun rises and for a time after it sets.
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I concur.  I have a house in the country, even on a new moon you can see at night; your eyes adjust.  Additionally TFP have given you control to meet your preferences.  Not sure much more needs to be done as long as you can adjust anywhere from pitch black to almost daylight.

 
Kosmic Kerman said:
GS no longer increases based on difficulty.
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Good to know, I've been loathe to turn difficulty up since I don't enjoy every poi being full of radiated ferals until I have the gear to deal with them.

Adam the Waster said:
i would like Random gen but it takes me 90 mins to load a map!
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I run the previewer, then minimize the game and do something else for an hour.  Once the map is generated it will load as fast as navesgane.

 
Kosmic Kerman said:
GS no longer increases based on difficulty.
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Good to know, I've been loathe to turn difficulty up since I don't enjoy every poi being full of radiated ferals until I have the gear to deal with them.

Adam the Waster said:
i would like Random gen but it takes me 90 mins to load a map!
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I run the previewer, then minimize the game and do something else for an hour.  Once the map is generated it will load as fast as navesgane.

 
Progress on my medieval style house:

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bobross said:
Have you done MP A19 Horde Night yet? We haven't. We've had Feral Wights and Cops on Day 7, Radiateds on Day 14, and Demolishers in quantity on Day 21 in A18. Sure they've nerfed the MP horde nights. I don't buy it until we've experienced it, repeatedly.
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MP Horde nights in 18.4 were broken.......

 
Forgotten Memes said:
Will it be a poi in a20 with bearded zombies falling from the ceiling?
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No it doesn't fit the theme of the game at all.

MechanicalLens said:
Looking amazing! :)  Got any interior shots?
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Nothing but dirt and sawdust from construction... but no nothing to see yet, I don't even have back walls yet in some sections. Eric pointed me in the right direction of some trim and roof pieces that made it look so much better. It took some playing with things but I managed to find the right woods to go together because some woods run sideways and some run up and down and we don't have any uv tools yet so getting it to look right has been challenging. I'm taking mental notes for some improvements we can do to the tools and player building work flow though.

JCrook1028 said:
MP Horde nights in 18.4 were broken.......
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Can we avoid broad stroke false statements? Please clarify.

 
Adam the Waster said:
it could be a Face mask! like the nurses lol
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madmole said:
Somehow that slipped under the radar...
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Actually, the face mask would make sense for the character that goes face to face with zombies.

The brawler perk has this thing that prevents infection if you "knock their teeth out", but all face masks in the game could lower the chance of infection by a small percentage. Makes sense to cover your mouth while bashing their brains :D

Or (boxing) mouthguard, if the +1 fortitude and -% in infection chance is unfair combination for one tree. Then you'd have to choose, mask or mouthguard.

 
madmole said:
Nothing but dirt and sawdust from construction... but no nothing to see yet, I don't even have back walls yet in some sections. Eric pointed me in the right direction of some trim and roof pieces that made it look so much better. It took some playing with things but I managed to find the right woods to go together because some woods run sideways and some run up and down and we don't have any uv tools yet so getting it to look right has been challenging. I'm taking mental notes for some improvements we can do to the tools and player building work flow though.
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Ahh, so you're building in sections then? I've definitely heard of that technique before, yeah.

Well, you put any of my projects to shame; I do not have the same creativity as you, but such is life. Bravo, and keep up the good work. :)

And yes, the more tools the better, those would definitely be most welcome. :)

 
@madmole I think it would be splendid if you could find the time (if you're willing to that is) to release some YouTube videos on your own channel showing some techniques when it comes to roofing, trimming, so forth.

 
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