PC Alpha 19 Dev Diary

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Oh thank God. I was wondering that myself when you started talking about improved lighting and shadows. *thumbs up* awesome!
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In general it should run about the same. There might be a few things that render slower due to enhancements, but other things that render faster due to streamlined math and the removal of legacy code that is running, but not doing anything. A good example is the moon phase. It does not change anymore, yet there is c# and shader code doing calculations. I removed some of that today.

 
Can we get some screenshots soon?
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I was hoping this week, but we fell into the sinkhole of atmosphere/cloud shaders. A lot of back and forth between code and art, which actually made stuff look worse for now, because code changes have dependencies on art changes. We are still dialing things in. Maybe next week.

 
I was hoping this week, but we fell into the sinkhole of atmosphere/cloud shaders. A lot of back and forth between code and art, which actually made stuff look worse for now, because code changes have dependencies on art changes. We are still dialing things in. Maybe next week.
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Good to know, looks like this club will keep us talking for awhile anyway haha. Speaking of new models, any planned model changes for the weapons? I'd like to see a better model for the rocket launcher, maybe a return of the original rocket launcher from like alpha 1.

 
I'm not a professional in this area, but impractical in real life doesn't necessarily mean bad for a game. In games such as this one where you spend long hours, you want something cool to look at, not something that will bore you to death.
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Plus....I wouldn’t want to get hit by that thing...

 
Good to know, looks like this club will keep us talking for awhile anyway haha. Speaking of new models, any planned model changes for the weapons? I'd like to see a better model for the rocket launcher, maybe a return of the original rocket launcher from like alpha 1.
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Why would they scrap what they added sometime around Alpha 15 and go back to what they had in Alpha 1?

 
Plus....I wouldn’t want to get hit by that thing...
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Yeah, it does look pretty threatening. Imagine that on day 1 you meet two different bandits. The first one would hold the old iron club and the second one would have this new badass iron club. Which one would you try to avoid more likely? ;)

 
Plus....I wouldn’t want to get hit by that thing...
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So... the club. billy or blackjack is being replaced with... a steampunk mace?

Fair enough but it wouldn't have been my first choice of design.

 
This club business is pretty funny. Look around your house, basement, garage, tool shed. Where exactly did you find or make a club like our old wood club? Don't think you are going to find one, so make it? From what? A tree branch? Generally you would have to chop/whittle that using some other tool like an axe or knife. Why not just use those as a weapon in the first place? More than likely your club would be a 2x4, pipe, baseball bat, tall lamp, table leg or many other man made items. Not likely a Flintstones club. Then you turn around and add some weight on the end for fun. Sounds like the new club to me.

 
This club business is pretty funny. Look around your house, basement, garage, tool shed. Where exactly did you find or make a club like our old wood club? Don't think you are going to find one, so make it? From what? A tree branch? Generally you would have to chop/whittle that using some other tool like an axe or knife. Why not just use those as a weapon in the first place? More than likely your club would be a 2x4, pipe, baseball bat, tall lamp, table leg or many other man made items. Not likely a Flintstones club. Then you turn around and add some weight on the end for fun. Sounds like the new club to me.
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If you add weight inside a club it becomes a blackjack, if you add weight outside of the club it becomes a mace.

 
This club business is pretty funny.
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For those who are complaining about this new iron club, you should make a special version that would replace the iron club and call it Wabbajack...

Description:

The Wabbajack is the Daedric artifact of Sheogorath, a mysterious staff that casts random spells ranging in effect from the complete disintegration, to the transformation, or empowerment of the target. These abilities are able to completely alter the course of battle in one of any number of ways.
The Wabbajack is one of five Daedric artifacts made by the Daedric Prince of Madness, Sheogorath. Its rogue nature is a reflection upon Sheogorath's own chaos, choosing at random to either help or hinder those he encounters, unless it is used against massive targets like dragons, giants or mammoths, in which cases it is predictable, resulting in an explosion which inflicts damage.
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"And as for you, my little mortal minion... feel free to keep the Wabbajack. As a symbol of my... Oh, just take the damn thing." ―Sheogorath
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well i think
(Correct me if i'm wrong but)

some POIs aren't in Navezgane Like some of the restaurants and a few others

and i think it would be cool if they did add those and a few others for both and Nazezgane

Like a Pumpkin patch (Joel plz don't make that joke again)

A Farmers Market

A Casino with a Hidden Drug den (snowdogs hangout)

Brunted down stores (Working stiffs , pop in pills ETC)

Power Grid

military Refugee camp (like a more advanced settlement)

Crashed Airliner

i can go on with ideas!

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DAT LOOK GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!

A+ to who made it!
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There is already drug dealer poi. Might be more then one kind actually.

 
For those who are complaining about this new iron club, you should make a special version that would replace the iron club and call it Wabbajack...<snip>
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I wouldn't mind TFP adding this as a melee weapon and and then wackin' some zombies to death with it.

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jalapeno on a stick baby! :) :-P
 
You guys over react to everything. If you actually look at how big the hand grip area is where there is a strap of metal around the players hand its about 12" long or something. Its not huge. My snowball mic head would be bigger than the top crank shaft part. Its a one handed weapon. Wait til you see the steel battle axe I mean fire axe.
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Oh hell yes!!!

 
You would think this game was being developed by a group of pimps......sheeshhh... 😂
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A bunch of perverts with a lack of respect for women's rights wearing fine suits while draped in fur and ostentatious jewellry?

There are certain similarities.

 
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