PC Alpha 19 Dev Diary

[Roland]

It was nine slots. But the slot we lost is missed as though we lost two. 

 

[Star69]

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This is the error message, every time I hit "R to loot) .. and have no mods on this game ... yet. Hope this helps.  

And this is on a New Game w b177. using in-game .. RandomGen map maker.

Edit .. Copied from my post on Steam .. 

Both on Old and New Game .. Just Re-Validated .. Steam said 1 missing and reacquired it.Will go back into game See if it still does it.EDIT .. STILL DOING IT .. everything else is working fine .. Just when I try to loot with "R" to Loot All.

As much as a pia it is, I personally would do a complete uninstall/reinstall of the game rather than simply updating. Sometimes files aren’t updated/replaced during a simple update process. It used to be a fast thing to uninstall/reinstall when the game was small but now that it’s a few gigs, it takes me about 40 minutes or so. Just my 2 cents....

Edit:  if your game is single player, backup your save. After reinstalling the game, if you still have the issue with your save then you’ll need to start a new seed.

 

[SnowDog1942]

It was nine slots. But the slot we lost is missed as though we lost two. 

I have two slots you can use. 
 

 

[PoloPoPo]

Was on my way to a trader in the snowy biome when I have passed a Lumberjack zombie and thought it was a good idea to get off my motorbike and take him out for some XP. A few seconds later I have nearly died, got two criticals and an infection. No idea where those two mountain lions and that wolf came from so fast...

Damn that was intense! Absolutely love the snowy biome. Next savegame my base will be built there. Always good for some action.

@madmole

Order of the three new icons is not consistent (at least motorbike storage container has its own order) what leads to a lot of misclicks. See screenshot.

 

[MechanicalLens]

Is it? How much time do you waste moving slow with full inventory? I remove my armor to run efficiently and without pack mule that gets even harder. When I get to my POI in 2 minutes and everyone else takes 10 (the ones who think 1.5 kmis too far to walk) and can turn in more quests early game I think it kind of pays off, at a minimum I get 1-2 ranks. Don't forget you can use other mods in your armor too then.

Just like Hated always gets better barter and daring adventurer. I don't because eventually I'll have tons of dukes and find everything I need. He however has a motorcycle by day 3 because he makes so damn much money, and endless brass for making bullets which speeds up his poi clearing process because he can use guns non stop. I don't play that way, but is it a noob trap? He levels super fast too, faster than me I believe and I smoke everyone else on the team by a large margin in terms of fast leveling.

It is a time management game, and while you are certainly entitled to feel like some perks are noob traps, and I agree to some extent, there are other variables to think about that can make these perks quite nice. Just like cooking, sometimes it just feels amazing blowing perks on that crap early game and having unlimited high quality calories (stamina) for early game mining. Instead of suffering digging I enjoy it. Same with vehicle perks, when RNG screws you buying those perks feels awesome.

Anyhow telemetry will tell us a lot soon enough.

Okay, perhaps I was a bit harsh on the old Pack Mule. I can certainly see its uses, from early game to late game. Doesn't mean I'll ever invest into it, but after second thoughts, it isn't really a "noob trap"; other than saving mod slots in your armor later on, I'll rephrase it is, "If you can leave drop chests, "deal" until you get a vehicle, then you're patience will pay off and you could spend the point that would have gone into Pack Mule into other areas". It's all about options.

 

[gpcstargate]

As much as a pia it is, I personally would do a complete uninstall/reinstall of the game rather than simply updating. Sometimes files aren’t updated/replaced during a simple update process. It used to be a fast thing to uninstall/reinstall when the game was small but now that it’s a few gigs, it takes me about 40 minutes or so. Just my 2 cents....

Edit:  if your game is single player, backup your save. After reinstalling the game, if you still have the issue with your save then you’ll need to start a new seed.

IT is working at the moment .. not sure while it stopped before .. Just another day on the wonderful World of OZ ..

 

[madmole]

Okay, perhaps I was a bit harsh on the old Pack Mule. I can certainly see its uses, from early game to late game. Doesn't mean I'll ever invest into it, but after second thoughts, it isn't really a "noob trap"; other than saving mod slots in your armor later on, I'll rephrase it is, "If you can leave drop chests, "deal" until you get a vehicle, then you're patience will pay off and you could spend the point that would have gone into Pack Mule into other areas". It's all about options.

Yeah it really is. While it could use something else yet, I don't think it is a waste. There is always grandpas forgettin' elixer too. My plan is to improve it to be something a little better, same with vehicles since all they do is unlock a craft.

 

[XYR0]

When will we have flamethrowers?

You can already have flame trap if you put burning shaft mod into junk sledge.

 

[meganoth]

is not about collecting my essentials but about dropping my extras after a day outside.
say I usually carry 7.62 ammo and veggie stews. but after a day out I come back with also 9mm ammo, shotgun, some cans, drinks... If I can lock slots, I can drop my extra ammo in one click. if I cannot, I have to manually drop the extras or drop all the ammo and the manually pick up my stack of 7.62. same for the other items in separated boxes... which kind of defeats the purpose.

Yes, and the idea is exactly for this use case. You would have a ammo box in your base with 9mm ammo, shotgun ammo, .44 ammo... . And a separate "essentials" box with 7.62 ammo and some other essential things you always carry with you.

If you come back home you dump into the ammo box and some other boxes. But you NEVER EVER use this one click dump with the essentials box.

 

[khzmusik]

Are the recipes helping, they are describing pretty well what resources and items you need, and how to make stuff from them. I re-learn my brother now and make him use them. He is on the spot that no more needs my help and is doing great. 

Not really, these are questions like "where do I put the wood?" The streamer I was watching today tried to put raw iron into the output slot.

Sure it's pure noob stuff but so are most of the hints on the loading screen.

EDIT: It also seems like most new players can't grasp the concept. They're looking at the forge the same way they look at the workbench - you just need it to open up recipes. It doesn't occur to them that they have to smelt stuff *into* the forge.

 

[7daysOfFun]

why u dont have changed the sound from the chainsaw and the earth driller? (b163/b177)

i mean the "normal sound" from the machines..a chainsaw shoud be sound like a chainsaw and a earth driller7anger shoud sound like a driller

now the driller makes ding ding ding in ervey block step counter

and the chainsaw sound like i cut plastik things

why uv changed this sounds??? its a bug or a feature??? can u pls explaine it to my brain in short words why this must sound now so terrible?

that woud me make happy..thx a lot

ps:the refuel sound is very nice detail..i love it

iv an extra question > why u make the distance sound from the turret from 100% sound in 4meter away to 25%....when im on the zombiebase i dont hear when its empty...50% woud be ok..but now it isnt loud enough to hear it. in 4meters

 

[MechanicalLens]

why u dont have changed the sound from the chainsaw and the earth driller? (b163/b177)

i mean the "normal sound" from the machines..a chainsaw shoud be sound like a chainsaw and a earth driller7anger shoud sound like a driller

now the driller makes ding ding ding in ervey block step counter

and the chainsaw sound like i cut plastik things

why uv changed this sounds??? its a bug or a feature??? can u pls explaine it to my brain in short words why this must sound now so terrible?

that woud me make happy..thx a lot

ps:the refuel sound is very nice detail..i love it

iv an extra question > why u make the distance sound from the turret from 100% sound in 4meter away to 25%....when im on the zombiebase i dont hear when its empty...50% woud be ok..but now it isnt loud enough to hear it. in 4meters

It isn't a bug, TFP brought back the original sounds for the auger and the chainsaw. I find the sounds obnoxious anyway so I just turn the game volume down whenever I use them and I listen to music, or a video, or something of that nature.

Edit: It could be a bug, but I doubt that is the case.

 

[7daysOfFun]

what??? really??? i dont believe it....they cant make such a terrible sounding tool....PRODUCERS..i want to hear it from u...

dont joke on me....its real?? such a....omg..NO..i dont belive it..i must hear it from the masterchiefs

u cant tune a game to perfection with grafix and others...and then make on an ESSENTIAL tools that i MUST USE such a .....

 

[STyK_]

Are crawlers supposed to do that? He got some air!
Its set to when it happens.
 


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[RhinoW]

1 minute ago, STyK_ said:
Are crawlers supposed to do that? He got some air!
Its set to when it happens.
 



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I need some air after that one hahahahah

 

[Biscoitoso]

@madmole any posibility of Duke appear in the future versions of the game? I really like to see this guy and greet him with my Rocket Launcher...

 

[Pegasus]

@madmole any posibility of Duke appear in the future versions of the game? I really like to see this guys and greet him with my Rocket Launcher...

I have that same thought every time I wake up naked in the middle of the road ... I really wanna give him my "regards".  With a stun baton set on "electrocute".

 

[STyK_]

I have that same thought every time I wake up naked in the middle of the road ... I really wanna give him my "regards".  With a stun baton set on "electrocute".

Reading that first part, started laughing, took a second to realize you meant the game start 

 

[Biscoitoso]

I have that same thought every time I wake up naked in the middle of the road ... I really wanna give him my "regards".  With a stun baton set on "electrocute".

I really want see him come to me and trying get more stuff...

"Hey Biscoitoso, I am back and I want more from you."

= Oh! Really? How about that rocket... "BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMM". Oh man sorry! I was thrilled.

 

[Pegasus]

I really want see him come to me and trying get more stuff...

"Hey Biscoitoso, I am back and I want more from you."

= Oh! Really? How about that rocket... "BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMM". Oh man sorry! I was thrilled.

LOL  Is that a rocket in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?

Seriously though, it'd be awesome if somewhere in the backstory or whatever they're writing they added some campaign quests in there to eventually kill that bloated jerk ... maybe become the new ruler of the world.