PC Alpha 19 Dev Diary

[Pegasus]

...yeah, game life follows my real life... "if not for bad luck, Wouldn't have no luck at all" credit Hee Haw..

* sad noises* still havent found either of those things on day 16.. Still cherishing my lvl 2 wrench I found.. *sob*

LOL  maybe you should consider, since you're playing with so many other higher restrictions, upping the loot rate just a tad?  For your own sanity? Since apparently you are the subject of some weird gypsy curse preventing you from finding anything on your current settings? The game is supposed to be mostly fun with some frustration ... not mostly frustration with some fun.

Just a suggestion, not a commentary on your play style.  Apparently I haven't quite used up all of my helpful yet today.  You, of course, don't have to take the suggestion at all.

 

[Demandred1957]

LOL  maybe you should consider, since you're playing with so many other higher restrictions, upping the loot rate just a tad?  For your own sanity? Since apparently you are the subject of some weird gypsy curse preventing you from finding anything on your current settings? The game is supposed to be mostly fun with some frustration ... not mostly frustration with some fun.

Just a suggestion, not a commentary on your play style.  Apparently I haven't quite used up all of my helpful yet today.  You, of course, don't have to take the suggestion at all.

man, you nailed it for how i feel.. Mostly frustration (with stupid OP everything) with some fun..

I kinda want to up my loot etc, but it just makes me feel so....dirty.

Loot respawn @ 15 days is about all I can stand right now.

I guess I need to stop watching and comparing my play to Glock9, since that pr$ck can survive anything with a sharp rock and a pointy stick..

 

[pregnable]

Yeah I pretty much only use stone tools all game, sometimes as my main weapon lel. 

Although I usually use an iron or steel axe for melee now when I can, cause it is worth for combat. 

Basically everything I have been using can be seen in this screenshot.  Have not even found a tier 6 stone axe yet. 

 

[Pegasus]

man, you nailed it for how i feel.. Mostly frustration (with stupid OP everything) with some fun..

I kinda want to up my loot etc, but it just makes me feel so....dirty.

Loot respawn @ 15 days is about all I can stand right now.

I guess I need to stop watching and comparing my play to Glock9, since that pr$ck can survive anything with a sharp rock and a pointy stick..

I used to try to play like everyone else ... but it just frustrated me.  I play this game to have fun.  That's why I almost always play on a modded server ... I like to have the things that make my game easier for me (because I'm spastic and about as coordinated as a drunken one legged squirrel on roller skates in an earthquake) and don't worry about what other people are doing with their play styles.  

If it makes you happy, then do it.  Why torture yourself trying to do something just because someone else does it that way?  That's my favorite thing about this game ... the freedom to do pretty much anything you want (because, let's be honest ... it's certainly not the zombies.  They give me nightmares). If it's not available in the vanilla game, there's probably a mod out there for whatever it is. Heck, there's a mod out there that creates zombie pinup art (really kind of pretty and artsy).  There are so many creative and talented people making mods and additions to the game, there's really no reason to be frustrated by something like this.

You don't have to play your game the same way I do, or Glock9 (whoever that is ... for a long time I thought you were talking about the gun and i was picturing a base built like a handgun) plays or anyone else plays.  Play like YOU play ... whatever makes you happy.  

 

[Roland]

32 zoms per blood moon horde

For someone complaining about TFP adding hardcore elements to the game you seem to have no problems sticking it to yourself. Default is 8 zombies at a time. Why not start there and work your way up?  You will still get the same number of overall zombies but they will trickle out more slowly. Of course if you enjoy using explosives then 32 at a time can be the more efficient way to work through the horde. 

 

[Pegasus]

For someone complaining about TFP adding hardcore elements to the game you seem to have no problems sticking it to yourself. Default is 8 zombies at a time. Why not start there and work your way up?  You will still get the same number of zombies it they will trickle out slower. Of course if you enjoy using explosives then 32 at a time can be the more efficient way to work through the horde. 

The last time I tried to use explosives I blew myself up.  The last time I went through horde night with someone else using explosives, they blew me up ... then they set me on fire.  

You guys have a mean streak is all I'm saying.

Well, that and I can't be trusted with explosives.  Or arrows.  Or sharp objects really.  I'm better off digging a mine ... I've never killed myself digging a mine.  Well ... actually there was that one time that we don't talk about ... ever.  

 

[Demandred1957]

For someone complaining about TFP adding hardcore elements to the game you seem to have no problems sticking it to yourself. Default is 8 zombies at a time. Why not start there and work your way up?  You will still get the same number of zombies it they will trickle out slower. Of course if you enjoy using explosives then 32 at a time can be the more efficient way to work through the horde. 

Mainly because i don't care about the blood moon horde... That is the least of my worries since i use a glock9 style base... The only time it's a issue is when i am up in the high hundreds days and i fall through a door/hole in the base right into the mob.

It's the rest of the time i have a issue with.

And the stupid op bears, mountain lions, and dire wolves..

I used to try to play like everyone else ... but it just frustrated me.  I play this game to have fun.  That's why I almost always play on a modded server ... I like to have the things that make my game easier for me (because I'm spastic and about as coordinated as a drunken one legged squirrel on roller skates in an earthquake) and don't worry about what other people are doing with their play styles.  

If it makes you happy, then do it.  Why torture yourself trying to do something just because someone else does it that way?  That's my favorite thing about this game ... the freedom to do pretty much anything you want (because, let's be honest ... it's certainly not the zombies.  They give me nightmares). If it's not available in the vanilla game, there's probably a mod out there for whatever it is. Heck, there's a mod out there that creates zombie pinup art (really kind of pretty and artsy).  There are so many creative and talented people making mods and additions to the game, there's really no reason to be frustrated by something like this.

You don't have to play your game the same way I do, or Glock9 (whoever that is ... for a long time I thought you were talking about the gun and i was picturing a base built like a handgun) plays or anyone else plays.  Play like YOU play ... whatever makes you happy.  

I would like to, but a lot of the mods just make me feel like I'm "cheating" (not to crap on others gameplay).

But then again, I just play on default, so toning things down via settings just doesn't sit right either.

I am not Rambo, or JoJo, but I don't want to have to turn things down from default (which is what anybody should be able to play on hence the name) to get a fun experience.

kinda conflicted I know, but that's just the way it is.

The last time I tried to use explosives I blew myself up.  The last time I went through horde night with someone else using explosives, they blew me up ... then they set me on fire.  

You guys have a mean streak is all I'm saying.

Yeah, F explosives, except for the frag grenade.. And even then I have almost killed myself with those on more than a few times.

 

[FileMachete]

(because I'm spastic and about as coordinated as a drunken one legged squirrel on roller skates in an earthquake)

The last time I tried to use explosives I blew myself up.  The last time I went through horde night with someone else using explosives, they blew me up ... then they set me on fire.  

You guys have a mean streak is all I'm saying.

Well, that and I can't be trusted with explosives.  Or arrows.  Or sharp objects really.  I'm better off digging a mine ... I've never killed myself digging a mine.  Well ... actually there was that one time that we don't talk about ... ever.  

LMFAO :biggrin1:   Plz let us know if you ever write a book, I'll buy it!

 

[Aldranon]

Yeah, F explosives, except for the frag grenade.. And even then I have almost killed myself with those on more than a few times.

At the risk of destroying my easy-peasy, "kill-em by the truckload", BN hoard tactics...

The pipe bomb is a cheap weapon.  A quick "Right-click-left-click" will drop a lite pipe bomb straight down on the zombies, make sure your out of the damage radius I guess, goes without saying.

That's why I keep it at 8 active zombies at a time, higher numbers are WAY too easy, as i built my base to compress them all in a small-ish area.

 

[Onarr]

Damn I start to love junk sledges. Last horde night I made a little gatehouse, where I can shoot from the sides. The floor towards the garage door is electrified and right in front of the door I put the junk sledge. At the end of the night it got about 2-3 hits. Zombie runs in - gets electrified - headshoted. Those that make it get pushed back. If I get overwhelmed by numbers I toss grenade. Damn this is effective.

 

[STyK_]

is anyone else's primitive bow broken? and by broken I mean invisible arrows when drawing? and when you hit your target the arrows float in the air and twitch.

 

[Gazz]

You are serious. Then you realize that there is no way for RWG to go gold until EVERY single POI is implemented, as there's always elevation and placement problems due to POIs being varied and different in size. Just stating the obvious here, as per my title.

That's wrong instead of obvious.

Adding a new POI to random gen is 1 entry in the list of POI and it can be included on the next regen.

 

[Phoenixshade35]

is anyone else's primitive bow broken? and by broken I mean invisible arrows when drawing? and when you hit your target the arrows float in the air and twitch.

i created a new map with harder settings for a challenge, your not the only one, invisible arrows, they still work but are invisible now

 

[STyK_]

i created a new map with harder settings for a challenge, your not the only one, invisible arrows, they still work but are invisible now

ok good

 

[Gazz]

@madmole one question though, i remember back when we had placeable tnt, it was fun to use when knocking stuff down, i know we wont get tnt back, but alongside the timed charge are we able to have demo charges that can blow holes through walls?  it can use the same model as the timed charge just orange instead of yellow, or black even, could make for some fun times, just curious

You can mod that in if you want. A bigger timed charge with the explosive properties of dynamite.

It being sticky makes it better at destroying structures.

Or you use the dynamite that you already have.

 

[Phoenixshade35]

You can mod that in if you want. A bigger timed charge with the explosive properties of dynamite.

It being sticky makes it better at destroying structures.

Or you use the dynamite that you already have.

my favorite thing to do was lay down several tnt in a poi, around all lode bearing areas i could get to, then detonating the one at the entrance and seeing how it did, it was fun haha, i also don't know how to mod lol

 

[Blake_]

That's wrong instead of obvious.

Adding a new POI to random gen is 1 entry in the list of POI and it can be included on the next regen.

Yeah. Ezy pezy. No elevation problems whatsoever with just adding the entry to the "generation list" . There are more things to it for it to not be placed in a jarring way and you know it, and you argue nevertheless.

I feel like you are random generating me.

 

[JCrook1028]

Because it was just dye and pure black and didn't look good. When you see the new wolf you will understand.

Well it sure looked better than having the two use the same model as they do now. Why not wait to replace it til the new model is done?

 

[JCrook1028]

Why should I have to downgrade past "default" to get a balanced play?

I have tried a play where I dumped points in LL.. didn't get anything except more empty tin cans.

If I have to change settings past "default" i'm out. shouldn't have to do that to make it playable.

lol, thanks.. Demandred ftw!

I also have a >very< modest youtube channel under the same name where I play this game on permadeath if you are down.

Just a tip. You'll do much better not playing on a controller on the PC. Mouse/KB are FAR more accurate. Maybe that's part of why it feels so tough for you. Seeing you trying to aim the blunderbuss at a zombie 4 feet in front of you and missing twice I wanted to pull my hair out.

90 min days...nice.

try lowering that to 60 first.

don't care about "difficulty" settings, since that just makes them more spongy as far as I can tell.

also tried getting LL to lvl 2 right off the bat, didn't get anything special at all..

It's kinda hard coded to suck now till you get to a higher stage.

I have video's up on my channel that shows what i am talking about.

lol, ok.

LL at low levels is a total waste. LL2 is 10%.... 10% of a low gamestage (anything under 200) is not worth the points. Fact.

Default, pregen 01, 32 zoms per blood moon horde loot respawn @15 days.

My strategy is to use my brains to stay alive..

Don't know if it's a bug or not, but I burn through food like crazy just standing still..

like for real, watch it tick down every few seconds..

I loot some of the smaller poi's, since I have found out on a prev run how nerfed looting is.. but other than that, I just do new player stuff.

And yeah, I play super scaredy cat on top of that.,, I don't go into a fight unless I have a (small) chance of winning.

I literally don't find hardly anything except paper, and the few odd blueprints that won't help me NOW. Only one I know of is the pump shotty blueprint, which takes a bunch of forged steel and shotgun parts to make..smh

and single player.

ugh no.. Although I fully support your option to do it..

Nothing about anything you said sounds even remotely fun to me.

Yea, Default difficulty is actually one stage BELOW what the game is balanced for. It's balanced for Nomad, 100% damage to/from the zombies. They dropped default down to adventurer cause people were moaning in !8 it was too hard. So, you have more zombies but they're weaker than normal and you have loot respawning quicker.

 

[Aldranon]

Yeah. Ezy pezy. No elevation problems whatsoever with just adding the entry to the "generation list" . There are more things to it for it to not be placed in a jarring way and you know it, and you argue nevertheless.

I feel like you are random generating me.

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