PC Alpha 19 Dev Diary

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The Gronk said:
You're disagreeing with something you don't understand?  I'd love to see your proof that the pathing algorithm _isn't_ based on A*.

Once you've done that I'd be tempted to post the relevant bits of code from the dll's to prove my point but I'm not sure Roland would like me blurting out proprietry code on a public forum.
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We use A*. What to do with that information is our code.

 
beHypE said:
Honestly I doubt it will go as far as bandits taking cover behind blocks depending on how much HP the block has. I'd be pretty amazed if they take cover in a believable way at all. 

It's probably off topic and a stretch to know the extent of what they can achieve but making "realistic" bandit behaviours depending on their loadout, your own loadout and the surroundings is one hell of a task in such a game imo; even the zombies that are admittedly dumber creatures still have goofy pathing sometimes, and they follow a pretty basic "run down the shortest lane" that wouldn't ever make sense for human beings supposed to outsmart you (at least for some of them). Frankly I've had my doubts if we'd ever see bandits at all in 7 days, it's been such a quiet topic for so long now, I wouldn't be that surprised if it's set to be the major feature of the sequel. I hope to be wrong but I think most of us fantasize what behaviour the bandits could have way beyond what we'll see in the end product.
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The plan is bandits that can take cover, patrol, retreat, etc. It isn't that we don't want to put bandits in, it's that we want to tidy up and polish the game before we do. We're trying to break the cycle of putting in prototypes and unfinished work every build, but finish systems off and tidy things up nice so it isn't built on a house of cards.

Gojan1 said:
@madmole just wondering will there be more wildlife anytime soon? like fish, or birds. zombie squids? 😛 and i noticed the behemoth was still in the XML files. any chance that it will join the zombies anytime?
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Nope.

Pegasus said:
@madmole First, I love love love the new inventory sort buttons ... although I'm an old dog and I am having difficulty teaching myself to stop clicking the little backpack icon to sort.  LOL

Suggestion ... can the smart stash button add all similar items ... not just all similar items until the stack is filled up?  Or can another button be made that will stash all of an item if there's at least one of that item, creating new stacks as needed?  For instance, if your storage bin has a partial stack of stone, and your backpack has ten stacks of stone, the smart fill will only take the stone out of your backpack to make one full stack in the storage container.  You need to manually move all the other stacks of stone.  

I don't know if that makes sense?
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I haven't even tested it let alone played, so when I do I will think about this.

 
a19 release notes should have a clear warning and requirement for players to not use A18 or earlier worlds. I had 10+ hours into A19 play before realizing the problem which requires a new game to fix .

 
Guys, I'm sorry if this was discussed before, I just wanted to ask if we can still expect Junk drones to show up in Alpha 19 at some point?

That was one of the features I was really looking forward to in this Alpha and so far I've been waiting patiently for it, because it was said that it will be available in one of the early stable versions. First stable is already out and unfortunately it has no drones and I'm getting worried that it may not come at all. :(

 
Gazz said:
I thought you couldn't even load "outdated" savegames any more.
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i tried and cant. <throws arms up in air> :)

but you can create new game using the saved files with same seed name. (because they were not deleted)

 
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mr.devolver said:
Guys, I'm sorry if this was discussed before, I just wanted to ask if we can still expect Junk drones to show up in Alpha 19 at some point?

That was one of the features I was really looking forward to in this Alpha and so far I've been waiting patiently for it, because it was said that it will be available in one of the early stable versions. First stable is already out and unfortunately it has no drones and I'm getting worried that it may not come at all. :(
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No, Madmole said a few days ago that the Junk Drone skips to A20.

 
Laynie said:
Hey,  @faatal , did you really speed up chickens or was you just messing with us? I was on a chicken murder spree yesterday and found them too slow for my awesome stone spear 😈  😛🗡️🐔 🍽️

Bahahaha! Awesome 🤣

@MechanicalLens how do I stick my face on this here flying, top hat wearing, cool cane swinging profile pic of mine?
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Yes, they were speed up by like 25%.

 
STyK_ said:
Well actually I didn't say that, its part of what I said. I could go out of my way to miss quote everyone. Hell I could fill the quote with whatever I want and it would be half a day before the mods changed it but I'm not childish.

Beans are fake!
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well you just need to word you're self around snowdog. but thats why i love him! (not in that way...)

 
mr.devolver said:
Guys, I'm sorry if this was discussed before, I just wanted to ask if we can still expect Junk drones to show up in Alpha 19 at some point?

That was one of the features I was really looking forward to in this Alpha and so far I've been waiting patiently for it, because it was said that it will be available in one of the early stable versions. First stable is already out and unfortunately it has no drones and I'm getting worried that it may not come at all. :(
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It isn't coming to A19.

 
MajorMunchy said:
welp there goes INT yet again, there needs to be a gun of some sorts in thins tree, make a stun gun or something idk, shock rounds only int can make? man int is lacking i feel
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A20 will be weapon complete for all classes. INT will never have amazing firepower, you sit on your ass and let your traps and inventions do most the heavy lifting.

 
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madmole said:
A20 will be weapon complete for all classes. INT will never have amazing firepower, you sit on your @%$*#! and let your traps and inventions do most the heavy lifting.
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*cough* Air/junk rifle *cough*

*Coughs louder*

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Pegasus said:
@madmole First, I love love love the new inventory sort buttons ... although I'm an old dog and I am having difficulty teaching myself to stop clicking the little backpack icon to sort.  LOL

Suggestion ... can the smart stash button add all similar items ... not just all similar items until the stack is filled up?  Or can another button be made that will stash all of an item if there's at least one of that item, creating new stacks as needed?  For instance, if your storage bin has a partial stack of stone, and your backpack has ten stacks of stone, the smart fill will only take the stone out of your backpack to make one full stack in the storage container.  You need to manually move all the other stacks of stone.  

I don't know if that makes sense?
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I haven't even tested it let alone played, so when I do I will think about this.
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Just need to double click the Single sort button and it will move all similar items into the loot container and create new stacks 

madmole said:
Pegasus said:
@madmole First, I love love love the new inventory sort buttons ... although I'm an old dog and I am having difficulty teaching myself to stop clicking the little backpack icon to sort.  LOL

Suggestion ... can the smart stash button add all similar items ... not just all similar items until the stack is filled up?  Or can another button be made that will stash all of an item if there's at least one of that item, creating new stacks as needed?  For instance, if your storage bin has a partial stack of stone, and your backpack has ten stacks of stone, the smart fill will only take the stone out of your backpack to make one full stack in the storage container.  You need to manually move all the other stacks of stone.  

I don't know if that makes sense?
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I haven't even tested it let alone played, so when I do I will think about this.
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Just need to double click the single sort button and it moves all similar items to the loot container and creates new stacks if needed.

 
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