PC Alpha 19 Dev Diary

[NukemDed]

that apartment complex. is that the big bock of 7 stories or so with 4 apartments per level?

thats a great nighttime activity that you can nicely fortify as you go to isolate the floors ahead  and behind to give warning. loot the crap out of it for food and recipes in all those juicy kitchens. wrench everything for lots of materials with some nice stashes thrown in.  perfect for the first night you get a head light.

if its a different one then @%$# knows 

 

[RipClaw]

These are two different POIs. There is the old non-dungeon apartment complex where there are hardly any zombies and then there is the T5 dungenstyle POI with lots of zombies and mines on the roof.

 

[Outlaw_187]

that apartment complex. is that the big bock of 7 stories or so with 4 apartments per level?

thats a great nighttime activity that you can nicely fortify as you go to isolate the floors ahead  and behind to give warning. loot the crap out of it for food and recipes in all those juicy kitchens. wrench everything for lots of materials with some nice stashes thrown in.  perfect for the first night you get a head light.

if its a different one then @%$# knows 

I think the poi you're talking about is the old one in the desert (Navezgane map). Yes this is great as a base/home. I believe it was my 2nd base when I played on ps4. Sure took a while to raid. 

I'm curious how it is now, haven't raided it since console days.

These are two different POIs. There is the old non-dungeon apartment complex where there are hardly any zombies and then there is the T5 dungenstyle POI with lots of zombies and mines on the roof.

Is the tier 5 the ostrich hotel or is there another one?

 

[RipClaw]

Is the tier 5 the ostrich hotel or is there another one?

The ostrich hotel is yet another POI. The entrance of the T5 POI is an underground car park and at its entrance there is a bus with some wooden spikes in front of it.

It looks like this:



If you want to find it on a map then type the command tppoi in the console and search for apartment_brick_6_flr.

 

[Outlaw_187]

The ostrich hotel is yet another POI. The entrance of the T5 POI is an underground car park and at its entrance there is a bus with some wooden spikes in front of it.

It looks like this:

View attachment 14409

If you want to find it on a map then type the command tppoi in the console and search for apartment_brick_6_flr.

Damn.....that's a big azz poi, lol

 

[Laz Man]

The ostrich hotel is yet another POI. The entrance of the T5 POI is an underground car park and at its entrance there is a bus with some wooden spikes in front of it.

It looks like this:

View attachment 14409

If you want to find it on a map then type the command tppoi in the console and search for apartment_brick_6_flr.

That one might be in Gravetowne (wasteland) on the Navezgane map.  

 

[hiemfire]

That one might be in Gravetowne (wasteland) on the Navezgane map.  

I'll do some recon to double check in a bit, but iirc the one in Graves Towne is the non-dungeon, bust down every door in the building one. Wife and I puttered by that one after chasing down a Rapheal's treasure and it didn't look to have been swapped out from the one that was there in A18.

 

[unholyjoe]

That one might be in Gravetowne (wasteland) on the Navezgane map.  

yep gravetowne "apartment_brick_6_flr"

<decoration type="model" name="apartment_brick_6_flr" position="-506,54,-467" rotation="1" />

 

[RhinoW]

Hey, i have a question. What's up with the steam store screenshots, showing what the game doesn't have available? (Stripper, business, fat hawaiian zombies with new models).

 

[hiemfire]

That one might be in Gravetowne (wasteland) on the Navezgane map.  

Recon done, it is the one pictured. Looks like they did swap it out and I just derp my identification of it while we passed it.

yep gravetowne "apartment_brick_6_flr"

<decoration type="model" name="apartment_brick_6_flr" position="-506,54,-467" rotation="1" />

Nice to have independent confirmation from QA rockstars.  Not all of us make use of the F1 or dm settings though.

A visual for those wondering "Wtf do they mean by apartment_brick_6_flr??":



That said, holy crap the Wasteland eats frame rate.

 

[Morloc]

I love your ideas of the airport or shopping mall.

The Compo Pack has an airport, and it's one of the more nasty (and time consuming) places to visit. It's valid as a T5 quest. A lot of work went into it by its author.

There are some department stores, but I don't recall seeing an actual shopping mall (indoor) so we can play Dawn of the Dead.

-Morloc

 

[Danidas]

From what I remember from devs posts earlier in the thread the plan for A20 is not to add any more T5s. Instead they want to allow you to have more options when picking quests. So that you can select the tier of quest that you want as long as that tier is unlocked. Which will allow you to go back and do earlier tier POIs instead of being stuck with T5s.

Basically instead of having to do the same T5s over and over you can go back to doing the much more plentiful T2 to T4s.

 

[Laz Man]

The Compo Pack has an airport, and it's one of the more nasty (and time consuming) places to visit. It's valid as a T5 quest. A lot of work went into it by its author.

There are some department stores, but I don't recall seeing an actual shopping mall (indoor) so we can play Dawn of the Dead.

-Morloc

There are 2 Malls out there that are popular.  HN's No Hope Mall by Hernan and Eden Center Mall by CaptainWhiskerBiscuits and MentalNinja.

Hey, i have a question. What's up with the steam store screenshots, showing what the game doesn't have available? (Stripper, business, fat hawaiian zombies with new models).

Oh wow, they revealed the new stripper zombie on the steam store page.  Looking good!

 

[RhinoW]

There are 2 Malls out there that are popular.  HN's No Hope Mall by Hernan and Eden Center Mall by CaptainWhiskerBiscuits and MentalNinja.

Oh wow, they revealed the new stripper zombie on the steam store page.  Looking good!

Yeah, but even though they WILL add it. It's false advertisement at its current state, I actually got hyped for nothing (thinking they added more stuff in 19.0 after b180, but didn't show in the patch notes).

 

[HungryZombie]

I don't see how people do tier 5 quests playing anything less than 90 min days. 

I just did the shamway factory in the wasteland (Navezgane) and I barely finished the mission at 2130, started at 0330. 

Now I do try to sneak attack when possible & loot everything. I'm a bit of a pack rat too, I HATE leaving stuff behind. 

I also did the shotgun messiah factory a few days ago & this one took me into the night, I think 0030 or so is when I finished it, starting around 0600 or so.

I now have the hospital to do....saving an entire day for that as well.

Maybe I just need to speed my azz up, I don't know....

Why can't you do it at night?

 

[wolfbain5]

The Compo Pack has an airport, and it's one of the more nasty (and time consuming) places to visit. It's valid as a T5 quest. A lot of work went into it by its author.

There are some department stores, but I don't recall seeing an actual shopping mall (indoor) so we can play Dawn of the Dead.

-Morloc

try the dod mall then. it's in the cp as well

 

[Laynie]

That's some funny looking (and huge) mosquitos...

Yes, probably radioactive  

@Morloc I love your profile pic 

 

[Kalen]

I'd like to see quest POIs not repeat until you've been through each one once.   Even if that means I'd need to travel a distance.  Right now, I get the same 2 or 3 tier 5 quests, I assume because those are the only tier 5 POIs close enough to the trader to be selected.

 

[Blake_]

 A couple of recipe ideas; 

Hand Sanitizer - 1xGrain Alcohol + 1xAloe Cream - Reduces the chance to contract dysentery or infection by 5% for 1 minute, effect doesn't stack. 

Wooden Shield/Iron Shield/Steel Shield Mod - Can only be equipped to Clubs, Spears, Hunting Knives, and Machetes. Replaces the Power Attack with a Block Attack option that transfers HP damage from hits on you into Durability damage for your weapon, with said damage being reduced by 5/15/25% for the type of shield used. 

I have another one :

Lubricant : x1Aloe Cream + x1Gas Can + x1 Acid - Solves any weird and morally banned situations in the apocalypse. 

On the plus side, you can get "on fire" if you drop on the ground.

 

[Guppycur]

Dear dev Zack.

What are your plans going forward with dms?

Also, would you mind commenting in the xml, or better yet, breaking down the xml for me here?  What's the large 200k number mean for samples?  What does that entire bottom section with the 0s, 1s, etc  mean?

Thanks in advance!