PC Alpha 21 Dev Diary

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Adam the Waster said:
And worst of all.... swamp zombies or hillbilly zombies 

Soggy and stinky 
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Haven’t they said no more zombies due to reasons regarding the game engine?

I say double down and finish the damn game so a new project that will allow more variety can be played.

 
Remember that they have to balance computer resources for a co-op game up to 8 players and older computer setups.  Mods don't have to worry about that, so modders can have more freedom to do what they want and not worry about the consequences of adding more items to the game.

My computer can handle more, but I only play SP and my computer was recently built in the last couple of years.

 
Fanatical_Meat said:
Haven’t they said no more zombies due to reasons regarding the game engine?

I say double down and finish the damn game so a new project that will allow more variety can be played.
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In the A21 dev videos before A21 released, they said they were considering adding a couple more, so I think this is incorrect.  But whether or not they do is another question.  Just because they said they were considering it doesn't mean it will happen.  Besides, they had more in the past, so having more now shouldn't be an issue.

 
Adam the Waster said:
What is with you and the flip flops

BOOOOOO FLIP FLOP IS SCARY

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i hate such shoes, To be honest i have trauma connected with shoes so i don't like wearing shoes... and socks too. But - for character design shoes are not suitable :

nature connected cultists? Barefoot 

Street urchin in medieval? barefoot

Elf? let's say it's not battle armor and more dalish that warhammer then lack of shoes suit good

So this same for zombie design - a lot of people go barefoot in houses plus shoes wear out after long walking. so would have sense that "long time zombies" are mostly barefoot and in rags

 
Riamus said:
In the A21 dev videos before A21 released, they said they were considering adding a couple more, so I think this is incorrect.  But whether or not they do is another question.  Just because they said they were considering it doesn't mean it will happen.  Besides, they had more in the past, so having more now shouldn't be an issue.
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As previously stated it has something to do with bandits. I am not a programmer it sounded like they needed the resources/assets to use for bandits.

 
I think it's simply work they would like to do but isn't prioritized. If their model-makers can make and rig additional zombies than they can use the same time to make and rig new content, i.e. bandits or more NPCs. TFP's resources aren't unlimited, so the new content takes precedence.

 
FramFramson said:
I think it's simply work they would like to do but isn't prioritized. If their model-makers can make and rig additional zombies than they can use the same time to make and rig new content, i.e. bandits or more NPCs. TFP's resources aren't unlimited, so the new content takes precedence.
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We lost the cheerleader, football player and another (the farmer?)

 
When are y'all actually going to spend time optimizing this game to operate smoothly? It lags constantly during horde nights and it seems like all you are doing is reworking mechanics or making the game more difficult by taking away actual ways we could work toward self sustaining like farm animals or filtering water from lakes.

This game has been in alpha for over 10 years now. Like.....how? HOW?!?!?!?! I do not get how you can just constantly say your game is in alpha and never release the game to production. There are live service games out there and that's basically what you are doing with this game, but taking a cop out to not optimize it keeping it in alpha. 

 
BADxW0LF said:
When are y'all actually going to spend time optimizing this game to operate smoothly? It lags constantly during horde nights and it seems like all you are doing is reworking mechanics or making the game more difficult by taking away actual ways we could work toward self sustaining like farm animals or filtering water from lakes.

This game has been in alpha for over 10 years now. Like.....how? HOW?!?!?!?! I do not get how you can just constantly say your game is in alpha and never release the game to production. There are live service games out there and that's basically what you are doing with this game, but taking a cop out to not optimize it keeping it in alpha. 
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This alpha should help out with optimization

 
BADxW0LF said:
When are y'all actually going to spend time optimizing this game to operate smoothly? It lags constantly during horde nights and it seems like all you are doing is reworking mechanics or making the game more difficult by taking away actual ways we could work toward self sustaining like farm animals or filtering water from lakes.

This game has been in alpha for over 10 years now. Like.....how? HOW?!?!?!?! I do not get how you can just constantly say your game is in alpha and never release the game to production. There are live service games out there and that's basically what you are doing with this game, but taking a cop out to not optimize it keeping it in alpha. 
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If you want a finished game DO NOT BUY EARLY ACCESS GAMES. 
it is perfectly fine to want a finished game, it is perfectly fine to have your own wants & needs. Buying a game that is clearly stated as not finished/complete and complaining that it’s not finished or complete is not fine.

 
yeah with the new pois coming you would think having those cut zombies would make sense to have a reappearance i.e im not too sure why the frigid hunter or the frozen female lumberjack were removed and just the ordinary lumberjack is the main wilderness spawn, as stated above the farmer zombie being removed as there are plenty of farm related pois now theres more schools and what not so it'd make sense to have those spawns around there and the cowboys in the old west which were also removed.

 
Callum123456789 said:
yeah with the new pois coming you would think having those cut zombies would make sense to have a reappearance i.e im not too sure why the frigid hunter or the frozen female lumberjack were removed and just the ordinary lumberjack is the main wilderness spawn, as stated above the farmer zombie being removed as there are plenty of farm related pois now theres more schools and what not so it'd make sense to have those spawns around there and the cowboys in the old west which were also removed.
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Cheerleader and football player doesn't really fit in with many areas 

I miss the frozen hunter and worker I do wish he had some kinda of frozen zombie. Kinda like the burnt zombie but.... frozen and harden

I do think a hunter would fit in. With the classic look of a orange coat and camo. 

But farmers could have fit in and would also be like the cowboy. Fit the same roll

 
unholyjoe said:
and the frozen women in the snow biome.
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and zombie with... let's say not enough clothes 🤣

Adam the Waster said:
Cheerleader and football player doesn't really fit in with many areas 

I miss the frozen hunter and worker I do wish he had some kinda of frozen zombie. Kinda like the burnt zombie but.... frozen and harden

I do think a hunter would fit in. With the classic look of a orange coat and camo. 

But farmers could have fit in and would also be like the cowboy. Fit the same roll
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Well... i think cheeleader could be replaced with "sport girl"

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