PC Announcement A18.1 b5 goes EXP

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Hey!

We pushed A18.1 b5 to EXP!

We added a new video option "Texture Filter", try lowering it, if your performance takes a hit.

Please report bugs here.

Please do start a new game to not risk a problem when going back to A18 b155.

To Opt in:

Select 7 Days to die in your Steam games list

Right click and select properties

Under the Betas tab select latest_experimental – Unstable build

To potentially help with FPS problems:


#1 lower game's texture quality


#2 lower AF in driver settings or use "gfx af 0" ingame


#3 lower game's screen resolution


#4 lower texture filter settings

Have a great weekend and I hope you had a spooky, candy-rich Halloween!

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Here is what changed with this build:

Added

• Stack limits to coolers, and end tables that players could craft and sell for a large profit
  
• A 40% chance a screamer will not spawn
  
• Video Texture Filter setting
  
• UnloadUnusedAssets after we unload texture arrays
  
• Steel tools parts to traders
  
• Lowest graphics preset and increased 6 of Low's settings
  
• Tree Quality Lowest and increased quality for Low and Medium
  

Changed

• Corrected and improved electrical devices journal entries
  
• Improved heat debug UI to update in realtime and show event count
  
• Nerfed trader medical loot rewards, and removed plaster casts as a reward item
  
• Collapsed workstations drop their schematic 20% of the time
  
• Combat shoveling reduced
  
• Updated quest ammo rewards with new ammo types
  
• Removed the blood draw kit is no longer used
  

Fixed

• Controller zoom in and out function isn't working with scopes
  
• Shadow artifacts on damage particles.
  
• Demolition zombie's explosion is affected by claim strength.
  
• Heat map timing
  
• NRE when server is shutdown via terminal
  
• Client NRE when host or server exits game
  
• Balancing and better descriptions for bullet penetration.
  
• Bad default value for BlockPenetrationFactor
  
• Too many journal unlocks delay the tutorial quest
  
• Incorrect mining journal and missing distribution of silver/gold/diamond blocks
  
• Junk Turrets pushed through blocks if placed in a 1x1 hole
  
• Health at 99/100 when starting a new game
  
• Light Mod more expensive than Mining Helmet with light mod.
  
• Anemia debuffs stay after death, once noob jacket is cleared
  
• Going into prefab editor can cause grey textures in game
  
• Having lots of craft ingredients causes lag when clicking on the recipe / reopening crafting screen
  
• UI scale changes ingame do not update toolbelt message location
  
• The world generation process does not apply rwgmixer.xml modlets
  
• Lootstage ending in 9 seem to force loot quality to 1
  
• Disabled dms on linux to prevent crash until Unity issue is fixed