Roland
Community Moderator
To get Alpha 18-Experimental
On Monday TFP will open A18-Experimental as an open beta opt-in on Steam. Once the The Fun Pimp makes the announcement that it is open and the password protection has been removed, the latest_experimental option will appear and can be selected. Here is how you do it:
1) After the announcement, open up steam and right click on 7 Days to Die in your library
2) Select Properties from the menu
3) Select the Betas Tab
4) Click on the drop down menu that probably says NONE--Opt out of all Betas
5) Scroll down until you find latest_experimental
6) Click on it and then wait for A18 to download.
To make sure there are no conflicts
After A18-experimental is finished downloading but before you start it up you should do a couple of housekeeping tasks as follows:
1) Select 7 Days to Die in your library and click Play
2) Choose "Show Game Launcher" instead of starting the game.
3) When the game launcher window appears click on the tools tab
4) Select "Clean game data...."
5) Check ALL boxes and the click Clean.
Once that it complete verify all your files:
1) Right click on 7 Days to Die in your library
2) Choose Properties from the menu
3) Select the Local Files tab
4) Click on Verify Integrity of Files
You should now be good to go on beginning a new game of A18 without any old game files causing conflicts.
To Avoid A18 downloading
Some people might be in the middle of a long term game or not really be sure they want to leap to A18 until it has had more development. There is no rush as it will probably take at least 2-3 weeks for A18 to go stable. Just be sure to follow these steps before A18 leaves experimental if you don't want Steam to automatically update you to A18.
1)Open up steam and right click on 7 Days to Die in your library
3) Select Properties from the menu
4) Select the Betas Tab
5) Click on the drop down menu that probably says NONE--Opt out of all Betas
6) Scroll down until you find A17.4 (or any of the other versions)
7) Click on it and wait for download if any is required.
On Monday TFP will open A18-Experimental as an open beta opt-in on Steam. Once the The Fun Pimp makes the announcement that it is open and the password protection has been removed, the latest_experimental option will appear and can be selected. Here is how you do it:
1) After the announcement, open up steam and right click on 7 Days to Die in your library
2) Select Properties from the menu
3) Select the Betas Tab
4) Click on the drop down menu that probably says NONE--Opt out of all Betas
5) Scroll down until you find latest_experimental
6) Click on it and then wait for A18 to download.
To make sure there are no conflicts
After A18-experimental is finished downloading but before you start it up you should do a couple of housekeeping tasks as follows:
1) Select 7 Days to Die in your library and click Play
2) Choose "Show Game Launcher" instead of starting the game.
3) When the game launcher window appears click on the tools tab
4) Select "Clean game data...."
5) Check ALL boxes and the click Clean.
Once that it complete verify all your files:
1) Right click on 7 Days to Die in your library
2) Choose Properties from the menu
3) Select the Local Files tab
4) Click on Verify Integrity of Files
You should now be good to go on beginning a new game of A18 without any old game files causing conflicts.
To Avoid A18 downloading
Some people might be in the middle of a long term game or not really be sure they want to leap to A18 until it has had more development. There is no rush as it will probably take at least 2-3 weeks for A18 to go stable. Just be sure to follow these steps before A18 leaves experimental if you don't want Steam to automatically update you to A18.
1)Open up steam and right click on 7 Days to Die in your library
3) Select Properties from the menu
4) Select the Betas Tab
5) Click on the drop down menu that probably says NONE--Opt out of all Betas
6) Scroll down until you find A17.4 (or any of the other versions)
7) Click on it and wait for download if any is required.
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