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Developer Discussions: Alpha 17

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I get this when trying to view any picture lol :( So cant fully join in with all the JOY of waiting another few months for Alpha 17 :p
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Same here.. Heard something about minimum forum posts to get rid of that.
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You both should contact (PM) Roland or one of the other Moderators. Last I knew, you only needed like 5-10 post or something like that.

Hameshy, I would guess, seeing as you joined in 2014, you either didn't link your steam account or it didn't take when you tried way back when and then you just fell through the cracks.

 
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I get this when trying to view any picture lol :( So cant fully join in with all the JOY of waiting another few months for Alpha 17 :p
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here you go.

https://twitter.com/joelhuenink

 
ok so im a bit illiterate when it comes to this can you please walk me through this process please and thank you
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Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common and right click on "7 Days to Die." Click Copy on the menu that pops up. Right click an empty area in the file explorer window and click Paste on the menu that pops up. Right click on the new copy and rename it something like "a16.4 backup." Open up the newly renamed folder and right click on "7dLauncher" and Send to Desktop. That will create an icon on your desktop that links to the backup copy. You can rename the icon to whatever you want.

As someone else mentioned, you can also use the Betas tab in Steam to switch between versions of the game, but you will need to wait for the download each time you do that.

I keep a few different copies for modding purposes and I need to be able to switch between them quickly. I just keep an icon for each one on the desktop and name them all something I can remember.

 
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To tag onto that, I believe each time you switch versions it's a full wipe, AND will kill your data usage, if you have an ISP that meters that.

Id be happy with a firehouse in every town/city along with a police station/post office just like in real life. Still waiting on firefighter zombies.
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That needs to happen.

Just having the tools to do it would be cool... I'm sure modders would have a field day, making new maps.
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I mean people have already done things like building Starcraft bunkers and making Goldshire (from WoW), and so on. So why not something like Manhattan.

 
All I want for Xmas is an A17, an A17 oh an A17! All I want for Xmas is an A17777777777777777, so that I can play it with my maaaates!

(If it comes sooner or later than that, whatever, I'm still counting it as a xmas gift!)

 
To tag onto that, I believe each time you switch versions it's a full wipe, AND will kill your data usage, if you have an ISP that meters that.
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*grumble grumble* Data limits *grumble grumble*

 
To tag onto that, I believe each time you switch versions it's a full wipe, AND will kill your data usage, if you have an ISP that meters that.


That needs to happen.

I mean people have already done things like building Starcraft bunkers and making Goldshire (from WoW), and so on. So why not something like Manhattan.
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Starvation Mod has firemen! :D It would be so cool if TFPs absorbed all the mod makers.. :D

 
If anybody is watching the Steam Info Database page for 7 Days, there's an uptick in activity. They were releasing a new update every... oh few days to a week. Now they're releasing daily or faster updates. Usually in the morning, testing the next build iteration. So We're getting closer as they get closer to A17 release.

[Hype Intensifies!]

 
I've been watching for a month or two now, since I found it in this thread a while back. Didn't know there was such a thing. And the updates were fairly slow, but it kind of gave me a little bit of an idea. Now the updates come daily at the least. Last update was 15 hours ago.

Since they're not doing feature builds, they're now testing and bug fixing. Each new iteration is more polished than the last and has had more bugs patched. But gotta look for new ones that crop up. Last rounds of implementation are going in now. Much more rapid testing. I guess, they test first thing, find bugs, send for fixing, and then afternoon and evening are spent patching, and the code build compiles overnight and gets uploaded for them to test, and the cycle repeats.

That's my take-away from it. It's a good sign that the team is now churning hard for the Experimental now.

Any of the Devs or Mods wish to weigh in?

The Database entry for 7 Days

 
I've been watching for a month or two now, since I found it in this thread a while back. Didn't know there was such a thing. And the updates were fairly slow, but it kind of gave me a little bit of an idea. Now the updates come daily at the least. Last update was 15 hours ago.
Since they're not doing feature builds, they're now testing and bug fixing. Each new iteration is more polished than the last and has had more bugs patched. But gotta look for new ones that crop up. Last rounds of implementation are going in now. Much more rapid testing. I guess, they test first thing, find bugs, send for fixing, and then afternoon and evening are spent patching, and the code build compiles overnight and gets uploaded for them to test, and the cycle repeats.

That's my take-away from it. It's a good sign that the team is now churning hard for the Experimental now.

Any of the Devs or Mods wish to weigh in?

The Database entry for 7 Days
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So you need to montor the steam database for a month to see that each day A17 is getting closer? Nice work, detective :)

 
I've been watching for a month or two now, since I found it in this thread a while back. Didn't know there was such a thing. And the updates were fairly slow, but it kind of gave me a little bit of an idea. Now the updates come daily at the least. Last update was 15 hours ago.
Since they're not doing feature builds, they're now testing and bug fixing. Each new iteration is more polished than the last and has had more bugs patched. But gotta look for new ones that crop up. Last rounds of implementation are going in now. Much more rapid testing. I guess, they test first thing, find bugs, send for fixing, and then afternoon and evening are spent patching, and the code build compiles overnight and gets uploaded for them to test, and the cycle repeats.

That's my take-away from it. It's a good sign that the team is now churning hard for the Experimental now.

Any of the Devs or Mods wish to weigh in?

The Database entry for 7 Days
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This is typically how the pattern progresses before each release. Yes.

 
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