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Thanks for the update faatal. I am slightly perplexed that you are working on those things while roland was announcing streaming soon a month ago. It is what it is though. I really appreciate the transparency!
Excited to see what you guys come up with.
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Yea agree! So many inconsistencies, I hope they are all on the same page from now on. Its like they are all in different locations/homes working on the game not one place :indecisiveness: :indecisiveness:

 
Letter to Developers:

Please, I beg you to reconsquider releasing A17e sooner, rather than later. I really want to get kraken on building a new base with all the cool new features! I was just squidding when I said I wouldn't love you anymore if you didn't release the... alpha soon. Insquidentally, I do appreciate the updates posted here about your progress.

Thanks!

Concerned Citizen

 
Thanks for the update faatal. I am slightly perplexed that you are working on those things while roland was announcing streaming soon a month ago. It is what it is though. I really appreciate the transparency!
Excited to see what you guys come up with.
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Since Monday there have been 201 commits to the project. That is normal. We will be working on all kinds of changes right up until A17e is released.

Depends on what you consider soon to mean. I recently told my wife Christmas will be here soon. That didn't mean next week.

I have about 12 A17e must fix issues assigned to me right now. Even if those were the only tasks left for A17e, it would be difficult to determine how long it would take. In the time it takes to address those issues there will probably be 5 or 10 new issues that come up that have to be fixed. This is an iterative process. Often an issue is fixed and then testers reopen it because there is still a variation of the problem or a new problem. Now apply that process to a dozen different developers and no one can know an exact date. It is all guessing.

Some will say other companies announce dates and release stuff on time. How does that work?

1 Set a date and make simple safe changes that any dummy could do.

2 Set a date and then release regardless of bugs or features being finished. Usually accompanied by a death march.

3 Set a date so far in the future, that you could do it twice over.

4 Say nothing until it is 99% done, then set an easy date weeks or months ahead.

5 Set a date and get lucky!

We could do 4, but that goes against early access transparency.

Like many other game companies, we are employing the it is done when we are happy with it approach.

 
No. Seemed fine in testing. Never saw vomit from back of head.
The extra shot was always north, since it was after the look direction was cleared.
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Do they still vomit in the direction you are when they start the animation? So if you move, they don't correct the aim and they miss you by a lot.

 
I could be way off here but I also feel some of the changes coming are developing AS A17 is being worked on. My guess is that the perk system did not come to full fruition at the moment A17 was announced, but much later (hence the wrong percentages/verbiage shown in earlier videos). There is nothing wrong with that. The devs are working on a TON of new things.

New ideas emerge and the devs need to accommodate these ideas whether they were envisioned 4 weeks ago or 4 months ago... if it is determined imperative for A17 launch, the devs start working on it. I trust that.

Some of us just need to grab a straw and suck it up because the development of a game before it is officially launched is not a walk in the park from what I have gathered.

 
does we still have 200% gamma setting? it should be lowered down to like 120% max? its easy way to cheat the night visiblity
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The high Gamma is more for You Tube and Twitch streamers; Some people don't like watching dark videos.

 
serverside would be nice to have this setting instead of clientside. i play on pvp and people use 200% to see at night ( but who cares about pvp community in this game right :bi_polo: )

 
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Some will say other companies announce dates and release stuff on time. How does that work?
1 Set a date and make simple safe changes that any dummy could do.

2 Set a date and then release regardless of bugs or features being finished. Usually accompanied by a death march.

3 Set a date so far in the future, that you could do it twice over.

4 Say nothing until it is 99% done, then set an easy date weeks or months ahead.

5 Set a date and get lucky!
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Or, in many cases, have a date imposed on you by the publishing/marketing team who have already set up the advance publicity and media drive to get people hyped up for that release date, and then choose either 1 or 2 as that date approaches

 
Since Monday there have been 201 commits to the project. That is normal. We will be working on all kinds of changes right up until A17e is released.
Depends on what you consider soon to mean. I recently told my wife Christmas will be here soon. That didn't mean next week.

I have about 12 A17e must fix issues assigned to me right now. Even if those were the only tasks left for A17e, it would be difficult to determine how long it would take. In the time it takes to address those issues there will probably be 5 or 10 new issues that come up that have to be fixed. This is an iterative process. Often an issue is fixed and then testers reopen it because there is still a variation of the problem or a new problem. Now apply that process to a dozen different developers and no one can know an exact date. It is all guessing.

Some will say other companies announce dates and release stuff on time. How does that work?

1 Set a date and make simple safe changes that any dummy could do.

2 Set a date and then release regardless of bugs or features being finished. Usually accompanied by a death march.

3 Set a date so far in the future, that you could do it twice over.

4 Say nothing until it is 99% done, then set an easy date weeks or months ahead.

5 Set a date and get lucky!

We could do 4, but that goes against early access transparency.

Like many other game companies, we are employing the it is done when we are happy with it approach.
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See now, THIS! needs a sticky all on it's own... Easy place to refer people who complain about the release...

 
Will there be a perk or other way to receive increased yields from harvesting plants as was the case when planting on fertilized ground?

 
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All harvestable plants are harvested by hitting with free hand instead of using with "e" 11/1/18Harvested crop returns to first stage "baby plant" and regrows 11/1/18

Seeds very rare 11/1/18

Will there be a perk or other way to receive increased yields from harvesting plants as was the case when planting on fertilized ground?
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yes, learning perk makes you get more crops and ability to craft seeds.

link to video.

 
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Will there be a perk or other way to receive increased yields from harvesting plants as was the case when planting on fertilized ground?
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There is a perk that increases harvest yields. Take a look at the Halloween video posted by Pokket (I linked the video and timestamp in an earlier post). I can't say it will be identical to when planting on fertilized ground, but it sounds like it.

-A

 
Hey MM, if you get some free time could we get paintable blocks shaped like the control panel blocks?

 
does we still have 200% gamma setting? it should be lowered down to like 120% max? its easy way to cheat the night visiblity
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I would like to see this looked at when they give pvp some well needed love. I know they arent there yet but it would help their game a lot to spend time on that when the base game in finished.

 
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