PC Developer Discussions: Alpha 17

[ZombieXLX]

Its Monday!!!!

Yep, its Monday.

 

[JayBiggS]

#BringBackFOV

 

[TSRViper]

#BringBackFOV

I guess we had to sneak one last gate in before the release lol!

 

[Dracknar]

#BringBackFOV

 

[Erik Louden]

I think we are doomed. New big bug in a twitch clip in the bug section. Ugh...

What is the issue (not watching streams)?

 

[jdizzy2010]

Major dupe bug

 

[Pico]

What is the issue (not watching streams)?

Ammo dupe. No cause for panic.

 

[Erik Louden]

Yeah, since there are going to be wipes anyway ammo duping isn't going to be a huge deal.

 

[Jacoviz]

FOV slider must be back.

 

[meandog1000]

Are we there yet? (Jk)
We bid a fond fairwell to a16 by building a ramp in navezgame on the dead man's gulch broken bridge, and jumping the canyon with the ramp.

As far as fov, it can cripple your framerate because the game is trying to render too much at once, so for now keeping it locked down until optimisation might be the best decision.

Thats my only concern right now, is performance issues. that can make horde night unplayable.

Keeping it locked down is not the best decision. If it cripples someones framerate that's their issue and it has mutliple solutions. They can either turn their graphics down, get more RAM, or get a better GPU. I get migraines from low FOV, these can easily be prevented by an FOV slider.

 

[GameDogLP]

What is this Fallout 76? #BringBackFOV

 

[archergod]

#DontCareFOV Unless I play it , so first bring game then I might ask for it .

 

[Aldranon]

i would not think a player could get to level 20 on day one. do you think the xp bonus for party members would be enough to get that high?

I think 4 people with combat builds, fighting only zombies, could all get to level 20 after an hour of gameplay.

***I'm guessing a bit, as they would need to get a steady stream of zombies, so maybe I'm wrong.***

 

[Gatling96]

So is the alpha 17 on steam ? (i dont have the game installed...)

 

[josealfredofer]

Not yet. We need to wait 12 hrs more

 

[Gatling96]

8:30 am here, but since the devs are from USA, i assume they are in bed...

 

[Trekkan]

Yes. We discovered different devs had it at different settings. That changed the consistent look the designers wanted and it was causing performance issues. The average player often changes settings, not knowing what they are doing, making the game run poorly and then we get the blame, so we locked it down. There is a setting in the ini file, but it looks like debug mode (dm) has to be on for it to use it.

Fair enough on that the designers need consistency, but... please unlock it from debug mode so those of us with issues can change it as needed. Because all the design in the world doesn't matter to us if we can't even play the game.

 

[aikabwee]

Do we have a concrete time for the beta or not yet?

 

[KingSlayerGM]

+1 to returning the FOV slider

 

[FastBurst]

Do we have a concrete time for the beta or not yet?

Rumor has it as 8PM CT assuming no ground breaking bugs were found.