PC Developer Discussions: Alpha 17
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wolfbain5
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not loving the new vultures. they attack too fast, 3 attacks in 2 seconds and dead from full health to zero. that's too op for a single vulture. and this was just warrior level, day 1.
other than that, the rest is going well. the guy who trapped every regular house with floor breaks is a bit of an ass. but hey, keep a look out
other than that, the rest is going well. the guy who trapped every regular house with floor breaks is a bit of an ass. but hey, keep a look out
Laz Man
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Lol, u have a point there. I did find it strange u needed to be a "master chef" to boil an egg. Made me chuckle.Over all I really enjoyed those few hours I got to play before work. But the chef perk??!!! What.
I haven't my character cookt anything before the apocalypse.
I understand that this is to slow down the paste of the game but come on.
It's way harder to build a wooden frame than to boil corn
Although its only lvl 1 of that perf.
Splitknuckler
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You have to go to manage game, find beta and opt in for the experimental build. Steam will not update for this build automatically
spud42
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https://7daystodie.com/forums/showthread.php?87756-The-Official-A17-Developer-s-Diary-for-Developers&p=859880&viewfull=1#post859880
out of luck with vulkan.... posted 10-14-2018. and later MM said no also..
CplCritter
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About the melee attack, I would have agreed with you until I forced myself to not use the bow for about 10-15 zombies. The power attack is superior to the bow. A well-placed power attack with melee knocks most zombies down in one shot and if you are quick and good enough, you can get the second power shot in before they can swing as they get up. 2 hit kill for the skilled player... not bad at all at level 3-5 player.
I tried playing the new alpha last night and at first sight it was beautiful, with an ok performance aswell, then I climbed a hill and looked at a town nearby and my fps when from 40~55 to 23~29 and never came back up again (Medium settings, Full Texture, No water particles, no reflections no anti-aliasing at 1080p). Later on the road to the trader I managed to get my fps back up by lowering my ressolution (♥♥♥♥ty solution but hey! It worked a bit!) I got 35~70 dependen on what I was looking or doing, than I walked a bit to a shed near the trader and my fps when down to 9! I looked around and a building was jalling apart for no reason, I never went anywhere near it, it just fell apart completely, leaving just one of the side walls (poor homeless sleepers) so...
Bug report:
Performance drop from 40~55 to 23~29 after some minutes of gameplay. (radeon gpu)
Buildings collapsing on random gen.
Bug report:
Performance drop from 40~55 to 23~29 after some minutes of gameplay. (radeon gpu)
Buildings collapsing on random gen.
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I purposely avoided all streams, and was looking forward to the game feeling all "new" and unspoiled again. But what are those graphics? Everything turns into blurry blobs just a few metres from me, and I already cranked up the LOD setting. This and the washed out look really doesn't feel like a positive change at ALL.
Guppycur
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Madmole distracted us!
... so it's day 14, 2200, me, doom, and aurealus are sitting on top of the Amityville house poi waiting for the horde to come in, and instead of paying attention to the stream of glowing cops and spiders that are pouring in, we're staring at the backdrop, the luminescence, the Moon, and overall beauty of the new spectrum.
Nicely done Joel.
... so it's day 14, 2200, me, doom, and aurealus are sitting on top of the Amityville house poi waiting for the horde to come in, and instead of paying attention to the stream of glowing cops and spiders that are pouring in, we're staring at the backdrop, the luminescence, the Moon, and overall beauty of the new spectrum.
Nicely done Joel.
I've been searching through this forum a bit, and I've seen plenty of comments about various dynamics people like or performance issues people are having, but I haven't seen a whole lot about the skill/level progression change. In A16 (and earlier) many skills improved through their use (i.e. digging makes you a better digger), but A17 seems to promote a system where you can acquire skill in things you may never have even done before (i.e. Leveling up to put points in cooking, even though you've never cooked a thing in the game). For me, this has seriously taken away from the sense of accomplishment you build up over time. Would anyone care to comment? I would love to hear from the dev team about why this change was made.
Robbing Zombie
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Sssooo, in Steam am I supposed to install in the Betas section the latest_experimental - Unstable build ? Never updated a game in Steam this way...
ed. Derp. And there we have it in the poll section.
ed. Derp. And there we have it in the poll section.
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Thecolours
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I wish item quality was still a thing. There's no wow factor after finding your 20th 2 mods shotgun. But, just imagine you randomly came across a lvl 600 5 mods sniper rifle. It would be amazing. And I'm not suggesting we bring back combining items in the workbenches, either.
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