PC Developer Discussions: Alpha 17

[Maynard69]

show me a video of you destroying blocks (wood,concrete etc) with your bare hands (let alone rotting ones lol)

I have no clue what you are talking about. I am not a fictional zombie, what I can do is irrelevant. Also I have lots of pics of me breaking through wood as a child during martial arts training.

In relation to the game, it would make sense that as they break a block their limbs get ground down to nothing, and they could only get through concrete with a group hitting the same block. But then where would the threat be, meh.

 

[meganoth]

Just mentioning, I have posted this on the bug forum but not correctly I guess. Anyway, I absolutely love this game and have been playing it for a while now. Yet ever since 17.1 came out I have been unable to play it for more then 45 minutes at a time as it freezes my pc up. No other game does this. Then I took my PC into a different room that was much colder and was able to play it without issue. So evidently this game and no other is heating up my video card. I was wondering if there was any thoughts on a fix besides buying another video card?

Also check if all your fans are still working and turning when the PC is on. Don't use anything metallic to test this, use your eyes and a lamp. Or a wooden pencil if you really can't get a view.

The 45 minutes seem to indicate that your PC is slowly heating up. Doesn't sound like a hardware defect of GPU or CPU but more like a failure to get the heat out of the case. So maybe clean the air filters possibly installed in your case. If this doesn't help, speed up the fans (in the BIOS) or add new ones (but make sure they support the current airflow direction).

 

[Perlin_Worm]

Absolutely love the idea of new book volume perks. Make these books scrappable into paper for the excess books and you are on to something

 

[sillls]

Make it so half the player base has 7 Days to Die Blue version and the other half has 7 Days to Die Red version and the only way to get complete sets of books is to trade with people who have the other version. Gotta catch em all...

Is this your input or are you speaking for The Fun Pimps Roland?

 

[Gazz]

ever since 17.1 came out I have been unable to play it for more then 45 minutes at a time as it freezes my pc up. No other game does this. Then I took my PC into a different room that was much colder and was able to play it without issue. So evidently this game and no other is heating up my video card. I was wondering if there was any thoughts on a fix besides buying another video card?

Let me get the obvious out of the way first: No game can heat up a video card beyond it's design specs aka running under max load.

Now the #1 thing to do is to get all the dust out. That can seriously hamper cooling.

After that it's hard to tell. Bad air flow / positioning of devices in the case? An extra fan for the case would certainly be tons cheaper than a new video card.

 

[Tin]

I think a cool book would be one that documents the fall of civilization.
"At first we thought these aberrations were like the plain and simple "zombies" of pop culture lore. However, we couldn't have been more wrong. Whatever metamorphic process has changed them to bestial feral monsters has also hardened their flesh and bones and caused them to ooze or in some cases actually vomit highly acidic fluid. They can pound their way through wood, stone, and even metal as it dissolves and breaks down beneath their acid secreting fists. They are relentless in their hunger for human flesh. In that way they are what we expected of zombies but these creatures are as far above zombies as a rabid wolf is above a cocker spaniel puppy."

Then FINALLY we would have some established lore to help all the Romerophiles finally make the leap over their immersion gap and maybe stop posting to tell us what zombie-like creatures should or should not do... ;-)

Many don't like the Romero zeds either, if they did, they would be fine with zeds getting smarter as time goes on, and using tools.

(zedgirl-basement-bricktrowel used to kill her dad in Night of the Living Dead).

#BlameTWDCrowd <-- :anonymous:

 

[DaVegaNL]

So.. any news on 17.2? Or will we be stuck with it for a while. I want to play the game again..

 

[beerfly]

*throwing three Snickers` bars on the ground*

Not intended. Got them back in my inventory.

 

[wiggleslap]

Let me get the obvious out of the way first: No game can heat up a video card beyond it's design specs aka running under max load.
Now the #1 thing to do is to get all the dust out. That can seriously hamper cooling.

After that it's hard to tell. Bad air flow / positioning of devices in the case? An extra fan for the case would certainly be tons cheaper than a new video card.

Also, make sure your PC case is far enough away from the back for air clearance. I run a i7 4570k processor/liquid cooled - I have to have the back of my pc away from the wall at least 1 foot for adequate cooling.

 

[A Nice Cup of Tea]

Many don't like the Romero zeds either, if they did, they would be fine with zeds getting smarter as time goes on, and using tools.(zedgirl-basement-bricktrowel used to kill her dad in Night of the Living Dead).

#BlameTWDCrowd <-- :anonymous:

All the main Romero films include smart zombies - there's also Roger in Dawn, Bub in Day, and Big Daddy in Land.

I've said before that I'd love to see smart "ringleader" zombies in the game who can lead other zombies around traps and things and would therefore be a priority to take out. I think that's much better than the superpowered zombies we currently have.

 

[sillls]

*throwing three Snickers` bars on the ground*
Not intended. Got them back in my inventory.

OOOOO Snickers bars! I love those. Please tell me that they are going to be in the game. Yes?

 

[beerfly]

OOOOO Snickers bars! I love those. Please tell me that they are going to be in the game. Yes?

Come and get them.

*drinkin last sip of yucca juice and furiously throwin away the can straight into a lost chicken`s head*

Chicken : Sploosh into the ground.

Me : Oh, some food !

 

[The Gronk]

With the advent of random blood moons and variable zombie speed it would be a good idea if the backstory for the zombies was vague enough to account for all of these without obvious logical fallacies.

The cause of the zombie outbreak is unlikely to cause much controversy but it would be fantastic if TFP ran with the idea of it all being down to the sham products. It hits the spot for good sci-fi being a morality tale. In this case it would be the horrors of lab grown food, GMO, and corporate callousness which are often in the news these days.

 

[JaxTeller718]

So.. any news on 17.2? Or will we be stuck with it for a while. I want to play the game again..

Id like to know too, simply because all talk is about a18. So are we in limbo for 17.2? is it doomed to stay in experimental forever never hitting stable? No more fixes to it at all? Is it going to stable in its current form. SOME info would be nice. Are there plans to update experimental at all?

 

[Lonestarcanuck]

Let me get the obvious out of the way first: No game can heat up a video card beyond it's design specs aka running under max load.
Now the #1 thing to do is to get all the dust out. That can seriously hamper cooling.

After that it's hard to tell. Bad air flow / positioning of devices in the case? An extra fan for the case would certainly be tons cheaper than a new video card.

DUST - Gazz is right. we have 5 rigs at home (3 sons who game, a server and my wife's system) every couple of months we take them all outside and open the case and with a leaf blower I remove what is a massive amount of dust from the fans, heatsinks, power supply, etc. its amazing, and we have a clean house with hardwood floors and a weekly house keeper.

HEAT is #1 killer of systems and causes shutdowns, as does loose items like poorly seated RAM.

also make sure all your fans are on and working.

on another note, make sure your Power supply can handle the peak GPU load, some folks still have 300-500W PS and should be using one that is at least 700-900W with dedicated rails for GPU.

 

[Aurelius]

Id like to know too, simply because all talk is about a18. So are we in limbo for 17.2? is it doomed to stay in experimental forever never hitting stable? No more fixes to it at all? Is it going to stable in its current form. SOME info would be nice. Are there plans to update experimental at all?

Expect it to be like 16.5

-A

 

[Da Soviet Union]

So in EXP 17.2 im getting that XP bug with the high multiplier and insainly high xp requirement. I know that TFP are aware of the issue but when the stable comes out will my game be fixed? I cant level up and its almost a blood moon. Someone plz reply

 

[Guppycur]

Expect it to be like 16.5
-A

You mean that it exists but doesn't exist?

 

[archergod]

A real zombie is * a weaker Human

*Weaker bones and skull

* not able to smash a wood door

* Walks only

* works as song as the brain is intact

* Solar driven ? (can rest very long in darkness)

* So damn infectious that one scratch or bite will kill every human

But 7D2D´s interpretation,... i can life with, mostly ^^

You are kinda right, but for GAME, if real zombie came by, it won't be a fun. Plus in real you get 1000s of zombie in city, not couple roaming around building and 50-60 in different room which cannot hear you been in different room. Unless 7DTD figure out to put 100s of zombie in game, everything else related to z is compensation.

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So in EXP 17.2 im getting that XP bug with the high multiplier and insainly high xp requirement. I know that TFP are aware of the issue but when the stable comes out will my game be fixed? I cant level up and its almost a blood moon. Someone plz reply

Even if Stable comes out your blood moon might be over by then, and if you are not leveling up for whatever bug, you won't get higher gamestae and all your blood moon will be relatively easy.

 

[Aldranon]

With the advent of random blood moons and variable zombie speed it would be a good idea if the backstory for the zombies was vague enough to account for all of these without obvious logical fallacies.
The cause of the zombie outbreak is unlikely to cause much controversy but it would be fantastic if TFP ran with the idea of it all being down to the sham products. It hits the spot for good sci-fi being a morality tale. In this case it would be the horrors of lab grown food, GMO, and corporate callousness which are often in the news these days.

The cause of the Zombie apocalypse will be: Prions. Currently the cause of the so called "Zombie" Wasting Disease!

A twisted protein that tries to get other proteins in the brain to become twisted like it. Kind of like some charismatic, evil politician with a bad idea. Prions can last for years in the open air

Currently the USA has a serious Prion problem just north of Arizona (interesting, right?).