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    Alpha 21 Discussion Overflow

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    1 hour ago, Roland said:

    I found out about this forum from the Steam forum since they talk and complain about its existence ALL THE TIME going back 9 1/2 years ago...lol

    Well, mostly, those who complain do it because they have issues having to register here.

    I don't know what's their big problem, but they often start ranting about having to register "two times", one on Steam and one over here.

     

    I understand how annoying it must be to buy something on Steam, and then have to create an additional account for each game you're interested in.

    Some games even force you to create accounts with other entities for on-line rewards and profiles (e.g.: Ubisoft, EA), it never ends.

     

    That being said, it wasn't difficult for me to register here. I could even connect my Steam account to this one, so that's a plus.

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    Alpha 21 Discussion Overflow

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    7 hours ago, DocRussel said:

    I'm a casual mid-life gamer

    Lol! For some reason, I was reading: "I'm a casual mid-wife gamer...". :pound:

     

    Regarding dev studios' official forums, what many people don't understand, is that since 7D2D is published and sold on Steam (mainly), means the customer base experience for many players is biased to that platform. That's why I've experienced first hand that most casual players there, only check on the game once in a while (or even after years) and they don't know and, frankly, don't care, about an official forum.

     

    They bought the game there, and they expect the devs to be there.

    It's not a question of "ignorance", like some hinted, it's a question of level of interest.

     

    And even if this may surprise those of us who are passionate 7D players, most customers are probably just casual players who bought the game years ago and played the alpha available at the time for a bit and then left. The same ones, buy regularly on Steam and have many other games, so they don't have the time/patience/will to search deeper.

     

    And that's that.

     

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    Alpha 21 Discussion Overflow

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    6 minutes ago, Riamus said:

    I didn't say people visited the forums. I said they knew they existed.  Maybe the newest generation of gamers don't know about forums but I highly doubt that.  There is a big difference between not knowing they exist and not visiting them.  Most do not visit them as you said.  But most would know they exist.  If you have any data showing that this isn't the case, is be interested in seeing it but from all I've seen in decades of gaming, people know about forums even if they don't use them.

    Just to clarify... what I meant is that most people who buy the game on the Steam platform, expect to find the devs and the community there.

    Because that's what a lot of indie Devs do nowadays. Many are mostly casual players who really probably don't know this forum exists.

     

    You don't know how many times people on Steam were surprised, when I replied to one of their posts on Steam, since they were talking to the devs or asking questions to them, and I mentioned that they (the Devs) very rarely reply there.

     

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    Alpha 21 Discussion Overflow

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    42 minutes ago, meganoth said:

     

    I am pretty sure that Roland gave us all the info he was allowed to share when he was super mod. So a community manager could only change frequency of posting the same stuff again and again or style. Is it frequency or style that should be improved in your opinion?

     

    Or is it a cleaner presentation of the facts you are after?

    A News Update on Steam I think would go a long way with the community.

    Most players don't even know there's an official forum.

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    Alpha 21 Dev Diary

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    23 minutes ago, faatal said:

    I got it to do the same thing. It is totally normal. Shadows are not cheap to render. Looking into the building, you have all manner of objects near you, rendering with all their shadows. We do not have a static world where we can precompute visibility, so there is a lot of overdraw in that situation. Also, the occlusion manager does not disable shadows, as it does not know where they will be projected to and shadows are draw calls.

    Thanks faatal, I relayed this to the OP: I hope it didn't take too much of your time to check this.

    But again, much appreciated. :yo:

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    Alpha 21 Discussion Overflow

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    8 hours ago, Kiwi69 said:

    Did you guys see that?  Can you freaking believe that? So passive-aggressive all the time. OMG, please save me. 

    I think it's evident there is a "culture barrier" when you read Roland's posts.

    It will take some time, I think, to really understand the subtlety of irony and banter in English.

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    Alpha 21 Discussion Overflow

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    42 minutes ago, Kiwi69 said:

    Is this some kind of Communist Party forum where only TFP is right?

    I think that this forum is quite the opposite... we can have fun and tease each other with jokes, exactly because there's so much freedom.

    And I hope you're not referring to my example in my response to you, because that was evidently a joke (did you see the emote??). :rolleyes2:

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    39 minutes ago, Old Crow said:

    Which is why Lathan told Rick not to say anything about a release date during the stream.

    I'm sure it's all an elaborate prank to make Rick look bad.

    Lathan is probably having a secret meeting with everyone else @TFP while performing his best evil laugh! :heh:

    Spoiler

     

     

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    Alpha 21 Discussion Overflow

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    37 minutes ago, Kiwi69 said:

    Communication? To me, it seems more like a one-sided announcement.🤔

    Communication in this case is "providing information to customers".

    The word itself doesn't imply two-ways communication, and that's normal when one party has all the knowledge of the facts you're interested in.

     

    Isn't that communication, after all, when you're watching TV, and you hear all the lies that the "propaganda machine" spews out to you? :heh:

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    Alpha 21 Dev Diary

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    39 minutes ago, Burrfly said:

    Well I'm sorry about posting these collages, however I did say in the first one that I was probably going to receive hate, which I really did get. That's okay. Was making them with good intentions, though 😔, but apparently it got received very bad. Said multiple times that I wasn't hating on you guys, but you did hate on me for trying to raise awareness. Cool.

    Can you quote anyone who "hated on you" instead of just disagreeing? :confused2:

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    Alpha 21 Dev Diary

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    17 minutes ago, Adun0608 said:

    I am a web front-end programmer and I understand the complexities of programs and bugs. What puzzles me is the propaganda strategy. First show you an almost complete piece of content that grabs your attention and tells you it's coming. Then fell silent. I understand the difficulties faced with free updates for so many years. I even bought two versions, Xbox PC and Steam. I can also accept paid DLC. But I just can't understand this situation like an old friend disappointing you.I just hope TFP can do better.

    There's no propaganda strategy going on here, just normal hype building for something they've worked on for over a year.

    They're doing exactly what they've announced in the Dev Streams: after a few of those (4), they said there would be no more, until they were ready for the Stream Weekend.

     

    That's it.

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    Alpha 21 Dev Diary

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    7 minutes ago, Burrfly said:

    ~60% of the comments on a youtube video "all alpha 21 update news", look it up if you dont believe me. Just saying, still no hatereviewsyt.thumb.png.9782876ad9cca8ad592539af0d288079.png

     

    That only proves that players tend to judge changes before they've even had the chance to try them.

    And in general, people are against change. Of any kind.

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    Alpha 21 Dev Diary

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    Posted · Edited by Jost Amman (see edit history)

    7 minutes ago, RipClaw said:

    I never said that my impression is objective, but yours certainly isn't either.

    Never said that, either. I guess we both gave our subjective impressions... that was my point.

     

    7 minutes ago, RipClaw said:

    I sometimes are visiting the channels youtubers and streamers that I know from the time of A15 and A16. Almost all of them don't build bases anymore but just stand on roofs of POIs and shoot down.

    And that's certainly a wider base of data than yourself only, BUT it's still a very narrow data pool for having a reliable impression of what the real trend is.

    On top of that, I'd say that base building is boring, and most Streamers and YouTubers will probably avoid doing that during their shows.

     

    Edit: Riamus beat me to it, lol

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    Alpha 21 Dev Diary

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    37 minutes ago, RipClaw said:

    Nevertheless, I have the impression that fewer and fewer players build a base and more and more fall back on prefabs.

    Based on what? How big is your statistical data pool?

    My impression, based on me playing the game, is the opposite of yours then. How curious! :rolleyes2:

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    Alpha 21 Dev Diary

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    1 hour ago, RipClaw said:

    I meant that it is meaningless to the gameplay. There is no reason to build something from scratch unless you want to. And with the Learn by Reading system, I wouldn't be surprised if players feel like they're wasting time if they're not looking for magazines every day.

    Why are you so worried about how and why other players will play?

    Relax, enjoy your own game, and let other people play as they like. :confused2:

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    Alpha 21 Dev Diary

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    8 minutes ago, Burrfly said:

    Yes, the user reviews are still very positive, but the newer reviews do include players that have not known this game as it was earlier. So, if I were to play 7 days to die knowing only 4 building materials, I wouldn't notice and I would give a positive review. It is however a difference if people were used to the 11 building materials (including different levels) which now have been reduced to 4. And again, not to hate, but comparitively speaking, jan2022-jan2023 has more negative reviews than jan2020-dec2021 (somewhere ~jan2022 alpha 20 released).

    Most of those complaints can be resolved with mods, which TFP have fully supported from day 1.

    So, what's the prob? :noidea:

     

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    Alpha 21 Dev Diary

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    2 hours ago, gunner1912 said:

    wasteland has never felt more difficult just more annoying due to debris and smoke to the point that i dont even want to go because of visual is there a loot multiplier or anything that makes it worth going? 

    I never understood people saying this... what would be "difficult" for you, then?

    Having your ass blasted as soon as you enter the area?

    I sincerely don't understand what difficulty is for some people. :confused2:

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