Jost Amman
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26 minutes ago, archergod said:
Is there anything we can do about the Shape Menu
Yes, you can send contributions to "Gazz's Patron Page"... the minimum amount is 100 bucks. Thanks.
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15 minutes ago, faatal said:
My favorite feature so far is the fact I can switch the editor to release mode, which produces optimized assembly code, but I can still run the profiler on it. That means I get the same timings I would get with a full build, which takes my PC about 6 minutes to make, so I don't. I've been spending a lot of time optimizing and cleanup up lately, so a very nice feature.
Cool! But don't tell the Boss! That means he'll expect you to do double the stuff in the same amount of time...
By the way... how is the faatal cloning process proceeding?
And most important of all, I'm talking to clone number...? 
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16 minutes ago, faatal said:
I am testing Unity 2020.2 currently. Only needed 3 code changes. Seems fine and is supposed to have some performance improvements. Feels a bit faster. 2020.3 (LTS) is supposed to be out soon, so A20 should end up being on that.
That's great news!
What are the highlights of that version that can benefit 7D2D? (I mean, apart from being a bit faster...)
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2 hours ago, SnowDog1942 said:
Awesome, what is the main goal of the the new loot/progression change?
boobies
Sorry, I got distracted... what was your question again?
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23 minutes ago, Xtrakicking said:
What are the plans for radiated zombies, then? I believe at some point you guys said you hated how they looked and were planning on replacing them with tougher/special enemies.
Also, whatever happened to the "gasser" zombie? Or is he not in the "special enemy" category?
Guys, I think what MM is saying is that the special infected won't be a feature for A20.
That seems pretty clear to me.
@madmole What is your "guesstimate" (if any) for the next Dev Stream? Thanks
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1 hour ago, Atrimislegnacra said:
The guy that came to the forums, crying to MM about misinformation didn't give me any facts on Steam, just opinions. Sorry, I don't believe everything I read without facts backing it up.
Are you Laz The Schmidt on Steam?
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1 hour ago, meilodasreh said:
True, but people who are asking for an airport POI are imagining a huge "international airport" with lots of stuff to explore.
That smaller airstrip you mention wouldn't justify any kind of interesting buildings.
Such one would have a small tower connected to a little office, and maybe one or two hangars (literally just big empty square room...hey cool even me could design those 😂).
So a reasonably small "airport" POI would consist of nothing more but plain surface, one or two little buildings, and more plain surface surrounded by 4 walls and 1 roof.
Sounds more like a POANI to me.
(point of absolutely no interest)
I can't see the added value of an huge airport honestly. If the game was able to handle hundreds of zombies at the same time then, yes, if would be thrilling to try to take over an airport. But since we have technical limits on that, it would just be a huge waste of POI space IMO.
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25 minutes ago, Roland said:
Most likely laying the groundwork to break his previous record of receiving the most poops for a post.
I don't want too exchange anything with SnowDog, you know, diseases and such...
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(OT) Why is @SnowDog1942 pooping everyone?? Did you go crazy?
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Hi @madmole, sorry to bother you for this, but there's people on Steam claiming you don't give a @%$# about building.
I told 'em it's ridiculous and that you're actually into building. In fact you both build cool BM bases and very nice "weekday" bases that you showcase here.
This guy is pointing to one of your comments some time ago, here:
I told him that he's reading to much into it and that comment was mainly about performance. Can you please clear this out once and for all?
Do you support building, crafting, etc... or do you just want to convert 7D2D to a "dumb FPS"?
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8 minutes ago, MechanicalLens said:
@Jost Amman Is there a tutorial anywhere on how I can download the trader m*d?
I'm sorry, i don't know, as I said I just stumbled on it while searching... aren't there instructions on the mod's page?
Edit: yeah, I see there are no instructions at all... I'd suggest you ask a question there directly to the mod author.
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15 hours ago, MechanicalLens said:
Are there plans to add a trader restock slider in A20? I would personally set it to every 7 days myself instead of the standard 3.
You may be interested in this mod in the meantime... I stumbled on it yesterday while searching for an alternative HUD.
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24 minutes ago, Blake_ said:
Honestly, I don't fully enjoy those finish kill-moves in Skyrim and deep down I don't tolerate them very well even if they are cool. The reason being that they take away the full control of the player over his avatar even if it's for a short while even if they make nice moves unthinkable for the basic handling of a 1st person game.
So in the end I prefer any improvement over the animations and first person "feeling" with different kinds of feedback like dismemberment and the like, but I would hate to have my keyboard blocked in a game in which every second matters.
I understand your worry, but while the FKM is playing time slows down to a crawl and it actually takes almost the same time as the regular manual hit & kill.
The real problem is, IMO, that implementing such elaborate moves with at least two actors involved would be a huge time sink for the devs.
So, take my comment for what it was... just daydreaming.
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1 hour ago, faatal said:
Steve. He says it is mostly done, but probably a few bugs lurking as is typical in new stuff, but I've not looked at it recently. He actually has a new task improving dismemberment features that one of our artists asked for.
Thanks, that's great news... I guess it's very likely we'll see the drone in action in A20 then!
Dismemberment improvements? CooCooCoool!
If ya'll keep working like this you could even add something like the finish kill-moves from Skyrim to combat.
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On 2/8/2021 at 1:20 AM, Yomado said:
Cant wait for the quests changes to come live. I accepted tier 5s as the unlock and I hate not being able to do some of the tier 3 quest locations as they have some pretty nice rewards for the time ratio like books. tier 4s and 5s do not have a large amount of book spawns but 3s and 2s do.
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@faatal, I don't remember the name of the young dev who's taking care of the drone (sorry) so I'm asking you... how is development of the drone going along?
In the first stream I remember the basics (flying, following, healing and attacking) were working, but you mentioned some problems with pathing on "rough" terrain... did he get around those problems yet?
Thanks
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1 hour ago, Roland said:
How will I learn if you do it for me? I’ll continue to use my own feeble powers.
You mean like these?
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1 hour ago, MechanicalLens said:
You'll regret that decision. I have the capability to turn these forums into a well oiled machine free of all criticism against TFP. You don't want my assistance? That'll be your own doing.
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1 hour ago, Crater Creator said:
akin to getting hit by a drowning victim zombie and then struggling to breathe
Excellent idea!
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48 minutes ago, MechanicalLens said:
@Blake_ So I was flying around in a creative test world exploring POI's for my next base whenever I decide to restart, and my curiosity got the better of me; I decided to loot a reinforced chest and analyze its contents. This is day 1, gamestage 1. It seems that the schematics are not so linearly locked as we had previously thought?
Yeah, this also happens frequently to me during a normal game (A19 latest).
IMO it makes sense though, since acquiring a schematic early on isn't OP or unbalanced at all: your crafting level still depends on how much you invested in that weapon's attribute and specifically in that weapon's perk. On top of that some BPs (blueprints) need forged steel or something you can't access yet.
Even better, I see it as an opportunity for a player to choose between "Do I keep investing in what I wanted at first (e.g.: I wanted to be a stealth archer), or do I start investing points into that BP's tree so that in a few levels I'll be able to craft a very solid weapon?".
Leave it as it is!
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Guys! It's all @Gazz's fault, he only comes here to tease us into going OT and never tells us what he's working on...
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4 hours ago, wolfbain5 said:
ok, what the hell are you guys making bras out of, yes bras... I am using a stone spear. see grandma coming at me, knock her down and as a follow up. I throw a spear at her, hit her in the boob... and it went "TINK!" wtf? armor plated boobs now?
edit: sorry mechanical, so, for those who don't know or never experienced boobs. "tink" is not a normal sound they make
Actually you hit the nipple while she was very excited seeing you!
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30 minutes ago, MechanicalLens said:
Agreed. At this rate a new thread should be created that specifically holds criticisms against moderators and the dev team. The thread would be nicknamed "trash".
I disagree. Criticism should be always allowed, even and especially if you don't agree.
As long as the discussion remains healthy it should never be "trashed"; redirected if OT? Yes, but never trashed.
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58 minutes ago, The Gronk said:
Justify it how you like, I've been lurking for quite some time now and the strict rule system is what killed the vibe.
I'm sorry about that, really. But personally I'm not here for "the vibe", or metagaming, I'm here for info on development and some light conversation with other players on the game we all love.
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That's surprising because I remember faatal, a long time ago, saying this would not happen when he first started working on the new vehicle code.
He said there's something in the code that will always revert back your vehicle in the resting position...