[Alpha 21 Dev Diary]

With so much new POIs + the reworked ones, citys are looking fantastic now (and the great rng gen in the back). Also kudos to the performance optimizations, 7dtd is the only game I know of, whichs graphics are getting constantly better while lowering the specs needed for it. This is somewhat of a holy gral

 

Really nice update Im enjoing it so far.

 

I also dont get the anger here, Im playing since almost the first steam versions, each Alpha had its pros and cons, I like these changes because so it feels a bit like a new game with each alpha. And yeah its got a bit harder this time, in regards of zombie first hit and bleeding but I like it.

In regards to the crafting system Im unsure but not in a way that would disturb me.

 

Thank you TFP, I would say really good job!

 

Please let us craft all these wonderful new doors....

[Alpha 21 Dev Diary]

Is alpha 8.8 stable runing for you on win 10 ?

 

Thought I could kill a bit time by beeing nostalgic but the game wont let me

[Alpha 21 Dev Diary]

Its almost out ...unbelievable, TFP took their (looooooooooong) time, but now Im hyped again.

 

 

[(A19) WalkerSim - Enhanced roaming zombies]

I love this mod and its idea, in A19.3 its working flawless, but as mentioned before its a bit too much off a endless hassle, there should be a break every now and then...

 

My suggestion would be something like this pseudo code. It would bring in some values, such as gamestage, difficulty, population, day lenghts and (bad)luck. Differencing between Day and Night would also be an option, but for now the example is w/o Day/Night difference.

Its all about the idea, to make an player "invisible" for the 2D-ModeOfflineZombies as long as the player stays in the current chunk. If this is possible at all, bonus points for saving this chunk status (or the timer set for "invisibility"), when player leaves the current chunk.

Invisible means the player does not cause the 2D-Zombies to spawn in as soon as he hits the kills needed, more below.

Invisible does not mean, that any Zombies already spawned cant see/hear him.

 

Please let me know, what you think of it and if its possible at all.

 

 

Pseudo code:

TimeInChunkMins = get TimeInChunkMins
24hrLengthMins = day length in Mins              
24hrLengthFlo = (24hrLengthMins / 100)			 
GameStage = get PlayerGameStage
TimeInChunkModMins = (GameStage x 24hrLengthFlo)		
Difficulty = get PlayerDifficulty                       ---- 7 <-> 2 , 7 beeing easiest
Population = get (Population / 100)
RnG 		= random N# between 20 and 10

DayOrNight = ?


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while in currentChunk


	if	(TimeInChunkMins > ((TimeInChunkModMins x Population) / (RnG - Difficulty)) then     --- the time when counter starts should be a "secret" to the player, hence the RnG																							    

		count _kills

			if _kills > (((RnG / Population) x TimeInChunkModMins) / (Difficulty x RnG)) then 	--- in terms of kills, a high RnG roll means (bad)luck
  																							

				current chunk makePlayerInvisibleIn2D for (((TimeInChunkModMins x Population ) / RnG) + Difficulty)  --- make Player invisible but do not remove the zombies currently left																																																										  
			end
		end	
	end
	
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ALL results should be upped to their next integer !

    
Example 1: EasyMode Early-Game: 60Mins Day, 120 Population, Random No. 17 , Difficulty 5, Gamestage 20       --- Low Difficulty, low Gamestage + good                                                                                                                                                                                   --- luck, in this  gamestage you will only                                                                                                                                                                                     --- be able to kill slowly

Gamestage 20 x DayFloat 0,6 = TimeInChunkModMins 12

 

(TimeInChunkModMins x Population) / (RnG - Difficulty) = 1,2 Mins             --- time you already have to be been in the chunk, before the kill count starts                                                  

((RnG / Population) x TimeInChunkModMins) / (Difficulty x RnG) =  2 kills                                    --- seems a bit low but keep in mind that all previously                                                                                                                                                             --- spawned zombies will stay, which is already a lot at                                                                                                                                                             --- pop 120                                

((TimeInChunkModMins x Population ) / RnG) + Difficulty = 5,8  Mins Invisible/no Respawn

                
Example 2: RegularMode Mid-Game: 60Mins Day, 120 Population, Random No. 16 , Difficulty 4, Gamestage 80     --- good mid-game, in-between good                                                                                                                                                                                        --- and bad

 

Gamestage 80 x DayFloat 0,6 = TimeInChunkModMins 48

 

(TimeInChunkModMins x Population) / (RnG - Difficulty) = 4,8 Mins 

 

((RnG / Population) x TimeInChunkModMins) / (Difficulty x RnG) =  14,4 kills  

                         

((TimeInChunkModMins x Population ) / RnG) + Difficulty = 7,6  Mins Invisible/no Respawn

 

 

Example 3: HarderMode End-Game: 60Mins Day, 120 Population, Random No. 13 , Difficulty 3, Gamestage 120     --- Harder Difficulty, higher Gamestage                                                                                                                                                                                      --- + less luck, but in this gamestage                                                                                                                                                                                          ---you should be able to kill  really fast                                                                                                                                                                                          

Gamestage 120 x DayFloat 0,6 = TimeInChunkModMins 72

 

(TimeInChunkModMins x Population) / (RnG - Difficulty) = 8,6 Mins

 

((RnG / Population) x TimeInChunkModMins) / (Difficulty x RnG) = 28,8 kills

 

((TimeInChunkModMins x Population ) / RnG) + Difficulty = 9,6  Mins Invisible/no Respawn