adreden Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Donations: Paypal Donations to keep things moving For Alpha 18.4 Experimental Early Release. This 7 Days to Die Mod is a work in progress towards a more logical, scientific, deeper, scary and adapting version of the base game. The goal of this mod is to expand on the base game to allow the player adapt to a changing, dynamic world. Through the use of research you will unlock new techniques, items, blocks, powers and knowledge. NOTE: This is a work in progress. I have a very long list of thing to implement and I am adding them as I have time and knowledge of how to make them. At the moment the game is in an early testing state to see how the systems I have built work so far. I will be altering this to be an DMT mod eventually. There will also be changes to the progression system, skills and quests all which could break save games. I will endeavor to only release world or character breaking updates as more major updates so that one knows and will not break their games. On the 7 days to die mod launcher. Visit The Repository for more detailed information! https://gitlab.com/adredengaming/a-dred-end-a18-mod Questions Concerns Comments I have a discord: Here There has also been information on my YouTube Channel: Here Features: New Progression system so don't think of this much like vanilla. The more YOU do the more you get rewarded. NOT the more zombies you kill the better you now how to make a gyrocopter. Learn by crafting. I have added a little something so that the player can get better at crafting things. This is the most experimental part of the mod and needs tuning and constructive feedback. Learn by doing. The more you do something the better you will get at it. No need to spend your point(You wont get any ) Learn SCIENCE! by doing. The more you try to research thing the better you will get at that kind of research. So It should get easier to get more science done. [to do] Keep adding in more Bio modifications the player can use to upgrade themselves. Both items and the the skills More Localization for the files More Icons as time permits Research system: Through the use of research you will unlock new techniques, items, blocks, powers and knowledge. NOTE: This is a work in progress. I have a very long list of things to implement, and I am adding them as I get time to make them. Create a research desk and start crafting experiments. These will get you research notes and the notes will allow you to create schematics for the things you need to build. NOTE: I need to tune this feature. the number for each item are very arbitrary and not tuned to fit each schematic. Some recipes are in the advanced research desk - like the Molotov on a stick Planned: Find items in the world are new and will allow you unlock new ideas and schematics that can lead to new abilities, blocks and items. Reduced gameyness: There are some things in the game that feel like they are only in there to make certain reward cycles work. I aim to reduce this to give the game a greater feeling of immersion. Pick up the lights in POIS Find bicycles in peoples garages An Ending: Not 100 % Implemented in alpha 18 : One quest that should be an end condition of the game. Go out and destroy the infected cloning facility. It wont stop all the zombies of the world but it will (eventually) greatly reduce the number in your county. ATM you need to have the provided map installed to find the facility. Deep in the wastelands is the cloning facility. Still working on polishing this feature, I also need a little bit of DMT magic to finish this. New Weapons: Many Planned The mod was going to be a melee mod and thus has new weapons and there are many planned in updates. Thagomizer a new club based on the tail of a stegosaurus. Should be a one shot on easy zombies with a hard swing. Spears - There is a stick that can be sharpened and there is also an Iron spear that is craftable to give even more range and damage. Removed the vanilla spears as they would be pretty heavy and worse to craft then a flat piece of steel War pick, War axe and War hammer Most tools also have a version where there is a handle that can be altered with different tool or weapon mods to make various combinations Melee signs: It should be the case that all sings in the game can be weapons. All you need to do is break them free from there bonds and start smashing Brazmocks archery mod is in there for testing purposes. Mining laser is creative mod only Zombie Changes: I giveth and taketh Better Eyesight - Better hide at night Reduced melee range - The zombies Headshots - Zombies have soft heads so best to kill them with a head shot. body shots - Why do they need organs, so you can smack them, put holes in them break them to a point. The torso is tough Increased spawning numbers - There will be more zombies. Random getter up - The zombies will take 1 second to 10 seconds to get back up. No hurt sound, no death sound - don't forget, Double tap. Corpses - For special items you will use to adapt to the world This mod also includes zombies from the creature pack and so there are new zombies Lots of new zombies. There is a new faction of zombie called the controlled that some one is controlling. Often times they are seen with helmets and other armour and some have weapons grafted to them. They also have a few special building, with more to come. Noise makers: These are little distractors that can be thrown to attract zombies (Currently not working in a18) Lights: Most of the lights in the game have been added to craft New top tier Block Zombzyme block is a very resilient block created from various household chemicals and the arm bones of zombies. It will take some research and experimentation to figure out how to do this SPIKES from alpha 16.4 I have brought back the ability to craft the spikes from alpha 16. I have also expanded it with the ability to craft quicker crappier versions of the spikes too. Just incase you are in a pinch for time. New Large Doors (Thanks Dbat) Some large castle doors and portcullises Quadra V-Tech is in the game too. Likely for now mostly a creative menu Other Modders I would like to thank are: DBat, Ironblade, Brazmock/Azmo, GuppyCurr, Khaine, Keledon, Haidr Gna, Sphereii, Stopmy NZ, Xyth, Darkstar Dragon, DanCap0, DeathtoDust, Mumphy, Manux. Really most of the modders on the guppy server Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.devolver Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Hey, I like this concept, but I think something like this begs for some sort of story with NPC survivors you could do some quests for. Do you plan on doing something like that to expand your mod? Either way, I can't wait to see how it evolves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adreden Posted May 10, 2020 Author Share Posted May 10, 2020 4 hours ago, mr.devolver said: Hey, I like this concept, but I think something like this begs for some sort of story with NPC survivors you could do some quests for. Do you plan on doing something like that to expand your mod? Either way, I can't wait to see how it evolves. Yeah If I get time I have a few stories I would like to play out . The controlled faction and the stuff with the cloning facility are the main stories I have stuff started for. The plan for now is to just do a lot of polish and flesh out the controlled. There are a lot of cool things coming out soon from Xyth and Sphereii regarding characters and talking to them. I am hoping to do more of that asap but likely in a19. So in short yes to both, just have to get time or help to get it done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laz Man Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Looks interesting! Goooo Adreden! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppycur Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Months/years in the making. About time, slacker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adreden Posted May 11, 2020 Author Share Posted May 11, 2020 Yeah and more to do still but now that progression is done a lot more of the basics can be filled in and stitched together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metrojosie Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Are painkillers supposed to be super punishing for using one? The debuff you get from it lasts for 500+ hours and I can't drink enough water after that to sastify thirst. It's a bit unplayable. Actually, all of the buffs/debuffs last for 500+ hours, including Super Crush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adreden Posted May 11, 2020 Author Share Posted May 11, 2020 1 hour ago, metrojosie said: Are painkillers supposed to be super punishing for using one? The debuff you get from it lasts for 500+ hours and I can't drink enough water after that to sastify thirst. It's a bit unplayable. Actually, all of the buffs/debuffs last for 500+ hours, including Super Crush. ok this is one of those things that I know would pop up I had to rebuild the buffs when I was doing the progression because they are so coupled. Ill take another look. through all that. SO its NOT intended just some thing That I have to fix Are there are other ones then debuff from painkiller and super crush. Ill get on it asap thanks for letting me know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metrojosie Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Yes, I went through and tested all of the consumables with a duration effect and the results are as follows: Grandpas Moonshine=133 hours Grandpas Learnin Elixir=675 hours Grandpas Awesome Sauce=508 hours Steroids=1675 hours Fort Bites=341 hours Recog=133 hours Buzzed (Beer)=133 hours Vitamins=2008 hours Efficient Digestion (Red Tea)=675 hours Yucca Juice Smoothie=2508 hours Coffee=1008 hours As well as the already mentioned Painkillers and Mega Crush I don't think I missed any. These all stack, so if I take two Fort Bites it becomes 682 hours. Vitamins become 4016, etc... On a side note, drinking Mega Crush coupled with a College Jacket and some High Performance Running shoes is quite fun, but it makes needing a vehicle obsolete. Cool mod idea btw, looking forward to playing again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metrojosie Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Forgive me, but another thing I found was that I got StoneCraftingAndWorking to 5/5 and I am able to make Tier 5 stone axes. I also got Woodworking to 5/5 but Wooden Clubs won't create any higher than Tier 1. I wasn't able to get far enough to test out the other crafting skills like iron or smelting or anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adreden Posted May 12, 2020 Author Share Posted May 12, 2020 Quote Forgive me, but another thing I found was that I got StoneCraftingAndWorking to 5/5 and I am able to make Tier 5 stone axes. I also got Woodworking to 5/5 but Wooden Clubs won't create any higher than Tier 1. I wasn't able to get far enough to test out the other crafting skills like iron or smelting or anything. No need to be forgiven your helping me know what needs fixing. Things I missed with my play style or playthrough. I think I have ideas on how to fix the duration for the things just testing stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adreden Posted May 13, 2020 Author Share Posted May 13, 2020 OK pushed a bug fix for the number of hours it takes to metabolize things like red tea and mega crush. It is working on my machine and I hope it works out there for anyone trying this mod. The wooden clubs ... the easy fix didn't work so Ill be looking at that in more detail asap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adreden Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 So I have an update for the quests ... they work -minus a little localization trouble, I'll sort that out. BUT they reset the player... So I am sorry if this will break your game but it should make it better for people to learn the specifics of the mod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utakubeta Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 I'm really enjoying this, like the prev. version however I can't seem to use the clubs like before. Once was the planks into clubs could have anything put into them, now not co much. also I don't seem to be gaining XP for ANYTHING! Might need to do a clean install but it's day 14, and im still only level 4. Also when I do research it SAYS something like bio went up a level but nothing happens. Next when you do the experiments is it normal for them to very rarely drop notes? As noted I've put 14 game days and getting ready for my second horde night, but i'm horribly knee-capped by the lack of anything generating XP it seems. help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adreden Posted May 27, 2020 Author Share Posted May 27, 2020 Yeah The melee system still needs tuning up had to change some things. No I wanted to remove xp. The player still gets it but its just in the form of learning skills rather then buying them. There is a lot more to add to the progression system but life is kicking my butt atm. Working on it while I can. But there are specific items and POIs I still need to add for the whole plan to work like my vision. If you update you will start getting a level automatically every day. That is mostly to just make the gamestage move up. That should be one of the Science Skills going up. That effects the chance you get notes from the experiments. the more science you have the higher the chance you observer the right thing. I have updated the notes for there to be more. This is one of the reasons I went with an experimental build. This way I can get some feed back on the whole system. I want it to be interesting and not punishing. So I also want to lower the crafting resources so its cheaper for players to get all of them made. there are some that are really expensive. So a lot of the things I want to do to help the player is have the player loot research labs and clinics to get gene mods or other types of mods that help the player become more BA. Just working on it as I can. But I hope to have a much better more fleshed out system in a19. Gutting the TFP progression I knew would be a lot of work and it was. It will be one of the first things I do in a19. So keep updating and you should see new things in the last few weeks of a18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXSe Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 I like where you're going with this When I get some time I'll give it a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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