Crater Creator Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 (edited) After much anticipation, I’m happy to kick off the Version 1.0 Developer Diary (formerly known as Alpha 22). Here you'll find a compilation of confirmed features and content for Version 1.0. Fun Pimp devs may occasionally post updates here on what they're working on, answer questions, and give us sneak peeks into the future of 7 Days to Die. Like in previous diaries, we want this thread to stay focused on discussing the following features and content, and other things TFP devs want to discuss. We’ll make an effort to only list confirmed features and content, not rumored or merely contemplated features that haven’t seen proof of development/implementation. Please limit discussion in this thread to these topics, so that the diary doesn’t become bloated. Chatter not pertaining to Version 1.0 may be moved or removed. Version 1.0 Target Release Date: Summer 2024 (source) Confirmed Version 1.0 Features New armor system All new art Replaces old clothing & armor systems Themed armor sets like farmer, lumberjack, commando Armor sets still consist of pieces that can be mixed & matched Acquire and wear the complete set for a bonus First person hands reflect what you’re wearing New player character system All new player character base models to choose from Customize appearance with different parts like face, eyes, hair, facial hair Redone animations to support the new characters & armor New shaders for hair, eyes, and skin Updated player profile editor (source) New zombie variants Individual zombies will spawn with one of several albedo texture variants Tech allows for one zombie model to have different clothing designs, hair colors, skin colors, etc. Performs better than old UMA zombies New animal art Animals use a new fur shader New stag New cougar with new animations New bear New pig and/or boar New coyote New wolf New rabbit New Grace (mutated boar) New vehicle art Vehicle appearance changes depending on the mods installed New bicycle New minibike New motorcycle New 4x4 New gyrocopter (source) New points of interest (POIs) Tier 4 army camp Tier 5 school Haven Hotel Tier 2 commercial business strip Tier 5 football stadium (source) Tier 2 apartment building (source) more wilderness POIs unconnected to roads to discover new POI trigger improvements, like AND/OR logic for doors (source 1) (source 2) RWG improvements reduced memory usage improved stamp performance faster road generation (source) improved road smoothing roads carve through mountains improvements to RWG preview camera improved UI layout for RWG creation new biome generation algorithm places less blocky biomes, insures all biomes are present, and may put one biome in the center (source) burnt forest biome is back in RWG New props/world art Pallets of recycled cans and cardboard Campsite tents Road decals Can place blocks on top of road paint (source) New graphics & visual effects Fire barrel New blood effects when bleeding New blood effects when dismembered New gore art/tech for dismembered zombies New contact shadows and ambient occlusion (source) Optimization/Performance A new window tinting system makes window glass opaque until you get close. Occluding the interior improves performance, especially for skyscrapers. Game updated to Unity 2022 LTS with better Vulkan and DX12 support (source) New lighting update manager Ambient occlusion better handles large amounts of props (source) Block entities (props) spawn over multiple frames (source) Gameplay balancing is ongoing. Console Edition Version 1.0 will be released for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S along with Windows/Mac/Linux. It will be the same game on PC and console, with the same features & content. TFP are in talks hoping to offer a discount for players that own the legacy 2016 console release. Post-1.0 Roadmap Storm’s Brewing (Q4 2024) Weather system & biome progression overhaul (source) Wardrobe system Crossplay/random gen for consoles Plus: additional zombie stages, spawn near friend, Twitch drops, outfit DLCs and much more A New Threat (Q2 2025) Bandits UI/main menu overhaul Event system New quest type The Road Ahead (Q4 2025) Trader overhaul Story mode Steam workshop support New quest type Edited April 21 by Crater Creator updated to reflect version 1.0 roadmap (see edit history) 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crater Creator Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 (edited) Gallery Note: Alpha 22 is not finished (obviously), and some content was labeled as a work in progress at the time it was shown. New armor & player character systems Spoiler New zombie variants Spoiler New animal art Spoiler New vehicle art Spoiler New points of interest (POIs) Spoiler Tier 4 army camp Tier 5 school Haven Hotel Tier 2 commercial business strip RWG improvements (no media) New props/world art Spoiler New graphics & visual effects Spoiler Optimization/Performance (no media) Console Spoiler Edited March 2 by Crater Creator added: new crouch animations (see edit history) 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerfly Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 (edited) A beginning of a new era. Lets do it ! Btw, I think we have to thank @Adam the Waster for how he began the topic about A22, and the new dev dairy layout. Thanks, buddy, hats off for you. Here, a beer ! Also, A21 Dev Diary have around 2 million views. Let`s show the world how good this game is with the A22 one. Btw did @Roland became AI, we`ll need him for brain cell management. Edited February 21 by beerfly (see edit history) 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam the Waster Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 WOOOAH YEAH BABY 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armor9 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Still no bandits for A22, that is a huge bummer. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam the Waster Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 On 2/15/2024 at 9:19 PM, Crater Creator said: Tech allows for one zombie model to have different clothing designs, hair colors, skin colors, etc. This interests me. Skin color and hair! Maybe we will see Boe at last with a sick set of hair. AND WERE IS THE NEW CHICKEN 39 minutes ago, beerfly said: A beginning of a new era. Lets do it ! Btw, I think we have to thank @Adam the Waster for how he began the topic about A22, and the new dev dairy layout. Thanks, buddy, hats off for you. Here, a beer ! Thank you it means alot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doughphunghus Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 On 2/15/2024 at 8:19 PM, Crater Creator said: new POI trigger improvements, like AND/OR logic for doors Is this going yo be implemented in any of the vanilla a22 POis ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crater Creator Posted February 21 Author Share Posted February 21 45 minutes ago, beerfly said: A beginning of a new era. Lets do it ! Btw, I think we have to thank @Adam the Waster for how he began the topic about A22, and the new dev dairy layout. Thanks, buddy, hats off for you. Here, a beer ! Absolutely! I want to thank Adam the Waster and SylenThunder for their unofficial dev diaries. Both were useful in pulling together what was already publicly known about A22... especially with Twitter/X being harder to mine for information than I would’ve thought. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doughphunghus Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 On 2/15/2024 at 8:19 PM, Crater Creator said: Replaces old clothing & armor systems Are the "original clothing items" going to still be in game as "scrappables"? Just wondering what it woukd be like to loot a drawer or clothing bag and get "special armor" vs "hey its a white t-shirt and only worth cloth" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crater Creator Posted February 21 Author Share Posted February 21 9 minutes ago, Adam the Waster said: This interests me. Skin color and hair! Maybe we will see Boe at last with a sick set of hair. The hair Boe doesn’t have can now come in a full range of invisible colors. 8 minutes ago, doughphunghus said: Is this going yo be implemented in any of the vanilla a22 POis ? Unclear. Info on that feature is coming from recent posts right here on the forum from @Laz Man. You can check the source links for what he’s said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crater Creator Posted February 21 Author Share Posted February 21 13 minutes ago, doughphunghus said: Are the "original clothing items" going to still be in game as "scrappables"? Just wondering what it woukd be like to loot a drawer or clothing bag and get "special armor" vs "hey its a white t-shirt and only worth cloth" It seems unlikely since everything that can be worn will be integrated into one system. Historically they’ve eliminated nearly all the items whose only use was to be scrapped. If the old clothes were kept, it would beg the question from players “Why can’t I wear this?” From the screenshots, we see that some options appear more like armor and others appear more like clothes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerfly Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 39 minutes ago, Adam the Waster said: AND WERE IS THE NEW CHICKEN Me, the cook, screaming from the kitchen, while you all admire the new thread in front of your monitors : Whoo want some chicken soup ? 🎈 42 minutes ago, Adam the Waster said: Thank you it means alot We thank You ! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laz Man Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 (edited) 57 minutes ago, doughphunghus said: Is this going yo be implemented in any of the vanilla a22 POis ? Some for sure. The AND / OR functionality was added to fix some isolated issues but also to give POI designers more tools to work with (e.g. puzzles). I know several custom POI creators in the community have been asking for this for a while now as well. Edited February 21 by Laz Man (see edit history) 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam the Waster Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 (edited) So do we know how the armor parts are going to work? Is it 4 or 5 parts per set? *cough* overlord armor Also I miss read the hair thing womp womp rip boes new hair style Edited February 21 by Adam the Waster (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostyouthkhat Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 I like the graphical updates but the bandits were the "biggest" upcoming thing many of us has been waiting for us. Sad to hear its being delayed again. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdubyah Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Yeah, I'll echo dough's question on clothing. Given that they've added so many new Savage Country POIs, it's gonna be a bit silly if all the normal clothing just goes away. Surely you aren't gonna find that crazy looking nerd armor they showed before just sitting on a store shelf... I think they had basically confirmed that clothing/armor would all be the same slots with this new system, but I really hope that has changed. Though maybe I am just misremembering since it's been so long. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morloc Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 The armor/clothing changes... How many total equipment slots will there be relative to what there was before? Also... What does "UMA" stand for? I looked it up and I don't think this is it..... P.S. Do Japanese girls really have pointy animal ears? -Arch Necromancer Morloc 💀 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 I have some thoughts; but everything I've seen so far I've liked a lot! Barring maybe a couple of the armor sets and the set bonuses, I've liked every new feature/aspect shown of a22 thus far. I hope a22 comes out sooner rather than later, though it seems we're looking at a mid/late 2024 release. I'd also like to know what the plans are for the proposed set bonuses. Could be wrong, but I think some people didn't like the concept of the bonuses, and I didn't either, but we haven't heard much about how the new armor system works, so it'd be a nice thing to maybe air out the feature in the community to gauge reactions imo once the concept is either done, or ready to share. 👍 But; you can't rush game development, and I've seen nothing but good news thus far. 😀 Espescially with the burnt forest's return and RWG changes. I'm excited to see what the devs cook up. I do think magazines still need some tuning, and the biome difficulty hud element having a toggle would be nice, but those are small potatoes I suppose, and can always be fixed in a21 patches. Favorite aspect for me so far has definitely been the upcoming RWG changes, Laz/Faatal's progress updates are always exciting. Next on the wishlist for me personally (not necessarily what the game needs, just what I think would be cool) would be less linear poi's, and some kind of small skill rework/book reduction. Since crafting magazines were introduced in a21, it always seemed like a cool idea to merge the old magazines that provide unique passives into the skill system, or somehow change them (like urban combat, magnum enforcer, etc) given how many magazines there are already. Currently, we have the a21 magazines that dictate crafting & some recipies, the books/schematics that give other recipies, and the books that provide passive benefits. I think it'd be neat if some of those effects could be merged into the skill tree or otherwise tweaked. This might also help with the sheer amount of books/blueprints/magazines. But; these are just some dumb opinions. I'm not a game dev, don't know what I'm talking about, I hope a22 turns out great, and so far it looks like it will 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 3 hours ago, beerfly said: Btw did @Roland became AI, we`ll need him for brain cell management. Beep Bop Boop I am excited for A22. It should be fun to play for many hours of enjoyment. All of the announced features sound really good and even though it hasn’t been announced yet, it will be great to be able to—- beep bop boop…. 2 hours ago, Armor9 said: Still no bandits for A22, that is a huge bummer. True, but the outfits and 3rd person character animations are direct lead ins to bandits. Once human characters animate well from 3rd person view, they will be ready to put bandits in. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FramFramson Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 (edited) 2 hours ago, doughphunghus said: Are the "original clothing items" going to still be in game as "scrappables"? Just wondering what it woukd be like to loot a drawer or clothing bag and get "special armor" vs "hey its a white t-shirt and only worth cloth" This is a big question for me too. The clothes gave us a few extra "plain" options for characters which were nevertheless useful in creating variety. Most of the new costumes are very distinct, even if you mix parts. And what the heck will Savage Country racks be filled with now? Bits of goofball post-apocalyptic armour sets when they didn't use to have armour at all? Seems a little off. On the other hand, piles and piles of cloth fragments would just be boring. Also what about things like the hat reskin armour mods? Will those stay? I mean, I assume the (for example) cowboy hat would use the updated model, but will that still exist? Call this a plea for some vanilla clothing to remain! I get that TFP don't want items which only exist to be scrapped, but clothes never were - they were there for cosmetic purposes, and I'm pretty sure that most game companies these days do understand the value of cosmetic options to players since skins are a huge portion of monetization these days (please don't go THAT route though). Edited February 21 by FramFramson (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt115 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Remove flip flops or add option to show them off pls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FramFramson Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 2 minutes ago, Matt115 said: Remove flip flops or add option to show them off pls How long do you think you will be wearing this armour in any A22 game? Do you wear plant fibre armour all game right now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt115 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 2 minutes ago, FramFramson said: How long do you think you will be wearing this armour in any A22 game? Do you wear plant fibre armour all game right now? Who knows? maybe it will be like - 30% more crops during harvesting so you will be forced to change for that armor. So you will put it on just for harvesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crater Creator Posted February 21 Author Share Posted February 21 (edited) 32 minutes ago, Matt115 said: Remove flip flops or add option to show them off pls Speaking for myself here, I see no issue with this style. You want something to protect the bottom of your foot, and you need some way to keep it attached. Ergo, simple toe thong sandals. They’re one of the oldest forms of footwear, seen in many different cultures. They’re exactly what a primitive survivalist would make if they wanted footwear. Edited February 21 by Crater Creator (see edit history) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanatical_Meat Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 (edited) Finally thank you. release some time in 2024 is a pretty lame statement. Certainly it is possible to craft a statement that is more specific and allows for some delays. Edited February 21 by Fanatical_Meat (see edit history) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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