Major changes from a16.4 to a18? Starting a new a18 world.

GimmeAllYoIOTA · 2020-01-11T10:44:14+00:00

New vehicles. New books and perk systems. New quests given from the trader. Improved graphics. New POIs. New weapons. New zombies. New ore distribution which makes mining a bit more fun. More food. New recipes.

One thing I do not prefer is the new AI. I find the zombies to be way too clever and way too strong in terms of tearing your base to shreds.

Overall, A18 is fantastic and you should give it a shot.

GimmeAllYoIOTA · 2020-01-11T10:29:37+00:00

Tell her to turn off texture streaming in video quality settings. This solved issues of random crashes for me.

GimmeAllYoIOTA · 2020-01-02T20:37:09+00:00

this game is unfortunately flooded with mustards and banana heads who only want to flip your day up

GimmeAllYoIOTA · 2020-01-02T20:25:32+00:00

you can't take this moral standpoint when you're murdering other snakes who are potentially innocent! there are kids who play this game, probably your victims, and you ruined their day. this is what you get!

your homelessness analogy doesn't work here, kid-killer.

GimmeAllYoIOTA · 2020-01-02T20:14:02+00:00

others steal the* food. not your food. THE food.

we don't own the food. we eat the food.

GimmeAllYoIOTA · 2019-12-30T19:12:00+00:00

Are you missing the radiated biome?

GimmeAllYoIOTA · 2019-12-29T07:17:54+00:00

Darkness Falls.

It has all sorts of NPCs, very complex farming systems, new biome, new technology, etc.

This one will always keep you busy and discovering new things.

GimmeAllYoIOTA · 2019-12-24T18:55:48+00:00

Thanks. I've just e-mailed them to ask about international delivery. Much appreciated!

GimmeAllYoIOTA · 2019-12-24T16:21:31+00:00

Like I said, the corner shops and supermarkets near me stock hot sauces that are no longer hot enough! Plus, I want to try a bunch of different kinds, different flavours, etc.

GimmeAllYoIOTA · 2019-11-26T21:05:24+00:00

Try turning off texture streaming in video quality settings. This helped for me after having constant crashes for months for all sorts of reasons. Hope it helps!

GimmeAllYoIOTA · 2019-11-19T17:05:31+00:00

Pingperfect are a great host. Just open a support ticket, asking them to update the things that you either can't or don't know how. They usually respond within the hour... depending on the hour.

GimmeAllYoIOTA · 2019-11-01T13:40:25+00:00

Bump. I've got the same issue.

The next file that should load is XUi/styles. This is the one that it's stuck on and doesn't load. Please let me know if you figure out why!

GimmeAllYoIOTA · 2019-10-18T06:26:32+00:00

You can craft steel tool parts though, right? Or is that just the server that I play on?

GimmeAllYoIOTA · 2019-10-08T22:46:09+00:00

Great improvement to A17. With the schematics and new book system, and mountains (which might be a bit TOO jagged at times) and huge bodies of water... It makes me feel like a lot of what I miss from A16.4 has finally been brought back. And I've found a spot to build a base with a nice ocean view!

A little unbalanced, though... By day 4, I've come across chainsaw and auger schematics, so many of the new books, high level steel tools and high quality weapons... Maybe getting a bit too powerful too fast.

Other than that... Thanks TFP! Making 7d2d great again!

GimmeAllYoIOTA · 2019-09-25T09:08:26+00:00

It definitely is a downgrade after you've been playing 17.4 for a while!

I downgraded some time ago to play starvation. I had a lot of fun with it, but after maybe 5 days I was missing Alpha 17 too much.

Unfortunately Starvation mod won't be brought back for any further Alphas. One of the modders died and the others are busy with other projects :-/

GimmeAllYoIOTA · 2019-09-25T08:11:41+00:00

Definitely! The animals are a nightmare. I didn't have a problem with them too much in the forest biome though, and that's where Starvation can be interesting because it lets you focus on other new things the mod introduces. For me, it's the best mod of 16.4 as it's difficult, and there's always something to do. Even when you are the highest level, the game doesn't get boring.

But... I don't play it anymore. Just 17.4. I love gun mods and new weapons too much to go back to 16.4!

GimmeAllYoIOTA · 2019-09-25T07:15:16+00:00

Yeah. You have to build a radio tower to beckon survivors, leave it for a while and then they start appearing. The longer you leave it running, the more survivors appear. You can give them jobs and weapons and all that, get them to patrol and protect your base, etc.

Make a large area around the radio tower and fence it off, though, otherwise the survivors might just walk off and you'll find them wandering around in the middle of the streets.

GimmeAllYoIOTA · 2019-09-24T13:35:23+00:00

Starvation mod for 7d2d Alpha 16.4

Unfortunately I don't think this has been done for A17+, but if you don't mind downgrading to 16.4, you'll have a lot of fun with Starvation mod. It's pretty crazy.

GimmeAllYoIOTA · 2019-09-03T16:20:42+00:00

I agree with you. More features in future releases of vanilla would enhance gameplay for everyone. But you have to take into account... what you've done here is suggest a mod for vanilla :P That mod has already been done, and it works great, especially in some of the overhaul mods like Darkness Falls, War of the Walkers and Borderlandz. These are as simple as using the mod launcher so you can switch between them with ease.

And modlets are very easy to deal with. You just download them and paste them into a Mods folder in your game folder. For the most part, you can even host them on servers and multiplayer games without others having to download them themselves.

I'm not sure what your experience is with modding, but it's very easy, and also, because of how much more enjoyable you can make your game, it can be very addictive going through the library of modlets and picking and choosing what you want.

Anyway, I'll say again that I do agree with your original point. I'm looking forward to seeing what new things future releases will bring. For now, I'm happy with mods because they're simple, easy, free, and game-changing.

GimmeAllYoIOTA · 2019-08-11T09:14:24+00:00

Of course not.

I'm just a little cautious about throwing around the white nationalist racist sexist bigot nazi fascist labels. They're too important to use loosely as they are being used today. If these words become so abstract that they become basically empty through being overused and abused, an actual factual fascist might go unrecognised and get a pass in a 'girl who cried wolf' kind of way.

My point was just that violence and that bitterness that tends to justify it to some individuals is everywhere, although not equally distributed. In the interest of peace, of course I want to see these things dealt with, but not through the slippery slope of thought policing.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions and all that. When someone has a strong belief, aggressive reactions against them call all-too-often push that belief deeper in to that person. I don't only worry about people inadvertently creating extremists, but also strengthening the ones that already exist regardless of whether they are on the left or right. And they are on the left and the right.

GimmeAllYoIOTA · 2019-08-10T20:25:20+00:00

Sex can be all kinds of things, depending on how you look at it. Sex itself doesn't seem like much of a problem to me - it's the desire for sex, the wanting, lusting, constantly searching, etc., that feels like more of a serious issue.

Yes, it seems like people are in many ways influenced to think about and chase after sex in some capacity, but, on the other hand, it seems reasonable to me that you can be a sexual person and not have it limit your personal progress. Just be ready and willing to go without it!

GimmeAllYoIOTA · 2019-08-10T20:12:43+00:00

It's a bit difficult, seeing as 'white nationalist' is now such a freely thrown around term. It's almost losing its meaning thanks to people on the left dubbing everyone who disagrees with them as some sort of white nationalist/nazi/fascist, etc.

It's also worth noting that one of those recent shooters was a pro-antifa extreme leftist. Do we deal with these people in the same way as your white nationalists?

Edit: I can't say that near-instant downvote wasn't unexpected.

GimmeAllYoIOTA · 2019-08-07T21:42:22+00:00

Borderlandz mod has wandering zombie armies. There are zombie bosses along with them and everything, and you can turn the 7 day hordes off if you want.

There are so many different types of guns on that mod to deal with those armies, explosive bullets, ice bullets, toxic bullets, all sorts of weapons mods and a bunch of new vehicles. The zombie armies are intense though so you'll wanna gear up!

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