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[Chattox]

Is there a rough idea of like, how far away certain features are? After vehicles, I'd really like to see NPCs fleshed out a little

[GlyphGryph]

Well, vehicles are "in" now - I wouldn't mind learning what's next on the list as well, though!

[Whales]

The next version is progressing rapidly.  Real life continues to get in the way--I have relatives visiting me this week--but I just got NPCs to successfully save.  I'll be adding in a few randomized wandering NPCs, and then releasing.

[Vorbicon]

What's the difference between a wheel and a large wheel in vehicle construction?

[Chattox]

The next version is progressing rapidly.  Real life continues to get in the way--I have relatives visiting me this week--but I just got NPCs to successfully save.  I'll be adding in a few randomized wandering NPCs, and then releasing.

Excellent! Also, playing this while rewatching the Walking Dead is glorious.

[Argwm]

Hehehe... Turns out, Schizophrenia might be a source for infinite food, I had hallucinations from teleporting, And I had a fake zombie walk into a dissector, And it threw out chunks of meat.

Mmmm, I love non existing foods.

Large wheels appear to be much better, After replacing each wheel with a large wheel, I gained an extra 8 top safe speed per replacement.

[Flying Dice]

Sort of annoyed at how two-stage constructions require you to have the mats for the first stage in your inventory in order to build the second stage, even though the first stage is already built.

[Leatra]

The next version is progressing rapidly.  Real life continues to get in the way--I have relatives visiting me this week--but I just got NPCs to successfully save.  I'll be adding in a few randomized wandering NPCs, and then releasing.

Excellent! Also, playing this while rewatching the Walking Dead is glorious.

Playing after hours of rereading the Walking Dead comics is even better.

[Argwm]

Sort of annoyed at how two-stage constructions require you to have the mats for the first stage in your inventory in order to build the second stage, even though the first stage is already built.

Indeed, I do remember this not always being the case, It must have been a semi-recent change.

[Evilsx]

I not sure what happen to my guy......Out for no were a large amount for animals came and just killed me (Is this a bug or did i get a lot for bad luck?)

[Mictlantecuhtli]

The problem with the old spawning mechanic is that it made it too easy. Run a block down, and then run back and all the zombies are gone. That was because the 'window' in which entities were tracked was much smaller.

However, WHERE zombies spawn could use some work, but I'm not sure how one would go about improving it.

Tie a character's general use of an area [how long they've been there, maybe tracking zombie kills as well] to a number that decreases spawn chances in a region area by x depending on how long they've been there.

Like, if you're using one building for months and killing 300 zombies a day within a square block, that area should be considered 'clean' by Armageddon standards. Instead of now, where if you do that and wake up on day 181, you've still got 300 zombies to kill within a square mile. It's a bit obnoxious and kinda gets rid of the point of even trying to kill them in the first place.

[Mini]

I recall Whales saying earlier in the thread at some point (no, I'm not going to find it) that it already works similarly to that. As in it has a population of zombies that you reduce by killing them, and when it reaches 0 they stop spawning. I don't know if it also reduces the numbers spawning gradually until you get to 0, but I wouldn't be surprised if it does. Of course, just because you kill all the zombies in an area doesn't mean they won't migrate in from the surrounding areas...

[Mictlantecuhtli]

I recall Whales saying earlier in the thread at some point (no, I'm not going to find it) that it already works similarly to that. As in it has a population of zombies that you reduce by killing them, and when it reaches 0 they stop spawning. I don't know if it also reduces the numbers spawning gradually until you get to 0, but I wouldn't be surprised if it does. Of course, just because you kill all the zombies in an area doesn't mean they won't migrate in from the surrounding areas...

When I've killed thousands of zombies in a town that has >100 buildings, there's something wrong. Unless someone's shipping in new zombies every morning I don't see how that'd be.

I've literally never seen a place where Zombies won't spawn since the new spawn mechanics. Even after months of killing zombies in seperate games, especially in my Rambo-Longbow games, where a year in zombies are still spawning directly outside my forge/base. It's ridiculous.

[Dutchling]

That's why I always make my base in those sewer treatment plants, no zombies ever spawn there and you can drink the green sewer stuff. It actually turns into water if you put it in a bottle so I suppose that is a bug.

Now I just need to not die when I get out of the plants...

[Leatra]

Building a base in the forest works well too. I found a house in the middle of a forest that worked well... Until that plant queens started spawning from every directions and eventually destroyed my house. I destroyed their base and that heart beating sound stopped but I guess that doesn't stop them from spawning.