7 days to die (server)

[Xanthippe]

I just picked this up at the encore for the summer Steam sale for $9.99.

I keep dying but I don't know why. I think I'm running out of energy maybe? or health? Both? Is there a way to tell why you died if it isn't obvious?

I like it but I have no idea what I'm to do, besides build an axe and chop things with my hands and find stuff.

[WayAbvPar]

You can die from starvation or thirst, or from radiation sickness, or other illnesses. As well as zombies 

[Xanthippe]

No, I mean, I'm just walking along and I die. I don't hear anything. Just blood splatter, dead. Like within a few minutes of respawning.

[HaemishM]

Could you be getting sniped by someone in the distance with a rifle?

[Sky]

You should try the official forums. https://7daystodie.com/forums/

[rattran]

When I first started playing, I kept spawning right next to the radiation area. Died quite a bit until I figured out the the screen going foggy green was a bad thing.

[Xanthippe]

Aha! Thank you. Green is bad. I thought it was just another biome.

I finally made a game without zombies, just to see how to craft and what's what. Even with zombies set to really low, I was constantly interrupted by them.

And thanks, Sky for the link.

This seems like it would be a really fun game to play cooperatively, but wow the learning curve is steep.

[Sky]

I did my first game without zombies just to get the basics. As soon as I could build some reinforced concrete I went for a zombie game. But I play with long days and short nights, low zombies. Just about perfect until I got well-established, then I think I'd turn up the zombies next time.

Speaking of which.

Alpha 12 is upon us! http://7daystodie.com/mini-bikes-physics-bears-a12/

Tons of goodies in this one.

[Malakili]

Played a little today post patch, I'm not far enough along to see a lot of the changes yet, I think.  Do the changes apply only to new game worlds or do they get retroactively applied to old ones too?

I did finally get a game going where I am somewhat established.  I managed to hole up in what appears to be an abandoned convenience store and started clearing out a nearby building and looting it.  I got lucky and found a couple of iron pickaxes which seem to make short work of the zombies. Unfortunately it's a pretty barren area without a whole lot of food and about 100 yards east is the beginning of a radioactive biome that I'm just avoiding.  Still, it's better than I've done before, so there's that.

[Mandella]

So there I was, evening of day seven, hunkered down on the second floor of my reinforced brick storebuilding. My backpack full of non-odorous foods, and an ample supply of boiled water, goldenrod tea, antibiotics, and basic tools. Slung across my hardened leather armor (tanned myself from deer and pig  and rabbit hide) was a pistol, rifle, shotgun, and trusty crossbow, with ammo for all in pockets and quiver.

And I sat, listening to the sounds of hundreds of zombies milling outside, hearing the occasional other building collapse from the crime of happening to be in the way of their random surges, repeatedly running through my escape plans should the worst happen and they breach my walls (all three of them).

And I sat, and I sat, and the sun came up and the sounds of the milling horde faded. I walked outside and cleared off a few stragglers, and saw my walls didn't even have a scratch. I was undetected. I had won.

What a weird game this is, where the whole point is to avoid the thrilling climax of running for your life (or standing your ground) against a sea of the walking dead.

It's a nice change.

[Sky]

The oddest thing - the way they changed the draw distance is making me crazy (where they scoop out the middle of the screen's distance but not teh sides).

They keep killing stuff for performance gains but not leaving the top end for people with decent machines. Haven't run the fps on the new build, but last build I was getting 120fps with all settings maxed.  Please stop gimping the graphics!

[HaemishM]

I played a few hours this weekend on a randomly generated server. I ran across (and away from) 3 bears. I'm not sure I like the new wet ground look. It's super shiny. Running from a desert biome to forest then up the side of a mountain into snow was interesting. I'm finding jack shit for some resources though, and I have yet to find any recipe for goldenrod tea which would allow me to drink some murky water.

[brellium]

I played a few hours this weekend on a randomly generated server. I ran across (and away from) 3 bears. I'm not sure I like the new wet ground look. It's super shiny. Running from a desert biome to forest then up the side of a mountain into snow was interesting. I'm finding jack shit for some resources though, and I have yet to find any recipe for goldenrod tea which would allow me to drink some murky water.

all you need is to cook water.

The goldenrod tea just cures the negatives of drinking murky water.

[HaemishM]

I haven't even been able to find enough clay to make iron ingot molds so I make cookware.

[brellium]

I haven't even been able to find enough clay to make iron ingot molds so I make cookware.

I think you can cook it in metal cans, and I've never had problems finding clay, unless I was in the tundra.

[Sky]

They messed with resources pretty fierce this time around. I'm giving it a week or two for people to fix the various things so I can set up a decent set of xmls to play it.

[Xanthippe]

I was just getting the hang of it when this new Alpha came in. It's zapped my desire to play completely, as the learning curve became a cliff.

[Falconeer]

Oh? I have the game but I never play it cause I wait for as much new stuff as  possible before giving it a new spin. What's new and game-changing in the last patch(es)?

[croaker69]

It's a huge list but in short the changes result in a much more difficult and prolonged early game.

[Sky]

I'm hoping as a 1.0 release nears, they just turn common settings/xml into menu option variables. I think a lot of the slowing of the start is due to the hardcore testers complaining it was too quick last time around. But most of the changes they make can be customized back to the way you prefer to play by tweaking the xml. By 11.3 I have very heavily modded xml but the game was more or less paced perfectly (though as I've mentioned, I'd actually tweak up the zed spawn as it got slow toward the end).

[Yegolev]

I can't wait to edit XML files for fun.

[apocrypha]

Fuck bears.

[Sky]

Ha! I ha'n't played with bears yet. Or minibikes or probably a lot of stuff. Dev team is pretty active.

[Shannow]

This is on sale this weekend. Just picked it up.

[rattran]

I'm excited for alpha 13, each new step the game changes majorly. Mostly getting better.

[Shannow]

Am I missing some secret to finding sticks? fuck you game devs.

[Malakili]

I'd love to play some of this co-op.  Is there enough interest in this game to get an F13 server going?

[Xanthippe]

Punch brush for sticks (last time I played anyway).

[Shannow]

Punch brush for sticks (last time I played anyway).

punched every bush and tree i've found. Nada.

edit: figured it out. simple stuff that should be obvious but isn't. Lacks visual clues on the progress of doing something.

[Sky]

I'd love to play some of this co-op.  Is there enough interest in this game to get an F13 server going?

Is brellium's server still up? Though I think it was euro.

And I'm a big wuss with only walking zeds on my game, but I'd be up to get slaughtered online a bit.

[apocrypha]

Shannow, I agree that a lot of the visual clues are a bit lacking. Some of the stick shrubs are really hard to actually punch instead of the ground behind them. However one log makes 16 planks which makes 64 sticks so once you start chopping trees down you can pretty much forget shrub punching.

I'm playing on Navelgaze with long days, very low spawns, fast crafts & lootings and walkers only. I manage to make a pretty cool shelter before night fall but I'd not found any food or drink by then so I suspect I might be having a hungry night. Might restart and try making something simpler for the first night

Also, fuck bears!

[Xanthippe]

I like the crafting parts of the game but not the zed killing parts. Still looking for a retired adventurer game, where I can sit on my porch and craft and yell at kids to get off my lawn, while other people go out and hunt and fight and stuff.

[Shannow]

Do we have a f13 server? I'll go hunting zed while you make me shit grandpa.

[Sky]

Do we have a f13 server? I'll go hunting zed while you make me shit grandpa.

Poor Xanthippe.

[Shannow]

Ok since when can Zombies climb ladders?..mothersuck.