7 Days to Die News

1. Right click on the game in steam
   
2. Click on properties
   
3. Click the “betas” tab
   
4. The drop down menu will have latest_experimental available
5. Select that and wait for the game to download
   

• Shape MaterialHitpointMultiplier scales a blocks upgrade, repair and harvest values
  
• Block LODCullMin to override culling minimum (2% default).
  
• part_trader_tile_filler_03
  

• Adjusted AI destroy area values
  
• Switched the capsule collider to a box collider and adjusted the size to prevent floating arrows on large ammo piles
  
• Set landmines to .1% min cull
  
• Block shapes with 25% and 50% HP are now back to 100%
  
• Suppressors attached to pipe pistols now suppress
  
• Suppressors attached to .44 magnums now suppress, a little
  
• Reduced sleeper count in volume in rwg_tile_countrytown_intersection
  
• Updated part_trader_tile_filler_01, removed player sleeping bags and replaced them with the POI versions
  

• Car block can throw error when exploded
  
• AI not attacking when blocked above a ladder
  
• Regression in vehicle headlight toggling with a controller
  
• Reduced AI trying to crouch when pushed into walls
  
• AI uncrouching when someone above them which could push them through colliders
  
• NRE ItemActionEntrySell HandleRemoveAmmo with a junk sledge when selling
  
• Rwg_tile_gateway_cap with new part_trader_tile_filler_03
  
• Terrain and road bumps in Navezgane.
  
• Drone locks out owner, if anyone opens keypad window
  
• Holding E to take the drone and then spamming E will cause an XUI error
  
• On servers and MP sessions, drone repeats cut-out VO when shutdown
  
• Robotic Drone only allows the first mod to be added via Shift + Click
  

1. Right click on the game in steam
   
2. Click on properties
   
3. Click the “betas” tab
   
4. The drop down menu will have latest_experimental available
5. Select that and wait for the game to download
   

• Coffin/Casket open & close sounds.
  

• Clamped item stack counts to 65535 when saved
  
• "DecorateChunkOverlapping biome null" warning to show chunk
  
• Improved path node penalty clamp and added log
  
• Updated metal hit metal and metal destroy sounds
  
• Dynamic mesh default to land claim only
  

• Several pipe weapons have random stats. No primitive items should have any.
  
• animalZombieDog sticky projectiles offset from model
  
• Block preview displays wrong rotation for cupboards
  
• Fixed missing texture in house_modern_05
  
• Explosions still destroy water and drop the block
  
• Damaging volume enemy from outside a sleeper attack volume did not wake the volume
  
• Sticky Crossbow Bolts are floating
  
• Sticky Arrows are penetrating too far through zombies
  

1. Right click on the game in steam
   
2. Click on properties
   
3. Click the “betas” tab
   
4. The drop down menu will have latest_experimental available
5. Select that and wait for the game to download.
   

• City_center_01 tier 4 "Olgiddy & Brother" ad agency POI.
  
• Held candle light visibility
  
• VoteRequirements for buff and progression.
  
• Random pitch support to sounds played at a position (like impacts) or in head
  
• LighLODHeld flickerRadius which does algorithmic motion (added to candle)
  

• Removed infinite blocks/paint from cheat mode
  
• Added missing random loot counts to some raw food crafting ingredients
  
• Iron Bars now upgrade to concrete
  
• Increased player's held light visibility when world darker
  
• Lowered the max texture quality VRAM requirement to 3 GB
  
• Living off the Land level 2 now has a 50% chance to harvest 1 additional crop
  
• Updated the verbiage referencing the land claim block in the game mode tool tip
  
• Slightly lowered the stamina use of the pipe baton
  
• Improved wording on LandClaimExpiryTime and BedrollExpiryTime comments in serverconfig.xml
  
• Increased sound clip randomness and don't repeat the same clip
  
• In A19 items got increased scrapping speed when scrapping to iron. Updated all other scrap actions to the same speed.
  
• Rare or progression relevant items can not be scrapped or smelted. This includes crafted workstations, vehicles and their assembled parts, workstation tools like an anvil or beaker and sewing kits.
  
• Reduced the magazine size of the pipe machine gun
  
• Lowered the Max Durability of all ranged pipe weapons
  
• Most pole and smaller sized shape HP values reduced by 75%
  
• Most plate and similar sized shape HP values reduced by 50%
  
• Added missing light opacity property to "most" block shapes that have holes or do not fill more than 50% of the voxel space to allow indoor or underground farming
  
• Commercial_strip_02 tier 2 questable.
  
• .44 magnum rounds are now found earlier in loot progression
  
• Reworked the loot found in caskets and coffins
  
• Updated LiteNetLib to 0.9.5.2, includes some disconnection fixes
  
• House_modern_05 updated
  
• Additional changes to store_autoparts_01
  

• Teleporting from the boss horde fails the event.
  
• Running from the boss hordes no longer rewards you a crate.
  
• Boss hordes should stay focused on the target player.
  
• Boss hordes could fail if someone leaves the party.
  
• If any of the boss horde despawns, despawn the rest.
  
• Incorrect wording in twitch settings for custom events.
  
• User created map waypoints do not display text
  
• Some new blocks like shutters have a stack count of 1
  
• Issue with UV's on scaffolding_plank_supported_center
  
• Brawling perks and books can be in effect while driving a vehicle since the player is technically using hands during that
  
• Advanced Generation RWG GC Memory Allocation Crash
  
• Player placed light sources did not increase visibility of player except on dedi
  
• Rain can be seen inside POIs
  
• Radiated and feral Mutant zombies don't have spit attack
  
• Zombie dogs missing flame effect
  
• #reverse now flips the velocity of the vehicle as well.
  
• Traders protection buffer area overlapping into POIs outside of the tile
  
• Fixed remnant_oldwest_07 z fighting
  
• Drone mods of the same type stack. Cargo mods are allowed to stack.
  
• In current RWG Oldwest towns can spawn in water
  
• NRE when generating 2 worlds without closing the client
  
• Party member with shared quest for same restore power location causes current restore power quest to break.
  
• Issues in current RWG including Generated World name
  
• Removed recognizable credit card logos from ATM
  
• Custom POIs added via the "Mods" folder are not spawning in Random Gen
  
• Docks_03 in navezgane is almost full of water now.
  
• Pregens Trader space adjustments and oldwest_corner fix
  
• KeyNotFoundException in advanced gen on 2nd consecutive generation
  
• Town tiles can overlap one another, including/cutting in half POI's
  
• Missing red tint on cntBuriedLootStashChestInsecure
  
• Wrong icon for wedgeNarrowTipLeftTrim2SidedRail
  
• 3rd person arrows are pink
  
• Vehicle headlight and personal flashlights had different actions, making it impossible to assign the same keyboard button when reassigning
  
• TerminalWindowEnabled setting not respected when starting a dedi server
  
• No flame on candle when equipped
  
• Zombie AI gets stuck attacking 1/2 block pillar
  
• EntityLootContainer "unloadEntity !dict" can cause NRE
  
• Flipped normal on cube_half_bottom_pole_1m_top collider allowed entities to fall into it
  
• Improved PathAbstractions performance during game sessions
  
• Timed charges arming audio
  
• Burning buff now plays burning sounds.
  
• Burning Shaft mod causes pink & different lighting effects
  
• Spears missing material when in midflight
  
• Multiple restore power quests at the same location cause a corrupted quest
  
• Businessman zombie head flopping around during ragdoll
  

8 years of Early Access and 7 Days to Die shows no signs of slowing down on the major upgrades, with Alpha 20 Experimental out now on Steam.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/12/7-days-to-die-gets-alpha-20-out-in-experimental-lots-of-shiny-new-additions

1. Right click on the game in steam
   
2. Click on properties
   
3. Click the “betas” tab
   
4. The drop down menu will have latest_experimental available
5. Select that and wait for the game to download
   

• A brand-new version of Random Gen World creation with new cities, city tiles and a part system spawner. You will be blown away by it!
  
• Over 200 new POI’s and updates to many of the older POI’s. Over 550 Explorable locations total
  
• Navezgane has many city improvements, terrain improvements and new rural and wilderness communities
  
• Nearly 25 new HD characters with a couple with improved shaders
  
• 6 New weapons and 13 HD remakes with the addition of new primitive pipe weapons
  
• Overhauled shape menu with hundreds of new shapes organized and buildable from a simple frame with in-game, creative and level design support
  
• Block Placement Improvements
  
• We have added a Robotic Drone Companion to carry your extra gear, heal you and more
  
• Dynamic Imposter System renders accurate changes to POI’s and player bases at far distances
  
• Rendering improvements with 100s of new PBR models
  
• Quest Improvements including new restore power night Quests
  
• AI Enemy Improvements including city spawning, ducking, obstacle attacks, head tracking and burst attacks.
  
• Feral Sense Game options for a completely new game experience
  
• Vehicle Improvements with coop passenger support and mods to improve and customize your Vehicles
  
• Loot Progression Improvements include a new Loot Stage System, Biome and Tiered POI loot bonuses and early game balance
  
• Improved dynamic music and ambient audio system with added new content
  
• Improved weather system with more distinct and varying weather
  
• Video Options for Anti-Aliasing - Temporal (TAA) and AA Sharpening have been added along with an auto detection system that will set your game settings to better match your hardwares capabilities.
  
• Animations have been improved from 1st person to 3rd person to provide a more immersive experience
  
• A new Dismemberment system has been integrated with some of the zombies
  
• Twitch Integration has been improved with many new commands, voting and more
  
• Modding support has been improved with better world editing, level editing, RWG and Server.XML settings and tools