nasKo Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Hello all! Small Thursdoid this week with just a little progress update, everyone’s very tied up today with various things both Zomboid and non-Zomboid, so we’ll just cover a few points. NEXT BUILD We’re currently hard at work on the next IWBUMS build, 41.24. Fixes and additions in the build include: combat changes to stop zombies standing up if the player is standing on them as well as general fixes to swinging distances for weapons, stopping players climbing through windows with a zombie on the other side (instead the player falling back into the room), shooting at windows, quality of life additions or pouring dirt/gravel/sand, balance changes for falling out of upstairs windows, changes to the weight system, and various zombie AI fixes when dealing with fences and windows. Another thing that’s been added in finally is the zombie alert animation which we demoed a long while back but was faulty, now issues with it have been resolved. This should make zombies reaction times a little more realistic, as well as provide a bit more of a spooky atmosphere when a zombie notices you. A little sneak peek at it follows: BEYOND Meanwhile we still are trying to get the last few bothersome issues with the zoom build sorted, we apologize its taking so long but it is quite a significant change to how the entire game world is rendered and whenever we think we’re ready to go, lingering issues keep cropping up. When this is sorted, we hope it will go some way to ease the out of memory crashes some low end GPUs are seeing. To those who can’t run the IWBUMS properly, you’re not forgotten and we’re working on it. Multiplayer is still some way off with the devs able to work on the revamp preoccupied with more immediate compatibility concerns with people not being able to run the game, the zoom build needs to be polished off before we can dedicate the resources to the multiplayer systems. It’s coming though! And we will get the first MP tests in the new year. Looking further ahead, Lemmy meanwhile has been continuing his eternal work on REDACTED (you know what) and has been sharing some really cool progress videos within the team that, due to us learning our lessons from the past of showing progress prematurely in that department, we’re forbidding ourselves sharing at this point until they are more imminent (despite us really wanting to!) However with the new animation system in-place, progress has been great and sexy looking, and things are looking really exciting and progress has been very swift due to leveraging the animation overhaul’s data driven systems. We can’t wait to share once build 41 hits stable! This week’s image by Tiarv. A general list of stuff added to PZ, and vids of features being worked on, is kept here – so you don’t have to plough through endless dev blogs for info. The Centralized Block of Italicised Text would like to direct your attention to the PZ Wiki should you feel like editing or amending something, and the PZ Mailing List that can send blogs like this and patch notes direct to your mailbox. We also live on Twitter right here! Our Discord is open for chat and hijinks too! Geras, Ersir, HestrimChaosbrewer and 6 others 7 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HestrimChaosbrewer Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 I'm totally looking forward to the next IWBUMs update! Big love to the developers at TIS ❤️❤️❤️ Geras 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDoanut Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 would it be possible to slightly randomize the animation time of zombies turning their heads? i feel like it looks a little odd when all the zombies in a group synchronize the head turn Caturday, DresdenBBQ, Ang and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ang Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 the zombie animation is just unbelievable I would suggest making a couple of versions of the turns so that during the game this effect does not become boring looking forward to the new year! Geras 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ang Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 13 minutes ago, JDoanut said: would it be possible to slightly randomize the animation time of zombies turning their heads? i feel like it looks a little odd when all the zombies in a group synchronize the head turn I guess it looks so weird because all the zombies paid attention to the scream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trombonaught Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 9 hours ago, nasKo said: REDACTED Yassssss ilikecaterpillars and Geras 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Sunshine Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 The zombie reactions look very George Romero'ey, very cool Cheers for hinting at the redacted That was a subtle detail you didn't have to include out of fear of backlash and I very much appreciate it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caturday Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Zombie turn their head somultaniously - that looks pretty wierd and unrealistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Sunshine Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 16 minutes ago, Caturday said: Zombie turn their head somultaniously - that looks pretty wierd and unrealistic. And zombies are realistic? Caturday and ilikecaterpillars 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnigmaGrey Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 8 hours ago, Caturday said: Zombie turn their head somultaniously - that looks pretty wierd and unrealistic. If they hear it, they're going to turn their head. You can see for quieter noises that the ones further back do not hear it or do not hear it and turn out of sync. Caturday 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebai Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Whatever happened to the back holsters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ornament Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Looks nice, though I agree, that it looks a bit strange with the perfectly synchronized headturning. Perhaps, delay some turning for a split second or make some heads turn slightly faster or slower (only by a little bit) so that the zombies look more individual. Some zombies may react faster than others etc only if it is a matter of some split seconds. trombonaught and Gurluas 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurluas Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 If I recall zombies can have different stats in hearing and such, in this case, their decay level/body status could influence how fast they turn and how quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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