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Fri, 12 Feb 2021 01:21 CET

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Wed, 30 Dec 2020 04:28 CET

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7 Days make most played games of 2020

Wed, 30 Dec 2020 04:28 CET

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

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Wed, 23 Dec 2020 21:54 CET

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Wed, 23 Dec 2020 21:54 CET

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Alpha 19.3 Stable is out!

Mon, 21 Dec 2020 22:28 CET

Alpha 19.3 Stable is out!

TFP wishes every single one of you Merry Christmas and a great start into 2021!

Here is the Official forum Release Thread[community.7daystodie.com]

Added

Network layer encryption
Connection rate limit
More feedback on clients on why they are not allowed to connect
Message on the client when they got disconnected because the server is shutting down
Wandering horde zombies are not alert, so stealth attacks work on them
Wandering horde 1 second delay between spawns

Changed

Replaced static NetPackage list with runtime dynamically assigned IDs for more flexibility
Deleted old player StealthScreenOverlay and goggle eyed effects
Improved supply plane drawing
Optimized MinEvents finding of tranforms
Optimized MinEvent ActionRemoveParticleEffectFromEntity
Enabled Christmas themed loot items

Fixed

Can't target, shoot or repair through Molotov Effects
Set player made door stability support to false to prevent AI exploitable building
Console command "water" hidden by console command "thirsty"
DecoManager large FPS drops when saving to a slow drive
DecoManager written log always having a count of 0 and added duration
ZombieOldTimer has no flame particles
Weighted Head can Still go into Machete/Knife/Bone Knife
Using admin/whitelist/ban on users with special characters in their name breaks the serveradmin.xml
ItemActionQuest now respects the current toolbelt size
Large localization mods breaking client connects

Alpha 19.3 Stable is out!

Mon, 21 Dec 2020 22:28 CET

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Alpha 19.3 B6 Experimental is out!

Sun, 13 Dec 2020 02:50 CET

Alpha 19.3 B6 Experimental is out! Opt in now!

Forum Bug Pool & Release Notes![community.7daystodie.com]

Changes

Enabled Christmas themed loot items

Fixes

Large localization mods breaking client connects
Blacklisted clients do not get moved to admin section
Weighted Head no longer goes into Machete/Knife/Bone Knife
Using admin/whitelist/ban on users with special characters in their name breaks the serveradmin.xml

This is how you access the A19 Experimental build:

Right click on the game in steam
Click on properties
Click the “betas” tab
The drop down menu will have latest_experimental available <— you want THAT
Select that and wait for the game to download.

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Fri, 27 Nov 2020 04:27 CET

7 Days is on sale now through Dec 1st for 66% Off. Find out why over 11 million have survived. Nominate 7 Days for the 2020 Steam Awards Labor of Love. Navezgane Awaits!

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7 Days is on Sale Now!

Fri, 27 Nov 2020 04:27 CET

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Alpha 19.3 B5 Experimental is out!

Mon, 23 Nov 2020 17:33 CET

Alpha 19.3 B5 Experimental went out over the weekend!

Forum Bug Pool & Release Notes![community.7daystodie.com]

This is how you access the A19 Experimental build:

Right click on the game in steam
Click on properties
Click the “betas” tab
The drop down menu will have latest_experimental available <— you want THAT
Select that and wait for the game to download.

Fixed

Challenge notes can now be read from slot 9 & 10
Using admin/whitelist/ban on users with special characters in their name breaks the serveradmin.xml
Weighted Head can no longer go into Machete/Knife/Bone Knife

Alpha 19.3 B5 Experimental is out!

Mon, 23 Nov 2020 17:33 CET

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Alpha 19.3 B3 Experimental is out!

Sat, 14 Nov 2020 02:37 CET

Alpha 19.3 B3 Experimental is out!

Forum Bug Pool & Release Notes![community.7daystodie.com]

This is how you access the A19 Experimental build:

Right click on the game in steam
Click on properties
Click the “betas” tab
The drop down menu will have latest_experimental available <— you want THAT
Select that and wait for the game to download.

Added

Network layer encryption
Connection rate limit
More feedback for clients on why they are not allowed to connect
Message on the client when they got disconnected because the server is shutting down

Changed

Improved supply plane drawing
Replaced static NetPackage list with runtime dynamically assigned IDs for more flexibility
Wandering horde zombies are not alert, so stealth attacks work on them
Wandering horde 1 second delay between spawns

Fixed

Floating Frames and blocks
Can't target, shoot or repair through Molotov Effects
Set player made door stability support to false to prevent AI exploitable building
Using admin/whitelist/ban on users with special characters in their name breaks the serveradmin.xml
Console command "water" hidden by console command "thirsty"
DecoManager large FPS drops when saving to a slow drive
DecoManager written log always having a count of 0 and added duration
ZombieOldTimer has no flame particles

Alpha 19.3 B3 Experimental is out!

Sat, 14 Nov 2020 02:37 CET

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

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Fri, 30 Oct 2020 23:10 CET

7 Days is on Sale now for Halloween for 66% Off! Get it now and see why Alpha 19 has gotten the its highest review scores and largest player counts ever.

Navezgane Awaits!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/251570/7_Days_to_Die/

Alpha 19.2 Stable is out!

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 17:25 CEST

Alpha A19.2 Stable is out! Along with some great fixes we enabled Steel Series’s game sense feature, allowing Steel Series Mouse and keyboard users to have some ingame events tied to their hardware LED lights.

Official Forum Post[community.7daystodie.com]

Game Sense Features include (default settings):

Time Progression: F1-F12
Ammo: 1-0
Health: Q-P
Bloodmoon Warning: A-L
Visibility Meter: CTRL – ~
Tool / Weapon Durability: Num – –
Player Facing Direction: numpad 1-9
Bleeding: Del-Pause
Being Hit: Mouse
Duke Amount: Display

Changelog A19.2 b4

Added

Console command “ai pathgrid”
Console command “gfx dti” to set distant terrain instancing
Console command “gfx dtpix” to set distant terrain pixel error
Trees are set to consistent LOD transition values by code
Support for Steel Series SDK
We also updated to a new version of microsplat, improving performance.

Changed

Renamed console command “ai path” to “ai pathlines”
Optimized path grid move buffer copy
Optimized path grid block checks and misc
Reduced the effect of High and Ultra Object Quality settings
Deleted WaterDepthRecorder that reduced FPS a bit
Updated terrain shaders
Improved terrain shader settings for better performance
Prefab editor to use same tree LOD bias as game
Our custom speed tree shader to Alpha Test queue

Fixed

Trees are not rotated correctly on the diagonal directions
Desert terrain normal textures not set as normals
FirMed01 tree popping in oddly
Two trees not instancing
8 block entities not instance rendering
You could see under the water plane when camera was close to it
Unlit explosives can explode in hand after throwing a lit one
Electric fence wires drop to the bottom of the pole after unloading the chunk or FO point.

Alpha 19.2 Stable is out!

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 17:25 CEST

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Alpha 19.2 B4 experimental is out!

Fri, 16 Oct 2020 18:39 CEST

Alpha 19.2 B4 Experimental is out with a simple fix.

Forum Bug Pool & Release Notes![community.7daystodie.com]

This is how you access the A19 Experimental build:

Right click on the game in steam
Click on properties
Click the “betas” tab
The drop down menu will have latest_experimental available <— you want THAT
Select that and wait for the game to download.

Fixed

Electric fence wires drop to the bottom of the pole after unloading the chunk or FO point

Alpha 19.2 B4 experimental is out!

Fri, 16 Oct 2020 18:39 CEST

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Alpha 19.2 B3 Experimental is out!

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 06:10 CEST

Alpha 19.2 B3 Experimental is out. Lots of fixes and Steel Series Game Sense Integration!

Forum Bug Pool & Release Notes![community.7daystodie.com]

This is how you access the A19 Experimental build:

Right click on the game in steam
Click on properties
Click the “betas” tab
The drop down menu will have latest_experimental available <— you want THAT
Select that and wait for the game to download.

With A19.2 we enabled Steel Series's game sense feature, allowing Steel Series Mouse and keyboard users to have some ingame events tied to their hardware LED lights.

We currently support (default settings):

Time Progression: F1-F12
Ammo: 1-0
Health: Q-P
Bloodmoon Warning: A-L
Visibility Meter: CTRL - ~
Tool / Weapon Durability: Num - -
Player Facing Direction: numpad 1-9
Bleeding: Del-Pause
Being Hit: Mouse
Duke Amount: Display

Changelog A19.2 b3

Added

Console command "ai pathgrid"
Console command "gfx dti" to set distant terrain instancing
Console command "gfx dtpix" to set distant terrain pixel error
Trees are set to consistent LOD transition values by code
Support for Steel Series SDK
We also updated to a new version of microsplat, improving performance.

Changed

Renamed console command "ai path" to "ai pathlines"
Optimized path grid move buffer copy
Optimized path grid block checks and misc
Reduced the effect of High and Ultra Object Quality settings
Deleted WaterDepthRecorder that reduced FPS a bit
Updated terrain shaders
Improved terrain shader settings for better performance
Prefab editor to use same tree LOD bias as game
Our custom speed tree shader to Alpha Test queue

Fixed

Trees are not rotated correctly on the diagonal directions
Desert terrain normal textures not set as normals
FirMed01 tree popping in oddly
Two trees not instancing
8 block entities not instance rendering
You could see under the water plane when camera was close to it
Unlit explosives can explode in hand after throwing a lit one

Alpha 19.1 Stable is out!

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 17:24 CEST

Alpha 19.1 Stable is out!
Here are the full Official Release Notes and the forum bug reporting pool links.

Official Alpha 19 Release Notes[7daystodie.com]

Alpha 19.1 Bug Reporting Pool[community.7daystodie.com]

Alpha 19.1 Official Release Notes

Added

Player side stepping while on ladders
Players falling onto ladders will be slowed until they reach a reasonable speed to attach
Support defining POI zones in Prefab Editor
Set entity rigid body drag to .25 when spawned with 0
Death ragdoll physics set max velocities lower
20 Slot Toolbelt for Prefab Editor
New Stripper, Utility, and Business zombies

Changed

Improved AI ladder use
Ladder type blocks to only be climbable when vertical
Increased player horizontal move speed on ladders and running boosts
Jumping conflicts with starting to climb a ladder
Console command replies on the Windows Dedicated Server terminal window same green as regular console output now
Loot window of writable storage box shows custom text if assigned
Reduced zombie flesh physics bounce and increased fat bounce
Increased toolbelt size to 10 slots
Increased value of cigars
Reenabled docks_02 in Navezgane

Fixed

Switch lights do not seem to be working when they are placed.
Switches that are turned on will be white when logging back into the game
Fixed light source on player industrial light
First person hand animation for block placing is faster and doesn't de sync with fast placed blocks
Stone axe abledo brightness
Trees are invisible from one side and not the other
Object quality diminishes world object render distance too far
Cops and Radiated Cops aim poorly (Increased vomit radius)
Soldier zombie only shows head on fire
Goldenrod seed uses full grown stage ghost when planting (and similar drawing bugs in other plants)
Block placement would start rotated for certain blocks
Broken glass looked white when holding
AI jumping at you thinking the path to you was unreachable if you had moved
AI could not jump while on a ladder
AI obstacle check was disabled on ladder if not climbing
AI pathing not making horizontal ladder connections
AI pathing making unneeded inside drop connections
"house_modern_03" has zombie trapped in tub if/when spawned
Trader hughes poi has missing beam
Terrain AirPocket in cave_04
House_old_victorian_10 fire place paint looks out of place
Player jumping to a ladder block after having used a ladder would not attach unless jump was still pressed after entering the ladder block
Player or AI moving down from air to a ladder would fall 1m
Player moving down to ground while in a ladder block would keep you attached (slow)
Holding jump after attaching to a ladder slowly slides you down
Player does not use stamina when bunny hopping
Ladder rung above hay bale negates hay bale protection
Water makes moving dots effect
HUD timers overlap icons with local language changes
Prefab Editor nullref when toggling 'Show Stability Glue'
"ERR Prefab loading failed" when clients join a world with a custom POI
Toolbelt only remembers one slot per item type to return to (e.g. multiple spears)
Controller unable to select player profile character
onSelfEquip event consistency issues
Harvest animation plays when out of range to harvest
Healing other player is not working
Food animation speeds up after firing any weapon
Deployed robotic sledge animation doesn't have firing sound(s) for clients
Deployed robotic sledge animation doesn't fire correctly for clients
AP rounds not working as expected
Robotic sledge placement can be rotated using reload key during placement process
Junk Sledge dupe on 2 player pickup
Auto turret and traps use mod of item held in hand. ie. burning shaft mod
Spawning in a trader with ctrl num* causes nre
Error if anim pause (ctrl num*) enabled when placing robotic turrets
Dynamic resolution causes Z selection box issues
Floating crawler stumble
Zombies fall through floor/world when jumping over metalRailing blocks
Knocked down Fat Cops play a weird ragdoll
Bear corpse harvest ragdoll is excessive
Bear ragdoll hips could keep moving and improved impact handling
Lab and Hazmat zombie show no fire when burning
Robotic Turret freezing game when shooting a block and having 0 BlockPenetrationFactor

Alpha 19.1 Stable is out!

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 17:24 CEST

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Alpha 19.1 B-8 Experimental is out!

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 20:09 CEST

Alpha 19.1 B-8 Experimental is out!

Forum Release Notes![community.7daystodie.com]

This is how you access the A19.1 B8 Experimental build:

Right click on the game in steam
Click on properties
Click the “betas” tab
The drop down menu will have latest_experimental available <— you want THAT
Select that and wait for the game to download.

Alpha 19.1 B-8 Experimental is out!

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 20:09 CEST

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Alpha 19 B4 Experimental is out!

Sat, 12 Sep 2020 17:35 CEST

Alpha 19 B-4 Experimental is out! The build has many great fixes, balance improvements. Here are the forum B-4 Release Notes.

B4 Forum Release Notes[community.7daystodie.com]

This is how you access the A19 Experimental build:

Right click on the game in steam

Click on properties
Click the “betas” tab
The drop down menu will have latest_experimental available <— you want THAT
Select that and wait for the game to download.

Alpha 19 B4 Experimental is out!

Sat, 12 Sep 2020 17:35 CEST

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Alpha 19 Stable is out!

Wed, 19 Aug 2020 17:26 CEST

Alpha 19 Stable is out! The build has many great fixes, balance improvements and much more. Here are the full Official Release Notes, and the forum bug reporting pool.

Alpha 19 Official Release Notes[7daystodie.com]

Alpha 19 Forum Bug Reporting Pool[community.7daystodie.com]

Alpha 19 Stable is out!

Wed, 19 Aug 2020 17:26 CEST

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Alpha 19 B-180 Experimental is out!

Fri, 14 Aug 2020 06:18 CEST

Alpha 19 B-180 Experimental is out! The build has many great fixes, balance improvements and much more. Here are the full Official Release Notes, the forum B-180 Release Notes and how to opt in.

Official A19 Full Release Notes![7daystodie.com]

Official A19 B-180 Release Notes![community.7daystodie.com]

This is how you access the A19 Experimental build:

Right click on the game in steam
Click on properties
Click the “betas” tab
The drop down menu will have latest_experimental available <— you want THAT
Select that and wait for the game to download.

Alpha 19 B-180 Experimental is out!

Fri, 14 Aug 2020 06:18 CEST

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.