7 Days To Die is getting a hotly anticipated update! Alpha 16 promises to bring a shed load of updates to the game, including new traps and weapons, more character options, improved controls, new zombies and much much more. Here is a list of what’s coming to 7 Days to Die in the Alpha 16 update!
Game Controls Improvements
- 100% Gamepad controller support
- In Menu Hotkeys for scrap, wear, drop, craft, etc.
Items, Traps, Weapons
- Flame Thrower trap (Might be post launch A16)
- Spinning Blade trap
- Arrow trap
- Molotov Cocktail
- Compound Bow
- Auto Turrets
New zombies
- Fat Hawaiian Shirt zombie is back
- Feral versions of every zombie that have more hp, hit harder, and run during the day
- Radioactive zombies that heal over time
- Various UMA zombies coverted to handmade
Spawn and AI improvements
- Create new volume based Sleeper system and sleeper helper points
- Bloodmoon, Dynamic and Sleeper spawns all use partying and dynamic difficulty game stages
- Player stealth improvements
Electricity
- Craft generators, solar panels, or use battery banks to power electric devices
- New powered traps that chop zombies, burn them, and more
- Run wire from power sources to switches, relays, pressure plates, and appliances
- New wire tool will attach and cut wire
Blocks and Building
- Jail Cell door
- Iron Bar block with outside, centre, and inside edge rotations
- Outside corner stairs
- Unified block system which allows for 24 rotations and texture alignment between blocks
- Painting tool that will allow for multiple textures and colours for greater building variety
- Bulletproof Glass
- Rain Gutters
- 3d Ladders
World Generation
- Distant Terrain 2.0 featuring distant POI’s
- Socket System for POI’s and cities that mesh more naturally with the terrain
- City districts for more organic city layouts with industrial, commercial, and residential zoning
- Enhanced world previewer using the new LOD models of POI’s
More Character options
- New beards
- More hair styles
- New clothing
New and redone animals
- Replace bears
- Replace Pig
- Replace hornet with zombie vulture
- Add snakes to desert and plains
- Add wolves to appropriate areas
Improved crops
- Potatoes and other 2d card crops need real 3d versions
Redo main menu
- Replace old legacy menu with an updated smoother flowing one.
- Clean up old options
- Add new dead is dead mode
- Add Zombies run during the day and walk at night options
You can check out all of the developers video on the Alpha 16 update here.
The list above is the current confirmed list of features that will feature in the Alpha 16 update, there are other features that will be released after the Alpha 16 update. A full list of features can be found on the 7 Days To Die forums here.
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