Alpha 6.2 patch notes

Alpha 6.2 patch is out!

Howdy Survivalist,

We’ve just released Alpha 6.2 that has may fixes and changes making Alpha 6 much better to play.

<strong>How to participate in Alpha 6</strong>

• Open your steam client.
• Click on Games/View Games Library
• Right click ‘7 Days to Die’ and select properties
• From the new popup dialogue box select the ‘BETAS’ Tab
• Under ‘Select the beta you would like to opt into’ - select ‘alpha6 - Beta Testing’
• The game will then update and download Alpha 6
• Switching back to Alpha 5 is as easy as repeating steps 1-4 and on step 5 choose the option ‘None - Opt out of all Beta Programs’ and you’ll revert to Alpha 5 which will be re-downloaded and you can try Alpha 6 after it is improved.

<strong>Changes</strong>

• Changed on Mac the reflective water is set to off per default improving frame rate
• Changed shotgun to use animation clips to support single shell loading
• Changed reduced radiator to have 2 pounds of brass
• Changed reduced weight of car batteries
• Changed trophy 2 and 3 to lead and tungsten
• Changed Breakdown Weapon recipe name and tip description to say Breakdown Item instead
• Changed sharp stone attack has been removed and is no longer a weapon may come back in alpha 7
• Changed mp5 to SMG on all items
• Changed Kicking and banning to search if name contains than input instead of starting with the input. Also added player id as a fallback. Player id can be seen by using the “lp” command.

<strong>Bug Fixes</strong>

• Fixed player hosted game servers were not showing in the game browser.
• Fixed game Info player counts were showing incorrect numbers
• Fixed favorite servers list would break if you had no other favorites and added a manual favorite entry.
• Fixed unable to remap reload/take-all key, should now map correctly.
• Fixed bug when mining less than 16 blocks above bedrock pressing E brings up a console error IndexArrayOutOfBounds
• Fixed brass trophy so it can be smelted
• Fixed female third person wrench hold and use animations
• Fixed crossbow bolt from stuttering when reloaded
• Fixed female crossbow animations
• Fixed shotgun reload and crossbow stutters
• Fixed animator warning for sharp stone
• Fixed Crafting Grid Item Loss when quick crafting using known recipes if you switch from recipe to recipe you will lose the items on crafting grid.
• Fixed Add an ounces and burn time for gas cans for the auger and chainsaw.
• Fixed Multiplayer\Client de-sync all containers de-sync between server and client resulting in loss of items, item duplication, and in some containers which have randomly generated loot multiple different instances of that loot.
• Fixed Forge didn’t sync between clients

<strong>Known Issues</strong>

• Players can sometimes get stuck in small vertical spaces less than 2 blocks high like on top of a cinder block or trash pile
• Mac builds need to quit via the task manager
• Rocket Launchers and Hunting Rifles cannot be broken down yet or crafted
• Upgrading to Alpha 6 will sometimes cause players to lose key bindings go into options/controls/restore defaults and hit apply then close the game and start again to fix the problem

You stay cool

The Fun Pimps