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Build 41 - Animations
Clothing Mesh Demo from Youtube
- Date
- IWBUMS: Late 2019
- Stable: TBA
Features
- Completely new animations system[1]
- AnimZed tool
- More clothing variations and meshes
- Blood and dirt will be visualised on clothing, including tears and player damage.[2]
- New weapons
- New weapon meshes
- New skills to reflect new weapons
- Weapon attachments showed on weapons[3]
- Improved combat system
- Gamepad/Controller improvements[4][5]
- Playable on various controller types (including DS)
- Ability to test it's working in options
- Adjust button bindings
- 'General info' tab for more specialist set-ups
- 'Reflective' and animated water[6]
- Sim-style cutaways for interior walls[7]
- New music
- Openable garage doors[8]
- New zombie audio and SFX[9]
Build 42 - Hunting
- Date
- IWBUMS: TBA
- Stable: TBA
Features
- Wildlife roaming the countryside[10][11]
- Ranged combat overhaul
- Sneaking, improved sneaking animations and skills
- Hide behind cover (walls and objects)
- Improved fire graphics and mechanics[2]
Build 43 - NPC Scenarios/Encounters
The continuing adventures of Kate and Baldspot
- Date
- IWBUMS: TBA
- Stable: TBA
Features
- Non persistent NPC set pieces and events[11]
- Kate Smith and Bob Smith reintroduced.
- Kate and Bob's story will begin where it left off, in a tutorial style where Bob has to tend to Kate's wounds whilst also venturing out looking for supplies. Kate and Baldspot will go on a long journey over the map (to an as yet undisclosed location) and the stories told will cover the people they meet and the places they'll go on their travels. [12]
Build 44 - Autonomous NPCs and groups
- Date
- IWBUMS: TBA
- Stable: TBA
Features
- NPCs that can play the game, group with player and be ordered around[11]
Build 45 - NPC Group/Faction mechanics
- Date
- IWBUMS: TBA
- Stable: TBA
Features
Version 1.0 - NPCs
- Date
- IWBUMS: TBA
- Stable: TBA
Features
- NPCs[10]
- Kate Smith and Bob's story/tutorial
- New locations[10]
- Louisville
- Brandenburg
- Fort Knox
- More intuitive User-Interface[13]
- Farming improvements/overhaul[14]
See also
External links
References
- ↑ Death Cab for Zombie (Dev Blog). Posted May 24, 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sunstar Snaps (Dev Blog). Posted March 28, 2019.
- ↑ Guns WIP (Video). Uploaded May 24, 2016.
- ↑ Dead of Night (Dev Blog). Posted April 12, 2018.
- ↑ Survivors in the Mist (Dev Blog). Posted October 11, 2018.
- ↑ Nightzedding (Dev Blog). Posted December 6, 2018.
- ↑ Statedoid (Dev Blog). Posted January 17, 2019.
- ↑ Red Hand Gang (Dev Blog). Posted March 21, 2019.
- ↑ The Sound of Mucus (Dev Blog). Posted May 30, 2019.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 March to 1.0 (Dev Blog). Posted June 23, 2014.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Where's The NPCs?. Posted 25th May 2019.
- ↑ The Continuing Adventures Of... Posted 28th Jan 2013.
- ↑ Any chance on a UI revamp again?. Posted 17 Jul, 2018.
- ↑ Kitchen Sink Drama (Dev Blog). Posted April 19, 2018.