Hey folks!
We released A18 b143 EXP to public !
This thread will serve for bug reports.

Please find the Changelog here: https://7daystodie.com/a18-official-release-notes/

To Opt in:

Select 7 Days to die in your Steam games list
Right click and select properties
Under the Betas tab select latest_experimental – Unstable build


To potentially help with FPS problems:
1 lower game's texture quality
2 lower AF in driver settings or use "gfx af 0" ingame
3 lower game's screen resolution

Have fun and enjoy !

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Here's what changed since b139:

Added
Gfx st budget/forceload console commands
Gfx tex console command to show texture usage info
Gfx dt console command help
Gfx af console command



Changed
Improved item display and descriptions for shotgun ammo
Junk turret HP is the same as durability of the held item
Make junk turrets able to be picked up by enemies
ToolAnvil and toolBellows are unlocked by schematics, not perkAdvancedEngineering
Farm plots are worth less to sell
Vitamins also prevent Dysentery
Updated many POI xml tags with better zoning, and allowed townships
Item stat displays improved. They can now display values like "XP 10%".
Raft texture settings to save memory (is in game, but not spawnable)
Changed house_old_pyramid_02 resize optimized out 75K verts/tris
Renamed woodFurnitureBlockVariantHelper to Wooden Storage / Furniture
All ak47's are referred to as machine guns now in items and perk descriptions so they are not confused with rifles
Improved many POIS tagging so they will show up better and in more appropriate zones in RWG
All items with parts that belong to the same perk scrap to the same part. For example all handguns now scap to “handgun parts” and all handgun class weapons such as pistols, smgs, and magnums are crafted from handgun parts. Existing m60 parts, sniper rifle parts etc can be scrapped to the new parts
PerkFlurryOfBlows adjusted and description improved
Updated attachment positions on M60.
Gfx key console command to not put GAME_ in front of name
Sledgehammer and Baseball bat heavy fire now swings through target.
Removed test raft from blocks xml to lower memory footprint at startup
Beds no longer harvest cotton plants
Safes, munitions box, power line and light poles harvest steel with a wrench



Fixed
Junk Turrets can be duped
Junk turret can now take damage to the point of being disabled
Junk turrets dont use their "durability used" value when deployed
Junk turrets will all be activated when ownership is lost
Junk turret ammo uses mod of item held in hand. ie. burning shaft mod
Lockpicks no longer break instantly.
Junk turret with mods causes 0 Stream Exception
Reading books is heard for other players in around a 30 block radius
Double barrel shotgun playing an additional shot animation after reload
Spear tooltip is missing when you try to throw broken spears
Water journal entry references cans of water
PerkHealingFactor not working reliably and description needs work
Unlock info on drinkJarPureMineralWater
Removed broken map marker on junk turrets
Advanced bellows recipe does not perk unlock
Hidden strike description of knives doing 200% extra damage on rank 1 was incorrect.
Allow display of a leading "" on item stats.
Incorrect message displays to client when player disconnects from party.
No grenade sound being played when thrown straight in the air
Fixed shadow artifact issue on dirt cloud particles.
Changing texture quality did not unload previous texture arrays
OptionsGrassDistance exploit
Mp_waste_hole_asphalt01 has bad ground issues from setting triangles
Add more stone to ore surface boulders
Change tool tip and journal to not include fire/torch for cold weather help
Give trader inventory a full reset.
Removed temporary green path arrows from red mesa
Reading books is heard for other players in around a 30 block radius
Wrong description assigned to lockpick bundle
Offline nonadmin players all have admin star when not online
Terrdest. stone imposter uses old wooddebris texture
Several recipes had missing unlock info
Dress shoes claim you repair them with a repair kit
Small stone bundle cannot be crafted
Window03Wood can not be crafted
Enabled texture streaming on many new loot containers
Enabled texture streaming on all trader and npc assets
Vehicles and hand items like cans, bags etc were not streaming textures
Fixed & block stability issues in settlement_trader_04.
Zombie pbr textures and radiated textures were not streaming