[2021] Alpha 19.5 Experimental is out!

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/251570/announcements/detail/4973641272236687033]here[/url].

Hey Survivors,
Alpha 19.5 Experimental is out and it comes with our first version of Twitch integration, performance improvements, bug fixes and more!

Here is how to opt in:

1. right click on the game in steam
2. click on properties
3. click the "betas" tab
4. the drop down menu will have "latest_experimental - unstable build" available ← you want THAT
5. select that and wait for the game to download.

Forum Release Thread[community.7daystodie.com]
Twitch Integration Guide[7daystodie.com]
Official Alpha 19.5 B48 Release Notes

Added

• First version of Twitch Integration.
  
• Voxel mesh pooling
  
• Chunk decal and model dither fading
  
• Distant terrain decreases mesh detail when farther
  
• gfx dtmaxlod console command
  
• Allow selection of steering mode on controllers by pressing DPad down

Changed

• FindTagInChilds does not make garbage
  
• Improved Show Stability colors
  
• Distant POIs to use a shared material
  
• Improved chunk LOD update
  
• Optimized chunk object handling and frame timings
  
• Optimized terrain mesh generation
  
• Optimized terrain control textures to not update with every mesh update
  
• Optimized distant terrain tile size
  
• Optimized VoxelMesh AddMesh
  
• Optimized distant terrain render order

Fixed

• Zfighting at barn_02 (window/loot container)
  
• Dedi servers fail to update bedroll locations after pickup
  
• Block previews have differences in shading at night
  
• Block preview for normal blocks leaking a mesh on each update
  
• ItemClassBlock CreateMesh having to destroy unneeded colliders
  
• Empty voxel meshes were being created
  
• Distant POI mesh and material leaks
  
• Distant POIs could load and leak extra invisible objects
  
• Chunk LOD update not using XZ center for distance