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| 7s | survivors it's been a while since our |
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| 9s | last Vlog and there's definitely a lot |
| 11s | to discuss regarding Deb matter I just |
| 14s | want to use this as a platform to share |
| 16s | what we've been working on discuss our |
| 18s | failures in the past and inform everyone |
| 20s | about how we're moving forward towards |
| 21s | the future first off let's start with |
| 23s | the bad we're aware and you most likely |
| 26s | are too of the horrible state that we |
| 28s | launched the game in I genuinely want to |
| 30s | take full responsibility for everything |
| 32s | that led to the state we launched in I'm |
| 35s | not going to beat around the bush blame |
| 37s | influencers or pretend that things went |
| 39s | well we're being as transparent as |
| 41s | physically possible as we 100% owe it to |
| 44s | the people that still have faith in us |
| 46s | following the initial reception on Steam |
| 49s | we made the conscious decision to remain |
| 51s | silent until we had overall made some |
| 53s | significant progress to unveil in our |
| 56s | opinion any communication from us that |
| 58s | had no wow Factor behind it would at |
| 62s | that point just be the wrong move and |
| 64s | would only add fuel to the fire on top |
| 66s | of this staying silent has led us to |
| 69s | reflect on the Project's history |
| 70s | reassess our core values and pinpoint |
| 73s | the critical issues with both the |
| 75s | project and our communication listen |
| 77s | clearly we have not and will not |
| 80s | abandoned the game regardless of what |
| 82s | has happened so far dead matter is set |
| 84s | in stone to be a survival game worth |
| 86s | playing through our hard work |
| 88s | persistence and dedication |
| 90s | we're in it for the long haul and we |
| 92s | will be making this dream a reality we |
| 94s | will not be going away I'm afraid before |
| 98s | diving into the details of what's |
| 99s | changed with the game I want to again |
| 102s | assure you of our unwavering commitment |
| 103s | to fulfilling our promises and |
| 105s | rebuilding the trust within our |
| 107s | community at the tail end of the video |
| 109s | we'll outline the tangible steps we're |
| 111s | taking to address issues with our |
| 112s | communication and ensure that your |
| 115s | feedback plays a pivotal role in our |
| 117s | ongoing development process as they say |
| 119s | action speak louder than words so |
| 121s | without further delay let's forward to |
| 123s | the current version of the game which is |
| 125s | looking a lot closer to what we |
| 127s | originally intended to release back in |
| 129s | September this new build is now live on |
| 132s | Steam Early |
| 134s | Access First off we've cleaned up a lot |
| 136s | of the performance related issues on the |
| 138s | client people were struggling to run the |
| 140s | game without any sort of AI upscaling |
| 142s | even on the lowest settings while we |
| 144s | want dead matter to be a looker and ui5 |
| 147s | is a Next Generation game engine this |
| 149s | was just not acceptable by any means |
| 151s | especially when people using video cards |
| 153s | such as a 3090 or 4090 were struggling |
| 155s | to run the game at all while performance |
| 158s | is not perfect now especially on older |
| 160s | systems overall it has been |
| 162s | significantly improved some of the |
| 164s | changes that we've made are simply to |
| 166s | the way that the trees are rendering |
| 168s | using lower poly meshes which have |
| 170s | unlocked a lot of frames as well as |
| 172s | tweaking the way that the water |
| 174s | rendering and the window rendering works |
| 176s | there's also a lot more that has gone |
| 178s | into this but the devil is in the det |
| 180s | details just keep in mind that dead |
| 182s | matter does cash a lot of data to the |
| 184s | disc as you play the game you'll likely |
| 186s | encounter some stuttering in your first |
| 188s | hour or so of play but this should die |
| 190s | down over time as your system caches |
| 192s | more data such as the shaders and the |
| 195s | item icons shifting over to the server |
| 197s | we were able to diagnose and address a |
| 199s | lot of the performance issues that we |
| 200s | were seeing when the game initially |
| 202s | launched our servers were running at |
| 204s | about a half a frame to 2 frames a |
| 206s | second this just wasn't ideal in any |
| 209s | world and it turned out that there were |
| 210s | a laundry list of issues that we had to |
| 212s | address in order to clean up the server |
| 214s | performance ranging from issues related |
| 216s | to how much information we were trying |
| 217s | to send how the server was Computing |
| 220s | what information to send we've |
| 222s | refactored a lot of the underlying net |
| 224s | code in the game and while it's not |
| 226s | perfect it's a much more playable |
| 228s | experience overall compared to what we |
| 230s | released we're happy to report that the |
| 232s | server now runs at 20 to 30 htz provided |
| 234s | the hardware that you're running it on |
| 235s | is capable of it and depending on how |
| 238s | many players are connected there are |
| 240s | dips here and there but combined with |
| 242s | the movement code being tweaked there |
| 244s | should be far less rubber banding than |
| 246s | before just keep in mind that if you |
| 248s | want to play a server there are 25,000 |
| 251s | characters in our game as infected are |
| 253s | spawned once at the server start ideally |
| 256s | you should be running the server on |
| 257s | something with at least eight cores and |
| 259s | a relatively modern CPU in addition to |
| 261s | serers side improvements for the net |
| 263s | code we've also added client side |
| 265s | prediction to a lot of the interaction |
| 267s | in the game as much as we possibly could |
| 270s | good for those that do not know client |
| 272s | side prediction is the act of doing |
| 274s | things on the client before they happen |
| 276s | on the server this reduces how laggy the |
| 279s | multiplayer experience can feel without |
| 281s | ever having to change anything on the |
| 283s | server itself in fact all of the footage |
| 285s | that you've been watching thus far has |
| 287s | actually been me playing on a server |
| 289s | while there are some issues here and |
| 291s | there the experience is much more solid |
| 293s | than |
| 295s | before character creation has been |
| 298s | brought back to life with over 50 fa |
| 300s | that you can pick from with the ability |
| 302s | to mix and match different skin tones |
| 304s | and hair colors and eye colors this |
| 307s | affords flexibility while preserving the |
| 309s | overall realism of the character |
| 311s | creation system as a bonus we have also |
| 314s | updated the firstperson hand meshes for |
| 316s | ones that match the appearance of your |
| 318s | character this is with the goal of |
| 320s | improving the overall immersion of the |
| 322s | game to address issues with the games |
| 324s | atmosphere feeling just sort of off and |
| 326s | not really like dead matter we've made |
| 328s | some tweaks to the weather patterns |
| 330s | there is now much less of a focus on |
| 332s | Sunny afternoons and more of a focus on |
| 335s | The Bleak weather that is reflective of |
| 337s | the game taking place in the Rocky |
| 338s | Mountains cloudy overcast foggy |
| 342s | miserable weather with the player |
| 343s | getting regularly hit by rain |
| 346s | thunderstorms and even the occasional |
| 348s | blizzard to go with our atmospheric |
| 350s | changes we've added street lights that |
| 352s | automatically switch on at night to help |
| 354s | guide the player through the decaying |
| 355s | world of post-apocalyptic Alberta and to |
| 358s | more strongly signal that the game takes |
| 360s | place right after things have started to |
| 361s | fall apart leaving our timeline a lot |
| 364s | less |
| 365s | ambiguous and just like any other light |
| 368s | in the game you can shoot these out |
| 370s | another thing that I would like to |
| 372s | address is all of the rivers in the game |
| 374s | and all of the overall unfinished areas |
| 377s | any area that is still a work in |
| 379s | progress has been walled off with |
| 380s | concrete barriers so that you know what |
| 383s | is expected to be played in versus what |
| 385s | is not the parts of the map that have |
| 387s | not been walled off have also been given |
| 390s | pass every single River has been given a |
| 392s | pass to turn them from crudely carved in |
| 395s | Canyons into something worth looking at |
| 398s | in addition to this the run to Dominion |
| 400s | was quite a boring one however we have |
| 403s | fleshed out the river swamp area to |
| 405s | address this there are over 10 locations |
| 408s | and points of interest that you can |
| 409s | explore within this new area the cabins |
| 412s | by Pasco Lake that were once empty and |
| 414s | abandoned have now been detailed we have |
| 417s | updated the in-game map with additional |
| 419s | points of interest for for you to |
| 420s | explore this update contains much more |
| 422s | than just improvements towards the |
| 424s | performance and overall polish of the |
| 426s | map we've also focused on the game play |
| 429s | one of the things that we wanted to |
| 430s | focus on was changing the way that you |
| 432s | navigated the world you will now have to |
| 434s | break into buildings as any door that |
| 436s | grants access to a building that can be |
| 438s | claimed has a 90% chance of being locked |
| 441s | by default don't worry though there are |
| 443s | many ways to handle this problem you can |
| 445s | break the windows and climb through them |
| 447s | if you prefer to be silent and the |
| 449s | building has sliding Windows you can use |
| 451s | a crowbar to pry those open if you get a |
| 454s | set of lock picks you can also pick the |
| 456s | lock on the door once you've broken |
| 458s | inside of a building you can let your |
| 460s | friends in by simply unlocking the door |
| 462s | from the inside keep in mind that |
| 464s | windows that slide open and closed also |
| 466s | have a random chance of being locked and |
| 468s | maybe you'll get lucky and you can just |
| 470s | open one to crawl inside we have |
| 472s | expanded the sources of water that are |
| 474s | available to the player in the world |
| 476s | sinks Rivers toilets water fountains and |
| 479s | water coolers all now serve as sources |
| 482s | of water for the player to drink there |
| 483s | are now additional interactable objects |
| 486s | throughout the world such as radios that |
| 488s | can be used to listen to emergency |
| 490s | broadcasts clocks which can be used to |
| 493s | tell the in-game time two stoves that |
| 495s | can be used to cook food our next update |
| 498s | will see the electrical system going |
| 501s | offline after a certain point in game |
| 504s | which means that we've gone ahead and |
| 505s | I've already added cooktops that support |
| 508s | burning wood such as fireplaces campfire |
| 512s | barbecues and quite a few other options |
| 515s | you can also now Camp a craft fire by |
| 518s | simply taking eight sticks and using the |
| 520s | crafting menu be warned that if you use |
| 523s | a fireplace or a word burning stove as |
| 525s | an alternative when the power goes out |
| 528s | that they will create a visible Smoke |
| 529s | Stack while you can simply cook a |
| 531s | campfire from anything in order to cook |
| 534s | with a campfire you will need a tripod |
| 537s | and a grill attachment for the tripod |
| 540s | as a bonus you can also take lanterns |
| 542s | that you find in the world and attach |
| 544s | those to the tripod majority of the |
| 546s | existing campfires in the map or even |
| 550s | the lanterns in the map or the sleeping |
| 552s | bags have all been converted over to the |
| 555s | new interactable objects if we missed |
| 558s | any please file a bug report if you |
| 560s | don't feel like building a campfire you |
| 562s | can also find a portable stove keep in |
| 564s | mind that you will need to also find |
| 566s | butane for these if you have a butane |
| 569s | canister you can refill them at physical |
| 571s | gas canisters found throughout the map |
| 573s | there is also an electric lantern if you |
| 576s | wish to use the electric lantern you'll |
| 578s | need to find a 6V lantern battery if you |
| 581s | can't find one try to find a building |
| 583s | with an emergency light on you can |
| 585s | usually pull a 6V battery out of one of |
| 588s | these as a bonus you can also insert a |
| 591s | 6V battery to recharge them claims have |
| 593s | now been completely Rewritten from the |
| 595s | ground up in order to claim a building |
| 598s | simply find the electrical box walk up |
| 600s | to it and interact with it in order to |
| 602s | claim the building from there you can |
| 605s | then pull out a hammer or a welding |
| 606s | torch in order to build things currently |
| 609s | we've had the basics like Furniture such |
| 612s | as a chair table and bed as well as |
| 615s | shelves and storage boxes in addition to |
| 617s | that you can also grow planters that |
| 619s | allow you to grow your own food as well |
| 622s | as rain collector barrels that let you |
| 624s | harvest rain from the sky if you want to |
| 626s | get started on gardening simply find a |
| 628s | bush and press G on it to harvest it |
| 632s | another way that you can Harvest from a |
| 633s | bush is take a melee weapon with a blade |
| 636s | on it and simply hit the bush if you |
| 639s | have a claim on a server and you're |
| 641s | worried about other players breaking in |
| 643s | then you'll need to gain access to one |
| 644s | of the bunkers that we've added to the |
| 646s | map you can gain access to gamma mik |
| 649s | located at groto Mountain or you can |
| 651s | gain access to the federal stock pile |
| 654s | both of these bunkers contain narra |
| 656s | barricades these barricades are immune |
| 658s | to damage un unless the damage source is |
| 660s | an explosive you can find explosives for |
| 663s | base rating inside of the abandoned |
| 665s | mines there's one near Exshaw and then |
| 668s | there's one on the quaint Valley Trail |
| 671s | you can also find explosives in the KP |
| 673s | Armory as well as Pasco cave back to |
| 677s | what's been fixed and made better we've |
| 679s | made some pretty serious improvements to |
| 680s | our Gunplay weapon handling as well as |
| 683s | addressing a multitude of issues within |
| 685s | the weapon System Red Dot sites Hollow |
| 688s | sites and scope |
| 690s | should now be functional they still have |
| 691s | a little bit further to go in terms of |
| 693s | Polish but they are now much more |
| 695s | functional than before there are far |
| 697s | less issues related to the animation |
| 699s | system overall there are also now four |
| 703s | Legendary Weapons hidden throughout the |
| 705s | map what I've covered in this video |
| 707s | scratches the surface of this update |
| 710s | there's a lot of changes in fact we've |
| 712s | made over 1700 commits to our source |
| 715s | control for this update alone if we |
| 717s | wrote out an itemized change list there |
| 719s | would likely be hundreds of small |
| 721s | changes that you may not even notice |
| 723s | while playing listed out we're going to |
| 725s | implement changes to our back end to |
| 727s | make it easier to compose these change |
| 729s | lists in the future however going back |
| 732s | to what we mentioned at the start of |
| 733s | this video here's what we're going to be |
| 735s | doing to keep our community updated |
| 737s | first off we're going to be doing a post |
| 740s | every single month to our website that |
| 742s | will then be posted to our social media |
| 744s | via Twitter Facebook Tik Tok as well as |
| 747s | email updates for the backers we will |
| 750s | then be doing a vlog once every two |
| 752s | months or so we'll also send out updates |
| 755s | via the previously mentioned platforms |
| 757s | once there's any sort of new patch |
| 759s | available to keep people up to dat we've |
| 763s | set up a GitHub page for us to track |
| 765s | issues and bugs with the game as well as |
| 767s | a new page for our website please submit |
| 770s | all issues that you have with the game |
| 771s | there we will have the link in the |
| 773s | description we're also using the |
| 775s | discussions on the public repos to |
| 777s | engage with people and allow our |
| 779s | Community to vote on features that they |
| 781s | would like to see in the game with |
| 783s | anyone being able to submit their ideas |
| 785s | if you're not a fan of this we've also |
| 787s | set up additional discussion boards on |
| 789s | our steam forums for dead matter lastly |
| 791s | we have rebuilt the QI games website |
| 793s | from scratch this is to help us address |
| 796s | backer rewards such as the road signs |
| 798s | and pet pictures we now have the tools |
| 801s | in dead matter to make these rewards a |
| 803s | reality and we will continue to make all |
| 805s | of the rewards a reality throughout the |
| 808s | next couple of years that's pretty much |
| 809s | it for this update we recognize that |
| 811s | this update isn't some sort of Miracle |
| 813s | but we feel that it is a strong step |
| 815s | forward in the right direction I'd like |
| 817s | to take a moment to thank everyone that |
| 819s | has contributed to the development of |
| 821s | this game whether you're a backer |
| 822s | someone that's covered the game in the |
| 824s | past or just simply a fan of the project |
| 826s | overall your support means the world to |
| 828s | us and we really appreciate it that's it |
| 832s | for now just keep in mind that this |
| 833s | update is now live on Steam Early Access |
| 835s | and we will be rolling out additional |
| 837s | updates and hot fixes as time goes on |
| 840s | thank you all for watching and have a |
| 842s | great |
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