What's New in 7 Days to Die 1.0? Full Feature Breakdown

The wait is over and 7 Days to Die 1.0 is here! I'll cover every feature in the patch notes and a handful that aren't! Join me down in the comments for any questions you may have! Also for those looking for a server to join, we'll be kicking off a new 1.0 server on Monday (6/24) along with experimental public release. Join my discord below for details!
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• 1.0 Roadmap & Release Info : • The True Impact of 7 D...
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Chapters:
0:00 Into
Graphical Changes
0:18 New Character Model
1:45 Plant & Animal Model Updates
2:17 Zombie Variants
2:44 New Demo Zombie
3:19 Gore System
Gameplay Changes
3:33 Random World Gen
4:28 Border Updates
4:53 Challenge System
6:09 Trader Quests & Inventory
9:34 Updated Crafting
11:18 New Armor System
17:43 Vehicle Overhaul
20:06 Performance
21:37 Quality of Life Improvements
23:06 New Voice Lines
23:59 New POIs
25:04 Thanks & Closing
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#7daystodie #7daystodie1.0 #patchnotes

[@KroolTheField]

30 fps on average with a 4090 is beyond insane. Optimization is a MAJOR issue right now

[@WaywardEko]

I'm still hoping to see more, but it's better than it was.

[@zsomborszarka2616]

Credit where credit is due, if they made it better, they should get a praise, but i agree this is barely acceptable. The game isn't nearly as beautiful as demanding. (and i want acceptable performance more than beauty, so focus on that first)

[@overlord--]

The bad FPS is due to CPU strain, not entirely GPU strain. You can reduce various settings to help speed things up on hoard night, but it's still going to drain depending on the amount of zombies, path-finding and interactions with the environment zombies are going to have.

[@codered1941]

Bad cpu. Even with my 1080 TI i get better fps than you 😂

[@vim4917]

@@codered1941 *runs potato settings*

[@joedartonthefenderbass]

Im so glad burnt forest is back. I have no idea why it was removed in the first place

[@kathrynck]

They were going to merge it with the wasteland. It _WAS_ a good idea really... but they did it all wrong. All they did was steal a few assets and put them in the stock-standard wasteland. I think Ideally wasteland should be "burnt forest" everywhere which is rural or sub-urban. And inside cities it could be the familiar form of wasteland (where it would make sense to have the rubble and such). That would also make the gyrocopter and 4x4 actually useful in the wasteland (outside of cities anyway). I'm glad it's back too though. It has a very eerie aesthetic. But I'm a little disappointed that they never merged it with wasteland in a sensible way.

[@moosedawg71]

Agreed! They just essentially lumped it in with the wasteland, and I never liked that.

[@KillMeOrUDie]

Glad to have burnt forest back. Tbh I never gave it the respect it deserved when we had it but when I got to play New York undead map it really showed just how amazing the burnt forest was for the ambience. I missed the badlands aswell but I suppose that one is gone to never return

[@nathantanner9703]

TFP's finally did it. The game has kept fans for 10 years and now the baby is grown up. Looks better than I expected and looking forward to more.

[@GunsNerdsandSteel]

Fantastic job on this overview video Eko! Outstanding editing, great presentation, and cheers to 1.0! 👏👏👏

[@WaywardEko]

Cheers to 1.0!! Thanks so much Tem!

[@johnboog4437]

You guys are the best 7 days to die KZbinrs.

[@andrea_fryer]

Completely agree! Outstanding job Eko!

[@trishamiller7859]

Woo WE and GNS in the same room! I guess neither of you are Batman.

[@LegsOmega]

all cool and stuff but where is the guns rework... the guns are the worst part about this game right now

[@Linkthestink1]

storage box changes are amazing

[@capp00]

Well done on the breakdown man. GG and welcome to v1!!

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks so much! Means a ton coming from you Sir given I started playing this game watching your vids!

[@capp00]

​@@WaywardEko Holy cow. That's one of the best compliments ever. ❤

[@polarisguild]

It’s always awesome to see such wholesome stuff. Especially from 2 awesome creators.

[@smr010]

18:52 That chair is the only reason why I want to craft a minibike from 1.0 onwards.

[@WaywardEko]

hahahaha.

[@TheGamingWastelander]

i love how to "optimize" they just lower the amount of detail of some poi's instead of actual optimization 15-30 fps on a 4090 is crazy...

[@WaywardEko]

Fairly logical move - space out the high performance hog assets. Dishing and Higashi next door was always a poor design choice.

[@duncanshania]

@@WaywardEko I'll explain in three short ways their actual largest issues aside the usual "architecture bad too complicated/immature" insanity am biased towards. They don't object pool, they don't paralell for anything with the job system like they should be, and they don't utilize a proper custom pathfinding backend to help reduce physics casting and all the other insanity their paid for version does. They have an attitude problem that's the true issue though, to fix these kinds of things takes a different mindset than usual indies have. They need to want to self improve. I think with some training assuming they were actually open to it, if they were open to actual wisdom sharing even, they could totally turn it around in a couple years. But this has been a long drawn out thing am least personally not optimistic, but hey if they manage to change absolutely kudo on them.

[@nolableslefteldered1231]

I bought this game (according to my steam purchase history) back on January 1st 2014. I have over 631 hours played. I remember when it was basically a voxel minecraft reskin. Now a little over 10 years later it is finally coming out of early access. It has come a long way since then with many changes. I do remember when you had the minimap with the enemy marker dots on it. "what is that?" notice a wandering hoard outside the base on the map. quickly shut everything down and quietly watch as the dots came, walked around, and left. I loved those days. Anyhow I look forward to the update and full release out of early access.

[@FatalError-404]

that was always so fun, and then you could just craft your items to level it up instead of finding 1000 magazines and hoping its what you need, I got to day 20 and could still not make eggs and bacon XD not long ago it was almost unplayable solo because of how you had to spec your skills

[@WaywardEko]

We used a minimap mod on my community server last season and it was amazing. Would love to see one as part of the game.

[@inseldon1]

As long as the player throws away the glass jar after using water to boil an egg, I consider this game unfinished.

[@zachpacos1]

It's funny as hell but glass jars are easily craftable once you have a forge

[@inseldon1]

@@zachpacos1 I know. But all those easy recipes, like the boiled egg, are early game recipes. Which you can´t use because you cannot craft hundreds of jars at that stage of the game. When you can craft them, you have enough meat, which is better. And even later, you just cook the best food. - All this makes most recipes useless.

[@spicydeath82]

there are no glass jars now.

[@Low_commotion]

@@spicydeath82 There aren't?

[@Tovinthorn]

you can consider it unfinished as much as you want.

[@WaywardEko]

Hey Folks! Let me know what you are most excited about or what you would do different in the comments! If you want to see first hand gameplay. Join me tomorrow for streamer weekend (kzbin.infoqo20bl3kWss) I'll be streaming this weekend for streamer weekend on KZbin and Twitch! Also, for the console players out there ... 7 Days to Die Console Edition is planned to have everything I talked about with the exception of random world gen. That is slated for a future release! Also for everyone, here are the release dates: • Experimental Beta: June 24 2024 • Stable PC Release: July 25 2024 • Console Release: July 25 2024

[@ZombiePicnic]

Noice, be sure the show the FPS especially in the wasteland/cities which is something TFP are afraid to do! Edit: Was about what I expected, but at least there is some improvement.

[@ghostlycoma4049]

Honestly, the new character models and vehicles showing equipped mods is a nice bit

[@Blitzcreeper239]

7:45 seems one of your quest completion screenshots reused the tier conpletion screenshot 12:08 tier 5 mislabelled as tier 4 bonus

[@RookieEyes22]

@@Blitzcreeper239 Unfortunately, it happens. There is a lot of info to go over, sometimes you just miss a couple.

[@aram8391]

Challenges, since I play solo, it can get a little boring sometimes. I'll be interested to see what challenges modders create too.

[@lho10101]

I still think it’s going to be obnoxious having to change outfits every time you switch tasks. I get you can afford to specialize in multiplayer, but you have to do it all in solo.

[@WaywardEko]

Meh ... I'm just not going to. I might change for harvest specific sessions, but I always do those in a focused clip anyway.

[@TheLegend-hq4zg]

You don't have to change. There isn't a penalty, it's just a nice buff. Better to have the option than not.

[@stevdor6146]

@@TheLegend-hq4zg who in their right mind is going to harvest with the handicap of not getting maximum returns? well i can think of 1 australian, but we don't talk about him

[@savannahbutler5973]

​@@stevdor6146he just do it to be a silly Muppet 😂🎉😅

[@Slim_Sumo]

I mean, you've harvested without it for almost 12 years.

[@GregScottBailey]

Loving this man! Great summary and can’t wait to join the fun!!

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks buddy!

[@revchi7152]

35 fps on a 4090 yikes

[@infernaltourist9601]

In 4K, I heard the game can't run any good if you go over 1080p for some reason

[@demonkingrigaldo-2456]

@@infernaltourist9601 still bad considering there is no ray tracing and I dont believe it supports dlss unless i missed something. Granted, this is beta, but that still really poorly optimized

[@infernaltourist9601]

@@demonkingrigaldo-2456 Yup, I mean there are the reflections but they aren't like ray traced, right?

[@geekmechanic1473]

​@@infernaltourist9601there's more to it than the graphics that are making the game demanding, for example the destructible environment and ai which is usually cpu demanding

[@demonkingrigaldo-2456]

@@infernaltourist9601 From my understanding, it is not

[@uncleclaps44]

Kudos for these guys for working on it non stop for 10 years and after it left telltales and never abandoning the game, it may be late now but there is sill plenty of people playing today

[@ComisarioLetlev]

You... got 40 FPS inside a building with a 4090... ... ... deam :L

[@WaywardEko]

I used to get around 20 in crackabooks HQ :)

[@drfolsom74]

@@WaywardEko Are you using the Boot.config edit that adds multi threading ability to Unity Engine that is not setup normally? I figured for this review you was unable to do that, but in A21 i figured you'd being using the added lines for boot.config. I noticed a pretty good performance increase across the board from that simple edit of the file. Really Curious. If you haven't I'd love to see you're results with adding it into the boot.config file found in 7d2d_data folder in the base game directory.Just add the following lines there to get the effect, doesn't affect any save data, just how the game handles mulit-threading. gfx-enable-gfx-jobs=1 gfx-enable-native-gfx-jobs=1 wait-for-native-debugger=0 scripting-runtime-version=latest vr-enabled=0 hdr-display-enabled=0 gc-max-time-slice=3

[@lionheart4109]

@@drfolsom74 Sounds quite good, but it might cause side effects. I don't think those performance bonuses would come without a trade-off.

[@aa1bb2cc3dd4]

9:52 - I would make one major change: Legendary Parts should be split into parts. - Wood Leg Part - Stone leg part - Iron Leg part - etc... This means you can find wood, stone and maybe iron leg parts in tier 1 and 2 POIs, on rare occasion. This new system makes stone, iron, and low-tier armor crafting for lvl 6 completely obsolete.

[@FatalError-404]

Ok I hate you for even thinking that, already you gotta fine iron sledge parts after finding 25 sledge magazines, now youd have to find 25 sledge mags, 1 iron sledge part (or however many they need now) and a legendary iron sledge part if they did this to everything and not just clothing. i legit spent 20 game days and didnt even have enough cooking mags to make eggs and bacon because there's so many different pieces of loot and magazines you can get, it is overkill

[@aa1bb2cc3dd4]

@@FatalError-404 it's realistic. I don't mean item leg parts. That WOULD be overkill. I mean split up the leg parts to not require you to go to a tier 6 POI to be able to upgrade stone ax to lvl6. That makes absolutely zero sense to do, as by the time you do that, chances are you have steel ax or even chainsaw at that point.

[@stevdor6146]

I realize you are using Leg as short for Leg-endary, but for some reason i keep seeing Leg like "never skip Leg day" which when you pair Leg with Parts it makes my mind see "Pants" so i'm imagining Stone Legged Pants.. thanks for that

[@WaywardEko]

/agree

[@mrlionheart8544]

I hate when games force me to wear gear that makes it more beneficial to do certain tasks. I spend too much of my time switching and managing my inventory (the most boring aspects of the game) every time I wanna do something. As oppose to a learnt skill that's always active once I've meet the requirements. If you spend a lot of time harvesting wood wouldn't you learn over time how to make better use of the tools thus optimizing your resources which not only makes sense but allows you to focus on the tasks at hand and enjoying the game. Rather then I wanna do something but I'm not sure if I'm wearing my correct outfit. At best having the outfits with bonuses for your fighting style would be fine but for harvesting and the like it's a nuisance.

[@lrinfi]

They came by the magical streak naturally: modding Bethesda games. :) There was never any concrete separation between the Elder Scrolls and Fallout franchises at Bethesda, which liberally reuses code from one franchise's game when developing a new one for another. (There's even a reference to the Pip-Boy light in Skryim's code indicating what you see onscreen as a Skryim torch.) Ergo, armor and weapon "enchantments" and "legendaries" in Bethesda's Fallouts, which have in turn inspired the armor enchantments we're now seeing in 7 Days to Die. I'd prefer a postapolayptic world be more realistically postapocalyptic myself, but...Bethesda. :)

[@Jrez]

To be fair, if I'm going to chop wood I'm going to wear a different outfit than if I was going to try to sneak around a zombie-infested facility or do gardening or go on a road trip or w/e. So, it's not completely unrealistic, but it's still annoying.

[@h4ppysocke]

Well, you can complain about a lot of things, but about a realistic approach to clothing, you don't go to Mount Everest in Bermuda shorts either, so please, yes this example is exaggerated. But nevertheless, clothing has its purpose & that's a good thing, if it's too complex for you then just play something else. Always this crying about games these days, oh I don't like this, oh I don't like that wäh wäh wäh 🤨

[@WaywardEko]

No one is FORCING you ... that is a personal choice to min max. I had early access and have around 100 hours in on 1.0 and only on a handful of times have I switched outfits for a bonus and I'm thriving on Survivalist w/ 64 zeds. Lots of people speaking hyperbolic. In regards to magical armor giving bonuses ... those have been part of the game. How about cigars that make you stronger ... or help you barter ... this stuff has always been there.

[@rav3ndawn407]

A great review of whats coming up. Thanks for the info Eko!

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks so much Sir!

[@malguskerensky]

Thank you for the overview of the update. There are three things that raises concerns for me; the reduction of group progression, the armor bonuses, and the performance. Elephant in the room, based on your specs and never seeing above 50fps on a 4090 is just....shockingly bad. Armor, I am going to test it but having MMO style magical stats show up on armor sets just does not feel like the survival game I bought into. Lastly the fact if you work as a group, but only the quest 'owner' gets tier progression feels like a bad direction for group play.

[@WaywardEko]

Quite welcome. I 'm with you on the group progression concern. I hope it is mitigated by the universal levelling but will have to see.

[@StuartKerr-vp4ph]

just cause youre packing a 4090 doesnt mean your rigs instantly top line. cpu memory cooling ssd size speed age plays a role. but youre right i'll wager, this game needs optimization

[@malguskerensky]

You are correct, there are other factors than video cards for FPS, more so in most games that do not correctly utilize GPUs. However if many folks can run say Cyberpunk 2077, a game that much more hardware demanding at 90-120 FPS on our rigs, but can't sustain 50 FPS in 7d2d.... it is not a hardware/bottleneck issue. :) Also I am not attacking your reply, just adding some clarity.

[@Barbequed-Clorox]

@@StuartKerr-vp4ph This game isn't exactly big enough to be CPU or memory heavy though, It's more balanced than anything else, which is why this is still ridiculous. Also, if you're using a 4090 with 16 gigs and a 11 series or under CPU, then you do not understand how much you're bottlenecking yourself.

[@lrinfi]

The most horrible thought crossed my mind when you mentioned the "reduction" of group progression: the lack of it in Fallout 76. Groups can't complete quests together in that game because BGS couldn't figure out in time and under budget how to write one without having it instanced to each, individual player. The Creation engine obviously wasn't designed for multiplayer games and they've been struggling to make it accommodate MP from the get-go. So, if -- and it is just an inkling -- TFP borrowed that "idea" from 76 to "slow progress" -- forcing each, individual player in a group to re-do quests individually only a "team leader" gets credit for until everyone in the group receives credit for it -- they actually adopted a glaring issue plaguing another game. Groups could complete quests together before this update and get credit for them, could they not?

[@LittleMonstersTV]

Very well put together video and great editing! Thanks for the breakdown on what's coming to 1.0 :)

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks kindly Sir!! Hope you are well!

[@devonj2044]

That fps is a joke. This is my favorite game ever and it's my biggest disappointment ever

[@demonkingrigaldo-2456]

I actually think my performance in alpha 20 running darkness falls is better lmfao

[@bobbydill8890]

Thank you!!!! Fun Pimps and Wayward Eko

[@joelhuenink8440]

Great video!

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks Joel and thanks for trusting me to put it together! Lathan and Allan were both critical helping out with some of the mechanics! Can't wait to just play for fun tomorrow and kick off streamer weekend!

[@mikeriley2475]

Out of Alpha and Into Beta! We are making progress!

[@SirMcMuffin]

Not beta, they treating it like an official 1.0 release.

[@fragalot]

@@SirMcMuffin alpha, beta, bla bla.. those used to mean something but now it's just marketing terms.

[@mikeriley2475]

@@SirMcMuffin Yet its still not done. We've still got a weather system, bandits, steam mod support, story/npcs. I guess I won't consider it 1.0 until its actually done :P

[@helmut6630]

@@mikeriley2475 another 10 years prolly... but hey, modders gonna do their job with more enthusiasm now, since it's 1.0. Steam mod support should've been the center of gravity tho....

[@SirMcMuffin]

@@mikeriley2475 I agree, labeling it as 1.0 is a mistake especially with missing features they held back and promised.

[@CrabClownJimmy]

Outstanding. I expected nothing less. Proud of you, my man! Way to help shape the future!

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks so much brother Jimmy!!!

[@ryoit]

I can not wait to play it! thank you for creating this video!

[@WaywardEko]

Quite welcome!

[@TroaBarton]

I’m not a fan of the removal of learn by doing but I’ll concede that the rest looks good enough to make me want to try it.

[@WaywardEko]

/agree

[@allexio]

You can play undead legacy if you want learn by doing back. Pretty cool mod.

[@TroaBarton]

@@allexio yeah I probably will, I used that mod last time I played. It is a good mod I just don’t like being forced to use one for a basic game mechanic. People have lives outside of their mods for games and a game being beholden to one because of a questionable game design choice irks me. Bannerlord and X4 have this problem as well where there are QOL mods that should be base game and when they are out of date those games are practically unplayable. A critical game mechanic like this shouldn’t be RNG. That’s bad enough on its own but in an open world where I can go 500 miles in the wrong direction to “learn” a vital thing to play the game is so much worse. If they counter this by making them easy to find then they dilute the loot pool making the core mechanic less rewarding once you know the skills. It also doesn’t feel organic and rewarding to “find knowledge” one of the great things about zomboid and kenshi is making your worthless sack of meat into a powerhouse from your choices and actions. Learn by looting makes this a “I got lucky this play through” instead of “I succeeded in doing it this time”. That experience is much more powerful in a zombie survival game and part of the appeal. It might not be as bad as I’m making it out to be I’ll have to try it before I likely mod it. But you’re right that option does exist and is a great alternative.

[@try2bcool]

@@TroaBarton My response to that is; Why does every games' progression have to be exactly the same? Variety is the spice of life.

[@burningshine5524]

​@@try2bcool why do you keep eating steaks instead of getting a plate of steaming manure? After all, variety is the spice of life

[@techmarine83]

Annoyed AF that so many fanboys refuse to admit this "1.0" is not a real 1.0. It's just a half finished game that they are shoving out the door for what could be several reasons. Seeing as I already own it I will give it a go and see how good or bad it is. If it's bad I will just walk away and play something else.

[@WaywardEko]

Meh ... it's a name and one required for them to release to console. I don't care what the name is ... just the features.

[@kajmak64bit76]

The actual 1.0 is releasing at the end of 2025 providing they don't delay the roadmap they showed It's really suspicious lol

[@Pooples123]

Tbf, this is only a beta build of the 1.0 update. So, in theory, a lot will change by July 25th

[@BlastingXNP]

Are bandits even in the game yet? To me it's crazy with how many features were promised nearly some decade ago that haven't seen light. All features promised to be in the game's official release. I'm going to be honest, I don't believe for a moment this is because they believe this is worthy of a 1.0. It's because they're probably in financial trouble again and a 1.0 release will temporarily give them some cash flow from console players. This is the same reason they released for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 back in the day. Look how that ended up.

[@noiamhippyman]

@@Pooples123 Then they shouldn't have hyped it up as a 1.0 update.

[@insertname9736]

Very well-made video! Thanks!

[@DoctorJack16]

Awesome update video. Subbed! Thanks.

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks kindly!

[@paulodiaz5774]

The mountain lion now looks like a lynx.😂

[@WaywardEko]

True

[@A_Doc_40]

I’m so excited to watch the streamers this weekend! Have fun!

[@ingridmercado8252]

Ahhhh the time has come! I am soooo excited! Thank you fun pimps and thanks Eko!

[@LSD4est]

Probably the best 7DTD 1.0 overview I've seen. Kudos and many thanks to you good sir on the excellent work!

[@WaywardEko]

Thank so much for that! Ton of effort to get this one together!

[@Stong1337]

Also awesome video, im not even 2 mins in and im commenting 😂

[@Razzying]

Optimization needs more work, they made it beautiful and there is some increase in performance but not enough especially since this guy has a 4090 and getting 30-40 on the big building while dropping from 30 to somewhere near 15 on max horde is nuts.

[@rocc6102]

Remember that he is playing at 4k as well, which can bump down FPS quite a lot. Still, he should be hitting around 60-70 at least on a horde night for this to be enjoyable. I hope they are looking into FSR 3.0 or NVIDIA DLSS for those extra frames.

[@dimimluiz]

This is an incredible looking video! All the info, visuals, pacing, categories.. just amazing! Thank you!

[@WaywardEko]

Thank you soooo much for that!

[@bugbliostudio]

thank you so much for the details. I'm looking forward to play tomorrow. Can't wait!!!

[@WaywardEko]

Absolutely!

[@Stong1337]

NOT GONA LIE THE CHAR ANIMATIONS ARE SOOOOO CLEANNN. THIS IS ALL I HAVE WANTED FROM THE GAME AND ITS HERE. I CAN LOOK AT THE FLOOR WITH FLASH LIGHT WOOOOHOOOOOOO 😂😂

[@WaywardEko]

We all have our wants and needs!

[@xoth2306]

Fun to see that they finaly added the bandit npc's..... ohh wait they dident

[@MrMmitch32]

TFPs have always said Bandits was something they wanted to add but they never gave a timetable for it happening. Bandits are now on the Roadmap that they released. If they don’t add them Q2 2025, I think then it would be fair to complain about the Bandits not making it to game. * But I must add that there is always that warning that this is an estimate and the timeline is subject to change.

[@stevdor6146]

Hahaha, maybe next alpha.. wait.. OH NO!

[@Joutre_]

Great job, Eko! Can't wait to see everything else you have coming down the pipeline. See you during Streamer Weekend!

[@WaywardEko]

See you there!

[@honeysquad6475]

It's very well montaged video, thanks for very interesting information, it was a pure pleasure to watch and listen, keep it up!

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks so much for that!

[@Azeliniana]

I feel like the dew collector gettin murky water is kinda a positive too. Like you need it for glue, and normally you cant really get too much murky. I at least am always low on duct tape.

[@WaywardEko]

duct tape requires clean water now. It's still nice that it is super easy to make.

[@Azeliniana]

@@WaywardEko Oh i didnt hear of that change. Well boiling the water aint hard and its way cheaper now

[@kathrynck]

@@Azeliniana the cloth costs of things is a bit obnoxious in A21 though. First 2-3 weeks is hording cloth like crazy to have enough. and then it becomes a non-issue after that. But water/glue/duct tape is a bit of a grind too, yeah. I use a mod which takes the heatmap generation away from dew collectors, that helps game balance substantially.

[@VeNuS2910]

i wonder if we still swallow the bottle together with the water or the bottle stays 🤔

[@stevdor6146]

@@VeNuS2910 You swallow the glass bottles and chomp the tin cans, no one is allowed to reuse/recycle empty container

[@SMNtheNight]

I can't lie, I've been playing just about every Alpha update since 7Days first released and I'm quite impressed. This is like getting multiple Alpha updates all at once! Christmas came early! Despite its jankiness, there's really nothing else like 7Days and I love it for the perfectly shaped slot that it fills in my gaming library. It's encouraging to see them targeting so many things I've had complaints with for a long time now like the character models and gear progression.

[@MoonLunaPlays]

awesome video, thanks eko! cant wait to see what you bring to the streamer weekend.

[@WaywardEko]

Thank you soooo much Luna!

[@RookieEyes22]

[@HellsJanitor]

great video, great summary. Clear, concise, and detailed. Can't wait to get my hands on it on Monday! 🙂

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks Sir!! See you in Monday!

[@legendaryjoker9318]

Trader dialogue should fit the situation example it’s the morning the trader would say lovely day to kill some zombies 😊

[@WaywardEko]

I talked about how they are wiring that up -- they will also respond to weather and other actions.

[@andrea_fryer]

I'm really hoping the new trader dialogue considers that not ALL players are male this time!

[@Arkylie]

Honestly, given how irritating several of the traders are (voice acting wise), I wish it were an option to outright kill them and then be able to loot 100% of their store (including any hidden rooms and vending machines etc.). And I'm not usually the type of player to do this. But it'd be a way to get faster starting gear but nerf how easy the future of the game would be (since you'd no longer be able to trade with them ever again), and there could be an Option as to whether the other traders learn about this / get more security or whatever. It should be a deliberate thing, though. Not something where you accidentally happened to shoot them -- that's gonna happen, if allowed -- but where you'd have to deliberately get back there and finish them off, and had the option to patch them up instead.

[@soemzzzz]

ive waited over 6 years for this. started playing in alpha 14 and got put in nearly almost 2000 hours on console and pc combined. With every update, this game gets closer to what ive wished it was. Im glad the The Fun Pimps were able to reaquire the rights to console development and have a fair release with both platforms. Cheers to 1.0 🍻

[@froststormgaming9892]

was so cool to see this on the steam page. well freaking done Eko. thank you so much

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks Frost!!

[@user-td7dd9ri1l]

Thank you for your tremendous effort!

[@WaywardEko]

My pleasure!

[@bttmlesspit25]

Not sure the performance "gains" are worth mentioning. You have a rig much better than most (55%+GPU & 87%+CPU) people on the STEAM charts and more if you were to also consider consoles. You have a top end machine and that's before consider your ddr5 and ssd speeds. Before we anyone says to give credit where credit is due put into perspective you demanded a raise for work and so your boss said sure and you went from $20.00/hr to $20.01/hr but hey you got your raise....😅 Other than that thanks for the video

[@drfolsom74]

I believe this is also with basic settings, without mods, for any files. Simple fps fix with boot.config file change will normally net a pretty good increase in fps, which he was probably not able to run with this due to constraints in place for testing or review purposes. Now once you have the files themselves, I highly suggest edit of boot.config to add in the info to turn on multi-threading in Unity engine there. It boosts fps due to sharing workload of the GPU to the CPU cores which isn't defaulted on in Unity without being called for in the boot.config. The boot.config file is located in the 7d2d_data folder or was. Assuming it's still in same general location. Also, assuming that Unity 2022 engine will allow even more performance gains though multi-threading, as it is a much more updated engine that previously used in 7d2d with the older unity engine. The lines to add in said file are as follows: gfx-enable-gfx-jobs=1 gfx-enable-native-gfx-jobs=1 wait-for-native-debugger=0 scripting-runtime-version=latest vr-enabled=0 hdr-display-enabled=0 gc-max-time-slice=3 Just edit the boot.config file in notepad and copy and paste these lines into it, then save. Once you run the game again, you should notice a performance increase. However, longer play cycles will still cause slowdowns to happen over time of play. If you play for 2-3 hours straight, it may start chunking along and stuttering. This I'm told is due to Unity's poor data resource cleanup calls. I'm not sure even modding could fix this. With pretty heavy settings, my system manages to run current A21 at around 110-120fps in the wilderness and 70-90fps in cities. I do not have a monster system either. AMD 5600x CPU, AMD 6600xt GPU, 32gb ram. on decent SSD's. that's running the game in 1440p on a dual monitor setup. I don't turn down the in-game graphics to much either to allow for better visuals while still offering smooth gameplay.

[@sedlinasera3891]

Not to sound too negative here But people have dreaded the outfit set change ever since it got announced - we will see if the game now turns into 7daystodressup - because it sure looks like that's exactly what's going to happen Not gonna lie. I'm not looking forward to swap gear sets every time I want to do a different task and those set bonuses are too strong to ignore them

[@cosmicllama6910]

I feel like the fact there is only 4 armor slots and they got rid of clothing being separate altogether helps with that tho?

[@sedlinasera3891]

@@cosmicllama6910 it really doesn't matter how many armour pieces there are for each set The issue boils down to scenarios like these: I have some daylight left - I could chop down some trees for wood => go to the base and grab the lumberjack outfit. go into the interface, change clothes, store your regular clothes - go and farm Now I want to farm stones, or iron/materials for gunpowder => go to the base and grab the mining outfit, go into the interface, change clothes, store your regular clothes - go and farm Oh I want to salvage some electronic parts in this PoI => go to your vehicle and change into the scavenger outfit instead of harvesting the stuff as you work your way through the PoI - It adds inconvenience - and the buffs are so powerful that you can't ignore them (50% more harvest)

[@stevdor6146]

@@sedlinasera3891 This is why you dedicate 4 backpack spaces to your "looting outfit" so you can swap between your combat style outfit and your looting outfit when you get to the endloot. and keep a change of clothes (lumberjack/miner) in your vehicle, in case you want to do some side-harvesting, and always keep a Nerdy outfit on hand for when you are about to level up so you can get a chance at an extra skill point, and put your Bartering clothes in your Trader crate so whenever you do big trade day sell off you get a bigger duke returns.. i see what you mean.. 7DressesToDye indeed

[@GamingAfter50]

Thanks Eko! Great overview, well done! 👍

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks kindly!!

[@d4cto]

Great video! Thanks a lot!

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks kindly!!

[@jamescah9230]

No npcs as promised in their kickstarter? Its a shame companies are getting the shit sued out of them for ignoring kick starter promises

[@Durrtyboy]

Lolol

[@elfthecredited7602]

mayyybe we should look at the roadmap, pretty sure NPC's were labelled at 2025

[@skyworld5619]

@@elfthecredited7602 NPC were promised years ago tbh XD. i believe in 2025 same as that this game will be optimalized one day

[@elfthecredited7602]

@@skyworld5619 Yeh but people are losing their minds over NPC's not being included in 1.0 but they produced a roaadmap that gave a date they were aiming to get them out .. which is in 2025 people just need to have some patience

[@WaywardEko]

On the roadmap.

[@slave2truth4freedom]

Super helpful, thanks!

[@Spartan85]

Great job on the video!!!

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks so much Sir!

[@btria03]

Can't wait to play ittt!!! I've started playing 7 Days many many years ago, seeing the game has evolved this far over the years is truly nostalgic and a fun experience!

[@wendyhawkins68]

Great video that makes me even more excited to get to 1.0. Thanks for always delivering such a well-polished product!

[@WaywardEko]

Quite welcome and thanks for the support wendy!!!!

[@janhosko2750]

Thank you guys for this awesome update !!! Great work as always ! :3

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks so much!

[@AndrewSkipp]

Really helpful. Thank you. 👍

[@otterpoet]

Definitely looking forward to coming back to 7D2D. Thank you for the great overview. Always enjoyed your videos.

[@WaywardEko]

Quite welcome and enjoy!!

[@SodoMojo22]

Great breakdown, so pumped for this. Been awhile since I've been looking forward to a game as much as this.

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks kindly!

[@darthwilson]

Thanks for the video! Been playing 7D2D since 2015, absolutely love it and can't wait for the 1.0 release on Monday.

[@WaywardEko]

Quite welcome! Thanks for commenting!

[@danielwilms6919]

Well made overview. Thanks a lot

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks kindly!

[@saturiankhazard]

They should add monster-specific loot, and loot-types, randomly-generated ofc, for example Soldier and Demolisher would be the best chance of getting grenades; rockets; explosive-ammo etc. and some very rare chance of getting rocket-launcher; M60 etc.

[@WaywardEko]

Would love that ... the Dishong Tower Challenge does this.

[@malcolmrossxd]

since Day 1 I was like this is a fun game, even when it was a bit off kilter here and there with the added updates. Thank you so much for keeping it going and never stop digging away at it all

[@lotusblackGT]

thank you for the quality ! when does this new patch is coming out ?

[@WaywardEko]

Monday - 6/24

[@lotusblackGT]

@@WaywardEko thank you! Cool

[@xeno_mania]

This is a very high-quality video. Great job!

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks!

[@msteresarowland361]

I am so excited! I like it all!

[@phrixos2826]

A very excelent video, the best for the new release info!

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks kindly!

[@valhallapigz]

Great job eko :D!!!!

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks so much!

[@JC-xh8xe]

Excellent well presented informative video. Great to see 7days getting a massive overhaul.

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks kindly!

[@OpalAlice]

I and my drone are going to ROCK the preacher outfit! Time to begin the inquisition lmao. Great video as always

[@WaywardEko]

viva l'inquisition!

[@OpalAlice]

@@WaywardEko For the Emperor!

[@NotMyFormerSelf]

I fucking love this. So hyped to play again now! Great video aswell!

[@JTTheLionheart]

🔥Excellent breakdown!🔥 🙏

[@WaywardEko]

Thank you!

[@ivanponce4826]

Awesome!

[@Chaotician69]

This was THE best over view of V1.0 and the new changes/updates! Thank you and well done!

[@WaywardEko]

quite welcome!

[@rentheseer190]

This was an excellent Showcase. 10/10. Would share with my friends.

[@WaywardEko]

Please do!

[@yoann77700]

thank you for the video

[@JustVoid17]

I can't wait to stream this tomorrow :D

[@PokketNinja]

Love the video!

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks so much Pokket! Happy Streamer Weekend dear!

[@tweedlydee9694]

thanks for the video good content, waiting for season 12

[@WaywardEko]

Gonna be good!

[@madamim4279]

Loving the bit on the Raider license plate, very clever! My brother and I laughed for a good while about it!

[@Raven-Blackwing]

Congrats on being on the steam news page.

[@BobLeeSwagger5632]

Take my sub. Great vid bud

[@fakenickib6245]

i LOVE BIOME LAYOUTS!!! i am always sitting there generating over and over and over for a center wasteland and now i can just PUT IT THERE!

[@jefo2405]

Love!

[@tennesseeheckler3014]

I am so excited to play this on console finally! I may take a few days off from work just to play this.

[@CerebralOrigami]

Love this game! Looking forward to starting a new one!

[@echo-One]

No new sound for the 4x4...so glad that there are mods. Great video, all the important intel and super smooth and engaging to watch!

[@sunshinepotatodylan]

GOOD JOB !!

[@brianhum8765]

To be clear on the trader tiers; while it does force you to go to the next biome for the trade route mission, that previous trader will still have the next tier of missions (rekt will force you to go talk to jen to get to T2 but rekt will have t2 missions same as jen). This is big because this won't entirely force you to move your base every time you tier up or move away from friends who are still working on lower tiers. You can also find legendary parts for that T6 crafting surprisingly early on (on a standard loot server I found one in a treehouse on at most a tier 2 lot in the pine forest with only the helmet mod that gives +loot so my loot stage was still pretty low).

[@WaywardEko]

Yup they corrected legendary parts ... have to be above gamestage 15

[@deep_water]

Great vid thanks

[@jcsyjc]

Top notch editing & prep

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks so much!

[@masiczobe6074]

Looking forward to the new release 👍

[@Jamie_Pritchard]

I like it all! Think I'll start playing again once it actually releases.

[@leandroarbr]

As someone who plays this since the first alpha version I can tell the new character textures are a HUGE improvement.

[@WaywardEko]

So much nicer .. especially when playing MP.

[@alpozcvk6146]

finally a good gore system and AMAZING VIDEO

[@WaywardEko]

thanks so much - the gore is amazing!