Alpha 19 B-157 Experimental is out! We have added a Game-sparks Opt out option in the game launcher and much more. Here are the full release notes, the forum B-157 Release Notes and how to opt in.

A19 Official Release Notes[7daystodie.com]

Official B-157 Release Notes[community.7daystodie.com]

This is how you access the A19 Experimental build:

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 available <— you want THAT
   
5. Select that and wait for the game to download.

Back in May we introduced a special Beta branch which included the new work-in-progress modular cars. This later made it into Staging, and now modular cars have reached the main game.

• Added Modular Cars
  
• Added Airwolf
  
• Fixed custom skins not appearing on third person models for most tools and melee weapons
  
• Fixed some weapons not centering properly when aiming down sights on ultrawide resolutions (compound bow particularly)
  
• Fixed tool cupboard getting destroyed if triangle spiral stairs were destroyed at other side of wall
  
• Fixed world reflection quality 2 being too bright inside player buildings
  
• Fixed roadside decor sometimes spawning on road at intersections
  
• Fixed unable to mount sofas at bandit camp
  
• Fixed allowing players to place items into minecart container
  
• Fixed Jerry can clipping on rowboat
  
• Fixed triangle grill and ladder hatch bounds
  
• Fixed cave_updown_a inside terrain antihack false positive
  
• Fixed HBHF sensor not receiving damage
  
• Fixed small wooden box being deployed inside trees
  
• Fixed NPCAutoTurrets shooting shopkeepers or conversation providers
  
• Can now push minicopters
  
• Vehicle textures now visibly degrade as a vehicle takes damage
  
• Doors/gates can no longer close while blocked by a vehicle
  
• EAC SDK update
  
• All vehicles send out network ticks immediately after they have a new position on the server to reduce input lag
  
• Default world size is now 4500
  
• Side roads are slightly wider
  
• Smoother road layout (both vertically and horizontally)
  
• Smoother road joining (at intersections)
  
• Moved roadside decor slightly further away from the road
  
• Slight road terrain offset tweak to prevent ground peaking through around intersections
  
• Fully encapsulated bandit town in a safe zone
  
• Animals no longer attack players in safe zones
  
• You can no longer draw a weapon in a safe zone
  
• Players who are not considered hostile take no damage in safe zones (anti roof camper) and sleepers are automatically killed after 20 minutes inside a safe zone instead of needing an NPC to find them
  
• Many more recyclers were added to the compound.
  
• Slightly increased blocker, combiner, branch, memorycell and rand switch culling distance
  
• Large banners now decay when placed outside of building privilege
  
• Increased minicopter decay time outdoors to 8 hours, inside to 36 hours

Greetings, Exiles!

We’re releasing a small hotfix that takes care of a number of crashes related to connectivity issues, a fix for the excessive “pong” messages in server logs, as well as improved messaging in regards to FLS errors.

Thanks again for your ongoing support, and stay safe.

Please remember that updates can mess with your installed mods. We suggest taking a backup of your current database before updating to any new patch if you have mods installed.

• Fixed a number of crashing issues.
  
• Removed excessive PONG logging on the server.

• Improved messaging when FLS login fails due to Steam being unavailable (i.e. Weekly Maintenance, Summer Sale overload).

Greetings Exiles!

The time has come! Avatars are coming back to PC official servers, so get ready to engage in new besieging tactics by summoning your favorite deity and striking your enemy where it hurts.

We’ve released fixes and improvements to the avatar system that address some of its major issues, so improve your altars, get your high tier priests ready and prepare to smash your way through your enemies’ defenses with either Ymir, Mitra, Derketo, Set, Yog or Jhebbal Sag. Each avatar brings its own play-style of destruction, so use them wisely and tactically adapt to the dynamic conditions of each battlefield!

We are planning to enable avatars, on all PC official servers, on Thursday, July 2nd.
Please note that this change might apply after each server has restarted and it might be delayed on some servers depending on network conditions.

We are also doubling decay timers on all official servers. Summer time is here, and you might have plans to spend some quality time with your loved ones. On July 2nd, decay timers will be doubled to 14 days. We will announce at least one week in advance when this change will be reverted.

We hope you have an excellent time during this summer, either in the Exiled lands or outside! Stay safe!

Hey Survivors,
We are proud to announce that the ‘Alpha 19 Public Experimental’ is out! We would like to thank all of the participating Twitch Streamers[7daystodie.com] who showed off the game over the Streamer Weekend event.

A19 Official Release Notes![7daystodie.com]

How you access the A19 Experimental build:

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 available <--- you want THAT
   
5. Select that and wait for the game to download.