Confirmed Version 1.0 (Alpha 22) Features – 7 Days to Die Mods (2024)

News

Here you’ll find a compilation of confirmed features and content for 7 Days to Die Version 1.0 (Alpha 22).

New Armor System

• All new art
• Replaces old clothing & armor systems
• Themed armor sets like farmer, lumberjack, commando
• Armor sets still consist of pieces that can be mixed & matched
• Acquire and wear the complete set for a bonus
• First person hands reflect what you’re wearing

New Player Character System

• All new player character base models to choose from
• Customize appearance with different parts like face, eyes, hair, facial hair
• Redone animations to support the new characters & armor
• New shaders for hair, eyes, and skin
• Updated player profile editor

New Zombie Variants

• Individual zombies will spawn with one of several albedo texture variants
• Tech allows for one zombie model to have different clothing designs, hair colors, skin colors, etc.
• Performs better than old UMA zombies

New Animal Art

• Animals use a new fur shader
• New stag
• New cougar with new animations
• New bear
• New pig and/or boar
• New coyote
• New wolf
• New rabbit
• New Grace (mutated boar)

New Vehicle Art

• Vehicle appearance changes depending on the mods installed
• New bicycle
• New minibike
• New motorcycle
• New 4×4
• New gyrocopter

New Points of Interest (POIs)

• Tier 4 army camp
• Tier 5 school
• Haven Hotel
• Tier 2 commercial business strip
• Tier 5 football stadium
• Tier 2 apartment building
• More wilderness POIs unconnected to roads to discover
• New POI trigger improvements, like AND/OR logic for doors

RWG Improvements

• Reduced memory usage
• Improved stamp performance
• Faster road generation
• Improved road smoothing
• Roads carve through mountains
• Improvements to RWG preview camera
• Improved UI layout for RWG creation
• New biome generation algorithm places less blocky biomes, insures all biomes are present, and may put one biome in the center
• Burnt forest biome is back in RWG

New Props/World Art

• Pallets of recycled cans and cardboard
• Campsite tents
• Road decals
• Can place blocks on top of road paint

New Graphics & Visual Effects

• Fire barrel
• New blood effects when bleeding
• New blood effects when dismembered
• New gore art/tech for dismembered zombies
• New contact shadows and ambient occlusion

Optimization/Performance

• A new window tinting system makes window glass opaque until you get close. Occluding the interior improves performance, especially for skyscrapers.
• Game updated to Unity 2022 LTS with better Vulkan and DX12 support
• New lighting update manager
• Ambient occlusion better handles large amounts of props
• Block entities (props) spawn over multiple frames
• Gameplay balancing is ongoing.

Console Edition

• Version 1.0 (Alpha 22) will be released for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S along with Windows/Mac/Linux.
• It will be the same game on PC and console, with the same features & content.
• TFP are in talks hoping to offer a discount for players that own the legacy 2016 console release.

Release Date

Version 1.0 (A22) Target Release Date: Summer 2024

Post-1.0 Roadmap

Storm’s Brewing (Q4 2024)

• Weather system & biome progression overhaul
• Wardrobe system
• Crossplay/random gen for consoles
• Plus: additional zombie stages, spawn near friend, Twitch drops, outfit DLCs and much more

A New Threat (Q2 2025)

• Bandits
• UI/main menu overhaul
• Event system
• New quest type

The Road Ahead (Q4 2025)

• Trader overhaul
• Story mode
• Steam workshop support
• New quest type

Gallery

Note: Alpha 22 is not finished (obviously), and some content was labeled as a work in progress at the time it was shown.

New Armor & Player Character Systems

New Zombie Variants

New Animal Art

New Vehicle Art

New Points of Interest (POIs)

Tier 4 Army Camp

Tier 5 School

Haven Hotel

Tier 2 Commercial Business Strip

New Props/World Art

New Graphics & Visual Effects

Console

Source: Version 1.0 (Alpha 22) Dev Diary