Death_Dealer

Tin cans.

This idea is still flawed. The virus would have to be airborne for gas masks to actually serve a purpose. If it was airborne and we weren't immune, wouldn't we already be infected? Yep. Also, how come we don't turn into the infected? Because we're immune. It just doesn't add up.

Pretty sure the filters are built-in, and they haven't been manufactured in ages. A lot of these old surplus masks can have harmful materials and chemicals in them, which can harm you or even kill you.

The M17 is an outdated, cheap piece of shit. The M10 included. Most are beyond 20 years past their expiration date. Most don't even work anymore. Hell, I doubt if any even work at all. Tear gas is probably the only think it would protect you against. But even rags can be used effectively against tear gas. I don't think these masks have even been used in the past 10 years. I'd expect something a little more up-to-date, especially since it would be coming from the Chernarussian military. If the infection is airborne, then why don't we get infected 24/7 in the current mod? A gas mask would be useless. I'm also pretty sure survivors are immune to whatever infection that caused everything. /rant

Wait a second... the OP's idea is kind of entirely flawed. The "survivors" (us players) are immune to the 'zombie' infection, which I believe is airborne. The only reason we get an infection from them is because of all the nasty other pathogens that reside on their bodies. Because of this, gas masks and chemical suits would prove useless and just a major inconvenience.

I doubt you would find hazmat suits in Chernarus. If you could, it would be in a military area, like the NWAF. As for gas masks, they just aren't practical. Filters, especially old ones that Chernarussians would probably use, don't last long in contaminated environments. Not only that but I don't think there would be many filters just floating around Chernarus. Most would be expired anyway. And don't count on running for very long with a gas mask on, you'll pass out.

It seems like just yesterday this topic was posted... time sure has flown.

"lewt" My new favorite word.

I approve of the name.

He's the community comedian, duh.

For some reason the MP5 looks unappealing to me... :| Well the non-SD version. I love the look of the integrated silencer.

Pick a spooky or eerie song. The song you picked I felt really made DayZ look like a totally different game.

Well I don't know about underground bunkers, as Chernarus is (was) mostly inhabited by rural farmers. They wouldn't be able to afford that kind of stuff.

Maybe you could find said loot in the cellars of certain houses, but they're locked. So you'd need something like a crowbar to break the lock and access the booty. I think this could balance it out quite nicely.

Yes, but by truck. I only walked the entire west section and some of the north areas by Skalka.

Yeah, really sucks. I only found a few true vanilla servers, all of which had 0 players 24/7. :( All I can find is "xXx420blazeitxXx's server [1,000,000+ vehicles] [50,000+ helicopters] [PvP OFF] [start with DMR]" Oh, how I miss the old DayZ times...

Looks great but video memory should be set to "Default". When you set it to low, normal, high, etc that's setting a cap on how much your video card performs, so it doesn't work to its full potential.

>mfw people for gun control say clip instead of magazine

The west is still filled with nothing but forests, like the current Chernarus. However, many new towns are being added to the very north part of the map. I think this will create a nice balance between villages, cities, and wilderness. Chernarus in ArmA 2 is just too bland and empty.

The ability to wear nothing but underwear and radios are going to be abused to shit.

Most areas would not require a gas mask or NBC suit, but some would. I'm pretty sure there aren't any NBC suits lying around Chernobyl, and any gas mask filters that may be there are long expired. Perhaps the backstory could be the military went in to the area, tried to clear it, but got quickly overwhelmed by the infection.

Yes it is. A pretty wide area gets flattened when you move proned. A wider flattened area wouldn't even make sense. The only grass that should get flattened is the grass your body is directly lying on. As for the grass being flattened when you walk, as Statik said, it would just cause unnecessary server lag.

These are already in ArmA 2.

Getting looked at funny for drinking my own piss. Better drink my own piss. But really, it was some stupid dare when I was a kid. Hey, I made about $5 off of it. :D