dashx73 (DayZ)

http://www.reddit.com/r/dayz/comments/1wim05/dayz_map_converted_to_island_with_various_climates/ It's never fun to find the edge of a game world that looks like this... so I came up with a solution that I think will create a better environment for dayz. I have converted the map into an island to give an example of what I would like to see. Chernarus Plus Island Map [LARGE MAP HERE] Furthermore I think various climate zones could be implemented later on, Including climates like "snow, desert, or radiation" These climates could require additional or specialized equipment to enter these areas, such as gas masks, rad pills, heat packs or warm winter gloves and jackets, or in the case of a desert area, require extra water, or perhaps the need to take your clothing off during the day, and wear it during the night. What do you think? p.s here is another post I made about converting the looting into container scavenging. http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/168389-loot-able-objects-like-the-fridge/

It's never fun to find loot that looks like this, stuck halfway into a wall or sitting on a bed or locker just out of hands reach with no way to get to it. .. so I came up with a solution that I think will create a better environment for dayz. Container Scavenging! - All of the container type objects currently displayed in the game would be converted to have a "gear menu" and become dispensers for various loot types that are sorted into catagories and found only in certain types of containers. STEP 1 - Player See's container and recognizes it as a source for "Food Loot" Walks up to the container and presses the action button. Step 2 - Sound Plays (rusty old fridge door) Inventory opens and Loot able Items inside container show up in the vicinity column.. ( vicinity could be renamed while accessing the container name, in this case it would say "fridge) Step 3 - Player Drags Items into Inventory and walks to look for next container Here are some examples of more containers already found in the world, Imagine all the different loot that could be found in them! You could find gas cans, the portable stove, and maybe some rotten cooked meat. Perhaps this sink could be used to refill water bottles? Watch out for contamination! Perhaps there is an old rifle or some ammunition in this old closet. Defiantly a flashlight or some duct tape, and a pair of old shoes in there, looks like someone left their can of beans on the way to work. Oh look more canned foods, perhaps some pots and pans as well My grandpa used to keep his revolver in the side table by his bed just like this one. I bet there is some books, or even a map, or perhaps some other strange treasures in here. Here's where I'll find that pen i was looking for, some battery's perhaps, I wonder what else is in here. Time for some new clothes, or maybe even a backpack. Rotten Kiwi I see you, oh look some old rags. I found tools in the tool shed! One of my biggest frustrations with dayz at the moment is loot placement. I walk into a house and I see a fridge, a sidetable, a desk, a stove, a fireplace, a closet, a bed, a kitchen counter, sinks, bathtubs, shelves, the list goes on and on, yet I am completely ignoring them! Some of you may remember this type of script being used while accessing the vehicles or tent "gear" menu in Dayz Mod. I have just reimagined the same process being used for containers to store and spawn loot in various places around the world. What do you think? Here is an easy link back to the reddit post, leave your comments! http://www.reddit.com/r/dayz/comments/1wlbup/dayz_loot_converted_to_container_scavenging_with/

When I first noticed that the pay day masks in the game, I became disappointed and felt that it takes away from the dayz "aesthetic". I questioned why are these "Pay Day" masks even the in the game? Okay masks would be cool, but do we seriously need to just copy and paste them from another game? I remember rocket talking at an interview saying the direction he was going to take was closer towards " The Road (2009) - the movie, or the Book of ELI, or even Mad Max and the Thunder dome. "I would have preferred long beards instead of these payday masks" Image if we got some of the cool masks from "mad max" I remember playing the Pay Day 2 Game on xbox 360 and my least favorite part about the game was that it was sort of "revolving around the idea of these masks, and I felt that it seriously took away from the "main concept of what the game was suppose to be about" robbing banks, not "mask collector" I felt those same masks ruined their game, so please just remove them so that it doesn't ruin yours. "Pay day 2 wasn't about robbing banks it was about collecting masks" Please note this is just my opinion but I suggest that you remove the masks from the game and create your own that are more "dayz themed" with those original thoughts in mind when you spoke about the clothing in all your interviews prior to the release of standalone. I guess for now I can always wear a motorcycle helmet, as for now there doesn't seem to be much original content, and I would be willing to bet that the the Pay day masks are the only thing not directly imported from the ARMA 2.5 civilian clothing database. Here is another thread with a topic I agree with on the same subject. http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/167091-less-military-more-apocalyptic-clothing/ now that the game has made over $30 million dollars? Sold over a million copies for $30 each... I hope they can hire some new talent to get the content we want to see.

Curious if any of the dev team has even seen this.

Perhaps Chernarus was attacked by a giant nuclear megalodon squid., that bit chunks out of the land and turned it into an island leaving only a very small sector of radiation as it returned into the ocean! The radiation caused cities to grow from the earth like flowers and expanded the coast, this all happened in such rapid and seemingly impossible speeds that it even changed the weather in various sectors, and turned the citizens into "the walking dead" who knows? On Dayz Island anything is possible

If the map was converted to be similar to the one I have created, I can't think of any reasons people would complain for spawning in at the coast, an even better solution would be to parachute them in.

When we were playing earlier, I noticed it seems to take significantly less time to travel to some of the same locations we were used to traveling, almost like they made it smaller.. or took out some of the spaces in-between. But perhaps its just dayz mind games..

Meanwhile in russia, I mean reddit ! http://www.reddit.com/r/dayz/comments/1wim05/dayz_map_converted_to_island_with_various_climates/ So far most people agree the map should be converted to an island, and more would like to see climate zones included. Those who oppose the idea generally argue that the region is based on a "real location" that is not an island, and climate zones would be "unrealistic". However the majority would like to see these suggestions added into future Dayz gameplay. Those who have discussed the idea are still a very small percentage of the overall community; many have yet to give their feedback.

Has anyone heard any other official announcements, that would cover these suggestions? Or is it generally just casually said over a live stream?

Bohemia Hosted Servers.. One central sever, that can phase players/ objects/ or anything in and out of instances with each other based on location.. Ever played the game Defiance?

The more than $30 million they made ought to cover it..

The same dev that said he wanted to make the world endless?

Let the real place inspire you, but lets just make it an island with various climates for the sake of gameplay

why do you think gta 5 online converted California into an island?

no more debug plains please!

should have been done from the very beginning..

So what happens when I run into the end of the future expansion? more empty space.? Island or bust, perhaps if a player ventures out to sea, storms could overtake them.. ..and a game world like this would add so much more to the immersion , i'm stuck on an island, instead of i'm walking into a world with no textures.

What is CK2?

I'm glad I'm not the only one who had this thought... .but seriously you wore american flag masks during your eastern europe costume balls?

So is this something they plan on doing in 2014?

I finally learnt how to post on reddit

Finally someone who's brain wasn't eaten by the zombies

you're hired! welcome to the dev team start making hot air ballons now please

strongly agree ....

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