Tricky_Vic

This gun would be good for just close quarters. 10ft or any farther and it's pretty much useless.

It's in that suggested weapons thread

So we all know that depending on the state of an item or clothing that if it looks bad, it's either damaged or ruined. If it looks good, etc. But, but what if there was weathering to indicate how long it had been lying around? I'll see if I can flesh this out a bit- >Player A finds M4 on the ground >Depending on where he found it, the weathering and coloration may depend >Outside-M4 is dirty, scratch marks here and there, but otherwise it OPERATES in pristine condition. >Inside-Depending on what building its located in, it's not as bad as it was outside- >>Normal Home-Little wear and tear here, totally fine. >>Military Base-Clean, crisp, ready to fight. >>Outdoors-like quarters(tents, outposts, deer stands, etc.)-Mix of outside and normal home. >Player A picks up M4 on ground, they can either increase the wear on the gun using spraycans and (must be outside) some dirt on the ground to increase the weathering. >Player A can also use 1 rag to clean the gun, rag has about 4 uses before it becomes ruined. >Player A can also increase weathering to use it as bait, placing it in a location such as outside or in a base, or as an indicator of "I just found this, I'm totally harmless with it." Now lets change it up a bit. Player A gets killed by Player B. >M4 has bloodstains depending on where Player A was hit. >Like before with player A, the weapon can be dirtied with blood and/or dirt, or it can be cleaned, though 2 rags will have to be used and if the gun is bloody and Player A was infected/sick, there is a slight chance for infection due to the fact that sanitary measures were not taken to clean the gun of blood. I think I've hit off enough about guns, though I'd imagine clothes would work the same way. Buuuuut. What about spraycans to not just mimic weathering, but to decrease visibility, and not just for guns either, clothing and equipment too. "but that's overpowered!" Not without side effects and limitations. Players can suffer from light chem poisoning if they aren't careful. Poisioning is probably a strong word though, how about, irritation? Irritation results in slightly staggered aim, similar to pain but on a much smaller scale. Also, some blurriness may occur, though it's not too bad. Some status's of certain types of equipment and clothing can come out at a lower type of condtion if not careful, though it won't be ruined. You'll need a binding solution, something to keep the paint on the object if you wanna have it permanently(Not too hard to find, factories, shops, etc.). and about that being careful part, it's a 50% chance to screw up and add too much or add too little paint to an object. Too much/little will give the status mis-painted and object in choice may have patches of it's original color still showing. Oh, and it doesn't just have to be black and green. Wanna add on to those punk boots you rarely find every now and then? Post-apoc punk bandits anyone? Wanna go farther? When/if players can use natural resources such as bushes, trees, and the like for whatever in future updates, they might be able to make a really raggedy faux "ghille" suit. Going too far? lasts for maybe an hour in terms of ingame time, or about 3 hours in real life time. plant matter falls off and rots off. The kicker to it is that the materials required take even longer to find, minus the green goodies you can find everywhere. It's making the greens stick together and actually hold on that matters most. This isn't an actual suit, it's more of a cheap placeholder, think of it as sticks acting as the base, and leaves/plant matter acting as extra camouflage in addition to whatever you're wearing. (I can't think of a name for this kind of thing, anyone know what we could call this?) Last part- Indicators. Spraypaint a rag, tie around your arm, leg, hand, head, gun, where ever. You can use whatever colors or even a simple design to indicate who is who. Last last part, or in this case-a couple more parts- -Same way with the raggedy-faux ghille suit, what about blinds and such so you and your buddies can stay hidden? -Wanna stay hidden in the city? Same raggedy faux-ghille suit-With trash instead of leaves and sticks. The only trade-off is that you are a bit louder when you move but it lasts like normal clothing. Couple New ideas- >Use rags from torn shirts to increase the longevity of weapons by covering them. >Find a ghille suit? separate it into parts, and use them to cover your weapon. >Spraying ballistic helmets? >Bush type Ghille suit?

Added a couple things to OP at the bottom.

http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/172276-the-communitys-list-of-suggested-weapons-for-dayz-standalone-version-1092/ Just gonna leave that there.

well, what if it was based on the status of the paint? Badly damaged results in a much higher chance of the paint can outputting or failing to output as much paint.

Well, after reading your posts, lemme go back and change the OP again. Thanks for correcting me on that.

Server would have to be isolated from cloud server if you ask me. Though I would look forward to a zeus-type/Zombie Master gamemode in the coming development of dayz.

I like this. A lot.

Ghille suit is actually made from plants, etc. Not the synthetic look-alikes. It's not gonna last forever, it's meant to be a temporary fix, i.e. really situational. And since you can't see people very well in this game if they've got the camo on, imagine what a ghille suit could do. Fixed the OP again, sorry about that. And as for poisoning, I'll fix that up in the OP. mmm... you've got a point.

I remember reading that the gun jams a LOT. Plus, too much sustained fire will overheat the barrel and keep the gun from shooting. Stick with the more common guns then work your way up.

Arma 3's engine is running this? Well, guess your idea might work out after all. I'm just worried it might stress the servers a bit.

I feel like that would be too much at the moment. I'm trying to stay within limits of the game atm, and I feel like adding symbols and such would take waay more resources than it should since we're talking about the arma 2 engine.

well instead of status changes, why not a texture change instead? Or does the status/type of weapon change HAVE to change with the texture.

Okay then, how about military/civilan weapons that have had significant modifications done to them? Such as the sawed off Mosin, called the obrez Or an FNX 45 who's previous owner decided to weld a carbine attachment to his gun for whatever reason? Basically, weapons that are already ingame that have had such major modifications done to them that the list wouldn't be too overloaded, but it gets the point across. As for weathering guns, I'll get started on forming a topic for that.

Game needs some more homemade stuff, because if zeds hit, and there aren't that many guns around, I'd be working at the bench too. http://www.bryanandac.com/new_page_10.htm http://kk.org/streetuse/archives/weapons/ (go down a bit lower) http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/06/12/wait-until-you-see-the-cool-do-it-yourself-guns-posted-by-a-person-on-reddit/ Maybe some weathering on weapons, like such- http://www.gasguns.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=12108&start=0

Sooo...Homemade guns that can be crafted anyone?

Good job man, brought it to them.

check your documents folder and delete the dayz profiles stored there. Might fix your problem.

I sea what you did there.

The way I see it, the journey is more important than the destination. It's a good way to keep your cool for a game like this.