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I'm having a really bad case of overheating with this Patch. My laptop tends to overheat when it's worked too hard, so it's a problem with me, not the game. However, with the aim of avoiding this issue, what would be the best way to minimise the strain the game places on my computer? Like the best way to minimise the amount of work the computer has to do to run it (I've already reduced the Graphics settings in-game to the minimum available through the Graphics menu).

My idea is that cold should be made a bigger threat. Right now, the way that coldness is variable is good, and the heat comfort value system is a very neat way of doing things. My only change would be to make getting cold more likely, especially considering the Russian climate. The driving force in me requesting this is that I have never needed to build a fire or consume cooked food in Dayz. As an avid camper, I know that this is simply ridiculous. You cannot expect to keep warm in a cold environment if you only consume food which is at ambient temperature, especially if its raining or windy. Therefore I would implement the following system. The player spawns with a special buff which protects them from the cold for 20 minutes of gameplay (giving them a decent heat comfort value for that time), which then wears off to give them the heat comfort value of spawn clothing. This 20 minute window would allow players to acquire clothing. Heat comfort values of clothing would be reduced significantly. I can tell you from past experience that the warmest looking coat will do nothing on its own, and so I would recommend allowing players to wear layers. This would allow you to wear a t shirt under your coat, tracksuit trousers over your jeans, that sort of thing. The extra storage space would also be welcome. This would result in warm clothing and layered clothing becoming more precious, and force players to put more effort into choosing their clothing. With heat comfort values lowered, players would be forced to make more use of fires, heat packs and warm food. As a final note, clothing could be added as high value gear with heat comfort values close to what we have now, but relatively high in my revised system. For example, a furry winter Russian hat (the style Russian police and soldiers wear in films) or a windproof/waterproof hikers jacket would be rare and high heat comfort items which would be coveted by players who are constantly fighting off hypothermia. Keen to hear people's thoughts and suggestions.

It would be cool to make CPR an option in DayZ. I get that CPR often doesn't work, however it would be a nice feature for those playing as medics. The idea would be that if someone has suffered intense trauma (which does lead to cardiac arrest in real life, with bleeding being the cause of roughly a quarter of cardiac arrests in under 50s), their heart stops, and this causes their blood rating to fall rapidly. Once you bandage them, you then select -attempt to resuscitate- from menu options, giving a small (my 1st aid instructor said that likelihood of survival goes up by 50%) chance to restore blood by a certain amount and reduce shock by a certain amount, while also cancelling out the "cardiac arrest" status. Obviously this is a lot of effort for a slightly weird design feature, but in late game development I think this would be cool.

You clearly didn't read my post. There is a key difference between CPR (which involves using your hands as a sort of manual pump for the person's blood) and Defibrillation. I know that there are defibrillators in game, but CPR and defib are very different.

Bit of an odd suggestion, but it just occured to me that it would be cool if Priest's clothing spawned in the churches. I may or may not be planning an Evangelist Playstyle. Obviously not super high priority, but it would add some more depth, even if few people ended up using them.

Okay, scratch all of that, assassins priest disguise from the Assassin's Creed Franchise, complete with hidden blade, armour, and poison.

Just found my first auto weapon, the AKM. I'm enjoying the single shot mode, but I want to switch to automatic fire. How can I do this? Thanks.

Just saw a post about hiding Derringer pistols in boots. This got me thinking. Why isn't the storage system more flexible? Here are some ideas of items that could be stored more efficiently: Tent: Can be tied to backpack at the back (I do this when I go camping) so as to avoid using space inside, downside is it will get damp in heavy rain Knives: Military/Jungle boots, regardless of the type of knife Compass: Worn around neck on a string, stays at top of inventory with clothing Water Bottles: Mountain Backpacks and Taloon backpacks IRL usually have pouches for water bottles on both sides, which don't take up space in the bag can't think of any more, but obviously quite a flexible mechanic.

Right now, if you run without shoes or with ruined shoes you lose health as your run/walk down to 1000 health. I feel that this isn't an accurate portrayal. Foot damage should get its own set of statuses which have negative effects on other things. So: Sore Feet - caused by prolonged walking, no negative effects, can be cured by resting / washing feet Light Blisters - caused by prolonged walking, no negative effects, can be cured by using a plaster (new item) Blisters - caused by prolonged walking, causes walking and running to slow down slightly Heavy Blisters - caused by prolonged walking, causes walking and running to slow significantly Foot Trauma - caused by prolonged walking, cannot run, heals over time, risk of infection (infection can be prevented with tincture/bandages) Heavy Foot Trauma - causes heavy limping, can be reverted to foot trauma with tincture and bandages, risk of infection But how would these be dealt out? Well, all footwear (and possibly socks if they were added as well) should have a Walking Comfort Value. This would be lowest for the starting shoes (which look pretty flimsy) and highest for the Jungle Boots etc. As you walk, your feet take Foot Damage equal to the following equation; FDMG = Terrain Roughness Value / Foot Comfort Value with Terrain Roughness being determined by the texture of the surface (grass being the kindest, woodland being okay, stones being the worst). Now these would all only occur in extreme cases, and the most common ones would be the least damaging, so I don't think it would make the game much harder. It would just add another dimension and replace the slightly bizarre system we currently have. The system could be tiered, so that FDMG can never exceed a certain amount unless you are literally walking on shards of glass (or that sort of thing), limiting the Heavy Foot Trauma to people who run through a place with something that would tear up your feet.

Ideally it would be a well balanced system that rewarded careful use of appropriate footwear, and encouraged use of vehicles such as the truck, and later the bike (or the horse... but then you have issues of the horses' feet degrading, and you need to reshoe them...)

Come on! "Come meet me in Electro" "Can't" "Why?" "My feet are messed up"

This is a radical suggestion, which will anger many. My idea is to make it so that switching between servers will not allow you to keep the character you are using. A character is bound to a server, and cannot be moved. My inspiration for this came from playing on a private server (by accident). The result is a more enjoyable playing experience. When I encounter another player, I don't immediately assume that their military gear was acquired by server swapping (they could have duped, but different issue). It makes the game more challenging, but I feel more immersed and am enjoying the game more. Considering the advances that have been made in recent builds with persistence and respawning, I would would argue that we don't need the ability to switch servers any more. The added bonus from this would be the effect it would have on the most annoying players. You know, the ones who a) spawn in a 0-3 pop server b) make a beeline for the nearest military base c) collect military gear d) server hop to 10 other low pop servers e) switch onto a high pop server, kill, die and repeat In my experience these guys are the most obnoxious after hackers. This would inevitably ruin the game for them, as they need instant gratification, leaving more DayZ for everyone else. Obviously this is my experience, and I don't know how the community feels about this, so I thought I would ask.

Now that zed AI has been improved, they seem to have 4 states, as laid out by WOBO in his video. When in the unalerted, passive state, I think zeds should be vulnerable to sneak attacks. So, for example, if you get right up behind a zombie armed with a steak knife (not usually a one hit kill to my knowledge) while it isn't agitated, and attack, the game counts it as extra damage. This means no special animations or all of that jazz, just a skyrim style 5x dmg multiplier for sneak attacks to simulate the severing of the trachea or the spinal column etc. Don't know how on earth this could be applied to players (3rd person would ruin it) so it would have to be a zombie only thing. It wouldn't be too hard to implement as far as I can see, now that the zed AI has been made a bit more sophisticated.

Tent in sheltered position would go through the same, but over many weeks rather than in 2 weeks. And this could be prevented by general maintenance, or good weather.

CAMPING EXPERIENCE NO JUTSU!!! A tent might survive in the elements, but it depends on where you pitch it. If you pitch it in a lea, (out of the wind) and protected from the rain, then it will stay as it is forever. I wild camped for 4 days in a single spot using this method on Dartmoor in Winter (which is Britain's version of hell). Out in the elements, a tent will get beaten up quite a bit, and will eventually get soaked. Obviously it depends on the tent, but I wouldn't expect your standard range 4 man tent to survive more than ~2 weeks before collapsing. So, how about tents take wind damage and rain damage when they are exposed to them (you could check both of these with an action on the tent) and this, over time, causes the tent to lose condition. However, there is a difference between collapsed and ruined; extreme winds will make a tent collapse, but it won't always break the poles or tear the material. So; A tent is left exposed in the middle of a field 2 days: Soaked, stuff inside tent is wet 5 days: Material of tent is worn 10 days: Material of tent is damaged, stuff inside tent is soaked (certain foods (not tins) are ruined) 15 days: Material of tent is badly damaged, tent is collapsed, stuff inside tent is damaged (some items are worn, some are ruined, depends on how hardy they should be in general) and soaked

MUST PROTECT REALISM!!! Sorry, seeing as protecting realism is my MO at all times, you cannot nerf landmines. They cannot have an orange tip, because the people who make landmines are sneaky like that. A landmine which is visible is not good at its job. Then there's making them not insta-kill... then what would be the point? Ahah, my ingenious trap has... mildly inconvenienced my enemy. And now they have looted my base. And a 3 second delay... again why? Why would you do that when you were designing a mine? That would make the mechanism so much more difficult to make, and only serve to make the mine less useful. Mines should be kept the way they are; the devs just need to make the call on how common they should be. Personally, I prefer bear traps, as they are much more Walking Dead. Once they start to affect zombies and animals that will be awesome.

I don't know about you, but here is my experience of the latest update. Spawn fresh on a private server, so no hopping. I think the server belongs to a clan of some sort, but it isn't locked. However, they meet up at certain times in the day, so when I spawn a lot of stuff has been looted. At the end of my first session I had a Dry Bag, a Shotgun, warm clothing and a cow taser thingy. After my second I had a rifle, a pistol, a bag full of food, medical supplies, protective gear, military clothing, one of those knife jackets which carry stuff, spare ammo... This build, IMO, is too easy. I can quite easily sneak around, and kill anything with my pistol if it spots me. The only thing left for me to do now is find proper military loot like machine guns etc. As far as basic gear goes, I have everything except a tent and an axe.

I could imagine a zed killing an armed player if you played it right... for example, stalking a player and hiding somewhere to catch them offguard. Might be good fun!

If you are holding your hands in the air, you can still look at the corpse beneath you and see an AK on the dead person's chest/back. I think that this is okay. Organising your inventory and looting without lowering your hands isn't okay. So, you should have the right-click option to quickly grab the gun, and anything else you do automatically lowers your hands so that you can loot those beans.

Occasionally in Dayz I run into pumpkin patches in small towns... why can't we harvest these? Kind of ruins immersion. Would be nice to have abandoned crops like this which can be harvested. Also seeds could be removed and replanted to add to the horticulture mechanic.

And if you can find a server that follows the full day/night cycle, has 12-hour resets and is stable, I will use it. I have never found this server.

I'm not worried about the meat side of cannabalism (personally I think that brain disease should occur after consuming both raw and cooked human meat, and should cause randomly either laughing/crying and/or shaking, WOBO has a strawpoll on this if you are interested) I am more interested in the skinning aspect... skinning a dead human being would be pretty intense and traumatic... Skinning another player for the first time should cause messages to pop up saying a variety of things... e.g. while skinning, your character has a chance to be sick and come up with a message saying: 'I don't think I can do this'. The chance would have to be random to prevent this becoming formulaic. There could be other results of skinning other players, such as shaking, dizziness, hyperventilation etc. Obviously forced emotions is a contentious issue, however since the graphics engine cannot show you the gore and textures of dead flesh and blood, it makes sense for your avatar to react even if you don't. I get that this isn't everyones cup of tea, however since canabailism is going to be a very optional part of gameplay, I think it would be a great testing ground for such a mechanic.

I think that this would be a good fix, as it eliminates all of the problems with the current system... also accomodates players with laptop scrollpads rather than proper mouses. As long as it existed in tandem with the other system I think it would be cool (also a good way to implement stealth kills, pressing a key when crouching to take out a zed silently using a certain weapon). Keep in mind that this is basically in the Last of Us, a game that Dayz would do well to emulate in terms of controls.

Such a cool idea! Would be risky from a stealth point of view, but it would be awesome to see this implemented.

I don't really get how from a balanced viewpoint canabalism is much worse than murder... It is wrong, obviously, and I would never do it in real life. But then so is murder, and I would happily do that in a video game. The only way it seems distressing from a representation pov is if it fails to backup just how traumatising and damaging doing that to someone else would be... that's why I like the laughing sickness and hope it is developed further.