deadjuice

I was reading the details, missed the part where you linked to the executable version. Lol I feel you on that. Someday you just can't come with anything compelling, other days, you can't decide on what to stick with. You don't have to let it be creative for you. You can use it as a base or inspiration for a personality.

I like the idea of a simple indicator, personally. But it wouldn't feel very DayZ-ish. As SA is in an alpha state, it might be helpful for feedback and knowledge. (A melee weapon [.i.e the guy with the fireaxe in the middle of the heated gunfight owned you]. You bled out [didn't bandage fast enough]. The zombie did it. A mosen did it [as you entered town. Stay away from that town or be more careful]) But in general, it wouldn't be very immersive. And also, like a lot of people basically mentioned, is unnecessary detail (I believe when it comes to DayZ, that unnecessary detail is a design sin). Having the screen suddenly turn black as the death message slowly forms can be shocking, confusing, or frustrating, but is also very much DayZ. (as in, eliciting a feeling or experience, rather than telling you something that you already known when you've played enough)

I don't like the idea. It's unnecessary information. You only need to worry about 3 things when it comes to tending your wounds: Am I bleeding out? Have I lost a lot of blood? Is anything broken?As for telling where the shot came from and what it hit, a much simpler more immersive system would be just putting a small splatter of low-res blood on the character where they were hit. You can put it right on the model itself, and if you're in first person, you just go into your inv and look at your guy. But either idea is unnecessary anyway. A shot from your far right up in the trees 120m away, can hit your left side of your stomach or your right. Getting shot in the leg might tell you that the bone is in danger, but so will the painful moaning, or the fact that you can't get up.

Maybe someone should post the names of the good loot servers. I have a geared guy on my favorite server, r/Underground (first person), and loot doesn't spawn well on it. He's just managing to survive because he has/had a shit ton of ammo and some luck blitzkrieging north. But I'm running out of bullets, and can't even find a pot to cook meat in. My 3rd person guy, (Welcome to The Jungle typically), is pretty fucked. Loot doesn't spawn well their either. I've already starved to death twice, once on that server, and once on another. I'm going to try Fragnest/net(?), It's the only private shard one I remember.

I'm too scared to play music. Sometimes when I have a half hour hike through the middle of nowhere, I pop on a GFW, Penny arcade, or Joe Rogan podcast, but even that gets me paranoid. I'll be stopping in the middle of the woods and spinning around wild eyed because someone shifted a chair on the podcast. I just can't do it. I usually just sing to myself. And I have a habit, every time I I reach the crest a grassy hill near the coast, I double tap caps-lock and do my best impersonation of "The Hills Are Alive" from The Sound of Music to no one in particular. (I'm waiting for that day I crest the hill, crooning like an shitty opera singer, and meet several geared up bandits that are unimpressed with the reference) The first time I found a truck, I gleefully rolled past Balota and through Electro blaring DMX's "Where the Hood At."

I'm interested in this, but I'm no coder. I'm going to bookmark this for when it becomes something my caveman fingers can just poke the shiny buttons on for results. Also, imho, I don't know if "Nationality" should be a part of the list. This might ruin personalities when you're trying to emulate a particular accent. It's optional, but I think it's unnecessary.