BVG

When Dean was talking in the lastest blog post about the zombie path finding method you guys are currently using; with the short(er) distance path finding, i got an idea. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdcVPKD803E Would it not be an incredible immerse experience if the zombies because they are only tracking/ path finding you for a short (maybe very short) amount of time, to be able to bump into and fall over objects? If you jumped over a fence for instance, some zombies might make it over and others might not. Thus getting you really into the experience and providing more 'solutions'. I know you guys are still working on the pathfinding and animations so it might be worth looking into. Also i know that it won't simply be the quality of for example the 'Left for dead' animation, physic system but even half of that would be awesome. The zombies don't have to be that agile but at least be able to get to you in ways you might not think they could. An other example would be 'seven days to die'; in that game they can get you even though the floor (breaking though it). Now i don't expect something like this 'seven days to die' but i really feel the need for more dynamics with the zombie following/ engaging the player. :) - BVG

Well yes, but they don't have to get rid of the colision avoidance altogether, they can make exceptions for certain objects (like a fence). So just like a door, the zombie ai has to check if the door is open or not to choose if that is a viable path or not. I know this requires code change but a quick and simple solution would be; Is the zombie chasing a player? Yes>Is the player suddenly further away; did the player in question just executed an hop command? Yes> Is there a (special object : fence) in the way of the shortest route? Yes?Random function that chooses the outcome. (and or specify more conditions).Option A: Execute zombie fence fall animation. Option B: Execute zombie hop animation. It can be possible; I am not saying that they should do it at the same level as gta4, i am just saying they should make the zombie interaction more diverse. If i were to make it as simple as possible you could have the 'hop' animation on the zombies that make it over the fence and a separate animation of a zombie falling over it. And let an ai script randomly choose an outcome of that group/ horde or individual zombie. That way you don't need an advanced ragdol ;) So i don't know how easy or hard this would be to implement and if this would even work but i think its worth looking into at least :beans:

Hi there, I was just playing on DayZPanthera - La Cantina 3 (around ~3pm amsterdam time UTC +1) when my player got hijacked by the hacker. When i approached one of the barracks my player got completely taken over and he (the hacker) walked my character towards him and started shooting at me. I was lucky enough to abort in time. But what the hell is this kind of hack, i have seen teleporting, item spawning, nuking etc but this takes it to the next level <_< Cant wait for the standalone :) - removed ip.

Hopefully community made assets can make it into the game, this looks better then the body bags we have currently in the game. It would be pretty cool if you can (instead of hiding a body) put it in a body bag and have the player (or other players) be able to go back and open the bag and get some their things back; with the added possibility of getting sick or something. Anyway good job :) :beans:

Hey, Does someone know how to retrieve gear from these kind of buildings ? :beans: :) I can't seem to 'reach it'. Thx!

Okay thanks for the info, noted. Broke my legs three times trying to get it..

Got a video of me minding my own business and being teleported to cherno/elektro and almost killed by a hacker. Don't know who the hacker was, but it was on ru#500. Video Pics http://i47.tinypic.com/1z4wp3l.png http://i45.tinypic.com/2j3qsno.png Sorry if this is posted in the wrong section

I also just lost 2 tents in DE478 with all kinds of great stuff in there. (including some very rare items) My buddy and i have scavenged for a full day to fill those 2 tents. Damn >:( 1.7.2.5 / 96015

Happening to me as well :( (Since I've updated my game to 1.7.2.5 / 95948). I don't lose my gear but get spawed at the beach. It Happens 2 or 3 times a day on all kinds of servers. There is really no point of walking towards something/ "objective" because of this.. (funny status message "On the Coast")