Macnme

Did a few searches, I'm certain this will have been suggested before...but maybe not in this exact form; In short: A shout hotkey that will shout a phrase such as "Hello/Friendly/Don't shoot". Obviously, shouting will attract zombies

I suggested the same thing in my first post. Was told that Rocket had already dismissed the idea. It 'would' be a cool game mechanic... But scatalogical content is something most publishers shy away from.

I like it (the suggestion, not drinking my own piss). Would tie in perfectly with my 'bowel evacuation' system...and yet another in game reason for implementing it. I think there should be a percentage chance that you vomit from the taste though, there-by dehydrating you even more (and also losing some food bar). It is for emergencies only after all.

I'm of the opinion that things should be getting harder for you the longer that you survive. For one - you will not be getting all of the nutrients of a proper, healthy, varied diet - so you would get weaker and weaker as the days go by - even if you are eating regularly (you can starve to death from eating nothing but rabbit meat for instance - true fact); Also, you will be unwashed - so the longer you go on surviving - the more ripe your smell; the easier it will be for zombies to detect you. eg;

Fine - smash an empty bottle to be able to equip it as a weapon; ...but there should be just as much chance that you slash your hand open on a shard of glass and start bleeding out.

Obviously, shouting at the top of your voice would have it's advantages and disadvantages. It would be as audible as a gunshot. bandits could use it to lure survivors to their doom, and survivors could use it to try and find other survivors... then it's just down to a matter of trust.

Point taken. But this would be a Mic-less option though. it could also have a longer range than the local chat... as you are shouting at the top if your voice, rather than just talking audible only in your immediate surrounding. About the same audible effect as the lee Enfield, if you see what I mean. could also be a "HELP ME" shortkey, same effect.

If you die by the hands of zombies certainly. It'd also give you a chance to recover your stuff by looting your previous characters now zombie form. or even just a percentage of the loot.

Did a search, but couldn't find this previously suggested. Very simple idea - a bladder/bowel meter. As you drink, it fills up a bladder meter, once it fills up so much, you will need to go for a pee, this will make you vulnurable for a few seconds. Same with you bowels, as you eat the bowel meter fills, once it is so full, you will need to take a poo. Pooing and peeing both cause a smell that nearby zombies will investigate. Not going to the toilet for a while will cause iron-sight shake until you relieve yourself. also, if you don't go to the toilet for a long period, then you will eventually shit/piss yourself...making you stink to high heaven, greatly increasing zombies detection of you (as they have keen sense of smell). Also, if you fall unconscious with a full bladder/bowel, you will also shit/piss yourself. a shovel could be used to dig a latrine to help cover the smell. imagine the indignity of a bandit gunning you down, and then taking a dump on your corpse. what do you guys think? do-able?

Also, things like baked beans would fill your bowel meter faster than eating fresh cooked meat...so, as long as you watch your diet...you could limit the impact of the bowel meter to a minimum (once every 48/72 hours eg)

See, I think that would be brilliant to see in game. thing is, You would only soil yourself were you to fall unconscious or take fright when the bladder/bowel meters were full (flashing red)... So you would be fully aware that you were 'touching cloth'. But you would only have the option to empty the meter once it goes yellow. tweak the salute animation for pissing (hand goes to crotch instead of head), and tweak the sitting animation for shitting (female characters also use this animation for pissing also). I think it would be a great game mechanic.

no, but it would be a hilarious punctuation :)

Zombies can smell your excretions... If you were to soil yourself (be that through losing conscioisness, becoming alarmed while the bladder meter is full, or through ignoring your bodily functions) you would be a lot more detectable by zombies (no more crawling around with impugnity). It would also increase the danger for groups of survivors, as the more human effluent in an area, the more zombies would be drawn to the smell. then there's the disease aspect (drinking someone else's wash water). I don't agree at all that it would "serve no purpose". It would create more random 'story' moments and add an element of strategy to the food/water system.

No, those ideas are your own. The pee meter would fill roughly 3 times per day, the poo meter about once per day. I don't think having to stop for a minute 3 or 4 times in a 24hour period would be so unbearable?

Bout 2 weeks or so... The while idea behind the toilet system is to make you even more vulnerable to all types of attack... Be that zombies or bandits. right now, water doesn't really serve a purpose. if they were to add the ability to fill a water canister or drink from a lake or pool of water, then you could unknowingly be drinking contaminated water (that someone has just washed themselves in), possibly giving you a disease.

You have base needs of hunger and thirst... The obvious consequence of this would be the need to evacuate your bowels/bladder. It would prevent people from drinking or eating without need, as this would fill up their bladder/bowel meter quicker.

"Everybody Poops", or so the saying goes. It's the great levelled. it would mean that everyone would have that moment of extreme vulnerability...when they desperately need to go to the toilet - with smell increasing the chance of zombies roaming towards you. It could also be triggered by a sudden ambush.... You get so frightened that you literally shit yourself. You could wash off the smell by taking a swim.