maddogx

The notion of discouraging deathmatch behaviour and encouraging coop isn't bad, at least not in my opinion. It's just that the suggestions on how to do so are 99% shite. As much as I hate deathmatching, I would hate even more to see the whole game screwed up with bandit map markers and such just in the hopes of countering it.

YES It's much more exciting this way. Leave it.

Mmmh, the delicious smell of fresh butthurt in the morning. You can't beat that.

I've found a whole bunch of canteens in towns, though they are more rare now than they used to be. Look harder. ;)

Emulation is the greatest form of flattery, so I guess you wish you were smart like me. ;)

Oh shit, looks like I'm the new troll target. Fun times inbound!

Hehe, "playable zombie race" FTW! xD But then there should be special infected with super realistic abilities, like long tongues and toxic spit. Otherwise it would just get boring... Do it, Rocket! DO IT NAO!

The heartbeat feature is good enough, IMO. Why does the indicator need to be visual? Anyway, I'm a fan of the "hallucination" idea proposed by someone elsewhere on the forums - people with low humanity start hearing shit that isn't there. Zombie aggro sounds, gunfire etc. Paranoia, baby. Not killing people would be the only way to avoid it.

Actually, this is not the case in The Road. Proper apocalypse there. And funilly enough, that film is a perfect example of the "trust no one" mentality we are experiencing in DayZ.

An entertaining idea, but not feasable with the current game mechanics. Respawning or connecting to a different server is too easy. Taking prisoners would only work if the prisoners were willing to roleplay it.

If you understood the mentality, you would be one of them. Be thankful that you aren't.

Some people are just like that. Stop whining about it and do what I do: 1. make sure your mic is working and you're on direct channel. 2. try and get as close to them as possible. (run zig zags and stuff) 3. Shout LALALALALALALALALALALALALA into your mic. 4. If you can get close enough, run in circles around them. 5. Keep shouting LALALALALALALALALALA! I've only ever managed this once, but the guy actually disconnected. :D

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Seconded.

He would have done the same to you, just without the regret part.

I had this idea a few days ago, talked to a friend about it and we both thought it might be interesting, so I decided to post the jist of it here: The idea is to implement a kind of time based "smell radius" for players. Basically, if you stay more or less in the same place for too long (e.g. within the same building or within 10m of one spot, not necessarily afk but not moving too far either), zombies within a certain radius will be able to smell you. The longer you stay there, the wider the radius will become. Zombies within the smell radius should start investigating your area (no aggro until they see or hear you) - they would be drawn to your position, forcing you either to kill them or to move before they find you. On the scripting side, this wouldn't be too hard to implement: poll the player's position every ~5 seconds and check how far he has moved from the last time. If he has stayed within radius R of the initial position for amount of time T, store that position as a "smell location" and give it an initial "smell radius" of X meters (greater than R, but not too high). As long as the player stays within the short distance of this position, keep gradually increasing the radius, up to a certain maximum of Y meters. (Values for R, T, X and Y are debatable). If the player leaves the location for long enough, it should disappear. What do you think of the general concept?

Draw a virtual line between two points in 3D space and see if anything is in the way.

Effing hooray! :D It will be nice being able to sneak into a town again without proning the whole way. xD

This is good to hear.