stoddard.carl@yahoo.com 1 Posted November 18, 2012 (edited) I was remembering good old game titles. This idea came to me from the game Starseige tribes. They had a basic vocal emote system, but it was the bomb to use. This led me to think of a suggestion for Dayz that would increase the humanity/connectivity towards other players.Vocal emotesThe idea is, you hold a "bound" key to bring up a pop up window in your HUD. That gives you a list of emotes to click on. And the lists of emotes are setup into sections titled along the lines of "Yell,say,whisper" you would click on one of those three, then a new window would pop up with a list of things your character could say through the game volume unlike normal mics going on VOIP.I also should add, these emotes would be short and sweet. for instance. "hello?" "shhh" "GET DOWN" "SNIPER" not a 30 second banter about a stupid joke.After you select your emote of your choice. Lets say "say" "water here" you automaticly type 'water over here" in direct chat, while your character verbally speaks the words "water over here" Along with whisper could be in direct chat also. However "Yell" would have to be made into a seperate chat dialog, as if you were to yell, you could hear it 300yards away.Lets say your character walks into a building at night, and you hear footsteps. and Lets say the "P" key is your emote key.So you hit P and then click whisper. After hitting whisper, you click "Is anyone there?" Your character whisper "Is anyone there?" in the game volume and it would be typed in the direct chat. And the other player could whisper "nope"On top of this, if we were able to change individual voice tone with the arma's option. That would be awesome, instead of having the same generic tone for everyone.This entire idea is to help when people have internet connections,voip/mic problems,not having a mic. And it adds a more human aspect. One thing I hate the most is yelling at someone over my mic are they friendly/what is their name. And I was so caught up in the action. That I never checked the chat box.."Dont shoot bro i'm new!" A lone surviver killed because I couldnt hear them....Emotes could have saved that poor soul.The idea behind this, is that it is entirely vocal so...No I am not asking for /dance or /chicken or /violinThats just /silly... Edited November 18, 2012 by ComradeWithers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stoddard.carl@yahoo.com 1 Posted November 18, 2012 Also I'd like to add. Just try to imagine a gun fight inside of a city. It would sound more like a battlefield with everyone yelling "3rd floor!" "Cover me!" "Medic!" and such. I really hope this idea could be possible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fraggle (DayZ) 15720 Posted November 18, 2012 Why do we need vocal emotes when we have our own voices? Surely it's easier to just talk than pressing mutliple key combinations? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faceman Peck 93 Posted November 18, 2012 Why do we need vocal emotes when we have our own voices? Surely it's easier to just talk than pressing mutliple key combinations?+1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CombatWombat (DayZ) 63 Posted November 18, 2012 Why do we need vocal emotes when we have our own voices? Surely it's easier to just talk than pressing mutliple key combinations?What he said! If you really worry that badly, use autotune or something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dallas 5195 Posted November 18, 2012 (edited) I took severe psychological damage after playing Return to Castle Wolfenstein MP. Whenever I play a game with Voip, I have to constantly restrain myself from shouting "Ima engineer!!!!" over and over. Edited November 18, 2012 by Dallas Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
