Please fix/patch Sneaking Alongside Buildings.

[CptMugwash 16]

Hey guys,

I'm just gonna jump straight into it,

Not all buildings decrease your detectability from zeds, hiding behind walls, wooden/concrete, should decrease your sight, aswell as trees, bushes, wrecks, etc. There's been many a time when I've be sneaking alongside a building and attracting a huge amount of zeds or getting unwanted attention from hiding behind a wall. Zeds have a ridiculous amount of detection like a walking radar with teeth. Something has to be done, for the mod and SA.

[GotBeanZ 45]

You should have seen it before 1.7.4.4, dude. I heard it was awful, you couldn't lose them.

Edited December 1, 2012 by GotBeanZ

[beastoverlord 574]

No... The old, old, old versions were far worse. 1.7.3 and most previous seemed pretty good. It seems in 1.7.4 that either they caused zombies to have greater detection abilities or I have lost all of my sneaking abilities.

[[email protected] 73]

Hey guys,

I'm just gonna jump straight into it,

Not all buildings decrease your detectability from zeds, hiding behind walls, wooden/concrete, should decrease your sight, aswell as trees, bushes, wrecks, etc. There's been many a time when I've be sneaking alongside a building and attracting a huge amount of zeds or getting unwanted attention from hiding behind a wall. Zeds have a ridiculous amount of detection like a walking radar with teeth. Something has to be done, for the mod and SA.

Ok so line of sight isn't really the factor to consider here, the zombies in DayZ are much more attuned to hearing than sight. But I can attest to the fact that unless there are Zed's less than 10m away from you, crouch-walking around should be sufficient.

Also you'll notice that if you are standing still, your sight meter DOES go down, which of course it would, and even if you are walking along a wall, you're still visible, the meter reflects overall visibility not specifically how visible you are to Zed's/players.

Anyway there's an easy tactic to disperse zombies, you can run around a town all you want, attract as many as you want, simply run though a building that has more than one exit and you can lose all of them. I go stealthy through towns, but inevitably ill tag a Z or 2, then it's sprinting time :-D