Some little things to Improve DayZ

[Murphyman20thGTI 19]

I was just thinking why hasn't any suggested making the characters be able to: Point, Wave, even Jump.

I don't think I have ever played a game where the player can't even jump.. Even Mario can jump! Or is this an ability humans lose in a zombie apocalypse??!!!

And also was thinking it would be perfect for players without a mic to be able to point to direct someone instead of taking time to type in chat or speak in direct chat that can give there position away.

Waving could be a nice little extra feature also!

Just my thoughts thanks for looking.

[morgan32 403]

Even Mario can jump!

Because nigga stole his bike.

[sneekygreenman 196]

Interesting points, ill take them as they come:

Jumping, now I dont know about you, but Jumping, as it stands in some games(Im looking at you COD) is stupidly high. The average human cannot jump very high. I fail to see why jumping would be needed, except, in the tiny, tiny, instance that you would want to jump peek over a wall...

Vaulting is suffiecent for most every task in the game. Perhaps a climb mechanic would be more suited, for instance, to climb onto of an object.

Pointing and waving would be a good mechainc, possibly leave it unbound like the surrendur key.

[boxman80 964]

You're forgetting the game is based on ARMA 2, there was no need for "jump" in a serious military sim. It used to be quite common for tactical games not to feature jumping (Raimbow Six series, Operation Flashpoint etc). It probably wuld be useful for Day Z though, I just dont want to see it leading to loads of people abusing it with "bunny hopping".

I like the idea of a wave or a point though, good idea. A lot of people use teh "friendly dance" or the salute in-game to denote "friendly" though, so I guess a wave is a good idea.

[boneboys 7988]

I can't jump over a small fence with my full of BeanZ Alice Pack on my back.

However I can step over that same small fence.

ArmAII does have directional indication animations so that would be possible.

[DirtyCry 118]

I fail to see why jumping would be needed

So you played dayz? There are so much objects, small fences, stons, shrapnels, zombiesbodys.... so much fuckig stuff.

And whats about the realism? Every fucking human can jump over a 1m high obstacle! You tryed to jump in real life? Try it out! You can jump over cars, chairs, barrels, tables... omfg........ you fail to see why jumping would be needed? You fail at using your brain.

[sneekygreenman 196]

So you played dayz? There are so much objects, small fences, stons, shrapnels, zombiesbodys.... so much fuckig stuff.

And whats about the realism? Every fucking human can jump over a 1m high obstacle! You tryed to jump in real life? Try it out! You can jump over cars, chairs, barrels, tables... omfg........ you fail to see why jumping would be needed? You fail at using your brain.

In a single bound? no, the vault command is adequate as it is. As I had said, anything over the vault commands capabilities could be covered with a climb command.

[DemonGroover 8836]

I agree with Box, the issue i would have is watching loads of players jumping around the place, like in WOW. That would ruin the immersion seeing a load of tools bunny hopping to escape gunfire and zombies.

I just think the vault animation needs a cleanup and also an animation for climbing over walls/ledges etc could be created/used.

[pwajnkaim 1]

Jumping would be a terrible suggestion, you would not be able to jump over a 1m fence in real life without a run-up or carrying a heavy bag and a gun. It would also ruin the immersion seeing a bunch of idiots hopping about the place. I think a climb mechanic would be suitable for getting up high ledges but vaulting should still remain for getting over fences and similar obstacles.

[Blise 2]

Jumping isn't needed and I agree that it will look silly having survivors bunny hopping everywhere.

However a huge improvement would be to add a running vault to the vault mechanic. Currently you must come to nearly a complete stop to hop a fence. Hampering your ability to run from zombies and other players. Picture running at a fence followed by placing one hand on it and hopping both legs over simultaneously. Using your hand as a support to help with the load you are carrying on your back allows you to keep up your speed and assist in making the jump over the fence which would be impossible to do with a jump alone.

[Toilet 204]

http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=17547

This is the only form of "jumping" that would work. We use it on our Arma servers with ACE, it can be quite useful.

[DemonGroover 8836]

http://www.armaholic...ge.php?id=17547

This is the only form of "jumping" that would work. We use it on our Arma servers with ACE, it can be quite useful.

This is a good jumping technique to fly over fences and whatnot but you would still have fools doing this all the time. It would really piss me off to see heaps of players bunny hopping everywhere. Everytime i played WOW (which wasnt very often since the game annoyed me) all i saw was damn fools jumping all over the place.

F**k Leroy Jenkins!

[Toilet 204]

F**k Leroy Jenkins!

Made me giggle, a MANLY giggle of course.

They could jump around like fuckwits all they like. The difference being that your standard CoD style bunnyhop makes you harder to hit, whereas this running vault type of jump makes you easier to hit.

I wouldn't mind if something like this made it to the SA, everyone can jump around like morons, and everyone will receive a burst of 5.56 to the face region, then I will receive their sweet sweet beans.

I would assume in time, once the novelty has worn off people would stop it, when we first started using it we parkoured practically everywhere. Upon realising how easily you get your ass shot we stopped.

[DirtyCry 118]

In a single bound? no, the vault command is adequate as it is. As I had said, anything over the vault commands capabilities could be covered with a climb command.

Climb command is stupid because you still have to stop to climb over a object. Same like pressing V at moment. Jumping is neassasery! I dont want do jumps like in gay Cod, like 3 jumps per second.

You know the jumping system from Stalker? This would be perfect.

But i see your not the smartest player and you got no experience in gaming or using a brain. So Climb slow over a fence and get killed.. have fun.