Is melee combat being worked on for the Stand Alone?

[Coyster 1]

Sometimes when I encounter a zombie and use my hatchet/axe it seems I'm swinging away at the thing for 5 minutes before I actually end up randomly landing a hit. The axe blade just never seems to connect to the zombie (atleast on my screen). However, zombie movement can be rather sporadic, so maybe it's just that.. I'm not sure.

Thoughts?

[LizardProtector 4]

You also have to reload your hatchet until you use it :D

that's because arma 2 has no melee weapons from what I know and mod is having problems registering your hits, you can usually guess if you hit the target out of noise it makes, if it makes a bullet noise then you git it if not try again :D

[Fraggle (DayZ) 15720]

Yes it is.

The reason it sucks in the mod is because the Arma2 engine doesn't actually support mele combat. The "axe" is basically a gun, they've had to mess with the settings to get it to act like an axe, but technically, as far as the engine is concerned, it's just a modded gun with a very short range and infinite ammo.

This is one of the many reasons the devs moved onto making the SA. It's pointless for them spending months trying to modify an engine to achieve what should be fairly simple behaviours (zombie AI is a good example, that sucks too for the same reason). With the SA they can actually modify the source code, something they've never been able to do with the mod. That is why the SA will have a new inventory system, customisable characters, customisable weapons, melee combat with new melee weapons and lots of other things that simply can't be achieved with a mod.

Edited December 23, 2012 by Fraggle

[WiFiN 55]

Check this thread about how CQC can be handeled - be it zombies or other players. it doesn't take away mindless swinging (which will be fixed too, I guess), but hey, we should have options.

[OrLoK 16187]

I'll be very intrigued to see how CQB works in the SA. Personally, I just cant envisage it, so It's something I look forward to trying out when the SA's release.

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[tacticaljim 28]

Be move to see it work a well as chivalry game.

[radrussian1 (DayZ) 23]

i love the axe. it has range like a mofo and its not hard to aim at all, you just gotta know how to aim it. cant wait to see how melee will be in sa tho. its all so exciting.

[WiFiN 55]

Check this thread. It is close to melee and might bring another good mechanic to the game,

[scoffield77@gmail.com 192]

It obviously is ;) I hope it turns out to be like Chivalry or Mount and Blade melee mechanics and not some crappy 'click=swing' mechanic.