Don't even make third-person an option for DayZ standalone

[Pomegranate 83]

Third-person ruins a lot of gameplay in DayZ. Here's how to win in a gunfight:

1. Turn on third person

2. Hide in a tree

3. Wait until you see somebody run past you, while they can't even see you

4. ????

5. PROFIT!!!!

Broken glass is supposed to be a nuisance while driving a car, but now with third person, nobody gives a shit about it.

Want to scout out any area, but don't want to give away your location? That's fine! Just go prone on top of a roof!

Prone while sniping but still want to be aware of your surroundings? That's fine, just use third person and you can see people sneaking up on you easily!

Want to ambush somebody when they go into a room without them seeing you? Just use third person and look around a corner! (especially in Elektro church)

[xxblink 66]

Yeah, some of us get motion sickness with first person after 30 minutes of playing. We like our third person, thanks.

[maxnmike 134]

Ah yes, another everyone has to play the way I want to play thread. There is a reason the first person only servers aren't very populated all the time, the majority of the player base do not like them.

[colekern 1364]

If they improved first person, I would support this.

[SnipersAre4Scumbags 9]

Maybe if the first person was on par with Red Orchestra's I could support this. The shaky camera thing we have now is pretty much unusable on long walks due to how nauseating it is to look at, I don't even think its that bad in real life unless you had some type of inner ear problem.

[±Traditore± 17]

Thirdperson for me is basically out 90 degree vision in real life, as firstperson in most games is 75 degrees or around that.

[harley001 315]

Third person will be fixed in standalone. I think their going to make it zoom on your character when you are near a wall or something.

[intensity (DayZ) 312]

You mean the head bobbing? You can turn that off

[mdmonnik@deakin.edu.au 139]

In gunfights I go first person, but usually all running/driving/flying is done in third person. Only way to see the beauty of the map. Silly suggestion is silly

[tommes 331]

I'd support that motion. Most FPS-Games do well without 3rd person and it does bad things to competitiveness.

[Gordon Axeman 191]

Maybe doing separate servers for both types of people? A bit improve 1st person and here we go! 50/50 servers running 3rd/1st person.

[tsandrey 379]

First person is too annoying and glitchy, so no thanks. I would rather want third-person only

[Kyzahh 127]

Not with 75 fov forced unless you want to edit cfg files. The first person in Arma is very tunnel vision, so no thanks.

[jedyman 13]

how bout you just go on first person server

[Ratsmon 131]

how bout you just go on first person server

Boy you showed him! :D

OnTopic: I kinda like the freedom of the mod itself which allows us to choose between a 3rd person shoot and a FPS... People have different tastes, if you hate 3rd person so much, then just switch to FPS.

If you're bothered by something, doesnt mean everyone else will be. :I

[Dayzo 182]

Another thing to consider is that I play at 9-14 fps, and many more players are obtaining under 24 fps.

This is difficult at the best of times, but nearly impossible if forced to permanently use first person.

So this suggestion can be relegated to the trash-can as far as I'm concerned.

As already stated, join a first-person server or start your own.

[machine6fd 16]

That's what 1st feels like to me. Flying a heli is rather challenging also. I like the challenge but at the same time i don't want to break something i spent 5 hrs gathering parts to repair because i couldn't see the tree beside me.

Edited December 26, 2012 by Machine(*)

[Floff4rn 19]

If I remember correctly you only see 90 ° in the game, but the eye sees 180° in real life.

That's why it's third person.

EDIT: Not sure if this is correct information, but i read something like this long time ago..

Edited December 26, 2012 by Floff4rn

[Chris529 380]

someone already said this but go to game options and theres a head bob slider, turn it very low or off. I found it hard to use 1st person but not anymore. only real problem is the FOV. still I mostly use 3rd person to run. dont like it go to 1st person only servers.

[Roark92 90]

seems this is the phoenix of threads... from the ashes of the old comes the new, and the arguments loop around each other for eternity.

i dont know why... but i feel really compelled to say this, even though i have before... people who complain about getting sick from fp or about the field of view being to narrow are idiots.

turn headbob off = no sicky increase fov = more fov...

its like debate of universal health care in the US... they have these reasons that just aren't true against adopting it, but if they just did it they would quickly see their arguments against it were false.

but really i dont care if it has 2nd person view exclusively... i just wanna play the standalone already haha

[TruckingBucket 10]

I find the game really boring in 3rd person for some reason though, i love looking around in 3rd person. Its not for abusing it for me, its the beauty of the game. Maybe you should make a poll over this, id hope it wouldn't get taken away.

[jblackrupert 308]

OPTIONS > GAME OPTIONS > HEAD BOB > Move slider to the left..... Problem solved.

[Oompa 25]

i dont know why... but i feel really compelled to say this, even though i have before... people who complain about getting sick from fp or about the field of view being to narrow are idiots.

turn headbob off = no sicky increase fov = more fov...

Even 90° vision on a monitor feels restrictive to me (nevermind the fishbowl effect). I can make out movement in a 180° fov irl and I know where every part of my body is in space (not to mention the sense of touch etc.). Running around in 1st person over long periods of time in-game (as well as in most games) makes me feel almost claustrophobic.

Not to mention you would be able hide yourself better irl and be able to look out of bushes (adressing the guy mentioning 3rd person spotting). In-game, however, it is rather difficult to look out from a concealed position and fine motor skills are unheard of.

Edited December 26, 2012 by Oompa

[ImageCtrl 719]

Don't even make third-person an option...

I think it's good to have options, to play the way you want it. I also prefer the realistic variant. For reasons of good, which you mentioned also.

You have the option to play the way you want. Play expert. Why do you want others to take the option to play the way they want?

[Mr Nasty 1023]

The horse is dead stop beating it. Its highly unlikely they are going to remove 3rd person. Might as well accept it now.