Interview with Matthew Lightfoot

[dragonkatol 135]

Q: Are they infected or zombies? Will there be a variety of zombies?

A: They are infected, Deans brother (a virologist) prepared us a 12 page document on what the possible disease could be and it's awesome, reading that was like reading a prequel to 28 days later. As for different types of zombies we have considered the longer a zombie has been around the weaker it becomes, longer since it's eaten the weaker it becomes and things like that to add variety.

I know that this Q&A is very informative and awesome and all... But this document is what made me scratching the screen and yelling at it to give that document to me.. Is there anyway i could read that? I would really really reaaaaally love to read that!

[sausagekingofchicago 4711]

It would be awesome to find the pages of this document IN game. Just a thought.

[dragonkatol 135]

Well, if that's the case, it'll be kept on military bases, hospitals or evacuation sites. So much for hunting guns, i have to find those pages!!

[Ovation 52]

Hello there

As to filming, I believe there will be one or two appointed official streamers. So look out for that.

As to no NDA's, where did you get that from?

Rdgs

LoK

Thanks guys, I thought i heard rocket mention somthing about not liking them to some extent

but the filming will happen and that is awesome! enjoy guys!

[barrett_killz 229]

18 euros? You gotta be kidding me...

[Fraggle (DayZ) 15720]

It would be awesome to find the pages of this document IN game. Just a thought.

There was a thread a while back where Rocket discussed diseases and how the mechanic would work. It was early days but he did mention about having to figure out symptoms and find specific medications. It'd be cool if there was some medical docs in game although metagaming would ruin it to some extent as once they're figured out people will post the info and it will become common knowledge :(

For me the two major things for now are the new loot spawning system and the new inventory. In the future the customisable vehicles are gonna be seriously interesting.

Edited January 8, 2013 by Fraggle

[Zini94 1]

i hope i can go fishing :lol:

[Michaelvoodoo25 3120]

Cheers for the info and sharing it. sound and text. You guy's and gals know I am a fan but.........

Is it just me or is anyone else a lot dissapointed with the info? I thought after all this time there would be more stuff set in stone in the SA? But time after time I heard Matt say we plan to include or not in the initial release? I have to question is it a good idea to release on Steam so early in development?

Kinda made me wonder what is in the release? Well, we will find out soon.

rocket and co, Keep up the good work and as always cheers for sharing.

[griffinz 2817]

Cheers for the info and sharing it. sound and text. You guy's and gals know I am a fan but.........

Is it just me or is anyone else a lot dissapointed with the info? I thought after all this time there would be more stuff set in stone in the SA? But time after time I heard Matt say we plan to include or not in the initial release? I have to question is it a good idea to release on Steam so early in development?

Kinda made me wonder what is in the release? Well, we will find out soon.

rocket and co, Keep up the good work and as always cheers for sharing.

A plethora of new information in 24 hours and and a redesigned engine, and your still disappointed? Boy I'd hate to be your partner...

[joeoblong@yahoo.com 614]

Good questions mods, although I am disappointed none of you asked about my custom Ben Franklin skin. Derpy you asked about muffins (important I agree) but left out ol' Ben? Tisk tisk!

The only thing that made up for it was Sula's angelic voice. Sula one day please just jump in TS and say "Mr. Franklin you've been a very naughty poster!" ;)

[Michaelvoodoo25 3120]

Hate all you want,

My point is there is a lot to be added later (Which i accepted from the word go) but i thought there would be more actual "whats in the game" as opposed to whats not.

Don't get me wrong, I understand the time it takes to make a game and develop it from the ground up, and info is good.

We well see soon enough what's in the game.

[commiekiller18 6]

Griff, Lovely accent mate and to the lady mod you should start singing bedtime lullabys (: cant wait till SA!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Fraggle (DayZ) 15720]

Hate all you want,

My point is there is a lot to be added later (Which i accepted from the word go) but i thought there would be more actual "whats in the game" as opposed to whats not.

Don't get me wrong, I understand the time it takes to make a game and develop it from the ground up, and info is good.

We well see soon enough what's in the game.

Specifics will be released the nearer we get to the release date. Testing will effect what will make it into the initial build and it'd be nice to have some surprises too. I think if you listen to the interview and read the DevBlog you actually start to get a good idea of how it's shaping up and at what point in the development we can expect to see things added. Nothing's written in stone so only time will really tell.

[Ovation 52]

Who is still feeling the freshness from this infomation?

i can hardly sit down

[Hetstaine 10852]

Champion work guys and gal (and Derpy ;) ) to organise that session with yourselfs and Matt..got me through my dishes, cooked and ate dinner and made lunch for work :thumbsup: Never seen a bunch of mods get together and do an interview like that with a dev for a bunch or run amok forumites so big kudos to ye all :beans:

To be honest i am a bit scared about the new inventory system as it plays such a big role in the game as it is , even though it is as buggy as the last time i woke up drunk on an ant nest with steak on my neck, i just hope it is not something super ultra basic . I guess we will have to wait and see eh. great work once again and cant wait to bust loose in those jocks, i ain't wearing clothes in game ever again ! Do they have xxxxl ? ..giddyup yo !

[Michaelvoodoo25 3120]

Sorry Guy's i do appreciate what you have all done.

I honestly thought some of the issues were done and completed, I am probably Jumping the gun a lot. Having the info as it stands does clarify the hard work and timing of it all. Perhaps I have been too dependant on the rumour "what will or won't" make it.

I guess theres nothing to do but wait and see, I hope the testing goes well.

I do appreciate the information given.

[dgeesio 1034]

cheers for info :beans:

[Wep0n 532]

very informative, thanks for that you guys!

only thing which distracted me was that stupid teamspeak voice...

-user entered your channel-

mute that bitch!

[Fraggle (DayZ) 15720]

very informative, thanks for that you guys!

only thing which distracted me was that stupid teamspeak voice...

-user entered your channel-

mute that bitch!

Yeh, soz, it'll be muted next time. Initially it was just gonna be a meeting to fill us in. It was a last minute idea to record questions and answers so we didn't really think about it TBH.

Edited January 8, 2013 by Fraggle

[madmaxm 26]

Server hive must be private as they are atm. Becouse a public hive will only be extreme exploiting as atm.

Edited January 8, 2013 by metalica24

[Maca (DayZ) 769]

A big thanks to Matt, Griff and all the DayZ mods. Some nice information cheers lads.

[Timmymachine109 (DayZ) 235]

Great interview. Content-wise I am a little bit disappointed.

Like stuff that I would consider extremely basic and therefore important to fix before the initial alpha release aren't coming till later. This includes

1) Zombie AI [and more different types of Zombies]

2) Walking down/up hills and stairs behaviour

3) Indoor walking behaviour / moving around corners => Currently it's simply shit

4) Player skeleton => Please fix before release. Getting killed by doors... srsly, that's not something that should be postponed.

All these things I consider basic, because that is stuff everyone has to deal with by the first minute of gameplay and thus jugdes the quality of improvements made based on what they experience the most.

Yeah I kinda agree with this...no point in having fancy weather etc if you get killed by a door every 5 mins and stop playing the game!! Another question I would have loved to have seen asked is if they are planning to do anything about the infected spawn method...currently if you see infected in a town you bring out your sniper and wait for the other player, would love it if they were just already in towns so you couldn't use them as an early warning system.

[Michaelvoodoo25 3120]

Just wondering, If DayZ team have asked private server hosts for Hosting, How will this affect the Mod hosting?

[Mos1ey 6301]

My first language isn't english, so can someone can write here for me if they said something about closed test or release date?

Yeah, they said stop asking about both. u,u

[ow1 30]

Yeah, they said stop asking about both. u,u

Well what "they" need to realize is that people asking about it is a good thing for them, it shows interest and it shows that when they do get the game out these people are going to give them their money. And the forum admins need to understand that this forum right here is the best place in the whole wide world to ask about such things instead of telling them in big bold caps to stfu.