Buzzards flying over dead bodies.

[BwobBwub 660]

I want rats as big as cats like they describe in WW1 poetry. They eat a dead body/ zombie and carry the infection. If they bite a human player, they can get an infection.

[Armaggedon97 33]

This is available in Arma 2 now:

http://community.bis...i/BIS_fnc_crows

Just a matter of popping it into the code and adding a randomizer.

That's great. Btw I love that profile picture of yours :P

[person915 345]

I think one feature should also be buzzards hanging around almost dead players, as you see this in movies/TV/games quite often. Doesn't matter if it's realistic or not, but it makes survival harder (and cooler, imo). Those with broken legs and low blood, constantly passing out, only to have insult to injury with those damn birds flying around you.

[Hockeyguy 107]

I am not sure if someone has already said this but another thing that could be added to this suggestion is that the more flies that are around the body the longer they have been dead for. Within reason because too many flies would result in the server lagging alot.

[Jonsse 69]

Flies on a single corpse is enough in my opinion.

Maybe having crows over several corpses only, like 3 or more bodies around a small area. Would bring about interesting player interactions when large amounts of player corpses would be visible to other players around the area.

And players could drag corpses together(or apart) to make bigger piles, and that would bring about more intense numbers of crows.

And players could set the piles on fire and dance around the fire to appease the god of death with their kill numbers.

And as player corpses decay they could morph in to skeletal remains, low resolution entities that would be forever imprinted in to the map for as long as the map persists. Places like Elektro, Cherno and NWAF would be filled with the corpses of the deceased. Some piled up, some inside buildings and on rooftops.

Oh man this idea went way beyond the topic....

Edited January 30, 2013 by Jonsse

[JayTee13 1]

Well they did do that in the PMC DLC in Arma 2. So it would require people to buy and download that so I highly doubt they will.

[joe_mcentire 2074]

i couldn't be bothered checking if anyone posted this but.....buzzards?...in Russia?....nop

i bet my ass at least in the european part!

[amlaborde@windstream.net 94]

I like the post of them following dying players!

[person915 345]

I like the post of them following dying players!

Y U NO give me beans then?

[amlaborde@windstream.net 94]

Y U NO give me beans then?

Sorry, you now get double!

[person915 345]

Sorry, you now get double!

You can give beans twice? :huh:

[amlaborde@windstream.net 94]

You can give beans twice? :huh:

No, I just liked all your posts.

[Josh225 129]

Cherno's skies will be black with scavengers... Seriously though I think it's an interesting idea.

[person915 345]

Cherno's skies will be black with scavengers... Seriously though I think it's an interesting idea.

Remembering the time I go to Kamenka and see 6 dead bodies on the railroad tracks lying next to eachother....

Edited February 1, 2013 by Neko-san

[spamaddict290 3]

Cherno is gonna be covered in bird poop by the end of this

[Draco122 412]

I'd like it if it was used more for atmospheric reasons than anything else. Meaning that occasionally a dead body would attract the birds but not all of the time. If it was kept pretty random and infrequent then I think it'd be a nice touch to the game.

A way to enforce the randomness is having these birds fly around Corpse Piles or mass graves, like the ones you sometimes find at Military locations that could potentially spread disease should anyone go there. Also I don't think it should just be limited to players either, dead animals in fields for example could indicate a slow rotting animal carcass.

[WiFiN 55]

Replace buzzards with ravens, IMO. I think they fit more into the theme and scenery.

[amlaborde@windstream.net 94]

Replace buzzards with ravens, IMO. I think they fit more into the theme and scenery.

I do find Ravens more haunting in a way with their noises. But either way, it fits into the idea of a scavenger finding its dead meal.

[amlaborde@windstream.net 94]

So any news if this will make it into the game?

[Very Ape 748]

Plus, I think the sound of flies is just perfect. Don't think that needs to be removed/modified in any way (bar the hidden body bug)

Flies are terrible. It's ridiculous how, in a firefight, inside of a building, I will kill a man and won't hear his friend coming because of the disturbingly loud, and instantaneous, gathering of flies on the corpse. It's ridiculously loud, and happens way too quickly.

Argument goes both ways. Why should I have the advantage of knowing he's dead without even confirming the kill?

Edited April 14, 2013 by Very Ape