Idea to make tanks and aircraft harder to use

[dulix11 731]

OK: So since you are a civilian in DayZ why would you be able to just jump inside a helicopter/tank/plane and just fly/drive it like a well trained army guy? There should be something like a manual or handbook for each vehicle, but only the bigger and more dangerous ones. (Helis/Tanks/Planes/Military Planes) You would find the aircraft manuals at Airports and airfields or military camps etc, and the armoured vehicles at military camps aswell. It would work like any other consumable item, disappearing from you inventory when you use it and you will get a notification saying: 'You have learned how to pilot a plane/helicopter/armoured vehicle

Tanks and APC's - Armoured Vehicles and You: The complete guide to piloting your very own tank

Helicopters - Taking On Helicopters: The perfect book for the beginner Helicopter pilot!

Military Jets - Protecting Chernarus's Skies-The must-have book for any of our men and women protecting Chernarus's skies

Commercial Planes - So you want to be a plane pilot: The in's and out's of flying a commercial aircraft

Tell me what you think VVVVVV

[thesodesa 99]

I wouldn't be too worried about the authenticity not being a major focus of game design. Rocket himself stated in an interview that I watched a while ago that he might consider taking the mechanics out of another Bohemia Interactive title: "Take on Helicopters", and use those for the helicopters in game. Essentially Dayz is hopefully going to be a mix of survival-, helicopter-, car-, and airplane simulators.

[q1p0 7]

I don't think tanks and apc's and fixed wing aircraft will be in the SA.

[kingkrabbe.#bof 35]

I wouldn't be too worried about the authenticity not being a major focus of game design. Rocket himself stated in an interview that I watched a while ago that he might consider taking the mechanics out of another Bohemia Interactive title: "Take on Helicopters", and use those for the helicopters in game. Essentially Dayz is hopefully going to be a mix of survival-, helicopter-, car-, and airplane simulators.

Do you mean that Rocket wants to make piloting helicopters more like in a simulator? Which means you have to know a lot about piloting helicopters IRL to fly them ingame?

that would be awesome!

no more "oh, a heli! ... W is going forward, A is going left... auto hover! great!" but more "oh, a heli! ... W is..." KABLAM!!

please make driving cars just like IRL too. I'd love to see some unlicensed drivers creeping around in the first gear because they don't know how to use the clutch.

[thesodesa 99]

I don't think tanks and apc's and fixed wing aircraft will be in the SA.

That wasn't my point. I was simply saying that all the vehicles that will be included should in my opinion be realistic (not necessarily difficult though that usually follows) in how they are operated.

[mr_chabowski@live.co.uk 2416]

Even just adding manual gearboxes would be QQ fuel for most. :lol:

The more thought required, the better.

YES, vehicles should give you an advantage. But their operation definitely shouldn't be simple.

EDIT:

Handbooks? No.

More in-depth functionality. Definitely.

Edited February 18, 2013 by Chabowski

[Lupatchi 143]

The beuty of finding a heli is bieng able to fly it, lets not make fixing a heli the easy part.

[q1p0 7]

That wasn't my point. I was simply saying that all the vehicles that will be included should in my opinion be realistic (not necessarily difficult though that usually follows) in how they are operated.

I guess there will be some added functionality (as put by Chabowski) because Rocket said a while back that if you were not good at something in real life then you would not be good at it in DayZ. This may not be in the foundation release though and in future builds.

[thesodesa 99]

The beuty of finding a heli is bieng able to fly it, lets not make fixing a heli the easy part.

Let's.

[q1p0 7]

Let's.

Go on...

[FlashHawk4 44]

The LAST thng Rocket wants in this game is the type of artificial gameplay you suggest. His idea of making tanks and helos "harder" is to actually make them take real skill to fly/drive. As in, "practice". Even with the ArmA 2 base controls, helos are marginally more difficult to use than in most non-flight-simulator games, like Battlefield 3. And I applaud that.

But reports indicate that yes, Take On Helicopters will most likely be the basis for helicopter physics and controls in DayZ SA.

Edited February 18, 2013 by FlashHawk4