Caelum's Suggestions #1 (Duct-tape, New Food Objects)

[Caelum (DayZ) 5]

Welcome to Caelum's suggestions list! I'm Caelum, and today for my first edition I will be suggesting some items that may help in more ways then one! For ease of access (And to stay within the thread naming rules) I will be listing these ideas by 2-5 in different threads. But worry not, they have a tl;dr and a long list suggestion for each one! Thank you ahead of time for reading these, my 44 hours spent playing this game is proof enough that I indeed know what is going on and I want to do my part to help add new things and ideas to the DayZ world.

So, without further ado, the suggestions!

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Suggestion 1: Duct-tape

TL:DR: Duct-tape used to Tape Flashlights to Primary weapons. This does not have to be visible on the gun, but if you want to work and make it perfect, that would be a good idea too!

ITEM SUGGESTION

Spawn Areas: Industrial, Residential

Spawn Chance: Fairly Common (0.50%-1.5%)

Slot: Main Slots

Usable?: Yes

Use: Tapes a flashlight (if you have one) to your weapon, giving it a permanent (Flashlight) after the name and allowing you to use the flashlight with the weapon.

The duct-tape would allow players to tape a flashlight item or military flashlight item to their primary weapon. The weapon from thereon would have the (flashlight) next to the name, and would be able to use L with it. All weapons would have the ability to be taped, but only some would have a visual for it.

WHAT WOULD THIS DO TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PLAYERS?

The Duct-tape would promote better early-game weapon picking up, and would make it easier for 'bambi's' to defend themselves from higher geared players with Night Vision Goggles. Its rarity would mean that it would not drop like crazy, but rest assured it would be a nice tool to have if you are lucky enough to find it. Obviously it would mostly drop in housing areas, which would further give incentive to search through these lower-tier buildings for goods when you first start out. (As it stands, rarely does anyone go into houses- Usually, in mine and my allies experiences, its straight to the market-->Hospital--->Up north.)

It could also drop out of some industrial areas, adding a slight increase in danger of exploring these types of areas- Not much, but its enough incentive to where you might see some bambis with dinner bells fighting near factories.

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Suggestion 2: Food Item Suggestions

TLDR: Just an assortment of random food items that could be added to the game. This really is not an important suggestion, so skip it if you would like.

ITEM LIST

Potato Chips (Stale)- This item would obviously be stale, and would only provide 1/4 the usual hunger rating, and 150 blood. A non-stale version could be found very rarely.

Stale Bread Loaf- A loaf of stale bread. It can be cooked over a fire to turn it into Bread Loaf, but if not eaten within 5 minutes, it becomes useless. Stale bread gives 1/4 Food refill, 150 blood, Bread Loaf gives 3/4, 500 blood.

Candy Bar- Is this thing still good? It restores 1/4 food, 100 blood

BONUS SUGGESTION: Gives a slight sprint length bonus (Think of this as a sugar rush.)

HARDCORE BONUS SUGGESTION: Reduces your sprint length bonus a while after eating (Think of the after effects of a sugar rush)

Packaged Food- Food packaged in boxes. Just add water and put over a fire for an instant meal for full food restoration! +250 blood

BONUS SUGGESTION: Food goes bad sometimes, so a 15% chance of getting sick from the food, and losing some blood, could happen.

HARDCORE BONUS SUGGESTION: Increase the Badness chance to 50%.

Bad Meat/Food*- Do you really want to eat this? Restores 1/4 food and restores no blood, very very common compared to good food. 75% chance of getting sick.

*Different types of food could be bad food. Bad Crackers, bad chicken, bad bacon, anything pretty much.

HARDCORE BONUS SUGGESTION: 100% chance of getting sick. Are you really that hungry?

WHY ADD THIS ITEM: Adds food to stores that you could eat, but would make you sick... Are you really hungry enough? Also adds something for people to get besides trash food.

Snack Meats- Snap into a beef jerky stick! 1/4 food restored, 100 blood

I WILL BE ADDING MORE FOOD ITEMS HERE AS THEY COME TO MIND. Thank you!

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Thank you for reading up to this point! I have many more ideas I am willing to share, and I hope you enjoy reading through them as much as I did writing them!

[Twosheds 22]

like the duct tape idea!

[Clumzy (DayZ) 377]

I think that the argument against the duct tape attachment is that the gun's recoil would quickly remove the accessory from the weapon.

[liquidmind 320]

I think the duct-tape idea is around for a bit now.

Attaching flashlight to lee enfield was the first suggestion in that matter a while ago. I think it was in suggestion-thread#1 that matt lightfoot made on reddit.

I do not think that using 1 roll of ducttape + 1 flashlight on 1 lee enfield, would make the flashlight fall off due to recoil. It would offer a modding-option to basic civilian rifles, that could change, that everyone tries to get a military rifle as soon as possible. There have been lots of requests for more civilian and less military grade weapons, so including the chance to mod them, would be beneficial I think.

But of course you can't ducttape a Sniper-scope on your shotgun and expect it to be precise. flashlight and knife would be an option tough, given enough tape to hold it.

[taco241 393]

No way recoil would remove duct tape if the flashlight is properly taped.

[-Guardian- 206]

No way recoil would remove duct tape if the flashlight is properly taped.

Nope, not any time soon anyway. Itd take quite a while for it to actually come off, and youd probably die before that happens.

+1 for the Duct tape idea though, this is the only suggestion i could really find about it.

[TIC 1050]

I think all your ideas are great except for the hunger such as a candy bar filling up 1/4 of it. That's 4 candy bars for 100%.

This should do the trick: http://c10184100.r0....on_original.jpg

The current problem with the mod is items such as trail mix, sodas, canned goods, etc satisfying both your hunger/thirst up to 100%.

Duct Tape could have other uses such as fixing a broken tail light for vehicles or patching holes in clothes if that'd be possible for Standalone.

Source: http://thezac.com/ducttape/

Edited March 31, 2013 by TIC321

[Captain Speirs 9]

The spawnrate should be higher than 1 percent tho.. Or make high percentage for different areas( Like supermarkets should spawn duct tape often) or maybe not since that would be on of the first things to get raided? Hmm, factory areas? Do factories have duct tape??

[TIC 1050]

The spawnrate should be higher than 1 percent tho.. Or make high percentage for different areas( Like supermarkets should spawn duct tape often) or maybe not since that would be on of the first things to get raided? Hmm, factory areas? Do factories have duct tape??

Duct tape is used as a utility so I think it should be common depending on the percentages where it spawns such as for a house it'd be about 45%, supermarkets should be around 60%, things like that.

[Colonel Crybaby 2]

Good idea or else make a torch big enough to brain a zombie to death with.

[Grabbin Pillz 1]

Hmm, factory areas? Do factories have duct tape??

Could be a duct tape factory. :D

[Death_Dealer 3156]

Duct tape has many, many uses. Hell, with enough of it, you could make a proper duct tape house.

I do hope it is added in the standalone.