Friendly/Surrender signal, alternative to Q/E and lowering your weapon.

[Dancing.Russian.Man 1631]

Never seen a thread about this, nor did the search give any results. (Mandatory statement)

We all know that lowering your weapon doesn't really do much, right?

Mainly because it's barely noticeable, especially when not walking.

And even then it's kind of threatening to see someone with their finger on the trigger and both hands on the gun.

And the Q/E leaning still has a gun being pointed at you, making it not-so-friendly to look at.

So what if, in the Standalone(and why not the mod), there was an animation to be added that worked similar to the lowering of weapon, except RAISING the weapon far above your head(with a straight arm) by the mid-section?

This would be a clear indicator. Whether it's saying "I'm coming out, I'm not hostile." or a silent "I'm here." to a friend at a distance, I think it'd be a much better alternative to just lowering your weapon. And it wouldn't have to be any slower/faster to switch away from, because really, how hard is it to bring down your arm?

Edit; I just realized that I managed to post this to the wrong section. FF-

Edited March 13, 2013 by Dancing.Russian.Man

[OrLoK 16188]

Hello there

The salute or wave, is a possible alternative but I would like to see a full blown weapons away/palms up and open stance.

Actually, just make it simple and make a stance where one can holster ones weapon but not be limited in movement.

Rgds

LoK

[Dancing.Russian.Man 1631]

Hello there

The salute or wave, is a possible alternative but I would like to see a full blown weapons away/palms up and open stance.

The sad thing about the salute is that you can't move while doing so, which is something I would like to keep with my raising-of-weapon animation suggestion. Not sure about the wave, might not have actually seen that being used ever.

The whole drop-you-weapon-and-raise-your-arms kind of thing is more like something for banditry, which, again, isn't something I'm after with my suggestion. (As it's supposed to be something that you can identify yourself with as friendly without putting yourself at a major risk.) Though I agree that it would be a nice addition as well.

Edited March 13, 2013 by Dancing.Russian.Man

[OrLoK 16188]

Hello there

I think we can all agree we need a gesture system of sorts where one can still *fully* maneuver.

Rgds

LoK

[Dancing.Russian.Man 1631]

I think we can all agree we need a gesture system of sorts where one can still *fully* maneuver.

Let us twiddle our thumbs in harmony and hope for the best!

[marko4231 57]

Funny, i was about to start the same topic. Good going.

I agree completly.

Also a question, me and a friend stopped near a petrol station, we were refueling and a guy aproached us. He had a bandit skin, but shoved no agresion. Than he started aiming at my head, so i run around him and atacked him with a hatchet..in the end wer killed eachother and zombies killed my friend.

Ok, the point of thr story, when i talked about it to my friend later on, he told me that guy had a normal survivor skin, but i saw a bandit skin on him?I was looking at him for some 20 seconds atleast so i am shure.

Is this another glitch?

[Target Practice (DayZ) 1335]

Agreed with this - the current options are too limited and either leave one player completely defenceless without a weapon of any kind or leave the other player vulnerable to a surprise attack when the weapon is suddenly raised.

Some kind of middle ground where the player can hold their gun at arm's length but retain movement would be ideal.