Charcoal as antidote and making fire with no matches

[mr_plores 1]

Hi!

I Was watching a military channel program (on netflix, in the line of duty its called, check it out) about high altitude-wilderness survival. It was about the us marines winter survival course.

There were a couple of things there that i found cool if implemented in dayz SA.

there should be implemented the ability to create elements from wood like cups to drink from (by pouring charcoal into a wooden block)

Charcoal should be implemented as an antidote for food poisoning, if you ingest some charcoal it will suck up all the toxins from your stomach and make you vomit instantly. This should come at some health cost.

Make noise booby traps and booby traps in order to catch animals (small game like small gain, rabbits, birds and so forth) or warn of intruders.. this could be implemented with the new crafting module.

the most interesting was the ability to make fire with friction. making a "bow" with string and wood and combine them to make fire. this could be interesting and give you more alternatives if you dont find matches.

There should also be the possibility to make blunt weapons like clubs from wood and attach a stone with some string. this could be used as a extremely ineffective weapon against humans or as a crude weapon against the infected.

[King Tubbs 224]

all this stuff is being look at after the SA release

i like charcoal idea

[Lady Kyrah 1110]

That's activated charcoal tho.

[shadowjack 254]

Do you realize the effort and patience needed to start a fire by friction?

I have always wondered why we cant start a fire with flares.

[roykingtree 125]

They could implement a process for making charcoal-cloth for fire starting.

[enforcer1975 1111]

And even still it's not a universal remedy and not like a painkiller where you take one or two and the pain is gone just like that. That stuff is for emergeny use and you still need to recieve "real" medical treatment just in case.

Edited April 4, 2013 by Enforcer