Deer DayZ...

[uhlan 13]

Chernarus is peppered with deer-stands, but there are no deer.

Could the goats be replaced with a deer model and made to use the rabbit movement? If they could spawn in pairs or maybe even three to five at a time - that would be something. Imagine driving along and 3 or 4 deer run across the road. :)

[GOD™ 2795]

Hmmm.

Edited April 8, 2013 by GOD™

[GOD™ 2795]

[PaxC4T 159]

wouls make some good Deer Jerky and stock up on it at my camp :D

[Wep0n 532]

i agree to have more animals such as deers, but the AI needs to be vastly improved. animals need to detect survivors from very far away and run away when they see/hear something. killing an animal should be very rewarding with nutritious meat, but also be really difficult.

[[email protected] 86]

100% agreed.

[Bubbajones 238]

cows don't run from people unless they have BBQ sauce and a fork.

[person915 345]

cows don't run from people unless they have BBQ sauce and a fork.

Domesticated cows, but it's been five years and everything has been trying to kill them.

Plus a new generation of cows have been born.

Maybe these ones have wings?

Mmmm, beef wings.....

[Bubbajones 238]

Domesticated cows, but it's been five years and everything has been trying to kill them.

Plus a new generation of cows have been born.

Maybe these ones have wings?

Mmmm, beef wings.....

the cows we have now don't get any attention from zombies. Now what would be really cool would be to see a swarm of Zeds running across a field after a cow!

[djzombie 22]

i agree to have more animals such as deers, but the AI needs to be vastly improved.

it actually wouldn't take much, just increase their detection radius. animals detection should definitely be a much larger radius than zombies.

the other thing that would be kinda cool would be if different animals yielded different meat, and there was a whole cooking system where different meats / meals give you different bonuses, nothing huge, just some ideas:

1.) small amount of blood regenerated for the next 30 mins / hour.

2.) decrease dehydration rate for the next 30 mins / hour.

3.) decrease hunger rate for the next 30 mins / hour.

4.) immune system boost - immune to sickness for the next 30 mins / hour.

5.) increase bone strength - less likely to suffer a broken limb for the next 30 mins / hour.

all of these things meals could reasonably provide you(ie theres no "magic", for instance soups and stews could provide the hydration buff, big steaks could provide either the regen or the hunger rate, citrus fruits could provide the immune system boost, and any calcium based would provide bone strength(though i'd be surprised to find much dairy after the apocolypse) and don't seem too overpowered.

so you could make how the meat was prepared just as important as what the meat is by mixing and matching those bonuses positively and negatively based on how it was prepared. which would also give way to having different tools to cook with as well.

that would be another huge thing to add to the game, being able to capture, breed, and use livestock like cows/goats for dairy.) being able to pick fruit from trees would be amazing. agriculture in general would be amazing if you could plant and harvest food.

the thing is in an apocolypse of any kind there is a finite amount of supplies, whether its food or fuel, anything consumable will eventually be gone as if its an unrenewable resource.

so i think that server just respawning stuff over and over and over and over as people come and take it works mechanically, i dont think anyone could realistically survive during an apocolypse without some type of self sufficient way of food production(ie agriculture). sadly the supermarket doesn't restock itself daily in a zombie apocolypse

the forest animals will be more hunted than they've ever been in that scenario as well so unless you can breed them you can't guarentee any kind of lasting supply there either.

Edited April 8, 2013 by djzombie

[LancerG2 369]

i agree to have more animals such as deers, but the AI needs to be vastly improved. animals need to detect survivors from very far away and run away when they see/hear something. killing an animal should be very rewarding with nutritious meat, but also be really difficult.

Also add a wind feature in the game and if you're behind a dear and the wind blows to it and it's coming in your direction it can smell you.

[Clumzy (DayZ) 377]

Domesticated cows, but it's been five years and everything has been trying to kill them.

Everyone seems to think that DayZ is set 5 years after the infection...

That's DayZ 2017.

[person915 345]

Everyone seems to think that DayZ is set 5 years after the infection...

That's DayZ 2017.

DayZ is set 5 years after the infection. DayZ 2017 is set 5 MORE years after the infection.

But I'm tired. So I can't confirm that because I can't be bothered to check.

[DemonGroover 8836]

I would definitely like to see more animals. Also if they hear, smell or see you they bolt. It would make hunting much more fun.

I wouldn't mind see an odd zombie or two screaming across a field chasing a cow as well.