[DAYZ SA] - ultimate Q&A

[mactic 92]

How do you plan to eliminate "server hopping" exploit?

Edited June 4, 2013 by MACtic

[uweron1011 2]

Do you want to add airguns, more nineteenth century weapons (Sharps Rifle, Colt Navy or flintlock gun), flare gun and .22 LR weapons?

[joe_mcentire 2074]

There was a related question already but i'll be more precise. Is there going to be more content to be expected in chernaurussian woods? keywords: sawmills, abandoned cabins, graveyards? Will there be far more audio to immerse oneself in that thicket? other keywords: owls, birds in general, cracking from wind, special wind-sounds, and even player-triggered ones?

Edited June 4, 2013 by joe_mcentire

[joe_mcentire 2074]

avoiding and/or escaping from zombies will now require a good amount of sneaking skills. keyword: line-of-sight

Can we expect "special" sneaking contents? e.g. possibility to silently/normally reload mags. Will or can shadows even play a role?

[joe_mcentire 2074]

How do ragdolls interfere with MMO engines?

[joe_mcentire 2074]

"Animations" are a big hurdle in terms of new/more/extra game-content (besides objects). Would you call for the community to voluntarily step in to create more content, the proper "quick'n'dirty"-tutorials provided? There are many many in the community which would try to do all kind of stuff, most of them simply do not know how and where to start. And many of them do have some talent, i'll tell you that.

Edited June 4, 2013 by joe_mcentire

[joe_mcentire 2074]

do you already have ideas or implementations how to prevent Meta-gaming such as using the drawing-distance of foliage to expose enemies as one of the best examples? did you think of minimum graphic-settings for everyone or ideas such as described here?

offtopic:

please read initial post and give beanz to questions you like!

Edited June 5, 2013 by joe_mcentire

[joe_mcentire 2074]

question regarding the scavenging aspect? Now we have a vicinity window and all items will show up there as long as they can be seen (how do you even implement that?). Are there going to be any plans to do something like in the following quote?

this way it would be far more immersive...but imagine two different types of "grabbing stuff"

- rushed grabbing:

point and click; you'll get the item and it is automatically stored randomly in one of your free pocket/slots. You'll have to open your backpack later manually by pressing a button to take a view. more immersive way, when rushing through buildings or in genereal areas where possible hazards may be or when being chased.

- calm scavenging:

manually open your backpack and you'll have it the way like in the currently envisaged inventory: the vicinity window. You see a list of all objects in your vicinity and reach(radius=Xm). nonetheless immersive, imagine you stand in front of a table sweeping it clear with one move of your hand straight into your backpack.

Edited June 5, 2013 by joe_mcentire

[pbrunk 114]

Has a weight system been considered or implemented? I think a fresh spawn should run much faster than a player with a full backpack and a military grade weapon.

Someone is running around with a 50 cal and a ghille shouldn't be going very fast.

[joe_mcentire 2074]

How do you revalue an ingame-life? -"Oh no i've spawned in Kamenka, better kill myself..."

Are you going to implement some new mechanics such as some form of soft "perma-death" or something of that kind to bind a player closer to his/her ingame alter ego (besides possible physical appearances)?

Maybe by permanent injuries? traces on clothing?

Do you want a gamer to feel "devastated" when he/she dies ingame? How do you think can you also raise awareness for gamers to revalue others ingame lives? by aggravating survival and the PVE aspect?

Edited June 6, 2013 by joe_mcentire

[joe_mcentire 2074]

A successor to the post above:

Did you ever think of (semi-)permanent injuries in some later stages (player-char-binding!), for example when insufficiently treated, or not treated at all (can't use arm at all, is heavy shaking, can not use melee weapons, can only use for x amount of time because of pain/loss of power)?

Besides, what do you think of severe injuries to be seen by looking at the player? (e.g. broken limbs hanging in a weird way... lot of potential for tactical gaming)

(additional question: Would this idea make sense for zeds as well? (e.g. stun with melee-head-attacks, slow them down by braking legs...))

[joe_mcentire 2074]

You said you have massive new items and loot ingame! Can you name us some and if they could be also with no use at all (e.g. banknotes, cigarettes, mirrors, gum...)?

Edited June 6, 2013 by joe_mcentire

[nevillebartos 12]

Will there be more options in post processing effects, eg. the option to have bloom but not depth of field or motion blur.

[nevillebartos 12]

will there be weapon resting?

[nevillebartos 12]

How do they plan to get around the 3rd person view exploits?

[nevillebartos 12]

will we get enhanced ballistics? realistic windage/elevation calculation and adjustment on long range scopes.

[nevillebartos 12]

what features will there be for tracking others? eg. footprints, blood trails etc.

[leviski 2152]

Another inventory question.

Is the 10th item in the backpack a condom?

Maybe used for waterproofing items such as matches?

its a box of matches

in case you were still wondering

and my question is

Will the gun sounds be revamped much like JSRS

Current sounds from the dev blogs sucked

[fluxley 2228]

its a box of matches

in case you were still wondering

Ooooh, how did you find this out?

Edited June 7, 2013 by Fluxley

[joe_mcentire 2074]

As prospective alpha "tester" - how do you want to raise awareness that we actually are testers and not "just" consumers in this early stages of the games?

[joe_mcentire 2074]

Will we see Dean's humping mocap animation ingame?

[Cap'n (DayZ) 1827]

Will female players need tampons? Could this possibly deter some of the cross dressing that is so common among the community?

[leviski 2152]

Ooooh, how did you find this out?

Youtube

that is all

[fluxley 2228]

Youtube

that is all

lol, anything more credible?

[Firewarrior64 69]

What will the helicopter system be like? Will there be the automatic engine starting and auto-hover? Or will those get removed to make flying helicopters harder/more realistic?