Idea for gas masks

[Firewarrior64 69]

Hello survivors,

as many of us know there will be gas masks in the standalone. However, there wasn't any information (that I would know; please correct me if I'm wrong) about the functionality. I think that they should protect you completely from an infection when you're near infected players. This MIGHT encourage people to help infected players and not just let them die. And I think this would be a tool that would help organised medic groups so someone who healed an infected doesn't have to be isolated first to see whether he got infected too or not.

[Mos1ey 6301]

Yeah, that would be a nice touch. Something like tear gas would be good too.

[Chris529 380]

Sounds like a good idea. Even without tear gas it would give an extra purpose for smoke grenades; if you are in the smokescreen you cough and your vision is slightly impaired, giving you away. Tear gas would be a nice touch though. As for stopping infection, I don't know a great deal but there's plenty of different filters, I think charcoal absorbs poisons? Anyway it would be good to have a couple different types, one for tear gas & smoke another for keeping viruses & infectious diseases at bay. Or we could have a closed breathing cycle type with an air tank, that would probably work best.

[radrussian1 (DayZ) 23]

sorry but.... duhh.

[deejay2900 28]

sorry but.... duhh.

Good job adding to the conversation there...

I had suggested an item like this in the crafting suggestion thread (Crafting Suggestions), but my suggestion was a surgical mask.

But where would you find these masks? It would be common to find rifles in peoples' homes, but gas masks? I don't think so. Would you maybe just find them in military bases (Military Loot [unless there are some crazy preppers in Chernarus])?

Edited June 30, 2013 by deejay2900

[harley001 315]

You can just delete me. I am a double post.

Edited July 7, 2013 by harley001

[harley001 315]

I like the ideal. I would wear the gas mask 24/7 just for the cool looks (I play a lot of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.)

But I think there should be more to it then just protection from infections. Maybe like contaminated areas with a cloud or a some kind of harmful bio agent. Like that red goop from prototype or the spores from Last of US.

[Firewarrior64 69]

I like the ideal. I would wear the gas mask 24/7 just for the cool looks (I play a lot of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.)

But I think there should be more to it then just protection from infections. Maybe like contaminated areas with a cloud or a some kind of harmful bio agent. Like that red goop from prototype or the spores from Last of US.

I'll wear it all the time, too ^^

Anyways, I think contaminated areas have already been suggested multiple times. I think it's a nice idea (expecially for endgame loot) but I don't know if it is possible whith the engine and how much work it would be.

Edited July 7, 2013 by Firewarrior64

[TacticalN29 89]

But where would you find these masks? It would be common to find rifles in peoples' homes, but gas masks? I don't think so. Would you maybe just find them in military bases (Military Loot [unless there are some crazy preppers in Chernarus])?

You don't have to be a crazy prepper to get a gas mask. You can get them off of Amazon for around $20. (USD)

[Clumzy (DayZ) 377]

Also, gas masks (ALL headgear, really) should block a little bit of your vision if any of it goes in front of your face.

[deejay2900 28]

You don't have to be a crazy prepper to get a gas mask. You can get them off of Amazon for around $20. (USD)

Lol, what I mean is that the average person wouldn't have a gas mask. :P

[TacticalN29 89]

Lol, what I mean is that the average person wouldn't have a gas mask. :P

This is true.