Birds fly off with loud noises

[Welch (DayZ) 756]

I was thinking that whenever a loud noise goes off in a forest, like a gunshot, motorcycle engine revving, screams, etc., birds would fly off. It'd help pinpoint where some sounds come from if you could see the top of the trees. Of course it'd only happen every once in a while, because if there was a firefight, then birds would just be going everywhere. Just a thought.

[pwnage13371 147]

Actually, seeing thousands of birds flying off everywhere would be hilarious.

 

This is a pretty good idea but for some reason I don't like it.

[MasterShak3 154]

I like this idea. MasterShak3 approves!  :thumbsup:  :beans:  :thumbsup: ... Kinda sorta reminds me of Jurassic Park for some reason.

Edited August 7, 2013 by MasterShak3

[Skypill 399]

Itsounds pretty cool that idea ^_^

[SalamanderAnder (DayZ) 1747]

I like this idea. Reminds me of the scene in the field in the Borne Identity.

[Level19 19]

I support

[OrLoK 16186]

Hello there

 

This has been brought up numerous times and is achievable in Arma2. Check Armaholic or the Bis Forums for the mod details.

 

I'd like to see it either in the mod or the SA.

 

Rdgs

 

LoK

[Welch (DayZ) 756]

Yeah I thought I saw it somewhere, Lok. Just in case I didn't, I posted this...

[AP_Norris 1018]

If there's a planner running through the forest he should occasionally scare birds out of trees and such.

This would be another reason to crouch walk, because at the moment it's just a slower version of standing.

[RedTailedLizerd 12]

Seems like it'd work.

[Skat3rat 1633]

That'd make snipers think twice before shooting for sure.  It'll be a lot easier to spot them if birds start flying away from the sniper's general area.

[SalamanderAnder (DayZ) 1747]

If there are readily available community assets, this should be seriously considered by both the mod team and the SA devs. (depending on the asset's particular compatibility with dayz's existing infrastructure of course)

 

The problem is that generally these kinds of effects, along with bunnies, pigs, ect. are often not perfectly synced across different clients, as they are very low priority when it comes to server traffic. So it might be hard to implement very accurately, but if you disregard the slight inaccuracies of the rendering it's still a very good feature to at least try out. Would be excellent for spotting those sniping bastards, as Skat3rat just said. It might have saved my life just a few hours ago, as a matter of fact...

[LancerG2 369]

Seems realistic. One thing though... Can we shoot the birds?

[OfficerRaymond 2064]

Finally a reason to collect pellet rounds.

Edited August 7, 2013 by OfficerRaymond

[SalamanderAnder (DayZ) 1747]

Seems realistic. One thing though... Can we shoot the birds?

 

I'm almost certain you can shoot the birds that are currently in the game...

[Skat3rat 1633]

I'm almost certain you can shoot the birds that are currently in the game...

 

Nah you can't.  Trust me I've tried many times.

[SalamanderAnder (DayZ) 1747]

Nah you can't.  Trust me I've tried many times.

 

Fair enough. Maybe I'm thinking of the first Arma.