backpacks + vest pouch

[exetick 11]

I think it would be great if you could use a vest pouch when you already have a backpack on you.

you have the vest with all the loot possible items you want on your stomach/chest. and in the backpack on your back.

would be cool if you could use a vest pouch at the same time you had a backpack.

[Noodle! 0]

I'd rather say start with the vest pouch or start completely without a backpack.

[DemonGroover 8836]

I dont see the point of the vest pouch - who would swap with it to get less room.

Start with no backpack then it becomes a useful item.

[Soldier of Failure 14]

Make ghille suit show your back pack.

Now that small vest pouch became 100x more useful to snipers, as it will be less visible.

[exetick 11]

what I mean is that you should be able to use backpacks and vest pouch at the same time.

I dont talk about swapping it with the backpack.

and Im not talking about when you are spawning.

[Zeromentor 169]

That'd be roughly the same thing as having three inventory sections, or the ability to get a bigger backpack, either way it isn't worth coding. Sorry.

[exetick 11]

worth coding? rocket can easily code it. the thing is you get extra space for items.

[Zeromentor 169]

But there wouldn't be a point to forcing players to use another mini-version of a backpack. And if all it did was increase capacity and not add another layer of inventory spaces to mess with, it would be nothing more than a better backpack, only in pieces instead of all at once. More to add, for little gain.

I'd rather have a helmet.

[striker75 3]

worth coding? rocket can easily code it. the thing is you get extra space for items.

Which is the problem. It reduces the emphasis on inventory management.

More slots = less thinking what is essential to survival = just bring it all!

I like the idea of backpacks on ghilles. making vests worth it.

[Duckman404 37]

worth coding? rocket can easily code it.

I doubt that's true. For one thing, he'd need to re-do the current inventory screen. He'd also need to add a whole new section for things going in the vest pouch, which I suspect would increase server strain as well, which would require time spent optimizing the system.

While I like the idea in some respects, it would indeed take the focus off careful selection of survival equipment, or making a base, and instead turn you into a walking camping tent.

[I_AM_DANIEL 0]

i like the idea. its not as these vest pouchs are super common and when i come across them i look at them and say what the fuck would i use you for? lol. but to able to use bot would be nice.

[Publik 404]

So instead of something like

...
slots = backpack.NumberOfSlots;
...

it's

...
slots = backpack.NumberOfSlots + vestpack.NumberOfSlots;
...

Also, I'd love to be able to store some ammo in a vest pouch. What about making it so a vest pouch gives you 12 slots of main inventory, whereas you start with 6? Or 9/12?

[Duckman404 37]

So instead of something like

...
slots = backpack.NumberOfSlots;
...

it's

...
slots = backpack.NumberOfSlots + vestpack.NumberOfSlots;
...

Also' date=' I'd love to be able to store some ammo in a vest pouch. What about making it so a vest pouch gives you 12 slots of main inventory, whereas you start with 6? Or 9/12?

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Rocket would still need to modify the UI to include the second backpack, which is a significant task.

Not to mention it'd still have plenty of opportunities for bugs!

[1.7.4sucks 0]

Make the hatchet selectable (and deselectable) as a weapon from the tool belt, that way you'd have no worries about dropping random stuff from the backpack when you reach for your primary weapon. I know it would make things easier, but if I were a survivor I wouldn't dump an AK and its ammo on the ground to make room for a hatchet!

Survivors should be able to drink from lakes without a bottle (imo)

[cal (DayZ) 1]

I like this idea. Specifically, I would like to be able to use a backpack and a vest at the same time. It would make organizing my inventory a bit better.

I also think that you should not start with a backpack.

[Ag3nt Richt3r 19]

This idea has been suggested multiple times already, once by myself a few weeks ago. We need to keep this all on one thread, that would make it alot easier for the devs to see our collective ideas.

http://dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=19358

http://dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=23920

[brubaker 0]

I'd rather say start with the vest pouch or start completely without a backpack.