[Suggestion] New Animation Ideas

[frostknivez 29]

I've had a couple of ideas with the animations for DayZ. i just wanted to share them with you, and now remember these are MY ideas and these probably won't even get to the final game anyway. I just wanted to share my ideas with you.

 

Ok, so my first idea is how picking up loot works. My idea is when you click and drag the item into your jeans or whatever, your character actually grabs the loot and puts it in the exact place you put it in your inventory. Also to add to that, it would be cool if you can actually see loot on the character themselves, so lets say you have a can of beans in your assault vest, you can actually see that can of beans in one of the pockets in the vest. Same with any other item.

 

My second idea is how zombies react when you shoot them. Maybe the zombies can jolt back if you shoot them. So lets say you shoot a zombie in the right shoulder, the zombie would like move his shoulder and react to the gun shot quickly. I really don't know how to explain it but a lot of other zombie games use it. I think L4D2 use it.

 

Anyway, I don't think these ideas will get to the game because of the Real Virtuality engine. It's just ideas that I came up with. Feel free to add to this or tell me why it would never happen haha.

[VictorKane 638]

Never say never :)

[drouz@netti.fi 57]

VictorKane animations looking GOOD in the standalone! Especially running animation is miles ahead of Arma 2 one. 

 

Now that you can switch weapons while running is already a big plus, how about switching weapons while moving crouched/prone.

 

There is a bugreport about it on the feedback tracker: http://feedback.dayzgame.com/view.php?id=3143

Edited January 16, 2014 by drouz

[phoboss 224]

Solid ideas, and I wouldn't go so far as to say they will never be implemented, but it's a lot of work and will, if ever, be implemented really really late in the development cycle.

[Greaves 131]

Good idea's. Some more:

 

Lying down (with hands on head option)

Pointing in a direction

Picking nose (for laughs, mostly)

Smoking (add sigarettes to the game as well)

Sticking a needle in yourself/others

 

(Will add more later)

Edited January 16, 2014 by Greaves

[soulfirez 901]

Ah animated opening of doors and a change to the ladder animation at the top climbing on the roof ( wants i have had for over 8 years in arma ) thought i would ask seeing you added bipods that work ( another thing i had always wished for in arma lol ) you never know may get my wish for this christmas in Dayz ( cant blame a guy for asking lol )

[Awruk 216]

Bandaging while lying down. Come on, who gets up (crouches) under fire just to bandage himself?

[Ozar 108]

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Edited January 16, 2014 by Ozar

[antonioajc 500]

Whenever I watch these kind of suggestions, I too think that it would not work due to engine limitations.

[frostknivez 29]

Whenever I watch these kind of suggestions, I too think that it would not work due to engine limitations.

That's exactly what I thought when I posted this haha

[VictorKane 638]

VictorKane animations looking GOOD in the standalone! Especially running animation is miles ahead of Arma 2 one. 

 

Now that you can switch weapons while running is already a big plus, how about switching weapons while moving crouched/prone.

 

There is a bugreport about it on the feedback tracker: http://feedback.dayzgame.com/view.php?id=3143

Thanks! Just wait how they will look after the aplha :)

We know about being not able switch a weapon while moving in crouch. We might add this in one of next updates. Prone is a problematic one, we can surely make that work, but would you be able in real life move in prone and take a gun from your back?  ;) 

 

 

 

Good idea's. Some more:

 

Lying down (with hands on head option)

Pointing in a direction

Picking nose (for laughs, mostly)

Smoking (add sigarettes to the game as well)

Sticking a needle in yourself/others

 

(Will add more later)

Lying down with hands on head sounds interesting.

Pointing in a direction plus other gestures almost ready to add in game :)

 

 

 

Ah animated opening of doors and a change to the ladder animation at the top climbing on the roof ( wants i have had for over 8 years in arma ) thought i would ask seeing you added bipods that work ( another thing i had always wished for in arma lol ) you never know may get my wish for this christmas in Dayz ( cant blame a guy for asking lol )

Opening of doors and ladder is something we definitely want to improve.

 

 

 

Bandaging while lying down. Come on, who gets up (crouches) under fire just to bandage himself?

Agreed!

[gingatsu 68]

Bandaging while lying down. Come on, who gets up (crouches) under fire just to bandage himself?

just tell me how you manage to bandage yourself while lying down on the floor?

 

I really wanna do see you doing this.

 

The reason is it is not possible... you cannot bandage your leg while you're lying, or you cannot bandage your shoulder or torso wound while laying down... actually you shouldn't be able to do this at all while in such condition.

 

Ever catched a bullet into your torso? no offense but I really would be more than surprised if you got the possibility to bandage yourself in such a shock status, or worse.

 

you just wanna get such feat because you get shot while being prone and you don't wanna get shot again but the bleeding forces you to at least crouch to bandage yourself (which I think is totally unrealistic itself but I cant interfere to this fact, the developers have to figure it themselves)

[Immersive 121]

Something needs to be done about the comically painful standing vault animation. I can't stand trying to do the fluid jump animation when running from zombies only to stop like a total dumbass and SLOWLY 'vault'/clip through an object.

[wild_man 4442]

maybe is possible animate this :|

 

so guys who keep say 'FRIENDLY' 2978 times and always die from bullet can express in game EXACT how they feel about KoS mentality ;)
 

 

[gingatsu 68]

I've had a couple of ideas with the animations for DayZ. i just wanted to share them with you, and now remember these are MY ideas and these probably won't even get to the final game anyway. I just wanted to share my ideas with you.

 

Ok, so my first idea is how picking up loot works. My idea is when you click and drag the item into your jeans or whatever, your character actually grabs the loot and puts it in the exact place you put it in your inventory. Also to add to that, it would be cool if you can actually see loot on the character themselves, so lets say you have a can of beans in your assault vest, you can actually see that can of beans in one of the pockets in the vest. Same with any other item.

 

My second idea is how zombies react when you shoot them. Maybe the zombies can jolt back if you shoot them. So lets say you shoot a zombie in the right shoulder, the zombie would like move his shoulder and react to the gun shot quickly. I really don't know how to explain it but a lot of other zombie games use it. I think L4D2 use it.

 

Anyway, I don't think these ideas will get to the game because of the Real Virtuality engine. It's just ideas that I came up with. Feel free to add to this or tell me why it would never happen haha.

I had some similar ideas like yours...

 

For example I had the idea that you actually couldnt use "slots" on clothing to put for example a 300 bullet box into it, or first aid kit, or the big cans like beans or spaghetti. In my opinion that totally derives the reality of the situation... so people go stockpiling items all around. I had the idea that people would be able to put stuff according to the "real life capacity" a clothing has...

 

For example;

The side pockets of a camouflage trouser can hold up, up to the size of bean cans, but not bigger. So anything that would be like handcuffs, medicament,small tuna cans,fruit and so on would fit into it. When the trouser is full then the pockets should look like its full, but if the pockets are empty or half empty it should show according like...

 

Same goes for the shirt/upper camo/hoodie/tactical shirt ect.... you have 2 pockets at your breast, 2 waist pockets (differs on other camo's not every camo has waist pockets) and you have 2 small pockets at your shoulders... so that should give you the possibility to put " small items" into that pockets like handcuffs, or medicament's or like that...

 

the assault Wests should be separated socket wise (2 sockets each for example but not combined), not every assault west can hold double magazines for example... there should be special assault Wests for it.

The Wests should have different kind of uses,

 

for example the Tactical West http://dayz.gamepedia.com/File:Tactical_Vest_DayZee.png  should give you a piece of protection while it gives you choices of 2 big pouches for big magazines (60 ammo mags or equivalent size of item) , 2 medium size magazines (30 or 40 round or equivalent size of item) , 2 pistol magazine pouch, and a pouch where you can put some shotgun ammo... This kind of West would be more suitable for people with a range for medium to close quarters

 

The Blue Press West http://dayz.gamepedia.com/Blue_Press_Vest would be a temporary protection and would provide you 3 pouches for small sized mags like 20 round or 10 round mags or equivalent size of item. İt would give you some fair protection and some place to put things in just to your choice.you might put shotgun shells instead mags too if you want... up to you.

 

The UK Assault west http://dayzintel.com/dayz-item-crafting/assault-vest would give you 4 big slots for big magazines (60 round or equivalent size). and 2 small slots (20,10 rounds mags or equivalent size of item) it would not give the protection like the Tactical west but it would give you the variety to choose what to do.

 

They should implement leg holsters which are bonded to leg too, but then for you shouldn't be able to use the pocket on that leg for example because you just binded the holster to that leg.

 

well things like that would make the game experience more realistic and people would be forced to think more than just stuffing items in every slot.

 

And if possible the game developers should implement of carrying weight into the game... so bigger backpacks would mean more items to stuff but the character would move more slower and would be more encumbered when doing action while proning (in fact some backpacks should totally hinder you to go prone and hinder you to aim at that position and so on... )

 

and as last I think it really is totally unrealistic when you have your ammo magazine in your backpack and you can reload seamlessly... that is physically impossible in the first case. So they should implement the fact that you should be able to switch the magazines which are in your reach in first case and for that the assault west is the best option first case... the further the magazine is the longer it should take to reload the weapon... if the magazine is in the backpack the person should first take the backpack off and then try to take the magazine... Its just totally unrealistic that you can reach your backpack without even taking it off and opening it.

Edited January 16, 2014 by gingatsu

[Awruk 216]

just tell me how you manage to bandage yourself while lying down on the floor?

 

I really wanna do see you doing this.

 

The reason is it is not possible... you cannot bandage your leg while you're lying, or you cannot bandage your shoulder or torso wound while laying down... actually you shouldn't be able to do this at all while in such condition.

 

Ever catched a bullet into your torso? no offense but I really would be more than surprised if you got the possibility to bandage yourself in such a shock status, or worse.

 

you just wanna get such feat because you get shot while being prone and you don't wanna get shot again but the bleeding forces you to at least crouch to bandage yourself (which I think is totally unrealistic itself but I cant interfere to this fact, the developers have to figure it themselves)

Bandaging while lying down is unrealistic but getting up while getting shot in the gut is ok? Lol.

[djporternz 644]

Smoking (add sigarettes to the game as well)

Sticking a needle in yourself/others

These would be a problem to get past some country's media prohibitions. Smoking, drinking and drug taking, even with the context of a game in a virtual world, would see the game getting an outright ban in some countries.

 

Remember, shooting someone in the head = R15, doing it with your shirt off = R18+. Don't even think about it with no pants!

[Greaves 131]

These would be a problem to get past some country's media prohibitions. Smoking, drinking and drug taking, even with the context of a game in a virtual world, would see the game getting an outright ban in some countries.

 

Remember, shooting someone in the head = R15, doing it with your shirt off = R18+. Don't even think about it with no pants!

 

Hmmm. They did it in Stalker: Call of Pripyat though. Don't know if that was banned anywhere.

[drouz@netti.fi 57]

Thanks! Just wait how they will look after the aplha :)

We know about being not able switch a weapon while moving in crouch. We might add this in one of next updates. Prone is a problematic one, we can surely make that work, but would you be able in real life move in prone and take a gun from your back?  ;)

 

 

 

Lying down with hands on head sounds interesting.

Pointing in a direction plus other gestures almost ready to add in game :)

 

 

 

Opening of doors and ladder is something we definitely want to improve.

 

 

 

Agreed!

Thanks for the answer. After i thought bit more about changing weapons while moving prone, i can agree its unrealistic.

[InvisiMan2013 229]

just tell me how you manage to bandage yourself while lying down on the floor?

 

I really wanna do see you doing this.

 

 

 

If I (and many others) can change an ostomy appliance while laying down on our backs, surely, a video game character can bandage up his arm while laying down.  :lol:

[frostknivez 29]

Here is an example of my first idea (In TLoU) 

This is without the idea of having him put it into the place you put it in your inventory, but it's a brief example on what i'm thinking of

[King of kong 1117]

I suggested the loot appearing on char before but 1+

[frostknivez 29]

I suggested the loot appearing on char before but 1+

Did you? Oh haha.

Hopefully it will be in the game :)

[xTITANx 25]

Pointing in a direction plus other gestures almost ready to add in game :)

 

It would be awesome to have a menu->submenu jesture tool. Kind of like how maya works.

 

say you hold down a gesture key( programmable in options ) then a maya style menu pops up, you swipe to a catagory and then swipe to the gesture.

 

For instance you could have categories like, greetings, combat, directions, and emotions.

 

During combat, you could have cool hand gestures like hold or move out, or that you see enemies. Most of this is pointless because of voice coms but still fun to play with :)

[Space Milk 195]

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