Smell

[Moorpheusl9 1]

If the player is hurt enough to start bleeding, this starts to smell - bandages stop bleeding and so stop the character from smelling stronger. Change clothes to drastically reduce the smell of blood too. Also - aftershave/perfume items as loot etc. can mask the smell.

 

Zombies within a certain distance smell the blood and start moving in your general direction.

 

Perhaps this could also lead to the introduction of wind - could carry the scent more in whatever direction the wind is blowing.

 

Could also have a 'sniff' action (could be a way of indicating nearby players) - for the wind direction, the player could do the ol' 'lick finger' test, or take a grass cutting and throw it in the air. That way, if the player has been bleeding, they know what direction the wind is carrying their scent.

 

Thoughts?

[knifeparty 109]

Currently, in game the wind always blows East, making that difficult (just watch the clouds, or your breath at night). I find that smell is a sense best left simplified within a game, otherwise they'd have to start putting some type of method to better represent that in game, which I am personally not a fan of.

[joe_mcentire 2074]

implement drugs: you can see the smell then

[Space Milk 195]

Currently, in game the wind always blows East, making that difficult (just watch the clouds, or your breath at night). I find that smell is a sense best left simplified within a game, otherwise they'd have to start putting some type of method to better represent that in game, which I am personally not a fan of.

Wind in upper atmosphere and low atmosphere blow in different directions.

[angry pineapple 44]

Considering the setting of the game, I don't think I'd want to be smelling players!

Eeewwwww!