Airplane supply drop?

[Gruntfadern 0]

Hello.

I just thought it would be awsome with maybe airplane supply-drops.

 

It would steal peoples attention for a while, and make a really interesting game about who is getting the supplies.

And if this would happen. Why not make the plane go pretty low (like targeting the place it will land on from high above) and then drop items, and raise in air again.

Anyhow. would be nice to know what dev team has in mind of a event like this.

BR Martin

[krackman 80]

I'm pretty sure they have som events in their mind. Even though this is a cool idea, I do dislike it. 
A airplane supply-drop would mostly be by the army, and there isn't a army anymore. The world have gone to hell, everyone is doing their best to survive. 
I think the idea is cool enough, but I don't see it fit in DayZ where the civilisation and the government doesn't excist anymore. 

Edited January 22, 2014 by Krackman

[Vector636 30]

I don't know one we really don't know if chernarus is quarantined or if its a pandemic. Two it seems like it just makes everything to easy to get, I played on a mod server with plane drops and it seems like it was to easy to get gear sometimes, maybe if they really restricted what is found in the drops.

[Otis.Driftwood 204]

How do you know the military doesn't exist anymore? Maybe we are all the part of experiment and  the government created zombies. 

 

I am up for air supply if this map is one huge island. And the other possibility would be a ship of supplies that comes at random locations and at random time. The military who is dropping supplies are heavily equipped and you cant come near them cuz they would have a bunch of snipers protecting the cargo load. 

[IkaikaKekai 1957]

Dean says he does not want 'dynamic' events, meaning real time heli crashes where you see the heli crash, or a cargo plane flying overhead to drop supplies, or a ship crashing on the shore.  There will be no non-zombie NPCs (therefore no pilots).  So any 'events' will just be the end result, the Helicopter will already be crashed in a field somewhere, a supply drop would be more 'the plane dropped from the sky when the infection happened and there's supplies around'.

[krackman 80]

How do you know the military doesn't exist anymore? Maybe we are all the part of experiment and  the government created zombies. 

 

I am up for air supply if this map is one huge island. And the other possibility would be a ship of supplies that comes at random locations and at random time. The military who is dropping supplies are heavily equipped and you cant come near them cuz they would have a bunch of snipers protecting the cargo load. 

Of course I can't say I'm 100% sure. 

But we do almost know that the infection started from Green Mountain. And if we say the area is in a quarantine and it's not a world-scale epidemic why would the army make supply drops in a quarantine zone? Normaly for a quarantine no one may enter or leave the zone. I just don't see it "realistic" to have supply drops in DayZ, even though it is a nice idea. 

[Lidskjalf 132]

How do you know the military doesn't exist anymore? Maybe we are all the part of experiment and  the government created zombies. 

 

I am up for air supply if this map is one huge island. And the other possibility would be a ship of supplies that comes at random locations and at random time. The military who is dropping supplies are heavily equipped and you cant come near them cuz they would have a bunch of snipers protecting the cargo load. 

 

No, just no to the last portion of your comment.  Have you not played the mod at all?  Try playing on an AI server, they were absolutely terrible!  Not to mention they were glitchy, OP & just unrealistic to the DayZ sandbox theme.  I will not accept "AI Snipers" being brought into this game for any reason - it's a ZOMBIE SURVIVAL GAME, not Sniper Elite.

 

Common people, create some of your own events - this is what DayZ was all about, a bit of Role-Playing!  Check out clans like "Freeside Trading Company", they were in the mod and set up trading events on their hosted servers.  I remember finding some bandits camp that stole from them (took a bunch of supplies & a URAL), I was in such awe so I jacked their gear and vehicles so we could try and form an alliance with Freeside.  I honestly had the most fun in my DayZ playtime when I was on that server, being the anti-bandit.  Try banding together with people & create something creative like this.

 

The lack of RP is ruining immersion in all games.

Edited January 22, 2014 by Lidskjalf

[Vector636 30]

Yeah I have played on servers with A.I its fun but it doesn't feel like DayZ to me. I do agree with you Lid I have had some hilariously scary and and amazingly funny moments in DayZRP, I have had quite a fun time screwing with the NRF since they think everyone should submit to them.

[Otis.Driftwood 204]

No, just no to the last portion of your comment.  Have you not played the mod at all?  Try playing on an AI server, they were absolutely terrible!  Not to mention they were glitchy, OP & just unrealistic to the DayZ sandbox theme.  I will not accept "AI Snipers" being brought into this game for any reason - it's a ZOMBIE SURVIVAL GAME, not Sniper Elite.

 

Common people, create some of your own events - this is what DayZ was all about, a bit of Role-Playing!  Check out clans like "Freeside Trading Company", they were in the mod and set up trading events on their hosted servers.  I remember finding some bandits camp that stole from them (took a bunch of supplies & a URAL), I was in such awe so I jacked their gear and vehicles so we could try and form an alliance with Freeside.  I honestly had the most fun in my DayZ playtime when I was on that server, being the anti-bandit.  Try banding together with people & create something creative like this.

 

The lack of RP is ruining immersion in all games.

 

Na, i havent played Arma Mod, i just got new pc. 

 

I meant AI just for drops because nobody wants to shoot soldiers that are dropping supplies.

[IkaikaKekai 1957]

Non-Zombie or non-animal AI will NEVER happen.  That means no AI Pilots, no AI snipers, just a truck on its side in a ditch along the road loaded with some russian offbrand twinkie.

Edited January 23, 2014 by BigMike

[Vector636 30]

What do you mean no animal AI?(Watches Rabbit run by screen)

[Space Milk 195]

Dean says he does not want 'dynamic' events, meaning real time heli crashes where you see the heli crash, or a cargo plane flying overhead to drop supplies, or a ship crashing on the shore.  There will be no non-zombie NPCs (therefore no pilots).  So any 'events' will just be the end result, the Helicopter will already be crashed in a field somewhere, a supply drop would be more 'the plane dropped from the sky when the infection happened and there's supplies around'.

Those events are static not dynamic, you got the wording wrong.

[Mos1ey 6301]

Isn't this idea just ripped straight out of Rust?

[Vector636 30]

lol Rust did do it but it was used on a old server I played in before I had heard of Rust.

(Also cant describe how awesome your cat avatar is)

Edited January 22, 2014 by Vector636

[Space Milk 195]

No, just no to the last portion of your comment.  Have you not played the mod at all?  Try playing on an AI server, they were absolutely terrible!  Not to mention they were glitchy, OP & just unrealistic to the DayZ sandbox theme.  I will not accept "AI Snipers" being brought into this game for any reason - it's a ZOMBIE SURVIVAL GAME, not Sniper Elite.

 

Common people, create some of your own events - this is what DayZ was all about, a bit of Role-Playing!  Check out clans like "Freeside Trading Company", they were in the mod and set up trading events on their hosted servers.  I remember finding some bandits camp that stole from them (took a bunch of supplies & a URAL), I was in such awe so I jacked their gear and vehicles so we could try and form an alliance with Freeside.  I honestly had the most fun in my DayZ playtime when I was on that server, being the anti-bandit.  Try banding together with people & create something creative like this.

 

The lack of RP is ruining immersion in all games.

Freeside is from fallout???

Can't bethseda sue???

[Vector636 30]

Its a clan name so I don't think its infringement, also I don't think they had a company called that, the Crimson caravan did most of the work. it would be interesting to see clans devoted to mercantile pursuits. Especially if they go through with underground hideouts, as base of operations. I myself want to start a group devoted to gambling and other similar pursuits such as fight clubs, been scouting out locations for awhile :) .

[Bash Arkin 266]

Isn't this idea just ripped straight out of Rust?

 

Thats what i was thinking.

[Lidskjalf 132]

Na, i havent played Arma Mod, i just got new pc. 

 

I meant AI just for drops because nobody wants to shoot soldiers that are dropping supplies.

 

Since the AI isn't great in the Arma engine, I don't think adding AI with guns is a very good idea.  Once they get further progressed with content, you will see that chopper crashes will be enough to keep a player contempt amongst the rest of things they plan to implement.  They need to focus on the Zombies tremendously before anything.  

 

Freeside is from fallout???

Can't bethseda sue???

 

No.  It's just a clan, it's not like they're profiting using that name.  

 

Good god.

 

Its a clan name so I don't think its infringement, also I don't think they had a company called that, the Crimson caravan did most of the work. it would be interesting to see clans devoted to mercantile pursuits. Especially if they go through with underground hideouts, as base of operations. I myself want to start a group devoted to gambling and other similar pursuits such as fight clubs, been scouting out locations for awhile :) .

 

For sure, I can't wait until they add more dynamic environments such as public hideouts, caves, sewer tunnels, etc. 

RP to the max!!!

 

Edited January 22, 2014 by Lidskjalf

[Lidskjalf 132]

Non-Zombie or animal AI will NEVER happen.  That means no AI Pilots, no AI snipers, just a truck on its side in a ditch along the road loaded with some russian offbrand twinkie.

 

Animal AI will happen, however I hope they go to the extent of having dangerous animals in the woods that will kill characters.

[Vector636 30]

Yeah I do to rocket talked about having dangerous animals but probably much later on, having to work on the animal attack coding. Although I think there are a few dangerous animals that they could add that would not require a large amount of new animations. Like the boar form the mod, they could have a simple charge/tusk attack, it already looked like they were charging if they were running towards you. They could also add smaller things that just bite like snakes or spiders, and the larger things like bears or wolves could come later.

[IkaikaKekai 1957]

What do you mean no animal AI?(Watches Rabbit run by screen)

 

 

Animal AI will happen, however I hope they go to the extent of having dangerous animals in the woods that will kill characters.

Sorry, ment to say only zombies and animal AI would happen.  Think I fixed it.

[RedDogMT 41]

No drops. It does not fit a survivalist civilization.