dekartz 315 Posted February 5, 2014 (edited) Have you ever had to stay really still for a really long time? Or even just had your nose itch whilst doing a particularly intense sequence in a video-game.I'm proposing this as a somewhat tentative idea. Occasionally, especially after long periods of motionlessness, your character will randomly scratch. The meat of my idea however, comes from blinking and blurry/watery eyes (and possibly needing eye-protection) This would become prevalent during extended periods of aiming down your sights or using the right-mouse-button zoom. Perhaps a little blurring around the edges of your screen, a bout of flickering for rapid blinking. As the disease system is expanded on, one could potentially spread pink eye because their character rubbed their eye, and touched the can of beans or can-opener he gave you. Thus, you're debilitated with intermittent bits of fuzziness and a searing hatred for the person who gave you pink-eye. Itching as well could be used as symptoms (that the player would definitely take notice of) of some form of disease and/or rash. Edited February 5, 2014 by Dekartz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mos1ey 6301 Posted February 5, 2014 (edited) It's one of those things that just wouldn't work in a game IMO. Example - you spawned about 15 minutes ago, alone and unarmed, you don't have much but don't want to die and suddenly you spot a group of 3 armed players in full military gear coming your way. You manage to make it to the safety of a bush while you wait for them to pass and then your character starts scratching and they spot you because of the movement. In the real world you absolutely would not move a muscle in that situation, regardless of how itchy your nose was. It would be too difficult for the game to differentiate between acceptable and unacceptable times for your character to scratch. Edited February 5, 2014 by Mos1ey 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dekartz 315 Posted February 5, 2014 That covers the itching, but ones eyes watering and vision becoming blurry due to this is mostly an involuntary response. What are your thoughts? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C0bbler 17 Posted February 5, 2014 I think I blink and itch enough for my character as it is. Allergies maybe? To berries? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
excursion_@hotmail.com 19 Posted February 5, 2014 I really like the idea, I am a professional marksman in high calibre rifles and I can attest to the problems with extended stalking. This would be excellent to introduce. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
