Iene's Thought Blog

[Iene 0]

This is a collective of my thoughts towards improvement of the DayZ mod.

If you disapprove of an idea state WHY.

I will try not to post ideas that have been covered heavily in this sub forum unless its something I feel strongly about.

You might think I'm being really picky about things considering this is an Alpha stage mod, but every little helps I think.

Zombies - Cone View

Currently Zombies aggro if you're within viewing range regardless of whether they are facing you. I propose that their visible aggro range be changed so that if a player is behind the zombie (and with a low enough sound rating) they be able to sneak by undetected. This would definitely help with getting aggro round corners when you would normally be undetectable.

Player - Gun sounds

Reloading should add at least 1 bar to the sound rating. Cocking a weapon isn't exactly silent.

Player - Footsteps

I think the sound for Walking/Running on grass is a bit to heavy and to much like muffled steps. running on grass (especially long grass) sounds more like a soft crunch or even if the grass is long enough the sound should be more like rustling reeds.

(I can understand that you might find it hard to understand what I mean here as I struggled to describe what i mean.)

Player - Torch

The edges of the "Circle of light" produced by the torch at night are a bit too crisp maybe soften them up a bit and add a slight yellow tint.

Player - Defence

I'm OK with starting with out a gun, not everyone has one and I think they are already common, however I would at the very least kick and flail about if I absolutely had to defend myself against a chasing zombie.

Player - PVP

PVP is good we need to have the potential the kill other players, but i think Player less than an hour old should yield no loot to slightly discourage ganking for a tin of beans and increase the chance that you band together with other fresh characters.

Player - Grouping is good

I understand that some people like to play alone, which is fine i don't think you should be punished for that, grouping is its own reward, however I think there should be more incentive to group up with other players such as bandaging other players takes 25% of time it would to do it on your own.

Environment - Night

I like how dark it is at night, even in English country side where light pollution is minimal its very very dark. However in the game currently you cant see your hand in front of your face or so to speak as its that dark, light greys such as concrete should definitely be visible, even if only slightly.

Environment - Building Lighting

Inside buildings during they day are too bright, considering there is no light sources other than the sun warehouses and rooms with no widows should be a lot darker, give me a reason to use the torch in day time.

These are my thoughts and feelings.