can we have a more "savaged" environment (like higher grass, bushes, vegetation in general) and more chaos in the cities?

[deewd22 32]

Agree with the op. But tbh, higher grass is bs if it's not rendering at higher distances. F.e. you hide in the grass, but another player 200m away of you will just see your body laying down on q green texture. The engine already has a lot of trouble to render all that stuff on our screens.

[deewd22 32]

Agree with the op. But tbh, higher grass is bs if it's not rendering at higher distances. F.e. you hide in the grass, but another player 200m away of you will just see your body laying down on q green texture. The engine already has a lot of trouble to render all that stuff on our screens.

Sry for the spam, damn this mobile internet.

Edited March 16, 2014 by deewd22

[Roshi (DayZ) 397]

Agree with the op. But tbh, higher grass is bs if it's not rendering at higher distances. F.e. you hide in the grass, but another player 200m away of you will just see your body laying down on q green texture. The engine already has a lot of trouble to render all that stuff on our screens.

Sry for the spam, damn this mobile internet.

Please prune your epic multi-post.

Regarding the OP I'd really like some more overgrowth and rubbish. There is a recent interview with SenChi floating around somewhere - he says he is keen to rework the big cities but l sounds like the priority is to develop big cities in the north. Still loads of development to come. ..

[mgc 92]

More cities should not be a priority imo.

And yes, pls improve cover so it loads up to 1 km.

[Alyngwen_C 4]

I agree, and even though I think it's a horrible situation that's going on in Ukraine at the moment, I do think the DayZ team can use these pictures to their advantage. (Mind you, not including the fire, but the burned out remains).
Ps. Am I the only one who had to think about DayZ when they first showed the pictures of the riots in Kiev?

 

http://global.fncstatic.com/static/managed/img/U.S./Ukraine12514.jpg

http://media.naplesnews.com/media/img/photos/2014/01/25/APTOPIX_Ukraine_Protest(17)_t607.jpg

http://cdn.breitbart.com/mediaserver/Breitbart/Big-Peace/2014/01/24/ukraine-protest-gas-mask-AFP.jpg

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/files/2014/01/2014-01-23T190855Z_01_KIE50_RTRIDSP_3_UKRAINE.jpg

http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20140124&t=2&i=832346061&w=&fh=&fw=&ll=600&pl=390&r=CBREA0N0V7700

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/A-protester-wearing-a-gas-mask-stands-amid-burnt-tyres-and-garbage-following-clashes-between-pro-EU-demonstrators-and-riot-police-in-Kiev-on-Jan.-23-2014-AFP.jpg

http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1587328!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/ukraine-eu-protest.jpg

 

I can only imagine that when the apocalypse broke out, people tried everything to save themselves. So, barricades made out of sand bags, office desks, (melted)car tyres, rocks, bricks, sofas, you name it. These would be a good addition to the street scene, I think.

 

Cheers!

[daisho 74]

@ Alyngwen_C:

That's exactly my point, I don't hink people just packed their personal belongings and left. There must have been riots and chaos all over and I'd love to see the leftovers of that when running around the area (especially in the cities).... then I might even enjoy and appreciate the peaceful appearance of nature outside the cities.

[bastardo 12]

You should look into this reddit post: http://reddit.com/r/dayz/comments/1yp0cj/suggestion_apocalyptic_environment/

Those are some great ideas unless they impact performance too much.

[thefriendlydutchman 160]

yea every house would be dirty and with allot of blood furniture on random spots etc, and dumpsters and trolleys should be on the road  but not blocking cars

[tootights (DayZ) 26]

I think that improving the foliage would be of great benefit to the game play.  It should be easy, in the woods, to hide under brush or use it as cover for movement.

 

It's really difficult running around, even in the woods. The foliage is so sparse that everything is visible.  

 

I would love to see more underbrush than clearings in the forests. There should be game trails you can follow to water or that traverse hillsides, etc.

 

 

[pale1776 375]

Daaaaaaaaaaaaamn that epic multi post.

The weeks after Dayzero is BS, why are the cars rusted to hell?

And why is everything such a grey tone like The Road? Is there nuclear ash? Was there nuclear resistance? Are there others out there?

OhandsomeonepleasemakeaAmerica/suburbanmapplease

[Elle 562]

Daaaaaaaaaaaaamn that epic multi post.

The weeks after Dayzero is BS, why are the cars rusted to hell?

And why is everything such a grey tone like The Road? Is there nuclear ash? Was there nuclear resistance? Are there others out there?

OhandsomeonepleasemakeaAmerica/suburbanmapplease

umm I would have to think the grey tone would be your lack of health in the game as my color is amazing until I loose a crap ton o blood.  as for the rusted cars - take a hammer to the paint job on your car if you live near the sea and tell me how long it takes to rust up, I would imagine all the cars in better shape left the area with their occupants when the SHTF. the American map is in H1Z1 (at least on a map in America no one could bitch about the guns). all in all it would be nice to have an "official" statement about how long its been.

[pale1776 375]

umm I would have to think the grey tone would be your lack of health in the game as my color is amazing until I loose a crap ton o blood. as for the rusted cars - take a hammer to the paint job on your car if you live near the sea and tell me how long it takes to rust up, I would imagine all the cars in better shape left the area with their occupants when the SHTF. the American map is in H1Z1 (at least on a map in America no one could bitch about the guns). all in all it would be nice to have an "official" statement about how long its been.

I actually didnt think about seaside weather.

I meant the sky, and some areas. For me, everything slowly turns grey in cherno And other areas, not the blood loss like more ominous. Unless Im being hacked.

I know a guy on here, he was makin a mod callef Dixie for A2 DayZ but scrapped it when SA came out. So that would be nice. Just search Dixie in the bar.

[Elle 562]

Woot! DayZ in Dixie would rock just so ya know. I have noticed that the sky seems more overcast than sunny lately and that tends to kind of grey things out a bit. seems like I recall someone from the dev team mentioning that there might be a radioactive zone somewhere on the map so maybe they are just getting us used to the atmosphere before its implementation.

[Azzerrrr 52]

I know it's alpha and such and music and sound effects in later versions will/ can make a hell of a difference regarding the creep-factor.

 

That being said, I personally don't feel threatened by the environment at all, running/ sneaking around more feels like being on a hiking trip during the holidays: clear blue sky, the sun is shining, backpack full of tuna and water.

 

The grass looks like freshly mown and just recently fertilized. You can have a nice overview over the area most of the times. Everything just looks so neat, "polished" and tidy and feels more like you're in some kind of holiday resort rather than in the wilderness.

 

Cities and houses look like there just have been people in it 10 minutes ago and they cleaned up everything before they left.

 

I'd love to see a bit more chaos, especially in the cities, scrap vehicles in the middle of the road, dumpsters on the roads...this wouldn't only grant some additional cover and hence would add a higher variety for tactical approaches it would look more real, more threatening too, the city would look more abandoned.

 

All houses/ fronts look just too tidy, I'd love to see more crashed windows, stuff sprayed to the walls, maybe burned down houses and stuff like that.

Is the environment actually destroyable or planned to be so? If not, wouldn't it make sense to implement this if possible?

Maybe this would be an option for dynamic content on the maps, so areas change a bit on server-restart and never look the same.

 

The whole atmosphere is not threatening at all for me, I don't feel like I'm left alone in a desperate situation, I don't feel hopeless, I'm not scared, thrilled or paranoid.

 

I know this game is not a single player and doesn't have any super creepy supernatural animals or mutants in it, but I'd love to be a bit more challenged when wandering around as in: the grass, bushes, vegetation would make it harder to have a real overview over the area and you wouldn't have any idea what or who you'll run into in the next Moment or minutes.

 

I want areas and situation less clear, manageable, less predictable.

 

I wouldn't want to run around in a fully grown jungle but things should look a bit more abandoned and  like wildernes.

Good suggestion bro, I think the players should also hold a role in the destruction, like spray painting their own graffiti on walls somehow, making logos, making threats or just giving off simple warnings, that would add so much well, threat to the game.

[arvinzd 10]

Great idea, please days hear this!