Jump to content
Sign in to follow this  
blunce

Warning Signs

Recommended Posts

Hello DayZ community,

 

So to my understanding, the finished game will have persistant loot/storage/basebuilding, meaning that your campground & supplies will forever be tied to that one server, correct?

 

If this is true, my suggestion would be to add warning signs for those who may be approaching on your territory.

Some examples would be:

-"Danger Ahead"

-"Keep Out"

-"Hostile Area"

-"Shoot on Site"

-Or even a symbol such as a skull & cross bones (basically indicating danger), or directional signs with an arrow pointing in a certain direction for the owner of the campsite's own reference.

 

There could be friendly signs as well such as:

-"Trading Post"

-"Friendlys Ahead"

-etc.

 

Could be a craftable item made from wood, rope, & spraypaint (I'm using that example for simplicitys sake as those items are already in-game). For those who would want it to be a little more realistic, they could be made from a wooden plank, sticks, hammer & nails, & spray paint. Just need to add those items to the game, which obviously is that much more work on the devs side.

 

I was originally thinking to myself to make the signs completely customizable & give the player the free will to put anything that they please on it, but I saw a post a while back suggesting to allow players to spray paint messages on surfaces, & peoples concern with that was server performance issues, & people writing hate-speech & what not. So I think the same issues apply to this concept.
 

All feedback welcome

-blunce

 

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Or we could steal stop signs and toss them in our trucks. Post them on our turf.

  • Like 1

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

I think spray painting on walls/signs would be cooler

 

having a set list of decals to spray

 

I hate to use this game as an example but Zombiu did an ok job with the painting

 

zombiu-tag.jpg

 

Dont hate me its just an example

lol I'm not hating man, examples like that are constructive. I've never even heard of that game so you tought me something. That was generally along the lines of what I was thinking. If we were given the option to freely spray on anything we please, I think it would definitely be a good idea to limit it to pre-made decals & messages. Just so there isn't a dick on the side of every house.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

I think spray painting on walls/signs would be cooler

 

having a set list of decals to spray

 

I hate to use this game as an example but Zombiu did an ok job with the painting

 

zombiu-tag.jpg

 

Dont hate me its just an example

HATE HATE HATE!

lol jk

 

Dont mind the sign ideas, but the spraypaint would be better....although asshats with racist comments will always do what they do, you could use red for danger, and green for friendly (on trees near your base of whatever)

Edited by NagsterTheGangster

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Dont mind the sign ideas, but the spraypaint would be better....although asshats with racist comments will always do what they do, you could use red for danger, and green for friendly (on trees near your base of whatever)

See this was my concern; people using the feature for profanity, hate-speech, graphic imagery, etc.

 

Although the argument could be made that people could just as easily do things like that through direct chat.

 

If the community can tolerate the minority of bads things that people do with feature, for the majority of benefits people could get from it, then by all means let us paint on anything we please!

 

I for one don't get easily offended by such things so I support it.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Ah, but isn't freedom a part of DayZ? I'm sure dickbutt would appear on every house if there were zombies IRL. It's even there without a catastrophe.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Ah, but isn't freedom a part of DayZ? I'm sure dickbutt would appear on every house if there were zombies IRL. It's even there without a catastrophe.

Very true my friend, & honestly, I really don't think that people would abuse it THAT much. But of course there are those who will write profanity.

 

I think it's a matter of the devs decision on how they want their finished game to appear. I mean it is pegi18 ;)

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Be able to create such warning signs / shields ingame would be a useful addition and I think the idea is good. Maybe devs are already working on somee additions for housing

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Or, to simplify, typing in and it converts it to a font that looks handwritten and sprays that on the wall (multiple fonts randomly assigned to each spawn to simulate different lettering styles and handwriting like with randomly generated blood types? Or it can get neater as you go, like with Rocket's saying of "practicing will make you better at something.")

Edited by TheEvanCat

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Please sign in to comment

You will be able to leave a comment after signing in



Sign In Now
Sign in to follow this  

×