The Zombie I Would Love To See...

[VoidingNixx 39]

When Zombie A.I. is finished, I would like to see players turn into zombies.  Y'know that 10 minute thing we have now and then bodies disappear... I'd like to see the body get up after that 10 minutes and turn into a Zombie A.I.  Keeping all gear except for the weapons (or anything else in the hand).  Anything not looted from the corpse should be on the Zombie A.I. and lootable when killing the zombie.  Also, the Zombie should keep the skin (gear/equipment graphics) of that actual player model of when it was dead.

 

Would LOVE to see this.  Also, 'Hide Body' is a lame option.  Cannot wait to see that removed.  Let those corpses pile up!  It really does show how much work us bandits put in.  >;)

[TheWizard14 372]

All I can say is when this is added:

 

 

LET THE LAG BEGIN

[IkaikaKekai 1957]

Not gonna happen.  Been confirmed many times by Rocket.

 

From the Lore side, Dead is Dead.  You don't get shot in the heart, get up and walk around to go bite someone.  The zombies we have are alive, and the players are the only humans left in the world that are immune (also the reason there won't be NPCs in Vanilla standalone).

 

From the Tech Side, it would cause a shit ton of lag and other problems, call it lazy if you want.  Right now zombies are very simple things model wise.  One layer forms the clothing and skin, and there's no accessory layers to complicate things.  Players are many layers, skin, each item of clothing, backpacks, holsters, ect.  Considering how often people die, and how few restarts there's going to be there would be lots of high poly count zombies that each need a lot of information, whats in their bags, whats their clothing conditions, what weapons do they have, how many bullets, was their leg broken, ect.

[victusmortuus 1074]

Not gonna happen.  Been confirmed many times by Rocket.

 

From the Lore side, Dead is Dead.  You don't get shot in the heart, get up and walk around to go bite someone.  The zombies we have are alive, and the players are the only humans left in the world that are immune (also the reason there won't be NPCs in Vanilla standalone).

 

From the Tech Side, it would cause a shit ton of lag and other problems, call it lazy if you want.  Right now zombies are very simple things model wise.  One layer forms the clothing and skin, and there's no accessory layers to complicate things.  Players are many layers, skin, each item of clothing, backpacks, holsters, ect.  Considering how often people die, and how few restarts there's going to be there would be lots of high poly count zombies that each need a lot of information, whats in their bags, whats their clothing conditions, what weapons do they have, how many bullets, was their leg broken, ect.

 

Dayz 'lore' lol. haha!.

[bioned 36]

we'll worry about players turing into zombies maybe in 2050 when zombies are actually closed to being fixed

[plexico 386]

Rocket stated himself that the survivors are the only humans left that are immune to the virus, and that the zombies are not the undead type but the infected type.

[TIC 1050]

"Welcome to the world of DayZ, hit by a new and presently unknown infection which has wiped out most of the world's population. You are one of the few that have survived and now you must search this new wasteland in order to fight for your life against what is left of the indigenous population now infected with the disease. Go solo, team up with friends or take on the world, as you choose your path in this brutal and chilling landscape using whatever means you stumble upon to survive."

 

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[IkaikaKekai 1957]

Dayz 'lore' lol. haha!.

Yes 'Lore'.  Rocket's brother, a Virologist, actually wrote a paper about how the zombies could have realistically came about (I've yet to find/read it, but my money's on some form of Rabies that went airborne)

As stated in the two posts above me it has been said by Rocket many times.  I forget exact numbers, but something like 60% of the world were simply killed by the virus, somewhere around 35-39% became infected/zombies, and the remaining 1% are the players, people who are not only immune to the virus, but manage to stay alive this long.

[ld-airgrafix 403]

Can someone make a sticky thread explaining they are not true dead zombies come to life. They are infected, living, breathing humans. Atm they are part ghost which is going to explain their glitching through walls. So call them infected, ghosts , superathletes but dont call them zombies.

[ld-airgrafix 403]

Yes 'Lore'.  Rocket's brother, a Virologist, actually wrote a paper about how the zombies could have realistically came about (I've yet to find/read it, but my money's on some form of Rabies that went airborne)

As stated in the two posts above me it has been said by Rocket many times.  I forget exact numbers, but something like 60% of the world were simply killed by the virus, somewhere around 35-39% became infected/zombies, and the remaining 1% are the players, people who are not only immune to the virus, but manage to stay alive this long.

Believe it or not, there are already zombies among bugs. A certain fly injects a certain bug, which becomes a zombie and all it does is eat till it dies, then flys babies emerge out of its dead body

[DMentMan 707]

oh, jesus fucking christ, they are infected not undead. this has been brought up like a million times.

[ZomboWTF 527]

aside from the lore, i would think it would be a cool mechanic

 

but the "hide body" needs to stay until zombies can ruin gear when you die and respawn,

or else spawned weapons would never leave the games cycle once they are picked up

 

or we will actually be able to remove vital parts of a weapon to make it disfunctional (like the primer)

[IamDinner 28]

oh, jesus fucking christ, they are infected not undead. this has been brought up like a million times.

 

Oddly though while they are "living" do they die from starvation like the rest of us?

[DMentMan 707]

Oddly though while they are "living" do they die from starvation like the rest of us?

i don´t know that, what i do know it that the "zombies" in DayZ is infected people, not undead, IF thay needed to eat, i guess that would kill a rabbit or something.