Cold indicators

[WilliamTheConqueror 81]

I don't know if this is already planned, but I would like to see status indicators for cold. Your character would have a temperture, like water, energy, and stomach. Since you always seem to see your breath, its obviosly cold, so that should affect your character over time. If you sit there in a t-shirt and normal pants, you should get messages like "I'm feeling cold", or "Its cold out". If you sit like that for a while, you could start to shiver, with messages like "I need to get warm". Running around, wearing warm clothes, or sitting next to a heat source should warm you up again.

This could also work for overheating. Sprinting for half an hour should overheat you, increasing water consumption, and giving you indicators like "I'm feeling hot", "I need to cool off", or "I'm really starting to sweat" (making your shirt damp?)

What do you guys think? If you have any more ideas, share them.

*Edit

Just got a new idea. Maybe if you sprint for a while and heat up, your character could sweat. Sweating would get your clothes damp, and lower the rate at which your temperture rise. Would also lower your water quicker. Just an idea.

Edited June 17, 2014 by WilliamTheConqueror

[Goove 70]

I do think that this has been talked about and that they  are planning to have cold from water and rain effect you.  I do not know about the actual body temp though.  I think its only going to be in terms of being wet.

[thelonelyone 103]

There was a Overheating thingy at release where you couldn't run for too long, but it was removed due to... honestly, it's annoying. In a game like DayZ, running is something we have to do. It takes so long to do stuff with full sprint, imagine having a limit.

 

But they are going to add Cold, Wet and Hot status which would be cool, but I'm hoping they don't do it so you have a limit for how long you can run...

[WilliamTheConqueror 81]

I'm not saying that sprinting for about ten minutes would give you character heat stroke, only if you've been springing for a very long time. Sprinting full spead from Berizino to NWAF should get your guy hot, tired, and thirsty.

Edited June 18, 2014 by WilliamTheConqueror

[WilliamTheConqueror 81]

I also noticed that the wiki already has a wiki page for temperature in the survival tab. The info in there are like what I suggested, but I have yet to see any of it in-game.