NPC villagers, pedestrians, and military?

[TheMaxedout 57]

What do you guys think about having hundreds of NPC's on the map and interacting with us and the environment. I think it would be awesome it will make each server unique.

[LeeVanSpliff 156]

We do have npcs, they're called zombies. More of them though, please.

[boneboys 7988]

If this is a suggestion, it has been gone over many times, the result is always the same, bad idea, wrong game...

[irl-calibre 744]

it was tried with ai heroes / bandits in the mod and it was awful imo

[Jex 1104]

The problem with NPC's is that they get old really fast, drain resources that can be used for the zombie and animal ai and become predictable to the point of boring. They put AI in some of the mods and they really didn't add anything to it.

[Hicks_206 (DayZ) 4297]

What do you guys think about having hundreds of NPC's on the map and interacting with us and the environment. I think it would be awesome it will make each server unique.

Aside from infected, and dead bodies - all characters in DayZ must, and will be - living, breathing human beings. 

[OrLoK 16185]

Hello there

 

I see the roles OP is looking for being played by the various wildlife when it hits.

 

If the guys manage to get an actual eco system in where you could see predators at work (inc zedz) then that would "fill out" the world hugely but still leave the main interaction to the human players.

 

Rgds

 

LoK

[Deathlove 2286]

Hello there

 

I see the roles OP is looking for being played by the various wildlife when it hits.

 

If the guys manage to get an actual eco system in where you could see predators at work (inc zedz) then that would "fill out" the world hugely but still leave the main interaction to the human players.

 

Rgds

 

LoK

NO WAY!

 

We need bears with machine guns! XD

 

[OrLoK 16185]

NO WAY!

 

We need bears with machine guns! XD

 

There's your next mod. Make it so.

 

L

[Deathlove 2286]

There's your next mod. Make it so.

 

L

Lol

 

First modding has to become a "thing". :P

Edited August 12, 2014 by Deathlove

[OrLoK 16185]

Lol

 

First modding hast to become a "thing". :P

it will be. Practice in Arma.

 

L

[TheMaxedout 57]

Ahh it seems this is a dried up topic that has been discussed and debated way before I asked lol. I guess it wont happen best to leave it to strictly human players

[fnal 206]

Rocket talked about never wanting to put in NPCs because it ruins the experience.  

[Combine (DayZ) 247]

Imo, just a very little little dev compromise could also do the trick. Have one or very few (within 5) location(s) on the map (or a modular "base" that can spawn anywhere on the map or at certain points) that's contains humanoid uninfected NPCs. They could be (crazed) survivors, bandits or some kind of military presence, some outright hostile, some perhaps not.

 

But I can already tell they'll prolly never be added, so a mod has to do that somehow. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying this should be(come) a major aspect of gameplay, but fluff is nice to have.

 

Still, I see potential. For example, if you really wanted to take it far you could have few uninfected places per each server restart, from the smallest town or point of interest to the capital / major cities. There could be 'living' folks there, some armed perhaps, and possible zombie migration (or scripted if not random or natrual) could put a strain on them. Player interaction could or may not be a factor there.

 

But again, that'll probably be in a mod. It would spice up DayZ SA though. More content. But if the older statements will hold forever, then I guess -> Mod for SA, not original SA to get that stuff.

[irl-calibre 744]

Ahh it seems this is a dried up topic that has been discussed and debated way before I asked lol. I guess it wont happen best to leave it to strictly human players

 

It's just a question of getting humans to not behave like badly programmed A.I. bots!!  which I think slowly but surely the tide is turning in that department..

[Deathlove 2286]

It's just a question of getting humans to not behave like badly programmed A.I. bots!!  which I think slowly but surely the tide is turning in that department..

Once .48 hits its going to get allot more intense for players. Sure there will still be those few but i think ppl will be thinking of alternative routes of play rather than KOS once they get board enough of no human interaction.

[sachad 1016]

NPCs would just get shot on sight like the rest of us.

[Parazight 1599]

Running through the forest one day I saw a frogger chasing a cow. Epic npc high speed chase!

I would KOS any npcs, always.

[Pyrennah 0]

It doesn't make sense with the "world abandoned to the zombie apocolypse" lore. Too many players can make it tricky too.

[slippery gypsy 107]

haleks who did all the DaiZy SP mods did a pretty good job of making aggressive NPCs especially in 2018 there were friendlys too

[ZombinatoRR 18]

Imagine if that happened ._. bandits would gather a hord of 1000 armed npc's and purge berezino ._. god dang it,think ;)