Base Building Ideas

[VasatorAK 3]

I just wanted to start out by saying I love this game; the concept is strong and the implementation and game play is so far to me simply amazing. I wish I had the programming skill and 3-D modelling skill to assist but alas i'm no programmer, although i have dabbled in 3-D modelling in the past but i'm probably nowhere near the skill set of the developers.

 

I've been reading through the forum here to make sure that I'm not re-creating any suggestions here in the forums. I think these might be unique.

 

Base building - Not sure if the engine can support this although I have read that the developers are working to implement a new engine so if this new engine is capable I think these would be interesting to implement in game.

 

Building a shelter playing as a LMOE (single player or loner):

 

Find a farmhouse or other such building

Barricade the windows and doors? (boards could be taken off a nearby house or barn for example using a crowbar, nails can be saved from the process or maybe found in a tool shed or basement?)

When doors and windows are barricaded from the outside the building will look like a static object (can't see through windows) so most players will not try to enter thinking it is a static model

(Let me explain in more detail for the sentence above: when you barricade the building you can barricade the windows from the inside or the outside, so for example if i barricaded a house and put the boards on the outside of the house that would be a dead giveaway that someone is living in there; if I board the windows up from the inside then it is not as obvious unless you come up right to the window and can see that the windows are boarded up and thus either try to break in or wait in hiding to see if the person ever leaves the house or returns)

When user tries to open door it might be locked (user finds a key on either a dead body or dead zed that was near the house); however if someone tries to break down door with an axe or other such tool after a few tries it opens or door breaks down (this would allow the player to loot building but would make shelter useless unless a new door is found and replaced)

ability to utilize the fireplace in buildings would be interesting (do you choose to use the fireplace possibly giving away that it's a shelter? or do you use it and live with the consequences?)

 

Building a base with a group:

 

I guess once vehicles are implemented it might be a good idea to fix up a big truck or something and then go out with a party to raid for supplies; that would help with both gathering supplies and building walls from wrecked vehicles.

I'm thinking with a big truck maybe it is outfitted with a wince that can be used to help turn cars on their sides making a formidable wall for the specified location

 

Make walls with car/truck tires?

Implement a Tire Iron into the game allowing players to unlatch tires which could be stacked to make a wall (would require a team effort of course)

 

Trench digging

Dig a trench around a certain area trapping zombies/players/looters (possibility of building a wall with tires and directly in front of the tire wall build a trench making the wall more difficult to escape from or more difficult to breach the wall from raiders who might have fixed up a vehicle to ram a wall)

 

Basic Game Dynamics: 

 

I do not know if this could be implemented or not with the current or future engine but it would be interesting

 

When looting houses have the ability to search drawers and cabinets

only engine i can compare this with is HPL and HPL2 from Frictional Games where you actually have to search through things like that to find things. I don't know if that would fit with the vibe of the game but I always thought it was pretty interesting.

 

I would also possibly think about creating a sandbox server or something like that fer new players so they can learn the controls and test their video settings; It took me awhile for me to map the keys and set my video settings because in the beginning i would get killed doing so. It might make people less angry.

 

I hope these are unique and that I haven't replicated anyone else's ideas

[over9000nukez 199]

i think it would be cool if they add basements, that would eb were lone wolves would make base, and the bigger, organized groups would be the ones who are able to work together and make military vehicles, and take over big areas of land (if big enough of a group, a city block)