Nighttime? More Like FrightTime

[therandomredstone 432]

Before we start...

 

I have currently 70 hours in DayZ, I like realism, but still I only have roughly an hour in the night.

why? Not because server's time passing is too slow, its because the servers reset, when its sunset, what there should be, is after a reset, the time is the same. Enough said

 

Lets Begin:

I never hear crickets in DayZ, the nights are quite and lonely, which is suspenseful, but not enough on edge.

Add in crickets: Crickets will make you feel more alone, which leads to more suspenseful, on edge encounters, with alive or undead.

 

Wind: I already posted a topic about wind and such, but during the night time, imagine, a long, steady howl of wind, then at the bottom left it says: "I feel a chilly breeze go through my clothes", or "I feel the chilly wind against my exposing skin. That would sure make players feel more alone.

 

The Trees: In real life, a rustle of the trees at night will scare the heebityjebbitees out of me. Why not in DayZ? a simple tree animation/gif, with a sound file.

 

Gunshots: When a player shoots their gun, (no one knows why ;)  ;) (dev team/realism players)) at night you can faintly hear gunshots from players, x5 times farther away, it would put players on their edge way more, and lead to more potentially hostile encounters. 

 

What was that?: If a player is near, or there's a small 5% chance, that you will hear a un-identifiable noise, and you could either stop, then go to find out what it was, or stop, panic, then run.

 

Just a few things that would make night time in DayZ a bit more.. pleasurable..  

 

Cheers! stay warm and don't lose your beans! :lol:  ;)  :beans:  :thumbsup:

Edited November 16, 2014 by therandomredstone

[rybec 339]

I'd like the random twig snapping to be removed, but night would be nicer with a little ambient animal sounds.

[11tw 106]

And if you can find a server that follows the full day/night cycle, has 12-hour resets and is stable, I will use it.

I have never found this server.

[Troll_Hunter 54]

I've been sleeping in the woods, and it's different many times as animals make weird sounds all around, and when you shine you light around nobody appears to be there :)

One thing though, it's not advisable to sneak through bushes, because you will get branches poking your eyes out. Under the trees it's very dark, in the open you can see relatively well, unless there is a thick fog. Yes sounds are very vitally important. Night time could be the time to roam cities for loot, as there is a lower visibility. It also could be zombie spawning and roaming time :)

[liquidcactus 719]

Yes I would love to see all of this and I would say we will in some time.. especially things like the wind and breeze ideas :D