Drinking

[kradarak 23]

Yeah, love getting a drink of water from a well or a pond and Mr. Z comes by and decides to give me a pat on the back....twice...  In the mean time, I know it won't help, but I'm hitting every button, picking up my ps3 controller and hitting buttons on it hoping to get out of this sooner, but I don't...and it's a guaranteed blood loss cause I care more about drinking than a zombie I notice.  I was thinking about it...drinking from a well or pond is a pretty involved process, but it's easy to stop cupping your hands and grab a weapon, I mean, like split second sort of thing.  How about, instead of putting a Cancel action in for drinking water, once the action begins, treat it like a gesture.  Any movement or action cancels it.  It's totally fair too, because if noob-boy wants to look around, he's not going to use the alt key or 10-key pad, he's going to move around his mouse and not get the water, making it harder for him...and ultimately punishing himself for his paranoia...but for those of us who wanna whip out the axe of destiny and fertilize mother earth, I should just hit a button for axe, and another for standing and I'm ready to roll.  Still I'm likely to get hit, but then I know it was my dumb**s that did it.  Eating is a different story, you don't have to cup your hands or pay attention...it's solid...should be able to slowly walk and eat instead of crouching, but I don't really care about that.  The drinking thing should definitely be like this though.  Easy Peasy.

[scrubbie_mcnoob 136]

I thought there was a cancel action for drinking from wells and ponds, then again I don't use a console controller in any FPS game. Glorious PC Gaming Master-race and all. Or it could be I never drink or eat until I'm 100% sure the infected are not aggroing on me before I do.

[krazypenguin 174]

I thought there was a cancel action for drinking from wells and ponds, then again I don't use a console controller in any FPS game. Glorious PC Gaming Master-race and all. Or it could be I never drink or eat until I'm 100% sure the infected are not aggroing on me before I do.

OP is correct, there is no cancel action for drinking from a well, which is very annoying. Your point about being sure there are no zombies around before you drink is valid as far as that goes but is otherwise unfair - what if a sniper starts shooting you from 500+ metres away? Sorry, must complete drinking before taking evasive action! No, it needs a cancel action or, better still, the ability to simply move away immediately exactly as the OP suggests.

Also, drinking from wells and ponds is now WAY too time consuming. I know they changed it recently to stop players from simply mashing "drink" 10 times in a row and becoming fully hydrated with one drink action but they've gone too far the other way now. It needs to be balanced so we get a bit more hydration from a single drink action.

[mithrawndo 166]

OP is correct, there is no cancel action for drinking from a well

• Open inventory
• Right click can of soda/beans
• Cancel current action

You're welcome :)

 

Edit: Hopefully they'll add the cancel action onto middle mouse for using objects in the game world though, as it is a missing feature. For now, this works around it.

Edited February 20, 2015 by Mithrawndo

[krazypenguin 174]

 

• Open inventory
• Right click can of soda/beans
• Cancel current action

You're welcome :)

 

Edit: Hopefully they'll add the cancel action onto middle mouse for using objects in the game world though, as it is a missing feature. For now, this works around it.

 

Noted, thanks.  Beans given!

[liquidcactus 719]

wtf is a ps3 controller ?

[IgnobleBasterd 161]

wtf is a ps3 controller ?

More importantly, why would anyone play DayZ with it?

[kradarak 23]

LOL  It was comedic.  I was trying to show that I am in such a panic, I pick up electronics that don't even go with my computer to make it stop.  LOL  I also have my ps3 and the computer hooked unto the same HDTV.  Love playing DayZ on an HDTV.  :)