hekeetsu 86 Posted August 27, 2015 (edited) After playing a few hours of 0.58 and almost dying of thirst I have to say it's awesome. I traveled from the Kamenka supermarket to Tisy, about 14 km if I used iZurvive correctly to measure it. Here is a little map of my journey: At the west end of the "northern highway" I stopped and looked both ways. And the view was what I think sums up DayZ perfectly: It's an endless road in the middle of nowhere, clouds, looks like it's gonna rain, pine trees on the sides of the road, It just looks so cool and makes you feel like you are alone in the wilderness. Well too bad if you walk 1 km east boom there is a city. Imagine a 200kmx200km map where cities are 50-100km away from each other so you need a vehicle to travel between them. BUT they are bigger, so one person can't loot it in 10 minutes. Of course there would be smaller villages between them to loot on the way. You would be walking on a road almost dying of starvation and then coming across a lonely gas station and finding the last can of beans to keep you going for another day. Hunting and fishing would be the most reliable food sources and you HAD to make a camp maybe with a small farm in order to stay alive. You could find a small cottage with absolutely nothing around it for many kilometers except a little old path leading there. You could board it up and go hunting before the sun sets. Hiding your camp would be actually possible if you take the time to find a good spot. Chernarus is always Chernarus and it will probably be one of the most played maps even when modding comes out. It has it's own unique feeling and it is a good map overall. But a new map for the players who want a hardcore experience would be a breath of fresh air could be the a nice thing. And if there was a lot of wilderness without towns it wouldn't be an impossible task. Sure the big cities would take a lot of work but I would say it is possible. Maybe share your thoughts on this? Edited August 27, 2015 by Hekeetsu 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baker. 1484 Posted August 27, 2015 After playing a few hours of 0.58 and almost dying of thirst I have to say it's awesome. I traveled from the Kamenka supermarket to Tisy, about 14 km if I used iZurvive correctly to measure it. Here is a little map of my journey: At the west end of the "northern highway" I stopped and looked both ways. And the view was what I think sums up DayZ perfectly: It's an endless road in the middle of nowhere, clouds, looks like it's gonna rain, pine trees on the sides of the road, It just looks so cool and makes you feel like you are alone in the wilderness. Well too bad if you walk 1 km east boom there is a city. Imagine a 200kmx200km map where cities are 50-100km away from each other so you need a vehicle to travel between them. BUT they are bigger, so one person can't loot it in 10 minutes. Of course there would be smaller villages between them to loot on the way. You would be walking on a road almost dying of starvation and then coming across a lonely gas station and finding the last can of beans to keep you going for another day. Hunting and fishing would be the most reliable food sources and you HAD to make a camp maybe with a small farm in order to stay alive. You could find a small cottage with absolutely nothing around it for many kilometers except a little old path leading there. You could board it up and go hunting before the sun sets. Hiding your camp would be actually possible if you take the time to find a good spot. Chernarus is always Chernarus and it will probably be one of the most played maps even when modding comes out. It has it's own unique feeling and it is a good map overall. But a new map for the players who want a hardcore experience would be a breath of fresh air could be the a nice thing. And if there was a lot of wilderness without towns it wouldn't be an impossible task. Sure the big cities would take a lot of work but I would say it is possible. Maybe share your thoughts on this?When modding comes maps will be every where check out all the maps that exist already http://www.armaholic.com/list.php?c=arma2_oa_files_addons_islands Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baker. 1484 Posted August 27, 2015 (edited) this one specifically http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=11674 Edited August 27, 2015 by B@ker Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brzator47@gmail.com 524 Posted August 27, 2015 It's worth noting that all those "new DayZ maps" were just ported islands for ARMA, which took quite a bit of time to create. Meaning when modding does come for SA, there won't be any truly new maps for quite a while.As for OP, yes, a big map like that with huge wilderness would be ideal. It's only then that camps and bases would actually make sense. Unfortunately, it won't happen both due to technical reasons and the fact that it would take an enormous amount of time. For comparison, the original Chernarus took more than 2 years to develop. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baker. 1484 Posted August 27, 2015 It's worth noting that all those "new DayZ maps" were just ported islands for ARMA, which took quite a bit of time to create. Meaning when modding does come for SA, there won't be any truly new maps for quite a while.As for OP, yes, a big map like that with huge wilderness would be ideal. It's only then that camps and bases would actually make sense. Unfortunately, it won't happen both due to technical reasons and the fact that it would take an enormous amount of time. For comparison, the original Chernarus took more than 2 years to develop.yep, even porting those maps one will need to switch a ton of the objects out for the newer enter-able versions Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IgnobleBasterd 161 Posted August 27, 2015 (edited) After playing a few hours of 0.58 and almost dying of thirst I have to say it's awesome. I traveled from the Kamenka supermarket to Tisy, about 14 km if I used iZurvive correctly to measure it. Here is a little map of my journey: At the west end of the "northern highway" I stopped and looked both ways. And the view was what I think sums up DayZ perfectly: It's an endless road in the middle of nowhere, clouds, looks like it's gonna rain, pine trees on the sides of the road, It just looks so cool and makes you feel like you are alone in the wilderness. Well too bad if you walk 1 km east boom there is a city. Imagine a 200kmx200km map where cities are 50-100km away from each other so you need a vehicle to travel between them. BUT they are bigger, so one person can't loot it in 10 minutes. Of course there would be smaller villages between them to loot on the way. You would be walking on a road almost dying of starvation and then coming across a lonely gas station and finding the last can of beans to keep you going for another day. Hunting and fishing would be the most reliable food sources and you HAD to make a camp maybe with a small farm in order to stay alive. You could find a small cottage with absolutely nothing around it for many kilometers except a little old path leading there. You could board it up and go hunting before the sun sets. Hiding your camp would be actually possible if you take the time to find a good spot. Chernarus is always Chernarus and it will probably be one of the most played maps even when modding comes out. It has it's own unique feeling and it is a good map overall. But a new map for the players who want a hardcore experience would be a breath of fresh air could be the a nice thing. And if there was a lot of wilderness without towns it wouldn't be an impossible task. Sure the big cities would take a lot of work but I would say it is possible. Maybe share your thoughts on this? I truly feel that these kinds of HUGE maps are needed. You can't even set up camps because the map and thus the forests are too small to be able to hide them properly. You have my beans. Edited August 27, 2015 by IgnobleBasterd Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hekeetsu 86 Posted August 27, 2015 this one specifically http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=11674It is huge and probably a damn good map but it just... I dunno, desert wouldn't seem the "best" setting for a zombie game...(even though everyone has their own opinion on that) I just am looking for kind of eastern russian/northern Europe style map, perhaps from Finland or Sweden? Although I'm afraid that won't happen anytime soon. Maybe if Bornholm gets ported from A3 to DayZ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IgnobleBasterd 161 Posted August 27, 2015 It is huge and probably a damn good map but it just... I dunno, desert wouldn't seem the "best" setting for a zombie game...(even though everyone has their own opinion on that) I just am looking for kind of eastern russian/northern Europe style map, perhaps from Finland or Sweden? Although I'm afraid that won't happen anytime soon. Maybe if Bornholm gets ported from A3 to DayZ...I think it just meant to serve as en example. The same size but in another environment! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baker. 1484 Posted August 27, 2015 It is huge and probably a damn good map but it just... I dunno, desert wouldn't seem the "best" setting for a zombie game...(even though everyone has their own opinion on that) I just am looking for kind of eastern russian/northern Europe style map, perhaps from Finland or Sweden? Although I'm afraid that won't happen anytime soon. Maybe if Bornholm gets ported from A3 to DayZ...how about http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=23870 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hekeetsu 86 Posted August 27, 2015 how about http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=23870Looks nice, add some destruction and alleys to get trapped in and it could be fun. Though we can't really know what's gonna get ported(other than the obvious ones like Namalsk). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TerribleTomato 15 Posted August 27, 2015 I truly feel that these kinds of HUGE maps are needed. You can't even set up camps because the map and thus the forests are too small to be able to hide them properly. You have my beans. I was able to hide my camp perfectly fine on previous version with persistence. My largest camp being on a server with low traffic, and smaller camps (outposts) on high pop servers to be concealed. The fact that your saying you cannot hide your camp properly is merely an bloated opinion. Many others are like me and are able to hide their camps perfectly fine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hekeetsu 86 Posted August 28, 2015 I was able to hide my camp perfectly fine on previous version with persistence. My largest camp being on a server with low traffic, and smaller camps (outposts) on high pop servers to be concealed. The fact that your saying you cannot hide your camp properly is merely an bloated opinion. Many others are like me and are able to hide their camps perfectly fine.Indeed you can hide your camp but it will probably be found sooner or later. On a bigger map it would be still easier to hide it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
