Status Report - 15 Oct 2015

[blackberrygoo 1416]

Hey brian thanks for taking the time to answer these questions! Will we ever be able to construct ladders (or find them) to get on top of houses ? Also , will it ever be possible to crawl through broken windows (those that are just above the head or lower)?

[Coheed_IV 381]

They are here to stay.

 

Yes!! High rises are in!

 

Thanks for the Q&A, though I missed it, busy with real life camping in 28 degrees nights!  So, that leads me to one question.

 

1.) Is there anything else that can be tweaked dynamically like temperature, disease, plant pests, weather patterns, animal movement, or fishing success?

 

 So that there is a ebb and flow to survival tactics, planning for a rainy day, and word of mouth of working tactics in a dynamic world?

[spartanxapathy 203]

I know that expanding the map beyond the current borders is going to happen, but have you or the team talked about possibly filling in the ocean more? Much like how the coast in the real world influence is a river? I know that BI already has a map that has that layout. (I forget if it's Bystrica or Bukovina) Would it be possible to do something like that to increase playable area (post 1.0)? Especially if we start to see high population caps on the servers. 

 

EDIT: I mean't "isn't" going to happen in regards to expanding the map... Fail.

Edited October 31, 2015 by SpartanxApathy

[boneboys 7988]

@ Brian...
A member has recently suggested options for stamina and weight / load penalties.
 
https://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/229644-stamina/#entry2314017
 
Would you care to comment on this subject ?
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The good people over at reedit have composed a Q&A list which I have taken the liberty to re-post  below (may need to be updated)..

Q: Are the Chernogorsk high rises staying or are they being removed?
A: They are here to stay.

Q: What has changed in regards to the reasoning to improve the way a player executes actions (e.g. eating rice, as shown in one of the videos)? I remember when such feature was speculated to be too taxing for server-performance.
A: Absolutely nothing - as far as I can recall this has been a very long term goal that required significant change to the engine. All in all the actions are still powered mostly by script. Of course new stuff is written in Enscript, which is 300% faster than SQF. Although, the impact on the server should be negligible.

Q: Could we turn off all kinds of PP effects separately but still "enjoy" effects that implicate some status like health? Also make the blood shown as some other effect than desaturation.
A: I've really been on the fence about this, and to be honest I'm still undecided if you should be able to fully disable postprocessing. The title communicates critical information on the status of your character via this effect.

Q: Do you have all the info what is going to happen to parts of the map or is the work of senchi/ivan/theMapTeam hugely autonomous so that they always have some "larger" surprises left for you and the rest of your team?
A: I'm aware of, and collaborate with Senchi and his team when it comes to Chernarus. However, I strongly believe in letting Senchi and his team do what they feel best - as they have clearly shown to be artisans when it comes to world design.

Q: How likely would be map expansions if these would stay quite "simple" e.g. areas representing huge natural reserves without the need of much infrastructure/buildings/etc.?
A: We currently have no plans for expanding the Chernarus Plus map.

Q: What's the current status on the new animation system?
A: Still being created - when I have a good chunk of info ready to talk to people about, you can be certain I will!

Q: Is the USMC jacket going to spawn in 0.59?
A: Shouldn't be an issue - so I'm going to say yes sir.

Q: How many infected can we expect for 0.59? (A few month ago you said that atm are spawning 1300 and you expecting for 1.0 more than 2000)
A: We'll have to see how they perform - ask me after a few experimental builds have been out.

Q: Are there any plans for adding a option to color the winchester? (like the mosin & blaze)
A: I have to sync with Chris and Scape to see the status of the procedural coloring - not certain right now.

Q: In 0.58 the char is getting sick after eating cooked meat, its already fixed internally for 0.59?
A: Yes sir, as of the last build I checked it was looking good to go.

Q: How many of your team are proofreading the descriptions of items? I never found a mistake :)
A: Aside from the designers creating the configurations for the items, proof reading on that stuff is well below the bug bar right now.

Q: Could you tell me the number of trees in chernarus?
A: I can get you that answer during the week - I'm doing the Q&A from home on the weekend ;)

Q: When are players able to shoot through bushes?
A: I hate this bug, with a passion. I want it slayed before we leave Early Access.

Q: Whats the current status of the slug ammo?
A: Different ammo types per weapon are pending support in engine by the gameplay programming team.

Q: Can we expect smaller Animals in the Future? (Snakes, Mice)
A: It would be nice, and something I'd like to do for sure - but I don't want to over promise here. So lets say - it'd be cool, but if we did it it would be after 1.0.

Q: A few Reports earlier you mentioned generator (electricity) - Could we expect buildings (like the hospital) with electricity (Light from bulbs etc.)?
A: I need to sit down with my Lead Designer Peter and come to an agreement on how the generators would interact with existing static structures.

Q: Parachutes - YES/NO/Maybe
A: Maybe.

Q: I'd like to spray some graffiti in Dayz with the spray cans in DayZ - Can I expect something like this in the future?
A: Lets chalk that up to a "Would be awesome for a post 1.0 patch"

Q: Will there be some infected right in the first push of .59 experimental, or do they come back with the stable patch? Will those infected get the new AI and animation system implemented, like in the youtube video "Zombie Horde Test", Peter loaded up in March 2015?
A: Yes, infected will be spawning in stronger numbers with the first 0.59 exp. The infected AI was completely replaced ages ago, the old AI and Sensors do not exist anymore.

Q: In the new introduced gapless animation system, will it be possible to repair a part of a car, for example the wheel, take a break, and then continue repairing at the same point where you stopped?
A: As I said in the Status Report - the design team has a big pile of actions to completely rewrite in Enscript, so we'll see as they get to some of those actions how we'll handle them.

Q: The damage of different vehicle parts... AWESOME!!! But I hope if its implemented, a door of a V3S will take more than two or three shots with an AK before it falls apart. Am I right?
A: I hate to sound like a broken record, but just like the Status Report mentions - the behavior in the video is for demonstration and testing purposes. Obviously balancing on the "hit points" for each of these parts will have to occur.

Q: Are variations of dynamic events planned? I mean something like, you see a helicopter in the air flying around and then it crashes instead of just spawning somewhere? Or an abandoned survivercamp with lots of infected and maybe some civilian supply? Maybe we see some stuff like that? Later? After Beta?
A: We have no soldier AI to pilot vehicles, and no plans for it. I firmly believe if you see a vehicle being operated, or a survivor moving - it needs to be a real person - not a predictable AI.

Q: Could you please clarify a bit this statement:
"As of this report the Engine team is focused on post processes and making sure that we have visual parity making sure the visual quality is at least the same as the original renderer."
as it seems it created some confusion in people's mind (myself included). :) New renderer will ultimately look better than the current one, correct?
A: We've been saying this for probably over a year - we're aiming for visual parity initially. Once that is achieved, we'll see where we can go from there.

Q: Will bodies ever be movable/transportable (like dragging them or putting them in body bags that can be put inside vehicles)?
A: Being able to drag players, and their bodies is critical to gameplay opportunities in my opinion. Yes sir, that is most definitely something we want to enable players to do.

Q: I'm assuming shoe/boot changes will give rise to footwear like the leather moccasins for stealth and combat boots/hiking boots for durability. If that's correct, I'm looking forward to it!
A: That is the intent, making sure the engine supports it will be critical. However, the new sound module should allow us far more complex audio configuration options.

Q: Is the vehicle destruction system similar to the ragdoll system we currently have? If so will damaged/broken parts (doors/hoods) be accessible upon falling off? Any of the parts salvageable after falling off?
A: Well, they are related in that they both use the same physics system yeah. As far as utilizing destroyed parts that fall off, I don't really view that as critical. Its a level of depth that we just shouldn't be chasing down at this point (in my opinion) - after all these are destroyed and unusable. Like a pair of ruined shoes, its trash - and we have so much to keep track of already. :)

Q: In regards to the animation/item interaction changes: Any sort of negative effects (planned/known) that can occur when letting said key go too soon while interacting with a specific item?
A: Nothing planned at this time, aside from the obvious things like not applying a bandage if you don't complete the animation I suppose.

Q: What are you/the team looking forward too most with the upcoming 0.59 update?
A: I'm personally looking forward to the increase of players per server instance.

Q: Is transitioning from .PBO to .FBX format still planned?
A: I think you mean P3D to FBX? If so, yes.

Q: Hey Brian. Is there any word on advanced cooking? While it's impressive to see rice now being eaten as a function of mouse click, we must still not forget that it is still uncooked, hard rice that is inedible in real life.
A: Just as soon as I have something ready to show you guys, I will!

Q: Also, follow up questions. Long, long ago, there was a Steyr AUG A3 (with rail) in some datamined files. When will it appear in game?
A: No plans on that right now.

Q: Can we expect the FAL and G19 in the 0.59 update?
A: No sir, not 0.59

Q: Also, LOOOOOONG time ago, grenade launcher attachments (M203 Short and GP-25, together with their scope attachments) have been found in files. Will they be introduced with the weapon update?
A: Which weapon update are you referencing? Just so we don't get our wires crossed.

Q: Will the mentioned weapon functionality updates be part of 0.59 Stable?
A: Assuming you're talking about the mentioned changes in how reloading and chambering work - right now its looking like partially - but I anticipate the functionality as described for 0.60.

Q: Woodland pants have been showcased by Chris recently. Will there be a Woodland M65 jacket?
A: More than likely, yes sir.

Q: Have you guys ever considered doing cloth/netting helmet covers? They could be craftable (you can find a jacket or netting of the desired color or pattern, then you just cut it out and then apply sewing kit to it), and would fulfill the military look significantly. Also, it only needs to be done for two types of helmet (Ballistic and SSh68).
A: Considered it sure - I don't think thats very high on the to do list though ;)

Q: Is it possible to see the visors on certain helmets (Pilot, Gorka and Motorcycle) to be movable? Right click - lower/raise visor? Same action like on ATLAS Bipod.
A: Possible yes - Not sure if we'll get around to that anytime soon though.

Q: On the roadmap barricading comes before basebuilding but barricading seems to have fallen by the wayside ever since the fortified camp concepts were shown. Is barricading buildings still planned?
A: Barricading is still very much something we want to do, right now the team is just focused on other deliverables.

Q: I haven't seen much mention of the advanced crafting system (not crafting benches) recently, I think there was talk about a system similar to Stranded Deep were you put all the items you want to craft together in a pile on the ground, hold the right tool in your hand and then select what you want to make out of the raw materials. Is some method of crating more than two things together at a time still planned?
A: You haven't heard much on the advanced crafting / customization lately because it is dependent on the new UI. Once that is fully in and playable we can start rolling out things that require it. :)

Q: How complex is the medical system going to get? When will wounds require more attention than the 1 rag cure all?
A: I'd like to save this question for a fully fleshed out proper answer in a Status Report. Needless to say, it will get at least a little bit more complicated. How far that will go will be covered in a future SR.

Q: Will the zombies be more concentrated and in more numbers on the coast and cities?
A: Should be, given their current spawning quantities and regions. However, the intent is for that to change - will be speaking more on that next SR.

Q: Plans on giving players more incentive to explore?
A: Aside from tracking down vehicles, establishing camps, hunting player camps, acquiring high risk/high reward gear, not off the top of my head.

Q: Will supressors be more harder to find? (As they are too common in 0.58)
A: Suppressors are very rare as it is - the issue is with known duplication methods being exploited.

Q: Will the gun sounds have a "echo" kinda sound to them when in a "long barn" for example, like in the video?
A: We'll see - I'm hoping that functionality will be supported when we get the new audio module.

Q: I really like the hold down mouse key to eat and let go to stop, will this apply to chambering a round with the CR527 for example (let go of key to chamber)?
A: I'm going to sideline this question, as we're currently working on both new mechanics for loading/chamber/reloading - AND the move for actions to Enscript.

Q: Will the military barracks (Vybor military ones for example) be tweaked for 0.59?
A: VMC (as the players call it) - No we have no plans for adjusting per building maximums right now. That said, as I've mentioned before - I'm definitely interested in trying weapons being more common, and ammunition being the rare commodity.

Q: Will the new damage system be in the first experimental iteration? What other new tech will be in the first iteration?
A: Likely no - the answer to the rest really depends on what issues are still present in the build when it hits experimental.

Q: In the future, will we see bullet holes with blood on bodies where our shots impacted?
A: This would be pretty cool, and blood shouldn't be too much of an issue - but we'll have to see if this falls within the scope of 1.0, or comes as a title update/patch post 1.0.

Q: Are you planning to increase just the possible spawn-points or the number of spawning crash-sites as well? And do you expand the locations on the east side ?
A: The quantity of crash sites can be tweaked dynamically through the Central Economy - their locations require an actual script/data update. I plan on increasing the potential spawn points. Some in the East, more than likely yes.

Q: Will we be able to loot the sunken ships in the harbor?
A: I suppose we could add memory points to the model for the sunken ships and spawn some appropriate items on it, sure. I don't see why not.(As long as the reason, and execution is rewarding and not just because it looks cool)

Q: Scuba-diving?
A: Sadly - no. Hell, I used to think that would be amazing myself, I remember seeing it at E3 20..12? Maybe - and thinking it was amazing. However everything I've heard from the Arma team is that it was a total pain in the ass to pull off, and caused more problems than gains.

Q: How many infected can we expect and how much mechanics have change and are they new "chernarus fashion" zombies with lootable items?
A: That is entirely dependant on how 0.59 exp runs with them. No mechanics changed, they still have the same new AI and Sensors that they do in 0.58. Lootable infected? Not yet.

Q: Doors, hood, etc. Will we be able to take them off with tools?
A: Any part that can fall off, can be taken off. Yes sir.

Q: Is EnScript similar to SQF? (By syntax)
A: Far closer to C++

Q: Has any thought been given towards releasing the SA GDD?
A: No.
Or, rather Yes - but no?
I feel like that answer does not make sense.

Q: Will the interiors get an overhaul so they'll feel less cookie cutter? On that note, I recall from way back there was discussion on barricading and furniture having physics rather than being static models. Is this something still being considered or was that just a rocketism?
A: We don't have anything cookie cutter, everything was made by hand - by some awesome artists. Repeating models, textures, etc is just a reality of game development. Especially in larger worlds.
We don't have any plans to change static objects in structures to active dynamic physical objects at this time.

Q: Why don't you guys freeze the screen on the client as soon as it looses connection to the server. That would fix the lagswitch or any random desync that happens on a client. Counter strike has it like that and its impossible to lagswitch there or kill someone because someone has shitty internet or downloading porn.
A: Honestly, at this point in time I'm going to remain tight lipped about network infrastructure, and security. There are a lot of things in flux right now, and I'd like to play my cards close to my chest -for the time being-. That said, thank you for the feedback though.

Q: Is shooting from vehicles still in plans? Will there be more commercial vehicles like pick-up or vans (like ones in mod). Last night I played latest Origins mod update and new thing is that you need different tools for repairs of different parts. Since we have all those already in game, will it be like that in dayz? Can't change tire without tireiron,or battery without small wrench and screwdriver.
A: Yes sir - we talked about it at PAX Prime infact. (Shooting from vehicles) As far as more vehicles, yes - more are planned but it is important to understand that DayZ Mod had the large variety it did because it pulled from Arma 2 - which itself pulled from several scrapped projects in addition to its own planned vehicles.
Yes, we plan on requiring different tools for different types of repairs.

 

Thank you all.

[DemonGroover 8836]

Can we get Australian cork hats?

[hams 8]

 When will we see the weapons spawning with attachments?

[PaniXx 34]

Dear Brian,

 

does the dev. team have a function/tool for creating random interiour fittings of buidings? If yes/no, have you considered to create/use/implement it after DayZ will be released as fullgame (after beta state etc)?

 

 

 

An example what i mean: Skyrim random dungeon-design, but used for the architecture/static&non-static objects in houses

 

Explanation: Logically Chernaurus + has the same house xx times.. most of them you can find in every city with the exact same interiour fittings/architecture. The tv or couch or radio or bed are always staiying in the same place. The spawns of item inside can be called 'random' (ignoring the fact you had put points where the objects could spawn). Anyway, imagine the incredible feature if most of the houses would be kinda very individual. F.e. green house: Instead every green house having the same static and non-static objects, let a random-place-object be placed randomly.

 

Sure, something like this could be maybe planned for DayZ beyond 1.0 state (after full release). But maybe your team has already kinda a similar tool/function.

 

Thank you very much, sir

Edited October 19, 2015 by PaniXx

[Zurvivalist 300]

Can we get an English translation patch / add on for street signs and town names ? 
I'll happily volunteer my time and make it for you 

[Tatanko 5591]

Can we get an English translation patch / add on for street signs and town names ?

That would completely defeat the point. Instead, how about bettering yourself as a person by learning to identify things written in Cyrillic? I can't read or speak Russian to save my life, but I can look at any street sign in the game and know exactly what it says. By the time you got done translating everything (as you have volunteered to do), I'm betting you would have picked up enough to do the same.

[darkrider400 76]

That would completely defeat the point. Instead, how about bettering yourself as a person by learning to identify things written in Cyrillic? I can't read or speak Russian to save my life, but I can look at any street sign in the game and know exactly what it says. By the time you got done translating everything (as you have volunteered to do), I'm betting you would have picked up enough to do the same.

Or just look at the DayZ SA map.

[B4GEL 175]

 When will we see the weapons spawning with attachments?

 

From the First post:

 

As the gameplay programming team works on randomization of vehicle/parts state while spawning, as well as potentially randomizing potential weapon attachments on spawning, we've run into a few bugs that caused issues spawning dynamic events (as the tech behind them is shared). Obviously we need to have this resolved - but its not a major blocker for experimental at least, but definitely stable.

 

So weapons spawning with attachments will probably be in 0.59 stable.

Edited October 19, 2015 by B4GEL

[Zurvivalist 300]

That would completely defeat the point. Instead, how about bettering yourself as a person by learning to identify things written in Cyrillic? I can't read or speak Russian to save my life, but I can look at any street sign in the game and know exactly what it says. By the time you got done translating everything (as you have volunteered to do), I'm betting you would have picked up enough to do the same.

Personally i see no "point" it would defeat. One simply has to remember , that the ONLY reason dayZ is using the location it currently is . IS simply due to the fact  Arma 2 happen to decide to use a Russian map Which happen to be the only map available at the time DayZ was first developed . That trend and those original assets have just been carried over from map to map since. Likely due to no one wanting to bother loading each texture file one at a time and changing them into English versions. Which is why you see very few player made maps fully detailed in English or based in lets say an american small town. even though it has been requested a million times. And Everything else in the game that is newly added has been in English , That or the people of this particular region really like doing all their shopping on Amazon buying their cans of beans from English manufacturers . 

I've clocked in enough hours into this game to personally know my way around with out ever needing to read any signs or look at an external map.(Which fyi should never be a requirement for any game)  How ever, new players (which we want) dont seem to enjoy those moments of [Where are you bud ? . I'm in ...umm...3E ..um looks like cursive R?....ehoropck? )

It fails at immersion and simply translates into annoying and unnecessary.

I myself and I'm sure many others could really care less where the island is suppose to be located on the globe. But I do think more people would prefer to be able to read and utilize those navigational markers , with out being required to learn a second language or depending on external web sites and 3rd party maps. 

 

plus ... it just really annoys me that the vast majority of items in game have English descriptions , yet street signs are in Elfish Runes ... Read that box of cereal , or that news paper on the floor some time.

Edited October 19, 2015 by J0nathan

[moeb1us 91]

apart from long distance sniping there's no good reason to aim down the sights of a gun, is this intentional?

 

We can shoot more accurately and quickly without aiming down the sights. imo that's a shame.

I asked Brian about it in this thread earlier (one of the first questions) but unfortunately he chose to ignore the question and said DayZ has no hip firing since the avatar in the gunsound video has his weapon shouldered. Yeah sure.

 

So we can only assume: it's intentional and here to stay. You can shoot quicker, move quicker, and have good accuracy without aiming down the sights. What a great thing for a game coming from a mod of an military 'simulator'.

[Tatanko 5591]

*snip*

Your ignorance and self-interest are astounding. I'll leave it at that.

[scriptfactory 620]

Personally i see no "point" it would defeat.

 

One of the main things Rocket was trying to promote in SA was a sense of getting lost/disorientation. For experienced players it would, of course, never work. It takes like a week to learn the map... but for new players he wanted them to feel confused as hell. I don't necessarily agree that confusing players is a good game design decision but this design element supports his goal.

[GaryWalnuts 1680]

Hi Brian, thanks for taking the time to answer questions.  

A few months ago you guys had set up a test server for a day that had some extreme weather conditions.  Maybe you were testing some other stuff but the weather was the most obvious difference.   Torrential rains and low visibility, that sort of thing.  Those conditions made it hard to stay together as a group.  Even though we knew where we were, we couldn't see landmarks and frequently referred to our compasses to navigate.  A few times we lost our bearings, spun around or someone got 100 yards out and we had to stop and regroup.  While this might not be to everyone's taste we had a great time with it.  I'm guessing we won't see any harsh weather like this again until the new renderer is in and stabilized but I do have a few questions about the future of weather.

1) Is harsh weather something we can expect a lot of in the future?

2) Will there be more extreme variations in temperature? Night/day, summer/winter, maybe even climate?

3) When servers start getting more options is weather something that can be a server side setting?  Or will this be globally managed somehow?

4) Can we get an external thermometer to check the server temperature?  Either as an item (like the regular thermometer) or maybe as a static object attached to some building?

[B4GEL 175]

-snip-

 

Firstly, it's not Russia. It's Chernarus which is a made up country on the edge of the made up Green Sea with a fair bit of made up history, you can't just change the signs and wipe that away.

Secondly, we live in a globalized world. In Europe supermarkets can have quite a lot of products (usually western style food or clothing) with the packaging written in English especially in small countries that are unlikely to have there own manufacturing industries for these products. I imagine that most of the items in game have been modeled from real items bought locally in the Czech Republic (on which Chernarus is based), of the non perishable food for example there is four with western packaging and five with Czech.

 

The vaguely alien nature of the map (to westerners) adds a lot to the experience in my opinion, the struggle against nature is paired with the struggle against civilization. 

Edited October 19, 2015 by B4GEL

[Tatanko 5591]

Hi Brian, thanks for taking the time to answer questions.  

A few months ago you guys had set up a test server for a day that had some extreme weather conditions.  Maybe you were testing some other stuff but the weather was the most obvious difference.   Torrential rains and low visibility, that sort of thing.  Those conditions made it hard to stay together as a group.  Even though we knew where we were, we couldn't see landmarks and frequently referred to our compasses to navigate.  A few times we lost our bearings, spun around or someone got 100 yards out and we had to stop and regroup.  While this might not be to everyone's taste we had a great time with it.  I'm guessing we won't see any harsh weather like this again until the new renderer is in and stabilized but I do have a few questions about the future of weather.

1) Is harsh weather something we can expect a lot of in the future?

2) Will there be more extreme variations in temperature? Night/day, summer/winter, maybe even climate?

3) When servers start getting more options is weather something that can be a server side setting?  Or will this be globally managed somehow?

4) Can we get an external thermometer to check the server temperature?  Either as an item (like the regular thermometer) or maybe as a static object attached to some building?

Excellent questions, Gary. I'm not sure of Hicks is planning on answering any more questions here, so I'll do what I can to bring attention to it :)

For anyone who isn't sure what Gary is referring to, a couple of servers during the pre-hotfix 0.58 Experimental were running a slightly different build than the others for a few days. We specifically sought out those servers for their extreme conditions and it was one of the most entertaining adventures I've ever had in DayZ. For an idea of what it was like: http://imgur.com/a/feGuA

[boneboys 7988]

Quit the bickering guys and stick to questions...

Please.

[GaryWalnuts 1680]

Excellent questions, Gary. I'm not sure of Hicks is planning on answering any more questions here, so I'll do what I can to bring attention to it :)

For anyone who isn't sure what Gary is referring to, a couple of servers during the pre-hotfix 0.58 Experimental were running a slightly different build than the others for a few days. We specifically sought out those servers for their extreme conditions and it was one of the most entertaining adventures I've ever had in DayZ. For an idea of what it was like: http://imgur.com/a/feGuA

Dangit I was late to the party  :lol:

That was a fun day though

[Tatanko 5591]

Dangit I was late to the party  :lol:

That was a fun day though

If you don't get an answer this time, make sure you speak up at the next opportunity ;) Crossing my fingers that this Q&A thing becomes a regular occurrence.

[darkrider400 76]

*snip*

For anyone who isn't sure what Gary is referring to, a couple of servers during the pre-hotfix 0.58 Experimental were running a slightly different build than the others for a few days. We specifically sought out those servers for their extreme conditions and it was one of the most entertaining adventures I've ever had in DayZ. For an idea of what it was like: http://imgur.com/a/feGuA

Just wait until we have blizzards and snow. Better get your cans of Emergency Tactical Bacon ready while you still can.

[xetro 2]

Didn't Hicks say he'll be back with more answers? Or have things changed? I don't want to be ungrateful, just askin :)

 

I know that expanding the map beyond the current borders is going to happen, but have you or the team talked about possibly filling in the ocean more? Much like how the coast in the real world influence is a river? I know that BI already has a map that has that layout. (I forget if it's Bystrica or Bukovina) Would it be possible to do something like that to increase playable area (post 1.0)? Especially if we start to see high population caps on the servers. 

Where did you get info on that? What I heard from devs (if I'm not mistaken) on this topic was, that map expansion beyond borders is impossible and it won't happen, because of the engine limitations (they would have to manually reconfigure coordinates for every single object in game or something like that). Can anyone confirm this?

Edited October 19, 2015 by Xetro

[IMT 3190]

If you don't get an answer this time, make sure you speak up at the next opportunity ;) Crossing my fingers that this Q&A thing becomes a regular occurrence.

I agree, we can pry some more info and know where we stand. There were a lot of questions though, finally caught up reading them all. :lol:

 

Just wait until we have blizzards and snow. Better get your cans of Emergency Tactical Bacon ready while you still can.

Oh lord, just think about it. Rivers frozen so no fishing, ground too cold so no possibility to grow vegetables. We're doomed!

Now, I have 3 questions myself, if Brian is still answering them:

1. As I understand the new renderer works with DirectX 11. With DirectX 12, Mantle and Vulcan coming up, which one is going to be used if even used and why?

2. How are things shaping up at the moment? Are you guys on schedule as planned at the very beginning?

3. What are the things you (and your team) are hyped for the most in the feature?

Edited October 19, 2015 by IMT

[Hicks_206 (DayZ) 4297]

brian thanks so far! you were talking about i guess 3 skills your team is working on so far. any sneak peeks here :P? what did you consider when you were laying the grounds for skills/skilltrees? will skills be more like perks: you gain an ability you didn't have before or more tuning of numbers, or a proper mix of both?

 

Unfortunately, We're not talking about what those three initial skills will be just at the moment. What we considered initially was something that could give a good functional representation of what we wanted the feature to represent, for the designers creating the Enscript for it.

 

No new abilities, just getting better at the ones you already have.