INTERFACE TIPS #2

[akula692008 45]

Sometimes I come across videos of newbies trying to play DayZ and more than once I notice that they have problems understanding where to place this or that item.

I suggest adding some pop-up prompts in your inventory. 

 

[DayzDayzFanboy 1280]

Is this really an issue? Surely it's pretty obvious where you would wear a jacket or trousers? 

[akula692008 45]

8 hours ago, DayzDayzFanboy said:

Это действительно проблема? Ведь совершенно очевидно, где вы будете носить пиджак или брюки?

Obviously, new players do not understand where to drag this or that thing.

[William Sternritter 449]

22 hours ago, akula692008 said:

Obviously, new players do not understand where to drag this or that thing.

I don't want to brag or anything but I could match item and slot for it in pre-school. Moreover, not knowing where a jacket goes is ... extremely weird. How many attempts do you really need here?

Especially in your example, the jacket can be dropped on the body itself and your character will wear it. The character will put in on when you just pick it up, because if your character has no clothing in that slot, you put it on automatically. If you are already wearing something else (like a t-shirt) this will be all the more obvious that jacket replaces t-shirt. 

Sorry it's just beyond my understanding how can someone not get this or not learn in after a few seconds of trial and error. 

Edited April 6, 2021 by William Sternritter

[William Sternritter 449]

I mean the interface toll tips already say things like "vest", "top" and so on. If someone does not understand that top is where the jacket goes ... there is some other problem. 

[DefectiveWater 539]

And that tool tip was his idea too, good job @akula692008, I'm all for highlighting things like:
Hovering over a gun highlights the Ammo it uses, Hovering over gun attachments highlights the guns that can use it, and so on...

It's not necessary, but I wouldn't mind if it was in-game. It would make the game more friendly towards new players, and veterans shouldn't even care, but clearly they do... for some reason...

Everyone assumes that a new player has experience with gaming in general, those who do will figure out things eventually, those who do not have gaming experience will struggle. A lot.

Edited April 6, 2021 by DefectiveWater

[William Sternritter 449]

2 hours ago, DefectiveWater said:

And that tool tip was his idea too, good job @akula692008, I'm all for highlighting things like:
Hovering over a gun highlights the Ammo it uses, Hovering over gun attachments highlights the guns that can use it, and so on...

It's not necessary, but I wouldn't mind if it was in-game. It would make the game more friendly towards new players, and veterans shouldn't even care, but clearly they do... for some reason...

Everyone assumes that a new player has experience with gaming in general, those who do will figure out things eventually, those who do not have gaming experience will struggle. A lot.

Yes, you can get a highlight or you can read the description that is already in the game and tells you which ammo the gun uses. Everyone who is new to DayZ is new to the game, your previous gaming experience is quite irrelevant besides perhaps that you understand what an inventory is. But we all had to learn how to play it. 

Every game has a learning curve and DayZ's curve is steep. There is nothing wrong with that.

Because at the same time, DayZ is very intuitive with things you know from real life. Like how to put on a jacket or that a sweater is warmer than a t-shirt. So I'll say it again, if you struggle with that, friendliness towards new players is not the problem.