Radio-The future of Dayz

[Sentinal (DayZ) 20]

Firstly if you are a tl;dr type of person, go read a different post about how bandits need to be removed or how we should start with our own personal military armoury in our patrol packs.

Overview:

A radio system that is completely player based, player generated channels with real players talking in them. You could have some channels where it is a lone guy broadcasting music through his mic, you could talk to people across the radio and build up trust with them BEFORE they have the opportunity to shoot you in the face.

Reasoning:

A radio allows for a number of things, Firstly it allows for player based interaction without risk of death. This point is greatly important as it is a potential solution the the 'deathmatch' mentality that people always seem to complain about. You see, Rocket believes that it is the players that cause the issues and that it is the players that must fix them, let me first state that I 100% AGREE WITH HIM. A radio however can build up the trust with other players before meeting them, and this ofcource could allow for some very subtle and deceptive options for bandits if they can lie well. Also the ability to have player communication ingame over long distances while still being immersive and realistic will stop people complaining about the removal of global chat.

Implementation:

Radio's would have to be found, they would be a rare civilian or military drop. A power system whereby batteries would be needed to power them could be used with a military radio having longer battery life than a civilian or it could be so a civilian radio had a range that was less than the military radio.

Thanks for reading, all feedback is appreciated.

[metal (DayZ) 46]

I fully agree.

[peke_kantsi@hotmail.com 36]

Great idea and well explained. I Hope rocket sees this thread.

[heretic (DayZ) 76]

Yep. I think that radios enabling ingame communication is a great idea. I think that it's already been posted about a few times. Rocket himself says this re ACRE;

http://dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?...76#pid9476

[Arnie (DayZ) 21]

Funny I only recently starting playing this game and I mentioned exactly the same thing to my friends.

Instead of the channels as they are now add radio channels.

Now how cool would it be if part from the global channel that all radios would pick up you could add a channel number to it. ranging from 1 to 99. You could sit on a hilltop and go through channels hoping to pick up a channel of 2 groups talking over their plans. And it would be better if there were different radios with different signal strenght. Or a chance of your radio losing alot of range under certain weather conditions.

[Sentinal (DayZ) 20]

I just envision flicking through the channels on the radio, finding some people talking, some people playing music for the rest of the wasteland to hear and someone advertising that they are looking for help or a partnership. I can imagine regulars on the server building up radio followings that people can listen to so they can lighten up the mood, learn about the news of the server etc.

[Buzzo (DayZ) 1]

I support this thread! +1

[ineedferrets 91]

YES! Please, this is one of the three things I wanna see in DayZ!

[dnoparker@gmail.com 3]

Great idea! :) I hope to see this implemented.

[xeaglenec 13]

radios again? ok. use the search next time

[Sentinal (DayZ) 20]

radios again? ok. use the search next time

The posts about radios that I have read before have consisted of, 'We should have radios, and when you find one, you get global chat back'. That is not my idea, my idea is a functional radio with channels etc.