Rezzed Expo , Rocket Developer Chat! (New Info)

[DatenThielt 11]

Hey all, Just thought I would post what I remember of the Developer's meeting at rezzed, and what rocket had said :)

1) Radio's Rocket said that this is something he will implement , But at the current time it is quite far off in future development.

2) Building, Rocket stated that he wants players to be able to build their camps/base/ etc, He mentioned that building above ground in the arma 2 Engine is not great at all (He stated that the barb wire and sandbags were a test of this) Instead he suggests that we would be able to build underground, and even in an "instanced" area to reduce lag

3) Arma2 Engine or Standalone, It appears that DayZ will remain on the arma2 Engine until such time that they have the funding to produce a stand alone game, it is a goal

4) Infected Animations, The current animations were made by the developer, In rockets own words "What you see at the moment is what happens when you let a developer make the animations, you want them faster? you just change this thing called speed". It appears that they now have some one making better animations for the infected.

5) Stability and bug fixing appear to be the main idea at the moment, rather than new features, Apparently the 1.7.2 Patch has a lot of optimisation in.

6) Some one asked about different maps, In which rocket responded by stating that currently we have 200km of map to play with, and that there should not be to much of an issue expanding to say 400km, But the main focus for content at the moment would be to make a lot more buildings enter able.

7) Rocket said that he has been experimenting with different methods for exposing bandits, The most recent test being the heartbeats. He said that making bandits completely detectable would destroy the game he is trying to make, He also stated maybe something like having a bandit appear to have more scar's on their face for example may be an option.

8) Web site statistics, Rocket showed off what they are developing for the website, where you have your own "profile page" With hundreds of different statistics for yourself, It looked very very good, and he stated that he would upload the picture (Not sure if he has).

9) Have other players host servers is the plan for the moment, if the game turns stand alone then it is something they have to think about, as they do not want to expose everything (Think of the current situation with hacked servers)

10) To Rocket!, If any of the information here is incorrect , Please feel free to correct it. I know there was a bit more but my memory has left me ! lol.

11) Infected will have a life cycle, Fresh zombies will be agile, and chase you, Infected that have been arround a while will be slower due to lack of food :)

If anyone else has any question , Feel free to ask, it may jog my memory, about 15-20 questions were asked.

Personal Observations:

After playing the new patch (I believe it was anyway) At rezzed, You were spawned on a smaller island , With a macarov , No ammo, and standard gear. Did not get to see much else as I got hunted by zombies and had limited time.

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