Zombies spawn in prone

[Roshi (DayZ) 397]

I think zombies should spawn in prone then stand (or crouch) as appropriate. Reason for this is that it breaks immersion when a zed appears out of the blue in front of you, but i can imagine one standing up out of the grass without going "where the fuck did that come from...?"

Small tweak but might add to the experience.

[mooncabbage 2]

I suppose that might make sense. Most of your issue will be revolved by not having zeds spawn nearby though, which I believe is addressed in the next patch.

[oktyabr 53]

The solution is to adjust zombie spawn check so it won't put any that close to you in the first place. It's coming, I'm sure.

Remember, "it's an alpha."

[mooncabbage 2]

I don't think the OP's suggestion is totally invalid. Since I doubt the zombie min spawn radius will be anything like 500m, and you can see atleast that far, it makes sense to have zombies spawn prone or "dead", and get up. Close up they'd be obscured by the grass, and at long distances they would be under the terrain, atleast partially, so it'd do a lot to reduce the pop in, with relatively little difficulty.

Also, before "zombies aren't dead!", maybe they fainted before the change and wake up like that. Makes sense if they spike a fever first.

[Roshi (DayZ) 397]

Yep appreciate it's an alpha. Quite like the idea of at least some zeds climbing up off the ground to give you a surprise. One of the previous builds had prone zeds - could hear them but hard to spot. Freaky shit...