The Zombies need changing

[Vexta 0]

One thing that is really deterring me from this game is the zombies. They need to change. They start off really fast and as they get closer they just stop. They're really difficult to hit with a gun and they should be made more 'zombie-like'. A little slower, headshots only etc.

[instynct 99]

Yeah... they should run like a normal human running at you instead of super god mode speed hax then stopping for a second, then super god mode speed hax again.

[Sick 'n Twiztid 0]

My issue is from the latest patch.

Apparently when you're dead you have awesome eyesight!

GOOD TO KNOW!

Since the patch i've been getting aggro from zombies a mile away while crouch slow-walking.

Example:

Was in an industrial 2 story warehouse, on the 2nd floor, near a window, sitting still *crouched*.

A zombie aggro'd from across a field. WTF?

I agree with the slower moving zombies IF they moved just as fast indoors.

That would create a much scarier environment.

AS IS, you dont even have to be scared (of zombies) while running through the middle of a major city.

[kitfoo@yahoo.com 13]

Did you have a gun on you at the time? I noticed that certain weapons will make you "noisier"...for whatever reason. With the AK crouch running, you're just as "noisy" as when you're full on sprinting.

I think the biggest issue with the zombies is not their speed, what they carry, or how they move...it's their overall programming. I die more from freak zombie attacks than anything else in the game. Attacking you through walls/objects, hitting you when you can't hit them, freakish attack range, etc...

[Beanus 61]

Did you have a gun on you at the time? I noticed that certain weapons will make you "noisier"...for whatever reason. With the AK crouch running, you're just as "noisy" as when you're full on sprinting.

I think the biggest issue with the zombies is not their speed, what they carry, or how they move...it's their overall programming. I die more from freak zombie attacks than anything else in the game. Attacking you through walls/objects, hitting you when you can't hit them, freakish attack range, etc...

The noisy weapons may be correct, and the problem with zombies hitting through walls and speed is that once a zombie is aggro'd, your computer takes over the AI pathing.

[schockie 16]

it is good like it is now

Edited July 22, 2012 by schockie

[Orbmaniac 7]

just want to add one thing, its no zombies in the game, its Infected! rocket has tried to be sure people know that. and infected are alive.

but yeah the infected pathfinding sucks lol, thats why rocket made them faster. so they can catch up when AI screws up. will be fixed when AI is good.

Edited July 22, 2012 by Orbmaniac

[ChinWooMan 34]

It's probably pretty hard to hit because when you move your character gets tired and due to that your crosshair won't have perfect aim.

[Orbmaniac 7]

indeed :), but some zombies DO move left and right randomly while you aim.

[thedeadlysun 12]

i really hate the infected or zombies ai, they zigzag and you can't fucking hit em till they are a foot in front of you, that is all i think needs to be fixed

Edited July 22, 2012 by thedeadlysun

[Sol (DayZ) 132]

DayZ zombies are more like "28 Days Later" zombies... they run and are still prone to standard physiological elements, like having a disfunctional heart because you just blew it away with a shotgun. They are not Romero/Brooks zombies incarnations, so they don't have to move slowly or eat brains, or die from only headshots.

Here is my opnion on the current DayZ zombies:

- They still run too freakishly stupidly insanes fast. They need to be a little less excited, and move thier arms and legs less rapidly for the distance they travel. Currently they look like the Road Runner doing a burnout on ice, or The Flash on meth.

- They have some kind of ESP line of sight shit going on still as mentioned by Sick 'n Twiztid where they can see you from outer space through a shitstorm. This is especially annoying when you are in a building and don't even see then coming, until they are raping you from behind you while you're trying to find your toothbrush.

- They glitch through closed doors, barbed wire, and walls still (though far far less than previous versions) like Casper the friendly ghost.

- They spawn right on top of you (yes, still) but don't even buy you a drink first

- They wander too close to noob spawn areas, like the beach at Kamenka is usually crawling with zombies. I have been eaten at least 5 times within 3 seconds of logging in because of beach wanderers.

- They have weird directional AI where they will wander some general direction for a nice while, meandering along quite realistically.... to suddenly 180° about-face for no reason at all, and at super speed. It doesn't seem natural, and they remind me of the "too much ketamine raver" video.

So, while the OP reasoning doens't coincide with the DayZ lore/world... Yes please, fix.

~Sol

[komoter226@yahoo.co.uk 59]

Nah man. Zeds are soo easy to handle as of this patch. You can just crouch around buildings/trees and lose them.

[Orbmaniac 7]

- They still run too freakishly stupidly insanes fast. They need to be a little less excited, and move thier arms and legs less rapidly for the distance they travel. Currently they look like the Road Runner doing a burnout on ice, or The Flash on meth.

they run so fast since the pathfinding sucks. and they run wrong way sometimes. they need to catch upp. this was announced by rocket himself in a interview (and no i dont know the link. i have seen to many)

[Sol (DayZ) 132]

Nah man. Zeds are soo easy to handle as of this patch. You can just crouch around buildings/trees and lose them.

How easy it is to lose them has zero bearing on how they should behave in terms of running speed and other AI operations. Maybe they need to be made a little smarter again, since yes they seem a little easy to shake.... this doesn't however mean there isn't other shit wrong.

they run so fast since the pathfinding sucks. and they run wrong way sometimes. they need to catch upp. this was announced by rocket himself in a interview (and no i dont know the link. i have seen to many)

I'm aware of why they do it... again, still doesn't change the fact it needs to be fixed. Poor pathfinding routines are easily fixed in most 3D space... I can't comment directly on the ARMA engine since I haven't developed for it at all, but surely it can't be that hard to fix something so trivial.

~Sol

Edited July 22, 2012 by Sol

[Orbmaniac 7]

I'm aware of why they do it... again, still doesn't change the fact it needs to be fixed. Poor pathfinding routines are easily fixed in most 3D space... I can't comment directly on the ARMA engine since I haven't developed for it at all, but surely it can't be that hard to fix something so trivial.

~Sol

well i am just quoting what i was told. and i agree it need to be fixed. but its up to rocket to decide what they do. if they haven't fixed it yet/ will in nearest future i am sure its a good reason for it.

[Dimes123 60]

the zombies needs to be attracted to the report of gunfire. at the current level they do, but its so craptastic its not even funny. I can hear gunfire and zombies walk away from it. they need to be more sensitive to it and at greater distances. the head shot only idea is also very good idea.

[wolfstriked 143]

If Rocket plans on leaving them so that they are a nuisance only(by just funneling them to a barn etc)then make them slow undead that take a huge amount of ammo before going down.This will increase immersion better than what we have now since it looks better.Make them harsher though by bite marks that can get infected.

Edited July 22, 2012 by wolfstriked