Have Wire/Tanktraps/Sandbags adopt the Tent packing mechanic

[Powell (DayZ) 734]

Yeah that title is a bit confusing. What I mean is, if you have a tent, you can pack it and change its "operation" in the world to become an object that can be picked up.

Right now, you cannot "pack up" wire etc.

My peeve with this is, I want to fortify a camp. I want to get a ton of wire and tank traps and close off ALL entrances (I'm not talking the firestation, calm down). I want to be able to do the following:

Arrive at my camp, take down the defence, enter the camp, turn around and re-set my defence. I don't want my camp to have an exposed entrance overnight for any random person to stumble upon and waltz into camp.

Yes, I could just remove the defence and put a new one. But I don't want to burn through a ton of wire that way.

So my main suggestion is, why can't we make it so defenses, when you take them down, operate the same way as tents, dropping the item on the ground to pick up?

I feel with some code altering, this wouldn't be very hard to do.

[Gogster (DayZ) 626]

I feel with some code altering, this wouldn't be very hard to do.

I'm sure the dev's would disagree with that sentiment.

I do like your idea though.

[GeordieMarv 293]

Didn't Rocket say that the wire fences, tank traps and sandbags where just a test?

I recall him saying in one of his inteviews (video) that the wanted people to be able to build things. But saying as though most people just use them to "grief" loot spawns, i wouldn't be surprised if they are coming back out.

Especially with the talk of underground bases etc. So i wouldn't expect them to be changed. I may well be wrong. he may well have changed his mind about them.

I appreciate what your saying, it should be relatively easy to do...although i'm no coder!

But then maybe we would just end up with ALL VEHICLES being horded even more than they are now?

Edited July 24, 2012 by GeordieMarv

[Powell (DayZ) 734]

gonna bump this thread once