How about "Earth Holes" in addition to "Tents"

[Gallagher 20]

I was thinking about it....

why arent we able to dig holes with a shovel and put some stuff in? There could be some loose soil on the earth so people who look closely are able to find them and dig them out. They work just like Tents but with less space to put stuff into. Maybe just 20 Items possible.

Think about... you could hide some stuff for example

A rifle (10)

Ammunition (2)

Food (4)

Some other stuff (4)

in the earth and dig them later out if you find another shovel

[3rdparty 229]

Underground bases already being discussed and will be hopefully implemented soon XD

It is a good idea XD

[T.Irish 10]

Considering the maps are pre made , it would be rather hard to code in a system like this, Though i am fond of the idea, it would be a bitch to code in a way to make the terrain to code into a crater.

Edited July 25, 2012 by T.Irish

[thatcommiekid 57]

Dig lil holes and store things in them.... I AM THE ULTIMATE SQUIRREL!

SUCCESS

[Element47 2480]

this makes me dream of dual-wielding my trusted Rusted Hatched of Bleeding and a Bent Shovel of Infection....

great idea btw. you dont need to change the geometry, just spawn a small interactable pile of dirt on the ground. we need to see improvement regarding placement of objects, other than that it shouldnt be a hassle to implement

Edited July 25, 2012 by e47

[H1t0w3r 19]

Great idea, maybe add a shovel as a new loot-able item required to digs these holes?

[Gallagher 20]

You could add some grenades to a hole to make a trap. xD

[hobbicon 19]

Underground bases already being discussed and will be hopefully implemented soon XD

It is a good idea XD

I´ve read the underground base thing several time now.

Are we talking about james bond underground bases or squirrel holes?

[drseptapus 49]

I´ve read the underground base thing several time now.

Are we talking about james bond underground bases or squirrel holes?

I'm curious too. Maybe buildings are just going to have basements?

[xTLRxPrototype (DayZ) 15]

Good, original idea, +1

[3rdparty 229]

I´ve read the underground base thing several time now.

Are we talking about james bond underground bases or squirrel holes?

.. something roughly in between but in reality closer to a squirrel hole than a james bond bunker. and although the same image may not be occuring in each others 3rd eye, i think we can agree on reflection that james bonds bunker would be luxurious beyond the point of survival.

[crimsonsoul 5]

Why would you need a shovel? There's an entrenching tool already in dayz

[kovalhuk 19]

I Like the idea,

one day I saw a video on youtube where a guy was teaching to do a safe using a steel barrel into a ravine the entrance was covered with those nets, which mimic vegetation (do not know the name of that stuff).

[-Cdn-Chard 96]

The same mechanics used for hiding bodies could be used for creating little cache's of gear.

I guess the big question is how Rocket intends to track/manage/archive these holes. We don't want the server to have to process hundreds of holes holding thousands of objects, so something like the tent save mechanism would have to be used.

Maybe use the entrenching tool to "dig a hole". Once completed, a mound of dirt appears and you interact with it in the same way you do as with a tent, requiring that the hole be saved to survive a server restart.

Another idea might be to use existing non enterable buildings in the same way. They're available to store objects in and save automatically. That way anyone can use them.

[Gallagher 20]

Why would you need a shovel? There's an entrenching tool already in dayz

Jeah. We could use that too.

And Hobby, i was talking about Squirrel holes... ^^