Change of zombie movement

[tommygun17@hotmail.co.uk 3]

Im sure many of you have seen the TV series 'The walking dead' and dont you think it would be better if the zombies in DayZ were like the walkers in The walking dead? Instead of them just sprinting at you in zig zags from spotting you miles away, they run directly towards you so it's easier to take them down. Also things like raw meat you get from killing animals should be used to bait the zombies to get them away from you. I know there are some problems with the zombie movement such as they are buggy and glitch about because it is in alpha

[Dimes123 60]

i think the meat needs to be fresh and not already dead

[Skully (DayZ) 6]

I like the zig zag, but i kinda wish it had more fluent movement, not the whole "STOP/Teleport/run fast, slow down , run fast"

I dont mind them runing fast, just would like them not glitch run and see my bullets pass them even if they infront of my face.

[tommygun17@hotmail.co.uk 3]

It will still be fresh, maybe have a time limit on the meat since the animal died and after the time limit it is no longer effective?

[chris_heyward 47]

I haven't seen that show but I know what you are on about. The way Zombies are depicted throughout countless films/TV Shows, they are brain-dead with only one interest... chewing on YOU. They shouldn't really run and they definitely shouldn't be thinking "Oh... he's there so I am going to be tactical about this and zig-zag towards him to eat him and flank him from the left so he can't shoot me" They should just walk towards your direction in a direct line.

[jay.pis 32]

Definitely just needs more animations and smooth/fluid ones at that.

[socom77 36]

i'd like to see some sort reaction when you shoot a zombie, instead of continuing to attack or just dropping dead. it's hard to tell if you hit em or not sometimes, and you can end up wasting bullets shooting when they're already dead but just haven't dropped yet. it'd be nice if they flinched or staggered when hit.

[wolfstriked 143]

Maybe get rid of all walker and keep the hoppers and crawlers,then make them hard to kill as if they were already dead.

[prentice1030 2]

I would honestly prefer the traditional slow moving walker type zombies to be in DayZ. Yes it would make the game easier but they could do things to compensate like just add more of them in game, specially in towns and cities, and maybe give them the ability to shamble at a slightly faster speed towards you to let you know its aggro'd to you, but keeping the hoppers as they are would be fine. Cause in reality if a dead body were to come back to life as a zombie the rigamortis that sets in on the dead body would prevent it from being able to come at you like a dam olympic sprinter. And having traditional slow zombies in the game would mean they are better at sneaking up on you, I do not know how many times me and my friends have just been chillin in the forest cooking some meat our guard a bit lower and relaxed when unexpectedly one of those crawlers comes out of nowhere and almost manages to sneak right up on our asses and those moments were some of the most scary, awesome, and hilarious moments ive had playing with my friends; crawlers, seemingly the least dangerous of the zombies in DayZ can also potentially be the most dangerous when your not paying attention to them, now imagine if that could happen even moar often. Maybe have a few zombies in the game with the ability to sprint like the ones now i dunno, but for a true zombie apocalypsey feel I'd like to see moar traditional slow walker zombies.

[subvision 14]

This happened to me today. A zombie spotted me from a mile away and ran in zig zag directly in front of me. That wouldn't have been a problem if I had at least a hatchet or some kind of weapon. Sometimes it's not clear to me how I am supposed to pick up stuff when zeds are acting like this? Hasn't somebody told me, the zombies have poor vision, but can hear and smell good? If they have that poor vision someone please explain to me how a zombie can spot me half a mile away.

BTW: Eating living animals is the best diet in most cases. :lol: