OneArmedBilly 7 Posted July 26, 2012 I'm not a fan of how the current mechanic works, "hide body" and they disappear no matter where they are, it is fairly unrealistic.What I propose could be done?Add the drag body option (drag corpse) to the context menu on mouse wheel, if you want to hide someones body then you will need to put in some effort.Add certain location types where a body can be buried/hidden, similar to how you can only chop wood in "forested areas" but not in small clumps of trees or stand alone trees.Make it so they have to drag the body to a forested, dense brush or similar location (for rural areas)In cities there are piles of garbage and stuff all over, make it so you can stuff/hide a body in there as well.Maybe add a decomposing/being eaten mechanic to the zombies, where if they are in x radius of a body they MAY be attracted to it and start eating the corpse, possibly only for a period of time and they wander off again.Maybe the corpse can have an internal "health" meter which depletes over time and with zombie munchings on it?Add a search for body mechanic, make it a little time consuming maybe 20/30 seconds or so? if there are multiple corpses stuffed into one garbage pile then a random chance and pulling a body free which they then have to drag away and then try to loot. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GexAlmighty 54 Posted July 26, 2012 i agree the mechanic is bullshit, maybe when it goes standalone they will make a better version Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OneArmedBilly 7 Posted July 27, 2012 (edited) Just to clarify, this mechanic would only effect players, you would still be able to hide zeds under pebbles and blades of grass.I don't think it would add anything meaningful to the game if it was applied to both.A good example, gunfight in the fire station with 2 dead, so we closed the doors and hid the bodies in the middle of an empty bare floor.Imagine how much more tense it would be if we had to open the doors and drag the bodies out to dispose of them so they couldn't get their gear back.You know what would be lovely though, for the nice people among us.. graves, the ability to dig a proper grave for some poor soul.Touching.Grave in Day Z = a dirt pile Edited July 27, 2012 by OneArmedBilly Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
