Melee?

[koalapete 0]

Hay Fellas whats going on?

What are the thoughts on some sort of melee system? I know it would be pretty much useless, but i still think its a good alternative to being totally defenseless and having to constantly run when the ammo drys up.

[Guest Suffocation]

ArmA itself doesn't have a melee system and though would be slightly handy at times, I think it would be pointless, arma's AI movement is bad enough with a gun in your hand let alone trying to hit someone with a knife. Too much hassle in my opinion, which is what the dev probably think... Maybe Im wrong though.

[drakenof 9]

ArmA doesn't have any melee system so it's pretty much a " no no ".

[ZMEY 0]

Maybe not so melee, but i remember in OFP times there was a throwing knife addon, even with spining animation. Would be cool if we see something alike. Like 1 pack takes 1 inventory slot and consist 5 non-retrievable small throwing knifes. Would be cool for stealth z's kilings or if you are out of ammo.

[rverdi12@gmail.com 5]

Life Mods have a melee script, I see no reason why DayZ can't adopt a similar function.

[killarag 1]

When does anyone get within 1metre of a zombie for an instant melee hit kill? and if this does get put in, it should never be allowed to be used on players unless it was implemented in the correct way..

[debo 37]

On urbanlife rpg server its possible

[Atkins (DayZ) 4]

+ 1 for a melee

just so that you don't have to run and run after u used all bullets.

[oktyabr 53]

+1 also, and yes it's possible

Some fantastic youtubes out there on this mod that I occasionally use for recruitment purposes... but then the inevitable happens... everyone is out of bullets and there is absolutely no option but to keep running.

I'm sure it's no easy task to get a melee system working on this engine but hey, it's bread and butter to the zombie genre... guys with crowbars, baseball bats, even empty weapons, smashing in zombie heads. And think of that silent attack when you suddenly find yourself directly behind that bandit you've been hunting? ;)

[pulse89 0]

I totally agree with this, there is a definite need for a melee system. Sounds difficult but I have faith in you devs :P

I don't think it even needs to cause a lot of damage, just something that can kneecap some zed bitches and escape from inevitable doom.

[mxphilipp@gmx.de 1]

Bayonets would be awesome!

Invasion 1944 (World War 2 mod for ARMA CO, check it out, it's amazing) did it really well and I bet it's not too hard to implement.

They are showcasing it here (Bear in mind that's a really old video, the mod has made fantastic progress since then)

[{Op4}Mcface 0]

yeah, some CLR servers have a pistol whip/punch animation.

using that to temporarily knock a zombie down so you can escape would be pretty useful, or if you wanted to sneak up on a player and knock him out from behind to rob him.

[tk300 0]

i absolutely agree! we definately need melee weapons! like crowbars, baseball bats etc =)

[skurcey 11]

+1

It would be pretty easy to implement, you just check the distance beetween attacker and victim with a custom weapon that fire an area

[tajin 17]

+1

It would be pretty easy to implement' date=' you just check the distance beetween attacker and victim with a custom weapon that fire an area

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Not exactly, unless you want to be able to hit people through walls like our dear zombies do.

[qla 0]

Has been talked over on many threads before this, most have been redirected to this one: http://dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=424

But on the subject.. I do agree we should have a way to take care lonely zombies that are blocking our way, without having to make sound (shooting him) even when we do not have a crossbow. I could see this http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=8418 plugin to be one of the easiest ways to do it. Maybe implement same to the hunting knife too, just make it one hit.

[oktyabr 53]

Even knock back, without a zombie kill, would be useful.

But as there are more and more threads and ideas about "crafting" I think melee weapons are realistically at the top of that heap. In a "real world" zombie environment, strewn with odds and ends, improvised weapons like clubs, spears, molotovs (coming soon), seem far more likely and useful than wasting precious ammunition and then having no solution other than running, when you run out.

[warpoet 2]

Even knock back' date=' without a zombie kill, would be useful.

But as there are more and more threads and ideas about "crafting" I think melee weapons are realistically at the top of that heap. In a "real world" zombie environment, strewn with odds and ends, improvised weapons like clubs, spears, molotovs (coming soon), seem far more likely and useful than wasting precious ammunition and then having no solution other than running, when you run out.

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This.