spray paint/mark on walls

[Jony_RocketInMyPocket 172]

Reasons why spraying/writing on walls (or whatever) could work in DayZ:

- Almost every zombie, horror, game that I can think of has had at least some messages sprayed in graffiti and or written in marker on the walls. Resident evil 2 in the Raccoon City streets, and Left 4 Dead 1 & 2 (Chicago Ted). And you know why most of these games have them?...because they add to the atmosphere. It gets you thinking: Who wrote this? When did they write this? Why did they write this?

- It could be reset every 7 hours or so, that way Chernarus won't look like a Jackson Pollock painting.

- Maybe also have the ability to erase drawings for example by combining your water bottle with a sponge, or towel.

- More variety into the game. Different color markers, spray cans, empty spray cans, strewn all around Chernarus.

- Even though I personally wouldn't care for this feature: The ability to paint your vehicles, and weapons as well.

- Imagine how hilarious it would be if a guy in Chernogorsk began drawing little houses with arrows on them indicating the directions they need to turn to get to the 'safehouse', i.e. church, in an homage to l4d.

The possibilities are endless as to how making your own messages in DayZ could enhance the playing experience overall.

Edited September 17, 2012 by Jony_RocketInMyPocket

[terex 322]

I like this idea but.. Dicks everywhere.

[liquidcactus 719]

Like the ch

I like this idea but.. Dicks everywhere.

Like the chap above said.. i like the idea also but.. DICKS everywhere in chernuraus it would be devastating

[MLI 6]

Like the idea.

Edited September 17, 2012 by MLI

[Zeppa 562]

Search, what a nice feature.

[fosty99 160]

I like this idea but.. Dicks everywhere.

People draw dicks everywhere with spray paint in real life don't they?

[terex 322]

People draw dicks everywhere with spray paint in real life don't they?

No. But I only know from past experiences in which you could draw on an interface that other people could see. I may be wrong.

[kryvian 123]

People draw dicks everywhere with spray paint in real life don't they?

they most certainly do. I really like this idea, but the short mind of some individuals would make it crappy for the rest.

[merrfack 90]

Tag some walls, start some gang wars....

[MasterZ 90]

Sounds nice, but a player should be able to save maybe 5 marks they make.

I agree that a hard-reset on sprays needs to happen otherwise there will be too many sprays but this could have some very useful applications.

So let people make up to 5 'permanent' graffiti markings that will stay unless the player that made them doesn't reconnect to the server within a week.

Aside from those 5, one can create as many non-permanent markings that will only stay until the next server reset granted they have cans to spray with.

[Kerwyn 77]

Sounds nice, but a player should be able to save maybe 5 marks they make.

I agree that a hard-reset on sprays needs to happen otherwise there will be too many sprays but this could have some very useful applications.

So let people make up to 5 'permanent' graffiti markings that will stay unless the player that made them doesn't reconnect to the server within a week.

Aside from those 5, one can create as many non-permanent markings that will only stay until the next server reset granted they have cans to spray with.

I love the OP's idea, but I have to go with this guy, limiting the amount that someone can do on a server would be wise, have it so you save the drawing like you would a tent or vehicle, otherwise it despawns at reset. I can think of all sorts of potential for this, from clans marking their turf, to people directing newbies to loot spawns (Or into firing range >:D) though I'v a feeling that it will mostly be dicks....

[Jony_RocketInMyPocket 172]

Sounds nice, but a player should be able to save maybe 5 marks they make.

I agree that a hard-reset on sprays needs to happen otherwise there will be too many sprays but this could have some very useful applications.

So let people make up to 5 'permanent' graffiti markings that will stay unless the player that made them doesn't reconnect to the server within a week.

Aside from those 5, one can create as many non-permanent markings that will only stay until the next server reset granted they have cans to spray with.

Yeah I can agree with this. Limiting you to a certain amount of graffitti 'slots' could mitigate the dick onslaught that would arise. At least it might force you to think more creatively before you decide to scribble something down.

I say even making it so that you only have ONE chance to write/draw something, I think would make for a safe way for Rocket to test this feature out.

Edited September 17, 2012 by Jony_RocketInMyPocket

[Jony_RocketInMyPocket 172]

Also, the devs should look at examples from other games that have tried something similar, say Counter Strike: Source on PC, and modify it so it fits with what rocket is trying to do.

So, in Counter Strike, you can make a personal 'spray' (which is just a 250x250 pic you might get from google). The way it works is that once you spray it on a surface, it stays there for the remainder of the match unless someone sprays over it, or you decide to spray the pic somewhere else then the previous one dissappears from the surface it was posted on.

The problem with that method is that people can just re-size any pic to those dimensions - a pic which might be pornographic in nature, or graphic in other ways. It seems that in at least half of the CSS servers I play in, theres always one guy posting Digimon porn. A way to bypass this unfortunate effect could be to have it so you have to create your sign/spray whithin the DayZ menu. That way people are less likely to just make pornographic images themselves (by drawing them), than if they could just copy/paste the stuff.

IDK I'm sure there's another, better method out there on how spraypainting/drawing on walls (or other surfaces) could work in Dayz - while discouraging people from just drawing dicks everywhere - someone (the community, or the Devs) just has to figure it out.

Edited September 17, 2012 by Jony_RocketInMyPocket

[00dlez 22]

Like so many suggestions on here:

I think this would be great

BUT

Because so many people would abuse/draw dicks, it would cause more harm than good and ultimately be useless.

"The tent is 100 meters east of the arrow that points west... well... the arrow pointing west underneath the dick with hairy balls."