Suggestions for Dogs and Horses etc..

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I was thinking about the possible roles of dogs and horses in DayZ while walking up the hill to my house the other day. It's nothing revolutionary (I don't think) but I thought I'd share my ponderings anyway.

Dogs

- Voice recognition - Being able to say through the chat channel "Sit", "stay", "search" etc. With perhaps the opportunity to name your dog e.g. "Charles sit"

- Dogs should growl/bark when an unknown player approaches - Dogs should be able to become friendly to multiple people

- Different dog breeds - some would be more apt to be loyal for instance a Labrador, others more powerful and suited to hunting animals and killing Zombies for instance an Alsation (German Shepherd) and others able to survive longer on less food or be more agile etc.

- Dogs should be able to be found at different places, in the cities you may find smaller dogs like Terriers etc which scavenge the bins and require less upkeep (food & water etc), in small towns you'd be more like to find Labradors etc and barns and farms are more likely to contain sheepdogs (very loyal) or Alsations.

- Dogs would have to be approached carefully otherwise they will run away, and bribed with food. After that you can spend time 'training' etc.

- Dogs should not be unique to Survivor or Bandits obviously however they would have benefits and cons to each. Obviously a dog is likely to give a bandit away when hiding, but on the other hand could be used to track players. For survivors Dogs may be more useful to search buildings (as Rocket suggested) and find game but are also another mouth to feed. Though all pros and cons would apply to everyone.

Horses

- Could be found rarely in fields

- Would be acquired similar to a dog, careful approach and bribing with food.

- Could require a saddle which could be found in barns/farm houses

- Could be controlled when riding a bit like a vehicle, except it requires vegetables / hay / water etc to 'run'. Would also be liable to buck if frightened (by Zombie or shooting) or gallop away uncontrollably with you clinging helplessly on until it calms.

If anyone has any comments or suggestions I'd love to hear them and I hope my ponderings are of some use to someone.

Edited September 23, 2012 by NobleBrutus

[Paddy0610 278]

- Different dog breeds - some would be more apt to be loyal for instance a Labrador, others more powerful and suited to hunting animals and killing Zombies for instance an Alsation (German Shepherd) and others able to survive longer on less food or be more agile etc.

i would love to have a chiwawa , he would be agile like nothing else and i can carry him arround an show to other survivors. His sweet eyes would melt every Bandits hearth so nobody would ever shot at me again *-*

besides that , i agree i woudl love to see different Dogs not only 1 or 2. So you can figure out with which you will be go best. And not every Dog looks the same.

[Michaelvoodoo25 3120]

OH OH OH,

I want a grehound, so when it starts running, it keeps running and I run the opposite direction.

Horses? I never even thought about them, How does horse pie sound? Hmmm tasty.

Nice ideas.

[SystemiK 366]

Voice recognition is very CPU hungry so I doubt that would make any sense in a game that is already CPU limited...

[apache25 133]

i want an irish wolfhound very good at hunting and can kill people

[babypoon 2]

Also roving packs of hostile dogs in the wilderness and cities would be awesome.

[indominator 95]

discovery channel had a show, or was it national geographic, wich was about what would happen to the world after humans disappeared, and they said small dogs would become prey for the bigger ones.

If i find a small dog i will kill and eat his meat, why? because he is weak and cant attack, but the bigger dogs although having to eat more than the small ones can attack for real and are also much more intelligent, i think, i really dont understand dogs.

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Voice recognition is very CPU hungry so I doubt that would make any sense in a game that is already CPU limited...

That's true, but it could be made optional, or each 'command' could be made a keystroke allowing people who so wish to / can use voice to keystroke software such as PiLFIuS to control it.

Also roving packs of hostile dogs in the wilderness and cities would be awesome.

You could meet a dog and it could start to growl and unless you give it food (scroll wheel menu) it will attack you after a second or two, of course you could shoot it but the noise would undoubtedly alert zombies (if in the city or a large town) or it might have a small pack at it's back in the countryside.

If i find a small dog i will kill and eat his meat, why? because he is weak and cant attack, but the bigger dogs although having to eat more than the small ones can attack for real and are also much more intelligent, i think, i really dont understand dogs.

You could get it's meat... or you could tame it and bring it back to camp to show off to your friends... and it could still alert you to danger (in my experience it's the small dogs that bark/yap loudest and most often at anything that moves).

[Michaelvoodoo25 3120]

discovery channel had a show, or was it national geographic, wich was about what would happen to the world after humans disappeared, and they said small dogs would become prey for the bigger ones.

If i find a small dog i will kill and eat his meat, why? because he is weak and cant attack, but the bigger dogs although having to eat more than the small ones can attack for real and are also much more intelligent, i think, i really dont understand dogs.

http://www.history.com/shows/life-after-people

I suggest you all check this out, It is facinating. In fact I'm gonna post the link elsewhere also!!

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It looks pretty cool. I'll check it out.