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Anubis on
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Haleks wrote
The zeds behaviour is going to need some improvements and I have to check plenty of minor stuff (like the crafting system and the actions for all the newest items)...
Halecks,
I look forward to try the changes.
Some suggestions after fighting Zombies with melee weapons:
Indoor, the Zombies have always the following way to attack (outdoor is similar but sometimes they stop very close to you, far closer than indoor):
1. Move within distance X to the player
2. Perform the attack animation (kind of jump/circle/move hands all together) and swing back to the original position
3. After a few times the attack fail (that is, the player is not hit) they move a tiny amount closer, rinse and repeat
There are the following problems with this:
a) the distance X is outside melee weapon range. I understand this must be on purpose but it is also incredibly unrealistic
b) when they perform the attack animation they do not take in account walls or obstacles: in other words if you are in a room close to a wall, a Zombie will come outside the room, stop and then perform the attack animation through the wall
I believe the attack sequence is unbreakable, so there is no way to make it realistic by having a collision check with the environment while it is being performed, but would that be possible to have the Zombies coming closer to you before stopping (reducing X) ? It would reduce the amount of hit-and-miss and frustration with any melee weapon.
Cheers,
Anubis
p.s. no delayed actions in my case, only FPS slowing down, but that can be cured by saving and restarting