UPCOMING PROJECT: DayZ Hardcore Survival
Posted by DayZ_SP on
URL: http://kodabar-dayz-daizy-single-player-forum.163.s1.nabble.com/UPCOMING-PROJECT-DayZ-Hardcore-Survival-tp1687.html
I am working on a new version of DayZ for good old Chernarus that brings back the original concept Rocket had when he created DayZ in the first place.
Survival in a harsh environment with limited resources
I'm tentatively calling it "Survival X" and here are some of the features:
-Limited resources:
The most powerful weapons in this version will be the M4 and AK47, respectively. No high-powered anti-material riles with night vision, no machineguns like the MK8, etc.
Along with normal loot spawns, there will be supply crates scattered throughout the map in remote places like this:
Inside these crates will be limited supplies like food, medicines, weapons and ammo:
These crates will be marked on you map and will be in places that force you to explore the entire (interior) map and not just roam the coast and/or head directly to Cherno, or Elektro. I am also working on making the contents respawn every half-hour as well, but I may ditch that since boxes don't magically refill themselves once you take the loot. We'll see...
This also acts like a backup in cases where loot stops spawning in buildings after prolonged periods of play.
-Players will spawn with NO weapons, only the following items:
Hunting Knife
Hatchet
Map
Binoculars
Night Vision Googles (if you want to play at night)
A couple of bandages
A few painkillers
A can of Baked Beans, Pasta to get you started
Waterbottle
-There will be no AI Bandits in this release! There will only be AI Survivors who you DO NOT control.
They will roam the map and engage zombies as if they were "other players"... And here is where it becomes more like DayZ online:
If you see an AI with better gear (using the random backpacks, rifles, pistols and tools scripts), do you kill them with your hatchet and become a Bandit? Do you decide to play as a Bandit, and not even go for the scattered caches of food, weapons and medicine through out the map? It's a chance to play the "other side" and it makes it more challenging for players who play "honorably" and DON'T kill the Survivors since they can help protect you and clear out areas in certain situations.
Also, for those who want a total single player survival experience WITHOUT AI of any kind, I am currently developing two versions simultaneously, so BOTH versions will be available at launch!
-A Hell of a lot more Zombies than default!
This new feature creates the true Survival Horror-type game Rocket intended (with NO performance loss!) and gets away from the squad-based shooter DaiyZ turned into. This, coupled with not controlling AI makes it more like online play than ever before with Zombies being a real threat instead of just the nuisance they currently are.
-No Cheats
WTF? Yes, that's right. Cheats are great for SP, but we've already gone in that direction and I want to go back to Rocket's original design. This also gives players who want more of a serious challenge their chance to play the game as intended. This also gives players who normally "mess around" spawning A-10s and things a different kind of DayZ experience they might not ever have had. Who knows? They just might end up liking it.
Crafting of Equipment & Structures?
I am debating whether to add this feature at the present time. It will probably NOT be in the initial release, but if people want it enough I can look into contacting those who developed this code and implementing it, here.
RELEASE DATE TBA/PENDING...
URL: http://kodabar-dayz-daizy-single-player-forum.163.s1.nabble.com/UPCOMING-PROJECT-DayZ-Hardcore-Survival-tp1687.html
I am working on a new version of DayZ for good old Chernarus that brings back the original concept Rocket had when he created DayZ in the first place.
Survival in a harsh environment with limited resources
I'm tentatively calling it "Survival X" and here are some of the features:
-Limited resources:
The most powerful weapons in this version will be the M4 and AK47, respectively. No high-powered anti-material riles with night vision, no machineguns like the MK8, etc.
Along with normal loot spawns, there will be supply crates scattered throughout the map in remote places like this:
Inside these crates will be limited supplies like food, medicines, weapons and ammo:
These crates will be marked on you map and will be in places that force you to explore the entire (interior) map and not just roam the coast and/or head directly to Cherno, or Elektro. I am also working on making the contents respawn every half-hour as well, but I may ditch that since boxes don't magically refill themselves once you take the loot. We'll see...
This also acts like a backup in cases where loot stops spawning in buildings after prolonged periods of play.
-Players will spawn with NO weapons, only the following items:
Hunting Knife
Hatchet
Map
Binoculars
Night Vision Googles (if you want to play at night)
A couple of bandages
A few painkillers
A can of Baked Beans, Pasta to get you started
Waterbottle
-There will be no AI Bandits in this release! There will only be AI Survivors who you DO NOT control.
They will roam the map and engage zombies as if they were "other players"... And here is where it becomes more like DayZ online:
If you see an AI with better gear (using the random backpacks, rifles, pistols and tools scripts), do you kill them with your hatchet and become a Bandit? Do you decide to play as a Bandit, and not even go for the scattered caches of food, weapons and medicine through out the map? It's a chance to play the "other side" and it makes it more challenging for players who play "honorably" and DON'T kill the Survivors since they can help protect you and clear out areas in certain situations.
Also, for those who want a total single player survival experience WITHOUT AI of any kind, I am currently developing two versions simultaneously, so BOTH versions will be available at launch!
-A Hell of a lot more Zombies than default!
This new feature creates the true Survival Horror-type game Rocket intended (with NO performance loss!) and gets away from the squad-based shooter DaiyZ turned into. This, coupled with not controlling AI makes it more like online play than ever before with Zombies being a real threat instead of just the nuisance they currently are.
-No Cheats
WTF? Yes, that's right. Cheats are great for SP, but we've already gone in that direction and I want to go back to Rocket's original design. This also gives players who want more of a serious challenge their chance to play the game as intended. This also gives players who normally "mess around" spawning A-10s and things a different kind of DayZ experience they might not ever have had. Who knows? They just might end up liking it.
Crafting of Equipment & Structures?
I am debating whether to add this feature at the present time. It will probably NOT be in the initial release, but if people want it enough I can look into contacting those who developed this code and implementing it, here.
RELEASE DATE TBA/PENDING...
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