Re: Enable AI Vehicles for DayZ SP = Provide a Goal for SP

Posted by DayZ_SP on Oct 14, 2012; 2:30pm
URL: http://kodabar-dayz-daizy-single-player-forum.163.s1.nabble.com/Enable-AI-Helicopters-to-Provide-a-Goal-for-SP-tp312p318.html

Well, Rocket is dead set against adding any AI other than Zombies in the official version... At least, until the stand alone retail is released... So, this is why I am hoping Kodabar and Co. will take this request seriously because it is such a small, yet vital addition that would basically complete the SP, in my opinion.

MP DayZ is great because the emphasis is on emergent game play... Whatever you and your friends decide is important at the moment becomes the goal e.g. gathering supplies, finding shelter, etc... And the whole paranoid atmosphere of "who do you trust?" whenever you encounter another human player adds another emotional layer to the experience, too.

SP DaiyZ has the emergent game play element of scavenging to survive, but it needs a larger, overall goal since there are no other human players to help shape the more free-form emotional aspects like MP has.

This is why getting to an extraction point makes sense given the scenario DayZ presents: Being stuck in a Zombie Apocalypse with very little weapons & equipment and just your wits to survive.