Blake81

Dear PZ community and development team, I’ll be brief firstly, greetings from Ukraine; secondly, it is very painful for me to look at the current loot system where the dimensions of objects and containers are not taken into account (modes of this nature are extremely mediocre).
My suggestion : Add two weight values for each item (volumetric weight and actual).
The container will also have two weight parameters (but the player will see the average value).
The container defines a larger parameter for the weight of the item and it is it that is taken into account.
"formula volumetric weight is length × width × height cm/ 5000"
More details below.
Items will be divided into categories:
- very small items;
(up to 0.1 kg of volume / actual weight)
Settling in bacpack: no restrictions. (subject to capacity indicators of volumetric and actual weight)*
Settling in pockets: up to 25 pieces.
(I think there should be different pockets and, accordingly, different capacities).
Settling in a container: no restrictions. *
- small items;
(up to 0.5 kg volume / actual weight)
Settling in bacpack: no restrictions.*
Pocket storage: up to 2 pieces.
Settling in a container: no restrictions.*
Very small and small items will require pockets to carry in inventory. Either carry it in your hands, a backpack, or fasten it to belts.
 
- medium subjects;
(up to 5 kg of volume / actual weight).
Settling in bacpack: no restrictions.*
Settling in pockets: no.
Settling in a container: no restrictions.*
- heavy objects;
(up to 20 kg of volume / actual weight).
Settling in bacpack: no more than two.
Settling in pockets: no.
Settling in a container: in any other container without restrictions.*
- special items;
(over 20 kg of volume / actual weight) can only be lifted by two hands if the actual weight is less than 40 kg.
Settling in bacpack: no.
Settling in pockets: no.
Settling in a container: in any other container without restrictions.*

Character’s inventory is limited by the number of pockets, slots (belt, holster), hands and directly with a maximum weight of 40 kg (volumetric weight does not apply to inventory).
Everything regarding containers:
- The container takes into account the greater value of one of the weight parameters;
- The container cannot hold objects longer than the length of the largest side of the container.
Backpacks / bags / bags:
- Have all of the above properties;
- Category exception: heavy objects (no more than 2), special item (do not fit at all).
 
when hovering over an item and container the player should see: its size, a larger weight indicator, category.


This will make the loot system as close to real as possible.
finding items is one of the foundations of this game and there is a huge gap in it ...

P.S
This is just a sketch, but if you are also interested, I will add to the topic.

Little things:
Pockets: you can sew them.
(from 2 sewing levels)
You can sew pockets on things from: jeans, synthetics.
Items suitable for sewing: pants, jeans, shirts, jackets and the most interesting backpacks. (It makes sense to add one pocket to the backpack.
For * quick access as a belt only for objects "small" 2 cells for a screwdriver and scissors;)

Dammit! Why did you have to phrase it like that!? No I am legally obliged to post this:
 

Found three of them, each on a different "suicide scene" at a random house (The ones that have a few non-zed corpses carrying guns/alcohol/bleach), and those were the lucky scenes that had it. All of those were 308 tho, the 223 remains mythical.

Dammit! Why did you have to phrase it like that!? No I am legally obliged to post this:
 

Dammit! Why did you have to phrase it like that!? No I am legally obliged to post this:
 

Found this weird bug while I was defending my base from the usual Chopper-led horde when i tried to shoot the zed through the fence door, and saw no reticle.

 
Yet, if I do it from the same place on the side, which is fence instead of gate-
 

 
You can shoot it perfectly.
 
This shouldn't be; I understand you shouldn't be able to do this through the wooden door, but through the chainlink one, you should be able to shoot through the chainlink gate just as through the chainlink fence.
 

Errr.... wouldn't that be VHS, dude? DVDs were invented in 1995, and didn't come out commercially in the States until the 97, and even then, it took until 2002 for them to fully adopted and fully replace VHS. (Source: I worked on a video store for most of my pre-teen/early teen years)
 
Also, if he's gonna work on devices again, maybe we could have PCs exist somewhere outside of the super-secret base; it has always felt so weird to see all those office buildings without a single PC on the desks...

Errr.... wouldn't that be VHS, dude? DVDs were invented in 1995, and didn't come out commercially in the States until the 97, and even then, it took until 2002 for them to fully adopted and fully replace VHS. (Source: I worked on a video store for most of my pre-teen/early teen years)
 
Also, if he's gonna work on devices again, maybe we could have PCs exist somewhere outside of the super-secret base; it has always felt so weird to see all those office buildings without a single PC on the desks...

Errr.... wouldn't that be VHS, dude? DVDs were invented in 1995, and didn't come out commercially in the States until the 97, and even then, it took until 2002 for them to fully adopted and fully replace VHS. (Source: I worked on a video store for most of my pre-teen/early teen years)
 
Also, if he's gonna work on devices again, maybe we could have PCs exist somewhere outside of the super-secret base; it has always felt so weird to see all those office buildings without a single PC on the desks...

Outside of Pistol magazines you sometimes find on dead zed (which aren't common, but DO happen), no gun anywhere seems to spawn with a magazine. I've already looted ALL gun storages in the map (Both Gun Stores, Prison Guardhouse, Hunting Lodge, All Police Stations and the Secret Base) with all kinds of loot set to Abundant and I haven't found a single magazine.
 
Hadn't this been fixed before? Because it still doesn't seem to work...

Outside of Pistol magazines you sometimes find on dead zed (which aren't common, but DO happen), no gun anywhere seems to spawn with a magazine. I've already looted ALL gun storages in the map (Both Gun Stores, Prison Guardhouse, Hunting Lodge, All Police Stations and the Secret Base) with all kinds of loot set to Abundant and I haven't found a single magazine.
 
Hadn't this been fixed before? Because it still doesn't seem to work...

Do screws do/are used for anything now? Never found any use for them since... forever.

Heavenly Chorus Sound 
 
AT LAST!! Thanks a lot!

I hadn't noticed this bug until I used the normal "Backpack" (same as the military one, but without camo), it gets some bloodstains on its sides (you can see them in the Zedsgiving screenshot even), but cannot be washed in the washing machine, as they never get the Dirty/Bloody status, and even though you CAN wash them by hand, nothing changes on them.

I hadn't noticed this bug until I used the normal "Backpack" (same as the military one, but without camo), it gets some bloodstains on its sides (you can see them in the Zedsgiving screenshot even), but cannot be washed in the washing machine, as they never get the Dirty/Bloody status, and even though you CAN wash them by hand, nothing changes on them.

We need heating devices; either electric heaters/stoves or similar gas/propane/coal powered ones we can use inside buildings or even outside.
 
Or, (and here we may be moving onto far greater additions) add a "Thermostat" electric fixture to most buildings, just like we have light switches now. It could simply have the interface the Car's AC have already. Of course, not ALL places will have this (wouldn't expect a wooden cabin in the middle of nowhere, or a Self-Storage unit to have HVAC), but most of them would.

We need heating devices; either electric heaters/stoves or similar gas/propane/coal powered ones we can use inside buildings or even outside.
 
Or, (and here we may be moving onto far greater additions) add a "Thermostat" electric fixture to most buildings, just like we have light switches now. It could simply have the interface the Car's AC have already. Of course, not ALL places will have this (wouldn't expect a wooden cabin in the middle of nowhere, or a Self-Storage unit to have HVAC), but most of them would.

Now that explains why I was not getting a single alarm...
 
Yup! I found out that if lure a bunch of zed (via gunshot) into the back of a Gun Store (I used that remote one on the upper-left corner of the map), Zed will keep dropping all sorts of Gun Store loot, ad infinitum.
 
Walked out of that place with 5 military backpacks of ammo, one of each weapon (with all upgrades that spawn) and 3 Katanas, so we can officially christen that as "Best Bug Ever!". So TIS, don't fix that yet; just take your time, I'm sure there are bigger things that need fixing or adding first, right? Like Hunting, NPCs, Voice Acting, Fully Immersive VR and Console Ports, right?

Asking a question about the tailoring profession even tho its prob in the very earliest of stages any plans possibly of say modifying your bag with extra pockets giving a tiny bit more storage out of them?

Now that explains why I was not getting a single alarm...
 
Yup! I found out that if lure a bunch of zed (via gunshot) into the back of a Gun Store (I used that remote one on the upper-left corner of the map), Zed will keep dropping all sorts of Gun Store loot, ad infinitum.
 
Walked out of that place with 5 military backpacks of ammo, one of each weapon (with all upgrades that spawn) and 3 Katanas, so we can officially christen that as "Best Bug Ever!". So TIS, don't fix that yet; just take your time, I'm sure there are bigger things that need fixing or adding first, right? Like Hunting, NPCs, Voice Acting, Fully Immersive VR and Console Ports, right?

Now that explains why I was not getting a single alarm...
 
Yup! I found out that if lure a bunch of zed (via gunshot) into the back of a Gun Store (I used that remote one on the upper-left corner of the map), Zed will keep dropping all sorts of Gun Store loot, ad infinitum.
 
Walked out of that place with 5 military backpacks of ammo, one of each weapon (with all upgrades that spawn) and 3 Katanas, so we can officially christen that as "Best Bug Ever!". So TIS, don't fix that yet; just take your time, I'm sure there are bigger things that need fixing or adding first, right? Like Hunting, NPCs, Voice Acting, Fully Immersive VR and Console Ports, right?

Now that explains why I was not getting a single alarm...
 
Yup! I found out that if lure a bunch of zed (via gunshot) into the back of a Gun Store (I used that remote one on the upper-left corner of the map), Zed will keep dropping all sorts of Gun Store loot, ad infinitum.
 
Walked out of that place with 5 military backpacks of ammo, one of each weapon (with all upgrades that spawn) and 3 Katanas, so we can officially christen that as "Best Bug Ever!". So TIS, don't fix that yet; just take your time, I'm sure there are bigger things that need fixing or adding first, right? Like Hunting, NPCs, Voice Acting, Fully Immersive VR and Console Ports, right?

Now that explains why I was not getting a single alarm...
 
Yup! I found out that if lure a bunch of zed (via gunshot) into the back of a Gun Store (I used that remote one on the upper-left corner of the map), Zed will keep dropping all sorts of Gun Store loot, ad infinitum.
 
Walked out of that place with 5 military backpacks of ammo, one of each weapon (with all upgrades that spawn) and 3 Katanas, so we can officially christen that as "Best Bug Ever!". So TIS, don't fix that yet; just take your time, I'm sure there are bigger things that need fixing or adding first, right? Like Hunting, NPCs, Voice Acting, Fully Immersive VR and Console Ports, right?