nasKo Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Today we’ve got an update from Martin, our lovely animator friend. Something the animation update will bring is some improvements on in-game firepower, so he thought he’d share… “One of the areas currently lacking breadth in PZ are firearms,” he explains. “The amount of guns in the game has been discussed in many threads on the forums in the past, but it’s always been the intention to have a wider range of boomsticks. It is America after all!” “What calibres, and how many, is still under discussion. We’re by no means talking about as exhaustive a list of some of the (very cool) mods like ORMtnMan’s one, but we will be adding a few more guns and ammo types that’lll give the player some more options and problems to think about.” “Obviously when I came to model the guns I was basing them around particular calibres/types that would generally be available to Kentuckians during the early-90s era that PZ is set in. They’ve been modelled with a degree of generalisation, in part to avoid licensing issues, but also to let them represent several guns of similar types.” “In the above video you’ll also see that there are models with proper bayonets and improvised versions. This was something I was keen to include as using guns with bayonets is as old as firearms themselves – but you’ll also notice not all guns have proper bayonets or indeed can be modified to use improvised versions. The same can be said about modifying with sights. Again, this will give the player more options and problems to think about.” “As part of some new melee attacks I’ve also included a couple of rifle butts and pistol whips for when things get desperate – like when you’ve run out of ammo and the zeds get too close for comfort!” “While we’re talking offense it’s also worth mention that, along with new clothes, I’ve also modelled and textured some new items that can be used as melee weapons. Some of these are representing items already in game that currently don’t have a model (ie the crowbar!) but quite a lot of them are new. Suffice to say there’s a lot of stuff to implement and balance. Creating the assets is only part of the process, so not all of it may make it in the first animation update but will be rolled out as and when they get put in game. Should all be good though!” “There’s plenty more I’m up to, and have been up to, but we’ll leave that to another Mondoid! I don’t tend to reply on the forums or reddit but I do lurk and take notes, so keep the suggestions for animations or items coming. It all helps, and a lot of it is going in. Thanks!” This week’s featured image by Zo off of Steam. The Centralized Block of Italicised Text would like to direct your attention to the PZ Wiki should you feel like editing or amending something, and the PZ Mailing List that can send blogs like this and patch notes direct to your mailbox. We also live on Twitter right here! Okay thanks bye! deprav, Strats, Foulmouth and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorak Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 One of the best Mondoids this year (1st is animation update video). I Hyped Strats, Drutar, Peetfighter and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drutar Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Okay, I really can't wait now! The new animations, clothing, bags were cool enough, but this....wow. BUT! You also made me unable to play the game now. I want to, but since I saw the upcoming stuff, I simply can't. I want to play THAT version already! Love you guys! Geras 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moleon Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 This is awesome!!! i cant wait! But one question... We'll gonna see the chainsaws in a near future? I really love the chainsaws and i can't wait to use them to kill everything! PD: Im going to call my chainsaw "Draven" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blasted_Taco Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 20 minutes ago, Moleon said: I really love the chainsaws and i can't wait to use them to kill everything! Yeah...i *REALLY* want to see you kill everything with dem Project Zomboid Chainsaws man, cant wait, you could probably make a video about it! (You will understand what i mean in time) DresdenBBQ and Rathlord 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnigmaGrey Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Chainsaws and bleach. xXxFANCYCAPYBARA36xXx, Blasted_Taco, VikiDikiRUS and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackteapie Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Again，could anyone tell me the webpage address of the YouTube video，please？ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggylata Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Crowbar model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bughunter66 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 39 minutes ago, blackteapie said: Again，could anyone tell me the webpage address of the YouTube video，please？ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdEbigXwQHw blackteapie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackteapie Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 1 hour ago, Bughunter66 said: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdEbigXwQHw Thanks. Bughunter66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ModdedTibby Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 oh nooooooooo not more guns. what are we gonna do about guns that were not made in lets say 1993 where we can set the time-frame versus guns made in 2012 that you can also set in the timeline for when the server takes place. or SP takes place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake81 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Man, I'm so glad to see the Wrench, Spanner and Machete there! I've been suggesting those for ages, Still, I'm a bit surprised that no Nightstick/Cop Club has been added yet. Also, what the hell's that gold-colored melee weapon next to the hammer supposed to be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnigmaGrey Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 57 minutes ago, ModdedTibby said: oh nooooooooo not more guns. what are we gonna do about guns that were not made in lets say 1993 where we can set the time-frame versus guns made in 2012 that you can also set in the timeline for when the server takes place. or SP takes place? Take them out / replace them with appropriate models. Just like flat screen televisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strats Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 I'm interested in seeing how the aiming mechanic plays out with the addition of assault rifles. Simply waving your mouse around with an automatic weapon would seem too simple. At the same time, with these new animations, I'm wondering if we'll begin to see the player react to kick-back of weapons like the shotgun or hunting rifle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aedelric Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 (edited) Wait, records are not a throwing weapon? Here I was thinking this is a zombie survival game! Edited May 30, 2016 by Aedelric For those that have no idea what I am referencing. deprav, Sieben and Footmuffin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martingee Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 6 hours ago, Blake81 said: Man, I'm so glad to see the Wrench, Spanner and Machete there! I've been suggesting those for ages, Still, I'm a bit surprised that no Nightstick/Cop Club has been added yet. Also, what the hell's that gold-colored melee weapon next to the hammer supposed to be? It's a wooden mallet, something akin to this it's just the shading in 3ds max when I took the screen grab, gives it a funny look. Livio Persemprio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footmuffin Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 (edited) What, um... What is that plunger doing there? :u) Edited May 24, 2016 by Footmuffin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnigmaGrey Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 25 minutes ago, Footmuffin said: What, um... What is that plunger doing there? :u) It's just great to see people fail, you know? hunger john and Footmuffin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthee Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 ohhhhkay I was expecting water bottle or flashlight but plunger will do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Necromatic_Corgi Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 9 hours ago, Strats said: I'm interested in seeing how the aiming mechanic plays out with the addition of assault rifles. Simply waving your mouse around with an automatic weapon would seem too simple. At the same time, with these new animations, I'm wondering if we'll begin to see the player react to kick-back of weapons like the shotgun or hunting rifle. pls no, I already hit nothing with firearms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twister Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 (edited) AWESOME !!! Love the new models !! Nice design of the crowbar...The pipe make me think to One Piece xD 21 hours ago, nasKo said: "[...] but we will be adding a few more guns and ammo types that’lll give the player some more options and problems to think about.” This sentence seems to already ask to my question, but i want to be sure, so on the 3 handguns that appear on the video, will there be silencer available ? Or improvised one ? _______________________________________________________ I saw on the video that the 3 handguns only have the Red Dot attachment on it, did you decided to remove the laser and iron sight attachments for handguns ? Otherwise the new models really make me excited, can't wait for this Edited May 24, 2016 by Twister Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Necromatic_Corgi Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 I wonder if having holstered weapons could be a thing, Similar to Dayz's system would be cool. Strats, EnigmaGrey and Geras 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strats Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Just thought of this, but what if for the handguns/revolvers/pistols, there was an animation where if your player is very close to the zombie, he/she raises the gun and fires at point blank range. Similar to the one-hit kill of the knife, but faster. Footmuffin, Geras, Necromatic_Corgi and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martingee Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 13 hours ago, Twister said: AWESOME !!! Love the new models !! Nice design of the crowbar...The pipe make me think to One Piece xD This sentence seems to already ask to my question, but i want to be sure, so on the 3 handguns that appear on the video, will there be silencer available ? Or improvised one ? _______________________________________________________ I saw on the video that the 3 handguns only have the Red Dot attachment on it, did you decided to remove the laser and iron sight attachments for handguns ? Otherwise the new models really make me excited, can't wait for this I'll have to check with the guys but I didn't model a silencer because, chances are, "vanilla" PZ won't have them. There is a mod though that adds silencers (http://undeniable.info/pz/SilencerMod.php ). Lasers and iron sights haven't been taken out; I didn't model a version with those attachments because visually they wouldn't look a whole lot different whereas a red dot scope sits quite prominently on top. Twister and Necromatic_Corgi 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Mark Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 (edited) On 5/24/2016 at 9:06 PM, ModdedTibby said: oh nooooooooo not more guns. what are we gonna do about guns that were not made in lets say 1993 where we can set the time-frame versus guns made in 2012 that you can also set in the timeline for when the server takes place. or SP takes place? Like what? All of those guns look similar enough to guns that were around in the 90s. Black/non-wood stock firearms aren't a post Y2K thing. The M16A2 (what that assault rifle looks like) was made in the 80s. And all of those handguns are too general to pinpoint. There is a M9 lookalike and the M9 was from the 80s as well. None of the guns in the guns in the preview are off-timeline. Edited May 25, 2016 by Kim Jong Un EnigmaGrey and Bourbon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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