ac30fspad35 Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 it would be very realistic if the only way to communicate to your friend in pz from long distances is if you had a walkie talkie. or if you wanted to text you would have to find a phone. you could still talk to your friend if your near. of course this also would be an option for realism. Daec 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syfy Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 walkie talkies could be a bad idea, strictly because it could give away your location. imagine your sneaking past a horde when suddenly your friend on the other end starts talking on the walkie talkie. or he just bumps the send key and you get that lovely static feedback sound if the power goes down, why would the cell phones still be working so you can text? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dw4076 Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Hate to be a party pooper, but lets not over complicate it. I mean if you want realism, what type of energy source do these things need? Batteries? Any kind of batteries or specific cell phone batteries? So this means you'll have to continuously find batteries for them to work. No one's creating new batteries come a zombie apocalypse. I'd say close proximity chat when they are near, and if they're not then just the regular text box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ac30fspad35 Posted January 22, 2014 Author Share Posted January 22, 2014 walkie talkies could be a bad idea, strictly because it could give away your location. imagine your sneaking past a horde when suddenly your friend on the other end starts talking on the walkie talkie. or he just bumps the send key and you get that lovely static feedback sound if the power goes down, why would the cell phones still be working so you can text? Hate to be a party pooper, but lets not over complicate it. I mean if you want realism, what type of energy source do these things need? Batteries? Any kind of batteries or specific cell phone batteries? So this means you'll have to continuously find batteries for them to work. No one's creating new batteries come a zombie apocalypse. I'd say close proximity chat when they are near, and if they're not then just the regular text boxwhat you guys say is true there would be no power. but there will be alternate ways to charge batteries in the upcoming updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armredhoof Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 There has been talk and conformation that generators are comming and battery chargers were refered to in the multiplayer vids posted by the devs ,as for the walkie talkie alerting the horad they can be turned off, and someone beat me to the post =( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ac30fspad35 Posted January 22, 2014 Author Share Posted January 22, 2014 well like i said it would be an option if you want walkie talkies and proximity chat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syfy Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 true, they will be bringing in a way to charge batteries.so walkie talkies remain a possibility, but turning it off defeats the purpose of having them in the first place. what good will it do you or your buddy to try and relay a message that there is something nasty coming your way or his way if you have it turned off? gonna send up smoke signals instead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ac30fspad35 Posted January 22, 2014 Author Share Posted January 22, 2014 well...couldn't you have a notifier on the hud screen that would light up when a call is coming. \ my 50th post yay Footmuffin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ac30fspad35 Posted January 22, 2014 Author Share Posted January 22, 2014 like if you shut it off there would still be a blinking light to notify you that a calls coming in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armeretta Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 I like the idea of no chat box, you only see text above peoples head. Maybe if they shout it appears on the edge of the screen from the direction it came from. SuisidalMonk3y and Footmuffin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ac30fspad35 Posted January 22, 2014 Author Share Posted January 22, 2014 good idea. also there would be different walkie talkies with different ranges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmy101 Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 In those vids we were on Skype. When we put in voice chat it will likely be positional and limited range and we do plan walkie talkies Bprince2010UK, PintLasher and ac30fspad35 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syfy Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 well...couldn't you have a notifier on the hud screen that would light up when a call is coming. \ my 50th post yay actually, that would be a way around the issue. but we have to wait and se if this is a mod for the future, or an addition to the game. yeah, what he said while i was typing^^^^^^^^^^^^ ac30fspad35 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ac30fspad35 Posted January 22, 2014 Author Share Posted January 22, 2014 wow a developer actually commented on my topic. THANKS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormSurge707 Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 I like the idea of long range communication c: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peemore Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Yea, I was thinking about this while I watched the MP videos. Having Skype makes it a little too convenient communicating with each other. Having an in-game communication method with a unique gameplay mechanic like needing batteries, and worrying about whether it was going to alert zombies near you would be a really cool idea. Glad these amazing devs know what they're doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApolloDiaspora Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Although I'm likely to be playing on teamspeak with my friends when multiplayer comes out, having proximity text and voice chat similar to Day-Z could work well. Local communication, global communication and 'in-game' global communication. the last option being mobile phones before the power goes out (Text messages yay! Just assume the phone's on soft vibrate to avoid pulling hordes, and you have to be standing still to type and send a message), and walkie-talkies after. The use of long-range comms of anykind should probably be restricted by gameplay limitations, like actually holding the phone/radio, the need to charge up/replace the batteries every now and then, and the (nasty) chance of pulling a horde if you get a burst of static of feedback squeal. Having the ability to filter the 'in-game global chat' based on the frequency/channel you set would allow factions to do their own thing, plan ambushes, and so forth. Limited scrollback ability in text chat (number of messages, not absolute length of text) could stand in for the player character's memory limitations, and so forth. Hell, if eventually you get the ability to lay down/hang up telephone wire to communicate between survivor (NPC and player) enclaves over long distance, you'd get some nice emergent gameplay. Scrounge for parts, lay the wire, fix the wire, investigate if the phone works but there's no answer... Plus, the problem of balancing long-range communications is fixed nicely. It only works between fixed points. Hell, an NPC manning the telegraph and pinning scribbled messages up on a board nearby would allow players to communicate over long distance, but not in real time. That could be -quite- interesting indeed. ac30fspad35 and Peemore 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syfy Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 ham radios and using a codebook, just as in real life, would also be a way to communicate. and i completely forgot about the upcoming Fort Knox military installation. undoubtedly they would have some type of communication system for their "in the field" soldiers. ac30fspad35 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matherodin Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Maybe a less serious option, but between houses i would go for the old school combination of a tin can with a rope. Rope is allready in the game as is canned food (allthough not an empty state as far as i know. never got to the point where i needed it). ac30fspad35 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connall Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Maybe a less serious option, but between houses i would go for the old school combination of a tin can with a rope. Rope is allready in the game as is canned food (allthough not an empty state as far as i know. never got to the point where i needed it). Does this actually work? I only ever see it in like TV and cartoons but never tried it, is this for real? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matherodin Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 To be honost, i realy have no idea. I can't even remember if i did it i my childhood. Like you, i seen it on TV too. Looking at it at a scientific way, there is a tad of truth in it. Can funnels soundwaves which makes the rope vibrate and will cause soundwaves at the other end. Still can't beat the modern day fiberglass way. ac30fspad35 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waib Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 it might work if you used hollow tubing but a string would only transmit a small vibration at the most, definitely not an audible noise from the distance of 2 houses. and i personally think that chat limited to distance and the use of walkie talkie is an awesome idea, might give your position away but that means you have to be smart about wehn to use it. Do you call friends for help and risk letting the zombies hear you, or do you turn the walkie off and try make it out alone? ac30fspad35 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ac30fspad35 Posted January 22, 2014 Author Share Posted January 22, 2014 it might work if you used hollow tubing but a string would only transmit a small vibration at the most, definitely not an audible noise from the distance of 2 houses. and i personally think that chat limited to distance and the use of walkie talkie is an awesome idea, might give your position away but that means you have to be smart about wehn to use it. Do you call friends for help and risk letting the zombies hear you, or do you turn the walkie off and try make it out alone?well like i said. you could have a notifier that blinks when someones calling you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ac30fspad35 Posted January 23, 2014 Author Share Posted January 23, 2014 wait.....waib you gave me an idea. what if your friend had one house right next toward your house and you didn't want to talk over the walkie talkie. that's when you can use the can and thread method Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waib Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 actually yea you are probably right, i forgot the shape of the tin can might echo the sound. never tried this before so i dunno if you could make out audible words but it might be useful to some degree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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