Walking Dead Zombies

[MisterSunshine]

I will start with, I am a major noob when it comes to coding of any kind. I am trying to get the zombies walking only, no more balls to the wall sprint to close distance. I have done this easily with vanilla DayZ but I'm having a bit of trouble getting it to work with DayZ Epoch. I change forceSpeed to 2 in control_zombieAgent.sqf but they still run at full speed.

 

So then I tried looking around for another zombie chase code in other files. I went into zombie_agent.fsm and changed the forceSpeed in the chase area to 2 as well. This makes the zombies stop running but they don't appear to be "seeing" the player. They will move toward a player if the player makes a noise but I can run in front of them and they continue to loiter. If I move within strike range the zombie will still attack. 

 

I've not messed with the FSM file before and I'm not sure what it is used for but is it a "no-no" to edit it? Does anyone have a suggestion of where to look to try to make the zombies walk and still chase the player on sight? Any suggestions on what I may be doing wrong?

 

Also, I am hosting the server on an HP mini server at my house for a small number of friends to play around on. Not serious at all but we like the "Walking Dead" zombies style. If you think walking zombies would be too difficult to get working with Epoch let me know. I like the traders and economy system of Epoch but I am open to other mods that may work better for us.

 

Thank you for any help you can provide.

[BetterDeadThanZed]

Im testing something now on my test server - ill let people know what I find if it works. Interesting idea Gewch..

 

Great, looking forward to it working again!

[Ree]

Any way to make Zeds slow during day time and fast at night?

[BetterDeadThanZed]

When I do this, I can't log into my server. I get all the way to the part where it's loading the character then I'm at the loading screen and don't advance. The server RPT file doesn't indicate any errors. Everything continues to load on the server - DZMS, DZAI, etc...

 

My custom compiles.sqf sits in my custom folder and is only the changed lines, not the entire compiles.sqf. I call both compiles.sqf in my init. I had walking zedz working with 1.0.4.2 so I'm not sure what the issue is.

 

If I remove the lines from my compiles.sqf, the server works just fine. There are no errors in my server or client side RPT file.

[Logan]

It works for me fine but I the zombies seem to be extremely stupid, they don't even seem to hit me unless I'm in there face. lol

[Logan]

Yeah I'll have to take a look, unless you're in there face they don't hit you, they don't even come toward you for me. Just kinda sit in place.

[Simelia]

thanks for the files ebayn(o_o)b 

[Cannon]

Any way to make Zeds slow during day time and fast at night?

 

The only way I can think of doing this would be to have a batch file that replaces the Hive config and associated zed files on reboot so you have a couple of day cycles, then a night cycle with the fast zeds.

[Cannon]

So in the new damage handler, what do we change to up the damage as it's changed from 1.4 and I don't understand it well enough to figure it out without lots of fecking about :)

[Dumgard]

Any idea how to make it so that the zombies have a chance to knock you down or stun/brief KO?

 

I like the idea of slower zombies, but I would like the zombies to be a bit more aggressive to compensate for it.

[BetterDeadThanZed]

So in the new damage handler, what do we change to up the damage as it's changed from 1.4 and I don't understand it well enough to figure it out without lots of fecking about :)

 

I definitely want to know this as well. Anyone know?

[BetterDeadThanZed]

Anyone? I'd really like to increase the damage.

[BetterDeadThanZed]

I hate to keep bumping up this topic, but I'd really like to know what values to change to increase the damage of the zeds.

[DeliciousAce]

Hey we have also slow Zeds, we made a change in the player_zombieAttack.sqf.

Look for this part:
 

    //diag_log ("Animation state: " +(_currentAnim));
    _attackanimations = ["zombiestandingattack1","zombiestandingattack2","zombiestandingattack3","zombiestandingattack4","zombiestandingattack5","zombiestandingattack6","zombiestandingattack7","zombiestandingattack8","zombiestandingattack9","zombiestandingattack10","zombiefeed1","zombiefeed2","zombiefeed3","zombiefeed4","zombiefeed5"];
    if (((_unit distance player) <= dayz_areaAffect) && ((animationState _unit) in _attackanimations)) then {
        //check LOS
        _inAngle = [_zPos,(getdir _unit),50,_tPos] call fnc_inAngleSector;
        if (_inAngle) then {
            //LOS check
            _cantSee = [_unit,_vehicle] call dayz_losCheck;
            if (!_cantSee) then {
                if (r_player_blood < (r_player_bloodTotal * 0.8)) then {
                    _cnt = count (DAYZ_woundHit select 1);
                    _index = floor (random _cnt);
                    _index = (DAYZ_woundHit select 1) select _index;
                    _wound = (DAYZ_woundHit select 0) select _index;
                } else {
                    _cnt = count (DAYZ_woundHit_ok select 1);
                    _index = floor (random _cnt);
                    _index = (DAYZ_woundHit_ok select 1) select _index;
                    _wound = (DAYZ_woundHit_ok select 0) select _index;
                };
                _damage = 0.1 + random (1.2);

That one is for the damage what they will do:

_damage = 0.1 + random (1.2);

We set it to

_damage = 15 + random (1.2);

Sometimes is a hit enough to break the legs, going KO or both. So you have to play with the value.
Hope it helps.

[BetterDeadThanZed]

I don't have a player_zombieAttack.sqf in my custom files.  Are you using the files from 1.0.5.1?

[BetterDeadThanZed]

I really hate bumping topics, but I really need to figure this out. I'm assuming the damage the zedz deliver will be in fn_damageHandlerZ.sqf but I can't figure it out.

[fr1nk]

Not home so can't check my files but I can see player_zombieAttack.sqf on the github, last edited 2 months ago. 

[BetterDeadThanZed]

Got it working! The problem is that the zedz are having a hell of a time hitting me. Once they hit me, I get damaged badly, but it takes quite a number of swings before they land a hit. Any suggestions on that?

[BetterDeadThanZed]

Here's a video showing a zed having a hard time hitting me, until I stand right in front of him. Is this an Arma 2/Dayz issue or something with the customized slow zed files?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8EAGcOHY20&list=UUsLPJX8Vh2qKcNM6kwTENqA

[insertcoins]

the slow zed files. Look for silver85 his fix

[BetterDeadThanZed]

the slow zed files. Look for silver85 his fix

 

I just looked through all 4 pages. silver85 hasn't posted in this thread.

[redcloud78]

http://opendayz.net/threads/no-running-zombies-and-more-of-them.18651/#post-96765

[BetterDeadThanZed]

That only seems to give instructions on increasing the number of zombies and their speed. It doesn't seem to address how to make their hits more accurate.

[Logan]

Had the same issue with zombies not hitting me unless I'm in there face, looked around and tweaked a few things, didn't make any changes with them unfortunately.

[BetterDeadThanZed]

Had the same issue with zombies not hitting me unless I'm in there face, looked around and tweaked a few things, didn't make any changes with them unfortunately.

 

Any idea what you tweaked?

[N3me]

Hi guys

I new to all this, I've just got a server from gaming deluxe, I can find the dayz_code and extract the files I need an dmodify them, but where do I put them, do I create my own folder in the same place as the addons folder? Also where are the compiles.sqf and init.sqf located?

Cheers hopefully someone can help