Confirmed by dean hall:All upcoming updates content for this year

[arvinzd 10]

Just want to let you dayz player know what dayz will become in coming updates,for you who dont know and thinks that this alpha game no future.

BUT IT DOES HAVE

here is the video link of dean hall presentation about the Updates roadmap.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es42HrtPB3I.

As you can see in the video ,that dean hall will only add content that purely related to "survival" for this year.

 

CONFIRMED FEATURES:(source from steam dayz community who sums up roadmap updates of the video)

Highlights for next update
 

• More robust process for testing / delivery
• Bow and arrow / crossbow
• Fireplaces
• Network optimizations
• No spawn penalties for joining same server
• When ?
  Best case: two weeks
  Worst case: end of April

Fireplaces
 

• Can cook things!
• Crafting fireplaces
• Upgrading them to ovens

Respawning Loot Prototype
 

• World divided into quadrants
• Quad resets when empty X time
• Includes resetting doors
• Door state randomly set on world start

Accelerated Time
 

• Removed as part of lag / desync fix
• Configurable by servers admins
• Up to 64x faster day / night cycle
• Rules for Hardcore t.b.d.

Throwable Items
 

• Everything that can be held in hand
• Different materials react differently
• Uses "Bullet" physics SDk
• Calculated on server

Player Controls
 

• Mouse Acceleration issues
• Dexterity
• Freelook
• Physics based movement
• Jumping considered

 

Short-term (Q2)
 

Ragdoll
 

• Nearly functionally complete
• Based on "Bullet" physics lib
• Includes falling characters
• The future?
• Dragging unconscious / bodies
• Blended body injuries

New AI pathfinding
 

• Animals and Zombies
• Techniques
• Voxelization
• Walkable polygons
• Navmesh optimization
• Object Avoidance
• First iteration nearly complete
• handles interiors, small objects

64-bit
 

• Compiling!
• Server can use more memory
• Helps with
• Physics integration
• Vehicle physics
• New zombie AI
• Possibly much more

Prototype Animalst
 

• Prototype implementation
• Allow player "hunting"
• 6 new animal types
• Starting from scratch
• Wandering

Persistent Objects
 

• All objects or just some?
• Save state of everything
• Decide which to permanently use

Advanced weather effects
 

• Snow and Fog
• Weather will affect player
• Ballistics affected by weather

World Containers
 

• Refrigerator
• Oven
• Cupboards

 

Medium-term (Q3)
 

Multi-thread / Multi-core
 

• Multiple threads on Multiple cores
• More zombies...
• More players...
• More animals...
• Probably more server focused

Advanced Animals
 

• Hostile animals
• Neutral animals
• Companion animals

New Zombie Behaviour
 

• More responsive
• Redeveloped "agro" system
• More benefits to stealth

Central Loot Economy
 

• Control loot numbers centrally
• Set for all servers per hive

Barricading
 

• Physics based construction
• Mainly focused on existing buildings.

Basic Vehicles
 

• Small Vehicles
• Bicycle / Motorcycles / ATV
• Possibly includes small car
• Customizable / Configurable-like weapons
• Physics based ("bullet" Physics SDK )

Modding Support

 

• Probably tied with private hives
• Full support for mods
• Steam Workshop integration

Player Statistics
 

• Steam Achievements
• Database interaction API for developers

Horticulture
 

• Growing plants
• Persistent to server
• Prototype to come earlier

 

Long-term (Q4/Qx)
 

Advanced Vehicles
 

• Cars / Trucks / Planes / Helicopters / Boats
• Upgradable components
• Similar approach as weapon attachments

Extended barricading
 

• Existing barricading to full construction
• Allows players to create new structures
• Persistent to that server

Advanced Social Mechanics

Faction identification methods

• Spawn systems tied to controlled locations
• Better UI support for trading.

1 year = 12 months
Q1 = from January to march (included)
Q2 = April to June
Q3 = July to September
Q4 = October to December

[Max Planck 7174]

Not a suggestion.

Info is already available in the devblogs.

 

Locked.