Firstly, I would like to thank the hardworking 3D artists at Bohemia and the DayZ team, they've done an amazing job with the many new assets that have been added over the years. However, I'd like to point out that there are 3 models that are over 2 decades old in DayZ! Mainly from Operation Flashpoint, which came out in 2001. Some OFP assets in DayZ were removed and some were remastered in 0.63. I wanted to compile a list for some of the artists on the team so that they could possibly remaster the existing ones or integrate newer models into DayZ. Unfortunately there are many old Arma 2 assets in DayZ and I think updating some of them will bring a QOL improvement in the sphere of graphics, which I think is lacking right now in some areas.
Here is a list of models from OFP:
Some new assets have been ported over from Arma Reforger into DayZ, such as the new HMMWV vehicle. After looking around, I found many models in Reforger that are perfect replacements for existing proxy models.
Here is a list of suitable replacements from Reforger:
structures_furniture.pbo/kitchen/Dkamna_uhli/Dkamna_uhli.p3d
structures_furniture.pbo/chairs/vojenska_palanda/Vojenska_palanda.p3d
structures_furniture.pbo/Eletrical_appliances/tv_a/tv_a.p3d
structures_furniture.pbo/Tables/stul_kuch1/stul_kuch1.p3d
structures_furniture.pbo/generalstore/icebox.p3d
structures_furniture.pbo/Eletrical_appliances/washing_machine/washing_machine.p3d
structures_furniture.pbo/Various/soustruh_proxy.p3d
structures_residential.pbo/Misc/Misc_Well_Pump_Blue.p3d
Here is a model that I think should be remastered completely.
structures_furniture.pbo/Cases/library_a/library_a_open.p3d
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structures_furniture.pbo/Cases/library_a/library_a.p3d
Both of these proxy models have very low resolution textures and poly count. I think the artists could utilize the book model from gear_books.pbo/Book_kniga.p3d with some blank textures to fill up the book case.