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Hunger & Thirst System
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Description

If you are trying to stick to the realism aspect of the game i would recommend lowering the rate at which the hunger and thirst decays. I have eaten and consumed multiple cans of food only to go unconcious within 5 minutes. I go unconcious after about an hour of play time and there is nothing you can do about it except respawn. Here is an example of the chat log:

I feel thirsty.
I want to eat something.
You have quenched your thirst.
You have satisfied your hunger.
You are hungry.
I want to drink something.

I do run alot but i also use the "sit down" function as suggested to curve the exhaustion. Does not help. If the hunger/thirst system is to stay at its current state then exhaustion should be curved tremendously. If you want to the player to stay on the move to "Stay Alive", then don't punish them with a harsh exhaustion system.

Don't get me wrong, you guys did an awesome job with the game. Its well polished for an alpha. Just getting the bugs out there

Details

Legacy ID
497679239
Severity
None
Resolution
Duplicate
Reproducibility
Always
Category
Balancing
Steps To Reproduce

Spawn and move.

Event Timeline

Bohemia edited Steps To Reproduce. (Show Details)Dec 17 2013, 7:47 PM
Bohemia set Category to Balancing.
Bohemia set Reproducibility to Always.
Bohemia set Severity to None.
Bohemia set Resolution to Duplicate.
Bohemia set Legacy ID to 497679239.May 8 2016, 2:13 PM

Yep, you fall over unconscious far too fast, i spent all of my time gathering food and rarely get any spare to do other things

Bohemia added a subscriber: Bohemia.May 8 2016, 2:13 PM

the hunger / thirst system is not the best atm... i mean this game has a real 24/7 cycle and i don't need to drink something every hour :/

they should adjust the system to real life a bit more...

From what I've heard resting doesn't actually help.

All the messages are related to food/drink.

Read this: http://dayzdb.com/news/hunger-and-thirst-in-standalone

Hope that was useful.

custerc added a subscriber: custerc.May 8 2016, 2:13 PM

Agreed wholeheartedly. I can see making the characters need water and food a bit faster than a real human would (it is a game after all) but right now it's simply too fast. You become thirsty again seconds after drinking, and the need to continuously eat and drink is so severe that it has prevented me from exploring or doing anything other than going from one town to the next searching for food, which isn't particularly realistic OR particularly fun.

Rossums added a subscriber: Rossums.May 8 2016, 2:13 PM

This is a duplicate report and the developers are already aware of this bug/problem.

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