Can my character shoot himself?

[Max]

Got infected by a scratch and don't want to become a zed. So I went back to my place, loaded a shotgun and now trying to shoot myself. Is there any way to make it possible?

[EdgeCrusher]

Nope, probably won't officially happen either. Maybe a mod. Never found dying in PZ all that hard though, I bet you can figure something out.

[TheSurvivalist]

i saw a dev video showing that you can but so far i havent been able to, maybe its not in the game yet since its still in the test branch or i probably didint looked hard enough

[Max]

Originally posted by EdgeCrusher:

Nope, probably won't officially happen either. Maybe a mod. Never found dying in PZ all that hard though, I bet you can figure something out.

Yeah I know, but all these methods make you character become a zombie after that...

[EdgeCrusher]

Originally posted by TheSurvivalist:

i saw a dev video showing that you can but so far i havent been able to, maybe its not in the game yet since its still in the test branch or i probably didint looked hard enough

I'm gonna need to see proof of that since as far as I knew, the devs weren't to keen on the idea. Going to have to change your intro screen to "This is how you suicided"

[TheSurvivalist]

look it up, its called Project Zomboid Last Resort

[LootMech]

I have lived through infected scratches, you can get rid of the infection if you disinfect fast

[Barrelz]

You can drink bleach and die. Atleast im sure I have read others saying you can. So, I don't see why other suicides wouldn't be implemented. I have tried ODing on sleeping pills or painkillers. That doesn't work. Its very plausible that a character in a post apocalyptic world would want to end their own life. In fact there is lots of story scenes in the game where exactly this has happened. I have even come across murder/suicide scenes in the game.

I think being able to shoot yourself is a plausible technique for 2 reasons. 1) That's typical zombie lore. Destroy your brain and you cant turn. 2) When you continue your game you can find the body of your pst character rather than have to hunt down the zombie character.

[Ficelle]

There is an old official video about it

https://youtu.be/AJJtN6BdSmM

Dont know if it is still planned at some point

For the moment, there is bleach, fire, jumping super overloaded, perhaps starvation / dehydratation...probably some more


For some reasons, video games stay away from gun suicid, while sometimes endorsing horrible ways to do it anyway (bleach, eating broken glass in another game...yeah...)

[Barrelz]

Originally posted by Ficelle:

There is an old official video about it

https://youtu.be/AJJtN6BdSmM

Dont know if it is still planned at some point

For the moment, there is bleach, fire, jumping super overloaded, perhaps starvation / dehydratation...probably some more


For some reasons, video games stay away from gun suicid, while sometimes endorsing horrible ways to do it anyway (bleach, eating broken glass in another game...yeah...)

Suicide is one of those Taboo subjects. Bleach and jumping into a fire seems less likely, almost comical so it doesn't have that same element of Taboo as suicide by overdose or gun. Other games like Dayz have implemented it, I think one can even cut their own wrists in that game.

Personally, I don't see why it shouldn't make its way into the game. We see it all the time on TV and Movies. A progressive world realises that making a subject Taboo, doesn't solve anything.

[𝔗𝔢𝔞 ❀]

You have a perfect opportunity to start a campfire and throw yourself in.

[Max]

Being burned or mauled to death is a horrifying death even in a game world. Now with these animations it's even more shocking. So I can't see why is it a problem that the character blows his head with a firearm.

[nasKo]

Currently not possible, but we plan to have that, as the video posted earlier shows. Plan hasn't changed in that regard.

[Barrelz]

Originally posted by nasKo:

Currently not possible, but we plan to have that, as the video posted earlier shows. Plan hasn't changed in that regard.

That's awesome. Thanks for the confirmation.

[donnietr]

painkillers and whiskey or wine does the job too. you just die

[pixelrogueart]

Oh man I would love to go full kurt cobain on this ♥♥♥♥