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CoryandStuff has 7 Days to Die

Mar 12, 2014 @ 1:10pm

Zombies Attracted To Raw Meat Too?

It appears that zombies in the game now are attracted to the smell of raw meat, especially when carrying it instead of it being packed away; however, I thought zombies were only attracted to living people (and sometimes living animals)?

Should this be fixed/tweaked somehow or is this new feature just another twist on the zombie specifications, i.e., the zombies in THIS game are a little different than other zombies from other games/movies/stories?

TL;DR: Should zombies be attracted to meat in general, dead/raw and "alive", or just "live" meat?

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Smokie

Mar 12, 2014 @ 1:12pm

who said zombies don't like raw meat? considering in every comic, book, show, movie that is what they eat all the time...

actually who laid out the behavioural traits and laws of how a zombie should act? ;p

Last edited by Smokie; Mar 12, 2014 @ 1:13pm

Smilodon

Mar 12, 2014 @ 1:16pm

Well, what "official" zombie are you basing your should-bes off of? In Plants Vs Zombies, the zombies want only to eat "BRRRAAAAAINNNNSSSS....", but in The Walking Dead they munch on just about any part of the body. So why would you assume that a zombie in a zombie game didn't want to eat raw meat? What do you have in your arm right now, cooked meat?

Last edited by Smilodon; Mar 12, 2014 @ 1:17pm

CoryandStuff has 7 Days to Die

Mar 12, 2014 @ 1:20pm

Originally posted by smokie_23:
who said zombies don't like raw meat? considering in every comic, book, show, movie that is what they eat all the time...

actually who laid out the behavioural traits and laws of how a zombie should act? ;p

Well in some zombie universes zombies only eat brains, some eat any part of a human, some eat any part of a human but stop once the person is dead and in some universes the zombies stop once the dead person/meal turns into a zombie too.

There aren't really any set rules for how zombies should act but it's nice to think about. :') I'm not implying that zombies shouldn't like raw meat though.

Red Eagle LXIX

Mar 12, 2014 @ 1:25pm

I just wish smell system worked better. right now there is no difference I could tell in the range from having something in your hand (waving it around), stored in your belt but not selected, or in your backpack.

Last edited by Red Eagle LXIX; Mar 12, 2014 @ 1:26pm

Smokie

Mar 12, 2014 @ 1:30pm

Yeah better storage options would be nice. Annoying having to run to a chest everytime you kill an animal.

But zombies in 7dtd seem to attack those deer a lot so I assume they like their live/raw meat.

CoryandStuff has 7 Days to Die

Mar 12, 2014 @ 1:30pm

Okay, I guess it does sound like i'm comparing them. :/ Hah I should of spent more time trying to word my post a little better.

Originally posted by Smilodon:
Well, what "official" zombie are you basing your should-bes off of? In Plants Vs Zombies, the zombies want only to eat "BRRRAAAAAINNNNSSSS....", but in The Walking Dead they munch on just about any part of the body. So why would you assume that a zombie in a zombie game didn't want to eat raw meat? What do you have in your arm right now, cooked meat?

Well, right now I have warm "nontainted"/nonzombified meat in me... well the in-game character does... but the zombies in the game are attracted to cold, old/or fresh meat that isn't in a living object anymore.
I haven't seen many zombies attracted to a dead rabbit that has been sitting around for days in a zombie universe before. :P Of course it is fine if this game wants the zombies to act like that though, no complaints.

Last edited by CoryandStuff; Mar 12, 2014 @ 1:32pm

CoryandStuff has 7 Days to Die

Mar 12, 2014 @ 1:32pm

Just bringing all of this up for something to think about. That's my intention for this post. :)

-=Kowie=-

Mar 12, 2014 @ 2:30pm

Originally posted by smokie_23:

Well, right now I have warm "nontainted"/nonzombified meat in me... well the in-game character does... but the zombies in the game are attracted to cold, old/or fresh meat that isn't in a living object anymore.

I don't see the problem the animal meat you are carrying is still *fresh* and *untainted*, if you had just hunted a infected rotting zombie rabbit and stripped it of its meat and stuck it in your back pack i could see the inconsistency.

As for meat smelling I like hunting while being mindful of being hunted kind of makes it a bit more harder less of a walk in the park. If it becomes a issue i just stash it in trash etc then leave a block next it as a marker and come back to hit later.

I like that the developers are trying to get us to mix it up when eating food instead of just runing around eating just deer stew 24/7 with no consequencs, i would like to see later on some kind of negative effect if you just eat the same old foods day after day.

Last edited by -=Kowie=-; Mar 12, 2014 @ 2:43pm