Zombie shooting animations

[Tactics]

Anyone else notice the zombies shoot their bullets from their chests? it's very difficult to even know whos shooting at you when you have multiple zombies around you as there is no animation. Great concept, worst possible execution.

[DthBlayde]

... sure ya got the right game here? while 7D zeds might be bullet sponges, they dont send em back at us in any meaningful way.

[Tahnval]

The OP must be playing a modded game. Some mods add in zombies with ranged weapons and there's no way to get animations to match. It's just not there to mod. The zombie animations in 7DTD don't even reliably match even for melee attacks.

The best I've seen for mobs with ranged weapons in a mod is for them to use the cop puke animation, where they throw their arms back and the bullets come out of their mouths. It sort of works sort of well enough.

[JimmyIowa]

Originally posted by Tactics:

Anyone else notice the zombies shoot their bullets from their chests?

No, never seen that happen.

[Roland]

Originally posted by Tactics:

Anyone else notice the zombies shoot their bullets from their chests? it's very difficult to even know whos shooting at you when you have multiple zombies around you as there is no animation. Great concept, worst possible execution.

You should probably post this concern on the thread of whatever mod you're playing so the mod author can get your feedback. But go a bit easier because modders create their content out of passion and a desire to tailor the game to their vision and it is entirely voluntary and frer for you to download them. You might even think about trying a hand at modding yourself to see if you can get the execution better.

[DthBlayde]

Originally posted by Tahnval:

The OP must be playing a modded game. Some mods add in zombies with ranged weapons and there's no way to get animations to match. It's just not there to mod. The zombie animations in 7DTD don't even reliably match even for melee attacks.

The best I've seen for mobs with ranged weapons in a mod is for them to use the cop puke animation, where they throw their arms back and the bullets come out of their mouths. It sort of works sort of well enough.

.... ngl, sounds like something out of a techno-horror anime... and I'd watch it :D Mechanical, synthesized scream, mouth opens and just a stream of leaded death spewing forth...