Speaking to PCGamesN , Bohemia Interactive's Matt Lightfoot teased the kinds of horrible life-threatening diseases we can expect to catch in DayZ. Diseases such as cholera, dysentery and hepatitis are being promised for the standalone, along with (probably) motion-capture animations expressing your state of ill-health - that's going to be particularly fun when it comes to dysentery.
He goes on to reveal that "What we want to have is animations. We motion-captured that animation [for dysentery] already. That was a fairly fun day."
I can imagine. Interestingly there will be a "latency period" between the contraction of the disease and the moment when symptoms start to appear, giving the infection plenty of time to spread to other players - you know, like a real illness.
The team are additionally working on making more advanced in-game radios - encrypted two-way ones that will enable private-chatting. Lightfoot also suggests there will be a Fallout-style radio station, run by members of the community. Exciting stuff - head here to read the full interview.
