"Hidden Treasure" Map

[IcyZ 295]

So,i had a discussion with a friend of mine,about dayz's "loot of the dead".she was saying that when you die,your tent should disapear so you won't be able to rearm like nothing happened,and that your dead body would disappear after X minutes.My reply was that this is unfair to the guy that probably killed you,he won't have a "trophy" for his victory.I was thinking about that for a while and now i came up with an idea that i'd really like to get some feedback on,because i personaly think it's really good.

When you die,by zombie,by a player ,by jumping off a roof by hunger,by whatever you want,your loot will stay there,and your tents will stay there.BUT if someone loots your body,he can take your map.If you have placed any markers on your map,he can see them,and he can follow them to get to your base or the location you marked for some reason.Plus the marker will not be deletable(is that a word?).meaning that you marked with a pen and you can not erase it,so your markers will stay on the map,and you'll think twice before you place a marker.

I came up with that cause in dayz mod,i got the feeling that the maps are completely useless now,everyone knows the areas really good.i remember the first days of DayZ,when finding a map was a reason to party and i miss them :P

[green-K- 101]

Who places markers on maps?

[IcyZ 295]

Who places markers on maps?

guys that are too stupid to read their coords to their team or write down the coords of their base,guys that find a car but need fuel or repairs so they place a marker to remember where it is,and last,guys that died from a camping sniper and marked him down to warn the rest

so instead of having the direct/side chat marker thing,it should work more realistic,meaning thet the marker you placed is visible only in your map

[Warhog (DayZ) 26]

Well, you could put a random mark that says "camp" but in reality there's nothing.

And if you are dumb enough to put the real coordinates, then you will have a small problem with player's roaming around and looting your camp.

[IcyZ 295]

Well, you could put a random mark that says "camp" but in reality there's nothing.

And if you are dumb enough to put the real coordinates, then you will have a small problem with player's roaming around and looting your camp.

in lingor,namalsk and panthera i see way too many markers on the map,most of them legit.working car full in guns,2-3 tents with food and m4's,or a chopper out of fuel.people are stupid,2 days ago 2 guys were talking through side chat and one said "im placing a marker on my location,deleted as soon as you see it" i shift-marked it and moved on them,sniped the first guy that placed the marker and killed the other that came with a pickup truck.free stuff ftw!

or,we can expand my first idea by saying that your tents and cars are automaticly marked on your map,as blue tents and cars,so if you die or give your map to someone,he can see where u placed your tents,where you parked the last car you had etc.

[Michaelvoodoo25 3120]

It has been suggested before and as mentioned can act as a way of killing players who fall for certain marked maps.

I would prefer it if you found a diary and got secret stash stuff from there. Looting a body and finding a diary, with information in it.

When a player dies their body can he hidden, but the camp will remain (Found or not) It is hard to find a way around being killed and then running to rearm at their camps.

I would like to come across a players stash co-ordinates whether diary or on a map. but would you trust it anyway?

Edited February 5, 2013 by Michaelvoodoo25

[whatsmynameagain 31]

So,i had a discussion with a friend of mine,about dayz's "loot of the dead".she was saying that when you die,your tent should disapear so you won't be able to rearm like nothing happened,and that your dead body would disappear after X minutes.My reply was that this is unfair to the guy that probably killed you,he won't have a "trophy" for his victory.I was thinking about that for a while and now i came up with an idea that i'd really like to get some feedback on,because i personaly think it's really good.

When you die,by zombie,by a player ,by jumping off a roof by hunger,by whatever you want,your loot will stay there,and your tents will stay there.BUT if someone loots your body,he can take your map.If you have placed any markers on your map,he can see them,and he can follow them to get to your base or the location you marked for some reason.Plus the marker will not be deletable(is that a word?).meaning that you marked with a pen and you can not erase it,so your markers will stay on the map,and you'll think twice before you place a marker.

I came up with that cause in dayz mod,i got the feeling that the maps are completely useless now,everyone knows the areas really good.i remember the first days of DayZ,when finding a map was a reason to party and i miss them :P

I memorized my camps in cherno because i'm used to making return trips every few minutes.

[IcyZ 295]

I memorized my camps in cherno because i'm used to making return trips every few minutes.

Yeah,i memorized my camps as well,in lingor,panthera and chernarus,i dont need a marker cause i've learned the maps and i can move around,but some guys use markers to mark something the want to pick up later or something

It has been suggested before and as mentioned can act as a way of killing players who fall for certain marked maps.

I would prefer it if you found a diary and got secret stash stuff from there. Looting a body and finding a diary, with information in it.

When a player dies their body can he hidden, but the camp will remain (Found or not) It is hard to find a way around being killed and then running to rearm at their camps.

I would like to come across a players stash co-ordinates whether diary or on a map. but would you trust it anyway?

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that's how i want the map to work.the markers could be put automaticaly on the map as soon as you place a tent,or as soon as you park a car.if not exactly where you put em,it could be something like a big circle in the general area of the stuff.having a diary that you can write and that others can pick up when you die is a nice idea but it will be abused by trolls for sure.

[mzltv 2281]

With the notes system being implemented into the Standalone, I don't see much need to create personalised maps when you can just write out co-ordinates or location guides onto a note and leave it on your corpse.

[mr_chabowski@live.co.uk 2416]

I do think it would be good to have individual markers on maps.

Maybe even make it so you can hand your map to someone else so they can copy marked loactions onto theirs.

I tend to mark hostile camps on my map, just so I can remember to take particular care around certain areas. In doing so, I alert the camp owners to the fact that their camp isn't hidden anymore, which kinda sucks.

If each map becomes an individual entity (like most items in SA will be, by the sounds of things) this idea is totally plausible.

BTW the topic title is fairly misleading. Not handy in a suggestion thread.

[IcyZ 295]

well,my idea is all about "personal maps",so the maps can be added in a diary or something,that you can write and cut pages and leave notes or something,and as Chabowski said,i mark enemy camps or enemy campers.i dont want my markers to visible only on my map,but i can share them with clanmates etc.but just placing a marker in direct or in side and then deleting it is not so realistic.you should be able to give your map to someone,or just show it to him or something.