Veteran or Normal, your marker should be on the map.

[Max Planck 7174]

(Also, you do realize you can shift-leftclick and set waypoints and regardless of difficulty?)

Not on expert/merc servers, other servers might turn them off as well.

Good thing too, 'cause they suck.

I ask again, why would someone want to remove such an integral part of the experience? Why?? It boggles the mind.

[jdz (DayZ) 238]

The whole point of veteran mode is that you are a VETERAN...

You know how to use the map, you know how to get a bearing and go places.

Besides that, learn to shift click the map if you suck so bad at navigating, that still works in veteran.

It's just a name for a skill setting, you don't need to be a veteran to play it...

And the waypoints are a server side setting, they can be disabled

[Easy_Tiger (DayZ) 33]

In the standalone or mod is it possible to make it so that you come up on the map irrespective of what kind of difficulty mode your using?

Considering your guy is proficient in car repair, is a crack shot (if your me), can administer a lot of medicine etc I don't think being adept at cartography is that much of an ask xD Or maybe it only comes up after you acquire a map and a compass? Or does it do that already and I'm just slow.

Nooo! Keep it for noob mode only, All you have to do on vet servers is learn some orienteering skills.

[mitor 176]

Hahahahahahahahaha.

C'mon guys this was a joke.

[p4triot 207]

Yes but the fact remains orientation is piss easy with the use of third party maps, the idea is to just eliminate the need to constantly alt tab? A lot of retards chipping in with a meaningless 2cents that am mount to dik all really, it just streamlines the experience without the need to alt tab? As I'd rather use the game map to orientate than the dayzdb map.

Playing with Steam you can just shift+Tab and use the steams web browser for the map, and still hear ingame noises and also see something (not much as the map takes most of the screen)

But the best part is if you keep 'W' pressed when Shift+Tab your char will keep running while you look into the map :D no more precious seconds wasted.

Edited February 19, 2013 by p4triot

[p4triot 207]

Hey, that's a great idea! Having a bunch of different maps to find, covering different areas and some of them with errors, would be a really nice addition to the game. To the suggestion forum!

To think that something positive would come out of this thread...

Actually I like the idea, having different quality maps and having to find the best one (Heli crashes, as usual?) would be a good achivement to get.

Problem is... internet maps would do the trick no matter what. So dont really waste time on that...

[jk_scowling 44]

In the standalone or mod is it possible to make it so that you come up on the map irrespective of what kind of difficulty mode your using?

Considering your guy is proficient in car repair, is a crack shot (if your me), can administer a lot of medicine etc I don't think being adept at cartography is that much of an ask xD Or maybe it only comes up after you acquire a map and a compass? Or does it do that already and I'm just slow.

No, the finding your way round and being able to read the map/ getting completely lost and running round in circles is a big part of the game for me.