Server owners, check your settings, we can see other players on the map!

[Lady Kyrah 1110]

It appears that a bunch of the new servers are running with the option that show unit movements on the map.

Which means that other players can see where you are in some conditions and track your movements (for the mod, all players are in the same team).

[Difecti 11]

Some server owners like that setting. Others don't. Some have custom settings. That is upto the server host. I saw a video last night where a guy was playing Day Z, and the server he was on was showing his position, the people he had seen around him's position, and position of spotted zombies on the map he found. They had their server on the "recruit" setting (which I personally think is just ridiculous), but that is the choice of the server host.

My server has name tags, death messages and crosshairs all off at the moment, but we're still playing around with settings. Those that are off, will not be making a comeback.

[naizarak 41]

Yes it's dumbfounding. IMO veteran difficulty should be a requirement for dayz.

[kocrachon 2]

Thats your opinion...

Considering the average VDS costs around 90-130 bucks to run this game with 50 players, I say admins have the right to make what ever choice they want.

We run ours as Regular, because I like being able to see the name of the players I aim at so I can speak with them before killing them.

[Freeborne (DayZ) 7]

None of the default ARMA2 difficulty settings will achieve what you want. They all have to be customised by server admins. Even Veteran mode still has waypoints enabled, so you can shift-click on the map, and get a pointer on your screen telling you how to get there, and how far away it is (HUDWP = 1). You also still have crosshairs (WeaponCursor = 1).

class Veteran

{

class Flags

{

3rdPersonView = 1;

armor = 0;// Cannot be changed

autoAim = 0;// Cannot be changed

autoGuideAT = 0;// Cannot be changed

autoSpot = 0;// Cannot be changed

cameraShake = 1;

clockIndicator = 0;

deathMessages = 1;

enemyTag = 0;// Cannot be changed

friendlyTag = 0;// Cannot be changed

hud = 1;

hudGroupInfo = 0;

hudPerm = 0;// Cannot be changed

hudWp = 1;

hudWpPerm = 0;// Cannot be changed

map = 0;

netStats = 1;

tracers = 0;// Cannot be changed

ultraAI = 0;

unlimitedSaves = 0;

vonId = 0;

weaponCursor = 1;

};

skillFriendly = 1;

precisionFriendly = 1;

skillEnemy = 0.9;

precisionEnemy = 0.75;

};

The only difficulty setting that gives you what you want (with default settings) is Expert, but that also disabled 3rd person view that most people can't live without, and no HUD to show you your ammo count (ouch).

A lot of people are setting up DayZ servers with no experience with ARMA. It's partly their fault for not doing any research, but it doesn't help the DayZ devs don't give any help either in how to properly setup servers, or explain things. Regular is the best setting because you can fully customise it, but hardcore players will still choose a server that says "Veteran" even if it has easier settings than a fully custom Regular server.

[Difecti 11]

Waypoints are disabled here :)