Couple of Q's!

[Failstar 4]

Hey guys.

I'm a new player and I have a couple of quick questions for vets..or new players who are more experienced than I. My buddy and I picked up the game pretty quick..We're loaded out pretty well..Hes died and gotten lucky..I'm pretty conservative but my risks have been rewarding.

But I have a few questions

1) Randomly last night I put a waypoint on my map. I have no clue how...Help? If the server allows it, how do I throw one on? (And take it off if it's a different button)

2) In the same vein as these types of servers, sometimes I see MAN on the map, which is a little yellow circle. Is this a glitch?

3) Does filling up from a water pump make any noise?

4) Does the sight/sound make a difference for players? I assume sight does not, but sound, are there ranges?

5) With Sight/Sound with zombies, does 0 sight pretty much mean zombies have to walk on top of you?

Thanks!

[krtshv 362]

Hey guys.

I'm a new player and I have a couple of quick questions for vets..or new players who are more experienced than I. My buddy and I picked up the game pretty quick..We're loaded out pretty well..Hes died and gotten lucky..I'm pretty conservative but my risks have been rewarding.

But I have a few questions

1) Randomly last night I put a waypoint on my map. I have no clue how...Help? If the server allows it' date=' how do I throw one on? (And take it off if it's a different button)

2) In the same vein as these types of servers, sometimes I see MAN on the map, which is a little yellow circle. Is this a glitch?

3) Does filling up from a water pump make any noise?

4) Does the sight/sound make a difference for players? I assume sight does not, but sound, are there ranges?

5) With Sight/Sound with zombies, does 0 sight pretty much mean zombies have to walk on top of you?

Thanks!

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1) I think Right Clicking or Double Clicking on the map should work, but servers with map points on aren't easy to find.

2) Nah, it's an ArmA 2 thing.

3) Don't think so, never been detected by it.

5) Not really, but you can be roughly 5-10 meters in font of them and they won't see you.

[deviantdigi 22]

But I have a few questions

1) Randomly last night I put a waypoint on my map. I have no clue how...Help? If the server allows it' date=' how do I throw one on? (And take it off if it's a different button)

2) In the same vein as these types of servers, sometimes I see MAN on the map, which is a little yellow circle. Is this a glitch?

3) Does filling up from a water pump make any noise?

4) Does the sight/sound make a difference for players? I assume sight does not, but sound, are there ranges?

5) With Sight/Sound with zombies, does 0 sight pretty much mean zombies have to walk on top of you?

Thanks!

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1) Open map then Left shift + click will set your way point. I believe this feature is disabled on some servers or just bugged.

2) Haven't a clue.

3) I don't believe so. If it does it is very minute and shouldn't be a concern.

4) If you mean by indicator level shown in the top right? Then no. But yes if that's not what you mean.

Sight: Some players have their visibility setting higher than others so they will be able to see things at much longer ranges than if at default settings. It comes into play very rarely but it is an advantage. It also takes up more resources to do so. I play at around 2.5k.

Sounds: You'd be surprised how much better you will play if you use a quality headset. Hearing the direction of gunshots and foot steps gives you a huge advantage. Also guns have different loudness levels. I don't know the specific ranges. But if you shoot a Lee Enfield within Cherno everyone within a 3/4 mile is looking in that direction. Where as a Pistol will attract say 1/4 a mile. If the player is in a building when the shot is let off, it will be muffled.

5) I've never had a Zombie walk on top of me. Its hard to be exact, but I wouldn't go within 5 ft. of a Zed at 1 level on both indicators.

[Elias (DayZ) 57]

2) yellow/orange circle on the map; this is a serverside setting, you're seeing the location of a Zed.

[ldw-troublemaker 3]

1) Randomly last night I put a waypoint on my map. I have no clue how...Help? If the server allows it' date=' how do I throw one on? (And take it off if it's a different button)

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Like described before: Left shift key + click on the map will give you a waypoint. However, this function is disabled on most servers. It's not buggy, but disabled - it's just configured the way the server-admin wants.

2) In the same vein as these types of servers' date=' sometimes I see MAN on the map, which is a little yellow circle. Is this a glitch?

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On some servers you can see your oponents position (zeds or players) on map, if you saw them before. Like mentioned above, it's a serverside setting and you'll not find it often on DayZ servers.

3) Does filling up from a water pump make any noise?

It does! At least a nearby player can hear it. I can't really tell if it can be heared by the zeds' date=' but if a zed is close enough to hear it, then you're screwed anyway XD

4) Does the sight/sound make a difference for players? I assume sight does not, but sound, are there ranges?

Nope, it doesn't. It's just for zeds. If a player can see/hear you depends on his own skills (and volume settings lol)

5) With Sight/Sound with zombies' date=' does 0 sight pretty much mean zombies have to walk on top of you?

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Almost, yes. They have to come pretty close to detect you. I guess it's like 3-5 meters or so. But I wouldn't let them come so close to me.