Just when I was doing so good. Newbie Woes... (Map Question)

[RavenX (DayZ) 7]

I just died after doing possibly the best I had done yet.

I had an axe and some food left from when I logged last night. I raided a town and found a map, a compass, a knife, a crowbar, some camo clothes, and enough food and drinks to keep me going for a while. My blood was down to 9K from killing zeds, but other than that I was good to go. I even had a tent and was planning on finding a good place to stash my new found riches. On the way out of town I got attacked by a couple more zeds. I killed them but my blood was now really low. I had the weakest hand gun in the game and plenty of ammo for it but it felt like the zeds were just shrugging off the rounds.

I heard gun-fire off in the distance. Not knowing if it was a friendly or a bandit I started moving a little faster. Aggro'd another zed. Down to 500 blood....and then I died.

Time to start again..

Question: With all that finding gear, the map and compass and watch, how come I still couldn't at least see my-self (my own dot) on the map?

[thewanderer 16]

you need gps for that, or at least to show the co-ords

[dagon (DayZ) 17]

maps only work like that on really beginner settings. to read the map you need to find landwmarks to estimate your position. zooming in and out looking at structures and elevations .

[Dawn (DayZ) 27]

you cant unless the server has it enabled, some servers have a blue dot on the map which marks your location, while other servers which is most likely on Veteran Difficulty, you need A GPS which will show you numbers which you need to use the map to find your location.

[Rollonio 54]

You'll need to learn how to read maps and determine your location by landmarks and road signs.

[RavenX (DayZ) 7]

Ahh, excellent. If I need to find where I am by using the map like real life, that's fine by me. I was just slightly confused on the issue because I had been on some servers where I could see my own dot. I wasn't sure if it was because I had the right gear or because it was enabled on the server that way. Appreciate the info, good lookin out all.