Got a question about nametags

[hoorah (DayZ) 36]

So I was just outside of Gorka the other day (night, actually) with my FN FAL NV that I had recently acquired. I had actually just gone into gorka, refilled my jerry cans, looked for car wheels, and headed out when I saw a survivor headed in. He stopped right when I saw him, so I dropped to the ground, and in doing so, lost my view of him.

When I came up to a crouch, I looked all over, but couldn't find him. Then, all of the sudden, his name came up on my crosshair. I usually don't play on servers with this on, so it was a bit of a shock. Anyway, I'm looking through my scope at the spot where his name came up, but he wasn't there. I brought the scope up, down, left, and right and found the 'center', but it was just an empty field, no person.

I figured the dude was in a good hiding spot and must have seen me, so I waited for him to pop his head out. After about 3 minutes, the nametag just disappeared. Shortly after, I head a pistol firing. Guess he didn't actually see me, and had gone into the town. I made a wide circle and got back to my atv and left. I suppose I could have hunted him down, but, meh.

So, TL,DR - How much leeway is there in the survivor nametags? Do they stay at the last known location of the survivor, or are they always on the location of the survivor? Do they work through hills?

[Kellexx 4]

The nametags stay where you last see someone for a bit. This can make them very misleading at times. They don't show up through any objects or landscape. Sometimes you'll catch a glimpse of a tag through a tree, but that's it.

[hoorah (DayZ) 36]

Much appreciated. That explains why I kept seeing the nametag but no player.

I knew the guy was around me, so I made a wide circle to come and try to flank him and/or cover the town from above. I had every intention of letting him live so long as he didn't see me, but I wanted to find out where he was so I didn't get surprised.

Unfortunately, that was the time my wife decided to ask me about 15 various questions, and since I couldn't concentrate, I decided just to book it out of there. Guy probably shit a brick when he heard my ATV take off.