GPS Notes - Are they private or public?

[ThuggleS 45]

Ok, so through experimentation I know that GPS notes are saved for the server you make them on and will not appear on other servers (which sucks IMO).

But I saw someone write that if you make a note on your GPS everyone in the server can see it. Is this true? If so, better not note my tents...

[pwnage13371 147]

Yup.

[NoRegrets 495]

you better not note your tents ingame ... its not that hard to remember 2 coordinates ... incase you have like a gazillion million tents open up a .txt or use the good old piece of paper

[ThuggleS 45]

you better not note your tents ingame ... its not that hard to remember 2 coordinates ... incase you have like a gazillion million tents open up a .txt or use the good old piece of paper

No, it's not like I NEED to, but it is not intuitive to think that if you have a GPS in your hand and make a note on it that it will magically be uploaded to everyone else's GPS's...lol

[Lonrem 62]

you better not note your tents ingame ... its not that hard to remember 2 coordinates ... incase you have like a gazillion million tents open up a .txt or use the good old piece of paper

I have a beloved piece of paper with numerous coordinates and server numbers scratched out as I've been forced to other servers because they never came back up. :(

[Mikewhiskey (DayZ) 27]

Yea I think it is a little dumb that everyone can see that stuff. But its Dayz lol

[str33tsuite 19]

Marks put on the map are visible to everyone else of the server who has a map, waypoints are only visible to you.

[NoRegrets 495]

No, it's not like I NEED to, but it is not intuitive to think that if you have a GPS in your hand and make a note on it that it will magically be uploaded to everyone else's GPS's...lol

You better dont trust your intuition in this game lol

[terrorcon 5]

I have a beloved piece of paper with numerous coordinates and server numbers scratched out as I've been forced to other servers because they never came back up. :(

Me too. Best piece of gear in my possession.

[KennyNZ 121]

Me too. Best piece of gear in my possession.

I too had one of these... wide decided to tidy the computer desk...

.... annnnnnnnnnnd it's gone. :D lol

Edited August 24, 2012 by KennyNZ

[Regicide 111]

Yeah, don't be surprised to open up your map one day to find somebody made a giant penis out of notes right in the middle of the map.

[jetao2008@hotmail.com 175]

The notes are not related to the GPS.

You can make those notes any time if you have a map, just double click any location to put a name on it.

They are not private, everyone will be able to see it, so most people just mark stuff for the lulz or to make some sort of trap.

Kinda useless, i wish those notes were private, and bound to the map. Which means if you marked places with your map, and one day you got killed, the guy who killed you would be able to see your notes if he loots your old map (suggestion).

Edited August 24, 2012 by Fenrig

[ThuggleS 45]

The notes are not related to the GPS.

You can make those notes any time if you have a map, just double click any location to put a name on it.

They are not private, everyone will be able to see it, so most people just mark stuff for the lulz or to make some sort of trap.

Kinda useless, i wish those notes were private, and bound to the map. Which means if you marked places with your map, and one day you got killed, the guy who killed you would be able to see your notes if he loots your old map (suggestion).

That's how I assumed it worked at first, because that's what made sense.

[slyder73 94]

All correct but the posts so far are missing an important feature of the map notes.

The notes are visible to the same CHANNEL the text is set to.

IF you in global/group chat, the blue or green then yes the notes are visible to everyone.

If you are on vehicle chat they are only visible to others who have a map in the vehicle, and to you. Direct chat I'm not sure about as I rarely use the notes other than in the stock ARMA2 game to communicate armour locations to the team.

If you want to leave notes privately for yourself, use a piece of paper. If you want to note on the map semi-privately use vehicle chat. Anything else is visible to all who have a map.

You can still make a note, tell a buddy to check and then delete the note (mouse over and press DEL key) and hope nobody notices in the few seconds the note is up.