Friendly / Teammate Indicator

[Strelok]

Maybe it’s something that will come with mods, but I’ve always wanted some sort of market to show where teammates / friends are on the map. Would make it easier for new and veteran players like myself. I’ve played a lot of the mod and things like Arma 3 Exile and it’s such a nice feature knowing you won’t blast your friend in the face by accident when you split up while looting a city. I understand people not wanting it for hardcore servers/ a more hardcore experience, obviously it should be something that can be turned on or off by server admins, or even the player themselves through a menu option.

Just thought it’d be something I’d ask about if anyone knows if this is a feature in the pipeline or something for mods

[qp]

It will never happen in vanilla dayz. Keep in mind that this game is a hardcore survival game. So floating name tags, maps with "you are here" position markers and a party mode, will never come.

You can only hope for mods.

[[7] Professor Sweetjumps]

Similar to you OP, I've always wished that as you interact with the same player, you come to "recognize" them. So, as you're getting to know someone (X amount of time spent interacting, near each other, whether hostile or friendly), you see their name over their chracter. At first, you have to be very close (10m?), but after enough interaction, you can see the name over greater distances. After enough interaction, you "recognize" them and can tell who someone is from a longer distance (50m?). That way, you can't see across the map, but can recognize people you've dealt with before.

[Mcmaster]

the people from the Arma 2 mods are already hard at work doing their thing.. lots of goodies will come with modded servers. Just have to keep waiting.. :(

[ACrispyTaco]

"I know this game is meant to be different than every other shooter on the market but can you guys change it to be like every other shooter on the market?"

[JuX]

Don't expect such a thing. Even on modded community servers it will be a rare sight. As it passively works against large groups of players from taking over the server with ease and thats a good thing.

[Rekkless]

The DayZ developers said quite a long time ago that there would never be group indicators. Simply because they wanted an authentic and realistic gaming experience.

You are supposed to use arm bands to recognize your group members not with imaginary magical group indicators.

[Sgt Smash]

Originally posted by qp:

It will never happen in vanilla dayz. Keep in mind that this game is a hardcore survival game. So floating name tags, maps with "you are here" position markers and a party mode, will never come.

You can only hope for mods.

I agree should have no place in the core game, This may have a place on a pve server in the form on a mod if Ai bandits every get made.

[Elu]

Originally posted by Rekkless:

The DayZ developers said quite a long time ago that there would never be group indicators. Simply because they wanted an authentic and realistic gaming experience.

You are supposed to use arm bands to recognize your group members not with imaginary magical group indicators.

Or just use specific clothes. There's a wide array of them, so it should be pretty easy.