I have a question about vehicle spawn location coordinates. DayZ server.

[RoY]

Is the y position required? I've seen where some have the y and others do not.
2 Examples
<pos x="7180.50" z="4027.87" a="180"/>
<pos x="7534.94" y="248.288" z="470.087" a="-158.327"/>

[_KC76_]

According to the Vanilla game files, NO, the Y coordinate is not needed .. I suspect that at one time it was, and the modded vehicle's files were just never updated.

Interestingly, Boat spawns do not even have an A (compass direction degrees) value, just X and Z coordinates.

Edit: as an aside, I am always confused why they use Y as the Vertical axis. Being from a Machinist background, and technically trained in old school G code (as well as CAD and 3D Modeling programs), X and Y axis are always fore-aft, and left-Right on a Horizontal plane, with Z axis being the Vertical dimension .. using Y as the Vertical always messes with my head.
Edit2: After reading my own words, I can see the Y being vertical if one were looking at a Map on the wall, rather than a Map laying flat on a table.

[RoY]

Thanks for helping clarify and I was manual machinist as well in the early and mid 90's. Did little Fadal and Anilam setup and programming as well.