mapgrouppos.xml

Purpose

mapgrouppos.xml places instances of building loot blueprints (defined in mapgroupproto.xml) at real world positions on the map. Where mapgroupproto.xml defines what loot a building type can have, mapgrouppos.xml says which actual buildings in the world use that blueprint.

Every building in the game world that has active loot spawning has an entry here linking it to its proto group definition.

Console Path

dayzxb_missions/dayzOffline.<mapname>/mapgrouppos.xml    (Xbox)
dayzps_missions/dayzOffline.<mapname>/mapgrouppos.xml    (PlayStation)

Connects To

mapgroupproto.xml — group= values here must match name= values in mapgroupproto.xml
mapgroupcluster*.xml — clusters reference groups of positions from this file

Full Block Structure

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<map>

  <group pos="3421.50 0.00 7832.10" rpy="0.00 0.00 0.00" a="52.3" name="Land_PoliceStation_Small" />
  <group pos="5102.25 0.00 4671.80" rpy="0.00 0.00 0.00" a="127.0" name="Land_House_1W01" />
  <group pos="6234.10 0.00 3901.45" rpy="0.00 0.00 0.00" a="0.0" name="Land_Mil_Barracks_i" />

</map>

Root element correction: the document root is <map>, not <structures>. The <group pos rpy a name/> record shape itself is unchanged and confirmed.

Field-by-Field Reference

`<group pos="..." rpy="..." a="..." name="..." />`

One building placement entry.

Attribute	What it controls
`pos`	World position as “X Y Z”. Y is typically `0.00` (terrain height is resolved automatically).
`rpy`	Roll/Pitch/Yaw rotation. Usually `"0.00 0.00 0.00"`.
`a`	Angle (yaw rotation) of the building in degrees.
`name`	The proto group name from mapgroupproto.xml that this building instance uses.

How This Works With mapgroupproto.xml

mapgroupproto.xml:
  defines group "Land_PoliceStation_Small" with lootmax=8, containers, points

mapgrouppos.xml:
  places "Land_PoliceStation_Small" at world pos 3421.50, 7832.10
  places "Land_PoliceStation_Small" at world pos 9021.30, 2301.60
  (every actual police station building in the world gets its own entry)

The same proto group appears multiple times in mapgrouppos.xml — once for every building of that type that exists on the map.

What Console Admins Typically Adjust

This file is rarely edited manually on console servers. It is large (thousands of entries for a full map) and the positions correspond to exact building world coordinates.

When you would edit it:

Adding loot spawning to a building that currently has none (add a new entry pointing it to an appropriate proto group)
Removing loot from a specific building (delete its entry)
Changing which proto a specific building uses

You would not edit this file to change how much loot spawns — that is in mapgroupproto.xml. This file only controls which buildings participate and which proto they use.

Common Mistakes

Mistake	Result
`name=` references a group not in mapgroupproto.xml	That building position has no valid loot blueprint, no loot spawns there
Wrong world coordinates	Loot points float in air or are underground at the wrong location
Duplicate entries for the same building	Two overlapping loot systems at same position