Editing Survivors (section)

== Other Players ==
You will find all sorts of survivors in your travels across Chernarus and Livonia. How each person chooses to survive will be different. Some will avoid you unless provoked, others may be friendly and offer you help, and some may be hostile and fire at you on sight. Whether or not one should trust survivors can be a tricky question; it is often difficult to tell ahead of time whether or not a survivor is in need of your last can of beans. It is hard to tell if the survivor is trying to survive like you, trying to kill someone because they are a bandit, or if they are willing to help you. Be very cautious around unknown survivors even if you plan on killing them or helping them. 

If you decide to approach another survivor, voice/direct chat is useful for finding out their intentions and determining if they are a friend or foe. When holding a weapon, it is polite to lower it when looking at a friendly survivor. But don't expect everyone to respect "friendly", and it is advisable to still be cautious around an unfamiliar player. If a person is trying to kill you, you can raise your fists (default: {{key|RMB}}) and melee the player with your bare hands. This is very effective if you hit their head, as it takes only one or two hits to knock them unconscious for a few seconds. Use this time to take their weapon if you need to.

The biggest telltale sign of nearby survivors is often the sounds of them using firearms, or the explosion of a grenade or mine, if multiple gunshots are heard, there may be a vicious gunfight going on involving bandits, try and hide in a nearby building or bush and wait for the gunshots to stop, when leaving the building, stay in cover or in the shadows so the survivor(s) with the gun doesn't see you, if the gunshots get closer, stay in a hiding place and equip your gun ready to attack.

When searching a building, the last thing a survivor wants is to get surprised by another survivor while doing so, closing all doors to the building will make it so it is impossible for the survivor to sneak in without a sound, as the sound of the door is always the same even when a survivor is crouched, therefore one can either prepare to attack the survivor or question who is there from a distance to see if the intruder is friendly. 

You can also do the "friendly dance" (alternating {{key|Q}} and {{key|E}}), give another player a friendly wave (default: {{key|F1}}), wave both arms around (default: {{key|F2}}), or raise both your arms into a stationary position to let others know you are surrendering (default: {{key|F5|}}).