04-16-2015, 12:58 AM
It's not that hard for Bravo to switch to Ch.2, Charlie to Ch.3 at the start of the mission, as they only have to press 2 or 3 on the Numpad but although I find being able to switch channel like that useful, I probably only use it when the radio interface is open, so it might be better if those keys only affected TFAR then. I'll suggest that to nkey. I still think RHS should have used some other keys though, maybe the arrow ones next to the numpad, seeing as TFAR was already using that. Maybe it will be possible to remap the Raven keys. I'll ask them about that.
I think I'd have to agree that we probably do need to have everyone able to hear the LR as their SR additional, as I've experienced the problem myself when leading and you have to keep saying "break" to try and get everyone to be quiet when you get incoming LR comms and sometimes it needs to be said a few times before everyone shuts up and you miss the start of the message and have to ask for it to be repeated. As McGregor says, it's a shame, as it does undermine the role of team leader a bit when everyone knows what's happening without needing to be briefed but it's probably unavoidable unless we can find another way to quickly alert everyone to shut up. Maybe someone can make a mod that sounds a klaxon to all the subordinates at the push of a button
On the other hand, if the team leader needs to brief everyone as to what they're going to do after new instructions come in on the LR, maybe marking the map and making sure everyone's seen it, then he obviously can't start following those instructions as quickly which could be a problem in some situations and will slow down the mission somewhat, so there's pros and cons for both approaches.
I don't know how they manage this IRL but I guess that a) the squad don't tend to be using SR amongst themselves and just shout to each other and b) it's a lot more obvious when the leader is using LR so everyone knows to be quiet (or the radio's just a lot louder so it doesn't matter if they're not).
My earlier suggestion for the UAV operator to be able to speak to one squad at a time is a bit different, as both he and all the team leaders (and the subordinates if they set their SR additional) will still be able to hear the main LR channel at all times, it would just provide an extra LR channel unique to each squad for them and the UAV operator to communicate on. As there'd only be 2 or 3 team leaders who are meant to talk to the UAV operator, expecting them to ask for clearance on the main LR channel before commencing comms, in case he's busy talking to another squad, might not be unrealistic. It would still mean that the subordinates wouldn't be able to hear when the UAV operator and the team leader are talking on the squad's LR channel though, so we might run into the same problems.
I think I'd have to agree that we probably do need to have everyone able to hear the LR as their SR additional, as I've experienced the problem myself when leading and you have to keep saying "break" to try and get everyone to be quiet when you get incoming LR comms and sometimes it needs to be said a few times before everyone shuts up and you miss the start of the message and have to ask for it to be repeated. As McGregor says, it's a shame, as it does undermine the role of team leader a bit when everyone knows what's happening without needing to be briefed but it's probably unavoidable unless we can find another way to quickly alert everyone to shut up. Maybe someone can make a mod that sounds a klaxon to all the subordinates at the push of a button
On the other hand, if the team leader needs to brief everyone as to what they're going to do after new instructions come in on the LR, maybe marking the map and making sure everyone's seen it, then he obviously can't start following those instructions as quickly which could be a problem in some situations and will slow down the mission somewhat, so there's pros and cons for both approaches.
I don't know how they manage this IRL but I guess that a) the squad don't tend to be using SR amongst themselves and just shout to each other and b) it's a lot more obvious when the leader is using LR so everyone knows to be quiet (or the radio's just a lot louder so it doesn't matter if they're not).
My earlier suggestion for the UAV operator to be able to speak to one squad at a time is a bit different, as both he and all the team leaders (and the subordinates if they set their SR additional) will still be able to hear the main LR channel at all times, it would just provide an extra LR channel unique to each squad for them and the UAV operator to communicate on. As there'd only be 2 or 3 team leaders who are meant to talk to the UAV operator, expecting them to ask for clearance on the main LR channel before commencing comms, in case he's busy talking to another squad, might not be unrealistic. It would still mean that the subordinates wouldn't be able to hear when the UAV operator and the team leader are talking on the squad's LR channel though, so we might run into the same problems.