Commander Radio

[Ghiblian]

I've commanded a lot (somewhere around 90-100 hours), yet there is one thing I've never been able to figure out...

How does the commander say things like "Supply drop is recharging" or other strange phrases? Usually if I reject a supply drop, it's "Supply drop is DENIED." I've clicked on the squad specific radio, but that just has stuff like "Supply drop is ready" and "Follow my orders."

One other thing, is there a way to send a squad specific radio to all the squads. For instance, the "We need more people on the ground."

These are all edge-cases, as generally you don't want to tell all your squads that we need people on the ground, or to reject a supply drop when you can tell them on VoIP to wait a bit. However, I'm just curious.

[Wizrdwarts]

When a squad leader requests a commander asset, then a yellow request circle will appear where he requested it, and when you right click on it, you can accept or decline the request and say something like "Roger that, supplies airdropping to your position" or "Negative, supply drop request denied."

If the asset is recharging, he'll say "Negative, supply aircraft refueling" or something like that.

[Ghiblian]

As the commander, I always hear "Supply drop is denied."

Is it just because only the squad leader hears the recharging voice?

[Wizrdwarts]

I'm not sure if the recharging voice is automatic or the commander has to actually deny it while it's recharging.

[Namakan]

he has to deny while it recharging, he can wait for it to recharge before accepting

[Crisis]

If the asset is recharging, he'll say "Negative, supply aircraft refueling" or something like that.

He says that quote from BF2 :P

I wonder who does the commander voice..

("My grandmother can do better then you")

Classic..

[Ghiblian]

So if I deny it while recharging, even though I hear the generic denied message, my squad leaders hear "recharging"?

[UNATCOII]

I can't get it to work all of the time, but there is a pop up gray list of sayings for Commanders to use in game -- Rebukes, encouragements and other things (like "Orbital strike at your position" -- something that's truly needed on FF=ON servers). But I could never get it to popup when it's needed (usually it pops up as some fluke), nor the Commander "rose" while using the combat Commander screen.

The Commander HUD is truly buggy. :(

[Ghiblian]

I can't get it to work all of the time, but there is a pop up gray list of sayings for Commanders to use in game -- Rebukes, encouragements and other things (like "Orbital strike at your position" -- something that's truly needed on FF=ON servers). But I could never get it to popup when it's needed (usually it pops up as some fluke), nor the Commander "rose" while using the combat Commander screen.

The Commander HUD is truly buggy. :(

To get that to pop up, there is a little radio next to each squad. When you click on that radio, you get those commands.

[UNATCOII]

Problem is I can't get anything but the bottom bars and the right click options to work. It's even iffy trying to click on squads to assign orders.

Extremely laggy, too.

[dontsh000t]

i figured it out sometime in my sergeant major days...
when request is received:
clicking DENY (no matter if supplydrop is ready or not): you'll hear "supply drop denied"
clicking ACCEPT when supply drop is ready: "roger on the supply drop" or something liddat, and you'll drop the supplies.
clicking ACCEPT when supply drop is NOT ready: "supply drop recharging" or something like that.

bottom line: if it's recharging, accept the request, it'll let the guy know that you're not being a selfish a$$, just that it isn't ready.

[Guldur]

bottom line: if it's recharging, accept the request, it'll let the guy know that you're not being a selfish a$$, just that it isn't ready.

Cool, I didn't know that.

I always wondered, wether a Squad Leader could use senteces like "Nicely done, Squad!" or "You're pathetic!" like the commander, because I don't want to sound like beeing pissed or being an asshat when rebuking somebody over VoIP... :p

[Ghiblian]

i figured it out sometime in my sergeant major days...
when request is received:
clicking DENY (no matter if supplydrop is ready or not): you'll hear "supply drop denied"
clicking ACCEPT when supply drop is ready: "roger on the supply drop" or something liddat, and you'll drop the supplies.
clicking ACCEPT when supply drop is NOT ready: "supply drop recharging" or something like that.

bottom line: if it's recharging, accept the request, it'll let the guy know that you're not being a selfish a$$, just that it isn't ready.

Thanks. I coulda sworn it still said denied when I clicked accept. Maybe I wasn't paying attention.

[venny]

when the squad leader press 'T' to request something he can see the bar that the commander sees n knows whether a particular asset is recharging or is full already.
most SL dont seem to realize this n think the commander is lousy n wont drop supplies but in actual fact the SL can see for himself if its recharging jus by pressing 'T'