How-To: Commander VoIP to SLs

[asch]

1st Mechanized Infantry Platoon (1stMIP)
Research Report by John CANavar
8/16/2005
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We tested CO-squad communication system and confirm that CO can easily speak to each squad or group of squads seperately !

Talking to Squad 1 ONLY !
- press "1" to select squad 1
- press "B" to talk to squad 1. Other squads will not hear you

Talking Squads 1 and 3
- press and hold ctrl key and then press "1" and "3"
- press "B" to talk to squads 1 and 3. Other squads will not hear you
- the next selection you make will deselect your last one.

Talking to All Squads
- use V key


CONCLUSION
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- The CO-SL communication system is very easy to use for contacting individual squads, group of squads or all of them

- We encourage all COs to use "B" key for giving out specific orders. When the radio channel extensively used (by pressing V key), it is extremely difficult to have a healthy in-squad communication. Please remember this !

Thanks to following C-Team Members for conducting this test

|TG-1stMIP|AntiVisual
|TG-1stMIP|DrunknSoul
|TG-1stMIP|Duke
|TG-1stMIP|Mannerism

[Landorin]

Hi all,

Today I finally found out why the "B" key doesn't always work when trying to talk to a specific squad only (tested this on a LAN with two PCs) and I believe this hint should be added to this thread:
Selecting a squad and pressing B does work to talk to that squad. However, it does NOT work if you are outside of the commander screen. V still works but B only works when you're having the commander screen up!
Sure, most will probably stay on the screen but I think it's still important to know.
Before you say "but of course since there is no squad selection outside the commander screen": until now I always believed the squad selection in the commander screen could be used in non-commander mode, too. In any case, I felt like I should bring it up just in case.