Modules: UAV – Arma 2

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) module manages movement and access to aerial camera of UAV.

Initialization

Paths

Editor:

Units (F1) > Game Logic > Modules > UAV

Data:

ca\modules\uav

Editor setup

Synchronize (F5) following objects to initialize the module:

1. UAV manager - module manager.
2. UAV - unit with parent class UAV. If more UAV's are assigned, first one is selected (and replaced by another one when first is destroyed).
3. Unit with access - all linked units will have access to UAV via action.
4. UAV terminal - all linked empty (nonAI) objects serves as terminals. Units with access gets action once they are near terminals. (you can use special object 'Warfare Buildings >> UAV Terminal').

Optional parameters

Set variables to UAV manager with desired values:

• name = <string>; - name of UAV (displayed in action menu)

Example: BIS_uav_0 setvariable ["name","RQ-1 Predator"];

Default value: empty string

• rules = <array>; - Rule which defines which units with have access to UAV. Can be either list of specific units or whole side.

Example: BIS_uav_0 setvariable ["rules",[west,allied_gue_1]];

Default value: units synchronized in editor

• areasize = <number>; - Size of terminal area (area in which custom action will be displayed)

Example: BIS_uav_0 setvariable ["areasize",5];

Default value: 10