Need help with Drones please.

[everway9]

Hey everyone.

Im new to ARMA 3 and im having problems. Death Valley I think is the mission I'm struggling with. The one where you have to fly a Drone. I cannot fly it. I keep on crashing every time and it's really starting to frustrate me! I'm not very good with the keyboard ans mouse yet so thats also a problem.

I would like to know if there is any DLC where I can learn how to fly a drone. One where its just me and drone and lots of space with nothing to hit :) And if its possible one where it does not destroy the drone when I crash.

I'd really appreciate any help anyone could give me.

Many thanks in advance. :)

[Goif!]

You can go into editor, and spawn a drone. Then you need to have a character that has a Terminal (the terminal needs to be the same faction as the drone).

Also, you can press X for auto hover. It isn't very fast/agile when on autohover, but it is good for learning.

[Drew]

+1 Muttley

Go to the Editor (in the main menu), double click on some point of the map and create a playable unit called UAV Operator (this creates the unit with the terminal). Then double click nearby the player and create some UAVs (darters or whatever).

Hit Preview, and enjoy (if you run out or UAVs, you just exit the mission and hit Preview again).

Tip: This works on everything you want to try such as weapons, helicopters, vehicles. The Editor is used to create your own playable missions so you can do literally whatever you want using it.

[everway9]

thanks for your fast reply. I think the main problem I have is that the games is far too complicated for me. I mean.. Editor? Spawn? Faction? I need to learn a lot it seems. :)

[Bob of Mage]

Well for the Death Valley mission you just need to use Auto-hover as Muttley said and fly up to a fair height. In other words you only need to press the left shift button once auto-hover is on. The spotters can be easily seen back down the valley with the FLIR, and it should be a piece of cake to use the "gunner" seat to lase them for your teammates to take out.

You can also test out things in the VR arsenal if you want to get the basic hang of the controls. It is mostly flat so the is no worries about flying into trees and such things. You can also train with fixed wing aircraft if you move from the starting space (the start area has tragets right in front you that block your takeoff) before you summon one.

[everway9]

I replied to Muttley and didnt realise Drew had replied also.

Thanks Drew.... I think I understand what you are telling me to do.

[everway9]

WOW.. now Bob joins in..... thanks everyone for trying to help me

[Bob of Mage]

Originally posted by everway9:

thanks for your fast reply. I think the main problem I have is that the games is far too complicated for me. I mean.. Editor? Spawn? Faction? I need to learn a lot it seems. :)

For the controls of most things you can look them up in the field manual. This can take a lot of the complexness out of learning things. Also don't feel bad that it is taking a while to learn such a complex game. Most of the people who know what they are doing just started before you, and are often just as skilled/unskilled as you are.

[everway9]

Please excuse my lack of knowledge of the game and abbreviations. I assume IR on the end of FLIR means InfraRed.. yes? what is FL ? thx

[everway9]

Thanks for your kind words Bob

[everway9]

Is there anywhere I can download the complete field manual in PDF from?

[Drew]

The game is not complicated, it just has a lot of features. The game is endless and so are the options that it gives.

And talking about the Editor, just go to the Editor and spend 5 minutes with it, you'll see it's quite intuitive, at least when it comes to basic actions like spawning units (players or NPCs) and vehicles.

Enjoy the game ^^

Edit: And don't be afraid when you join some random multiplayer mission without knowing what to do, the missions are created by the community (as I said, this game is endless) and they aren't as intuitive as in any other game. So just ask what to do and someone will help you.

[Bob of Mage]

First you are right that FLIR is for the thremal sights stuff. Foward Looking Infra-Red I think. The field manual is built into the game as far as I am aware (it should be under the main menu in the "Learn" section, and should be in the menu when you hit ESC during gameply). It is mostly useful for quickly looking up simple things, like how do I make my UAV fly up (took me more then one try myself)?

There is also some links to some video guides somewhere in the field manual that might be helpful.

[everway9]

thanks again.

How do I give a 'thumbs up' or 'like' a comment? LOL... dont even know how to use a forum. :)

[Bob of Mage]

Originally posted by everway9:

thanks again.

How do I give a 'thumbs up' or 'like' a comment? LOL... dont even know how to use a forum. :)

You can't in Steam. All you can do is things like

[everway9]

oh.. ok... thx