DRO + UAV

[Noodles]

Am i missing something when it comes to using the UAV within this mod. I make sure I have the appropriate terminal and have even tried wearing a UAV backpack. But no matter what i do i can never seem to select UAV from the Support Tab, its always greyed out. Any ideas?

[Alaskan Glitch]

Are you using the ACE mod? ACE requires a UAV Operator to operator a UAV. It is an attribute check-box, like Medic and Engineer. If you are not using ACE, or you are a UAV Operator, then I have no idea what the problem might be.

I just created a DRO mission on Tanoa, and it allowed my Recon Team Leader to equip a UAV from the Arsenal, set it up and fly it around. I'm not using the ACE mod.

[Noodles]

Originally posted by Alaskan Glitch:

Are you using the ACE mod? ACE requires a UAV Operator to operator a UAV. It is an attribute check-box, like Medic and Engineer. If you are not using ACE, or you are a UAV Operator, then I have no idea what the problem might be.

I just created a DRO mission on Tanoa, and it allowed my Recon Team Leader to equip a UAV from the Arsenal, set it up and fly it around. I'm not using the ACE mod.

Thanks for your reply. No I'm not currently using ACE. I'm using the BAF units/weapons/vehicles. I'll look into which role I'm playing as. It could well be that im just using a rifleman.

[Alaskan Glitch]

Originally posted by st3ady:

Originally posted by Alaskan Glitch:

Are you using the ACE mod? ACE requires a UAV Operator to operator a UAV. It is an attribute check-box, like Medic and Engineer. If you are not using ACE, or you are a UAV Operator, then I have no idea what the problem might be.

I just created a DRO mission on Tanoa, and it allowed my Recon Team Leader to equip a UAV from the Arsenal, set it up and fly it around. I'm not using the ACE mod.

Thanks for your reply. No I'm not currently using ACE. I'm using the BAF units/weapons/vehicles. I'll look into which role I'm playing as. It could well be that im just using a rifleman.

The role only matters to ACE. Only ACE cares if you are a Medic, Doctor, Engineer, Advanced Engineer, Hacker, or UAV/UGV Operator. If you are not using ACE then any soldier should be able to operate a UAV or UGV (assuming the UAV or UGV has been unlocked). If you can load it from the Arsenal, then you should be able to use it.

One thing I did discover - You can't have the Contact DLC active while playing any DRO missions. The Contact DLC completely hoses up all the tasks.

[Noodles]

Turns out you need to have Nato equipped as a secondary faction to get access to the drones when using the BAF mod.

[Alaskan Glitch]

Originally posted by st3ady:

Turns out you need to have Nato equipped as a secondary faction to get access to the drones when using the BAF mod.

That makes sense, since the NATO faction is the only BLUFOR faction with drones. NATO (Pacific) has no drones, and I don't believe any of the RHS mods do either. Then the question becomes, how did you get a UAV from the Arsenal if the faction you selected has no UAVs?

[Noodles]

Originally posted by Alaskan Glitch:

Originally posted by st3ady:

Turns out you need to have Nato equipped as a secondary faction to get access to the drones when using the BAF mod.

That makes sense, since the NATO faction is the only BLUFOR faction with drones. NATO (Pacific) has no drones, and I don't believe any of the RHS mods do either. Then the question becomes, how did you get a UAV from the Arsenal if the faction you selected has no UAVs?

I just equipped the nato UAV terminal on my unit then selected UAV from the DRO menu under support. There was already one in the skies at the start of the mission for me.

[Alaskan Glitch]

Originally posted by st3ady:

Originally posted by Alaskan Glitch:

That makes sense, since the NATO faction is the only BLUFOR faction with drones. NATO (Pacific) has no drones, and I don't believe any of the RHS mods do either. Then the question becomes, how did you get a UAV from the Arsenal if the faction you selected has no UAVs?

I just equipped the nato UAV terminal on my unit then selected UAV from the DRO menu under support. There was already one in the skies at the start of the mission for me.

Interesting. DRO must use the NATO faction for its built-in support, since the faction you chose at the beginning didn't include drones. Unless I'm playing the Tanoa map I just use the default NATO faction. For the Tanoa map I use the NATO (Pacific), but thanks to your revelation I'm going to start including NATO as a secondary faction whenever I play the Tanoa map. Because there are other things, like helicopters for example, that are not available for the NATO (Pacific) faction, but are available for the NATO faction.