Using UAV as a Commander and Jdam Strikes??

[USNCaseySmith]

So ive been trying at commander lately and I cant figure out how to get the UAV to work or the Jdam strike or other commander assets (I think theres an artillery barage). Can anyone direct me to a thread that tells you how to use them?? Would be greatly appreciated.

[Reddeath]

UAV was disabled serverside due to CTDs, and as far as I know JDAM requires an officer to radio it in and then the commander can accept or deny the request, and I believe it isn't unlocked until an hour into the game.

[SGT.MARCO]

Thats a good question, when will the uav be re included into the game, it would make squad leading better.

[Skull]

for uav:
as said, it has been removed, because it caused people to ctd (crash to desktop), it will very likely be reimplemented in the next patch.

for area attacks:
there are 2 types: the artillery barrage and the jdam. you only have one of those. you can see which on the loading screen below the vehicles for each faction (insurgent forces dont have area attacks, on some maps conventional forces dont either). they both have a loadup time/cooldown, whatever you want to call it, in case of the "arty" it is 40 minutes, the jdam has 60 minutes, both starting at the map loadup, which is 3 minutes before the actual round (04:00:00) begins and whenever it is used. the first time it will be read is therefore: arty: 03:23:00 round time left; jdam: 03:03:00. at this time the "area attack" bar in your commander screen will start loading. after its loaded a squadleader can call it with his radio, which shows an area attack symbol on your commander screen. you then have to right click on it and accept. about 30 secs later the area attack will start.

regards,
skull

[dbzao]

UAV will be back in the next patch.

[marcoscl]

UAV will be back in the next patch.

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[Psyko]

nevermind

[Gunnerysgt]

And how do you access the UAV now?
I was at the Command Post. The UAV was deplayable. After 3 minutes there was a message "UAV is ready".

But how do i access it?

[dbzao]

Is ready to be deployed, you right-click on a map and deploy it.

Check the manual on the commander section, it explains all the different states the UAV can be in.

[Gunnerysgt]

As i wrote deploying it is not the problem. Accessing it's camera is.

I will try again.

[Von_Gnome]

Enter the commander seat in his tent?

[Ambush]

What about the USMC commander in Muttrah? I tried to deploy the UAV the other day and it seemed to deploy, but I couldn't use it. Is their a USMC command post that I am unaware of? Or am I just not deploying it correctly?

I have read the manual, and I have been reading many posts to find out what I'm doing wrong......

As MEC I need to be at the command tent- deploy the UAV- wait 3 mins- then what?> that's where I get lost- it's like the UAV never shows up on my screan- same with USMC- But with USMC I don't see a command tent.

LITTLE HELP!?

[Tarranauha200]

Could be bug, post some screenies.

[sprint113]

The UAV shack is on the bridge of the ship, the area between the trans Huey spawn point and the attack Huey spawn. You need to climb a ladder to get up there.

[Ambush]

Hey thanks guys- I will give it a try...... I used to LOVE commander back in the ol' vanilla days. I want to embrase PR command now. I will post my results!

[DDS]

To follow up on this. I've found that not all maps UAV fails. Get after 10 minutes "uav is ready" then "uav is deploying to position" then after 10 minutes get "uav is ready" then I get this 15 seconds later "uav is not deployed". Are there conditions (where you put the UAV) that causes this to happen. And are there maps that UAV is not able to work? Kashan is one map where this happens every time for me.

Thanks,

[Kaippari]

1. Get to the commander tent
2. Press caps lock and deploy the UAV wherever you like (remember to wait your 1min marker cooldown if it's up)
3. Wait 3min for the UAV to "travel" to your wanted location.
4. If you have your commander map visible and you hear a "BLIP" sound, press caps lock again to get out of the commander map. You should now see through the UAV. Press 1 for daytime cam, 2 for thermal cam. You can laze with thermal cam.

Note; If the UAV hasn't reached it's destination, you will only see ground or a black screen when trying to look with the UAV. Just wait patiently. Confusion can occur if you deploy the UAV frequently to different places as each time you deploy the UAV you need to wait for another 3min for it to move. If the deploy time and and your UAV running out of fuel time hit close to each other it might appear as if your UAV is dun goof'd when in reality it's just the game mechanics.

[DDS]

1. Get to the commander tent
2. Press caps lock and deploy the UAV wherever you like (remember to wait your 1min marker cooldown if it's up)
3. Wait 3min for the UAV to "travel" to your wanted location.
4. If you have your commander map visible and you hear a "BLIP" sound, press caps lock again to get out of the commander map. You should now see through the UAV. Press 1 for daytime cam, 2 for thermal cam. You can laze with thermal cam.

Note; If the UAV hasn't reached it's destination, you will only see ground or a black screen when trying to look with the UAV. Just wait patiently. Confusion can occur if you deploy the UAV frequently to different places as each time you deploy the UAV you need to wait for another 3min for it to move. If the deploy time and and your UAV running out of fuel time hit close to each other it might appear as if your UAV is dun goof'd when in reality it's just the game mechanics.

It's more like 10 minutes for it to travel to destination. I get all that but on Kashan and Jabal never works for me. Other maps it will occasionally fail but then work after 20 minute wait. Just thought someone had a list of maps so I dont waste my time.

[SShadowFox]

Do like me, play as Commander only on CIA server.

[Kaippari]

It's more like 10 minutes for it to travel to destination. I get all that but on Kashan and Jabal never works for me. Other maps it will occasionally fail but then work after 20 minute wait. Just thought someone had a list of maps so I dont waste my time.

I have never had problems with the UAV deploying in kashan or jabal or any other map in the game. The problem that you're describing sounds very bizarre. Are you sure the UAV has actually been "ready" when you deploy it?