Multi-channel TGIF TS HOWTO

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Using TeamSpeak to Facilitate Multi-Channel Battle Nets

This is meant to assist those who will take Battalion or Company command positions and utilize the new Team Speak multi-channel system.

The purpose of the new system is to provide one radio net to company and battalion-level commanders and also place players in respective Company rooms. Therefore, there is also a company net in addition to a battalion net.

TeamSpeak, our comms software, is well suited to facilitating the arrangement described above.

Here you can see what the TeamSpeak rooms for Blue and Red look like presently:

You'll notice some player names are in red. These players are known as "channel commanders" in the TeamSpeak software. The purpose of the "channel commander" role is to create a subnet within the larger channel and subchannel system. All of the Battalion and Company commanders would take the "channel commander" role.

You make yourself channel commander by selecting this option through the "self" menu.

Once this has been selected, your green icon will become steady red. When your icon is red, you are a channel commander! Okay, now how will that help you?

Creating Whispers to Communicate with other Channel Commanders

The way to create two independent battle nets (Battalion between commanders and a sub-channel for those in the same company) is to use the "whispers" feature of TeamSpeak.

Do the following to create a whisper to other channel commanders (that is, of course, if you are a battalion or company commander):

1) Select Settings -> Key Settings from the TeamSpeak menu

2) When the Keybindings Dialog opens up click the "Add" button.

3) You will see the following dialog

Use area (1) in the screenshot above to select the keys you'd like to use for the "whisper." Select the action as indicated in areas 2-4 above. Ensure that the key combination you select is not any key combination used within steel beasts.

You should now be ready to use the TeamSpeak whispers and channel commander features to effect a commander's battalion comms net outside of the company sub-channel.

Happy Tanking!

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In addition a small hint:

the key (combination) mustn´t be the same as your normal pushtotalk-button.

[Sean]

Another link of good use - a tutorial for setting up your teamspeak connection:

http://www.teamspeak.com/index.php?page=tutorial_a

[dreamath]

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