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What does " 'lase' to mark position" actually do?


Nercon

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Silly me with a topic that is pretty much self-explanatory.

 

This command shows up when playing as TC in and holding down shift, however it doesn't do anything when I press lase(either ctrl or m2). I even tried the combination of hold down shift, then hold down lase and release shift first, in this case the text changes to mark position, but nothing really happens neither.

I would really appreciate for an answer or a clarification of what it suppose to do, from what I understand it helps creating an reference point on map for quicker artillery calls and other uses, but apparently it's not.

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If the realism setting in SB is turned down to medium or low it'll allow you to place a red mark on the map at the point you're looking at. Lasing with the LRF will do the same. Also, on any realism setting it will "officially" spot a target (although it can be a bit finicky sometimes) even if your vehicle is set to blind, placing it on map if map updates are on.

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...which in turn can be useful if you create reconnaissance missions that rely on the user "spotting" a certain unit in a certain region. How do you know that the user actually "saw" the target and it wasn't just accidentally rendered on the screen when he wasn't paying attention? Shift+Lase is the answer in that case.

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6 hours ago, Rotareneg said:

If the realism setting in SB is turned down to medium or low it'll allow you to place a red mark on the map at the point you're looking at. Lasing with the LRF will do the same. Also, on any realism setting it will "officially" spot a target (although it can be a bit finicky sometimes) even if your vehicle is set to blind, placing it on map if map updates are on.

 

5 hours ago, Ssnake said:

...which in turn can be useful if you create reconnaissance missions that rely on the user "spotting" a certain unit in a certain region. How do you know that the user actually "saw" the target and it wasn't just accidentally rendered on the screen when he wasn't paying attention? Shift+Lase is the answer in that case.

Thank you guys for clarifying this to me, I originally thought it is something integrated with the vehicle's C3 system, since I only play under High realism, better not let this spoil anything.:D

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26 minutes ago, Nercon said:

 

Thank you guys for clarifying this to me, I originally thought it is something integrated with the vehicle's C3 system, since I only play under High realism, better not let this spoil anything.:D

 

I had the same doubt not to long ago and saw the video below (from mark 6:00min. - 8:00min.), you can see how it´s done and put in use...

 

 

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