Using Sanla

[TrevorOfCrete]

hey there, just got the new FDF stuff.

so simple question, how do i use SANLA. i know everything up to putting the direcions in to the radio. how to i tell what grid squares for the artillary to shoot in? as in what do i need to type into the radio.. cheers

[Planck]

Try reading the documentation you got with FDF.  

Specifically:

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SANLA/Artillery
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To use the Sanla for artillery in your own missions, place an artillery unit from "EMPTY -> OBJECTS (Finnish Defence Forces)" anywhere into the map (Mortar Squad, Medium Artillery or Heavy Artillery). You can use the ammo slider for this unit to limit the number of ammunition available.

After this, any unit with the LV 217 "Venttiseiska" field radio (classname FDF_lv217) can call for artillery.

The sanla scripts use the following special global variables:
FDFArtilleryAvailable - is artillery available, true or false
FDFArtilleryType - type of artillery available, 1 = mortar, 2 = medium, 3 = heavy
FDFArtilleryUnit - Artillery unit
FDFArtilleryAmmo - number of ammunition artillery has left
FDFtykistoState - artillery state, 0 = available, 1 = busy (firing)

The variables can be changed in scripts, so for example if you do not want the artillery to be available at the start of the mission, set FDFArtilleryAvailable to false.

Hope that helps you a bit.   ;D


Planck

[greg147]

If you mean how to use it ingame, then its quite simple.
Select 'Use Sanla' so it opens up on screen. The you need to type 3 things:

1. Grid Refence
2. Despersion
3. Number of shells.

So you would type into the Sanla something like this:

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Ga35 100 20The press the send button on the bottom right of the radio (forgotten which one exactly. Only that one clicks, so try them)

After a while you will get a reply confirming the message, and 20 shells will fall 100m around grid square Ga35.

Theres a reminder at the top of the radio. Its in Finnish, but you can read it from the numbers  

[Tuulos]

Bottom level, second from the right is the correct button