Arma 3 Sectors of Fire Idea

[Sabot And Heat 10]

I've always felt that the "Watch here" command was a great and necessary feature, but that you should be able to set of sectors of fire from your map as well. I'm not versed on how to make a add-on like this. But, the idea is pretty simple...

Each team member won't just have an arrow denoting which direction they are facing, but they have a slightly transparent arc that shows their sector of fire. While your team members are stationary a mouse grab-able dot will appear at the outer edge of the arc. You can grab it and set up a dynamic defensive perimeter faster by dragging it left and right. If you pull it away from the character, the arc will narrow. If you, pull it closer, it widens the sectors of fire. Once they move under command, the sector of fire dot is removed and control returns to the AI.

Here's a quick render of the idea in picture format.

If this is the wrong area to post...I apologize in advance.

Edited March 12, 2013 by frostybowman

[sakura_chan 9]

you are forgiven

[hon0 10]

Good Idea. +1

[twisted 128]

Something like this would make arma 3 much more accessible. Nice thinking

[viper[cww] 14]

Reminds me of a feature you would have/use in an top down RTS. It's a nice feature for those who command AI a lot though. +1

Might I suggest you ask a mod to move this to the mod requests section though.