UAV woes

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I thought I might try and take advantage of the new UAVs and support modules in a mission, but have been coming across a few problems with them. Just minor little things that I expect could be tweaked quite easily.

I was hoping to guide in a few laser designated artillery shells using the Darter to spot targets, but once you take control of a UAV you have no access to the radio menu. It's still possible, but it does make things a little more complicated. To add to this frustration, the UAV seems to act quite erratically when switching back and forth to the turret, I'm not sure if that's because of enemy AI making it a little nervous or because I'm switching control rather rapidly, but it makes spotting targets a very frustrating experience.

Their batteries seem to run out rather quickly as well, is there a way to recharge?

Another minor annoyance is the UGV's insistence on keeping it's lights on at all times, I've tried setting it's behaviour to careless, but to no joy.

Oh, and another little sidenote, picking up backpacks from the ground seems pretty hit and miss, it seems to take a fair bit of running back and forth before the option appears in the menu.

They make a wonderful addition to the game, particular for spec ops type missions, opening up your arsenal immensely. If these few little points were smoothed over, they coud be some excellent fun.