Why chemlights?

[barbolani 198]

Hello,

From a great ignorance.

In 2035, with everybody having NV Googles and that kind of stuff.

What's the military practical use of a chemlight? Can you give me any example?

Thanks in advance.

[oldbear 390]

Some in-game usages :

- clearly mark out a LZ,

- clearly identify friendly units or a waypoint,

- define an area while mining it at night.

[ei8ght 11]

for CQB like this :

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[Smurf 12]

Showcase new lighting engine :D

Today "everybody" have NVG still chemlights are used. Wish we could attach it to the soldier and activate the IR beacons on the helmets aswell.

[Harzach 2516]

What's the military practical use of a chemlight? Can you give me any example?

NODs + IR chemlights.

[Tacti-Cool 10]

Use em indoors to show areas that have been cleared by friendly forces

[barbolani 198]

Thanks people.

I see those are extremely useful in real combat.

But by your comments, for designing missions in Arma is just ambience, not very practical. Isn't it?

[mordeaniischaos 3]

If you mean placing live ones, sure. But you should probably give them to players if you want to have them do something like mark a target for a bombing run at night or as was said about mark rooms or buildings as clear. Depends on what your mission is. If you're like me and like to make/play stuff that's as realistic as possible even if it involves a bit of meta-gaming. But it's genuinely useful for infantry conveying a variety of informations to friendly aircraft or friendly elements separate from their own in general. Or even for themselves. If you have a mission that involves a search of a large village, having a big "bag" of chemlights is awesome because you can throw one at the front door of searched buildings and not accidentally cover ground you've already checked. Can also be used be used to mark a safe path through a minefield. Lots of creative uses for them just like in real life, it just depends on how much of that stuff your missions take advantage of.