Thank you SO MUCH for the invisible FARP

[Eight Ball]

Seriously, been waiting for this to be implemented in the game for almost 10 years now.

 

[Floydii]

It is literally the best thing Heatblur has ever done (and the Viggen/Tomcat are amazing).

 

Tested it with AV8B, as long as you've got support vehicles nearby the FARP you can get service from ~100m away at least.

 

Devs, can you advise what the exact service radius is for the FARP is?

[DarkStar79]

How exactly does it work? Do you have to implement it in the mission editor first to be able to use it online?

[Eight Ball]

Yes, it works just like a regular FARP. It needs to be placed by the mission designer and have the support vehicles in range (100m)

[QuiGon]

Great stuff! :thumbup:

[Bailey]

Fyi, here is a table of the support from the Ka-50 manual. It is general info. It is easier to read from right to left for me. You can use static Structures in the place of the respective Ground Unit. I suggest putting the units within 100 meters of the Farp Icon. Also have the player land within 100 meters of the Farp Icon.

[Baco]

Beautifull!!! TANKS!!!

 

Any chance of making Client Aircraft Spawn form FARPs too? (witout having to tweek the LUAS)...

[Northstar98]

I imagine that's something for ED to do. Personally it would be great if we could get a start from ground & start from ground hot for all aircraft.

[Pikey]

I've now got a prototype RTS conquest map using this, where these are spawned by CTLD, from crates picked up from airfields via a C-130.

Just about to test slot saving and I'll be set to conquer the world. I like this new ED that gives us what we want, it's awesome

[Count von Altibar]

Invisible farps so much better than the golfing tee type, glad this feature has been implemented and much more fun than airfield ops.

[Dun_Aenghus]

Really cool feature - tested it with some AI helicopters and they spawned on top of each other and exploded even though I selected separate parking spots. Is there something you need to select to make them appear without issues? 

[Holton181]

On 12/22/2020 at 11:55 AM, Dun_Aenghus said:

Really cool feature - tested it with some AI helicopters and they spawned on top of each other and exploded even though I selected separate parking spots. Is there something you need to select to make them appear without issues? 

Did you used only one FARP?

I don't know about selecting parking spots, but for what I know:

One FARP = one helicopter

I might be wrong, but I doubt it.

[Dun_Aenghus]

I only used one FARP. That must have been the problem. Will try again! Thanks. 

[Holton181]

I only used one FARP. That must have been the problem. Will try again! Thanks. 

To be perfectly honest, if "one FARP = one helicopter" is true, it should not be allowed to select different parking spots for a single FARP. I haven't looked at this myself yet, but you might have found a small bug after all.

[Northstar98]

Might be better to use start from ground hot with the invisible FARPs instead (providing the ground is suitable enough).

[Coyote_One]

Can you re-name the "INVISIBLE FARP" to something else by editing one of the lua files? For example I'd like to name it something else to make it easy to see a custom airstrip like "XYZ Field base" or something like that.