Summary
An AN/PEQ-1 SOFLAM you can carry, assemble on a tripod and operate as a gunner. Four-digit codes, ranging, vehicle tracking, NVG and thermal. Guided weapons from other mods home in on its targets.
Description
An AN/PEQ-1 SOFLAM laser designator you can carry, assemble on a tripod, operate as a gunner or control from a tablet. It publishes code-matched laser targets that guided weapons from other mods can home in on.
This is the CORE: designator, tripod, tablet and target registry. The aircraft side - seekers, cockpit laser codes, HUD markers - lives in the aircraft mods.
Showcase: https://youtu.be/J2AYNhJTFN8
START HERE - SUPPORT AND BUG REPORTS
Bug reports go to the Backblast Studios Discord. Please open a ticket there: the
ticket system is the fastest way to reach us, and a bug report in a normal
channel can easily be missed.
https://discord.gg/rd6yP5jSFa
Documentation, guides and example code: https://docs.seebie90gaming.com
STATUS
Actively developed and tested on a dedicated server, tablet included. The known
issues below are the real list, not a disclaimer.
NEW IN 3.1.1
- The drone picture shows far units, soldiers with their gear. The camera
starts on the drone's loiter point
- The tablet links only to a SOFLAM standing on a tripod
- Enemy groups are formed within 10 m of their centre (no more INF 18)
- Picture screens rebuild when the screen size changes; a Game Master closing
the editor no longer loses the drone
FEATURES
- Handheld, or assembled on the tripod and operated as a gunner
- Drop the folded tripod and "Assemble" builds it together with a SOFLAM from
your inventory. A ghost shows the result first. Packing it up gives both
parts back. No entrenching tool needed.
- Four-digit laser code, 1-8 per digit. The last three are set on the device;
the first one is fixed
- Designate, or range-only mode that measures without marking a target
- Track a vehicle: the mount follows it while the mark stays on the hull.
Works from the gunner seat, from the tablet, and while nobody is at the device
- Sight with azimuth, elevation, code, range, zoom and thermal readout
- Night vision and thermal, with gain, palette and temperature window
- Adjustable laser power; IR laser only visible to those who can see IR
- Tripod: telescopic legs and centre column, ball head. The mount rises, the
gunner stays on the ground. Works on slopes up to 35 degrees
- Designator, tripod and tablet in the US arsenal, vanilla entries untouched
- Code, state, power and target position replicate; late joiners sync
CONTROLS (rebindable under Settings > Controls > SOFLAM Integration)
T designate Y range only U track target
I vision mode J thermal palette RMB NVG/thermal
LSHIFT + wheel gain / thermal window H + wheel laser power
Num + / - or Alt + wheel zoom
REQUIREMENTS
Arma Reforger and GTG Thermal Framework 1.1.0 or newer (required, please
subscribe). This mod deliberately has no WCS Armaments dependency, so it runs
regardless of which WCS version your server is pinned to.
COMPATIBILITY
Do not run RVX_Core alongside this mod. Since WCS_Armaments 8.1.2 it no longer
compiles at all, and a compile error in any loaded mod takes down the entire
script module - nothing loads, for anyone. A bridge for Tactical Flava has been
evaluated and is planned.
KNOWN ISSUES
- Far vehicles in the drone picture are not drawn completely
- Placing the tripod straight from a quick slot is not possible. That belongs to
a different vanilla system and would be a rebuild, not a setting.
REPORTING PROBLEMS
Please open a ticket in the Backblast Studios Discord:
https://discord.gg/rd6yP5jSFa
A good report has:
- the map, and dedicated server or single player
- what you did right before it went wrong
- the lines from script.log that start with [GTG_SOFLAM] and any line with
SCRIPT (E)License
Arma Public License (APL)
