| Page Contents Current As of Patch: | 2016-04-27 |
Example of Tactical Overlay for Tech Plant.
Tactical Overlay is a map drawing tools aviable for personal and Squad/Platoon leaders use. Its visibility may be toggled on or off by the player.
Squad Leader owns drawing of the his/her squad, Platoon Leaders owns drawing of his/her platoon. New SL/PL inherit existing drawings.
Drawing Tools[]
- There is a 200 command limit per drawing
- Updates on the drawings trigger notifications and chat messages on the squad / platoon chat channels
- At the highest map zoom level, tactical overlays visible at a higher transparency.
- Tools:
Freehand, 
Line, Dashed-Line, Arrow, Region and Text
- For Line, Dashed-Line, Arrow, using right-click allows continuous creation.
- For Region tool, click on initial vertex to finish and commit the region. Regions have a 12 vertex limit.
- 10 freehand points counts as 1 command as far as the command limit is concerned.
- Text tool minimizes after at a threshold zoom level. A tinted icon appears with a tooltip in this state.
Edit Mode[]
- Select target drawing to edit
- Choose tool
- Lock map interaction
- Options: Choose Color
- Commands:
- «New»: clear current edit commands
- «Undo Last»: undo last command
- «Reset»: clear edit commands reset to last received commands
- «Delete»: clear drawing and commit
- «Submit»: submit commands to server
View Mode[]
- View received drawings and info of each: Player, Zone, Type, Last Updated Time
- Adjust settings on a drawing: Visibility, Opacity ( both persist on a per-drawing type basis )
- «Play»: plays target commands in order they were created for up to a 6s period
- «Reset»: stop playing commands and reset back to original