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VBS3Fires v3.6.3 User Guide

18.1.12.7 Radio Net

The Radio Net functionality in the preferences panel allows settings to use in a radio net file or in-an

application mission data set for radio transmission.

This feature is in relation with the use of an FO Link. If you decide to conduct a mission using an FO

Link, then it is required to make sure Automatic is selected.

Having selected Automatic, the radio net in VBS3Fires will disregard the radionets.dat file and only

read the fields of “Name” and “Callsign” for each unit and Battery specified in VBS3. The call-sign for

the FOs will be directly taken from the unit that is linked to the FO Link.

It is critical to note that, if you decides to conduct a mission using an FO Link, the mission

would load and make all FOs that are only linked to the FO Link to be in use for fire missions. A

mission can either be conducted with FOs linked to the FO Link or individual FOs. A mission would

not make both types of FOs active for a mission. All changes made here requires the mission to be

restarted to apply changes made to take effect.. However, if an FO object exists in the mission with

linked FOs and the setting is set to ‘Manual’, the FO object would be inactive and the FOs would still

function normally responding to the call signs placed in the radionet.dat file.